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Study hows Rising Expense of Socialized Medicine British Churchman Sets Etiquette Code For Bridal Couples London (U.R) A British churchman, fed up with the " "laced up" bridal couples and friends and relatives who be have like "hooligans," today laid down a code of etiquette for wedding ceremonies. "I am appalled and often sickened by the shocking be havior" at weddings, said the Rev. G. S. Crookshank of St. Andrew's church. Among Crookshank's pet peeves are: Bridegrooms who sit in a front pew smoking cigars while waiting for the bride. Brides and grooms "laced up with strong drinks before the services. "Catcalls"' from ihe audi ence during the ceremonies. Crookshank expressed hope that his words "may shame some people into behaving less like hooligans or a tribe of monkeys and more like de cent men and women even , if - they are not practicing Christians." CRASH IS FATAL Colton U.R) George J., Deegan, 21, only recently dis charged from the Navy, was killed in a one-car accident early yesterday afternoon when the late model sports car he was driving spun out of control on a curve. , jDFORDrRIBUNE United Prcsj Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1956 Pages .0-6 Prices Paid Farmers For Crops, Livestock Raises One Per Cent f MARKET 1202 North Riversid " OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT 1 Washington (U.F!) Prices farmers receive for crops and livestock rose 1 per cent for the month ended Jan. 15; the Ag riculture Department has report ed. . The rise still left farm prices 7 per cent below those of a year earlier. The department said the cost of production and living sup plies purchased by farmers re 12 1 per cent during the month. Farmers' returns in mid-janu-ary averaged 80 per cent parity, the same as in mid-December, and compared with 86 per cent of , parity in .mid-January last year. Parity is the priced need to put commodities sold by farm ers on a par with commodities they buy. . , , The department said higher prices for meat animals, lender vegetables, strawberries and po tatoes were primarily responsi ble for the increase in the farm ers' price index. Livestock Prices . Hog prices in mid-January were $10.90 a hundredweight compared with $10.60 in mid December and $17 in mid-January 1955. ; Beef cattle prices .in mid-January were $13.90 compared with $13.50 in, mid-December, and $16.50 in mid-January, 1955. With today's price report, the department set - up new and shorter yardsticks for measuring prices - of cotton, wheat, corn, and peanuts. : The new parity formula, di rected by legislation enacted in 1954, is designed to reflect mod ern production methods in low ering costs of crop output. Mechanical Equipment The old prewar formula was based largely on hand labor and horse and mule power which is being replaced by mechanical equipment. In shifting to a new parity formula, the department is lim ited by law to a. reduction of not more than 5 per cent a year ex cept in the case of cotton. Parity price reductions are' reflected in lower government price sup ports which may range to. 90 to 75 per cent of parity depending on size of 'surplus stocks. . For cotton, the full transition was reflected in today's report. The old parity price as of De cember was $35.09 a pound.- The new price is $34.84 a pound. For wheat, corn, and peanuts, the full transition f cannot be made in a year. Salem (U.R) New parking re strictions in the areas adjacent to state buildings in the Capitol Mall area will become effective tomorrow. si . mmmmmmmmmmmm: USING NASAL SPRAY which aids in reducing rate of sneezing, Jean Gentele,-15, of Algonquin, 111., rests after sneezing for 40 . days sometimes twelve or more times a ; minute. Affliction which baffled, family doctor and , Elgin - specialist is successfully treated at University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital.(lnternationalSoundphoto) Civil Service Jobs Open Are Announced The civil service commission has announced that positions are now open as ' executive house keeper for duty in Veterans Ad ministration hospitals through out the United States and Puerto Rico; for social workers; and for student engineering trainees for duty in the western states and Alaska. -,-; - ; Salaries range from $2,960 to $7,570 a year. Applications Tnay be obtained from Chester W. Sil liman, at the Medford post of fice. . : - - . 