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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20, I960 First in a Series- MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOSD. OREGON Oregon Legislators Sharply Divided on Proposed Tax on Cigarettes UAL-TWA Collision Worst Accident in History of Aviation By United Press International The tragic collision of two giant airliners over New York City Friday set a horrible series of disaster records: It was the worst disaster in aviation history, military or commercial. It was the first crash involv ing a U.S. commercial jet car rying passengers, i It brought to almost 1,150 the number of persons killed ' in major air disasters in 19G0. And it marked a grim coin- cidence for the two airlines United Air Lines and Trans EWorld Airlines. They were were involved in the previous "worst commercial disaster, the collision of two of their air , liners over Grand Canyon June 30, 1956, in which 128 " persons were killed. The previous worst acci : dent in air history happened near Tokyo June 18, 1953, , when a U.S. Air Force C124 Globemaster crashed, killing 129 persons, mostly military personnel. First New York Collision ', The previous worst plane accident this year was the ex ' -plosion and crash of a World Airways plane carrying 86 . military passengers and a crew of eight in Guam, Sept. 19. The death toll was 78 per ' sons. ,., The collision Friday also .marked the worst aviation ' tragedy in the New York met ropolitan area where many plane crashes have occurred in one of the heaviest traffic patterns in the world. Al though it was the first col lision in New York, there have been other" major disas ters in the city area including o MgMgof04r , 9 I srraignr... , ;.' superb in mixed drinks! - ls -'"4 "S . CORONET f" i i i mm i. - .. m:i . BRANDY DIST. CORP.. 350 FIFTH AVE.. N.Y. CALIF GRAPE BRANDY. 84 PROOF series of three crashes at Elizabeth, N.J., in the winter of 1951-52 which killed 119 persons. An Army bomber smashed into the Empire State building in 1945, killing 13 persons and in one of the most recent disasters an American Airlines Electra plunged into the East river, Feb. 3, 1959, killing 65. Other major disasters in aviation history: 99 killed on Aug. 14, 1958, when a Dutch KLM Su per-Constellation crashed into the Atlantic Oceon off Ireland. 91 killed on Dec. 20 1952, when a C124 Globemas ter transport carrying serv icemen home for Christmas crashed on takeoff near Mo ses Lake, Wash. 80 killed on March 12 1950, when a chartered air liner carrying soccer .fans crashed near Cardiff, Wales. 79 killed on Aug. 11 1957, in Canada's worst avia tion disaster when a char tered Trans-Atlantic airliner crashed near Quebec Majority Seen To Favor Partial Cabinet System Editor's note: The following Is the first of four dispatches based on answers to a United press In ternational noil of Oregon legisla tors on Issues facing the 1961 session. Summit Conference Believed Far Away Paris - (UPD - The Western foreign ministers forsee no summit conference with So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev for a long time, author! tative diplomatic sources said Monday. Instead, they favor a for eign ministers conference with the Soviets, if there must be a conference, sometime next spring to explore what Russia is up to. v Khrushchev is expected to resume pressure for East-West negotiations early in the new year, shortly after the in auguration of President-elect John F. Kennedy. Berlin appears to be the next issue on which Moscow will want urgent talks with the West. Bill To Propose Training Academy Albany - IUIII - The Oregon State Sheriff's association said Monday that Sen. Carl Francis (R-Dayton) will intro duce a bill in the 1961 legisla ture calling for establishment of a statewide law enforce ment training academy. . Linn County Sheriff George Miller, president of the asso ciation, said training courses at the academy would be available to all law agencies of the state and added that new construction would not be necessary if existing facili ties "such' as Camp Withy combe" were used. Francis had completed a two-year study of the prob lems of adequate local police personnel. Miller said the proposed academy would develop a "coordinated training and ed ucational program which would provide universal train ing methods for law1 enforce ment officers of this state." He said it would be an im portant factor in crime control. By DOUGLAS GRIPP Salem - IUP1T- Members of the next Oregon Legislature are sharply divided over a pre posed 3-cent-per-pack cig arette tax. On another hot issue-government reorganization - ma jority sentiment in favor of a partial cabinet system is in dicated. Opinions on these and other questions were received from a substantial cross-section of the 1961 membership in an swers to a mail poll conducted by United Press International. More