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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1960)
Western Union Rate Increase Request Approved Washington (UPD The Fed eral Communications commis sion has approved an average telegram and money order rates. The new rates-asked for by Western Union Telegraph Co. -are effective Aug. 17. The rate increases would boost the cost of a 15-word telegram by 5 cents and a 50 word day letter by 10 cents. A 50-word night letter would cost an average of 10 cents more. Money orders will cost 5 cents more for amounts un der $100. GSA Request Rejected The commission turned down a request from the Gen eral Services administration to investigate the rate increas es which affect both public and government messages compared to an 8 per cent in crease for public messages as "unjustly discriminatory." But the commission ruled that Western Union needs the additional revenue which the new rates will bring in imme diately to off-set wage increas es already in effect. A commission spokesman said the FCC will take no fur ther action in the matter. Western Union has also asked the commission to ap prove an increase in press message rates. This would be come effective Aug. 26 but must still be approved by the commission. Woman Cited After Two-Vehicle Crash Ashland - A 69 -year -old Cave Junction woman was cited by Ashland police Sat urday for failing to yield right of way after a two-car colli sion here which caused a total of $650 damage to the vehicles involved. Cited was Mrs. Frances B. Racknor. She posted $25 bail and was released. The accident occurred at 3:55 p.m. Saturday at North Main and Wimer . sts. when Mrs. Racknor's auto struck the .rear end of one driven by Mrs. Annabelle Lunsford, 35, Talent. Damage to Mrs. Racknor's car was estimated at $450 and to Mrs. LunS' ford's at $200. Medford Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. 1960 PAGES 1 to a I960 Expected To Be Year of Coin Machine Breakthrough By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor New York-flJPD-The vending machine industry has made fantastic progress the past 35 years, but 1960 could very well go down as the year of the breakthrough. This is the year the ma chines learned to make change for dol- Htnry Btchtold 1" bills. "The ability of machines to receive bills, and return change as well as men's underwear Dresages an era when manu facturers of anything small enough for a machine to stock and a consumer to carry can not ignore the possibility of a retail revolution," accord ing to American Investor magazine. The number of vending machines has grown from 50, 000 in 1925 doing an annual business of $30 million, to more than four million last year dispensing $2.3 billion worth of merchandise. And the trade sources look for growth at an annual rate of 10 to 15 per cent, at least, over the next decade. . Vending machines today ac count for 20 per cent of all candy bar sales, 16 per cent of single pack cigarette sales, and 23 per cent of all soft drink sales. Coffee Machines Flourish But, the magazine of the American Stock Exchange points out, coffee presently is the biggest news in the indus try. Coffee, like cigarettes, is a high profit item and sales are expanding so fast the trade cannot keep up with them now that machines can turn out "fresh brew" coffee. The optimistic outlook for the industry not only reflects the technical developments in vending machines, but the growth in population, and, more important, the growth of the work force which will mean more in-plant feeding. Vending machines already have been' introduced to in- plant feeding, but compared with the potential in this field, the surface has only been scratched. Many Plants Untouched Harold Roth, president of Continental Industries, manu facturers of vending machines, recently pointed out that cafe terias in industrial plants now cater to about 24 million peo ple on an average day, and total food sales amounted to $805 million in 1959. Yet, he added, more than 96 per cent of all manufac turing plants in the United States still are untouched by hot food, full line vending. Roth believes that the in plant feeding market alone can reach 10 times the indus try's total volume of $2.3 bil lion last year. "And this can come about within the next five years," he stated. He noted that in the few Personal Income At Record Highs Seattle (UPD - Personal in come rose to new highs in every western state except Montana in 1959, according to the Office of Business Eco nomics. William H. Flood, field of fice manager of the Com merce Department here, said a per capita personal income of $2,166 in 1959 accounted for a six per cent increase over 1958 in the United States. "With consumer prices up about one per cent," he said, "these advances in the main represented increases in the real purchasing power." Average per capita