Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 05, 1959, Image 9

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Palint Lee Mull, route
2, box 206, Medford, was list
ed at a medical patient at
Rogue Valley hospital today.
Patient Miss Dianne Mars, :
route 1, box 233, Rogue Riv
er, was listed as medical pa
tient at Medford Osteopathic
hospital today.
Tonsillectomy Steve Al
len, 5-year-old son. of Mr. and
Mrs. George Allen, Jackson
ville, underwent a tonsillec
tomy at RogUe Valley hospital
today, the hospital reported.
...
Council to Mt The
Jackson County Labor Coun
cil will hold its regular meet
ing starting at 8 p.m. "Wed
nesday, May 6, at the Labor
Tempe, 24 Vz South Grape st.,
Medford, according to Pauline
L. Plane, secretary.
Garden Club Central
Point Garden club will meet
Wednesday, May 6, at 1:30
p.m. at the home of Mrs. E.
H. DeGarmo, 473 Head rd.
C. B. Cordy, county agent for
horticulture, will demonstrate
pruning spring blooming
shrubs.
-
. Theft Mrs. Estrid Ros
lington, route 1, box 67N,
Rogue River, reported to state
police yesterday the theft of
her purse from her home.
She said there was no money
in the purse, but jewelry in
it was valued about $1,000,
police said.
Clean Up Slated Clean
up week at Woodville ceme
tery, Rogue River, wil be
May 10 through 16, Mrs. Mat
tie Smith, a member of the
clean up committee, has an
nounced. A truck will be avail
abe to remove trash Satur
day, May 16. She said no
trash burning will be permit
ted in the cemetery.
Eagles lo Meet Crater
Lake Aerie 2093 of the Eagles
lodge will elect officers at a
meeting Thursday, May 7, at
8 p.m. in the hall, 219 West
Main st., Medford. New offi
cers will be installed at the
first meeting in June. Plans
are now being made for mem
bers to attend. the state con
vention in Tillamook late in
June.
, Lamb Meeting A second
meeting of Jackson county
lamb producers will be held
at 8 p.m. Friday in the county
agents office in the court
house to discuss a marketing
pool for lambs. Gene McCur
ly of the Klamath Falls
branch of the First National
Bank and Ray Peterson,
Klamath county extension
agent, will speak concerning
operation of the Klamath
County lamb marketing pool.
Ten Inches of Snow
Salem (UPD Ten inches of
new snow fell at Timberline
on Mt. Hood in the 24 hours
ending at 8:30 ajn. today and
chains were required.
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Playwright-Poet
Archibald I MacLeish
Gets Pulitzer Prize
New York.-GIPD- Archibald
MacLeish, playwright and
poet, won his third Pulitzer
Prize and cartoonist Bill Maul-
din won his second Monday.
MacLeish was cited for his
play, "J.B.", a current Broad
way hit that is a modern re
telling of the Book of Job.
He received Pulitzer prizes
for poetry in 1933 and 1953.
Mauldin, of the. St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, won a prize for
a cartoon entitled, "I won the
Nobel Prize for Literature.
What was. your crime?" The
cartoon, published last Oct.
30, was a commentary on the
Boris Pasternak case. Mauldin
received his first Pulitzer
Prize in 1945 for his World
War H cartoons.
Journalism Prizes
Other 1959 Pulitzer prizes
included: -
Journalism:
-Meritorious public serv
ice: The Utica (N.Y.) Observer
Dispatch and the Utica Daily
Press for their successful cam
paign against local corruption,
gambling and vice.
-Local reporting, edition
time: Mary Lou Werner, of
the Washington Evening Star,
Eagle Point Couple
Returns from South
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Hender
son, Eagle Point, have re
turned from Los Molinos,
Calif.,, where they attended
funeral services for her broth
er, James William Ferren, 81.
Services were held Friday
morning. .
