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F An mm iSSHi t 10 A WfcDlNfcSDAY, SEFTLMBKR 25, 19li3 1MEDKOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON Str JHSWW JBWS'Jf jJWp(l 1 1 4 j ' o:f i - mm mum Edited by The Mall Tribune Advcrlisin: Department HEALTH AND BEAUTY AID SALES SCOItE CAIN. Health and beauty aid sales in drug stores hit a record of $2.6 billion last year, reports Drug Topics. This is a gain of 3.6 per cent above the 1961 total. Total health and beauty aid volume registered a 4.2 per cent gain over '61 hitting $5.8 billion. Of this total, drug store sales accounted for 45 per cent. Grocery store sales of this merchandise increased 4.3 per cent to $1.5 billion last year above 1961, and ac counted for 27 per cent of the total volume. fc-fCtf: J0T ' CKATKK LAKE MOTORS SHOW 'ill FORDS. The sculp tured styling of the 1904 Ford line Is shown clearly in the 2-donr hardtop model (top pho to). All new Ford models fea ture a lithe look suggestive of luxury to match total-performance engineering which includes a range of engines from the economical 223-cubic-inch 6-cyl-inder to the 427-cubic-inch high performance V-8. Durability, lower maintenance and a quiet er, smoother ride are other total-performance features for 196-1. Thin-shell bucket scats for stylish comfort and increased rear passenger leg room high light the luxurious Ford Gal axie 5(10 XL series for l'JM, according to Hugh Coleman, president of Crater Lake Mo tors. All Ford convertible mod els feature a new flexible gluss backlight instead of the usual vinyl. The first of Its kind In the Industry, Ford's glass convertible rear window Is stronger and more scratch resistant. The rcstylcd Ford Fairlanc for 19(H, shown at aliovc, lop left, presents a big-ear appearance and boasts engine performance Hint was proved in the Indianapolis "500." Although new styling makes the middleweight Fairlane look bigger, it remains, about the size of the 1951! Ford on the outside and Hie 1959 Ford on the inside. Five engines arc available, three of the same basic de sign as the Fairlanc V-8 that powered Lotus cars to second and seventh places in the gruelling In dianapolis race. These include two 289-cubic inch V-s. one 2611-cubic inch V-8, plus 17(1- and 21111-cubic-inch six-cylinder engines. Combined with five transmissions, these power plants offer a full array of performance and economy choices tor 19114. Eight Fairlane models hardlops, station wagons and sedans will be introduced. Althoiieh 11 retains its handy compact size, the Ford Falcon, lower left, above has nil exciting new look of action for 1 9114. Completely reslyled for Ibc first time since its introduction four years ago, the new Falcon offers added comfort Inside, improved economy and a solter, hig-ear ride, liolh tall and short drivers will find (he visibility improved and Hie seiiling position more com fortable. The Falcon matches its look of nclion with a choice of engines ranging from the economical Ml-ciibic-inch six-cylinder to Hie high prrforiminrc 2(i(l-ciihic-inch V-8. I he rulcon has the widest model choice In the compart field with 17 models in five series including - and 4-door sedans, hardlops. sporls coupes, convertibles, station wagons and the .Million Bus. Club Wagon and Deluxe Club Wagon. I ; - ""-T in ii nlm hi ii f in juii lb.. . '-A..W...Mri.bWHA.UA.. .........w. volume enough to pay for themselves, some retailers say. While the Impact of trading stamps on prices was once a matter of dispute, food retailers, who hand out two-thirds of all the stamps dispensed, now say that stamps have forced prices higher. Food stores dropping stamps be lieve they can compete effectively by cutting prices. JIM SHOEMAKER NOW OWN- "w Elt OF MEDFOKD TIKE SEKV ICE. Jim Shoemaker, for the past 14 years associated with Mcdford Tire Service of Medford, is now owner of the company, according to an announcement last week. Mcdford Tire Service, corner of Riverside and 8th, is the Good year Tire dealer for Medford. The company has just recently cele brated its 45th anniversary, hav ing originally been owned and op crated by Charlie Furnas. Shoe maker joined Kurnas in the busi ness 14 years ago after having served the Goodyear company in Portland for several years. Until Shoemaker assumed the full own ership last week, he was a partner in the business with Bill Clark. "Our hope and desire is to serve our customers in the finest way possible and maintain what we feel is a high standard of perform once and customer relations," Shoemaker said. The company will continue with the same personnel as before, Shoemaker stated. Services of the company include recapping, truck tires, passenger car tires, batter ies, front end alignment, brake service and sale of accessories. Mcdford Tire Service just recently acquired the building across Riverside (former Johnston Stores) for their expanded brake service operation. Shoemaker is married and his wife's name is Marian. The