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Auto Makers Will Lay Off More Than 69,000 Workers IN MILLIONS OF PERSONS HlV 5,385,000IO If hi 1 i -i 1 1 r r i i l i " I1 I I I "i 10 y -i i ni l! n i . i i i i i i i 4 It I I ' .r w Ji - ! 1 I i I t 1 I I 55 -56 57 58 . 58 SaifKi-O Oeaarlmenlol Labor t J F M A M J J A SO HO i 1 9 6 0 61 JOBLESS PICTURE DARK Seymour E. Wolfbein, Labor Department manpower ex- pert, says the jobless picture Is darker than ' at any time since the early 1940s, the tall end of the great depression. Unemployment In January rose by about 850,000 to 5,385, 000, a postwar record for the month, This graph depicts the rise and fall of unem ployment in the United States since 1055. (UPI Telephoto) Autos, Steels Off Fraction As Stock Market Moves Easier New York (UPD Stocks moved easier In the first hour today. . Auto and steel shares posted fractional losses. Chrysler proved an exception with a 'A point gain, reflecting a bright 1960 earnings statement and the possibility of a wide open proxy battle. - Electrical equipment shares were lower. GE and Westing house failed to open In the first hour owing to accumula tions of sell-orders as a result of new suits which are expect ed to come ' up against them for alleged price fixing. ' Chemicals were virtually unchanged and rails lost ml nor fractions. Alrcratts and . oils were easier, Ford General Electric General Fooda General Motor Georgia Pacirlc Graham Paige Greyhound Gulf Oil .. Homeatake Mining . Idaho Power I.B.M Int. Paper Johna Manville Kennecott Copper ... Merck Moutana Power Montgomery Word . Nat'l Biacult New York Central . Northern Pacific Pac Gas & Elec Penney, J. C Penn RR pmmpi .. Radio Corporation . Richfield Oil (xdl ... Safeway .. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York r- IUPI) - Dow - Jone. final stock average.! 30 industrials 645.12, off 3.73; 20 railroads 141.76, off 0.65; 15 utilities 107.94, up 0.22, and 65 stocks 2(8.67, off 0.80. Sales Thursday wart about 5.58 million haras compared with 4.84 million shares Wednesday. - Thunday'i prlcei on aelected toeka: Allied Chemical ., SO',', Alum Co. Am 71 Mi American Can 33ft American Moton 17lfc AT&T - 11311 American Tobacco . Anaconda Copper ... Armco Steel Bendix Corp Bethlehem Steel Boeing Air Brunswick ..... Caterpillar Corp. . 73" . 50!' . Chryiier Corp. t-oca ioia Continental CBn Crown Zellerbach .... Curtlu Wrlaht Dow Chemical 78 Du Pont 20715 Eaitman Kodak ...100 Flreitone 37 . 43 , 40 . 4B . 32 . 40 . as . 30 V, . S4 18 ... 07 01 ... 74 ... 43 ... SB ... 2' .. 21 .. 3(1 .. 47 .. S8 .044 .. 34 .. SB .. 84 .. 88 .. 34 .. 20 .. 7S 17 .. 44 .. 80 .. 40 .. 12 ... 38 ... 58 ... 08 ... 30 Donahoo Named Service Officer The new county veterans service officer will be Elmer W. Donahoo, 41, of 2440 Edge- mont ave., according to Coun ty Judge Earl Miller . Donahoo will replace Jerry V. Bianconi who will resign Feb. 24 to take a position with the state department of veter ans affairs in Portland. A World War II veteran, Donahoo served In the Army for five years in the European theater seeing action in both the Battle of the Bulge and Normandy. He also holds the Purple Heart medal. He en tered the service a private and was a first lieutenant when he left the service. The new officer has lived in Medford for 18 years and he and his wife have three chil dren. He is currently em- ployed by the Medford Elks Club. Sear , Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil .... Southern Co. . Southern Pacific . 55 . 42 45 50 22 Snerrv Rand 23 Standard California 57 Standard N. J 48 Sun Mines ; 9 TexaB Gulf Sulfur 23 Texaa Pac Land Trust 18 Trnnsflmeripa 30 Trana World Air 17 Trl-Continental 40 Union carbide 124 '.a Union Pacific . 30 United Aircraft 39 United Air Linea (xdl 42 U.S. Rubber 4Hl U. S. Steel 82 Westlnghouse 43 Four Largest Firms Announce Production Cuts Detroit - (UPD - .More than 69,000 auto workers were faced today with the prospect of layoffs next week as the four largest auto firms an nounced production cutbacks. American Motors, which idled all its 20,300 production workers this week, announced that 4,100 of them will not return to work when produc tion resumes Monday. The indefinite cutback will include 2,500 employees at the firm's Kenosha, Wis., plant and 1,600 at its Milwaukee plant. Production will be cut from 1,754 automobiles daily to 1,375. CM Tells Layoffs Ford and Chrysler reported that 17,200 of their employees would be laid off for one week next week. General Mo tors earlier announced one week layoffs of 46,500 auto worker's. Chrysler,, which had all plants operating this week, said it would lay off 11,000 workers at four Detroit area plants and one at Newark, Del. On Monday, Ford will re call 6,100 workers laid off for one week in at, l,ouis ana Kansas City, Mo., ' and Dear born, Mich., but about 