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FOURTEEN MEDFORB (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, November It, 1SS4 RELEASING WHITE PIGEON symbolic of peace, prosperity and freedom, India's Prime Minister Pandit Nehru celebrates his 66th birthday at reception held by children of Delhi. (International) Prison Reform Group Views Chicago Jail Improvements Chicago (U.R) The John Howard Association, which call ed Cricago's police lockups "cess pools of filth and disease" in 1947, has 'taken a long look at improvements made in district police jails here since then, ' The association, a private pris oners' aid and prison reform welfare agency, focused national attention on the Chicago lockup situation after a survey here and in nine other large U.S. cities. The group, a non-profit, non sectarian agency affiliated with the International Prisoners, Aid Association, . blisteringly de nounced Chicago-police officials as running the "worst big city lockups, in the country." .( , The association reported that its survey showed- New York lockups - were "immmaculate," and that conditions in Okla homa City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt jLake .City, Den ver, New Orleans, Cleveland and Detroit were far superior to those in Chicago. ' These Chicago lockups,"-said the association, "are a disgrace to a modern city. Their existence is a condemnation of the public conscience . . . they stand in mute testimony of dereliction of duty on the part of the commis sioners of police, health and fire departments." That was in 1947. ' Soma Improvmenl Now the association reports that lockup conditions here have "vastly improved" with more improvements made in the two years following their initial re port than in 15 previous years although "much progress could still be made." - The association said its pur pose is not to coddle prisoners, or even to befriend them, but to secure "tolerant and humane treatment" for citizens detained in police jails. - Eugene S. Zemans, executive director of John Howard pointed out that most of the persons housed in police lockups are not hardened criminals, that a mi nority are charged with felonies. Most of them are in jail await ing disposition of charges in volving city ordinances or traffic violations. V r ; He said the initial survey showed that one of the main rea sons New York jails could main tain excellent conditions was the policy of night, Sunday and holidays court sessions. This shortened the length of deten tion, lightened the burden of lockup keepers. Othtr Sessions Legalised In 1947, all but day court ses sions were illegal in Chicago. In 1852, a law was passed legalizing night,. Sunday and holiday ses sions, and this Zemans regards as an important reason for .the improvement in local lockup con ditions. He said association rec ords show that only New York City and Chicago hold munici pal court sessions every day of the year. . ; : i ; He said other prime improve ments in local conditions were elimination of basement lockups, the completion of three new sta tions, in-service training for lockup keepers, consolidation of stations, and increased cleanli ness and repair of stations. More Recommendations There are still funds left from two bond issues approved by the voters to build either a police academy or another station. Ze mans feels that if the funds are used for an academy, ' another bond issue should be passed lo finance a fourth new station, which it says is "urgently" needed.- Although citing the improve ments already made, the associa tion, in its 1953-54 report, makes 11 recommendations for further progress. " One of these is further consoli dation of police stations, which now number 41. Zemans said the police station is no longer an im portant part of traffic and crime control that the trend is to ward functional buildings that can serve a large area. He said many stations in Chicago and elsewhere are old town halls put into use when villages were ab sorbed into the city "and they've been in use ever since." Stations serving the most congested areas are in the "worse shape," he said. System Recommended - The association recommends a system for recording the number and duration of detentions. Ze mans estimated. ,roughtly that some 100,000 persons were kept in district police stations here during the last year but added, there's really no way to tell for sure because no records are kept." Many more persons were arrested and freed on bond, he pointed out. The John Howard group also recommends an improvement in the food from "the general fare of bread, bologna and black coffee," the elimination of one station (Hyde Park), more clean ing equipment, , a : system for treating vermin-infested prison ers, and end to the communal tin drinking cup and develop ment of a regular campaign for washing walls and ceilings. - - Mottled Car Draws Much Attention Rochester, N.Y. (U.R) Joseph W. Goodwin Jr., drives an eight-year-old car. But it draws more attention than any of the sleek 1954 models. Motorists and pedestrians' alike look and then look again when his sedan passes by. Every inch of the car's exterior, except the window glass and head lights, is covered with a mottled effect ' paint job of red,, green, yellow, rust, black, orange, gray, maroon silver, gold and blue. Maybe Goodwin's job has something to do wih this riotous color scheme. He sees black all day paving black-top drive ways. - . : --. ;-.t Forest Operators, Woodland Owners Get Technical Aid Salem (U.R) Nearly 270 forest operators and farm woodland owners were given technical forestry assistance dur ing the past three months, ac cording to Charles H. Ladd, sen ior farm forester. . Good timber harvesting prac tices were followed on 63 farms and 557 acres of young timber saved from a premature harvest. On these farms, Ladd said, the woodlands are' being harvested under plans which provide for a continuous yield of timber. Demand Excellent : The state forester's report showed the demand for forest products was excellent as indi cated by the 10,339,000 board feet of miscellaneous timber re moved during the period. This total included sawlogs, pulp, peelers and piling. Cash -.return to the farmers was $225,636. Reforestration activities by farmers has caused a heavy de mand for small tree 'seedlings. This year the Oregon forest nurs ery has set aside about 1,250,000 baby trees for farm use. Ladd said shipments of the trees began Nov. 15. During the period, 10 wood land owners were referred 'to private consulting foresters for crusing and timber management aid which is beyond the program of the farm foresters. 