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EOBBERS ENJOY TV Miami : (U.R) Druggist R. W.' ;James 'reported that" "two' hooded bandits held him captive and watched television until his wife came home with his store's receipts. Then the gunmen tied up th ecouple and left with the money. ? Special delivery of the U. S. mail t has been in effect since 1885. The postal money order system was established earlier, in 1864. Sugar beets ; ; and ' potatoes planted in packed soil wilT pro duce yields up to 15 per cent greater than if planted in loose soil. EDFOKD BUNE Uruteo Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire CARPET LINOLEUM FORMICA VINYL TILE LINOLEUM TILE m Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1956 Six Pages o M r ' - 'vr$$$' tern iMm : 1 , - - : 'GAY WHITE WAYT New York's Times Square is almost deserted after the heaviest i snowfall in eight years crippled the transportation system and left thousands of mo : K torists stranded on the highways feeding iato the city. The snowfall covered parts of g nine states from Virginia to Rhode Island, bat is fury was concentrated on Metro - politan New York. On The Side loved By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) they are surely i s0 much attention, is now driv- by wife, ing in harness horse races in Brussels, Belgium. If the captain should decide to drive in this country, he certainly should be quite an attraction for ladies night at Yonkers Raceway. Said She It was none other than Gabri elle ChaneI,who said, "Men have better taste in clothes. A woman should always bring a man along when she buys a hat or dress. A woman is likely to give an in sincere opinion. You can trust a man." Among the Married A young woman of 5 feet 9 says her husband wants her to wear high heels when they go out together. She is taller than her husband and already finds that situation embarrassing. Wearing high heels would make it worse. "What do your Horses and Women experts have to say about this?" she asks. Our ex perts say higJieels improve the. appearance of the legs, aid in the preservation of symmetrical ankles and improve carriage and posture. They say the benefits from heels are so many that the lady should forget about being If ever two are one, we. If ever man were 'tis thee, If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, you other women, If you can. Anne Bradstreet At what age is a single woman rightly described as a "spinster"? Jhere seems to be quite a dif ference of opinion as to this. In Paris a voung woman, who is still single on her 25th birthday, is called a spinster. In London, there is an organization called The Spinsters Club. This group recently decided that a woman does not become a spinster until she reaches 28. Asking t Queries from clients. Q. Sports page item says Joe Di Maggio was born in Sicily. Is that right? A. Joe was born in Martinez, Calif. . . . Q. What is the record for the oldest man to become a father? A. Eli Lucas, Whitesburg, Ky., became a fa ther at 92. It was his 19th child. Had. 13 by his first wife. Has had six far by his second wife. Pi6te Note '. Capt. Peter Townsend, whose romantic interlude with the Brit ish Princess Margaret attracted Which Utchen would you like to show your friends? 81 SlWnJ'S J! j If your kitchen looks something like this . ... change if to a gleaming modern beauty. Nothing Down- 36 Months To Pay! FREE KITCHEN PLANNING SERVICE OtlJ at Your CENTER SMITH-DYHGE LUMBER CO. 8th at Fir Streets Phone 2-7166 taller than her husband. They add her spouse might aid the situation somewhat by wearing height building shoes. Asides It was Theodore Roosevelt who used the political campaign slogan, "A square deal for every man; no more, no less." . . . All the children of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dwyer of Clinton, O. have the initials D. D. D. As for exam ples, David Dean Dwyer, De borah Diane Dwyer and Denise Darlene Dwyer. The Dwyers have five other children " sim ilarly named. Passing By Thomas Bata. World's fifth richest man. A shoe manufac turer. Owns and operates 37 fac tories in 27 different countries. His plants produce 1,000,000 pairs of shoes a week. Insomnia Cure Melotherapy is the cure of ail ments by music. Keep this in mind, mister, if your wife suffers from insomnia. You can try to sing her to sleep with a Dixie melody. Almost Confidential -In -Denmark . the parimutael take at thoroughbred race tracks is 36 percent . . . The average English girl becomes a bride for the first time at 26. An Irish girl at 28. ... A mint julep dosen't have to be made with bourbon whisky. That's a matter of choice. Authorities on the sub ject say a mint julep can be made of gin, brandy or whisky. Pipeline Company Tells Finance Plans Portland (U.R) Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp. has announced here financing plans for construction of a larger na tural gas pipeline from the Co lumbia river to the Canadian border. Added cost over prev ious plans would be $50,000,000. C. R. Williams, president of the firm, said Pacific Northwest also plans to acquire 25 per cent of the common stock of West coast Transmission company, which will bring gas to the Unit ed States border from the Peace River area of British Columbia. Pacific Northwest will sell se securities worth $35,000,000 in first mortgage bonds and $10, 000,000 of 5.6 per cent interim notes by placement with institu tional investors. Bank loans will cover the balance. Pen and Ink Ballot Decides Bond Issue Fieldon, 111. (U.R) Nearly 100 per cent of the voters turned out to' decide a $10,000 water and fire protection bond issue, but the election was decided by a single ballot drawn up with pen and ink. All but four of the registered voters cast ballots, and the bond issue was defeated 77 to 76. The supply of. ballots, was ex hausted' when the last voter 'ap peared, and the village clerk, Adolph Schultz, made up the extra ballot with pen and ink. CONSUMES 50 EGGS Coruche, Portugal (U.R) Antonio Granjola, 38, won a bet Tuesday by consuming 50 eggs in 13 minutes at a cafe. He took seven of them soft boiled and the other 43 cooked, washing them down with brandy. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only a traction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL t Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 Flier Plans Record Plane Climb, Jump Washington (U.R) A dar ing Air Force officer plans to fly higher than, man has ever been, close to 100,000 feet, and para chute back to earth in experi ments next fall. He is Lt. 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