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Invasion of Building Industry By 'Foaming Plastics' Predicted By LEROY POPE New York -ft'PD- One of the mushrooming industries of tomorrow is likely to be "foaming plasties." Foaming plastics, already are out of the Infant itige. They are competing lustily with rubber, lumber, cork, concrete fibreglass and some plastics in the packaging, boating, chemical, aircraft, toy and many other indus tries. Tomorrow, they may in vade building on such a big scale as to compel a change in our whole conception of how house should be built. The biggest change li that foaming plastics may make homes portable. That is, it will be possible to take them apart and take them along with you If you move without much more consideration for ex pense than moving your fur niture. Can Be Sawsd, Nailed Foaming plastics can be bought already made and can be sawed, nailed and drilled like lumber and will bond to each other like molten metals very easily. They are very strong, yet extremely light and totally waterproof and highly fire resistant. For small jobs such as pro viding flotation buoyance for a boat, or filling up cavities in any kind of construction, you can buy the chemicals in cans, pour them into the cavities and they will foam up in a few minutes, filling the space and hardening Into a strong lightweight solid. Portable Homes Engineers already have worked out designs and actu ally built some portable homes of sandwich materials made of foaming plastics. Some lightweight industrial buildings have been put up using the material. The big block to rapid expansion of use of foaming plastics in building is that at present they are quite expensive. But that could change drastically in a few years. President Joseph A. Graiier of American Standard, a lead ing maker of plumbing equip ment, recently told the Na tional Construction Industry Conference that the housing Industry can't achieve stabil ity until builders and mort gage lenders make more ef fort to catch up with engi neering and architectural ad vances in home building. Some builders are trying to catch up. President Josenh Caplan of Shelley Co. of Los Angoles is making foamed plastic wall panels surfaced on tha outside with metal or as bestos shingle and on the in side with polyster film. The foanu'd material may be a urelhane compound or polystyrene. When it hardens, it is so light two men handle a four-foot by 12-foot' panel three Inches thick - yet the panel will have the strength of bearing wnU and will sup port floor beams without studs. Such panels can be clipped together weather-tight. Previ ous efforts to make sandwich wall panels with cellulose centers not only lacked bear ing strength but were ex tremely difficult to make weather-tight. Plumbing and electric lines can be built into the wall pan els so they connect up with little installation work. Light But Strong Koppers Co. is planning to make plywood panels with a foamed polystyrene core in its Detroit plant for both home and commercial building use in thicknesses ranging from three to 13 inches, all with bearing wall strength and 1 estem 1 re fV-J mm mwmm MAIL TRIIUNI, Modford, Or. Thursday, April 21, 100 .7 'Twin Storogefij ! gys for Egegjt ryt & Storage Frer DorjjgSi6E!M 1 Soraga Shelveslgl TL Illj 1 covered PniryV - iJn SAVES WESTERll AUTO CUSTOMERS A COOL (5.000.000 UNBELIEVABLE, BUT TRUE! At This Price, Ifs like Getting the 176-Lb. Freezer FREE in This Giant Wizard! . ?oo 95. Not 349.95! Sale Po Only $10 Down, 3.75 Weey 3 iiAnAMTEE f0f $300 withm 30 days tf j apt completely - ' WW. 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Dandelion Digger 68c i I Lawn towSta M&fc -W -a -J I Cart . 1 Ti17 m mam vvrrit- 98i?.'.u'".19 Your Choice Rea. 21c es Gerdanar't favorite tools in clude ll'i" trowel, trans planter, 1014" cultivator. 6" Hedge Shears . 2.49 Re. $2.91 Steel blades, ish handles. vl A FREE VACATION FORI THE WHOLE FAMIIY TO Rtitire rico (let trlia) l 1 NtetJjrltfl Wlienf ark.see.i1l ltd riM J Partakla Raaa. W,ird Sttm lrM mMM( HctW1 ( D'V Cwi m ftr tnr Sink Te.'r! very light weight. Th.y will be coated outside with a tough synthetic rubber and on the inside with an aluminum foil vapor barrier. The Koppers panels are intended for so. called "balloon" construction the panels for the lower storias being thicker and those for the upper stories thinner. Floor joists are attached to the panels by metal hangars. The National Association of Home Builders has come up with experimental foundation panels made of the polystyr ene foam to replace concrete slab, These would be mova ble. Bob 8ehmitt who was chairman of the N.A.H.B.'s re search institute last year said these panels "could be the big gest single advance in home building in a decade." Laid Like Tiloe They are laid like big tiles on a bed of gravel