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MAIL TRIBUNE, KMforJ, Ore, FrMsy, November 21, 1598 Auto Dndustry Asked To Speed Work Washington -OB- The First National Conference on Air Pollution called upon the automobile industry Thurs day to proceed "at a vigorous rate" to develop control de vices to curb auto and truck exhaust fumes. The conference also urged medical and health groups to bring home to the public the health hazards from dirty air. The 900 delegates at the Conference .sponsored by the U. S. Public Health Service, advocated more research by the federal government, local communities and industries into means of curbing air con tamination. Numerous speakers at the three-day session blamed auto exhaust for a large share of air pollution. Industry spokes man reported that auto firms are working on a number of xhaust control devices, but delegates from smog -ridden Los Angelea charged that not enough was being done. Further Work Urged . In a series of final recom mendations, the conference S. F.'$ Bird Cage Signals To Go San Francisco (LTD The last of San Francisco's "bird cage" traffic signals will dis appear this year. City Traffic Engineer Ross Shoaf says the clanging, flash ing stop-and-go signals have outlived their usefulness. To many San Franciscans, the quaint signals are as much a part of the city as the cable cars. They were first in stalled in the early 1920's and hailed as the most advanced in the country. There are only a handful of the original 219 still in opera tion. Shoaf says these will be a thing of the past by the end of the year. "They just aren't flexible enough," Shoaf explains. "And occasionally they show green . or red in both directions." 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Fisher pointed out that more than 30 million Canadi ans and Americans cross the border freely each year, that Canadians spend a bulk of their annual $400 million tourist money in the U.S., and Americans leave an average $300 million a year north of the border. "Where in the world to day," Fisher asked, "can you find a border at which a great powerful nation lives next door to a small nation and the small nation is not worried and fearful, is not subjected either to economic or political pressure?" SQUEEZED OUT Chicago-TCPD-Frank D. Pat terson told FBI agents he really hadn't intended to es cape from a Biloxi, Miss., jail cell. Patterson said he decided against making a break after crawling halfway through the bars of his cell window but became stuck and could n't squeeze back in. So he squeezed out. j Uttt and Wear iui nl Woot-l Kyio for grmmUr mmm- mmd MiiFiiTiUi So fittl care! Toss these handsome LEVI'S Wool Shirts right in the home washer hang 'em up with tbe fanury wash! They'll come out spanking dean aod bright ready to wear with little or no irooingl Aid so good looking! LEVTS Wool Shirti are tailored in all-new exclusive patterns, in all your favorite Fan colors . . . tailored with all the traditional skin of LEVTS most famous name in i Many models for Mes and Beys! Choose the two-way-collar sports shirt shown her or ae the other . handsome LEVI'S Wool Shirt models, starting at $9,951 Urn 'am soon. ..at your LEVI'S Wool Shirt Dealer's! T. T. pollution program, due to ex pire July 1, 1960. Healtn Edu cation and Welfare Secretary Arthur S. Flemming said he will ask Congress next year for an extension of the pro-1- gram, which provides re search and technical services to states and local communi ties. Flemming told the dele gates that there is "no ques tion" that a "real investment will be required to solve the dirty air problem. The conference held that controls over polluting sub stances should be left to local communities wherever pos sible, but should be exercised by state and regional groups if necessary. AMA Questioned The conference questioned whether the American Medi cal Association and other medical groups have placed enough emphasis on preven tion of diseases caused or ag gravated by contaminated air. Other recommendations in cluded -Research on establishment of safe limits on the amount of air contamination each community can tolerate. Liaison between govern ment and industry on ways of curbing pollution. Greater consideration of meteorological effects upon local air pollution problems. -More effort by individual citizens and organizations to reduce activities which con tribute to air contamination. Possible Cancer Cause The delegates were given this picture of the effects from contaminated air: A possible cause of lung cancer, asthma, ana other diseases; and a na tionwide cost of $7,500,000,000 a year. Arthur C. Stern, air pollu tion research engineer for the Public Health Service, said atmospheric sampling m re cent years showed that air over the nation's cities is get ting dirtier. He said city air is five times as contaminated as that over rural areas. Sally Butler, legislative di rector for the General Federa tion of Women's Clubs told the conference that American Theyll Do It Every POP BLOWS HIS TOPKNOT IP JUNIOR SO MUCH AS GETS HIS RUBBER HEELS DAMP WERE OUT DRESSED LIKE PSST BWwJSi ..7x1 If -mat? do you waht to I 1- Gsllar A-CUOOf 5a$v. Jf CATCH PNEUMONI4 ? 