Survivors include his wid
ow, Teddie; two sons, Millard
Ferren, New .York City, Lie
Roy Ferren, Los Angeles;
three grandchildren; one
brother Jesse A. Ferren Ash
land; three sisters, Mrs. S. F.
Smith, Crescent City, Calif.,
Mrs. C. H. - Davis,' Fortune,
Calif., and - Mrs. Henderson.
Mr. Ferren lived most of
his life, in California, and was
in business there until last
fall, where be retired because
of his health. He was born in
Chico, Calif., Feb. 25, 1878.
He was the son of the late
Rebecca A. Smith, who lived
in this area for several years.
She died in May, 1940,
BIRTHS
GREEN-To Mr. and Mrs.
Neil, 706 South Oakdale ave.,
Medford, May 4, 1959, a boy,
8V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley
hospital.
LICK -To Mr. and Mrs.
James W., 419 Alice St., Med
ford, May 4, 1959, a girl, 53A
pounds, at Rogue Valley hos
pital. ENGLESON - To Dr. and
Mrs. David, 398 Stewart ave.,
Medford, May 4, 1959, a girl,
IVt -pounds, at Rogue Valley
hospital.
MOSER-To Mr; and Mrs.
Donald L., 2391' Howard ave.,
Medford, May 4, 1959, a boy,
83i pounds, at Sacred Heart
hospital.
NELSON-To Mr. and Mrs.
John W., 6123 Crater Lake
highway, Medford, - May 4,
1959, a girl, 8Vz pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital.
s McBETH-To 'Mr. and Mrs.
Paul E., route 1, box 94, Jack
sonville, May 4, 1959, a girl,
8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos
pital. BEISECKER To Mr. and
Mrs. Donald P., 531 Pennsyl
vania ave., Medford, May 4,
1959, a girl, 534 pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospitaL
. TURNER-To Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph, route 2, box 227D,
Medford, May 3, 1959, a girl,
1XA pounds, at Medford Osteo
pathic hospital.
for her jear-long coverage of
the integration crisis in Vir
ginia. -Local reporting, no edition
time: John Harold Brislin, of
the Scranton (Pa.) Tribune and
the Scrantonian, for his four-
year campaign to halt labor
violence in his home city.
-National reporting: How
ard Van Smith, of the Miami
(Fla.) News, for a series of
articles on deplorable condi
tions in a Florida migrant la
bor camp.
Batista Articles .Win
-International repo r t i n g:
Joseph Martin and Philip San
tora, of the New York Daily
News, for a series of articles
on the brutality of the Batista
regime in Cuba long before
its downfall. Their series pre
dicted the triumph of the Fi
del Castro forces.
-Editorial writing: Ralph
McGill, editor of the Atlanta
(Ga.) Constitution, for dis
tinguished editorial writing as
exemplified by his Page 1 edi
torial last Oct. 13 entitled,
"One Church, One School . . ."
-News photography: Wil
liam Seaman, of the Minne
apolis Star, for his dramatic
photograph of the sudden
death of a child in the street.
Letters:
-Fiction: "The Travels of
Jaimie McPheeters," by Rob
ert Lewis Taylor.
Wilson Biography Named
-History: "The Republican
Era: 1869-1901," by the late
Leonard D. White, with the
assistance of Jean Schneider.
-Biography: "Woodrow Wil
son, American Prophet," by
Arthur Walworth.
-Poetry: "Selected Poems
1928-1958," by Stanley Kunitz.
In addition, the music prize
went? to "Concerto for Piano
and Orchestra" by John La
Montaine and a traveling
scholarship in art was award
ed to Jerome Paul Witkin, a
student at Cooper Union in
New York. .
Cash awards of $1,000 each
accompany the journalism
prizes, except that for meri
torious public service. That
prize is accompanied by a gold
medal.
All other prizes carry cash
awards of $500 except the art
scholarship which comes to
$1,500.
Snider Heads Study
Of Bids on Guards
Portland (UPD The Ore
gon Centennial Commission
said today it would look into
a claim by one detective agen
cy that its low bid for secur
ity guards at the upcoming
Exposition was passed over in
favor of a higher bid from an
other firm.
