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Newspaper Page Text' Smokey Sayst i-' SCENERY Keep it that way . . . FreTtat Forest Fires I Attire of Students Suitable for Play Pullman, Wash. - NOT - The director of the high school summer camp play at Wash ington State University said today he is having no prob lems with the costuming of the cast. The director, Del Carson, is staging the play, "Rebel Without A Cause," a produc tion that deals with teen-agers and juvenile delinquency. "I just tell them to come as j they are. They couldn't be costumed more perfectly," i Carson said. AFRICAN PLAN HEARD Geneva - ItlPU - United Na tions Secretary General Thant met informally Sunday with UN officials and heard de tails of the African nation's plans to try to expel South Africa and Portugal from the United Nations, informed sources said. 'IFFY' WEEKS , , We are now into the 'iffy' weeks when two developments about which no one can be positive today, will decide the degree to which the business uptrend slackens this summer. The economic upturn will continue and the 1961-? ad vance has now entered its 29th month. Thus, it has just beaten the 28-month average life of all peacetime upturns since World War I. Its duration is well ahead of the 26-month average of all peacetime upturns of the past 100 years. There's still life in it. ' It's inevitable, though, that the pace of rise will slow in this July-September quarter. The question only is to what extent, and these are the two big "ifs": (1) How much will users of steel draw down stocks they accumulated in the months before the non-strike steel settle ment and thereby force cuts in steel production that will curb the upswing? The expert belief is that the decline this year will be less severe than that following the 1962 steel accord, but "Iron Age" estimates that about 4 million tons of steel must be squeezed out of inventories before the steel market returns to normal and "Steel" forecasts that steel production this month will be 25 per cent under June's total. (2) What will happen to the tax reduction-reform bill now that the civil rights crisis has befuddled the outlook for all legislation? If, after this prolonged build-up, Congress fails to put through a substantial tax cut for corporations and individuals effective January 1964, the blow to confidence could be significant. If, however, Congress passes major tax cutting legislation, psychology would be buoyed, actual spend ing would be boosted as the tax cuts take place. The lie between what the consumer has in his pocket to spend and what he spends is indisputable. The willingness of businessmen to increase their investments in new plants and equipment when they get tax relief has been dra matically illustrated by the way they are raising their spending this year in direct response to the incentives given lhem in 1362 via liberalised depreciation rules and the lax credit. Not at any time during the 29 months our economy has been expanding have we been in a boom. The upturn has sent to all-time highs industrial production (particularly auto output), retail sales, employment, profits, paychecks. But it has not been powerful enough to cut into our unemployment rate. It has not been strong enough to push prices out of their remarkably long-lived range of stability. Now we are into the weeks of hot summer and even though most of the barometers by which we measure our economy's condition are adjusted for this season, the sum mer doldrums do have a psychological influence. On top of this are the "ifs" - uncertainty about tax legislation and about the extent of the decline in steel production. Our economy cannot count on a new burst in your spend ing as a consumer. You have been the hero and heroine of this advance and from the start your free spending and bor rowing have put a rising floor under business. But you can not be expected to hike your rate of spending much if any beyond today's rate unless and until you get tax reductions which will leave extra spending dollars in your pocket. Our economy can count in this second half on increas ing spending by businessmen on plants and equipment -and this is to be a key factor oifsetting the drop In steel output. Businersmen are scheduling investments in plants and equipment at a $40 billion annual rate this quarter, a $41.3 billion annual rate in the fourth quarter - up 8Vi per cent from the last three months of 1962. Even the most optimistic cannot see where the next great spur to our economy will come from unless we get major tax reductions. Even the pessimists agree tax reductions would encourage