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' ! " i Ordinance Establishes Fund For Sewage Treatment Plant Ordinances esta llishine a sew- a?e treatment p. int operation fund, suthorizing i revised air PVt charge schedi 'e for United ir Lia3, and en iting several improvement dis -jet paving funra wert adoptee by the Med ford city council Fi day night portion of g ver service charjes now cred ed to the Camp Vhite Sewa ;e disposal fund wil be paid in j the treat ment plant operatior fund. Cre ation of the latter fu id was pro gosed in the 1957-58 budget. City Manager Rcbert Duff said it is estimated that the pres ent rat will yield about S47, 020.97 for the year ending J-ie 30, 1957. The principal and inter est payments for 1956-57 were $27,500, he said, leaving an anti cipated balance of $124,292 in the sewage disposal fund. Div.rt 41 ?er C.nt The council authorized divert ing 45 per cent of the service charges lor sewage treatment. On last year's basis, Duff noted, it will yield about $20,859, leav ing $26,161, which with antici pated growth, will meet bond and interest payments of $26,- 650. The treatment plant operation ' fund jvas created to help finance maintenance and operation of the plant. Previously mainten ance funds were budgeted from the general fund- Creation of the operation fund provided an addi tional $20,000 in the general fund budget and still left enough to cover bond and interest pay ments in the sewage disposal fund. The new rale schedule for the United Air Lines lease will pro duce an estimated $508.50 per month on the present basis of five scheduled Convair flights jer day. Duff noted. The present monthly payment is $292 and is based on a formula of $45 for the first three scheduled flights, $25 for all more than three plus $1 per 1,000 pounds in excess of 22,500 pounds gross weight. New Rats Schedule The new rate schedule is based on 3 cents per 1,000 pounds of gross landing weight for the first 3 million pounds; 7 cents per 1,000 on the second 3 ! million; and 6 cents per 1,000 on all more than 6,000 pounds. The council also adopted an ordinance amending the fire code. The amendment defines i basements and provides alter nate methods of basement con struction and use to reduce sprinkler requirements. A $38,000 contract with the Medford Rural Fire Protection ! district was approved. The con tract is $2,000 less than last year, because the district lost in excess of $1 million of assessed valuation' protected by the dis trict through annexations to Medford- Duff said the district felt a reduction was justified. Bids will be opened at 11 a.m. Monday, July 15, of paving Marie St. from Saling to Jack son sts. In other action concern ing improvement districts, funds were approved lor paving on L.y-1 man ave.. Rose ave.. South i Grape St., Newtown st- and South j Front st. I Plans and specifications were authorized for paving an alley I in the Willeke addition from I Almond st. to Tripp st. Plans and specifications will be reconsidered at the next reg ular council meeting for grading and graveling on Surnise ave. between Hillcrest and Capital aves. The council voted 4-3 in favor of authorizing plans, but since there was not a majority of the full council in favor, coun cil procedure requires reconsid eration at the next regular meet ing. Duff said grading and gravel ing Sunrise ave. was the only feasible way of improving th. ! street since half of it is in the city and half in the county I The council authorized estab lishment of a one-way street on , a short east-west section of drive ' vay in the Medford Heights ad dition, with a stop sign at Flor i ence ave. Residents requested the change. Action on a request for a 10-mile-an-hour speed limit was deferred until after the new traffic pattern is studied. Requests Granted Requests from A. W. Adams, 522 Hamilton st., for a 9-foot set back on 13th St., and a property owner on Orange st. for no park ing on the west side of the street Flat Tire Causes Vehicle Collision A flat tire resulted in a two car collision Friday at the Table Rock rd.-Four Corners intersec tion. State police said a tire went flat on a vehicle operated north on Table Rock rd. by Claron William Henderson, 20. of 515 South Riverside ave., Medford. Henderson was traveling north on Table Rock rd. Police said he lost control of the car, cross ed the center line and struck a car in the driveway of Yoak ley Feed store. Operator of that car was identified as Bert LeRoy Baker 44. Third and Maple sts., Central Point. There were no injuries and no citations were issued. Portland HP A cache of 91 pinball machines was seized by city vice officers here Friday in the abandoned Doernbecher fur niture plant. GO! I k wviskm or none nmms I PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL 'yjaK. . were granted. ! The council authorized $1,800 from the airport improvement fund for construction of a self claiming baggage counter at the . south end of the airport termi nal. United Air Lines. Duff said, ; has agreed to lease the facility j for $55 per month. The fee will I amortize the cost of the project, Duff noted. A prequalification statement of J. C. Compton company of McMinnville was accepted, and a request from Montgomery Ward for relocation of drive ways and a parking meter was granted. Police Blame Truck Driver in Accident Copemish, Mich. W Police tentatively put the blame on a truck driver Saturday for the deaths of five children and their parents in a car-truck accident. Trooper James Riley of the Manistee post said he would question the driver, Warfield Laws, 53, who is in a Frankfort hospital with a skull fracture and broken ribs sustained in the accident. Riley said Laws' truck collid ed Friday afternoon with a car driven by Bynum Collins, 55, Paragould, Ark., at the intersec tion of State Highway 115 and county road 604. Killed in the accident were Collins, his wife, Florence, 45, and five of their six children, ranging in age from 5 to 14. A son, Dennis, 3, suffered a brain concussion and a niecf of the couple, Clara Collins, 13, was also in Frankfort hospital with a compound skull fracture, broken legs, and multiple lacer ations. The Collins family had come from Arkansas to Michigan to pick cherries and other produce. Trooper Riley said that it ap peared to him that Laws, who lives in Lake City, Mich., came to the stop sign on the county road and "either saw it and ran it, was asleep, or stopped and started again without seeing the car." Ireland's linen industry flour ished as early as 1210. Sunday, July 7, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Two Bombs Explode In Cuba Friday Havana IW Two bombs ex ploded in Oriente Province and two fires destroyed public build ings and warehouses in widely separated sections of Cuba Fri day . A powerful bomb exploded in the city of Manzanillo, causing considerable damage but no cas ualties. A second bomb, also without casualties, , exploded at Victoria de Las Tunas. Authorities suspecting sabo tage said fire destroyed railway warehouses in the town of Re- medios, Las Villas Province. An other fire destroyed a public school building at Consolacion, Pinar del Rio Province. I Farmer Saves Burning House With Wine Supply Graz, Austria (IrV Farmer Alois Denk said Saturday that he had no alternative but to use his supply of fermenting wine to save his burning house. 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