Motor Trip Across Nation
Recommended by Writer
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington - A transconti
nental motor trip across the
United States is a rich experi
ence that ev
ery American
ought to have
just to get
hold of the
breath - taking
grandeur of
this country
and to realize
that it has
only started to
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turity.
The dweller of a big city
is tempted to think the coun
try is becoming over populat
ed, for at every hand are ur
ban problems that weren't
there a few years ago-crowded
schools, f e w e parking
spaces, bumper to bumper
rush hour traffic, acres and
acres of new housing develop
ments. The traveler across this
broad land quickly realizes
that even the rural eastern
areas provide lots of elbow
roqm for the future without
even contemplating how long
it might take to occupy the
vast prairie west of the Mis
sissippi. The major industrial states
of the East have built great
turnpikes which interconnect
so that one can now go from
New York to Chicago, 837
miles, without hitting a red
light or going through a town.
It is an eerie adventure to
hurtle along at a steady 65 or
70 for hours on end, seeing
nothing but rolling country
side, tilled and planted by peo
ple who must live somewhere
-somewhere but not where the
big road goes.
West of Chicago, turnpikes
are a sometime thing. The
highway building program
launched by the federal gov
ernment about four years ago
is resulting in extensive im
provement on the main arter
ies. But once the traveler gets
off the beaten path, he is on
the two-lane roads of yester
year. The best highways in the
West lie along the Pacific
coast from southern Califor
nia to the Pacific Northwest.
The worst roads are those
which take the traveler over
the Rockies along the north
ern route toward the Midwest.
Driving a car of some vin-
Quotes From the News
By United Press International
New York Mary Martin, weeping over the death of
Oscar Hammerstein II after Teusday night's performance of
"The Sound of Music":
"Please excuse me. Oscar has always said the words. To
night I have none of my own."
Sea Girt, N.J. Capt. William B. Gray, director of the
Miami, Fla., Seaquarium, warning that the shark that at
tacked a man off the New Jersey coast Sunday night might
strike again:
"One in a while there is a renegade shark that gets a
taste of a human being. Then he will keep on looking and
when he finds a human being he'll attack him."
Los Angeles Judge Leroy Dawson, presiding over the
second murder trial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole
Tregoff, rebuking spectators after several giggled at an ex
change between the judge and defense attorneys:
"Anyone who finds anything funny here will be removed.
This is not an entertainment being provided for spectators."
tage with lots of heart but a
tired radiator, this traveler re
quired three hours-including
eight stops to let the motor
cool-to climb over the Big
Horn mountain range in Wyo
ming. The Appalachian mountains
are not so formidable as the
Rockies to be sure; but the
Pennsylvania turnpike, the
daddy of them all, snakes and
tunnels its way through those
hefty hills in such a way as
to make any ancient vehicle
purr with delight. Possibly
when the interstate super
highway network is finished,
crossing the Rockies will be
as painless.
One can be skeptical about
the need for the gigantic high
way building program this
country has undertaken, but
not remain skeptical long aft
er a few days on the road try
ing to weave through and
around the fantastic numbers
of vehicles of all sorts and
shapes with which Americans
are sallying forth.
One can, also, be persuaded
that billboard controls are a
meritorious cause, but a few
days on the road can make a
man wonder. The big turn
pikes that cross Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana don't permit
billboards. The state builds,
operates and collects tolls on
these roads, and a section of
land adjacent to the highway
is state-owned and fenced off
to keep cheaters from sneak
ing on and off the turnpike
without paying. So billboards
can readily be excluded.
Frankly, this traveler found
it as dreary to see no bill
boards as it is nauseating to
see blaring signboards row on
row in the overly commercial
ly areas, such as the road lead
ing to Mount Rushmore Na
tional Monument in South Da
kota. A few billboards can be
better than none, and a lot bet
ter than too many.
