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Redlands Daily Facts from Redlands, California • Page 5

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Couple touring on long honeymoon boat trip PIERRE, S.D. (UPI) After GO days and 1,000 miles on a raft, the spirit of adventure is still afloat A young HOI Valley. couple seem to nave plenty of it in their journey down the Missouri River a la Huckleberry a rubber raft Mike McCurry, 26, and his pretty wife Tanya, 29, are spend' ing a five-month honeymoon on the trip on down the Missouri-Mississippi to New Orleans, where they hope to arrive in time for Christmas. The couple hopes the adventure will pay for itself. Hike, a professional photographer, is recording the Odyssey on film, while both be and Tanya hope to tarn their logs into a script The idea of the trip first occurred to Hike when be was a summer student at the University of South Dakota, Vermilion, in 1961.

The Boise, Idaho, native had to wait until be met Tanya, of Utica. N.Y., while both were working in San Francisco. The 5-by-12-foot rubber raft, christened the S.S. Pooshka, is powered by a five-horse outboard. The English import craft the motor, camping gear and other equipment was all donated as advertising.

On the couple's first day out from Great Falls, Mont, the raft sprung a leak from a sharp rock. Mike says their worst day however, was on the Ft Peck Reservoir in North Dakota Bing Crosby to help Shirley Temple Black SAN MATEO (UPI) Film star Bing Crosby has come to where gigantic swells made them "very uncomfortable" and eventually swamped the raft They did not capsire, however, the aid of Shirley Temple Black and now use rough days to stay. EpecUI dection tot in camp and clean up equipment The McCurrys took GO days Finch sees victory in university tuition war to get from Great Falls to Pi erre. S.D., about 1,000 miles, and hope to reach New Orleans in time for Christmas. If not, well, they'd planned to stay on to February Mardi Gras.

a seat in Congress. She announced Tuesday that Crosby, who lives a couple of miles away, will serve on her finance committee. But Mrs. Black, a Republican, said Crosby was not expected to be "very active" as a cam' paigner. SACRAMENTO (UPI) The 1 lion if Gov.

Ronald Reagan does struggle over tuition at the Uni-j not pick a delegation "broadly versily of California has been i representative" of factions with- won by the Reagan Administra-jin the party. Uon. says U. Gov. Robert H.

Finch said he "suspected" the rwch. $200 fees recommended by think we lost a battle andjgan would be approved by a won the war" on tuition, Finch special regents committee study- told reporters. ling a proposed increase in stu- Tbe Republican lieutenant gov-) dent charges at the university, ernor also says he may not at-j The regents voted against the GOP national conven-i position of tuition at the sity but agreed to a committee study of increased fees. Finch said he thinks the GOP delegation should include Sens. Thomas Kucbel and George Murphy.

It also should contain representatives of the moderate California Republican League, the conservative California Republican Assembly and volunteer groups and members of the assembly, state senate! Badlands Daily Fads Thursday, Sept. 21, 1967 5 and congressional delegation, he said. Reagan plans to lead a favorite son delegation to the convention but has said it may not include Kucbel The governor said be would be showing favoritism if he appointed Kuchel to the delegation and the senator has competition in the primary election. "it would be enlightened self- interest for the governor to appoint a broadly representative delegation," Finch told the newsmen. "Otherwise, there may be an opposing delegation seeking Republican support in the primary.

I don't think they could beat the governor's delegation, but it would create dissension and hart the governor's bargaining power at the convention." he said. FATHER CONVICTED DARWEN, England (UPD-A Darwen man was given a year's probation Monday for refusing to allow his daughter to wear glasses. The 15-year-old girl, described by ber school principal as "the most promising child we have," told the court she was nearsighted and unable to do any scboolwork without glasses. Attractive array of meat poultry fruit, vegetables The following guide to the cation's food buys for the weekend was prepared by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior for United Press International.

WASHINGTON food shoppers will find an attractive array of meat and poultry along with early fall (ruits and vegetables. At fresh produce counters there will be ample supplies of cabbage, lettuce, onions, potatoes and in some areas tomatoes and squash. Fruit bins will offer plenty of apples, seedless grapes, with plums available in many localities and watermelons still in season in some areas. For main dish broiler-fryer chickens and turkeys are in excellent supply most everywhere in the country. Beef toasts, hams and pork roasts are also plentiful in many areas.

In the fish department watch for generally good supplies of frozen fish fillets and steaks. Best fish buys for the south- test are: Canned- tuna, ocean perch fillets, frozen shrimp medium and small, fish sticks and portions, salmon steaks and sole fillets. West (Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming): Ready -to-cook chickens are generally 1 to 3 cents a pound less in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles; turkeys are 1 to 2 cents lower in Seattle and San (ran Cisco. Grade AA large eggs are 1 cent higher per dozen in both Los Angeles and Portland; big sizes are up 2 cents in San Francisco. Butter prices remain unchanged in all West Coast markets.

Lamb is 1 cent lower per pound in San Francisco and Los Angeles, but up a cent in Portland. Beef remains steady. Wholesale pork prices are mixed, with Boston butts, spareribs and skinned hams lower in Los Angeles, higher in San Francis co. Fruits in best supply include bananas, cantaloupes, Thompson seedless grapes, peaches and watermelons. Vegetables in best supply are cabbage, carrots, corn, lettuce, peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes.

Best fish buys for the west are: Rockfish fillets, sole fillets salmon steaks, halibut steaks, canned salmon and cod fillets. California wins highway safety trophy LOS ANGELES (UPI) -Gordon Luce, administrator of the Transportation Agency, Wednesday displayed a trophy and plaque won fay California for placing first in a highway safety drive with 10 other western states. California had the lowest number of traffic deaths in 1966 in ratio to the number of vehicle miles traveled, number of registered vehicles and total population. Luce said 4.8 persons were killed on California highways for every one million vehicle miles traveled in 1966, com pared to the national average of 5.67 and an 6.4 average for the, other western states. SELL IT TOMORROW With low-cost Classified Ads TOe PRICES EFFECTII TtllRS, THROWHSIS, SEPT.

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A real EASY HANDLING Wheelbarrow $C88 REG. $7.99 light enough for easy handling, yet rugged enough for most yard jobs. 4 cu. ft. capacity tray, large semi-pneumatic tire and baked enamel finish.

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$3.29 CASE or 12 GILBEY'S Vodka NO INCREASE in this famous nationally advertised vodka. Gilbey's has absorbed the TAX and pass the SAVINGS ON TO -YOU! 80 proof. 5099 FIFTH 5 QUART 4" BASE LINE IESTS. SAN BERNARDINO DEL ROSA I HIGHLAND SAN BERNARDINO 6491 MAGNOLIA AVE. RIVERSIDE REDLANDSILVD.4CTPKSS REDIANDS FOOTHILL ft WILLOW RIAITO.

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