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Local and Meeting-The regular meet ing of Pack 8, Jackson school, will be held Thursday, April 23, in the school gym at 7:30 p.m. Convalescing Mrs. Ada East, who was injured recent ly in a fall, is convalescing at the home of Mrs. J. M. Dodge, 519 King st., Medford, friends reported today. Surgery Patient James D. Thomas, 1716 North Riverside ave., Medford, was reported as a surgery patient at Sacred Heart hospital today. A medi cal patient there today was Mrs. Carita Hennen, 1031 Third st., Jacksonville. Grandson-Dr. and Mrs. Wil liam A. Hess are parents of a boy born April 15 in Colum bus, Ohio, where Dr. Hess is stationed with the Army. Dr. Hess is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hess, 531 West 10th St., Medford. Knee Injury -Dunbar Car penter, Foothills rd., was re ported in good condition at Rogue Valley hospital this morning following an acci dent Monday afternoon in volving his tractor. He is re ported to be suffering from a torn knee ligament. Birihs LISAC-To Mr. and Mrs Don, 1031 Murry ave. Med ford, April 22, 1959, a boy, 834 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. BOUSLAUGH-To Mr. and Mrs. Delbert A., 312 East 12th st., Medford, April 21, 1959, a girl, 1ZA pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. APRIL 26th Philharmonic CONCERT Medford High School Auditorium Sunday 3 pm April 26th Adult 1 ' Children $1.50 50 Courtesy of Music Mart & Purucker' Tickets available at above stores and box office HERE TONITE! The SMASH HIT! Peyton COLOR by oe !; V ' l.. lA Arthur KENNEDY Russ TAMBLYK Terry MOORE - pmk ACTION! SUSPENSE! C, fgsgnj Security Insurance & Realty Something May Happen! -. 0 If people had no fires, no automobile accidents, ' no burglaries, no personal injuries, or suffered no casualties of any nature, there would be no need for insurance. But things do happen every day right in this community that makes the need for insurance a vital ne cessity. Protect your assets, your valuable possessions RIGHT NOW with the kind of insurance best suited to meet your requirements. All Forms of 48 Hawthorne Ave. Off Street Parking Vem Robinson Al Potter John Ripley Hank Hart Chris Barker Personal Meeting Jolly Stitchers will meet Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. John Russell, 333 Sutter ave., Medford. Patients Convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital follow ing surgery are Albert C. Thompson, 3832 Grant st., Central Point, and Fred Hall gren, 1825 Orchard Home court, Medford. Files Narne-Elsie E. Black burn, 1257 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, has filed the as sumed name Charm Center Beauty Salon. The name had been retired by Mrs. Irene Phillips, according to records in the county clerk's office. X-Ray Clinic-The chest x ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital will be open Thurs day, April 23, from 2 to 5 p.m., according to the Jack son County Tuberculosis and Health association, which sponsors the clinic. To Hospital-George Eugene Miller, formerly of Camp White, was discovered to be ill at the Grand hotel, 202 North Front st., Monday and was transported by Medford Ambulance Service to Sacred Heart hospital, Medford po lice reported. His illness was not specified. Damage Reported-Harland Clay Witham, 1631 Eastover terrace, reported .to Medford police that a $100 windshield of one vehicle, and the head light of another, both located at Witham Parts and Equip ment company, 324 East Fifth st., were broken when beer bottles were thrown over the fence last week end. - Cancelled-A scheduled meeting tonight at Central Church of Christ, Central ave and Jackson st., to hear the Rev. Don Byers, former pas tor of the church, has been cancelled due to illness, church officials reported to day. Mr. Byers, missionary to Thailand, will speak at a later date, it was explained. Returns-D. A. Parker, for mer Medford resident, has re turned from Louisiana to live in the valley, according to Carl Beebe of the Medford Realty company. Parker has purchased the remaining resi dential lots in Mont Crest park subdivision, where he plans to construct a tract of fice. JLT H I rpffii Illf-UM i lacs luxe CINEMASCOPE TIIDUCD - IU.ul Ufl! IU PI Consult Our Office PHONE SP 3-7325 Insurance! Door Opened - Firemen opened the door for owners locked out of their