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TIIL'IISOAY. UIXK.MBLR 19, 19(ia
Public Asked To Guard Against Fraudulent Schemeson Holiday
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Locals
The iMcdford Chamber o( i Each vcar thousoncls of un-
Commorce has warned the pub-1 wary Christmas sho - -rs are
lie to be on guard against the ' victimized by opi'i ato.o who
fraudulent and misleading sales step up their activities during
and promotional schemes that the holiday season, according to
flourish during the Christmas Don McNeil, manager of the
season. j Medford Chamber of Commerce.
According to the National Bet
ter Business Bureau, with which
the local Chamber is affiliated
through membership, seasonal
swindlers drain millions of dol
lars annually from consumers
and businessmen throughout the
Death Reported Word has ' eountry. They capitalize on the
been received here of the death Chnstmas rush and the fact that
c n- r- ,-, i n . i people tend to be more gener
in San Diego, Calif., of Delia ts mnr ,m, a,i Z hl-.
L. Campbell, daughter of Mr. i ly to turn down a request at that j
and Mrs. R. S. Snider, former-1 time of the year. I
ly of Medford. tan Protect Themselves
McNeil said holiday shoppers !
Smoke Investigated Medford can protect themselves by avoid
fircmen called to the Kenn "
Knackslcdt residence. 91 Re
nault Ave., about 9 o'clock this
morning to investigate the cause
of smoke, reported that the mo
tor to the gas furnace had over-healed.
ing u-D-nigiu operators and telling nun that the shipper is i sue perfume at a bargain price, ordered merchandise throimh
by making Christmas purchases holding a package which will be McNeil said. Actually, cologne Ihe mails generally arc not ob
from dealers of known reliabil- ' sent on return of the stub and a and toilet water is being sold at ligated to return it or pay for it
J smf ammml " lho, mo7 is several limes the regular retail unless it is used. Thev 'arc re-
Based on past experience, he 'l a cheap pen-and-pencil set . p.itw d ,hl. ,)r0,,ui., packl,80l bv . quired t0 surrender it if the
said, the following schemes can or something similar which was ,he manufacturer himself. " j shippers or their agents call for
tnwu i ic uicii dp- - " v ; uiner pertume hoaxes involve it within a "reasonable" time.
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pearance again this year
Mail - order bargain offers
quoting toys, watches, jewelry
and other items allegedly at a
fraction of the retail ' price.
When the gift arrives it may be
a cheap imitation of Ihe item
thought to have been ordered.
Mail and telephone appeals
for donations from unknown
charitable organizations.
Attempts to collect
-Unordered merchandise ap
peals by unknown charitable or
ganizations with requests tor do-
,"t H! i ,S f'PP-.. i with the initials of nationally! -Sales
f.1';, ' I'i.. a H';''S b! I!1, known fragrances. The sprays ' tain cond
tiw.n uiii-avi iui-vi nvvuy mill- i
vidtials seeking clothing, food,
fuel and funds.
Distribution of c o u r t c s y
cards for purchasing gifts at dis-1
counts from fictitious prices.
McNeil said various perfume i
well-known brands on cheap im-: mas gifts from mail-order firms
italions. phony pricing and the should generally allow three or
sales of spray containers labeled four weeks for delivery.
may be final. Ascer-
spi avs : tain conditions of sales and ob-
are concocted to simulate those : tain guaranties m writing,
fragrances, McNeil noted. j Examine purchases before
The chamber manager made j Christmas. Do not expect Iran
these additional points: j sient vendors to be around after
I'liorilernl Merchinulise ! the holiday to listen to corn-
Consumers who receive un-1 plaints, McNeil warned.
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NOVEMBER
,wv.wYer
WANT JOIINJOHN STAMP - A Sacramento. Calif., group has
gathered over 25,000 signatures on petitions asking that the Post
master General issue a commemorative stamp like the picture
shown above. The stamp was inspired by UPI's "John-John"
picture, taken during President Kennedy's funeral. (UPI)
Your Money's
Worth
By SYIVIA PORTER
CwripM, Hill Syndic.!., Inc.
U.S. POPULATION EXPLOSION
At about 8:!!0 on the morning of Lincoln's next birthday,
Keb. 12, the population of the United States is slated to cross
a new magic mark of 191 million, an astounding addition of one
million persons to our nation since 40 seconds before 11 a.m. on
Sept. 27.
