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MINUTEMAN BEEHIVE This is part of
the new Minuteman ICBM test facilities
constructed for the Air Hesearch and De
velopment Command at the Air Force
Missile Test Center in Florida. The block
house, resembling a beehive, is a concrete
shell covered with sandbags. The sting
from this "hive" will be Minuteman three"
stage, solid propellant ICBMs to be tested
using this two-level launch and control
center.
(UPI Telephoto)
Mitchell Urges Stronger
Insurance Setup for Jobless
Washington (UPII Secretary
:;of Labor James P. Mitchell
- .said Saturday the nation
"..should strengthen its "first
'line of defense against reces-aion'-the
25-year-old federal
estate unemployment insurance
"system.
In a statement marking the
silver anniversary of the job
less benefits program, he said
it had provided more than $25
billion to tide workers over
slack periods since it was es
tablished in 1935.
He pointed out that cover
age has more than doubled
and now protects 45,000,000
Americans in private industry
and government from loss of
earnings when they are laid
off through no fault of their
own and can meet state bene
fit standards.
"It is universally regarded
as the nation's most important
economic stabilizer," Mitchell
said. "No other program acts
so promptly and effectively to
sustain the personal income of
wage earners and national
purchasing power."
Mitchell, who has not gone
as far as the AFL-CIO would
like in advocating federal set
ting of benefit wage and time
levels said state-passed im
provements in the law have
been "dramatic" but have not
gone far enough to meet Presi
dent Eisenhower's recommen
dations. He cited these "weakness
es": "There are still 13 million
wage earners without unem
ployment insurance protec
tion. "The maximum benefit
amount provided in most state
laws also is still too low to
permit the great majority of
workers to receive 50 per cent
of their usual earnings, as has
been repeatedly recommended
by the President.
"Duration in most states is
short of the President's rec
ommended goal of 26 weeks
for every person who quali
fies for benefits and who re
mains unemployed that long."
Mitchell stopped short, how
ever, of recommending the
federal government - which
pays the bill for state admin
istration of jobless benefit
programs-fix the minimum
amounts and payments peri
ods to bolster the program.
He did report that the ma
jority of the states now have
a maximum weekly benefit of
from $30 to $44, with only
three states paying a top ben
efit of less than $30 a week.
Six states, he said, now pro
vide weekly payments adjust
ed automatically to equal 50
to 55 per cent of the state's
average weekly wage to give
the program more flexibility
The states paid more than $4
billion in jobless benefits to
cushion the impact of the
1957-58 slump.
Initial 'B' Causes
Bitter Feuding by
Airline Companies
Washington -flJPIl- The ini-
tial "B" is causing one of the
bitterest feuds in U.S. airline
history
It all started last January
when Eastern Airlines took
delivery on its Douglas DC8
Jetliners and began advertis
ing them as "all-new" DC8B's.
National Airlines informal
ly objected to the Civil Aero
nautics Board. Later, Delta
got into the act by filing a
iormai complaint. Both Na
tional and Delta said they
were flying DC8's, too; that
uieir jets were me same as
Eastern's, and that there was
no such an airplane as
DC8B. All Eastern was doing,
they charged, was misleading
tne puolic into thinking it had
a more modern DC8 than its
competitors.
Bigger Engines Claimed
Eastern denied the charge
and said its DC8B's had bigger
engines than Delta's and Na
tional's DC8's, which to East
ern's way of thinking gave it
a perfect right to call the air
plane the latest thing flying.
capt. Eddie Rickenbacker.
easterns Do arc; chairman.
went to Douglas and asked
the manufacturer to officially
name Eastern's DC8 model a
DC8B. Douglas said it didn't
have any objection but re
minded Rickenbacker that
United was flying both the
DC8 model used by Eastern
and the type flown by Nation
al and Delta. If United said
Okay, Douglas would go
along.
United said, in effect, go
fly a kite. It didn't want to
imply that some of its DC8's
weren't quite as modern as
others. Douglas told Ricken
backer he could call his jets
anything he wanted, but with
out Douglas' official sanction.
Bitter Hearing
The feuding airlines wound
up before the CAB in a hear
ing that was supposed to last
only a couple of days. It
lasted 10 days and was so
bitter at times that opposing
lawyers were inviting each
other outside for fisticuffs.
Douglas, naturally, was
called to testify. It was done
with all the eagerness of a
man asked to choose between
his wife and his mother.
After all, the warring parties
were all good customers.
Valiantly if a mite vaguely,
Douglas explained that it did
have varying designation for
its DC 8 models, as required
by the Federal Aviation
Agency, because there was
some difference in the power
plants. Delta's and National's
DC8's were called the DC-8-11;
Eastern's was the DC-8-21.
But Douglas didn't want to
take any stand on whether
there was enough difference
to warrant a B-series designa
tion. Eastern argued that Doug
las had put out a DC7B series
which had bigger engines than
the original DC7. Delta re
plied that Douglas itself had
made the designation, not any
airline.