house yes terday afternoon at 62 South Modoc ave. Window Broken - Mildred Lorraine Rasmussen, 619 Park place, number o, report ed to city police Tuesday eve ning that someone had brok en a window at her residence. Tonsillectomy - Convales cing at Rogue Valley hospital following a tonsillectbmy this morning is Nicki Matthews, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Matthews, 914 Ross lane, Medford. Gas Odor --Firemen were called to the 600 block of West Second st. about 7:30 p.m. yesterday when an odor of gas was smelled. They found the -odor caused by spray used in a rose garden. Theft Reported - Theron Harvey Lester, 1991 Spring brook rd., reported to Med ford police Monday of the theft during the past six months of a $30 tire and wheel from his automobile. Auto Damaged -Ronald Lawrence Reich, 1173 Casino rd., informed Medford police that someone drove his car without his permission from the Medford High school parking lot and damaged it last Friday or Saturday. Driver Cited - Shirley Lou Schmelzer, 3 10 12 Laurel st., was cited for no operator's li cense Monday following a col lision between her vehicle and one operated by Geneva Ethel Pruitt, 19 South Orange st., at Eighth and Fir sts., Medford police reported. Driver Cited-Basil Lee Kir by, Happy Camp, Calif., was cited for not stopping at a stop sign Monday after his vehicle struck one operated by James Franse Gwin, 111 G st., Jacksonville, at Sixth st. and Oakdale ave., Medford police reported. Found - A 17-year-old Med ford girl was the subject of a five hour search Tuesday af ternoon by city police after she was reported missing at noon by her father, Ernest Vern Hurt, 305 East Jackson st. The girl, Susan Carol Hurt, was located at the home of relatives Tuesday evening, po lice said. 1 Debris-City Manager Rob ert A. Duff notified city po lice Tuesday afternoon of an accumulation of debris at Cubby's Drive-In which was blowing across the street to the Maple Rest park, Stewart ave. and Riverside ave. Ar thur Leonard Brooks, 907 South Holly st., manager of the drive-in, told police that he would check the situation. . Smoke Reported-Reports of smoke were investigated by city firemen early this morn ing and yesterday afternoon. Investigation was made about 5:50 a.m. today at Household Finance company, 128 East Main st. A fluorescent light fixture transformer was found to be burned out. At the home of Buckley W. Morgan, 619 Benson st., about 3 p.m. yes terday firemen found an over heated stove and the flue burning out. Permits Among the build ing permits issued this week by the city building depart ment were ones to Dr. W. G. Bishop, 2425 Nieto Way, to in stall a swimming pool, $3,500; Bob Larimore, 925 Mt. Pitt ave., to remodel residence, $3,000; Southern Oregon Sales, 18 Stewart ave., addi tion to storage plant, $1,500; A. R. Dubs, to erect residence at 317 Stanley ave., $15,000; and Howard Helgeson, 1209 Loal st., to enclose patio, $750. Man Being Held on Charges of Rape Darrell Donald Davis, 24, of 1129 West Ninth st., Med ford, is being held in the county jail on charges of at tempted rape of a 14-year-old girl, state police said. State police arrested Davis last night on information from the family of the girl involv ed. Meteorite Reported tn Northwestern Sky Portland - (WD - A bright meteorite was reported seen in the northwestern sky here about 11 pjn. Tuesday. Observers described it as blue with a long tail behind it. . Ph-yna SP 3-4293 DAILY'S U-DRIVE Medford Airport OBITUARIES MRS. PEARL EMERSON Mrs. Pearl Emerson, 68, died at her home, 408 Alice St., Medford, this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. IRVING BAHLER Funeral services for Irving Bahler, 82, of box 103, Butte Falls, who died Tuesday, will be held at Perl Funeral home Friday at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Lester Martin, pastor of the Assembly of God church, will officiate. Interment will be in Jacksonville cemetery. Mr. Bahler was born in Great Bend, Kansas, Feb. 19, 1877, and had been a resident of this area for the' past 10 years. He was a retired engineer for the Canadian National Railroad. Survivors include his wife, Tressa Ethel Bahler, Butte Falls; three nephews; Glen Edward France, Jacksonville; Wesley France, Medford, and Edward T. France, Seattle, Wash.; one niece, Mrs. Floyd Price, Butte Falls. Pallbearers will be