Cash Taken From
Dentist's Office
ASHLAND Approximately
$75 in cash was reported taken
from the offices of Dr. Marvin
A. Kocks, Ashland dentist, Sat
urday night.
Ashland police said someone
apparently broke in through a
back door of the offices at 1108
Iowa St. between S and 7 p.m.
Saturday.
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BUSINESS SIGNALS FLASHING PROSPERITY
Not ever have so many of the most reliable barometers of
. U.S. business trends been flashing a signal of prosperity ahead
at this ! s a s'age in an economic upturn.
At midnight Dec. 31 our economy will enter its 35th month of
, uninterrupted business rise, making it the second longest peace
time upswing in 110 years of U.S. history.
Yet "old" as this expansion is by every peacetime standard,
It shows no signs whatsoever of fading away into another re
cession. On the contrary, the upturn which began in early 1061
is still solid, still strong at the end of 1963 and the now almost
: certain early passage of the massive across-the-board tax cut
will keep it going in 19fi4.
Among the most valuable business forecasting tools we have
are 26 economic indicators selected out of thousands bv the
National Bureau of Economic Research. Of the total 12 are
"leading indicators," meaning they usually signal in advance
business upturns or downturns; nine are "coincident indicators,"
meaning they usually move up or down as the economy moves
up or down; five are "lagging indicators," meaning they usual
ly go up or down after the economy as a whole has changed
direction.
1 Here are the signals being given by these indicators in
mid-December, 1963, in our non-bafflegab language of "good,"
"bad" or "fair-neutral."
THE 12 LEADING INDICATORS
Indicator Trend Signal
(1) Average workweek, mfg.: up Good
(2) Accession (hiring) rate, mfg.: off Bad
-.(3) Layoff rate, mfg.: level Fair-neutral
(4) durable goods, new orders: up Good
(5) Housing starts: up Good
(6) Com. & Ind. Bldg. awds.: level Fair-neutral
7) Net new businesses: level Fair-neutral
(H Failure liabilities: up and down Fair-nculral
(!)) Net corp. profits: up Good
(9) Net corp. p-ofits: up Good
(10) Common stock prices: up Good
(11) GNP inventory change: stable Fair-neutral
(12) Ind. raw materials prices: rising Good
THE NINE COINCIDENT INDICATORS
,(13) Nonagric, employment: up Good
(14) Unemploy. rate: stable Fair-neutral
(15) Industrial prod.: up Good
(16) GNP (current dollars): up .Good
(17) GNP (1954 dollars): up Good
(18) Banks debits outside N.Y.C.: up Good
(1!)) Personal incomes: up Good
(20) Retail sales: up Good
.(21) Nonfood wholesale prices: stable Fair-neutral
THE FIVE L..GGING INDICATORS
(22) Plant & Equip, spending: up Good
,(23) Unit labor cost: stable Fair-neutral
(24) Manufacturing inventories: up Good
J25) Insa. credit: up . : Good
'(26) Bank loan interest rates: stable-up Fair-neutral
Only one of the 26 indicators is "bad" and that's the hiring
rate in manufacturing. All the other indicators are cither good
or fair-neutral and most of the fair-neutral signals easily could
;turn good uiuk.- the spur of the tax cut.
On the eve of the 35lh month of an upswing, this is a most
encouraging pattern and now we can at least count on tax
cuts, effective Jan. 1, to sustain and speed our economic
growth in 1964.
STAR
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MRS. IDA RUTH SOUTH i
ASHLAND Funeral services !
for Mrs. Ida Ruth South, 80, who
died Dec. 13, will be held Tues-1
day at 1:30 p.m. in Litwiller's1
Mountain View Chapel with the
Rev. Everett McGee officiating.
Interment will be in Mountain:
View Cemetery.
Mrs. South, who was born
March 24, 1883, in Wadena.
Minn., had been a resident of
Ashland since 1936 coming here
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from North Dakola. She was
married March 23. 1902, to Her
bert L. Soulh, who survives. Al
so surviving are four sons, two
daughters, five brothers and
three sisters, 21 grandchildren
and 32 great grandchildren.
ALBERT A. HIGGINS
ASHLAND Albert Allen Hie
gins of 285 Wighlman St., Ash-
land, died in a local hospital .
this morning.
Funeral arrangements will be
aunouncca Dy me Litwiiier ru
neral Home.
GENEVA U. RUTH
Mrs. Geneva U. Ruth, 72, of
701 W. 11th St., died Saturday.
Graveside services will be held
Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Sunset
Cemetery in Coining, Calif., at
2 p.m.
The body will lie in state at
the Perl Funeral Home this aft
ernoon and evening.
