Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 24, 1959, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textr 5 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The government reports that living costs remained un changed in March. How come? This answer is given: LOWER FOCD PRICES IN MARCH OFFSET COST OF OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES. T ETS give a little credit where a LOT of credit is due. The food industry is one of America's most EFFICIENT industries. It operates on very narrow margin of profit, Through its supermarkets and its other efficient devices for distribution, it moves a vast volume of business. Thus it is enabled to hold food prices down while prices of other goods and SERVICES rise. Danger of Plastic Dry Cleaning Bags As Playthings Told rpHE politicians claim credit lor everything that is good The truth is that efficient modern business is entitled to credit for a lot of the good things of modern life. pOING on with the cost of " living story- H. E. Riley, price chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, says the cost of living index has moved within a range of only two-tenths of one per cent during the past nine months. adds- Is the longest period of sta bility of record. ZOING on with the story - Because of this- nine month period of stability, 1,350,000 American workers whose wages are geared to the index will not receive any cost of living pay boosts. Sounds bad, doesn't it? But- Let' s look at the doughnut and not the hole. WHILE THEY DON'T GET AN UP IN "WAGES, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AN UP IN LIVING COSTS. . TLjl ORE statistics: A'JL According to the Depart ment of Commerce, half of the nation's families had in comes above $5,000 in 1958 (By way of comparison, it should be added that only FIVE per cent of the nation's families had incomes of $10,- 000 or over.) ' HAT brings into interesting focus a statement just is sued by Tax Foundation, Inc., a " non-partisan, non-political tax research organization. . Tax Foundation points out that the current federal bud get of 77 billion dollars will cost an average family with an income of $5,000 about $796 in federal taxes. fTHAT isn't hay. And, one must remember- Federal taxes are. only a PART of the tax burden. The total tax burden includes local and state taxes. It's little won der that modern prices are high. When half the families in America have to pay that much taxes, prices have to be high. Taxes are a part of the cost of doing business, and so have to be added to prices. Lincoln Girl First Rose Festival Choice Portland (UPD The first princess for the coming Rose Festival was chosen today, by Lincoln High School students. She is comely Signa Poly, daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Reed. Princess Signa is 17, five feet, four inches tall, and has blue eyes and dark brown hair. Chicago (LTD -Fast action among newsmen and an alert physician today drew "credit for preventing uncounted deaths of children tempted to play with plastic dry cleaning bags. In an article in its month ly American Medical Associa tion Journal, the AMA praised Dr. Paul J. B. Jarrett, Ari zona physician who followed up the suffocation deaths of four Phoenix children with a written warning of the dan ger sent to the Arizona Re public The Republic's editorial staff "immediately recogniz ed a public service duty in herent in the news itself," the AMA article said. Danger Compared Jarrett, chairman of the Maricopa County, Ariz., Medi cal Society's Safety Commit tee, was quoted as comparing the danger to "such a horrible combination as a child play ing with a venomous reptile." Even this would not re sult in death as quickly as suffocation by the plastic film which clings to the face with diabolical tenacity," Jarrett said. From the Arizona paper, Jarrett's warning moved throughout the nation on wire services, succeeding in "carry ing the word to millions," the article said. "There is no way to deter mining how many young lives will be saved," the article said. "That young lives were and will be saved cannot be doubted."" The article quoted Jar rett's explanation of the death dealing capabilities of the filmy bags. Electrical Attraction "An electrostatic charge may have been generated by friction from handling. The youngster, in peering through Bridges Quells Proies! Move San Pedro, Calif.