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ISA MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon, Sunday, October 19, 1958 Armed Forces Own Worst Enemy in Obtaining New Guns New York (DPI) The U.S. armed forces are their own worst enemy when it comes to obtaining new weapons from independent sources, it was charged recently. Lucian Cary, gun editor of True magazine, said the U.S. forces are saddled with obsolete small arms ' equip ment while improved weapons that might cost much less are not even tested. In an article in the current issue, he says the military has maintained a virtual em bargo on outside development that that there is no reward for private gun inventors in this country. He cited the case of two men to bolster his thesis that the Pentagon resisted adop tion of improved weapons to its own detriment unless they come from within the mili tary family. One is the case of Lt. Col. George M. Chinn, U.S. Ma rine recently retired. Chinn, 5 world-renowned authority on machine-guns, designed a 20 mm aerial cannon. In effect, it was a disposable weapon. The 20-mm gun used by the Air Force as late as the Ko rean War cost about $1,200. After a certain number of rounds were fired, the origi nal extractor, bolt and barrel were thrown away and new ones fitted. Cary said an arms The cedar waxwing loves fruit with such a passion that the birds sometimes get drunk from stuffing themselves on over-ripe berries. company estimated that after tooling up it could produce Chinn's gun for S200. "The complete gun cost little, if any, more than the barrel of the Air Force gun in use or the bolt," he said. "Chinn's gun could be thrown away at less loss than re placing the parts of the gun now in use." Never Tested Yet, he said, it has never been officially tested, pre sumably because the military had spent considerable money PUC Has Question Under Advisement Portland (UPD The state public utility commission Fri day had under advisement the question of whether to per mit smoking in the three rear seats of busses in Oregon. A hearing was held here Thursday at which pros and cons of the issue were aired in a room free of smoke. The Oregon Bus association asked for permission to per mit smoking in the rear of air-conditioned busses. It said neighboring states allow it. Wlliam Niskanen, vice presi dent and general manager of Pacific Trailways said it would be better for business and less trouble. Opponents complained that smoking on busses irritated them, made their lungs and noses ache, bothered their si nus and was generally disagreeable. Distributor "The OR to Burn" "Best In The West" S & H Green Stamps Too MEDFORD FUEL CO. Tel. 2-2 111 Court & McAndrews on another 20-mm weapon and did not want to consider a rival gun. The other case1 cited by Cary is that of New York in ventor Fred Stevents, who has developed a '.357 Magnum semi-automatic pistol, which can be taken apart and reas sembled without any tool. On Chinn's advice, Stevents did not submit the new gun to the Army because the former Marine Corps officer told him that "the military is 30 years behind the times." Cary maintains that his torically American inventors have had to sell their weapons abroad. Hiram Maxim, an American, inventor of the first successful automatic ma chine gun, did his work in England and was knighted. Benjamin Hotchkiss, born in Connecticut, went to France where he set up a factory for the manufacture of a revolv ing cannon of his invention and laid the grounddwork for development of the Hotchkiss machine gun of World War I fame. Survival Gun Ignored The only small arm accept ed from an outside source by. .the armed forces since Pearl Harbor, Cary adds, is an Air Force survival gun developed by the Armamlite Division of the Fairchild Engine and Air plane company, Hagerstown, Md. He says it is not being ordered in quantity because the Air Force previously loaded up on a heavier, much inferior gun. Armalite also has perfected a seven-pound semi-automatic rifle, a gun now being pro duced in Holland and likely to be sold to foreign coun tries. "Our Army is not likely to be interested even though the Armalite rifle is the first seven-pound semi-automatic rifle so far produced," Cary said. He added that a repeating gun designed by David Dar dick of the Dardick corpora tion of New York is the most revolutionary he has seen. Its cartridges or cartridge adapters are triangular. It can be used as a pistol or quick ly converted into a rifle. It can shoot .11, .38, or the 9-mm a m m u n i t ion much used abroad and recently adopted by the NATO countries. Research Project For Retarded Children Planned A cooperative research project to study the effects of special training classes for severelv retarded children will be conducted in Jackson countv in the near future, it was reported Friday. The announcement was made by Glen A. Purdom Jr., consultant on the education of mentally retarded children for the state department of education. He was in Med ford Wednesday to confer with local study groups for parents of mentally retarded children and school authori ties. The research project is sponsored by the federal office of education and is being con ducted by San Francisco State college, according to Dr. Purdom. The experi mental sample group will consist of children who at tend public schools and insti tutions . in California. The control group of trainable children who receive educa tion in their homes will be selected in Oregon. Purpose Stated Purpose of the research, Dr. Purdom stated, is to de termine the value of super vised training programs com pared to home education pro grams. This study is consid ered vital to the providing appropriate services in the future for mentally retarded children. Those parents who would like to assist with the Jack son county part of the pro gram may register. their chil dren by calling Mrs. Robert Minear at SPring 3-1277. Twelve parents are already interested, Mrs. Minear