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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Jan. J, 1960 Monroney Unveils Plan to Expand Air Cargo Fleet Washington-ttjPD-Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) un veiled Saturday a proposed federal loan program to ex pand the nation's commercial air cargo fleet and build up a reserve airlift big enough to fly several divisions of troops. Monroney, chairman of the Senate Aviation subcommit tee, said he will introduce the leigstlation after Congress re convenes Wednesday. He said the plan was worked out joint ly by his . subcommittee and executive agencies. The measure, he said, would authorize the Civil Aeronau tics board to guarantee repay ment oi 10-year loans for pur- 22 Ship Crewmen Safe After Storm Singapore-(UPD Twenty-two crew members of an Ameri can ship were taken from a storm-battered reck south of here Saturday by a British minesweeper. .. . The fesuce left seven mem bers of the 2,202-tOn freighter Valley Forge's 37-man crew unaccounted for. chase of approved modern cargo aircraft. No loan could exceed 75 per cent of the purchase price of the aircraft and no carrier could borrow more than $75 m il 1 i o n. The government would gurantee payment of 90 per cent of the unpaid bal ance and could repossess the plane if the borrower default ed MonToney said the plan re sulted from more than two years of study by his subcom Pop Consumption Washington - It is estimated that an average American con sumes upwards of ,42 bottles of soda pop per year. Jane Swish elm, in 1850, was the first American newspaper woman to become a Washing t o n correspondent. Horace G-reeley paid her $5 a column to write for the New York Tribune. NY Cabbies Want Permits for Guns New York - (UPD - New York's United Taxi Owners guild will meet Monday to ask the city to let cab drivers carry guns. Sal Baron, general manager of the guild, said Friday that more than 500 of the city's 30,000 hackies Were held up by armed robbers last year. Franklin's Picture Set for New Stamp Washington - IUPD - The sec ond of six planned American Credo commemorative stamps will feature Benjamin Frank lin and go on sale in Phila delphia. Pa.. March 23, it was announced Saturday. The Post Office department said the new 4-cent stamp will carry the following words of the famous phrasemaker: "Fear tn do ill. and vou need fear noght else." NORFIELD'S January clearance "Women's Only" SHOE SALE NEXT WEDNESDAY mittee and "months of con sultation among the military and civilian departments With in the exchange branch." The administrator of the federal aviation agency would be responsible for- certifying that the plans involved met civil design and performance criteria. The secretary of de fense Would have to certify each plahe's suitability for military use and executive a contract insuring the craft's availability in a military emergency. "While the bill will thus help to build a tremendous reserve fleet for military puiv poses," Monroney said, "it will also provide a major break-through Of carriage of commerical cargo by air. LAwer Freight Cost "We feel that new designs of c&rgo airframes and new engines can lower the present cost of air freight as much as 66 per cent and still enable the air carriers to make a satisfactory profit." Monroney said the plan "is not a substitute for new equip ment of similar nature for the military air transport service, which mii9t have a basic num ber of this type of plane under their direct control." Commercial air carriers have complained for some time that MATS was hand ling much transportation that really should go to private lines. Worldwide Mobility Monroney said his plan "would provide several hun dred commerical cargo air craft which could be called on immediately for military service, so that the land bOund' ground forces could acquire worldwide mobility." "It could be done at a min imum cost, for the risk in the loans for the new aircraft Would be very small indeed," he said. "These planes could be earning a profit for the car riers and at the same time be available td the military. Entire divisions with fighting equipment could reach most Of the troubled spots of the wOrld overnight and land ready to fight." Kennedy Announcement Sets Stage for Revival of 1928 Catholic Controversy New York - (UPD - Sen. John F. Kennedy's presidential an nouncement Saturday set the stage for a revival of the 1928 controversy over whether a Roman Catholic should occupy the White House. Not Since the late Alfred E. Smith was the central figure in a nationwide debate on the subject has a Catholic made a major bid for the presidency. There has been no indica tion, however, that the pub lic arguments this year over the possibility of a Catholic President would be as angry as those that raged in 1928. In fact, many Protestant groups began early last year to try to Dead Girl's Father May Sue Texas City Dallas, Tex.-(UPD-The father of a two-year-old girl who was ensnared and crushed to death by a Dallas Love field moving sidewalk said Satur day he had talked to a law yer about possible legal ac tion against the city. . - "I don't want to get any thing out of it because of her, but I think something should be done about that machine," L. C. Brandon said. Blonde Tina Marie Brandon apparently fell and her cloth ing became caught in the step-off plate of the moving walkway in the lobby of the modernistic air terminal late yesterday. Her left hand, left wrist and half of her left fore arm were pulled below floor level. . PR Man Appointed By GOP Committee Washington - (UPD - Hal E. Short, West Coast public re lation expert, Saturday was named director of public rela tions for the Republican Na tional committee. Shdrt, 48, was an aide in the Republican presidential campaigns Of 1952 and 1956. Since then he has served as adviser to the U. S. delega tion