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14 MAIL TRIBUNt, M.dford, Ort., Thursday, December 18. 1958 Farm Surpluses Likely to Force Drastic Changes to plant more acres with less fertilizer or fewer acres with more fertilizer as best suited his situation. Wheat surpluses, still on the increase, are also likely to force new programs during coming congressional sessions, say agricultural leaders. Wheat acreage permitted un der the government support program may be reduced from the present '55 million-acre level, Teal reports. It may also be required that land taken out of wheat production be placed under the conservation reserve. The two-price plan for wheat may again be con sidered. For 1959, however, there will be little change in the wheat program over 1958, the specialist explains. The national average support level announced last May was $1.81 a bushel, only 1 cent less than for the 1958 crop. The supreme court building provides each justice with a suite of three rooms-private office, secretary's office, and bath and shower. Corvallis - Wheat and feed grain surpluses appear likely to pile higher in the year ahead and will undoubtedly force drastic changes in farm programs, reported an Oregon State college marketing spe cialist. Record carry-over of wheat, corn, sorghums, oats, and bar ley are in prospect for mid 1959, reports Ray Teal, OSC extension seed marketing spe cialist. Corn farmers in the 26 com mercial corn-growing states recently voted in a new sup port program that lifts corn acreage restrictions for the first time since 1938. Teal said the national average support price for 1959 crop will be about SI. 12 to SI. 15 a bushel. Minus acreage allotments, corn . production could in crease greatly and put added pressure on other surplus feed grains. Teal says some farm groups are now discuss ing such "corrective" pro grams as "bushel allotments" rather than acreage allot ments for feed grains of all kinds. Under a bushel allotment program, a farmer could elect We Give a? GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central Flood Control Plans Urged For Illinois Valley Illinois Valley - The regu lar meeting of the soil con servation district was held Friday night in the SCD build ing with 12 members pres ent. The group heard full re ports on the recent State SCD conference held recently in Baker. All three of the amendments proposed by the local unit were adopted by the conference. Letters of appreciation were sent to Charles O. Porter and Fay Bristol for their coopera tion' in securing one of the amendments which provides for erection of SCD road signs along the highways. This prac tice has been against the rules before. Ten pounds of Rogue Gold cheese was the Illinois Valley District's contribution to the snack bar maintained at the convention. It was donated by the Rogue Gold dairy of Grants Pass. President Bud Randolph, Illinois Valley director to the Rogue Basin Flood Control district, gave a talk on the great problem of flood control facing the district. He stressed the grave situation in the val ley and deplored the lack of interest shown by the valley organizations. Valley Needs Help He declared the valley needs flood control help and the time for action is before a damaging flood occurs. The Farm Bureau and the Illinois Valley soil conservation dis trict are the only two organi zations represented at the flood control meetings. All clubs have been invited to send a representative. . The three main purposes of the SCD are: to develop pro per land use, good farming, to promote permanent and pro ductive farming. All help given by the SCD is free to the rancher. WAITING TO TESTIFY, Rep. Coya Knutson (D). Minn., and husband, Andy, sit at House committee table. Protest ing defeat for re-election, Rep. Knutson claims "Coya come home" letter, presumably sent by Andy, actually was written by man supporting her political opponent. She hopes to have committee find her defeat was due to fraud. Southern Pacific Freights Blamed For Missile Delays Vandenberg AFB, Calif.-llTD The Air Force today explained how it expects to conduct reg ular missile and space vehicle launching here while keep ing a sharp eye peeled for both scheduled and unsched uled trains running through the launch area. The fact which caused some embarrassment during the first West Coast Thor IRBM launching here Tuesday is that the Air Force admittedly doesn't always know" the schedule for trains coming through on Southern Pacific Railroad's main line Divi-Gen. out, Christmas ft Ik at HAL "IC Appliances (Feldman & Olson Electric) . 237 E. 