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SUNDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Airplane Tragedy Places Among Top 1961 News Stories New York - (UPD - United Press International Saturday revised its list of ten biggest news stories of 1960 to include Friday's airplane collision over New York City. The United-TWA crash was moved into ninth place as a substitute for Hurrican Don na. This dropped Donna to tenth place and eliminated the Pirates' World Series victory which had been number ten in the original list released Thursday. As revised Saturday the ten biggest news stories of 1960 are as follows: 1. Kennedy's election. 2. U2 incident and after math; summit collapse and Powers trial. 3. (Tie) Fifteenth session of -United Nations General As sembly and the Congo. 5. Cuba. 6. Japan cancels Ike's visit. 7. Chessman executed. 8. Negro sit-ins. 9. United-TWA plane colli sion over New York. 10. Hurricane Donna. In 19S5 the average new home contained about 80 pounds of aluminum. By 19S9 the figure had almost doubled to 190 pounds. ' ? ' 7 t J - ft I mam saw iMsaw t fyU tf. ' if r FiiT ' I y - . yvMSH3i s"- ' rir -n- "7 !T; :4 . K P ':;; t j , 1 -v T V" , ',:'1-A Vermont again led the na tion this year in the produc tion of maple syrup, with 413,659 gallons. PROGRESS AWARD Garnetl E. Cannon, president of the board of directors of Standard Insurance company, front row, left, is shown above as he aqcepted the Medford Chamber of Commerce Award of Progress from awards committee Chairman Clarence Young at Rogue Valley Country club Friday. A luncheon held at the country club marked the opening of the new Standard Insurance com pany building at Genessee and East Mum sis., Medford. IRRIGATION PUMPS to 60 H.P. From $ 29 50 up Vs H.P. Shallow Well $3300 H.P. DEEP WELL With Gallon Tank and ZZm Charger 1540 Hliiiwi ilmnl ii mi 1 mtmSmmmim CompUte Siskiyou Hardware, Ph. SP 2-2939225 W. Main 'MEDFORD, OREGON We Giva S&H Grtirt Stimps 2 COMPLETED BUILDING-Thc completed new Standard Insurance company building now stands at the corner of Genessee and East Main sis. Its design makes it blend in with its surroundings and a parking lot pro vides ample parking space for building oc cupants and their customers. It has 10,000' glare. NO COLD DBRFTY FLOORS Gas heat corrects weather changes immediately! AUTOMATIC GAS HEATING IS ALWAYS READY Cold, drafty floors result when a heating system's not fast . , chilly layers of air build up where chil dren play! Gas, automatic gas re sponds instantly to a drop in out side temperature circulates warm atr quickly and evenly in every room. You and your family enjoy more comfort, and more health protection! Only gas fs so perfect a match for winter's worst, It comes automati cally through steel pipelines. Even the stormiest weather can't reach the never-ending supply. Upgrade your heating system . . . new gas central furnaces fit into tiny closets, attics, or most anywhere! They're economical to buy, operate. Investi gate now. AW Coll us for a free estimate or see your heating equipment contractor CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY Phone SP 2-5284, Medford MU 5-5291, Ashland Others pictured above arc, left to right, back row, Arthur M. Cannon,, vice president and treasurer of the firm; Ger ald T. Latham, president of the chamber of commerce; at right, Ken Cook, chamber awards committee, and Nathan iel Owings, architect of the firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Portland. The scale model building in the back ground is a replica of the $1 million structure that is soon to be erected in Portland by Standard Insurance company. Insurance Firm Building Made of County Materials The board of directors of the Standard Insurance com pany Friday toured its new building at the corner of Main and Genessee sts,, Medford. The building is constructed entirely of woods grown and milled in Jackson county, ac cording to Armin Richter and Associates, general Medford contractor, and archi tects Wilmsen, Endicott and Un- thank, of Eugene. The building includes 15,- 200 square feet of basic lum ber, plus 10,000 board feet of western Red Cedar siding on the exterior, 17,981 square feet of hard board, 8,693 square feet of rigid insulation in the roofing construction, and 37,737 square feet of sheet rock for dry wall interior con struction. AH materials were purchased in Medford. The building is designed to fit in with the immediate sur roundings which include a one-story dental clinic, also built primarily of lumber. The building utilizes off - street parking areas provided for both buildings. i The flexibility of design provides for the needs of fu ture tenants beyond the office space occupied by the insur ance company, the architects said. The design also provides for an absolute minimum of future maintenance needs and costs. Redwood Panels The large redwood panels and arrangement of offices provides a maximum of pri vacy and shades office work ers from the glare of the sun's rays which usually hit this location. Other features include a hy draulic