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8 Th Newt-Review, Roteburg, Ore. Thurt. Aug. 15, 1957
GILBERT'S "What Young People Think'
Jane Teen An Old-Fashioned Girl At Heart
Local News
Eugtnt Gilbert has bttn sur
vtying the tativaga scene for
years, and for 12 monthi now
ho has boon giving this and
othor nowspapars spacial re
ports on it. Now ha sums up his
first yaar's findings on boys
and girls in this spacial two-part'
sarios. This is tha first.
By EUGENE GILBERT
If Dad ever wonders what hap
pened to the Utile pig-tailed girl
he used to bounce on his knee,
he'll likely discover she has sud
denly become a ponylailed Miss
with a timetable for the future.
Happily our "portrait of Jane
Teen," based on a year's studies
of "What Young People Think,"
seems remarkably like thai of her
mother.
Jane Teen wants to marry by
the time she's 22 perhaps a lit
tle older than her mother married.
But she wants the same things for
her family. More than anything
else she wants security, which is
not necessarily measured by the
sab of a salary check.
Kor all her temporary flings at
fads, Jane is a conservative young
woman. Probably more than her
teen-age male companions, she
worries about what other people
think about her. She has a high
ly developed social sense and she
imposes it on her less aware boy
friends.
But to look at her, you wouldn't
dream that she worried about
any of these things. She wears
her make-up in a discreel and
natural way. She's attractive, ma
ture and clear-headed.
Dating A Must
Dating is a prime part of her
life. She starled going out with
boys when she was 14 or so. She
has between one and two dates
a week. If she lives in the city,
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Are You a Typical
Teen-age Girl?
(Fill in the b'anli, then comport your answers with
information M tht'oriichf.)
I'd take my chances en a high paid job,
instead of a safe on at less pay.
I approve of going steady.
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Vh N.
What I seek in a boy friend is wealth, looks,
reputation, personality, (name one)
I use the telephone minutes daily.
I have drunk, smoked. (Once? Often? Regularly?)
Elvis Presley is my favorite singer. Q
Til N.
Education Board
Authorizes Big
Building Program
PORTLAND Wi Construction
projects amounting to 3V4 million
dollars were authorized Tuesday
hy the Oregon Board of Higher
Education.
A loan for $1,100,000 will be ob
tained from the federal Housing
and Home Finance Agency. It will
he used to build dormitories at
Kastcrn Oregon College at La
(irande and Southern Oregon Col
lege at Ashland.
At Eastern Oregon, a women's
dormitory costing $710,000 will be
constructed.
On the Southern Oregon campus,
a commons building will be built
at a cost Of $690,000.
Waldo S. Hardic of Eugene ob
tained the Eastern Oregon con
tract. A Medford firm, Graff and
James, received the Southern Ore
gon contract.
The board also approved corr
tracts for a new classroom build
ing at Portland Stale College for
$1,293,743, a field laboratory and
storage building at the Oregon
farm at Granger for $50,000, and
an x-ray building at the University
of Oregon Medical School in Port
land for $60,000.
Every Day Special Day
At Oregon State Fair
SALEM I Every day at the
Oregon State Fair will be a spe
cial day, Fair Manager Howard
Maple announced Wednesday. The
fair opens - Aug. 31.
The opening day will b Gov
ernor's Day, then will follow
Church Day. Labor Day, farm Or
ganization Day, Salem Day, Kids'
Day, and Oregon Pioneers' and
Editors' Day.
Maple also announced the Port
land Zoo is sending 215 live ani
mals lo be exhibited throughout
the fair.
she likes group dating. In the
country double dating is more
popular.
Jane approves of going steady
even if she doesn't want lo her
self. One out of five of her girl
friends goes steady.
Personality is the most impor
tant thing she looks for in a boy.
(He looks for the same thing in a
girl.) Next she wants good repu
tation, good companionship, edu
cation and family. She'd like to
have a man with a background
similar to her own. Surprisingly,
good looks, brains and money are
at the bottom of the list.
She's quite happy at home, loo,
although she probably feels her
parents aren't up to date. This
doesn't mean that there are no
family arguments. In fact, some
arguing is just about universal.
Seven out of ten girls find no
fault with their fathers and 61 per
cent find none with their moth
ers. In fact, 37 per cent say they'd
like to pattern their lives after
their mothers.
Not Dominated
Those who do find fault with
Mom criticize chiefly the way she
dresses, keeps house and chatters.
More girls than boys felt they
were tied lo Mom s apron strings.
But most girls didn't feel they
were tied too closely.
Of course, Jane Teen uses (he
telephone. She doesn't think that a
45-minute conversation is un
reasonable, in spite of parental
complaints. As a matter of fact.
girls 16 and above spend an av
erage of an hour and 22 minutes
on the telephone each day.
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British Seizing
Art Work To Pay
For Death Duties
LONDON tM The British
Treasury announced Tuesday it
was taking over eight major
works of art and a 16th Century
mansion in settlement of a 1,200,-
000 pounds ($.1,360,000) (lebl on
death duties owed by the Duke
of Devonshire.