Every 7'; seconds the mammoth population clock at the
Crnsus Bureau in Washington "strikes" a new birth. Despite
Ihe impact ol deaths and emigration, there is a net gain in
our country of one new person every U seconds round the
census clock.
Just since the lUliO census, the number of us has climbed
over 11 million a total equal to the entire population of Texas
or of Illinois or of Ohio. Just in these few years, we have added
the equivalent of the populations of the District of Columbia
plus 14 "new" states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island, North and South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, Utah. Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii, .lust between
now and Lincoln's birthday, we'll add the equivalent of "an
other New Orleans or "another Pittsburgh," our 15th and Kith
largest cities.
While our birth rate has hern steadily declining lor -ft
months, we still are in a population explosion, and wilh our
record crop of war babies now approaching marriage age
and about to have more babies what is happening in Amer
ica now will be dwarfed by what will be happening as this
decade rolls on.
Of course, our population explosion is not comparable to
that in many less developed countries and is not the stagger
ing problem il is elsewhere, but it is far greater than in Eu
rope's industrialized nations. Never in any period in the almost
two centuries we have been a nation, has our growth and
change been so enormous. Never have we had such pressing
problems of worker mobility, education, employment, of pro
viding services in the suburbs, maintaining standards in the
central cities.
We arc a nation on the move. Each year, one in five of
us moves to a new home in a different neighborhood, county
or state. Five years from now, only half of us will be in the
same homes we occupy today. Housing trends arc shifting
from those of the 1950s toward smaller homes and apartments
geared to Ihe young married and Ihe over-65.
We are a nation still surging toward the suburbs. Although
there are some signs of a reverse trek back to the cities, cen
sus statistics indicate that among mature white men four move
to Ihe suburbs for every man that returns to the cities. This
movement adds to Ihe pressures for spending on highways,
water and sewage facilities, police and fire services, etc. It
intensifies the financial problems of maintaining essential serv
ices for businesses and families in the cities.
We arc a nation continuing to move westward. In I9B0
the population eenler of the U.S. was near Ccntralia, Illi
nois. 5" miles farther west than in lil.ill. II probably has
moved another 17 miles since V.im. Ccntralia is history and
midpoint soon will be near the Missouri border. The politi
cal implications of the westward movement are immense. So
is the challenge ol matching Ilie location ol uie Jim ami
the worker.
We arc a nation rapidly growing younger. In (he 1960-65
period Ihe rise in the undcr-25 age group will be 30 per cent
against our over-all population growth of 8 per cent. By 1965
more than half of all of us will be under 25. Millions of young
Americans will be straining our educational facilities, millions
will be pouring into our labor market without the training or
skills to (ill available jobs.
We are a nation with less and less elbow room. In Rhode
Island there arc now 842 persons per square mile, close to the
897 per square mile density in the Netherlands, the world's
most crowded country.
We are a nation upgrading Ihe standards of income, living
and security for our soaring population at a pace unparalleled
anvwherc in all history. Vet. implicit in every exciting sta
tistic you've read here are the two most acute economic prob
lems of our times:
Our economy must grow faster to create the jobs for our
spiraling numbers of workers.
Our workers, young and old. must be better trained and
retrained to fill those Jobs.
In Hospital Donna Eliza
beth Minor. 2-ycar-old daughter
of Mr. and Airs. Charles Carl
Minor, 209M Cory Road, White
City, was reported in good con
dition at Rogue Valley Hospital
today after she swallowed an
unknown substance and became
ill. The child's father called
Medlord Police last night re
questing a patrol car escort en
route to the hospital.
Theft Reported Glenn Pru
itt, Holland Hotel, reported lo
Medford Police yesterday the
I heft of numerous items from
his ear while it was parked at
a local service station. Items i
taken included seven suitcases j
containing myrtle wood plaques, j
string lies, myrtle wood carved I
animals and earrings, he said.
The estimated value, he told
police, was S545.
V V V ,
Auto Collisions Two hit-and-run
auto collisions were re
ported to Medford Police Wed
nesday. Marion Christine Kli-
mo, 327 Old Mill Koad, report
ed thai her car was struck
while it was parked on East
Main Street between Bear Creek
bridge and Riverside Avenue;
and Shirley Mae Johnson, 1808
Salem Firm Gels
OCI Contract
SALEM (UPI) -Battcrman
Construction Co., Salem, was
awarded a $889,800 contract
Wednesday to build a new 101
man cell unit at the overcrowd
ed Oregon Correction Institution.
