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SIX (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. November 19. 1S57 ft Siij RECEIVING INSTRUCTOR TRAINING Medford police officers Roy L. Thompson, H. Tomlln Furnas and Dean Abshire receiving explanation of the detonator used for brake reaction time by L. B. McKeller, chief of safety for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. McKeller instructed the three offi cers with 16 hours in the classroom and "on the road." The officers will begin giving the course to all employees of the city who use vehicles in their work, according to Robert A. Duff, city manager. (Photo by Medford city police) Three Medford Police Officers Qualify As Instructors For Driver Training Three Medford police officers have recently been qualified as instructors for a driver's defen ' ive program which will get un der way soon for all employees of the city who use a car in'their work, according to Robert A. Duff, city manager. The program will cover about 70 to 100 employees, he said. O The groups will be small with about six hours of total instruc tion, driving and demonstration being given to each, he added. Some of the instruction will be by the officers to the employees on city time, he said. The officers will be given equal time off for the time spent in instructing the group, Duff aid. Classes will be given t the city hall council chambers and "on the road," he said. Each employee will be given the "be hind the wheel test" in a vehicle he drives for the city. The program is modeled after several large companies' driver programs, according to Duff. He said the program would be more in the form of classes rather than tests but a test will be giv en as the final act of the course. The officers, who each re ceived eight hours of classroom and eight hours of field work, were taught by L. B. McKeller, who is the chairman of safety for Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company. The officers are H. Tomlin Furnas, Dean Abshire and Roy L. Thompson. Special equipment needed for the "on the road" tests will be made by the city shops, accord ing to Duff. He said he hopes the program will cut down the num ber of accidents in which city employees are involved. Al though Medford's average of ac cidents is now equal to the na tional level, he said he hopes the Chalice, Paten Given To Queen Elizabeth London (IP) Queen Eliza beth has made a gift of the first chalice and paten ever used at Communion services in America to St. George's Church at Gravesend, it was announced to day. The queen received the cha lice and paten at Jamestown, Va., during her recent state visit to the United States. St. George's Church is the burial place of Pocahontas, the Indian princess credited with saving the lives of many early settlers in America. Wisconsin was spelled Ouis cousin and Misconsing by early chroniclers and is a Chippewa Indian named meaning "gTassy place." course will bring the rate down considerably. It is hoped that the principles of the test will be used by the employees in their driving off the job as well as on, he added. Bids Being Taken On City Police Cars The Medford purchasing de partment has announced bids are now being accepted on six new police cars and on one city car to replace old equipment now in use. The police department's six cars are to be 4-door, V8 models with an automatic transmission. Five of the police cars will be marked with the white front doors and equipped with the top siren while' a sixth will be an unmarked car for the chief. One of the cars now in use by the police will be kept for next year, according to the po lice. They said bids would be accepted on both passenger cars and on station wagons. The car wanted by the city must meet all requirements of the police cars, according to the bid sheets. The city car will have standard transmission. Five po lice cars and one city car will be offered as trade-ins by the city. 3 New Purse-size Choice of 3 Checkbook Styles A iww small-tiled chtckbook. Fits pur or pocket without a trace of a bulge. Handy fiat-wallet Folding snap -cover Checks Your name and address printed FREE hi each check... for both REGULAR and SPECIAL checking accounts. Choice of 4 Colors Checkbook covers in attractive Red, Blue, Green or Black. Open your personalized checking account today. MEDFORD Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Maebashi, Japan Judge Yuzo Kawachi, in sentencing S3C William S. Girard to three years suspended sentence for fatally shooting metal scavenger Mrs. Naka Sakai on an Army firing range last January: "The shooting can only be regarded as excessive mischief, com pletely irrelevant to the performance of duty ... an action simply carried out for the sole purpose of satisfying the momentary ca price of the accused . . ." Maebashi, Japan Girard, after sentence was pronounced: "It was kind of tough, but I'm glad the judge gave me another chance." . Ottawa, 111. Maydr Fred Eichelkraut, after hearing of home town boy Girard's suspended sentence: "I'm glad it's over. Bill will be coming home to his mother soon." Augusta, Ga. President Eisenhower, in appealing to American employers and workers lo abolish all artificial racial discrimina tion: "Every citizen who helps to make legal and economic equality a living fact is helping America.". Washington French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau, on French reaction to the Anglo-American arms shipments to Tunisia: "Never since the war has the Communist party gained such a victory in France. French public opinion is very troubled by this question." London Count Basie, after meeting Queen Elizabeth II at the annual Royal Variety show Monday night: "She said she had been listening to some of my records ... I gutss she must have borrowed them from her sister." Cairo Egyptian belly dancer Samia Gamal, in denying reports she planned to marry Italian singer Franco Franchi: "I have no more intention of marrying him than the man in the moon. Latin lovers may be okay for some people, but not for me." Series of Rules Given For Parents Of All Bike Riders Police Chief Charles P. Champlin today announced a se ries of rules for parents of bicy cle riders in connection with a more rigid enforcement pro gram for the city's bicycle ordi nance which will begin in the near future. Champlin urged pedestrians to always set a good example for children by crossing streets only at intersections. Waiting for the signal to change and looking both ways for turning traffic before crossing are also stressed by the chief. He asked parents to cooperate with schools and traffic officials DA to Dismiss Fong Charges in Hank Case Portland (IP) Multnomah County District Attorney Leo Smith1 said today his office will drop the remaining charges against -Mr. and Mrs. Wey Him Fong in connection with the case of Diane Hank. Sherry Fong, 26, was acquit ted of a second degree murder charge in the girl's death last week by a unanimous jury ver dict. Fong was released from the murder charge in April, 1956, on a directed verdict of acquit tal. The remaining charges were for contributing to the delin quency of a minor against both the Fongs, and a charge of re moving a body without permis sion of the coroner against Mrs. Fong. in teaching children safe traffic practices' and attitudes. He urged parents to find out what public schools are doing for safety in struction to avoid any conflict in instruction with their children. 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