THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1363
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
35-44 Group Has Highest Percentage Of Drunken Drivers
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington - (Special) -Wives
may have new evidence
to fortify their conviction that
wnen a man
reaches 40 he
has entered
the dangerous
age. Whether
or not it lias
any relation
to masculine
romantic wan
derlust, the
governm e n t
has produced
statistics to show that drivers
between the ages of 35 and
Sports Areas in
Forests Attract
1
Portland - Winter sports
areas of the National forests
nf OrMnn and Washington at
tracted more than 1 million
visits in 1962, according to J.
Herbert Stone, regisional for
oiir. U.S. forest service. This
Is an increase of 157 per cent
since 1950.
Skiine is the most popular
activity among winter sports
enthusiasts; it accountea lor
95 per cent of the public use
of winter sports areas in 1962.
Them are 29 National for
est ski areas in the Pacific
Northwest region. Each has
hppn develoDcd by a private
company, local ski club, or
civic group, operators are
responsible for adequate
sanitation and for the con
struction, maintenance, and
safe operation of ski tows, ski
lifts, warming shelters, and
ski slopes. Winter access to
the areas Is provided by the
area operator or by county or
state government.
Maintains Inventory
The forest service locates
and maintains an Inventory of
potential winter sports areas
as part of its recreation plan
ning, Stone noted.
Recent ski ana develop
ments in the region include
Crystal Mountain, east of Mt.
Rainier on the Snoqualmie
National forest.
Advertisements have been
published for development of
Mt. Ashland Ski Area on the
Rogue River National forest.
It is expected work will be
gin at Mt. Ashland this spring.
Arrest to the area will be pro
vided by eight miles of new
road from the Siskiyou sum
mit on Highway 99; road fi
nancing will be by the Associ
ation of O and C Counties.
Two lifts will be constructed,
one from the lodge site to the
summit near the crest or Mt.
Ashland, and the second from
the lodge to the foot of the
basin below the road.
New Doubla-Chalr
A new double-chair lift at !
Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood j
National forest, was dedicated
In December at the time of
the 25th anniversary of the
lodge. The old lift Is not oper
ating. The people of Baker have
begun development of the An
thony Lakes Ski Area under
permit from (he forest serv
ice. The first lift on the area
is a Pomallft which covers a
distance of 3,000 feet with a
vertical rise of 840 feet.
Ski Acres, just east of Sno
qualmie Pass on the Snoqual
mie Pass highway, has con
structed a new double chair
which will open a new area
to skiing on that site. Ski
Acres Is largely on private
land, but a portion of the new
chair lift Is on the Snoqual
mie National forest.
Scout News
NEW NUCLEAR STATION
Washington - lUPli - The De
fense Department Saturday
will begin operation of lis
fourth station to Improve de
tection of underground nu
clear explosions. The depart
ment said the new Installu
tion, called "Cumberland pla
teau seismologlcal observa
tory," is near McMinnvlllc.
Tenn., about 70 miles south
east of Nashville. Othprs arc
at Fort Sill, Okla.; Baker,
Ore., and Vernal, Utah.
44 have the highest percent
age of drunken driving con
victions resulting in loss of
their driving permits.
Most of them, of course, are
men.
The Office of Highway
Safety in the Commerce De
partment has been compiling
a national driver register since
July 1, 1961, when Congress
authorized a register of the
names of drivers who have
lost their driving permits be
cause of driving while intoxi
cated or involvement in a
fatal accident. The register is
compiled from reports sub
mitted by the states.
With over a quarter of a
million names now registered
in the memory bank of a bat
tery of IBM computers, this
register offers the first op
portunity safety experts have
had to analyze the relation
ship between age and unsafe
driving among American driv
ers. Most Reckless Age
Their analysis discloses
that the most reckless age,
Judging by fatalities, is from
20 to 24. Out of 1,378 drivers
who lost their licenses for this
reason, 25 per cent were in
this age bracket.
Age 25 to 29 was the next
most difficult period, draw
ing 16 3 per cent of the total.