to the 26-rtatiOn confer ence of the intergovernmen tal committee on European migration, and as a delegate to many European meetings connected with the Refugee Relief Act. pave the Way for a minimum of discussion of religion in the 1960 political campaign. Discussion Launched But Kennedy, himself, launched a major discussion of the issue late last year when he stated publicly that as a Roman Catholic PreSP dent he would be unable to approve of any ihs. govern ment program involving birth control. . He has said many times that as a Catholic, he would ob serve the separation of church and state if he were elected President. He would simply divorce himself from any pro gram of dissemination of birth Control information abroad, he Said. Kennedy's comments on birth control set off the most open discussion of the subject ever reported by the nation's press. Leaders of various de nominations stated their views on the subject, with most of the Protestants lined up in favor of planned parenthood. Firm View Taken Catholic groups took an equally firm view against birth control, and President Eisenhower declared that he thought it would be improper for the United States govern ment to play any role in plan ned parenthood, at home or abroad. The principal aim of many Protestant groups has been to try to prevent the kind of bit terness that tore the nation In the 1928 campaign. The angry debate and the preju dices it created were among the main reasons for the founding of the National Con ference of Christians and Jews. A nationwide organiza tion dedicated to brotherhood of all religious groups. Its leadership is made up equally of Protestants, Catholics and Jews. ' "World Outlook," a month ly publication of the board of missions of the Methodist church, Said in an editorial that debate On the issue of a Roman Catholic president if responsibly handled - could stimulate constructive thought about the relationship of church and state. Many Issues Cited "It is only natural to admit that many religious commit ments involve positions oh public affairs that Others Will Want sharply clarified," it said. "Thus (to begin at home) Methodists on prohib i t i o n, Quakers (and other pacifists) on national defense, Christian Scientists on health and Ro man Catholics on the inter pretation of the First Amend ment can legitimately expect close questioning by those of Other positions." Dr. Allyn P. Robinson, di rector of the greater New York area of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, said that it would be possible for a Catholic to be elected president now, if he were a strong candidate and the political situation were generally favorable. "To be sure," he said, "there would be some 'bigot vote' and there would be some who would vote for a Catholic can didate just because he was a Catholic . . . but I am confi dent that the bitterness and hatred of 1928 would not be repeated." Months ago, the Georgia Baptist convention put itself on record to adhere to the "established principle of sepa ration of church and state" but rejected a resolution say ing "No Baptist shall vote for a Roman Catholic candidate for President." The Union of American He brew congregations, chief or gan of reform Judaism in the U.S., has accused an organiza tion called Protestants and Other Americans United foi Separation of Church anc State of injecting anti-Catho lie bigotry into the 1960 cam paign. The Rev. Dr. Julius Mark Senior Rabbi of New York'i Temple Emanu-el, said reli gion should be no barrier U the candidacy of Kennedy There might be many reason: why he was not qualified it be President, Mark said, bu' religion is not one of them. t ''''" What year car do the Jones drive? The Jones drive a Volkswagen, and Volkswagens look alike from year to year. A Volkswagen is never outmoded. Indeed, no one knows how long a Volkswagen lasts; the first VWs made have riot worn out. We hear from VW owners who have clocked over 100,000 mile Without engine repair. (If they should ever need it, they will find VW service is as good as the car.) The Volkswagen does change where it counts. An anti- sway bar has just been added to the front suspension to mokt curves even smoother. New insulation deadens engine and roadway noise. And the VW's new front seats are deeply con toured for even greater comfort. Over the years, olmost every part in the VW has been changed but not its heart or face. Volkswagen owners find this a happy way to drive and to live. No doubt you will, too. Come in and drive a new Volkswagen ijt MORSE MOTORS SIXTH AND IVY, MEDFORD UTHOll urn My Way im Figwa Mora This Semi-AnnuaD Povadend off 274,83L2.42L t - December 3 IDecDared ,1959, Makes a Total off $529,030.02 Dn Povo'dends ReceBved By Jackson County Federal Onvestors During 3.959! START SAVING' FOR. A THRIFTY W! SAVINGS Horn Office 126 E. Main Medford, Ore. LOAN ASSOC Sim no ATION Ashland Branch 337 E. Main Ashland, Ore. Current Dividend I '"I- I Pr Annum Savings Add Up Faster! SEMI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1959 ASSETS First Mortgage Loans Loans on Savings Accounts Other Loans . Properties Sold on Contract Real Estate Owned and in Judgment Investments and Securities . . .United States Government Bonds Cash on Hand and in Banks . Office Building and Equipment Deferred Charges and Other Assets -$13,529,788.36 140,311.67 4,576.09 36,614.47 14,322.25 215,800.00 2,310,910.47 630,373.31 53,794.70 98,625.10 LIABILITIES Savings Accounts Loans in Process . Other Liabilities Specific Reserves . General Reserves Undivided Profits $17,035,116.42 .$14,927,057.33 502,341.46 47,422.64 12,249.72 . 1,313,718.30 232,326.97 $17,035,116.42 i i . .... a -i . . i ....... ..... . i . i- v it. tin .!. V.-.J:.. .'...! .J.-.4 . W..JMt4ii' A9.M4.W !..- ti it. i I. i. '.. .!. .. ,v .... a i.- ..'..' i'-.v.vv.i .'i. -...).'.! .'.'.'M.ji . ' .. A v.'iy.'.. .',! I 'J. '
