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OEiimitte.e Votes $1.7 Million for Community College Start Salem-fllPD-Ways and Means Committee approved $1.7 mil lion to kick off a community college program Wednesday, , amid predictions it will ex pand to more than $20 mil lion in a decade. Rep. Stafford Hansell, (R Hermlston), said the , initial appropriation will get a badly needed community college program "well on the road in Oregon." ' He forecast the program may . flourish to the tune of $22 million in 10 years, and said the state should start to face the need now. Committee approval was unanimous. The program would include post-high school courses of all types, adult classes, vocation al and technical training. Coos Bay Start Hoped In the next two years, part of- the money is expected to give a boost to the struggling community college now at Bend, expansion for Astoria's night school program and a start at Coos Bay. Stocks Irregular; Speculative Issues Move Up New York - (UPD - Stocks moved irregularly today with low-priced and speculative Is sues moving ahead while qual ity issues softened. . Steels and motors were gen erally mixed although , the highlights were on the down side with U.S. Steel off and Chrysler a point. Most chemicals were fractions low er, but Amerace continued to forge ahead with an early : gain of over 3 points.-. ; -; t Ralls showed a predomin ance of small declines while a majority of utility , shares recorded minor gains. Oils and aircrafts were also easier and coppers steady. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - UIPII - Dow Jones final stock averages; 30 industrials 682.18, off O.Sli 20 railroads 141.55, up 0.51; 15 utilities 111.89, up 0.48, and 65 stocks 227.53, up 0.23. Sales Wednesday were about 4.98 million shares compared with 4,67 million shares Tuesday, Wednesday's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 99 Alum Co. Am ....., ....... 72 . American Airlines ... .2 Hi. American Can 40 !i American Motors n 19 ','4 AT&T 12i', American Tobacco 81 Anaconda Copper 591.-, Armco Steel . 73 Bendix Corp 64 Bethlehem Steel ,46 Boeing Air 43(' Brunswick 61 Chrysler Corp 44 U Cocoa Cola 8711 C. B. S 40',J Continental Can 40 ',4 Crown Zellerbach 35 , Crucible Steel 22 Curtlss Wright 19 V, Dow Chemical .r, 72 Mj 200 V, Du Pont Eastman Kodak ,., Firestone Ford , General Electric ... General Foods ..., ueneral Motors ..lis i,i .. 33't :?! . 77 I . 46 Georgia Pacific - 71 V Graham Paige 2U Greyhound . . Z3V Gulf Oil 39,t Homestake Mining . . 44 Idaho Power . 38a,i I. B. M 710? Int Paper . 31 IJ Johns Manville 67 Kennecott Copper ................... 8818 Lockheed Aircraft 42 Martin Co 36 V, Morck 8Ba.4 Montana Power 333. Montgomery Ward 30 Nat'l Biscuit 80. New York Central lS'-i Northern Pacific .... 43','. Pac Gas Elec . ... 77Ts Penney J. C. ....... 36Tb Penn RR - 14 tt Philco '. 22 Phillips .; 37ft Proctor and Gamble M 83 'Radio Corporation 58 V3 Safeway 45 ft Sears . ; 59 Shell Oil 43 Socony Mobil Oil BV, Southern Pacific .......... 22 Sperry Rand . 32 Standard California 55 fa Standard -Indiana ... 54a,i Standard N. J 47 Texas Co 103 Texas Gulf Sulfur 24 ". Trl-Contlnental 42 Union Carbide 13311 Union Pacific 31 United Aircraft 45 United Air Lines 47 U. S. Rubber ; 52 U. S. Steel 87 West Bank Corp 33', Westtnghouse ... 40 Youngstown S Ac T .105 NOT UNFRIENDLY London -(UPB- George Far row, head of a real estate company, told the Daily Ex press today his home is sur rounded with barbed wire for the sole purpose of keeping intruders out. "I am not anti social," he emphasized, High School Music Festival Slated Medford will play host to' the high school music festival and contest of, the. Southern Oregon Music Educators April 29 when about 1,000 student musicians in orchestras, bands and choirs from 10 schools in the district will perform for ratings. John E. Drysdale is host chairman for the event which will take place at Hedrick Junior High school beginning at 8:30 a.m. A plaque will be presented to the outstanding band, orchestra and choir per forming during the day. In addition -to individual performances,-three honor groups composed of musicians selected from all participating schools will present a concert at 8 p.m. Guest artists will be the outstanding soloists and ensembles selected from the participants in the solo and ensemble contest held in Fruitdale recently. Included Is Walter Ayres, violin soloist from Medford High school. The concert is free. Due to increased enroll ment and larger number of musical organizations the jun ior high and senior high di visions are holding separate contests for the first time this year. The junior high music contest festival was held in Ashland last week end. Paramount, Calif. - (UPD When daylight saving time comes to southern California Sunday, clock collector John A. Mies will have to move each of his 300 clocks one hour forward. , ... ' The present law permitting local financing has been un successful. The legislation would let the state pay up to two-thirds of operating costs and three fourths of construction costs. Local communities would pro- Regional Edition Page 2A MedfordHITribune MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1961 Extended Easter Vacation Concluded Yuba City, Calif. - (UPD -Elbert Audrey Tyler, 48, was back in Sutter county jail to day but enjoyed an extended Easter vacation. Tyler was one of several inmates assigned to hide eggs for the sheriff's annual Easter egg hunt April 1. The children found all the eggs. But the sheriff could not ,find Tyler. 'The prisoner told deputies Wednesday that he began thinking of his own children in Modesto, Calif., and "I just had to go see them." He is serving time for failure to support the youngsters NOVELISTS' WIFE DIES Pasadena, Calif .-(UPD - Mrs. Mary- Craig Kimbrough Sin clair, 78, author and wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ist Upton Sinclair, died Wed nesday of a heart ailment. vide a building site and fur nishings. All projects would require approval from the board of education, which will,, head the community college system. The committee also approv ed a bill to let the education department accept grants for classroom television-but elim inated $75,000 in state money that had been proposed. Other Highlights Billboards-Two measures to regulate highway advertising along state and federal routes passed the House and went to the governor. ' SERVES THE PURPOSE London - (UPD - Sir Charles Wheeler, president of the Royal Academy of Art, said Wednesday he wore his hair in long flowing locks "part ly to cover my ears so that I shall not hear all the non sense spoken." Truck Tax-A bill .'giving heavy trucks a $1 million a year tax cut was repassed by the House and sent to the governor, who is expected to veto it in spite of new amend ments limiting the cut to two years. Formerly Foster '& Marshall: : - wou. 3 &V 1 1 It : : r : : SSE : Aftmbtff Ntw Ywk Sleek txthengw , Complete Investment Service - ; 44 5. Central Ave. I Medford, Oregon llllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi New York - (UPD Former President Herbert Hoover re ceived the Explorer's Club medal Wednesday night for his adventures as an engineer In mining and petroleum Hoover attended the award dinner. . ABY WEEK at MANN'S PA- ' . I PICK PRECIOUS PRETTIES FOR BABY GIRLS AND BABY BOYS DURING MANN'S BABY NEEDS SALE. 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