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f MAIL TRIIUNI, Writer, Onim, TTiurid.y, Janmry 1 S, 1 959 State Should Not Postpone Building, OSC President Says Corvallis Oregon simply cannot afford to postpone construction of new build ings on its college campuses in the coming two years if it wants "orderly and top quality" education for the wave of college students coming in the mid-1960's, President A. L. Strand of Oregon State college said this week. Alarmed over suggestions that expansion of college fa cilities in the state be drasti- Spending by Consumers Due To Sel Record " By GEORGE C. HARLAN United Press International New York -flJPD- Consumer spending, which helped shore up the economy during the recent recession, will rise to an all-time high of about $307 billion in 1959, an increase of about $17 billion over the rec ord 1958 figures, according to the experts. This increase will be one 'of the key factors behind the anticipated rise in economic activity to new highs in 1959 The consumer is the most Important cog in the nation's complex economic machinery, accounting for two-thirds of all the goods and services bought in the country. - In 1959. according to re tail economists,' consumers will spend more for all types of goods and services. Higher Take-Home Pay The way, for this increased consumer outlay will be paved by higher take -home pay, longer hours of employ ment and improved confi dence in the economy. The record $290,400,000,-000- spent by consumers for goods and services in 1958 was chalked up despite a sharp decline in sales of dur able goods, such as autos and appliances. Spending for non - durable goods such as clothing and food increased during the year, as did outlays for serv ices ranging from the beauti cian to the mortician. But the economists caution that, the consumer, though more cocky about the future than a year ago, is not bent on any wild spending spree. Consumers this year are expected to boost their pur chases of such big-ticket items as autos, major appliances and home furnishings by about 15 per cent to $42 billion. This figure still will fall short of the record sum spent for hard goods in 1955. Shock-Absorber Last year, the consumer provided a crucial shock-absorber for the economy through his stepped-up spend ing for services. This year, his expenditures for such things as laundry and telephone calls will rise 4.7 per cent to a new peak of $117 billion. On the other hand, pur chases of non - durables will climb about four per cent to $148 billion. . At the same time consumer income is expected to in crease by some six per cent, reflecting higher salaries, longer hours and a gradual improvement in the employ ment picture. Income after taxes should hit a record $328, 400,000,000 which would aver age out to roughly $1,800 for every man, woman and child in the nation. Girl's Testimony Costs Movie Role Los Angeles - (UPD - Red haired showgirl Liz Renay thinks the local U.S. attorney is a "meanie" because she says he made her miss land ing a part in a movie by making her testify before a federal grand jury investigat ing the financial affairs of ex-gambler Mickey Cohen. The. former stripper, a sometime companion of the pudgy ex-convict, refused to reveal what she told the jurors, but she complained that U.S.- Atty. Laughlin E. "Waters turned down her re quest that she be allowed to appear today instead of "Wed nesday., i The attorney's office . said the request was denied be cause Miss Renay had failed on two previous occasions to appear before the grand jury. BAN CONFETTI Mobile, Ala. -UPJ- Confetti will fly for the last time at Mobile's Mardi Gras celebra tion thfs year. The city com mission said the streamers and chopped-up paper will be outlawed in the future as a nuisance and a health hazard. cally slowed down in the next two years. Dr. Strand insist ed that "now is the time to years ahead when college en rollments will double." "The alternative will be severe restriction on enroll ments at the public institu tions," he warned. Building Pileup Postponing construction of $5 to $6 million in buildings for the Oregon State campus, which should get underway during the next two years, will pile up building de mands on the 1961 legislature that "couldn't possibly be met," the OSC leader said. "Look at the record ele mentary, junior high, and high school enrollments throughout the state, and it's easy to see why OSC will go from its 7,981 student enroll ment of this fall to 13,000 or more in 1965," Dr. Strand continued. "But we won't wait until 1965 to prepare for them," he emphasized. Great progress has been made