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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON TUESDAY. JULY 17. 1962 7m - iw "'a '71 r . "i.r Edited by The Mail Tribune Advertising Department AUTO SALES JUMP IN JUNE. New car sales in June were the highest for the month since 1955 and topped a year earlier by 13.2 rc, reports The Wall Street Journal. But the June selling pace declined from May and April selling rates. The nation's car dealers sold 609,610 new American-made cars last month, up from 538.735 a year ago. It was the first time since 1955 that June sales passed the 600,000 mark; in 1955 sales hit 683,900. Car deliveries last month were off 7 from the 658,776 in May and 6 from April; how ever, auto executives report that they see no significance in the slower June sales pace. The new car inventory on July 1 was estimated at 894,700 or a 38-day supply at the June selling rate. JULY SALES START OFF WITH A BANG. There were some duds and some wet fuses, but most of the nation's retailers had a bang-up sales display during the Fourth of July week, reports Fairchild News Service. Before-and-after holiday clearances were the big firecrackers, although sports wear, at regular prices, set off sparks of its own. Sales in the New York-northeastern New Jersey metropolitan area were up an estimated 3. Sales of furniture and other big ticket merchandise were strong. Sportswear, children's wear and fashion accessories, Blso turned in good performances. However, in Minneapolis-St. Paul sales declined. Cooler than a year ago temperatures, and the lengthy Minneapolis news paper strike, are major reasons given for the slow pace. In Portland, Oregon, volume loomed 15 ahead of last year. Cotton and travel dresses were noted as outstanding. Clear ances comprised much of the activity in St. Louis, pushing sales 6 ahead. This gain puts the area on the plus side for the 14th consecutive week. Overall volume in San Fran cisco ran from even to plus 10. Suburban sales were plus 5 to plus 10. Cincinnati retailers reported sales spotty, with ready-to-wear showing some signs of picking up. NEW BORDEN'S SAFFLOWER MARGARINE. The Borden Company, Western Division, is introducing in the Pacific Northwest a new Margarine product under the trade name, "Borden's Premium Quality Safflowcr Margarine". An advertising campaign in the Mail Tribune will be telling southern Oregon and northern California consumers about the health and flavor advantages of Safflower Oil the only oil used in the Borden product. According to Wilbur Smith, Borden Sales Vice President, trade response to Borden's Safflowcr Margarine has been far greater than first projec tion, showing the great public awareness of the role of poly-unsaturated fats In the diet. Leading Rogue River Val ley grocery retailers have Borden's new Safflower Mar garine in stock, according to Arlie Carter, company repre sentative here. RAMBLER SALES SET RECORD Rambler retail sales in American Motors' Portland Zone are setting a new record in the first nine months of the 1962 model year, according to R. D. Gallacher, zone manager. The Portland Zone covers Rambler dealers in Oregon, Washington, Alaska and northern Idaho. Rambler sales climbed to 11,800 in the October-June period, a 23 per cent gain over the 9,562 sold in the com parable year-earlier period, Gallacher said. On a national basis, American Motors also set an alltime record for the nine months. Rambler sales rose to 333,789, a 15 per cent gain over the year-earlier period. PANCAKE GRIDDLE OFFERED-Gencral Mills is announcing a new promotion on Betty Crocker Buttermilk Pancake Mix, to run exclusively in the high-consumption West Coast area. For $3 plus a proof-of-purchase, every Betty Crocker Pancake Mix user will have the opportunity to get a beautiful 103i-inch aluminum pancake griddle ... a $6.95 value. The cooking surface of this griddle is coated with DuPont's amazing new Teflon . . . making it possible to cook pancakes without using any grease or fats. Betty Crocker Buttermilk Pancake Mix- has long been a favorite in the West. Timed to break during the peak season, this promotion will mean extra sales for the retailer. REVOLUTIONARY MICRO Touch lone arm with its "free-floating" 2G cart ridge is a joint development of Zenith Radio Corporation and CBS Laboratories, Inc. Even though tone arm is jarred, drop ped or scraped across a record, light 2 gram needle pressure and "floating" cart ridge makes it impossible to scratch rec ord grooves. Tone arm also provides high est compliance, finest fidelity ever obtain ed from a self-contained home console record changer. Pop-up brush cleans nee dle twice in each cycle, according to Leon Evans of Eads Furniture. 