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o O o t o n u o n u o O O CP o o o o O TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, December 10, 1957 1957 Not Just Another Year To Victims of Unusual Accidents o By PAUL JONES Director of Public Information o National Safety Council o 1957 was just another year? Try to tell that to Dr. Guy Jones. Or George Bates. Or John Arends. Or to Dogcatcher Don ald Eaird. For it was in 1957 that Dr. Jones was vaccinated by a cow. Mr. Bates was clobbered on the highway by a flying canoe. Mr. Arends suffered severe injuries by becoming a father. And Dogcatcher Baird was bit ten not by a dog. but by a dog owner a mad one Just another year? Hah! And the oddities listed above were only a few of the weird and wacky happenings uncov ered by the National Safety Council in its annual roundup of freak accidents. The dizzy details: oThe case of the vaccinated veterinarian occurred in Wades- boro, N.C., where Dr. Guy Jones got a syringe full of vaccine in his arm when a cow he was pre paring to inoculate suddenly lunged against him. Moral: never vaccinate a cow at lunge time Driver Must Be Prepared George Bates, of Evanston, 111.,- is aware of course, that in today's traffic a driver must be prepared for almost anything. Nevertheless, he was startled when a flying canoe zoomed down the higway straight at him, crashed through his windshield and clobbered him good. It had Jieen blown loose from the top c of an approaching car by a high wind. John Arends, of Olympia, Wash., can tell you what any man knows that becoming a father is no picnic. After an all night vigil at the hospital, Arends proudly rushed up to Sites his wife as she was wheeled 'ft-ortr the delivery room. At the ?hifTof the ether, he passed out (gMd, landed kerplunk on the (g-Sncrete floor. Mother and child? J?oing fine. Father? Two broken Jeth and a banged-up face! r?d in East Los Angeles, Ii.. Dogcatcher Donald Baird bitten good and hard by a 'lady who seemed upset because ,0aird was tryingto impound her (pet. '"It's a dog's life," moaned JWird. 'As a proiessionai lanascaper, Harry Westcott, of Mt. Upton, .Y., knows better than to saw off a limb on which he is sitting. iJiit he did saw off one to which ltf safety rope was attached. Al ways something new to learn! (Two Fall Info Bhait In Morningside Htights, New York City, two workers on a new Skyscraper fell Into an open ele vator shaft 21 floors above the (ground. Donald McKeon fell itour floor j, grabbed a cable and (Btfcung himself safely onto the 17th floor landing. William Ves (slalides plunged 18 floors before he managed to seize a cable and ease himself onto a third-floor landing platform. Both men es caped with minor bruises. And in Long Beach, Calif., movie actor Jeff Chandler under standably put so much fervor into a love scene with Kim No vak that he cracked one of her ribs. The John Bakers, of Bellflow-r-fir, Calif., didn't have to lift a whand to arrange for a rumpus with which to christen their fine new rumpus room. A passing automobile obliged by going out of control and crashing into the room for one of the darnedest rumpuses you ever heard. Fifteen-year-old Susan Thom son, of Madison, Wis., didn't in vite her father to go along when she took the family car for an unauthorized spin which ended when she banged into a tree. He couldn't have gone anyway. As governor of Wisconsin, he was busy at the moment attend ing a highway safety conference on teen-age driving. Driver Wags Tail In San Diego. Calif., a car roll ed out of a driveway, crossed the street and crashed into the porch of a home. When police arrived they found the driver happily wagging his tail. His name was Jack and his owner, Don Snyder, had forgotten to set the hand brake when he left the dog alone in the car. Jack had climbed behind the wheel. put paw to gear shift, and le$ "er roll. When three-year-old George Wilkins mother found him play ing with matches in the WTilkins home in San Antonio, Tex., she picked him up to warm his seat. She didn't have to. It already was warm. Matches in Georgie's hip pocket had set his pants on fire. Mrs. Charles Drennon, of Mem phis, Tenn., still doesn't know for sure that the little light in the refrigerator really goes out when you close the door. She was still peering intently inside when she slammed the door shut. Her nose wasn't broken, the doc tor said. Just good and sore. Thomas Ciappa, of swego, N.Y., wondered if it wouldn't be smart to have his brakes re lined. He decided definitely, it would be when his car kept right on going through the door of the brake-testing station. Dam age. S300. Hitchhiker Too Close It was bound to happen soon er or later, of course, and it did to Melvin Carter, of Kinlock, Mo. "Crying eagerly to hitchhike a ride, Melvin edged a bit too close to traffic and a passing car whacked his outstretched thumb so hard he had to have it treated. He eventually