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t - nitori-UKU umiii iKiuufst. nifcuruitu, UHtuuiN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, I9M $ ' San Francisco Suburb Up in Arms Over By-Product of Progress SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, I9M By JOSEPH P. SARGIS United Press International SAN BRUNO, Calif. (UPD This pleasant San Francisco area suburb is up in arms about that annoying by-product of progress common to every community at the end of a ma jor airport runway: noise. When jets zoom away from nearby San Francisco Interna tional Airport the high-pitched whine of their powerful engines settles over the adjacent sub urbs like a conversation-stifling blanket. A local group, the San Bruno Improvement Association, says residents are "tired of being ig nored by those airport people" when they complain about the bothersome din. The association promises ac tion possibly a law suit against the City of San Fran cisco, the airport and the air lines which fly jets in and out of it. The city and aviation inter ests counter that everything possible is being done to limit jet noise. The controversy developing here is not dissimilar to one 3,000 miles away, in the town of Hempstead, N.Y., a sprawling Long Island suburban area which lies in the glide path of New York International Airport (Idlewild). Hempstead town commissioners just enacted the nation's first ordinance limiting the level of jet noise within community borders. Nine air lines have gone to court to block enforcement. "We are just plain tired of getting the runaround," com plains Steve Pardini. a sales man who heads the San Bruno Improvement Association's air port committee. San Bruno, Millbrae and South San Francisco surround International Airport on a nar row strip of land along San Francisco Bay, paralleling one of the airport's main take-off strips. Millbrae has had a law suit pending for two years, charging the airport with "cre ating an intolerable nuisance t, the operation of jet places." Citizens in all three commu nities claim that the airport and airlines have been negligent in per month rents a new OLYMPIA precision built portable..., ...then should you decide to buy-we apply up to 8 montns rent toward the purchase price. You ean pay balance on conven ient terms. Eemember. there is no obligation to Duy. It's easy just see us or call ds for all details! Office Stationery & Supply Co. "Your Off ice Boy" 115 W. Main St. Medford, rt. Phon 773-1731 holding down tne noise by jet cratt, Dut mere nave been no official city complaints. The airport, which formed a Sound Abatement Center three years ago to handle the prob lem, says the San Bruno Im provement Association's com plaints "are not consistent with the facts." The San Francisco city attorney's office, which al so is fighting the Millbrae suit, agrees with the Sound Abate ment Center. Noise as Bad as Ever But Pardini and his group, most of whom live less than two miles from the end of Run way 28, insist the noise is as bad as ever. They also have added a "fallout" charge to their noise complaint. They say that low-flying jets straining in take-off are spewing their area with black, sooty deposits, which through chemical analysis have been determined to come di rectly from jet engines during take-off. Ted Huggins, the sound abate ment center's director, doesn't dismiss any complaint lightly and has for more than a year now conducted an around-t h e clock vigil on complaints. He admits that many callers some phone in the middle of the night have legitimate complaints. The Sound Abatement Center (SAC), is made up of at least one representative from each of the 18 airlines using the airport,, the airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Associa tion. It also includes a repre sentative from the San Francis co Public Utilities Commission and the airport's general man ager and maintains liaison with the Federal Aviation Agency. Believes Noise Lessened The SAC believes jet noise has lessened substantially in the past two or three years. A set of ground rules was initiated to alleviate the noise. They pro vided for the lengthening of three runways, improved pilot technique, sound suppressors on jet engines, preferential runway usage, revised take-off climb cut procedures and quieter and faster jets. In addition, Huggins says, training flights at the airport have been discontinued and the run-up pad ( an area where over hauled engines are tested) has been relocated to the extreme end of the field as far away from the neighboring communi ties as possible. Both of these operations were especially ir ritating to residents of Millbrae and San Bruno. Argument Only Warm The argument is only getting warm, however, and as long as even a couple jets a day take off over San Bruno - Millbrae -South San Francisco there will be complaints. Despite the complaints of the San Bruno group, San Francisco International Airport generally is regarded to have made the most progress of any large air port in abating jet noises. ! Idlewild, O'Hare in Chicago, Los Angeles International, Seat-Itle-Tacoma International, Hea throw in London, Orly in Paris and Tokyo International still re main as the No. 1 noise spots, ' according to a recent survey. r 0 m V - 3 Vi SUIT MAY BE FILED Battle lines are be ing drawn in San Bruno, Calif., for another attack against jet noise and fallout. The ac tion may take the form of a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco, nearby Interna tional Airport (shown in this picture), and all the airlines that use the field. (UPI) "Perhaps our situation in San Francisco isn't perfect," says Huggins, but we feel we have done all that is possible within the limits of safety to cut down on jet noise." The San Bruno Improvement Association says it isn't enough. The Collector's Corner STOP and LOOK At These Big Pre-lnventory Specials The Time Is Getting Closer Each Day and We Must Move Some of This Stock) W NOW 65,000 B.T.U., Gas Radiant Healers S212.93 $153.50 65,000 B.T.U., Oil Heating Stoves ,. 201.39 55,000 B.T.U., Oil Healing Stoves ,. 129.45 42,000 B.T.U., Oil Heating Stoves ,. 110.25 4,800 Watt, 220-V Portable Elec. Healer . 