Menially Retarded
Children Subject
Of Program Leader
Phoenix The future of the
education of mentally-retarded
children in the state of Oregon
was described this week by Ma
son D. McQuiston, director of an
experimental program conduct
ed through the Oregon State De-
partment of Education.
Speaking at Phoenix Elemen
tary school, the site of one of
five experimental classes, Mc
Quiston said that as many as
5,000 youngsters in Oregon may
be in need of special attention
such as that given in the special
classes for mentally-retarded. He
emphasized that the classes were
conceived of as being for edu
cable youngsters as distinguished
. from those who are simply train
. able and could not be expected
- ever to become self-sufficient.
At All Levels
"This problem of the mentally
retarded cuts across all levels
of society," he said 'It is our
duty to prepare these children
to lead a more happy ands use
ful life."
McQuiston said this could not
be done in the regular class
room. The experimental class-
' rooms hold the class size below
15 and are conducted on a "re
duced curriculum" basis no
youngster iri them is expected
' to complete a year's work in a
f year. The classes are ungraded
with each youngster proceeding
at his own rate.
j McQuiston spoke of the costs
of educating the mentally -retarded
and the costs to society
of they are not educated. Figures
last year revealed that on the
average some $263 was spent
in the schools for the average
student; the average expenditure
per pupil in the mentally-re-
; tarded group was $458.
The meeting was conducted
by Dr. Alva Graham, Southern
Oregon college, president of the
Southern Oregon chapter of the
International Council for Excep-
tional Children. Also speaking
at the meeting were Mrs. Au
gusta Padgham, Mrs. Robert
Minear, and Riley Cook.
Studebaker-Packard
Crews Take Pay Cut
Vernon, Calif. (U.R) CIO
' United Auto Workers at the
Studebaker-Packard Corp. as
: sembly plant have agreed to
; take an 11 per cent pay cut in
-exchange-for new benefits.1 '-';' -
"; Clyde R. Bakers, an interna
; tional UAW representative, said
yesterday that Local 255 agreed
to abandon a current wage in
centive plan in exchange for
new benefits which . include a
union shop clause, increased va
cations for employees with more
than 14 years service, and im
proved overtime and holiday
clauses. ,
The agreement ended more
than 60 days of negotiations.
'Metal Fatigue'
Blamed for Crashes
Nellis AFB, Nev. U.R) The
Air Force blamed "fatigue" In
certain metal . parts of the
plane's wing structure" today
for the four F86 Sabre jet crash
es here in the past six months.
Some 20 per cent of the planes
assigned to this training base
were approved for flight last
night after modifications during
an 11-day grounding.
Air Materiel Command spokes
men said the rest of the 286
F86s assigned would be inspect
ed before pilots were allowed to
fly them.
The supersonic planes were
grounded Nov. 8 after a crash at
nearby Indian Springs gunnery
range killed a pilot. - -
Wife Trades Places
With Mate; Gets Deer
Chester, Vt. U.R) Mrs.
Marion Emerson decided to do a
little hunting herself Thursday
after her husband tried for four
days without any luck. - :
Borrowing his .30-30 rifle,
Mrs. Emerson left her husband
home to baby-sit.
In less than 30 minutes a
single shot rang out and Mrs.
Emerson came home with a 126
pound seven point buck.
Girls in Stolen Car
Select Wrong 'Hotel'
Gainesville, Tex. U.R)
Two teen-age girls made one
slight mistake when they drove a
stolen car from Azle, 'Tex., to
Gainesville.
When they parked in front of
a nattractive "hotel" and went
inside to get a room they dis
covered it was the police station.
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in Hawaii,
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measured
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Lieutenant Defends
'Brutal' Treatment
Of Army Trainees
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) An
Army lieutenant has defended
his alleged brutal treatment of
trainees saying he had to get
"rough" to spruce up a "disgust
ing" company that marched "like
and accordion going in and out."
. Counsel for 2nd Lt. Charles
C. Anderson. 24, planned to pres
ent one additional defense wit
ness and again question several
others before completing . their
case before a General JCourt
Martial trial at nearby Camp
Gordon, Ga. - ;
"Anderson, of St. Louis, testi
fied for 65 minutes u'nder direct
examination and another 60 min
utes under -cross examination
about the 17 charges of "humi
liating and harrassing" trainees
during a bivouac. He said his
methods made an honor company
of an undisciplined pne.