couple has 3 children, all bovs. The oldest boy, Jack is now in the service and the other two, Bob and David, both attend Medford Senior High school. .v- u II ? t v. w, - ,mm :n - " WJH w MERCIRY ADDS NEW FISH ING .MOTOR. Nine Mercury outboard motors, including a brand new 3.9-horsepower fish ing motor, have been announced for 1964 by the Kiekhaefer Cor poration of Fond du Lac, Wis consin, to mark its 25th year in the marine propulsion field. The company, a subsidiary of Brunswick Corporation, said that it had reached a new high in annual sales during the 1963 model year. Mercury outboards once again were the leader in dollar sales among brands, and more of the company's Mer Cruiser stern drives were sold during the same period than all competitive stern drives com bined. The 1964 silver anniversary fleet of Mercurys, ranging from the new 3.9 to the 100-hp Merc 1000, gives Kiekhaefer the wid est range of horsepower ever offered in the outboard indus try. Each model offers refine ments resulting from the company's 25 years of specialization in marine propulsion, and the line is smartly and newly styled in black and silver trim. The nine models are the 3.9-hp Merc 39, 6-hp Merc 60, 9.8-hp Merc 110. 20-hp Merc 200, 5-hp Merc 350, 50-hp Merc 500, 65-hp Merc 65 0, 85-hp Merc 850, and 100-hp Merc 1000. J 5 "'" 11 Shreveport Turning Rapidly Into One of Race Trouble Spots By AL KL'ETTXER UPI Correspondent Shreveport, la., has quickly developed into another of the nation's critical racial trouble zones. to train local officers in crowd control. Caddo Parish also is the home of state Sen. Willie Painach, long one of Louisiana's most militant segregation leaders. Until tha lfilocl ru,.n,,r, U Police used tear gas this week recial troubles here were hardly to disperse a group of 150 high j visible on the surface. Even school students. The day before, , now. most of the actual demon mounted patrolmen broke up a I strati"s are high school pupils, rally called to memorialize the I . Among 'hose arrested Mon tour Negro girls killed in a Sun-1 day- nowever, were 19 persons day school bomb blast. I w,no a,d tney were members of Local police authorities have i ' iw made it clear they will not tol- vent at Ihr holtom of the rear window on Landau nt Crater Lake Eye-catching new styling Is combined In the 1964 Thunder bird with unique luxury fea tures including thin-shell bucket scats and the auto industry's first retractable seat belts. A longer hood, integrated bumper and grille and rectangular tail lights enhance Its traditional look of elegance (top photo i. New fraliires of its cockpit mo tif Interior styling (bottom pho to) Include separate instrument pods, a distinctive new rom mnnd console, and covered reor seals. An optional reclining seat for the front passenger Includes an extendible head rest for com nletc relaxation on long trips. A new Silent-Flo ventilation system Includes and Hardtop models. The smart new Tliunderbird for HHU will be on display with the new l ord line Motors. Sixth and Fir streets in Medford l'rida. CHAINS' SALES I'P IN ACGl'ST. Comlmed dollar sales of a primp of 32 chain stores i increased 12.4 per cent in August. Last Month's total volume for the group hit $13 billion compared with $1.2 billion in August, 1962, reports Kaiivhild News Service. The 12 4 per cent! gain matched Ihe year's best performance in July, hut a lew mine scattered minus signs wercj prevalent. Of Ihe 32 companies, 28 showed increases, while (our had declines from a year! ago. For Ihe first eight months, combined sales of the group totaled $8 9 billion, up 9 per cent over the $8 2 billion total for the corresponding 1962 period. RETAILERS DROP TRADING STAMPS SAY ALLI UM HAS DIMINISHED. In recent months several retail chains have curtailed stamp giving, reports The Wall Strict Jmirnol. A number of reloilers ay now that so many places gie trailing stamps, they no longer sene their original purpose of helping a merchont lure customers away from slamplcss competi tors. Moreover, some shoppers resent paying higher prices to coer the cost of stumps. Some chains Ihot haven't discontinued slnmps have nevertheless Indicated thry are less than com pletely satisfied with them. The trading stamp industry roni-rilrs Its growth has slowed. This year about 275.000 businesses will hand out an estimated .190 billion stamps. For the stamps they dispense In 1963, stores will pay trading stamp firms little less than S9on million, accord ing to Ihe Trading Stamp Institute of America. While this would he up 5 per rent from last year, Ihe gain would trail the 13 per cent rise In 12 and the II per cent rise in Women do most of the trading stamp collecting, and many of them are delighted with stamps, tin the other hand, some retailers are convinced that i sitahle number of people sar stamps only because they feel trapped by Ihe system: They think thry have paid lor the stamps and consider It wasteful not to use them. Originally, trading