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o o o ; 10 MAIL TRIBUNE, M Mirchum Want Son Hollywood (Editor's nott: Vernon Scott is on vacation. Writ ing today's Hollywood story is rugged Robert Mi&hum who has his own ides about raising his son to be an actor. By ROBERT MITCHUM f " Written for UPI " i Hollywood (UPI) You know, a film star is something -of a freak. A freak in a side Jshow can't help being a freak ."though, so the star hsfs the i"edge on him there, i X. A star can sort of fade, and -fade fast, if you know what I jnean. But moola, gold and "greenback, is good . . . the ."life ain't bad, once you've got used to it, and learned to roll ISlrawberry Growers Xall for Pickers S Portland (UPI William ette valley strawberry grow ers have issued urgent cans for hordes of nickers to har vest their multi-million-dollar crop before more rains cause -heavy damage. Growers said berries al ready soaked by Friday's downpour would develop -mould, and rot if left-on the ;vines more than a day or two. ?The sun was shining on the "strawberry fields yesterday but the weather bureau pre dictions for the next few days Jwere heavy with talk of thun- dershowers. About 6,000 persons were picking berries in Washington county Satuday but pickers fouler use another 5,000. . Some growers said they suffered heavy losses in Fri day's storm but others said I their losses would be relative- ; ly light. driver Killed Whan Logs Fall off True& Klamath Falls (UPI) A 24-year-old Klamath Falls :iruck driver, Harold Francis Wilder, was killed Friday when a load of logs slipped . off his truck and crushed him. The accident occurred0 on - Round ke road about nine miles west of here. Police Z said Wilder, a driver for Lo well Jones Lumber company, was apparently trying to ad just his load when the logs slipped. G Doesn't to Become 'FFeak' with the load. Still I don't know if I want my son, Jim, to become freak. In the end it is up to him of course . . . and the public who makes us freaks. Jim, Dorothy's and my eld est, is 17, and graduates from high school this June. Crosby has his boys in the racket and Duke Wayne sold his boy to Jock Whitney. So when we were planning to make a pic ture ourselves, "Thunder Road," and there was a part for a lad Jim's age, playing my son incidentally, it seem ed a natural. Jim wanted to have a go at it so we put him in the picture. He did okay too. Will Decide for Himself Now he's got to make up his mind. He likes to take cars apart and sometimes put them together again. He's no great shakes as a student, but he makes passing grades. ( If Uncle Samuel doesn't beckon him, he can go straight to college, study en gineering, or what have you ... or take up picture acting. Personally. I don't think that college would help much in this direction. Who ever heard of a freak that was a Phi Beta Kappa? If he wants to become an actor he had better be a star. That pays better. In which case he .had better learn to be a well behaved freak. You last longer and the going's eSsier. I know. I learned the hard way. Learned New Tricks Before I learned to classify stars as freaks I was always in trouble. It seems that there is a certain type of sub-human who thinks because he lays down a buck to see an actor play a part on film, he owns a part of that actor. This own ing part of an actor shows in several ways, depending on the actor and on the owner. Some write fan letters. That's fine, . innocuous, and may even improve penman ship. Others want to kiss you. That's okay by me as long as they pair off right. But my owners generally want to be big men and prove it on me. It is all right with me if my sonny-boy Jim wants to fol low in the footsteps of dear old dad. But for the lad's sake I do hope his fans are the kissin cousin kind. It is much easier on the freak! Ma Mfk MTTI1 Theyll Do It Every At THE V1LL45E COFFEE POT PHYFFE AHD DRUMM TALK tM THE MILLIONS STf5tCTLy Bl& OPEP4TOPS TO HB4R THEIR SPIELS Ort DE4LS-- in t 1MEK COMES A 8l(5 EMERGESlCy FOR A CASH OUTLAY OF FOUR CENTS -WOW . THEy H4VE TO FLOAT 4 L04N" TrtiHX AXO A TIP OF THE H4TL0 HAT TO HE4TERS: MILLBURN, N..T 4-9 Declared To Be Decade Away Editor's note: This is the first of a series on air safety written for United Press International. Today, Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada (Ret.) head of the President's Airways Modernization Board, tells what his agency is doing to insure greater safety. By ELWOOD R. QUESADA Written for UPI Washington (UPI) Com plete, positive control of all air traffic is a decade away. This is the blunt fact that must be faced by all con cerned with air safety. Because not enough has been done in the past, the fu ture has caught up with us before we are ready. Prob lems that have been in the making for 20 years- are not going to be solved overnight. The Airways Modernization Board (AMB) marks the first attempt in aviation history to coordinate, under one roof, all