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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1960)
i4: MAIL TRIBUNE. Modford, Or. Wtdne.diy, Apr. 20, 1960 k SALE AS GREAT AS ITS NAME SPECIAL (ID IP IE u IE THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 21st 7 to 9 P.M. COME ONE.. COME ALL . . TO YOUR FRIENDLY FAMILY SEARS STORE IN MEDFORD PARK FREE! DAR Told Vote for Exchange Proposal Would Be Mistake Washington -4UPD- A royal refugee from Communist Rus sia told the Daughters of the American Revolution today that one of their favorite reso lutions was misguided. Alexandra Tolstoy, daugh ter of Czarist count and au thor Leo Tolstoy, said in the major morning address at the 89th DAR Continental Con gress that cultural exchange programs between Russia and the United States were desir able." The wider the door was opened to the countries behind the Iron Curtain the better. Public Library Underwriters Seek To Group Roseburg Claims Portland - UPt) - Insurance underwriters affected by last August's explosion and fire in Roseburg have filed an action to bring all injured parties into the case as well as to disclaim liability for the explosion. Thirty defendants were named in a complaint filed by attorneys representing nine Insurance underwriters in Great Britain, Brazil and Switzerland. Truck Exploded The underwriters carried insurance for Pacific Powder Company of Washington and Pacific Powder Sales Com. Other resolutions expected 0f Oregon. A truck owned by she said In her prepared speech. Miss Tolstoy spoke as the Daughters prepared to vote on a proposed resolution con demning the exchange pro grams as a weapon of Soviet psychological warfare. The resolution demands a congres sional investigation into the origins and operation of the program. The DAR last year passed a resolution opposing the ex change programs. But this year's resolution went further by demanding a Congressional investigation. 61 Alarms Reported to Firemen During March Service for Books Because senior citizens (per- j sons over 65) cannot make it : to libraries as often as they might like to, the Public Li- l brary of Mcdford and Jackson I county is offering them a free book mailing service. Under this program, which is now under way, a senior citizen may order his book, receive it and return it, all by mail. He may also make requests telephone or someone else can make them for him. Head Librarian Omar Ba con welcomes all senior cit izens to make use of the read ing rooms, books, periodicals and other materials in the li brary itself. However, It is realized that some senior -citizens find it difficult to make frequent trips to the library and the mailing service will be one further step In pro viding greater convenience to them, he sa:i!. Lists Planned Under this program, lists of books will be developed peri odically and distributed among senior citizens to fa cilitate ordering books. Books will be mailed in In sulated mailers and will be provided with a return label and a stamp to cover return postage. If books are not re turned on time, they will automatically be renewed for a second time, Bacon pointed out. To acquaint senior citizens with this program, promotion' al brochures will be develped distributed to them through such agencies as the Rogue Valley Council on Aging, the Friendly service and church es. Accompanying each bro chure will be borrower's card application. Books will be sent from and should be returned to, the main library in Mcdford, Bacon pointed out. However, branch libraries will relay re quests to the main library if requested to do so, he added. to be voted on today oppose reciprocal trade programs, any liberalization of U. S. Im migration laws, teen-age vot ing, and the flying of the Panamanian flag in the Pan ama Canal Zone. Miss Tolstoy also told the DAR that Soviet Premier Nik ita S. Khrushchev was "bluff ing" the West by talking peace and disarmament. Would Start War She said if Khrushchev felt he could win a war ha would start it tomorrow. Miss Tolstoy, who re nounced her title when she became an American citizen in 1041, said one of the things restraining Khrushchev was what she called his fear of his own people, "who might re fuse to fight and will turn against the Kremlin." Another item on today's agenda was the proposed $1 hike in the national DAR dues bringing the total annual as sessment to $3. Some delgates have been grumbling private ly in the hallways about the proposed boost. But no formal protests were expected. Book Circulation Increase Noted Circulation in the Public Libraries of Mcdford and Jackson county during March showed a 23.3 per cent in crease over circulation in the same month a year ago. Total circulation last month was 21,855 books, compared to 17,724 a year ago, accord ing to the library's monthly statistical report. All of the seven branch libraries and the central li brary showed marked circula tion Increases with the excep tion of branches In Jackson ville and Phoenix. Total branch increase was 7.7 per cent. The -Butte Falls branch showed the largest percentage Increase of 41.6 per cent rais ing Its circulation from 289 books In March, 1959, to 3B1 books last month. The Gold Hill branch registered a 23.2 per cent Increase raising its circulation from 383 to 472 books. The Jacksonville branch registered a minus 31.2 per cent increase in circulation, tailing from 589 bonks to 4115 books. Phoenix fell 16 per cent from 342 to 287 books. The two book stations at Shady Cove and Table Hock also registered Increases. Shady Cove's branch circula tion rose from 30 to 94 books for 213.3 per cent Increase. Circulation at the main li brary in Medford rose from 14,506 books in March 1959 to last month's total of 18, 3B7 books, for a 26.7 per cent .Increase. ATTENfloiTBOSSES Chicago - (Uri) - 1 he average boss in Chicago vacations pretty high on the hog. A sur vey by the Chicago Associa tion of Commerce and Indus try fays 50 per cent of the executives spend $500 to $1, 900 on their annual vacation. Twenty-six per rent spent be- wecn $1,000 and $1,500 and the rest blew as much aa $3,000 for their good times. Wall Street Chatter New York - (DPI) - The In creasing dependence on for eign markets for the drug manufacturers deserves con siderable attention from the investor, according to an ap praisal of the situation by Standard & Poor s. On the one hand, it points out, overseas demand for drugs appears almost unlimit ed as world population rises and the standard of living im proves. However, the risk of devaluation, exproprlat Ions and other uncertainties