corporations to spend more on modern, cost-cutting, competi tive plants and individuals to spend more on goods and serv ices across the board. The case for reductions in our oppressive tax rates so that our economy can continue expanding and finally can grow up to its potential is as persuasive in July 1963 as it ever has been. Time DRIVE ENDS TUESDAY! BING CROSBY BOB PANAMA & FRANKS. Plywood Prices Highest in Years Portland OIPD Plywood prices have climbed to their highest point in recent years under the pressure of increas ed demand and decreased pro duction. They may go even higher this week. A Crow's Lumber Digest market report said that sand ed plywood was selling for $76 per thousand Friday. It pre dicted an $80 market early this week. Sheathing and unsanded items on the S-8 basis have reached a peak of $102 to $104. . A Douglas Fir Plywood As sociation production report showed production of sanded items down to 80.6 million feet for the week because of the industry strike-lockout and plant shutdowns for vaca tions. Demand rose an addi tional 12.1 million feet during the last' week. POPE VISITS CARDINAL Vatican City - (UPD - Pope Paul VI left the Vatican Sun- riav niirht in nflv a visit to ailing Clemente Cardinal Ml- cara, his vicar for Rome. MILLIONS OF -WOMEN Thpi-p are about 36 million women drivers in the United States - nearly one out of. every three licensed car op erators. HALF-CENT CHECK One of the smallest nego tiable checks issued in the United States was for V4 cent, according to the Chase Man hattan Bank Money Museum. Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hill Syndicate. Inc. - IN GATES AT 8:15 P.M. SHOW AT DUSK! HOPE a JOAN COLLINS Obituaries EMIL A. PEARSON Funeral services for Emil A. Pearson, 80, of 118 West Clark st., who died Friday, will be conducted Tuesday-at 10 a.m. at the Chapel in the Trees mortuary, within Sis kiyou Memorial park. Dr. George G. Roseberry of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Private interment will follow in Siskiyou Me morial park. Mr. Pearson was born Aug. 10, 1882, in Halm stead, Sweden. His wife, Freda Pear son, preceded him in death in 1918. Mr. Pearson was a retired employee M Weyerhaeuser company, Everett, Wash., and had been a millwright in the industry. He had been a resi dent of Oregon, and of this community, since his retire ment 10 years ago, having made his home with his bro ther and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Carl I. Pearson. He was a member of the Elks lodge, Everett, for 35 years, and was also a member of Truth lodge, IOOF, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., for many years. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Rob- bins, Union, N. J.; one sister, Mrs. Esther Carlson, Brock ton, Mass.; two grandchildren, and several nieces and neph ews. Two brothers, Carl I. Pearson and Gustaf Pearson, and one sister, Bennie, pre ceded him in death. Honorary pallbearers will include Earl Scripter, Randy Hugdahl, Art Johnson, Carl Foster, Dewey Tipton, and Robert Alexander. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Siskiyou Funeral service, directors of Chapel in the Trees mortuary. LEE O. PENLAND Lee O. Penland, 79, of 4074 South Pacific highway, died in a local hospital early Sunday morning. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Perl Funeral home. EARL T. SCHEBLE Earl T. Scheble, 76, of 237 North Oakdale ave., died Sun day evening in a local hos pital. A reqJiem mass will be said at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Sacred Heart Catholic church, by the Rev. William McLeod. Recitation of the Holy Rbsary will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Conger-Morris downtown chapel. JOSEPH E. BARTLEY Joseph Ernest Bartley, 44, of 3478 New Ray rd., Central Point, died yesterday at his home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger Morris funeral directors. Births K I L LINGSWORTH - To Mr. and Mrs. Joe O., 2190 Meals dr., Medford, July 8, 1963, a girl, 7V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. NICHOLSON - To Mr. and Mrs. Max D., 1223 Bens lane, Medford, July 4, 1963, a girl, 11 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. DAILEY - To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E., 2200 South Grape St., Medford, July 5, 1963, a girl, 8V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. HENRY - To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E., 616 South Stage rd., Medford, July 5, 1963, a boy, 8'2 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. CLARK - To Mr. and Mrs. Charles- P., 1048 West 12th