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- Williamsburg, PaCPD - A
Phildelphia to Cleveland Al
leghney Airlines plane carry
ing 25 persons crashed into
a mountain today while pre
paring to land in a driving
snowstorm.
Airline officials said in
Washington at least three per
sons, two in critial condition,
survived the crash. An official
of Williamsport hospital said
he understood there were four
survivors. T
A helicopter, first to reach
the crash scene in a densely
wooded area halfway up the
2,500-foot mountain, brought
out one survivor and returned
to the scene with a physician.
The twin-engine Martin 202
had made an initial approach
to the Williainsport-Montours-ville
airport in the storm but
was waved off and told to
circle the field for another
landing attmept. The control
tower reported the plane
should have circled to the
north but the craft was not
visible in the snow. The crash
occurred on the mountain
south of the airport.
The helicopter pilot report
ed the survivor he picked up
hand been thrown- clear of
the wreckage and into a tree,
Doctors Taken lo Seen
The helicopter,' from the
Olmstead Air Force Base at
Middletown, Pa., was the only
vehicle to reach the spot. It
took doctors from Williams-
port to the scene. An emerg
ency call for -all available
doctors and nurses was broad
cast.
The only road near the spot
where the plane went down
was blocked by the snow.
David L. Miller, vice presi
dent pi Allegheny, said m
Washington that a weather
observer at the airport saw
the plane pull up as it
approached the runway.
"That's all we know," he
said. Allegheny had not had
a fatal crash in the 22 years
it has been operating. It serves
more than 25 cities between
New York and Detroit, main
ly in Pennsylvania.
Patrolman Almost
Becomes Referee
A city police officer almost
became a referee recently
when he was called to a home
on report of a disturbance. On
arriving at the home the offi
cer was informed by the hus
band and wife they had . been
painting the house and drink
ing all day, and were starting
to argue.
The wife told the officer
she was afraid she would start
. throwing things at her hus
band so she called the police
to keep her in check. The hus
band told the officer he want
ed him to stand by so that the
dispute didn't get out of hand.
He added he was afraid he
might hit his wife.
The officer informed the
couple, that if they cared for
each other so. much that they
had to call in an officer to
keep the peace, they ought to
be able to settle their disputes
peacefully.
The" couple sat down to
watch television and the offi
cer left to resume his duties.
The FOOD and the FORR
MUMMiiiinr i iiintMiirv '-umiii i Ml' rf tnmomir -rr-1
The mystery of the
"TODD" apparently has
been solved.
The FODD. it will be re
called from the Mail Trib
une's Polluck column, was
a piokup truck in the used
- car lot across the street
from the Mail Tribune
which bore those four let
ters across the front.
After some weeks, an
"R" was substituted for the
first "D."
But in Benton, Arkansas,
W.P. McGuiie recently pur
of
Differences
Are Reviewed
In Schools
Editor's note: This is
another in a series of ar
ticles prepared by Med
ford's school superinten
dent following his recent
Ihrea-week trip io Russia.
The series deals with Rus
sia's "Seven Year Plan."
and is based on Soviet
books, magazine articles,
and personal interviews
with the ministers of edu
cation of Jhe Russian and
Ukranian republics, the
deputy mayor of Moscow
and the major of Tbilisi.)
By
DR.
LEONARD MAYFIELD
Medford School
Superintendent
Written and oral examina
tions are given to all students
completing the fifth, seventh
and tenth grades to determine
their achievement and decide
on their promotion. These
exams are prepared by the
Ministry of Education and ad
ministered by a committee of
teachers.
The written tests are given
only in Russian literature and
language and in the language
of the Republic where the
exam is given. The oral tests
are in general nature. Ques
tions are written on tickets
for oral reporting and each
child selects at random the
questions he must answer.
Due to adding one year to
the school program after 1963
these tests will be given in
the 8th and 11th grades. Each
teacher gives tests as she sees
fit to determine the quality of
work of her pupils. Daily and
weekly grades are given by
the teacher on the basis of a
child's recitation. These
grades are recorded in the
child's diary. ;
All students are given regu
lar physical examinations and
special physical checks are
made if the teacher or director
requests it. When a child has
a physical ailment affecting
his class work the teacner,
Drincipal and doctor work out
a program for the child wnicn
is Presented to tne pareni
The parent is held responsible
for carrying it out.
