EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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BOARDING PLANE at Washington, four experts prepare
to make eight-week study of ways to streamline U. S.
foreign aid program. From left: Jesse W. Tapp, Bank
of America chairman; Dr. Colgate W. Parden, Jr., Uni
versity of Virginia president; Benjamin Fair-less, ex-U. S.
Steel Corporation president and John L. Lewis, presi
dent of United Mine Workers. (International Soundphota)
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist,
! three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each
article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give
advice; It merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible
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Mrg. T. R. I am shocked by
my daughter's friend.
Jill R. She's not an im
moral girl.
Mrt. T. R. I recently got the
shock of my life when I learned
from a letter left open on my
daughter's desk that her best
giri friend has been having in.
timate relations with a young
man at the college they all at
tend.
I confronted my daughter with
this and she became furious
with me for "sneaking around
her things. I told her I didn t
sneak, but was merely curious
and could never suspect this
girl would do such things, much
less write about them in a letter
to my daughter.
When I demanded that Jill
give up this friend, she told me
to mind my own business and
said she would do exactly as
she pleased. I am nearly frantic
because I feel this girl, whom
Jill has always admired, will be
a terrible influence on her if
she hasn't been already.
Jill R. I am 21 years old
and I'm not going to have my
mother dictating my friends.
Neither will I stand for her in
specting my mail. If I can't have
privacy I'm going to leave home
as soon as I get out of school.
My friend happens to be a
very fine girl. She and her boy
friend are very much in love
and plan to be married, but they
cannot be married for another
year or two. She is not an im
moral girl.
I don't say that what Lucille
is doing is right. In fact, I had
advised her against it and that
is why she wrote to me about it.
My mother thinks I am a little
girl, who can be swayed by any
body. She doesn't realize I am
not such a namby-pamby. I still
like and admire my friend and
will not give her up for my
mother's sake.
Th Councils Mrs. T. R. put
herself in the wrong from the
Damages Sought in
Husband's Drowning
Portland U.F) Mrs. Mabel
St. Dennis has filed suit in Fed
eral court here for $150,800
damages in connection with the
drowning of her husband last
month in the Coos river near
Coos Bay. She named Weyer
haeuser Timber company de
fendant in the action.
Mrs. St. Dennis said her hus
band was helping clear a sub
merged log jam in the flooded
river when it overturned. His
body has not been recovered.
She asked $100,000 for loss of
her husband and $50,800 for the
mental shock she said she suf
fered. She asserted she suffered
a heart attack when she saw
his boat submerged and has
been left an invalid.
start of this affair by reading
her daughter's mail. Even if it
was open, the privacy or a per
sonal letter should be respected.
Mrs. T. R. also put herself in
the wrong by "demanding" that
Jill give up her friend. She
should realize she can't win with
such tactics. A nearly indepen
dent 21-year-old rebels against
demands but might be open
to advice and persuasion.
Jill, on the other hand, ought
to realize that although her
mother made an error in eti
quette and tactics, she is not
wrong in principle. Jill feels
very cocksure in her new ma
turity and independence, but
she is probably far more open
to influence than she realizes. .
One reason she is open to in
fluence is that she is still un
certain on questions of morality.
She denies that her friend is
"immoral," yet admits she
can't say that what Lucille is
doing "is right." Unfortunately,
both statements can't be true.
Her friend is doing either right
or wrong.
Because she likes her friend,
Jill does not .want to call her
"immoral." Jill cannot whole
heartedly censure the action be
cause of the person and is, there
fore, already somewhat influ
enced. The action has probably
already taken on a somewhat
different color in her mind from
the one it had formerly.
Since the matter has been
opened, Jill and her mother
ought to discuss it more fully in
a rational spirit. If Mrs. T. R.
talks to Jill tactfully and makes
no demands, she'll probably
find the girl somewhat disillu
sioned by her friend and willing
to give her up as long as she
can keep her pride and do it of
her own free will.
(Copyright 1957, General
Features Corp.)
Baby Born on Plane,
Mother 'Doing Nicely'
Honolulu (U.R) A mother
and her son born in an airliner
over the Pacific were doing
"fine" today at Honolulu's Ka
piolani hospital.
The mother, Mrs. Lillian
Palen. 26, and the son, Jerry
Linn Palen. were rushed to the
hospital as soon as their Trans
ocean Air Lines plane landed
Tuesday at Honolulu.
Mrs. Palen gave birth to the
baby 579 miles from Honolulu
while Dr. Robert Ho messaged
instructions from tne Honolulu
airport control tower to steward
esses Alice Martinez. Oakland,
Calif., and Lorraine Mikosh, San
Francisco.
Mrs. Palen suggested that the
stewardesses pick a name for the
baby.
"Alice and I named him Jerry
Linn." said Miss Mikosh. "Mrs.
Palen was very happy with it."
Mrs. Palen's doctor had clear
ed her for the flight. The baby
was not expected until next
month.
Contestant Flunks
$64,000 Question
New York (U.R) A Cali
fornia truck driver and a Scot
tish peer received consolation
prizes on "The $64000 Question"
television quiz program Tues
day night.
Alfred A. Einfrank, 56. Los
Angeles, flunked on a $64,000
"geography" question. Lord
Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, now
living in New York, failed to
answer a question worth $8,000
in the "men and mountains"
category. Each received a 1957
Cadillac convertible.
Susan Sandler, 13-year-old
Oak Park, Mich., school girl,
announced she would settle for
$16,000 she had won earlier in
"the sport of kings" category.
Einfrank failed to answer any
part of a question which re
quired him to identify the coun
try and an important river rep
resented on seven outline maps
which showed the capitals of the
nations.
Douglas-Hamilton failed to an
swer the last part of a question
in which he was shown photo
graphs of four mountains and
asked to name the mountain and
the range in which each is located.
Unemployment Pay
More Than Receipts
Portland (U.R) T. Morris
Dunne, chairman of the State
Unemployment commission, said
here yesterday that the commis
sion paid out $3,147,000 more
in 1956 to claimants than It
took in from employers.
Speaking before the Colum
bia Empire Industries, Inc.,
meeting, Dunn blamed the defi
cit on an amendment of the
compensation law passed by the
1955 Legislature.
He said the amendment
"sharply liberalized" the act by
raising benefits. He said Ore
gon now ranks as one of the
nation's top 10 states in the size
of maximum benefits and is also
one of the highest in the number
of persons receiving maximum
benefits.
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