The Baldock freeway seem
ed to have the best compro-mise-an
example of billboard
control but not signboard ex
clusion. This traveler admits
to being prejudiced in favor
of funny billboards, like the
ones that gas station operator
has erected all over Idaho. A
favorite is the one that sticks
up from a field of boulders
and reads:
"Petrified Watermelons.
"Take one home to your
mother-in-law."
One of those will keep a
man awake at the wheel and
chuckling inside for many
miles.
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For MacNaughfon
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al services were held today
for, Ernest B. MacNaughton,
79, Portland business and civ
ic leader, who died Tuesday.
Memorial services will be
held Sunday at the First Uni
tarian Church.
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FIRE NEAR RENO-Flames from a section west of Reno, Nov., Tuesday. Flames were
o the Donner Ridge forest fire sweep reported more than 100 feet high. Fire was
through a thick stand of valuable timber believed caused by a careless camper,
.near the California-Nevada border 10 miles (UPI Tclephoto)
Fralernifj Voles
On Integration'
At Chapters
Portland (UPI) A vole to
open chapters to Negroes was
scheduled as the first order
of business today at the na
tional convention of Sigma Nu
because the proposed amend
ment failed to get to a vote
Tuesday.
In two sessions behind clos
ed doors, the delegates of the
nation-wide fraternity organi
zation failed to vote on the
matter-one that has plagued
the fraterniay for the past 12
years.
A representative from Wis
consin had previously warned
the 400 delegates that if the
amendment did not pass, his
chapter would have to close
within two weeks.
At least 11 Sigma Nu chap
ters across the country are
facing injunction to end ra
cial discrimination "or get off
t h e campus," according to
Richard Fletcher, executive
sccretarj from Virginia.
Sigma Nu traces its origin
to Virginia Military institute
before the Civil War. The or
ganization has vigorously op
posed any changes in its tra
ditional rules. The conflict,
according to members, con
cerns the right of a private
organization to set its own
standards.
The fraternity has 128 col
legiate chapters.
CONSTRUCTING BRIDGE
Happy Camp - "Moe" Ellis
and Tom Lemon have taken
a contract for the construction
of a bridge across Indian
creek to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Cody Attcbery. The
bridge will be in the same
site as the old bridge. The
stringers are all in place and
ready to plank it.
Grange News
Gold Hill Granga
At a recent meeting of the
Gold Hill Grange, 96 new
chairs were accepted, and
members voted to blacktop
the front and back of the hall.
The possibility of new side
walk is being studied.
Agricultural chairman re
ported there is a scarcity of
hay of good quality, and the
barley crop is not too good
and the price will be higher
later in the season.
A youth party is being plan
ned Aug. 30 for children 10
through 18. This will be for
all of the Gold Hill district
and parents will be welcome.
Lecture hour was a poem
I Saw My Master Face to
Face" by Blanche Merriman,
and there was group singing
and games.
On Aug. 18, there was bal
loting on new members, and
Edith Martin was voted favor
able to receive initiation.
Agricultural chairman re
ported pear picking has start
ed and that the pears are
smaller this year. Also that
cattle prices are off a little.
The market is good on pota
toes at the present time.
Master Alva Walker attend
ed the third meeting of the
Copco meetings, with the au
thorization of the state, and
reported at the meeting.
There 'was a report on the
community service committee,
on which they are preparing
the report for the contest.
New rubber strips for the
basement stairs, and a new fa
for the kitchen will also 09
added to the Grange hall,
along with new carpet for the
ramp leading to the stage. .
The Gold Hill Grange will
sponsor "Smokey the Bear
Keep Oregon Green club part
for all the children who have
read conservation books front
the library.
As "Daylight Saving Time'.'
will be on the November bat
lot, the Gold Hill Grange vot
ed to donate $5 to the State
Grange to help fight the ba
tie to defeat this. ?
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly were
welcomed back from their va
cation to Michigan. ' -
There will be a new dance
band at the Saturday night
dances starting Saturday, Auti
27. It will be Dick Flood'f.
band which played there be
fore for over two years. t
Mr. and Mrs. Walker served
watermelon and canteloupe as
refreshments. ?