Guidance, Counseling
There is no evidence of
a
guidance and counseling pro
gram in the Soviet schools as
we think of such a program
No doubt some guidance is
done incidentally by teachers
and parents. The teachers in
the schools and the instructors
in the Pioneer Palaces work
tntrether in developing fur
ther interests in specific
areas; thereby guiding and di
recting the interest of stu
dents to further opportunities
in each field.
Every child has a diary
where teachers put marks and
comments regarding the
child's progress. Homework
assignments also are written
in the diary. Parents look
through the diary each week
and sign it. Grades are re
corded at 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 with
2 being very poor and a 1
a failure. Each teacher marks
the individual child's diary
immediately following the
child's recitation and usually
tells the class what grade the
child made. Once a month
there is an opportunity for
chased a pickup of the same
make. It was labeled
"FORR."
The Benton Courier print
ed a picture of the FORR. as
the Mail Tribune printed a
picture of the FODD. Mc
Guire said his auto dealer
offered io change the letter
ing on his truck, but he's,
driven it some 2,000 miles
and he's not about to
change.
Speculation has it that
the FODD and the FORR
were side by side on the as
sembly line.
Survive
parents to meet with teachers
and discuss their child's prog
ress. Promotion, Retention
There seems to be a very
small percentage of failures
among students: One school
reported about 4 per cent re
tention; other teachers and
directors said there was prac
tically no one retained. The
opinion of teachers and the
grades in the diary are used
to determine promotions ex
cept in the seventh and tenth
grades where a written and
oral examination is prepared
by the Ministry of Education.
Pupils who fail these exams
are given a chance to go on
with their class by studying
through the summer and pass
ing the exam when they take
it again in the fall. The extent
that grades count depends up
on the subjective judgment of
teachers.
Teachers graded the pupils
recitation and homework in
front of the class and made
either . favorable or unfavor
able comments to the class
and to the visitors about the
individual pupil's work. In
this way group pressure was
brought upon the child to do
: good work. Except in the case
of two or three children there
was no apparent evidence that
this disturbed any child.
Size of Classes
It is the aim of the Soviet
schools to have 30 to 35 pupils
in each of the primary and
elementary classes and 25 to
30 in each class in the secon
dary schools. Several classes
were visited in the secondary
schools that had less Jiian the
suggested number above al
though a few classes had 35
to 40 students. One school
located on a collective farm
had classes of 10 to 15 stu
dents. -
There is no attempt to iden
tify slow-learning children be
fore they enter the public
school. Identification is then
done by the teachers and the
pupils. Pupils who are identi
fied are referred to a medical
commission in the pedagogical
institute. If this commission
decides a child is defective he
is sent to a special school.
Most schools for special chil
dren are boarding schools,
When the child enters the
special school he is classified
as being a light or deep re
tarded case. Children are
then treated according to their
needs. In general, all cases
are classified, diagnosed and
treated according to need. One
director of a college indicated
there was much to be learned
about the cause and treatment
of slow learners.
Other Handicaps
Other handicapping condi
tions of children wnicn are
recognized and treated in the
Soviet schools includes blind
ness, deafness, cerebral palsy
and crippling diseases. Each
case is diagnosed and treated
according to need, usually at
a special school.
Home work is considered
one of the difficult problems
in the Soviet schools. Doctors
are urging that the amount of
home work be reduced De
cause of the emotional strain
on the children'. At present
home work assignments are
given every day of the week
except week ends and holi
days. The length of the as
signments range from 1 to IV2
hours per night in the ele
mentary schools, IV2 to 2
hours for the junior high age
group, and 2 to 4 hours per
night in the high schools. Ail
assignments must be done out
of school since no study time
is provided in school..
In every school system that
we visited, tne cureciui re
ported that they did not use
ability grouping of children.
However, it was observed that
certain children have been
grouped for foreign language,
music, art and polytechnical
classes due to their demon
strated ability and interest.
One college director statea
While, present evidence was
against grouping, more study
is needed. We may change our
minds later." ,
SECREATRY QUITS - Neil
H. McElroy, above, today sub
mitted his resignation as De
fense Secretary to President.
The resignation was to take
effect today. "Personal rea
sons of an urgent nature" ne
cessitated the move, McElroy
said in a tetter to the Presi
dent. McElroy was presented
the Medal of Freedom in rec
ognition of his outstanding
service to his country" at a
meeting of the National Se
curity Council this morning.
Varsity Theater
In Ashland Under
New Management
Ashland - Two brothers,
both veterans in the theater
management field, will con
trol Ashland's Varsity thea
ter 'under a lease from the
Oregon California Theater
chain.