Age 30 to 34 dropped to 11.6
per cent and age 35 to 39 had
10. 1 per cent.
The very young drivers,
under 20, of which there are
some 6.5 million, accounted
for 10 per cent of the license
revocations due to fatalities,
or about the same rate as
those in their late 30s.
In short, the statistics show
that fatal accidents rise sharp
ly among drivers In their
early 20s and then gradually
diminish with the drivers ad
vancing age.
The drunken driving curve
on the age chart is quite dif
ferent. It gels worse as the
driver nears his 10s and then
gradually improves as he
passes beyond the dangerous
years.
The number of license sus
pensions for intoxication
among drivers under 20 is
negligible, 1.5 per cent. From
age 20 to 24 it jumps up to
10.2 per cent. From 25 to 29
it rises to 12 per cent, and
from 30 to 34 it reaches 12.9
per cent.
Things Get Better
In the worst age bracket,
35 to 39, there are an esti
mated 10.5 million drivers. In
the first 17 months under the
new law, the Office of High
way Safely registered 32,735
for drunken driving, or 14.7
per cent of all the drivers who
committed this offense.
Age 40 to 44 was only
slightly less, 14.4 per cent,
but after 45 things get better.
The late forties are compar
able to the late twenties; and
the early fifties are comp
arable to the early twenties.
Age is no certain cure for
this form of reckless driving.
The register shows that while
the percentage is small, nev
ertheless there were 478 driv
ers 75 and older who lost their
permits for hitting the bottle
and the accelerator without
an adequate pause for safety's
Grange News
Roxy Ann Grange
A short business' session will
be held at the Roxy Ann
Grange hall beginning at 8
p.m. Friday, Feb. 15.
Following the business ses
sion, all members will go to
the Central Point Grange,
where a visitation meeting
and social will be held with
all Granges participating.
drivers who lost their licenses sake in between.
RACQUETS OR RACKETS?
London -IUPIU The game of
racquets was originated in
England by inmates of a jail
called "Debtors' Prison" and
appears prominently in Eng
lish literature in Charles Dick
ens' Pickwick Papers.
Bids Called for Red Blanket Bridge
The forest service plans to
award a contract for the con
struction of a bridge on Red
Blanket creek, the forest jCrv
ice announced today.
The bridge will cross Red
SELL SATELLITE STOCK
Washington-ilM-The Feder
al Communications Commis
sion has authorized the first
sale of stock in the Corm..u
nications Satellite Corp.
which was organized to de
velop a space communications
system: Each of the 12 mem
bers of the corporation was
permitted Wednesday to buy
one share of no-par capital
stock at $100 a share.
Blanket creek at a point about
six miles east of Prospect on
the Prospect Ranger district,
Rogue River National forest.
Major items included in con
tract will be approximately
135 cubic yards concrete class
A, and 32.350 pounds rein
forced steel.
Bids for the contract will
be opened March 11.
SHOT IN LEG
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -H!PD-Pitcher
Marshall Bridges of
the New York Yankees was
shot in the left leg by a wom
an in a Fort Lauderdale Elks
club Wednesday night and is
under sedation in Broward
County hospital.
Nevada Senator Plans 'Sweeping Probe' of BLM
Washington -UIPD- Sen. Alan
Bible (D-Nev.) announced
Wednesday he would conduct
a "sweeping investigation" of
the Bureau of Land Manage
ment. Bible, chairman of the Sen
ate public lands subcommit
tee, made the announcement
in the wake of a report that
the Interior Department
would increase grazing fees
on public lands in the western
states.
The Nevada Democrat said
he was "disappointed" in an
increase despite requests it be
postponed.
He said his committee
would conduct a "searching
examination" of BLM opera
tions, particularly those deal
ing with grazing services.
"In view of President Ken
nedy's recommendation for
tax cuts to stimulate the econ
omy, it seems ironical that the
livestock industry should be
singled out to bear a further
burden at this time," he said.
