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NO APPOINTMENT? Rep. Barratt O'Hara (D., HI.)
,vows that he will fight for the appointment of 14-year-Dld
Jimmy Johnson (right) as a congressional page boy
Tregardless of the consequences." Jimmy came to Wash
ington from Chicago under the impression that he had
been selected to serve as a page boy in the House of
Representatives, but on arrival he was told that the job
he wanted "was not available." There has been sug-
festion that the mix-up is connected with the fact that
immy is a Negro.
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Quotes From the News
By1 United Press International
Durango, Mexico - Actor Mel Ferrer, lamenting the rest
lessness of his wife, film star Audrey Hepburn, who is im
mobilized by a spine injury received when a horse threw
her while on location here for a film:
"I don't know what to do io keep her quiet. She told roe
'I am going to ride that horse again before the picture is
finished."-
Washington - Twenty-two prominent Americans, includ
ing Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, in a statement urging a ban on
atomic tests even if there is a risk of cheating by the parti
cipants: "There are elements of risk in any agreement, but the
risks of continuing the arms race indefinitely are even
greater."
Miami, Fla. President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina,
on his desire to end Argentina's traditional neutralism in
favor of greater cooperation with the United States:
"We are now embarked on an irreversible course linking
our destiny with the Untied States and with the rest of the
republics of the Western Hemisphere."
'
Suffield, Conn. - Republican National Chairman Meade
Alcorn Jr., denying that he will resign the post:
"I have no plans to resign, although anyone who has
served in this job for one term has served just about as long
as he would want to. At the moment I'm trying to get the
party back in business."
Dpnvpr Colo Arflai V.. Stevenson, on the need for a re- I
appraisal of the current armed services draft program:
"The draft may be giving us quantity with the illusion
of protection, rather than quality with the reality of se
curity." ' Norfolk, Va. - A group of top Norfolk high school stu
dents, calling for a peaceful start of integration in Virginia
schools:
"We believe that, regardless of their personal feelings, the
students of our respective schools will conduct themselves
with a dignity that will bring credit to our city."
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
The
Family
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Editor's note: The F-naiI council consists ot a judge a psychiatrist,
tc wcisjiucii, a ucwajjdiiei cunur 9 wuraeo s eaiior ana two writers.
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not give advice: it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
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Puff Ball-Speed Demon
Of The Plant World
The puff-ball might be call
ed the jet-propelled speed de
mon of the plant world. These
lowly fungi out-distance even
the rapid- growing bamboo
and asparagus, which are no
slow-pokes themselves. Some
puff-balls grow from a tiny
sphere the size of a pea to the
phenamenal size of a basket
ball or even a half-bushel bas
ket in a matter of just 24
hours. They can almost dupli
cate the expansion of a toy
balloon in the hands of a
strong-lunged youngster.
They always seem to be in
a hurry. Although they have
not a single nerve in their
pulpy bodies they act as
though the attainment of great
size and eventual death from
24-hour-old age is a nervous
necessity. Talk about tension!
These lowly plants are actual
ly explosive in their senseless
haste to grow.
Pop Out Of Ground
They pop up out of the
ground. A day later they have
shriveled and collapsed into a
mass of rotting vegetation and
their brief life is ended. But
clustered around this dying
one, on the damp, mouldy
ground in ugly little bumps,
other "eggs" are opening. Oth
er soft, clammy globes are
swelling in the warm, damp
air. The race of puff-balls is
rushing on in a mad desire to
grow, to die, and to liberate
millions of brown spores that
will continue the parade of
fungi.
Puff balls used to be held
in high esteem. They were
once supposed to possess a
strong medicinal quality.. The
dry brown powder, with
which ripe puff-balls are com
pletely filled, was believed to
be one of the very best reme
dies known" for nose bleed or
hemorrhage. Just, a pinch of
the powder snuffed up the
nose was thought to bring in
stant relief and total stoppage
of the bleeding.
The early Americas pio
neers searched the woods aft
er heavy summer showers. If
there had been thunder and
lightning, it was thought to
be even better. Then the huge
globes grew on decayed vege
tation. Very carefully the big
ball was lifted and carried
Boy Seoul:
Cub Scout Pack 4
Cub Scout Pack 4 held
their monthly pack meeting
at the West Side school
Wednesday evening with ap
proximately 120 in atten
dance. Den 3 conducted the
flag ceremony, followed by
singing.
The following new clubs
were inducted: Roger Jones,
Michael Herrin, Alan Harns
berger, Craig Bryant, Max
Higginbotham, Dennis Phil
lips, Thomas Titus, Ronald
Gustafson and Terry Hught.
