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o o o First-Run Moving Pictures Piped Into Video Sets Under Experiment Bartlesville. Okla. U R) A I about six months. He said his biii -movie theater chain has firm picked Bartlesville after a market survey team reported -O O Dickeai r.i town nf 25 OftO frr an O experiment in whether families are willing to pay S9.50 a month to have first-run Hollywood pic tures piped into their TV sets. 3?.ie firm. Video Independent O Theaters, operates more than 15 movie houses and drive-ins throughout the Southwest. It will invest some $300,000 to test whether the public will pay monthly movie bills like they do the lights and gas. To Start in Six Months Henry Griffing, head of Video, says the service will start in that 15-24ths of the peopls here wanted it. Video operates the three movie houses here. It may close two of them if the new venture, labelled "Tele-movie," goes over. "This isn't pay-as-you-go tele vision," said Griffing, "and it's not an experiment from a tech nical standpoint. Anyone can ob tain the equipment we will use. Half a dozen companies make it." For the $9.50 Bartlesville sub scribers will receive approxi- O The Medical Roundup Emeritus Coroulunt In Medicine, Mvo clinic Emerltat Professor of Medicine, Mayo Foundation ( ochief Vital O o o I was Just reading a book, "Your World and Mine" (Expo sition Press)' written by my old fftendp Dr. Halbert L. Dunn, of the National Office of Statistics. This book con tains so much wisdom that all could profit from reading it. Dr. Dunn says, we should be willing al ways to face truths. Every so often we should re-examine old ideas new facts that 16 o Q Ilr Alvarer in the light of (jiave recently been discovered by scientists. We should have an open mind on every subject, no matter how unpleasant another q person s ideas may be to us, per haps because of our upbringing or some personal sorrow. I think of this every day as I get letters from people order ing me to stop writing certain things. Some go one step further and write to the newspaper and perhaps to the owner of the medical journal I edit, demand ing that I be fired. How curious we people are! Here in America, while we keep bragging about our blessed right to free speech, hundreds of thousands of us are doing our best to deny free speech to people whose state ments we do not like. For in stance, if in this column I were to say anything that might be construed as derogatory by any large group of people, I would next day get a letter from their Public Relations man telling me in no uncertain terms never again to say what I had said or else. Study With Open Mind Dr. Dunn's second golden rule Is Let us always be willing to study with an open mind the view-point of many a writer. Be fore we shout at him. "You're all wrong," we should stop and think. Perhaps he is right; per haps his views are based on a mass of facts of which we know little or nothing. For instance, when in this column I say that. f)er reading much technical lit erature on the fluoridation of water, I have been unable to ftarn of any harm done by it, SozensQof people write angrily to say, "Shut up, you're stupid. Q you re wrong; you are m the pay of the fluorine trust!" It does not occur to these per sons that, after reading the re ports available to me of the . many scientific and government commissions that have investi KVVd the subject, I should know immensely more oabout it than thev do. It does not occur to them that, right or wrong, I should have the right to express my views. Although I have read and studied several books on statistics, it would never occur q to mojto argue with Dr. Dunn (cp a minute on some statistical point. Back of him is a life-time of tbej study of statistics. Learn From Others ThiAhird rule of Dr. Dunn ii be willing always to learn from others who have much spe cial training and knowledge. Rule four is be willing to adjust your views so as to meet another person half-way. The late Dwight Morrow had a great gift for getting hostile groups to gether on a matter. As I remem ber, he would begin by finding out quickly which points he and the other fellow could agree on. That immediately got rid of a lotOof useless argument. Then the two groups could discuss the points on which they did differ. Often they would find that their antagonism was due largely to O their different understanding of what a yord meant. O The fifth rule be willing to O ake timefor contact with other persons. C Rjile six is a good one for all thore of us who write, and this is. always to give credit to some tiier chap when it is due him for what,ije has written. As I used Ao say to one of my students Mvhen. in a paper, he had failed to admit his indebtedness to the work of another writer, "Why not make a friend of the man by Ssaying what is true, that he did Q a aiugniflVnt piece of work? Why (kot have the joy of having made a friend?" Be Willing To Help A good rule is number seven T :iich is to be willing to help others when opportunity offes, j o without expectation of getting anything back. This reminds me of some famous men's definition of a gentleman one who, in his dealings with others, is kinder than is absolutely necessary. Dunn feels that his rule eight is one of the most important of all. This is to give freedom to those you love. As he says, this is the hardest thing for many persons to do because, when they love, they become possessive and demanding. So often a mother is too possessive with her children. It is so hard for her to remem ber that if her child is to grow up, he must often venture; he must make mistakes and he must be permitted to make his own mistakes. So many persons who greatly want love from someone make the mistake of demanding instlad of earning it. They make the mistake, also, of trying to hold the beloved person too firm ly. Some make the mistake of demanding every confidence. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in her poem, "Even," says this so beautifully: "Him that I love, I wish to be free even from me." Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers will understand that it would be impossible for him to answer re quests for information or to at tempt to diagnose by mail. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1957) Morse Bill Seeks ! Change in Social Security Benefits Washington, D. C. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) has in troduced a bill to eliminate the requirement in the Social Secu- "We will run trailers on com- j rity Act which prevents a totally mately 13 first-run movies each month. They will be carried by cable from a downtown studio. The shows will run continuously from noon to midnight with newsreels and short subjects like any movie program fhursday, February 14, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THUXB ine attractions, but no commer cials," Griffing said. Better Than Ordinary TV "People with color sets will receive color films in color. On all sets the picture will be bet ter than ordinary TV because we will be using 35 millimeter film. Most movies broadcast over TV now are 16 millimeter." Griffing said installing the ca ble would not be charged to the customer. He said the movie would be dialed on one of the channel stops not used in the area. The sets could be used for commercial television on the other channels. "We expect to lose money for a while," he said, "but ulti mately we believe 3,000 to 4,000 Bartlesville homes will have the ater service. And the first sub scribers will probably have lots of company from around their neighborhoods, just like in the early days of TV. Peck Brothers Awarded Recapping Contract Peck Brothers were awarded the contract for recapping and repairing tires on county equip- 1 ment for a year Monday by the county court. Peck Brothers, lowest of six bidders, bid $11,015.16 for the contract. Neuberger Joins In NSLI Measure Washington Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon has joined with 49 other senators in sponsoring a bill to give World War II and Korean veterans an opportunity to take out National Service Life Insurance. The bill, which passed the Senate last year, would make it possible for veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict to take out the full amount of insurance to which they were entitled at the time of their dis charge from the service. The' American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and AMVets adopted national convention resolutions last year urging such legislation. Neuberger said the bill was of especial importance to veter ans who had permitted their NSLI policies to lapse. Under provisions of the new proposal veterans who originally quali fied for the insurance program but passed up the opportunity and those who permitted their policies to lapse would be given one year to apply for insurance coverage. OUT OF BOUNDS Boothbay Harbor, Me. (U.R) A sea horse found alive recently off the coast of Maine is believed to be the first found this far north, according to Sea and Shore Fisheries Department officials. Oregon State to Add Air Flight Training Corvallis (UP.) Oregon State College announced that it has been chosen as one of 40 colleges in the nation to add flight training to its advance Army ROTC program. OSC is the first college in the western states to start the pro gram. Fourteen seniors have been selected to start training private pilot certificates before June graduation. disabled worker from drawing benefits until he reaches age 50. Co-sponsors of the measure were Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, and Sen. Russell Long (D-La.) Morse told the Senate: "Last year the Congress adopted a series of ehanges in the Social Security Act, among them a provision for payment of benefits to persons who have be come totally and permanently disabled, starting at age 50. That was a bare beginning. Now we should move forward to do an adequate job. "Adding disability provisions to the Social Security law was the most notable and desirable extension since the basic law was instituted 20 years ago. But it did not go far enough. Plight Recognized "This extension recognized the desperate plight of working people and of their families when the provider is stricken with an illness or sustains an injury which robs him of earn ing power. This injustice has been removed for persons with social security coverage who are 50 or over. "However, I am greatly dis turbed because the remaining thousands of disabled individ uals under 50 are excluded from the extended provisions. Many such families are relying upon meager public welfare funds for their subsistence. "The bill I have introduced will repeal the unrealistic and discriminatory age requirement of the disability provision. Let us give working people and their families what they earn by their social security payments name ly, security against disabling illness and injury." Douglas Cuts Jobs; Planning Group Quits Roseburg (U.R) The Doug las county court has announced it was eliminating the posts of building inspector and assistant building inspector, and the en tire county planning commission announced its resignation. The court gave 30-day notices to Building Inspector Charles H. Boniels, his assistant, Chet Hamm, and two research assist ants. The court also invited the sev en member planning commission to come back as new members. There was no immediate state ment from the members. The county court said it was planning a sweeping reorganiza tion of the planning commission. It said it was now hunting a qualified public relations man to. work under the commission who has a knowledge of building and construction. The first woman doctor in the United States was Elizabeth Blackwell. fr? 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