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.
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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. Don
Willner, Portland Democrat, said
the importance of the bill was
in increasing emphasis on at
tracting industry to Oregon by
giving the governor responsi
bility for the job.
Willner said that in most states
development plans were a func
tion of the executive department.
The lead pencil industry com
plies with many unusual re
quests from manufacturers. Not
long ago, it created a special
pencil for writing on kosher
meats.
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