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0 o o o o AcusisiSions of School Sites To Complete Long-Range Plan Acquisition of two more junior highoschool sites and possibly one or two grade school sites is all that re mains before long-term ex pansion plans of the Medford school sytsem re complete," Superintendent Leonard B. Mayfield said Monday. The long-range program, he explained, calls for plans to accommodate twice the num ber of children now in the system. "Of course," he said, "building additions at sever al of the existing schools, plus schools at the new sites, would be necessary if we were to actually double our enrollment." Ichool Population Mayfield discussed school population trends, building and financing plans, and cur riculum, at the regular Mon day Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce roundtable luncheon. "Since 1939, with the ex ception of some war years the Medford school system has experienced a healthy I" " ' ' - W ' j"?-" I "'Tir TRYING TO REDUCE? The American Gym Association has turned to the briny deep to illustrate the advantages of supervised exercise. Supervised or not,, this captive whale in larineland at Palos Verde, Calif., has no prob lem handling a pair of barbells offered by AGA director George Bruce, as model Joan Kennedy looks on. "Bub bles," a female, continues as a main attraction at Marine land's Oceanarium, despite (or because of?) her more than ample girth. Stalinism Revival Brings Defiance by Yugoslavia, Poland By United Press International Soviet Russia's revival of Stalinism brought new defi ance Monday from Yugosla via and Roland. World-wide demonstrations continued against the new hard line demonstrated by the execution of Hungarian "free dom pusmier" Imre Nagy, and there were steady indications the East-West split was deep ening. ' Hungarian refcigees in New York demonstrated before headquarters of the Soviet U. N. delegation Sunday. Sev en policemen and several demonstrators were injured when violence flared. Executions Denounced Student protests were re ported in Manchester, Eng land and in Buenos Aires. Op position political parties in 2 Million Forecast For State in 1966 Portland (UPI) Ore gon's population may top the two million mark about 1966, the State Board, of Health said today. The board said if its statis tics prove accurate, the state will have added half a mil lion people in the 16 years since the 1950 census. The statistics, prepared un der the direction of Deane L. Huxtable, state registrar, indi cate Oregon's population will be 2,014,687 in 1966 if 1950 57 factors "remain constant." Oregon's 1958 estimated population is 1,779,334, the board said. India denounced the execu tions as murder. Attendance dropped at the Hungarian pa vilion of the Brussels Worlds Fair. Communist labor leader Arthur Horner said in London he was shocked and horrified at Nagy's death. Authoritative reports reach ing London said Polish Com munist leader Wladyslaw Go mulka has sent a letter to So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev "disassociating" himself and the Polish Communist Party from the Nagy execu tion. - The reports said Gomulka was expected to carry out a "bloodless purge" of the Po lish party to remove the hard core of Stalinists. There were other reports that Gomulka himself might be ousted but these were ap parently were disproved dur ing the week end. Tito Drafting Not Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia was reported drafting a note to Hungary protesting the ex ecutions as a double cross. Yugoslavia had granted Nagy asylum in its embassy in Bu dapest. The official Yugoslav press defiantly reminded the Com munists they failed in 1948 when they read Tito out of the Comminf orm, called the latest charges against Tito revision ism an attempt to create dis sension and said Nagy's exe cution was a "terrible warn ing to those who resist the present resurrection of Stalin ist policy." Diplomatic reports in Paris and London blamed the rise of Stalinism on a power strug gle within the Kremlin. CRATER LAKE MOTORS r A SAVE $250 on English Fords! NEW ANGLIA TUDOR ONLY 55) (5)00 per month 35 Miles Per Gallon CRATER LAKE MOTORS gain in student enrollment," he reported. During the past 12 years, he said, the gain has averaged from 3 to 6 per cent; a gain which public services can easily keep up with if well planned. Medford has what Mayfield termed a continuing census. Under this system the educa t i o n department normally knows within a week when new children of school age move into the district. "It is very seldom that figures are off so that additional teachers must be employed," the ad ministrator said. Walk to School The elementary schools are situated so that the vast ma jority of students can safely walk to school, he said, and they are planned to serve be tween 400 and 500 children each. The two junior high schools house between 900 and 1,000 students each. As part of the long-range plan the board also has ac quired a new high school site, and all buildings and sites are so situated that if outlying areas were consolidated, the existing pattern would not be disrupted, he said. Financing is one of the problems the system faces, Mayfield reported, although "we do not face a uilding problem now." Properly Tax "All local, tax for schools comes from property tax," Mayfield noted. In Oregon, local taxpayers pay all the capital outlay for schools, whereas in California and Washington the state offers considerable assistance. Out of the total state prop erty tax over the past three years, 68 to 70 per cent has gone to schools, he reported. In