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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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