Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 17, 1961, Image 11

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Newspaper Page Text1 ; Locals -Patient - Medical patients luted today at Crater Osteo pathic hospital, Central Point, include Mrs. Edna B. Clark, route 1, box 88, Yreka, Calif.; Joe Robertson, route 1, box 39C, Central Point; Mrs. Don na Taylor, 16V4 Mistletoe St., Medford; and Terry Powers, 2-year-old grandson of Mr. ahd Mrs. W. Verne Kight, 917 East Pine St., Central Point, ' - ,x ' ' Clinic Open - The x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital vftll be open between 2 and 5 p.m. Thursday. The Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health; association, which sponsors the clinic, urged x-rays for employees for food handlers in the valley, noting there 'is no state or, munici pal laws requiring physical examinations for food nan dlers. . Chin Up Meeting - The monthly social meeting of the Jackson county chapter. Chin Up club, will be. held Friday at 8 p.m. at the Girls Com munity club, 229 North Bart- lett st. The meeting is open to the public. . Recommendations - Fire men on home' inspection here yesterday made 39 recommen dations for correction of fire hazards. They" noted no haz ards in 30 of the 56 residence inspected. Firemen stopped at 149 dwellings but found ' no one home at 85. Occupants of eight homes turned down the inspection offer. . Roof Fir - Central Point rural firemen extinguished a roof fire about 10 p.m. yester day at the Eugene F. Burrill Lumber company, White City. They said that sawdust, which collects under the ridge, ap parently was ignited by a spark from the mill. A strip of about 10 feet burned. ' Accident - John Richard Axe, Jacksonville,- notified city police Monday afternoon that a truck struck his car while it was parked on Riv erside ave. between Main and Eighth sts. Extensive damage was reported done to the rear window area of the vehicle. Witnesses reported .that a piece of iron protruding from the right side of the truck struck the car. Births MONROE-To Mr. and Mrs. Delbert L., 928 Alta St., Med ford, May 17, 1981, a boy, 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. NUNLEY - To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, route 4, box 427A, Medford, May 17, 1961, a boy, 8V4 lbs., at Rogue Valley hos pital. JOHNSON - To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. 1214 West 10th St., Medford, May 17, 1961, a girl, 6 lbs., at Rogue Valley hospital. GRISSOM - To Mr. and Mrs. Donald J., post office box 310, Lake Creek, May 17, 1961, a girl, 7 lbs., . at Rogue Valley hospital. STEELE - Tp Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 184V4 Hargadine st., Ashland, May 17, 1961, girl, 7V4 pounds, at Ashland Gen eral hospital. TONITE ONLY "CURTAIN AT 8:30" Newer did grealer muelo Ham from th flr ol (mpoatous lovl SONG Without END 'iTWUiwsai ks' Hunri mir too turn CINtMMCOPt 1ASTMAN COLO j r i!SZm rNOTHINQ LESS THAN e A MIRACLE IN , r MOTION PICTURES! J&tf Insurance Companies Are Fighting Compulsory Liability Coverage New York -flirt- After four years' experience with com pulsory liability insurance for motorists in New York, the in surance companies are more convinced than - ever it -in creases accidents and is lead ing them toward bankruptcy. The companies lost $70 mil lion on auto liability insur ance in New York last year. In 1956, before insurance was made compulsory, they also had a loss, but it was only $21 million. The companies opposed the New York law on the basis of their 30 years experience with the'pioneer Massachusetts compulsory insurance law. They have no hope that the New York law will be re pealed soon. And there is a dawning be lief among insurance men that Massachusetts may finally abandon its law. Nearly all the state's governors and sev eral insurance commissioners have condemned compulsory liability insurance. Law Fails According to the Insurance Information Institute, the New York law has failed in every respect. Even the number of accidents involving uninsured drivers increased from 129 in 1957 to 2,800 in 1959. The 1960 figure will be bigger when it's complete. The insti tute even believes a somewhat smaller proportion of drivers actually have the legally re quired insurance today than were insured voluntarily four years agol Compulsory insurance makes the highways of the three states that have it less safe, not more so, the institute be lieves. ' Traffic injuries in New York increased 25.3 per cent in 1959 