St., Medford, July 5, 1963, a girl, 6 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. WALKER - To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry R., 1132 Court St., apt. B., Medford, July 6, 1963, a girl, 1Yi pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. BROWN - T . Mr. and Mrs. Clayton R., 1746 Upton rd., Central Point, July 6, 1963, a boy, 8 pounds, at Rogue Val ley hospital. BERTELS - To Mr. and Mrs. Frank J., 537V4 Mary St., Medford, July 7, 1963, a boy 8 pounds, at Rogue Val ley hospital. TIPTON - To Mr. and Mrs. Donald T.ay, route 3, box 73C, Medford, July 7, 1963, a girl. 6' pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. WILDER - To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lee, Box 228, Pros pect, July 8. 1963, a girl, 74 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. s DNEY m BOBBY POITIER. DARIN mm PRESSURE POINT MEDFORD Ex-Aerial Ace Finds Challenge In New Job By DON SWANSON New Orleans (UPD Advanc ing years and injuries have grounded former aerial acro bat Sid Alcido, but he has found a new job Jo keep him interested. Alcido, now 56, was a tra peze artist for nearly a half century until an automobile accident in 1959 ended his career. During his heyday he performed in all parts of the world -at World's Fairs, be fore kings, queens and emper ors. He was known as one of the Aerial Alcidos. Today he makes his home in New Orleans and is in c h a r g e of maintenance and operation of a ride at the Lake Pontchartrain amuse ment park - a job which he considers a challenge. Has Job "For the first time in my life I have a job." he said. "I never considered working on the ropes a job. And my job here enables me to meet a lot of show people - many of whom I used to work with." Sid began aerial acrobatics when he was-seven years old and remained in the business for 45 years. "There were 11 brothers in my family and all of us per formed on the ropes," he re called. Exciting experiences? Yes, indeed, Sid had his share. "One of the things I will re member longest took place in Germany in 1939," he said. "We had just performed be fore Adolf Hitler and after our performance Hitler came to the dressing room. So did Hermann Goering and Erwin Rommel. They spoke to us and it is an experience I will never forget." The most enthusiastic crowd ever to see Sid perform was in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1941. First Act "It was the first aerial act to play in Coney Island park in Caracas and on opening night about 40,000 people turned out," he said. "When I had done my act they screamed and grabbed at me, tearing on my clothes and screaming 'bravo, bravo'." Sid had his share of tum bles, the worst being at Bos ton where he was with the Barnum and Bailey Circus, "I was doing the iron jaw act at the Boston Garden and slipped," he said. "I fell into the back row of seats and was hospitalized for three years and four days. I broke just about everything but my left arm and doctors said I'd never walk again." Broke Ankle Another time he fell at Coney Island in New York and broke an ankle. In 1954 his brother, Leo, was killed in a fall at Chi- ceiio. Other members of the Alcido family have retired, like Sid, but there are still a half-dozen performing on the ropes. Only once in his long aerial acrobatic career was he scared, Sid said, and admitted he was scared stiff. "It was in Milwaukee," he said. "I was swinging and just getting ready for my jump when one of the girls in the act shouted your ropes are loose.' My brother, Leo, pulled me back in. I went through with my performance, but when it was all over I really was scared. I blacked out for four or five seconds-the only time I was ever scared." The end to Sid's career came in 1959. He had com- pie ted a performance at Huntsville, Ala., and was en route to Winston-Salem, N. C, when a tire blew out on his car. He was badly injured. Thats when I came here looking for a job," he said. "I got this one and I like it." 41st Division Picks Portlander President Gearhart - IUPD - Charles Ricks of Portland will serve as president of the 41st Di vision Association for the coming year. He was elected at the group's three - day national convention which ended here Sunday. He succeeds Robert Keller of Chicago. Also elected were Wally Sandberg, Pomona, Calif., first vice president; Robert Dye, Billings, Mont., second vice president, and Dr. Ken neth Binklcy, Seattle, treas urer. TO TAKE TRIPS Washington - HTD - An csti mated 90 million Americans will take 164 million vaca tion or pleasure trips this summer, according to the American Automobile