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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, ldul I m I ROTC QUEEN Sandra Newbrough, 19, sophomore from Highland Park, 111., is the 1961 Air Force ROTC queen at Southern Illinois University. Miss Newbrough was selected by ballot of the 2,200 men in the detachment. The queen will preside over all AFROTC functions for the coming year. (UPI Telephoto) OF SMITH & MEN Bv Jack Smith I960 Tlmei-Mlrror Syndicate I've read somewhere that people are reading more than ever. I myself have been read ing so much, trying to keep up, that I can never remember where it was I read a partic ular thing. Consequently, I'm always popping up in conversation with a fact I can't readily document. People don't be lieve me. "I was reading," I'll say, for example, "that the 21st year of marriage is the most critical for Englishwomen." "Where'd you read that?" I am asked. - "In the paper," I say. "No. Not the paper. I believe It was Newsweek. No. The London Economist? Collier's? Play boy? The Complete Short Sto ries of Somerset Maugham?" This thin performance, of course, Is met with skepticism if not pity. The larger my supply of information, the harder it is to match any one item with its source in the mass of ma terial I've scanned. Lately I've been snipping things out of the papers and magazines and keeping them in a drawer. This way, when ever I find occasion to slip some tidbit of learning into Fight Shaping Over Financing Benefits Washington - (UPD - A fight appears to be shaping up in Congress today over who would have to pay for Presi dent Kennedy's proposal to extend the duration of jobless benefits. Many lawmakers seemed to take it for granted that Con gress would provide the extra unemployment compensation. The big question was wheth er it would be financed by higher taxes on employers throughout the country, as Kennedy proposed, or wheth er the cost would be imposed only on employers in states which decide to provide the extended benefits. Strong support for Ken nedy's proposal was antici pated from lawmakers from states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania which have been hard hit by unemploy ment. Rut It was runnine into op- nnciilnn from conservative lawmakers who feared that the federal tax proposed by Kennedy would lead ultimate ly to what organized laDor wants - "federalization" o f the unemployment compensa tion program. a conversation, I can back it up! I was grateful for this new plan just the other evening at the Daltons'. Somehow the dinner t a l,k got around to courtship techniques among the warm-blooded vertebrates. 'Observation of the chukar partridge," I said, "has shown that the female often spurns the aggressive male, prefer ring to share her life with more the refined-type bird." i "Were'd you hear that?" Dalton said. He happens to be a classic example of the rough-hewn, overtly aggres sive male. "It's the sort of thing one hears," I said. "I read it." 'IWhere'd you read it?" he said. He knew of my usual trouble and fancied he had me in a trap. 'I read it in my drawer," I said. "I mean I read it some where that I cut out. With scissors. It's in my drawer." His eyes glazed over with doubt. My wife rushed to my aid. 'You read it out loud to me the other night," she said. "Remember? Only you don't have it right. It was the other way. It said the female part ridge .was the aggressive sex. It was in the Ladies Home Journal." "Don't be naive," I said. "It couldn't be the female that's more aggressive. That's only among the higher pri mates, where females have control of the money." "All the same," she said, "it was in the Journal. Or else The New Yorker." "Speaking of birds," Dalton said, "guess what the only bird is who can climb down a tree head first." "The bronze grackle?" I guessed. "Wrong," said Dalton. "The white-breasted nuthatch." "Where'd you read that?" I asked. I thought he was mak ing it up. "I didn't read it anywhere," he said. "I saw one do it once in Wisconsin." That's Dalt's trouble. He al ways falls back on personal experience. He doesn t under stand the academic mind. I still haven't found the clipping about the partridges, Maybe I didn't cut it out at all. Maybe it was on TV. I don't think The New York er would have an item like that unless it had a typograph ical error that made it humorous. Maybe it was in U. S. News and World Report. State Legislature Gives Approval To Several Bills Salem (UPD Measures ap proved Tuesday: By the Senate SB17 - Highway Interim Committee; relating to motor carriers. . SB18 - Highway Interim Committee; relating to motor carriers. SB19 - Highway Interim Committee; relating to motor carrier permits. SB20 - Highway Interim Committee; relating to motor carriers. SB129 - Elections Division; relating to return sheets. SJR9 - Sen. Mahoney; di recting welfare commission to take advantage of federal food surplus program. HB2004 - Ways and Means; Oregon museum of science and industry budget. HJR5 - Rep. Hunt and Sen. Lewis; constitutional amend ment relating to the state militia. By the House HB2016 - Ways and Means; state soil conservation com mittee budget. HR2023 - Ways and Means; Oregon state board of aero nautics budget. HB2035 - Ways and Means; chiropodists examining board budget. HB2051 - Ways and Means; board of pilot commissioners