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EIGHT. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, April 24, 1957 Secret Radar Defense Inventor Denied Suit Against Government New York (U.R) The invent or of a top secret radar defense system has been denied the right to sue the government for com pensation because the evidence is too secret to place in even a sealed court record. Federal Judge David N. Edel stein said there was no question that the inventor, nationally known physicist Dr. Otto Hal pern, is "called upon to make a heavy sacrifice in the interest of national security." Halpern's suit, filed many months ago, asked an undeter mined amount of compensation from the government for its use and the use by United States allies of "a manner and means whereby an jobjective may escape observation by r a d a r." The U.S. Patent Office has ack nowledgeed his claim to a patent How to be happy though incompatible Do your interests, tastes and opinions differ from those of your mate? In May Reader's Digest, Hannah Lees, author of "Help Your Husband Stay Alive," shows how these very differ ences can actually strengthen your marriage if you don't waste time and energy fighting them. Get May Reader's Digest at your newsstand today: 38 ar ticles of lasting interest, includ ing the best from leading maga zines, newspapers and books, condensed to save your time. Arthur Godfrey talks about Reader's Digest every Wednesday on CBS radio. Tune in. on the device or material but no patent has been issued because of a top secret government class ification but claimed he was en titled to compensation and ask for a secret hearing in federal court chambers. The government last Septemb er . asked for dismissal of the suit with' a formal claim of priv ilege backed by a letter from Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas. The letter said the pa tent application and all docu ments relating to it are "...mil itary and naval secrets, classified as such at my personal direc tion. Production or release of this classified information would seriously hamper the administra tion of the Navy's research pro gram, would prejudice the sec urity of the U.S. and would not be in the public interest." Judge Edelstein ruled that the court could not guarantee that even a secret hearing would not jeopardize the national security. Carrier Saratoga To Join Atlantic Fleet New York (U.R) The super carrier Saratoga, the world's largest and most powerful war ship, sails today to join the At lantic Fleet at Norfolk, Va. The 60,000 ton Saratoga com pleted a four-month routine post shakedown overhaul at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brook lyn. A SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT Mobile, Ala. (U.R) The Spring Hill college, whose seis mograph has recorded earth quakes all over the world, fail ed to report a rare Alabama tre mor Tuesday. The Rev. L. J. Ei sele, who has faithfully tended the seismograph for years, was on vacation. YOUR NEIGHBOR AND MAYBE SOME OF YOUR RELATIVES are part of the UNION . PACIFIC FAMILY They will tell you it's a whole system of HOME TOWN OPERATIONS benefiting e in each Community ALL ALONG THE LINE So when yon travel or ship . . . be specific say "UNION PACIFIC" Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS New York Robert Strom, 10, on deciding to retire with his S192.000 television quiz show winnings and not try for an extra $64,000 because the strain was too great on his parents: "Well, what can you do with parents?" i Tehran, Iran Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, announcing that Iran soon would have a Wesiern-sty4e democratic government, based on the party system: "I am strong enough now to implement this by a party system government which will operate like clockwork." Washington Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R.-N.Y.) defending Presi dent Eisenhower's budget and "modern Republican" legislative program: "I believe it would be a grave mistake for his critics to assume that President Eisenhower's influence is waning because he will not run again." Oslo, Norway Dr. Albert Schweitzer, urging the people of the world to press for an end to nuclear arms tests: "We must regard every increase in the existing danger through further creation of radioactive elements by atomic bomb explo sions as a catastrophe for the human race." New York Fleet Adm. William F. (Bull) Halsey (ret.) calling for public contributions to save the aircraft carrier Enterprise from the scrap heap: "The Japanese would have gladly paid 10 times the amount of money we need now to have gotten rid of the Enterrpise dur ing World War II. This was the carrier that won the war in the Pacific." The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consists ot 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 agencies and counselors. verybody V R- D. TOOMEY, General Traffic Agent f 907 MorC-nl Cant, RMn MmAt.A 0, . f S Phone 3-5388 II Douglas T. My mother-in-law should go to a home for the aged. Pauline T. I just haven't the heart. Douglas T. My wife and I are in our early 60s and have three children, all married and on their own. I always looked forward to enjoying this part of our lives, but things aren't wor king out as I had hoped. My mother-in-law, who has lived with us for the past ten years, has become an invalid and must be waited on hand and foot. We've tried to get in a housekeeper or nurse to take care of her, but nobody seems to work out. The old lady is hard to handle and they either tire of the job or my wife lis tens to her mother and fires them. I feel that she should be put in a home for the aged. I know it's a big expense and we won't be able to do many of the things we had hoped, but at least my wife would have some freedom and could enjoy life. However, she absolutely refuses to listen to reason on this sub ject. Pauline T. My mother has feared for years that I would send her to a home for the aged and I have often reassured her about it. I just haven't the heart to do such a thing. My mother complains - all the time that the nurse hurts her when she handles her, and says that nobody gives her such good meals