Bureau of Land Manage
has sent the order to Interior
Secretary Stewart L. Udall,
who is expected to sign it.
The order would apply to
public land in Colorado, Wy
oming, Utah, Montana, Idaho,
Oregon, California, Nevada,
Arizona and New Mexico.
The order is expected to
call for an average 50 per cent
increase, as recommended last
week by Assistant Interior
Secretary John A. Carver in
hearings before the Senate
public lands sub-committee.
Cattlement from the west
ern states opposed the in
creases. Many members of
Congress from the region also
asked that any increases be
postponed until further hear
ings are conducted in the
states.
It was understood that the
order increasing grazing fees
would have been isued earlier
but was withheld until the
congressional hearings here
ended.
Capitol Memo
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1963
C 5
Legislators Vision Tax on Cigarettes, Modified Budget
By ZAN STARK I Off the-record comments by - Sales tax proposals will Eycmann suggested these i $18 million a biennium mii
be sidetracked.
Sialcm IUPD Adoption of a
cigarette tax, a modified $405
million budget, and a corn-
pro m i s e of
present per
sonal income
tax plans are
quietly being
forecast
by legislators
here. There is
a growing
feeling that
1 e g I s 1 a tors
may attempt
to postpone any major over
haul of the state's income tax.
some of the legislature's most
influential members indicate:
-Gov. Mark Hatfield's
budget requests will be
trimmed, but other expendi
tures will result in abuut a
$405 million spending pro
gram. -The Mosscr feature of re
taining charity deductions,
the Musa plan for a $5 tax
filing fee, and the governor's
$20 a person tax credit in
place of exemptions will be
combined in a partial over
haul of present tax laws.
Many legislators say pri
vately they are getting a lot
of pressure from constituents
urging "hold the line." Edu
cation's requests apparently
do not have general public
support.
House Tax Committee
Chairman Richard Eymann
(D-Marcola) may have been
outlining the legislature's
course last Friday when he
discussed "alternatives."
Lycmann suggested these
"possibilities":
Double beer and wine taxes
to raise $3 million a bien
nium. -Adopt "one shot" with
holding and self-employment
tax payment speed-ups which
could bring in up to $16 mil
lion next biennium.
-Tax small utility trailers
for an additional $4 million
a biennium.
This produces up to $24
million in new revenue.
A 4-cent a pack cigarette
tax would bring an estimated
$18 million a biennium.
This total of about $42 mil
lion would more than be
enough to finance the alter
nate budget proposed by
Legislative Fiscal O f f i c f r
Kenneth Bragg. It would fall
short of Hatfield's request,
but still provide enough for
pay hikes for state employ
ees, and some expansions of
state services.
The cigarette tax has been
defeated before by the voters.
But voters know the state
is in financial trouble. They
IPS
Troop 108
Boy Scout Troop 1 OR. spnn- J
sored by the First Church of j
God, 2000 Crater Lake ave., j
held a potluck dinner and
Court of Honor recently.
The event, held In the fel
lowship hall, was part of
Troop 108' observance of
Scout Week. A number of the
Scouts acted as ushers at the
Sunday morning service at
the church.
Service pin awards were
made as follows: One-year,
Jay Avery, Tim Warren; two
year, Dave Ferris, Mike
Ralche; four year, David
Dyche, Otto Ryn.
An attendance award was
given to Jay Avery. Mike Ed
wards attained the rank o(
second class. Merit badges
were presented to David
Dyche In cooking and Mike
Ralche In first aid,.
Color slides of last year's
camping experiences at Camp
McLoughlin were shown.
About 75 persons attended.
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SKINLESS WIENERS
SWIFT
PREMIUM
10 TO A PACKAGE
si oo
PUGS.
CANNED FOOD SALE
PORK AND BEANS - 4 .99
TOMATOES v - 7' .99
TOMATOES r 5 '".99
SPINACH Blue Sky-No. 303 7 .99
HOMINY
Drew While or Gold No. 300 ....