129 South Front street, dealers for Zenith here. f j& V DRUG STORE SALES SHOOT UP- I WARD IN '61. Americans spent. $7.9 bil lion last year for some 325 product lines, according to Lite 15th annual "What the Public Spends" study just released by Topics Publishing Company. This was 3.5 more than the year before. The increase represents an average of $5,045 of additional sales for each of the 54.116 drug stores in the United States. Prescriptions filled by drug stores came to S2.2 billion, or 27.7 of total sales. Fastest gainers and their per cent of increase among drug store products sold in '61 vs. '60 are: metered calorie products 38.0 electric hair dryers 35.0; eye shadow 24.8; lipstick 20.1; aerosol cologne 20.0; arthritic end rheumatic pain relievers 16.1. GONE BUT NOT FORGOT TEN. Packard this month has added to a list of nearly 2.800 names that have faded from the automotive scene, but present Packard owners will not suffer from a lack of parts for their automobiles, according to officials of the Sturicbakor Corporation. The company's new name became official July 2 when the Packard signature is drop ped from the official corporate name. Shareholders approved the name change at the corporation's annual meeting April 26 in South Bend. There are approximately 200,000 Packards registered in the United States and good stock of most last moving parts are being maintained for them in each of the 16 factory parts depots that are strategically locaiea io proviae overnigm service on pan requirements, the company said. The central parts warehouse in South Bend maintains reserve slocks for virtually all Packard parts in current demand and the company still is continuing to purchase Packard parts for inventory in all cases where current movement requires U, the an nouncement said. THINKS FOR ITSELF A hearing aid with an "electronic brain that thinks for itself" was described today by Dan E. Hauscr, General Manager. Columbian Optical Hearing Aid Depts., with offices in Mcdford at New Medford Shopping Center. Hauscr. General Manager of Columbian Optical Company's 10 hearing aid depart ments, was referring to Zenith's Sentry, a new hearing aid with controlled dynamic range that monitors the environment and amplifies the wanted signaLs. "One way to describe how this remarkable hearing device works Is to say that the Sentry literally reaches out and captures the sound, whether it is up close to the person wearing the aid, or is as far away as the next room." he stated. "At the same time, the Zenith Sentry automatically controls extremes of volume and substantially reduces violent or uncomfortable noise?, such ns a slamming door, pistol flml, or backfiring of an automobile." according to Hauscr. "In a sense the aid thinks for ilsell. instantly adjusting to conditions, without the user having to use knobs or dials or switches " Hauscr. credited the sound laboratories of Zenith Radio Corporation in Chicago with development of the Sentry. I NEW FOREIGN STUDENT FARE Continen tal Trailways Bus System announced today that it will ask lor approval of i special "Visit the U.S.A." bus fere for foreign students attending schools in the United States. The new tariff would give foreign students 99 days of unlimited travel over the 44-stale system of Continental Trailweys and its affiliates, at cost of only S99. The company said that it will also seek approval for an extension through Decem ber 31. 1963 ol its current $99 - 99-dey "Visit the USA" fare which is available for pur chase overseas by toreign tourists planning io visit in this country. Mr. D. A. Scott. Director of International Sales for Continental Trailweys. said the company is asking lor the new student's reduced fare and extension of the current $99 fsre in cooperation with the United States Travel Service's program of encouraging for eign travelers to viiit in this country. Continentel Trailways inaugurated the $99 "Visit the SA" fare in 1961 es Its meens el stimulating travel to the United States irom abroad. Under mM wtttm th spe- .nr Clarence Weaver cial ticket must be purchased outside the continental limits of the United States and used i within 99 days alter the tourist s arrival here. ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY DINNER-DANCE "The Electric Club of Southern Oregon, Jack Moreland, President, acting as co-sponsors with the Cal-Ore Electrical League, Clarence Weaver, Managing Di rector, announces a mid-year buffet dinner and social evening at the Rogue Valley Country Club starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 21. This affair will bring together groups from the Electrical Con tracting, Plumbing, Building Supply professions, including Distributor Manufacturer personnel and from the many applicanee retailers oper ating throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California. Also, many reservations can be expected from the Pacific Power & Light Company, newspapers, radio and TV station people interested in the past and future planned promotions of all electric living by the League. An ODen invitation is made to all such individuals and firms. Reservations can be made by calling 772-6171, ext. 327, or addressed to Cal-Ore Electri cal League, P.O. Box 231, Medford, Oregon. The history of the League has been a phenomenal one and this year they will celebrate their 4th birthday of promotional and other services rendered to their large membership engaged in the electrical business according to Weaver. Likewise, the Electric Club of Southern Oregon, consisting of Rogue Valley Electrical Contractors and Distributor firms has substantantial membership and endeavors which integrate with the Electrical League's functions.' INCREASE PREDICTED FOR HOUSING STARTS The Com merce Department raised slight ly its estimate ol private home building for 1962, reports The Wall Street Journal. In a mid year construction report, it pre dicted that private housing starts would total 1 425,000 units this year, up 2 Irom its December JHM estimate of 1,400.000 units. This department said it expected the new prediction to hold even if j the seasonally adjusted annual later this year from its April and May levels. In those two months, the annual rate climbed to 1,500,000 units. If private home building attains the new predicted level, it would be up 9 from, last year's total of 1.303.707 units. It would also be the highest since 1959, when 1,500. 000 units were started. The report forecast that outlays for private construction would total $42.5 billion, rellecling a 6 increase over year-earlier levels. JEWELER IN NEW LOCATION Afler taking time out to serve in the Army and get married, Gary Picard is settled down in his new jewelry store in the Robinson hotel building, 108 East Main. Gary was a.-sociated for 6 years with his father at 129 South Central and at the Big Y shopping center. He pur chased the store from his father and moved it to the new location. Gary says he will operate a specialized jewelry store with a stock of merchandise associated with that type of business. New fixtures were designed for the new store and Gary has purchased a complete new stock of popular brands of watches, diamonds, clocks, silverware and jewelry. Fine watch repairing and the manufacture and repair of jewelry will also be featured by Picard Jewelers. iu. . i MillllWIIHi1"l"rr 1. HI J III ,!,! I 4 1 .1 4 j. t j - Ik, A , . . V--' -Iri-p tti fin State Board of Education Names New Division Head Salem Dr. Robert O. Hatton has been appointed to head the administrative or ganization -or community col leges within the stale depart ment of education. The appointment was an nounced by Dr. Leon P. Mi near, slate superintendent of public instruction. Dr. Hatton will be an assistant superin tendent of public instruction. The new administrator comes to Salem from his po sition as president of the Kel 1 o g g Community college. Battle Creek, Mich. Dr. Hat ton, 41. assumes his duties as head of t'lis division Sept. 1. The new emphasis reflect ed by this new administrative organization idicates the im portance which the stale now places on the development of the community college pro gram, explained Dr. Mincar William G. Loomis, for merly the director of indus trial education and commun ity colleges, will serve as act ing head of this new division until Dr. llatton's arrival, af ter which time Loomis will retain directorship in indus trial education and will as sist Dr. Hatton in the develop ment of this new program. The state board ha indi cated the new community