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By CLAY S. MAR. 22 M Your Doijr Activity Guide M ' According to ffie Store. i To develop message for Saturday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. 1 Lhtan 31 Promisr 61 Ideas ' 2 Attain 32 Achiev 62 Pressure 3 Lit 33 Your 63 Much 4 Careful! 34 You 64 Desired 5 Other. 35 Be " 65 Block 6 Joint 360nj - 66A 7 Your 37 Could 67 Item STemper 38 And 68 Effort 9 Talk 39 Mom 69 Promote 10 Timely 40 Acquiring 70 Them 11 Relax 41FoU 71 Money 12Evnt 42To 72So 13 If 43 Might 73 Or ' 14 And 44 Children 74 Indicated 15 Allow 45 Some 75 Today 16 You're 46 Hard -76 Tired 17 Of - 47 Good 77 The 48 Effort 48 Associates 78 Pursuit 19 Events 49 Fulfillment 79 Heart's 20 Opportunity 50 For 80 If- 21 Plans 51 Crystalized 81 Pan 22 Moke 52 To . 82 Are 23 To S3Cos 83 Accented 24 Dear 54 You 84 Possible 25 Can 55 Under 85 Desire 26 May 56 By 86 Be 27 Wtl! 57 Of 870f 28 The 58 Patient 88 Today 29 For 59 Someone , 89 Pleasure 30 Conspire 60 Set ' 90 Cooperative AW. X APR. 2 MAY 2' MAY 22 JUNE 22 SCTiUL 70 fld JUNE 23 JULY 23 1t-13-l(S-55l '62-73-76 uo JULY 24 AUG. 23 65-787-891 AUG. 24 i SEPT. 22 K21-25-35-5i r56-3M8 lyniametle Labor Dspufe Spreads Calem - (OH) - The month loig labor dispute between XFillamette valley sand and fj-svel operators and Team sters lacal 324 has spread to ther crafts. Carpenters, e 1 e c t r icians, iilum bers and other craft porkers walked off three con struction jobs here in a "sym pathy" move. ' Pat Blair, who represents sment contractors, said "it is now apparent that this will v to be settled in the fed eral courts." He said an injunction would sought to-prevent picket ing of jobs involving cement. Salem B u 1 1 d i ng Trades Council Representative Char les Westergard said his craft employee "won't work on jobs where 'rat' cement is used." n (Vnployers Wednesday sent an ultimatum to the Team sters telling them to return, to JBJprk or risk losing their jobs. Rectors will tell you GOLDEN GUERNSEY ILK is "TOPS" for mm? For babies changing to bottle milk youH aad famous Golden Guernsey recom mended by leading pediatricians. Golden Goemsey the "High Nutrition" Milk is extra high in protein, vitamins A, B plus other nutritive values. Eatily digetrt-d. Golden-colored by nature. Encourages ftnew body tissues, good akin, healthy haar. ComnwnrUd by Pnmin Mugmriit : Dial " W- POLLAN - SEPT. 23 OCT. 23 6-18-27-32Gl 63-72-86-90VSU OCT. 24 NOV. 22 60-77-81-88MJ USITTAIIUS NOV. 23 DEC 22 W-70-80-84V& CAPncow DEC 23 JAN. 20 lM.59.7S VSl UAN. 21 FES.' ' 153-54-71 V&l FEB. 2C MAR. 21 3-5-W44T1 22-28-39 HA Reconsideration Of SP Case Asked Salem -(CPU- The Interstate Commerce commission has been petitioned to reconsider its May 6 decision which al lowed Southern Pacific com pany to curtail its Portland- San Francisco passenger sche dules during off-season pe riods, Public Utility Commis sioner Jonel C. Hill said. Oregon's PUC and the Cali fornia Regulatory commission had filed similar requests. Under the ICC order, SP is permitted to operate its Shas ta Daylight schedules three times a week from Jan. 15 to May 28 and from Sept. 16 to Dec. 14 of each year. Hill maintained the ICC's finding that operation of the Shasta Daylight, "on other than a tri-weekly' schedule" is not required by the public convenience and necessity during off-peak periods "is not supported by the evidence." f The Inquiring Mind This series of articles, on many different subjects, results from work by senior students si the school of journalism at the University of Oregon. Each is a con densed version of a full-length thesis written as partial requirement for graduation at the school. BABIES FOR SALE By Jo Ann Shore x Cautiously hiding under the skirts of respectability, black and gray marketeers are sup plying the country with a commodity unknown as such, a century ago. The commodity babies. " In those pioneer days of the adoption movement (1851 to about 1875) no one could pre dict that a baby "business" would spring up decades later. Today, black marketeers do "business'' among an estimat ed one million childless couples who each year at tempt to adopt children. Business is profitable, too. Last year one ring located in Florida cleared $50,000 profit. But cheaper services are of fered through gray markets, which are essentially respect able doctors or lawyers who place children at reasonable service fees. The gray marke teer is unlike the black mar keteer, in