budget; HB1139 - Rep. Rogers: ap portionment of certain money to new school districts. HB1174 - Rep. Elliott and others; relating to banks and to results of Saturday closing. HB1197 - Oregon Cattle men's association and Western Oregon Livestock association; relating to livestock. SJM3 - Sen. Hopkins and others; asking federal investi gation of an import quota for fine fescue seed. Boshears Named Young GOP Head Medford Young Republicans elected Gary Boshears as chairman to succeed outgoing chairman Ann Bishop at a re cent meeting. Other officers elected in clude Douglas Philips, vice chairman; Marilyn Hamlin secretary; Bob Wilcox, treas urer, and Ann Bishop, board of directors. . Before leaving office, Mrs, Bishop read a letter received from Richard Nixon. "We shall never forget the devoted and selfless effort of those who worked so hard for our cause during the campaign," Nixon said. "I have been encouraged by the fact that in the great amount of mail I have receiv ed since the election, I have very little evidence of dis couragement or defeat ism among those who supported us in the campaign," Nixon continued. 'I sense a renewed deter mination to continue the fight for the principles for which we stand," Nixon concluded. The meeting was attended by 21 people. Discussions in cluded possible fund raising events and how club mem bership could be increased. A suggestion that the club have informative programs on gen eral interest topics was made. Members were urged to at tend a five-state Young Re publicans meeting in Eugene March 3, 4 and 5. TO THOSE WE SERVE In beautiful surroundings, in a quiet location, we serve with devotion to duty, all who call. LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave. Ashland Dial MU 5-4541 C. M. Litwiller Mrs. Litwiller European Auto Industry Feels Pinch in U.S. Small Car Field London- (UPD -"Things defi nitely are not what they used to be, old boy." That comment, from a Brit ish executive, accurately spells out how European auto makers-particulorly the Brit ish and the French-view the American market now that Detroit has invaded the small car field once dominated by foreign manufacturers. Some European car export ers privately admit that the U.S. compacts have, surpris ingly, developed into much stronger competition than was originally believed likely here. Even so, those who have suffered a heavy sales drop in the latter half of 1960 still don't pin the blame wholly on compacts. They point also to the downturn in the U.S. econ omy and the one-million American auto stockpile from last year. Working Part Time Today the British auto in dustry, spearhead of the na tion's dollar earners is work ing at only about 40 per cent of capacity and the bulk of its labor force is working part time. Sports cars are still expect ed to maintain a strong de mand in America. The Rootes group is pinning its sales hopes on the new Sunbeam Alpine and Jaguar is even anticipating an increased out put. Board of Trade statistics show total exports of British autos to the United States in dipped from 208,108 in 1959 to 131,805 last year. While official figures are still awaited from Paris, French auto industry sources said they, too, fell far short of their U.S. sales expectations in 1960. France's target for car ex ports to America last year was 225,000 units. But only 90,000 autos were reported sold in the United States. Volkswagen Confident For example, the state-owned Renault concern shipped 110,196 units to America in 1959 and had hoped to in crease its total to 150,000 In Pacific Northwest Stumpage Prices Revised Downward Portland-Forest Service ap praised stumpage prices in the Pacific Northwest have again been revised downward, ac cording to W. H. Lund, assist ant regional forester in charge of timber manage ment. Other reductions in ap praised prices for short-term salvage sales were made in September and November of 1960. The current price reduc tion, the third since the mar ket high of September 1959, was effective Jan. 27 west of the Cascades and applies to new sales of live saw timber. In the pine region, east of the Cascades, lower appraised prices became effective Feb. 1. This' reduction in the pine region also applies to sales of live timber and is the fourth price reduction during the year 1960-61 for that area. Diminished Receipts "The continued low level of the lumber and plywood mar kets, which has contributed to the downward revision in stumpage prices," Lund said, "also caused diminished na tional forest timber receipts during -I960. Value of the 1960 timber harvest was $73 million contrasted to an $86 million value in 1959. 