FRIDAY, AUGUST 13. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
New Development in Auto
Tires Give Luxurious Ride
Detroit - (UPD A new de
velopment in automobile tires
may soon save the motorist
money while making his ride
more comfortable and safer.
Reports from the tire in
dustry indicate that every
major producer is working on
development of tires that will
use two plies instead of the
present four.
X
Trees ...
By JOHN GRIBBLE
(Editor's note: The fol
lowing comments on trees,
particularly those adapta
ble to street use in Medford,
have been prepared by John
Gribble, well known re
tired forester, and will be
run in a series from lime
to time.
, Magnolia grandiflora-Syn-Laurel
M. Native of south At
lantic and Gulf coast areas.
A magnificent tree with mas
sive foliage, symmetrical,
wide-spreading crown, grows
to lofty height; thick, glossy
5 to 8 inches long evergreen
leaves, polished above, rusty
red beneath. Flowers are cup
shaped 8 to 10 inches diam
eter, with spicy fragrance.
This is the state flower of
'Louisiana and Mississippi.
. This magnolia is for John
son st., 60 to 80. feet apart.
European Clump Birch (Bu
tela pendula) Clump Birch is
for Barnes st., 100 to 125 feet
apart; Oregon terrace, 140 to
160 feet apart; Stratford st.
(on property), 140 to 160 feet
apart. .
Clump Birch is so named
as it grows in "clumps" from
the stump or root, sprouting
as do Gray and River Birch.
It is native of eastern United
Slates and as far west as Min
nesota, and south to Texas.
After several shoots have
started some may be pruned
off, leaving only the desired
number.
Good samples of "clump"
None of the tire companies
is willing to admit publicly
that it is working on develop
ment of a two-ply tire but
Walter Lee, director of re
search development for Good
year Tire & Rubber Co.,
agreed to discuss the advan
tages and disadvantages of
such construction as an in
dividual. Especially Important
Lee said two-ply tires could
prove to be especially im
portant on high-speed through
ways, such as the Federal In
terstate Highway System now
taking shape across the nation.
Plies are the rubberized fab
ric cords which give strength
and body to a tire casing. Each
layer, or ply, is placed at a
different angle to provide
added strength.
Originally tires had six plies
of cotton cord. But develop
ment of rayon and nylon
cords, which have greater
strength than cotton, led to
four-ply tires becoming stand
ard through Die industry.
Now tire engineers feel
they can use cord of a larger
diameter and reduce the
number of plies to two with
out losing strength.
A reduction in the number
tree growth may be seen
where far-wandering Cotton
wood, Poplar, or other tree
roots spread and send up
shoots. Pull up the sprouts,
and in a few days several oth
ers are doing right well from
where the first one was re
moved from the feeder root.
That's "clump" growth.
Stumps of some blight-killed
chestnut trees in New Eng
land sent up shoots, a few aft
er the stumps were partly
rotted away. So the question
was asked, "Could chestnuts
have lain dormant so long,
and then germinated?" All
that shows on three-fourths
of New England's once farm
ed lands that white man dwelt
and worked there, are the
hard-labor .man-made stone
walls (fences). Even cellar and
privy pits are nearly all oblit
erated by clumps and other
growths of trees, brush, vines,
and other vegetation.
Defoliating a young white
oak tree or stub 10 to 15 feet
tall, wHl cause it to put out
new sprouts, often in clumps,
nearly to the ground. As a
boy I developed good muscle
by chopping "clumps" from
hundreds of sprouting ground-level-stumps
of oak, hickory,
etc., with a man-size dull axe.
Cottonwood sprouts come up
150 feet or more from the
tree.
of plies will mean less heat
buildup in the tire, Lee said.
This is especially important in
turnpike driving because tires
build up heat faster when
driving at high speeds for sus
tained periods of time.
Lee said two-ply tires would
give improved skid resistance
because less fabric would
make them more flexible,
making the amount of rubber
on the road greater.
They also would make it
easier for the tire industry to
produce tires and to exercise
more quality control over
their production.
Because it would be easier
to produce two-ply tires, they
would be less costly and there
is likely to be some small re
duction in the retail price of
the tires. Lee estimated they
also would provide the motor
ist with an increase of about
three per cent in fuel econo
my. More Luxurious Ride
The major advantage of the
two-ply tire, however, is that
its greater flexibility will pro
vide the motorist with a softer
and more luxurious ride.
On the negative side, two
ply tires will have only 95 per
cent of the life of a four-ply
tire and they will have less
rolling resistence.
The major problem block
ing immediate introduction of
two-ply tires is recapping, A
mechanic often cuts through
the first ply of a tire when re
capping it. This isn't serious
if there are still three plies
left but it would be fatal on
a two-ply tire.
Some progress has been
made in this area in the form
of a metal reinforcement.
Industry sources say all of
the problems should be sur
mounted soon and it is likely
that two-ply tires will make
their first appearance on 1962
model cars, perhaps first on
the compacts and later on the
larger cars.
CANDIDATE RETURNS
Republican congressi o n a 1
candidate Edwin R. Durno re
turned to Medford toda yafler
attending the Oakridge picnic
which ended a week of per
sonal appearances in Lane
county. Saturday he will at
tend the Josephine County
Fair in Grants Pass accom
panied by Mrs. Durno.