Claude Curtis, Gordon Walker, Fran cis Poole, Corbett Smith, and Elga Abbott and Arthur Dur ham. Brownie Troop Visits Mail Tribune Plant Members of Medford Brownie Troop 13 visited the Mail Tribune plant Monday afternoon. Those visiting the plant were Mary Ann Bolton, Su san Barss, Julie Casterline, Kathy Dickey, Shelley Mitch ell, Catherine Pritchett, and Cathy Smith. They were ac companied by leaders Mrs. Robert Dickey and Mrs. T. C. Bolton. Driver Escapes Injury in Crash Bob Lewis Krous, 24, of 2863 Madronna lane, Medford, escaped injury early this mor ning when his car struck a tree near Stewart ave., state police reported. Krous told police that an eastbound car forced his car off the road near Cherry st., and that the car travelled across a field and hit a tree. Damage to the car was esti mated at approximately $500. Dammasch Hospital Appropriation Voted Salem - (UPD - The Senate Tuesday approved a defic iency appropriation of $1, 696,203 for completion of the first phase of the F. H. Dam masch hospital near Wilson' ville. The measure now goes to the governor. MONEY IS WASHABLE Tokyo - (UPD - The Japanese Finance Ministry announced its new currency has passed a washing machine test, and all the new money can safely be spent under water. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable cloudiness through Thursday. Con tinued mild. Airport low tonight 38-40. High Thursday 72. Western Oregon: Cloudy night and morning through Thursday. Sunny in afternoon. Cooler, Low tonight 38-48. High Thursday 55 65 except about 5 degrees warmer in southern interior valleys. Northern California: Fair with variable high cloudiness tonight and Thursday. Possibility of a few sprinkles or scattered light show ers in high mountains. Coastal fog and low cloudiness. Little tempera ture change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yester day 58; above normal 4. Record high this date 82 in 1954. Record low this date 28 in 1920. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month none, .84 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 10.49 inches, 4.76 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 26, highest this a.m. 84. High 4:30 24- City Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 57 46 Crater Lake 55 32 Grants Pass 79 39 Klamath Falls . 66 40 MEDFORD 76 41 Portland 77 47 Seattle 69 47 Spokane : 70 49 Yakima 75 51 .02 Eureka 53 Red Bluff 78 Sacramento 74 San Francisco 65 Los Angeles 72 Phoenix 86 Denver 47 Chicago .',40 Miami Beach 87 New York 57 Washington, D.C. 62 48 53 48 52 58 57 33 35 71 41 48 .61 FIVE-DAY FORECAST: (Through April 27): Western Oregon Western Wash ington Temperatures averaging below normal western Washington and near normal western Oregon. Highs generally in mid-50s to low 60s in western Washington and mid-60s to low 70s western Ore gon. Lows generally in low 40s. A few showers mostly occurring in western Oregon. Northern California No precipi tation except possible light show ers around mid-period. Tempera tures near normal. HOTEL MEDFORD JOHN HENRY MALLON Funeral services for John H. Mallon, 306 Hamilton st., who died Monday, will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Lawrence D. Krause of the Bethel Assembly of God church will officiate. Commit tal will be in Hillcrest Mem orial park. Mr. Mallon was born Sept. 2, 1902, at Craig, Mo., and married Miss Clara King on April 27, 1924, at Eckley, Colo. He has lived in Med ford since moving from En terprise in 1954. Surviving are his wife, Clara; one son, Pfc. John T. Mallon, of Germany; three daughters, Mrs". Russell Burge and Mrs. Boyd Powers, both of Prospect; and Mrs. Robert Culver of Trail; two brothers, George Mallon, Antlers, Okla. and Orville Mallon, San Fran cisco, and six grandchildren. JOSEPH WETZEL Funeral services for Joseph Wetzel, 83, of 1151 Iowa st., Ashland, who died Monday, will be held at Perl Funeral home Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. William C. Piper of the First Christian church will of ficiate. Interment will be in the Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Wetzel was born in New York March 11, 1876 and had been a resident of this area for eight years. He was a car penter. He is survived by one sis ter, Mrs. Annie Jeck, Omaha, Neb. Pallbearers ' will be Gene Cameron, Orville Childreth, Lee Williams, Coles Andrews, Arlie Tripp and Richard Strong. GERALDINE McDONALD Funeral services for M r s. Geraldine Carlile McDonald, 54, of 916 Beekman ave., who died Monday, will be held at Perl Funeral home Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor of the First Pres byterian church will offici ate. Interment will be in the Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. McDonald was born in Ashland on Sept. 4, 1905, and was a member of the First Presbyterian church and was active on the Jackson County Council for the Blind. Her husband, Walter Me Donald, preceeded her in death on March 12, 1957. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Audrey Rob- bins, Medford; one son, Dale Bert Johnson, National City, Calif.; one brother, Cecil Car lile, Klamath Falls, and four grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Fred Kruggel, Herbert Wing, Free man Johnson, M. Cote, Ray mond Note and Bill Fugere. Portland Livestock P o r 1 1 a n d (UPI) Cattle 300. Average choice 1127 lb. fed steers 29.50 with one out at 28; standard 25.50-27; utility cows 18.50-20; canner cutter 15.50-17. Calves 50. Choice vealers 34-36: some 37; good 31-33; standard 26-30. Hogs 400. No. 1 and 2 butchers 190-220 lb. 18.50-18.75; mixed 1. 2 and 3, 180-235 lb. butchers 17.75 18.25; few 300-450 lb. sows 13.50 15.50. Sheep 150. Market not estab lished . Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large. 37-38c doz A large, 35-36c, AA medium 33-35c; AA smell, 30- 31c; cartons l-3c additional., Butter To retailers: AA and Grade A prints, 66c lb.; carton, lc higher: B prints, 64c. Cheese medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single daisies, 41-51c; processed Ameri can cheese, b-iD. loat, 4U-43C. Farm Market Dry onion prices reached a new seasonal high today with some dealers billing retailers large sized western Oregon onions at 14 cents a pound with mediums at 12 to 13 cents: California strawberries sold at mostlv 3.50-3.75 a flat to retailers; asparagus prices held firm while local rhubarb was down 1.50 for 30 lbs. of wine-type Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, -Ssaiem and soutn to Eugene; f .o.b. ranch. No. 1 qual ity fryers, 2-?4-4 lbs., 17c; light hens, 10c: Heavy nens. 12-13C. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole arawn, oo-ooc id.; cut up, oo-tuc; hens, heavy type whole drawn. 37 40c; light-type cut up. 33-35c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers Frozen, ready to cook. A grade young toms. 39-40 cents a pound according to weight; A grade young hens, same basis, 38-40 cents a pound. Breeder Turkeys To producers: (nominal) A grade nens, xoc on an eviscerated nasis; A grade toms, 25c on the same basis; To retailers A grade hens, 3o-36c. Rabbits (average to growers f .o.b killing plants) Live white, 33i- 4Hc lb. f.o.b. Portland. 20-23c: colored pelts. 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 57-60c lb. Portland Hay, G re in Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green, alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, S32-33 ton with top quality to S33-36. Wholesale prices as reported by the Portland USDA market news service. Basis by the ton, bulk, prompt delivery, f.ob. track, Port land. Wheat No. 1 soft white S68.50 No. 2 Milo, Eastern shipment S53.50 No. 2 corn, Eastern shipment S56.75-57.25 No. 2 wh. oats, 38-lb. Soast $51.00-52.00 No. 2 Western barley. Coast .; S49.00-49.50 Soybean meal, 44 protein $76.50 Standard millrun $42.00-43.00 CANDLE ROOM Charcoal Broiled STEAKS An especially good place to eat if dieting! Ozone Cause of I Tobacco Lesions Washington (Science Service) - Ozone gas in slow- moving, polluted air may be the cause of "weather fleck" lesions on growing tobacco leaves, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. This is the first time injury traceable to ozone has been determined in the eastern part of the country, where concentrations of the gas have been believed to be low. Excessive amounts are gen erated chemically when, sun light contacts air contami nated by fumes from auto ex hausts and industrial plants. Losses from the injurious lesions have exceeded Sl, 000,000 in some years in the production of cigar-wrapped tobacco in the Connecticut valley alone. Trail Riders to Hold Ride, Breakfast The Medford Trail Riders will sponsor a ride and chuck wagon breakfast near Roxy Ann between 9 a.m. and