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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 10. 19SS PAGE TWENTY-TWO 1 1 . j V"- 1 2 f - i r i it i . v- . t . i :1 1 I rl h v m ,1 a- ... rfi -,v. f ' if' ' ' 'i hi'' ''i - f. - ''A ' . , . L ft f -AI . ,.lft.v GAIL LEDERER, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mn. Charlej Lederer of Alturas, wa! selected queen of the 1955 Modoc County Fair which will be held August 26-28. The surprised finalist is shown being crowned by Mrs. Hallie Titrney, Mo doc County superintendent of schools, at the queen's ball held at Cedarville Saturday night. Jacqueline Haise, one of the contestants, at Jeft, and Betty Jean Young will comprise the queen's court. Queen Gail will compete at Sacra mento with other county winners' for the title, "Maid of California." Photo by Charles E. Goulden Employment Booms To All-Time High In July WASHINGTON Employment boomed in Jul to an alitinie rec ord of nearly 65 million, while the number of Jobless dipped today 2 - million, the government le poited Tuesday. " The (:fth successive monthly rise in employment carried the total oi Jobholders to M.995.000. or about a million above the previous record setp only one month earlier. The total is three million above July year aco Extraordinarily brkk hirins of youngsters released from ichool contributed much of the cam. the Labor and Commerce departments said In joint report. They added the employment of adults m most industries "held mj better than usual or this time of vr.tr." "As a result, unemployment wiiin is normally stab'e in July went down by 200.000 to 2 'i mil lion and is now almost a million lower than a year ago." the report said. The tally of Jobless was 3,471,000 acfinst 2.679.000 in June. 'The rate of employment in crease during the prut five months has not been matched since the postwar reconversion period of 1946. Secretary of Commerce Weeks and Secretary of Labor ' Mitchell said in the joint statement. They reported about five million persons have been added to the employed total since Kcbruaiy. I!i55, as compared with an average spring and summer rise of three million in the 1H47-54 period. Only 3.7 per cent of the total civilian labor force which num- heied 07.4C5.000 was U,h tiimtin.- I as agauitt 4 per cent a month ago and 5 3 per cent a yerr ego. Almost the entire Job increase in the mouth occurred in noil farinin? activities. Total non-farm emplcyment, as counted bv the Census Bureau, rose by 900.000 to 57 million, a record of the teason. factory payrolls held steady at 16.600.000 in July as a continued expansion ol production almost off set the effect of vacation shut downs. Since the fiist of the year, more than half a million workers have been added to factory pay roPs, the largest January-to-July gain since 1850. EXPECTING VENICE ifi Orson Welles con firmed today that his Italian wife, starlet Paola Mori, is expectinz a baby. The American actor and movie producer and his wife are vacation ing on the island of Torccllo, in the Gulf of Venice. Trie average factory work week ; ' diminished by 24 niinu'.es- from ; 40.7 hours to 46 3. This, however, wa almost an hour longer than the work week a year ago. Unemployment among young persons was reduced in July as more of them located summer j Jobs. More significant, the state- j ment said. wai the continued drop! in Joblessness among adult men, which usually rises slightly in July. Fewer ol the current unemployed are skilled or semi-skilled work ers, the report said, and a larger proportion ire unskilled workers. IT'S POOLE'S for TOYS The Tear 'Bound TOT STORE! MY PAY CHECK GOES... 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You'll also enjoy the convenience of the Benson-on-Broadway in the heart ' of the theatre and shopping district, f XI A Blows Up In Belly Of Mother Ship, Pilot Saves Lives Of Crew By Actions EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE.sible death Monday when lhe rock- Calif. tUFi K research pilot in the world's lasiest rockcl plnne was credited Tuesday with averting a possible disaster when his hifih powered plane exploded in the belly ol Its "mother Kh'p.". The rocket pilot, Joseph A. Walk er, 34, saved himself and the bom ber's seven crewmen from pos- Board Backs Airline Plan Major Charles Yeager set the world speed record in the XIA in November of 1953. 8ALKNT Ml The Orcein SIMC Aerouit titles Dutird is Mipponinu the application by We.it Coast Air lines fur permission lo have pus senecr servier bclweon KluinutJi Falls and Hnlse, Director Karl Hinder said Tuesday. i Snyder said the ;.ervu:r. c.ipcrl- ally on the section between Burns c-iping into the bomber's bomb- et plane exploded seconds before Its scheduled release nearly six miles over this dejert flight tesi center. All the fliers were civilians ennductinrf !llht tents for the Na tional Advisory Commission for Aeronautics. The one million dollar XIA, which holds the world's speed rec ord of 1.650 miles per hour as well as th world's altitude mark, of Wi.OOO feet, had to be Jettisoned lor tear a second explosion mtfthl destroy the bomber. The rocket plnne crashed on the desert as bomber landed safely, Walker, in the rocket ship when It exploded, exercised "(treat, cool ness" in cutting off switches to prevent any further explosions, Ho also emptied some of the high ly-explosive rot-kct iuel before rs- Klamath Falls 2 MATINEES 2 NIGHTS " Fri. and Sat. August 12-13 2:15 P.M. 8:15 P.M. Klamoth Falls Shrine Club 7th ANNUAL j WSSTXRN HOTXLS INC?Eft r i 1 gie N p A l- - H ROTORS I T.HUC KS v and Lakeview, would provide need ed service in .Southeastern Orcjton The airline has applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board, I'M; It KM N A NTS! jay. V alkcr also came close to death when ;ie dl.sconnecled Ins oxyuen enpnly to escape the locket plane. He fell unconscious from lack of oxygen and whs pulled up to safe ly by the bomber's crew. Deatn enn occur in a few minutes with out oxyirni at high altitude. 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