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Eagle Point High
Student Wins Ford
Foundation Contest
' Robert Hayes, a student at
Eagle Point High school, recent
ly was presented with a $100
from the Ford Foundation as
a prize in a contest sponsored by
the foundation to encourage ex
cellence in industrial arts.
The prize, one of only two
awarded in Oregon, was for a
yew bow he made, which was
described as being "of unique
design and perfect workman
ship." It was sent to the foun
dation headquarters at Dearborn,
Mich., where it was displayed
for two weeks. Then, it went to
a museum in Chicago for 10
days, before being returned to
Hayes.
A junior at the school, Hayes
plans to use the money to buy
lumber for use in building a
. boat. ' 1 -
Certificates from the founda
tion also went to Hayes, to the
school and to Donald McGovern,
industrial art instructor at the
school. Presentation of the award
and certificates was made re
'. ccntly by Hugh Coleman, of
Crater Lake Motors, Medford,
local Ford distributor.
LIKES MUSIC
Boston (U.R) Bernice
Francer, 13, who was missing
from her Dorchester home four
days, said she went to Provi
dence, R.. I., and Boston hotels
so she could be alone with her
phonograph record collection.
She carried a record player with
her.
Dead fine Sunday Classified hi at
noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Mondav fnr
Monday: other daya 5:30 previous day.
RECEIVES ARTS AWARD Robert Hayes, a
junior at Eagle Point High schol, is shown
receiving a $100 check and certificate as prizes
he won-in an industrial arts contest sponsored
by the Ford foundation. Making the presenta
tion was Hugh Coleman, Medford. At left is
William Caldwell, president of the high school
student body, who received an award for the
school, and Donald McGovern, industrial arts.
instructor,rwho also received a certificate.
(Brainerd photo) ,
Old Age Pensions, Legalized
Lotteries Before U.S. Voters
BY REX CHANEY
United Praia Staff Correspondent
Washington (U.R) An in
crease in old age pensions in
California . . , legalized lotteries
in Michigan . . . new attempts to
maintain segregated schools in
Georgia and Louisiana . ...
These and scores of other con-1 oath vof office a provision re-
troversial issues will appear on
various state ballots In the gen
eral election ' voting next Tues
day. South Carolina voters will be
asked to decide whether it's all
right to remove from the state's
for
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EXPERIENCED
PROGRESSIVE
LEADERSHIP!
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O 8 Years City Councilman
0 3 Years President of Council
O Chairman of Finance, Police
and Fire Committees
Past Executive Junior Chamber and Kiwanii Club
Member Chamber.of Commerce 'Medford Euiineisman for 15 years
VOTE for a MAN DEDICATED To The
DEVELOPMENT of MEDFORD!
M. Adv. Selby far Mayor Commit?.. Jim Ambler, Secretary
quiring officials to swear that
they have not and will not par
ticipate in a duel or even sec
ond one while they bold of
fice. The state constitution has
contained this provision since
1895. i
San Francisco voters will get
another chance to exercise their
Judgment over operation of
cable cars. The city will vote
on whether the cars should con
tinue to operate on their present
scale, or be returned to the scale
of operations before last Jan. 1
when the city Public Utilities
Commission ordered the lines
shortened.
Pension Vole In California
California voters generally
will be asked to decide whether
old age pensions should be in
creased from the present $80 to
$100 a month.
In Michigan voters will decide
whether the state legislature
should be authorized to permit
non-profit organizations to con
duct legal lotteries, which
Protestant church- groups have
opposed.
Michigan voters also have be
fore them a proposal for an
$80,000,000 . bond issue to pay
bonuses to Korean war veterans,
Georgia and Louisiana voters
will decide on proposed const!'
tutional amendments designed to
permit the states to continue
segregated public school systems.
Mississippi has a proposition on
its ballot which would require
voters to demonstrate, to the
satisfaction of county registrars,
a "reasonable understanding of
the duties and obligations of
citizenship."
Attempt To Check Negroes
The Mississippi proposal is an
admitted attempt to check the
increasing number of Negro
Voters.
. Wisconsin will vote on a pro
posal to establish a state-owned
12-station television network de
voted to educational programs.
Nevada will decide whether to
repeal its "right- to work' act
which outlaws closed shop agree
ments, secondary boycotts and
Jurisdictional strikes.
Texans will vote for the sec
ond time in five years on whether
women should be permitted to
serve on juries. The Texas con
stitution now prohibits . tnem
from serving.
Several states, Including Ark
ansas, Colorado and Ohio, will
decide wheher state officials
should be elected for four-year
terms instead of two years.
Illinois is one of several states
which will vote on redistricting
state legislatures.,
Montana voters will be asked
to decide whether they would
like to have , presidential
preference, primary in presiden
tial election years. In the states
of Washington and Oregon vot
ers will determine whether day
light saving time should be made
a permanent summer arrange
ment, "
Federal Fund Boost
Will Cut Stale Costs
Portland OJ.PJ The recent
federal increase in old age and
survivors' insurance will save
Oregon's welfare program an
estimated $30,000 a month, ac
cording to Mrs. Loa Howard
Mason, state welfare adminis
trator.