college division will ultimate ly have three sections: indus trial education, adult educa tion, and lower division col IcRialc. A new director for the lower division collegiate will be requested of the 1903 legislature, added Dr. Mincar. At present, there arc ap proximately 2.000 full-time students c.irolled in the ex isting seven community col leges and education centers in Oregon. Dr. Mincar !ias pre dicted that by 1970 more than 20.000 students will be enrolled in a possible 13 such institutions. He indicatr.d that one school, Portland Community college, currently registers an approximate 4.000 part tin! adults. Within the next derate, it is enticifialcd thai one out of four high school students will enroll in com munity colleges. Dr. Mincar also Indicated that his department would place a ten-year plan before the legislature at il next ses sion for the development of these institutions. City Police Check Two Burglaries Medford city police Satur day checked two reports of burglaries, one at a residency under construction, and the other at Moore Steel company, 741 South Grape st. Harold Leslie Sehmelzer, Talent, lold police that some one had broken into a resi dence, which he is building at 1580 Miracle lane, and had stolen a box of tools valued at $100. Sehmelzer said thieves broke a window to gain en trance to the residence. An employee at Moore Steel company lold officers that someone apparently forced the door to the firm's office late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The office was ransacked, police said, and about $15 94 was taken from a cash box. Welfare Recovery Sets Stale Record f Hlcm -'IB The Oregon justice department set a rec ord in June when its welfare recovery division collected $51,789. Of the total, $51,234 whs collected for child support, and $554 in welfare fraud cases. Biggest portion. $:I3.452. came in Multnomah, Clack. i mas and Columbia tounlies. Other collections: Marion county S8.B92; Linn $3.2!l8; Yamhill $2,008; Washington $1,464: Tillamook $925; Polk $550. Lincoln $:i95, and Ben ton county $250. Gary Picard "G U A R A N TEED WAR RANTY" PLAN NOW IN MEDFORDI Charles W. Went worth Jr. of Portland. Chair man of the Oregon AulomO' bile Dealers Association's brand-new "Guaranteed War- ranly" plan, demonstrates how the soon-to-be-Iamihar "GW decal will identify Oregon dealors offering used cars car rying a one-year, free 15 cash discount on repair parts and labor. The decal won t appear on cars' windshields, however, but on d e a 1 e r ' showroom windows. Never before offered here, the unusual warranty will ap ply regardless ol how many miles a car is driven, and will be honored for repair work by participating dealers throughout the U. S. and Can ada. The following Medford deal ers will participate! Lea Mo tors, Dick Knight Company, Morse Motors, Park Motors, Inc., Parsons Motor Company. Skinner Buick-Cadillac, J. R. Whitney Oldsmnbile, of Med ford, and Dean & Taylor Pon tiac Co. Churchill Leaves Hospital Bed London -tl'Hi- Ailing Sir Winston Churchill, 87, is mak ing such satisfactory progress that he has been allowed out of bed to sit in a chair in his hospital room, a Middlesex hospital bulletin said Monday. This was the first time the former prime minister, suffer ing from a broken left thigh bone and a bronchial infec tion, had been known to leave his bed since July 7. It was on July 7 that doc tors said Churchill had devel oped the phlcM'.is that led to the blood clol, The hospital announced no further bulletins will be is sued until Friday. II was learned that al though Churchill is progress ing satisfactorily, there are no immediate plans for him to leave the hospital. Churchill broke his left thigh bone in a fall while on vacation in Monte Carlo June 28. Fuss-Free! 9217 MM Navyman Injured In Sunday Crash William R. Frost, U. S. Navy, was reported in good condilion at Sacred Heart hospital today following a one-car accident on Interstate 5 freeway near Rogue River early Sunday. Frost, whose home town is Des Moines, Wash., was ex amined for possible hend in juries received when his car turned over. Stale police from the Grants Pass office said the Navy man probably fell asleep. Ole Earling Bakke, 32, of 455 Courtney St., Ashland, escaped injury early Sunday when his car rolled into a ditch and broke off a tele phone pole, state police said. A car. driven by John Roger Dalton, 36. Grants Pass, struck a car driven by Virginia Lofland, 45, of route 1, box 54, Central Point, late Saturday afternoon, accord ing t slate police. The ac cident occurred north of Cen tral Point near Scenic rd. No injuries were reported. Quick, cool, clean an un waistcd wonder of a dress to wear al home, marketing, sun ning. Sec diagram-sec how swiftly you can whip it tip! Printed Pattern 9217; Half sizes 12'.;. 