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Experience, Know-How Assets Of Older Workers, Studies Show Even though a person over 45 years of age may not have the physical capability of a younger person, he can never theless outproduce him on a job because of his added ex perience and know-how, -a contention backed up by fac tual studies, according to Ray A.' Ziegler, director of the senior worker division of the state bureau of labor, Port land. .. Ziegler spoke at the Med ford city hall yesterday to a group of persons interested in a law, commonly known as the "senior worker law," which was passed by the 1959 Oregon legislature and went into effect last August. The law makes it an illegal labor practice for an employ er of more than six persons to discriminate in employ ment between persons on the basis of age who fall within the age category of 45 to 64. It is the state of Oregon's official policy that to tell a man he is no longer employ able, simply because he has reached a certain age, is un fair, Ziegler pointed out. Physical Factor Employers are still allowed to use physical capabilities as a factor in employment if they are necessary to the spe cific job for which a person is being hired, according to the law. But automation has re duced the need for physical ability, he said, and in fact, such ability is now required in only 14 per cent of all jobs available in this country. Biological Age Although the Oregon law still relates to a definite age scale, Ziegler said, he be lieves that the time will come when chronological age will no longer be a determining factor in employment and it will be the biological age of the individual instead. To graphically prove his contention that experience more than makes up for any lack in physical prowess. Ziegler pointed out a personal experience in his military ca reer. While he was in the service, he said, he saw young recruits knock themselves out digging a foxhole, while ex perienced veterans above 45 years of age could dig the I love variety that's why I insist on Qtfasi Made to pamper your cat ...they're not just flavors they're the real thing. MEAT KIDHEY HEAT CtUCKEU UEATY nt CHOPPED FISH (6 or. When you own an Olds . . . you know you're going "first XThat makes a nev "60 01dsnwb3e m Mtilving to vwn? Clean, modern tyling . . . famous Rocket Engine spirit . . . the reassuring, steady way a Rocket rides on any road. If yon join the Rocket Circle of 3H million Oldsmobile owners, you'll be making a wise investment, too ... for this thrifty performer rates high in resale value. Come on over to Olds now! VOUK LOCAL. AUTNAMZID -WATCH POI same foxhole . with relative ease, simply because they had done it before and knew how to do it the easiest and most efficient way possible. This same type of example can be found many times over in all kinds of work, he said. Ofttn Do Betttr Older persons often do bet ter because they know their capacity for work and gear themselves accordingly, where often young persons will work in spurts with rest periods in between because they have not properly geared themselves to a job, he ex plained. He said that from 1950 to 1959, according to recent stud ies, 60 per cent of industry restricted employment of men to those below 40 years of age and women to below 35. This would have been real istic in 1890 and 1910, he said, when the average life expect ancy was only 35 and 46 re- spectively, but in 1959 when the life span increased to 73 years of age the employer was refusing employment to per sons who had nearly half their lives yet to live. This was unrealistic, he added. Even in 1890, over 70 per cent of all persons over 65 were employed he said, whereas in 1959 less than 35 per cent were. Not only does the employ er deprive the individual of an opportunity to work, but he also deprives himself of approximately one-third of an individual's productive capa city, when he stops hiring at 40 years of age. Pass Laws . . In recognition of this prob lem, 10 states have passed laws, including New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Oregon, which make it illegal to dis criminate among potential employees on the basis of age. He noted that the law is a special necessity in Oregon because the state ranks fourth among those having the larg est ratio of older persons to total population. A false notion that many employers have is that older persons are a greater safety risk than younger persons. One way to point out the fal lacy of this notion, he said, is to look at automobile insur ance rates, which are highest among drivers up to the age of 25 and much lower in all: succeeding age groups, when other factors remain the same. An industrial study showed, he said, that the peak age for accidents is from ages 20 to 24 where the accident rate is 2Vi times as high as the 40 to 44 age group, four times as high as the 50 to 54 age group and nine times as high as the 60 to 64 age group. Safety