Sunt. Paul Squicr said the in
stitution now has 374 inmates
103 over its cell capacity. The
excess prisoners are sleeping in
hallways within the cell blocks.
The Batlerman bid was Ihe
lowesl of five presented to Ihe
Slate Board of Control.
The company said il would
have Ihe new project completed
in 180 days.
A contract for locking devices,
doors, cells and other iron work
in the new penal unit was given
to Southern Steel Co., San An
tonio, Tex. for $49,235.
The board delayed action on
a request of the City of Salem
lo lease 10 acres of land near
the State Penitentiary as the
site of a state fire training cen
ter. Secretary of State Howell Ap
pling Jr. said that although the
project is meritorious he ques
tions the propriety of a slate ad
ministrative agency allowing
land to be used (or a purpose
thai wasn't contemplated by the
legislature.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, an advo-
C.O.D. packages supposedly for . hoaxes were prevalent in past j A
your neighbor who, the deliverer I years, and have already reap- fj
uive "i tint hnmn " Tl, ...........I i ' .
says, "is not home. The pack-' nearcd in some areas in one r. J
tmpC mau rnnlnin im,-.l,.,..l I (. ...... 1 i..: K
. .' ." iiiiuiwiiii ' luiia vi miuuiV! . I I lull lilllici;.
merchandise or merely paper or are
couon wanning. i quan
itiau-orcicr hcliemes , may be altemuted in offices, al
iMau-orfler schemes m which ' factory gates, on Ihe street,
the person gets a claim stub
JOHNSON - To Mr. and Mrs.
John D 817 W 10th St., Med
lord, Dec. 17, 1963, a girl, G' j
pounds, at Rogue Valley Hospital.
i or anoiner. rrime targets K
executives who buy gifts in Eft
ility at Christmas. Sales g
door-to-door or in some offices.
Widespread Perfume Scheme
The most widespread perfume
scheme involves the sale of well
known brands o( colognes and
toilet water re-botlled in small,
purse size containers by com
panies having no connection
with the original manufacturers,
j he said. Ihe purse size contain
I ers are generally similar in size
and and appearance lo those used to
sell small quantities of genuine
NOW
See the Battle of the Behemoths!
REANEAU To Mi
Mrs. James W., 910 S. Peach St
Medford, Dec. 18. 1963, a girl, : perfumes.
6:l4 pounds, al Rogue Valley i The public is fooled 'into he
Hospital, i lieving that it is buying expen-
S. Peach St., reported about i eate of the plan, said il was a
10 p.m. thai her car was hit prime example of how intergov
while it was parked al Second i ernmental cooperation can pro
Street near Woodstock Street. ! vide benefits for all governmen
tal units involved.
Chain Saws Taken Two
chain saws, valued at $600, were
reported taken from the Eord
Brothers Logging Company op
eration on Star Gulch Tuesday.
The saws are 21 and 30 inch
according to Oregon Slate Police.
Convalescing Virgil Wilkes,
96 Clover Lane, is convalescing
at Rogue Volley Hospital fol
lowing surgery Wednesday.
Return Home Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Webster returned Wed
nesday from San Diego, Calif.,
where they were called by the
unexpected death of his brother,
H. D. Webster. While south they
were with relatives in Los An-
Potato Crop
Estimate Made
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Agriculture Department Wednes
day estimated 106.1 potato pro
duction at 275,541,000 hundred
weight, 3 per cenl more than in
1962 but 6 per cent less than in
1961.
The big potalo crop harvest
ed in the fall weighed in at
195.893.000 hundredweight, 3 per
cent more than in 1962 and 4
per cenl smaller than the big
1961 crop.
Potato production in heavily
producing states: (in hundred
weight) Idaho 55.450,000; Maine
geles and Long Beach, including ; 37.630.000; California 29.898.000:
Webster's stepmother, Mrs. Ma
bel Webster; his sister. Miss
Grace Webster, and a brother,
David Webster.
New York 19.953,000; Minnesota
14.150.000; North Dakota 13.338.
000; Colorado 11.835.000; Wash
ington ll.6JI7.O00: Oregon 9.673,
000; Wisconsin 9.495.000.
Burglary Arrests Medford
Police arrested Ihrce people si
Wednesday evening on charges i )nj(larjgC
of burglary, according to pp.
lice reports. They arc Johnnie I
Lee Williamson. 331 S. Ivy St., i
Ronald Gilkerson Beach. U3 Ge
neva St.,
lil'TII II. MrlNTOSII
Funeral services for Ruth H.
and a juvenile. Wil-1 Mcintosh. 61. of 1512 Hunt Drive.
