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PAGE EIGHT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1968 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON THE SCENE ABOVE WAS THE END RESULT after two freight cars of the Union Pacific Railroad were derailed in the Nyssa yard about 5:45 P.M. Tuesday afternoon. It happened during switching operations and was thought to have been caused by children leaving a switch partly open directly East of Muir-Roberts Packing shed. No injuries occurred but there was a near-miss for a conductor. Damage was “Paint Your Wagon” Film Calls For Big Spending In Building Projects Thousands of man-hours were necessary to prepare the movie set before the actual filming of the well-known Broadway hit, “Paint Your Wagon,” which will star Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg. This is the typical “story behind the story” that few people have a chance to see or even know about. A trip to the site, some 45 miles northeast of Baker, found literally swarms of workmen rushing completion of the buildings needed for the picture. Construction Foreman Al Starnes of Paramount pictures brought a number of key per sonnel with him from Holly wood, but the bulk of the car penters and other workers were hired in the Baker area. Starnes said the film company hired whole crews from local contractors to work on the set, which will include about 60 buildings, bridges, waterwheels and necessary props to com plete the picture. What makes the set unique is that at the end of the pic ture most of the buildings in the city collapse into a net work of tunnels, which are also very much a part of the story. A very crude set, composed primarily of frames, canvas and Seed Growers . . SAVE! $ $ $ Defoliate for a Total Per Acre Cost of . . $6.°° INCLUDING MATERIAL AND APPLICATION This la a proven, superior application using Micronair filters for the maximum in crop coverage and penetration. RANCH AERO Airplane Spraying (io. PAUL N. HANSEN OPERATING FROM NYSSA AIRPORT PHONE 372-3944 listed at $1700 with most going to repair about 400 feet on the two tracks. The incident is being investigated by the Nyssa Police department and Special Agents for the railroad company. Nyssa Police Chief Alvin Allen asks that he be notified of any activity seen on the tracks at that time and warns parents that the children should use the under-pass walkways as the tracks are private property. tents, is located about a half mile from the main set and will be used in the first part of the movie. This will show the early stages of the miningcamp in which the story is set. The story then takes the prin cipals into the mountains to look for gold and when they return a whole city has replaced the tents. Also part of the story is a group of “no-good-guys” who dig a series of tunnels under the city’s buildings to steal the gold stored there. At the end of the picture something kicks off a stampede of some 2-300 horses and the vibration causes the city to fall into the tunnels that undercut the town. The need to create a city capable of virtually dis appearing into the earth pre sented Starnes with many prob lems the average building con tractor would never see in a lifetime. A high watertable level forced an immediate change in plans and some $70,000 worth of fill had to be brought in to raise the street level enough so the houses and business buildings could disappear. An intricate system of cables and pulleys have been installed in many of the buildings. Some of them are designed to be pulled down while others will use the system to lower them into pre built holes. One special building will be constructed around a heavy steel frame which in turn is mounted on a hydraulically operated table. It will really do the “Irish jig” when the big moment comes. Starnes said all of the special effects have been carefully en gineered to make them as safe as humanly possible and still create the desired results on film. With the rugged and beauti ful Wallowa mountains as a backdrop “Paint Your Wagon” should be a film that all Ore gonians will want to see. KRAZY DAYS GAME OFFICIALS (Continued From Page 1) OPPOSE RAMSEY’S Parade prize winners, by classes, were: Dogs with prizes by Michael’s Pharmacy; Big gest and Craziest (two prizes) Brenda Armstrong with “Kelly”; Smallest - Randy and Christy Savage with “Twiggy”; Champion All-Classes - Julie Anderson with “Sandy” and for the most unusual (a substitu tion by the judges) Evelyn Bailey with her Shetland pony dressed as a reindeer. In the Craziest dressed kids class the Journal awarded $5 cash to Dirk Sappe for first, $3 to Lori Lane for second and the $2 for third went to Toni Armstrong and Land Johnson jointly. Mike Stringer won the $5 merchandise prize for the best male “Goofy” dress, Jeff Char ters a similar prize from Wil son Dept. Store for the youngest, while Monica Quinowski