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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1960)
MAIL TftlSUNE, Medlotd, Or. W.dnodiy, M.y 18. 160 ....' . , I A 1 . 43. "muiWMWXH. " '" """""liiTl-ll I' -j. Ji fc. .mm 1 -A-ka fS-;-1-- -..l -'Blr. l.i..T WARNING SYSTEM This Ballistic Missile Soviet Union to detect any enemy missiles Early Warning System overlooking an ice- launched against the Free World. This is a locked fjord on the north coast of Green- view of the BMEWS base during the 24- land will go into operation 24 hours a day hour darkness that prevails in mid-winter, this fall. It is one of three that will scan the skies over the polar region toward the (UP1 Telephoto) 4 J i .tt0 pi L j'fv 1 : Vote for Paul B. RYNNING For County . Commissioner Experienced in County Affairs. PtU Adv. by Rynning for County .Cemmiuionar Committee. L. C. Taylor. Chairman. ' P.O. Box 624, Medford, Oregon 3 Wall Street Chatter New York-IHPP-Rueent ten dency o stocks to be more responsive to favorable news, and the more active bidding for quality issues denotes a change for the better in the technical character and psy chology of the market, ac cording to Thomson & Mc-Kinnon. 500 Attend YMCA Auction Campaign Approximately 500 persons attended the annual YMCA auction drive Sunday after noon, local Y officials report. Bidding on the merchan dise and services at the sales exceeded the budget goal of the YMCA. A. L. (Tex) Nash was chair man of the event, assisted by Ersel llullstead. During the afternoon auction, W. J. Bray, who has auctioneered the events since 1854, and O. J. Brenner, who provided the facilities of his auction house. were presented service award plaques. J6nes reported that the Y has received telephone calls from residents who had col lected items but not in lime for this year's sale. He said that such persons should call the Y, and these items will be picked up and stored for the 19(51 auction. The firm thinks that a pat tern is taking shape that aug urs well for the near term trend of prices. As far as selection goes, T&M says those stocks and groups that led the "pre-cor-reclion" and best held up un der selling pressure will set the pace for the intermediate recovery move. Drugs, it says, are the pop ular choice for the number one position, followed by elec tronics, business machines, food products, tobacco, alum inum and textiles. The stock market has had good reason to sell off in the past week but instead has done just the opposite, W. E. Hutton & Co. notes. The abili ty of leading issues to stand up in the face of international uncertainty Indicates that stocks have passed to stronger hands and less emotional traders, Hutton says. Flintlock Rifles Made From Scratch by Eagle Point Man If anyone wants to make like Davy Crockett with his Kentucky ntle, tney should contact Albert Osterman of Eagle Point. Osterman if one of six per sons in the United States who can make flintlock rifles from scratch. He can equip a cus tomer with a complete outfit, including coonskin cap - but flintlocks and repercussion rifles are his specialty. Osterman described his unique profession for Mon day's Medford Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch- con in th JncUson hotel. The rifles he makes are not toys, but are the real thing, each representing upwards of 100 hours work apiece. They are hand-made to the cus tomer's specifications and all work is done exclusively by Osterman. Rifles for Hunting Persons who want the flint locks for make-believe repre sent only a small part of Os- General Review of Ashland Given for Chamber Members Ashland - The city of Ash land should be spending about $46,000 year more than it does at present to maintain Its police and fire depart ments, City Superintendent Elmer Biegel said Tuesday. Biegel, guest speaker at the Ashland Chamber of Com merce's noon luncheon meet ing at Omar's, said the city now spends about $74,000 an nually to support its police force and about $50,000 for its fire department. He said average yearly operational costs for cities the size of Ashland are about $00,000 for a police depart ment and SHU.OUO for a fire department. Population of Ashland Is nearly 9,000. Increasing Costs "One of these times," he continued, "we are going to have to exceed our IS per cent limitation" in the budget to meet these anj other increas ing costs of operating the community. General Technical Survey lists five lower priced specula tive Issues with attractive po tentials on the longer terms: American Zinc, Elgin Nation al Watch, Eversharp, Amer ican Electronics, and Denver, Rio Grande. The government of Greece has decided to adopt the dec imal system for weights and measures throughout the country. (D)GE(S11 IMEIifflEIRfillSIEl Capable work as a STATE LEGISLATOR Courageous Leadership in CONSERVATION, EDUCATION HEALTH legislation and Services for UNITED NATIONS Vigorous leadership in viral state legis lation has given Maurine Neuberger an honored place In the hearts ol Orego tiians. Her untiring and affective efforts lor national health, educntion and con servation have won her the respect and admiration of the entire nation. Orego nians will give Mrs. Neuberger an over whelming vote of confidence on May201h. S TmH MUltf. AttwHBrt, Chtlmm I I Model in Jail for Protecting Cohen Los Angeles-OJPD - Pretty model Sandy Hagen ends a full week in jail today for refusing to tell a federal grand jury about the spending habits of her exgambler boy friend Mickey Cohen. The 19-year-old blonde was called before federal judge Myron D. Crocker again Tues day and given an opportunity to answer questions which would not incriminate her. "I refuse," she said. "1 won't say anything further and I still stand on the grounds I am protected by the Fifth Amendment." "Well," said Crocker, "you still hold the key to the jail." He denied her request for release and ordered her re turned to county Jail until she answers the questions. Miss Hagen was jailed last Thursday after refusing to an swer questions by the panel probing the source of Cohen's income. Biegel, in a general review of the city's future plans, touched on annexation, the new sewa. e disposal plant, water supplies, this year's budget, electrical contracts, the new city hall and Oak Knoll Golf course, which is owned by the city and man aged