stamps were supposed to Increase volume enough to that a store could cover Ihe cost without raising prices. Ihe direct cost of stamps runs from 2 to t per cent of sales, and there are also Indirect costs including Ihe handling of stamps at check-out count ers and extra clerical work. But now that so many stnrijs oiler lliem, slnmps seldom can build ,1 , f- CHEVROLET'S CTIEVELLE MAKES DEBUT HERE Newest member of the growing Chevro let passenger car fnmilv is the Chcvclle. Although 16 Indies shorter and 2.1 inches narrower than comparable Chevrolet models, the Chcvclle offers virtually all Ihe interior roominess and smooth fine car feel of a full-size luxury car. The Chcvclle Malihu SS Sport Coupe (shown above) is one of It Chcvclle models. The Chcvclle will be on display with other 1984 Chevrolet passenger cars and trucks at Cnur testy Chevrolet s showrooms, 227 East Ninth s'reel In Mcdford tomorrow. Thursday. "THE V.I.P.'s" TO PREMIER AT CRATERIAN THEATRE. Ihe Cralcrlan Theatre, in .Mcdford. will be one of (lie 70(1 the atres throughout, the entire world to launch the new fall movie season Willi the World Premicm showing of ICIizabelh Taylor and Richard Burton in "The V.I.P's". Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's outstanding new attraction. Rob Retzer. Oregon-California The atres' new District .Manager, is proud to announce Ihe booking of this much discussed picture, the first to be made by Miss Taylor and Burton since their co-starring in "Cleopatra". The story of the V.I.P's concerns Ihe ef.'ects on the lives of an as sorted group of people when a heavy fog delays their depar ture from London Airport. It was written by Ihe noted playwright, Terence Knlligah, marking one of the few limes he has writ ten a drama directly for the screen. Produced by Anatole de Grunwald. and directed hy Anthony Asquclh, (he piclurc was photographed in Panavision and MetroColor. Together with .Miss Taylor aod Burton, the distinguished cast stars Louis .lourdan. Elsa Martinclli. Margaret Rulherford. Ihe highly touted English actress Maggie Smith in her film debut. Rod Taylor, Linda Christian and Orson Welles with a support ing east of more than 41) speaking roles. Miss Taylor is seen as Frances Andros, beatitilul and spoiled young wife of ship ping millionaire Paul Andros (Burton), who is leaving her husband to run away with the international playboy Marc Champ selle (.lout dim). The unsuspecting husband sees his wife off at Airport, greets Mine, and old family friend, and arranges for them to be seated together on the plane. After saying goodbye. Paul heads for home where awaiting him is a note from his wife telling him nt her plan to marry Marc in .Mexico. She had. of course, thought, that by the time he read It she would he high over the Atlantic. Obviously, there were dramatic com plications when Paul hears of the delay on (he radio and returns to the Airport. How these various situation are developed as the V.I.P's are forced to sit out (lir delay in the Airport lounge and luler in a nearby hotel until (he fog lifts and the respeciive denouncements make XX for a drama of unremitting interest and suspense. "MISS NORWAY OK l9.-8", tall and beautiful Ann Inge, (right) is delighting Rogue River Valley dine and dance fans at Ihe Hotel Medford this week with exotic Eastern dances. Miss Inge was born in the village of Moi i Rana just above the Arctic Circle and confides that her real name was Anna Ingebriktson. She has been featured in headlines as the "most beautiful harem dancer on Ihe west coast" and those who saw ihe graceful olue eyed entertainer at the opening performance Monday night enthusiastically agree with press agents. ".lonell". another exotic dancer. Pepper Neclcy. Ihe "golden voice of RCA" and music by the Mcri'itoncs complete Ihe show at the Hotel Medford's Bar of Music. DISC DEALER'S VOl.lMK GROWING. In 1982. phonograph record dealers did about I90o of total disc dollar volume, as compared with approximately H'o of Ihe dollar volume In IH.u. said Irwin II. Steinberg, executive vice-president of Mercury Records. This prrrcnlnuc of business equals about S325 million whereas Ihe Jlt in l!",3 meant only nhoiil SI91 million, reports Rome Furnishings Daily. "Thus." Mr. Steinberg said, "record dealers today are lining approximately 60 a more dollars ill records than they did in IMS. ' Air. Steinberg believes that Ihe low-price phono equipment which has been selling recently is of higher quality, encouraging more listening. He feels Unit the dixcrsily of products on records Broadways thows. spoken words and language lessons have contributed to making Hie product more acceptable. The record companies are doing a far belli r job of merchandising, and the dealer himselt Is putting up a greater and winnin ' hatlle to surviie as a retail outlel thioiii;li diversification, he added. IMPALED OX SHARP RAILROAD SPIKES is this smart l'.V4 Podge Station wagon entirely supported by Gates' nylon Air Float deluxe tires. This unique display was planned by Willie Was sum. manager of Bud's Tire Ex change and Bud Parsons, own er of Parsons Motor Company, to dramati7e the rugged strength and durability of the Gates' low profile tires while displaying the smart new Dodge. Rogue River Valley motorists have boon Invited to see this un usual display at Bud's Tire Ex change. 