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DEFINITION OF PEANU TS Goober Described in Congressional Bill for Purpose of Legislation By DICK WEST Washington - IUPD - The Mouse Agriculture Committee held a hearing last week on a bill whose heading I had to read twice to make cer tain it wasn't a myopical il lusion. A c c ording to its title, the measure would "amend t h A Affripnl. tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to extend lor two years the definition of pea nuts." Well, sir, I have been around Washington since the Truman administration and I am not easily nonplussed. But this bill, I'll admit, had me temporarily flabbergasted. , I couldn't figure out any logical reason why Congress should be involved in the def inition of peanuts. Under our free enterprise system, that sort of thing is usually left to the dictionaries. Explains Bill It was Rep.' D. R. (Billy) Matthews, a Florida Democrat and peanut connoisseur, who, eventually enabled me to see the light. In writing farm legislation, Matthews explained, Congress does not necessarily go along with Webster, who defines the peanut as "an erect Brazilian herb with bijugate leaves', hairy stem, and bright-yellow flowers." For price support purposes, he said, peanuts are defined as all peanuts produced ex ,cept those produced for "con Patronize This PARK AW' m CENTURY SPORTING GOODS 36 So. Riverside SP 3-6060 FATHERS: How good a business manager are you for the most precious people of all? You can find c out from your Metropolitan man with a FAMILY SECURITY CHECK-UP Every year millions of fathers have health check-ups. Yet, millions of fathers don't check up on their family's financial health. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ' now offers a service which lets you do just that: The Family Security Check-Up. It is a service which can bring you new informa tion and correct mistakes. It lets you make sure you've planned your family's future with your head as well as your heart. 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Although I lived in Georgia and Florida for sev eral years and thought I had sampled every southern dish known to man or mammy, I never even heard of boiled peanuts before. Small Town Belle I asked my wife about this and she said it probably was because I lived in big cities. My wife used to be the belle of Siloam, Ga., which is down the road apiece from Social Circle. She concurred in Matthews' opinion that boiled peanuts are delicious beyond descrip tion. Just the mention of them had her taste buds whistling "Dixie." & SHOP MEMBER DON'T FORGET TO USE PARK & SHOP WHEN YOU SHOP AT . . . Whether you need insurance or not, this service makes sense. Remember, Metro politan is as local as Main Street as close as your phone. Call your Metropolitan man today. , There is no obligation except to those you love. Manager Ken Corliss Ass't Manager K. P. Fontaine 482-1262 y'd'ord George H. MEDFORD MAIL If you are one of those be nighted souls who have never tasted this ambrosia of the Peanut Belt, you may be pleased to learn that relief is on the way. A couple of plants are now putting boiled pea nuts on the market in cans. ' Civil Rights Bills Scheduled Washington IUPD Demo crats planned today to Intro duce - at President Kennedy's request - six joint bills in the Senate and House aimed at carrying out the civil rights pledges of the 1960 Democrat ic campaign platform. Sen. Joseph S. Clark CD Pa.) and Chairman Emauel Celler (D-N.Y.), of the House Judiciary Committee an nounced that Kennedy had asked them last September to prepare the legislation. The six measures included constitutional amend m e n t s eliminating poll taxes and lit eracy tests as voting require ments for federal elections. Another would require school boards operating racially seg regated public schools to sub mit a plan for desegregation, including "first step compli ance" by June, 1964. The bills also would make permanent and stronger the civil rights commission due to expire Sept. 9; authorize the attorney general to initiate civil injunction suits in feder al courts to bar denial of civil rights on grounds of race, creed or color; and provide ad ministrative and court reme dies to assure fair employment practices. CONSIDER DIVORCE TAX Montgomery, Ala. - (UPD - The Legislature had under consideration today a measure which would impose a $50 tax on every divorce granted in Alabama. More than 17,000 so called "quickie" divorces were granted last year, said Rep. W. P. Gordon, who wants to see the tax money used in medical care for the aged. Family Security Check-Up WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU With the help of your Metropolitan man 1. You check the facts: your Social Se curity, your home, your life insurance, your pension plan, your savings and other assets. You may be surprised to learn how much you're worth. 2. 