9 .99
STEWED TOMATOES- ... 6 " .99
WAX BEANS
Blue Dell-No. 303 6. 99
51 fi FRYER
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FRESH
parts
Just the Parts
You Like the Best
BREASTS
LEGS
THIGHS
Fryer Backs
and Wings ...
Fryer
Wings..
29c
fry
WHOLE DRAWN
"A" GRADE
PLUMP FRESH
BEAUTIES
CUT UP--PAN READY
c
lb.
OREGON FOOD STORES
Famous Lean
Ground Beef
3 ibs. $a00
BOLOGWA
SWIFT'S SANDWICH SIZE
(Qlc
Sliced
Any Size
Piece
lb.
GROUND ROUND STEAK
Oregon Food Stores
c
Premium
Quality
lb.
-v, s.m.vxi "" "
aeon
SWIFT
PREMUM
THICK
SLICED
All THREE STORES
OYSTERS Mi iu Cu,8 01 for 99
ASPARAGUS
Dew Drop Cut-No. 300
4 .991
APPLESAUCE
North Coast-No. 303 ...
7 .99 1
APPLESAUCE
North Cosl-No. Wt .... 4 .99 1
TOMATO SAUCE .o 15-.99
GREEN LIMA BEANS - 6 .99
HEW POTATOES 8 '.99
TOMATOE
large Red Ripe
Slicers Bursting
With Vine
Ripened Flavor
lb.
POTATOES
Klamath Sandland
AVOCADOS
Thin Skinned Fuertes
They Make the Salad
TADDAC Lar9e Crisp
VMDDHWL
ONIONS
Solid Heads
Local Sweet Spanish
Ideal for Creaming
10, 39c
Ea. IOC
2 to, 29c
3.pkg. 19C
CARROTS
5
Tender, Crisp
and Snappy
lb
ORANGES
10
Extra Large
Beautiful
Choice Navels
lb
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Mrs. Paul Gould
Grants Past, Oregon
- A $250.00 premium card win
ner. And to Maxine Miller, Ash
land, Oregon, a $100.00 winner.
How about you!
K- fi E Home Made Style Fresh Bread
tflU Town and Country
15-oz. Loaf S'
SWEET PICKLES
DERBY BRAND
22 Oz.
Jar . . .
PEARS
BAGLEY BARTLETT
No. 2'2 Tins
HAPORATED MILK m-n a, W
QGS "AA" LGi Guaranteed Fresh dozen IS
USH ROOMS ERLAND'S Pieces and Stems 2-oz. tin 20
TOMATO JUICE GOLDEN POPPY-46-oz. Ti. 2 for 2B
PINEAPPLE GRAPEFRUIT DRINK t W
PINEAPPLE JUICE DEL MONTE-46 ., Tin W
CAKE MIX BETTY CROCKER
White, Yellow or Devils-Regular 39c Package
TUNA WHITE STAR-LigM Chunk-No. Vi Tin 4 for QC
l.quart ,39
BARGAIN SALE
MIX "EM or
MATCH 'EM
4 ,.,.89
MAYONNAISE Cottage .
PEACHES Modoc Freestone Hslves-No. 2 j Tins 4 for .99
FLOUR Gold Medsl or Cottage - 10-lb. bag .89
BUTTER Maid-o-Sweet .
CAKE FF
PRUNE JUICE Del Monte-Quart .
CAKE FROSTING MIXES Zc:z 3 ,.r.89
nd .59
for .89
2 for .89
LB..
2 LBS.
COFFEE
FAMOUS FOODS
45c
89c
SPRECKEL'S SUGAR
sac
Granulated
10 Lb. Bag
COTTAGE CHEESE
Crater Lake
PINT
MEDFORD-Wesrgare Center
MEDFORD-13th and Central
ASHLAND-Gareway Shop. Center
W. R.i.rv. Tht Right T. Limit
Prices Effective Thru Sunday
WESTGATE THRIFT
20-FOOT TROUBLE LIGHT
Reg. $3.95
25-FOOT DROP CORD
Reg. $2.49 ..
