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Consumers Should Come First in Arlrlitivp Hcpc Salem-d'P-A panel moder ated by W. E. Upshaw of Port land, manager of the state ag riculture department's Port land branch, decided Wednes day that the interest of the consuming public should al ways tome first in the use of food additives and chemicals which leave crop residues. Another opinion advanced is that at the same time, it is the responsibility, of officials and others concerned to give the public the full facts from which to make an intelligent evaluation to avoid "such mass hysteria as followed fed eral word that some cranber ries were contaminated with aminotriazole." Special Feature The panelwas a special fea ture of the department's food and dairies division fall con ference. Other members in cluded Dr. Harold Schultz and Robert Every, both of Oregon State college; Dr., El ton McCawley, University of Oregon medical school and Agriculture Department rep resentatives J. D. Patterson and George Moose. Patterson, chief chemist for the Oregon Department, said the agency is nearing the end of its first round of lab work on cranberries sampled from all wholesale channels in the state. No contaminated ber ries have been found so far, he said. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Thursday, Dec 3, 1959 Defense Secretary To Speak in Portland Portland (UPD Thomas S. Gates, named this week as secretary of defense, is sched uled to speak here Jan. 27 at a Republican fund-r a i s i n g dinner. Oregon Guards Respond To Call In Practice Alert Education Board Approves 19 New School Districts Salem -(UPD- In another step in the direction of consolida tion, the State Board of Edu cation gave its blessing Wed nesday afternoon to the for mation of 19 proposed admin istrative school districts in three counties. The new districts, subject to approval of the voters, in clude eight in Umatilla coun ty, three in Clatsop county and eight in Douglas county. Part of Program The proposed consolidations are part of the Oregon school district reorganization pro gram ordered by the 1957 Legislature. Nineteen of these new district proposals have been rejected at the polls. When the new law went in to effect,' Oregon had 708 school districts. Now there are 607 in the state. Secretary Quits Mrs. Joy Hills Gubser step ped down as secretary of the board. She has served in that post since December, 1952, Her replacement, effective Jan. 1, is James Turnbull, de puty superintendent of sduca tion. Mrs. Gubser continues as an assistant superintendent of the board. Decisions, Decisions Always Decisions Hamilton, Ohio- Magis trate's Court Judge H. Eldon Brinkley asked a defendant if he wanted an attorney. "I don't know, Judge," he replied. After listening to several minutes of hemming and haw ing, Brinkley finally told him: "I sit here all day and make decisions. I think you ought to be able to make this one." - Scheveningen, near. The Hague in Holland, is noted for having one of the best beaches on the shores of the North Sea. ;. Portland -(UPD- Oregon's Army and Air National Guard units performed smoothly in a four-hour practice alert call ed from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday. All air and ground units re ported and a total of 86 per cent of the guard's 7,100-man force turned out. About 50 per cent of guardsmen scattered in 81 units around the state had re ported for duty an hour after the alert was sounded by Ore gon Adjutant General Alfred Hintz. At the end of the second hour. 68 per cent of the men had reDorted either to their own bases or at the nearest guard installation. Once a Year The National Guard makes it a practice to stage, mock alerts at least once a year to test the readiness of both air and eround units hi 39 Ore gon towns and cities. No movement of troops or planes was involved 4n the ex ercise. Originally it was planned to send down target planes from McChord Air Force base in Washington, but bad wea ther Drevented the flight. Fighter and other-units at Portland Air Force base were readied for combat, but no planes took off in the dense fog that blanketed the field. Notify by Phone Headquarters of the 41st In fant rv division here said all major commanders wjeVe noti fied by phone when xne aien sounded and they gathered their men by radio, television, phone and other means. Guardsmen were required to report in person to their units or to the National Guard unit nearest them in order to test their readiness for emergencies. A similar test was held in December of 1958 when men were called out at 4 a.m. Portland Holdup Suspect Seized Portland -(UPD- Andy E. Spencer, 45, was held under $iu,uuo bail today charged with the mid-day robbery Wednesday of the Livestock Kenton branch of the First National Bank of Oregon. Spencer was apprehended less than an hour after the bank was robbed of $1,598 following a chase by a bank officer, and a mortician in hearse. The robber brandished gun at Mrs. Gwendolyn Van Antwerp, 44, Vancouver, Wash., saying "give me all your money or I will kill you." The bandit then fled in a car. Joseph Boyle, assistant op erations officer, and morti cian L. I. Mikeworth gave chase in Mikeworth's hearse They lost track of the car but police later picked up the suspect. Police said Spencer at first denied knowledge of the hold up but later confessed and told officers where the money could be recovered. COMPARE FLAVOR! compare mm T(4S quart) ViWA A -300 lililtlur STRAIGHT B0USE0H HrHISKtf. 88 PROOF GUAM Oil 0ISIIU.WS CO, KCHOUSVIUi. HT. (M) ROEBUCK AND CO. 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