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52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Third Section EXPLODING TEAR CAS SHELLS disperse a throng of demonstrators against a military junta which seized gov ernment in Guatemala City. The army coup set aside presidential election. (International Soundphoto) The Medical Roundup ft l A v The Man Who Musi Retire Al 65 Today, many companies are retiring all employees at the age of 65. No matter how able a man may still Iff be, and no matter how much his com pany may need him, out he must go. Perhaps one in four of these men cannot find work again, and for days must sit Or Alvarez the rest of his around, unhappy. A man cannot live for long on shuffle-board alone or on canasta or even fish ing. Many young men are de lighted to see their . elders re tired because this opens up jobs. It does not occur to the young men that they will have to start paying out of their sal ary some share of the money needed for the support of the idled oldsters. The old people will have to be fed and clothed and housed, and someone will have to pay for it. Men assume that the government will pay for it, but, of course, it won't the government will only use the money that it has obtained by taxation from those of us who are still working. As Dr. Howard A. Rusk, that great pioneer in rehabilitation, said a while ago, "If we do not learn to use in industry the re tired and the disabled and some of the chronically ill, in another 20 years every able-bodied man who works will be, metaphori cally, carrying on his back three persons one, physically handi capped, one chronically ill or psychotic, and one who is over 65. How long can the workers keep doing this, and how long will they consent to do it? How long will it be before they ask these men to get off and find themselves a job? Mislake In Using Term A mistake we are making is to use the term "physcially handicapped"' as if it meant something very bad. The other day I saw a picture of a man born without arms who is earn ing a living himself, his wife and three children by painting pictures with his toes.. I know some blind persons, some deaf persons, and some persons who cannot get out of a wheel-chair unaided, who are earning a good living, and are happy about it. I'll never forget once going through a factory, where they manufacture lenses. There I saw a number of old men I think they must have been over 70 who. through the years, had be come so skifull that they could set a tiny lens, about as big as the head of a pin, at the lower end of a miscrospe objective. This lens has to be set with such extreme accuracy that if I had'nt seen it done I would have said it couldn't be done. As I watched those old men at work. I thought how follish it would be for the company to let them out. If I had been their boss. I would have kept those men working for me as long as they could set those lenses, and as long as they cared to do it. I would not have cared if both of a man's legs had been amputated; or if he was stone deaf, or if he had had a bad heart attack. Use Favored A while ago Charles H. Percy, ' president of the Bell and Howell ' Co., spoke strongly in favor of j using handicapped men in fac-1 tories. He said their tendency I to accidents was so small that ! they hardly needed extra insur- j ance. I One reason given for the ab- j solute refusal of many compa nies to hire able men over the I age of 40 or 45. men whom ' perhaps they need, is that the , MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1957 fcmeritui mentui Consultant In Medicine, .Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medicine. Mayo Foundation cost of their retirement plan would be too great. It certainly is under the present plan, but some months ago, while attend ing in New York a conference on problems of the aged, I heard a paper by Henry E. Blagden, of the Prudential Insurance Company, who showed that there is no difficulty in devising a pension scheme in which all the workers pay into the fund the same amount each month, not matter what their age. Na turally, then, the man who starts with company at the age of 20, when he reaches 65 will get a big retirement check, while the man who starts at the age of 50, will get a small one. Each of them will get each month a certain percentage of the money that has been stored away for him in the fund. When a man reaches 65, and is given his re tirement allowance, if he is still young and full of energy, and needed by his company, he can be hired on a month-to-month basis. The Hollywood Scene Editor's note: Vernon Scott is on vacation. Today's guest columnist is "Lonesome George" Gobel who has some thoughts on Sputnik and the comman man. By GEORGE GOBEL Written for the United Press Hollywood 'IP! Ever since the Russian scientists launched their cosmic coconut into outer space, the common man has been aroused. I for one have been shaken out of my lethargy, but in my case this isn't too sur prising 'cause my lethargy never fit too good in the first place . . . kept creeping up in the seat . . . But what I'm trying to say is, the satellite has presented many new problems to the world. Na turally, the first question which comes to mind is, "What is the satellite?" Rubber Band Well, I'Jl tell you. It's a twenty-three inch aluminum sphere, weighing a hundred and eighty four pounds and it's held togeth er by a very strong rubber band. Now "what this thing does is, it sends messages which we've been picking up. Now these mes sages are a series of beeps which grow in volume and at times turn into long, piercing squeals. If you'd like to hear this same beeping. piercing squeal, just try saying to your wife. "Honey you're getting fat." When she starts circling and beeping