14':, lfi'j, 18' 2. 20'j, 22'., 24'i. Size Ifi'j require 3' yards 39-inch. FIFTY CENTS in roins lor this pattern-add 10 cents for Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndict, Inc. A. 13 Schellman to Spend September in Russia Eugene - Dr. John A. Schellman, associate profes sor of chemistry at the Uni versity of Oregon, has been invited to participat" In the official U.S. -Russian Cultural and Scientific Exchange program. The chemist, who is Bn a t thorlty on the molecular structure of proteins, will spend September in Russia, visiting laboratories and con- fernng with Russian scien tists. The invitation came from the National Academy of Sci ences, which has made ar rangements for the visit with the Academy of Sciences in Russia. Dr. Schellman plans to visit and speak in Mosicow, Leningrad, and Kiev. He will be accompanied by his wife, Dr. Charlotte Schell man, research associate in chemistry at the university, who has received a travel grant from the National Sci ence foundation. San Francisco -(UPU- Signs seen Monday night on the back of an autonubile cross ing the Golden Gate bridge: "I Miss Ike," and in small, er letters: "Hell, I Even Misi Harry." New! Huck Pillows U. S. 'BEGGING' FOR JAPANESE INDUSTRY? OH NOI A report flashed around the world from Tokyo the other dny gave Ihe startling impression lhal the United States was virtually begging Japanese industry to send money here to build factories on our soil, particularly in such "under-developed" areas as Wichita, Kan., and Wilmington, N.C. Said the front page story in Nihon Keizai, one of Japan's lead ing newspapers, "This request by the United States, hitherto leader of the Free World in the development of less develop ed countries, came as a surprise to the (Japanese) Foreign Office." The Japanese newspaper's report hinted broadly that the U. S. was urgently in need of financial help from other nations. Humors of an "Invasion of the U.S. by Japanese industry spread immediately; the reaction In such financially sophisticated centers as New York ranged from consterna tion to utlcr disbelief. Even President Kennedy's careful explanation at his last press conference that this represents only one of a series of steps we're taking to close the gap between the amount of money flowing out of the U.S. to other nations and the amount flowing from other nations to us didn t clear up the picture much. It's an important story with a significant background and implications that demand explanation. Here goes. Yes, months ago, the U. S. Commerce Department, In an eflort to attract more ioreign investment here, quietly sent brochures to U.S. embassies in other industrialised nations including Western Europe and Japan explaining to foreigners the advantage of building plants In the U.S. to manufacture products lor sale in the Western Hemis phere. The brochures give our embassy personnel the pro motion material with which to encourage the investments. There Is no thought of Importing foreign workers except possibly a few top technicians and managers. There is no thought of an "Invasion" by foreign industrialists. The idea is simply to bring in more foreign capital to finance fac tories to be built by U.S. workers and then staffed by U.S. workers. The aim is simply lo indicate to foreign industrial ists that they might find producing in our area just as profitable as U.S. industrialists find producing in their areas. Why? A few statistics dramatize the tale. Last year alone, nel U.S. private investment abroad which includes the building by U.S. corporations of over seas plants totaled over $3.9 billion. But net foreign private Investment here totaled only a picayune $577 million. This gap of close to $3.4 billion was a key factor In our balance of payments deficit. As of the last reporting date, U.S. private Investments abroad totaled $45 billion while foreign private investments here were only a fraction of this under $17 billion. Now we are making determined efforts to balance our international financial