6,200 other Ford workers will be laid off Monday for one week. Others To Shut Down The Ford plants involved are at Atlanta; Chester, Pa.; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Wayne, Mich.; Louisville, Ky,, and San Jose, Calif. The firm also announced that other plants, as yet undetermined, would be shut down. The General Motors layoffs would be in the Buick, Olds- mobile, Pontiac and Fisher Body plants. In addition, 6,400 workers in non-automotive GM plants in the Buffalo, N.Y., area will be laid off. Dock Recommended At Emigrant Lake The Jackson county parks and recreation commission this week recommended to the county court that a request be granted for the Rogue Aqua Ski club to have a dock at Emigrant lake. An earlier story in the Mail Tribune reported the request was for a dock at Howard Prairie lake. The dock, which will be for general public use, will be constructed at Emi grant lake under the super vision of the county. The. commission also ap proved recommendations by its subcommittee for Emigrant lake, rather than Howard Prairie lake, as was previous ly reported, Tile recommendations are to produce an overall develop ment plan, approve funds from the present budget to construct a dock facility which might be expanded and im proved in future years, and for proposals from concession aires interested in operating the limited facilities. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT DWARF FRUIT TREES Choice, sturdy, wall branched Nectarine Apricot Peach Apple Plum $295 ,o $395 I Redtwig Dogwood.. $1.50 1 Snowballs... $1.75 Flowering Hopa Crab, Mountain Ash, Cherokee Dogwood, White Dogwood, Scarlet Hawthorne. Good, hutky ireesl Extra Nice Selection of Two shipments Just Receivedl MAKE YOUR SELECTION NOWI ROSES! CORTHO) DOPANT SPRAY 9 Use Now for best results) SPECIAL! ORTHO ROSE FERTILIZER Brand New! Regular 1.39 Qt. Special introductory Offer Oet ORTHO 16-16-8 for Lawns and Flowers for luxurious growth. Use our spreader FREEI Thrifty Green Stamps 17 W. 6th, SP 3-6445 ;c GARDEN 21 vnflM & S3-- W. Stll Ev.ry "Bloomin' " Thing Friends of Library Group Set Meeting A group of citizens Inter- ested in forming a Friends of the Library organization hero will meet Monday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. In the meeting room of the Public Library of Med ford and Jackson County. This is the second session of the group; It is hoped that organization details can be completed . and officers elected. It is stated that any citizen interested in aiding the public library here Is invited to at tend. One of the first projects of the new group will be to sponsor a National Library week observance here. Hood Opens, Car Hits Yellow Light A one-car accident occurred near Willow Springs junction yesterday when a car hood opened and hit the wind shield, state police said today. The driver, Tommy Joe Merton, 22, of 1820 Kings highway, said he 'as momen tarily blinded, s'.id his car hit a flashing yellow light, police said. No injuries were reported. Damage resulted to the left front fender, windshield and the car hood. Judge Miller To Speak alSOCTFA Meeting Tonight Jackson County Judge Earl Miller will speak at the Feb ruary meeting of the South ern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association at o'clock tonight at the Rogue Valley Country club. Miller will report on the fiscal operation of the busi ness of the county court as it relates to the forest receipts from O and C and national forest lands in Jackson county. Association officers to be installed include Al Smith, Medco, president; Dick Swan, Olson-Lawyer Lumber, vice president for Jackson county; Lloyd Silva, Silva Logging, Grants Pass, vice president for Josephine: county; Bruce Blew, Blew Trucking, treas urer; and Dale Prentice, secretary-manager. Entertainment Planed The Melodaircs, a barber shop harmony group from Grants Pass, will entertain prior to the business meeting. The quartet is making the appearance to help promote the Harmony Festival of the SPEBSQSA to be held Feb. 18 In Grants Pass. - , Among the reports which will be presented at the busi ness meeting will be one by Darrell Davis, King Trucking, chairman of the truck com mittee, relative to the. grow ing opposition to Senate bills 16 and 33. Davis will report on his trips to Salem to rep resent log truckers and other interested southern Oregon residents at the hearings held by the Senate committees. At previous meetings, Da vis has noted that log truck ers are opposed to any change in flat fee option for the pay ment of PUC weight-mile tax as proposed in SB 33 and are opposed to the "certificate of necessity" provisions of SB 16. The social hour will begin at 7, with dinner at 7:30 p.m. Congress Reels Under Proposals by Kennedy Washington -fllPil- Congress was reeling a bit today from President Kennedy's proposals