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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1955)
Apprenticeship Week Noted by Mayor; Job Done Here is Praised The program of apprentice ship training, which has been developed in Oregon over a pe riod of years, was noted today by Mayor Earl Miller in a proc lamation designating the week of Nov. 13 to 19 as Apprentice ship Week. He asked citizens "to take cognizance of the benefits ac cruing to our youth and to the community as a result of this program." The m a y or ' s proclamation gave some of the background of the program. He said: Standards Established "The leaders of management and labor in our community, assisted by representatives of vocational education and gov ernment have established stand ards which provide an effective, planned training program, pre paring our youth through pre apprenticeship vocational in struction, on-the-job training, and related apprenticeship class es, to maintain- a high quality of craftsmanship and to provide a continuing supply of skilled manpower. . . "Under the guidance of labor management apprenticeship com mittees, in cooperation with the Medford schools, the U.S. De partment of labor, bureau of ap prenticeship, and the Oregon state apprenticeship council, the youth of our community, after completing their general educa tion, may enter into apprentice ship to acquire the skills and related knowledge of a trade. . . "Our community and its in dustrial leaders, recognizing ap prenticeship training as the key stone of craftsmanship in our skilled trades, have given freely of thei rtime and effort to per petuate our skilled work force that we may continue to enjoy a high standard of living and to prosper as a community," the mayor concluded. A TV panel discussion on ap prenticeship is scheduled for im mediately after the professional football game Sunday. It will feature a general discussion of the program and its aims and ob jectives, and statistics on ap prenticeship in this area. Participating will be Charles W! Crary, union leader and chairman of the local appren ticeship council; Fred Morlan, of the industry council, and Wil- REVERSING FIRST STORY, Paul Wirths (right), now admits being at scene of shotgun death of William Woodward, Jr., millionaire horseman. Mrs. Woodward said she shot hus band in their Nassaau County, N. Y., home in belief he was prowler. Wirths' new story is that he was in hallway of home when shooting occurred. Diagram traces his course after climbing tree at right from which he jumped to roof terrace and into window '.(International) ; Washington Court Rules . Olympia (U.R) The State Su preme Court, by a vote of 7-2, ruled yesterday that Washington can reimpose tolls on the Colum- liam Tucker, of Copco, represent ing employers; Lindsey Vinsel, director of vocational education; C. A. Guderian, state appren ticeship council representative, and Myron D. Johnston, appren ticeship representative of the U.S. Department of labor. On Toll Over Columbia bia river bridge at Vancouver and that the decision, is binding on Oregon. The decision upheld a 1955 contract between Washington and Oregon for construction of a new toll bridge and reconstruc tion of the existing interstate span. '- Use Tribune Want Ads Low in Cost! Atomic Electricity Seen To Have Hold in 50 Years Tokyo flJ.R) Former Ameri can Assistant Secretary of State, Dr. Willard L. Thorp predicted Thursday that atomic-generated electricity will account for four fifth of all power in the United States in 50 years. The econo mist, director of the Merrill Cen ter for Economics and professor at Amherst College, spoke be fore the America-Japan society. Friday, November 11, 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Two Named lo ' Examine Wolf Portland (U.R) Two psy chiatrists were named yesterday to examine Victor Laurence Wolf 45-year-old confessed slay er of Portland attorney Oliver Kermit Smith. Circuit Judge James W. Craw ford named Drs. Herman A. Dickel and John W. Evans to determine if Wolf was sane. Judge Crawford said the exam ination would probably be held next week. Wolf a former electrician awaits sentencing for the car bomb slaying. Smith's widow Marjorie was exonerated by a trial jury at McMinnville Ore. last week. Charles E. Raymond one of Wolf's attorneys s a i d that if Wolf is found insane he would ask permission to withdraw his client's plea of guilty to the mur der charge and enter a plea of innocent by reason of insanity. Mrs. Smith faces a civil action at San Jose Calif, where Smith's sister Mrs. Ellen Hightower has brought suit to win custody of the Smith's three-year-old daugh ter. ' - Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results! Verne Athanas Story Appears in Magazine , Ashland A story of the early day Rogue valley entitled "The Knife and the Lash," by Verne Athanas, nationally known Ash land author, appears in the Saturday Evening Post this week. 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