The claim was made by
William J. Burns Internation
al Detective Agency. The
Commission's m a n a g ement
committee approved a pro
posal by the Pinkerton Na
tional Detective Agency, Inc.
Jack Lively, commissioner
from Springfield, said he
wanted to let the contract to
the agency which was the low
bidded. John Snider of Med
ford was named chairman of
a group to study the two of
fers and report which is low-
Burns offered guards at! a
rate of $1,875 and $2.45 an
hour, depending on the type
of service chosen. Pinkerton
offered guards at a rate of
$1.95.
Police Interrupt m
Feuding Women
Portland (UPD Two women
who police said apparently
had been feuding for some
time decided to meet on the
street-western style-Monday
night.
Police said Emma Jean
Spears, 22, and Myrtis Brad
ford, 25, decided to meet on
the corner of North Ganten
bein and Ivy sts.
Both were armed. Police
said that after a brief struggle
Mrs. Spears stepped back and
fired two shots into the
ground. Deputy Sheriff Wil
liam Atkinson was in the
neighborhood, heard the shots
and interceded.
Mrs. Spears was charged
with assault with a deadly
weapon. The other woman
was charged with carrying a
concealed weapon.
Olga Duncan Killer
Wills Eyes To Blind S
Ventura, Calif. (UPD A 22-year-old
killer, condemned to
death for his part in the slay
ing of Olga Duncan, has told
his attorney he wishes to
leave his eyes to a blind per
son. Luis Moya, convicted last
week and sentenced to die in
the gas chamber for the "for
hire" Nov. 17 slaying, told
attorney Bur Henson Monday
he hoped his eyes would be
given a blind person if his
appeal for . a new trial is
turned down and he is executed.
Highway Commission
Housing Bill Passed
Salem (UPD The Oregon
House Monday passed and
sent to the governor a bill
which would require the
State Highway Commission to
study availability of housing
when 25 or more families are
displaced by highway proj
ects in cities. Mayor Terry
Schrunk of Portland asked
for the bill.
Corvallis Child,
Woman Killed in
California Crash
Elk Grove, Calif. - (UPD - A
three-car smashup on High
way 99 four miles south of
here late Monday killed an
infant boy and a young moth
er and injured six other per
sons, three of them seriously.
Dead were Lindsay M. Nich
ols, 18 .months, of Corvallis,
Ore., and Mrs. Marilyn Sue
Benitez, 21, . whose address
tentatively was listed as Stock
ton, Calif.
Reported in serious condi
tion at Sacramento county
hospital were the dead baby's
father, Richard Nichols, 31,
his brother Kevin, 4, and Jo
seph L. Benitez, 26.
Forced To Slow Down
Highway , patrolmen said
that a bus driven by Clyde
Wolfe, 60, of Yuba City, Calif.,
and Nichols' 1958 station
wagon were proceeding south
on the highway and were
forced to slow down when
they encountered slow-moving
road equipment.
Officers said Wolfe's bus,
which -was carrying no passen
gers, struck the rear of Nich
ols' stations wagon. The- sta
tion wagon was thrown across
the center line of the highway
and smashed headon into
Benitez' convertible.
Thornton Upholds
'Moonlighting'
Portland - (UPD An opinion
by Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton, made public
Monday, says city, county and
state employees have a consti
tutional right to hold other
jobs in off duty.hours.
The opinion appeared to
clash with one issued last
week by the Multnomah coun
ty district attorney's office.
However, Willis A. West,
chief deputy district attorney,
said Thornton's opinion was
limited only to the constitu
tionality of a government em
ployee taking private employ
ment. West said state law pro
hibits outside employment.
The controversy started
here last month when the lo
cal labor council criticized
the "moonlighting" practice
as unfair labor market competition.-
,
Portland Council
Favors Pay Boost
Portland (UPD The city
council took favorable - but
not final action Monday to
ward a pay boost for about 75
per cent of the city's employ
ees" starting July 1.
