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rOUHTEEN MEDfOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Bandar. KoTtmfcer 7. 1954 f pV ' IT IRaawiJ!.yyi J ' v ' i -ft I, . - "flt" """" i.n V:" ,53 . 4 f t" i FASTEST JET EXPLODES Baffled Navy and Convair experts are pressing an investigation to learn why the world's fastest jet seaplane broke up in the air over San Diego, Calif., killing a veteran test pilot, Charles E. Rich-, bourg. In top photo the YF2Y-1 Sea-Dart is shown as it skimmed the water on takeoff. In center it is shown in flight seconds before it exploded. In bottom, wreckage of the Sea-Dart hits the water. Parents of Students Invited to Schools For Education Week Parents of children attending all Medford schools are invited to visit the schools this, which has been designated as Ameri can Education week, according to E. H. Hedrick, city school superintendent. : Parents are welcome at any time, he said, but special pro grams . have been arranged for those wishing to attend. Seasonal Layoffs Add 4400 Persons To Jobseeker List Salem (U.R) Seasonal lay offs added 4400 to the lists of jobseekers during October but the increase was the smallest for tbis time of year since the end of World War II, with the 'exception of 1951, according to the State Unemployment Com pensation Commission. Local offices estimated 30,400 persons were unemployed, com- . pared with 26,000 a month ago and 27,300 on Nov. 1, 1953. Major Share in Portland - . Although most of the layoffs In canneries, construction and other seasonal pursuits were re ported from downstate, the ma or share of Oregon's unemploy ment continued to come from the Portland metropolitan area. Three offices in Portland, Ore gon City and Hillsboro counted 15,700 persons actively looking for jobs, compared with 11,700 a year ago. Salem, Ontario, La Grande, Klamath Falls, Baker and Astoria also noted increases over last fall. ; Claims for compensation also were higher than last month or last year but the increases were the smallest of the entire year. During the last week of October. 19, some 180 claimants were re ported, compared to 18,182 a year ago. Payments Down Slightly Payments to eligible workers were $1,068,935, slightly under the September total but 13 per cent above a year ago. For the first 10 months of 1954 payments totaled $20,406,950, just under the record st for the entire year of 1950. Since the beginning of the benefit year last July 1, claim ants have passed the 50,000 mark but payments have been made to only 28,659. Of these, 821 have exhausted their : benefit rights for the 1954-55 benefit year. . The.week is sponsored by the National Education association, the American 'Legion, the U. S. Office of Education, and the Na tional Congress of Parents and Teachers.' This week is the 34th annual observance of the event. Central theme this year is "Good Schools Are Your Responsibil ity." - . ; . - On Monday at. 7 p. m., parents are incited to visit the Junior high school, register and receive the classroom schedules used by their children, and follow it .for brief class sessions during which they will be able to see and hear, in a general way, the 'routine followed by the students. ' The high school will have a similar - "Back to School" pro. gram for parents at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. At Jackson school, parents are invited to visit on Wednesday at any time, and at 1:40 p. m. there will be a special program presented on the theme "A Good American," which also will sa lute war veterans, tied in with the observance of Veterans day the next day. . Three Other Schools r At the other three grade schools, designated visiting per iods will be in the evening, al though parents will be welcome at any time. Students' work will be on their desks, the ropms will be open and teachers will be in attendance. Refreshments will be served in the schools' cafe terias. Hours will be, for Lin coln school, 7:30 p. m. Wednes day; Roosevelt school, 7 p. m. Tuesday, and Washington school, 7 p. m. Tuesday. Invitations and schedules have been sent to all the parents of students in school district .vNo 49 by way of the pupils. KPs From Medford AfYreka Ceremony Several members of Talisman Lodge 31, Knights of Pythias, Wednesday , attended a - knight rank ceremony in Yreka. At tending from here were John R. Russell,, lodge chancellor com mander; Thomas H. 1 Davidson, and John R. Dodge, past chan cellor.!:. - " . Recent visitors to " the Med ford lodge included Lt. Col. Charles Ord Reed, now of Ft. Carson, Colo., a former Medford resident, and Homer Jeffries, formerly of Corvallis, now of Central Point. John Kiel has re turned to the valley from Wyom ing, and has rejoined the lodge. He lives in Ashland. 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