contrast, he said, in Med ford, the average over the past several years has been 59 to 61 per cent. Mayfield stressed the point that the opportunity is here for boys and girls who wish to learn. "This year," he said, "members of the graduating class were granted scholar ships worth more than $40, 000. According to our reports this is more money per stu dent than was given in any other district in the state." Problem Children Eight to 10 per cent of the students in Medford are prob lem children, however, he said. This does not mean that they are necessarily bad. This amounts to more than 200 stu dents here, the educator said, and because of it "we almost have to have a plan of social promotion. You can't just drop that many persons be tween 14 and 18 years old on the streets of Medford. If we didn't take care of them, who would?" The Medford system has been a pioneer in the plan of "grouping," which gives gift ed children an opportunity to advance. For years, Mayfield said, grouping was criticized, but in recent years educators throughout the country have come .to recognize it as the best available plan. In the Medford system, be ginning in the grade schools, children are placed in one or three groups depending upon their potential. Another Problem Another program offered by the system, Mayfield point ed out, is a refresher course offered shortly before the opening of school in the fall to students who plan to enter college each year. Students gain reassurance from this course just before they take their college entrance exami nations. A survey recently complet ed, Mayfield said, shows that in nearly every area tested, Medford . students are well above the national average in knowledge and ability. "Where students fall below the national average," he stated, "we are taking the necessary, steps to improve their training." Four People Hurt In Car Accidents, Said In Fair Shape Four persons were hospital ized in Jackson county over the week end following three one-car accidents. State police records show. All the accident victims are reported in good condition. Injuries received when a car rolled over on the Old Stage rd. Saturday evening, just east of the Stage Road grocery, sent two area teen agers to Sacred Heart hospi tal. Operator of the car, Miss Lois LeDean Young, IB, of 745 Head rd., Central Point, was admitted with a fractured clavicle. , Miss Mary Margaret Huber, 16, of Rt. 2, Box 350, Gold Hill, a passenger in the ve hicle, suffered a fractured left elbow and a possible frac tured pelvis. Officers report the automo bile was a total loss. Miss Young was cited for having no operator's license. Medford ambulance took the victims to the hospital. Ernest Swartout, 24, of 368 Bridge st. Ashland, suffered face cuts when the car in which he was riding slid side ways across Highway 99 near Bear Creek Orchards and hit a pole. Swartout, now in Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital, hit the windshield. The driver of the vehicle, Richard L. Gray, 27, Of 1206 3rd, Clarkston, Wash., was Un injured. The third accident, at 7 p. m. Sunday, on Crowson rd, 500 feet west of highway- 68, sent Marvin Eugene Jesca, 30, of 4720 Highway 66, Ashland, to the Ashland General hos pital with minor contusions and bruises, and a cut tendon in his elbow. Dr. Christian P. Hald operated on the elbow Sunday evening and reported that the patient should make a good recovery. Treated for minor cut re suiting from the same accident was Charley Fox SprUill, 26 of 300 Normal ave., Ashland Police report that Jesca was driving east on Crowson rd. when the vehicle slid off the south side of the road and turned over, landing on the wheels. Extensive damage to the body of the car was re ported. " 1 1 Bodies Found In Train Accident Maltrata, Mexico (UPI) Salvage workers have recov ered the bodies of 11 persons killed when a runaway train demolished the railroad sta tion here Sunday, it was re ported today. The search was continuing for possible additional vic tims. Officials supervising the search said it is unlikely that anyone will ever know exact Iv how many persons died when a passenger train plung ed out of control down the precipitous slopes of Maltrata Peak and slammed into the crowded station. Thirty-nine persons were Injured in the accident. Klamath Indian Stand Reaffirmed Portland (UPI) C. H. Mack, chairman of the Public Lands Committee of the Asso ciation of Oregon Counties, said Monday the committee has reaffirmed its position calling for a postponement of the federal termination act as applies to the Klamath In dian tribe. The group is asking Con gress for a stop-gap amend ment to maintain the status quo of Klamath Indians for two more years. ' The committee met in regu lar mid-year session here. GET ON THE VODKA WAGON WITH mtivth MM' 1 Jfl tr I A the vodka that blends completely With any mixer. toft drink or fruit juice QUARANTINE NOTE Boston (UPI) Massa chusetts now requires quaran tine for only three diseases Asiatic cholera, smallpox and bubonic plague. The state has not had a case of smallpox since 1932, has not had a case of Asiatic cholera since 1832, and there is no record of any case of the plague in Massa chusetts during its 338-year history. Missile Production Halted by Strikers Detroit (UPI) A few hundred angry union work ers Monday halted 75 per cent of production at the Chrysler - operated Redstone Jupiter missile plant. Both Chrysler and United Auto Workers termed the strike unauthorized. But the striking members of UAW local 1245 refused to leave .their picket lines at plant en trances. 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