Medicare Program
Pays $8.4 Billion
First Two Years
T rt It flnit turn VM rf An
era lion. Medicare hai paid W4
iiwiiun toward ino Hospital and
doctor bills ot the Nation's el
derly people.
Taking note of the anniver
sary of the comprehensive pro
gram of health Insurance for
the aged, which began July 1.
VM6, President Johnson stated
that the program has meant
"new hope and renewed health
that liuht up thousands of lives
In every community In this
land."
"Medicare has paid the ex
penses incurred In 10.6 million
hospital stays and 45 million
medical bills." he said, "and
more than one million elderly
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pital care In nurslna homes and
in their own homes."
Payments under the hospital
Insurance proeram totaled $6.3
billion for the 2 year period
ttnd a total of $2.1 billion was
paid out under the supplemen
lary meaicai insurance pro
Cram.
Accord in or in Rnhni-f f Pull
Commissioner of Social Security
aa.i iniuiun oiucr people bo and
over, Just about everyone In
that age group is now covered
unaor tne Dasie hospital Insur
ance nnrt of MoHir-aro Rll ,atA
and 18.6 million of' them or
no percent, nave enrolled In the
voluntary medical insurance
purt that helps pay doctor bills
and a wide variety of other
medical expenses in and out of
tne Hospital.
Since January 1, 1967 there
have been 6-10,000 admissions of
older people to extended care
facilities for posthospital care,
and 485,000 home health care
plans have been set up for old
er people to receive visits from
visiting nurses, physical ther
apists, and other health care
specialists. Bills have been
paid for 1.4 million visits of
older people to the hospital for
outpatient diagnostic services.
Involved with the Government
in the operation of the Medicare
program are 123 private insur
ance oganizations Blue Cross
and Blue Sheild plans and pri
vate insurance companies who
receive and pay Medicare bills
under contract with the Feder
al Government; 6,900 participat
ing hospitals; 4,700 participat
ing extended care facilities;
z.iw nome health agencies;
2.550 certified independent lab
oratories; and agencies of 50
tiiiterent states.
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Vets Loans Show
14 Percent Gain;
Morrow Total 109
Oregon Department of Veter
ans' Affairs granted farm and
home loans to 4,488 veterans
during fiscal 1967-68 in the
amount of $60,794,600, H. C.
Saalfeld, director, reported to
day. This was the highest dollar
volume on record for a fiscal
year and the second highest in
loans. It aws a 14 percent gain
in dollar volume and a 3 per
cent gain in loans over 1966-67.
In Morrow county last year,
loans were granted to four vet
erans in the amount of $58,200,
compared wtih nine loans in
1966-67 for $99,850.
Since the loan programs start
ed in 1945, loans have gone to
109 veterans in this county in
the amount of $854,500. State
wide, 62,699 loans have been
granted in the amount of $591,
539,124. Borrowers have repaid $308.7
million of this in principal and
$105.4 million in interest, with
monthly repayments currently
averaging over $4' million. Of
the 62,699 loans, 35,199 were out
standing June 30 in the amount
of $338,056,038.
Saalfeld said the loan pro
gram continues to earn a net
revenue after paying all expen
ses of the loan program and
the service and coordination
division, and the State's share
of costs for maintaining the re
habilitation programs of veter
ans' organizations and county
' service officers.
This net revenue last year
was $2,752,136, bringing the to
la earnings since 1945 to $24,-
dyb.3M.
By action of the special ses
sion of the 1967 Legislature,
$13,617,574 of these earnings re
vert to the State's general fund
August 15, leaving the Depart
ment $10,778,779 as a reserve
representing 3 percent of loans
outstanding. This makes a total
of $21,635,479 that have been
transferred from loan earnings
to the general fund.
