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11-Day Stale Fair Planned Next Year Salem-(UPD -Plans for an 11-day state (air next year were tentatively adopted at a meet ing Wednesday of the state fair board. The 11-day fair, instead of the nine-day event approved last week by the board, will get a final stamp of approval "If it harmonizes with county fairs, 4-H and Future Farmer dates" fair officials said. At a commission meeting last weeK a nine-aay tair trom Sept. 4-12 was scheduled for next year. Fair Manager Howard Maple said several school districts pointed out the dates would con' f 1 jet with the opening of school. Proposed new dates for the 1964 fair are Aug. 28 through Sept. 7. Attendance at this year's fair is running ahead of last year. As of Wednesday night 225,505 had attended the fair, compared with 210,123 for the same period last year. Today is Kiddies' day at the fair, with free admission for youngsters and reduced prices on gayway concessions. Also slated today is the annual needle in the haystack hunt for youngsters 12 and under. Animals Cause Many Mishaps Chicago (UPD Bears and" other animals have been hunted to near extinction in this coun try. But the animal kingdom continues to cause humans a surprising amount of trouble, the Journal of American Insur ance reports. In one incident, a farm boy took a shot at a sparrow perched on the wheel of a farm wagon and managed to demolish the wagon, damage nearby stores and factories, break windows in 600 homes and knock down power lines serving the entire area. The wagon contained 300 pounds of dynamite. Birds also have figured in even more tragic mishaps, in cluding two airplane crashes. A large whistling swan is be lieved to have caused the fatal plunge of a United Air lines Viscount near Elliott City, Mr., last November. All 17 persons aboard were killed. The swan collided with the plane's tail as sembly and damaged a vital stabilizer. Three years ago, an Eastern Air lines Electra crashed at Boston after large numbers of starlings were drawn into the air intakes of its turboprop en gines. Sixty persons died in that mishap. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER S, 1963 itish Columbia Shipments Increase Portland-(UPI)-British Co lumbia lumbermen shipped nearly twice as much lumber to markets than did the western U.S. states during July. The Pacific Lumber Inspec tion Bureau said Wednesday B.C. lumber companies shipped 175.7 million board feet, com pared with 98 million board feet from Oregon, Washington and California. Approximately one-half of the Canadian shipments went to the United States' Atlantic Coast. The Pacific Northwest lumber strike cut heavily into American shipments, the bureau said. During the first seven months of 1963, British Columbia mills shipped 648 million board feet to the Atlantic Coast. The three western states shipped 277 mil lion board feet. Shipments to Puerto Rico totalled 6.4 million from the U.S. and 42 million from British Columbia. Father, Son Lost Off Humboldt Coast Eureka, Calif. - (UPD - A Sacramento man and his son were missing and presumed drowned after their outboard motorboat capsized in heavy breakers off the coast near here Wednesday, the Humbolt coun ty sheriff's office reported. The victims were identified as Roy E. Knighl, 43, and Mi chael Knight, 12. They had been fishing with another son, Gary, 16, and a family friend, George Savage, 16, also from Sacra mento, when the accident oc curred. The latter two made their way to shore. The accident occurred near Clam Beach, about 20 miles north of Eureka. Strikebreakers Declared Hired Salem - (UPD - Local 280 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers charged Wednesday that Gould Nation al Batter'. Inc., is hiring out-of-state strikebreakers at its plant here. A plant official said (hat about 10 non union workers have been hired in the past month and are being trained to keep production going. About 50 electrical workers si ruck the plant in Salem and in 14 other cities July 2. Nego tiations on a national scale broke off Aug. 10. 1963, Buraiu ol Advtrtttlnf , ANPA x; t n like looking for someone who doesn't read newspapers Very hard to find. 99 million people in almost 9 out of every 10 homes read newspapers. It's the most sought after, often bought, eagerly consumed, intensely depended upon product in the world. The reason is obvious. We can't do without it. The need to know about the news and events that touch and shape our lives is deep, intense, unending. And the need to know is now. Today. So it's not very hard to figure out why more advertising dollars are spent in daily newspapers than in TV, magazines, radio, ana outdoor comDined. Mor Popl Dp Mor Business With Newspapers? o D 5 V v. PC'" o o o 1