over 1956, a much faster rate of climb than the increase in cars and popula tion. In two years under com pulsory insurance in North. Carolina, traffic deaths in creased 10.1 per cent and traf fic injuries 15.8 per cent. N or t h Carolina officials fear fewer motorists are in sured in the state today than were before the law went into effect. The various dodges by which a car gets registered without insurance are too complicated to describe. Many people use out-of-state tags ob tained fraudulently. . Massachusetts has had com pulsory insurance too long to compare its present accident rates with pre-compulsory days. , But official state figures show Massachusetts has twice Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Continued fair and warm through Thursday. Low tonight 45. High Thursday 80. western urcgon: wouuy unu foggy with a little local drizzle along coast tonight and Thursday morning. Early morning low clou diness in northern valleys; other wise, mostly sunny Thursday. Low tonight 43-52. High Thursday 7u- 80 except near 60 on coajt. northern i;aiiiorniH: itiosuy iair tonight and Thursday. Scattered afternoon showers in high moun tains Thursday afternoon. Low overcast and drizzle near coast. LitUe temperature change. TEMPERATURE: Mean yester day 60; above normal 1. Kecora nign tnis aaie in iuoo. Record low this date 30 in 1017. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m none. Total this month 1.U4 incn. ..u. inch above normal. Total since Sept. I, 15.88 Inches, .36 inch below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 27, highest this a.m. 93. hirii 4:uu Z4 CITY Yester- a.m. lir. day Low Prec. Brookings 57 51 Crater Lake ........ 57 34 Grants Pass 83 46 Klamath Falls ... 68 45 . Medford 79 45 Portland 78 48 Seattle 70 49 Spokane 68 41 39 Yakima 78 48 .02 Eureka 54 52 .02 Red Bluff 87 55 Sacramento 83 49 San Francisco ... 57 50 Los Angeles 68 5 8 Phoenix 95 60 Denver 63 39 .14 Chicago 54 46 Miami Beach 88 78 New York 62 50 .12 Washington, D. C. 80 52 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Mv 22) Western Oregon-Western Wash oe ton Temperatures averaging slightly above normal, except near normal in southwestern Oregon. Highs mostly 62-72 in western Washington and 66-76 in western Oregon. Mlntmums 45-52. Precipi tation light to moderate and show ers likely during week end. Northern California Scattered thundershowers in mountains early in period ana prooamy again late in period but little or no precipi tation elsewhere. Temperatures rising to above normal by week end. as many auto injuries per 10,000 vehicles and twice as many injuries per 100 million vehicle miles as her neighbor states, Connecticut, New Jer sey and Pennsylvania. The institute says compul sory insurance has failed on other counts: It is too expensive to en force; and it takes up too much of state troopers' time checking, on motorists who have let their Insurance lapse. It makes auto liability, business so unprofitable for the insurance companies that they are quick to cancel pol icies. Some good drivers are unjustly deprived . of their right to drive that way. It causes wholesale fraud and collusion and a frighten ing mushrooming and magni fication of both bodily injury and property damage liability claims. It forces insurance rates up rapidly. The New York companies have raised rates 18 per cent since the law went into effect but the companies say they needed a 40 per cent raise in fJew York rates. The insurance companies of the United State are losing their shirts on automobile ac cidents. For every dollar in li ability premiums they take in, they are paying out $1.02 in claims. The losses piled up since the business began to go sour about 1949 are at least $800 million and things' are getting worse, according to the Insur ance Information Institute. Some companies make mon ey in some years. A few by tough selling and ruthless can cellation of marginal policies show a' consistent profit. In Montana, they even made a few bucks last year out of policies sold the drivers in the assigned risk pool. Investment Funds Noon quotaUons on selected funds: Fund r Bid Asked Bullock 14.62 16.02 Chem Fund 12.64 13.67 Colonial Ener 15.02 16.42 Eaton Howard Stk .. 14.23 15.21 Fidelity 18.02 19.48 Fundamental Inv .... 10.67 11.69 Group Sec Avla Elec 10.36 11.35 Group Sec Com Stk 14.29 15.64 Group Sec Petr ...... 11.67 12.77 Keystone B-3 15.67 17.10 Keystone B-4 0.37 10.23 Keystone K-2 18.78 20.49 Keystone S-l 23.13 25.23 Keystone S-2 13.40 14.83 Keystone S-3 16.15 17.62 Keystone S-4 17.21 18.77 Mass Inv Grth Stk 18.07 19.75 National Sec Grth .. 