Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 08, 1961, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textrejgon Bflinimum Wage Proposal Under Mack at Hearing regional Edition' MEDFORDr Page 2 A .Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1961 Donnybrook Seen Over Missile Gap Washington-(UPD-A political donnybrook appeared to be developing today over wheth er the Kennedy administration has found there is no "missile gap" between the United States and Russia. Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen said pub lished reports stating that a . new Pentagon study showed no missile gap proved "Ike was right" and the Kennedy administration had just "dis covered it." But White House Press Sec retary Pierre Salinger said Tuesday night after a meeting with President Kennedy and other government officials that the published reports were "inaccurate." He said "no such study has been completed, no such find ing has been made in any study up to the present." Therefore, he added, "the story is Inaccurate." A number of Washington newsmen reported Monday night that continuing Defense Department studies showed that Russia had no edge over the United States in number of missiles, and no Soviet su periority in over-all destruc tive power was expected. Republicans inCongress seized upon the news reports to level an attack upon the Kennedy administration, de manding an apology to former President Eisenhower for Democratic charges in the presidential campaign. Dirksen served notice today that GOP leaders would dis cuss the missile issue at their legislative conference Thurs day and also carry the fight to the Senate floor. - The GOP leader said the re ported defense findings would be taken up along with Ken nedy s proposals to halt the drain on gold reserves and ex tend unemployment compen sation. The reported new defense conclusions were disputed by Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D Wash.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, who Insisted there is a missile gap between Russia and this country unless intelligence fig ures have been "changed again. Quotes From the News BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Santa Monica, Calif. Mrs. Eunice Cochran, explaining to motor vehicle officials why she turned in her driver's license: "Th cars item to com at you faster all th time. I'd rather walk now." . Hanau, Germany Ludwlg Rles, admitting he threw stones at healthy women and young girls because he suffered severe asthma attacks: "I always fait baiter ilttr throwing the ilones." East Orange, N.J. William Ansley, one of 14 persons picked up by police in a midnight roundup of overdue public library book borrowers: "I itlt Ilk Public Enemy No. 1.321." Los Angeles Ernest E. Debs trying to find a place for a Ute-slzed statue of Marilyn Monroe which Is taking up space in his office until a movie museum is finished: "Thai kui bi uvnal otitis to talc h, but not one of them cam iiom my wif ." ... VCTt v Iff- ? I " ' Controversial Art On Display at SOC Ashland - Highly contro versial action paintings by master's degree candidates from the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, are on exhibit in the South ern Oregon college Britt Art Gallery, room 117, until Feb. 21, according to Miss Marlon Ady, chairman of the art de partment. Paintings on exhibit include "Autumn Landscape," by Jer rold Ballaine; "The Broken Stem," by Gloria Dudfleld; "After the Hunt," by William Wiley; one untitled by Ann Horton, and two untitled by Juan Sandoval. These paintings may be seen on week days from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. and on week ends by appointment only. HAM IN FLIGHT This threc-wny photo combo, released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shows Ham, the chimpanzee, during his flight into space from Cape Canaveral, Fin,, Jim. 31. Using daylight for ex posure, Ham's image was reflected by a mirror onto a 16-mm camera opernting at four frames per second. (UPI Telephoto) NOW YOU KNOW United Press International ' The largest castle in the world is at Aleppo, Syria. It is oval in shape and was built with a surrounding wall 1,230 feet long and 777 feet wide. It dates from the 10th century, A.D. HORSE CAUSES CRASH Newhall, Calif.-IUPD - Three men lost their lives Tuesday when a runaway horse darted Into a truck-trailer, which then swerved across the road and collided headon with a small foreign sedan carrying the victims. The horse was killed in the crash. 