No Denying Toughness
The lieutenant, described in
Drevious defense testimony by
his superiors as r5ng an "ex
cellent" officer, did not deny
that he had one soldier strung
uo by his heels, another briefly
"buried" and forced two others
to scrub themselves with sand.
But he said his methods were
"corrective," not "punitive."
When he first took over the
company, Anderson said, it was
so undisciplined he was "dis
gusted." He said some members
were untidy, some answered "uh
huh" or "yeah" instead of "sir,"
and the entire group "marched
like an accordion going in and
out."
He said he called the company
together and warned the men he
was going to be "rough." He
added that '.'after the company
found out I was what I had told
them I would be, we had a
mighty fine company."
'Can't Be Helped'
Under cross examination And
erson agreed that the dignity of
the soldier should be maintained
but he said J that "sometimes
things must be done that can't
Crab Poi Use at
Alsea Mouth Illegal '
Portland U.R) The State
Fish Commission reported today
it had issued an order making
use of crab pots in a triangular
area at the mouth of the Alsea
river illegal 'effective Nov. 24.
Resort owners and,recreation
ists in the area long had sought
such a ruling. Crab pots have
been outlawed in the past at the
same place but the prescribed
area was a semi-circle which
made enforcement difficult be
cause it was hard to obtain
bearings.
Cab Driver Receives
Tip One Month Late
Bristol, Pa. U.R) Cab
driver Foster Grow received a
50-cent tip Thursday from a wo
man passenger he drove to a bus
station nearly a month ago.
The cab company received the
tip in a letter from the woman
who said she didn't have the
money for the tip "until today."
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be helped
All the alleged victims have
testified they were not hurt by
Anderson's methods.
The Camp Gordon command
yesterday received several tele
grams and letters . supporting
Anderson, including one address
ed to the personnel of the com
pany from Marines of A battery,
2nd AAA, AW, BN, FMC, Palms,
Calif.
"You don't know the meaning
of the word tough," the telegram
said. 'IWe're very happy in the
Marine Corps. We wouldn't want
you. Give our regards to Lieu
tenant Anderson. He's the best
officer in the whole damned
Army."
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Repeal of Milk Law
May Be Good Thing,
Farm Bureau Is Told
Repeal of Oregon Milk Con
trol law in the Nov. 2 general
election may turn out to be a
good thing for Oregon dairy
farmers, a national Farm Bureau
official told delegates to the 23rd
annual meeting of the Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation here
yesterday.
The speaker was E. W. Tiede
man, Chicago, American Farm
Bureau Federation dairy depart
ment director.
Speaking at the Holly theater,
Tiedeman declared, "If repeal
of this state law, which the farm
ers have been leaning on for
many years, does no more than
wake up the dairy farmers of
Oregon to the importance of
building and strengthening their
dairy cooperatives,, it may well
be worth the price."
Cites Self-Help
The nation's farmers must in
crease their programs of self
help, rather than depending on
the government, Tiedeman
stated.
The dairy expert said farmers
are facing three alternatives.
They can continue high prices,
they can use subsidies which
can't last, or they can increase
self-help and expand their mar
kets, he said.
He repeatedly pointed to the
need for agriculture to expand
markets, both foreign and do
mestic. "There are enormous
markets (in Asia), but we're go
ing to have . to learn how to
trade," Tiedeman stated. "We
can't go on cutting down pro
duction, and we can't go on pro
ducing war time markets that
no longer exist."
War Said Reason
Tiedeman asserted that the
last war is "largely the reason
for the present U. S. position"
of inflated farm markets, with
over production and stdckpiling
of surplus production. "We are
now going through a period of re
adjustment" from wartime econ
omy, the speaker said, adding
"I know of no way that readjust
ment can be made a painless
one." ,
. Domestic demand for farm
produce is "very good," Tiede
man said, but . he pointed out
that it, along with foreign mar
kets, must be expanded.
Another speaker at yesterday's
afternoon session was James
THE BIGGEST CAR
Short, recently named by Gov.
