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Editor's te: 9his j ilcoil
on m series of four Articles a tBe
Oreiqg SjfcKg penitents.
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Sgiem PI The average
agofn ftml to9y in Ore
on 9&ta) jtnitentijry is 23.3
yeS- H fl two years
ago.
Th rrjo jtpuItion trend
is to)r$r younger men with
shorter Sentences.
MayiS) of theso men can use
vocational or regular eSuca
etjgyi$n thft' what the classi
fication Committed tries to
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Th lfrf committee in-
cfadtt tht) counselor assigned
to thajPmJn, both ieputy war
der, th gtychologist, direc-
iurorriiiv(uuii ma vucauun-
1 trjininj. Joth chaplains,
Hiroli C. Stone, Head of the
dmigpior? end orientation
bloc ajflert lh man has been
paying during tiis first three
dayjj in prison, and classifica
tion officer John Aiken.
It's a day ot tension for men
waiting quietly down the hall
from the committee room. In
terviews are brief, but human,
and the committee seems gen
uinely drying to give each
man an assignment in line
with his desire and abilities.
Alray,in School
If a man does not have a
fifth grade education he is re
tired to go to school and
scugie men spend their entire
sentence in all-day classes.
Statistic studies by War
den Clarence Gladden indi
cate that most men at OSP
have normal intelligence ' but
little education3.
Just over 100 men now in
jar ison gre illiterate, 705 have
i&njlth 4pd education level
(itf it tt a th grade or bet-
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Aft ttjulf chool courses
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Age off ing
chool diploma while in pris
son and college extension
courses are available through
the general extension divi
sion.
Last year, 52 men got high
school diplomas and 150 or
more are now enrolled in col
lege extension courses,
lomt High IQs
In addition, there are cell
study courses run by inmates.
the librarian can set up read
ing programs and a "great
books" program is available
for the cognoscenti; 31 men
have IQs of 120-129 and five
are over 130 on the Stanford
Binet scale.
Inmates are avid readers
Books help out the bars and
ease the deadly monotony of
confinement.
The 10,000-book library re
ports from 12,000 to 14,000
Progress Noted Since
First Jail Built in
Oregon Territory
Salem (UPI) J. R.
Johnson, security officer of
Oregon Stale penitentiary
and an expert on its history,
thinks there has been a lot
of progress since the first
jail was built in the Oregon
territory at Oregon City in
1145.
It was a two-story block
house. Prisoners were taken
to the second story by an
outside staircase and drop
ped through a three-foot
hole in the floor down into
the first floor area.
A guard was stationed up
stairs and if a prisoner made
so bold as to stick his head
through the hole, he got a
sharp whack with a club
for his pains.
The jail was burned down
in 1946 possibley with a
little help from one who
got whacked.
yisists a month and most men
check out the maximum of
four books ,a visit. They also
are permitted to subscribe to a
number of. magazines and
newspapers which are deliv
ered uncensored.
Most men who appear be
fore the classification commit-
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tee want vocational education
of some sort and they have to
want it before they can get
it.
Workine or eettine trainins
from civilians in a prison shop
or industry is a privilege that
must be won by good behavior
at OSP. .
In general, younger men are
sent to school and the more
mature given assignments
industry.
Flax Plant Gone
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Maintenance shops include
the heating plant, print shop,
sign shop, drafting and blue
print shop, carpenter, plumb
ing and electric shops.
The industrial program i;
extensive, centering around i
furniture factory which re
placed the old flax plant, an
upholstery and mattress plant,
a shoe shop, a laundry, a tail
or shop, sheet metal and ma
chine shop and a large can
nerv. ' Men who earn the privi
lege of working in prison in
dustries may make from 25
cents to SI a day plus getting
credit for two days a month
"good time" toward their
eventual parole or release
The best of the men who
work in prison maintenance
shops also are paid on the
same scale and many would
be competent journeymen on
the outside.
The difference between
shops and industries is that
the industries do work for
other state institutions that
would cost more if ordered
outside the walls.
Hospital Laundry Done
. Currently the furniture
shop is producing stakes for
the highway department
desks, chairs, church pews
and other items as good as can
be obtained commercially.
The. laundry handles 450,-
000 pounds, of dry wash a
month. 75 per cent of it for
the state hospital.
The tailor shoD makes den
im uniforms for the pen and
other institutions and the shoe
shop handles shoe repair prob
lems for several institutions
as well as making braces and
other special equipment.
The sheet metal shop is now
welding bunks for the inter
mediate penal institution and
the cannery processed one
million pounds of tomatoes in
1956.
Prison officials are frank in
saying they don't know ex
artlv what use is made of vo
cational training when a man
sets out. but they also say
that, for some men, prison
work is the first useful thing
they've done in their lives.
Work, even monotonous
work, also makes the days go
faster and up to $15 a montn
may be spent in the prison
canteen for cigarettes, candy,
shaving lotion and other ex
tras. Bulganin Given
Remote Post
Moscow (UPI) Former
Soviet Nikolai Bulganin has
been assigned to the regional
economic council in Stavropol
in the North Caucasus, it was
reported today.
If the reports are true it
would indicate the white-
bearded Bulganin has been
considerably dow ngraded.
There have been reports in
recent weeks he might be.
Bulganin lost his job as pre
mier at a March meeting of
the Central Committee of the
Communist Party and the du
ties were assumed by Nikita
Khrushchev, already leader of
the Communist Party.
He was assigned then to
the presidency of the state
bank, a relatively high post.
But it was reliably reported
he never assumed the job.
The former premier disap
peared from the Moscow scene
for some time, but when ques
tioned about it at a British
Embassy party June 12
Khrushchev told newsmen
that Bulganin had been in
the hospital for an operation.