elevator, use of copper in all flashing, gutters and downspouts, and a 20-year bonded built-up roof. A pent house on top of the building accommodates the heat pump assembly for heating and cool ing the building. More than a mile of galvanized duct work provides Hie channels for air circulation. " Those who contributed to the construction of the build- board feet of western red cedar siding on the extccior. The use of glass provides max imum natural lighting. A system of wooden screens and fences . have been devised to provide privacy and to control the sunlight (Knacksledt photo) Tefreaulf Named Council President Rudy Tetreault, manager of tho local American Auto mobile association office, was elected president of the Med ford Safety council last week. He succeeds Ralph Mat thews, who was in turn named to the council's board of directors along with Berry Bigham and Greg Orr. Other officers include Bu- ford Johnson, Medford, vice president; Paul Bcttiol, Jack son county sheriff's office, treasurer; and Joe Jarvis,1 Fyr Fyrter company, secretary. Installation of officers is set to coincide with the annual awards banquet tentatively scheduled for Jan. 20. Further safety council ac tion at the December meeting included the appointment of Capt, Clyde Fichtner, Med torn ponce department, as general chairman of the awards dinner. Following the appointment, Matthews re minded service club represen tatives to submit their recom mendations for nomination of the "Outstanding Citizen 17-Year-OId Pleads Innocent' to Charge Of Reckless Driving Medford police took a 17- year-old Medford youth into custody Thursday afternoon on charges of reckless driving and failure to leave informa tion at the scene of an acci dent after a vehicle operated by him struck another car and apparently kept on going. Arthur Hill Shackleton Gillmor, 128 South Keene Way dr., entered a plea of in nocent to the reckless driving charge in district court Friday anH a frinl Hato wfle ept fnr .Tan IB I Gillmor is scheduled to be tried on the hit and run charge in municipal court Jan. 4. ' The reckless driving charge! was brought against Gillmor by Robert Wellington Clancy, 21, of 147 Nutley St., Ashland. Clancy told police he witness ed the accident, which occur red about 3 o'clock, and gave chase to the Gillmore. vehicle but was unable to catch it. Strikes Car Twice The Gillmor car apparent ly struck the same car twice. The other car was operated by Raymond Lee Murphy, 18, of 235 South Oakdale ave. Murphy told police, the Gillmore auto hit his vehicle the first time on J st. near Monroe st. He said the car did not stop and he gave chase, catching up with it on J st. between Whitman and 12th st. Murphy said he passed Gillmor's car and then stop ped in front of it. Gilmore also stopped he said, and he (Murphy) got out of his car. But, then, Murphy said, the Gillmore vehicle started for ward and hit the rear of his car, knocking it to one side, and, then sped away. From a description of the car given by Murphy, police apprehended Gillmor at the intersection of Main and Ham ilton sts., about 30 minutes later. He was arrested and confined in the county jail. B oth vehicles sustained moderate damage, police said. Formulas developed by bio mechanics - experts in body mechanics - show that at a walking rate of four miles an hour, the moving foot travels past the stationary foot at a speed of 12 8 miles an hour. The tallest statue in the world is the standing idol ot Buddha located two miles east of Mamian in Afghanistan. It is 173 feet high. W CHRISTIAN J I SCIENCE J HEALS Station K-BOY Sundays -9:45 A.M. ing besides the general con tractor and architects were landscape architect, Mrs. Mar yl Lorish, Medford; consulting engineers, Marquess and Mar quess, Eugene and Medford; electrical contractor, Electron ic Service, Medford; plumbing contractor, Stuart Mechanical Inc., Medford; heating con tractor, Trowbridge and Flynn, Medford; sheet metal contractor, Taylor Sheet Met-al.-Medford; lathing and plas tering contractor, W. C. Zies- er, Rogue River; painting con tractor, Mid-Coast Painting, Medford; millwork and glass, Padgham Glass and Millwork company, Medford; roofing contractor, Ace Roofing, Med ford; lumber, Big Pines Lum ber company, Medford; land scaping, Southern Oregon Nursery company, Medford; paving contractor, Ted Florey, Medford; flooring and acousti cal contractor, Gilkison com pany, Medford. 1 -Jill vi ll If mki White Shoulders Most Precious Golden Shadows PERFUME 2.75, 5.00, 18.50 and to 110.00 COLOGNE 2.75, 5.00, 8.50 1! pticM pttM fadenl lax McLain's Drug Centre 8 N. Central Open 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Sundays SP 2-7113 Thrifty Green Stamps 1 Safety" award. Communica tions may be addressed to the council at post office box 614, Medford. The State Farm Insurance Companies proudly announce the appointment of CLIFFORD L. WOLFF with offices at 133 S. Central - Medford, Ore. . telephone SP 3-6695 to sen your family insurance needs... including Auto, Life and fire Insurance. 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