That's where the feud
stands now. The CAB isn't
exactly happy about the
whole thing. Already, Pan-
American World Airways and
Northwest Orient are calling
their new Douglas jets
"DC8C's" (they have bigger
engines than the Eastern and
Delta planes) and the CAB
expects complaints on this too
Too Far in Alphabet
The feud is nothing new
National irked competitors a
few months ago by advertis
ing DC7R's - the "R" stand
ing for radar. The CAB ruled
last week that the letter "R"
is too far down the alphabet
to cause any passenger to
think it's the latest of the
DC7 series.
When Trans World Airlines
put a new high-altitude model
of the piston-engine Constel
lation into service a few years
ago, it called it the "Jet
stream." There was some
criticism that the title implied
pure jet and TWA agreed
to carry a picture of the plane
in its advertisements showing
the four propellers turning.
Shortly after World War II,
one airline flying DC4's (with
round windows) couldn't af
ford to buy new DC6's (with
square windows). It solved
this passenger - attracting
problem simply. It painted
the round windows so they
looked square.
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Fabric Sale
COTTON SUEDE
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from 2 to 10 yards from a famous
manufacturer. All first quality,
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in a gala array of new Fall plaids
large and small patterns, muted and
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types of children's wear. All San
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MAIN AND CENIKAL
Men Who Overcame
Handicaps Compere
For Michigan Votes
Detroit (UPI) Two men who
turned handicaps into assets
will compete next November
for the right to try to help
Michigan overcome its finan
cial handicaps.
Thirty-five-year-old John
B. Swainson gained the ma
turity he needed to become
the Democratic Party's nomi
nee for governor of Michigan
on a battlefield near Metz,
France, on the night of Nov.
15, 1944, when he was only
19.
Swainson was on a night pa
trol with four companions
when a land mine exploded.
Three of his companions were
killed. One was left mentally
Incompetent. Swainson lost
both legs.
Paul D. Bagwell, 47, gained
the determination and drive
which led to his nomination
as the Republican candidate
for governor of Michigan
while he was in a hospital bed
in Akron, Ohio, in October,
1931.
Polio Cripples
Bagwell, then 18, was play
ing sandlot football when he
suffered an injury to his legs
which later developed into
polio and crippled him for
life.
Both men say the snock of
knowing they would never be
able to walk like other men
brought out qualities in them
that might never have been
developed otherwise.
After earning a law degree
Swainson developed a politi
cal philosophy while working
as a case investigator for the,
Michigan Department of So-
cial Welfare in Detroit.
His interest in politics and
his philosophy led to his elec
tion in 1954, at the age of 29,
to the state Senate. After two
terms in the Senate, the sec
ond as minority leader, he
succeeded Philip Hart as
"heir apparent" to Gov. G.
Mcnnen Williams when he
was elected to the lieutenant
governor's post Hart vacated
to become a U.S. senator.
Called Boy Wonder
By gaining the nomination
at 35, two years younger than
Williams was when he was
first nominated and elected in
1948, Swainson took over the
mantle of "Michigan's Demo
cratic boy wonder" from Williams.
Bagwell obtained a BA de
gree in political science,
speech and English and a BS
degree in education from the
University of Akron in 1937
and went on to the University
of Wisconsin to cam a mas
ter's degree in rhetoric and
He became an instructor In
speech, radio and drama at
Michigan State College (now
University) in the fall of 1938.
Bagwell was an unsuccess
ful Republican candidate for
auditor general of Michigan
in 1956. Two years ago he
again led an unsuccessful Re
publican ticket when he
sought to defeat Williams
one of the best vote-getters in
Michigan s history.
Tree Farm Field
Trip Set Aug. 18
Tree farming practices and
techniques will be reviewed
by practicing non - industrial
tree farmers during a field
trip to be held in Josephine
county Thursday, Aug. 18.
Forest land owners In Jack
son and Josephine counties
who are interested in sharing
and expanding their knowl
edge of forest management
are invited to attend, accord
ing to Calvin Smith, district
forester for the Industrial For
estry association, sponsor of
the tree farm program in easU
ern Oregon and Washington.
The tree farm tour will
start at 9 a.m. at the Selma
Tree Farm located two miles
north of Selma on Highway
199 in Josephine county. L. E.
Schacffcr, Leo Marmalejo and
Art Whitesell will conduct the
group over their respective
properties. Discussion will be
encouraged as the owners re
view their work in Christmas
tree management, irrigating
Christmas trees, commercial
thinning in pole stands of
Douglas fir and Ponderosa
pine, using chemicals to con
trol brush, tree pruning and
tree planting. The trip will
last all day, so everyone at
tending should take their own
lunch.
For further details on tree
farming, contact Smith, Indus
trial Forestry association, 918
East Main St., Medford.
ONE-TIME ACTOR DIES
Hollywood -flJPD George B.
Fisher, 68, one-time leading
man on Broadway and in si
lent films, died Saturday,
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