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5,000 Men Battle Southern California Forest Fires MedfordJTribune Rogue Valley Edition Page 2A Industrials, Rails Pace Stock Decline New York -4IPD- Industrials and rails paced stocks in their 10th consecutive decline to day. Industrials on average fell back to the mid-March levels and rails traded at their low est levels since September, 1958. Union Carbide, Du Pont and Eastman Kodak fell around 5 4 and 3 points, respectively, to pull the industrial average down. DOW-JONES AVERAGES - New York-ttW-Dow-Jonee final stock avaragett 30 in dustrials 609.87. off 6.76; 20 railroads 135.84. off 1.76: IS utilities 93.12. off 0.69 and 65 stocks 202.89. off 2.16. Sales today war about 2,850,000 shares compared with 2,510,000 shares Thurs day. Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am. American Can . American Mtr - ... 54 . 76 4 39 s on AT&T j i A f Anaconda Copper 48 '.4 Armco sicei o-.s Bendlx Avn 86 Bethlehem Steel 44 l Boeing Air - 29 , Caterpillar Corp. r I5 Chrysler Corp. 43 Continental Can 38 Crown Zellerbach 40 CurUas Wright 1B',4 Cow Chemical 80 Th. Dnnt ' ..1M Eastman Kodak Firestone General Electric General roodr . General Motors Georgia Pacific Graham Paige Greyhound fzuir nil Homestake Mining jdino rower 1 . B. M. Police Investigate Holdup, Burglaries ' Portland -fllPB-Police today Investigated a holdup and three burglaries which oc curred a few blocks apart in northwest Portland. According to police, a rob ber entered the Beaver Bar and Grill Thursday morning, pointed a gun at a woman cashier, and demanded the contents of the safe. When the woman hesitated, he walked around the bar, picked up $13 in cigar boxes and some pa pers from the safe, and de parted. Earlier, the proprietor of the Pastry Pantry reported h the theft of a box containing $550. 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Porter is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the Jackson County Democratic Central committee picnic Sunday, July 24, at TouVelle State park. . it was announced to day. It will be cosponsored by the Young Democrats club. Porter will speak about 3 p.m. and Paul Edwards from the Philippines will discuss the world conditions. The picnic will begirt at noon. Entertainment and games for the children have also been planned by the Central committee. AH Jackson coun ty Democrats have been in vited to attend. Each family has been ask ed to take fried chicken, a salad,-and a dessert plus one extra serving to accomodate out of town guests, according to the food committee. Guests expected include the YDC of Oregon executive board here for a meeting tomorrow. Other week end activities of the local club include aj xuu social meeting at tne home of Gary Picard, 3400 Jacksonville highway at 8 p.m. Saturday. At the picnic, prizes will be awarded and all Democrat ic candidates for office are expected to attend, according to club spokesmen. This is the first time that such a picnic has been staged in Jackson county in about 12 years. Established Since 1945 129 South Central SP 3-4922 Int. Paper Johna Manville Kaiser Ind Kennccotr Copper Lockheed Aircraft Katy Montana Power , Montgomery Ward Nat'l Biscuit New York Central Pac G It El Penney. J. C Pcnn RR ". Radio Corporation Richfield Safeway Sears Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil ; Southern Co Southern Pacific Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N. J Sun Mines .'. . Texas Co. . .... Texas Gulf Sulfur Texas Pac Land Trust ... Transamerica Trana Wld Air Tri-Continental Union Carbide Union Pacific United Aircraft U. A. L U. S. Rubber . U. S. Steel Youngstown S & T Bfllh rings Eaiy Ttrmi $2o Sw? 'jfy. t Terms 102,500 Acres Charred; 400 Homes in Danger Light Winds Give Crews First Break Los Angeles - (UN) - Light winds and Increasing hu midity today gave 5,000 fire fighters their first break this week in their battle against six major fires. The blazes, plus some small "nuisance fires," had charred more than 102,500 acres since the first big fires started Sun day. Three blazes still were un checked in Angeles National Forest north of here, threaten ing an estimated 300 to 400 homes. There were 4,000 men fight ing those fires. 40 Homes Burned Forty homes and cabins al ready have been burned by the devastating flames that raged throughout Southern California all this week be cause of erratic winds, low humidity, and a scorching heat wave. Thousands of campers, home-owners and picknickcrs were forced to flee the path of the flames that crackled through the dry countryside. Two fires in Angeles Na tional Forest were partially contained after winds dropped during the night and the hu midity increased. It s looking better, said information officer Dick John son of the forest service. "But we still have 58,000 acres of wildly out of control fire. It's better now, but not good. Storms Forecast ' , Weathermen promised fire fighters little aid today. They forecast continued hot weath er and thunderstorms - the cause of many