took a bus. And in Auburn, Mich., George Pero literally gave up his seat to a strip-run driver. As Pero leaned over his car, parked be side the highway, a passing auto caught his trousers and deftly whisked them off, leaving him standing there red-faced. No matter how changeable your climate may be, chances are you never saw the mercury go down as fast as it did when Robert Sherfield swallowed a clinical thermometer in a hos pital at Bournemouth, England. Even in a city as big as Chi cago, a man and his wife will occasionally run into each other on the street. But Dr. and Mrs. Alex Buchholz did it the hard way each driving a car. Dr. Buchholz, uninjured, insisted on taking the other driver to a hos pital for personalized treatment. Takes Direct Route In Plant City, Fla.. Mrs. Liz zie B. Morgan took a direct route to reach the automobile licensing bureau for her driving test. She stepped on the accelerator in stead of the brake and crashed into the building which houses the bureau. It was hard for 10-year-old Marshall Frey to figure out just how he happened to ram his bike into a parked car on a street in Miami Beach, Fla. "All I was doing," he told police, "was riding along reading my comic book." Police were horrified when they pulled Harold Donath from the wreckage of his overturned bakery truck in West Palm Beach, Fla. His face appeared to be a mass of blood. , Closer inspection disclosed it was only cherry pie. In Chicago, Mrs. George Rei thal solicitously entered the darkened bedroom where her husband lay recuperating from a badly sprained ankle, tripped over the crutch protruding from his bed, fell and broke her arm. One of Charles Combs' farm hands at Olney, 111., knew a surefire way to get rid of those wasps in the barn. He would burn them out. It worked. The wasps went up in smoke. So did the barn, 5,000 bales 'of hay, 2,000 bushels of barley, a utility shed, a garage, three drums of gasoline, and 200 loads of ma nure. And that ain't hay! Safety Drivers Collide In Los Angeles, two safety award-winning taxi drivers George Madden with 15 years without an acaident and Harry Hayman with eight made out accident reports the same day. They had collided with each other. The perfect way to close this treatise, of course, would be to report that when the San Fran cisco earthquake of 1957 jarred loose a National Safety Council award proudly hanging on the wall above Cartoonist Al Ver meer's drawing board in Castro Valley, the bronze plaque bopped him on the head. But the capri cious little sprites who arrange such things slipped up on this one. The thing missed Al by a full inch! ' So 1957 was just another year? Hah! Pizza New Conqueror Of Western World By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York (IP! Hats off to day chefs caps, that is to a dish that has conquered the Western world. We speak, natur ally, of the powerful pizza, new champion popular eatable, which rose from obscurity in the streets of Naples. Born in the dim antiquity of Italian cookery, shaped with loving skill by some Neapolitan genius with munching on his mind, the lowly pizza lay for generations unhonored, unsung,' while the hot dog soared to fame in America and the ice cream cone slid down a myriad of gullets. The pizza just couldn't seem to get off the ground. But sud denly, a few years ago, it just took off like an unguided mis sile and began rambling all over. Pizaz Success Story James Beard, a food and cooking expert who travels con stantly in his advisory and cook ing school work, states flatly that the pizza now is "the west ern world's most popular food. That's a big statement but Beard is a big man, 6-feet-3, 260 pounds and he's willing to be stuck with it. Pizza, he claims, has achieved ubiquity. Interviewed over a 75-cent hunk of cheesecake, he ex plained: "As you know, the piz za has zoomed to eminence in the United States. Four years ago, I found it was beginning to show around Europe, two years ago, it was more in evidence. This year, I found it every where, spread all over Europe." All right, but will it last? Does it have staying power, or will it die out, like the come dians on television? Time will tell. Meanwhile,' Beard is willing to demonstrate he is absolutely fearless in the field of opinion by naming the 10 best-eating cities in the United States, in terms of food obtainable at the great restaurants. Remember this is the man who has authored '"Cook It Outdoors." "Hors d'Ouevres and Canapes." "Fowl and Game Cookery," "The Fireside Cook book," "Paris Cuisine," "Fish Cookbook," How to Eat Better for Less Money," "The Party Cookbook," "The Complete Book of Outdoor Cookery" and next year is coming out with Beard's "Basic" cookbook. Best-Easting Cities Here goes, by the numbers, and in the order named, and it's his neck that's sticking out, not mine: 1, New York "certainly"; 2, Los Angelers "perhaps"; 3, San Francisco, "In the old days, un til and during