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r 6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Feb. 7, 1960 Instrument Loss Delays X-15 Test Edwards Air Force Base, Calif- -0H- The X-15 manned rocketship was carried aloft tethered to a giant B-52 bomb er Thursday for its fifth pow ered flight, but a loss of in strument power caused post ponement of the test Test" pilot Scott Crossfield who has guided the sleek 50 foot craft in all its glide and power", flights noticed instruments-were not functioning. The craft was kept fastened to its mother ship and stayed aloft for a captive flight to collect further research data. Cause of the power failure was not announced by North American Aviation, manufac turer of the craft which is ex pected to carry man 100 miles up at speeds of about 4,000 miles an hour. Woman Tells Unusual Story of Black Eye Dallas Charlotte Kessler swears this is how she got a black eye: She stepped out of a car carrying a purse, stack of magazines and a jar of olives. She spied a friend and waved. The jar of olives flew out of her hand and hit her in the right eye. There are more than 1,500 species of the firefly. MARSHALL'S Carpet Cleaning Aids CARE BETWEEN CLEANINGS Go ever your carper with a sweeper or vacuum daily. Vac uum thoroughly at least once a week. A vacuum with beater brush action (such as a Kirby upright) is best especially for high pile carpets. Be sure to ask for and get a soil retardent put back in your carpet when you have it cleaned. We will be glad to show you- the differ ence at no obligation. Carpet Cleaning Furniture Cleaning Bob Marshall's Floorcovering Service 127 N. Riverside SP 3-6587 r 6 j Guess the AGE of J this Volkswagen! This VW Pick-up is nearly 3 years old, and has worked hard for 32,000 miles. Yet it looks and behaves like new. All Volkswagens are built to stay young and styled to look young, even after years of workdays. This VW carries 7s of a ton with sides up, as a pick-up. or with sides down, as a flat-bed. It costs half as much to operate as the usual fe-ton pick-up. And that you can check any time. , Guess the COST of this one! This VW Panel Delivery costs only S2172. (The VW Pick-up costs only $2142.) That's consider ably under the price of usual panel deliveries which fall far short of VW's 1830 pounds capa city. And that's only part of what you save. Volks wagen delivers twice the gas, oil and tire mile age of the usual i-ton truck; unique Protec tive Service Plan keeps maintenance costs down low. Come in and get a free copy of "We'll Let the Customer Do the Talking!" HORSE MOTORS i i ? ' -7'". TEEN-AGE FAD Eyebrows eerie enough to make onlook ers want to raise one are the latest mad fad of the teen-age set. With a little eyebrow pencil and a lot of originality, girls in western states are revamping their eyebrows in such zany designs as Indian smoke signals, upper left; question marks, upper right; lightning bolts, lower left, and marks of Zorro, lower right. , (UPI Telephoto) Conference on Auto Theft Slated Here A federal bureau of investi gation sponsored conference on. automobile theft will .be held in Medford Feb. 18, ac cording to Joseph E. Thorn ton, special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office. Thornton will speak on the continuing auto theft prob lem as it exists today through out the nation. If the 1958" rate continues approximately 9 million automobiles will be stolen within the next genera tion, the FBI said. Law enforcement officers and persons whose work is closely related to the auto mobile business will be in vited to attend open forums and panel discussions. Parti cipants .will include officers from rural areas, metropoli tan areas and state and fed eral officers, who will ex change suggestions, ideas and experiences. This is one of a series of such conferences which start in Ontario, Ore., on Feb. 9. Others scheduled include Pen dleton, Feb. 11, Coos Bay, Feb. 16, and Portland, Feb. 24. Aim of the conferences is to give officers and people in the auto industry a better understanding of the coopera tive services available from all those interested -in com bating the auto theft problem. "One of the most -important things learned from the pre vious conferences was that the car theft problem is common to all law enforcement agen cies, whether large or small, and can best be solved through cooperative efforts," the FBI said. Account Settled After 20 Years Georgetown, Ky. Twenty years ago a man made a $5 purchase at a store owned by James Walters and paid only half the price at the time. Recently, the customer walked in and settled accounts by handing Walters the $2.50 he owed. The American flag has 13 horizontal -stripes, six white and seven red. For Half-Sizes 9481 iw irrMc.iir3 Suit or separates! Spring's favorite Chanel-type jacket, slim skirt, classic blouse are beautifully proportioned for half-sizes. Printed Pattern 9481: Half Sizes 12Vi, 1VA, I6V2, 18VS, 20, 22. Size 16 jacket, skirt 3 yards 45-inch; blouse takes lTs yards 35-inch fab ric. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (coins) for this pattern-add 5 cents for each pat tern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin. Med ford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. ' JUST OUT! Big, new 1960 Spring and Summer Pattern Catalog in vivid, full-color. Jubilee Year of Boy Scouts Will Be Observed Here Celebration of the jubilee year of the Boy Scouts of America will begin during Boy Scout week Feb. 7 to 13 in the Crater Lake Council with activities ranging from a window . display contests to recognition dinners, Dr. Billy D. Blackstone, chairman of the Big Pines district com mittee, has announced. The 50th anniversary of the national Scout organiza tion is Monday, Feb. 8. Pres ent membership of the Boy Scouts of America is more than 5 million with nearly 6,000 members in the local three - county Scout council which serves Jackson, Jose phine, and Siskiyou counties. Window displays are a ma jor feature for Boy Scout week, and judging of the dis plays has been completed by a committee headed by Jack Holmes of Medford. The Big Pines district will hold an adult recognition din ner Saturday, Feb. 20, for all adults connected with the 67 Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, and Explorer posts in Jackson county. The traditional rededication to the Scout oath will be fea tured on Monday over KMED at 6:30 p.m. and on KBES TV at 6:05 p.m. Officers and committee chairmen of the Big Pines district, in addition to Dr. Blackstone, are Harry Barker and Howard Wiley, vice chair men; Robert Wobbe, district commissioner; R. E. Culbert son, activities; Dr. Abner O. Clark, advancement; Joseph Walsh, camping; John Wat kins, finance; Dr. Douglas Philips, health and safety; Carl Olson, leadership train ing; and Wayne Struble, or ganization and extension. The Crater Lake Council is a member - agency of the United Medford Crusade and the Ashland - Talent United Fund. l T annum ' 0s, Current Dividend j$f V; Rate 1 " 's s g) " Ylrf -.1-" 111.11 VIEW DISPLAY - Gary Bigham (center) of Scout troop 13, Medford, and Darl Gleed, district executive of the Crater Lake. Area council, Boy Scouts of America, look over the display of new books on Scouting that has been set up in the children's depart-, ment of the Public Library of Medford and Jackson county in connection with Boy Whistle-Biting Cop Breaks Tooth San Angelo, Tex. - Patrol man Donald Heim is minus one front tooth because he blew his whistle at a lady driver. Trouble was, the lady driver was about to hit him. Getting out of the way, he bit his whistle too hard and broke a right front tooth in two places. OLDEST GENERAL DIES Parris Island, S. C. - (UPD -Major Gen. Randolph C. Ber keley, 85, a Medal of Honor winner who was the oldest general in the Marine Corps, died Sunday of a heart ail ment. Berkeley had retired in 1939 after 41 years of Ma rine service. Scout week, Feb. 7 to 13. Children's Li brarian Miss Julie Keiser shows them a rack of merit badge pamphlets that covers over 100 subjects. Several Scout members helped sellect the books. Branch libraries in Jackson county will also get books on Scouting and related subjects, according to Librarian Omar Bacon. Dentists Named as Meeting Delegates Eight valley dentists were selected to attend the coming annual meeting of the Oregon State Dental association at a monthly meeting of the Southern Oregon District Dental Society last week. The state meeting will be in Portland March 7, 8 and 9. Selected as delegates were Drs. Claude Lewis, Lee Mellish, W. H. Roberts, John Dickson, Dan Engle,. R. J. Camden and Scott Ellis. Dr. Louis Schoel, Portland, discussed techniques involv ing gold foil restorations at the meeting. Committees for the coming year were named. Va 'dividends!-. ait Jade Make a note of it today! Stop in . c . at Jackson County Federal . . . and open a Savings Account for your Valentine ... a gift with a future . t . one that will be long remembered! Oae&od SAVINGS Home Office 126 E. Main Medford, Ore. Dr. Dickson Leaves For Chicago Meeting Dr. John P. Dickson, Med ford dentist, left Thursday for Chicago, where he will attend meetings of the Congress on Dental Education and Licen sure sponsored by the Coun cil of Dental Education of the American Dental association, it was reported. Dr. Dickson is a member of the Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners. He will at tend, also, a seminar at North western university dental school sponsored by the Amer ican .' Association of Dental Examiners and a seminar of the National Board of Dental Examiners. Green crabs are the number one enemy of the soft-shelled clam. fc- LOAN son Coun Since MM Vaughn Accepts Post On Advisory Council Portland-Tom Vaughan, di rector of the Oregon Histori cal Society, has accepted an appointment from General U.S. Grant III to serve on the advisory council to the Civil War Centennial commission. Vaughan, who formerly worked on Civil War projects in Wisconsin, said that sev eral persons around the coun try had been asked to give volunteer service to properly commemorate the historic days of 1861-1865. There are 15 railroads with terminals in New York City. FREE ESTIMATES OH UPHOLSTERING! Ask us first for free estimate and advice! Re-styling your furni ture in custom de signs is our specialtyl MIKE'S UPHOLSTERY CENTER 621 EAST JACKSON SP 2-2990 Auto Furniture Boat Aircraft. tat pays wnere..! o o ty Federal! ASSOC ATION Ashland Branch 337 E. Main Ashland, Ore. Smoking Habits Said Unchanged London - (CPD - The British medical journal Lancet said today that the intensive pub licity about the alleged harm ful effects of smoking has not changed people's smoking habits much. Lancet based its conclusion on a survey conducted in Edinburgh, Scotland. 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