that he is usually sincere' in his efforts to place children in good homes. Eager Couples Both the black and gray marketeer have a large group with which to operate. For there are about ten eager couples for every adoptable infant. : ! What causes the black and gray market in babies? The major problem is that there are simply not enough infants to adopt. Antiquated, state adoption laws, strict require ments, and a maze of red tape, are what the"' baby seller thrives on. Waiting lines are long at adoption agencies-too long- and the requirements too rigid and exacting. So, the black or gray market offers a quick service' to an impatient couple. Slow and unsympathetic agencies often follow the law to the letter, insist on match ing parents and children to the last minute detail concern ing religion, coloring, and other inherited qualities. Adoptive parents must meet strict financial, . social, age and physical requirements. While many of these pre-adop- tion scrutinies are necessary, too much attention is paid to minor details; and few excep tions are made. ' ' Therefore, some prospective parents who either cannot ful fill all the requirements, or desire to speed up the process, resort to the black or gray market. Red Tap Eliminated , The usual red tape required of reputable agencies is omit ted in black markets, and qualifications of adoptive par ents need be only enough ready cash. . This quick, simple way oft en leads to trouble. Black market operators do not have the time, freedom, nor the in clination to investigate the real mother's background or physical condition, nor that of the adoptive parents. The racketeer's main supply of babies ' comes from unwed mothers whose only desire is to be rid of their children as soon as possible, thus making investigation difficult, if not impossible. Couples in a hurry to adopt may regret their haste if they proceed without the aid of a legitimate agency. In a study of 200 adoptive homes made at the Clinic of Child Develop ment at Yale a few years ago, the late Dr. Catherine Ama truda showed that of 100 inde pendent placements, only 46 rated good (where parents and child were well-adjusted to each other), 26 rated fair, and 28 bad. The 100 agency matched placements scored much better. Dr. Amatruda rated 76 good, 16 fair and 8 bad. Another study, made by the -California Citizens'! Com mittee on Adoption gave evi dence that one of every five children obtained through black or gray markets was never legally adopted or was shunted to several couples be fore finding a permanent home. In contrast, only one agency baby in 100 was not adopted by the couple who first receive him. Although the facts show that "purchasing" a baby is not the easy way out, the prac tice continues. Why? For one thing, in 1957 black and gray markets were not against the law in 34 states. All of these Oregon included w o u 1 d grant a decree that makes the adoption legal. And even in states were baby-selling is a criminal offense, prosecution is difficult. Many of these cases involve interstate trans actions and there are no fed eral adoption laws. . Oregon is an example of a state where laws are lax. Ore gon's present .laws make "baby selling'.' illegal, but they are not effective in preventing private individuals from en gaging in. child-placing. In the 37 years since the law against child-selling was passed only on conviction has been re corded. That was In the case of a Portland woman who was who said "punishment wasn't enough." Legislative action would help alleviate the "black mar ket" problem. A public adop tion agency established by state law would afford an answer. Funds allocated ' by the state would make it pos sible for the State Public Wel fare Board to place youngsters for adoption. (Editor's note: Legislation along these lines was passed this year. The article was writ ten prior to the legislator's adjournment.) A public adoption agency would serve the whole state, and not just a special group, such as Protestants, Catho lics or Jews, as is the case now with some agencies. In addi tion, state control of a public agency would cause private agencies to re-examine their standards. Legislators, aided by social workers, would be in a posi tion to evaluate ' outmoded state laws controlling child placement, and to make com promises which would result in better placements in a shorter length of time, if, a public agency were estab lished. Laws that are too lax are