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Air Force officers main tained a patient attitude toward jokes cracked by some newsmen who waited through delay after delay Tuesday while counting several trains which passed through the area during final countdown pro cedures. When the third train ap peared on the tense scene and lazily rolled past the Thor launch pad at less than half the 8,000-foot distance at which newsmen were kept, one officer slapped his head and groaned, "Oh, no!" A newsman cracked, "What happens now if a small dog runs out?" Hurry and Wait The Strategic Air Com mand, anxious to have its first Thor firing look good, hustled newsmen to the press obser vation site in plenty of time for a 12:15 p.m. launch, but was unable to fire until 3:44 p.m. Most newsmen missed lunch except for coffee and rolls purchased from a catering truck at the scene. Air Force spokesmen stressed that the trains played only a partial role in the nu merous "holds" which de layed the firing. They said most of the postponements during the ZV2 hour period were due to technical difficul ties encountered in equipment or procedures none of them serious. If a train appeared during a "technical hold," its passage added to the length of the delay, spokesmen said. Gen. Wade said following the successful launch that there were no plans to change firing routine or anything else, adding, "we do not plan to move the railroad." Americans' Cash Said More Plentiful Washirtgton-(UPD-Americans had more cash in their pock ets this year than ever before in history. But it didn't buy as much as what they had last year. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday night that personal income this year rose an estimated 1 V2 per cent higher than last year mostly due to higher federal benefit payments. ' However, the department said the increase failed to off set a 2V2 per cent increase in the cost of living. The report underlined that the n dollar has continued to shrink in value a situation that has caused Senate Demo cratic leaders to call for a full investigation of means to curb inflation. FRY PANS PERCOLATORS HAIR DRYERS MIXERS TOASTERS FRYERS Archeologist Who Found Relics Dies Chicago (LTD - Dr. George Livingstone Robinson, 94, the ologian and archeologist who unearthed biblical-age relics in the Sinai Peninsula, died here Wednesday. Dr. Robinson was graduated from Princeton University in 1887 and from the university's seminary in 1893. He was awarded a doctorate in theol ogy from the University of Leipzig. . Accident Reports In Cities Approved Salem -(UPD- A bill to re-j quire drivers involved in ac cidents in cities to file writ ten reports with city officials was approved Wednesday by j the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission. The bill also would estab lish better accident reporting procedures and accidents rec ords for cities as well as state agencies, the- commis sion said. The Commission commend ed sponsors and participants in a recent Blue Mountain teen-age traffic safety confer ence at Pendleton. It express ed hope that similar confer ences of this type would be held elsewhere. About 96 per cent of the ; physicians of the United States are men. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE MeAndrews at Court SP 3-9068 Coya Knutson To Look for Job; Vote Count Final 1 Washington- (UPD - Congress- : woman Coya Knutson kept a ; smile on her face despite a hurt look in her eyes and said "I'm going to look for a job." "I've been a working girl all my life." the blonde. 45- said in a tone of resignation. "I've always had to earn my bread and butter." Until Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Knutson had clung to a feeble hope that somehow she might be able to hold on to her seat in the Jlouse de spite the Nov. 4 elections re turns which gave her Republi can opponent a 1,390-vote margin. Husband 'Steamed Up' She had protested to the i special House Elections Com mittee that she lost because her opponents duped her hus band into issuing a "come home, Coya" appeal. Her hus band, Andy, assured the com mittee that he now wanted Coya to stay in Congrss. He said he had become "steamed up" by stories that Mrs. Knutson was "running around" with her young ad ministrative assistant stories he now believes to be untrue. But the five-man committee unanimously decided Wednes day not to interfere with the voters' decision that Coya should go home. It agreed that "exploita tions" of the Knutsons' family life had contributed to her de feat, but said there was no evidence the Republican who won the election, Odin Lan gen, was directly involved. Balloon Drifts Out of Range Santa Cruz, Canary Islands -OJPD-The balloon "The Small World" drifted out of radio range today on its transatlan tic voyage that already has smashed an endurance record set 45 years ago. Radio, messages from the balloon Jast were received here Tuesday, but radio ex perts said there was no fear the balloon was down in the Atlantic. They said the balloon either floated out of range of local receivers or lacked the power to make itself heard. . The balloon left here Dec. 12 and passed its 119th hour in the air 4 p.m. (PST) Wed nesday. The previous balloon endurance record was 87 hours set by J. Kaulen of Germany on a flight that went from Dec. 13 to 17, 1931. The last reports from the balloon' placed it at least 1, 300 miles from here and still heading in the direction of Central America. 100 SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS with Your Christmas HAM or TURKEY Order All This Week End! Order your Christmas Turkey or Hams Now! Again OK Market will bring you the finest possible fresh turkeys for your Holiday Dinner. 3!p Aunt Jemima q .IKK,! (aw 1 el' PANCAKE MIX NEW 4-lb. SACK! EASY-POUR SPOUT SAFETY SEAL SACK Introductory Offer RAVIOLI 9 All Vegetable 'IT 22-oz. 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