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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1959)
4 X A 7 7 j'z4 Am'L Jmxm U.. e : W il l ? , u r VIEW POSTER John Alansky Geft) and is "Wake Up and Read." De Anne Hunt and Joel Gregory (right) view the winning pos- Mike" Pritchard tied for second and Eliza- ter of Carl Washburn in the poster contest beth Clark was fourth. The posters are on at McLbughlin Junior High school in con- display this week at the Medford Public nection with Library Week. Theme of week ' library. McLoughlin Students Conduct Campaign to Read More Books McLoughlin Junior high school students are apparent ly disproving the old adage about leading a horse to water and not getting him to drink, only the students are leading other students to the library and getting them to read. And they are getting their parents to read, too. This is National Library Week, and students at Mc Loughlin are participating with posters, and' special pro jects, but as long ago as last fall some students were con cerned that not enough of their classmates or teachers were using the library facili ties. Members of the student li brary club began making dis plays for all the rooms in the school. They began a program o f encouraging everyone t o make sure of the generous library system of the Medford district. Students like Carl Washburn, student body pres ident, Joel Gregory, ninth grade president, and John Alansky, ninth grade vice president, actively sought stu dent use of the library. Prove Fruitful Their activities proved fruitful. Mrs. Lois Martin, school librarian at McLough lin, 'said student and teacher interest has never been high er. Last week more than 50 students participated in a poster contest based on the theme of library week, "Wake Up and Read." The posters are on display this week at the Medford Public library. Carl's poster was voted number one of his fellow stu dents. DeAnne Hunt and Mike Pritchard tied for second, and Elizabeth Clark was the fourth place winner. The Medford school district provides $2 per student per year for books, Mrs. Martin said, putting Medford well up front in the number of vol umes available for student use. Last year Mediord naa 180,146 books in circulation, with 34,771 volumes on the shelves. McLoughlin led all schools in circulation with 37,822, with 6,509 volumes Add 4-132 Books Medford s $2 allowance is spread evenly across the schools, and that enabled the system to add 4,132 books last year. Mrs. Martin quoted a former member of the state department of education as saying that the junior high schools and the system had one of the finest collections of books in the state. Mrs. Martin said the m- fluence of good reading habits extends beyond the students One student, upon being ques tioned why he was renewing a book for the third or fourth time said, "my mother hasn't finished it yet." There's no way of knowing what use the parents make of books stu dents take home, she said, but "IT- Don't you miss the w mmmi at Newberrys .... IT ft' W 36' No-iron PBDEHTIS - PUSSE Cool, easy-care cotton plisse in petite floral prints and cute juvenile patterns. Huge selec- uon all first quality, fast colors. Buy now and save c yd MiitiiininimtntifmitmittitiiiimttiniiiiiiiniT 36" KITCHEN AND DINETTE PRINTS Tremendous assortment of patterns and solids M all first quality, fast color cotton.. 36" PERCALE FIESTA PRINTS, SOLIDS Superb, 160-thread quality. Magnificent colors Qfi & Datterns. Fast colors. Full holts. Hurrv in w r r WASH 'N WEAR COTTON PRNT REMNANTS Famous name, first quality prints that ordi- i 7 ( narily cost much more. 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Porter and nine other U. S. congressmen joined six members of the British parli- ment in signing a resolution to this effect. They urged that all of Ber lin, both east and west zones, come under the UN, and that the occuping forces of the var ious governments gradually be replaced with a new UN police force under a single UN com mander. It would be made up of soldiers of many UN mem ber nations. ' v No Mention of UN Congressman Norblad said he heard ' no mention of the UN during his trip. He only heard military discussions of the situation in Germany dur ing briefings by various U.S. military leaders. Norblad said he and the others on his committee trip talked with Berlin Mayor Wil ly Bmandt for a hour. "He's a great guy," said Norblad. "He thinks things can continue for years this way." Norblad pointed out that.the it must be significant. This week students at Mc Loughlin will be asked to complete a "quiz" on books they have rad and would recommend. The test hopes to discover both the quality and quantity of books being read by students. Dunbar Carpenter, chair man of the library week com mittee, particularly urged Jackson county citizens to visit the open house of the main library or a branch li brary this week. "It will give the adults a chance to emu late our younger generation," he said. W e s t , German government makes tax concessions to peo ple and industry in West Ber lin to compensate for the geo graphic handicap of being 110 miles inside East Germany. Norbland said the govern ments of the two zones of Berlin get along on certain levels when it is mutually helpful. For example, a sub way is jointly operated, and tne Kussians allow sewage from West Berlin to flow into East Berlin treatment plants. When they threatened to shut off this service, the West Ber lin government threatened to dump the sewage into a lake which was the source of drink ing water for East Berlin. That stopped the threat. No Traffic Problem One nice thing about East Berlin, said Norblad, is that it has no traffic problem. It's occupants are too poor for the most part to own autos. Both congressmen found Germans less troubled by the Soviet threat over Berlin than Americans are. They also paid tribute to our military leaders. There is a confidence that comes from 'strength," Porter said. "I think we are strong in Europe. I came back very en couraged. I think the role that air power plays is fundament al." Norblad said military peo pie fear a blunder that might set off hostilities worse than a deliberate attack. The lfiea of a UN police force was received, without any commitment, by the State Department. Assistant Secre tary William B. Macomber wrote Porter that it was "among the most carefully thought out of the various pro posals." But he said most plans for UN action overlook two factors: Responsibility Evaded 1. The special responsibility of the US, France, Britain and Russia for Germany as a whole and for Berlin. He said the current crisis is caused by Russia attempting to evade its responsibility, "notably the ob ligation to restore German unity in peace and freedom." 