association. N "TEfNAGE MILLIONAIRE" O nui W 'EXPLOSIVE GENERATION' MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. Local and Meeting Set A meeting of the Medford Downtown Re tail Merchants association has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday July 9, at the Colony restaur ant, accoiding to Mrs. Phil Brainerd, association chair man. Proposed promotions for the period until May, 1964, will be presented. Minnesota Picnic The Minnesota State society of Oregon and Washington will hold its annual summer picnic at Jantzen Beach park, Area 3, Portland, on July 28. State Picnic The North and South Dakota state picnic wilt be held Sunday, July 14. at Jantzen Beach park in Port land. The program will begin at 2 p.m. Held on Charge Flovd James Satterfield. 45. tran sient, has been bound over to the grand jury on a charee Portland Livestock PorUand fITPIi lisna Hogs 600; barrowi and silts mixed 1 and 3 190-225 lbs. SO. Mostly No. 2 180-245 lbs. 19-19.50. Few a and 3 260 lb. 18-18.50. Sows 1 and 2 290 lbs. 16. 1 and 2 300-400 lbl. 12.30-19. 400-560 lbs. 10-11 SheeD 2.S00. Snrlnv .I.n.hu. lambs mixed choice and prime mixed choice and prime 80-10S lbs. 20-20.30. Choice 70 lbl. 19.50. Slaughter ewes cull and good 3.4 Cattle 900. Slaughter stecra hlih lood and choice 1.003 lbs. 27. Other llsh Bond and ihnlja 1 nnn-i i.i lbs. 26.50-26.75. Mixed good and choice 1.277 lbs. 25.50. Moitly good i'Xi.. lua- oianaara ana good 1.084 - 1.30(1 lb. HnllWn. 9? 22.50. Slaughter heifers high good and choice around 850 lbs, 24.75. Utility and standard 17-21. Cows utility 13-16. Canner and cutter Calves ISO: cnnH anrf .hnlM vealers 300 lbs. and less 25-28. Standard 22-23. Portland Produce Portland (UPII Dairy market: Esfls To retailer. A A .... large 38-42c: AA large 37-40c; A large 36-39c: AA medium 2n..lAi- A small 23-29c; cartons l-3c higher. Butter To reuilers: AA and A prints 66c; cartons 3c higher: B prints 85c. Cheese (medium cured I To "re tailers: 46-48c; processed American 5-10 lb. loaf. 43.48c. Portland IUP1I DreHM-rl rhfV. ens No. 1 grade dressed to retail ers: Fryers, whole drawn. 31-38c io.; cut-up 37-42C lb.: hens light type, whole drawn 22-26c lb.: light type hens. cut-UD 24-2Rr. lh.: henvv whole 36-39C lb. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Tuesday except for vari able cloudiness and chance of showers this evening. Little change m u-mperaiure. mw tonignt ou, High Tuesday 83. Western Oregon: ParUy cloudy In south. Mostly cloudy in north part. Scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 45-55. High Tuesday 62-72. Northern California: Fair tonight and Tuesday except patches of high fog on the coast. Cooler near me coast on Tuesday. Slightly TTs.iiic. tciiiuorHiurc imana. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE : Mean yesterday 58: below normal 13. Record high this date 104 In 1953. Record low this date 41 In 1911. PRECIPITATION; 24 hours to midnight .02 in. Total thla month .IS. In . nfl In above normal. Total since Sent. 1 2fl 73 In 1 27 in. aoove normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest veaterdav a y . iuK"gv tnis a.m. uii'.t.. High 4:00 24 CITY Venter- a.m. hr. day Low Free. Brooklnes .... 64 31 42 3.1 37 42 35 .04 Tr. .19 Tr. .02 J7 .54 Grants Pass Howard Prairie .... 5fl Klamath f alls 65 MEDFORD R Portland 81 Seattle .... Spokane .. Yakima 70 80 73 Eureka 64 5.1 59 Red Bluff 84 Sacramento 85 San Francisco 66 Los Angeles 78 Phoenix 103 Denver 91 Chicago .. 72 Miamf Beach ........ 97 New York 81 Washington, D C. .. 88 .17 61 79 .19 79 61 FIVE DAY FORECAST Western Oreton - Waihlneton Few showers before Thursday. Temperatures averaging below normal. Highs mostly 65.75. Lows 48-55. Northern California No nre- clpltatlon. Temperatures below normal inland. Near normal along the coast. pudiiIG ON THE SAME DAY IN SUTHERLIN, ORE. Thurs.,JULYll Siartlnt 10 A. M. OERDING FOREST PRODUCTS VOtUNTAJIV Mil IV OftM Of OWNf9 4 to win mi n i tM Mt mm u SUTHERLIN, OREGON Sttrtlng Atttr ConcusJon of 1st Safe It 0ttr m Vw IwfMrM MHMVrtirM HAMMERSCHMITH LUMBER SUTHERLIN, OREGON MILTON J. WERSHOW CO., Auctioneers The Mont Rrt.ptr.ttii .Vane in thr.Awtion t'irld nit MELftOSC Wt t-J17l 1237 lr T. e Tt tlUl LOS ANOtlH. CALIF. OSKLANO, CALIF. 