SUFFERS HEART ATTACK
Happy Camp - Mr. Paul
Crouch, operator of the Wag
on Wheel in Happy Camp,
suffered two severe heart at
tacks in Yreka, Aug. 17. The
first attack came while he
was at the Yreka Inn with
friends. The second came at
the Siskiyou County hospital.
Friends report that he is still
in serious condition although
he is improving.
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Hollywood's 'Walk of Fame' Said To
Have More Clamor Than Glamour
By' VERNON SCOTT
UPI Hollywood Correspondent
Hollywood - (DPI) - Tourists
along Hollywood Boulevard
are bumping heads and tramp
ling movie stars underfoot.
It's all because of the new
"walk of fame" -a collection
of motion picture, TV and re
cording greats whose mmes
have been imbedded in jthe
sidewalk.
Originally intended as part
of a campaign to give glamour
to the famed boulevard, it has
served only to provide clamor.
Biggest ruckus is the $400,-
000 lawsuit brought by
Charles Champlin Jr., de
manding his father's name be
cemented into the walk along
with the likes of Zazu Pitts,
Boris Karloff, Lassie, Ramon
Novarro, Basil Rathbone and
Jayne Mansfield.
Half Completed
Only half completed, the
walk is composed of black
terrazzo squares supposedly
non-skid in wet weather in the
center of which are red con
crete stars. Names of celebri
ties who made Hollywood
famous are spelled out in
brass.
Beneath the names are ap
propriate symbols - movie
cameras for film stars, TV sets
for video personalities, micro
phones for radio celebs and
record players for recording
stars.
As tourists stroll the wide
sidewalks they are intent on
reading the names, making
for frequent and ill tempered
collisions.
Promenading the walk, I
spied an elderly gentleman
clutching a bag of groceries
execute a complicated and
somewhat graceful -adagio
dance. It appeared to be a
spontaneous expression of joy.
On closer inspection, the old
gent had hit a stretch of walk
that had been hosed down by
the proprietor of a greeting
card shop.
The greeting card dealer
watched with interest until
the man had regained his bal
ance and continued on his
way muttering threats about
retaliation.
"I don't- know about this
walk," said the merchant.
"They assessed the landlord
to help pay for this thing. So
far it hasn't helped business,
but it probably will mean a
raise in rent next year."
Sinatra Only Once
Evidently some stars have
helped Hollywood more than
others.
Gone Autry's name appears
three times on one side of the
street while Frank Sinatra
made the grade only once.
Perhaps it's because Gene
doesn't gel in brawls with
parking lot attendants.
Misspellings have caused
trouble, too. '
Many stars, among them
Lou C 0 s t e 1 1 0, Al Jolson,
Charles Boyer, Jack Benny
and Eva Marie Saint, have two
stars. . . .
Some merchants feel as if
they were cheated, inasmuch
a shoe store boasts Eliza
beth Taylor, Kim Novak and
Dorothy Lamour out front,
while others have been assign
ed forgotten old timers in
their area.
Edward R. Murrow is stuck
in a driveway where delivery
trucks run over his name, but
he is belter off than Red Foley
whose star is partially cover
ed by a large "Kennedy for
President" sticker.
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River Improvement
Said Not Advisable
Seattle (UPI) The Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Har
bors has reported that im
provement of the Kootenai
River in Idaho for flood con
trol is not advisable at this
time.
Army Engineers said the
board, at a meeting Aug. 9-10
in Washington state, consider
ed the report of the district
Engineers from Seattle and
Portland for improvement of
the Kootenai.
The board aereed with the
engineers report that con
struction of the authorized
Libby Dam or eouivalcnt ur
stream storacp would all hut
eliminate flood damages in the
Kootenai flats area. Engineers
also agreed that imnrove-
ments to reduce flooding in
the interim period were not
economically justified.
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