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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
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Oregon Congress
Differs in Appraisal
Of Berlin Situation
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
. Correspondent
- Washington - Two Oregon
congressmen have recently
been to Germany for on-the-scene
appraisals of the Berlin
crisis, each re-
different con
clusion. "I don't
know what
the solution
is," declared
Rep. Walter
N o r b 1 ad (R
Ore.) after
a. Robt. smitk four days in
the beleaguered city. "I think
we have to hold tough."
Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-
Ore.) urged establishment of
a UN police force as a solu
tion. 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."
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$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
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ans trained during the year j
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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
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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. '
The council will normally ;
meet as a minimum twice a !
year, but it was decided to
have another meeting within !
a month to help council mem- j
bers become better acquaint-1
ed with forest service activi
ties and at the same time
give them some matters for
consideration in the near fu
ture. .
Council members in addi
tion to Bosworth and Burrill
are Mrs. Katheryn Heffernan,
B. L. (Bud) Nutting; Law
rence L. Shaw; Dr. Elmo N.
1 Stevenson; Frank Drew; Tom
Watters; Frank Van Dyke;
Eric W. Allen, Jr.; V. Aubrey
Norris; Armin Richter; Har
lan P. Bosworth, Jr.; Bill
Hallin; and Col. Paul H. Wei-!
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Appear on TV Show
Richard Graham, for many
years well-known in southern
Oregon as an actor, director
and make-up expert' for the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val, will appear on Armstrong
Circle Theater .on television
tonight.
Reports from New York to
festival officials indicated he
would play the role of an air
line navigator in a story deal
ing with diamond smuggling.
The play is entitled "Trail of
Diamonds."
The program will be seen
on KBES-TV at 9 p.m.
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