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HAPPY CANTON princesses for 1968 at Pendleton are two girl
who won the Round-Up American beauty contests in 1966 and
1967. Lillian Moses. 17. Is the daughter of Delores Moses and
Is a senior at Pendleton High school. She is ot the Yakima
tribe and won the 1966 Round-Up beauty title. Carla Walker
(right), 16. is the daughter of Charlotte Williams, and Is a
Junior at Pendleton High school. She is a member e4 the Klam
ath tribe and holds the 1967 Round-Up beauty title.
World Champion Cowboys
To Compete at State Fair
No less than four world
champion cowboys, with more
promised, have signed up to
compete in the All America Ko
deo and Horse Show at the 1968
Oregon State Fair, August 24
September 2 in Salem. The con
firmation was made by State
Fair Commission Vice-chairman
Sanford Nemerovsky of Eugene.
Topping the growing list of
competitors is present National
all-aound leader Larry Mahan
The Brooks, Oregon, cowboy,
who was the 1966 and 1967 Nat
ional All Around Cowboy, re
cently spent three weeks in
Spain but upon his return im
mediately resumed his winning
ways at the St. Paul and Eu
gene, Oregon rodeos and the
Calgary Stampede. Mahon, only
24. has won $21,334 this year.
Since the start of 1966 he's won
$113,688 in the pro arena.
State Fair Manager Robert
Stevens said Nemerovsky had
also received confirmation on
other rodeo stars including Jack
Roddy, San Jose, Calif., current
ly the national steer wrestling
leader, Mark Schricker of Suth-
erlin, Ore., runnerup for the
1965 and 1967 All Around title
nd now eighth in that compe
tition and third nationally in
leer wrestling, and Jackie
Wright of Eastern Oregon's
John Day country, a favorite
from the West Coast to Madi
son Square Garden. Roddy, be
sides leading the country in
steer wrestling, is third in all
round competition with $16,788
in winnings.
America's top rodeo clown
Wilbur Plaugher, a star in Walt
Disney's movie Run Appaloosa
Run", will also be a headliner
at the fair rodeo.
The Leon Adams Family will
bring the most unique act of
its kind to the rodeo when it
performs by riding astride
trained Brahma bulls who also
leap through hoops of fire.
The rodeo, sanctioned by the
Rodeo Cowboys Association,
will have 14 performances this
year and, for the first time, will
select a champion in each
event and an all-around cham
pion cowboy.
Equally exciting is the All
New All America State Fair
Horse Show featuring 103 per
formance events and 134 breed
ing classes for light and draft
horses, all free except for those
times when the show is paired
with the Rodeo. Top National
"A" Ratings have assured the
presence of leading stables and
horses from throughout the
West, many now in the running
for National Championships,
Stevens said.
First two days of the all new
show will be devoted to Junior
Horsemen, according to new
Horse Show Manager William
Turnquist. 'The remaining eight
days will be filled with the
most diversified open Horse
Show in State Fair history,"
Turnauist proudly asserted, add
ing that some $5,000 in premi
ums and awards will be offer
cd.
RtrPRSa CAIZTTX TTMtS. Tanndoy. AiMut t. IU
Margaret Maries Tells of Fulanis, Nomads of Africa
(Editor's Vote: This is sn
ot her in uries of articles
written by Margaret Marks,
lleppner High school gradu
ate, during her stay In Africa
where her father U on agri
cultural assignment).
On another trip to the north'
em Fulanis grasslands 1 wss
fortunate in traveling through
Kulanl lands and became fas
cinated with these people, the
nomaas or Africa.
They are nomads as they
travel with their livestock
whereever the grass Is best. They
set up villages and settle down
for maybe six months to five
years, then they travel on. They
vacate their villages and may
be when moving find another
vacated village and settle there
for some time.
The aristocrats of Africa these
people are tall and slim and
carry their heads high, not
haughtily but proudly. They do
not have Negroid features, but
fine features and their skins are
not black but brown. The wom
en are very beautiful and have
relatively straight hair which
they wear braided.