MARGARET M. CHESNEY
Funeral services f o r Mrs.
Margaret (Margy) Chesney, 38.
of 1701 Lenora Drive, who died
Saturday, will be held at 10
a.m. Tuesday in Conger-Morris
downtown chapel. The Rev. Da
vid V. A. Browne, of St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, will officiate.
Private committal will be in
Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mrs. Chesney was born May
31. 1925. in Ashland, and had
lived all her life in Southern
Oregon. She was married June
19. 1943, in Taft, Calif., to Ed
ward V. Chesney, who survives.
Other survivors include her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
V. Hardy, Medford; two daugh
ters, Teresa M. Chesney, Med
ford; and Candice D. Chesney,
Eugene: and three sisters, Mrs.
Grace M. Crowell, Roscburg;
Mrs. Elizabeth Archibald, Boise,
Idaho: and Mrs. Corrine J Park
er. Salem.
Casket bearers will include
Robert G. Little, William Bittle,
Wayne H. Kykcr. Lowell C. Sor
ensen, Roland F. Hogue, and
William L. Coghill.
CAUL NELSON
Carl Nelson. 62, of 1103 Nian
(ic St., died this morning in a
local hospital. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced by
Conger - Morris funeral direc
tors. LA VENA FORCE
Mrs. Lavena Force, of 5530
Tabic Hock Rd., died Sunday
morning at her home. Funeral
services will be held at 1 p.m.
Wednesday in Hillcrest Memori
al Chapel, on the North Phoenix
Road, with Conger - Morris fu
neral directors, in charge of ar
rangements. Births
rel To Mr. and Mrs.
Roper Tharon, 47 N. Orange St.,
Medford. Dec. 11. 13, a pirl,
7' 2 pounds, at Rogue Valley
Hospital.
GAINES - To Mr. and Mrs.
Guard W., P. O. Box 3M, Shady
Cove, Dec. 14. 1963. a boy, 834
pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos
pital. POWLESS To Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley A., S20 Wabash Ave..
Medford, Dec. 15. 1:I. a bov. 7
pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos
pital.
STINSON To Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry M 809 E. Ninth St., Med
ford. Dec. 15. 19ti3. a boy, 84
pounds, al Rogue Valley Hos
pital. Icy Conditions in
Northeast Oregon
PENDLETON (UPI) - Icy
conditions were reported in
ports of northeast Oregon today,
with a silver thaw in the Athena
area.
There were icy spots al Baker
and Pendleton and heavy fog on
lower Emigrant Hill in the
Meacham area west of La
Grande.
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Local and
Hospitalized Brant Shores
1 month, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Newt Shores of Prospect, is in
Rogue Valley Hospital with
pneumonia. He was taken to the
hospital Thursday.
At Sacred Heart Rill Rob
erts, an employe of the Prospect
Ranger District, is a patient at
Sacred Heart Hospital.
.Meeting Tonight The Cen
tral Point Sportsman's Club will
meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at
Pope Will Make
Appeal for Peace
From Bethlehem
VATICAN CITY (UPI)-Pope
Paul VI will make an appeal
to "all men of good will" from
Bethlehem Jan. 6 during his
historic pilgrimage to the Holy
Land, Vatican sources said to
day. The sources said the Roman
Catholic pontiff is also prepar
ing a Christmas message that
will underline the significance
of the pilgrimage. The mes
sage will be broadcast to the
world by Vatican Radio Dec. 23.
The appeal from Bethlehem,
sacred to all Christians as the
birth-place of Jesus Christ, will
be made on a date significant
both to Western Christians and
members of the Eastern Ortho
dox Church.
Proposal Considered
Orthodox church leaders are
considering a proposal to join
the Pope during his prayer pil
grimage as a gesture of Chris
tian unity.
Jan. 6, known as Epiphany,
is celebrated in the West as the
date when the Christ child was
visited by the Magi, or wise
men from the East. This is con
sidered the first manifestation
of the Jewish Christ to the non
Jewish world. The Eastern
Orthodox Church follows an old
er tradition in commemorating
the date as that of the baptism
of Christ at the start of his min
istry by John The Baptist
Christian unity and peace
were expected to be the key
notes of the Pope's address on
the final day of his two-day vis
it to the Holy Land, which cur
rently lies in the states of Is
rael and Jordan.
Greater Source of
Energy Discussed
DALLAS (UPI)-Seicntists to
day discussed a possible source
of energy that may be greater
than ever a hydrogen bomb
blast gravity.
More than 100 scientists par
ticipated in the three-day inter
national symposium on gravita
tional collapse. They exchanged
ideas on how to harness the
gravity pull of stars far in
space.
