WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31. 1980
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Barge Loaded With
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MONTGOMERY WARD
Chemicals Explodes
At West Linn Dock
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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.
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'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
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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.
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GIRLS' FASHION-RIGHT COTTONS
; SPECTACULAR VALUES, LOW PRICES
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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!
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Enameled porce
lain on ileel. Holds
7 pt. or 7 qt. jari.
Cover, non-rust jar
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Porcelain enamel
over steel. Wire
handle with wood
en grip; 1 side han
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16 QT. PRESSURE CANNER
Save 5.07. Magic Seal
21 QT. PRESSURE CANNER
Save 7.07. Holds 7-qts
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FINAL CLEARANCE SWIMSUITS
Were 10.98 to 14.98. Sea-Lure misses
swim suits. Limited quantity.
Hurry to Wards.
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SPALDING GOLF BALLS
Special Purchase! "Air-Flite." Liquid cen
ter. High-compression OQc
thread winding. CC ea'
SALE! BIG BOYS' SKIPS
FOR GYM CLASS OR PLAY
Save 66c a pair! Extra sturdy cotton
armyjduck far outwears ordinary duck,
by test. Cushioned insoles,
molded rubbersoles. Black, 333
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Finest linseed-oil base, best titanium pig
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SALE! Glass tub enclosure
keeps water in, drafts out
Adds beauty, efflcien- 08 8
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Translucent ribbed glass,
aluminum towel bars. USUALLY
49.95
BOYS' 9.98 JACKETS
Choice of Poplin, Corded Cotton or. Wool.
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SALE! WOMEN'S LACY BRIEFS
Reg. 59c! Carol Brent brand
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