income was highest in Nevada, Cali fornia, Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, where the na tional average was exceeded. The personal income per centage increase from 1959 over 1958 exceeded the na tional average in Hawaii, California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and Utah. locations where vended hot meals are being offered, prices range between 35 and 50 cents, and compare favorably with "any manually cooked and served cafeteria meals." Lengthy History The vending machine idea dates back at least from 219 B.C. when a Grecian high priest invented a machine to provide holy water for sup plicants, according to the American Investor. The temple vendor utilized a balanced bar which, when tipped by a five drachma coin, opened a valve releasing a few drops of holy water. There were numerous inter pretations ot vending ma chines down through the years, but it was a coin op erated postal vendor, invent ed by an Englishman in 1883, that became the forerunner of today's vendors, the magazine notes. Tobacco Mainstay The postal vendor then was converted into a successful automatic dispenser of tobac co. Other adaptations includ ing the Adams Gum machines, followed. Until recently, however, the magazine notes, tobacco in one form or another had been the mainstay of the eoin-in-the-slot machines. Cigarette ma chines were the first to accept coins of varying sizes and de nominations. William H. Rowe intro duced the first successful cig arette machine in 1926, and Continental Industries built the first successful electrical cigarette vendor in 1955 It was this machine that set the pattern for those that afterwards sold other goods RESCUED FROM FLOOD Irene Lopez is pulled from her auto by rescuers who an swered her distress call when flood waters stopped her car near the center of San Antonio, Tex. Rescurers carried her to safe ty. Her mother, Mrs. Tillie Lopez, braved swirling waters and walked to safety but Irene became frightened and took refuge on the hood of the auto. (UPI Telephoto) Transportation Award Announced Washington (UPD - Stephen D. Bechtel Sr., board chair man of the Bechtel Corp. of San Francisco, has been named winner of the National Defense Transportation asso ciation's 11th annual award. Bechtel was chosen by the joint chiefs of staff as the per son "whose achievement con tributed most to the effective ness of the transportation in dustry in support of national security." The award will be present ed to Bechtel at the associa tion's annual convention in New Orleans Oct. 2-5. NEED 220-100 AMP SERVICE LET SEARS ARRANGE INSTALLATION AS LOW AS 85 Nothing Down, 3 Years To Pay On Sear ' Modernizing Credit Plan Includes: Service for Range, Dryer and Hoi Water Tank Up to 30 Feet Each. Plus 8 Circuits. PHONE SP 3-6661 FOR FREE ESTIMATES Ford Foundation Announces Awards New York (UPD - The Ford Foundation has announced the award of $2,355,000 to 14 universities to expand, speed and improve the education of college teachers. The 14 universities which received the grants include: Brawn University, $262,000; University of California (San ta Barbara) $128,000; Univer sity of Cincinnati, $161,000; Indiana University, $184,000; State University of Iowa, $75. 000; Kansas State University, $165,000; University of Mis souri, $210,000; University of New Hampshire, $136,000; New York University, $98, 000; University of North Carolina Women's College, $64,000; St. Louis University, $215,000; Stanford University, $202,000; Tufts University, $195,000; and University of Washington, $260,000. Senator Kennedy's Grandmother III Hyannis, Mass. - IUP11 - Mr Josephine Fitzgerald, 95, grandmother of the Demo cratic presidential nominee, was hospitalized here Sunday night, it was disclosed today. Her ailment was not de scribed, but a Cape Cod hos pital bulletin said she was "slightly improved" today. IKE SENDS GREETINGS Washington - IUP1I - Presi dent Eisenhower has sent greetings and best wishes to the new Congo Republic. The White House made public Monday his message to Presi dent Fulbert Youlou of the republic, formerly governed by France. The republic. which became an independent member of the French Com munity of Nations Monday, is independent of the strife-torn i lUIlllUL X3Ullclll UIIgU. PHONE BOOTH OF THE FUTURE? This is the Vistabooth one of many new booths telephone people are testing. The idea is to explore new materials and new designs for your future telephone convenience. Meanwhile, phone people continue to increase the number of modern, well lighted booths available to you now spotting them where you're most likely to need them. Last year, we added 2,600 new public telephones in the Pacific West, raising the total to 69,500. And, we plan to add more in 1960, so it will be even easier to find a phone wherever you may go. 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