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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON TUESDAY, MARCH S. 1963 ONC Scholarship Applications Are Available in Area High school students who. will graduate this spring ! from Jackson county schools I have the opportunity to ap- i ply for the S300 "Step to ! Knowledge" scholarship spon sored by ONC Motor Freight System, according to the company's representative, C. C. Proctor, Medford. The program is open to graduating students in more than 200 schools throughout California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington and will award 35 students who plan to attend a college or univer sity next fall with S500 schol arship grants; Proctor said. Information and applica tions for students in this area are in the hands of the-prin-cipals at the paticipating schools. Will Be Selected The winning student will be selected by a judging com- mittee comprised of local business men with Alf B. Mekvold, Jackson county school superintendent as chairman. Applications will be judged on scholastic stand ing and achievement, extra curricular activities and ed ucational aptitude. All applicatioss must be submitted to the pricipal of the applicant's high school by May 1. The $500 educa tional grant will be made through ONC's Medford ter minal. Carroll J. Roush, president of ONC said that "1963 is the fifth year for the -"Step to Knowledge" scholarship pro gram, and we are extremely pleased to be able, to offer this educational assistance to young people just starting their college educations. We feel the security of the na tion's future lies with today's youth, who are able to util ize our vast educational fa cilities. Private enterprise makes a sound investment in giving every encouragement to students wanting to attain higher educational levels." Lai DIES-Dr. William Carlos Wil liams, 79, poet, novelist, and playwright, died at his home in Rutherford, N.J., Monday after suffering a stroke. Wil liams, a practicing physician until his retirement eight years ago, was recently nomi nated in West Germany for an award as one of the world's foremost modern poets. He won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1950 and many other awards. (UPI) Grant Issued for Wood Products Washington-(UPD -The Area Development Administration Monday issued a $10,000 grant lor a forest and wood products st 'dy in 10 Oregon counties. Rep. Walter Norblad R Ore ), said the study was for the purpose of attempting bet ter utilization of wood products. Counties involved are Clat sop. Columbia, Yamhill Clackamas, Marion, Polk, Til lamook, Washington, Hood River and Multnomah. Ambulance Measure Virtually Repealed Salem - (UPI) - An unpopu lar law providing for regula tion of ambulances was vir tually repealed today. , The Senate voted 29-1 to re peal the 1961 act. The bill, which passed the House ear lier, went to the governor (or his signature. The 1961 law brought pro tests from numerous small communities, whose officials said it would eliminate the informal ambulance services they have had to rely on. The House Highways com mittee, meanwhile, has been holding hearings in an ef fort to draft a more accept able law.. Oregon Men Get Conservation Pins Detroit, Mich. OJPD Three Oregon men have been named as winners of American Mo tors Conservation Awards for 1962, it was announced Mon day. They are Rollin Bowles and John W. McKean of Portland and LaSelle Coles, Prineville. Both Bowles and McKean have served with the State Game Commission and Coles has been, president of the Na tional Reclamation associa tion for the past three years. The firm said only 20 indi dual awards were made na tionally each year. Awards go to those who perform out standing services in the con servation field. Annual Meeting Of United Fund Set on March 14 The United' Crusade ' 10th annual meeting will be held March 14 at the Hedrick Jun ior High school cafetorium, according to Douglas F. Gord enier, United Crusade presi dent. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be pre pared by the public schools cafeteria service under the supervision of Mrs. Virginia Wait. The Medford High school sophomore choir, di rected by Lynn Sjolund, will provide entertainment. Dr. Arthur Kreisman, di rector of general studies, di vision of humanities at South ern Oregon college, will speak. Business to be conducted includes election of five new members to the board of di rectors, and presentation to contributing members of the United Crusade a report cov ering the activities of the board and its stewardship of contributions for the preced ing year. The United Crusade is in corporated under the laws of Oregon as a non-profit cor poration to organize and con duct one campaign each year to raise operating funds for health and welfare member agencies, and to relieve the community of the burden of independent campaigns by the -agencies. Members of the corporation are contributors, agency mem bers, honorary members, and the corporations directors, and its chapters. Each con tributor to the United Crusade a member from the date of his contribution to the close of the next campaign conduct ed by the Crusade. Everyone, whether a contributing mem ber or an interested citizen, is welcome to attend the an nual meeting. Campaign awards will be given to more than 20 work ers for outstanding achieve ment in the last campaign. At the conclusion, the board of directors will conduct a short meeting to elect new officers. Reservations for the annual meeting may be made by writ ing the United Crusade, 405 Leverette building, or by tele phoning 773-4287. i pip i i in "; i ftM i - 1 RCA Whirlpool REFRIGERATOR BARGAINS! L J5 mi" ti T,f TT GRINS WHILE READING - Bertram Powers, head of Local 6, International Typographical Union, grins as he reads copy of New York Post, which went back on the newsstands Monday. The Post broke off with the New York Publishers association Feb. 28 to get back into business. Powers and other ITU representatives were to continue negotiations with the eight other members of the association, which are still not publishing in the 87-day-old strike of printers. (UPI) Poet-Doctor Dies I Of Stroke Monday Rutherford, N.J. -rtlPD- The world of letters paid homage today to the memory of Dr. William Carlos Williams as one of the century's great poets, while this quiet New Jersey community remember ed him as a skilled physician. He was both. Williams, 79, who died of a stroke Monday, retired as a practicing doctor eight years ago, but never stopped writ ing poetry. He was the fifth major American literary figure to die within two years, the others being novelists Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner and poets Robert Frost and e.e. cummings. Williams' first book of poems, published in 1909, sold only four copies. But in 1946 he was recognized as a major poet with the publication of the first volume of the five book epic, "Faterson," which celebrated the life and his tory of the New Jersey city. Paterson won the National Book Award in 1950. Women Equalized fn Guard Measure Olympia OJPn The Wash ington House has struck a blow for equality of the sexes. A bill recognizing female members of the National Guard as part of the state militia passed the House by a 92-0 vote Monday and was sent to the Senate. Under pres ent law, the militia includes only "able-bodied males." Church Equipment Gone After Sermon Jacksonville. Fla. - (UPI) Evangelist Don Chenowith in his sermon at Berea Baptist church Sunday night quoted from St. Luke about tne good man who would have kept watch if he had known what hour the thief would come. Police Monday issued a three-state alarm for three men and five women who heard the sermon. They were wanted for returning to the church after the sermon and stealing $1,700 in equipment. ENTRY INEVITABLE Washington - (UPli - Com mon Market President Walter Hallstein said Monday he has assured President Kennedy that Britain's entry into the European Common Market is inevitable. "We start from the assumption that Britain will enter it, Hallstein said Pillow Stars ri it ymm . luTmnnJUi yfi' ' 10.1 Cu. Ft. Refrigerator 70 lb. 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Following Hussein's assassi nation, rebel military ele ments were to occupy key points in the capital, chiefly Radio Amman, and announce a new regime in the classic pattern of the Middle East. But authorities had been expecting trouble following the Iraq revolt and learned Brown Re-elected as Metro YMCA President Portland -ItlPIl- Richard M. Brown, president and general manager of radio station KPOJ, was re-elected presi dent of the Metropolitan YMCA Monday night. Russell F. McNeill, former president, was re - elected chairman of the board of directors. Washington House Passes Daylight Bill Olympia IUP1I Gov. Albert D. Rossellini Monday could add another month to day light saving time each sum mer with a stroke of his pen, The House Saturday passed by a 72-18 vote and sent to the governor a bill extending daylight time through the last Sunday in October. Rep. Alfred E. 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