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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1958)
A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfonf, Or., Thursday, Dembr 18, 1958 Booklet Now Available On Social Security Fund "Fact About the Old-Age nd Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund," a booklet rec ently issued by the Social Security administration giv ing information on financing the social security program, may be obtained at the Med ford social security office, W. V. Nusbaum, district man ager, announced today. One section in the booklet describes the investment of the trust funds' assets. These investments are limited by law to securities insured or guaranteed by the Federal government, and money in the trust funds can be used only for social security insur ance purposes, the booklet points out. Nusbaum said that contribu tions, together with interest earnings of the trust funds' investments, are designed to maintain the program on a self-supporting basis without any subsidy from the general funds of the treasury. Assets of the funds are ex pected to increase steadily throughout the rest of the century and for many years thereafter. As of the end of last June, the total assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund were $22.8 billion; the assets of the Disability Insur ance Trust Fund were slight ly in excess of SI billion. An average railway freight train In the U.S. in 1918 had 34.4 cars. The number has in creased to a present average of 55 cars. City of Kabul Offers Variety Of Interesting Attractions (Editor's not: This is th last in th current series of articles by Jerry Liebman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Liebman. who is on a world lour. He hat been describ ing various subjects in Afghanistan.) By JERRY LIEBMAN I have had the pleasure of meeting elsewhere two of the eminent French archaeolo gists responsible for the Ka bul museum and to whom Afghanistan owes a great deal of thanks. The museum lies well out of the city at the end of one of the fine avenues. The area around the museum will ul timately display more public buildings and fine homes as time goes by. This means that this small city will have some of the longest distances be- This Week's Home for Living M Lr.ol TT CD 16,11 " M L ' Burnt KOTOOM , Hltl l, i ' i. : .B- uvnwuooii ifii I , "VM JH BEDROOM 11 TLL'Iopio. bedroom H . - a ijj '"V fec PLAN NO. 4606 f. 20" 20 18 44 SQUARE FEET j: 'm I' j-; V i" By HIAWATHA ESTES Here is a 1844 square foot home planned for a narrow lot. A brick chimney tops the stained shake roof while brick veneer and a brick planter lends color to the front of the home. Shutters frame the gar age window and a bird house adds a whimsical touch to the gable of the garage roof. Living room and dining room are open, to add dimen sion to both areas. Corner windows light the dining al cove and double glass doors slide open to merge the liv ing room and patio for out door living. A half-wall be side the huge corner fireplace j serves to define the living room while giving light to the hall. Built-in stove, oven and re frigerator in the roomy kitch en can be color-keyed to your decor. Wide windows bright en the eating nook, sink and work counters. The big service area has space for your washer, dryer and frozen food locker, and the adjacent three-quarter bath opens to both the work area and dea. The master bedroom is lo cated at the rear of the house for privacy. Glass doors slide open to the patio, and pro vide an ever changing view of the garden. A wall-wide wardrobe affords ample stor age. Big wardrobes are alio wel come features of the other two bedrooms and the den. In a larger family the den could be the master bedroom, or be used as a guest bedroom. The family bath has a double pullman lavatory and both tub and stall shower. The two-car garage is near the street for easy access. A rear door to the garage, a few steps from the service entry, offers sheltered passage in bad weather. Complete working drawing of the above plan can be obtained at a cost of $7:50 for the first set and $5 for each additional set. when ordered at the same time. Thit plan will be available for a period of four months .from this date. Please allow two weeks for delivery. If the above homes does not entirely meet with your satis faction, a new home plan book. Homes for Living may be pur chased for $1. Send all orders for either plans or books to Hiawatha Estes, P.O. Box 404-T, Northridge. Calif.. tween government functions of any world capital, but since taxis cost something like 10 . cents a ride perhaps it doesn't matter. Plans were to move the entire city from its present site along the Kabul river to this new area but were abandoned, thankfully. The existing city continues to squat by the