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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Friday, April 11, 1958 Citizen, Official Support Urged For Traffic Safety The apparent need for pub-1 ties lie support of both citizens and officials to improve traf fic safety is the main finding of the 1953 Western Regional citizen Leadership Confer ence for Traffic Safety-; ac cording to Russ Jamison, who represented the Medford Safe ty council at the meeting. Mayor John Snider and C. D. Larson, both of Medford, also attended the meeting, which was called by the pres ident, in San Francisco on April 7 and 8. Oregon dele gates to the meeting number ed 54. The western regional meeting was the third of four planned in the United States during April, according to Jamison. Each of the 11 western states reported on traffic saf ety problems and on success ful solutions they have used for lowering accident rates. A complete report of the con ference will be forwarded to each attending and to the president.' The four regional reports will then be turned over to a committee for study on the nation's traffic prob lems, Jamison said. Supports Six Points The Western regional con ference voted its support on six . major points at the San Francisco meeting. It support ed the enactment of a uni form vehicle code, broaden ing of driver education tor all high school students, stronger driver control by re examinations, strengthening of enforcement by police agencies, a stricter traffic court system and improve ment of accident records to make better use of the exist ing records. Jamison said although each city represented differed slightly on these points, most cities agreed in principle. Earlier in the conference, Mayor Snider had delivered an address which pointed out the need in smaller communi- for establishment oi a maximum speed limit in cities, providing a city traffic warrant enforceable outside of city limits, the removal of uncertain factors concerning Teenagers Hurt In Auto Accident North of Phoenix Three teenage girls were injured this morning when the vehicle in which they were riding went out of con trol on North Phoenix . rd about one-quarter mile north of Phoenix, according to Ore gon state police. Hospitalized at Rogue Val ley hospital is Miss Patricia Ann Imhausen, 16, of route 3, box 108, Medford, a passen ger in the automobile. She was taken to the hospital by Medford ambulance and is re ported suffering from head injuries, lacerations and bruises. Treated and released from Sacred Heart hospital were Miss Dana Halaas, 16, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bernard McGrath, route 3, box 194, Medford, and Miss Susan Kay Walker, 16, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin O. Walker, 2295 Crestbrook rd., Medford, driver of the vehicle, police said. The accident occurred at 8:30 a.m., according to police. The driver told state police the automobile was south bound on the extreme right side of the highway when she attempted to turn the vehicle back into the middle of the lane. The automobile went out of control, swinging off the left shoulder of the high way. The three girls were thrown onto the highway, po lice said. No citations were issued. (SILgHI) Saturday, April 12 FOR OUR ANNUAL INVENTORY Open Monday, April 14th for business as usual Walt Young's MEDFORD STATIONERY STORE 210 East Main alcohol tests for drivers and for more engineering alert ness to keep up with expand ing traffic needs. Snider told the group fig ures compiled by the League of Oregon Cities' traffic com mittee show about 70 per cent of all Oregon traffic acci dents take place in cities. He noted only 22 per cent of fatalities take place in the city and said this is because of lower speeds and more en forcement by police. How ever, about 50 per cent of traffic accident injuries take place in city limits, he said. He explained the average city is now attempting to ad just its 25 to 50-year-old street system to today's traf fic needs which require free ways, railroad crossings, com plicated cloverleafs, one-way couplets and others. The re sult is a never-ending night mare for traffic engineers, he noted. Snider said the basic rule in Oregon is fine for wide, open highways but noted the need for a speed limit in cities. He told the group about the needs for enforcing a traf fic warrant outside of the city which would reduce the prob lems of non-city residents avoiding traffic fines. . Urges Standard Procedure The problem of the drink ing driver might be solved with a uniform method of blood sample for intoxicating liquor, he said. He urged a state law which would stand ardize procedure and perhaps require such a test by placing a withdrawal agreement clause cn a driver's license when issued. Planning for the future in traffic engineering was urged by Snider. He said the need is for bold plans for future major traffic carrying routes both statewide and nation wide. He urged traffic engi neers not to forget the sec ondary or inter-change routes in preparing future plans. A special meeting of the Medford safety council will be called when copies of the conference are received, ac cording to Jamison. He said Mayor Snider ' would also give a special report of the two-day meeting at a future meeting of the council. Jamison said results of the conference "will probably not be known for some time un til government experts have had a chance to study all four regional reports and to pre pare single reports. THE CLUE Nashville, Tenn. (IP) The phone rang after Mrs. Earl Fessy got