The proposed salary in
creases would total $800,000.
The city's 1318 policemen and
firemen are among - those
scheduled to draw more
money, ranging from $16 to
$40 a month.
News About
Servicemen
COMPLETES TRAINING
Marine Pfc. Fred J. Warner
Jr., son of Mrs. Marie Medicus,
503 Maple st., recently com
pleted two weeks of day-and:
night training with the 11th
marine artillery regiment at
the Marine Corps base,
Twentynine. Palms, Calif.
The training concentrated
on techniques supporting the
corp's new landings with
troop-carrying helicopters.
AT STATION
Charles D. Wilson, airman
apprentice, United States
Navy, is serving at the Naval
Air Station, Alameda, Calif.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin E. Wilson, route 2,
box 668-G, Central Point. ,
AT SCHOOL ,
Radarman Third Class Gary
James Pree, 35 Chestnut st.,
Medford, is attending a two
week Navy radar school at
Treasure Island. He is a mem
ber of Electronics Division
13-5, Naval reserve unit in
Medford.
WITH ARTILLERY
Army Pfc. John L. Gregory,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold J.
Gregory, 609 Catherine st.,
recently participated with the
43rd artillery at Red Canyon
missile range, N. M., in firing
Nike-Aj ax guided missiles!
Gregory, who is regularly
assigned to Fairchild air force
base, Wash., was graduated
from Medford High school in
1956 and attended Southern
Oregon college.
House Defeats
Bond Issue for
Building Program
Salem - (UPD - .The. House
of representatives ras defeat
ed a $40 million bond issue
designed by Democratic lead
ership to be the foundation
of a building program for
the next eight years. Vote
on the measure was 32-26.,
Four Republicans voted for
a measure which would run
counter to Gov. Mark Hat
field's' recommendation that
buildings be built on a pay-as-you-go
basis.
The bill provided that the
bond issue be submitted Jo
the people in , 1960 and that
the results be confirmed by
the Legislature. (
Would Raise Taxes
Democrats, led by Rep.
Keith Skelton (D-Eugene) said
that taxes would have to be
raised if a pay-as-you-go pro
gram were adopted. j
In other action, the House
refused to go along with Sen
ate action in refusing a plan
for construction of a vocation
al education building at the
new correctional institute
here.
However, the committee ap
pointed by both Houses of
the Legislature to study the
plan was expected to go along
with Senate action. !
House members seemed in
clined to believe that the new
institution for first offenders
should have vocational reha
bilitation facilities. '
Langtry Attacks
Welfare Setup in
Note To Hatfield!
Portland-(UPD-Circuit Judge
Virgil H. Langtry Monday
made public a four-page let
ter he sent to Gov. Mark Hat
field and members of Oregon's
congressional . delegation in
which he vigorously attacked
the present public welfare sit
up. Judsre Langtry. who special
izes in domestic relations and
juvenile cases, said in the let
ter he has become "increasing
ly disturbed, as the years go
by, by apparent increasing
immorality and its attendant
cost to the public, which
seems incident to and encour
aged by our public welfare
program."
He quoted two members of
the Multnomah County Wel
fare Commission as saying
thev were "interested only in
! need, not morals."
The, judge added: An in
creasing large segment of so
ciety physically able to work
is permanently supported by
the rest, regardless of the
prosperity of our general
economy."
. Judge ; Langtry suggested
that each individual welfare
grant should be independently
checked as to its soundness. J
Trail Riders Plan
Dance Jor Funds j
The Medford Trail Riders
are sponsoring a Centennial
dance Saturday, May 9, at the
Gold Hill Grange hall be
tween 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. ;
Proceeds from the dance
will be used to help finance
the Rogue River Valley wagon
in the "On .to Oregon Caval
cade," the wagon sponsored
by the Medford Trail Riders,
Music, will be provided by
Bob Roberts and his band.
