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1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mcdferd, Or. Thursday. Dm. 10, 1959 Book to Fit Age Of Child Urged By O'SC Specialist Corvallis-If a. book or book set is on your list of Christmas "stocking stutters," choose one to fit the child's age. Some books may be ageless but youngsters aren't, Mrs. Rober ta Frasier, Oregon State col lege extension family .life specialist, reminded Christmas shoppers. - She said well-meaning par ents and relatives often select books that are too advanced for their youngsters. They choose books for pre-schoolers which they recall as favorites, but which they probably read at 8 or 9. There is little excuse for choosing books that are "too old" for the child for bookshelves are full of selec tins tailormade. f or pre-schcol children, Mrs. t rasier re ported. Some families, she contin ued, buy books and even book sets suitable for the school-age child, while children are still babies. By the time youngsters are old enough to read tnem much of the contents is dated. Every book is written for a select age group. Suggested ages are often listed inside book jackets. Lists of recom mended reading for various age groups are also available from libraries and bookstores. When shopping for books by mail, study advertisements carefully, the specialist advis ed. Buy from reputable sales men and well-known compan ies. If in doubt, ask librarians for suggestions. Some com panies offer to send "typical examples" of their books, which may turn out to be se lected samples of their best. Beware of advertising that pushes books that fit a wide age span, such as "6 to 16." What's simple enough for the 6-year-old is usually dull read ing for the teenager. Consider use books will re ceive. For example, if shop ping for a music book, select size and soft cover, that will be easy to use on a music or piano rack. .. Families considering pur chase of book sets-encyclope- j dias, music volumes, nature aeries, storybook tales, adven ture or travel series - should compare cost of "sets" with what they could purchase in individual books. Mrs. Frasier said that families sometimes end up buying a lot of books to get one or two that are finally used. Don't expect one set of books to answer all the child's reading needs. Encyclopedia sets contain a limited amount of information on a number of topics. However, they may provide the incentive a child needs to get interested in learning more about a sub ject. , Austin Young Escapes Prison Finar Del Rio, Cuba (DPI Two top-ranking army offi cers came here from Havana late Wednesday to investigate Miamian Austin Young's es cape from the prison where he had been sentenced to serve 30 years. Maj. Juan Almeida, com mander of the army, arrived with Maj. Dermidio Escalona, commandant of the 6th Mili tary District, who bad been in Havana on leave. Almeida returned to the capital after inspecting" the washroom from which Young and a Cuban companion, Ser gio Hernandez Reyes, made their escape. Escatlona re mained to direct the search for the fugitives, who are be lieved to have fled into the nearby Organ Mountains. Investigators said Young ap pears to have made the hole in the wall through which the two men escaped, with a piece of iron detached from the furniture of his cell. Colombia Plane Wreckage Sought Balboa, C.Z. (UPD U.S. Air Force planes took off at dawn today to resume the search for a Colombian airliner with 46 persons aboard, missing for more than 24 hours over the Caribbean Sea. A report Wednesday that another Colombian plane had sighted the wreckage of the t w i n-engine 0-46 i in the jungles of central Panama proved to be a misunderstand ing apparently caused by in accurate translation of a Spanish-language report by operators at the Canal Zone rescue center. The plane, operated by Co lombia's SAM Airline, was on a flight from the resort island of San Andres to the North Colombian port of Cartagena when it vanished. All of those aboard were believed to be polombians. Killing a Bear Like Falling Off a Log " Saginaw, Mich. - Mrs. Low ell Pedersen " bagged a bear "as easy as falling off a log." ; In fact that's about how it happened. r She was hunting deer with her husband and sat down on a log for a rest. The log mov ed. Mrs. Pedersen jumped up and whirled around to face a 180-pound bear. The Pedersens both fired, killing the bruin which ap parently had been in a shal low den beneath the log. Potatoes originated in the Andes mountains of South America. Nation's Economy Should Set Record in '60, Say Experts New York -. (DPD - The na tion's economy and the stock market will set new records in 1960 if the experts' proph ecies come true. ' Daily now the predictions are coming -in. None believe the steel strike broke the back of the recovery movement. The belief is the strike stretched out the rise which now s-eems to the prophets likely to run through 1960 at least. . Standard -& Poor's sees a gross National Product in 1960 of $500 billion or higher. That figure would compare with an estimated $480 for 1959 estimated ' between $4 and and would represent a rise of 4.2 per cent, a rise . greater than the normal growth rate. Standard looks for its '.in dustrial index of 425 stocks to move between 57-58 and What will be the world's longest highway tunnel when it's completed in 1962 is be ing built under Mont Blanc to connect France and Italy. It will be 7.3 miles long and about 5,200 feet above sea level at its center. the upper 60s. Currently the index is around 62. The high this year-a record-was 65.32 and the low was 57.02. The upper 60s would mean a new top. - . This- year's stock market movement has been restrain ed, Standard says. It current ly is up 7.6 per cent. Last year the market rose 36.5 per cent in the industrial index. A broader movement is look ed for in 1960. ' Earnings on the index are $4.15 for 1960 and if they are realized it will be ..the most prosperous year on record. Dividends are expected to rise to around $2.25 on the index against 2 indicated for 1959. On this basis, says the sta tistical agency, industrial stocks now -around 62 in the industrial index are selling at 15 times next year's estimated earnings. "This," says Standard, "is not an excessive valuation, and the . price-earnings ratio could go higher on the wings of bullish business news in the forepart of the year. The pros pect of a leveling of earnings after the initial upsurge, how ever, may act to restrain en thusiasm." Stock Price Factors . Other reasons for restraint are given as the continuing tight money policy and the in creased investment appeal of bonds. The spread of yields be tween stocks and bonds has widened substantially. But Standard doesn't rule out a somewhat ' higher level of stock prices for two reasons: 1. A prospective average in crease of 12V& per cent in divident payments next year, which would lift stock yields appreciably in terms of cur- n intej rtr. HASSOCKS iCTS :.Jt fVlXf HandV for foot stool, TV ISl J&L i . chair for the kiddies, or all t$KYl ' 70? . : '""C2sarou.nd useful item for the l$t.C r"ii, iT 1 Jjiifcw, '-a 1 home. Many colors from imtofl rent prices, and 2. the prom ise of higher earnings and dividends eventually, based on strong growth trends in herent in the economy. Also it is noted that institu tions have a considerable re serve of stock', purchasing power which could be shifted from short-term debt holdings to stocks on a selective basis when "the time seems right." Personal Income lo Gain On the basis of a $500 bil lion GNP, Standard plots per sonal income at $395 billion up 4.2 per cent from 1959 and disposable income at $347 billion, a gain of 4 per cent Personal saving is expected to rise 2.1 per cent to $24 billion. Personal consumption ex penditures are expected to reach S323 billion, up 4.1 per cent. Of these $45.5 billion are expected to be spent on durable goods, a rise of 5.8 per cent; $151.5 billion on non durable goods, a rise- of 2: per cent, and $126 billion on services, a rise of 5 per cent DANCE Saturday Nigh) OASIS Eagle Point CHRISTMAS SMOPPuWi . .Mr- Platform Rockers Modern, but highly styled platform rocker. Upholster ed in attractive combination colors of plastic and tweeds. All hardwood frame. 2.00 Down Other Rockers'' From 24.95 Will Be At Western Auto FRIDAY . DEC. 1. ' 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOUNGE CHAIRS 4995 Exceptionally high back now offered in a good quality, neavy frieze and plastic, wherever wear occurs. 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