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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1955 IIERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THREE THE NEW 1956 OLDSMOBILE will be displayed at the Dick B. Miller Company, Seventh and Klamath Avenue on Thursday, November 3. Shown here is the new budget-priced Oldsmobile 38 Holiday coupe. The attractive airfoil grille has horizontal louvers recessed in the oval bumper opening and the Oldsmo bile name is spelled out in chrome block letters on the left side. New rectangular parking lights are incorporated in the outer end of the lower bumper bar. Flair-away fenders, projectile-type taillights, hood contour and front and rear orna - ments are new. More than 150 color combinations are offered. Under the hood is a more powerful 230 horsepower "Rocket" engine with many improvements that enhance performance and economy. 7956 Oldsmobiles Offered By Dick B. Miller Company Malin Observes National Week MALIN The Malin High School band, under the direction of Charles V. Dobry. Is hnrd at work preparing for its participation in National Education Week. On Wednesday. November 9. the Malm high band will play at Peli can Court. In addition to perform ances by the 24-member band, six members of the group will play for special costume dances on the same day. BURNED TO DEATH HONQ KONO 11 Two children and two adults were burned to death Tuesday In a fire that raged for an hour in the squatter area in Kowloon, burning 438 wooden shacks and leaving 5.000 people nomeiess. Senator Lehman Confident Of Federal Disaster Bill WASHINGTON AH Sen. Leh-I man D-NY expressed confidence today that seme kind of federal disaster insurance bill will be ready for Congress next year. Lehman criticized administra tion ofiicials, however, for what he said was their "failure" to make specific recommendations at this time on such a program. The hearing continues today with Sen. Payne (R-Mainei and repre sentatives from the Small Business Administration and the Depart ments of Agriculture and Interior on the list of witnesses. It will resume Thursday in New York City and go later to Bos ton. Providence, R. I., and Hart ford. Conn. The August floods along the Eastern Coast were the immedi ate cause of current talk on some sort o! lederul disaster insurance to fill the gap where commercial insurers generally do not operate. Lehman said there was no in tention for the federal government to set up competition against the private insurance companies. "If we're going to put in all the provisions demanded by private insurance companies. "If we're going ho put in all the provision! demanded by private in surance companies." he said. "I don't think we're likely to get any Insurance. I mean, after all, the government owes more to its peo ple." Roger Jones, assistant director of the Budget Bureau, said yes terday that after consultation with various agencies and departments The Chapel by Hit Garde O'Hair's Memorial Chapel Service for All Incomes Terms 18 Months to Pay tth and Pint Sts. Phone 34S& Keith O'Hair, owner of the executive branch, he had no speclfio program to rtconv mend. He did provide some basic assumptions and criteria he said should be Included. SUBURBAN TV CABLE SYSTEM New available for Renteri $10 A MONTH PLUS TAX For Information, Cell 1214 CIVDI L SHAW More power, smart Starfire styl ing and new smoothness and ef-j ficiency in an automatic trans mission give Oldsmobile for 195G outstanding appearance and per formance in its advance to a high er place in automobile popularity. In announcing the 1956 Oldsmobile, J. F. Wolfram, Oldsmobile general manager and vice president of General Motors, points out that it couples the "Rocket" T-350 engine with Jetaway Hydra-Matlc trans mission to achieve new standards of performance and efficiency. The 1956 Oldsmobiles go on dis play Thursday, November 3, at the Dick B. Miller Co.. Seventh and Klamath Avenue. Especially eye-catching is the new Oldsmobile front end, with an airfoil type grille patterned after the experimental Starfire and Del ta and recessed in an oval be tween the massive upper and low er bumper bars. Rectangular park ing lights are incorporated In the outer extremities of the lower bumper bar and are protected by the overhang of the upper bar. Small chrome block letters which spell out the Oldsmobile name add an interesting motif to this dis tinctive front end. The popular low silhouette and panoramic windshield are retained being enhanced with new fender, hood and bumper designs. New flair-away fenders are an advanced version of the sweep-cut fenders Introduced by Oldsmobile on, ear lier Holiday models. They are now standard throughout the 1956 Olds mobile on all series both front and rear. The restyled projectile tpe taillights and the upward aweeo of the rear bumper con tour above the recess for the li cense- plate lend a fresh and dis tinct note to Oldsmobile's rear end styling. , . .. ' The new sweeping chrome side moulding provides the - two-tone color separation in Oldsmobile's Schrunk To Emcee Humphrey Dinner Sheriff Terry Schrunk of Mult nomah County will act as master of ceremonies at the Democratic dinner Friday evening In the Wil lard Hotel honoring Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota. Dr. Robert A. Wood, treasurer of the Klamath County Democratic Central Committee, said a large crowd of Southern Oregon and Northern California Democrats are expected at the dinner. Senator Humphrey will be pre sented by Oregon Senator Wayne Morse. The dinner is set for 6:30 p.m. SEE THE "Best Buick Yet" 1956 Buick On Display FRI.,NOV.4th Jim Winde Buick Co. 1330 MAIN WW tWJ JUs 1 n $ attractive Starfire styling. The side moulding treatment on the " series is distinctively different from the '88' and Super W mod els. Nineteen standard colors and 155 recommended two-tone com binations provide the greatest va riety in the division's 58-year his tory. Prom an engineering standpoint, horsepower Is raised to 240 in the "Rocket" T-350 engine which pow ers the '98' and Super '88' cars. The T-350 designation indicates 350 pound-feet of torque, or turn ing effort at the crankshaft, at an engine speed of 2,800 r.p.m. Compression ration is 9.25 to 1 in all 1956 "Rocket" engines. The 1956 Series "88 Rocket" has a larg er dual carburetor, and develops siu-n.p. Three series of cars In 13 body types are offered by Oldsmobile for 1956. There are four Fisher body types in the luxurious "98" series four-door Holiday sedan. Holiday coupe, four-door sedan- and Starfire convertible. The high per formance super '88' series pre sents the Holiday sedan, Holiday coupe, two-door sedan, convertible coupe and four-door sedan. In the budget-priced "88" series are the Holiday sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan and Holiday coupe. Jetaway Hydra Matic Drive, which is making its bow in 1956 Oldsmobile, will be standard equip ment on the Super "88" and "98" series. Hydra-Matic Super Drive is optional at cx(ra cost on the "88" series. The -Jetaway Hydra Matic introduced a new second fluid coupling in. the drive train that blends the changes in the gear ratios into a single contin uous flow of power. Shifts are smoother than ever before attained in an automatic transmission and are barely perceptible. As an add ed convenience, a parking lock operated with the shift lever is incorporated In the transmission. Safety is a continuing consider ation with Oldsmobile and has been since electric headlamps and the self-starter first were installed. It is the constant aim of Olds mobile engineers to design safety features into the car. Among these have been the all-steel body, four wheel brakes, safety glass and the panoramic windsheild for better vision. Built-in safety improve provements are the objective in each new model. m J COLLABORATION BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Wl Roman Catholic Bishop Peter Culc i of Mostar, sentenced to prison for j 11 !4 years in 1948 on charges of! collaborating with Nazi occupation j forces during the war, has been paroled by the Yugoslav govern ment. 1 WINDOW r j . Screens Doon Sash o Glati Estimates Gladly Given THE GLASS HOUSE 315 No. 11th Phono 7477 ! w V The Sure Way to Help Yourself Is To See Your Doctor! Don't risk trying to help your health with home remedies. Set your doctor, then brinq his pre scription to us. i 4- t f Suburban Drug r 3960 So. 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