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FT 1 1 n r FORCING , 1,800 TO FLEE to higher ground, flood waters of Rock and Peca tonka Rivers near Freeport, I1L, creep to record heights. This motorist is trying to figure if he can make it across narrow bridge over which water is flowing. Ike Dedicates . Monument To Taft Washington (LTD President Eisenhower Tuesday dedicated a lofty bell tower of white marble as an enduring monu ment to the late Sen. Robert A. Taft, a man who gave him self unstintingly "for the good of all America." The President, standing be fore a 10-foot bronze statue of Taft at the base of the fluted bell tower rising more than 100 feet above a small Capitol Hill park, said the late Ohio Republican was "many things to many peo ple." While Taft described himself as a "politician," Eis enhower said, "an admiring nation now acknowledges that he was infinitely more." Eisenhower, who defeated Taft for the Republican presi dential nomination in 1952, said his one-time political foe who later became a staunch friend was a "vital link" in his own relations with Con gress in the early days of his administration. HEADING toward Australia where he plans to live, Stan ley Yankus, Michigan farm er, waves at San Francisco Airport to photographers. He objects to U. S. wheat acreage controls. ! , '-k u mkmk 'Silver Screen 85" PICTURE TUBES CLEARER - SHARPER )pr trrf'.l Vision with Yi3fc CLEARER - Vision with ' SYLVAN I A "Silver Screen 85" Backed by Sylvania's engineering skill and "know how" concentrated a I 1 on ONE LINE of top-quality new pic ture tubes. Full year warranty! Sylvania Electric Products are the larg est manufacturers of picture tubes in the United States and pioneers in their use and development. See Your INDEPENDENT SERVICE DEALER for Sylvania Tubes Your Independent Service Dealer Gives You Guaranteed Dependable Workmanship at Fair Prices ASK FOR Sylvania Tubes Jinij inmiej qui 1 1 , ) iij i .11. ' ' m-raivA BRIDGE 1 Move To Reconsider Timber Taxation Bill Fails in House Salem-dTD-After an hour's debate, the Oregon house has failed to reconsider the vote by which it defeated House Bill 14, a measure changing the formula of timber taxation in Oregon. The motion to reconsider failed by a 31-29 vote. Rep. Clarence Barton (D Coquille) said that the bill was of extreme importance to the state and that to let it die would be to continue a tax penalty against sustained yield logging. The bill would raise the taxes on operators who cut and -get-out, he said. No Arm Twisled Barton said he had been out of the state since the house defeated the bill by a 29-29 tie vote last week and "had not twisted any arms" to get sup port for it. Chief opposition to the bill came from Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg) who said it would give tax relief to the big operators who need it least and would penalize the small operator. Kelsay favored forming an interim committee with indus try representatives on it to study the entire timber tax of the,bill on small timber owners was questioned by Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene). Barton told him a small owner could either sell his timber or hold it for as long as. 50 years and that his major J tax would be paid when the timber Was cut. Some Tax Relief Farmers and homeowners in Lane county would get some tax relief under the bill ac cording to Rep. Carl Fisher (R-Eugene). Editorials in Portland, Eu gene and Coos Bay newspap SHARPER i ers were quoted by Barton in support of reconsideration of the bill. House referred the State Power Commissioner bill back to the Judiciary Com mittee to amend it so it can be referred to the people for a vote. The motion to refer the bill back was made by Rep. Al Flegel (D-Roseburg), a major sponsor of the legislation, yote on the motion was 34-26. The bill would set up a three-man Power Develop ment Commission to buy, sell, generate and transmit electric power. The Family Council Editor's note. The K-mily council consists ot a Judge a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspapei 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 aencie ana eonnIora Jane N. - She wants to take care of the baby herself. Gloria S. - If he doesn't know I'm his mother he'll re sent me. Jane N. I am 23 and the mother of two children. I also take care of my kid sister's 8-month-old baby while she a business course. My sister, Gloria, is only 16. She got involved with a boy not much older and they had to get married. Then he deserted her after about four months of marriage. I want to help Gloria get on. her feet again. I would really like to adopt hej baby, but she doesn't want that. I am perfectly