Steve Shinn was graduated
into Troop 8 in a ceremony
conducted by Chuck Shinn
and Elwood Hedberg, scout
master. Awards were presented by
committee chairman Jerry
Kessee to the following boys:
Rickey Gravelle, 1 year
pin; Gregory Collins, Wolf
badge, gold arrow and 3 silver
arrows; Henry Keesee, gold
arrow and 3 silver arrows;
Ronnie Hamilton, year pin;
Bobby Clark, year pin; Doug
las Rowden, assistant denner
badge; Ralph Fugit, assistant
denner badge; Douglas Black,
denner and lion badges; David
Rott, bear badge; David
Walker, wolf badge; Glen
Beeman, assistant d e n n er
badge; Steve Shinn, denner,
lion and webelo badges; year
pin and gold arrow; David
Cubertson, assistant denner
badge and year pin; Bob
Kagy, year pin; Don Turner,
year pin; Ralph Brindley, year
pin; and Gary Ray, year pin.
Bob Church, council mem
ber, presented the pack char
ter to Mrs. George Bryant of
the Oak Grove PTA, and this
was given to Mr. Keesee, com
mittee chairman. Also in
troduced was Robert Phil
lips, institutional representa
tive. Den 3 won the attendance
doll and also the achievement
banner.
New Den Mothers intro
duced were Mrs. Herrin, Den
6: Mrs. Brindley and Mrs.
Turner, Den 3.
A cookie sale was an
nounced by Mr. Howell and
tickets distributed to the den
mothers. The monthly com
mittee meeting will be held
Feb. 5 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Howell, 957 Ca
sino rd., and plans will be
made for the annual Blue and
Gold banquet to be held
Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Oak
Grove school.
Mrs. Sanberg announced a
meeting of the den mothers
to. be held Wednesday at her
home to make final plans for
the window display.
home. If the family liked
mushrooms or toadstools, the
puff-ball was often sliced,
soaked for a few hours in salt
water 'and fried, much the
same as the egg plant is fried
today.
Dry and Stiff
Left in a shady place to
ripen and taking only a few
hours, the outer skin became
stiff and dry, almost like
heavy brown paper. Inside,
the pulp turned to a brown
powder which was carefully
shaken out into a jar, and
tightly sealed. Then the pio
neer housewife had on hand
a ready remedy in case of
bleeding. Deep cuts in human
skin were generously sprink
led with the brown powder,
and bleeding stopped.
The puff-ball, like its cou
sins the mushrooms, grows
wherever the earth is very
rich in organic matter. The
rotted wood in a damp' forest
floor is permeated by fila
ments, or fungi threads, that
are a dirty white color, and
very branching. They gather
nourishment from the plant.
The puff-ball is made up of
these filaments, which form
windings canals, upon whose
walls grow the spores. The
brown dust that escapes when
a ripe puff-ball is punctured,
or opened, are the spores
themselves. They come out in
what looks like a cloud of
brown dust.
Given a comfortable lodg
ing place, each one of these
tiny spores can grow into an
other puff-ball. However, na
ture -must have had some
thing else in mind other than
puff-balls when she created
this fungus for only a mil
lionth of the spores ever have
a chance to grow. So why do
they have to be in such an
all-fired hurry to develop? Ac
tually, old age and senility
in a puff-ball are only a matte-
of 24 hours.
(Re-leased by The Register
aai Tribune Syndicate, 1S&9)
Digital Comp
Characteristics
Sydney, Australia, (Science
Service) An automatic di
gital computer is behaving
like a fruit fly at least as
imitating the selection be
tween two different genetic
characteristics.
Scientists here have suc
ceeded in using an electronic
"brain" to show what hap
pens when two different
groups of fruit flies mate. The
results show how emergence
of inherited characteristics,
transmitted by genes, can be
predicted.
This can mean that math
ematics will speed up some
biological experiments in the
future. It may be that com
puters can be substituted in
inhertance experiments for
some living plants and ani
mals. Thus many long and
expensive experiments might
be compressed into a few
hours of electronic compu
tations. The program here simulates
selection between two alleles
at a sex-linked spot on chro
mosomes in fruit flies. (All
eles are contrasting pairs of
characteristics or genes such
as tallness and shortness.)
Competition Studies
Using two fictitious, or sim
ulated populations of the in
sects, Dr. J. S: F. Barker of
the University of Sydney's de
partment of animal husban
dry reported obtaining re
sults similar to those in ac
tual experimental studies. He
studied competition between
the characteristic "yellow"
and its "wild type" allele.
Computers are expected to
be especialy useful in invest
igating the effects of various
matings in insect populations
- such as how many gener
ations will elapse before a
given characteristic dies out.
The computer program is be
ing used in further studies
of selection between two al
leles at a sex-linked locus, the
scientist said.
The research is being pub
lished by the Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Re
search Organization.
The Red Cross has issued
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DAILY'S U-DRIVE
Medford Airport
Cheryl D. My husband
and I are in our late 60s and
in good health. My husband's
firm retired him a year ago
and we have been having
some problems ever since.
Joe has always enjoyed
his hobbies in his spare time,
but since he has retired he
seems . to get bored with
them. He hangs around the
bouse all day and gets in
my way, telling me what to
do and not to do. Even when
we visit the children he be
comes restless and irritable.
My brother has a small
business and is willing to
let my husband help out. The
pay wouldn't be much, but
at least it would get him out
a few hours a day. I think
this is the solution to his
problem, but he refuses to
take the job.
