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I ,1 r.V m t. :. i c i : .--. IT' ;--, Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section Infant Mortality Rate Too High, Alumni Group Told Portland (U.R) Tod many babies still die in the crucial first year of life despite medical advances that have increased life expectancy of the one-year old by more than 20 years in the past half century. Dr. James L. Dennis of Oak land, Calif., said also that 80 per cent of all deaths in the first year of life occur during the first month. Mortality of the first day is highest of all. Addressed Meeting The California physician ad dressed the annual scientific meeting of the University of Oregon Medical School Alumni Association, held in conjunction with the Oregon Academy of ' General Practice. Dr. Dennis outlined ways of combatting one of the major causes of infant deaths, diarrhea. Often considered a minor ail ment, it is capable of causing death within 48-72 hours, he said. More than 350 Oregon phy sicians were attending the 40th annual convention, which ends Wednesday. Dr. Howard C. Stearns, head of the school's obstetrics and gynecology de partment, presided. Reporter Classifies Various Age Groups Honolulu, T. H. (U.R) Noting that man't life span is constantly increasing and may reach 100 years, Albert Grain, a federal court reporter here, has come up with a system for classifying various ages. Grain, in letters to Honolulu newspapers, said he got his idea while reading about a musical note called a "semi-hemi-demi quaver." Here's what Grain pro posed: "A centenarian naturally would be one who is 100 years old, a semi-centenarian would be 50, a semi - hemi - centenarian would be 75, a hemi-semi-centsn-arian would be ZlVz, a semi-hemi-demi-centenarian would be 25 and a semi-demi-hemi-centen-arian would be 12li." Measures in Oregon Legislature Salem (U.R) The House has reversed itself and approved by one "vote . a Senate-passed bill that would deny cities the right to levy business taxes measured by gross or net income. The bill was brought back to the floor for a new vote after it was defeated April 14. It would reserve to the state the right to levy income taxes and was opposed by cities who feared it would unduly restrict their right to raise city revenue. Portland officials had objected it would result in a loss of more than $1,000,000 a year in reve nue they now collect from the business tax. Rep. Pat Dooley (D-Portland), speaking in favor of the bill, said the effective date of July 1, 1957, would give Portland ample time to revise its business tax ordinances to comply with the income tax prohibition. He de nied a claim from Rep. Emil Stunz (D-Nyssa). that the bill would affect franchise taxes now levied on utilities by many Oregon cities. j Final vote on the measure was 31 to 29. 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Teacher of Parakeets Says Birds May Be Emotionally Chicago (U.R) If your para - keet doesn't talk he may be emotionally maladjusted. At least that's what Mrs. Marge Driscoll told her parakeet class at the YWCA. The class, scheduled to meet one night a week, is for para keet owners. But it's also for the birds. Mrs. Driscoll, a buxom, gray haired woman who runs a pet shop and breeds parakeets, in vited 'her pupils to bring their birds to her class. She doesn't guarantee to teach them to talk, but she offered a few hints. For one thing, she said, each parakeet is a "distinct personal ity." So don't get impatient if yours isn't quite as bright as the one down the street. The best way to teach a bird to talk is to turn out the lights, Mrs. Driscoll said. In the dark there are no distractions . Speak Simple Words Hold the parakeet close to your lips and speak iimple words slowly. Parakeets tend to slur their words, Mrs. Dris- of true cash value proposed by the interim tax study commit tee. The bill was re-passed and sent to the governor.. Changes made in the bill by the Senate included setting the effective date in 1961,' when the State Tax Commission is due to have completed its property reap praisal program. It would de fine true cash value for proper ty taxation purposes as current market value. Salem (U.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton says he believes a bill that would au thorize establishment of recrea tion areas along a 20-mile stretch, of the Deschutes river was unconstitutional. The sector of the stream af fected by the proposed act was between the cities of Maupin and Davidson. Thornton said that the bill would give to re latively few property owners in the area the right to condemn property for recreation purposes a right that would not be en joyed by other citizens. He said he believed that restriction was arbitrary and a violation- of the The Atlantic and Pacific oceans are only about 50 miles apart at the two channel en-1 trances of the Panama canal. l . Ke- r- lice CHAH6EDA OUl WHcKc WE HEARD OLD REFR4IM ? PRETTY 500H- DO THE TYPING Ci :fWX UATlP H$? 