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o 0 0 o FOUR iMEOi'OBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, December 13, 1955 $503,000,000 Alloted by Ford Foundation in Record Single Act O New York .'y.B . A record O:00,000,0tK) allotted today to more than 4.0J of the nation' privatP colleges, rpitals nd medical schools by the Ford Foundation. " - The grants, the iarget single philanthropic get in history, oughtQto almost SI, 000,000 OuO the monies deaH cut by the foundation since it was estab lished in 1936 from the profits of the great Fo!3i Motor empire. An announcement issued as (-jhe foundation's trustees con cluded a three-day quarterly meeting here said: "To supplement oand encour age the efforts of the American people in meeting problems af fecting the progress of the svhole nation, the trustees of the Ford Foundation have approved spe cial appropriations of $500,000, 000 for privately supported insti tutions in communities all over the land." ion of Money The record sum was broken downQis follows: $210,000,000 for grants to 615 "regionally jcredited, privately suorted liberal arts and sci ence college;oand universities in the United States to help them raise teachers' salaries. $200,000,000 for approximate ly 3,0Qrivately supported hos pitals) to help them improve and extend their services to the pub lic. $90,000,000 for privately sup ported medical schools to help them strengthen their instruc tion, ri Specific grants for the medical schools have not yet been de termined. Thfej colleges and uni versities will receive variously from S31,000 to So, 000,000, while grants to hospitals range from $10,000 to $250,000. To Sell Ford Stock The sums will be paid out dur ing the next 18 months. The foundation, the nation's largest, has capital of S2.500, 000,000. It owns about 88 per cent of the Ford Motor Com pany's stock and plans to offer a portion of it to the public next year under a plan to diversify its investments. The sale is ex pected to bring the foundation about S420,000,000. H. Rowan Gaither,. foundation president, has said the founda tion would meet whatever needs confronted it, even if it had to draw on its capital. The grants for colleges supple mented $50,000,000 appropriated last spring for the same reason to help raise teachers' salaries. At that time, a foundation Ad visory Committee was asked to consider the salary program on the assumption an additional $210,000,000 might be available. Aid -To Hospitals Thirty-six colleges and univer sities received $1,000,000 or more,, the largest of S5,000,000 going to New, York university, the maximum limit set by the trustees. The smallest grant, $31, 000, went to the California School of Fine Arts, San Fran cisco. The grants for some 3,500 of the nation's voluntary non-profit hospitals were made with recog nition of the "heavy burdens" that have been pla'ced upon their facilities in recent years, the trustees said. The Ford Foundation (Vodka in orange juice) It leaves you breathless t 4 mrnioff tu qrtaiest milt VODKA 80prf. Madefrom 100 grain neutnl spina. . Sre. PierreSmirnoffFls. Inc.. Hartford. Conn. By UNITED PRESS Ford Foundation background Established in 1936 by Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, who gave foundation initial grant of 250,000 shares ... on their deaths the two willed the foun dation additional 1,440,000 shares ... Foundation now owns about 88 per cent of Ford Motor Co stock . . . capital amounts to S2,500,000,000 . . . next year plans to offer part of its stock to public to diversify its invest ments ... Until today's grant to colleges and hospitals, had given away 350 million dollars since 1936 without touching capital . . . may have to dip into capital to com plete today's grant but willing to do so . . . Foundation's early grants went mostly to Michigan charities, but after receiving additional stock from wills of Henry and Edsel, Ford Foundation expanded scope of its grants . . . In 1950, foundation announced would attempt to advance human welfare through following pro grams: International, public af fairs, economic, educational and behavioral science ... Under public affairs program, Dick Haymes Wishes Happiness for Rita Las Vegas, Nev. . (U.R) Crooner Dick Haymes sang with tears in his eyes last night when informed that film star Rita Hayworth's divorce from him had been granted in Reno. "What can I - say?" asked Haymes when told at the Dunes hotel here of the divorce. "All I wish for her is happiness." Haymes and the actress were married here at the Sands ho tel in a lavish wedding. v i w i . Stop juggling your Christmas Budget HERE'S A GIFT IDEA for your small change that really nets you dollars a beautiful calendar-bank that changes dates as you insert coins. The perfect gift for family and friends handsome beautiful durable you'll be proud to give it. B G We offer the j"- ",m-,m, """" ' j Calendar-banks ' V " as a service y""!' f for exactly S ( Qnatiou what they . " I cost us... " .1 ONW ; ' ' ' II NOW Is the time to j j COMPLETE WITH KEY Iff- SAVE withU.S..;- jjjjL MEDFORD BRANCH Foundation made 15 