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OBITUARIES ADRIENNK R. O'LEARY Adricririe ' Hose O'Leary, two months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. O'Leary, of Cen tral Point, died yesterday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Hillcrest Memorial Chapel. The Rev. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Conger-Morris, funeral direc tors, are in charge of arrange ments. Adrienne Rose was born Oct. 8, 1963, in Medford. Survivors besides the parents Include a sister, Suzanne, at home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. O'Leary, Vancouver, Wash.; and Mrs. Ceora Cooney, Jacksonville. ' DAVID G. JONES '. David Gregory Jones, six inonths, of 240 N. Holly St., died .this morning in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger - Morris, .funeral directors. MRS. MARIAN EVANS ASHLAND Funeral services for Mrs. Marian Burros Evans, '55, formerly of Ashland, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Litwillcr's Mountain View Chap el with the Hev. Cecil Coins of .the Baptist Church officiating. .Interment will be in Mountain ;View Cemetery. Mrs. Evans died Nov. 30 in Maywood, Calif., where she went last June to make her home near her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Jean Hankel, who sur vives. Mrs. Evans also leaves two grandchildren. The daughter of the late Mrs. Hazel Ncff of Ashland, Mrs. Evans was born July 1, I!)09 in Union City, Pa. HERB SABIN ASHLAND - Herb Sabin, 71, of Ashland, died in a Medford convalescent home today. He was born Sept. 16, 1892, in Per lcy, Minn., and is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Otis Snyder of ; Klamath Falls. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Litwillcr's !Funeral Home. MARY W. ZINSER - Mary W. Zinser, 85, formerly of Eugene, died Saturday in a .local hospital. The body will be returned to Eugene by Perl Fu neral Home where funeral serv .ices will be conducted at Poole . Larson Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Zinser was born on Feb. ;25, 1378, in Central City, Iowa. ;She moved to Coburg, near Eu gene, in 1924, where she lived until 1959. In May, 1959, she moved to Medford where she had made her home with her BARD'S INN RESTAURANT Ashland 6 A.M. -10 P.M. 7 DAYS PER WEEK Banquot Room Christmas headquarters for shaving comfort GIVE A NORELCO WITH ROTARY BLADES -. . .the third way to shave ! ,:IRST CAME THE RAZOR BLADE. THEN CAME BACK-AND-FORTH ELECTRIC SHAVERS, NOW TRY NORELCO WITH ROTARY BLADES. SELF-ADJUSTING! New Noreleo 'floating-hesd' Speedshaver 30. Heads swivel to hug face. Rotary blades. 'Flip-open' cleaning. Adapts to world wide us-110220v. (ACDC). Smart travel case. J.('f5'."i',: .Vt' r-3S IIIIIMM ! Nctti AnC'C" Ph'O CoTy. . 1(50 EJSl 2d St't. Ne Fniii&nave m Caaaa ad trougou, the rest o te .; daughtf r , nrvi son-in-.)?iv. JJj., and Mrs. Harold Head. She was a member of the Coburg Methodist Church. On Feb. 25, 1902 in Marion, Iowa she was married to Ezra 0. Zinser, who died July 24, 1963. Survivors include three daughters, Miss Ada Zinser, Eu gene; Mrs. Harold (Norma) Head, Medford; Mrs. Kenneth (Lois) Kelley, Lebanon; one brother, Burt Whitcomb, Spring ville, Iowa; one sister, Miss Metta Whitcomb. Marion, Iowa, and six grandchildren. CLAUDE ROGERS Claude Rogers died Dec. 7 at his home in Wichita, Kan. A Rogue Valley visitor, Mr. Rog ers was the father of Mrs. Irene Drinkwater, Medford, and the late Art Rogers. Other survivor is a son, Perry Rogers, Denver, Colo. Funeral service will be held Tuesday in Wichita. Goldmark To End Testimony OKANOGAN, Wash. (UPI) -Presentation of the plaintiffs' case was expected to end today or Tuesday in the Okanogan County Superior Court trial of the $225,000 Goldmark libel suit. One of the plaintiffs, former state Rep. John Goldmark, was expected to be the final witness for himself and his wife, Sally. He was the 50th witness in trial of the suit the Goldmarks filed after the 1962 primary elec tion. The trial opened Nov. 4. Attorneys for the defendants, four men and their wives and a weekly newspaper, were ex pected to move for dismissal of the complaints as soon as the plantiffs' case was completed. If this is denied by Judge