The Family Council
Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary of an actual i-ase history. The Council reports
on problems that have been dealt wi fc by responsible agencies and
counselors.
T3AVY CROCKETT WEDS
Santa Barbara, Calif.-flJPD-Actor
Fess Parker, 35, "Davey
Crockett" of television fame,
married Margy Rinehart, 31,
Tuesday.
Freda S. All I want is a
little fun.
Mr. G.S. Why can't she
relax with a good book?
Freda S. I am 14 and I'm
having an awful hassle with
my father about staying out
at night no later than 10
with some of my friends. My
mother is understanding, but
Dad is awful.
I'm certainly no juvenile
delinquent. I have a good av
erage at school and take piano
lessons so I have to do home
work and practice every
night. After that I'm exhaust
ed and I just want to relax.
We hang around a playground
or go for sodas at the drug
store. On Saturday night I us
ually babysit, so I certainly
don't have much social life.
All I want is a little fun. My
father says we act like idiots,
but it happens to be fun to
me.
Mr. G.S. I have seen those
girl friends of Freda's "hang
ing around" outside the play
ground and I think it's awful.
They giggle, shriek, some
times pass around cigarettes
and try to attract the atten
tion of the boys. It's disgust
ing and I don't see why Freda
has to be part of all that.
Why can't she relax with a
good book?
My wife says Freda is
"only a baby" and we expect
too much of her, but I say
this "baby" will be wanting
to get married in three or
four years and it's time for
her to start acting like a
young lady. I suspect that
Freda is just afraid of being
different from the other girls.
I can't make her understand
that she should aim higher.
The Council: Freda should
realize that she is extremely
lucky to have a father who
takes so deep an interest in
her development. It is some
thing to be proud of and bodes
well for her future.
On the other hand, Mr. G.S.
should recognize that most
adolescents have a powerful
drive to fit in with the crowd
and this impluse cannot be
dismissed as wrong. It is an
important part of their de
velopment. Teenagers need to
relate in some way to their
own generation. The fact that
Freda's mother is on her side
indicates that she recognizes
Freda lacks something import
ant in her life.
However, we don't care
much for the picture present
ed of Freda's opportunity for
social life. We don't think
"hanging around" a play
ground at night is the best
way for a young girl to en
joy sociability. Freda should
seek out some supervised ac
tivities in the neighborhood
a "Y" or church group.
This is not purely a matter
of safety, although that ele
ment is important. She would
be using the time better and
learning to socialize on a'
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more adult level. The "hang
ing around" kind of social
izing is all too often an ac
tivity indulged in out of a
feeling of inadequacy. Mem
bers of the gang bolster one
another's ego in a rather un
productive way. That's why
they look and sound foolish
to outsiders.
Mr. G.S. should try to un
derstand his daughter's needs
and help her find a good way
of satisfying them. If he mere
ly overrides her, the needs
remain unanswered and she
may find other equally un
satisfactory ways of dealing
with them. She can't settle
down with a good book when
she urgently wants friends
and gaiety.
(Copyright 1960,
General Features Corp.)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. Neal Blackford, the mother of twins,
discussing a strike by matrons and custodians that closed St.
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Paris-Runaway heiress Gamble Benedict, 19, telling her
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married 34-year-old boy friend:
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Washington-Mrs. Trudy Cooper, wife of one of the seven
U.S. astronauts. Air Force Capt. Gordon Cooper, stating that
she would like to accompany him on a space flight:
"I'd rather be going with him than having someone else
go."
San Jose, Costa Rica-Capt. Manuel Rojo del Rio, Cuban
paratroop commander reported to have resigned his post and
left Cuba, discussing Premier Fidel Castro in an interview
with "La Nacion":
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the bravest man. They reflect madness."
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3 Oregon Congessmen Deny
Backing Social Security Group
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington - An officer of
the Social Security . Clubs of
Oregon, Inc., has charged a
rival organ
ization, United
Social Securi
ty Organiza
t i o n s, Inc.,
with using the
names of Ore
gon's two U.S.
senators and a
con gressman
to help solicit
a Robt. smith m e mberships
at S10 per person.
Sens. Wayne Morse, Rich
ard L. Neuberger and Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) all
say they have not endorsed
the program of either group
not given any authorization
to use their names in member
ship campaigns.
Social Security Clubs has
headquarters i n Portland,
headed bV Floyd K. Dover.
United Social Security is
headquartered at Eugene,
headed by Gordon S. Slayter.
Both organizations claim
their goal is to get S150 a
month pensions for retired
folks.
The allegations was made
by Laura Atterberry of . Ma
pleton, state secretary for So
cial Security Clubs. In letters
to the three lawmakers, she
claimed that United Social
Security membership sales
agents are "going over the
state showing letters suppos
edly written" by Morse, Neu
berger and Porter "endorsing
their program, to people who
have a great deal of respect
for your views."