off you might as well just sit tight till her speaker tube blows out. But in the case of the satellite, these beeps are significant. It means that sooner or later it's j got to come down, 'cause any-' LOCALLY OWNED O WEEKEND Big 20-inch Lawn Sweepers.. co&Tepicr V TORES - 117 N. CENTRAL "VpN BICYCLES 20 $ 36" $37 Inch ABC AUTOMATIC WASHER & DRYER Combination LAY-AWAY YOUR CHRISTMAS TOYS NOW! 4TT United The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consists of 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 problezaj that have teen dealt with by responsible agencies and counselor. Martha S. They promoted the other girls ahead of me. Mrs. J. S. Why should she worry about a job? Martha S. I am a young woman of 24 and I am very up set about my job and the way I get treated by my supervisors. I have been working at this' same place since I got out of high school. I do everything I am told and I am never late and rarely absent. Just the same, other girls who came after I did have been promoted and some of them now supervise my work. It certainly can't be because I'm any stupider than they are since I was always a good student at school. When I spoke to one of the supervisors about this, she told me I ought to go to business school and take up some more skills, but I don't see why they should make me do this when those other girls got promoted without doing anything about it. My mother says I should just leave this .place if they can't appreciate me, but I've gotten used to it here and besides, it's very near my home and has nice hours. Mrs. J. S. I've never known a young girl to be so worried about jobs as Martha. I keep tell ing her she shouldn't be so in-1 terested in all of that. She's not to be a career woman. She should be thinking about getting a husband. My sister says I spoil Martha because I take care of her clothes and her room. She has no respon sibilities at all. I think that's the way it should be. She's got plen ty of time for work and worry. Now she should be free to just enjoy life. It's what I wanted to do when I was a young girl, but I couldn't. I had to work and help out at home. Martha doesn't have any such responsibility. SHAMBLES Syracuse, N. Y. (IP) Dolores Potter told police that a neigh bor's dog, accidentally locked in her house, wiped out her entire stock of pets. The dog killed eight paraketts, seven guinea pigs and two canaries. By VERNON SCOTT United Press Writer thing that beeps that much has got to be burped . . . Slows Over YWCA But now, let me familiarize you with some pertinent facts concerning the satellite's move ments. Like it's been known to slow way down while passing over the sun roof of the YWCA, and conversely, to speed way up when passing over the stock yards of Chicago . . . that's due to the fact that the satellite is accompanied by a very sensitive nose cone. And just last Saturday night the satellite was reported flying very low over Sherman Oaks, Calif. This, however, was an er roneous report. It was just my brother-in-law coming home late from a luau. Unfortunately, that's all the space we have for now, this is your old friend, Lonesome George, leaving you with this thought. If you're planning a va cation to the moon, heed this one nor? of caution. That's a 14-year trip, so don't forget to leave a note for the milkman ... so long, neighbors. FOOTSTEPS NOTE Canton, S. D. (IP) When At torney Harold Bogue was ele vated to the South Dakota Su preme Court, he succeeded the man whose law office he took over in 1931. Bogue was appoint ed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Herbert R. Rudolph, j Rudolph had sold his law office i to Bogue 26 years ago when he ; was named Court. to the Supreme NATIONALLY ORGANIZED PHONE SP 3-1739 VALUES O 77 26 $ 38 88 Inch $45 "550 Price 10 Cents Tribune Press Full Leased Wire Pages 1 to 6 She can afford to be indepen dent, so why should she worry about her job? I would like to see Martha leave that job because there are too many girls there anyway. It's time she went where she could meet some men. ine council: Mrs. J. 5. ap- The Council: Mrs. J. S. pears to have taken away all ; Martha's initiative and given the girl the feeling all that is re quired from her in life at this stage is to await the appearance j of a husband. She does not seem to realize that work and an ac tive interest in what she is doing i won't use Martha up. On the contrary, it will give her some thing enthusiasm, a sense of accomplishment, friends. Martha should realize that she has too much played the role of mother's good darling, whose only responsibilities are getting to school on time and perform ing the tasks set before her. A child who does this, and causes no trouble, gets promoted to the next grade, but little more is re quired of an adult in the busi ness world. Instead of nursing her sense of abuse, Martha ought to open her eyes and see what the other girls really did to get promoted ahead of her. She ought to see what she can do to improve her own work. The acquisition of new skills at business school will undoubtedly help. Martha would also do well to take things into her own hands at home. She should not let her foolishly doting mother deprive her of the privilege of being in dependent in such personal mat ters as caring for her own clothes and room. An active interest in these things, as well as in her work, will help to wake her out of her sullen lethargy. "Sleeping Beau ty" got the prince in the fairy tale, but it takes a wideawake girl to find him in real life. (Copyright 1957, General Features Corp.) tlic loolc of the future...today tlie enoine De Soto wnooth, .. . . s . ::::.:::...:: - : ... ..:: ::-;,-,.::'. , "sv i - i ::y,m - f -1 4-loof Sportimon FIKESWEEP SERIES big valu