must be taken fully Into account. S&P says. As a result of continued un certainties abroad and the likelihood of increased com petition from foreign sources, Standard suggests that the in dustry's foreign earnings should be evaluated for in vestment purposes on a more conservative basis than do mestic profits. It appears reasonable there fore, to expect that price-earn ings ratios for drug companies receiving a major share of in come from abroad will tend to be lower than those receiv ing most of their income do mestically, the statistical agen cy maintains. the powder firm exploded in Roseburg during a warehouse fire, touching off the disas trous blast which claimed 13 lives and resulted in some $10 million in property damage Attorneys for the powder companies and for George Ru therford, the truck driver, ad mit no liability for any of the claims filed by the defend ants. However, they have de posited $515,000 as evidence of good faith in event of a judgement adverse to them. To Limit Liability If there is an adverse judg ment the underwriters seek to limit the liability to $500,000, the amount of insurance car ried by the powder com panies. They also seek to limit court costs to $25,000. The federal complaint also requests that the defendants be required to interplead among themselves in event of a judgement favorable to them and that the court deter mine the distribution of the $900,000. The Medford fire depart ment responded to 61 alarms during March, Including the Faber Farm Supply fire, and the rural fire district respond ed to seven alarms. According to Fire Chief Gordon Barker's monthly re port, the largest number of alarms responded to in the city were for dwelling fires. Of the 17 dewelling fire alarms turned in, the major ity, 13, were caused by flue fires. State Employees To Meet Tonight A special information meet ing for officials of five south ern Oregon chapters of the Oregon State Employees as sociation will be held this eve ning at the southewst district headquarters here of the state department of forestry. The meeting for officers, delegates and group1 represen tatives of Chapters 16, 79, 83, 84 and 85, wil convene at 8 p.m. following a 7 p.m. regu lar meeting of Chapter 85. All state employees Interested are invited. Speakers are AI Kelley, Portland, president of the as sociation, and Whitney Halte man, manager and program assistant from the staff head quarters, Salem. .Doyle Stock ton, Medford, assistant direc tor for District 3, will be in charge. PLEADS GUILTY Camden, Ala. - 0IPD - David Jackson, 19, a Negro high school pupil who worked as school bus driver, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second de gree manslaughter in the death of six fellow pupils killed March 22 when his bus was hit by a freight train at a crossing. He was given a one-year suspended sentence, and his driver's license was revoked. Mrs. Neuberger Sees Steps (or Seashore Par!;s Washington -IUPII- A report of Interior Secretary Fred Seaton to the Senate Interior committee specifying three national seashore areas was described today by Mrs. Mau- rine Neuberger as "a positive step which improves hopes for early action" on pending bills to include coastal areas in the National Park system. Revised Version Seaton sent to Interior Committee Chairman James Murray a revised version of a bill advocated by the late Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) naming Cape Cod in Massachusetts, Padres island in Texas and the Oregon Dunes in the Florence-Reeds-port area as national sea shores. "The new Interior depart ment proposal spells out the special provisions needed for each of these new park devel opments," Mrs. Neuberger said. "It contains salient fea tures suggested by Gov. Mark Hatfield and the Oregon Na tural Resources committee in cluding specific boundaries which leave out Tahkenitch lake and the Sea Lion Caves," she added. ? Support Hoped Mrs. Neuberger, a candi date for her late husband's Senate seat, said she hoped the new version would gain the support of the Oregon state administration. "Secretary Seaton has made constructive changes and with a united effort Oregon can obtain its first national park since 1906," she said. Margaret Truman To Continue Career London-flJPII-Margaret Tru man may resume her singing career although it leaves her children cold. Ex-President Truman's 36- year-old daughter, beginning a European trip with her hus band, Clifton Daniel, was asked by newsmen Tuesday night if marriage meant the end of her professional sing ing. "No, definitely not," said Miss Truman. "If I could find a theater in America which would enable me to get home and look after our children, I'd take it on. "I must confess my singing doesn't even impress my chil dren. All they want to hear is 'Pop Goes the Weasel' and 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'." The largest single fire dur- ing March was the Faber Farm Supply fire at 11th and Fir sts. According to the re port, the dollar loss from this fire ranges from $150,000 to $400,000. Apparent cause of the this fire was an electrical defect in a chick brooder stove, the report said. City fire-fighting apparatus spent 41 hours, 2 minutes on alarms. Two of the seven rural fire district alarms , were mutual aid responses to the Central Point fire department. Two others were grass fires and there was one dwelling fire. The city department re ceived one false alarm and the rural none. Rural apparatus was out a total of 6 hours, 8 minutes on alarms. A total of 68 Inspections were made during March, ac cording to B'ire Marshal Tru man Nelson's report. Some 52 of these were in business oc cupancies. Orders of recom mendations for the removal of fire hazards totaled 82, of which 15 were for worn or defective wiring and 13 for removal of papers, rubbish and similar items. The fire marshal made two investigations following fires and issued 516 fire permits. Local Woman Is Cited by Police Margaret Laura Williams, 112 Rose ave., was cited by city police this morning for failing to leave information at the scene of an- accident after an incident was reported to police about 3:45 a.m. According to police, Ber- teen Jeanette Davis, 940 North Central ave., notified them that she heard a crash outside her house. Upon investigating the scene, police observed that a vehicle went over the curb, across the sidewalk, knocked down a U.S. Highway 99 marker, and damaged some bushes. Marks showed that the vehicle then left the area by backing into the street, police said. 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