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'BIRTH' OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSION These two photographs show, for the first time
the birth oif a nuclear explosion. They were taken at the Nevada Test Site of 'the
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), by the famous "Rapatronic Camera." The photo
at left1 shows the "cab" atop the steel tower, illuminated from within by the fiery
start of the chain reaction. This is during the first sub-millionth of a second. The
photo at night, taken only a few millionths of a second later, shows the fireball emerg
ing and enveloping the cab. An infinitesimal fraction of a second later, the searing
heat of utter destruction covered hundreds of acres surrounding the tower. The
blast was timed, fired and photographed for the AEC.
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists ot a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers.
Each article !s a summary ot an actual report The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
Natalie R My daughters
abused me.
Louise R. How could she
stoop so low?
Natalie R I am a widow of
45 with two daughters, ages
22 and 24. We are all work
ing and maintain a lovely
apartment.
Since my husband died
three years ago, I have gone
out with a few men, but the
prospects of marriage just
don't seem very bright. I have
been bitterly lonely and re
cently jgot involved in an af
fair with a married man.
I'll admit I did wrong, espe
cially im having him stay over
at our home, but I don't think
I deserve the kind of treat
ment I got from my daughters
as a result of this. They
abused me in a disgraceful
way, calling me the worst
names. Now they say they
want their own apartment
even though I have promised
nothing of this sort will ever
happen again.
Louis R. I don't know
how other young women
would react to waking up in
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the morning to find a strange
man in the house, but I know
my sister and I were never
more horrified in Our lives.
It is hard to believe our moth
er could stoop so low.
Our father worked himself
to death to provide for us and
to leave us with enough to be
descent human beings, even
after he was gone. Just his
memory and respect for him
should have kept our mother
from behaving - as she did
even if she didn't have enough
respect for us.
My sister and I know when
it's time for us to step out of a
miserable situation and
that's now. The way we feel
now we don't want to have
anything more to do with
Mother. '
The Council Louise's sense
of shock and bitterness are un
derstandable, but we cannot
condone her abuse of her
mother. She should remember
she is not God and it.is not her
responsibility to condemn or
punish the mother who evi
dently brought her up with
a strong taste for morality.
Louise should recognize that
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her abuse of her parent may
be considered an equally seri
ous breach of morality.
We will not undertake to
recommend any particular
course of action to these two
sisters. If they feel their home
conditions are intolerable they
are certainly old enough to
live on their own.
It would be a mistake for
Natalie to try' to stop them.
She couldn't do this and she
only places herself in a shame
fully abject relationship ' to
them.
Natalie should realize, how
ever, that whether or not her
daughters remain with her
she has a good deal of think
ing and planning to do about
the future course of her life.
She should- recognize that her
desperate action was no cure
for loneliness : In fact, it will
bring on greater loneliness
than she has ever known. She
will lose even the comfort of
her own self-respect.
Natalie needs to take some
constructive steps ' to enlarge
her activities, her circle of
friends, her interests. We cer
tainly can't promise she'll
never be lonely, and heartsick,
but we believe she'll find
more pleasure, comfort and
human warmth than she
would in a series of illicit af
fairs. (Copyright 1958. General
Features Corp.)
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4-H Prefair Set At
Central Point A 4-H club
Prefair will be held at the
Crater High school cafetori
um at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday,
according to Miss Marilou
Garner, 4-H club extension
agent here.
Members of the Central
Point-Westside area clubs will
prepare demonstrations and
exhibits in foods, clothing,
flowers and knitting. A judg
ing contest, open to all club
members in the county in
home economics, is planned in
conjunction with the exhibits.
The prefair isa preliminary
to the county fair and is de
signed to train club members
to prepare and judge exhibits,
and to give demonstrations.
In the judging contest,
trained judges rate the exhib
its first and then contestants
judge the same exhibits. The
contestants are scoredd on the
basis of how nearly they come
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It's hard to be sure you're getting a bargain
when you can't look inside to "see what makes
it tick". .
So why gamble? Best way to avoid buying
mistakes is to use the basic rule of sound buy
ing: A good brand is your best guarantee.
Whatever you buy, you know' the maker
stands behind a good brand. You can't go
wrong.
The more good brands you know the surer
you are. Get to know them in this newspaper.
They'll help you cut buying mistakes, get
more for your money.
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to rating the exhibits the
same as the judges did.
Prefair judges include Miss
Garner, judging contest; Miss
Mary Pat Lucy, foods and
clothing exhibits; Mrs. Lester
Gordon, flowers, exhibit; Mrs.
Beverly Lyons, foods demon
stration, and Mrs. Don Brad
shaw, clothing demonstration.
No judge has yet been named
for the knitting exhibit. '
Butte Falls Man Given
Suspended Sentence
Lester Lee Price, Butte
Falls, was given a suspended
sentence and three years pro
bation by Circuit Judge H. K.
HannaTMonday morning.
Judge Hanna previously
found Price guilty on charges
of taking three electric mo
tors from the Reter Fruit com
pany, Medford, on March 9.
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Civil Service Jobs
Available in Northwest
Applications for manage
ment analyst and budget ex
aminer positions in the North
west states and Alaska are be
ing called for by the Seattle
regional office of thi Civil
Service commission.
University graduates and
persons experiencedd in budg
et preparation and the devel
opment of new and improved
procedures and systems .are
encouraged to apply.
Additional information may
be obtained at the Medford
post office.
BOMB SCARE
New York (UPI) The
Montreal Limited was held
for more than one hour at its
platform in Grand Central
terminal early today while
police checked a report that a
bomb had been placed aboard
the train. No explosives were
found.
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