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Monorail Needed for LA Transit Relief By JOSEPH A. ST. AMANT United Preii International Los Angeles - IUPD - This megalopolis has a king - size transit headache but a mono rail system, costing a relative ly modest $123 million, could provide relief, according to an industrialist. Sixten Holmquist, president of the Wegematic Corp., as serts his firm could build a monorail which could be fi nanced out of the fare box -without a tax subsidy. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), a public agency which operates major buslines in this area, has shown interest in Holmquist's plan. Holmquist's claim that a monorail system would not re quire any tax support is cal culated to meet with the ap proval of property owners and others interested in fighting tax increases. Some MTA engineers are skeptical about Holmquist's plan but they don't want to commit themselves publicly as being against it until he American Runs Unique Three Ring Diner in France Divonne, France-IUPD-Alan Lewis is trying to do what no American has ever done be fore run a three-star restau rant in France. There are only 12 restau rants in this exalted category in all France, according to the authoritative Guide Mi chelin. Naturally they are op erated by Frenchmen and all have French chefs. . But Lewis, whose group, Restaurant Associates, runs a notable series of restaurants in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, thinks he is on the verge of breaking into this exclusive fraternity. It has been an uphill fight for the past two years, ever since Restaurant Associates bought 137 acres of this re sort town near Geneva, in cluding a gambling casino, two hotels, thermal baths, theatre, night club, tennis court and three swimming pools-. Divonne had been coasting along on a reputation built at the turn of the century when Russian royalty and American and British mil lionaires came primarily for the rouette and chemin de fer When Lewis and his col leagues took over in June 1962 they instituted a big- game entertainment policy and set out to make Divonne an all-year rather than a sea sonal resort. The big name policy paid off and Divonne, according to Lewis, now is the most profitable of France's 149 ca sinos its nearest rivals are Nice and Enghien. He consid ers this somewhat of a tri umph for American methods which have been introduced without affecting the conti nental charm of the resort. "We want a European and an American clientele, Lew is explained. No Frenchman will ever believe an American can run a three-star restaurant in France, thus there is consid erable interest in how Lewis plans to set about it. "We learned a lot from our restaurants in the U.S.," he said, "especially 'The Four Seasons' and "The Forum of the 12 Caesars' in New York. "Americans tend to shy away from the traditional while Europeans prefer the classic regional French cui sine. We are still trying to hit exactly the right note combining the two and when we do we will be waiting confidently for the Michelin Inspectors to make their verdict." Adjuster Appointed By Insurance Firm William G. Cochran, Med ford, has been appointed ad juster in charge of the Grants Pas, Roscburg, and Suthcrlin area by the Oregon Auto mobile Insurance company. Pnrhran'a headquarters will be in Grants Pass, according to W. A. BrooKs, presiacni. Cochran was born In Eu gene and reared in Medford, graduating from Medford High school. He is a member of the Oregon Casualty Ad justers association, the Eu gene Adjusters association, and the Honorable Order of k. cine nnnse. Oregon Pond. He and his wife, Karen Jean, and their children, Shel by and Eric, will live in Grants Pass. He is a member of Medford'! First Presbyteri an church. ... , ,rrtllDnC BAD I LlL Lot Angeles-OT-The oc cupation of pool sitter, a classification officially recog nized bv the state employment office, i' catching on big in Southern California. The aquatic counterpart of the baby sitter geis 91 iu ti.io an hour for hil labors. has had a full hearing. Holmquist made his an nouncement on the monorail shortly after the MTA fell flat on its face when it suggested that a special property tax be levied to finance a 58-mile combination subway and sur face train system costing $649 million. The MTA wanted the state legislature to earmark IS cents as a maximum on each $100 assessed valuation to provide the cash. Property owners howled and the MTA withdrew its proposal, calling it a "mistake." As a result, Holmquist re ceived pleasant reception when Jie offered his tax-free $123 million monorail plan. He said a monorail is less ex pensive to construct than a subway or a double-track ele vated line. Holmquist says a monorail's construction cost is $3 million a mile, compared with the MTA's surface-subway system cost of $11 million. And he says he has financing avail able through a Wall Street in vestment firm. Out of the estimated $123 million cost for the monorail, Holmquist said, about $14 mil lion would be used to pur chase rights-of-way. The sys tem would link the Civic Cen ter with the west Los Angeles area, with El Monte to the east and with the San Fer nando Valley to the north. Holmquist also said his group would submit a plan to pay off the MTA's current in debtedness of approximately $41 million. The monorail concept is not new to southern California. Walt Disney has one operating in his famed amusement park. The Disney monorail is one of the most popular and use ful attractions at Disneyland, according to park engineer John Wise. Advantages of the monorail cited by both Wise and Dis ney are that it is noiseless, it operates on electricity and spews no smelly exhaust fumes. And absence of exhaust fumes would be a boon to smog-ridden Los Angeles. mmmm . .1 ft OPEN TONIGHT Domiciliary Names Hospital Officer Melbourne Holbrook has been appointed to the position of hospital housekeeping offi cer at the Veterans Adminis tration domicilary. Holbrook is a veteran of World War II, having served with the U. S. Navy from July 1943 until May 1946. Fol lowing his discharge from the armed forces he worked for several private industries. He received his first federal service appointment at the VA hospital, Vancouver, Wash., in 1948 and worked there until the end of June 1951. He again served at the VA hospital, Vancouver, from August 1958 as assistant hos pital housekeeping officer un til his transfer to the domicili ary on July 7. Holbrook and his family will reside at Cascade Village. CUBA MILITIA DISARMED Washington-tt!PD-The Citi zens Committee for a Free