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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1956)
O o o o o o o o o o o. TX WDtOf D MXII. TRIBUNE Tuciday, December 18, 1938 '2 Al o o o oo ' o ft'' CARRYING EQUIPMENT to broadcast scientific information to earth, full-scale model rf man-made mgon (left), which will be fired into space next year, is unveiled in Washington. At right i3 plastic model containing equipment. (International Soundphotc) O O O O O Drug Addicts Estimated To Pay $2737,500,000 Yearly for Habit Setting Up New Tax-Free State Of Shasta Easier Said Than Done Washington (U.fi). up a new tax-free state of "Shasta" in the mountains of Northern California is easier said than done. Setting federacy. The issue was put up i they can come up here and dig 10 me voiers. ifor it. But before the votes could be cast, the governor jumped the gun and joined arms with the The idea originated with resi-, rebels. This gave anti-slavery dents of the thinly-populated forces in the western part of area who protest that southern-! the state an excuse to set up ers in control of the state leg- j their own government of "'Kan islature 3re treating their re-! awha" in protest, gion like a colony. j President Abraham Lincoln They want their eight coun- j recognized the new govern ties to secede from California ! ment and it was permitted to send senators to the U.S. Con gress. Later, Congress approved WashinglCn (U.R) A Califor- j country, he aid, must be tag nia(jorncy estimated today tliat gering. U S.D drug addicts pay S2.737,- West Coait Problem 00,000 a year Vu a "world crime Neeb said the average heroin ndicate" for heroin, much of ; addict spends S50 a day on the whi(i comes from Red China, j drug. Estimating 150.000 addicts C? g'ifc e;:male came from Rob ert A. Neeb Jr.. Soverly Hills, chairmano of Southern Calif ) ornia vfjmmite set up to advise O the s&te 0attorncy general on. ! cenme prcveption. CO in the nation, he put their outlay at S2.73T.500.000 a year "to sup port the world crime syndicate." "The Mexican border and our West Coast ports and airfields are highways for the narcotic traffic into this country," he said. He said the most deadly of the dru;s, almost pure heroin, comes to the West Coast from Communist China. "It is well known that heroin of almost pure strength became a principal export of the Com munists from Red China, that the manufacture and exports of o CO ?v"cb testified before a Ser.- O O ,'e Vuticiary Subcommittee on O ivc!e delinquency. Chairman Kstcs iTrfauvcr (D-Tenn.) said the hearing was called "to learn w.Sat constructive steps can be taken to fmprove our treatment program cfur juvenile drug ad riicitidn." QKlf forcemefti. Treatment Only through the combina-, enslaving drugs has been vig tion 'of a sound treatment pro- orously encouraged by the Corn gram will the vicious arcotics I munists where they gained con program be completely- de-j'trol of satellites." Neeb said, feated." Kcfativer said. Makes Recommendations fceob agreed that the problem I "Drug addiction in the free "can't be licked" just by tough j nations is a subtle and diabolical nentences for addicts and ped- j form of conquest in which the dlfrs. victims pay for their own en- Hp said that one out of four ! slavement." California crimes are traced j lie recommended that federal j directly, or indirectly to naro-'and state narcotics agents, as 0 tics and that crimes of drug ad-j well as the Customs Service, diets cost Hie people of that state have jurisdiction to search ships an estimated $100 million a year, i and aircraft for smuggled drugs. f i n c 1 u d i a g law enforcement He also said hospital narcotics ccost. The bill for the whole I wards for confinement and treat- and establish ' a 49th state of Shasta. There would be no in come or sales taxes and all revenue would come from leg alized gambling. Such dreams are not few. New states have been proposed by secession b e f o r e but ac complished only once. That was when West Virginia split off from , Virginia in the turmoil of the Civil War period. Unusual Circumstances Barring open warfare. Calif ornia probably will stay in one I piece. Under the U.S. Constitution a new state can't be formed out ment of patients are needed. along with outpatient clinics. , . . ana me state legislature ap- free exchange of visitors across j proves. There apparently isn't the Mexican border unless the j any way to by-pass this resric smuggling of narcotics across tion. that boundary can be stopped. He In the case of West Virginia also proposed cutting off foreign I the circumstances were unusu aid to countries which do notjal. A convention appointed by enter effective agreements to halt ; the Virginia Legislature in the manufacture and illegal ex- j Richmond voted early is 1861 port of narcotics. to secede and join the Con- the creation of the state of West Virginia, and Lincoln proclaim ed its existence on April 20, 1803. Miners in Northern Califor nia have tried to form a new state before. A state of '"Jeffer son" was proposed early in 1941 to be composed of four northern California counties and one in Oregon. Yreka was designated as the new capital. Mayor Gilbert E. Gable, of Fort Orford, Ore., an able puth licity man, promoted the idea, but nobody expected anything On Dec. 4. Judge John L. Childs of Crescent City was elected from among a dozen candidates for governor at a "territorial assembly meeting." He was escorted, with two full grown bears, in a torch-light parade down Main st. The same week Mayor Gable died. On the Sunday following Childs' election, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the state of "Jefferson," if not for gotten, was abandoned. ops-orry: o a Employees of British railvas over 18 years of age, both men and women, are encouraged to join civil defense units and re ceive instruction in atomic, chemical and biological warfare. of an old one unless Congress ; to come of it. But miners, arm ed with pistols, stopped motor ists on the bonfire - lit high ways, and distributed pam phlets proclaiming their "in dependence." And a citizen's committee defied the governor to collect the state sales tax in the area. They told him: "If California wants copper. PURUCKER PIANO HOUSE Suggest! COLUMBIA L. P. RECORDS For a Wonderful Christmas such as . . "Th Organ Pliyi at Christmai" Ken Griffin. "Ski Traill" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Music from Hollywood. "Music of Christmas" By Percy Faith and his Orchestra. Santa's workers goofed couple of things! 