than a third of the mem bers and members-elect were heard from. They represented both parties and houses, and all geographical sections of the slate. Some declined to take part, preferring to wait and study specific items of legislation before committing them selves. The tobacco tax is recom mended by the Legislative In terim Committee on Taxation as the major means of replac ing money that would be lost through a proposed 10 per cent income tax cut. It was estimated the proposal would raise $9 million a year. Only Stale Exempt Oregon is now the only stale in which cigarettes 'are lax exempt. Many legislators indicated a preference for reduction in the state income tax, but not through a tobacco tax. Two lawmakers -Rep, Harrv C. Elliott, Tillamook Republican, and Rep.-elect Emil Stunz, Nyssa Democrat -said such a tax almost cer tainly would be referred to the people. Stunz favors the tax but Elliott does not. The tobacco tax has a his tory of defeat. It has been on the ballot six times since 1926 and was beaten soundly each time - the last in 1956. Five of the cases involved a citi zens' petition and the sixth- in 1945-a referral by the leg islature itself. The tax that year would have helped pay for public schools but it lost by 7,000 votes, closest margin of the six attempts In government reorganiza tion legislators were asked whether they favored a full cabinet system, partial sys tem, minor or no reorganiza tion at all. They answered three to one in favor of a partial cabinet system. This is basically what Gov. Mark Hatfield recom mends for 1961:63. Several members said they opposed any change in mak ing major state offices ap pointive instead of elective. Hatfield is asking for author ity to appoint the labor com missioner and superintendent of public instruction. They are now elected. Several legislators dislike the cabinet form. Sen. Den Musa, (D-The Dalles), said "we are merely a sovereign state within a union, not an inde pendent nation." But he does favor consolidation of dupli cating state agencies. Partial System Suggested Rep. W. O. Kelsay, (D-Rose-burg), a member of Hatfield's bi-partisan advisory commit tee on the problem, suggests a partial cabinet system now and a full cabinet system later. Another Democrat, Sen. elect Vernon Cook of Trout dale, favors a "strong gov ernor and a centralized ad ministration." Five legislators said they favor an immediate move to a full cabinet government. Only two legislators said they were against any reor ganization in the next two years. for Men & Women Unusual Gifts PIPE GIFT SHOP Earl's SP 2-2476 36Vi So, Centr.l Medford, Ore. Support Sought For Hammarskjold TTniloH Nations. N.Y. - (UPD The United States and Britain PniiDl-if n win npw General Assembly support for Secre tary General uag tummar skjold Monday and to beat hack a Russian attempt to wreck the United Nations op oration in TllP CnnffO. Assembly delegates, rushing in iart a Christmas recess Tuesday night, faced all three top problems of the latn ses sion tndnv: The Congo. Al geria and disarmament. The world parliament itself scheduled three meetings and hoped to finish work on both the Congo and Algerian ques tions. Its 99-nation main po litical committee booked mnrnine and afternoon meet ings on disarmament. EMBARRASSED FIREMEN Port Monmouth, N. J. - (UPD -Fire raged unnoticed for more than three hours Sunday at the .most embarrassing of places - the local firehousc A passerby discovered the blaze and turned in an alarm, bringing the town's red-faced volunteer firemen rushing to the scene. The blaze, started by defective wiring in the firehouse kitchen, badly dam aged the building. But the three fire engines were saved. There's Still Time to "Get Aboard" We Have a Course and Plan of Study to meet Your Individual Needs Ours is a school of personal icrvic and we can help you, as we have helped others, to obtain the necessary training for a good position in business. Let us help you to plan a course and study program that will meet your individual needs. YOU ARE INVITED to visit our school without obligating yourielf in any way. Call or write ut regarding the course in which you are interested. OBTAIN THE NECESSARY SPECIALIZED TRAINING To enable you to secure and hold the better paying positions! ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MEDFORD ' SP 3-4264 JAN. 2 ROSEBURG OR 3-7256 KLAMATH FALLS TU 2-4126 ANNOUNCING PAYMENTS TO RAMBLER BUYERS AS RAMBLER'S SALES VOLUME INCREASES Why You Should Join Rambler's New Crusade For Adequate Progress Sharing With Customers "I believe participation by all consumers in economic progress is absolutely necessary in meeting the nation's economic needs." GEORGE ROMNEY 1 President, American Motors Corporation .J1400 Rambler's rise out of nowhere to a top position has put us In position to undertake a new Rambler crusade. This program, which could provide greater individual and national bene fits than any we've yet undertaken, calls for customer progress sharing. While our concentrated produc tion facilities already make us com petitive in costs and prices, extra economies will result from additional volume. That's why our Rambler customer progress sharing program during the four months of Decem ber, January, February and March could provide for payments to customers of $18,698,062 from econo mics that would result from a 50 gain in Rambler sales over last year. Before presenting our new Rambler crusade, let me review some highlights of the first one. In the dark hours when our company was not ex pected to survive, we forged our . basic Rambler con cepts. At that time, U.S. cars were too big, too powerful, too expensive, too outdated in their basic engineering. To stimulate car buying, car manufacturers made excessive use of supcrficialstylingchanges.orplanned obsolescence. These changes were not giving car buyers the most for their money. Therefore, we developed the compact, economical, modernly engineered Rambler models a chal lenge to the product thinking of our huge competitors. CONSUMER BENEFITS FROM LOWER PRICES Becauseof low volume, our first Rambler Americans were priced about with Chevrolet and Ford, tradi tionally "lowest priced." As our output and econo mics increased, we shared the resulting economic ad vantages with Rambler cus tomers. Despite inflation, we kept our prices low. We also concentrated on durability and quality. By continuing to do this, we are today producing Ram bler Americans that are superior to Chevrolet and Ford in modern engi neering and as sensible units of trans portation. Too, Rambler excels in trouble-free operation, as shown by trade surveys made by others. Further more, Rambler Americans now sell for from $416 to $597 less than corres ponding Chevrolet and Ford models. What has this done? It has in creased our sales made us a vigor ous new competitive factor. All of our competitors have been com pelled by Rambler's success to intro duce compact cars. Their compact cars unquestionably are better buys than their big cars. This is because these manufacturers still haven't ap- Prices for Rambler, Ford, and Chevrolet Lowest Priced 2-Door Sedan 1951-1961 K20 SSTy J2100 CHEVROLET f-t- J2000 FORP ............ tf si9oo "4'!4 S1B00 U"- lJ.jj&y S1600 ,;'TJVil 1500 A V A N II II M M I 1951 '52 '53 '54 '55 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 Chill tMd on minuticloifii' luiint.d Itclwy dolnr.iod prtcot Rjmblir pfKtilM I9SI. 19i2 nd I9S1 i4uitid,whoroncttur,, toilkwlor ditl.t. net, ut bod, tl,lo ond tlindird equipment to otp compiuiM, compiriblt The Rambler line includes three basic sizes of compact cars the Rambler American, the Rambler Classic and the Ambassador, the lat ter two developed after the original American series. RAMBLER SALES SOAR In two years, Rambler's per cent of the car market has more than doubled. For each of the last 38 .straight months, Rambler sales have estab lished a new record for that month. We want to continue this growth by serving you even better. THE NEW RAMBLER CRUSADE Our new Rambler crusade, like our compact crusade, is based on sharing Rambler progress with car buyers. We believe the new Rambler cru sade has timely significance. Our country currently is experiencing a mild slowdown. Rising foreign compe tition and the weakness of the dollar are causing national concern. Our larger automobile competitors arc greatly increasing foreign investment and considering partial manufacture and importation of cars from abroad. There is a general profit squeeze. Un employment is rising. A degree of un certainty clouds the business climate. We believe the greatest single eco nomic cause of these trends Is failure to adequately share economic progress with ALL consumers. Relatively too much of the fruit of industrial effort has been going to a few well organized economic groups. Most people agree a grave prob lem exists. Some say, fatalistically, "nothing can be done about it." Others, equally forlorn, look to gov ernment action. We sec a better way: an American way. It is the voluntary way. It usually starts with an indi vidual or a single organization. CUSTOMERS TO SHARE RAMBLER PROGRESS We decided there was something we could do. Wc decided to share future HOW PAYMENTS TO BUYERS WILL BE DETERMINED IN AMERICAN MOTORS' CUSTOMER PROGRESS SHARING PROGRAM IF SALES ARE UP ovot lul yur 50 , ; 40 30 20 10 BUYERS RECEIVE U.S. SAVINGS BONDS (Mituill, ValoO $125 $100 $ 75 $ 50 25 BOND PAYMENT SALES LEVELS DECEMBER (Doc. ulii) 45,247 42,231 39,214 36,198 33,181 JANUARY FEBRUARY (Ooc-lm. tout) (DtC'llfl.-Fib.toUn 97,671 91,159 84,648 78,136 ' 71,625 MARCH (4-month total) 195,946 . 182,883 169,820 156,737 143,694 MIES FOR SAME PHIOD 1DST TEAR 30, 1 65 140,139 130,796 . 