Theodore S. Turner, the defense would begin its presentation the next day. That part of the case could take up to 20 days. With only one day of court scheduled Christmas week, the trial was expected to last well into January. The Goldmarks claim they were libeled by statements made during the 1962 campaign linking them with communism. Goldmark was seeking the Dem ocratic nomination for a fourth term in the state House of Representatives. He ran third in the three-man contest for two scats. Klamath To Rebuild Lost River Bridge KLAMATH FALLS (UPI) - Klamath County will rebuild the Malone Bridge over the Lost River, it was announced here. It will cost $50,000 and take about six weeks to rebuild the bridge, which is two miles east of Merrill. The structure was built in 1935. RUNOFF NECESSARY NEW ORLEANS (UPI)-For-mer Ambassador de Lcsseps S, Morrison and John J. McKclth en today squared off for a Loui siana Democratic gubernatorial runoff Jan. 11. POPULAR PRICE! New Norvlco 'flip-top SpeedshcverS 20. New est model of world's largest selling shaver. Rotary bledes. Eco nomical pnee. Fitp-too' cleaning. 1 10 volts only (ACDC). Travel case. FOR THE LADIES. New Noreleo Beauty Sachet 25LS. A home beauty salon! Amazing ht for facial massage, haircuttmg, manicures, etc. Glamorous fX. f0'J ih tsj Traffic Volume Rises in Stale Oregon's traffic volume show ed a general increase through out the state during October, 1963, as compared to October, 1962, according to the monthly report compiled by the Oregon State Highway Department. Greatest increase in Jackson and Josephine Counties was on Oregon 62, four miles south of Shady Cove. Travel during Oc tober rose 18 per cent com pared to the same month one year ago. Travel on the high way during the first 10 months of 1963 is up by 8 per cent, ac cording to the report. Traffic volume on Oregon 66, seven miles cast of Ashland, dropped 10.6 per cent during the month. For the 10 months pe riod this year traffic dropped by 5.5 per cent. On Oregon 238, one mile west of Ruch, traffic volume rose 8.1 per cent. On Main Street, east of Geneva Street, in Med ford, traffic during October dropped 6.4 per cent compared to one year ago and 4 per cent for the first 10 months of 1963. Josephine County 1-5, seven miles north of Grants Pass, re corded a rise of 6.6 per cent for the month, but is still 5.2 per cent below 1962 for the 1963 10 month period. Traffic on Jump Off Joe county road, nine miles north of Grants Pass remained unchanged for Oc tober, but for the year was 1.7 per cent below 1962. Locals Committee Meeting The public relations committee for Oregon Collectors Association will meet Dec. 14 and 15 at the Village Green. The committee is responsible for sponsoring scholarship funds for Oregon high school students through an essay contest on "The Proper Use of Credit." Damage Reported Leonard H. Olson, 336 N. 10th St., Cen tral Point, reported to local po lice that an unidentified driver caused extensive damage to a trailer parked by his place of residence during the week end. The driver even left his own car at the scene, police noted. Wall Torn Down Someone tore down part of pumice block wall at the Rogue River Val ley Creamery on U.S. 99 in Cen tral Point Friday night. The in cident was reported to Central Point police by Thomas Vella, 331 Front St. Attends Seminar Lloyd H. Wales, 466 N. Second St., Cen tral Point, dealer sales repre sentative for the Sherwin-Williams Co., recently attended a seminar conducted by the firm in Cleveland, Ohio. Permits Issued The Med ford building department has is sued permits to George Cox, 318 E. 12th St., to repair fire damage in his residence at an estimated cost of $1,600; and to Don's Plumbing Service, 1902 Crater Lake Highway, to repair fire damage in his business at an estimated cost of $2,500. CORDLESS! NewNoreleoCordless Speedshaver 20C. Shaves anywhere on tour tiny batteries. No bulky recharger. Rotary blades. Mirrored upper travel case. , New lady Noreleo Shaver 20L. 