The dining room will be open,
and tickets are available from
members of the Trail Riders
from ' the Centennial office
south of Medford. 1
Crow Publications :
Publisher Resigns
Portland -(UPD- Roch Brad
shaw announced his resigna
tion Monday as publisher of
C. C. Crow Publications. The
firm publishes nationally cir
culated lumber and plywood
market letters and Crow's Di
gest, a lumber trade magazine.
Bradshaw joined the organ
ization in 1947. He said he
planned a two-month trip to
Europe and would announce
futura plans for continued ac
tivity in the lumber news
field upon bis return.
Cowboy Actor Faces
Trial for Assault
Anaheim, Calif. BPD Cow
boy actor Lash Larue, 45, will
go on trial May 20 en misde
meanor assault and battery
and disturbing the peace
charges arising out of a do
mestic fight April 11 in which
he suffered a head gash re
quiring five stitches.
Larue changed his" original
plea of guilty to innocent on
Monday in Municipal Court.
The charges were brought
jointly by his wife, Passie,
28, and her sister, Mrs. J. M.
Osborn.
Sacred Heart Asks
Survey of Facilities
The board of advisors at
Sacred Heart hospital recent
ly authorized the , Stanford
Research group to conduct a
survey of medical, surgical
and convalescent facilities in
Jackson county.
The advisory board recog
nized the need for expanded
facilities, and selected the
Stanford group because it had
completed a survey prior to
construction of Rogue Valley
hospital. ' j
The anticipated survey
would be in the nature of a
continuing study based on pre:
vious findings and brought up
to date in view of the growth
of the county, hospital admihi
istrators said. i
Among problems which will
be presented to the group in
clude the projected need for
medical and surgical beds,
conversion of existing hospital
facilities into convalescent
beds, and other needs.
Auction Postponed
Until Next Week i
The annual Medford Young
Men's Christian association's
auction, which was scheduled
tonight at Midway Auction
yard, Central Point, has been
postponed until next Tuesday
night, May 12, Robert L.
Jones, secretary of the Y, an
nounced this morning. '
The auction was. postponed
because all merchandise do
nated for the auction has not
been picked up, he said. !
. Proceeds from the auction
will be used for work at the
YMCAncluding painting the
outside of the building, fin
ishing the locker room, and
correcting the acoustics in the
swimming pool, Jones said. "
Jeff Williams Named ,
To Newspaper Post . j
Eugene - Jeff .Williams,
third year journalism majo
from Crater Lake, has beer
named as news editor of the
student published campus
newspaper,' the Oregon Daily
Emerald, at the University Of
Oregon. . -. . !
-, Williams, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Williams of CraT
ter" Lake National park, will
also serve as a member of the
Emerald editorial board. He
has previously served as desk
editor and assistant news ecu
tor, on the paper.. ,
Obituaries
LAURA T. CONRAD
Grants Pass - Funeral serv;
ices for Laura Tennessee Con
rad, 74, who died at her home,
37 Rogue River highway,
Monday, will be held Thursj
day, May 7, at 3 p.m. at Conger-Morris
Funeral home in
Medford. Interment will be in
Siskiyou Memorial park. Hull
and Hull funeral home of
Grants Pass will be in charge
of the services. The Rev. W.
C. Piper of the First Christian
church of Medford will offi
ciate. .
Mrs. Conrad had been ' a
resident of southern Oregon
for the past 13 years, part of
the time spent in the Central
Point area. She was born
March 21, 1885, in Tennessee.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Mrs. Edna Mattern, of
Grants Pass, with whom she
made her home; three sons,
Ralph Conrad, Butte Falls,
and Walter Conrad and Al
bert Conrad, both of Burwell,
Neb.; two grandchildren whom
she raised, Johnny Johnson,
Grants Pass, and Edna Mae
Ramsey, Boise, Idaho, 13
other grandchildren, eight
great grandchildren; four
brothers, Bird Freeman, Clar
inda, Iowa; Will Freeman,
Ord, Neb.; Tom Freeman, St.
