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MENTAL FIRSTS Frankfort, Ky. flJ.P.) Ken tucky and Virginia were the first 'states to provide institu tional care for the mentally ill. Kentucky began operating its first state mental hospital in 1824, and now has four such institutions, plus nine mental health clinics. Price 10c Tacoma JfU.B Joe T. Kock, 76, Tacoma, was drowned ff Point Defiance Sunday after he fell overboard from his skiff while fishing. TO? ' aw" Medfokd Tribune Llmted Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wii 5 x. Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1957 Six Pages 52nd Year SPEEDING THROUGH HEAVEN'S, Arend Roland comet Is photographed by McDonald Observatory of University of Chicago at Fort Davis, Tex. Unusual feature is long, narrow jet" pointing toward sun. (International Soundphoto) Report Shows Crime Increasing Alarmingly Among U.S. Teenagers Washington U.R) Prostitu tion, venereal disease, drus ad diction and drinking are increas ing alarmingly among American teen agers, a Senate Judiciary ubcommittee report shows. Chairman Thomas C. Hen nines (D-Mo.) called for a "part nership" between Congress and state and local authorities "to do something about this blot on the American scene." The subcommittee said more than on" million youths between 10 and 17 will be brought be fore the courts in 1956 if the present upward trend in juvenile delinquency continues. This com pares with an estimated 530,000 juvenile court cases this year. Four-Ytar Study The subcommittee issued a special 250-page report Sunday night on the results of nearly four years of nationwide hear ings. It criticized theories that lack of recreation and slum housing conditions are amnng chief causes of the nation's increasing delinquency rate. While good recreation plan ning is a "potentially potent agent in preventing crime and delinquency," it said, the aver age delinquent is "considerably more socialized" than his non delinquent contemporaries. "It-is partly through his group interests and activities that he gets into trouble in the first place," the report said. "The "fighting gangs" are a product of the "need to belong," it added. Cites Housing Projects The committee said some of the worst centers of delinquency are in modern housing projects. It concluded more than new housing is needed to reduce de linquency. It estimated that about 200, 000 teen agers contract venereal disease each year. Sexual malad justment and venereal disase are closely related to other problems Election Law Bill Passes House Salem (U.P.) The House Monday approved House Bill 808 tightening and clarifying the state's election laws by a vote of 52 to 8. The 160-page bill, a substitute for House Bill 606 dubbed "Big Bertha," gives the secretary of state more control over election procedures and requires him to conduct election classes for county clerks. The clerks would then train election workers in the coun ties. Rep. Vernon Cook, Gresham Democrat, said none of the in diviual changes in election laws were radical, but that the com bination of "many many small changes added up to a drastic change in the law." Extensive regulations cover ing the use of voting machines were included in the bill that now goes to the Senate. Also provided was pay of not less than $1 an hour nor less than $6 a day for election work ers. Instead of mailing "copies of sample ballots to all voters, the bill allows publication of the ballot in reduced form in coun ty newspapers. Cook said the bill consolidat ed a maze of election laws 30 that they were understandable. Special trains for cyclists Sun day excursions with fitted vans for bicycles and cafeteria cars are run on British railways, with a choice of 40 trips and trains for the return journeys. of youth, it said. ' The report suggested a general re-examination of the process by which young people are edu cated in these matters. It also reported testimony that youths 13 to 18 are involved in several towns on the Mexican border in prostitution, drunken ness, sale of narcotics and por nography, and perversion. It listed Tiajuana, Juarez, La redo and Nogales among the towns where "all forms of vice flourish openly." New Planning, Development Group Approved Salem U.P.) A new depart ment of planning and develop ment requested by Gov. Robert D. Holmes to replace the present Oregon Development Commis sion was approved by the House Monday. Vote on the measure was 33 14. It now goes to the Senate. Rep. Robert Duncan, Medford Democrat, said the new depart ment under control of the gov ernor would require $238,000 for the next two years. Duncan said this was $108,000 more than the volunteer development com mission would have cost. The development department, under a director to be appointed by the governor, would make surveys and talk with industrial ists in an effort to get new busi ness into Oregon. Experience Cited ' Rep. Shirley Field, Portland Republican, objected to house bill 445 creating the department on grounds that the present com mission was experienced and had many important business contacts around the country. Rep. Wayne Giesy, Monroe Re publican, also objected that the new department would not be able to do a good job due to the Democratic excise tax increases now being considered by the Senate. "We should have voted on this before we passed the excise tax increases," Giesy said. Both Duncan and Rep. 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