10.01 10.94 TV-Elec 9.16 9.98 Value Line Inc 5.72 6.25 Wellington 15.60 17.00 Portland Produce Portland (UPIl Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: AA extra large 46-50C; AA large 43-47c; A large 42-44c; AA medium 35-40c; AA small 28-32c; cartons l-3c higher. Butter To retailers: AA and A prints 70c lb.; cartons lc higher; B prints 68c. Cheese, medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single daisies, 47,i-481,ic; processed American 5-lb. loaf, 44,s-45I,2C. Pnrtlanri (UPIi Dressed chick ens No. 1 grade dressed to retail ers: rrvers, wnoie arawn, o-aoc lb.; cut-up, 36-40c lb.; hens, heavy type, whole drawn. 40-45C lb.; light-type hens, cut-up, 33-35C lb.; whole. 28-30c lb. Red Satellites Having Trouble With Collective Farm Programs Munich, Germany - (UPD -"I urgently request the com rades to send someone to Ten god in order that he experi ence the conditions prevail ing here. "Our pigs are swallowed by mud. The crops are thin, they were not conscientiously sown ..." This bitter complaint print ed recently in a Hungarian newspaper was among the first signs that the country once known as the "breadbas ket of Europe" was encoun tering serious difficulties in Communist attempts to na tionalize farmlands. Beset by a rush program of collectivization, Hungary and other Iron Curtain countries are bogged down, and in some cases crippled, by agricultur al programs that have result ed in food shortages. Reports of favoritism in the allocation of lands, lack of spare parts and general dis gust with the enforced poli cies were first garnered from refugee centers here and later in Iron Curtain press and ra dio reports. . Coming at the same time as SAINTS' GOLDtvTe Seven Saints IFflCIA ROVJCBf - ROBERT WIDDIFTOK ."S.-r-s r.n n MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON The automobile manufac turers and dealers are getting terribly concerned about it. The installment sale of new and used autos depends on the availability of liability and collision insurance to protect the holder of the installment mortgage. If rates get much higher, or if the insurance companies are forced to put a "$100 de ductible" clause in liability policies to relieve themselves of the burden of inflated small claims, then the busi ness of selling cars on install ment may be hit hard. The public is concerned be cause the cost of driving is going up and because, to pro tect themselves,- many of the insurance companies are ruth lessly severe about cancelling Maurine Attends ' Hearing on Hams Washington - (UPD - That advertised "juicy" ham may be juicy only because up to 10 per cent of it is "plain old water," according to Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger (D Ore.). Oregon's champion of the consumer made the statement in testimony prepared for de livery today before an Agri culture Department hearing. The hearing was called to consider a recent department order permitting "10 per cent added moisture in smoked ham. "What this innocuous sound ing phrase meant was that one-tenth of federally inspect ed smoked ham and pork prod ucts could now be legally water," Mrs. Neuberger said. The American Meat Insti tute, meanwhile, announced it is willing to recommend labeling of smoked hams to show how much extra water they contain. Mrs. Neuberger said the Agriculture Department should consider two basic is sues - whether it is desirable to have excess moisture in hams and whether the con sumer has a right to know the content of what he buys. Cuba Agrees To Release Americans Washington -(UPD Cuba has agreed to let 92 U.S. citizens return home Friday, the State Department announced today. The 92 will be given their exit permits Thursday the de partment reported. A spokesman said Swiss diplomats in Havana informed Washington that the Fidel Castro government had agreed to issue the permits. The Swiss about a week ago applied for permits for the Americans at the Cuban For eign Office. The State Depart ment said the group, would be flown to Miami Friday by commercial planes. the crackdown by Premier Ni kita Khrushchev against al leged sloppy management of the Soviet Union's farm pro grams and sweeping changes in the all-powerful Ministry of Agriculture, Iron Curtain experts are cautiously 'await ing the echo to sound in the satellite nations. Zielony Sztandar, newspa per of the Polish United Peasant Party, said the "gen eral lack of spare parts causes