Louis, Mo., and Jess Freeman,
Burwell; three sisters, Mary
Smith, Modesto, Calif.; Artie
Claubugh and Myrtle John
son, both of Burwell. .
EDWARD RYAN ' .
Ashland - Edward Ryan,
47 Granite st., Ashland, died
in a local nursing home yes
terday. He had lived in Ash
land about three years, and
was a retired railroad engin
eer. . ";
Among survivors is a sis
ter, Mrs. F. W.; Christean, of
Central Point.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Litwiller's
Funeral home, Ashland.
JOHN C. JOHNSON
John C. Johnson died Mon
day afternoon at the? Veterans
Administration Domiciliary,
Camp White. Funeral ar
rangements will be an
nounced by Perl Funeral
home. .
ATTENTION EAGLES!
EBection
i off fflfScers:
1 ... .
Thursday May 7th
Rail Shares Lag as
Rest of List Firm
New York - (DPD - Railroad
shares lagged behind today
in an otherwise firm stock
market.
Several issues produced
wide swings that ranged be
tween a rise of more than 6
points in Thoikol, and a de
cline of 7 points in Bell &
Howell. -
Ford stood out in the mo
tors with a gain of IVi points
to a new high. Other motors
held in a narrow area. Dow
ran up 23i points and Union
Carbide 2 points in the chem
icals. Beckman Instruments
and Hoffman Electronics gain
ed more than 2 points each
in the electronic group. Steel
shares . balanced off small
gains and losses.
Some of the chemicals,
drugs, office equipments, air
craft, tires, golds and televis
ions moved higher. -
DOW -JONES AVERAGES
: New York-(UPD-Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 in-;
dustrials 625.90, up 0.84; 20 !
railroads 166.71, off 0.44; 15!
utilities 91.52. off 0.02, and!
65 stocks 213.90. up 0,04.
Sales today were about1
3,360,000 shares compared
with 3,060.000 shares Mon
day. Today's prices on selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical 113
Alum Co. Am
American Can
American Motors
AT&T
Anaconda Cooper .
Armco Steel .'.w..,
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air
8OV2
43
37
.....2485s
66
6734
80 '
, 51V
- 3914
Caterpillar Corp. 9734
Chrysler Corp. .... 66V4
Continental Can 47 .
Crown Zellerbach 56 '
Curtjss Wright 361
Dow Chemical 8934
Du Pont . -I.. ...24434
Eastman Kodak ..... 8734
Firestone ... 145
General Electric 8214
General Foods
General Motors ..
Georgia Pacific ..
80U
50 i
65H
2
Graham Paige
Greyhound ....
22H
Gulf Oil .. ,::...(xd) 1144
Homestake Mining 40Vi
Idaho Power 46
I. B. M 583V2
Kaiser Ind 15V4
Int. Paper 116Vi
Johns Manville , 58
Kennecott Copper HOVi
Lockheed Aircraft 35Va
Katy . 6V
Montana Power Co 75
Montgomery Ward 49 '
Natl Biscuit .... 53 V4
New York Central 27
Pac Gas & Elec 64 V2
Weather
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: VariaL.e
cloudiness with a few scattered
showers tonight and Wednesday.
Little change in temperature. Low
tonight 38. High Wednesday 60.
Western Oregon: Scattered show
ers with some partial clearing this
afternoon. Partly cloudy and a lit
tle cooler tonight, but showers per
sisting along mountains. Partly
sunny and a little warmer Wednes
day, but clouds increasing north
portion in afternoon. Low tonight
34-40. High Wednesday 56-64. .
Northern California : Cloudy
north portion tonight, with a few
light showers Ft. Bragg and Red
Bluff northward this afternoon.
Fair central portion tonight, and
entire area Wednesday, except
some - coastal cloudiness.- Little
change in temperature.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yester
day 51; below normal 5.
