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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tutaday, May 28. 1957 Americans Not Getting As Much Good as Possible From Food Use Washington OPI Americans aren't getting as much good as they should out of their abun dant food supply. The ironic fact that the nutri tional content of family diets is going slightly downhill at a time when Uncle Sam is strug gling with food surpluses has diet experts searching for new ways to sell the A-B-Cs of good eating. Some leading nutritionists met here at a recent nationwide con ference to compare notes on the" problem. They were armed with stacks of figures from a new Ag riculture Department survey.. The study shows, among other things, that 10 per cent of Amer ican family diets are actually "substandard" and many more are well below desired levels in some basic food nutrient cpunts. Tough Odds A new campaign to "sell" nu trition is the dietician's answer. They concede they're up against such things as long-term eating patterns, stiff competition for the family food dollar, and diet fads and food pills. Dr. Faith Clark, chief of the food consumption section of the Agriculture Department's House hold Economics Research Divi sion, cites figures which show the average American family spent three times more on food jn 1955 than in 1948. Food prices, however, rose only seven per cent during the period to ac count for only a small part of the increase. Her figures show that family rations of calcium and ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) actually lost ground. Vitamin A allowances remained unchanged, and pro tein and other basic minerals and nutrients showed only slight gains. Dr. Clark concludes that most of the additional food money was spent on more expensive, not more nutritious, foods. Below Par Other figures show that about 29 per cent of the family diets In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Let's take a look at these shocking anti-American riots in Formosa. In FORMOSA of all places in the world where such ' disturbances shouldn't occur. In FORMOSA, where we have saved the Nationalist remnant of the Chinese people from being swallowed up by brutal communism. In Formosa, where we have spent hundreds of millions of dollars, taken from the pockets of our own tax payers, in an effort to get these refugees frm the communist mainland of China back onto their own feet. What has happened there sheds a lot of light on our prob-blems. IS YOUR RETIREMENT THE ONE THAT 6OTASBST? ... or are you jure of 'landing1 leisure yean of independence and contentment? Call me today and let me tell yon about SUN LIFE insurance and pension plans. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA Local Agent fjj PHONE 1 SP 2-9772 I Charles E. Jones LET'S look first at the Chinese side of the picture. Suppose foreign troops were quartered here in our own South ern Oregon and Far Northern California in Klamath Falls, in Medford, in Grants Pass, in Roseburg. in Yreka, in Weed, in Dunsmuir, in Lakeview, in Al turas. Suppose they were better paid than we and had far, far more money to spend. Suppose they were good-looking and glamor our and that our young women couldn't help looking at them with interested eyes. Suppose if you are able to imagine such a thing that in a choice of dates our girls might often- choose one of them in pref erence to a home town boy. IF YOU are able to imagine such a situation, I think you will be able to realize that all these ingredients, when stirred to gether, could create an explo sive mixture. Teen Suppose one of these foreign soldiers shot and killed a local boy who was alleged to be peep- in through one of the foreign er's windows. That he, was tried by his own military court not by a local court and acquitted. If you have been able to Im agine this much, you should be able to imagine that the acquit tal might be the spark that would touch off an explosion. IF WE are to understand fully what happened in Formosa, we must take an objective look at the shooting of the native Peeping Tom and his subsequent acquittal. Was it right? Or was it grievously wrong? Remember this: Among English-speaking peoples, a man's house is his castle. He is entitled to defend it. If an American, or a Canadian, or an Englishman caught a strange man peeping into his bathroom where his wife are not up to .National Research Council goals for calcium; 25 per cent were under the ascorbic acid goal; from 15 to 20 were.be hind in Vitamin A and about 10 per cent lagging in supplies of protein. Dr. Clark is quick to point out the figures do not mean the na tion is suffering from malnutri tion. Far from it. American diets as & whole, she notes have shown "considerable improve ment" since the last large-scale diet survey in 1936. Then, one-third of American diets were classed as "poor." To day, only 10 per cent would fall, in that category. But Dr. Clark said most of the improvement occurred between the mid-thirties and 1948, the early post-war period. There has been little gain since. Portland Gypsies Reported On Move Portland (IB Store dwell ing gypsies were reported on the move this week but no one knows for sure where they are going. A Gypsy spokesman said at least 10 gypsy families had final order to vacate their empty store homes. The city council has ord ered the gypsies to move from the store fronts. City commis sioners have condemned such housing as unhygienic. was taking a bath and shot him as a trespassing intruder it would be very, very unlikely indeed that a jury of his peers would hold him guilty of murder. OERHAPS the Formosa Chinese are unable to understand all this. After all. you know, "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." Anyway The whole tragic and regret table affair brings home to us the vast and complicated prob lem of occupation troops on for eign soil in time of peace. This problem is laid squarely on our shoulders by the fact that we have troops on the soil of dozens of countries. . . . IT IS QUITE a problem. What tn rtn ahnnt if Frankly, I don't know. But let's all hope FERVENTLY for the coming of the day when our associates and allies in the free world will quit looking to Amer ica, to defend them from com munism, when they will AC CEPT RESPONSIBILTY for the maintance of their own econom ies and the defense of their own liberties when they will cease to look to America for huge handouts in the form of grants in aid and will STAND ON THEIR OWN FEET. When that time comes, we can (and WILL) withdraw our troops from foreign soil and bring them