river and the tortuous but fascinating bazaar streets will remain. Even so, the present city boasts surprising bold and wide streets. Off these streets lie the ancient bazaars, filled with silks and used rubber tires, silver jewels and plastic toys, the mean and the mag nificent. Also, filth in abun dance. All Purpose River The river itself serves as public bathtub, food sink, and, I'm sorry to say, the toilet Travel in the Middle East had finally immuned me to the sight of food being washed downstream some five feet from a person washing or even performing body func tions in the same water. The strongest survive. The bazaar still offers a bonanza for the tourist after certain items, such as antique silver jewelry. Otherwise, the objects are common-place and the fine objects are being re placed with things of more use to the modern Afghan such as cheap combs, crock ery, and primus stones, most of which are Japanese. Amus ingly, I was offered a 1925 American penny by a bazaar jeweler for 25 afghanis, the equivalent of 50 cents. I searched my pockets for some pennies of my own to see at what price he would purchase them from me. Bazaar Signs The bazaar signs are often in English, a result of English occupation of Kabul which was the furthest point west of the Khyber Pass the Eng lish could take and hold. I proposed myself to the Af ghan Prince as Government English Spelling Adviser to Afghan sign makers. The mis takes of language are hilari ous, one example tnat still has me guessing, "Kabul Wash House, Buddling and Dressing Floor". If any read er had a clue to the meaning of this weird pronouncement, I'd like to hear from him. I'll forever recall certain touches of Afghanistan, the small things that give color to the country and that stay in the traveller's memory. Such things, for example, as the ingenuity shown in mak ing shoes of old tires. The shoes last forever and are even moderately comfortable, though heavy. I'll remember the insatiable curiosity of the Afghans. My slightest action, buying fruit or posting a letter, was never performed with less than 10 onlookers. My spear - fishing gear that was strapped to my knapsack assured me of a fascinated audience. Birds Trained I'll recall, not without a twinge of dislike, the Afghan's delight in caged birds. Dogs and cats are considered scum and treated as such, but every Afghan has his pet bird, often kept in a closed bag without light or air. Still they sing, these prisoners. Somehow, the birds are trained to perch on a finger, even as the owner walks down the street. In About 400,000 automobile patents have been granted in the United tSates since lob, the industry estimates. ATfjffliMflrS mm, Sirloin Steak 59 u Picnic Hams 39 u na 29 Boloq By tht piece Lb. Bacon Ends and pieces - Lb. AT SHOP NOW for the Holiday Feasting. Take advantage of our LOW PRICES Stock your pantry economically. Potatoes 50 u,.1n;. 79t Yellov or Whit Popcorn 5 ib, 69 GERBER'S STRAINED Baby Food 10 ... 69 Corner 4th and Front Phone SP 2-8045 FESEEIE PARKING Kandahar, I looked out the bus window to see a huge bird chained to the sidewalk very much like a condor, with wing spread of seven feet or more. Even in Afghanistan there are people who must better .the Joneses. And I'll forever remember entering at last into this childhood goal of mine, Af ghanistan. My bus came in at sunset from Iran, across a wild, desolate desert. Far ahead I could" see a single post along the road. One side read Iran and the other side - Afghanistan. As there was to be throughout Afghanistan, a touch of the unbelievable added magic to the scene. The bus travelled a narrow dirt road, arrow straight, across the desert. Behind the bus, poised exactly at the western end of the road, the huge red sun hovered, waiting to plunge behind the earth. Ahead, the moon rose, full and brilliant, exactly at the opposite end of the road which connected the sun and the moon like a bridge. I travelled East on this bridge into the moon and into Afghanistan. Rose Ciiy Transit To Reduce Service Portland -4UPD- Rose City Traction company Wednesday received approval of the Portland city council to re duce service on four shuttle lines. Night and Sunday service will be eliminated on t h e Killingsworth, Bridge Trans fer, Woodstock and the Arlington-Kings Heights West over routes effective Jan. 12. The night service will be eliminated starting at 6:30 o'clock. However, Raymond T. Per kins, vice-president of the RTC said that one bus would make a trip to St. Vincent hospital before midnight to pick up the night crew at the hospital. ELECTION REPORT Washington -flJPD- The Cen sus Bureau said Wednesday night there are more than 500,000 elected local officials in the United States about 30 for each 10,000 persons. 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