Joe D. I don't need hand
outs from anyone. ' Between
my social Security and re
tirement pension plus a little
extra from investments we
can get along. Cheryl's broth
er told me I really couldn't
be of much use to him, but
he is willing to take me in as
a favor to her. I'm not a kid
and I don't want to be sent
off to kindergarten.
When I worked I was in
an executive position and I
can handle plenty of respon
sibility. Cheryl's brother
thinks I'm fit only .for odd
jobs: He wouldn't give me
a chance to do anything else,
even though I have ideas that
could improve his business.
I had always looked for
ward to giving more time to
my hobbies, but I must admit
they haven't held my inter
est. The Council: Right now
Joe seems to be suffering
from a severe case of self
pity brought on by poor prep
aration for his retirement.
Joe apparently leaned too
heavily on hobbies that had
never become very important
to him. As a relaxation from
work they may have been
satisfaying, but a full-time
activity they sem trivial. If
he had given a little more
thought to the matter, Joe
might have realized that a
hobby may feel like kinder
garten work unless it becomes
so fascinating and significant
that it takes over the person,
makes demands on him, sets
him challenges which call
for his best eforts.
Joe, like many men in a
similar position, could not
imagine what it would be like
to have all his responsibilities
taken from him, to have no
body and nothing really need
ing his attention.
It is a difficult situation to
face, but falling into the
depths of self-pity will only
make things worse. People
tend to see us as we see our
selves and Joe's feeling that
he is useless and discarded
is reflected all around him.
Even his wife, in her sincere
effort to be helpful, hurts
him with her pity and the
consolation prize she has man
aged to grab for him.
Joe's big effort must be to
change his outlook on his
total situation. He should not
let himself be crushed by his
brother-in-law's grudging of
fer of "odd jobs." He should
accept the offer only if he is
willing to put himself into
whatever is required of him
to make the most of it. If
his ideas for the business are
good ones, the brother-in-law
probably will recognize it
eventually and Joe may find
himself on the threshhold of
a new career.
If the brother-in-law bit
doesn't work out, Joe should
pick himself up and look for
another opportunity, never
losing his belief that what
ever work he can do is val
uable to someone.
(Copyright 1959. General
Features Corp.)
Social Security
Checks Increased
Washington -(UPD- The gov
ernment begins mailing fat
ter checks today to more
than-12V million Social Se
curity beneficiaries.
Social Security Commis
sioner William L. Mitchell
said the benefit checks will
be about 7 per cent higher.
They will go to old age, sur
vivors, and disability insur
ance beneficiaries.
As a result, the January
payments will fun about $50
million higher than in the
previous month when they
totaled about S690 million.
. The hikes were authorized
by the last Congress. Hereto
fore, monthly payments to a
retired worker, aged 65,
ranged from $30 to $108.50.
The January checks range
from 33 to $116. The maxi
mum monthly payment to a
family formerly $200, now
is S254.
Reddy Kilowatt Says:
Icy Spots Reported
On Oregon Highways
Salem -OJPD- Cooler weather
brought icy spots to several
Oregon routes today. There
was packed snow at Meacham
and Austin.
Icy spots were rerjorterl at
Timberline, Government
Camp, Warm Springs, Wilson
River summit. Sunset Summit.
Cascade Locks, Siskiyou sum
mit, Green Springs, Santiam
Pass, Sisters, Willamette pass,
Bly, Lakeview and Basque.
REDUCES ALIMONY
Memphis, Tenn. - (DPD
Mrs. Jane Mitcham Lewis. 22.
ex-wife of rock 'n roll singer
Jerry Lee Lewis, retained
custody of the couple's two
boys today but on a reduced
income. A iudee ruled Satur
day that Mrs. Lewis was en
titled to keep the children,
but allowed the singer to re
duce monthly alimony pay
ments from $750 to $400.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, February 2, 1959 7
IS THE CHAIR THERE?
Des Moines, Iowa -UPfl-Four
Iowa lawmakers who are rent
ing a house from Rep. Howard
Reppert of Des Moines intro
duced a bill to prohibit a leg
islator from evicting other
legislators until the session is
over. When Reppert objected,
Rep. Vera Lisle replied "we
just wanted to see if you lis
ten to each of the bills read
up here."
MOST FASCINATING LEGS
Didcot Ensland -(OPD-Lance
Cpl. William Nimmo entered
a "fascinatine lees . contest"
here this weekend and won.
There was nothine to sav
men couldn't enter." Nimmo
I said. T won fair and square."
Nimmo; 21, .was declared the
winner by , the result of an
applause meter and was
awarded an electric heater.
About 96 per cent of Egypt
is uninhabitable desert."
LIQUOR RATE CUT
Salem - (UPD - Purchasers
of more than 60 bottles of
liquor would be granted a 10
per cent discount from the
state under terms of a bill in
troduced in the Oregon
House. The bill was sponsor
ed by Rep. W. R. Holstrom
(D-Gearhart) and others. At
present, all purchasers pay
the same price for liquor from
state operated stores.
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