8-FT. BATTERY JUMPER 01 QQ
CABLES Reg. $3.95 .. pair yl.0J
30-AMP FUSES
Reg. 39c Box-Box of 5 .
H.V 51.79
99c
1.39
29c
All UL Approved
'Perma-Tee' Fine Knitwear
All New Stock-Junior Sites
LINED PANTS 1
.vu ana 5.vb . .
ALL KINDS OF TOPS
$1.98 and $3.98
Vi Price
'i Price
"DEBUTANTE"
Deluxe Hair Dryer
With "Hat Box" Carrying CQ Q7
Case-Reg. $24.95 ea. ytf.Ol
Woodbury's
New Green Shampoo
For Dry Hair QQ
Reg. $1.00 Site 09C
8-PIECE
Crystal Snack Sets
SI. 67
DETERGENT TABLETS
0)C
SALVO
Giant Size
FABRIC SOFTENER
Giant Size JJ
LIQUID DETERGENT
JOY
32 Oz.
79c
FRUIT COCKTAIL Del Monte-No. 303
PEACHES Del Monte Sliced or Hvs.-No. 303-
PEACHES Del Monte Sliced or Hvs.-No. 2.
PEARS Del Monte-No. 303
SPINACH Del Monte-No. 303
SAUERKRAUT Del Monte-No. 303
5 for .99
3 for .89
4 for .99
... 6 for .99
. 6 for .99
MANDARIN ORANGES D.. Mon,-n.0 4 .99
TOMATOES Del Monte-No. 303 4 for .89
STEWED TOMATOES D.,Mon,.-No 303 4 f0r.89
CATSUP Del Monte-14-oi 5 for .99
CATSUP Del Monte-20-oz. 3 for .85
APPLESAUCE Del Monte-No. 303 : 5 for .99
DIIICADDI C Dal Mon,a chunk'
I INLHirLC Crushed, Tidbits-No. 211
5 for .99
Del Monte
PINEAPPLE
SLICED, CRUSHED
no. i flat 6 for 99c
16 Ounce Spray Paint
can 69C
New Wonderfry
Electric 12" Skillet
100 Immerjible
Regular or Buffet Style
13 Colors
Regular $1.69
Sfl87
Reg. $19.95
Regular $2.98
Set
'Huck & Yogi' Bath Bubbles
Regular 59c. J for 47c
Men's Extra Heavy
Sweat Shirts
With Zipper Front snd Collar.
White or Navy Blue Q4 QQ
Regular $3 25 ea.
U Ea.
APPLESAUCE CAKE DONUTS
.DOZEN
3
ASSORTED COOKIES
2 d.s. $00
WESTGATE 'OURS FRESHER BAKERY
APPLE PIES
Dutch Apple or Plain .
RAISIN BREAD
15 oi. loaf.
if "IK"
45c
29c
Zi
MEDFORD-13th and Central
MEDFORD-Wesrgare Center
ASHLAND-Gareway Shop. Center
W, Rtiarve Tht Right Te Limit
Prices Effective Thru Sunday
ry- v..
mittht sn-pnl a i.io3rillA
But it is doubtful they would
accept a cigarette tax in ad
dition to a major increase in
personal income taxes. Both
might be defeated, leaving
the state critically short of
money, and virtually assur
ing a special session of the
legislature would have to be
called late this year.
Eymann told tax commit
tee members use of the "al
ternative" measures would
give the legislature an oppor
tunity to study long range tax
increase needs during the
coming biennium, and elimi
nate ine possibility of enact
ing laws which would raise
more money than was needed.
Such
solve the money problem. It
uuia simpiy put 0ff for
another two
overhaul of the income tax.
During that two year period
legislators COUlH trv In nl,.ol.
the best features from the
many plans now before it,
and possibly come up with
a compromise tax plan that
the state could live with in
me years ahead.
It also would eive vntoi-.
an opportunity to get used to
the cigarette tax, and deter
mine for themselves if they
were willing to pay for the
"expanded services" so man
groups claim are necessary.
fcyeman is not onlv an v.
pert in t a x a t i o n ho i.
enough of a political realist
io Know mat there is a point
beyond which the voters are
not prepared to go this year.
