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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1958)
o 0 i ma rt? rz&wz M- Ptliey, itmm 11, 1911 f l -1 il iin... ANXIOUS Dressed only in Kit UMdenrear, James Avolio, 65, of Paterson, N. J., anxiously awaits rescue on the rear roof of a 2-story builflin afltr an early morning fire broke out in his attic apartment. The policemen be low had unsuccessfully attempted to rescue Avolio, and are shown hailing firemen just ariving. Avolio suffered burns on back and head. Railroad Freight Sate Hike Rapped Salem (UPI) Director of Agriculture Robert J. Steward today filed a formal protest to the Interstate Com merce Commission of the three per cent general rail road freight rate increases whkh went into effect this year. Steward said that if the rate remains in effect, it will cause added hardships to Oregon agriculture and further shifts toother forms of transporta tion. He said this was true de spite the fact that the increase was smaller and more selec tive than many of the per centage increases granted rail roads since World War II. The protest will be consid ered at ICC hearings sched uled for July in Washington, D. C. Steward cited as an exam ple that in terms of every 100 acres of potatoes produced, the railroad got 28 acres at Ontario in 1945 and 45 acres in 1957. He added that rate increases on onions shipped from Salem grew from 37 of each 100 acres in 1945 to 57 in 1957. Dollarwise, rail costs to New York on pears shipped from Medford climbed from $1.42 to $2.18 per hundredweight from 1945 to 1957. And Hood River apples went from $1.35 to $2.26. GASSY? 3 Timet Faster Relief CtlfS laboratory test proto BE114K tobtoU mutralae S timet as much stomach aeidirf in on minuti as many lead in JMnstm taklttt. Set BEU-AIS today for K,JI1J """ relief. 35 FREE UMPU, seat postal to Orangeburg, n. y. Bourdon Named Agent For Insurance Firm John C. Bourdon, 4226 Ce dar lane, has been appointed agent here for the Medford office of Prudential Insurance company, Harold D. Hamm, district manager, has an nounced. Bourdon is a native of New Hampshire and attended pub lic schools there. During World War II and the Korean conflict he served with the Navy in the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean and Mediterra nean. Mr. and Mrs. Bourdon have two children, James David, 14, and Billy Charles,, 8. Horses still pull freight cars over a short rail line linking a rail junction with the Shan nonville Mills near Clonakilty in County Cork, Eire. News About Books From the Library. Almost every circulating book shelved in the "green room," the large south read ing room of the Medford Pub lic library, has been moved to a new position on the shelves. The shifting was necessary in the installation of two new bookstacks recently acquired to take care of the library's growing book collection. Mo ving the fine arts books to the new stacks provided space on the wall shelves for shift ing books in the arts, science, language, social sciences, and religion classes, space that has been much needed for new additions to these collections. A library is not only a col lection of books; it is even more specifically defined as a selection of books in an order ly arrangement. If you are to find books on a subject group ed together for your conven ience, shelf space must be left available not only for the addition of new volumes in the field but for the return to their correct place of books brought back to the library by borrowers. The shelvers have been finding this an in creasingly difficult task re cently, especially in the fields of science and technology. While you will not now find your books in their ' fa miliar places, you will still find them in the Dewey Deci mal arrangement used by most public libraries. To as sist you further in locating your favorites, shelf labels have been posted, indicating the new positions of all sub jects, and book jackets typi fying the subjects have ' also been placed at the ends of shelves. Don't hesitate to ask for as sistance at the library's circu lation desk. School Classes Visit Library Elementary school classes which visited the Medford Public library, headquarters of the Jackson County library at the closing of the school year included the West Side school's first grade and the Griffin Creek school's second grade. Miss Pat Colley brought 14 pupils to make the acquain tance of the library's junior department when the West Side pupils made their field trip. With Mrs. Arnold and 28 children of the Griffin Creek school were two of the school's mothers, Mrs. Mer riman and Mrs. Hufteling. During the summer vaca tion months the junior depart ment will open an hour earl ier