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r New York Democrafs To Support Stevenson TO ATTEND MEETING Bend ;U.R) Robert W. Chan dler, editor and publisher of the Bend Bulletin, will attend the two week American Press insti tute at Columbia university in New York beginning today. Chandler will be one of 27 Ca nadian and American editors at tending the seminar. Monday. January 9, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRISOTfE JTTVB New York UR) A group of New York Democrats has an nounced the formation of a com mittee to back the nomination and election of Adlai Stevenson for the presidency. Among the leaders of the group are former Air Force Secretary Thomas Finletter and Anna Rosenberg, former Assistant Secretry of De fense. Headquarters of the com mittee wil be in New York City. SUNFLOWER RECORD? Meredith, N. H.-aU.R) Carl C. Colby, retired Coast Guard Academy teacher, would like to think that a 17-foot sunflower that he grew in his yard last summer may have been a record-breaker. Janitors To Strike In Indiana Schools Gary, Ind. (U.R) A janitors strike threatened to close 26 schools and send 33,000 children home for an unscheduled holi day today. The janitors were scheduled to walk out of Gary's 26 grade and high schools this afternoon. The strike, centering over waga demands, could bring public education here to a halt. School children were told to come to classes as usual. Over 300,000 National Guards men in every state and territory are training to help protect and refend America. If You're Not Trading at the GROCETERIA You're Paying Too Much mm dm WARM GREETING is given President-elect Juscehno Kubit schek (right), of Brazil, by President Eisenhower, after which they breakfasted together m Key West, Fla. In center i3 NATO Chief General Alfred Gruenther. (International) 'Exceptional Children1 Is SOC Special Class Topic Ashland Leaders in fields concerned with the problems of "exceptional children" will be guest speakers during the South ern Oregon college winter term special education classes, ac cording to Leon Mulling, direc tor of the college speech clinic. "Exceptional children," as pointed out by Mulling, "are those who have problems which veer away from the normal in either a positive or negative fashion. Handicapped children fall under this category. It is the purpose of this course to enable parents to understand these problems and know how to deal with them effectively." Registration may be held at the Wednesday, Jan. 11, class at 7:00 p.m., Mulling said. Fees may be paid at that time. Defective Hearing Speakers for the first meet ing on defective hearing and the deaf, which is scheduled for the speech clinic in the basement of the SOC library, included Dr. Beverly gope, Ashland otolaryn gologist; John Taylor, assistant state director of Special Educa tion; Mrs. Mona Bartels, direc tor of the Medford kindergarten for the hard of hearing, and Dan Hauser, hearing aid representa tive from Portland. In addition, "Hearing Problems," a series of film strips, will be shown at the meeting. Dr. Ralph Thompson, Medford orthopedist; Pat Short, Camp White physiotherapist; and Mrs. J. A. Eidswick, Ashland parent, will speak at the Jan. 18 class meeting with a film, "A Place in the Sun," also scheduled. Other speakers slated to ap--j pear are Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county health officer; Francis Clink, Ashland public, health nurse; Dorothy Collard,.' supervising nurse for Jackson . county; Dorothy Huskey, super visor of health education, Jack son county health association; Erma Plett, supervisory nurse, Josephine county health depart ment. Karl Hayes, Phoenix, and Kay Balman, Talent, teachers of the handicapped; Mrs. R.. F. Daugh erity, Grants Pass parent; Mrs. R. C- Minear, Medford parent. Mrs. Verna Hogg, state con sultant in psychology; Miss Mary Vandenberg, Medford Child Guidance clinic pyschiatric soc ial worker; Dr. Loren Messeng er, SOC psychology professor. DeVere Taylor, debate coach, Medford high school; Gladys Owen, supervisory teacher, Lin coln school, Ashland; Mrs. Ida Bowman, Art instructor, Talent grade school. Bill Wensley, state consultant in speech; Iona Taylor, dean of girls, Ashland high school; Una B. Inch, Jackson county school supervisor; Francis Klein, Ash land schools supervisor of spec ial education; and Dr. Phyllis Plichta, professor of education at Southern Oregon college. Is That So? A skull thumper based on previous columns. Answers fol low questions and each one has its individual value. If you score 95 or better you qualify as a Park Naturalist; 85 as a Ranger Naturalist; 75 as a Ranger; be- low that, 65 rates you as " a Woodsman; 50 a Dude Wrang ler; and 35 as a Drugstore Cow poke. Rarin' to go? I. Certainly it's an astonish ing world. Of the following statements, however, some may be false perhaps only slightly, so look out. Check those which are correct. ' (Five each; 50 points). 1. With a perfected filter it is now possible to detect 4,000 hues in a seven-banded rain bow including 800 shades of green- 2. City trees tend to bud later than those of the same kind in the surrounding country. Dynamite Blast Hurts 12 Workers Chapman, Ala. ' (UPJ Twelve workers at the strike bound W. T. Smith Lumber Co. plant here were injured today when dynamite exploded under a steel drum used for heating purposes. Sheriff Worth Thomas said one of the men was seriously injured. All 12 were hospitaliz ed in Greenville. The sheriff said the non-union workers built fires in the drum in the lumber yard to keep warm during cold weather. Thomas said the men placed their fire in the drum right on on top of the dynamite charge which went off. The sheriff said the blast blew the steel drum "all to pieces." Heaid steel fragments struck men, grouped about the drum, in the faces and over their bodies. Thomas said the dynamite apparently was placed under the drum over tfie week end. The huge W. T. Smith Lumber Co., with plants here and in nearby Greenville, has been strikebound since 3uly when the International Woodworkers of American union called its members off their jobs. The strike has been punctuat ed br explosions and other vio-lencej-) By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturaliit 3. The beaver, unlike a fish, continues to grow throughout its lifetime. 4. A flatfish has been known to change his color to blend with a black-and-white checkered background. 5. The new word lemming of the northland, a close relative of the mouse, changes its color to winter white. 6. A wind blowing 40 miles an hour exerts a force against a wall eight times as great as that of a ten-mile wind. 7. An Arctic fox has such a sensitive nose that it can smell out mice buried under snow. ; 8. Among poisonous plants are lupine, rhododendron, laurel, to mato and oleander- 9. Some bird's feathers, like those of the albatross, outweigh their skeleton. 10. The caribou's hair is hol low which enables it to float better and swim more easily. II. The wing strokes of birds vary. Match these birds Duck, I bluejay, pelican, sparrow, and 1 screech owl with the follow- ing wingstrokes per minute: 1. 780; 2. 540; 3, 300; 4. 200; 5. 70. (Five each; 25 points). III. The size among adult male and female of the same species sometimes varies drastically- Take these animals and fit them in their proper cate gories in respect to this var iation beaver, walrus, mink, Alaska fur-bearing seal, whale bone whale. (Five points each; 25 points). Answers; I. 3. 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are correct. Two is wrong be cause, due to retention of heat in cities, trees tend to bud earlier; and 6, because the wind exerts a force 16 times as strong. II. The sparrow, 780; the duck, 540; the screech owl, 300; the bluejay 200; the pelican, 70. III. 1. The Alaska fur-bearing seal; 2. the walrus; 3. the mink; 4. the beaver; 5. the whalebone total your score. And Smile. The next one in two weeks may be tougher. 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