Record high this date 92 in 1947.
Record low this date 28 in 1924,
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to
midnight .03 inch. Midnight to 10
ajn. .17 inch.
Total this month .44 inch, .29
inch above normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 11.63 inches,
4:13 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday
39, highest this a.m. 96.
High 4:30 24-
Ctty ... Yeiter- a.m. hr.
day Low Prec.
Brookings ....
Crater. Lake ,
Grants Pass -
Klamath Falls
.56
46
.14
74
.14
T
.11
.19
34
64
. 52
19
44
33
44
45
MEDFORD
59
Portland 57
SeatUe 53 32
Spokane 51 29 -04
Yakima 59 28
Eureka 55 49 T
Red Bluff 73 . 56 T
Sacramento 73 47
San Francisco 58 49
Los Angeles 70 52
Phoenix 72 52
Denver , 68 - 39 .39
Chicago 79 59
Miami Beach 84 .65
New York 74 49
Washington, D.C. 76 51
Disc Jockey Has
Enough of Mascots
Kansas City, Mo. -(DPD-Disc
jockey, John Argo lost a pet
and pearly a hand during his
radio show Monday.
Argo, known to listeners of
radio station KUDL as "The
Alligator," asked his audi
ence to send him a live one.
Montie Wood of Leawood,
Kan., did.
As Argo was petting the
'gator, the reptile chomped
down twice on his right hand,
inflicting several deep punc
ture wounds.
Penney J C
Penn R R .".
Radio Corporation
109
17V3
63
Rickfield Oil
87
.... 3914
43
84
45
39
.. 68
54
50
53V4
.... 7
84
21
.... 17V4
28
...-21-
40
,....138
.. 34
.... 62
.... 38
,.. 57
90
..118
Safeway .'.
Sears
Shell Oil :
Socony Mobil Oil
Southern Co
Southern Pacific
Standard California
Standard Indiana .
Standard N J ...
Sun Mines ... , I
Texas Co (new)
Texas Gulf Sulfur
Tex Pac Land Trust ..
Transamerica
Trans. World Air
Tri-Continental ..........
Union Carbide .
Union Pacific ...
United Aircraft
United Air Lines
U S Rubber
U S Steel (xd)
Youngstown S & T -.-
Portland Livestock
Portland (UPIl Cattle 150;
holdover 75. Good with choice 990
lb. steers 28.85; canner-cutter cows
14-15.50; utility cows 18-19, includ
ing 1400 lb. Holsteins at 18.50;
good 745 lb. feeder steers 26.
Calves 50. Good-choice vealers
31-36.
Hogs 350; holdover 185 trade not
established early.
Sheep 250. Mostly choice 85-107
lb. 23.75; others not established.
Portland Produce
Portland (UPI) Dairy market:
Eggs To retailers: Grade AA
large. 35-37c doz.; A large, 34-36c;
AA medium, 32-34c; AA small, 28
30c; cartons l-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: AA and
Grade A prints, 65c lb; carton, lc
higher; B prints, 63e.
Cheese medium cured To re
tailers: A grade Cheddar single dai
sies, 41-51c; processed American
cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 40-43C.
Farm Market
Old crop No. 1 Deschutes pota
toes reached a new seasonal high
of 4.00 a hundredweight at some
quarters; dry onions were con
tinuing to go down; asparagus
prices held steady (
i
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens Quoted to grow
ers at Portland, Salem and south
to Eugene: f.o.b. ranch, No. 1 qual
ity fryers, 23,i-4 lbs., 17; light hens,
9-llc; heavy hens, ll-12e.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade
dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole
drawn 33-36c lb.; cut up, 38-4 lc;
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, 40-43c cents a pound,
according to weight; A grade young
hens, same basis 38-40 cents a
pound. i
Breeder Turkeys To producers:
(Nominal) A grade hens 24c on an
eviseerated basis; A grade toms,
24c on the same basis; to retailers,
A grade hens, 35-36C. i
Rabbits (average to growers,
f.o.b. killing plants) Live white,
33,4-4'.ic lb. f.o.b. PorUand, 20-23c;
colored pelts, 5c under. Fresh killed
fryers to retailers, 57-60c lb.; cut
up, 61-64C.