prohibition, there were only San Francisco and New York at the top, but that's been changed"; 4, Chicago; 5, Detroit "because of only two people"; 6. New Orleans; 7, Bos ton; 8, The section between Palm Beach and Miami, in sea son; 9, the Cape Cod section, including the islands, in season; 10, a tie, Seattle and Dallas. Now that that ordeal is over, let's turn to another one, said to be common at this season, the hangover. Beard is the creator of a number of hangover drinks. For sufferers, here's one free of charge: "A jigger of cognac, the yolk of an egg, a dash of Worcester shire sauce, and a pinch of salt all in a six-ounce glass. Keep the yolk intact. Drink fast. Don't dawdle." Okay. Me, I like cool, clear water. Gresham Man Dies As Car Leaves Road Sandy, Ore. (IP). One man died and six persons were in jured late Monday night when a car skidded on glare ice and plunged into Cedar creek about 5 miles east of here on Highway 26. The Clackamas county sher iff's office identified the dead man as Delmar Gene Niles, 28, Gresham. Lt. Paul Lowery of the sher iff's office said the car attempt ed to pass another, skidded on the ice, struck the concrete abutment of the bridge and fell about 25 feet into about four feet of water. A preliminary coroner's report indicated Niles may have died from drowning. , Most seriously hurt of the six injured was Mrs. Ruby Cham berlain, Grasham, who suffered a fractured leg, shock and pos sible internal injuries. Others, in fair to good condition, were Warren Marion' Parker, Boring, driver of the car; Jerry Niles, Gresham, brother of the dead man; Donald Fogel, Portland; and Judith Arlene Hug and Wanda Packer, Pleasant Home. Exiension Staff Off To Corvallis Meet Seven county agriculture staff members left yesterday for the annual state agriculture staff conference to be held at Oregon State college, Corvallis, this week. Attending the meetings are W. B. Tucker, agriculture agent, Clifford B. Cordy and Don Ber ry, horticulture agents, Earl Jossey, extension agent, Miss Mary Pat Lucy, home demon stration agent, and Glenn Klein and Miss Marilou Garner, 4-H county agents. Cordy is vice-president of the county agents association and will take an active , part in the week conference. Eastbound Buses Resume Schedules Portland (IP) Eastbound Greyhound buses, idle since last Wednesday because of a labor dispute, began running again to day. An official of the Motor Coach Employees union said the dis pute over closing of an agency in Pullman, Wash., would be "settled in the courts." Burnard Wilson, assistant re gional manager for Greyhound, said service resumed at 7:15 a.m. with the departure of an eastbound bus for Salt Lake City. The dispute had affected bus service from Portland and Seattle east and the Spokane area. U. S- CONSUL HONORED Birmingham, England (IP The city of Birmingham honored U: S. Consul Walter W. Hoffman Monday night at a farewell din ner given by Lord Mayor John J. Grogan. Hoffman, American con sul here for the past four years, is returning home to Boston, Mass., next week to retire from the foreign service after 29 years. MORE GOLD TO BRITAIN London (IPi Russia has de livered its second shipment of gold bars to England in the last 18 months. A shipment worth $7 million for payment for British exports to Russia landed here Monday aboard the Soviet liner Baltika. WONDERFUL IDEA Brillion, Wis. IIP) The town of Brillion has given taxpayers a Christmas present. 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Crating & Packing Phone SP 2-6273 Phone MU 2-8S52 BEKINS AGENT FOR MEDFORD AND ASHLAND The Hollywood Scene By VERNON SCOTT United Press Writer Hollywood W Esther Wil-1 liams hollered for help today her house is being splintered l !:' M'Xmmm ' . 1 hv wnnrlnpr'lr- ers and she can't do any thing to stop them. The swim star, clad In skin-tight bull f i ghter pants, climbed atop the roof of her Vernon Scott ranch- style canyon Home to survey the wreckage. Shingles were scat tered helter skelter, holes the size of silver dollars were punch ed through to the attic, and acorns were wedged into every cranny. "It began when a man, who had been, oiling roofs in the neighborhood, offered to fix our roof for half price," Esther ex plainec" unhappily. Peppermint Flavored Oil "So he spread some evil smell ing stuff all over the place, col lected his money and disappear ed. That oil must have been pep permint flavored. "A few weeks later I woke up to hear horrible pounding noises. It sounded like a mob of process servers trying to break down the doors'. Looked all over the house before I spotted two dozen wood peckers drilling away on the roof. "Since then it's been open warfare." Esther called her insurance company, but got the horse laugh. "They said woodpecker dam age was an act of God and I couldn't collect on my policy. Each hole came under my $50 deductable clause which meant I'd have to pay that much for each of . 