FIRM PRESIDENT DIES
New York - IUP1) - Maurice
Lustbader, 69, president of
the Atlas Tile & Marble
Works, a firm that finished
the interiors of some of the
nation's biggest tunnels, died
Thursday.
DEMOCRATS CONFER - Democratic presi
dential nominee John Kennedy is shown as
he conferred in Washington with Gov. Or-
ville Freeman of Minnesota, left, and Sen.
Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) Thursday.
(UPI Telephoto)
Officials Unconcerned Over
Recent Spurt in Sale of Gold
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, Air Force
missile chief, discussing the history-making recovery of the
Discoverer satellite capsule:
"Th techniques of recovery plus the life specimens
will bring us definitely closer to success in the man-in-space
program."
New York National Maritime Union President Joseph
Curran, on his return from a tour of Russia, quoting Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the subject of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon:
"Nixon is not a politician; he is a grocery clerk."
Harrisburg, Pa. Attorney Peter Krehcl on his pro
posed trip to Czechoslovakia seeking the release of an Amer
ican political prisoner:
If I weren't confident of getting him released, I would
not be making the long journey."
London Oliver Powers, father of the U2 pilot, com
menting on his son's flight that resulted in the pilot's cap
ture more than 1,000 miles inside Russia:
"I would not have approved of the flight if I had known."
WITHOUT CEREMONY
New York-IUPll-The Clear
view interchange on the Long
Island expressway will be
opened today - without cere
mony. The opening will mark
the elimination of a detour
that came into existence aft
er construction the express
way began 21 years ago. Thus
far 17V4 miles of the pro
posed 85-mile highway have
been completed.
CLOGSTON'S
Metal
Weather Stripping
and Screens
Estimate. Gladly
Phone SP 1-1014 Evenings
Washington - HOT - Govern
ment officials say there is
nothing for them to worrv
about in the recent spurt in
sale of treasury gold to for
eign governments.
-The sale nt S1RR mini
of gold in three weeks does
not reflect wanintr rnnfirianro
in the dollar. They said there
nas Deen noining recently to
warrant anv nnfavnrahio re
assessment of the dollar.
At least Dart of thi pnlH
sales can be explained by pay
ments to the International
Monetary fund and Inter
American Development bank.
Several foreign governments
have made payments to these
institutions in recent weeks.
To keep their own gold stocks
up, some governments, in
cluding Spain, bought U.S.
gold with dollari: thpv haH nr.
hand.
No Particular Significance .
Lack of concern ahnnt tl-m
gold sales was expressed by a
nign treasury ollicial and a
federal reserve bnard siaff
aide. The later said that he
"wouldn't, want tn ron1 on,.
couple of week's changes."
a treasury policy maker
whn ltppns in Mnca trtnVi ...UV.
monetary developments said
"there is nothing to indicate
anv chanee in hnsic print
dence." He acknowledged that
some investors may have con
tributed to the gold outflow
by shifting funds from New
jtoric io Europe, where inter
est rates are higher. The offi
cial said such swings have
been in the hundreds of mil-
ions of dollars, a level the
treasury considers safe, and
not in the billions.
In the week ended last
Wednesday gold sales totaled
$70 million, the largest one-
week decline in the U.S. gold
stock since early September,
1959. The new total of $19,164
billion of gold reserves was
the lowest in 20 years.
Read Several Ways
The figures could be read
several ways. One reading
showed that the $158 million
of gold sales in the past three
weeks was more than half the
$292 million of sales since the
beginning of the year.
But the latter figure con
trasted sharply -and favora
bly, from the administration's
point of view-wilh the $554
million of gold sales in the
like period of 1959.
Officials said a major rea
son for the decline in gold
sales between 1960 and 1959
was the improvement this
year in the U.S. balance ot
payments. In 1959 the country
ran a record deficit in its in
ternational accounts of $3.7
CLEANERS SUFFOCATE
New York - (UPI) - Two tank
cleaners suffocated Thursday
night in a giant beer vat. Run
pert Brewery officials found
the bodies of Hugh Armand
55, and Josephe Pelster, 61
lying inside the tank which
is 100 feet long, 75 feet in
diameter and 15 fect.high.
billion. According to the pri.
v a t e authoritative Foreign
Trade- council, the deficit in
1960 is likely to be only $2.5
billion. With foreigners earn
ing few dollars on balance
their demand for U.S. gold
which can be bought only
with dollars-is reduced.
Deficit Too Large
Although heartened by the
balance of payments improve
ment, administration officials
still consider the prospective
1960 deficit too large to be
carried safely for another
year. They are thinking in
terms of trimming it another
billion dollars in 1961, but
there are as yet no specific
plans for accomplishing that.
The treasury refused to
identify all the countries that
have been buying gold in re
cent weeks. The department
steadfastly withholds such de
tail until about three months
after the end of each quarter
of the year.
The International Monetary
fund recently received pay
ments in gold from Spain,
Australia and Tunisia. Since
late May five Latin American
countries - Brazil, Ecuador,
Costa Rica, Argentina and
Guatemala have made gold
payments to the Inter-Ameri
can bank.
Spain and other countries
made offsetting purchases of
U.S. gold to maintain their
domestic reserves, but offi
cials would not identify the
buyers or how much they
I bought.
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We are understocked
on used cars
9 We must sell our
remaining '60 Olds.
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