'We are hopeful," Lund continued, "that 1961 will prove to be a good year for the wood products industry. A healthy wood products in dustry is highly important to the economy of Oregon and Washington. Any decrease in timber revenues from the na tional forests is reflected in county revenues for sctjool ana road funds." counties in Ashland's Leading Funeral Director Since 1935 Swiss Citizens Accused of Spying Bern, Switzerland -(UPD-The Swiss government has an nounced the arrest of two Swiss citizens on charges of spying on Switzerland and "foreign powers for an or ganization operating from Communist East Germany. The two were collecting "intelligence on rocket pro duction and electronic equip ment used to observe Swiss air space", a government spokesman said. The spokesman refused to reveal the Identity of the two Swiss or give details of the time of their arrest. There was speculation that today's arrests might be connected with last month's arrests of three alleged Czech spies. CP Student Named To SOC Position Ashland-Neil Green, a jun ior from Central Point, has been elected second student body president at Southern Oregon college. In addition to being active in athletics, he is also the president of the Britt Board, which manages the stu dent center. Marjorie Pittam, North Bend, who is active on the rally squad and in other stu dent organizations, was elect ed freshman class secretary. iThe position of senior class treasurer was filled by Dave Stratton of Butte Falls. 1960. But instead it was able to market only 60,000, accord ing to figures available here. In Germany the picture was different. Volkswagen, as us ual, exuded confidence. A spokesman said the advent of American compacts had not affected their U.S. sales. In 1960, he said, exports to America were 180,000 units as .against 150,000 the pre vious year. "In 1961 we hope to reach the 200,000 mark," he added. . From Rome statistics show ed Italian exports to Amer ica slumped from 48,194 in 1959 to only 16,253 last year. But i n d u st r y spokesmen could not define how much of the loss was due directly to the U.S. "compacts. The Swedish Volvo com pany's U.S. sales were clip ped in half-from 15,000 in 1959 to 7,000 last year-bit sales wore reported increas ing again as the year-end re ports were tallied. Education Program Offered Brokers The first class in the certifi cate program offered real estate brokers and salesmen will be held at Hedrick Junior high school Tuesday, Feb. 14, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Lecturer will be Robert Beardsley, Roseburg, secre tary of the Douglas County Title company. His topic will be "Care in Transfers of In terests in Real Property." He will be assisted by William J. Peek, president of the South ern Oregon Title company. The certificate education program is conducted without charge by the Oregon real estate department and the school of business administra tion, University of Oregon. A recent orientation class at both Medford and Ashland provided registration for the 16-subject course for Jackson county brokers and salesmen. William Frohnmayer, Med ford, who represents the spon sors, said the certificate pro gram is attracting nationwide attention among license law officials. Screams Said Heard At Cascade Locks Revive Martin Hunt Portland - (UPD - A report that screams were heard at Cascade Locks the evening the Ken Martin family of Port land vanished Dec. 7, 1958, has revived Interest in the disappearance. Martin, his wife, and three daughters vanished while on an outing to gather Christmas greens. Bodies of two of the daughters, Virginia and Su san, were found later in the Columbia river. Writer Heard Screami The Oregon Journal said it got a letter Tuesday from a Camas, Wash., resident who was parked with a companion at Cascade Locks that evening. The letter said they saw a car proceed under railroad tracks leading to the old river locks. Moments later, the writ er said, they heard screams, went to investigate and found nothing. After learning of the Martin family's disappear ance, they reported it to au thorities. Sheriff Rupert Gillmouthe of Hood River county said the locks had been checked with divers and metal detectors without finding the Martin car. But he said he felt there was a possibility the car went into the water at that point. Deep Pools Searched The Journal also said search of deep pools just west of The Dalles at a point where car tracks Indicated a vehicle might have gone into the riv er had been initiated by it and Commercial Divers Inc. a week ago. It said the search would be continued until it was definite the Martin car was not there. NO VETO POWER Governors of North Caro lina exercise no veto power. which there are national for est lands receive 25 per cent of the receipts from forest re sources. "We feel," Lund said, "a responsibility to both in dustry and the participating Washington and Oregon coun ties to see that national forest timber is offered at its fair market value. Follow Price Trend 'Forest Service appraised stumpage prices follow the trend of lumber and plywood prices, but do not fluctuate as widely," Lund pointed out. 'Purchasers often buy timber for cutting over a two or three year period. Bid prices offer ed for timber usually antici pate the market at the time of expected harvest rather than of today." Lund said "This frequently results in bid prices substantially higher tnan the minimums establish ed by the Forest Service. The 3,800,000,000 board feet sold in the! Pacific Northwest in 1960 was purchased at 122 per cent of appraised prices." EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS Ashland - B. Stephen Bay- less, Southern Oregon college assistant professor of art and well known Oregon artist, will have on exhibit a number of his paintings and drawings in the Klamath Falls Art Center gallery Feb. 11 to 25. Miss Marion Ady, chairman of the Southern Oregon college art department, has announced The exhibit will be mostly abstract and semi-abstract art. 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