DANGEROUS BUSINESS While a camel surveys the scene, a French gendarme,
identified as Sgt Maj. Mestri (right), and acompanion search Arabs in front of a cafe
in Algiers. Later in the day, while en route between Algiers and nearby Keddara,
Alestn was killed by rebels and his companion seriously wounded.
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Asks City for Parking Authority
The Albany, Ore., Chamber of
Commerce last week recom
mended to the Albany city coun
cil that a permanent parking
authority, composed of three to
five men, be named to admin
ister an off-street parking pro
gram. The Albany situation In some
ways is identical with that faced
by Medford in regard to obtain
ing off-street parking in the
downtown area.
The chamber's 12-point report
to the council, in addition to
asking the city to work with it
In solving the problem, outlined
what it felt to be necessary in
developing an off-street parking
plan.
Excerpts from the report fol
low: 1. The present city lot is not
being used to maximum advant
age, particularly on week days.
Its access should be improved
and the lot should be enlarged.
It should have well-lighted,
clearly indicated, unobstructed
entrances.
2. Lots should be secured
throughout the downtown area
and should be no more than 500
feet from any point of need.
3. Lots farther, but only slight
ly so, from the trade center, are
needed to accommodate regu
lar all-day parkers who other
wise would jam facilities for
shoppers.
4. Attempts should be made to
option lots around the periphery
of the present business district
to provide for future expansion.
5. The situation in other areas
should be watched closely and
provision should be made for
parking when jt becomes obvious
that it will be needed in any
locality in the future.
6. There are many indications
that workers, when allowed any
choice at all, will seek to park
almost as close to their places
of employment as shoppers.
Other cities have learned that
unless cared for, downtown
empoyees will use up valuable
customer lots. Experience else
where has shown that if at all
possible some weekly or month
ly rental stalls should be pro
vided in the central lots. In
Albany some merchants report
that 'their employees would
rather plug meters than park
even a block or block and a half
away. Therefore central lots and
those nearer the edge of the dis
trict should have two types of
parking probably metered and
monthly rental.
i 7. It is probable that private
concerns also can supply some
parking areas if they can 'be
operated at' a profit.
8. Obviously, this assumes that
all parking meter revenue not
now being used to pay salaries
and expenses incurred in en
forcement and maintenance of
the meter system should be ear
marked, beginning with the
1956-57 fiscal year, for parking
facilities. This la provided for to
the parking meter ordinance.
Traffic control also is mentioned
to share in the funds. However,
such funds, the committee be
lieves, must be found elsewhere.
If they cannot be, off-street park
ing funds will have to come from
tax sources or thoughts of such
a program must be abandoned.
The committe presumes that
a logical accounting system
would put all meter revenue and
all parking violation bail money
back into parking facilities, end
that traffic control would be
maintained from moving viola
tion fines.
9. The committee believes that
taxing will not be necessary. The
sale of revenue bonds, to be re
paid entirely from parking fees,
is envisioned, however. The com
mittee recognizes that lot pur
chases amounting to $100,000 or
more may be necessary, and, In
this case, revenue bonds are the
only feasible method of pur
chase. Leases of from three to
ten years duration should be con
sidered, especially for smaller
lots.
10. For leases and small pur
chases, funds now in, or soon to
be collected into the parking
meter funds could be used at
first in small purchases and in
leases.
11. Later, of course, combined
income from all on-andVoff-street
facilities would be used for
leases, small purchases and for
retiring bonds. At all times, curb
side and off-street facilities
should be managed as part of the
whole. This is necessary if the
program outlined is to be pos
sible. 12. The goal must be to ac
commodate peak parking per
iods. Albany's present mid-day,
mid-week, parking situation is
not acute. But the period be
tween 4 and 5:30 p.m. is bad as
are Staurdays and entire month
before Christmas. These are the
times when farmers and other
shoppers from out of town form
their opinions of Albany. If it
is jammed on these days, an ef
fective ceiling is placed upon the
quantity of retail trade. Accom
modation of slack period shop
pers is never a problem; the goal
must always be to provide for
a greater maximum. Otherwise
all promotional efforts are
wasted.
The Dead sea contains 23 to
25 per cent salt. The oceans have
4 to 6 per cent.
Girl Scoufs
To Hold Picnic
Girl Scouts of Washington
neighborhood will hold the an
nual court of awards and
Brownie fly-up with a picnic at
TouVelle State park Saturday,
May 19, from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m., according to Mrs. Kenneth
Howe, neighborhood chairman.
Flying up will be Troop 172,
led by Mrs. Charles Rowan;
Troop 173, led by Mrs. R. C.
Meyers; and Troop 176, led by
Mrs. R. A. Anderson.
Fifth grade Troop 180 will re
ceive second class badges; the
leader is Mrs. Victor Taylor.
Troop 36, sixth grade, will re
ceive cooking, homemaking and
hospitality proficiency badges.
Troop 36 is led by Mrs. E. M.
Cooksey.
Mrs. T. R. Lytle, first class
dinner district chairman of the
Rogue Valley Area council, will
be speaker for the affair.
Plan Ceremony
Griffin Creek neighborhood
Girl Scouts will hold the annual
Brownie fly-up and court of
awards in the school cafeteria
Monday, May 21, at 7 p.m., ac
cording to Mrs. J. E. N Moir,
neighborhood chairman.
Fourth grade Troop 37, led by
Mrs. Rex Johnson, will receive
the fly-up wings; Troop 80, fifth
grade, led by Mrs. Richard Ball,
Wednesday. May IB, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THHEE
Hitchcock Claims
'First Real Blood'
Portland (U.R) Republican
senatorial candidate Philip
Hitchcock claimed to "have
drawn the first real blood" in
the current campaign here yes
terday when he said he had re
ceived a formal demand from a
Democratic leader that he with
draw a, statement he made con
cerning Sen. Wayne Morse's Sen
ate attendance record.
Hitchcock said he had re
ceived a telegram from Demo
cratic National Committeeman
Monroe Sweetland, demanding
hat he retract statements he
made concerning the senator's
attendance record in a TV ap
pearance Monday night.
Paul Hebb, state campaign
manager for Hitchcock, said
"here's conclusive proof that Mr.
Hitchcock can keep Morse on
will receive the second class
badge.
Troop 38, composed of -sixth,
seventh, and eighth graders, will
receive several types of awards.
The sixth graders in the troop
will receive proficiency badges;
others awards will be one first
class badge and three curved
bars.
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Boy Found Dead In
Old Refrigerator
New York (U.R)A five-year-old
boy was found dead Tuesday
night In an abandoned refrig
erator across the street from
his home in Rockaway Park.
Ivison Austin Jr. apparently
was a victim of his own curios
ity. His mother, who is expecting
her eighth child, reported the
boy missing after he failed to
return from school.
Patrolman Arnold Casden,
one of more than 30 policemen
the defensive and defeat him in
November." .
Replying to the telegram from
Sweetland, Hitchcock repeated
his desire to debate Morse and
suggested that this issue be the
first topic debated.
assigned to a search for Iviion,
found the body. Police said the
youngster probably crawled Into
the refrigerator, which was ly
ing on its bac and the door
locked automatically, trapping
him inside.
There are at least 350 kinds of
the common "lead" pencil, man
ufacturers say.
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