1 west mmi Ib. trrmmnm mm in 111 nn RN REPEAT SPECIAL! Layaway Row for Valentine Gifts w Mil T nrp I urn QfiLHOB Q (M08 0L? Q 03 G5B 7-i Health LyleCWUsonin the ' ' ' , ' IS I ffl YOUi EDO CCS 15 North Central JEWEB.il Phone 2-2970 Eden's Government Sponsors Reports Of Brilish NHS By LYLE C. WILSON ' United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Prime Minister Anthony Eden's Con servative government has just sponsored some interesting re ports on what the British term their National Health Service (NHS). : NHS also is known as social ized medicine; a tax-paid heal ing system which had former Pmonmnm! President Tru Ml man's sympa thetic interest at one time but got nowhere in. Congress. A British ' investi gating commit tee set up in 1953 now re ports that the cost.ol National Service United Kingdom still ;is going up. It cost $1,032,000,000" iri the 1954 fiscal year, an increase of more than $130,000,000 since fiscal 1950. Costs long since had doubled original estimates tf the Socialist government wtiich set up the NHS , system shortly after World War II. : The report estimated current costs at 3.24 per cent of British treasury revenue. On. the same percentage basis, socialized medicine would cost the United States about $2,066,000,000 in the current, fiscal year and go up from there if British ex perience is a sound guide. . The comnjittee reported that the . administrative structure of NHS was sound and had a rec ord of real achievement. It re jected the idea . that some of the small fees imposed after ex perience with socialized medi cine should be increased. - The cpmmitte said some should be rpHiirprl I Spectacles For AH Even the Socialists acknowl edged after practical experience that .they had been overly gen erous in their nationalization of all medical . aspects of life and death and what lies between. Obtaining free prescriptions be came a costly . game. Everyone was getting spectacles or chang ing them. ..; There now is a small fee for dentures.-Dental treatment costs one pound sterling, the equi valent of $2.40. A prescription any prescription costs 14 cents. Spectacles come at $4.20. The committee said the dental and spectacle, charges were too high. Free hospital service has con tributed to the hospital bed shortage. Vast numbers of per sons who could be treated, at home and who would be if they had to pay for hospital care contribute to the over crowding. The committee found that the bed shortage was not being overcome , speedily, al though the. NHS . steadily allots capital funds to construction. A " quirk in NHS is that any foreigner gets it free, too. An organization of British phy sicians and surgeons estimated last week that the cost of free medicine to foreign visitors was about $640,000 . annually. iThe government's reply, in effect, was that the trouble and cost of collection would exceed the sum involved.? The physicians said foreigners purposely came to Great Britain for free medical care. , . : - . Queue Up For Surgery "A Minister of Health spokes man replied:, : "Taking into account cost of travel and accommodation, they could obtain .what .they need more cheaply in their own coun try. When it comes to major op erations, they would have to join a queue, which might mean a stay of weeks or months." Put another way, it appears that individuals needing major operations under the British NHS must get in line for weeks and months to obtain surgery. The shortage of dentists is: ter rific, with a consequent similar delay in dental care. There was a time when three months was the customary wait for new spectacles. Economy-minded Britons were disappointed in the committee's failure to foresee any economies while recommending most costs. The House of Commons was in formed that Sir Anthony's Con servative- government agreed with the committee's general conclusions and overall approach. The hard political fact is that the unde r-privileged British masses fell in love with socializ ed medicine from the beginning. Any government which tamper ed with it much would be tossed out. For many a lower class Briton it was a sudden change from no medical care to lots of it for freeeven if he had to wait a few months to get it. Colombia ,is the only nation inthe South American continent with seaboards on both the At lantic and Pacific." u 117 S. CENTRAL PHONE 2-6241 TON I GHT 5 to 9 Specials! SPECIAL PRICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 39c Value 80 Sq. PERCALE 5 Yd, 1.00 TONIGHT ONLY 4.ARGE "SHIPMENT OF NEW SPRING: PRINTS. WASHFAST ' COLORS MAKE YOUR GAY DRESSES, DUSTERS, APRONS NOW & SAVE YARDAGE DEPT. MAIN FLOOR SPECIAL PRICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Reg. 29c TRAINING PANTIES 5 Pn. 1.00 TONIGHT ONLY SOFT FLAT KNIT COTTON., DOUBLE THICKNESS FLAT LOCKED SEAMS, ELASTIC WAIST. SIZES 1 TO 4 BABY DEPT. MAIN FLOOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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