Mrs. Mason in a report Fri
day to the State Public Welfare
Commission also said changes
in the federal program would
give 1 the state approximately
one per cent increase in federal
share of funda for old age as
sistance. The federal share for Septem
ber amounted to $639,223, or
48.52 per cent of the tots! pro
gram of $1,317,455, Mrs. Mason
said. The October federal jhare,
was estimated at about 49.75
per cent.
New Social Security
Law's Provisions
Listed by Official
The 1954 amendments to the
Social Security act extend old
age and survivors tnsuxnte to
mora than 3,500,000 farm op
erator! beginning Jan. 1, 1955f
according to W. ,V. Nusbnum,'
manager of the Medford Social
Security office. : !-
This is the largest single group
brought under the program by
the new law, he added. Next
year practically all farm opera
tors in business for themselves
who clear as much as $400 in a
year will begin to earn social
security credits in much the
same way as the self-employed
business man has been earning
them since 1951. .
Eimpler Procedure '. "
' For the farm operators. Nus
baum explained, the new amend
ments provide a special simpli
fied reporting procedure. Those
farmers who -report on a cash
basin and who nave a gross in
come of $1,800 or less for the
year may report either their
actual net earnings or so per
cent of the gross income.
A farm operator who has an
nual gross earnings Over $1,800
must figure' his actual net earn
ings for the year. If that net
is less than $900 for the year,
the farm operator may either
report $900 or the actual amount
for old-age and survivors insur
ance purposes.
Report All Earnings
The self-employed farmer who
has net earnings of $400 or more
in a taxable year after 1954
must report all such earnings
up to $4,200 for social security
purposes. The 3 per cent social
security tax on these self-employment
earnings will be paid once
a year," .
The tax applies to taxable
years after 1954. A farmer must
file a self-employment report
and pay the tax even if his earn
ings have not been high, enough
to require payment of the federal
Income tax.
Monthly benefit payments for
a retired worker at the age of
65 vary from $30 to $98.50. In
1956, benefits can go as high
as $108.50 for a person who
Sundar. October SI, 1154
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBCHt KW K
BP A Official Finally
Gets Deer After Long
Hunt, Then loses It
Oregon Cltv p.R -Walter
Hagg, a Bonneville Power Ad
ministration engineer at. Eu
gene, hunted deer for 12 day
without luck, and th.n wh.n
be did get one he didn't get
10 keep it. , ,- ...
Hagg. returning home from
a business trip Friday night,
struck a d.er with his car as
the animal bounded across the
highway south of here.
State police confiscated the
deer. If it is found fit for hu
man consumption, it will be
distributed to state institutions
as is the practice in such cues.
Hagg, lamenting the fact
that h. spent 12 fruitless days
in the Klamath Falls area in
quest of a 'dean said of the
deer dispatched by his can
''It was the largest deer I
ever saw. I was hunting in the
wrong place before."
WRONGS-WAY TOWN ,
Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) .South
Fulton, Tenn., is about 85 miles
north of Fulton, Tenn.
A new record in -tree farming.
helping assure a permanent sup
ply ol southern pine, was set In
the South last year when more
than 400 new tree farms came
into being. Total tree farm acre
age now is 17,600,000. '
earned $4,200 or more a year
The amount of the benefit de
pends on ' the person's average
monthly earnings under social
security. 1 , '
' Nusbaum stated that' a free
leaflet explaining the social se
curity to farmers is available by
writing or calling at the Medford
office at 33 North Riverside ave,
DIES UN ACCIDENT
,; Montasano, Wash, (U.R;
John F. Cole, 24, McChord field
i&l pilot, was killed Instantly
Friday afternoon in an auto
truck collision two miles south
of here.
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LABOR and
INDUSTRY
STATE LABOR
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Richard L. Neuberger Joseph K. Carson Jr.
For U.S. Senator For Governor
Elect him and stop ; With him, new Indus
the giveaway .' tries, new payrolls for
Oregon.
- Charles O. Porter
For Congress
Tax relief for all
. ' not the few. :
Norman O. Nilsen
State Labor Commissioner
Endorsed by Labor
and Industry '
JACKSON CO. NEEDS A CHANGE!
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E. J. Perry
For Sheriff
Courteous
Efffcient
' Experienced
Cecil M. Norris
For County Clerk .
v A Business man for
a business job
Ralph A. James A. A. Walker
For County Commissioner For Justice of Peace .
Bring County Court i Hill DWrict
Closer to the People . Impartial Justice
for all
VOTE DEMOCRATIC
FOR A RETURN TO PROSPERITY
' ti. Adv. Jickton County Dtmotnrie Cittral Commlttw, Rebrt Boy.r, Chairman