Interim Group To
Hear Tax Gripes
In Klamath Area
Sen. Philip Lowry, Med
ford, will act as a subcommit
tee chairman during a series
of hearings by the state legis
lative interim tax committee
in Klamath Falls Friday and
Saturday, April 18 and 19.
The meetings are planned
for the Klamath county libra
ry auditorium starting at 9
a.m. on both days.
Sen. Walter J. Pearson,
Portland, the committee chair
man, in discussing plans for
the Klamath Falls meeting
said: "This is one of a contin
uing series of interim tax
committee public .meetings
which are being held in vari
ous communities throughout
the state during 1958 to give
interested persons an oppor
tunity to testify and express
themselves on Oregon's tax
structure."
Senator Pearson announced
the four subcommittees will
meet on Friday, April 18. At
9 a.m. the subcommittee on
ad valorem and transporta
tion taxes with Sen. Monroe
Sweetland of Milwaukie as
chairman will meet. The tim
ber and natural resources sub
committee, chaired by Rep.
Clarence Barton of Coquille,
will meet at 1:30 p.m. The
subcommittee on inheritance
and gift taxes, with Sen. Ru
die Wilhelm jr., Portland, as
chairman, will meet at 3:30
p.m., and the fourth subcom
mittee to study an education
tax. Sen. Philip Lowry, Med
ford, chairman, will meet at
8 p.m. Friday evening.
. To Consider Comments
The full committee will
meet at 9 a.m., Saturday
morning, April 19. One of the
items on the agenda of the
full committee is "comments
and testimony of residents
from the Klamath Falls area."
The interim tax committee
consists of 11 members of the
state legislature. In addition
' to Senators Pearson, Lowry,
Sweetland and Wilhelm and
Representative Barton, other
" committee members include
. Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem, and
Representatives Fayette Bris-
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Longer Life Brings Additional
Problem of Mind Deterioration
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (IP- The trou
ble with science's gift of 'a
longer life for almost every
one is that al
though the
life of the
body has been
lengthe n e d,
the life of the
mind and the
persona 1 i t y
(resident i n
that body) has
not been.
Dr. Edward
A. Strecker was looking sci
ence's gift horse in the mouth
at a recent conference on geri
atrics, the medical science of
Delos Smith
tol, Grants Pass; Edwin Cone,
Eugene; Clinton Haight Jr.,
Baker; John Kerbow, Klam
ath Falls,, and R. E. Schedeen,
Gresham.'
aging. He concluded that un
less science soon finds ways
of preserving mind and per
sonality as well as body, its
lengthening of the life span
will become "a curse rather
than a blessing."
What is needed is more re
search and the questions must
be pursued under high prior
ity. The questions are not
easy, which adds to their ur
gency. For instance, what de
terioration occurs in the phys
ical structure of the brain
with age? He cited the expe
riences of a neuropathologist
who dissected the brains of
20 persons who died in old
age.
Same Signs
This investigator was look
ing for physical signs of dete
rioration, and he found them.
But he found just as many in
the brains of persons who had
been mentally healthy in their
last years as he found in the
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brains of those who had been
mentally ill.
"We should not be too glib
about blaming all the behav
ior manifestations of old-age
disorders upon organic brain
disease," he continued. "It is
not the sole cause. Nor should
we be too glib about linking
chronologic age with mental
deterioration.
"Some people manifest de
terioration in the fifties, and
indeed there may be profound
deterioration in the early for
ties. Yet we know people in
advanced life, 80 years of age
and more, who, excepting for
a few memory lapses, are
bright and alert."
In addition to possible phys
ical changes in the brain, he
suggested that "the previous
personality" of aged persons
could bring pressures to bear
which "distorted" behavior,
"The human personality is the
most awesome thing in all the
world," he said. "It is too
fluid and far-reaching te be
confined in a cage of words."
He asked two aged women
the same questions the day
of the month. One replied
"I'm ashamed. I can't remem
ber." The other said: "None
of your damn business. Find
out for yourself." Each had
been like that as a girl.
Strecker is an oldster him
self. He is orofessor emeritus
of Dsvchiatry. University of
Pennsylvania, and professor
of psychiatry, Seton Hall col
lege Jersey City, N. J.