0 On SaturUav9, Becember015th,0 a LIONEL TRAIN owas taken home without the transformer. o On Wednesday night, Decern- ' ber 5th, someone bought a phonograph. They have a $4.95 phonograph instead of the- $9.98. o o PLEASE COM IN ' OR CALL 2-58 W AND HELP US CORRECT OUSf ERROR o The Toy House 317 EAST Mm o OPEN EVERY JIGHT UIL o To -Buy or Sell - Use Tbune Qassifie Ads a o o o o o, , o o CO Superintendent Tells Plans for New School Distribution Formula J Details of the complex formula over the past few years, he ex CD proposed for use in distributing plained, while the percentage re ceived by Multnomah county and a few other more populous coun ties has increased. Flexibility Sought The new formula, he said, is O the state's basic school support fand were e-tplainrd Monday by Lronard Maylield, Medford sclitfol siiperintentfpnt, at a meet 0 cine of fhe Jackson County Cham- Co o bpr f Commerce's committee ! designed to be flexible so that o o on jzovernuicr.lal operations. it can be changed as economic Mayfield is chairman' of a ' and population conditions O statewide committee of school . change, while at the same time 0 avmiini.sU.-itors and others who . setting up an equitable basis for have worked out the formula, distribution of funds, and with c, and vhich will present it to the uniform local tax relief provid J .legislature with the approval of cd on a scale determined by the mit school men and groups in ! wealth of the districts. O the state. The formula envisions a state OMayfieirf has explained that . Program designed to provide a th& present distribution formula, j "minimum" educational pro n because of changing economic I gram, the same throughout the u O a""' population conditions, has ! state- Anything over this mini- created an inequality in the : mum, or sianaard, program O. 'anwunts received in different ' would be up to the local districts sections of the state, with the O to provide, as most of them would do, he stated. "Specified Millaga All districts would be required to levy a certain specified mill- o o 0 Spcial TCU Class ;awjEigfifStudenls result that some less wealthy O O dj.-.ificts are in 'effect subsidiz ing" educational costs in walfh- O icr districts. O The percentage of state funds ae Ior scnooi support, tne same o sweoived in Jackson countv, for throughout the state. The dif o Instance, has decreased sharply ference between the amount -i raisca dv mis lax ana me amount required for the basic program would be provided by the state rom the basic school support fund. This would ensure that each .district, no matter what its local taxing potential, would be Worth: Tex. tU.Pi , assured of enough money to pro hristarCUniversity start-! vide its children with the basic O ed a special "raush training class ; oiinimum educational program. Qq Olhis fall and has eight students j After this is done, the rest of o in it. " j the "basic school support fund G o The eight are on ranches rear i would be apportioned to each Stamford and Walnut Springs, ! district in the form of tax re Tt . as part e their classwork. I lief- thc same amount in mills Director Arthur H. tourtade Ior each district. said thev would studv breeding. Preparation of the bill em o feeding "and ater of'stocft. rais-1 bodying the new formula is near irg of crops, soil conservation. ! complete, except for one or record-keeping, marketing and ! two mll,or Provisions, Mayfield CO manv other phases of ranch op- -id, and the outlook for pass- yn "o til U1C ilCAL lCtlSHll'UiC ... , : favnahlp o Oftrt TexaS eratifn. The new prograra is designed to give the stialents practical experience in wie field. Many j methods of operation will be 0watched on a score of ranches in cx'as and Oklahoma. j 'Forced' Signature Gets Pardon" for Cottontail Madison. Wis. U.F!) A "forced" signature of Gov. Wal ter Kohler sot Bunnv Cottontail a pardon from the state prison iron Autnonty Bus lerminai tn recently. !New York City, he has an addi- Warden John C. Bui"ke told i tional incentive to the S125 a Man Driving Toward ! $4, 500,000 Payoff i Newark. N'.Y. U.R Stuart i Kolzman is driving a bus toward ; a S4. 500.000 payoff. While the 28-year-old million-sire-to-be enjoys the daily round i trips between Paterson and the GOV. Kohler he found the phony pardon in the prison hospital granting full pardon to Eunny Cottontail, alias Hopalong, who n-as charged wit" vagrancy. week he receives as a driver. Under the terms of his uncle's will, iiolzman, in order to come into an estate valued at S4.500, 000, must remain on the job The nrisoner was a babv rab-: from his 25th to his 35th birth- bit which was found near death : day. In the meantime he re in rc prison yard Hospital at-iceives an allowance from the tendants jrsed it back to health Testate which boosts his temper and gave it a home with a Wau-1 ary income to about $9,200 a pun, Vis optometrist. 1 month. IPemey's TT 5HOP PZNNEY'S MORE TIMI TO SAVE! HURRY, HURRY. HURRY! VALUES' GALORE! o o - SHOPPING DAYS ?TTT iTTTT TOFl T "A D 1 llj ljLUL10lYUh3r GIRLS SWEATERS Soft as i kitten Sanforlan in color bright Cardigan and Slip-Overs . . . 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