and Anna Dority carried off the $5 merchandise prizes from Don B. Moss Firestone and the Nyssa Merc for the Craziest dressed female and the oldest person participating in the parade. Ray’s Food Fair gave $5 in merchandise to Ted Joyce for FIREARMS PLANS In a strongly worded rebuttal to Attorney General Ramsey Clark’s message to the United States Senate calling for na tional licensing and registration of all firearms, the Interna tional Association ofGame, Fish and Conservation Com missioners meeting in Tucson this week unanimously passed a resolution opposing the propo sal. The Association pointed out that such drastic action would endanger the right of law- abiding citizens to own firearms with no assurance that such action would assist in the control of crime. being the champion pie-eater in the Saturday contest. No one claimed the pair of boxing gloves offered by Wilson’s Mkt., Inc., for the most recently mar ried couple in the parade. Some pictures of the winners are being carried in this issue of the Journal and others may be carried in later issues. The Association resolution further stated that registration and licensing would cost the tax payers of this country untold millions of dollars and would provide law enforcement offi cials with nothing more than a listing of firearms owned by law-abiding citizens.Criminals and others bent on crime would not register guns and would ob tain them through unlawful means. The Association urged enforcement of existing fire arms laws, national, state, and local, to assist in controlling crime. Phil Schneider, Oregon game director and a participant in 1h£ Old lóm&t the Tucson meeting, has sent a wire to the members of Ore gon’s congressional delegation urging that they oppose Attorney General Clark’s licensing and registration proposals. PROTECT V0U« FAMILY WITH •Life ‘Liability •Auto ‘Fire •Disability AT REAL SAVINGS! RUMMAGE SALE FRI. - SAT., SEPT. 27 - 28 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. FIRST AND MAIN STREETS - EAST, ACROSS STREET FROM NYSSA KWIK WASH BY ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH INSURANCE AGENCIES Nyssa Ontario VALE Lloyd Bone Phone Phone 473-3157 Phone 372-3162 889-6990 Chevrolet introduces 1969. Caprice. Match this, you other 69’s! There is no joy in the land of our competitors today. But let us ask you this. Should we have made Caprice shorter instead of the longest Chevrolet ever built? Or adorned it with flashy nicknacks to make it look less expensive? Just because competition doesn’t, should we not have offered you washers to clean your headlights, new variable-ratio power steering, liquid tire chain you can apply to your rear wheels at the touch of a button? Should we have given you less power, instead of the largest standard V8 in its field? Some people think so. Our competitors. ’69 Caprice Coupe RECEIVING PRIZES for being the eldest in the parade and the ‘Craziest Drest’ above 7th grade were these colorful clowns. The sad one is Anna Dority and the happy clown is Monica Quinoswki. Their prizes were given Don B. Moss Fire stone store and the Nyssa Merc. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskies 80 and 86 Proof Mr. Boston Distiller Inc., Boston, Mass. Make a home for the aged. JULIE ANDERSON - another “Krazee Nyssa Kid” and her dog ‘Sandy’ were prize win ners in the Saturday Crazy Day parade. Wearing ‘baby at tire’ and wrapped in a blanket, Sandy peeks out with those big eyes in amazement as it was announced that the canine and young mistress had won honors as "Champion Dog Of All Clas ses”. The prize for this entry was given by Michael’s Phar macy. WORK SMARTER - NOT HARDER WHAT CAN THE TRUTH IN LENDING BILL DO FOR YOU? There’s an example. If you shop for a TV or refrigerator, you will get information on the interest rate you would pay and a breakdown of any other credit charges. Both a smooth 6 years old Mr. Boston Spot Bottle Bourbon, 80 Proof fifth $4.30 pint $2.70 Mr. Boston Bronze Label Bourbon 86 Proof fifth $4.60 pint $2.90 Now you can compare cost in total dollars and cents of prod ucts you look at in different stores. Interest rates are not the same everywhere. Because there are many ways in which interest could be stated, you may have been paying at a higher rate than you realized. ’69 Camaro SS Sport Coupe, plus RS equipment Camaro. Who needs to say “announcing” or “new”. The Hugger. And just look how it all hangs together. No ginger bread anywhere. We’ve improved the interior, too. Quieted the ride. Made the Astro Ventilation ventilate better. The power range is very impressive. Standard V8 is 210 hp. SS engines available up to 325 hp. For added SS appeal: sport striping; power disc brakes; wide oval, road-hugging tires. Your Chevrolet dealer offers this advice: Go on, you other sportsters. Gnash your gears and look tough. Maybe it will help. Putting you first, keeps us first