1 She never receives enough "Better than Gold" the finest 60 gauge, 15 denier hose ... la Palnte't pride and joy I Perfect gift! Beautiful coming or going. She would ' ' love a box of her favorite Better than Cold hose . . . Wonderful to give . , . exciting to receive for a Happy Valentine. Full fashioned j dress sheers, 60 gauge, IS denier, self seem dress sheers, 100 stretch, self seim . box of 3 pr. 1.95 box of 3 pr. 2.75 Seamless dress sheers, balanced stitch, L.y A O nr 9 7R reinforced heel and toe W0 01 V pit I 3 dress sheers, seamless stretch. balanced stitch, streak short, medium, tall cicn, ' " box of 3 pr. 2.95 7ft . Opponents Claim Some Businesses Would Be Closed Salem - tUPD - Opponents of an effort to parallel President Kennedy's $1.25 minimum wage proposal with a similar bill to cover additional jobs on the state level said Tues day such a law would put more people out of work in Oregon. Spokesmen for enterprises ranging from hotels to gas sta tions and parking lots warned the House Labor and Indus tries committee a minimum wage and overtime law in Oregon would simply force them to "let marginal em ployees go." Would Close Businesses They said such a law also would put small operations al ready struggling to exist "com pletely out of business." Labor spokesmen said the state law would be patterned exactly after President Ken nedy's proposal which was sent to Congress Tuesday-but would take in small and un organized operations that would not be included in the federal act. Main areas affected by the state proposal would be hotels, lodging and service trades. Step-Hikes Proposed The $1.25 minimum wage would b e c p m e effective through step - hikes over a three or four year period under the state plan. Provisions for a 40 - hour week with overtime pay would have a broad effect on supermarket and department store employees. Certain cate gories of employees would be exempt. Denies Harm George Brown, of the Ore gon AFL-CIO, denied the measure would hurt small businesses and force cutbacks in personnel. On the contrary, he said, it would spur business by rais ing the purchasing power of employees receiving higher pay. Brown said many Oregon women now work for 65 or 75 cents an hour, and labelled this a "barbaric act of exploi tation." Committee Chairman W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg) indicated more hearings will be held on the measure. ' Space Vehicle for Moon Travel Shown Pasadena, Calif. - (UPD - A working, fullscale model of a space vehicle designed to be launched and land on the moon in 1965-66 was placed on display Tuesday. Called the Surveyor, the 7- by-11 foot vehicle is designed to make a soft landing on the moon where It will televise pictures back to earth. It Is equipped with four cameras and other instru ments and would operate on the moon about one month, scientists said. The model was unveiled at a-news conference at the Na tional Aeronautics and Space administration's Jet propul sion laboratory. Present plans call for seven of the Survey ors to be launch atop Atlas Centaur rockets to the moon during the 1965-66 period. Other instruments aboard the model included seismome ters to record moon quakes or meteor impacts and drills to bite into the moon's crust so information about the lunar makeup can be radioed back to earth. Goldwafer Denies 1964 Candidacy Los Angeles-dlPIJ-Sen. Bar ry Goldwater, conservative Arizona Republican, Tuesday flatly declared: "I do not seek nor want to be the Repub lican presidential candidate in 1964." Goldwatef then said at a news conference that former Vice President Richard M. Nixon's chances of getting the nomination depended heavily on his return to politics through the 1962 California gubernatorial election. "It is imperative that Mr. Nixon win the governorship if he has any Intention of seek ing the presidency," said Goldwater. "I say this because it is evident that a man in high office will be heard by his constituency whereas a man discussing public issues behind a lawyers desk hos a very limited audience. BOATS FEARED LOST Saigon, Viet Nam-WPD-Two South Viet Namese fishing boats with 32 men aboard were reported missing and Fractional Gains In Early Market New York -(UPD- Small frac tional gains predominated in first hour dealings on the stock market today. Most autos were slightly easier, but Chrysler picked up V . Leading steels held within i point of prior closing levels. Aircrafts, oils and elec trical equipments were nar- DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York-UPD-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 643.94, off 1.71; 20 railroads 141.66, off 0.43; 15 utilities 107.56. off 0.19. and 65 stocks 