million dol lar grant to set up Fund for Re public, perhaps its most contro versial activity to date . . . Fund, now headed by Dr. Rob ert M. Hutchins, criticized as left wing by American Legion and number of congressmen . . . Ford Foundation has stressed that fund is independent of foun dation as are colleges and hos pitals now getting grants but Henry Ford II recently criticized some fund activities as "dubious" in what he said was his capacity as private citizen. Singer MacRae Held For Drunk Driving Van Nuys, Calif. (U.R) Sing er Gordon MacRae, 34, was ar rested on a drunk driving charge early today after he was in volved in a four-car traffic acci dent, police reported. Patrolmen Chester Daly and Robert Thomas said the televis ion and film singer failed to halt for a stop signal and ram med into the rearmost of three cars waiting for a signal at an intersection in nearby North Hol lywood. No one was injured in the ac cident, but MacRae's Cadillac and the three other cars were damaged, police reported. The singer was released when he posted $250 bail. Daly and Thomas said they gave MacRae an intoximeter test at the scene of the accident after he had admitted "having a couple of drinks.'" The patrol men said he flunked the test. Maritime Unions Prepare Conlracf San Francisco (U.R) Three unions representing 6000 West Coast maritime workers pre pared today to sign a master contract. The unions are the AFL Sail ors Union of the Pacific, Marine Cooks and Stewards and Marine Firemen. Sam Bennett, vice president of the Marine Firemen, said his union will accept the shipown ers' original offer on vacation pay. It was his union whose no work policy tied up eight ships last week. Bennett said this offer pro vided for two weeks cf vacation pay prorated on the basis of months worked during the year, and figured on the monthly base pay. Sailors and culinary workers had previously agreed 'to terms of the contract, but delayed signing while the firemen settled their dispute over vacation terms. - Dorothy Warren To Marry on Monday Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R) Miss Dorothy Warren, 24, second daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren, said today she and Dr. Carmine E. Clemente, 27, UCLA professor, plan to be wed at Wayfarers Chapel in nearby Palos Verdes next Monday. Miss Warren and Clemente ob tained a marriage license yester day at the office of the county clerk here. They declined to dis cuss honeymoon plans, but said they would make their home in West Hollywood. Clemente is a professor of anatomy at the UCLA medical center. Use Mail Tribune Want Ad WINNING over five finalists, Diane Dawson, 18, City Col lege of San Francisco student, is named queen of the Shrine East-West game. Diane is the first queen ever picked to rule over grid classic in San Francisco. (International) Norway's retail sales value in the first half of 1955 was six per cent higher than in the corres ponding period of 1954. History of Turncoats By UNITED PRESS Background on Turncoats The fighting in Korea had ended in June, 1953, when first news came of .the "Turncoats." . . . Peiping radio announced that 23 American prisoners of war did not wish to be repatriated . . . instead, the Communist radio said, they had chosen to become "peace fighters" ... The news dismayed the men's families . . . some mothers said they wished their sons dead . . . pleas were relayed to the men to comj home . . . two changed their minds while still in Korea . . . Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson of Crackers Neck, Va., and Cpl. Clyde J. Batchelor . . . both con victed by courts martial of col laborating with Reds . . . Mrs. Portia Howe, mother of Pfc. Richard Tenneson, flew 7,000 miles from Minnesota farm to Tokyo to try to inter view son and change his mind . . . her pleas rejected ... friends of the turncoats sent pleas to the Communist prison camps pleas rejected and prisoners went to Red China where one died ... In July, 1955, three of the Americans in Red China chang ed their minds and were freed at Hong Kong . . . ex-Cpl. Otho G. Bell, Olympia, Wash., ex Cpl. Lewis W. Griggs, Jackson ville, Tex., ex-Cpl. William A. Cowart, Monticello, Ark. . . . today Tenneson crossed the border to Hong Kong . . . prais ed Communism . . . said other turncoats might come later. This Christmas Give a FAMOUS Army Colonel's Wife Likes Baby-Sitting Idea Doncaster, England (U.R) The Doncaster Women's Volun tary service decided today to start a baby sitting service for wives of American airmen sta tioned at nearby Lindholme Air Force base. "An excellent idea," was the immediate comment from Mrs. Bella Lanzoni, wife of base com mander. Col. S. B. Lanzoni. Mrs. Lanzoni has a five-year ' old daughter, eight-year-old twins and three-year-old triplets. RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE Embarrass, Wis. (U.R) Jul ius Barkow celebrated his 103rd birthday and contributed his own recipe for longevity: "Keep the doctors and lawyers away." A camel can drink 25 gallons of water in half an hour. 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