each afternoon, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. daily except Sat urdays, when children may visit the library from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Parents who cannot attend the library during daytime hours are invited to take ad vantage of the library's "fam ily night" each Tuesday when the children's room vis also open from 6:30 until 9 p.m. During the past month, 199 volumes were added to the library, of which 53 were se lected for junior readers, and 146 for adults. Gifts account ed for 20 of these, the donors including Arthur H. Thomp son, Mrs. W. H. Roberts, Haz el M. Goodrich, and Mrs. Guy Jones. Eight-two new titles were included, of which 60 were listed in the last publi cation of this column. Twenty-two new titles added more recently include: Adventure: Walk the Wide World, Knies; The Wooden Horse, Williams; Sagebrush Swindle, Field. Other non-fiction: The Days Before Yesterday, Crehan; Yonder One World, Moraes; The Edge of April, Swift. Humor: St. Dingan's Bones, Lee; Cheers, Major Barlow, Fain. Romance: The White Room, Coatsworth; Kate Cavanaugh, Downes. Science Fiction: The Black Cloud, Hoyle; The Martian Chronicles, Zradbury. Historical Romance: Bugle in the Wilderness, Burress; Pharaoh, McGraw. Mysteries: The Execution ers, Millar; The Lost One, Ly on; Death of A Spinster, Dun combe. Teen-Age: The Light, Saint Marcoux; Florian, Salten; A Dream to Touch, Emery; The Star Seekers, Lesser. Other Fiction: A Bromfield Galaxy, Bromfield. Church Urged To Speak Out San Francisco (UPI) Evangelist Billy Graham says the church must speak out to day on the problems of race, alcoholism and mental illness. Graham told a near-capacity crowd of 18,000 persons at the Cow Palace Tuesday night that "the church must take the lead" in all moral and social issues of the day. One of the major purposes of the church, he said, is to be an influence for good in the community. Its purpose is ,to glorify God, to provide fellowship and to strengthen religious faith. "Christ predicted the tri umph of the church," he said. Before his sermon, singer Ethel Waters was introduced to the crowd. She sang, "His Eye Is On The Sparrow." Miss Waters told newsmen she came to San Francisco to appear with Graham "because my child needs me, so I came out here to smile at him and let him know he was on the right track." Graham's total attendance to date is 603,225. The crusade ends this Sun day, to be climaxed by a giant rally in Seals Stadium on June 22. ' Some of the old Hebrides Is lands off the west coast of Scotland are, linked to the mainland by air services. V " a If - FLY "for - FR THAT'S RIGHT. Only 1 patient out of 3 is a subscriber. The other two must pay. Any resident living within 1 JO miles of Medford, Ore gon, can and should b a subscriber to Mercy Flights. At $4 a year per family, it is the only way that a wage q earner can afford air ambulance service for his family. i Accidents don't just happen to "someone else." The most common comment by Mercy Flights patients is: "1 never thought that WE would need Mercy Flights." If the time ever arises whn your family is saying this, wouldn' it be better to be a subscriber? For a non-subscriber, the fee is $70 for every 100 miles the patient is flown. NO OTHER AREA . . . in the United States has a service like Mercy Flights. The three twin-engine planes are operated for only one rea son, and that is to save your life. Don't wait until it's too late! If you are not a subscriber, send your $4 today to: ' MERCY FLIGHTS, INC. ' Box 522 Medford, Oregon 86 Major Cases Reported to City Police in May A total of 86 major offenses were reported to the Medford city police during May, ac cording to the monthly depart ment report. Traffic citations totaled 490 and miscellaneous services, 855. , Fifty-five major offenses were reported in May, 1957, and 64 in May, 1956. Major offenses investigated by the department, of which 21 per cent were cleared dur ing the month, were 1. aggra vated assault, which was clear ed; 11 burglaries, 3 cleared; 8 larceny-theft of $50 or over, 3 cleared; 61 under S50, 10 cleared; and 5 auto theft, 1 cleared. - Miscellaneous offenses in cluded 41 drunkenness, all cleared; 13 embezzlement and fraud, 6 cleared; 13 assaults, 9 cleared; 5 vagrancy, all cleared; 4 disorderly conduct, 3 cleared; 2 forgery and coun terfeiting, neither cleared; 1 violation of liquor laws, which was cleared. While 1,567 total cases were reported during May, police cleared 1,451 cases, including those pending from past months. A total of 1,166 cases were reported to city police in May, 1957, and 1,116 in May, 1956. Of the traffic citations is sued, 92 were for failure to stop at a sign or signal; violations of basic rule; parked on wrong side street; 136 other improper parking; 34 no operator's li cense and 23 void vehicle li cense. Four persons were arrested for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The remainder were for miscellaneous violations. 