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rif T . ;r . o o .,, o 6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1959 4:H Club News v o o IKE'S ELEPHANT President Eisenhower feeds a carrot to Dimbo, a pale gray baby elephant presented to him at the White House Monday as a gift from French Afri can countries. Next to the President from Quotes From the News o By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL L'Anse, Mich.-Sixteen-year-old Eugene Paquet, after slay ing his girl friend's 10-year-old sister and her father: "I just did it. I don't know why." Columbus, Ohio-Mrs. Virginia Cerda, 25, on the birth of her son 26 hours after her four other children perished in a fire: "I think we will call him Paul-lhat is the English for my husband's name. Pablo." Ashville, N.C.-Mississippi Gov. J. P. Coleman, in refusing to disclose the secret that has provided his state with two suc cessive Miss Americas: j "I'm sorry, but we are planning on winning again next year and we don't want to give away our secret." Cornwall, Conn.-Pulitzer prize winning poet Mark Van Doren, on the disappearance of his son Charles, sought for an appearance before a congressional subcommittee investigat ing rigged TV quiz shows: "The last time I saw him was Saturday. Don't know where he is." K h r us h c h e v's Ma ss Murders, Famines Told Committee . Washington - (UPD - A con gressional committee has air ed testimony that Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev rose to power through mass murder, starvation and tor ture and should not be trusted.-; ... The testimony, charging Khrushchev with the direction Girl, 12, Scalped When Caught in Potato Digger Salt Lake City -(DPtt- Doc tors attending a 12-year-old Blackfoot, Idaho, girl who was scalped -when her pony-tail hfcirdo caught in a potato dig- eine machine said today the victim would remain, in criti cal condition for 72 hours. Doctors attending Christine Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hayes, said she Would have a good chance of romverv if she survived the 72-hour post-operative period, Ears Ripped Off . The machine tore her scalp off and ripped both ears and part of her right eyebrow from her head. A hospital spokesman said no attempt would be made to replace the flesh on her scalp because there was no bone covering left over her skull and a graft would not take. The team of surgeons start ed some skin grafting on the child's face but were forced to ston after six hours in surgery when the girl went back into shock. The accident happened when Christine was helping harvest Dotatoes with other children at a farm near Blackfoot, Ida ho.. Agreement Reached Oq Building Sale Portland -UPD- The General Services Administration and the Lloyd Corporation have agreed on a $5 million pur chase nrice for the Interior building here. The SSA, which is buying the eight-story building, said it probably will take several months to finish . the . transaction. ' rrt f of man-made famines, shoot ings, deportations and sup pression of religion, was giv en by nine witnesses, all but one natives of the Ukraine. Americans in Camps The other witness, Dr. Lev E. Dobriansky, professor of Soviet economics at George town University here, charg ed that "there are several hundred Americans who are still in Khrushchev's slave labor camps. The testimony was released by the' House Committee on Un-American Activities as the second report on closed hear ings it held on "the crimes of Khrushchev." In a slap at Khrushchev's American tour, the commit tee quoted the premier's own words in a special preface to the testimony: "If anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, En- gels and Lenin, he deceives himself poorly. Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle." Paramount among the charges was testimony that Khrushchev carried out a pro gram of mass starvation to stamp out public resistence in the Ukraine when he was boss of- the Communist Central Committee there. Famine Kills Millions Nicholas Prychodko, now a professional engineer for the city of Toronto, Canada, and formerly a professor at Kiev University, testified that six to seven million persons died in the "man-made" famine. Constantin Kononenko, of Boonton, N.J., : testified that while Stalin made "the basic decision" on the campaign, "Khrushchev cannot obliter ate the historical fact that he was actually the perpetrator of the details." BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 1 right to left are J. Lear Grimmer, associate director of the Washington Zoo, and Dr. Jean Rinjard, associate director of the Paris Zoo. , (UPI Telephoto) Battle Resigns From Civil Rights Commission Washington - (UPD Former Gov. John S. Battle of Vir ginia Monday resigned from the federal Civil Rights Com mission, spurning a request by President Eisenhower that he stay on. Eisenhower accepted the resignation, effective when a successor is named. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the President intended to fill the post "as soon as possible." Battle told the President he felt impelled to resign so that he could give' his undivided attention to his private law practice. He said it was "very diffi cult for me to decline any re quest from you, sir." But he noted he already had served the two-year term "of the original life of the commis sion." Strong Disagreement Battle dissented strongly to a number of recommenda tions the commission made in its report to the President and Congress last Sept. 8, shortly ' before ; Congress ad journed. " He said he meant 1 no re flection on . any commission member but that he was forc ed to strongly disagree with the nature and tenor of the report. . ' "In my judgment," he said, "it is not an impartial factual statement, such as I believe to . have been the intent of