of the moun tain fires-over the fire areas. Two hundred miles north, 750 firemen also made head way against a 37,000-acre blaze that for a time threat ened the Hearst Castle near San Simeon. Water bombing planes, heavy equipment, helicopters and scores of fire units were pressed into the fight to stop the advancing flames. Gov. Edmund G. Brown has declared Los Angeles County a disaster area and County Sheriff Peter J. Pitch- ess has ordered the first gen eral mobilization of some 2,000 reserve units to assist his 3,200 regular deputies in evacuations and to prevent looting of deserted homes. Cause of most of the fires was lightning over Southern California Wednesday. But fleeing deer, rabbits and other game also spread the fire when their pelts caught on fire and they darted through the dry brush. Government Asked To Help Retarded Children Portland - (UPD - State Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D-Mil-waukie) told a congressional subcommittee Thursday that the federal government should provide assistance in the training of retarded children. Sweetland said Oregon was "in the vanguard of states which have taken progressive steps to train and educate re tarded children. He spoke at the opening here of a two-day hearing of the congressional subcommittee on special edu cation. Sweetland r e c o mmended federal assistance for train ing of retarded children in four areas: Training of special teachers; establishment of "sheltered workshops;" voca tional training programs in institions; and home training programs to teach parents. Rep. Edith Green of Oregon is a member of the subcom mittee. Albacore Tuna Price Set at $375 a Ton Astoria -fflPD-Columbla Rlv crnackers Assn. Inc., Thurs day posted a price of $375 per ton for Albacore tuna. The CRPA orice applies to Alba core tuna here. The price is $25 lower from Newport south. It was reported that south ern California tuna fishermen voted to accept a $375 per ton offer from packers in Cal ifornia. The fishermen refused to fish at the $325 per ton price of a few weeks ago. CALLAS CANCELS OUT Ostend, Belgium - (UPD -American soprano Maria Cal- las Thursday night canceled an appearance at this resort because of a sore throat, "I am really terribly sorry," she CAMPERS DRIVEN OUT Relaxing at Wrightwood Com- munity center near Big Pines, Calif., are some of the 1,000 SF Chronicle Files SI. 5 Million Libel Suit San Francisco-fl)PP-Thc San Francisco Chronicle filed a S1.5 million libel suit against The San Francisco Examiner Thursday charging that Exam iner stories about The Chron icle's "Last Man on Earth" were willfully and malicious ly false. The Last Man on Earth was Bud Boyd, Chronicle out Educators Think Students Who Won't or Can't Learn Should Be Allowed To Quit Chicago (UPI) Students who will not or cannot learn should be allowed to drop out of school, many educators be lieve. A poll of school superin tendents by the Nation's Schools showed 73 per cent of them to be against com pulsory attendance at school until the age of 18 or the com pletion of 12 full grades of school. Sixty-one per cent of the administrators p o 1 1 ed would permit students to drop out of school after their 16th birthday. A Michigan superintendent who would permit students to drop out at 14 suggested plac ing them in a type of work camp. "I visualize something Seaside Girl 4 Killed in Crash Seaside -HJPD-Loretta Ann Butler, 21, Seaside, was kill ed Thursday night when the car in which she was riding missed a curve and rolled over twice on highway 101 near here. State police said the acci dent occurred while the car was attempting to elude them. Driver of the vehicle, Ed gar H. West, 25, a sailor at Tongue Point Naval base, was taken to the hospital at As toria with serious injuries. State police say the car went out of control just as it passed another vehicle. Trio Indicted For Slaying ot Marine San Diego - (UPD - Three youths today were undor In dictment for the slaying of a Portland Marine, Pvt. Dennis Virgil Parker, 21. Those Indicted Thursday by the county grand jury were Aristco G. Torres, 18; Johnny M. Cruz, 20; both of Ocean- side, Calif., and Fred Zavala, IB, a Camp Pendleton Ma rine. Parker was slabbed to death July 3 in a street fight In Oceanside. California Man Bound Over To Grand Jury Charles Edward Strunk, 20, of Torrance, Calif., was ar raigned in district court Wed nesday afternoon on a charge of grand larceny. Strunk, who waived the right to an attorney and pre liminary hearing, was bound over to the grand jury with bail set at $1,500. He is charged with taking an auto mobile from Selby's Chevro Against SF Examiner door writer, who had taken his wife and three children into the wilderness June 28 to determine how "a last man" might survive with only a handful of equipment after a nuclear attack. Boyd wrote that the family hoped to exist six weeks with only the clothing they wore, on the' order of the old CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camps," he said. Educators against compul sory school