Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 31, 1960, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31. 1980 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Barge Loaded With WARDS MONTGOMERY WARD Chemicals Explodes At West Linn Dock W' M W ' RE-HOL1)AY ' 4 BABYSITTER'S PARADISE Arthur Ed- blue gills and fighting rainbow trout. Each win of Chicago displays his catch to his year a million and a half rainbow are trans daughter, Mary. Tranquil scene is at Firshe- ported from hatcheries to the lake. Ex man's Dude Ranch near Chicago. It sports penses are proportionate to the individual's a 14-acre lake stocked with bass, wall-eye, catch. (UPI Telephoto) Unusual Number of Russian Planes Reported in Germany Berlin, Germany-IUPD-Wesl- ern pilots reported unusually large concentrations of Com munist aircraft at Soviet air fields astride the Western air corridors linking Berlin with the West today. The reports followed threats by Communist East Germany to take whatever measures are 'necessary to back up a ban 'on travel to West Berlin by West Germans planning to attend a four-day meeting of refugees from the Red - held zone. Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin scheduled meet ings today with the American, British and French comman dants to discuss what the Ber lin city government described as the Communist threat to the Western outpost and the Edith Green In Hospital Washington-UPD-Rep. Edith Green, D-Ore., was hospital ized Tuesday with a mild virus infection. Mrs. Green was admitted at the Naval Medical center at Betheseda, Md. The Oregon congresswoman's office said Mrs. Green was at the hospi tal mainly to obtain the rest required to overcome the virus. "b 1 Sfe "C3 s' Save with us regularly as clockwork... and you'll have the money to buy things you want when you want them. No nagging debts. Nn carrvincr char fires. Start a sa vines account - - a j o . 1 J Wlul US nuw, aim eujuy me peace of mind that comes with saving regularly as clockwork. ItlHTSITTinsi CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE 4 PER ANNUM Investment Mode by the 10th 1 Earn From the First FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 24 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager new situation!' 'Homeland Rally' The East German Commu nists Tuesday announced a five-day ban on travel by West Germans to Berlin, aimed at breaking up a "homeland rally!' by members of an as sociation of East German refugees who have fled to West Germany since the end of the war. The meeting is scheduled to begin Thursday. A statement issued by the East German regime did not specify what measures would be taken b u t Communist guards closed the East-West city border at midnight in violation of the four - power agreement providing for free travel in all sectors of divided Berlin. Lana To Marry Rich Sportsman Santa Ana, Calif.-(UPD-Actress Lana Turner and weal thy sportsman Fredrick C. May stopped off on the way to Del Mar race track Tues day and took out a marriage license. "We certainly plan to be married, but there's no defi nite date," the couple said la ter while watching the ponies at Del Mar. It will be the second mar riage for May, 43. Miss Tur ner, 39, has been married five times to four husbands-bandleader Artie Shaw, million aire Henry J. (Bob) Topping, actor Lex Barker and restau rant owner Stephen Crane. She was wed twice to Crane, the father of her only child, Cheryl Crane, 16. Company Names New President San Francisco - (UPD - Charles E. Schwab, a mining engineer of Kellogg, Idaho, was named president of the Bunker Hill company Tues day, filling a post left vacant by the death of John D. Brad ley in an auto accident last November. tmmett G. Solomon, vice president and director who served as the firm's chief ex ecutive officer since Bradley's death, was appointed chair man of the board. Schwab has served as gen eral manager-of the zinc min ing firm's Kellogg operations since the first of this year and was made a vice presi dent April 1. He joined the company in 1944. While Hawaii's string of 20 islands extends more than 1,600 miles over the Central Pacific, its total land area of 6,423 square miles "makes' It West Linn - (UPD - Damage has been estimated at between $50,000 and $75,000 in an ex plosion and fire that gutted a barge loaded with chemicals and damaged a dock and ware house of the Crown Zeller bach Corp., here Tuesday night. The Western Transportation Co. barge blew up when a barrel of sodium peroxide ig nited and set off a series of explosions. There were no serious in juries but some 25 firemen suffered burns around their eyes and on bare skin. Flames High in Air The blast shot flames 300 feet in the air and a resulting fire gutted the cargo barge. West Linn Fire Chief Joe Nixon said there were 20 to 30 barrels of the chemical on the barge at the time and all of them blew up. Sodium Per oxide is used in making paper. Nixon said an accurate esti