The art treasure includes works
by Holbein, Van Dyok, Claude
Lorraine and Kcmbrandt. Art cir
cles here said the government's
decision to take over the
treasures was designed to prevent
their possible sale to American
collectors.
The seltlement covers, the bal
ance of $6,720,000 in death duties
on the estate of the 55-year-old
loth Duke of Devonshire who died
in 1950.
Included in the settlement is a
300-rnom mansion, Hardwick Hall,
and some (KM acres of surround
ing woodland. The 86-year o I d
Dowager Duchess of Devonshire
will continue to live in the man
sion where she now helps bolster
the family income by entertain
ing toiirisis at 2 shillings 6 pence
(35 U.S. cents) a head
Macmillan Appoints
Wage-Price Council
LONDON I Britain set
a three-man council Tuesday to Britain's National Trust will
deal with the nation's wage-price i take over the mansion alter her
race. death.
Prime Minister Macniillnn's ap-l
poinlment of the body called! TO DISCUSS TAXES
the council on prices, productivity PORTLAND itf The Western
and incomes set a new piece-1 States Taxpayers Assn. will meet
dent in this country. here Aug. iiti-28 to discuss lax
Theoretically independent of I problems.
I'lii'ilic rower and I.IkIH to.
President Paul MrKce will speak
at a dinner meeting Aug. 27. Dele
gates from 13 cities are expected.
Jane also plans lo go to col
lege. Four out of ten girls say
they feel college experience nec
essary regardless of whether they
intend to pursue a career. And
eight in ten say Ihey plan lo at
tend a college.
In fact many girls planning
on college mention their desire to
meel a young man who can pro
vide a good future for wife and
family.
Wants Wacurity
The girls in the family also be
lieve that a woman's place is
making the home a better place
while Dad is the one lo bring
home the bacon.
Security is one of her prime
aims for the future. It figures in
the type of man she wants for a
husband, in her own college plans
and in her plans for a family.
So far as following popular sing
ers, she probably went with the
crowd in a clamoring for Elvis
Presley but her reason prob
ably went unrecognized by her
parents. She went for Presley
when Presley was "news," and
dropped him when he wasn't. She
now likes Pat Boone.
Like her male counterpart, Jane
Teen thinks dope peddlers should
get the death penalty. Five per
cent of the boys questioned and
three per ccnl of the girls said
are ready for college. Like the
boys, she often has more ready
cash than her father and she
keeps her allowance up to the rise
of prices.
Jane Teen realizes she has work
to do at home and she does it,
but she doesn't always like it.
Washing dishes is the most fa
miliar chore 81 per cent of the
girls do it. Cleaning her home
room is second 60 per cent do
this. House cleaning and shopping
follow, for 50 per cent.
In short, Jane Teen seems to
be following in Mom's footsteps
not completely and not at the
the same pace but generally on
the same path. She likes the nat
ural way and doesn't care for ar
tificiality. Jane Teen has a good sense of
values, and a strong base for her
future life. She wants marriage,
a nice home and a family. More
important, our surveys indicate,
she knows how to get them.
Next weak: What are boys like?
Miss April McGee, who has been
visiting Miss Nancy Stewart in
this city, left today by plane for
her home in Medicine Hat, Alber
ta, Canada. The Stewart family
took Miss MrGee on a number cf
sight-seeing trips during her stay
in Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Austin and
daughter, Mrs. James Harris, have
returned from Tacoma, Wash.,
where they visited S. Sgt. John
Austin and family. Sgt. Austin, a
son of the Arthur Austins, is sta
tioned at McChord Air Field in Ta
coma. Mr. and Mrs. Lao F. Young and
daughter, Ranae, left Roseburg
Wednesday for Eugene, where the
former will be associated with the
New City Drive In Market opening
in the near future north of the
city limits. They have purchased
a home at 3480 S Pearl St., in
Eugene.
Korean Vet Educational
Benefits Are Extended
SALEM. Laws governing
educational benefits for war vet
erans who never have received
educational benefits can enroll un
der the program, the legislaluie
having extended the deadline to
June 30, 1959.
Men who served during the Kor
ean War, but who did not actually
serve in Korea, will become eligi
ble. Until now. service in Korea
was required.
World War II and Korean vet
erans will need only three months
of active duty to qualify. The past
requirement has been six months.
The law provides up to $50 a
month for college students and up
lo $35 for other studies. Veterans
must have been Oregon residents
for one year before military duty.
FIRE INVADES OREGON
VALE, Ore. itf A 46-man crew
Wednesday brought under control
a fire that swept into Oregon after
burning over 10,000 acres in Ne
vada, the Bureau of Land Man
agement said.
The bureau said fire fighters
will continue to mop up the blaze
that destroyed rangeland grass
and brush.
Gasoline War Pushes
Seattle Prices Down
SEATTLE, I A gasoline price
war in the Seattle area has
pushed the regular grade as low
as 26 '-a cents a gallon. Prices for
premium gas vary generally be
tween 32 and 34 cents.
Seth Campbell, president of the
Washington Gasoline Dealers'
Assn.. said Tuesday the cuts were
brought about by an oversupply
due to heavy foreign imports of
crude oil.
The price cutting started two
weeks ago.
