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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
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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.
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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."
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right to left are J. Lear Grimmer, associate
director of the Washington Zoo, and Dr.
Jean Rinjard, associate director of the Paris
Zoo.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. Fisher and
Dr. Raymond W. Swift col
lected these data for the Year
book of Agriculture 1959 call
ed "Food," a handbook on
food and nutrition.
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