the research and development activity devoted to air traffic control. For the first time, we are tapping a tremendous backlog of technical and scien tific ability and applying it to the problem. And, for the first time, we actually have defined the problem to- be solved. Highest Priority AMB has given the highest priority to these various facets of airspace control: 1. Development of the data processing system, which in fact represents replacement of pa Until June 14th, COPCO customers can tracle any type of old water heater for a new, quick recovery electric water heater and get a $20 bonus, in addition to the regular dealer's allowance! YOUR FAVORITE APPLIANCE DEALER OR PLUMBER HAS COMPLETE INFORMATION AND CAN HANDLE ALL DETAILS THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY A Western Company Owned and Operated by Western People . Time t Rnufii-rr nnn ?M21PES AT4-Q- ( Sb-ptjT mrjcr i IP A MlCc BLOCK OF PE4L ESTATE TODAY"-A JAA-'A' UCAU OU.OU' A fmO! 4NDVOJS4rO TWEV NEVER Ac 60T4NY CH4N6EFI 1 nLL IT ll L-l V I " ' - ' 4INT OOT A CENT." ive Control of Airways the outmoded hand-to-hand movement of vital air traffic data with: a more automatic, efficient and faster system. Plans for flights will be fed into electronic computers. A more automated technique must replace the present sys tem in which human control lers must, continually keep track of aircraft locations and predict conflicts from hand written information on crude slips of paper mounted on racks in front of the con troller. 2. Development of an auto matic communications system between aircraft and the ground. This will eliminate much of the time-consuming voice communications be tween control centers and air craft. The new electronic sys tem will speed up reports and instructions between pilot and controller. More Accurate Surveillance 3. Perfection of three-dimensional radar for more ac curate, . reliable and wider area surveillance of aircraft, particularly in the crucial high-density areas near air ports. 4. Improvement of airports themselves, which are a vast ly underrated bottleneck in the total system. This means better runway lighting, more efficient high-speed turnoffs to taxiways, and improved lo 30(1! US 2Q. By Jimmy Hatlo j A-e-m Pi OtlT AT $ tPCO.OOO INTO DE&M I TuRE5TO-ls mi ' ''.r.' ,-' ' j a MirvEU? THOSE METERS T4KE NIE OOtTT THEY r wrviwny; HwKKy 1 1 ur.v ures Syndicate. Inc, World rights reserved. cation rof runways. Specific progress has been made in this field. New York City officials are already putting to practi cal use AMB airport" findings in planning expansion of the New York International Air port facilities at Idlewild. 5. Anti-collision and prox imity warning devices. This is a highly technical and com plex project in which some but not , conclusive progress has been made. 6. Improved navigational aids. 7. Maximum coordination between the Air Traffic Con trol System and Air Defense Systems. The list of goals and proj ects is more impressive than the achievements reported to date. What many people fail to realize is the inevitable timelag between establishing a goal and achieving it. In the present situation, only 30 per cent of the money Congress has appropriated in the past four years for im provements in the Air Traffic Control System has actually been applied. What the traveling public faces, because of our lag in meeting the jet-age challenge, is occasional inconvenience, not danger. Today, air travel is 13 times safer than travel by automobile. Next: James T, Pyle, CAA. EXTRA ALLOWANCE get a dealer Reunion Dinners Set at U. of 0. Saturday, June 14 Eugene (Special) mem bers of six classes will meet on the campus Saturday, June 14, for reunion dinners and special festivities that have been planned for them. Reunions will be held by the classes of 1908, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1928, and 1933. In addition, the Half-Century Club, composed of all who have been university alumni for 50 years or more, will hold a reunion. More than 300 alumni, headed by Mrs. Varian Babb Wilkins, the university's old est livjpg alumna, will be on the campus to take part dur ing Alumni Day. Mrs. Wil kins, whose home in Eugene is that of the university's first president, Dr. John W. Johnson, was of the class of 1879. Opening the alumni activi ties on Saturday will be a luncheon in Erb Memorial Union. At this time the fifty year graduates will be given Gouden certificates, and the members of the class of 1933 will receive their Silver O certificates as 25-year alumni. Each reunion class will also be represented by a speaker at the luncheons. Reunion dinners are plan ned for 6 p.m. Saturday even ing. Alumni of '08, '18, and the Half Century Club will hold their dinner in the Erb Memorial Union. Dinners at the Eugene Hotel will be given for members of the classes of '23 and '33. Tlfe alumni of '13 will have a din ner at the Osburn Hotel. $77,000 in Premium Awards Is Offered Salem (UPI) Exhibitors at the Oregon State Fair, opening here Aug. 28, will have a chance to win more money for fair exhibits than ever before. More than $77,000 in pre mium awards will be offered. Cattle classes, with pre miums of more than $35,000, again head the list. Second will be the floral and garden department with $10,650 allo cated. A considerable increase in the number of Oregon coun ties entering county exhibits is expected this year. The county exhibits will be scored, for the first time and .the winner will take a cup, and first prize of $200. $25. 