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10 c THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON WPW Hi r- -wtik.iuMwxMi-1 w null i nam i mi i .w,- wr. r-y, . ff 2 ,ln r if! Hr,' vtn i CROP ON THE TRACKS - While disputants In the Chi cago and North Western Railroad strike meet in Washing ton, D. C. a lone stalk of corn grows between the rails at Chicago, symbolizing the frustration of the line's 30,000 commuters Farmers and businessmen in nine states are following progress of the talks. More than 1.000 members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers went on strike Aug. 30 against the C&NW, idling a total of 16,500 employees. (UPI Civil Defense Is Aided By Citizens By SHELLEY SINGER Unltad Press International Chicago (UPH Operators of citizens band radios in the Cape Canaveral area recently joined police in the search for a man accused of killing waitress near Cocoa Beach, Fla. The fugitive was caught an hour after the units were pressed into service. A citizens band team in Sioux City, Iowa, set up base and mobile units to help local police during floods last spring. i A citizens band operator in Chicago was returning home one cold, snowy night last winter when he came upon a stalled auto occupied by man, his wife and two young children. The car had no gas or heat and the father had no money. The citizens band op. erator called state police, who sent a car to the scene. Citizens band radio is a band of radio frequencies establish ed by the Federal Communica tions commission (FCC) ex clusively for personal or busi ness communications by in dividual citizens. 70,000 Radios The FCC estimates there are now more than 700,000 citizens band radios in opera tion in the United States. About 5,000 of those are mem bers of a new national organi zation called Radio Emergen cy Associated Citizens Teams (REACT). The movement to organize operators into an emergency network began last winter. Since then, 225 groups have been organized in 45 states. REACT is based in Chicago and is sponsored by Halli craftcrs company. Earl Gray, national director of REACT, said the Idea start ed as a volunteer emergency telephone network In areas where emergency communica tions are poor. Now, he snld, Civil Defense authorities arc expressing Interest In the pro gram. "The organization can be most valuable in cases where power is out and only mobile equipment can be used," Gray said. The Winnebago county, Iowa, group, for example, is affiliated with Red Cross, Civ il Defense and volunteer emergency radio net units. Works With Agencies The Cape Cod, Mass., team covers more than 18 communi ties. It works with state po lice, local police, the sheriff's office, the National Guard, the Coast Guard, fire depart ments, Civil Defense and the county emergency league. lis available equipment, which belongs to cither mem bers or working-agreement (or ganizations. Includes nine trucks, four boats, one light plane and nearly 100 other vehicles. In many cases, indivdual policemen are members of REACT teams in their spare time. In Sturgis, S.D, Gray said, the REACT 24-hour monitor station is the police depart ment itself. Each REACT chapter moni tors an emergency channel in its communily 24 hours a day to relay accident reports and emergency calls for help. Membership is free - and open to any group of three or more citizens band operators. Members include business and professional men, service sta tion operators, policemen, fire men, ambulance operators, farmers and sportsmen who have installed the two - way radios in their homes, offices and cars. Under FCC license and reg ulation, any citizen over 18 years of age can operate a citizens band radio set. The radios have an effective range of from five to 10 miles, de pending upon equipment and terrain. I I it 1, '.Wif-ir' 7 "J TfcttTiwi iiiOlii ititwiiiii-A tniVi ifiv nillieeii i il TROPHY AWARDED This silver Irophy was awarded to Mrs. Ona Paul, Mcrifiird, for her best box of fruit (pears) at the Oregon State Fair In Salem. Because 85- jeiir-oid Mrs. Paul could noi aueno me presentation ot the trophy, Mrs. Ben Fulton, above, received it for her. r spend your day in nylon jersey casualmakcr 14.98 Cs&udlmaker creates thn Ideal drets for the lady on