Agent in Florence Area
Mrs. Atterbery contended
that an agent was working
the Florence area, selling
memberships at S10 per per
son, with the use of letters
from the Oregon solons. She
alleged that over 600 mem
berships were sold in Novem
ber. She said the sales agents
receive 4 to $5 in commis
sions for each $10 member
ship they sell.
"Our organization, the So
cial Security Clubs of Ore
gon, Inc., would like to know
if they have such letters from
our Oregon lawmakers or if
they have the rights to use
your good name among our
voters to rob our old folks
of $10 they cannot afford,"
Mrs. Atterberry wrote Con
gressman' Porter.
"Mr. Porter, please have
this stopped if untrue, for
your sake and that of our
elderly people, we need a
more adequate social security,
but not at the expense of our
people who need every dime
they now receive," she wrote.
Mrs. Atterberry said her
Committees for
Kapers Listed
Jerry Lausmann, advertis
ing chairman for the 1960
Medford Kiwanis Kapers, and
Fred Morlan, assistant ad
vertising chairman, have an
nounced special committee ap
pointments for advertising
sales.
They are Dr. Billy Black
stone, dentists; John Dellen
back, attorneys; Gordon Mc
Kinzie, insurance; Robert
Voegtly, wholesale lumber
and mills; Richard Paine,
fruit industry; Dr. Merle Fo
land, doctors; Darrell Miller,
automobile dealers; Bill
Clark, retail gasoline distribu
tors; Dwight Houghton, banks,
savings and loans; Paul Mit
chell, retail grocers; Jack Ed
son, retail lumber; Jack More
land, electrical dealers; Jim
Ambler, concessions and spec
ial activities and Vic Milnes,
program printing and distri
bution. Dates for the 1960 Kiwanis
Kapers are Feb. 24, 25 and
26, according to Darl Gleed,
general chairman. Title of the
1960 show will be "Around
the Town." Kapers presenta
tions will be at Medford High
school, using the Medford Ki
wanis club membership and
other interested groups.
Proceeds from the show
will be used to continue sup
port of the children's dental
clinc, which operates at the
county courthouse under Ki
wanis and dental association
sponsorship.
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Hollywood - (DPD Actress
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ies, was hospitlized Tuesday
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group charges $2 a year to would be $42 billion a year,
members "and we do not
show letters from important
people to receive the several
hundred members we do
have." She added: "United
Social Security, Inc., is adver
tised as a non-profit organ
ization but the president gets
a wage, and each agent re
ceives his commission. Is
that non-profit?"
Tactics Deplored
Porter said he deplored
tactics of "people who go
around and talk about pie-in-the-sky
proposals like this to
get $10 from people who can't
afford it." He said he was
glad to see elderly persons
organized in behalf of im
provements in social security
programs, "but I don't ,want
to see them misled or for my
name to be used. I have never
endorsed the program of any
particular group."
Porter pointed out that the
cost to the- federal govern
ment of paying all persons
S150 per month at age 60
and if other benefits sought
by these groups were grant
ed the total cost would be $60
billion.
Sen. Morse wrote to Mrs.
Atterbery that he had not
endorsed the United Social
Security group or any other.
When some persons asked his
opinion of joining such an or
ganization, he told them that
is their right but added:
"A 4-cent stamp invested in
writing to your congressman
and senator is much more ef
fective, in my opinion, than
the dues you might pay to
someone else to represent
you here."
Morse added, however, he
didn't want to "discount or
belittle the work of this par
ticular group which is solicit
ing your membership because
I know very little about it."
Social Security Clubs
claims 5000 members in '21
states, mostly on the West
Coast. United Social Securi
ty was formed by Slayter af
ter he broke away from the
other group. United is affil
iated with National Pension
Federation Inc., Washington,
D.C., and claims chapters in
36 states. '
. Neither organization has
any connection with the fed
eral government or its Social
Security Administration, as
some members have been led
to believe by agents solicit
ing memberships.
No Serious Consideration
Dover's group is for S150 a
month at age 60 for every
one entitled to social security
benefits. Slayter's group
wants $150 a month for all
men and women at age 62.
Legislation introduced
in Congress to implement
these proposals has received
no serious consideration be
cause of its whopping cost.
Sen. Neuberger wrote Mrs.
Atterbury he had given no
"blanket endorsement to the
program of any particular or
ganization in Oregon organ
ized to promote social secur
ity reform."
"In view of the many crit
ical demands on our federal
budget, I do not see how
Congress would be justified
at this time in authorizing a
pension program involving
a minimum of $150 a month
social . security," Neuberger
said.
He pointed out that he has
favored individual employee
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