6ERAL.DS. WOULD BIGHTS CT. 4-19 . coll said, so don't set a bad ex- ample. When you want to teach the bird a new word, use it with a word or phrase he already knows. Example: If his name is Fauntleroy and he knows it, then you can teach him to say "nice Fauntleroy." But his name shouldn't be Fauntleroy. That's too much of a handicap, even for a bright bird like a parakeet. Mrs. Driscoll offered other hints. If your bird chews the plaster out of the living room wall, chances are he has a diet de ficiency. Maybe he needs more calcium in his bird gravel. "A clean bird is a healthy bird," Mrs. Driscoll said. No Booze But paraketts don't usually bathe. They'd rather squirm around in wet grass or leafy veg etables. . Never feed a parakeet lettuce.' It doesn't agree with them. "And above all, never give them anything alcoholic to drink," Mrs: Driscoll said. constitutional guarantee that rights cannot be granted to some that are not granted to the citi zenry in general. I The bill was introduced by j Rep. Katherin e Musa (D-The Dalles) but had not been report- i ed out of the House Highways i Committee where it was re ferred on March 23. Salem (U.R) Members of the Senate Tax Committe have agreed that income taxes may have to be raised as much as 60 to 70 per cent. The House has recommended 32 per cent. The committee also discussed the House Tax Committee pro posal for a sales tax, and ap proved raising withholding rates from one to two per cent. This would not increase total taxes but would bring in $2,700,000 earlier in the year. Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate has passed unanimously and sent to the Hoase a meas ure creating an Oregon Cen tennial Commission to promote a world's fair in 1959 to cele brate the state's 100th anniver sary. The money was appropriated by the measure but the commis sion would be empowered to accept gifts. Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Six Pages By Jimmy Hatlo 'MS V 'yOO'" THE ''7 H4ROOMPH LVRICS WAVE ORyiN5,SWE4UEY.' LITTLE. DHT U SET HOME 4TU.L LAST NIGHT?! COKlSAPU trll uc 1 HAVE TWIS GOTTA GET AM OFFICE GIRLV4ROUND HERE ONE OF THESE VAYS 7 ft Non-Talking Maladjusted Seems some birds develop a taste for the stuff. Some parakeets are "natural biters," she said. But she didn't say what to do about it. Mrs. Driscoll said it's pure fiction that female parakeets don't talk much. "The females," she said, "are quite talkative." A new California casual made on regular shoe lasts for a truer, smoother fit and wonderful comfort w The queen of California casuals! 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The psychiatrists have no trouble defining mental ill ness but when they try to define British Bookies Make Eden favorite London (U.R) Britain's le galized bookmakers have made Prime Minister Anthony Eden's Conservative party odds-on fa vorite to win the British general elections he called for May 26. The professional bettors who back their predictions with fold ing money threw their books and offered to. wager with all comers tha the Tories will beat the Labor Party in the polling. Eden, gearing to save the Con servatives's slim hold on Parlia ment without direct help from Winston Churchill, the party's greatest vote, getter, today turn ed his attention to the budget which will be unveiled tomor row. Its contents, coming a month before an election, are extremely important. MINISTER AS BOUNCER Bollnaes, Sweden (U.R) The new Saturday night bouncer at the local dance may be expected to use plenty of tact. He is a Protestant minister, the Rev. Carl David Othzen. 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He competently evaluates and relates himself to living and non-living objects, and accurate ly measures time and space." The conqueror of polio, Dr. Salk, who is a virologist and bacteriologist, is by no means the only non-psychological scien tist interested in scientific in vestigation of what makes the mind healthy and keeps it that way. So Much To Learn There is so much to learn about the human mind- it's for mation and how it functions and why it functions in the way it does, that no field for scien tific investigation seems to offer more possibilities to a scientist in search of interesting and im portant work. Mental health is always tied in with "emotional maturity," which is loaded with more and more meaning as you think about it. Going back to ' Dr. Maloney: Searching for Target "If a human being does not achieve emotional maturity, he is frustrated. If he is frustrated, mm. mmm-M. CREAM BLACK BY (6) a. he is frightened and enraged. 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