in the expansion of physical plant facilities on Oregon college campuses dur ing the past 10 years, but much of the building has been necessary to 'catch up to where the institutions should have been," Dr. Strand pointed out. Needed improve ments of all kinds were post poned during the depression and the war which followed, he explained. Now in his 16th year at OSC, Dr. Strand looked back to the war years when en rollment dropped from 5,000 to 2,000 and then shot up to nearly 7,500. That was an emergency, but the emer gency ahead is even greater, he observed. Even at present, some needs are critical, Dr. Strand said. The seating capacity of the OSC library today is 575 -for 8,000 students-when it should be about 2,000, he commented. If Oregon post pones development of its cam puses, its colleges won't be ready for the real classroom rush in 1965, he cautioned. West Coast Hotels Announce Merger San Francisco - (UPD - Six of the largest hotels on the Pacific Coast have merged in a $30 million transaction to form a giant ownership cor poration. Involved in the deal were the St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake of San Fran cisco and four other hotels the Mayfair in Los Angeles, Multnomah in Portland, Ben jamin Franklin in Seattle and Oasis in Palm Springs. Under the terms of the merger, which was announc ed Wednesday, stock in the St. Francis Hotel Corporation was traded for stock in the other hotel corporations. Included in the deal was the Fitzhugh building here, which was owned by the Sir Francis Drake Corporation. All six hotels involved are members of Western Hotels, Inc., which will continue as the management company. DENY SORAYA REPORTS Cologne, Germany -(UPD-Ir-anian sources denied ' today German press reports that Princess Soraya is planning a trip home to Iran. YOUR LAST CHANCE at 25 lbs. 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The study is part of a con tinuing, long-range program of research by OSC on second growth timber - the timber of coming decades when old growth stands are exhausted. Age of second-growth for ests ranges up to 160 years while old-growth stands are many hundreds of years old. Properties of the second growth timber do not always conform to the qualities es tablished for old growth, how ever, and the OSC studies are aimed at supplying informa tion on the differences and at establishing standards for the new-growth wood. Tension Strength Information about tension strength parallel to the grain has been scanty. In the past, because wood exhibits great strength along the grain and because of lack of practical fasteners, it ' was uncommon for a clear, straight grained piece of wood to be pulled apart lengthwise before " the fasteners failed, Van Vliet pointed out. Recent developments in the improvement -of adhesives and. fasteners and shortage of large, clear structural ma terial have ushered in a new era of wooden truss designs and engineered beams, how ever, he continued. For the first time, acquiring knowl edge about tension parallel to grain has become important. Van Vliet's study indicates that the second-growth timber DOGS ESCAPE FIRE Morristown, N. J. -(DPB-A fire in a seeing-eye , kennel blazed for three hours Wed nesday night before it was brought under control. All of the animals escaped safely from the burning kennels. AT Urn . m m rvua.i nu Hi Hi I Ground Beef Stewing CHICKEN Pan -Ready Fresh Tender BEER'S Chionchio baby, Mrs. Iava- has tension strength charac teristics comparable to the old-growth material. His work was a cooperative project of the OSC forest research di vision and the Oregon Forest Research Center, located in Corvallis. Three Appear in District Court A preliminary hearing for James Liebig, 424 South Grape st., who is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, has been set for 10:30 a.m., Jan. 19. He is being held on $1,000 bail. Cecil Hendricks, Klamath Falls, is being held on a fugi tive warrant from California authorities charging him with issuing checks without suffi cient funds. Lewis Percel, 71, Rogue River, who appeared in dis trict court this week, was bound over to the grand jury on charges of burglary not in a- dwelling. He is charged with breaking into Ernie's Builder's Supply on Aug. 30 and taking a number of tools. Biting Dogs Halt Mail Deliveries San Pedro, Calif. - (UPD -Postmaster Lowell Chapman said today mail deliveries have been temporarily stop ped to at least five house holders in the 2500 block of Graysby ave. because carriers have been bitten five times by dogs in the past 90 days. 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