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
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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.
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