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16 A MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, I960 Quotes From the News By United Prm International Washington Vice President Richard M. Nixon on the Dresidential race in the South: "We now believe that lh Kennedy-Johnson ticket ii in ral trouble in the South. Penndel, Pa. Zoo owner Bernard Bertolct on rescuing one of his keepers from a 700-pound bear: "I picked up a big two-by-six on the way in and whumped the bear as hard a I could, and he wouldn't move, 10 I hit him again and finally he backed off." Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento County Treasurer Ray Houston on a messenger who lost a $937,050 check: "What am I supposed to do take it out of his pay?" Washington President Eisenhower calling on Americans to celebrate Nov. 11 as Veterans Day: "Let us celebrate that day with appropriate ceremonies not only in tribute to our veterans but also in rededicalion to the cause of peace with honor throughout the world." Traffic Increases On Highway 99 Traffic on Highway 99 at Talent increased 14 per cent during the past year, accord ing to the state highway de partment's traffic engineer ing division. On the whole, Oregon high way traffic increased 2.2 per cent during July 1960 with a composite increase of 1.4 per cent for the first seven months of this year compared to the same period in 1959. The traffic count, which is recorded at 81 rural stations located throughout the state with a few exceptions reflect ed increases in volume on in terstate Highways 99 and 30. The July 1060-July 1959 comparison shows increases of 12.9 per cent at Oakland, and 2.3 per cent at Grave creek north of Grants Pass, all on Highway 99. Portland - (UPD - The ap pointment of Dr. Hugh Grant Skinner of Seattle to the post of epidemiologist for the Or egon State Board of Health was announced here Satur day by Dr. Richard H. Wilcox, state health officer. The ap pointment is effective Sept. 1. Ashland Youths On Unofficial Probation Four Ashland youths were placed on unofficial proba tion by juvenile authorities Friday. It was found that they placed railroad ties across approximately three quarters of a mile of railroad tracii near Jackson Hot Springs. : The act, which could have derailed a train, did hold up a freight train for 45 minutes last Tuesday. A Southern Pacific investi gator solved the case and lo cated the juveniles, ranging in age from 9 to 15 years. As or motivation, the investigat or surmised that the youths just didn't have anything to do. POLIO INCIDENCE DROPS Washington -lUPll-The Pub lic Health Service reported Friday that there have been fewer paralytic polio cases thus far in 1960 than for the comparable periods in any of the previous three years. The service said the national polio incidence for the first 33 weeks of this year was 1,235 cases compared to 3,397 cases for the same period last year. excitingly new MANN'S OWN BRAND Satisfaction Guaranteed MANN'S BONDED HOSE . . . REPLACEMENT Will BE MADE IF YOU ARE NOT FUllY SATISFIED. Heel and tos seamless, micro-mesh seamiest or full fashioned. pair LOO (Sondle Foot $1.15) Conduit Lines Being Installed In City Installation of underground conduit lines for the Sixth st. mercury lighting system is ex pected to be completed in two to three weeks, California Oregon Power company offi cials said Saturday. During the past two weeks construction crews have re placed the lines installed about 35 years ago. Copco spokesmen have noted that these lines have given "a great deal of trouble." The electrical company has contracted the installation of the pipe, but will install the wire themselves. Copco added that the to tal cost of the change will be about $15,000, and will in volve nearly all of the street lighting on Sixth st. Two sep arate lines are being laid, one on each side of the South ern Pacific railroad tracks. Officials noted that they were not going to change the con duit under the tracks. Although most of the city lighting facilities are wired "overhead," more and more downtown and subdivision service is being carried under ground. With the completion of the Sixth st. operations, most of all of the mercury system will be underground. 'The floor' To Show At Varsity Theater Ashland Vittorio De Slca's "The Roof" will play at the Varsity theater in Ashland Monday, Aug. 29, at 2 p.m. as part of the loreign ilm series, "Festival Matinee-Curtain at Two." The Italian film is set in present day Rome, and is the story of a young couple's struggle to find a home of their own. The cast is compos ed entirely of non-actors, found one by one by the di rector after a painstaking search. The girl star, 17-year-old Gnbriella Pallotti, was se lected out of nearly 500 applicants. Two Loads of Hay Slipped in Mishap MANN'S . . . YOUR AUTHORIZED MEDFORD SHAKESPEARE BOX OFFICE Two loads of hay were scattered and a hay truck was toppled on its side in a three truck accident Friday after noon, according to stale po lice. No iniuries were reDorted from the accident which took place about 8'As miles up the Dead Indian rd. from the junc tion of Highway 66. Billie Joe Funderbure. 235 Nevada St., Ashland, and his wife, Barbara Ruth Funder burg, were hauling hay down the road toward Ashland when the rear end of Funder- burg's truck slipped out of gear. In an attemDt to slow his truck and trailer rig, Funder- burg used the remainder of the compressed air in his brake system. He then picked up speed and attomnted to run his truck into the richt hand ditch. But in doing so he ran into the rear end of his wife's truck. This caused her to swerve into a log truck, driven by William Earl Lock, route 1, box 754, Eagle Point, which had attempted to back off the highway onto the shoulder of the road. The collision which result ed knocked the front end of Lock's log truck off the left hand embankment and turned Mrs. Funderburg's hay truck on its side. A second log truck drag ged the overturned hay truck off the road so that traffic could pass, according to re ports of witnesses. Hubby Jailed After Hosing Down Wife Houston, Tex. - IUPB - High school teacher James W. Brit tain was serving a three-day jail sentence Saturday be cause his estranged wife com plained he violated a court order to stay away from her when he drenched her with a garden hose. AUTO CONCENTRATION Half of America's automo biles are in nine states. 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