The lease, effective today,
turns the theater over to Rus
sell Osborn and Roy Carier.
Length of the lease, Osborn
said Monday, is still "unde
termined." Projection and sound
equipment will be improved
soon, Asborn continued, and
a general cleanup and paint
ing program will be conduct
ed "as we go along."
Immediate Changes .
The immediate changes
planned by Osburn and Car
ier are in the scheduling de
partment. The schedule has
fluctuate d greatly in the
past, Osborn said, but ' now
the theater will have definite
box office and curtain times.
The theater will be open
seven days a week, with the
box office opening at 6:45 and
the movie starting at 7 p.m.
each day but Wednesday.
Curtain time Wednesday will
be 8:30.
On Sunday, tickets will be
sold beginning at 1:15 and
shows will run continuously
from 1:30.
There also will be a child
ren's matinee at 10:30 a.m.
as well as a regular matinee
at 2 p.m. each Saturday.
The two brothers managed
theaters in Los Angeles dur
ing the past year. Previously,
.Osborn managed the Varsity
and Carier managed the Val
ley drive-in on North Pacific
highway.
Eugene Water Board
Approves Project
Eugene (UPD The Eugene
Water and Electric Board
gave the green light Monday
to uts proposed $26 million
Carman-Smith power project
on the Upper McKenzie river.
Astoria-(UPD-Astoria Trans
it company has announced
plans to go out of business
because of lack of patronage.
'Now Don't
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Russia Gives
Full Backing To
Hungary Regime
Protests Against -West
Allies Renewed
, Vienna, Austria -UPD- Sov
iet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev gave Russia's full moral
backing today to the puppet
Communist regime in Hun
gary and renewed his protests
against continued Allied occu
pation of West Germany.
Khrushchev, addressing a
wlidly cheering Communist
Party congress in Budapest,
alternated between assuranc
es that Russia wanted an early
summit conference "at any
time and place" and new ac
cusations of West German in
terference in Berlin.
Though calling for peace
he said "the Soviet Union has
stockpiled such a quantity of
rockets and atomic and hydro
gen warheads that if attacked
we shall be able to raze to the
ground all our potential en
emies."
Hard Bargaining Ahead
Khrushchev also showed
that hard bargaining lay
ahead at any summit confer
ence when he emphasized "we
shall never forego our ideolog
ical principles. We are waging
and shall wage an implacable
struggle for the Marxist-Leninist
ideology, for the triumph
of the ideals of Communism."
He blamed the 1956 Hun
garian anit-Communist revolt
on mistakes in the Commun
ist party leadership brought
on by his own denouncement
of the Stalinist "cult of per
sonality" but said "it had to be
done it was necessary to get
cleansed and to throw off all
the accumulated extraneous
matter."
The throwing out of Stalin
ism led to a stronger party
even though it brought diffi
culties to Hungary where the
"class struggle" took the form
of an armed clash. But the
party won, he said, and imper
ialist hopes for the collapse of
Communism in Hungary have
failed.
Ashland Company
Explained at Luncheon
Ashland - The Ashland
Chamber of Commerce today
awarded a six-month compli
mentary membership to Cas
cade Medical and Dental
Products, AshJand.
John von Kuhlmann and
George Ward,' representatives
of the firm, outlined the or
ganization's operations and
plans at the chamber's noon
luncheon meeting. -
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
ARMY RECRUITS Lt. Col. Robert Thom
as reads the oath to four new army recruits
as Los Angeles. The unusual thing about
this is that Nancy, 18, and Robert Hazard,
19, both left, are brother and sister. The
Assessors Start
Two-Day Meeting
In City Today
The annual meeting of
Western Oregon Assessors' as
sociation got under way here
this morning with a welcom
ing address by Earl Miller,
Jackson county judge.
Few citizens of any county
are aware of the problems
and complications faced by
the county assessor, Judge
Miller told the 17 representa
tive of various assessors' of
fices and " members of the
state tax commission present.
In Jackson county the
county judge and assessor are
not too popular right now
when the tax statements have
gone out," Miller noted. "We
have something to do with
the taxes and that they are
too high they think."
The inflated dollar, chang
ing valuations of property,
and school district, consolida
tions are fa few of the many
factors faced by the assessor's
office, the county judge point
ed out.
Public Relations
"It . is important that the
assessor adopt a public rela
tions program and a know
ledge of the general tax pic
ture be conveyed to the vot
ers," Miller urged. "It is im
portant, also, that they be re
minded they are being asses
sed for taxes they voted on."