500 holes. Bought Gun, Couldn't Shoot The actress climbed down from the roof and into the attic where shafts of light from the holes made a pleasant polka dot pattern. "I bought a pellet gun, but I couldn't bear the thought of shooting the darned birds. I con sidered a scarecrow, but the neighbors would think I'd lost my mind. PLANE READY FOR SERVICE London (IP) The turbo-prop Bristol Britannia will go into non-stop transatlantic passenger service between London and New York, Dec. 19, British Over seas Airways Corp. announced today. The scheduled service had been delayed for months by icing and other minor faults in the big four-engine "whispering gi ant. The flights are to be once weekly in each direction at the start. "I read a book on woodpeck ers. 1 learned they store more acorns than they can eat. After a while the acorns attract mice, jays and chipmunks. That's all I need." A leaky roof and constant drumming noises aren't the only problems. Esther's closets are being invaded. "I have lingerie drawers built into the walls, and every once in a while I open one of them to find a brassiere filled with acorns," she said grimly. 'I' don't think it's vary funny at this stage. If anybody knows a humane way to get rid of woodpeckers I'd certainly appre ciate hearing from them." Oregon City Msn Hurl In Streetcar Crash Oregon City (IP) Howard Buttolph, 55, Oregon City, was injured critically Monday night when his car was struck by a street car in the fog midway be tween here and Gladstone. Sheriff's deputies said But tolph drove onto the tracks in thick fog at the end of Main and 18th sts. and continued LLOYD'S COUNSEL DIES London (IP) William Mendes, 66, general counsel in the United States for underwriters at Lloyd's, London, died here Mon day after a short illness. A na tive of New York, Mendes was senior partner of the law firm of Mendes & Mount. westbound about half a mile. They said he apparently was trying to get the car off the tracks when a street car struck the auto while it was crossays on a 30-foot trestle. The car was pushed 196 feet and was a total wreck. Buttolph was found at the bottom of the trestle bank below the point of impact. FIRM MUST SELL ASSETS Cairo OP) The Cairo branch of the American Express com pany has been given five years to sell its assets to Egyptiansit was disclosed today. Five yeSrs is the maximum time permitted for such changeovers tinder tha "Egyptianization" laws passed earlier this year. The Packard Hawk . . . most distinctive car on the American road So high in fashion,:. So superb in good taste New Studebakers and Packards for 1958 o Brand-new and luxuriously styled from road to roof! That's the brilliant new line of Studebakers and Packards for '58. They're high in fashion, low in silhouette and they come to you in a large variety! Each is precisely crafted, beautifully styled, meticulously engineered for un equalled performance phis solid economy of operation. There's one to match your needs and purse. . And remember, extra craftsmanship assures lowest upkeep while you drive highest value when you trade. Before you buy any car, see these new Studebakers and Packards: the thrifty Scotsman... the high-spirited Golden Hawk and Silver Hawk, the handsome Commander and Champion . . . the powerful Packards . . . sedans, station wagons, new panoramic Starlight hardtops. These are new cars, great cars, styled and engineered to perfection. Visit your Studebaker-Packard dealer for a guest drive . . . Today 1 (5) Studebakef -Packard CORPORATION Dead Line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m. for following day. except 10 a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon Saturday. 'DE' LEIGH MOTORS 134 So. Riverside, fedford, Oregon 1957, Sfudebaker-Packard Corporation o The world's newest underseas phone line brings you improved calling to Hawaii Today you can talk to the Islands as clearly as you'd talk with a friend in your town. And your calls go through faster and easier on the new cable to Hawaii. It's the world's longest ocean phone line. It took years of research, months of construction. Tele phone men stretched it 2,400 miles from the Mainland to Honolulu. Added to exist- IVorking together to serve you better ing radio channels, it more than triples your voice paths to the Islands. And it keeps your voice strong and clear. This new cable, the first to Hawaii, is a striking instance of telephone progress. And progress like this means improved phone service for you. Be it over the seas, across our nation or just along your street. The men and women of fg) Pacific Telephone i in Med ford Yaur butinvu office 131 N. Rartl.rt St., SPrmg 2-6101 LOW STATION-TO-STATION RATES INTRODUCED WITH THE NEW CABLE You eon now phone Hawaii fof only $5.25 plus tax, for the first three minutes, nights and Sundays. Only $6.00 plus tax for three minutes day time. And night rotes now start at 6 P.M. instead of 10 P. M. 0 o