While on a trip to a small vil
lage out of Bamenda we pass
ed a tribe of Fulanis enroute
to a new home. It reminded me
so much of the nk-tures I had
seen of the American Indians
moving acitxta the plains. The
men were riding the horses and
driving the rattle. Women and
children walked behind, all
were carrying some sort of load,
Some of the horses were laden
with a few pots. mats, blankets,
extra clothing, and food. The
colts and extra horses trailed be
hind. Linstock Good
The Fulanl livestock are the
best I have seen in Cameroon.
Kulanl make up the largest per
centage of all the cattle in the
country. They are the water buf
falo t.pe with long horns and
humps. Must of them found out
on the grasslands are in good
shape. Fulanl herds appear well
tended, too, and often times
look as it they are the same
bloodline.
The Fulanl horses are beau
tiful animals. They are email,
but strong and usually high
spirited. The wealth of a Fulanl
man is measured in his owner,
ship of horses, cattle, and wives.
The Fulanis are excellent riders,
like the man and horse was one
animal. Even the small child
ren are quite good.
Of the Fulanis I have met,
they were friendly and inquis
itive. They want to know as
much about you as you do about
them. They are anxious to learn
something new and are very
helpful in answering your questions.
The Fulanl villages are very
different from other villages.
Around each house la a mat
fence to Insure their privacy. The
tenet's have gates aa the houses
have doors, whk-h most don't In
other villages. The compound is
neat and clean both inside and
out. The walls of the homes ar
made of adobe brick and the
round roofs of grass. Fulanl vil
lages are usually seen on top
of hills In remote p luces.
Independent People
They are an Independent peo
ple and !;ep pretty much to
themselves. They do not Inter
marry. They have their own
markets and seem to prefer to
trade with their own people
when In public markets.
Fulanl men often wear full
Fulanl dress which is a flowing
robe with trousers and a shirt
underneath. They have a dis
tinctive hat which looks like a
cross between a sombrero and
a Stetson. Women wear full
length dress at all times. Even
the young girls wear long robes,
which completely cover them.
The men and boya have ahav.
en heads. I aaw a Kulanl girl
beside a creek giving her little
brother a haircut one day. The
girl looked about 10 years old,
her brother not older than three.
She would place a little water
on his head, lather It up, and
then shave the tun off with a
straight edge razor blade. Need
less to say the little boy sat
perfectly still and when the
haircut was finished there were
no cuts, a shiny head, and a
pleased little boy.
Mrs. Nona Sow 11 and Mar
sha enjoyed the week of July
21-27 on a vacation trip to
points of Interest on the north
ern beaches, while staying at
Long Beach, Wn. The couplo
traveled to Astoria for a short
time and on to Portland for
shopping. Mrs. Sowell was on
vacation from her work in the
otflce of Klnzua Corporation.
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Vacationers Enjoy
Trip to Mid-West
Mrs. Ray Bailey and Mrs
Anna Schwarzin returned early
last week from a two week's
vacation trip which took them
to Cheyenne, Wyo., from where
they went their separate ways
to spend time visiting friends
and relatives.
From Cheyenne. Mrs. Bailev
traveled by bus to Rapid City,
S. D., where she was met by
her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Harris, and
family for the trip to their home
at Keystone. While visiting in
tne area. Airs, Bailey nad the
opportunity to visit Mt. Rush
more, located only three miles
irom the Harris iamily home
Mrs. Schwarzin spent her time
visiting her father, George May
berry, at Jetmore, Kan., arid
from there traveled to Wichita
to visit with several cousins and
her brother, Joe Heath. On the
return trio she stopped in Colo
rado Springs, Colo., to see
friends.
After meeting Mrs. Bailey in
LTieyenne tor their return trip.
the couple stopped in Salt Lake
City, Utah, where they toured
the Temple Square and enjoyed
a Boat ride on the Great Salt
Lake. The couple did much
sightseeing; along the way' home
and enjoyed touring several
state and national parks.
Time To Get Ready
FOR THE
MORROW COUNTY
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