1 Until June 14th, COPCO residential customers can trade any tyre of old stove or range for a modern electric range and $25 bonus, in addition i allowance. Better hurry: JACKSONVILLE Teachers to Take Courses By BETTE HOSKINS Jacksonville Teachers from Jacksonville schools at tending Southern Oregon col lege this summer are Miss Marion Anderson, Dea Cox, Bill Seymour, Mrs. Mary Sul lenger, Miss Marge Simonsen, Mrs. Florence Hanson, Mrs. Vida McjCarley, Mrs. . Clara Wendt and John Crabb. Glenn Schireman will at tend SOC and the University of Oregon; Mrs. Leona Gilin sky will attend Portland State; Mrs. Helen Broadbeck, Oregon State college; Lee Harter, Oregon State, and Jean Hunsaker, University of Wyoming. Leroy Mauroni, who will replace Hunsaker as music teacher, will attend theUni versity of Idaho. Mauroni for merly taught music in the school here and is returning this year after teaching a year in Brookings, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. William Wienke of Clatonia, Neb., were visitors last week in Jacksonville. They visited their ' cousins, the Heckert family. A family dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burnfield. Guests pres ent were John Heckert, Mrs. Anna Wolff of Central Point, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hackert, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Godward and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Heck; ert. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Dewey and children of Newark, Medford to Klamath Falls $4.90 ' ' 1 plus tgx 31 Minutes Away For Reservations and Information Call SP 2-7269 -. to the regular tV)jt Calif., spent the week end at the home of - Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Burnfield in Jackson ville. A family dinner was given in honor of Mrs. Dew ey's birthday. Family mem bers attending were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harris and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hackert, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Godward, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Offenbacher and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore and son of Klamath Falls. Denny Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore of Klam ath Falls, is visiting this week at the home of his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burn fiel. Mrs. Anna Wolff of -Central Point and her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oris Wolff of Toketee Falls, were last Saturday callers at the Burnfiel home. . Mr. and Mrs. Orville Math eny are here from San Diego, Calif., for an extended visit with their son, Bruce Math eny and family, and their daughter, Mrs. Donald Stoner and family. Mrs. L u e 1 1 a Dunnington spent last week end visiting at the home of her niece Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Moore at Butte Falls. The Rev. and Mrs.'W. D. Turnbull attended funeral services ' for Mrs. Turnbull's mother, Mrs. Lena Book, May 27, in Klamath Falls. New residents at 404 South Oregon st. are Mr. and Mrs. r kuL Nate Smith and four sons, Eldon, Danny,' Gary 'and Jimmy. Guests last wek end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hardy were their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Rolie. and three children, Tomm Susie and Kay of Paskenpa, Calif. Also at the Hardys for an afternoon visit were Rolie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rolie of Ashland. Visiting over the. week end was the Hardy's son, Marion Hardy, of Grants Pass. He and his father took a week end fish ing trip to Fish lake. Norman Surber of the Na val Air Station, Alameda, Calif., is home on a 15-day leave and spending some f the time at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Whitney. Surber expects to be stationed in Japan in the near future. Farouk to Appeal Court Decisions Rome (UPI) An attorney for ex-King Farouk of Egypt said last night the portly play boy will appeal court verdict ordering him to pay an Italian store $47,000 for two snuff boxes. The court decision an nounced Friday4 also ordered Farouk to pay $1,650 court costs for the suit brought against him by the swank Bul gari store. Washington (UPI) The Public Health Service said Saturday that polio cases rose from an average of about 15 a week in April to 27 in May. N O h- o