Congress, but rather, in large part, an argument in advo cacy of preconceived ideas in the field of race relations." He did not mention his dis agreement with , the commis sion in his resignation state ment to the president. CHURCHILL UNHURT Needham Market, England - (UPD Journalist Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill, escaped unhurt Monday night when the car he was driving collided headon with a truck. NUMBER ONE M sMCOLUMBIA NEW COLUMBIA STEREOPHONIC CONSOLE PARK & SHOP New Pension Law Effective July 1 Thousands of Oregon veter ans, veterans' widows, and or phans may be eligible for a higher pension beginning next July 1, S. T. Brannock, con tact representative, VA Domi ciliary, Camp White, said to day. Under Public Law 86-211, signed by President Eisen hower on Aug. 29, existing pension legislation was mod ernized for the first time since 1933. Brannock emphasized two points in connection with the new legislation. First, it does not go into effect until July 1, 1960. He urged veterans, wi dows and orphans not to write to the VA now about the pen sion since correspondence con cerning the program will only result in delays in putting it into operation next summer. All 12,031 veterans now re ceiving pensions in Oregon have received a notification in the mail with their Septem ber checks, he added. Persons May Choose Second, veterans, widows and orphans now on the pen sion rolls, or coming on the rolls before July 1, 1960, will be allowed to choose to re main under the existing pen sion system, or switch to the new pension plan whichever they prefer. The VA will help them make that choice by sending them a form on which to make the choice. They will receive this form automatical-' ly; writing to the VA will not speed things up. Brannock emphasized also that the new pension plan has nothing to do witn service connected disability compen sation. It concerns nonservice- connected pensions only. Provisions Here are provisions of the new pension plan, in a nut shell: Service requirements have not changed. Veterans must have served for 90 consecutive days or more and such period must have ended during World War II or the Korean Conflict, and discharged other than dishonorably. They must be permanently and totally disabled for reasons not due to service and not as the result of the veteran's own miscon duct. But the amount of pension will be based on financial need. Under the new law, a payment of $85 per month will go to a veteran without tie- pendents if his annual income does not exceed $600. If his income exceeds $600 but does not exceed $1,200 annually, the amount is $70 per month. If it exceeds $1,200 but does not exceed $1,800 the amount will be $40 monthly. No pay ment of pension is made if an nual income exceeds $1,800. One Dependent ' Veterans with one depend ent are . similarly scaled: one dependent, $90 . per month with income not over $1,000; $75 with income over $1,000 hut not over $2,000, and with a payment of $45 per month if income is over $2,000 but not over $3,000. , Veterans with two depend ents , will receive $95 per month and those with three or more dependents will receive $100 per month if their in comes are not over $1,000 a year. If income exceeds $1,000 the payments are the. same as for the veteran with one de pendent. Helpless veterans, requiring regular aid and attendance, when they are not in a VA hospital or domiciliary will re ceive $70 a month in addition to their basic pension pay ment. ' . ' Widows . - a ' For widows, the basic re quirement for pension eligi bility will be changed as of July 1, 1960. The present law required that widows of World War II and Korean Conflict THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF, SOUND ivith Remote "Stowaway" stereo-speaker tliat stows in the back of the cabinet! 139 ONLY Exclusive "Stow away" speaker com bines single-unit compactness and remote-speaker placement flexibility without disturbing your room arrangement! veterans must submit evidence that the veteran had a service- connected disability. After July 1, 1960, the widows merely have to submit proof that the veteran was in active war service for 90. days or more and that he was dis charged under other than dis honorable conditions. World War I widows have always had only this simple active duty requirement. Coming oh the rolls after July 1, 1960, a childless wi dow will receive $60 per month if her annual income is not more than $600; $45 per month with an annual income over $600 but not over $1,200; and $25 a month with an an nual income over $1,200 but not over $1,800. A widow with one child, un der the new law, will receive $75 per month if her annual income is not more than $1, 000; $60 per month with an annual income of over $1,000 but not over $2,000, and $40 a month if her annual income is over $2,000 but not over $3,000. An extra $15 a month is paid in all instances for each additional child. Orphans Under the new plan, or phans will be eligible for pen sions if their outside income is not more than $1,800 a year, not counting their own earn ings. Pensions will be $35 per month for one orphan and an extra $15 per month for each additional orphan. Veterans receiving pension under the current law or those who file prior to July 1, 1960, will be able to choose which law they wish to receive pen sion under, Brannock stated. Daughter's Diary Recalls Knifing of William Seward New 'York -(UPD-A night of horror during which Presi dent Lincoln was shot and Secretary of State William Seward was knifed was re called by publication of part of the diary of Fanny Seward, the secretary's daughter, in American Heritage's October issue. The diary is In the collec tion of the Seward papers at the . University of Rochester libary and is reproduced in part by the magazine for the first time. The entry for April -14, 1865, tells how the assasin, Lewis Payne; forced his way to the house where Seward was con fined to bed recovering from a runaway-h o r s e accident Fanny writes, I do not re member how his face looked, his arms were both stretched out, he seemed rushing to ward the bed. In the hand nearest me was a pistol, in the right hand a knife. 