as I can make. She says she can't even enjoy the radio and TV when I'm not around to adjust things the way she likes them. If I go out for the day, she cries all day. I wouldn't see these things if she were away in a home, but I couldn't live with my conscience. I feel that people have no right to evade their responsibil ities to aged parents. Old age is something we all have to face and we don't want to be thrown out in the cold when our time comes. My mother was a won derful mother to me and the least I can do is stand by her when she needs me. Someday I'll be in her place. The Council: Pauline's senti ments are certainly natural and understandable. The problem is heartbreaking and it is one that nearly everyone must face in some form. She should realize however, that there can be some sort of reasonable limit to love and duty. Responsibility toward an aged parent does not require a 100 per cent sacrifice of one's own life, and that is the sacri fice Pauline is now making. She is submitting to tyranny from a person who is not able to use her judgment. As a mother, Pauline knows that she could not let love for her children stand in the way of crossing them when she con sidered it necessary. She is now really in the same relationship to her mother that she once was toward her children, yet she treats her mother as though she, Pauline, is the child. She must recognize that her mother is not the best judge of her own sit uation at this time. Pauline's anxieties about her own old age further enslave her to her mother, but she should recognize that although she would not like to be "thrown out in the cold," neither would she like her children to totally sacrifice themselves. The home for the aged may not be the best answer in the case, but Pauline should use the services of a professional since she is able to do so. She should steel herself against taking her mother's complaints too seri ously. Most invalids are cranky, but in the long run their lot is not made easier by total sub jection to their will. (Copyright 1957) General Features Corp.) No Relaxation of Red China Trade Washington U.R) The United States will not approve any move by its allies to sell war potential materials to Red China, or any member of the Communist bloc, an administra tive spokesman said today. Harold C. McClellan, assistant secretary of commerce for in ternational trade, made the com ment on current negotiations among the allies on East-West trade problems. Britain and Japan particularly want a relax ation of trade controls. McClellan, for 30 years presi dent of the Old Colony Paint & Chemical Co. of Los Angeles, noted that for some time this country has been under increas ing pressure from its allies to re lax East-West trade controls. The State department an nounced last Saturday that it is ready to discuss certain modifi cations in trade curbs with 14 U.S. allies who participate in the trade control program. McClellan said in an inter view the U.S. took the move to avoid ' the possibility of losing all controls on, trade with Red China and other Soviet bloc na tions. He said this danger was present because of the pressing need of the allies, particularly Britain and Japan, for more world trade. During the coming talks, he said "we will insist on complete safeguards against trading, in any strategic materials." But he said the - U.S. probably will make concessions on trade by its allies in certain non-strategic items, particularly in the Asian trade. He did not name the items. , NO PADDED CELLS Kalamazoo, Mich. (U.R) Inmates at Jackson State prison may have a softer life next year. Western Michigan university and Eastern Michigan college will offer psychology and soc iology credit courses in the fall for guards at the prison. Legislature Briefs Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate adopted a resolution to submit to the voters in the 1958 general election the question of whether they wish to retain the death penalty. The vote was unanimous. Gov. Robert Holmes' had call ed for, abolition of the death penalty in his inaugural message. . Salem (U.R) Another move to take Senate bill 92 from the House Tax Committee for a vote on the floor failed by. a 34-24 vote. The bill takes the state out of the property tax field. Rep Harry C. Elliott, Tilla mook Republican, said the bill should be taken from committee to insure that no state property tax would be levied. He said the clanger 'Of a state levy was grow ing greater every year. Salem (U.R) A bill to pro vide a $2,000 homestead exemp- Willamette Falls Fish Study Slated Salem (U.R) The problem of getting fish past the Willamette river falls at Oregon City will receive expert study under the terms of a contract signed Tues day by Gov. Robert D. Holmes to authorize hiring a. consultant for a proposed $2 million pro ject. The contract provides for em ployment of fisheries technical consultant Harland B. Holmes on a part-time basis to make the study in connection with state participation in a co-operative Columbia river fisheries devel opment program. Funds are be-' ing made available for the pro ject by the Department of In terior. Work proposed under the agreement, including biological planning, engineering and con struction, could conceivably de velop into a $2 million project at the falls, State Fisheries Di rector M. C. James said. tion for local tax purposes and to assess utilities at a ratio double that . of other property was brought to the floor of the Senate by the Taxation Com mittee with a 4-3 recommenda tion for its passage. The vote was strictly along party lines, with the four Dem ocratic senators voting for it and the three Republican senators voting against it. Should the vote continue to be along party lines, the mea sure, which opponents said would undoubtedly result in higher utility rates to the cust omers, would appear to be doom ed to failure. The Senate is split 15 Republicans and 15 Dem ocrats. A 15-15 tie vote would defeat the bill. . Balboa, Canal Zone (U.R) Tolls collected by the Panama Canal during March set an all time monthly record of $3,608, 748, it was announced today. 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