"Gravitation Is capable of
yielding a hundred times more
energy than the most powerful
nuclear reaction," two of the
scientists wrote.
Prof. William A. Fowler of
California Institute of Technol
ogy and Prof. Fred lloyle of
Cambridge University are the
chief exponents of the idea that
the primary source of energy is
shrinking or gravitational col
lapse of a super-star.
Calendar
Calendar nottccn and news for
the sui'icly section of The Mail
Tribune must be mbnittted in
wntlnc nnd deadline for the Sun
day edition 1b 10 am. Friday.
Deadline for the weekly calen
dar is 9 a in. of the day of pubh
ration and tor week day new., is
o pin. the day before publication.
Mnndav:
fi:30 p.m. Disabled American
Veterans and Auxiliary, Girls
Communitv Club.
7 p.m. Medford Chapter. Ore
gon Pilots Association, Rogue
Flving Service Hangar.
7:15 p.m. Warren Assembly,
International Order of Rainbow
for Girls, Jacksonville Masonic
Hall.
7:30 p.m. Ruth Esther Unit.
Weslcyan Service Guild, library
of First Methodist Church.
8 p.m.-Olive Rcbekah Lodge,
lOOF hall.
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m. Marietta Circle,
Eastwood Baptist Church, with
Mrs. Dean Sitzman, 1724 Camel-1
lia Ave.
1 p.m. Medford Ladies of i
Elks, downstairs lounge of Elks
Club. j
1 p.m. Medford Navy Moth
ers Club, home of Mrs. James
Wicker. 809 Adams Lane.
1 p.m. Women's Fellowship
of FirstChristianChurch groups:
Clark, with Mrs. Ray Lccson.
41(i Laurel St.: McCracken, with
Mrs. Roy Henry. 1748 Hybiscus
St.: Troxell. Mrs. Genie Put
man, 'iM Canal St.: Wcare.
with Mrs. Marion Kusler, 735
Grant St.
1:30 p.m. Rogue Valley Herb
Society, Girls Community Club.
1:30 p.m. Women's Fellow
ship ol First Christian Church
group: Swander, with Mrs.
I George Swinncy, 1013 Weil
i Ninth St.
.MAIL IKIUU.Xb, .MLUI OliU,
Personal
the clubhouse on Pine Street in
Central Point. Officers will be
elected.
Driver Cited Cherryl Clay
Dickerson, 19, of 160 Fourth SL,
Ashland, was cited by Ashland
police (or failure to yield right-of-way,
following an accident
Sunday. Police said a car op
crated by Miss Dickerson struck
one driven by Glory Blossom
Lewis, 34, of 1565 Siskiyou Blvd.,
Ashland, at Siskiyou Boulevard
and Bridge Street. The accident
was reported at 2:35 p.m.
Building Permits Three
permits have been issued by the
Medford building department
for the erection of signs to Fed
eral Sign and Signal for a $2,300
sign at 319 E. Sixth St.; to The
Humble Oil Co.. 126 N. River
side Ave., for a $2,500 sign, and
to Texaco, Inc., 925 N. Central
Ave. for a $3,000 sign.
Glenn Envisions
Future 'Horizons'
KITTY HAWK, N.C. (UPD
Astronaut John Glenn, here to
help celebrate the 60th anni
versary of aviation, said today
American youth would be faced
with solving more problems
than their forebears.
Glenn, at a brief news con
ference, was asked if future
generations would have the
same "horizons" to meet that
confronted the astronauts and
the Wright brothers.
"More than we ever dreamed
of," replied Glenn. "The more
knowledge we gain the more
things we will (ind to over
come." Glenn and a host of other dig
nitaries began a two-day round
of activities honoring the 60th
anniversary of Orville and Wil
bur Wright's first airplane
flight.
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Some Unanswered
Questions Noted
On Assassination
1 WASHINGTON (UP1) - For-
mer U.S. Secret Service Chief
V. E. Baughman said today
; that there were unanswered
questions about President
Kennedy's assassination that
j "should be resolved."
I Baughman, who guarded prcs
' idents as chief of the Secret
Service for 13 years, said "the
plain fact is that you cannot
I protect the President from ev
ery danger. And the greatest
danger is from a sniper hiding
in a high building."
In a copyright interview with
U.S. News & World Report,
Baughman said he didn't know
if the Secret Service did all it
could to protect Kennedy be
cause he wasn't in Dallas on
the day of the assassination.
"But I can't understand why
Mrs. Kennedy had to climb over
the back of the car as she did
to got help," Baughman said.
News photographs showed
Mrs. Kennedy helping Secret
Service agent Clint Hill into
the presidential limousine after
her husband was wounded.