75 52 of Published as a public service by the Medford Mail Tribune MINUTES BEFORE DEATH Mrs. Lucia Downey, 85, of Oakland, Calif., presents a flag to Bob Hale, 12, at a flag raising ceremony at the new Tyrell Junior High School in Hayward minutes before she collapsed and died. Mrs. Downey was giving the school a flag which had been used on the grave of her son, a war casualty. Apparently the excitement was too much for her. r Custodian Breaks Fall of Girl, 5 115-ManStaff Makes 20 Pounds Of Material Daily i Model City, N. Y. (UPI) A plant in this tiny western New York community has a 115-man production force that works a three-shift, seven-day week but turns out only 20 pounds of material weekly. On the surface, it would ap pear much effort was going to waste. But the work of pro ducing, the dark grey powder known as boron 10 is extreme ly complicated. The four - million - dollar Atomic Energy Commission installation here, operated by the Hooker Electrochemical Co., is the only full-scale plant producing boron 10 in the United States and Canada. Boron 10, according to the j AEC, is a form of the non metallic element boron. Pos sessing the property of read ily absorbing neutrons with out itself becoming radio active, it is suitable for use in nuclear-reactive shielding and control mechanisms. The installation here, gets its boron in the form of a gas, boron trifloride, from certain chemical companies. It is found fairly widely in nature as a mixture of boron 10 and boron 11. i The work of separating the two is accomplished through use of fractionating towers, similar to those used in the petroleum industry. Precautionary measures of a high degree are taken to in sure that none of the material, worth $1,200 a pound, escapes the plant. All workers in the process ing area wear gloves to pre vent the possibility of even minute particles being carried off under the fingernails. Also all worn clothing, floor sweep ings and other waste is re tained and burned periodical ly to recover small amounts of boron 10. Hooker points out ' that a prime use for the product will be to help protect persons who operate nuclear reactors. Currently, require shielding for reactor structures is ac complished through use of tons of lead or concrete. "The relatively minute quantities of boron 10 re quired to provide neutron shielding may simplify reac tor design," said Hooker. Pickets Removed At Burns Plant Burns (UPD The Hines Lumber company of Hines is back in operation after pick ets from the International Woodworkers of America closed the plant for 12 hours Monday, a Hines official at Burns said Tuesday. The IWA local is still strik ing at the Westfir operation of the Hines company. The Westfir strike began when the Hines company re fused to renew existing con tracts. The company sought to negotiate on pay to fallers and buckers. Portland (UPI) Karen Jan Olson, 5, .Buffalo, Mont., fell 12 feet from a stairway landing at the Forestry build ing here Tuesday but escaped serious, injury when the fall was partially broken by the custodian, V. E. Saunders, who tried to catch her. She suffered shock and pos sible head injuries. She told police she slipped on the top step of the model forest look out tower and slid headfirst to a landing where she went through the railing 'and then dropped another 12 feet to the floor. Saunders saw her as she- slid downstairs. GRAFLEX MAN DIES Rochester, N.Y. (UPI) Chairman Nelson L. Whitaker of Graflex, Inc. manufac turer of photographic equip ment died at 79 in Genesee hospital here on Monday. He was president of the Oswego County Trust company from 1929 to 1944. ASTOR'S MOTHER DIES New York (UPI) Lady Ribblesdale, first wife' of the late Col. John Jacob Astor, died at her home here on Monday. She was 89. She was 89. She was the mother of Vincent Astor. Lady Ribbles dale was one of the leaders f "otf Dciety for more thn SO years. She was fam ous both for her beauty and for her sfcill as a sportswom an. Iowa, California, Pennsyl vgnit and Minnesota lead the nation in their annual produc tion of eggs for market. be sure to see page 3 The Prudential's unique free Dollar Guide service is designed for the busy man who knows the value of planning ahead. Your Prudential Agent can show you how the time you spend with him on this copyrighted serv ice may well be the most valuable time ever for you and your family. 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