noon Sunday, April 26. ( Members of the club said signs will be posted on Hill crest rd. directing persons to the breakfast location, and at Coalmine rd. for riders. Ham, eggs, hot cakes and coffee will be served. The public has been invit ed, club officials said. Local Man Lodged in County Jail Tuesday Charles William Murray, 34, of 445 South Front St., was arrested by Medford police Tuesday afternoon and lodged in the county jail on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Murray was charged with the writing and cashing to two checks in Medford April 16 and 17 totaling $34. Hoses Taken Into . Street, Put on Cars Medford city police were called Tuesday evening to the 200 block of Beattv st.. by residents who reDorted that children in the neighborhood had pulled garden hoses into the street. Police reported that one sprinkler had been placed on top of a car and turned on. Longer Terms for ,' Legislators Passed Salem - (UPD - The Senate Tuesday approved an amend ed House resolution calling for six-year terms for senators and four-year terms for state representatives. If the House concurs in the Senate amend ment adding two years to the terms of senators it will be referred to the voters in 1960. Baby Teeth Get Strontium Test St. Louis -(Science Service) Parents who are mailing their children's baby teeth to scientists in St. Louis who are measuring their absorption of radioactive strontium-90. The mailing project, called the "Baby Tooth Survey," was an nounced by the Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for : Nuclear Information. The committee plans to col- j lect the teeth through thei mail at the rate of 50,000 per j year. Parents are asked to pro- vide data on the age of the teeth and the feeding of the children from which they came. The importance of an im mediate collection of baby teeth, the committee said "lies in the fact that teeth now being shed by children repre- sent an irreplaceable source i of scientific information about j the absorption of strontium 90 in the human body." IS YOUR WATCH OUT OF OIL? You cant expect a precV sion instrument like a watch to run forever without being cleaned and lubricated. Take advantage of ear FREE INSPECTION! S&H Green Stamps ANDY'S Tour Friendly Credit Jeweler 15 North Central J J' Telephone Stock Feels Selling Blow New York -4UPB- Chemicals, drugs and selected electronics issues featured a mixed stock market today. Hardest hit by the selling were the American Telephone issues. The old stock lost around 6 at its low-and new split shares more than a point. The motors moved narrowly and were a shade easier on balance. The chemicals got a whirl and gains in this group help ed to brighten the list. Thiokol ran up around 8 points at its high and its new split shares added more than 2 points. Allied DuPoht and Eastman Kodak all met sup port and scored gains running past 2 points at the highs. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York -(UPD- Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 625.15, off 4.08; 20 railroads 167.55, off 0.81; 15 utilities 92.20, off 0.28, and 65 stocks 214.27. off 1.18. Sales today were about 3,430,000 shares com pared with 3,650,000 shares Tuesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Alum Co. Am 86?s Allied Chem 112 American Can 439 8 American Motors 37Vi AT&T 258 Anaconda Copper 67V4 Armco Steel 701i Bendix Aviation 78Vs Bethlehem Steel . 5lVa Boeing Air 409s Caterpillar Corp 9434 Chrysler Corp 63 Vz Continental Can 46 Crown Zellerbach .. 5534 Curtiss Wright 363s Dow Chemical 85 Bids Called for Rock Production Among proposed projects in connection with the state's highway construction pro gram is a rock production project on the Green Springs and Pacific highways, accord ing to state highway commis sion officials. Bids for the Ashland rock production project will be op ened May 5 at 9 a.m. in the highway building in Salem with contracts awarded May 28. TRUMAN TO TESTIFY Washington (UPD Former President Harry S. Truman will testify May 4 before a Senate subcommittee on pro posals to repeal the constitu tional amendment which lim its a president to two terms. THEY LIKE HIM Springfield, 111 (UPD Fire Chief Francis J. Saunders is the happiest boss in town. The incumbent chief was elected by a landslide when firemen were permittecV, for the first time, to elect their own chief. Portland (CPU Lew Whit lock, 65, Sandy, died in a local hospital today after he was involved in a traffic accident. RECORD SALE!! WIDE VARIETY SINGLES, EP and LP ALBUMS m Bh. mm m m m v j mr m - APRIL - Thursday, 23, Friday, 24, and Saturday, 25 Stereophonic Music 7 P.M. Slide Show 8 P.M. 3 BIG S SHOWS COIL! With Herb Kenaga and his 35 mm Color Slide Cameras . . See ALASKA In All It's Glory . . WILD LIFE ir BIG GAME FALL COLORS .... TOUR ESKIMO LAND .... it Whale Seal ir Polar Bear ir Ice Fishing 300 to 500 Pictures Each Night All Shows Different At The GIRLS COMMUNITY CLUP 229 NORTH BARTLETT STREET Admission $1.00 Per Person Sponsored by Jackson County Izaac Walton League of America, Inc. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, April 22, 1959 Du Pont 238 Eastman Kodak 91 z Firestone 146 General Electric 833i General Foods 803s General Motors 49Va Georgia Pacific 65Vz Graham Paige 3's Greyhound 20rs Gulf Oil 116 Homestake Mining 417s Idaho Power (xd) 46,i I. B. M 577 Kaiser Ind 155s Int. Paper 119Vs Johns Manville 59 Kennecott Copper 112 Lockheed Aircraft - 3612 Montana Power Co 76 . Katy ... 61 i Montgomery Ward 448 Nafl Biscuit 513i New York Central 28 Pac Gas & Light 653s Penney J. C 109 Penn R R 1734 Radio Corporation , 57? s Richfield Oil 90i Safeway 382 Sears 44Vs Shell Oil 86 Socony Mobil Oil 46J,i Southern Co 39 Vs Southern Pacific 67 Vz Standard California 56 Standard Indiana 51?s Standard N. J 535s Sun Mines 7? & Texas Co 824 Texas Gulf Sulphur . 22V4 Tex Pac Land Trust 16Ts Transamerica 29 Trans World Air 2038 Tri - Continental .. 417 s Union Carbide 136V2 Union Pacific 3514 United Air Lines 397s U. S. Rubber 57 U. S. Steel 92ii Youngstown S & T 122 Investment Funds Noon Quotations on selected funds supplied by th M-dford Branch of Foster & Marshall, mem bers New York Stock Exchange. Fund Bid Bullock -14.23 Chem Fund 11.07 Eaton Howard Stk 24.46 Fidelity 16.76 Gas Ind 13.91 Group Sec Com Stk 13.75 Group Sec EIec-Avi 11.00 Group Sec Petr 11.61 Group Sec Steel 1037 Group Sec Tobae 8.10 Kevstone B-3 . 16.57 Kevstone B-4 10.28 Kevstone K-2 14.83 Kevstone S-l 9.11 Keystone S-2 13.07 Kevtsone S-3 15.22 Kevstone S-4 13.42 Mass Inv Grth Stk 14.10 TV-Elec - 15.87 Value Line Inc 6.02 Wellington 14J8 Asked 15.59 11.98 26.15 18.12 15.20 15.05 12.05 12.71 11.36 8.88 18.09 1152 16.18 20.85 14.26 16.61 14.65 15.24 17.30 6.58 15.67 Over-the-Counter Vestern Slocks The following bid and asked prices on selected Western securi ties provided by the Medford branch office of Pacific Northwest Company arc unofficial and do not represent artua transactions but are intended as a guide to the appnynr.iat price range. Common Storks Bid Asked Bank of America 46H 49 ' Calif.-Paciflc Utilities.. 36 i 38'. Cascades Plywood 33 ',i 36 'a Cons. Freightways 22 23 i Copco 37 39Je First National Bank. 53'2 56'4 Northwest Nat. Gas 17i Pacific Pwr. & Lt. 393,i 42 Permanente Cement 27 28"s Portland Gen. Elec. 29V, 31 U U. S. National Bank 69a 74 United Utilities 332 35'i West Coast Tel. 241 25'i Weyerhaeuser '. 44 3,j 46:U BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS I TOUR THE IN Benefit Car Wash Set In Ashland Saturday Ashland - The men and women's dormitories of South ern Oregon college are spon soring a carwash Saturday, April 25, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 1401 Siskiyou blvd., with proceeds going to the benefit of Mrs. Catharine Hufman, who is hospitalized in Ashland. Mrs. Hufman has been as sociated with the college's music department and the dormitory program. She was a charter member of the So- roptimist club in Ashland, and was active in the Lions and Elks clubs. The carwash will be at Stult's Union 76 staton on Siskiyou blvd. China's Yangtze river Is 3,200 miles long. Need vacation money? i to r4 Pacific Industrial pnmpt, courfov pmnonaJ loans mnd new or used ear financing 16 S. Central SP 3-5308 Jim Elbert, Manager MB U l.-l' to to TONITE & THURSDAY ONE SHOW ONLY Doors Open 7:00 SHOW STARTS 7:30 , One of the Greatest All Time Hits GIANT STARRING JAMES DEAN ROCK HUDSON ELIZABETH TAYLOR PLUS WALT DISNEY'S "Men Against The Arctic" THEATRE INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATRES HURRY! NOT MUCH LONGER Uauar Cnrh Clin ...as Boy AJ turns 'r-.y turns into n, V J. DOG V isrfTv-- Wart Disne9 Fred MacMURRAY Jean HAGEN vmtlr.. Sum 'mi Ai Over 25,000 Short 8 Y.r rtarnng