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Company, parties charged in this same fashion have run as high as $25,000. 30 Million Cards - There are an estimated 30 million credit cards in use to day, issued by oil companies, airlines, railroads, hotels, restaurants, telephone com panies, car rental firms and others. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. alone has some 1,500,000 cards outstanding. Americans last year charged some $80 million worth of phone calls. The big factor In the tre mendous popularity of the credit card is the convenience of not having to carry large sums of money in your wallet. The credit card takes the place of money, at least until the bills come in. All tabs run up during the month are itemized by the organization issuing the card and bills are sent out month ly. The itemized bill is a per fect way to squelch the Doubt ing Thomases in the Internal Revenue Service, who now are demanding proof of reim bursed expenses. Eliminates Cash Nttd Business firms also like credit " cards because they eliminate the need for giving travelling representatives a pocket full of cash and make padding of expense accounts extremely difficult. However, while conveni ence is the big factor behind the growth of credit cards, some industry sources say the "very multiplicity of credit cards has become an incon venience in itself." This has spurred a drive to develop a truly universal credit card, one which would be good for everything from buying flowers and throwing parties to hiring part - time secretarial help and taking vacations. The dominant influence in the credit card field at present is the Diners' Club, which has 20,000 facilities in more than 76 countries. It is being chal lenged by American Express Co., 108-year-old banking and travel firm which entered the field recently, American Express has an estimated 14,000 facilities in more than 80 countries and possessions. However, it re fuses to disclose how many members it has, except to say Change Your Rooms with MIRRORS All Sizes in Stock Phone SP 3-3613 SELBY GLASS CO. To Curb women so far have shown "an amazing tolerance" to dirty air. But she said this toler ance is bound to wear thin as time goes by. Time I "several hundred thousand." Bust Making Deals l In recent weeks, Diners' and American Express have been outdoing each other buying up or making deals with other credit card issuers. Diners', for example, has made a deal to acquire Sheraton Corp. of America's 850,000 card hold ers. , American Express has signed an agreement with General Motors, - Ford and Chrysler giving it permission to solicit their dealers in a program which would enable a card holder to charge his auto repairs. With the American Express card, a vacationer could go all the way to Moscow on his credit card. However, once he Model I APPLIANCE CO. Auto, Truck Exhaust Fumes Officials from Los Angeles have blamed auto exhausts for a large share of the air pollution. They have been de manding stepped up research By Jimmy Hatlo NOW GET A G4NDER AT HIMSELF ENJOYING TWELVE HOURS'MlSERy UP TO HIS CLAVICLE IM SLEET- got there he would have to use cold, hard rubles. It seems the Russians haven't gotten around to inventing the credit card as yet. If the credit cards have any opponents today, they are the restaurants, hotels and other establishments which have to pay a commission to the credit card issuing firm. In restau rants, this runs as high as seven per cent of the bill. Increase Volume Proponents of the credit card say this commission is offset by increased volume resulting from the use of the cards. ' Unlike oil companies which give their credit cards to customers for nothing, Diners' Club, American Express and The most moderately priced of fine stereo phonic consoles! 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Bogen, Profes sor of Finance at New York University, says the credit card evolved from the long established department store Charga-Plate which American housewives have been using for years. The oil companies, Issued the first credit cards as we know them today in the 1920s. As commercial and tourist travel expanded, so did the use of credit cards for other services. .Some observers foresee the day when virtually all retail purchases will be made on credit cards, including cloth ing, food and even appliances and automobiles. When that day comes, the credit card will be truly a universal re placement for money. 2 31 SMOKED HAM HOCKS 15V walnut $20 peim 12 Noon NOVEMBER 23 Presenting a larger Store filled with Flowers, Foliage Plants, and a New Stock of Gifts. free Flowers for the Ladies REFRESHMENTS ; EAST PORK SIXTH ST. BEEF ROASTS 49V SAUSAGE vir 4J lb. Steel drums ... symphony orchestras ... rock 'n roll . . . 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