allowing black and gray marketeering to exist. The most obvious evidence of the laxiety of the laws is in the few actual convictions of per sons engaged in black mar keting babies. To prevent in cessant black" market oper ations, laws should be passed in states which do not already have them, prohibiting the act of selling babies and mak ing it a felony instead of a misdemeanor. Along the same line, laws should be enacted which pro hibit gray marketing of ba bies. Few states currently have such a law. Oregon has a law prohibiting black mar keting of babies, but not gray marketing. Because gray mar keting has not been deemed as dangerous as black mar keting, little .emphasis has been placed upon it. How ever, statistics have shown this practice to be on an in crease and surveys indicate that placements of this nature are likely to be unsatisfactory and heartbreaking. Try and Stop Me ' By BENNETT CERF A QUICK-DRAW COP in Texas emptied his pistol at a bad man, missing him completely. Finally, however, he hurled his empty revolver at the thug and laid him out cold! In New York an editor opened a manuscript that consisted of nudes of a dar ing young model who want ed to sell a new "manual of photography." The editor's report consisted of a single line: "I see nothing in this manuscript except the modeL" "If, in going down an in cline,' proposed a physics in structor, "I gain four feet per second, describe my situation 25 seconds later." 'That's easy, prof," insisted one student. TouH be a centipede." This is a story of a man who may be the stingiest In all New York. His doctor told W"i his wife must get some sea, air so he fanned her two weeks with a herring. x 0 1959, by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Hi Neighborl In a few days IH be dropping by to see you about your reading pleasure. 1 have a fine special surprise offer to tel you about, and for exploring it to you, I have an opportunity, to earn money and a chance to win a 7 DAY Alt IXPINSI TOT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, , Signed sto fs jy 5 Old Tree Harbors Spark for Months 1 Springfield - (UPD - Timber fallers for Weyerhaeuser Tim ber Co., here have received a startling lesson in the wily nature of forest fires. They felled an old cedar on the firm's tree farm and the tree shattered and burst into flame when it hit the ground. Company foresters discover ed that the tree had been harboring a spark from a nearby slash' fire late last last year - more than five months and the spark had slowly burned the tree into a hollow shell without betray ing its existence. At a nearby log landing, a spark from the same fire crept into rotten wood and bark and burned underground until it reached the surface. Sledge Hammer Blow Kills Man Silverton - (UPD - Archie Goodwin, a 50-year-old tur key farm employee, died here Thursday of injuries received when he was hit with a sledge hammer in a backyard of his home Monday afternoon. Marion County District At torney Hattie Kermen said Goodwin's wife, Josephine, 35, might have charges filed against her depending on the outcome of psychiatric exami nation at the State hospital. Mrs. Goodwin, . a former mental patient, has been com mitted to the hospital for examination. Marion County Chief Crim inal Deputy John Zabinski said Mrs. Goodwin orally ad mitted the beating. Goodwin was found in his backyard suffering a crush ed skull. He did not regain consciousness. Woman Killed By Freight Train Canby (DPD A berry picker, Mrs. Goldie Thomp son, 45, was instantly killed north of here Thursday when struck by a Southern Pacific freight train. Police learned iater that the woman was deaf and did not hear the warning whistle.. Officers said she had just finished picking berries at the De Forge berry patch near here and had decided to walk back to town on the tracks. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforo, Or. Friday, June 12, 1959 These young me ore being spon sored end supervised by the , local office of fSe KEYSTONE READERS' SERVICE, INC (o -sidiary of Corfu Publishing Co.) 305 Dekum Bldg. Portland 4, Oregon T". N r- mL?J &SwW $5; . Value WJ 1 I ; GILLETTE 195 Adjustable Razor 9 positions! Dispenser 6 Blue Blades, 1 $31.50 REMINGTON Rollectric Shaver $20.88 MEN'S TWO SUITER Pure Badger SHAVING BRUSH $1.98 Natural Bristle MEN'S HAIR BRUSH $2.49 CONTAINS CAROTACTTN EXCLUSIVE TANNING BOOSTER. POISON OAK? 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