Medford Officer
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Patrolman Duane Franklin
of the Medford Police de
partment was elected presi
dent oi the Southern Oregon
Peace Officers association at
a meeting Monday night in
Grants Pass.
Over 30 police officers
from Jackson and Josephine
counties attended.
Ford Hagen, Medford state
parole officer, was elected
vice president; Sgt. Dean De
Berry, Jackson county sher
iffs deputy, treasurer; Oran
C. Chastain, assistant Grants
Pass police chief, sergeant at
arms; and Miss Joan Sorg,
Jackson county juvenile coun
selor, secretary.
Board ' members for . the
coming year are Sgt. Loy
Cole, state police, - Grants
Pass; Jackson County Deputy
Robert Gheysen; Josephine
County Deputy Les Tythcott;
and Jackson County Chief
Deputy Joseph Walsh, out
going president.
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Meter Head Theffs
Termed Vandalism
The theft of four Medford
parking meter heads during
the week end was termed
"pure vandalism" by Medford
City Manager Robert A. Duff
Tuesday.
Duff said the meters were
twisted off their supporting
poles sometime between Fri
day morning and Monday
afternoon. Money from the
meters was apparently not the
motive for the thefts, he. said.
Locations of the stolen
meters, on Ivy st., between
Fifth and .Sixth sts., and on
Eighth st., between Central
ave. and Front st.; are not
meter locations heavily used
by vehicles, he noted. Duff
valued the meters at more
than $50 ach with a total re
placement cost of about $230.
The city carries no in
surance for the theft of the
meters, he added. City At
torney E. R. Bashaw said the
theft can be considered both
as a commission of a felony
and a violation of a city ordin
ance.
The Hollywood Scene "LKfftJSE'
Hollywood IP) David
Ladd was quite serious about
the whole thing.
"No one 11 should go
steady."
David is 11 and blond. He
i is the spitting image of his
father, actor Alan Ladd.
The subject of girls, going,
steady and other timely top
ics came up during a chat
about a full - sized, starring
part David has in the new
Buena Vista release, "The
Proud Rebel," in which his
father and Olivia De Havil
land co-star.
In the technicolor western,
the youngster plays a south
ern boy shocked into mute
ness when his mother is kill
ed in the battle of Atlanta.
The size of the youngster's
role and the fact that a cham
pion sheep dog, "King," plays
a plot-motivating part were
the main reasons several ex
perienced, big - name actors
turned down the lead role.
David was cast in the role
and was rehearsing when his
father took interest in the
role of the mute's father.
"They say you don't have
' a chance against a boy or a
dog " Ladd was quoted as
saying. "But after all, it's my
boy."
Financially, the movie was
a great boon to the sixth
grader's usual allowance.
David was paid 35 cents a
day every day he was work
ing. "It sure flies, though," the
boy observed. "Money doesn't
stay in my pocket long."
David would just as soon
talk about anything except
girls. He'll tell you he's "nev
er gotten lower than 89" in
any subject at his exclusive
military boys' school or that
he likes to mimic entertain
ers. But. an attempt at any dis
cussion of girls draws a
blank, except for his studied
remark on going steady at 11.
As David puts it, "You
should wait until you're 14."
The American flag flies
over only three buildings in
the United States day and
night. They are the national
Capitol, the, United States
House of Representatives and
the United States Senate
building.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday. April 16, 1958 3
Hold Parley in Ghana
Acora, Ghana OP) Repre
sentatives of eight former co
lonial states met here Tuesday
in what Ghana ' Premier
Kwame Nkrumah said would
be the most significant event
in centuries of African history.
The meeting is to last until
April 23. Visiting delegates
are from the United Arab Re
public, Libya, Morocco, Liber
ia, Tunisia, the Sudan and
Ethiopia. Israel has sent an
observer.
Pompton Lakes, N. J. (IP)
Linde Barrows, 42, finance
director of the National Coun
cil of Churches, died Sunday
of a heart attack. He was for
mer executive vice-president
of the New Jersey State Safe
ty Council.
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