1 ran beside him to the bed implor ing him to stop." After attack ing the secretary and slash ing Fanny's brothers and oth ers who were struggling with him. Payne ran from the house. He was later hanged. Men Stand Around . The diary continues, "not very long -: after the attack, when father's wounds had been dressed and himself re moved to the right side of the bed, a number of distin guished gentlemen came in and stood about the bed. Mr. Stanton, Gen. Halleck, and Mr. Wells are all I remember ed. It was then'that I first heard about the President, one of the gentlemen telling mother that he was shot." Fanny started her diary on Christmas day, 1858, at age 14. The last entry was made Oct. 7, 1866, three weeks be fore she died. 95 Only $10 Down $10 Per Month CUSTOM-COMPONSMI-SrEMCn systok ...two 6" woofers, two 4" tweeters with cross over network. BALANCED STEKCO AMPLIFIES ...twin-channel design anto matically equalizes signals. COLUMBIA CD CARTRIDGE ... single-jeweled stylus plays all records, all speeds. rUU-T AUTOMATIC TOXin-WS changer ...plays V, IV and 12" records. Ll TEST FLIGHT Undergoing one of its first vide the lift for vertical takeoffs and land-cross-country flights is the DO AK-1 6, an ex- ihgs. The fans rotate through 90 degrees perimental vertical-takeoff plane built for pointing straight up for vertical flight and the U.S. Army by the Doak Aircraft Com- turning straight ahead, as shown here, for pany of Torrance, Calif. The plane's large level flight. " .; wingtip nacelles house ducted fans that pro- (UPI Telephoto) Heredity Claimed Sometimes Important Overweight Factor Editor's note: Following is the second of five articles on the sub ject of overweight. Washington (Science Serv ice) The most common cause of overweight is the overeat ing of rich foods while not getting enough exercise. He redity is sometimes an impor tant factor. , Dr. Jean Mayer of the Har-. vard School of Public Health suggests that the primary causes of obesity may be class ified as environmental, gen etic and traumatic. A relationship seems to exist between overweight and obesity and the availability of food within a population group. In India, for example, where the food supply is short, this problem does not occur as it does in the United States. Can't Be Disregarded The nature of the diet as a contributing cause of over weight and obesity may have been overrated in the past, but it is still a factor which cannot be disregarded. Poor food habits and attitudes about food undoubtedly are responsible for manv in- stances of overeating. The in i JrORlFS FROM KENTUCKY J r -j take of large quantities of i tugn-energy looas, sucn as sweets, with no regard to oth er dietary essentials, may lead to overweight. - . A main environmental fac tor in overweight and obesity is the lack of enough physical activity to balance the food intake. The average rates of physi cal activity are less than they were 50 years a so. Fewer oc cupations require heavy work because of the development of labor-saving devices. Working hours are shorter. The in crease in transportation facili ties means many people do not walk to work or school any more. Observed in Animals Another cause of overeat ing is related to the influence of heredity. This has been observed in studies with ani mals. " Yellow obesity; a condition that may occur in litters of mice, has been directly re lated to heredity.. The affect ed animals have a yellow coat of hair and are obese as com pared with litter-mates which are normal in size and have NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS COMPANY, NEW YORK non - yellow hair. The domi nant gene that causes the dis order carries both the charac teristic for yellow hair and the one for obesity. mi a. . . iiie iraumauc lactor in obesity relates the cause to an injury to some part of the body's metabolic processes. It has been observed in mice by Dr. Mayer and his co-workers at Harvard University. The thin litter-mates of genetically obese mice were subjected to two types of lesions that in terfered with the normal me tabolic processes of the ani mals. It was found in one case that the food intake was increased by . 50 per cent to 75 per cent and in the other case by 50 per cent to 100 per cent. Can't Be Translated The results of these studies cannot be translated directly to man in order to explain types or 'causes of human obesity. However; the data are significant in that they show how heredity can be a factor in greater food intake and also that obesity can be induced in the animal organ ism when some phase of the KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, 86 PROOF Edgewood Equestrians 0 Jackson county novrhas new 4-H club, The Edgewood Equestrians, devoted to the a$t of English riding. The first meeting was called at the home of Marilvn Brew- old and officers were elected. President is Susan Wright; vice president, Barbara Reed; secretary, Verna Adams; and reporter, Jonathan Rode. The club - will meft ihts fourth Wednesday of -fvv month, with rides scheduled at the convenience of mem-0 bers. It is the hope of the? members to introduce an Ene- lish riding class at the various tairs neld in the vicinity. Anyone interested in becom ing a member may contact tho 4-ri county agent, MariUoi Brewold, or Mrs. Georgoj Rode, the senior adviser. Jonathan Rode, i metabolic processes is dis turbed. - . Dr. Katherine H. 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