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All-Number Telephone Service In Ashland After Countdown Ashland - All-number call ing arrived in Ashland Satur day at 11 p.m. after a count down befitting the most care fully planned astronaut launching. The deed was accomplished precisely on the scheduled minute. And it was over in a mat ter of seconds when techni cians pulled a series of strings releasing blocking plugs from the gleaming number 5 cross bar switching equipment. The first official call on the new system was complet ed by Mayor R. L. Neill to Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, at his home. The order to put Pacific Telephone Northwest's $730,- 000 central office system into operation was given by Sid Shaw, supervising wire chief from Medford. His voice was heard over loudspeaker in each of three vital locations. The old central office at 111 Oak st., the Medford phone building and the new central office at East Main and Sixth sts. in Ashland. Go-Ahead , Shaw gave the go-ahead after a last minute check with the cutover coordinator How ard Rickman, Medford chief switchman, who was in the Medford test center. Rickman was connected by special lines to the long distance units where Chief Operator Valerie Perdue had made sure there were no Ashland customers making emergency long dis tance calls. The last big outside task in the overall program began HELD ON DOPE CHARGE Mrs. Betty Caroline Taylor, 61, has been jailed in Los Angeles and accused of running a state-wide dope peddling operation. The widow of a one time, deputy police chief Is being held after sheriff's and federal narcotics officers allegedly purchased three ounces of pure heroin for $900. ' (UPI Telephoto) OPEN EVERY MONDAY UNTIL 9 TONIGHT'S OPENING RlbdED CANVAS CASUALS and OXFORDS e Beige Blue Red Black Reg. $3.99 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. TONIGHT ONLY! If Your CREDIT Is GOOD It's Good at PICK'S at 4:30 p.m. Saturday when phone installation men began the task of replacing all Ash land coin telephones with the type that requires a dime be fore dial tone is heard. This was necessary to make the Nothing Deters the Hardy Shell Collector from His Task One of the most dedicated collectors is the so-called pack rat. He has no particular choice in what he collects; he takes anything he can car ry. The crow is nearly as bad; anything that is bright and shiny takes his eye, and he desires it. Blue jays will col lect plant labels from garden shrubs, carefully unwinding the wires that attach the la bel to the plant; later he hides the labels in some convenient bark-crevice. Raccoons are avid collec tors, as are many other species of animals; all apparently de rive a great deal of satisfac tion in assembling many ob jects in one place. The human collector is lit tle different; he may concen trate on one particular item, such as stamps, syrup pitchers, collar buttons or sea shells, and he is motivated by t h e same consuming urge that drives the pack rat, raccoon or blue jay. 7 P.M. 100 EAST j . y 7 phones work with the new crossbar switching equipment. The installers worked till midnight Saturday, all day Sunday, and expected to com plete the coin conversion by noon today. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins (Register and Tribune syndicate. 1961) The hardy shell collector is j afraid of neither hard work; nor early rising. Burning sun, aching backs, cold winds, wet j feet and long walks without food or water are as much a part of his equipment as the urge itself. Keen Eyesight These determined ones are combining exercise with knowledge and acquiring an eyesight as keen as a hawk's. 1 There are sections of the U. S. that border the sea where great numbers of shells come ashore, that play host to human shell collectors who hunt with flashlight. They literally "burn the candle at both ends," by pursuing their hobby at night. They present an eerie sight; dots of flashing light bobbing along a desert ed beach when the tide is right. I The serious collector watches the calendar, he gauges his activities by the moon; full moon and new moon are the times when the tide is lowest. That's the time to be afield, and that's the time he will be there with his collector's bag and his de termination. Has Language As could be expected, the, true shell collector has a lan-; guage of sorts and phrases i that describe his actions. It is ! slogan among professional collectors that their "coat of arms" is decorated with the I outline of two probing fingers ! and an arched back. I Even the "once-in-a-while" collector Hs treading on dan gerous ground, for after he has found a few choice shells he, too, is a fit subject for the "collecting bug" to nibble on him. He may think he can overcome the urge and turn his back, but the chances are he will look forward to many other walks along the ocean's edge; once the camel gets his head in the tent, he will push his way inside. ; . COSTLY TRAFFIC. JAMS New York - (UPD, - Traffic Jams in New York are liable to become expensive as well as irritating. Poli-e Commis sioner Michael J. Murphy over the week end called a new campaign against honk ing auto horns unnecessarily. A rarely-enforced traffic law sets up fines of $2 to $10 for first offenders but the last time the law was revived to quiet things down was in 1958. i P.M. to 9 P.M. Only! SIZES 4'i TO 10 Medium Narrow Widths MAIN STREET MONDAY. MAY 8. 1 3 - "V 8 0 m ( f ) Oo Arsi"! no"1 . g--.Jsj' (ft 00 2 ls j VV. O Hara 482-0824