218.23, off 0.55. Sales Tuesday were about 4.02 million shares compared with 3.89 million shares Monday. Tuesday's siocks: Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am (xd) American Can American Motors A T St T ... American Tobacco (xd) Anaconda Copper Armco Steel Bendix Corp Bethlehem Steel Boeing Air . Brunswick Caterpillar Corp Chrysler Corp Coca Cola . Continental Can Crown Zellerbach CurUss Wright Dow Chemical Du Pont Eastman Kodak Firestone . Ford General Electric General Foods (xd) General Motors Georgia Pacific Graham Paige Greyhound Gulf Oil (xd) Homestake Mining Idaho Power I. B. M. (xd) Int. Paper . Johns Manvllle Kaiser Ind. Kennecott Copper Lockheed Aircraft Merck Montana Power Montgomery Ward Nat'l Biscuit New York Central Northern Pacific Pac Gas & &lec. : Penney, J. C Penn RR ... Phillips Radio Corporation Richfield Oil prices on selected 57 Va 72 r 35 17 112','. 71!', 38 (b 70 Wa 44 40 48!'. 33 391, 85 39!', 55!', 17.4 75?, 105 L 10 1,1 38 67 68 !4 75 42 59 2 21 !i 36 48V. 57 Va 644 34!', 60 11 83 !', 3P,i 87 35 28 74!', 17 43 .. 80 40!', 12 !i 37 55 . 38 53 !i Safeway Seam Shell Oil 43 Socony Mobil Oil 44 Southern Pacific 21 Sperry Rand 22 Standard California (xd) 50 Standard Indiana 50 Standard NJ. (xd) 45. Texas Co 90 Texas Gulf Sulfur - 22 Transamerlca 29 Trans World Air 17 !i Tri-Continental 40 Union Carbide 125 Union Pacific 30 United Aircraft (xd) ... 39 United Air Linei 41 U. S. Rubber 50', U. S. Steel (xd) 82 Westinghouse 47!', $240 MiilioiTfo Be Distributed A total of $240 mi!lion will be distributed this year to more than 5 million veterans who are GI life insurance pol icyholders, S. T. Brannock contact representative of the VA Domiciliary, White City said today. The dividends are primarily refunds to policyholders of part of their premium pay ments, Brannock explained. The refunds accumulate be cause the death rate among the GI policyholders continues to be lower than the rate upon which the premiums were es tablished by law. Policyholders will receive their dividends on the anni versary dates of their policies -that is, the anniversary of the dates on which the poli cies were taken out, or shortly thereafter. These payments are auto matic, Brannock said, and in quiries from the policyholders will only delay the premium payments by taking the insur ance personnel away from their task of processing the dividends. The dividends will, be held to the credit of the policy for all veterans who have so re quested for prior dividends, Brannock said.. FARMING AREA Sacramento - Almost one- third of California's total area is devoted to agriculture. SPECIALS MODELS 10 OFF OPEN TILL 7 P.M. Prices Good Through Sat. 7.00 Paint by number $4.99 6.00 Paint by number $3.99 20-inch Deluxe Tricycles $15.99 19.95 Rocket 12" Tricycle ..$9.99 $5.00 Pitch Back, $4.47 $8.95 Bride Doll, $6.88 Basketballs $1.67 $3 Ironing Bd., $2.67 HO Gauge Track, 20c 10 Off Doll Clothes aQPP Birthday Card with each purchase rKCC of $1.00 or more. 7.00 Tonka Farm Stake and Trailer........$5.99 6.00 Scout Rifle With Bandolier $4.99 Dennis Helmets, $1.67 Ironing Board Cowboy Hats 98c Cover 70c Archery Sets . $1.83 $3 Dish Sets ....$1.99 25" Baby Doll....$4.99 $2 Cookware $5.67 SAVE ON HUNDREDS OF OTHER , TOY ITEMS TOO, NOW AT MOORE'S PATIO AND TOY SHOP 816 S. Riverside Ave. mmwwm alii wot re tfWiy """N - you' whe' trade! H ry """"w Y0UR HST 1 f --ptll 'S4-ZZZ: S-- ,Head S,art Trade-in). 'i';il irZZ----' " Should be $Jif n LV' '" ; mi. i W tyr Worth About u y , ' ' "" ' '.WiTtwjwjif j lji") - ' That's the average head , '"lMfrfiSyTlTTQ1''llll1""' ' ' 'luff l''1,, l. S start operating frade-ins pro-1 f L.?sL V i ' ' 9 vide our customers. D SZ '1 . j "ror Month I SrSST p tfH ' ' I FITS LIKE A BUILT-IN G-E's mm ST Jytm 4m - , ' Fi.,.FIo V.I2 !. tout.r high ond CourtW jgfaliB'T r v aa!arZ!i! I isVL i " ' hil v-' "'" lod.. BB 06i4tA V ; you con "tune" it down to imoH.r looH. ITyOrft"! t 1 ( s loo...4 to 6 poundt, or 6 to 10. ff - r'2k ll " T" V.I2 il Ityled for tving ooi, hn M JJJ 5 : Vft i th. pcopi. art. HAVE A HEART hurryi remaining J ... get her a new G-E appliance STOCK OF 1960 G-E , . , . , appliances going at for a Valent.ne . . . Ins.st on Jl "ciose-out" pricesi Feb. 14rh delivery! ... t jf ONIY A FEW LEFT! V lk rknn.. nnn , AS Hapco! LIWM FITS LIKE A BUILT-IN See It Tomorrow at for a Valentine . . . Insist on Feb. 14th delivery! . . . Choose one at Hapco! and 115 E. Main, Ashland 115 E. Main In Med ford jested mm 4 oHi(aMCo.6 qtowfaq with 0iejOK feared lost today in the Gulf of Thailand. The boats were last heard from Jan. lit.