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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1956)
SIXTTEW MTDrORD (OREGOID Council Galls Hearings, Adopts Plans for Paving, Other Items Th Medford city council last night adopted ordinances call ing for lix public hearings, and adopted plans and specifications for two sewers, two paving proj ects and two watermains. A hearing will be held June 19 on construction of sanitary ewers in the Valley View drive area and in the Verde Hills area. Hearings will also be held June 19 for construction of water rrains on South Fir st. from Mon ro st. to Melrose st. and on Melros st. from. Fir to Grape st. Hearings for paving on Fair mount st. to the ea?t end of the street and on Modoc st. from East Main st. to Woodlawn dr. will be held June 19. An ordinance was adopted ap proving a S40.000 payment by the board of directors of the Medford Rural Fire Protection district to the city for fire pro tection service next year. Direc tors agreed to continue the ac cumulation of surplus funds so that additional fire fiehting equipment may be acquired. Approve Htqueit The council also passed an ordinance approving a request from David Holmes, Hillcrest Phoenix rd. granting a lease at the Medford Municipal airport to construct a private hangar. The council approved an amendment to the fixed base operators lease of the Rogue Valley Flying service to provide that the two per cent gross amounts received by the city for the sale of airplanes shall include only the tvo per cent of the brokerage fee or commission earned where the lessee acts only as a broker and does not atock the airplanes for sale. Also approved by the council was a supplemental agreement correcting an eiror In property description on a lease at Med ford airport for a remote UHT radio communications facility. Plans and specifications were adopted for construction of san itary sewers on South Fir St., and on South Jasper st. Contracts were awarded by the council to Coast Construc tion Co., for construction of sani tary sewers in the Capital Hill area, to W. H. Conrad for con struction of sanitary sewap in blocks four and five in the High croft addition, and to Central Heating company for resurfac ing the airport runway. Low Bids Listed Coast Construction company submitted a bid of $7,003.25 for A Genuine Willard At last, a quality battery at a low price. It's the new Willard Autex, guaranteed for a full 24 months. Packed with quality features for real battery valuel C.O.X. Mix far quick, dependable starts. Rugged container withstands jars and jolts. Tough sealing compound won't crack in winter won't melt in summer. low acid gravity for longer battery life. Come In and see us for the best buy in low-priced batteries FULL 24-MOIITH GUARANTEE ASK US ABOUT A NEW WILLARD BATTERY That's Guaranteed! . FACTORY FRESH Because It's Charged Bone Dryl - DEALERS - You can sell Willard Batteries at these prices. See Us, or Phone FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION MAIL TRIBTJrTZ the Capital Hill sewer. Conrad, the only other bidder, submitted a t9,717.50 bid. Engineer's esti mate was S6.630 for the project. Conrad bid S2.719.10 and S2,- 858.50 for the sewer project in blocks four and five, Highcroft addition. Coast Construction company was the only other bid der with $3,073 and $2,877.75, compared to engineer's esti mates of $2,631.50 and $2,621. Central Heating submitted a bid of $41,195.50 for resurfacing the airport runway, and J. C. Compton bid $41,470. Engineer's estimate was $37,135. Bids for resurfacing six city streets were rejected because they were too high. Central Heating and Compton submitted bids. The council adapted an assess ment ordinance for Boardman st. from McAndrews st. to Ohio st. and an ordinance creating an improvement fund for a water main on Boardman st., from Mc Andrews st. to Ohio st. A hearing was called" June 19 by the council on the method of assessing the Verde Hills sani tary sewer system and Southeast Medford trunk sewer system. The finance committee recom mended the method of assess ment be on a square-foot basis. Bidder's Statements The council accepted the rec ommendation by the city man ager for approval of bidder's pre qualification statements from J. C. Compton company. Central Heating company and the Rogue River Paving company. A motion was passed accept ing a notice of acceptance of Medford's application for sur plus government property at Medford airport. The property includes a brick communications building, three 25,000 gallon gas oline storage tanks, appurten ances in the fueling area, and the old dispensary building south of the terminal biilding. The council authorized City Manager Robert Duff to notify the government the city intend ed to take possession June 5. Plan Addition Mayor Earl Miller last night suggested that representatives of Pinnacle Packing company submit a letter to the council requesting permission to con struct a pipeline about 20 feet above a dedicated street and for paving of 12th st. from Front st. to the railroad tracks. The pipe line, across 12th st., will connect two buildings own t7a Wednesday, June t, 1958 ed by Pinnacle. The company plans to install a cold storage plant, and utilize present refrig eration equipment, necessitating the street crossing. The council passed a motion last night that City Manager RoBert Duff investigate the san tary sewer problem in the North Laurelhurst addition and plans for a possible trunk line from that area to connect to the Camp White main. Chief Joseph Dam Ceremonies Slated Bridgeport, Wash. (U.Fft The second largest dam in the na tion, Chief Joseph near here, will be officially complete Tues day and the Pacific Northwest power pool will be potentially 1,728.000 kilowatts richer. Formal dedication ceremonies will pay tribue to Indian Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians, who died in 1904. Harold Stassen, special assist ant to President Eisenhower, will open the ceremonies at 2 p.m Gov. Arthur B. Langlie and Brig. Gen. Emerson C. Itschner, assistant chief of the Army En gineers, also will speak. Gen. Itschner was in charge of the seven-year project. From its source to its junc tion with the Mississippi, the Missouri river is 2,945 miles long. Their combined length of about 4,200 miles exceeds that of any other river system. Newberry's celebrates this glorious month of brides, graduates, Father's Day SPECIAL FEATURE Robert Peck Lanolin Formula Toiletries Reg. $200 Val. Your Choice ' 8 ex. Lanoline Formula Liquid Magic :79c tax For Dry Skin 16 oz. Lanolin Formula (or the Hair 79c tax 16 oz. Lanolin Formula Shampoo 79c no tax 1 1 oz. 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Eisenhower walked among the 6,000 face blacked paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division. Their 431 airplanes had lifted them off the dark English fields to jump on Normandy. Mighty Column Sails At sea, a 4.000-ship invasion armada rendezvoused off the Isle of Wight, then sailed in a mighty column for 50 miles through a buoy iined channel swept clear of German mines." Reporting back to Eisenhower was Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, aboard the cruiser Augusta. On the left were the beaches of the Britons and Canadians under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. On the right. around the bend of the Cotentin Peninsula, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins waited with his men. Within six days the Allies were to land 326,000 men and 54,000 vehicles or that coast But nobody was there on D-Day except the Commandos, and only three American divisions were to meet them in this first assault. 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