2130 W. Sin AVE. CA. 2 till P0RTLAN0, OREGON OREGON Personal of uttering and publishing a false check, district court of ficials reported today. The $35 check wa issued to a local service station on July 2. . In Portland Medford Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin is in Portland where he is undergoing a series of medical treatments. Tuesday Speaker Dr. Hen derson S. Fox, president of the Southern Bible Training school, Dallas, Texas, will speak Tuesday, July 9, at Trinity Baptist church, Grif fin Creek and South Stage rds. The talk, to begin at B p.m., will include the film, 'Amazing Grace." which tells the work done at the Negro school. Erect Sign The Medford building department has is sued a permit to Federal Sign and Signal company to erect a sign at 1309 Court st. at an estimated cost of $1,800. College Offers More Than Random Courses Moraga, Calif. - IUPD - St. Mary's College, a four-year liberal arts school located in a verdant valley 25 miles east of San Francisco, is trying to give Its students more than just "random courses in the humanities." The college, which has an enrollment of about 800, has recently introduced courses designed to give students an idea of the relationships among the arts, sciences and social sciences. The school offers an "inte grated curriculum" to some students. Such a curriculum is intended to give students an idea of the links between science and mathematics, on the one hand, and history, literature and philosophy on the other. All students also must take a course in "Great Classics," which introduces them to Freud, Marx and Einstein as well as Plato, Aquinas and Shakespeare. Over-the-Counter Western Slocks By United Press lnternttlonat Bid Atked annK 01 America tKHk H8 Cal Pac t)til 2S'b 37 Con Freight 10V. 11 Cyprus Mines 24 Ti, 26 3, Equitable S & L 32 -t 34 V First National Bank .... Bfl-H 70 Jantzen 24 ',(, 30 li muiiiauu nnuuinn ...... til ; dil'.jl Mult Kennels 4 44i N.W. Natural Gas 3434 ui ckuii jviaiaiiurgiCHi ..J lk PGE 2fi',i 27 'I PP&L 2(1 -1. 28 U.S. National Bank 77 'i 81': West Coast Tel 23 'i 24 3; Weyerhaeuser 3 Hi 33 'i Investment Funds Noon quotation! on selected stocks: Fund Rid Asked Bullock 13.38 14.67 Chemical Fund 11.19 12.17 Colonial Ener .. 12.30 13.44 Eaton Howard Stk .. 13.90 15.02 Fidelity 10.14 17.43 Fundamental Investors 9.87 10.82 Group Sec-Avla.Elec 6.98 7.110 Group Sec-Corn Stk .... 13 27 14.33 Hamilton C7 3.09 3.57 Keystone B-3 16.3,1 18.06 Keystone B-4 10.3.1 1 1 .29 Keystone K-2 3.20 5.68 Keystone S-l 22.02 24.03 Keystone S-2 13.09 14.28 Keystone S 3 14 09 16 36 Keystone S-4 4.21 4 60 Mass Inv Growth Stk 8 19 8 95 Nat l Growth 7 07 71 Slocks 18.111 20.44 TV - Elec 7.50 8.17 United Accum 14 0.1 10 01 United Canada 18.18 HI 7R United Continental .... 0 08 7 63 United Income .. . 12 41 13 .16 United Science 6 80 7 43 Value Line Inc fi.38 - 3 88 Variable 6.87 7.43 Wellington 14.31 15.82 One of every six excessive drinkers is a woman. nucTion PLANING AND SAWMILLS SAWMILL EQUIP. mu net amnuc (Drs.iiMuin soitihg Turn umit COW0I5 110 IIMSIIK coantuon man CO. PLANING MILL EQUIP. wfMiictiii sim it urn ours iiimin tinwtrs nu cases trismus KHIHC sioa wiiomct nun UECTMCai Bobby Kennedy's Wife, 8th Child Doing Well Boston IUPD Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, 35-year-old wife of Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken nedy, and their still unnamed eighth child - a boy - were in excellent condition today at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. . The attorney general paid his wife a surprise 20 minute visit Sunday. The 6-pound, 14 ounce boy was born Thurs day, 4-H NEWS Rookie Cooks The meeting of the Rookie Cooks 4-H club was called to order by the President, Bob Hubbard, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hubbard. Our leader, Georgia Hub bard, discussed with us the coming cooking fair. Craig Lathrop made cookies and Greg Lathrop made brown ies. The meeting was adjourn ed. We all ate the food that was made. Greg Lathrop, Reporter. Snappy Seweri The Snappy Sewers 4-H club worked on their stuffed animals for Children's Hos pital ward at their last meet ing. A report was given on the style revue practice at the fairgrounds and a picnic was planned for Lithia park. Re freshments were served by Patty Elson. At a previous meeting Ann Thames and Rena Peterson were introduced as new mem bers. The members practiced judging for the judging con test and refreshments were served by Debbie Thumler. Cathy Anhorn, Reporter AppUgat Garden The Applegate 4-H Garden club went to the Applegate school on the Fourth of July to ring the Bell for Freedom itarting at noon for four min utes. The members who rang the bell were: Nancy Brown, Dan (Jhrlstensen, John Hill, and Wesley Hill and their leader Mrs. Francis Krouse. Members are reminded that the second garden tour will be July 10. Wesley Hill, Reporter. Quotes From By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Washlneton - A joint statement by the five operating rail unions on a proposal by Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wlrtz to avert a nationwide railroad strike: - "The secretary is asking us io give away - without struggl that would b classic in labor relations - the rights of all labor." Warsaw - Stefan Cardinal clash over freedom in Communist Poland: "If peace is lo prevail, freedom, Justice and recognition of religious conscience must be guaranteed. This is the basis of peaceful and harmonious coexistence." Marietta, Ga. - James Moore Tidwell, wanted for kidnap ing and pulling a pistol on tion of a hit-run accident: "Buddy-boy, don't be brave, or you're a dead man." Washington - Sen. John G. on his favorite presidential Sen. (Barry) Goldwaler and symbol to stimulate the FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MEDFORD! An Egyptian Belly Dancer- jr. She's f-jr Sh.' ' From y Shapely! a She y e Dances ' " ' A . . 7 '' i i- "' - Arllir She .-ki, ' the CecWtil Sings ''ffjL .. Own It . . JT Da-cma ' ' vwvi T,,l,!l 'Jits .Lrrss Dine early in the Candle Room-then see this exotic, beautiful girl perform with grace and agility seldom seen. 3 EXCITING FLOOR SHOWS. No cover charge-just en joy yourself. STARTS TONIGHT MONDAY. JULY 8. Bridges Sprout in Busy Pittsburgh By ALBERT FAUSTINO United Press International Pittsburgh - (UPD - Bridges seem to pop up out of the earth in Pittsburgh. There are so many of all sizes and types that Pittsburgh often is called the "city of bridges." In the city alone there are about 300. In Alle gheny County, of which Pitts burgh is a part, there are an estimated 1,760. One reason for the large number ot bridges is that Pittsburgh grew up around two big rivers the Mononsa- hela and the Allegheny. They meet to form the city's famed "point" and the mighty Ohio River. Pittsburgh's first bridge, a covered wooden one, was built over the Monongahela in 1818 when the city had a popula tion of 6,000. It burned down in 1845 when the city was swept by a disastrous fire. Built Suspension Bridge The following year, John Roebllng, the engineer who later directed construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, built a suspension bridge on the same site, using the original stone piers. Roebling's suspension bridge was replaced in 1883 by the present Smithfield Street Bridge, one of the main ar teries from the South Side into the city's Golden Trian gle, or downtown area. One of the city's most his torical spans is the 2,365-foot Washington Crossing over the Allegheny River. Built in 1924 at a cost of $2,869,700, the bridge commemorates the first president s crossing of the river on a surveying trip in 1753. He nearly perished in the ice-filled Allegheny when a raft capsized. One of the men most closely connected with the city's bridges is Paul Gruber, head of the Bridge Division for the Bureau of Highways and Sew ers. Gruber explains the city's! many bridges this way: "It's a city of hills and ra vines and we try to cross ev ery one of them." The city's bridges range in size from the 2,840-foot Man chester span to the newest but the News ..'. Wyszynski, warning of a new two officers during an investiga Tower (R-Tex.) heaping praise candidate: has become an ideological leader nation's imagination." YOU WON'T SOON FORGET HER Her Accempaniit It Terrific! 1963 A 9 smallest 40-foot Baio Street Bridge over a small creek In the South Hills area. There are many smaller spans of 15 or 20 feet but Gruber says that technically they are not considered Driages. "They are known as cul verts," Gruber says. Although the Smithfield Street Bridge occupies the sits of the city's first bridge and nas mucn Historical signifi cance, it often is a source of dismay for visitors. Its a two-part bridee. Ona side is for cars and the other for trolleys. The trolley tracks are of the railroad type laid on heavy ties. Three or four times each year an unsuspecting out-of-town motorist gets trapped on the tics. The last victim was a woman from Connecticut. Police say she holds the rec ord for bumping over the tie before her auto came to a shuddering halt. Her comment to police offi cers was a tearful: "I hate Pittsburgh." COMING WEDNESDAY THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED HIT JUST AS IT WAS I SHOWN IN THE 1 MAJOR CAPITALS OFTHEWORLDI DARWL F. THE ZANUCCS I llC WA'GST DAY , WITH 4t INTERNA TIONAL STARS I OPEN 8:00 P.M. the aia n o a r i OPEN 8:00 P.M. To kill a Mockingbird - GREGORY PECK TO Pdnavision Color De Lust f" risfii7??in3 II ' I SIGWORET a wtrmt not, riciuti , Hotel Medford DOROTHY LAMOliB 7 A