accounts narrow to a tolerable amount ihe difference between our outflow of fundi and the influx of funds. We have begun a major campaign to expand our exports of goods. We are trying to raise our earnings from foreign tourist spending within our borders. We are insisting that our prosperous Western partners take over more of the share of expenditures for military defense of the free world and economic aid. We are also, through this promotion program, attempting to increase long-term investments by foreign enterprises in the U.S. We don't expect spectacular results from this quiet cam paign especially from Japan. For Japan has strict barriers against export of capital and she wouldn't let her Indus trialists send their funds here even if they had funds to send (which they don't). But whatever foreign investment we can stimulate will be a plus. The plants will use our ma terials, employ our workers and, as President Kennedy said, there'll be more of a "matching" of what we invest overseas and what others invest here. In addition, if by this Invilation we can help break down the barriers other nations have on the export of capital so other Industrialists can hike their investments in factoriei in the really undeveloped regions of the world, our economic aid burden will be cased. "This is a basic objective of the program," said one informed source. "The Invitation for capital to come to us paves the way for capital to go else where." The only thing "wrong" about this program is the way It wei reported belatedly and sensationally In the Japanese press. ATTACKS DISTRIBUTION Wasliingtoii-tl'PH-Scn. Alex ander Wiley (R-Wis) be : lieves that there is too great a concentration of dc-, fense production and an In equitable distribution ol de fense contracts. Wiley said he planned to confer with other senators and Defense Secre tary Robert S. MeNamara In an attempt to assure more equitable distribution of con tracts. He cited a Defense de partment study that he said showed 10 states got more : than two-thirds of defense j business. each pattern for first-class mail. Send to Marian Martin, Medford Mail Tribune, Pal tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11. N Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUM BER. Extra Big Summer Pattern Catalog over 106 styles for all sizes, occasions. Send 35c. YOUR NAME IS THERE! Yn, the odU are 10 io 1 that YOUR NAME IS THERk. You get fast service, when you want to charge. You have difficulty buying on credit. NOW IS THE TIME to do torne thinq about it. Pay promptly to the Redbook will show you with a record of prompt pay ment. CREDIT BUREAU of MEDFORD Add brilliant accents to your den, living or bedroom with new huck pillows. New pillow talk! Two of huck toweling lovely with col orful weaving. Pattern 7339: chart; directions for 2 designs and basic pillows. THIRTY-FIVE cents (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pattern for lst-class mailing. Send to Alice Brooks, care of Medford Mail Tribune Ncedlccraft Dept., P.O. Box 1 83, Old Chelsea Station, New York Jl, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS and PAT TERN NUMBER. Never-Before Value! 200 de signs to knit, crochet, sew, weave, embroider, quilt - in our 1962 Needlecraft Catalog. Beautiful Bulkies in a com plete fashion section plus bed spreads, toys, linens, afghans, slipcovers, plus 2 free pat terns. Send 23c now. There's no USO in Peoria With good reason. Peonans In cur Armed Forces ara not 'staying In Peoria. They're wherever our frontiers of peace need protecting. And that's where the USO is. Serv ing those who are serving us. Besides serving those in training areas here, the USO reaches Gl's in potentially ex plosive trouble spots Berlin to Okinawa where USO's spiritual uplift and homey re laxation Is more needed by our troops than It was In the hot, shooting war. For, as President Kennedy said, "Winning the Peace is a Lone ly Battle." Of the 2.750,000 Ql's, over hall are under 25 . . . and away from home for the first time. For most Gl's, their link with home Is the nearest USO. But more USO's are need ed. That means more money, Not for Peoria. But for Its son, guarding the city limits In far off lands. Don't let him won dereven (or a minute , . , "Does Anybody Know I'm HertT Support the USO through United Fund er your Community Chest USD h e(rejll AWvttrfllrAf. Coonftf aid Nowtpopw lttVrfiliftff Cxwvfivu AHtMisfltMi.