-dJPD-Har- ry Bridges, controversial un ion leader, apparently has quelled within the Interna tional Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union a re ported protest movement against him. Bridges, president of the un ion, flew here from New York Thursday and went into three-hour closed "stop work' meeting with 3,500 members of Local 13. When the meeting broke up an old .Bridges supporter. Peter Moore, had resigned his position as, ILWU regional di rector and Bridges appeared to have everything under con trol. Moore was reported to have denounced Bridges in a speech during the meeting for his "preoccupation" with working out a transportation combine of unions with teamster boss James R. Hoffa and neglect ing the "pork chop" problems of union members. Rank and filers were re ported displeased with resolu tions passed last month in Seattle at an ILWU caucus, One of the resolutions urged U.S. recognition of Commu nist China. But Bridges and other un ion members were mum after the meeting which had tem porarily halted handling of cargo at Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor. this material, is apt to have It literally grab him through electrical attraction to his face. "If this happens, only prompt intervention of an adult will prevent tragedy. This dangerous material won't tear when a child fights it." Instead, Jarrett was quoted, "Dizziness, inability to think, spasms of muscles occur with more and more rapid breath ing. Vomiting with inhalation of undigested food puts a finish to this terrible tragedy." Exhaust Probed As Disease Cause Washington-fUPD-The Public Health Service plans to inves tigate the role played by auto exhaust in causing or con tributing to heart disease, can cer and various other ail ments. The project, disclosed in congressional testimony made public today, calls for expos ing animals to a "realistic community level" of exhaust to determine its effect upon their health. The study is one of several research projects on auto ex haust which the service out lined to a House appro priations subcommittee last month. It asked Congress for nearly $200,000 to finance them. Mark D. Hollis, chief of the Sanitary Engineering Divi sion, told the subcommittee that "marked statistical asso ciations between air pollution and many forms of heart dis ease and cancer have been noted." "There is need to clarify the ' role of auto exhaust in this picture," he said. "Auto exhausts have been demon strated to contain cancer-pro ducing substances, to contain materials which produce eye irritation, and materials which result inextensive crop dam age." w fs iHlaiD Tame So Ift IrOagh Time io see us about your HAIL INSURANCE Phone Us For Personal Service ON EVERY APPLICATION Holhing But Insurance For 50 Years! PA Holmes INSURANCE W)ENGY SINCE I90 116 Smith Central SP 2-4444 Wheat Market Group Formed Pendleton - (UPD - Wheat represntatives from Washing ton, Idaho and Oregon form ed a regional marketing de velopment association here Thursday. The group,' to be known as Western Wheat Associates, USA, Inc.,-was the result of a day-long meeting with exe cutives of the three states' wheat commissions and their wheat growers leagues. A 12 member board was named, two men from each commis sion and wheat league. The group will encourage utlization and sale of wheat in both domestic and foreign markets, " but primarily its operation will be beamed to the Far East where about 10 per cent of their soft white wheat is shipped. Immediate plans have been formulated to begin develop ment for more use of wheat products, financed by grants or service contracts with the associations from the three states. POPULAIRES Southern Oregon college's talented singing group, "The Populaires," will present its second annual "An Evening with the Populaires" show Monday and Tuesday evenings, April 27-28, in Churchill hall auditorium. Curtain time for the performance, which will present the SOC Quar tet as one of the featured acts, is 8:15 p.m., and will begin with a minstrel show. Tickets are on sale at Purucker's, Med- ford; The Mart, Ashland; the SOC Student Affairs office; and at the door both evenings. Proceeds will be used to purchase new outfits for,the coming Populaires' tour of southern Ore gon in connection with the Oregon Centennial. Quartet mem bers from the left are David Deller, James Kempster, Med ford; Louis Vance, Roseburg; and Maynard Hadley, Medford. Portland Dogs Face Tougher Life Portland -(DPD- A dog's life will be even tougher here. The city council Thursday passed four new dog-control ordi nances. The ordinances will give authority to pick up loose dogs on school grounds if school officials approve; al low impounding of female dogs "in heat," licensed or not, if they are at large; an increase from $3 to S5 for licenses for unspayed female dogs, and action against bark ing or howling dogs on re ceipt of three or more com plaints. In