The county judge compli
ment Ray Schumacher, Jack
son county assessor, and presi
dent of the Western Oregon
Assessors' association, on the
small explanatory tax booklet
mailed out each year with tax
statements.
Clarence Barton, state rep
resentative and chairman of
the leigslative interim tax
committee was scheduled to
speak at a luncheon at the
Medford hotel today.
A hearing on livestock val
ues was scheduled this after
noon in the court house audi
torium and Charles Mack,
state tax commissioner was to
report on log values.
At a dinner tonight in the
Medford hotel, Mack will
speak on the Oregon tax pic
ture. '
Salem Youth Given
Prison Sentence
Salem (UPD A 22-year-old
youth Monday was given a
two-year sentence in the state
prison after pleading guilty to
a negligent homicide charge,
Sentenced was Ronald How
ard Moen. He was charged in
connection with the July,
1958 traffic death of Doris
Fenton, Silverton.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Thickening high
clouds tonight and Wednesday.
Valley fog Wednesday morn
ing. Low tonight 32. High
Wednesday SO.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 55
Lowest this Morning 29
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:40 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:21 a.m.
The Moon sets S:3S p.m.
tonight and rides low.
First Quarter Dec. 6
Saturn, seen to the left of the
Moon toninght, sets earlier each
evening and will soon disap
pear. It will be seen again in
January, rising just before the
Sun.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1959
Extra Sales Clerks
Hired for Season
Several hundred extra
sales clerks and other store
workers have been hired by
Medford merchants, in prep
aration for the Christmas sea
son.
According to a Mail Trib
une poll this week, a larger
seasonal staff has joined the
retail working force this year
than in previous years. Many
stores report the same num-
Park Operators
To Get Hearing
The operators of Siskiyou
Memorial park will be grant
ed a public hearing on their
request for a zoning variance,
to permit them to operate a
mortuary at the cemetery on
Siskiyou blvd.
The hearing was granted by
me ivieaiora planning com
mission at a special meeting
last night.
Hearings on the
will begin at the
commission's next
variance
planning
meeting
business
Dec. 10. No other
was conducted at last night's
meeting.
At its last regular meeting
XT -a rt j 1 ..
ix ov. iz, me commission re
jected the park's contention
that a mortuary was incident
al and necessary to the con
duct of a cemetery business.
Siskiyou Memorial park has
had a long-standing zoning
variance to operate the ceme
tery, but the ordinance creat
ing the original variance said
all future construction must
be "necessary and incidental"
to the operation of a ceme
tery. When the commission re
jected the mortuary two
weeks ago, it also rejected
the contention of the park
that a building permit issued
to them by the city building
department for a chapel was
supposed to cover the mor
tuary .
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hosick
and Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Miles,
operators of the park, had
said that a chapel was a mor
tuary in that instance, and
therefore the permit of the
city for a chapel was valid
for their mortuary.
Travel Trailer Production Starts
Here; First Models Off Line Soon
The firm of Harry and
David Holmes announced to
day that it has begun produc
ing travel trailers, the first
models of which are schedul
ed to roll off assembly lines
in Medford shortly after the
first of the year. i
President David H. Holmes
described the venture as the
firm's "most marked depar
ture" from its general busi
ness. "We feel there is an excel
lent opportunity," Holmes
said, "to provide ourselves
and ' the Rogue river valley
with further diversification by
the local manufacturing and
sale of travel trailers over the
11 western states."
Production Starts
Production of p r o t o types
started this week in the firm's
10th and First sU plant in
Price 10 Cents
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No. 212
other couple, Barry Kribs, 17, of Van Nuys,
Calif., and Jackie Allbrook, 18, are engaged,
having met at a hamburger stand where
Jackie was a car hop.
(UPI Telephoto)
ber, but stress that other per
sonnel may be hired the week
or two bfore Christmas, as
need arises.
Although the stores report
ed that the majority of their
current hiring is from a group
of former holiday season em
ployees, they do hire new per
sons each year.
Personnel managers re
ported no problem in locating
parttime and fulltime season
al workers, and many said
they have a waiting list.
Several stores mentioned
that the seasonal staff was
equal to previous years, but
that they had added several
permanent employees in re
recent months.
A trend noticed in previous
years seems to have been re
versed this year, with the ma
jority of the merchants re
porting they hire seasonal
workers in the over-50-years
age group. One store stressed
that they prefer older work
ers to high school girls, as
more dependable. Others said
they trai nseasonal help and
encourage them to return
year after year. Many part
time workers, it was ex
plained, are high school stu
dents who work . during the
evenings.