said. A meeting for interested par ents is scheduled for the Jack son County Tuberculosis and Health association on the fourth floor of the Leverett building at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24. The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consists 6t a Jndje, 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 problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Martin F. - I am a failure. Mr. D. F. - He should join the Navy. Martin F. - I am 18 years old and a complete failure. I did not graduate with my class last June. I failed four subjects. One of the reasons I failed was I had just broken up with my steady girl friend. I dis covered she was going out on the sly with one of my best friends. You can chalk that up as a double failure. Everyone seems to have some ambition, but I have none. My family wants me to join the Navy. That's because they think I'll never be able to make out at school. But I may be no better off in the Navy. I'm not good at sports or mechanical things. I don't want to go back to school and I don't know what kind of work I can do. You need a high school diploma for everything except strong man jobs and I'm not very strong. i Mr. D. F. - We are serious ly worried about Marty. He seems to have lost , all his STONE'S THROW South Bend, In. '- (UPD-A stone-age dual cost two men $18 each in City Court fines. William Saunders, 19, chal leaged Walter Murray, 29, in a dispute over a can of beer and let Murray choose the weapons. When police arrived the two men were hurling 1 rocks at each other. Committee Named To Design Flag Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower has named a top- level committee to design a new American flag with a 49th star for Alaska. The President appointed Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles, Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy, Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson and David E. Finley, chair man of the Commission on Fine Arts, to the committee. Congress authorized Alas ka's statehood in its last ses sion. Alaskans then voted overwhelmingly for admission to the union, in a referendum. Eisenhower was expected to issue a proclamation official ly making Alaska the 49th state before the end of the year. " By law the new flag" with its 49 stars must be unfurled next July 4, Independence Day. But Congress did not spell out by legislation the new design or dimensions of the modified flag. , morale. He takes no interest in anything since his failure to graduate. Marty isn't a stupid boy. He has found the going a little rough at school, but his teach ers say his IQ is normal. I know he tries and makes an effort to study, but he doesn't get very good results. My wife and I feel Marty would be best off in' the Navy. Schoolwork just isn't fun for him. He doesn't seem . ready for a job yet, either. We're afraid all of , this is having a bad effect on his younger brothers and sisters. They get very embarrassed when their friends say things about Marty's not graduating. It's not a good situation for any of us. The Council: The Navy might be a helpful solution to some of Marty's problems-if he, himself wanted it. If his parents pressure him into it, and he feels pessimistic about the idea, he is likely to be as troublesome to himself and to the Navy as he has been be fore in other areas. The D.F.'s now seem to want to unload Marty on the Navy. He certainly senses this and it adds to his burden of guilt and self-hatred. It makes him think of the Navy as a place of exile, a form of punishment. Marty badly needs to enjoy some success at something, and should be encouraged to nniEiMFS am ffiXIPIEIBTr! He KNOWS the GOODNESS EXTRA-NUTRITIOUS mjl mmmY - f IPirmnuiiimii This healty, happy little fellow knows just what every baby needs to build hardiness and health lots of, good rich milk! Jorgensen's ALL JERSEY PREMIUM MILK has nearly 60 MORE energy units per quart than ordinary milk has more vitamins, calcium, protein and sugar. No matter your age baby your self to perfect health with MILK1 Nature's Host Perfect Food! With Nearly 10 More Food Value NEST EGO. Salem, Mass.-(DPD-Through magic of compound interest a $174 deposit has ballooned into $9,000 in 127 years. Back in 1831 the builders of a priv ate drainage system here banked $174. Recently the the courts ordered the funds, now grown to $9,000, distrib uted to the heirs of the build ers. A search for the heirs is on. . . do anything for which he has the slightest inclination. He appears to have a strong feel ing about the importance of a high school diploma. He should, therefore, be en couraged to get one. If his IQ is normal he can undoubtedly do it. Probably Marty will not want to go back to school with a younger age group. But he should be encouraged to go to night school or to a private school which "gives a little special coaching to stu dents who have had difficul ty passing high school finals. If he s told he must earn the money to do this, he may have more incentive to do well on a job and in the courses he is paying for out of his own pocket. Once he succeeds in one thing, Marty will begin to hold up his head and look for other areas to conquer. The Navy may be a good possi bility, but his parents should avoid pushing him into it. Their line of action should be that of helping him find his own strengths and capabili ties. These undoubtedly lie be neath the surface of his ap parent incompetence. (Copyright 1958, General Features Corp.) i - '. The word of God is the word of life . . . and it Is in the Bible that we find God's word, which can give hope, courage, and strength to all mankind. OCTOBER 20-26 IS NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK Your funds are insured here up to $10,000.00 by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Your savings earn interest at "2-Vz semi-annually. 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