mwuhmt tlie ride of tlie future. .?today De Soto Torion-Aire Ride standard on every 195S De Soto level otrt & roughest roads ends sway and lean on curres eliminates nose-die stops. Price tbe 1938 De Sots ... the exeitla itk n feci ot the tmtmrm DECK KNIGHT CO. 33 S. Riverside, Medford, Ore. PRICES START JLST ABOT3 TILE lOWTST . . . ITIVESTVEEI FIREDOME TTRETXTTE Half-Hour Coffee Breaks, Six-Hour Days Seen as Common Office Routine in 1975 Chicago firs Half-hour cof fee breaks and six-hour days will be commonplace in the of fice routine of 1975, according to Michael Notaro. Notaro, president of Statistical Tabulating Corp., predicts a rosy future for the office worker in Correspondents Find Work at South Pole o Sissy Assignment Editor's note: The followine cooled dispatches were written by two cor respondents "marooned" at the South Pole since last week when a U.S. Navy plane immobilized by engine trouble after flying :n replacements for the base personnel. By ROLLA "BUD" CRICK Portland Journal and THOMAS ABERCROMBIE The National Geographic South Pole (IP Lingering guests learned first hand Tues day how hard it is to recover air-dropped supplies even when the drop is above average in accuracy. All available hands, including the guests, turned out and work ed until 2 a.m. under a blinding sun and in minus 60 temperature to haul in the cargo by sheer muscle-power because the sta tion's available equipment was broken down after a year's hard usage. Rained Equipment As the Air Force Globemaster made passes of the IGY station, it rained engine preheaters, fuel and other equipment into the drop zone marked out on the snow. Parka-clad men rushed to cut the parachute lines before th- chilling winds would carry the load from the station. - While men scrambled over the hard strastugi like frozen ocean waves, the Globemaster circled to make other drops. Two engine preheaters which were to be used to repair the Navy Neptune plane were heav ily damaged when their para chutes failed to open but two others landed safely. Efforts will be made to repair the damaged pair and speed up repairs on Commander Coley's plane. One load of fuel oil was deeply buried when its para chute only partially opened. Results Above Average Lt. (jg) Jack Tuck, Auburn, Mass., military leader at the Aiiiioiineing De Soto Flight-Sweep styling for '38 smartly low on luxurious on ihe inside dual headlights standard on See (he 1958 De Sot of tlie future Turboflash V8 a totally new power plant that delivers an unbelievably whieper - quiet flow of power in every driving rango. Drive the 1958 DeSoto the excltia look and feel mi the age of automation. Electronic "brains" will re lieve office help of many burd ens, he said. Notaro's own firm, the largest independent service bureau in the country, is the first to offer an electronic computer as part pole, said the overall results were above average and compli mented the plane crew for over coming the stiff wind drift and hitting the drop zone. All vital cargo landed within 500 yards of the mark. It was a man-sized job hauling all the equipment to the station. Those new to polar life, in cluding these correspondents, found their legs giving out, their lungs hurting and exposed areas of skin smarting in the 15-knot wind. Only with difficulty, could they keep up with the old-timers at the station. Modern highways are built 36 inches or more thick for heavy duty. As late as 1934 it was be lieved that a 10-inch concrete slab was all that was needed. LEAVING federal court where he was convicted as Soviet spy is Rudolph Ivano vitch Abel. Sentence, pos sibly death, was set for Nov. 15 in Brooklyn. (International) tlie OTO 2-door Sportsman the outside, spacious and all 16 models. ... the exciting look and feel of ...today 2-door Sportsman FIREDOME SERIES fntdtum price pacomakw of its office service. Present machines of this type now occupy entire offices by themselves, but Notaro foresees the development of electronic computers the size of a type writers and desk calculators and tabulators operated by remote control. End of Drudgery "These developments and oth ers will end office drudgery and give more leisure time . to office workers" he said. "The typical office of 1975 will look like a modern, unclut tered library with a quiet, well ordered atmosphere," Notaro said. "Square desks, tall filing cabinets, piles of paper and clut ter will be a thing of the past." It was a glowing future Notaro painted. He envisioned anti- fa tigue chairs to replace upright posture seats for secretaries. And special body-massaging vibrator chairs for busy executives. TV intercom systems will cut down the number of staff con ferences and meetings, he said. Cooler Goes Even the water cooler, tra ditional goofing off spot for mil lions of office employees, will be replaced by piped ice water within easy reach, Notario pre dicted. In the automated office, elec tronic "scanners" will take over laborious filing tasks, he said. And automatic typewriters will do the typing, robot-style, pro ducing finished letters and ad dressed envelopes from dicta tion. This, Notaro said, will free sec retaries for more productive work. They will become, in ef fect, executive assistants," he said. And at higher pay. FOR THE BIRDS Ithaca, N. Y. (IP) The Board of Public Works, asked by Cor nell University Prof. P. K. Kel logg to open Stewart Park "in the morning hours for birdwatchers, said he would consider the mat ter. The board shut the park to the public during the night and early morning hours because of recent vandalism. The professor' said, "Naturalists are not vand als." PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL' 16 S. Central Phone SP 3-5308 i FIREfLITE SERIES the ultimata in luxury the fntare tfoe fvtnre