Portland Hay, Grain
Portland Wholesale Hay Prices:
No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b
Portland and SeatUe. $32-33 ton
with top quality to S35.
Wholesale prices as reported by
the Fort J and UbUA maricet news
service. Basis by the ton, bulk.
prompt delivery, f.o.b. track, Port
land. Wheat, No. 1 soft white $69.00
No. 2 Milo, Eastern shipment 53.50
No. 2-corn, Eastern shipment
. $56.75-57.00
No. 2 wh. oats. 38-lb. Coast
S51.00-54.00
No. 2 Western barlay, Coast
S49.00-50.00
Soybean meal 44 protein ....$77.00
Standard millrun $42.00-43.00
Over-fhe-Counler
Western Stocks
The following bid and asked
prices on selected Western securi
ties, provided by the Medford
branch office of Pacific Northwest
Company are unofficial and do not
represent actua' transactions but
are intended as a guide to the
appro-Tnat price range
Common Stocks Bid Asked
Bank of America 45 48 3i
Calif .-Pacific - Utilities.. 36 V 38',
Cascades Plywood 33'i 36 'i
Cons. Freightways 21Ts 23 'i
Copco 37 39 'i
First National Bank 54 574
Northwest Nat. Gas 17 ',i 18 5,i
Pacific Pwr. & Lt. 41i 43 'i
Permanente Cement 26? 28 'i
Portland Gen. Elec 29' 31',i
U. S. National Bank 70 74 x
United Utilities 33 35
West Coast Tel. 24 2574
Weyerhaeuser 43 45
Investment Funds
Noon Quotations on selected
funds supplied by th M"dford
Branch of Foster & Marshall, mem
bers New Vork Stock Exchange
Fund Bid Asked
Bullock 14.22 1559
Chem Fund 11.25 12.17
Eaton Howard Stk 24.38 26.06
Fidelity 16.73 18.09
Gas Ind ..... 13.70 14.97
Group Sec Avia-Elec 11.40 12.48
Group Sec Com Stk 13.73 15.C3
Group Sec Petr 11.45 12.54
Group Sec Steel 10.13 11.10
Group Sec Tobac 8.05 832
Keystone B-3 16.52 18.03
Keystone B-4 10.28 11.22
Keytsone K-2 15.01 1638
Keystone S-l 19.25 21.00
Keystone S-2 12.88 14.06
Keystone S-3 15.38 16.78
Keystone S-4 . 13.67 14.92
Mass Inv Grth Stk 14.12 15.26
TV-Elec 16.13 17.58
Value Line Inc 5.91 6.46
Wellington 14.36 15.65
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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Tuesday, May 5, 1959
Merino sheep were intro
duced to the United States in
1810 at Weathersfield.-Vt, ,
Mark Hatfield :
-The Republican's
new wonder boy
He's young 137). Handsome; '
Bright. Married to a beauti
ful girl. And last year . h r
was. elected Republican gov-'"
ernor of Oregon in "the face
of a Democratic sweep " all . '
over the country. What's the
secret of Mark Hatfield's
success? . '. . '
In this week's Saturday Eve- '
ning Post you'll meet this
bright young hopeful of the
Republican party and learn;
why Oregon Democrats
refer to him as "that damned
Boy Scout."
the behind the - scenes
story of Wayne Morse's. .
shocking accusation against
him and how it backfired.
all about his dramatic '.
storybook marriage.
what his chances are of '
copping the vice - presiden '1
ital nomination in '60.
Be sure to read ""Oregon's '-.
Golden Boy" in this week's
Post.
It's a wonderful week in. the '
Post ... 7 articles, 4 stories,
2 serials, many cartoons and
exciting photographs. .
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