Many of the stores who re
ported that all of their extra
employees had been hired,
added that one or two more
may be needed for gift wrap
ping "at the last minute."
Some Medford stare man
agers commented on the in
crease in b u y i ng since
Thanksgiving, saying that
Christmas shopping was not
started as early this year as
last, while others mentioned
that sales had been up for the
late several months.
Mdford merchant needs for
additional Christmas person
nel range from a high of more
than 50 at one store to one
at a smaller shop.
youth Arrested for
Bomb Threat by Phone
Milton-Freewater-flJPD-A 17-
year-old Milton- Freewater
youth was arrested early to
day after a telephoned bomb
threat was made to School
Superintendent Ward Ham
mersley here.
Medford, he said.
Prototypes will include
models of three different
lengths - 17, 19 and 24 feet.
Two different floor plans, he
added, will be available for
each model.
The trailers, which will
carry the brand name of "Hol
iday House," will make their
formal debut at the Trailer
Coach association's annual
show in Los Angeles late in
January.
Named general manager of
the organization's new trailer
division, Holmes continued, is
Herman Kambeitz, former
general manager of the Ar
rowhead Trailer company.
Kambeitz has been in the
trailer manufacturing field
for nearly 20 years.
Holmes listed several rea
sons for his firm's entry into
Rugged Schedule
Faces President
In Each Country
Cables Received
From Foreign Lands
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower's forthcoming 11
nation good-will tour shaped
up today as the most ambi
tious and arduous undertaking
since recovering from his 1956
heart attack.
With the receipt of last
minute cables from foreign
governments, the White House
was making public one at a
time, the retailed country-by-country
schedule of his 22,-370-mile
trip which beeins
Thursday night.
Expenditure of Energy
And with each schedule, the
three-continent journev un
folded as a story of almost
unbelievable expenditure of
energy on the President's
part; unbelievable in the sense
that most men 69 years old
and with a background of
three major illnesses in the
last four years would not
dream of racing across the
world in the Eisenhower
manner.
Not only will Eisenhower
follow a rugged schedule in
each country on his itinerary.
He will start his trip with a
major speech to the Ameri
can people Thursday night
just before takeoff, and speak
to them again shortly after
his return Dec. 22.
On Basic Message
Why this back-breaking ac
ticity? Associates of the Presi
dent said he's tired of hearing
that the . Communists are
ahead not only in the race into
space, but in the battle for
men's minds. He thinks the
time is overdue for visiting a
number of countries where no
American president has ever
ventured.
He will speed by jet half
way around the world with
one basic message: If the free
nations want to stay free,
they'd better stick together.
While he's away, he wants
the American people to under
stand that they have a stake
in world peace, too. Hence his
pre-departure press confer
ence Wednesday and the
speech Thursday .' night just
before takeoff when he will
discuss not only his journey
but the steel dispuate at home.
Violence Not
Answer, DA Says
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder said today he warned
a woman whom Mrs. Ann
Todd, Eagle Point, accused of
slapping her that "violence is
not the answer."
"I told the woman and her
husband that this office would
not tolerate another such inci
dent as occurred in the Eagle
Point Irrigation district office
two weeks ago," Reeder said.
Reeder said Mrs. Todd
would not sign a complaint
against the woman since she
said she "didn't want to cause
trouble."
Mrs. Todd said yesterday
that she and her husband had
been friendly with the wom
an's family before the inci
dent. She said also that the
slap was hard enough to make
her dizzy. Mrs. Todd said that
she picked up a chair to de
fend herself, then was firmly
ushered out of the irrigation
district office by the woman.
Earlier reports from Eagle
Point stated that Mrs. Todd
had been slapped lightly on
the cheek by the woman as
Mrs. Todd stood in the dis
trict's office and demanded
service and made other re
marks. the new field.
"The industry is a young,
dynamic one," he said, "with
a great potential for high
quality trailers of advanced
design."
He added that "many of the
materials going into their con
struction are produced in the
Medford area, while other ma
terials c-an be made available
here competitively with other
areas."
"Another and very impor
tant factor," Holmes said, "is
that the peak of production
of travel trailers takes place
during the first half of the
year, which comple m e n t s
(our) primary business.
"This will permit the trans
ier of personnel from one
operation to another to main
tain a high level of employ
ment and efficiency."