Cuba said Sunday that a refu gee had reported Soviet troops are continuing to dis arm Cuban militia to prevent a possible uprising. Quotes From BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Moscow Under Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman explaining his mission in Moscow: "We have come with the instruction to do everything for the conclusion of a comprehensive ban on nuclear tests with the proper safeguards. But if we cannot get a concrete test ban. we are prepared to agree on a partial test ban which would be a first step in the negotiation of a complete treaty." Washington Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, cri ticizing both the railroads and the rail unions for not mak ing any real effort to settle their work disputes: "Every single proposal which has been made in this case has been immediately labeled as compulsory arbitration." Pittsburgh-Bobby Abbott, one of three teen-age boys res cued from an abandoned coal mine where they were lost for two days: "No more mines for us. We had enough of that for the rest of our lives." Washington Alabama Gov. George Wallace, challenging President Kennedy and Congress to submit the administra tion's civil rights bill to the people in a national referendum: "I promise you that you will get the shock of your life' because the people will overwhelmingly reject this encroach ment upon their right to own and enjoy private property." . MEDFORD Reservists Build Fallout Shelter By JAMES O. CLIFFORD United Press International San Francisco-rtlPlt-A group of Air Force reservists, work ing on their own initiative at little cost to taxpayers, have put together an underground fallout shelter-command post that could be a key West Coaost communications cen ter in a nuclear attack. Maj. Alan Saunders of No vate Calif., com.iiander of the 2479th Air Force Reserve sector and mastermind of the project, says it could with stand "anything but a direct hit." Its cost: $500. Officers and men of the 2479th worked sid' by side to scoop years' accumulation of mud and filth from a 30-year-old coast artillery bun ker at Fort Miley. The work was done at nights and on weekends, often on volun teered time. ' Then the men filled 1,000 sandbags to place behind the steel doors of the bunker. The final steps was obtain ing surplus communications paraphernalia telephones, the News .fVI, Roll ol AT LAURINE'S SAVE $ LAURINE'S CARPET UU 520 South Riverside (Next Door to Oregon Food Store Across Street MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. teleprinters, field phones and radios and installing it in the bunker- The heart of the system is a portable radio set up which Saunders said will serve just as well beneath the ground as above. The result of the work was a 6,500-square-foot shelter, cob-webbed with intricate communications wiring and safely buried 16 feet below the hills overlooking the Golden Gate. Its function in event of a nuclear attack would be to oversee Air Force recovery group operations in an area from San Francisco to Fres no, Calif. Although seldom publi cized, recovery groups play a major part in the nation's defense system. If an enemy attack destroyed America's Strategic Air command bases, recovery groups would gather at undamaged fields to provide service and re armament for the bombers which the Air Force always has in the sky. Saunders, who piloted car go planes over the Himalayas during World War H, said he and his men were concerned about reports that San Fran cisco had little if any fallout protection. Their post, be sides being a command cen ter, would accommodate cen ter personnel and their fami lies. Servicemen ENCAMPMENT Cadets Steven D. Gray and Roger D. Hout are participat ing in the Air Force reserve officer training corps sum mer encampment at Fairchild Air Force base, Wash. Hout, son of Mrs. R. La Vonne Hout, 324 North Front St., is a member of the ROTC program at the University of Portland. Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Gray, 585 Al lison st., Ashland, is in the ROTC program at the Univer sity of Oregon. Both wil be eligble for appointment as Ar Force second lieutenants upon graduation from college. OVER 00 ON THE AVERAGE SQ. YD. HOME TONITE OREGON The Medical by lC. v 0 Cure for Type of Whispering I recently had the thrill of seeing one of my old patients, very active, busy and im portant man, who for years, was condemn ed to whisper. He could nev er speak out loud because a tiny tumor in his neck had destroyed the nerve that should be sun- plying one of his vocal cords. Now at last, he has found a man to cure him. A nose and throat specialist, Dr. Rob ert B. Lewy of the Univer sity of Illinois and Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, in jected enough Teflon into the paralyzed vocal cord to in crease its substance so that it could move over and come into contact with the active cord. As a result, the patient is now able to talk well again. There are some patients who underwent this operation two years ago and are still talking out loud. What I must emphasize here is that this operation is only for persons who have one paralyzed vocal cord. This trouble commonly follows an operation on a lung or on the big artery that comes out of the heart, or perhaps on a goiter. No one who whispers should ask for this operation unless a throat man looks into his larynx and assures him that his or her trouble is due to the paralysis of one cord. Some whispering is due to hysteria, and this is not to be operated on. Hundrers of men whisper because their voice box, or much of it, was removed because of a cancer. "Z&ZJ" . I torcream-w-" -nr.MD vjrvvs w too . rm0let. g lompig' iA V Vvi." -r 6' VU & u i PER iJ Roundup . I Em en mi Consultant In Mtdiclne Mayo f'llnic Emeritus Profetmr of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Retmer and Tribune Syndicate, 1963) Most of such persons cannot be helped by any operation because both of their vocal cords are gone. Called Aphasia I must add also that per sons who, after a bad stroke, cannot talk, or can talk only with difficulty, cannot use this operation: it is not for them. They have a difficulty called aphasia. Because of an injury to their brain, they cannot think of the words that would express what they arc trying to say. Rarely, a little stroke will paralyze a vocal cord. As Dr. Lewy says, in a sci entific article, the operation is indicated when there is a paralyzed vocal cord which lies away from the midline and cannot meet the other cord when the person has to talk. 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