home where they ought to b.e and where we WANT them to be. Lebanon, Ore. (1?) Joseph A. Fordyce, 46, Lebanon, was killed Monday as the Jeep sta tion wagon he was driving over turned. SHOOTS MOTHER AND SISTER IN QUARREL Andrew Casey, 14-year-old high school freshman at Rye, N. Y, shown here (left foreground) in a happier time with his family,' shot and killed his mother and sister because of criticism of his school work. His brother Michael, 12 (right), escaped possible harm when his father ordered him from the house as the shots rang out. On the couch are his mother, Dorothy, 48 (left), his sister,' Sheila, 19, and his father, Eugene. The father suffered a heart attack after calling police and was hospitalized. Andrew's older brother, Shawn, 19 (rear), was away at college. It was his .22 caliber rifle that Andrew used in the shooting. Neuberger To Speak At Memorial Rites Washington OP) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger' has been se lected to give the annual mem orial address in tribute to Frank lin D. Roosevelt at graveside ceremonies in Hyde Park Thurs day. ' The invitation was extended on behalf of the Roosevelt fam ily. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will preside. . Neuberger'f wife, Maurine, also will participate as- will the farmer secretary of . -the Air Force, Thomas K. Finletter. V . Neuberger's topic ' will be, "Franklin D. Roosevelt as a "-conservationist." . y Neuberger recently was 'ap pointed by Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon as one of the Senate members of the Roose velt Memorial commission. Read and Use Classified Ada NO NEWS CONFERENCES . Washington (IB The Whlt House announced Monday that President Eisenhower will not hold a news conference this week, largely because of hia preoccupation with the visit of West German Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer. Farmers of the U. S. use twic as much petroleum driven pow er as the total consumed by th total of all the nation's factories and industries. School Klevs HEDRICK NEWS On Friday, May 24, Hedrick Junior High school held a com bination PTA meeting and spring concert and style show. The art, science, shop and math departments displayed pro jects in the gymnasium from 7 to 8 p.m. At 7 the program began. The homemaking classes m o d e 1 ed clothing made during ninth grade homemaking classes under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Sneed. The band directed by Ron Bartlett played three numbers and the orchestra directed . by John Drysdale played two num bers. Mary Milne played an oboe solo, Robert Heide played a cor net solo and a trombone quartet and student combo also played. A boys quartet made up of John Frohnamyer, Jim Lacy, John Lacy and Paul Moore sang "Round and Round." The commentators for the style show were Jim Lacy, Darleane Hunt, Margaret Medlin, Mikell Thurston, Karalee Selby and John Lacy. Technicians were Ken Peek, Jim Frake, Gary Mil ne and Kelly Somers. The art display was directed by Catherine Fonken, the science display by Gatewood Smith and Monte Kounz, the shop display by Duane Richardson and the math display by . Bruce Nelson. John Lusk played the organ dur ing the open house and the style show. Refreshments were served by the PTA at the conclusion of the program. One hnudred students from Hedrick participated in the music festival at the Senior High school stadium, Thursday, May 23. The Hedrick chorus sang three numbers and also sang in the combined choral arrangements. inqham Man Sought by Officials Olympia (IP) Henry W. Wa ger, ' assistant attorney general, was designated by Attorney Gen eral John J. O'Connell Monday to investigate the disappearance of O. M. Case, Bellingham realtor. Wager, former Kitsap county prosecutor, began work immed iately to locate Case and deter mine , the reason for his disap pearance two months ago. The attorney general's office entered the case at the request of Tom A.- Durham, Whatcom county prosecutor, who asked to disassociate his office with it. Durham is Case's brother-in-law. Case, an unsuccessful candi date for state land commissioner last year, left home after telling his family he would take a posi tion in Olympia. A letter postmarked in Nevada said Case planned to go to Mexi Baltimore, Md. (IP) A bare foot bandit invaded Sally Rand's dressing room at a theater here Sunday, held the fan dancer at bay -with a fire ax and stole $114. Use M-T Classified Ads THE AUTO EXPERTS WROTE THIS AD PLYMOUTH-"Your overall best buy" Car Life Magazine. "After testing all the 1957 cars we choose Plymouth as today's over-all best buy because we feel that it offers more and better transportation value than any other 1957 car regardless of price." (From the June issue of CAR LIFE, the family auto magazine.) PLYMOUTH "Style leader of the year" Dell's 1957 Cars Annual. "Style Leader of the Year Award, presented to Plymouth Division of Chrysler Cor poration, by the editors of Dell's 1957 Cars Annual who have chosen the 1957 Plymouth as the style leader of the American automotive industry." (Inscription on award.) PLYMOUTH "Economy leader or its field" 1957 Mobilgas Economy Run. "In the 1957 Mobilgas Economy Run Plymouth won first place in Class 'A,' the division that includes all of the well-known low-price cars. The winning Plymouth was powered by a V-8 engine with automatic transmission." (From U. S. Auto Club records.). PLYMOUTH-"Superior roadability" 1957 Motor Trend Magazine Award. "Presented to Chrysler Corporation for superior handling and road ability qualities of their family of fine cars." (Citation of 1957 Motor Trend Award, presented to the U. S. manufac turer making most significant engineering advancement.)' ,r.i ill Hft ) r- 'ftf How police dragnets go into action You've probably seen police detectives launch many a case on television or in the movies with an All Points Bulletin. But did you realize you were watching your tele phone system swing into action at the same time? The Teletype networks that carry po lice "APBs" are put in and maintained by telephone people. These nets link hundreds of real-life law enforcement agencies on the Coast. They're used to exchange facts on police cases. News services, air lines, and many others use similar hook-ups. Teletype networks are one of the services we offer as part of our communications job. Ht fa p3 mp Mobile telephones are another service we and businesses to link offices and plants, offer. They have lots of uses in cars, taxis, Special services like these provide commu- trucks. 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