Paul Patterson to head the state's
agriculture department. Short
outlined the business of his de
partment and stated 'that he
plans no personnel or policy
changes.
Education in Enforcement
"I prefer education,' rather
than cracking the whip, when
it comes to enforcement of the
state agricultural laws," Short
declared. He paid tribute to the
work done by Ervin Peterson,
who Short succeeded as director
of the state department of agri
culture after Peterson resigned
to accept a post with the federal
government.
Third speaker on yesterday
afternoon's program was Dr.
Elmo Stevenson, president of
Southern Oregon college, who
discussed the public schools.
. (See Story on Page 1)
Benson Says Program
Designed at Getting
Items Into Stomachs
Spokane, Wash. (U.R) Agri
culture Secretary Ezra Benson
told delegates attending the 88th
annual convention of the Nation
al Grange last night his agricul
ture program was designated at
getting commodities "into stom
achs instead of storage."
Benson, final speaker at the
nine day convention, departed
from his prepared text in mak
ing the statement. In another
departure, he predicted irriga
tion eventually would "blanket
the country."
Surplus Items Moved
He said the government had
disposed of nearly $2,000,000,000
worth of surplus commodities
since July 1, 1953. He said the
surpluses, including almost
1,500,000 pounds of dairy prod
ucts, had gone out through do
mestic and export channels and
had "avoided dislocations of nor
mal commercial marketing."
Convention delegates approv
ed eight basic features of a rec
ommended farm program.
Among them were: expansion
of domestic and foreign markets,
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State Gas Tax
Boost Possible
Portland (U.R) A member of
the State Highway Commission
says the next Legislature will
be asked to increase the state
gasoline tax two cents a gallon.
. Charles H. Reynolds told the
annual convention of the Asso
ciation of Oregon Counties yes
terday the increase was needed
to meet highway requirements
in the 15 years after completion
of the current bond program. -
Motorists now pay eight cents
tax on a gallon of gasoline, six
of which goes to the state.
Reynolds said that after the
present bond construction pro
gram is ended Oregon will need
31,000,000 a year for 15 years
for road construction. Eight
million of this per year is not
in sight, he said. Reynolds added
that a to-cent per gallon boost
in the tax would bring in about
$11,000,000 a year.'
expansion of cooperative pro
grams, use of a two price or mul
tiple price system for certain
commodities and a commodity
by commodity approach in' fed
eral farm programs.
The delegates restated the
Grange's traditional middle of
the road policy on the public
vs. private power issue; opposed
reduction in length of the nor
mal work week below 40 hours;
suggested Congress "exercise re
straint" in appropriating funds
for development of natural re
sources unless the development
is essential to national welfare
and development by private
initiative is impossible; and urg
ed the Soil Conservation Service
be continued under federal ad
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4-H Club Hews
Eagle Point Club
Cheerful Cookers 4-H club of
Eagle Point held an organiza
tional meeting Nov. 15 in the
high school ; home economics
room with 13 girls present.
In the absence of our leader.
Mrs. . John . Ousterhout, Cathie
Carroll, our junior leader, con
ducted the meeting. V
Officers elected for the year
are: Charlotte Bush, president;
Barbara Bettencourt, vice-presi
dent; Norma ; Noble, secretary;
Teresa ' Pruitt, treasurer, and
Susan Carroll, reporter..
New members joining this
year are Christina Marcroft, Te
resa Pruitt, Dawn Clark ; and
Susan Carroll; second year mem
bers are Barbara Bettencourt,
Norma Noble, Charlotte Bush,
Francis Huffman, Joanne Calla
ghan, Phyllis Perry, Joyce John
ston, Janet Burk and Doreen
Christian.
The next meeting will be on
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Log Train Derailment
Reported to Police
State police reported they
have been Informed that a Medco
logging train was derailed near
Butte Falls yesterday afternoon
when it and a log truck, collided
at a crossing. '': :, ;
No one was injured, the of
ficers were told.
NO RECORD
Defeated, . Term. . (U.R) De
feated citizens are really de
feated concerning one impoitant
fact about. the town's history.
This place was named after a
battle between some Indians and
whites in which one side was de
feated. But which side was it?
No one knows.
Monday, Dec. 6, after school in
the home economics room.
' Susan Carroll,
' Reporter.
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