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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION When Floyd Barnes, Sr., of Sisters, Ore., appeared before the work evaluation unit of the Oregon Heart association, his first interview (left) was with Drs. Robert Condon, left and Herbert E. Griswold Jr. His next step was Work Evaluation Unit Helps Heart Attack Victims Back on Job a conference with Ron Lindsay, medical social worker (center), followed by an interview with L. V. Norman, job analyst for the state division of vocational rehabilitation." Portlan d A mechanic in Pendleton suffers a heart attack, and after hospitalization "there are weeks of convalescence. Now he'g ready i for work again and his family needs the weekly paycheck. Can he return to his old trade, or is it too strenuous? If he can't go back to mechanics, what can he do? Where does he start? Who has the answers? Because this is a situation in which a great many cardiacs find themselves, the Oregon Heart association has established what is called a work evaluation unit a team of experts made up of a medical social worker, a vo cational counselor and two doc tors of internal medicine. Basically, the program is de signed to assist men and women with heart disease to better util ize their capacities in either stay ing on 'their present job or to find a job best suited to their in dividual case. Joyce Keller Ordered Acquitted Portland (U.R) The depart ment store bombing trial . of Mrs. Joyce Keller came to an abrupt halt yesterday afternoon when Circuit Judge Martin or dered a directed verdict of ac quittal. Mrs. Keller had been accused of being an accomplice with her brother-in-law, William Clar ence Peddicord, in the extortion plot bombing of the Meier and Frank department store more than a year ago. : Peddicord, a blind chemist, has admitted placing the dyna mite bomb in the third floor washroom of the downtown de partment store and in a recorded confession taken at the time of his arrest, implicated Mrs. Kel ler as his "eyes" in the plot. The directed verdict of acquit tal followed Peddicord's refusal to testify at the trial and more than two days legal hassle over the admittance of the tape re cording in which he implicated the 28-year-old Mrs. Keller. Judge Hawkins said the state's case collapsed when it failed to show sufficient evidence link ing Mrs. Keller with the plot. Mrs. Keller has maintained her innocence throughout. "Actually there is a wonderful opportuinty here to gain valu able information on the rehabili tation of the cardiac," Dr. J. Ed ward Field, chairman of the re habilitation and employment committee, said. "We are just as interested in what happens to the patient after he has returned to work as we are in getting him on a job that he can handle." New Program Hera Although the program is rela tively new in Oregon, a great many cardiacs have been assist ed and are now at jobs which fit their particular skills and physi cal limitations. The program is open to per sons in all parts of Oregon, and the work evaluation team meets each Thursday night at the of fices of the Oregon Heart asso ciation, 905 SW Taylor st. Before, going to the unit, all patients are referred by their physician to the state division of vocational rehabilitation. Here, the patient is carefully screened to see if a work evaluation unit appointment will be necessary. Persons interested in addition al details should contact either the Heart association or the state division of vocational rehabilita tion. ' Baker To Seek Aid To Reimburse Farmers Baker (U.R) The Baker city council will ask for federal dis aster aid to reimburse farmers whose lands and property were damaged Friday when the Good rich dam reservoir gave way and tons of water cascaded through a seven-mile stretch of the Baker valley. Thousands of acres of land were flooded and several farm buildings damaged. A great deal of top soil was carried away.' The municipally owned reser voir was an auxiliary water sup ply for the city and normally is not used until late in the sum-J mer. Officials pointed out that this year the city may face a domestic water shortage. North Portland Tract Offered as E-R Site Portland (U.R) The Exposition-Recreation commission today had the offer of an 87 acre tract in North Portland as the site for the proposed S8,000,000 center, for a fee of $1 lor some other nominal figure. ' The offer came from the Port land Housing authority. In a vote yesterday the group ap proved a plan to offer the E-R commission the remaining acre age in the University Homes housing project. New Civil Service Exams Announced Here New civil service examina tions have been announced for architect, professional nurse, and miscelleaneous office, machine operator for filling positions in the Washington, D.C., area. All examinations are open for receipt of applications until fur ther notice. Information and ap plication forms may be obtained from Chester Silliman at U. S. Post Office, Medford. Wednesday, May 23. 1956 THEATER DECLINE NOTED Washington (U.R) The Cen sus Bureau reports that the num ber of regular, motion picture theatres dropped 17 per cent be tween 1948 and -1954. Drive-in theatres, however, ; increased more than 400 per cent, j MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Glendale Youth Held for Holdup Roseburg (U.R) A 20-year-old youth was under police guard at a local hospital today, charged with the early morning holdup of an all-night service station at Winston, eight miles south of here yesterday. ' Police said that Walter F. Wrightman, Glendale, Calif., had been charged with the holdup which netted between $85 and $100. : ' - Sheriff ' Ira Byrd said that shortly after the time of the holdup, Wrightman's car left the highway while rounding a sharp curve. , Deputy Sheriff Larry, Wright, investigating the holdup, went to investigate the accident. At the accident scene he found that tire treads - of . the wrecked . car matched prints he had taken at the service station, he, said. Frankfurt, Germany ill.R) The Frankfurt Opera Co. has learned that the price of success comes high. 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