the go, fresh and reidy lo wear, at almost a momen's notice. Machine washable, drip dry. In Palletle prints of blue, green or brown. Sizes 10 to 20 and 2'i to 22' j. Mi l r IT'S A WONDERFUL STORE - M n 14 W ! m0mm:4- L.k., h. t4MeLmiMimr -i m . .JCa-, Eisenhower Aids HalleckCampaign Rensselear, Ind. -UPD- For mer President Dwight D. Ei senhower hit the campaign trail for an old friend today and beamed, "It gives me a bang to get back into the po litical harness." Eisenhower flew to Indiana for a giant picnic in the home town of his old political ally. House Minority Leader Charles A. Halleck. Local Republicans hoped the afternoon chicken barbe cue would be the largest ever held in these parts and would strengthen the entire GOP Hoosier ticket. Eisenhower's plane landed at West Lafayette, Ind., on the first leg of his first cam paign trip of the 1962 con gressional campaign. He speaks tonight at Rens selear at a big "Charlie Hal leek Day" rally expected to draw 25,000 to 30,000 per sons. "You must realize I am out here on a bit of a political chore," Eisenhower said with a smile as he greeted about 600 persons who welcomed him at the airport. "It gives me a bang to get back into the political harness. I'm go ing to do all I can to get Charlie Halleck elected the next speaker of the House of Representatives." Baltimore In a single molecule of human blood there are an estimated 16,669 atoms. Portlander Appointed To Traffic Committee Salem - lUPti - Gov.. Mark Hatfield Wednesday appoint ed Mrs. J. Richard Nokes, Portland, to the Oregon Traf fic Court Rules committee. Mrs. Nokes succeeds Mrs. Muriel D. Lezak, Portland. Vale Grazing Revision Studied Salem - IUPD - The chief of the U. S. Bureau of Land Man agement in Oregon said Wednesday efforts are under way to revise the agency s Bt million acre Vale project to meet objections of ranchers and others. Russell E. Getty, Portland, reporting to Gov. Mark Hat field's Natural Resources Committee, said revisions in. elude putting more money in the first year into reseeding of grazing lands and other phases of actual work with the land. Congress has appropriated $1 million for the first year of the $16.5 million, seven year program Initially, the BLM planned to pump only a quarter of the $1 million into actual land improvements. But Getty said the hope now is to apply $500,000 to this. Getty said the new first year schedule would divert $100,000 from construction of a controversial office build ing in Vale, and other facili ties including a warehouse and shops. Scenic Areas Set Along Highway 101 Portland -Mini- Fifty - nine miles along Oregon's coastal Highway 101 have been desig nated as "scenic areas" by the Oregon Scenic Area Commis sion. The commission said the 59 miles are in four separate areas. They were picked from 102 miles originally proposed. One area extends from Whale cove below Depoe Bay to a point north of Agate Beach. Another is a three - mile stretch south of Waldport near the Gov. Patterson Me morial State Park, plus a span through the Siuslaw National Forest from Cape Perpetua south to Berry Creek in which a seven-mile stretch along the east side to the highway is not involved. A four-mile area between Gardiner, and Elbow Lake was designated, as was an area between Port Orford and Brookings. The commission termed the action as "steering mid- course. The commission recently neid hearings on the coast. 200 Bill Collectors Gather in Portland Portland - 0IPII - Some 200 bill collectors were here to day as the Western Regional Unit of the American Collec tors association opened its an nual three-day conference. Max Lesman of Portland is chairman of the conference. VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE Manila - IUPD - A group of 154 U.S. Peace Corps volun teers arrived Wednesday in the Philippines for two-year assignments as e d u cational aides on the southern island of Mindanao. For Your Convenience & Savings-Big Double Load Washerl LAUNDROMAT' INWHT0WN N KtDHJMI HTM STREET STREET rS5, SiSa WEST -ot PZ" VT- --Ni- COURTHOUSE J" A JA ; ' .'- FV - , u V i" f ' 4 Rolls-White 4 " " f,X. ,K' LeMSs '"A' v vi 1 " i . '.. J its'! f . . v j. 1 i' -,- it r Mini. . v . 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