121,453 112,111 102,768 65,114 93,426 130,631 NOTIi tit all cases, "BUYER(S)" means' a person who actually takes delivery, not places an order, WHY IT Will PAY YOU TO BUY NOW. This unique program i cumulative and retro active. Early buyers can get more, but never less bonds, than buyers in succeeding months. Your Rambler dealer will be happy to give you the completo details of the plan but here is a quick example of how it works and keeps on working for you: If December Rambler deliveries increase 20 over last December, December buyers' of new Ramblers or Metropolitans will receive $50 bonds. As the four-month period progresses, additional bonds will be mailed to the December buyers each time the cumulative sales reach a higher bond payment sales level. Also, If sales increase for the four-month period exceeds 50, propordonate addi tional payments will be made to all buyers during any of the four-montbs. progress with ALL customers who take delivery of a new Rambler or new Metropolitan between December 1, 1960, and March 31, 1961, from an authorized Rambler dealer (excluding governmental sales). We will give such Rambler and Metropolitan buyers most of the benefit of additional cost reduction resulting from further in creases in Rambler sales volume. We expect thereby to increase the number of loyal Rambler owners. Ex perience proves they arc our best cus tomers. They also arc repeat customers. The amount to be shared among Rambler buyers will be determined as follows: if our sales from De cember 1, 1960, to March 31, 1961, exceed the corresponding period last year by 10, wc will return to Ram bler buyers U.S. government savings bonds (Scries E) with a maturity value of at least $3,679,850; If by 20, $8,012,850; If by 30, $12,999,000; If by 40, $18,638,300; If by 50, plied to the big cars the advanced engineering that has gone into their compacts and their compacts are more sensible and valuable units of transportation. Despite these moves to meet Ram bler competition, Rambler American models arc now priced not only below competitive big cars but below the new economy compacts of the Big Three as well. Sec comparison below. Top Quality-Lowest Price of All LowHt-Prlcod 1SI1 Romblor 3-Door Sodono Prlto So.oo You Romblor Amirlcon 11B45 Folcon 1912 67 120 75 lork 1935 90 Vellonl 1953 101 Comtl 1998 153 I... 2007 162 into om lM"v'Klrt, Mtfoilod iKtory-tfolnorod PIKOO. 11,10 0O4 locol loioi. It 10. opIiopiI oouipmont. Oltll. $24,930,750. See chart for details. Should your joining our crusade push our sales ratio, even higher than 50, we will make proportionately higher refunds. ,". : BOTH CUSTOMERS AND ' AMERICAN MOTORS GAIN You have everything to gain and noth ing to lose by Joining this crusade. The same is true for us. : ' You can't lose because our Rambler cars are better than the big cars tni the best of the compacts. Ramblers are more trouble-free, more useful and lower priced. ' . , You make your regular deal in the regular way for a new Rambler. Yoa then are in a position to share propor tionately in the economies and pro6ti of higher Rambler volume realized la December, 1960, and the first three months of 1961. We gain by acquiring additional Rambler owners, which will make our growing Rambler market even larger in the future. Again, that's because Rambler owners are our best salesmen and repeat buyers. - Ask your neighbor all about hit Rambler, then Join the Rambler cru sade. Join us in focusing the nation's attention on the essentiality of equi tably sharing economic progress with ALL consumers If the WHOLE NA TION Is to prosper. In addition, Ramblers provide cus tomers several exclusive trouble-free engineering advances such as the Rambleracidproofand rustproof Ceramic-Armored muffler and tailpipe. t- A famous African hunter caplured monkeys alive in the jungle by hollowing out a coconut and filling it with chopped coconut meat. The monkeys would grasp a fistful of meat and, unwilling to let any of it go, could not withdraw their paws. As a result, they were easy vic tims ... 1 he U.S. consumer is not yet as scrawny as shown in this cartoon, but unless there is a more equitable division of the productivity increases, he will get that way. One of the three American groups must let go and set an example or all will be captured and, along with the consumer, all will suffer. P.S. Some may say one company can't do much about national prob lems as big and complex as thos cited above. Well, that's what th skeptics and cynics said about our first Rambler crusade. Let's remem ber, every great thing is born small. If this new Rambler crusade is right, it can succeed and spread, just at tht compact car concept already has. , Mr. Romnts went New York Pfess Co 1 ferenvt on "Customer Sharing and the Na- -: lion's Economy" attracted nattonwid no tice. For complete text of his ttatinwtts, write American Motors, Box 29, Detroit 33, Michigan. ;. ' "" .., WINTER TERM JAN. 2