attendance up to the age of 18 called it a waste of time both for the schools and the students. Force No Good "Forcing students with no interest in school to remain there does not assure their making good use of the op portunities," a superintendent from Pennsylvania said. An Illinois administrator termed compulsory attend ance for these students a waste of the schools' efforts and a hindrance to the proper education of those who want to learn. A Vermont administrator sun.med up the feelings of ed ucators in favor of requiring 12 full grades of schooling for everyone. "We must pro vide an education for all youth," he said. "Each child should complete a high school course tailored to need, adap tability and capacity. Some educators favoring a compulsory 12 years of school, however, suggested that it provide technical training for those with low academic ach ievement. yk Open by in your July 24fri issue of J Family WeeJcIy 7 "The Man to Watch at the Republican Convention" by Curtis Mitchell "The Culinary Light Fantastic" Cookbook Section Junior Treasure Chest Quips and Quotes "The Love In My Eyes" by Phillip Pron "The Town That Couldn't Be Saved" This week, and every week, the moat enter taining, thought-provoking reading for every J7rtJ2v mamhar nf tha famllu ulll ha found In .. youngsters evacuated from southern California's major pocket knives, an ax, rope, twine and salt. The Chronicle said today the Boyds were forced to abandon their experiment on the 12th day "because mem bers of the family were suffer ing unbearably from dysen tery and malnutrition." On July 10. according to The Chronicle, Boyd, 41. found that his wife, Betty, and their three children, Susan, 15, Sharon, 12, and Bruce, 8, were being weakened by sick ness. "They had been soaked by storms, and frozen by moun tain winds," The Chronicle said. "Their diet of fish, wild greens and roots, and a single snared fawn, had proved grossly inacquate. Boyd de cided to endanger his family no longer." Story's Implications The Examiner story told of discovering kitchen matches, shells from fresh eggs, empty spaghetti cans, sugar cubes and a spent .22 caliber cart ridge at the camp site. This story, The Chronicle Clif D. Ouellette and Donald L. Ricketts Have Formed Partnership for the PRACTICE OF LAW Under the Firm Name of OUELLETTE & RICKETTS 18 EAST MAIN STREET MEDFORD, OREGON Jjdto WmJeJtyf , ? f ' fling Crosby Next weekend Family Weekly brings you this heart warming, often surprising, message for the newest members of the Crosby clan from their famous fathor . . . and it contains a good message for any family. ... With Your MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE summer camps In the path of brush and timber fires. (UPI Telephoto) asserted, implied that "the Boyds had not really existed for 11 days on only the fish and game they caught with handmade equipment and the mountain greens they boiled." Scott Ncwhall, Chronicle executive editor, said that "during the 11th dny of the experiment - and up to that time they had no supplies whatsoever other than the items we had publlshcd-they were brought some food to al leviate their suffering." Tills, he said, was why Ihe egg shells and other items were found by The Examiner at the Boyds' camp sito at Lip stick Lake in Klamath Na tional Forest. Narrative Continues Newhall said, "There Is nothing in The Examiner that will not be explained in the continuing narrative." The scries was In Its ninth day to day. Boyd's stories, which were published in 41 other news papers, were published In "complete good faith and honesty," Ncwhall said. , rat, 1 A aV-l-rr- IT'S A WOKPUfUL STORI Saturday Check List OF GOOD Dark-toned Jacket Dress Only $14.98 ... a wonderful value. Cool dark-toned sun dress with airy full skirt and wide patent belt. Wear into fall with its clever matching jacket with jet button front and cule new em broidered leaf detail at collar. Dark transitional colors for now into fall wear. Black with green or brown glen plaid. Summer dress sale Only $6.88, $10.88 and $12.88. Final reduc tions for immodialo clearance. Additional dresses added. We need the space. 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' Sweaters, Big, Bold Brushed and Bulky (Old Colony Swaalars In Slack) Only $10.98 . . , nationally advertised at $12.98. Brushed wool and mohair in smart rib knit with large cowl collar. One of many stylet to choose from in golden corn, larkspur blue, millpond green and wood violet. Ask" to see the matching skirts. New suits for fall Only $29.95 . . , nationally advertised at $34.95. All wool plaid demi-fit -double breasted boxed jacket with con trast velveteen collar, pencil slim solid grey skirts-corn gold and larkspur blue. Sale or better coats Only $25.00 . . . formerly up to $49.95. Coats of cashmere blends and other luxury fabrics including checks and tweeds. Famous nam makers. Sale of shorty coats Only $7.88 and $14.88. Every one of luxury fabrics. Tweeds, monotones, pastel and white. Nice selection. VALUES said, let, Ashland,