willing to take care of the kid while she goes to work - if only she would trust me a little more. She worries all the time about whether I am treating the baby right and is afraid that the baby will think I'm his mother. She's very jealous about that and says she wants to take care of the baby her self and live on charity. That way she'll never get a chance to marry again. Gloria S. Ever since they found out I was pregnant the whole family was down on me telling me to give my baby out for adoption. Well, I'm not like that. I love my baby and I want to bring him up - and 'T want him to know that I'm his mother. I guess I'm this way because of my own childhood. My mother never wanted any of us. My father was an alcoholic and only complained about how much he had to spend on us. It took money from his alcohol budget. Anyway, I always wanted to make a different kind of home for any children of mine. I know I've gotten off to a bad start, but I'm trying to make up for it. But if my baby doesn't know I'm his mother, how will I ever be able to be the right kind of mother? He will resent me. He'll love my sister as a moth er. I feel it's no disgrace to live on charity if you can't help yourself. The Council: Jane and oth ers in the family made a mis take in trying to pressure Gloria . into giving up her baby when she wanted so much to keep him. Now Gloria feels threatened about any outside influence coming be tween her and her child. Gloria should recognize that she is very young and fright ened and that she will need a little help in bringing up her child. Nobody can take the child from her if she doesn't want this. But she must not bind the. child to her with a grip of steel! This can do him just as much harm as the kind of treatment she had in her childhood. The baby will LAW PARTNER DIES New York -flJPD- Adrian J. O'Kane, 56, senior partner in Burlington, Hupper and Ken nedy, one of the oldest admir alty, law firms in the nation, died Monday. Price 10 Medford 2nd Section Distressed Areas Aid Program Voted Washington -UPD- A House banking subcommittee over r o d e presidential objections Tuesday and approved a 251 million program to aid eco nomically distressed areas. Father Forces Whiskey Down Son Los' Angeles-(UPD-A father on a drunken spree forced his seven - year - old son to drink a half pint of whiskey because the boy refused to eat, police reported Tuesday. The father- was identified as James R. Sams who alleg edly fled with his wife after beating his son, James, and forcing him to drink the whiskey. The boy is one of six children. He was found retching from effects of the whiskey in the family apartment and taken to his aunt, Mrs. lima Lawson. Mrs. Lawson said her broth er, Sam, and his wife, Ethel, were on a drunken spree fi nanced from the insurance money received after the death of a son of Mrs. Sams by a former marriage. He died while in the Marine Corps. James was taken to Central Receiving hospital where doc tors pumped his stomach and treated bruises and contusions on his cheeks, temple and back. know that she is his mother as soon as he Is old enough to understand her special smile and touch without her hav ing to make a big issue about it. Jane should give her sister some assurance that she has completely given up the idea of adopting this baby and should make every effort to see that Gloria has plenty of time alone with the child and a chance to do things for him. Bathing, dressing and feeding the baby will give Gloria a chance for the close contact she wants. These things may set the schedule haywire, but it will be worth it for mother and child. Gloria should think about the future. Living on a miser able charity pittance," she will not be able to give herself or her child the kind of life she would like. If she is able to keep her independence, she will have self - respect and pride in her ability to bring up a child under difficult con ditions. (Copyright 1959, General Features Corp.) ' SPORTS E DAN It costs you less than you'd ever guess to own and drive an Oldsmobile Dynamic 881 The truly wonderful part about owning a Dynamic 88 Oldsmobile's lowest priced Rocket is that you get a quality ride, quality looks and quality workmanship as standard equipment! I This traditional Oldsmobile quality is an accepted fact, but the big news for many new car shoppers is that the Dynamic 88 is easily within their reach many, many dollars less than they'd guessed! And when they see the facts and figures on how their investment holds when they go over to Olds they're sold! Ask your Oldsmobile dealer for the facts. There was never a better time than right now to get out of the ordinary and into an Olds! Let your