34.95 1,600 Watt, 1 10-V Portable Elec. Heaters 22.50 Elect. Percolaor Coffee Makers ,2,5 9.75 Elect. Hand Mixers 12 95 9.75 Elect. Steam or Dry Iron 8.95 8-Transistor Portable Radios 3.5 29.95 Large Size Electric Train Set (Demonttuton)-...1 15.00 49.00 B&D Christmas Stockings 7S 3.98 B&D V2" Drill 33.88 B&D 14" Drill Kits 23 50 19.88 B&D Jig Saw Kits 2. ., 22.88 All Latex Inside Wall Paints (Top Bnndi) 20 Disc. All Semi Gloss Enamel Paints (Top Bnndi) 20 Disc. Then Price Ar Only for tht Stock Wo Hovo On Hind Al This Timo So . . . Hurryl Hurryl ,OPEN 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. FOR YOUR EVENING SHOPPING Alexander Hardware 311 Pine Street Central Point With a stamp collection, each day the mail man brings you a surprise. Today my cachet covers from Operation Deep Freeze arrived from the South Pole station and Byrd Station, Antarctica. I mailed these en velopes in August for these cachets. Also a nice cachet on a cover I had mailed for the launching of our latest Polaris submarine. A nice cachet from "The Third U. S. S. Biddle" in honor of 60 Years of Destroyers. The commanding officers of these different ships often auto-, graph the envelopes beneath the cachet. This gives one a his torical cover. One envelope has an interesting cachet from the Mexican gunboat Potosi when it visited Norfolk, Va., recently. Fay Emerson, postmaster at Idaho City, Idaho, has some very interesting cachet covers honoring Blackjack Barringcr, pony express rider. Send her a self addressed stamped envelope and she will gladly send you a cover. I am surprised and happy concerning all the inquiries about collecting Christmas Seals. Nearly all stamp stores have the seals for sale. It. is a big business and growing more so each year. A collection of Christmas Seals, no matter what country you collect, makes a beautiful and interesting hobby. They have a collector's value also. I am sorry to see the dif ferent seals for the year. This makes a person buy the entire sheet and keep it. These sheets are not costly at the lime they are issued, but collectors in tne future will find the price high. In 1959 Mexico issued Mexican Mother Goose seals, each one different in sheets of 50. Their j seals cover two years, 19111-62 were birds, a beautiful sheet, I and 1962-63 Mexican regional costumes. The year 1954 found us witn two designs on our Christmas seals. To dale we have had only two designs. This calls for a block of four, 1 if not the entire sheet. Den mark has been having sheets of dilfcrent designs for some time now. Many other countries are following this trend. There is no end to all the in teresting material you can have ; concerning your seals. Medford has been active in combating the White Plague. This town was the first place west of the Mississippi river to build and ; operate t h e "pick-up-and-go" cottages for isolation of tuber cular patients. In 1937 the man ual training department of the Medford high school, with L. A. Mentzcr, instructor, con structed these cottages, with an estimated cost of $200 each. Your money from Christmas Seals helped do this. Austria has issued seven at tractive stamps for the Winter Olympics. My pen-frirnd has placed all seven stamps on my First Day cover. It's as pretty as a picture. Dec. 10 gave us a United Nations 5c and 10c Human Rights stamp, the fifth and last commcmoratives for Their first stamp for 1964 will he Jan. l:i. We have had 22 stamps issued so far this year. The Sam Houston stamp, announced lor Dec. 13, will not be issued until 1964. I am a charier member ol The John F. Kennedy Phila telic Society, since I960. 1 would be glad to hear from anyone interested in joining this Society. There arc six post offices in the U. S. with the name of Kennedy. We all know we will have a stamp in honor of President Kennedy. This has always been done following the death of a U. S. President. The papers have many articles about a stamp of little John showing his gallant salute. There is a postal ruling that no living person can he pictured on a stamp. Of course this jmight be changed in order In 'have this stamp. I would much rather see President Kennedy pictured on a stamp. I have a cover with (he cor rect stamp applied to each cover from Washington to Roosevelt. I think we should con tinue with this President issue of stamps. Any postoffice can furnish you with stamps that picture any past President, and they will not cost you one cent more today than the day they were issued. The picture of the President may change, but not the price. Other countries with draw their stamps after a cer tain length of time. Our first stamp that pictured President Washington is very high priced, but we have his picture on the 5c stamp and the price is 5c. Collecting is a fine, interesting and fascinating hobby whether you collect seals, stamps or covers. Everyone is welcome al our cluh meetings the first Thursday each month at the Girls Community Club, 7:30 p.m. Mrs. w. n. Walwyn Southern Oregon Philatelic Society Mcdlord, Ore. P. S. I just received word thai perhaps there will be a stamp issued Dec. 22, 1963, hon oring President Kennedy. Cover collectors will have short notice, if this is true. Claim Holders To Contact 6LM Office The Portland land office of the Bureau of Land Manage ment is asking holders of mining claims located in nine townships in Jackson County to contact it concerning surface rights on their claims. All of the claims were filed prior to July 23, 1955. A law provides tor multiple use management of the govern ment of the surface resources of unpatented mining claims so long as it does not interfere with mining operations. The law automatically gives the government the right to manage or dispose of surface resources on unpatented mining claims located after 1955, but does not affect the rights of mining claimants to prospect and mine their claims. Verified statements should only be filed wilh the Portland office if the claims were located before 1955. The areas in the county in volved are in the townships south of Jacksonville to the Yale Creek area; Sardine Creek to south of Forest Creek; south and west of Battle Mountain the Applegate area smith to Pal mer Peak and the Big Butte area. Additional information may he obtained fro mine blm oruce in Portland or Medford. WEISFIELD'S feature F0R WtttimM onmneb i THE WORLD'S MOST -Miy (m) t A. HONORED WATCH J0jf jjT I ' A ' S3IPX ' LONGINES TT SYMPHONETTE Xf$KPptifcK. M 12" L0NG PLAY TTTTJ1I lfl i 1 1 1 1 1; itilf n im ii 1 1 tu ii-tUTi 1 1 II Mil lHI i Alii l11 11,1' . I. I 1,1 1 1 H U 111 1 1 1 , 1. LONGINES-WITTNAUER PRODUCT A. 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