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Michigan's upper peninsula shoveled from under six inches of snow and forecasters pre dicted another two inches be fore nightfall. In the eastern Dakotas and northern Minnesota snow depths ranged to 10 inches. mere was as much as tour inches in northern New England. Weatherman forecast colder temperatures from the north eastern great plains and the Mississippi Valley eastward to the Atlantic Coast, with snow and windy conditions in the areas around the Great Lakes and snow flurries in the Ohio Valley southeastward to the Appalachians. The wind at Kansas City reached more than 60 m.p.h. and many airplanes were di verted from the airport there. rW Kansas Citv streets of de-: bris. More than 100 workmen were sent to repair power lines. At Topeka, winds reached 75 m.p.h. velocity. Fire Threat in West Increases SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - Threat of major forest fires in the West is from six to 100 times greater than it was 25 years ago. a leading forest pro tection official said today. Keith Arnold, director of the division of forest protection re search of the U.S. Forest Serv ice, Washington, D. C, told for esters gathc ing here for the opening of the 54th annual West ern Forestry Conference on Wednesday that the threat of conflaarations is growing faster , He was demonstrating the safe than fire control agencies can ty catch when the weapon fired. cope witn it. Arnold said that the growing occupancy of forests by people may even be pushing the poten tials for conflaarations really big forest fires to levels 12 to 1,000 times greater than average conditions in the past. "We now have the capacity to lick all the problems of fire ore vention and control except those dealing with conflagration threat." Arnold said. He said fire-control research j and planning arc not vet aimed directly at conflagration noten- j tial and he urged effort in this ' dirert'on throuehout the West, j "This planning starts." he : said, "where our current fire control planning leaves off " 17 Cars of Freight Train Jump Tracks ACME. Wash. (UPI) - A 17 car Northern Pacific Local freight train was derailed two miles north of here Sunday. Fourteen of the 17 cars and four of five dicscl units left the track. No one was injured. Two of the diesel units caught fire, hut the damage was not extensive. The train was shipping vege tables from northern Whatcomb County to Seattle. News About Servicemen IN EXERCISE Army Spec. 5 Bobby L. Moore, husband of Wanda Moore, 314 Northeast E St., Grants Pass, recently took part in exercise I Strong Shield with other mcm i bers of the Seventh Infantry di I vision in Korea. WITH SQUADRON Marine Lance Cnl. Rodnev L. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Snyder, 343 S. Grane St., Medford, is servine with the Headquarters and Mainten ance Squadron 15 at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, Calif. Norblad Urges UAL Truce Effort WASHINGTON (UPI) Rep. Walter Norblad, R-Ore., said to day he has asked Labor Secre tary Willard Wirtz to use all his powers to avert a threatened strike against United Air Lines Dec. 18. Norblad said the strike would "dve a "V s rang im pact on Oregon and the North west because United is the pri mary airline in the region. "I sincerely hope that through your efforts if this threatened strike cannot be averted, at the very least it should be post poned until after the holiday season." Norblad said in a let ter to Wirtz. Youth Accidentally Shot by Playmate MYRTLE POINT (UPD Stephcn Ray Hcnshaw, 7, was shot fatally Saturday night when a .22 rifle discharged in the hands of a 13-year-ld friend. The Hcnshaw boy and his fam ily were visiting at the home of the older boy, who recently completed a gun safety course stenhen was hit in the head and died shortly afterward at Mast Hospital. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray S. Hcn shaw. A Lily loan can help you through the Holidays ! We gladly make prompt cash loans for just such a worthwhile need. Give us a call and see for yourself. We can put the money in your pocket. CITY FINANCE COMPANY 185 E. Main St. Phone: 482-2431, Ashland Life insurance available on all loans at low group rates 2522 TO 150022 Open Saturdays 9 A.M. lo 12 Contract Awarded For Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs A $615,760 contract for con struction of public resort facili ties at Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon has been approved in Portland by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. The contract is between the Warm Springs Tribal Council and Stevenson and Wickman, Salem contractors. The entire $615,760 will be paid by the tribe. Expenditure of the money was approved by members of the tribe in a referendum vote. The project will provide modern tourist facilities at Kah-Nee-Ta, a resort area on the reservation which is located along the Warm Springs River near Madras. Included will be a complete rebuilding of the resort's swimming pool, con struction of a bath house fea turing the warm Kah-Nee-Ta mineral waters, building of seven duplexes containing 28 units, a concession building and parking spaces for 38 house trailers as well as installation of sewage facilities, landscap ing and street improvements. A groundbreaking ceremony will take place Dec. 12 at the project site and construc tion will begin shortly there after. Another major project sched duled to get under way soon on Warm Springs Reservation is construction of a Community Center building. Groundbreak ing for this structure will be held Dec. 13. Births JONES - To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eugene, Post Office Box 197, Phoenix, Dec. 6, 1963, a boy, 44 pounds, at Rogue Val ley Hospital. MAXWELL To Mr. and Mrs. Doyine J., 1575 Roberts Road, Medford, Dec. 8, 1963, a girl, 6' 4 pounds, at Rogue Val ley Hospital. TEETS To Mr. and Mrs James P., 1016'i W. 12th St. Medford, Dec. 7, 1963, a girl, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos pital. LUNCEFORD To Mr. and Mrs. Lyle E., 611 Chestnut St., Medford, Dec. 7, 1963, a boy, Vk pounds, at Rogue Valley Hospital. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Colder lo nlshl. Fair Tuciday except for morning foe patches. Low tonight 18-23. High Tuesday 40-4S. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Cooler to night. Low 211-36. High Tuesday 38-5. Northern California: snowcrs coast and valleys and snow in mountain areas csrly tonight. Clearing Tuesday. Colder. TEMPERATURE: Mean yeslcrday 3!; normal. Record high this dHtc ni In in.10 Record low this date 10 In 1U32. PRECIPITATION: H hours lo midnight .10 In. Midnight to 10 a.m. .01 In Total this month .11 in.. 72 In helnw normal. Total since Sept. t 7.03 in., 1.06 in ahove normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday B3'r. highest this a.m. ton"'.. High 4:00 ii- CITY YrUrr- a.m. hr. day Low 1'rer, Brookings 5fl Crater Lake 3(1 Grants Pass Sn Howard Prairie 3r Klamath Falls 3R MEDFORD 4!l Por Hand 43 Seaitlc 43 Spokane 27 Yakima 30 Eureka fit Red Bluff 41 Sacramento 47 San Francisco fin I.os Angeles 7R Phoenix 71 Denver 4ft Chicago 4 Miami Beach 7(i 41 1 211 20 311 27 27 3.1 30 3.1 ..13 .33 .44 .14 .11 38 43' .3.1 21 .113 .04 New York Bft Washington, D.C. .. 33 31 I IVF. DAY FOItliCAST (Through Per. 0): Western Oregon - Weilrrn Wash. Inglon Temperatures below nor mal Highs in Western Washing ton 35-45 and In Western Oregon 411-47. Lows 2ri-3fi. Precipitation less than normal, occurring most ly alter Thursday. Northern California Showers at hcglnnlng of period and snow In mountains. Precipllallon llkelv again In latter half of period Tem peratures helow normal. Noon During Holiday Sion BLM Calls for Bids Two major improvement projects covering approximate ly 680 acres of public land in Oregon are scheduled by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, un der sealed bids invited by the romana oltice ot the Federal agency. The work involves thinning of timber stand on 380 acres lo cated in Deschutes County, 25 miles south of Bend, and site improvement on approximately 300 acres in Klamath County, southeast of Medford. for re ducing existing fire hazards in a burned-over forest area. Bidders are required to fur nish all necessary equipment, materials, supplies, labor, su pervision, services and trans portation, and perform all work incidental to both the thinning and site improvement projects. Bids on Invitation No. 1333 for timber stand improvement will be opened Dec. 18 at 2 p. m. in the Bureau's Field Ad ministrative Office, Room 720, Portland. 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