topped by two inches of tamped sand with a polyethylene vapor seal sheet on top of the sand. Around the edges of the house, grade beams-blocks of pre-stressed concrete-are laid in trenches down to frost line. Any type of flooring can be installed over the foundation panels. Movable root beams and panels and portable window and door sections are no big engineering or architectural problem. They have been In use In factories and tempor ary housing projects for years. Delay in Hoffa Case Turned Down Washington - (DPD - Federal Judge F. Dickinson Letts, 85, has disqualified himself from presiding over s trial of Teamsters President James H. Hoffa but his replacement im mediately turned down a move for further postpone ment of the ease. Judge Joseph R. Jackson, a retired member of the Court of Customs and Patent Ap peals, took over for Letts, lis tened to arguments on behalf of Hoffa that the trial be de layed, then ruled: "Motion denied." Jackson, who has the repu tation for running a "no-non sense" court, said he would hear arguments Thursday on another move by Hoffa a at torneys that the trial be can celled outright, Boeing Ordered To Design Space Ship Washington - (TJWI - The Air Foroe has ordered the Boe ing Airplane Co. to go ahead with design of a space ship. - The space ship will be call ed Dyna Soar and will be a winged glider boosted Into or bit by a Titan Intercontinental ballistic missile. The Seattle firm was named contractor for the manned spaee project last Nov. a. Under today s decision, the Air Force released $29,700, 000 for "design and ground testing necessary to build a boost-glide aerospace test vehicle." An additional $58 million for the program is included In the Air Force's new budget now before Congress. Proposed Mill at Bend Not Discussed Vancouver, B.C. - (DPt - A proposed pulp and paper mill at Bend, Ore., was not brought up Tuesday at tha an nual meeting of MacMlllan. Bloedel and Powell River Ltd. here. A company spokesman said earlier that shareholders might bring up the mill, A contract was signed earl ier by the Powell River Com pany with Brooks - Scsnlon, Inc., In which the former could acquire 81 per cent of the stock of the latter for con struction of a pulp and paper mill. The contract Included a provlaion which allowed post ponement until Dec. 31, I960. It alao Includes conditions whereby either party could cancel plans for the stock pur chase and mill construction. RAY LISS LEADS IN eia DISCOUNTS ON FAMOUS NAME IRANDS FISHING TACKLE SALE DATES ; April 28 ta ' May 1 Inclusive' TAKE YOUR NIXT PRESCRIPTION TO PAY USS V u i r rr T1 with ' Ml iHt SPOOLS jfl aaniir-.-h---v. Complete SPINNING OUTFIT Famous Mltck.ll 100 Reel, 2-.e. hallow glaii rod with locking ml eat and 100 yards Skakesaear. line. 42.05 Value 23" FINE FISHING SETS PAY LESS HAS A PRICE TO FIT ANY BUDGET CHILDREN'S FISHING SET ,1,77 Casting Rod, All Metal Reel and Line LEVEL WIND CASTING SET 3.77 Glass Kod Aluminum Pistol Grip Handle . JR. DELUXE SPINNING SET 7.1.3.99 Glass Rod Spin Eze Reel and Line PHANTOM PUSH IUTT0N Spinning Outfit I-Pt. Deluxe Glass Rod with Miracle Cast Sain R..I- "9. "J47 Value LUXOR , Spinning Outfit 2-Pc. hollow glass 6V ft. rod with filed ml seat and precision. Lui.r spin ml. J4.l Value 15 77 GARCIA Spinning Outfit 11.10 Ro.l U,5 Rod Star Cana Ion .10 Lino 40.25 VALUE Exams Announced for Civil Service Jobs Examinations for positions as scientist administrators and trade and orafts supervisors In penal snd correctional Insti tutions have been announced by the civil service commis sion. Also snnounced was exami nation for professional nurs ing positions in the Panama Canal Zone, which are given by the Central Employment office. Full details concerning re quirements and applications are available at the Medford post office or from the U.S. civil service commission, Washington IS, D.C. Informa tion concerning the Panama positions is also pveilabie from the Central Employment office. Drawer 2008, Balboa 1 Heights, Canal Zone. FAMOUS SPORTSMAN FISIIIf.'G BOOTS FIRST QUALITY GUARANTEE INSIDE Lift HARNESS AD. JUSTABLI STRAP SPONGE INSOLI 1195 Value 9 99 COLEMAN 3 Burner at97 2v9.fus. Camp Stove " COLEMAN 2 turner 87 v.fcCmpSlov8 Small COLEMAN turner " 87 Value CsWip StOVO V " COLEMAN a! A88 & Portable Cooler I . 200-A Sinle Manila 87 Coleman Lantern COLEMAN 08$ Portable Cooler 1 GAL. Faucet Type 88 v.9,8.. Coleman Jug J 12 Piece Aluminum C88 I CAMP KIT 3 Big 36"x80" - 3-lb. Dacron SLEEPING BAG Poplin Cover Pair Model-2 Bags Zip Together Flannel Lining 88 RUBBER AIR MATTRESS 12.95 a M Value OeW II Ft. I Ft. AMES-HARRIS No. 101 UMBRELLA TENT S.66 OUNCE OUTDOOR DRILL HEAVY DUTY FLOOR WITH ROPED HEM 7-ft. CENTER HEIGHT S'" EAVI HEIGHT NYLON SCRIM DOORS AND WINDOWS ACRYLIC POLAR CAP FINISH Complete 49.20 Value 29 88 with . Canter Pale and Spreader