home, and the me chanic asked her if she hadn't lost some money when she paid for some repair work. She checked, found she had. "How did you know it was mine?" she asked. "The bills I found on the floor had the same perfume on them as the money you used to pay me," he explained. MMEEE2 Snider s DCE CiEAM TO EVERYONE IN THE CAR SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. At FORTUNE - On the Way to The Sportsfair FRENCH FRY POTATO CUTTERS U A DD 1 1 AMI Y plus so EKCO V Aril I. I FORTUNE STAMPS Reg. 2.98 YOU GET ONE FORTUNE STAMP WITH EVERY GAL OF GAS FREE FORD Given APRIL 30 FREE $1000 BOAT MAY 28 DRIVE IN FOR FREE TICKETS - NO NEED TO BUY USE ANY -OIL CO. CREDIT CARD WHY PAY MORE FOR GASOLINE? ON THE POINT - SOUTH CENTRAL AT SOUTH RIVERSIDE Music Camp Set For Second Season Starts in July Ashland The Siskiyou mu sic camp will start its second season this July, with Clar ence Sawhill, director of bands at the University of California in Los Angeles as conductor of the camp band and consultant-instructor for the college seminar on band methods and materials, South ern Oregon college announced. Glenn Matthews of the Southern Oregon College mu sic department will coordinate activities and act as consultant and instructor. Matthews is the music camp founder. Lou is Clayson, also a SOC faculty member, will be director of the vocal clinic and choral ac tivities. He will be consultant on vocal methods and mater ials. , Opportunities for high sohool students in the music camp . are provided in the music camp band, S.M.B. choir, ensemble, solos, private lessons, marching band, com position, music literature, con certs and recitals, college of ficials said. Depending on the individual abaility, activities listed above are open to junior division musicians. Recom mended age limits for the jun ior division is sixth grade and for the senior division, completion of the eighth grade. Graduate and undergradu ate courses will be given col lege and graduate students. They will receive an oppor tunity also to assist in the management of groups, serv ing as instructors in some cases, and helping with the activities of the Camp in var ious capacities. Organized recreation, in cluding an over-night pack trip led by Dr. Elmo Steven son, president of the college, has been planned. Obituaries News About Servicemen TO ENTER MANEUVER Fort Campbell, Ky. Army Pvt. Gary H. Woodward, son of Mrs. L. C. Knapp, 416 S. Groveland ave., Medford, is scheduled to participate in "Exercise Eagle Wing", a 101st Airborne division ma neuver at Fort Campbell, Ky., April 16-30. The maneuver, which will involve more than 15,000 paratroopers, is designed to test the effectiveness of the division under simulated com bat conditions. RETURN TO U.S. San Diego, Calif, v David Muir,,' 1337 South Peach st., Medford, and Ralph R. Mc Vey, radarman seaman, USN, 595 Fordyce St., Ashland, have returned to San Diego recently. Their ships operated as part of the U.S. Seventh Fleet and participated in major opera tions. Muir is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Muir, Medford, and McVey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McVey, Ashland. CALENDAR Friday: 6:30 p.m. Shipmates class, First Methodist church, at church. 7 p.m. Medford Jaycettes, home of Mrs. Arthur Van Leeuwen, 1110 West Ninth street. 7:30 p.m. Organization meeting for coin collectors' club, Girls Community club. 7:30 p.m. Family fun night, Griffin Creek school gymnasium. 8 p.m. Degree of Pocahon tas, Redmen hall. Saturday: 1 p.m. Daughters of the Nile, Ashland Masonic temple. 1:30 p.m. Alpha Chi Ome ga, home of Mrs. M. M. Hug gins, Coal Mine road. 2 p.m. College Women's club, Girls Community club. 8:30 p.m. Happy Harvest ers, Moose hall. The world's largest peri scope, a 90-foot aluminum tube with intricate mirror and lens system permits at omic workers to sit safely be hind heavy shielding while watching tests of nuclear energy. WALTER FERGUSON Walter W. Ferguson, 82, Real Estate broker in Central Point for many years, died April 9 in Seattle, Wash., while visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Ridenour. Funeral arrangements are pending. ' MRS. JESSIE BARR Mrs. Jessie Barr, of Shady Cove, died early this morn ing in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be an nounce by Conger - Morris, funeral directors. MRS. LAURA E. GILLETTE Mrs. Laura England Gil lette, of 517 Edwards st., died this morning at her home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral directors. EDMOND CHEADLE Funeral services are pend ing at the Perl Funeral Home for Edmond Cheadle, 16, of Ruch. A complete obituary will be announced later. Warning Given on Drug Used for Acute Depression San Francisco (IP) A drug frequently prescribed as a stimulant in cases of acute depression has been suspected of causing "numerous deaths" because it is "dangerously mislabeled," according to Cor oner Henry Turkel. The coroner identified the drug as Iprbniazid, popularly known as "Marsilid." It is manufactured by Hoffman Laroche of Nutley, N.J. "A bottle I picked from a pharmacist's shelf here calls for a dosage three to four times excessive of the safe amount," Turkel said. Public Notice Urged "Widest possible public no tice should be given so that physicians and druggists should at once reduce the dos age according to the manu facturer's newer recommenda tions," he said. A spokesman for Hoffman- Laroche, contacted at the firm's New Jersey headquar ters, said the danger of fol lowing the original instruc tions in administering the drug "was sent to every doc tor and pharmaceutical firm on our list." Dr. S. E. Svenson of Hoff man -Laroche's medical de partment said the pamphlet sent out by the company "rec ommended a drop in dosage from the original 300 milli grams to less than 50." Turkel said he checked many physicians " and . hos pitals here, but found that "not one of them was aware of the danger or that the firm had changed the instructions.' Dosage Causes Death The coroner said the poten tial deadliness of an over dose of Marsilid came to light when Frances Simpson, 55, died March 27. An autopsy was held and the coroner's jury Thursday officially list ed the cause of death as "dos age of 150 milligrams of Mar silid per day." Turkel said Mrs. Simpson's death was the first to be link ed to the drug in San Fran cisco, but he had been re liably informed that "numer ous other deaths throughout the country" have occurred. BIRTHS JENNINGS To: Dr. and Mrs. G. Scott, 512 North Bar neburg rd., Medford, April 6 1958, a boy, 6 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. NICHOLSON To: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Harry, 1835 Ash land Mine rd., Ashland, April 11, 1958, a boy, 7Ji pounds, at Ashland General hospital. CLOUGH To: Mr. and Mrs. Dale, 814 Grant st., Med ford, April 10, 1958, a girl, 9V2 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ' New Haven, Conn. (IP) While Mario Villani was re ceiving a check for 51,850 from an insurance agent for his car stolen several days be fore, a neighbor telephoned that the thief had just re turned the car. The check was returned, also.. Prizes Awarded at our free casting pool Try your skill! Medford Armory April 12th & 13th Rites Scheduled ForT.Dunnington Services for Thomas E. Dun nington, 67, of 302 North 5th st., Jacksonville, who died Wednesday, will be held at Conger-Morris funeral home, Saturday at 11 a.m. The Rev. D. E. Millard will officiate. Burial will be in Jacksonville cemetery. Mr. Dunnington was born Feb. 14, 1891, in Burns, Ore. He owned the Jacksonville, Meat Market for about 30 years. He was married Aug; 31, 1916, in Jacksonville, to Luella McKee, who survives him. He was a member of Adarel Chapter No. 3, Order of Eastern Star, and Warren Lodge No. 10, AF&AM. Survivors besides his wife include a son, Thomas E. Dun nington Jr., Palo Alto, Calif.; a sister, Miss Gertrude Dun nington, Aberdeen, Wash.; a brother, Clinton B. Dunning ton, Springfield, Ore.; and two grandsons. Pallbearers will include William Smith, Kenneth Nor ris, Lewis Applebaker, Del bert Hackert, Omar Culy, and Donald Harris. Allies Seen in Summit Session Washington (IP) Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) said today America's European al lies are determined to have a "summit" meeting and will hold one regardless of wheth er the United States attends. Monroney, just returned from an official trip to Eu rope, said "If we don't go to the summit, there'll be a conference anyway" and Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles "will be on our own summit talking to himself." Monroney said in an inter view he found such European nations as France and Britain would be going to a heads-of-government meeting "just as skeptical as we are but willing to sit down and talk" in an effort to work out con structive agreements with the Soviets. The senator visited Switzer land, France and West Ger many as a U.S. delegate to the Executive Council of the Interparliamentary Union. He said he found "there is no feeling that our policy means much any more." Wallace Insulted At Demo Meeting Coos Bay (IP) Lew Wal lace of Portland, candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for governor, arrived Thursday for a Democratic meeting at Coquille and found he was not on the program. Wallace said: "This is the first insult I have had in my careeer as a Democrat in Ore gon." The Coquille dinner meet ing was arranged at request of Congressman Charles O. Porter of Eugene. In charge of arrangements was Robert E. Jones, Coos county Demo cratic chairman. He said that Wallace was invited earlier but had had a previous en gagement. Jones said the gu bernatorial candidate arrived unannounced. After his arrival, Wallace learned that Porter was to be the only speaker except for a few remarks by State Chairman Dave Epps. Wallace commented: "I have been the Democratic party's candidate for governor several times, and I have serv ed the party as treasurer and National Committeeman with out ever before being denied the right to speak at a Demo cratic gathering." Falconry goes far back into antiquity. Chinese appear to have practiced the sport some 2,000 years ago. Ancient sculptures and written ac counts suggest that hawking was popular in Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome. In medie val Europe it was a favorite pastime of the nobility. SACRIFICE Barre, Vt. (IP) Alderman Harvey Pilette volunteered to surrender his pay to help cut city government costs. He urged the other five CItj Council members, who can make up to $500 a year at i rate of $1 an hour, to give up their compensation. CSEILYIHIAKIE Checkmate for Miles ) Kelthane is the outstanding new miticide for superior, low-cost, all-round mite control of apples and pears. Applied in your regular petal fall or first cover spray, Kelthane will give you a thorough clean-up of European red and clover mites. The remarkable residual effectiveness of Kelthane will prevent an early build-up of two-spotted, McDaniel and related species. 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