5000-Year-Old Burial Site Uncovered Waddington, N.Y. (U.R) A 5,000-year-old burial site has been uncovered on a farm over looking the St. Lawrence river. The find was made by Dr. Wil liam A. Ritchie, New York state archeologist, and two aides. He said the burials nine of them found so far, including seven cremations dated back to 3,000 B.C. and apparently belonged to the earliest culture known to have' existed in northern New York. Ritchie called the find "signifi cant." Only three other finds of the . Laurention, Culture have been made in the central section of the state. The cramations, Ritchie said, undoubtedly represented the burials of highly important in dividuals in a society of Indians belonging to the early woodland period. "The Laurentian people un doubtedly came into " northern New York from Canada in one of the earliest invasions of In dians into the new world," he added. A typical Laurentian javelin point of flint found with one of the cremations led to identifica tion. Large ' boulders covered the burial knoll. Patrolman's Flare Guides Lost Pilot Bellingham, Wash. (U.R) State Patrolman Harvey Hallom, with a bright burning accident flare on his patrol car, guided a lost airplane to the fog-shrouded airport here Saturday. . The plane's pilot, O. H. Daw son of Seattle, had radioed the airport that he was unable to find the landing field in the fog. Hallom received the information from patrol headquarters and heard Dawson's plane circling overhead. He lit the flare on his ear and notified the airport to have Dawson follow the flare to the airport. While the patrol car drove toward the landing field, Dawson flew "low overhead, watching, the flare's glow through the fog. The plane landed safely after Hallom led it to where Dawson could make out the lights of the airport. Dead line for Sunday Clmasiflad li at noon Saturday. 1955 mssr. Qui in the brilliant BRITANNIC! Two month in the stomas Mediterranean, eradle of ancient cultures! 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Irvin Goodman, Portland at torney, who says he is repre senting the youth without pay, said he asked for the hearing. Dodele was arrested in Portland several days after the shooting and confessed to Washington county sheriff R. H. Busch that he shot Ribbers with a .22 rifle while burglarizing . the man's home. ' . District Judge Glen Heber will preside at the hearing. of the new plane during his stay in Denver this summer. But he hasn't ridden in it yet. " For security and to be sure that it was in perfect condition, the President was kept out of the ship u n t i 1 it had 200 flying hours. President ' Eisenhower hopes that a portrait of himself by artist Thomas E. Stephens will some day hang in the Eisenhow er Museum at Abilene, Kan. The President expressed his hope on a recent visit to the museum. A Stephens portrait of Mr. Eisenhower, before he became president, already hangs in the office of his appointment secre tary, Thomas E. Stephens (no re lation). It was while sitting for that portrait that Mr. Eisenhow er got interested in painting. The White House press room got a chuckle out of this piece of Communist propaganda: The Communist youth publi cation in Prague, Czechoslo vakia, "Mlada Fronta," , has a piece about the signing of the anti-Communist law at Denver this summer. It tells how there usually is a request from some congressman or other dignitary to get the pen used by the Presi dent as a souvenir. "It was different when the President signed the ban of the U. S. Communist Party," reports the Communist newspaper. "No congressman was Interested to secure the pen and the Presi dent s press secretary, James C. Hagerty, in an attempt to end a rather , difficult - situation, forced the pen on a press pho tographer who was present ' The truth: Hagerty decided that when the bill was signed it was a good chance to give the newsmen on the scene a chance t one of the treasured pens. The names of reporters and pho tographers were dropped in ; a hat. The lucky name drawn was tha of Maurice Johnson, photographer for International News Photos. He won it. '. It wasn't "forced" on him by a long shot. Speaker Says GOP Not Aiding Schools Providence, R.I. (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower's - administra tion is showing more concern for livestock than for school children, according to an AFL official. , ' ' Carl J. Megel of Chicago, na tional president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in a speech here, "The condition of our schools is a disgrace to our great nation." ; Megel criticised a report by an Eisenhower, appointed commit tee on education, saying the re port contends federal aid to edu cation is not needed. "It is a perversion of logic," Megel said. "The federal govern ment accepts the responsibility for financing the raising of cows and pigs, or building roads, but denies the country's children." : Ex-Sailors Make Up Air Force Rescue Unit 1 Youngstown, N.Y. (U.R) Bail-outs, ditchings and crashes of airplanes in the Lake Erie- Lake Ontario area led to estab lishment of an Air Force rescue unit made up partially of ex sailors. " The lake-sailine airmen are members of the 34th Crash Res cue Boat Flight," which cruises nearby. Lake Ontario. Their job is to conserve the most valuable Air Force resource pilots. The flight, an arm. or tne 518th :. Air Defense Group at Niagara Falls Air Force Base, operates- 63-foot crash-boat cruisers with V-12 marine en- aines. The boats ' carry seven- man, crews and are capable of operating away from, base for two days. : ? ' The boats are, equipped with commercial-tvoe . marine search radar for all-weather operation. Air-directed rescues , therefore are possible. The flight responds to civilian emergencies, , as well as Air Force rescues, when the rescue call comes from a recog nized authority. 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