that would increase taxes about $2.8 billion a year, with almost every U.S. worker and employer helping to pay the bill. Probably the best one-word summation of the reaction came from a liberal Democrat who exclaimed: "Wow!" Two Factors The consensus was that Ken nedy had bitten off far more than Congress could chew despite two factors working in his favor: The higher payroll levies would be needed if Congress is to provide all the new wel fare benefits proposed by Kennedy for more than 17 million persons. The proposed benefits include (1) a new pro gram of hospitalization and nursing care for 14 million persons 65 or older, (2) bigger Social Security checks for widows, and (3) an extension of jobless pay for three mil lion workers who have, or are expected to, exhaust their un employment compensation. -Only a small portion of the additional taxes would take effect before the 1962 con gressional elections. The full effect would be felt starting Jan. 1, 1963, and would come on top of a $2.2 billion in crease in Social Security taxes already scheduled to help pay for existing benefits. Thus, adoption ', of Ken nedy's welfare proposals would mean imposition of a total of $5 billion a year in additional payroll toxes, start ing Jan. 1, 1963. At present the maximum Social Security tax is $144 a year and is paid by every worker covered by the pro gram who earns as much as $4,800 a year. Employers must match employees contribu tions. Self-employed pay 50 per cent more, or a maximum of $216. Will Boost Maximums - Existing law will boost these maximums to $164 and $276 on Jan. 1, 1963. If Ken nedy's proposals are enacted in full, the maximum tax take would jump to $200 and $300, respectively, on that date for workers earning $5,000 a year or more. Regional Edition MEDFORD Page 2A' Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1961 Oregon's Jobless Situation Believed Past Worst Point By United Press International' Oregon s unemployment sit uation, which has resulted in three cities being declared la bor surplus areas by the fed eral government, could have passed it worst point, a state official said today. Up By 13,000 David H. Cameron, employ ment commissioner, said un employment In January rose by 13,000 to reach 65,300. He said the figure was the third worst in 10 years. A year ago unemployment was 47,600. However, he said a dpwn ward trend in insured unem ployment in recent weeks in dicate the worst in unemploy ment may have passed. The government Thursday declared Portland, Coos Bay and Roseburg to be surplus la bor areas, meaning they will get favor toward government contracts. ' ' Mayor Terry Schrunk of Portland said it may result in some Immediate contracts for ship repair as well as other opportunities in other indus tries for competitive bidding. Lumber Slump Blamed Officials of Coos Bay and Roseburg said the ' lumber slump was mainly responsi ble for idleness there. r In Portland, Crow's Lum ber Market News Service re ported a continued weak mar ket with no appreciable price I qhange in the past week. Car Chases Owner Down Medford Hill A 21 - year - old rrospect woman escaped possiDie in jury Wednesday night when her own driverless car chased her down a hill on Smith st,, Medford. Frances Virgilene Ring told city police she had been baby sitting for a family in Smith St. When she was tnrougn sitting, she walked up the hill and started to get into her car, she said, but then changed her mind and headed back down the hill toward her employer s residence. As she was headed down the hill, she said she looked back over her shoulder and saw the car rolling after her. She started running, but the car missed her and stopped against a dirt bank at the side of the road. Her first thought, she said, there was someone in the car who started it rolling. After Jalking it over with police, however, it was decided that she had left the emergency brake off and the car in. neu tral gear. Mnsnnw- IIIP1I -Grieoriv Lev- enfish, 72, a champion Rus sian chess player, died Thurs rinv. thp Soviet news aeencv Tass announced. .0 CV Make hearts go "PIT-A-PAT," CONDUCTOR REHIRED New York -IIIPK- Leonard Bernstein, music director of the New York Philharmonic- Symphony Society since 1958, has accepted a new contract for seven years from the Phil harmonic's board of directors, Reading Conference Set in Ashland A reading conference for county schools will be held in the Ashland Junior High school Feb. 18, according to Dealous Cox, administrative assistant to the county school superintendent. Dr. Donald Moore, South ern Oregon college, will be main speaker. Emphasis will be on improved reading in struction in the classroom Wayne Culver, of the science research association reading. laboratory, will also be one of the main speakers on the program. 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