case of biting dogs, one complaint is enough. NO USE DENYING Mildenhall, England - (UPD -The U.S. Air Force has or dered personnel of this base to stop throwing empty beer cans around the British coun-tryside-and not to deny they did it. The British don't care for those American brands of beer, either inside or outside, a spokesman said. A comet has three parts nucleus, coma and tail. Suspect Arrested In Portland Holdup Portland (UPD The down town YMCA here was held up Thursday night by a rob ber who escaped with about $70. Two hours later police arrested a suspect, Ciro Thomas LoCricchio, 29, in a motel. Gasoline Prices Drop in Portland Portland -(DPD Gasoline prices took a downward dip in the southeast part of Port land Thursday and a new gas oline war may be indicated. Prices went from 33.9 cents to 29.9 cents for regular gas and from 36.9 to 33.9 for premium, mostly in an area along southeast 82nd ave., near the city limits. Other stations were cutting their prices only by one cent. A gas war 'last winter brought prices down to 23.9 for a gallon of regular. Voting is comulsory for all citizens of Venezuela between the ages of 21 and 65. In a public opinion poll In Sweden, about 30 per cent of those questioned said the United States is the country they would most like to visit. MEDFOPd. $&&s.TFTBUKI 5 Friday, April 24, 1959 Pttsburgh's Carnegie Insti tute was founded in 1896. How Are You Fixed for MAY? "Better Check" MONTH END X-TRA SPECIAL O Peeler Core Wood O Unsplit Split iy2 Cords 5 1 4.00 M2 Cords $21.50 I Cord $ 1 0.00 I Cord ,...$I5.00 No delivery charge ' im Prices Are Under 5 Miles C'D HmberPmtc Company Phone . . . SP 2-8086 Nehru Invites Panchen Lama To Come To India Mussoorie, India-flJPD-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to day publicly invited Commu nist Chinese officials and their Panchen Lama to come to India and find out for them selves that the Dalai Lama was here of his own free will. Nehru, obviously stung by Peiping charges, that the 25-year-old god-king of Tibet was being held here against his will, spoke to newsmen as he arrived for a conference with the Dalai Lama. Mutual Admiration Then he went to Birla House, the home-in-exile of the Tibetan leader, and they greeted each other with un disguised mutual admiration. Nehru said his talks with the Dalai Lama were "full and helpful.", Nehru also told newsmen the Dalai Lama had told him he had written letters to the Red Chinese military com manders in Lhasa, hoping that conditions would improve. Conditions Worse He quoted the Dalai Lama Higher Taxes Seen by McElroy New York-UPD-Defense Sec retary Neil H. McElroy said Thursday night the nation may have to tighten its belt and increase taxes to stay ahead of the Soviet Union in the cold war struggle. "Otherwise, we may come out second best in a compe tition for which there is no second prize," McElroy said He told the Bureau of Ad vertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation that U.S. - military strength is adequate. "So long as the United States continues to have an over-all preponderance of ca pability to deliver high poten cy weapons - on target - we need not fear attack," he said. as saying that until 4 p.m. on March 17 he had not de cided to leave Lhasa. But by 10 p.m, conditions had grown worse, so he and the others of his party decided to leave. Nehru said he hoped his four-hour talk with the Dalai Lama would pave the way for an early solution to the Tibet an problem. ISYL Public Reaction Dismays Group Salem (UPD The president of the American Psychiatric Association wired Gov. Mark Hatfield Thursday that he was "dismayed to hear about pub lic reaction to a proposal to convert the Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles into a facility for the aged mentally ill and retarded." Dr. Francis J. Gerty said there apparently was some public sentiment that mental patients were somehow less desirable , m a community than are TB patients. "It is very disheartening to us who spend our lives try ing to enlighten the nublic about mental illness and how to deal with it more effective ly to witness these eruptions that reflect such cross mis understandings of the prob lem," Dr. Gerty said. "Mental patients are no more a threat to a community than any other patient," he added. A bill to transfer use of the facility is now before the Legislature. VAWIA ASPIRIN inn usp I WW 5 Grain.. 29c ISOPROPYL RUBBING ALCOHOL Pint 19c CHIFFON Facial Tissues 50c 4 Boxes 200's.. 250 MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS 1000 SACCHARIN, V Grain. TINCTURE of BENZOIN, 4-oz. 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