long stoppages and great eco nomic losses. And what will happen, if, suddenly when agricultural production is highly mechanized, one set of machines gives up, then an other, then another?" Glos Pracy, another Polish newspaper, said imported Czech tractors- caused 80 per cent of all accidents in the Polish countryside in 1960 and that the tractors had a tendency to turn over on bends and slopes. One Hungarian newspaper carried the story of three peasants who left their coun try to escape collectivization. "They said they wanted to earn their living, because in the farmers' cooperative it was not possible to make both ends meet," the paper report ed. Another sore point has been the allotment of precious small plots granted by the government to some farmers, mostly in an effort to smooth over ill feelings. Outlining the situation in Tcngod, the anonymous farmer said that "during the allocation of private plots the statutes were ignored." 'Interesting Things' A polish newspaper, Spol dzieinia Produkczjna, report ed that some "rather Interest ing things have taken place" on collective farms. "Hay disappeared from 10 hectares of a meadow," the piypcr said. insurance for even a minor ac cident. When that happens, you are tossed into the assigned risk pool, can get only mini mum protection, and may have to pay from 10 to 100 per cent more for your insur ance. The Insurance men say juries' are awarding uncon scionably inflated amounts in personal injury claims. That is a big cause of their troubles, but an even bigger cause, they insist, is failure to enforce the traffic laws and revoke the li censes of accident prone driv ers in sufficient numbers. The only real solution to our traffic problem, the com panies insist, lies in getting rid of the dangerous drivers. Statistically, the companies list single males under 25 as the group with the worst acci dent record by a big margin. What burns up the insur ance men is that, in most states, no matter how often the police stop one of these reckless cowboys from driv ing, somebody, often a parent with a little local politi cal pull, manages to get him another license and another insurance policy in the as signed risk pool. That results in more acci dents, bigger claims, big ad ministration costs and higher insurance rates. Incidentally, the reason for the heavy insurance company complaints is that state insur ance commissions are slow to allow the companies to raise rates as fast as they are need ed. But the companies also say that if juries would be reason able and the police got better support in enforcing the laws. the high rates wouldn't be needed. Nikita-Kennedy Parley Considered Washington -flIPD- Acting Secretary of State Chester A. Bowles said today a meeting between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is definitely under consideration. However, Bowles empha sized, ' no decision has been made and any final decision will be up to the President. Bowles made his statements in testifying before the Sen ate Foreign Relations Com mittee. His remarks were relayed to reporters by Chairman William Fulbright, D-Ark., after a two-hour closed door session. Bowles confirmed that the question of a head of state meeting was one of the topics discussed with the senators. Bowles had requested the briefing session with the com mittee to outline general de partmental policies on a va riety of topics. Another cooperative was founded by four families in which a husband, took the chairmanship, delegated his wife as chairman of the "ver ification commission," his father-in-law as storeroom manager and his brother-in-law as accountant. "Unpleasant but education al measures were undertaken to deal with this enterprising family," the paper said. Rude Pravo, a Czech pa per, noted recently that priv ate farmers tstill seem to be more efficient. The paper said the peasant tilling his own land took "care that not a single potato is left in the field. At the same time at the neighboring cooperative pota to field, one can see hundreds of potatoes lying there, bad, rotting old potatoes, or at least suspect." SONOTONE HEARING not mt a Hearing Aid! Before you bur from inr one, tee Sonotnnt iht fruited name ia hearing for SONOTONE OF MEDFORD 423 E. MAIN STREET SP 2-5904 THEATER INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FUll INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATERS OBITUARIES MRS. FLOSSIE WARREN Word has been received here of the death May 15 in Portland of Mrs. Joseph (Flos sie) Warren, who lived in Med ford until last year when she moved with her husband to the Odd Fellows home there. Warren is a retired letter carrier. Mrs. Warren was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal church, Oliv. Rebekah lodge. Adarel chapter, Oregon East ern Star, Jacksonville and the Pas Noble Grands club. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 18, at 2:30 p.m. at Rose and Sons Funeral home Portland. In terment will be in Portland'. HENRY DAILY Funeral services for Hen ry Miles Daily, 71, of Days Creek, who died in a local hos pital Monday, will be held at Perl Funeral home Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev Jean Shel ley will officiate. Committal will be in the Medford IOOF cemetery. Mr. Daily was born in Jamestown, Kan., Dec. 3, 1889, and had been a resident of this area for 50 years. Survivors include one Over-the-Counter Western Stocks The following bid and ask ed quotations, - from the Na tional Association of Securi ties Dealers, Inc., do not rep resent actual transactions. They are a guide to the range within which these securities could have been sold (indi cated by the "bid") or bought (indicated by the "asked") at the time of compilation. Common Stocks . Rlil Akri Bank of America ; 58 "i 6IH Calif. -Pacific Utilities . 25',, 27 ',i Cascades Plywood 27 2ft il. Cons, Freightways ........ 84 9 lfc Copco 50 k 53 Cyprus Mines Corp .... 38 !i 39 ',i First NaUonal Bank .... 60 64 Morrlson-Knudsen ........ 35 38;4 Northwest Nat. Gas .... 30 32,s Pacific Pwr. Si Lt 46. 491, Permanente Cein. Co mti qo Portland Gen. Elec. 45,i 48 U. S. National Bank .. 70 75 united utilities . ....... 27. 29 West Coast Tel. nsat. a7t Weyerhaeuser 36 38 NOW PLAYING! (Limited Engagement) mJM i MtJkiitX&X:4 silasalsiBKHisMi Another Woodeh Shoe HIT SHOW "FRONTIER GIRLS" featuring Gennie Clark Accordion Betty Jay Rhythm Guitar Ethel Woodward Lead Guitar Alyce Murray Bass & Trumpet You'll love these gait their music their entertain ment. They've played from Alaska to Hawaii ... at the Golden Nugget in, Lat Vegas and other Nevada Hot Spots and throughout the lot Angelet area. Take In their thow tonltel ENJOY OUR FINE DINNERS Your favorite beventget Dining Room Open 5 P.M. to 12 Midnight At Med ford's Fun Spot Wooden Shoe In the Holland Hotel OPEN 9 P.M. TO 2 A.M. daughter, Mrs. Ruth Calen der, Central Point; one son, Robert Daily, Jacksonville; two sisters; five brothers; two grandsons and one granddaughter. WILLIAM CORREY William Correy, 76, of 807 South. Central ave., died last night. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger Morris, funeral directors. MARY RATTY Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Ratty, 72, of 1119 Niantic st. who died Sunday, will be held at Perl Funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m. El der Kegley of the Seventh Day Adventist church will of ficiate. Committal will be in the Jacksonville cemetery. Mrs. Ratty was born in Vales Mines, Mo., March 6, 1889, and had been a resident of this area for 36 years. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church of Med ford. Survivors include her hus band, Fillmore Ratty, Med ford; four daughters, Mrs. Ethelene Beltz, Medford, Mrs. Thelma D a h 1 , Richmond, Calif., Mrs. Bernice Caroth ers, and Mrs. Beatrice Tay lor, both of Portland; one son, Wayne Ratty, Medford; one brother, Lon Moore, of Mis souri; one sister, Mrs. Effie Turley, of Missouri; 13 grand children and three , great grandchildren. Just Like Having Your Own Butlerl FREE DELIVERY to Any Home in Medford City Limits on Orders of $2.00 or Mora 5 Till 12 P.M. Dally 12 to 12 Sat ft Sun. PING'S GARDENS Chinese S American Dishes SP 3-6363 WEDNESDAY, MAY Portland Livestock w Portland (UPD USDA Cattle 300. Choice 1180-1200 lb. steers 23.79-24: standard-low good 19-12: utility cows 1S-16: canner-cutter 12-30-13.30: utility bulls 19-21.30. Calves 73. Good-choice vealers 27-30: few 31: standard 22-23; cull down to is. Hogs 400. U S .1 and butchers 19-19.30; 2 and 3 at 18 30-19. Sheep 700. Choice-prime lambs 17.30; cull-cholce ewea 3-6. STARTING TONIGHT HERE IS REAL ENTERTAINMENT ' ; TONI CURTIS IN THE FUNNIEST ROLE EVER It's Loaded With Laughs The Story Of This Fabulous Impostor Is P " M MWH ON0 MM.- mm-mm mm EXCLUSIVE ROAD SHOW ENGAGEMENT "THE ALAMO" HOltY THEATRE ... STARTS MAY 25 STARTING TONIGHT THE THRILL SHOW OF THE YEAR FREE TO EVERYONE GHOST VIEWERS You Can't See the Ghosts Without Them . . . 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