Driver Fined in
Municipal Court
Patrick Mnlvin iwr-w,ii.
27, Central Point, was fined'
$250 in MedforH mnni.m.i
court this morning as a result
i.vu im-ana-run vehicle ac
cidents early this morning.
Judge Justin Smith Jr.
found McCnrmicl, o,,n...
driving with a suspended op-
cimurs license and on two
counts of failure to leave in-
lormation at the scene of an
accident.
According l0 city police re
ports, McCormick was the
driver of a car which struck
a parked vehicle registered to
uioya carl and Dora Elma
nanner in iront of their res
idence nt 521 Beatty st. about
12:46 o'clock this morning.
A few minutes later, Mc
Cormick struck another
parked vehtrtp at 947 Raih,
st. The vehicle was registered
to Frank Dal Ktnnov jm
East 12lh st.
In hntll rM nnfla ..U
McCormick fnleri In ntnn at
the scene of the accident.
He was apprehended about v
1 o'clock this mnrninu whnn
a police officer spotted him
drivine near Central ave. and
Jackson st. without head
lights. He was lorieed In cltv
Jail.
REPEATERS
Oxford, Mj. - lUi'l) - The
University of Mississippi foot
ball team has made 10 post
season bowl appearances in
the last 16 years and six in a
row.
Court
Records
MKhKOR!) MUNICIPAL
Richard Anderson Barnett, dli
obryed traffic ilnnal, $10.
Jack Kuene Morrii, diiobeyed
traffic ilgnal, lid,
Marilyn Joy Gait, disobeyed traf
fic signal, $10.
Gary Lee Schuman. failure to
obtain OrpRon operator"! Ilcerue.
$50; driving wrong way on one
way street, $10.
Donald Allen Simpson, violation
of haic rule, $10.
Sharon Lre Forde, violation of
basic rule, $'J5.
Kittle Florence McMtillin, dis
obeyed traffic signal, left turn on
red light, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
John Frank Hardin, obstructed
vi ii I on, $io.
Cecil Earl Campbell, failure to
dim light. $3.
Clyde Edwin Fjarlle, overlength
load. $10.
Eddie Calhoun, making false
statement on license. $35.
Russell Eugene Rosenberg Jr.,
Improper muffler, $10.
Roger Paul Harshman, overload,
$25.
Michael W Roark, violation of
baste rule, $20.
Harold E. Wagner, failure to sig
nal. $15.
Glen Dail Oppie, failure to stop,
Fred Alva Darby, violation of
basic rule, $15.
IJpnnU Lyndell Conner, failure
to yield right of way, $15.
Honeri tciwin Mcintyre, failure
to stop, $15.
William Walter Comelison, vio
lation of basic rule. $10.
Rudolph Walter Thlea, overwldth
load, $25.
Andrew Martin De Korte, dis
obeyed stup sign, $7 50
Arthur Glmn Atkinson, dis
obeyed stop sign. $5.
Kid en Evans Davidson, failure to
slop, $15.
Marvin D. Let. overload, $55.
Martha Diane Kdmons, violation
of basic rule, $10.
Roy James Vincent, no opera
tor's license, $5.
Billy Gen Yarbrough, excess
noise, $10.
Charles C. Williams, no opera
tor's license, $5.
Row.
CIRCUIT COURT
Mildred Alfred a Read vs.
land Read, divorce decree.
Shirley Lois Jones vs, Gordon
Curtis Jones, divorce decree.
Laura Helen Harris vs. Ravmond
Roy Harris, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGR MCENflK
APPLICATION!)
David Ellet Foreman, 42 flaw
thorne ave., Medford. and Sheila
Noelle Franklin, 1470 Kings high
way, Medford.
Calvin L, Granger, 2;W3 Spring
t , Medford, ana Lorraine Lai
Hampton, Ml Lozler lane, Med
ford, I