1600 North Riverside avenue, and test tor themselves ithe needle-like sharpness of the spikes. crate demonstrations, large or "mall. The policy was not much hallenged until the past sum lcr when several sit in projects ere organized. They got no here but resulted in a pickup rder for Charles Evers, brother if the slain Jackson, Miss., Ne gro civil rights leader. Hostility And Resentment Most Shreveport Negroes have staged past demonstrations calmly and with considerable humor. But much of that atti tude disappeared with Monday's tear gas. Observers noted hos tility and resentment for the first time. Shreveport, a major sistribbu tion center at the gateway to Texas, has a 40 per cent Negro population. Many have lived in the Red River town for years and their homes are clumped : throughout the city. i The growing racial situation was being watched closely by j business Shreveport is a big oil pipeline center and by the ! military. Barksdale Air Force I Base, a huge Strategic Air! Command base which is head- i quarters for the 2nd Air Force, ; is in a nearby parish. Police Highly Trained Holding the Negro demon strators in firm control is a highly-trained police force that , is linked with the Caddo Parish sheriff's office. The combined i operation puts up a military- type maneuver when it is called ! out to control crowds. Boss of the outfit is Public Safety Commissioner George D'Artois. He is thought of local-1 ly as a quiet Eugene (Bull) Con nor. He is a former deputy j sheriff. D'Artois. accompanied by po lice Chief Harvey Teasley, trav eled to many of the recent ma- I jor racial demonstration scenes, including Birmingham. Grcen- wood. Miss., and Washington. Study Films j The two men brought home some fine amateur movie film of the Aug. 28 march on Wash ington. The film has been used 1 ty- That group has been active in some of the most violent of the country's racial sisturb ances. If organized Negro groups have picked Shreveport for a major integration push, the situation there could develop rapidly into a tense trouble spot. The International Rice Insti tute in the Philippines is the world's most complete center for training and research in rice, its production, distribution and utilization. Soil conservation has been es tablished embracing about 950 millions of acres in the United States. Transient Worker Gets Prison Term DALLAS, Ore. -(UPI)-Adam C. Salinas, 23, a transient farm worker, was convicted in Polk County Circuit Court Tuesday of manslaughter in the death July 13 of Joseph Washington, 61. Circuit Judge Arlie Walker ker sentenced Salinas to 15 years in the state penitentiary and fined him $500. Salinas had been charged with second degree murder. At the start of Tuesday's trial, Salinas withdrew an innocent plea, ad mitted the shooting and left the determination of the degree of guilt to Judge Walker. Portland Retail Food Prices Show Increase SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -Retail food prices in Portland rose .4 per cent during July, the La bor Department's Bureau of Sta tistics announced today. Increases were recorded in all groups except fruit and veget ables which declined 4.6 per cent. The largest increase was 2.9 per cent in prices of meats, poul try and fish. The Bureau blamed most of that rise on higher prices for ham and round steak. The human foot has 26 bones. The smallest is three - eighths of an inch long and the largest 2'i inches. SPECIAL NOTICE Medford Unit No. 15 THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY is conducting its annual subscription campaign to purchase additional sickroom equipment. This equip ment is for home use and may be borrowed by any Jackson County resident, veteran or non-veteran it is a community service project. Salesmen will call on you soon. Please ask to see the letter of introduc tion signed by the following officers of the post, auxiliary of Medford. , Marge McGinty President Maxine V. Bigalow Secretary Grace Walker' lit Vice President Shirley Collins 2nd Vice President Thelma Williams Equipment Chairmen NO DONATIONS ACCEPTED 3 ,! &ew&. THRIFTY, DELICIOUS HALIBUT F-h clu,Kt . 79c WHITE BASS F ii,t, ,. 5Sc REX SOLE-SAND DABS , 53c FRESH CHINOOK SALMON SALMON EGGS ,b 89c FRESH COD 29 Trimmed Piece LB. STEWING CHICKENS Cut-Up Large-local Grown FRYERS f rf. v" I " I V . , Columbia River STURGEON Center Cut Slices LB. 98 FRYER GIBLETS 3 lbs. 1.00 FRYER LIVERS 69( ib SWORDFISH STEAKS 89 lb. FITTS GRADE AA RANCH EGGS! Small Medium 2 dot. 75c OYSTERS 95 Extra Small (Bulk) LB. SEAFOOD & POULTRY 131 W.jt Main Phone 773-8497