Turbine Affect
On Fish Studied
PORTLAND i A new fish
net at the Leaburg power plant
east of Eugene may determine
how much fish are damaged when
thev pass 'hrough the spinning
blades of pow r turbines.
It is a huge tunnel net, aooui ,
80 feet long and weighing more
than 1,200 pounds. It screens all
the water coming from a single
turbine outlet.
Hung on a massive aluminum
frame, the net will carry fish to
a 1 x 2 foot collection box at the
small end of (he funnel.
The state Game Commission
here announced the attempt to de
termine damage and said various
lots of fish, held at the commis
sion's McKenzie station, will be
used in the experiment.
The commission said accurate
information on the turbine-fish
question had been difficult to ob
tain because previous test equip
ment was inadequate.
STOCK SPLIT PLANNED
NEW YORK I Directors of
Safeway Stores have voted to
split the common stock three for
one, subject to approval of stock
holders at a special meeting to
be held Nov. 4
The stock closed V a point high
er Tuesday at 78Vi but lost a
at Wednesday's opening price of
77T'a.
they had been approached by dope
pushers.
Jane and 75 per cent of her girl
nrends have had an alcoholic bev
erage by the time they've reached
17. More than half have had
drinks at home. Parties, bars and
night clubs accounted for the rest.
bight out of ten girls are con
vinced however that it is wrong
lo drink witbout parental knowl
edge. Jane is not as reckless in an
automobile as her male counter
part. She says she could not be
dared to take chances while driv
ing and would choose not to ride
in a car driven by a reckless
friend.
She is just as sure, however, that
driving is an essential part of
teenage life.
Most Girls Smoke
Twice as many girls as boys
smoke without the knowledge of
their parents. Most girls over 16
have the smoking habit and only
a few have given it up after re
ports linking cigarettes to lung
cancer.
Jane is an avid reader of books,
but reads the daily newspaper
most.
The teen-age girl is part of a
powerful consumer group. Jane
and her friends top the back to
school spenders by the time they
. 1952-56 (oge) I 1956 I 1957
5130 2522 .. 1323
GAINING America's war on polio is showing gains. So far
tins year (sec Newschart) there have been only 1,323 cases of
polio of all types. In the April-November 1956 polio period
there were 2.522 cases, 1,265 of them paralytic. Only 442 par
alytic cases have been reported this year.
House Rejects
Sen. Amendment
On Bruces Eddy
Sheriff Holds 2 Men,
Safe; Seeking Owner
VANCOUVER. Wash., I -Sheriff
Clarence McKay is holding two
Portland men and a half-ton sale,
but sn far hp hain't hpt.n ship In
WASHINGTON iffi Tke House find ii.p f ih. ..f.
declined Tuesday to accept a Sen- i0jce S(0pi)ed John Edgar Dur-
ate amendment to the 858-million i bin. ? n,l HirharH R r.iiinrt,r
dollar public works appropriation j 2l, about S a.m. Tuesday on High-
hill which would have set asitl
$500,000 lo plan the Bruces Eddv
project on the Clearwater River
in Idaho.
The House rejected the amend
ment 353-23 on a roll call vole.
The amendment, by Sen. Dwor
shak ( K-hlnho), specilied the
$500,000 should he utilized for
starting plans on the Idaho proj
ect. Since the Senate previously
way 99 about three miles north
of here because the back end of
their car was sagging badly.
Inside the car was the safe and
a sel of burglary tools. AlcKay
said the only thing he's been able
to get out of Durbin and Gillandor
so far is that Ihe safe was not tak
en from any place in Clark County.
The men were held for invesli-
Eovcrnmcnl, management and la
hor, it is composed of a trio of
distinguished men who arc out
side politics.
that the House Public Works Com
mittee had declined earlier this
year to include Unices Eddy in
an omnihu
bill.
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had approved that amount for cation of burglary
dam. the amendment actually i McKav hasn't ROt the safe open
added no money lo the bill. !t0 flnd 01lt wnaf, jn,ue
House Democrats generally j
voted against acceptance of Iheji -. Tv F,.nni;..
amendment. Several pointed out ,ncom" 1 ax exemption
rroposed tor teachers
WASHINGTON ifi - Ren. Sid
project authorization i Simpson (R-lll) has introduced a
; hill lo give school teachers a fed-
I eral income tax exemption on ihe
; first S.l.ooo of their salaries,
j "This exemption, which is equi
valent lo a salary increase,"
Simpson said in a statement,
"can well be the contribution of
federal aid to education and with
out any federal control."
He said he hopes the House
I Ways and Means Committee con
I sulers Ihe proposal when il holds
hearings this fall on a possible
I general tax cut for next year.
Coen Supply
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BARGE WORK DROPS
PORTLAND i.fi A drop-off of
some 17.000 tons in barge and log
traffic through the locks at Bon
neville Dam was noted Tuesday
by Ihe Army Kngineers.
The engineers said tonnage was
153.6JW in Julv this year, and 170.
0.l. in July I9."6.
An increase was noied, how
ever, in traffic at The Dalles. This
year s tonnage was 3,69. com
pared to 114.503 in Julv, 1958.
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