' liamson and Beach are lodged Richland. Wash., who died
I in Jackson County jail and the j Wednesday, will be held Satur-
juvenile was referred to Ihe ' day at Einan's Memorial Chapel
detention home. ; in Kicnland. Perl funeral Home
i is in charge of local arrange-
ALLOTMENT APPROVED menls.
ONTARIO. Ore. (UPI) - Di-! Mrs. Mcintosh was born Jan.
rectors of Ore-Ida Foods, Inc.. ' -- in Colfax, Wash. She
have approved allotment of W'IS " leather in the Washington
$100,000 to the employe profit j l',lt,lic schools most of her life,
sharing trust fund from operat-1 She was a member of the Rich
ing profits for the year ended i liin(1 Wcstside United Portcstanl
Nov. 3. 1963. j Church.
! in r.i2o, in untax, ivasn.. sne
: was married to Leslie A. Mcln
, tosh, who died in 1958.
I For Ihe past six weeks, she
I has made her home in Medford
i with her son. Dr. Donn K. Mc
intosh, and her daughter, Mrs.
Fae Vcvera. Other survivors in
clude one daughter, Mrs. Dec
Anderson, Seattle, Wash.; three
brothers, William Kenedy. En
terprise, Ore., C. B. Kenedy,
Colfax, Wash., II. L. Kenedy,
Tacoma, Wash.; three sisters,
Mrs. M. Miller. Dillon. Mont.,
Weather
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MrrlfnrH and vicinity Ott--i'n
rain tnnicht and shower!) V i id
Sonip (on and smoke in ilir va
Irys. Low tonight 3j HiRh Friday
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Western OrCEon : Mostly cloii'ly
with occasional nun tuninht, hr-i-nminq
-.hou'ers Friday. Little tem
perature chsnRc Low tiling"! .'14
in extreme south interior, to in
north and about 1,1 aIoue coM
Utah Kridav 4,-,.,j.-(, except :H-2
extreme uuth.
Northern California : Occasional
rain San Kranrmcu-Kiuninientn
nnrthwnrd tonight and l-ndjiv
Variahl rlnudinc rNruhcrc Lit
tle teniperaiure chance
I.WAI. NAT A
TEMPKH ATUHE: Mean ycMrr
dav 33: heiow normal fi
rtrcord high thin date : m mi
Record low this date 0 in 1flM
PnEClPITATION 2 hour to
midnight. 04 inch Midnight to 10
i m . Ol inch
Total thia month 10 inch. B4
inch below normal
Total iinrc Sept 1. 7 08 niche?.
Oti inch below normal
HUMIDITY Loweo veMcrdav
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Mich
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Mrs. K. Miller. Enterprise. Ore
Mrs. Jean Lchrer, Walla Walla.
Wa.sh.; and 10 grandchildren.
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Gerald Clark
51J Medford Shopping Center
Medlord. Oregon 779 1221
. . . who last month helped
more people put money to
work through savings than any
oilier biniiahlc "lcaehcr of
'I hi il l" in
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from our wonderful
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For your holiday shopping ease . . .
we have an exceptionally broad selection of
turn.lri.nlr At Arrnw nift. tt-iAl Aunru mart
welcomes. Here are colorful, perfectly
eve lentjtns . ,
top fashion
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swcalors in a great variety of styles
and fabrics ... a prize collection of ties,
full-cut hankorchiefs and cut-for-comforl
underwear. Step in, shop here for
Arrow gifts . . . the presents
wilh fashionable futurcsl
sur0''oPlc,,ie rrow gins mat e
V welcomes. Here are colorful, per
kjci fitting sport shirts in exact sleeve
Cfy 1 good looking sport knits for lor.
f in action and relaxin' . . . hand
Offering you Nationally known
lines of men's wear at consistently
sensible prices.
ALL GIFTS
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port shirls
(rom 4.00
sport knits
(rom S.OO
sweaters Iron
from 1.50
handkerchiefs
box of 3
monogramcd 2.00
underwear
from 1.00
Open Every
Night 'til 9
Until Christmas
Except
Saturdays
vrJl I '3Q I '45 1 'to I 'is j 'w hahso
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If in doubt . . . give him a gift certifi
cate and let him choose his own gift
from Drews Mansrore - the Style Store
of Southern Oregon.
SIMCE 1918
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anstore
IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER
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