mate of all damage could not be determined until a survey is made. Damage may have resulted to several automo biles in the area. The explo sion produced a "fallout" of chemical powder which land ed on the autos. On. Person "Aboard Marvin Barnes, who gave the alarm, was the only per- Editor Named To Head Demo Group Salem - (UPD - Ken Johnson, editor of the Salem Capital Press, today was named chair man of the research commit tee of the Democratic party of Oregon, according to State Chairman Robert W. Straub. Straub said Johnson's com mittee will serve as a research source for Democratic candi dates and county central com mittees as well as the state or ganization. Johnson was sche duled to announce the mem bers of his committee soon. Johnson, a former editor of the Coos Bay World, served in the Department of Motor Vehicles during Gov. Robert Holmes' administration. son aboard the barge when the fire broke out. He ran from the barge before it exploded. Exact cause of the blast and fire was unknown, but offi cials said It may have resulted from spontaneous combustion from a leaking barrel of the chemical. One Killed In Airplane Crash Rainier, Ore. - (UPD- A blue and white monoplane crashed killing at least one person near the Bonneville Park micro-wave tower here this morning. The crash was reported by Harold B. Hayden, Bonneville Park administrator at the in stallation. Officers were at the scene investigating and no further details were immediately available. U.S. Wins Ball Game; Ambassador Recruited Tokyo-IUPD-Shortstop Doug las MacArthur II says his U.S. diplomatic team beat the Jap anese Foreign Office at soft ball because of zealous re cruiting. MacArthur, U.S. ambassa dor to Japan, explained it this way to a Japanese-American luncheon: "I sent a letlsr to Washing ton asking that they assign men to the embassy here who can play Softball. So long as they can play Softball it was not necessary that they do anything else." MacArthur's tongue - in chcek statement followed the 15-7 victory of the Americans, who were badly beaten by the Japanese last year. Favorite dish of the fisher, a relative of the mink, is tree - destroying porcupines. The fisher is the only animal that is seldom hurt by the porcupine's barbed quills. A doomed person in Utah may choose to die either on the gallows or before a fir ing squad. TALL IN THE COCKPIT Leave it to the Texans. This seeming gargantuan, Joan Stiblinger, straddles an airplane at Flying Cloud airport in Minneapolis Tuesday after she earned her private pilot's license with only 29 days of in struction. After showing a federal aeronautics flight inspector her knowledge and proficiency at flying, Joan, also a show woman, showed her agility on stilts. Part of her act features a dance on these stilts. (UPI Telaphoto) Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF 81 ONE OF Art Linkletler's more rueful memories concerns the time a lady in his audience wr6te him a check for $225, payable to his favorite charity, for the privilege of smacking him with a vanilla cream pie. "She let me have it, too," recalls Art, "square in the kisser. The next day her check bounced." "Excuse me, folks," boom ed a Texas host one day. "I must make a long dis tance phone call to my best gal." "Back East?" inquired a guest. "No," said the Texan. "Backyard." XI Bernie knows a eirl who really has everything. her in quarantine this morning. ... ... Current best-seller m eannlbaHnfested fuhihmd: "How to Serve Tour Fellow Men." OUM.br BtanU Cert CiiUibuUd b XlAf TtiiUM Irtilct They put AH Ward merchandise is guaranteed first quality. Save with safety . . , lake advantage of these savings with a liberol Words Credit Account. Special for School GIRLS' FASHION-RIGHT COTTONS ; SPECTACULAR VALUES, LOW PRICES 298 7 to 14 1 98 3 to 6X You get the best buys at Wards! Dozens of new styles, new colors in wash-bright cottons. See prints, plaids, solids. All beautifully made, richly detailed. Great values! V I .1 AIRLINE TV CONSOLE HAS GIANT 23-INCH SCREEN Beautifully designed Danish Modern wal " nut cabinet, fine fringe area reception. Automatic gain control pre- itmri no vents picture wobble. 90- ' Z4MlO day service no charge. sra down r. 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White, 8 non-fading colors. SAIEI Shingle and Shake OO Paint. Reg. 4.59 Gal. 070 i SALE! Glass tub enclosure keeps water in, drafts out Adds beauty, efflcien- 08 8 cy to your bathroom. Translucent ribbed glass, aluminum towel bars. USUALLY 49.95 BOYS' 9.98 JACKETS Choice of Poplin, Corded Cotton or. Wool. Popular styling. M OO Broken sizes, 8 to 1 8. O SALE! WOMEN'S LACY BRIEFS Reg. 59c! Carol Brent brand smooth-fitting Acetate tricot. S,M,L,XL d. Runproof, 3 for $1 NEW STORE HOURS: Open 9:30 to 5:30 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday OPEN TIL 9 Monday and Friday WARDS WILL BE OPEN 9:30 TO 9 TUESDAY, SEPT. 6th, CLOSED LABOR DAY nr vnnr nnnan s H1 one of our smallest states.