by private parties. Referring to the 34-bed hos pital to be built in Ashland with a portion of the cost being paid from Hill-Burton funds, he said "most hospitals in the state built with (the funds) are operating in the black." Ready lo Annex Bieu,cl said the city would be ready to annex new areas "in about a year" when the new water plant is com pleted. The plant will be de signed to h-indle a population of about 20.000, he said, and the first areas to be annexed probably would be those be yond the proposed freeway bypass. A little more than a year remains on Ashland's electric al contract with Copco, Biegel said, and the city will have to renegotiate when the present contract expires. He added that the profes 3 I o n a 1 planning consultant hired by the city is expected to arrive here about the first of July. terman's customers since most of them want rifles for hunting or target shooting. There is a market fur laOoe rifles too-Osterman has made and sold 50 of them since he turned a hobby into a busi ness several years ago. People buy these rifles be cause they like them, he said, and it gives them a feeling of accomplishment when they can shoot one properly. Osterman exhibited a .44 caliber, 63-inch long Ken tucky rifle at the luncheon. He described it as' being an HVi pound muzzle-loading, one-shot gun with about as much kick as a .22 caliber modern-day rifle. Decorations Noted This particular rifle was inlaid with a number of deco rations and "hex" marks like the original Kentucky rifles. Osterman said the gun was made for a customer in San Francisco who asked that "hex" marks be placed on the barrel "so the gun would shoot better." Except for the screws and sights, none of the parts are made with electric-powered machines, Osterman noted. Even the "bore" is turned on a hand-powered lathe. The .44 caliber Kentucky rifle which he displayed is ac- j curate up to 100 yards, and another .50 caliber rifle he i showed the luncheon group is j accurate up to 200 yards, he ' said. Not Too Accurate They are not too accurate ' beyond these distances, he j noted, because the round ball which the guns fire is more 1 susceptible to wind resistance 1 than the spherical bullet which modern day rifles fire. ! Among these types of rifles the .44 caliber is considered a "squirrel gun" (although i it is actually used for much larger game, he noted) and the .50 caliber is considered about average. Black powder is used in these rifles, he said, and the smoke emitted after firing can often "obliterate" a tar get up to three seconds if there is no wind. He described how one goes about loading bna of these guns. First a .ir:.k: uaiJuiu ui black powder is poured down the barrel, then the shot is wrapped in a sort of cloth and inserted in the barrel. Next the shot is pushed into place and the gun is ready for firing. A "very good" loader could load a maximum of five shots a minute, he noted. Loading the guns prop erly takes a lot of skill, he said, and Is one of the more important steps in assuring accuracy. Flint Strike. Steel The Kentucky rifle is fired by a flint-striking steel meth od, Osterman pointed out, which was in use for some 400 years, and is still effec tive as a means of Ignition. A company in Brandon, England, is the only place left in the world which makes and sells these flints, he said. Because of the weight and slow-burning powder, these rifles do not have the recoil which people seem to think they have, he said-the Ken tucky rifle having recoil equal only to a .22 caliber rifle. Osterman uses better mate rials in the rules man uie original flintlock workers did. including Oregon maple, and for this reason they will out last Uie oriir.il flir.tlsck rifles by 10-1. Smooth Barrel The flintlock is different from the musket, he noted, in that the former has I bore whereas the musket was of the smooth-barrel type. The flintlock was the first of the high-velocity small-bore guns, he added. When handled properly, the flintlock is just as safe as -any other rifle, and is more fun to shoot, accordinf to Osterman. There are organ izations of persons who shoot flintlocks exclusively and they held regular C' pointed out. Osterman said there is also a market for these guns lo-, cally, although the last or ganized shoot held here was in 1937. Cost?-they start at $150 for a basic model. Osterman welcomes any in terested persons to come to his shop on Little Butte Star route for a exhibition of how to shoot one of these guns. VOTE For Dellenback General Election Help Assure a Qualified Candidal for the Paid by Dellenback for State Representative Com mittee. S. V. McQueen, Chairman 2136 Hillcrest Rd. REPUBLICANS WRITE IN John Merrifield AT THE TOP OF YOUR BALLOT for Republican National Committeeman Former Governor Charles A. Sprague says: "The Statesman supported John Merrifield for this party office four years ago and is glad to support him again. He has been a party burden-bearer for many years at county and state levels, raising money, drumming up candidates, responding to calls for assist ance by party groups over the state. He is aggressive, with a wide acquaintance over the state, and will prove an effective leader of the GOP." Most Important of all VOTE, and it will be appreciated if you will write-in John Merrifield for Republican National Committeeman. Paid Adv. Rey B. Early, 2512 N.W. Marshall Portland, Oregon Nuptial Ties in Washington Risky Portland-WPD - The State Board of Health said today that one third of the 6,009 marriages broken up by di vorce or annulments In Ore gon last year were marriages performed in the state of Washington. It added that about half of the 2,303 divorces in Mult nomah county, which Includes the city of Portland, result ed from Washington mar riages. Health department spokes men declined comment on the reasons for the poor survival rate of marriages performed in Washington. However they said Washington's less string ent laws permit "quickie" weddings by easier waiver of the three-day waiting period. They also do not require blood tests, spokesmen said. Navy Man Gets Unexpected Ride Memphis. Tenn. fUPD A Navy metalsmith testing the brakes of a training plane by taxiing down the runway pushed the throttle too hard Tuesday and found himself airborne. Lt. 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