dealer show you why! MA O ID SMOBI Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1959 Too Many Cases, Few Judges Main Causeof Court Congestion Editor's note: This is the second of three dispatches on the problem of court congestion in the U.S., and what is doing to the traditional con cept of speedy justice. By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Correspondent Washington -flJPD- The basic cause of court congestion that is depriving thousands of Americans of prompt justice can be summed up in a few words: Too many cases, and too few judges to try them. Britain, France In Broad Agreement London -(UPD- The prime ministers of Britain and France . have reached broad agreement on major issues in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, authoritative sources said Tuesday. Prime Minister Harold Mac millan and French Premier Michel Debre wound up their cold war talks here with a final one-hour session at Num ber 10 Downing Street this morning. The Macmillan - Debre dis cussions Monday dealth with the Berlin crisis, German re unification and European se curity. Spokesmen for the two delegations said this morn ing's talks included continued Soviet penetration in the Mid dle East, French and British African colonial problems and trade issues. Migrant Sanitary Facilities Voted Salem -(UPD- The Senate has passed a bill setting up sani tary facilities in migrant labor camps. The bill which now goes to the governor provides that three state agencies-the La bor Bureau, Department of Health and Employment Service-will have joint jurisdic tion over inspection of labor camps. - A number of .senators ob jected to what they called overlapping authority of the three agencies and there were seven votes against the bill. The bill is one of six bills recommended by the Interim Committee of Migrant Labor. It is the first to pass both Houses. FUNERAL SERVICES SET West Los Angeles, Calif.-(UPD-Funeral services will be held Wednesday at St. Martin of Tours Roman Catholic Church for James (Jimmy) Gleason, 75-year-old veteran actor who died Sunday night. N QUALITY... QUALITY DEALER'S DARRELL MILLER CO. 415 S. RIVERSIDE DON'T MISS THE "OLDSMOBILE MUSIC THEATER". . . EVERY WEEK ON NBC-TV! In 1941, there were 38,447 civil cases filed in Federal district courts. Last year, there were 67,115. In the same period, the number of Federal district judgeships increased from 198 to 248. The increase in civil cases, on a percentage basis, was three times as great as the in crease in judgeships. Population growth accounts for only part of the increased litigation glutting the courts. The biggest single factor has been a 400 per cent jump in personal injury lawsuits grow ing out of automobile acci dents. Slight Increase Warren Olney III, adminis trative officer of the U. S. Courts, points out that the number of automobile acci dents has increased only slightly since 1941. The main reason for the sharp rise in lawsuits, he suspects, is that juries have been granting larger verdicts to accident vic tims, thereby making this kind of litigation more attrac tive to plaintiffs. Personal injury cases land in Federal courts only when there is "diversity of citizen ship" - that is, the parties to the suit come from different states. This situation may oc cur even in an accident be tween neighbors if one of them is insured by a company whose headquarters are in an other state. In an effort to reduce the workload of Federal courts, Congress last year passed a law raising the minimum dam age claim that can be prose cuted in a Federal court from SPRING PAINT SPECIAL famous SPUED SATIN O S & H Green Stamps, too, for Extra Value! 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To Improve Efficiency Efforts have also been in recent years to improve the efficiency of the Federal court system, by use of time-saving procedures such as pre-trial examinations, and by tempo rary transfers of judges from districts where dockets are clear to those where many cases are awaiting trial. These measures also have been of some help. U.S. dis trict judges last year disposed of an average of 232 cases cch, compared with 169 cases each in 1941. But all these reforms have merely scratched the surface of the problem. The number of new cases filed in Federal courts last year exceeded by nearly 6,000 the number of cases disposed of in the courts during the year. Backlog Getting Bigger Thus the backlog is getting bigger all the time. It now amounts to more than 80,000 cases - enough to keep the entire Federal judiciary busy for nearly a year and a half, even if not a single new suit were filed in that time. 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