Baughman said that one rea
son that agents weren't next to
Kennedy on the running board
of his car was that the White
House wouldn't permit it.
"The White House has been
trying to avoid making it con
spicuous that you're guarding
the President closely," he said.
Asked if there were any mis
takes in the Dallas security pre
parations, Baughman said, "as
an investigator, I can think of
a lot of questions, but I wasn't
there. The only thing I can say
is that the Secret Service docs
not have enough men."
DAlltYMKN TO MEET
EUGENE (UPI) - The Ore
Ron Dairymen's Association will
hold its 17th annual meeting
here Jan. fi-n.
Boys and Girls!
Would you like a personal
letter from Santa?
1
This
1. Write
2. Have
ter in
JCF.
3. Ask Mom or Dad to make ar
rangements for you to receive a
personal letter from Santa!
JUXH
. . . and that's not all . . .your letter will be read
on the Santa Claus program on Channel 10 . . .
Monday Thru Friday, 5:30 P.M.
WRITE YOUR LETTER TO SANTA TODAY!
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HOME OFFICE: 2 East Main Street-Medford, Oregon
BRANCHES: 337 East Main Strcet-Ashland, Oregon
409 S.E. Sixth Street-Grants Pass, Oregon
WEATHER
inn ixasts
Medford and vlrmlty: Valley
(or md smoke through Tuesday.
Cloudy Tuosdav above fojt Low
toniuht near 30. High Tuesday
near 3.V
Western Oregon- Cloudv through
Tuesday with fog In the south In
terior. Chance of a few nhowers m
the north todav. Occasional rain
.spreading inland late tonight and
Tuesday. Low tonight 38-46 and
high Tuesday 4.V32. except south
interior low 2R-.T2- and Inch 33-40.
Northern California: Fair to
night and Tuesday, except fog in
Central Valley mail of time and
some local morning fog lit coastal
valleys. Little temperature change.
LOCAL DA I A
TKMPKHATUKK Mean yciter
riav ;iO; below normal ft
Record high this dte fil in IBSfl.
n ceo id low this date HI In 191!)
PRKCIPIVATION- 24 hours to
midnight, none. Midnight in in
Jackson School
Program Tuesday
The second and third grade
classes at Jackson School will
present a play, "Who Believes
in Santa Clans" Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. at the Jackson School
auditorium. The play was adapt
ed from a play written by Caro
lyn Jones.
Mrs. Louella Schneider is di
rector of the chorus. Mrs. Mur
iel Harvey is accompanist.
Kvcry student in these two
classes will participate in the
program.
Mrs. Lillian Bohrcr is general
chairman assisted by Mrs. Myr
na Dean, Mrs. Muriel Harvey,
Mrs. Kuth Hawkins, Mrs. Louel
la Schneider, and Mrs. Sarah
Watson.
BARD'S INN
RESTAURANT
Ashland
6 A.M. -10 P.M.
7 DAYS PER WEEK
Banquet Room
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Is What You Do:
a letter to Santa,
Mom or Dad mail your let
Santa's Special Mail Box
Jackson County Federal
Savings and Loan Assn.
MONDAY. DrXEMBUR J6, 1MJ
a nv, none
Total this month .12 inch, 1.32
inch below normal.
Total since Sept. t. 7 04 Jnchei,
.2fl inch above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest veslerday
i00'n, highest this am. innr-.
High 1:00 ?1-
CITY Yrtlrr- a.m. Mr.
day l.ow Prec.
Brooking
Crater lke
Grants Pass
Howard prairie .
Klamath Kails .
MEDFORD
Portland
41
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27
32
23
, 33
."til
37
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Seattle 4.
Spokane 2fl
Yakima . 32
Eureka ..' ' .vi
Red Bluff
Sacramento
San Francsico
Los Angeles
Phoenix . .
Denver ..
Chieaco
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... 3!l
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Miami Reach 74
New York .. .29
Washington, D. C. 33
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FIVE-HAY FORECAST
(ThrnuEh Dee. 11):
Western O re ron-Western '
h-
Ingtiin Recurring ram with preci
pitation more than normal in We.sl
ern Washington and Northwestern
Oregon Near normal precipitation
in Southwestern Oregon. Total pre
cipitation from 1 to 1 t inches in
interior valleys and heavier
amount?, on coast and along moun
tains. Temperatures near normal
with highs mostly in 40s and lows
32-44.
Northern California Heavy rains
likely beginning around middle of
week. Temperatures rising to nor
mal in Centrnl Valley and above
normal elsewhere.
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FORMER GOVERNOR DIES
PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPD
Rawghlie Clement Stanford Sr.,
85, former Arizona governor
and chief justice of the Arizona
Supreme Court for 12 years,
died here Sunday.
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