2. We can't deal with Ber lin in isolation. "A teal and lasting solution to the problem of Berlin can be found only in German unification, and it is the department's view that ptfmary emphasis should be put on making progress to wards a resolution of the larger underlying problem rather than on interim or pal liative measures to deal with the lesser problem." Advisory Council Of National Forest Holds First Meeting The advisory council of the Rogue River National forest held its first meeting recently in the post office building at Medford. The council was formed to consider broad questions of policy, programs and pro cedures affecting the adminis tration of forest activities- in the Rogue River National forest, and to give the forest supervisor the benefits of its opinion, according to Forest Supervisor C. E. Brown. The demands for various uses of the national forests are increasing at a rapid rate. It is desirable, therefore, to i have the considered opinion j of the group of public-spirited j citizens to consider the broad i questions of policy and pro grams, especially where con flicts appear, and give the forest supervisor recommen dations, Brown explained as a reason for forming the counciL Informative Meeting The meeting was an inform ative one, giving the council members an idea of the activi ties carried on in the Rogue River National forest. Var ious staff officers of the for est explained their responsi- Quotes From the News MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, April 15, 1959 S By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Washington-President Eisenhower, about the. late Sen. j Robert A. Taft at the dedication of a memorial to him: j "Whenever I needed him most, he was there." ! Berlin-An American spokesman on Soviet harassment of ' U-S. planes in the Berlin air corridor: "We will continue to fly as high as we please when we : please." " Las Vegas, Nev.-An announcement of the "North Ameri can Air Defense Command, explaining that a single nuclear armed MB-1 Genie rocket carried by its fighter planes costs $250,000: "The cost is relative, however, when consideration is giv en to how completely it can destroy one or many hydrogen ; bomb carriers, each with the capacity in a single bomb lo clobber a city; its industry and its population." Washington-William Bufalino, head of a Detroit juke box local of the Teamsters union, denying that he had anything to do with a bombing and refusing to take a lie detector test: "I don't need any machine to tell me what the truth is." Hollywood-Singer Vic Damone on the departure of his ex-wife, Pier Angeli, for Europe with their three-year-old son: "She could at least have let me say goodbye to my son." See These Play Packed Gym Dandys At the Toy House Jgywdandy Vets, Families Receive $52 Million in Benefits 2 Seat Whirlwind Our $1088 ?7A95 0ur $9Q8 Rr eVf Snon I W R.P9-. WT Snpc. o -, "r Veterans and their families in Oregon received a total of $52,413,938 in cash benefits and services during fiscal year 1958, S. T. Brannock, contact representative, VA Domiciliary, Camp White, has announced. Brannock said actual distri bution of this sum is outlined in the 1958 annual report of the VA, now on sale at the Government Printing office, Washington, D. C. . In Oregon, compensation for service-connected disabil ities and pension for total and permanent nonservice - con nected disabilities were paid to 27,669 living veterans in the amount of $23,433,529. Death compensation and pension were paid to the de pendents of 8,340 deceased veterans in the amount of $6, 993.055. Indemnity Payments Certain GIS insurance and indemnity, payments totaling $3,625,082 were made to veter ans and their beneficiaries. An average of 118 disabled : veterans of World War II and the Korean Conflict in Ore gon were in training during the year under the vocational rehabilitation act to overcome the handicaps of their disabil ities. They received $353,872 j in subsistence, tuition, sup-1 plies and equipment. An average of 4,320 veter ans trained during the year j under World War II and Kor-! ean GI bills. They received ! $6,441,032 in cash allowances. The remainder of cash bene-! ffts, services and other VA expenditures in Oregon dur ing the year totaled $11,567. 368. The cash benefits and ser vices, Brannock explained, in cluded war orphans' educa tional allowances, hospitaliza tion, automobiles for the dis abled, wheel chair homes for the seriously disabled, admin istrative costs and miscellan eous items. n )gymdandy I 4 Seat Whirlwind I 3fi8S Kt . Jumble Gym Rockaway Rock-it $1195 Our SO88 $IC95 Our $1088 Reg. I I Spec. Reg. Spec FREE DELIVERY IN MEDFORD THE TOY HOUSE 317 E. MAIN ST. bilities and the six district rangers outlined their district boundaries and explained some of the major activities of their districts. The council elected as its chairman Harlan P. Bos worth, Jr., and Eugene Bur rill as vice chairman. S. T. Moore, of the supervisor's staff, was appointed by Brown as secretary. 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