Records A recent study of 3,000 firms showed that 90 per cent of their employees over the age of 40 are equal, or supe rior to, younger workers in respect to safety records, he said. The job attendance ratio is even higher than that, he pointed out. Another contention among those misinformed on the em ployment of older persons is that they are more inflexible than younger persons and less able to learn new jobs and hew techniques. However, Ziegler, who is above 40 him self and just recently gradu ated from college, made a study of the older persons at tending the college he attend ed, and found, he said, that QUAUTV DARRELL MILLER CO., Tail IING CIOS1Y SHOW those students above 45 were almost all "A" students. The older students were not above average in intelli gence, but did so well because they were not starting out from scratch with a book. They had already had a prac tical education which helped them " tremendously in their formal education, he said. This example too can be applied to a senior worker who is trying to learn a new job. Another advantage of em ploying older persons is that their rate of turnover is lower. Persons seeking employ ment who are over 40 have already settled down and do not change jobs nearly as of ten as a younger person does. The lower turnover is bene ficial to employers because it means he will not have to be training new personnel near ly as frequently. It is more economical for the senior worker to be em ployed, too, in the light of pension plans and social secu rity benefits, because he is working for his keep rather than having it handed to him by the government or his for mer employer. " No Advantages The new law does not seek to give the senior worker any special advantages, but mere ly assures him of his right to compete for employment with other age groups, Ziegler ex plained. A person can legally be re quired by an employer . to state his age on an applica tion for informational pur poses only, but that can not be used as a factor in his be ing hired or not. Further information on this law can be obtained by writ ing the Oregon state bureau of labor, 1216 South West Hall st, Portland. A person who thinks he has been discriminated against because of age may file a written and notarized com plaint with the bureau of la bor and it will be investigat ed and acted upon, Ziegler said. BLOOD CONTENT Baltimore - The body of an average adult person contains about one gallon or more of blood, measured by volume. 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RIVERSIDE WITH FIRBY CO MO Court Records MUNICIPAL COURT Ardis Neal Warren, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. Delia Spray Mann, failure to yield right of way, $25. James Frank Conner, disobeyed red light $10. John William Fisher, violation of basic rule. $10. Robert Edward Walker, improper left turn, $5. Gerald William Note, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. i Peter August Formuzis, violation of basic rule, $10. Kenneth Wayne Cearley, failure to stop before entering public highway, $5. ' Edwin Jackson Fountaine, ex pired operator's license, $5. General Wesley Graham, inade quate equipment, $5. Gerald Newman Barnes, im proper left turn. $5. Roy Vernon French, disobeyed traffic sign, $5. - Pauline Elizabeth Bornamahn, disobeved traffic signal, $10. Curtis Dailey Shumate, violation of basic rule, $10. Kenneth Neil Owen, excessive noise. $5. Carlton Bates Vick, violation of basic rule. S10. Jerry Dale Jordan, violation of basic rule, $10. Ben M. Garahan, violation of ba sic rule, $10. Jack James Gillaspie, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. Donna Lee Regan, no operator's license in possession, $10. Robert Blackford Duncan, viola tion of basic rule. $10. Edward Clair Fogal, no vehicle registration plates displayed. $5. Susan Lynn Brennan, improper left turn, S5. Billy Melvin Morris, no vehicle registration plates displayed, $5. Bruce Rodney Long, inadequate equipment, $5. Larry Brent Bostwick, disobeyed traffic signal. $10. Thomas Oral Satterfield, ob structed vision, $5. Levi Gerald Monroe, disobeyed stop sign, $5. "David Frank Hartley, violation of basic rule, $10. Virginia Eloise Cohen, displayed expired plates, S5. Rae Hazel Bosworth, violation of basic rule, $10. Donald Dee Neuhaus, disobeyed traffic signal. S10. Fred Cambell, violation of ba sic rule, $10. Robert Vernon Jones, violation of basic rule. $10. William Robert Langeslat. wrong wav on one-way street. $10. William Harry McKinley, im proper lane usage, $5. Clayton cnaries uicKerson, im proper left turn. $5. Glenn F. Willford, following too close, accident, $25. Lucille Edith Kennedy, disobeyed traffic signal, $5. Leroy Beckley Bowman, failure to use truck route, $10. Donald Lee Cates, violation of basic rule, S10. Juanita Lehman, no vehicle reg istration plates displayed, S5. Patricia Ann Christian, dis obeyed traffic signal. $10. Janice Mae Coghill, violation of basic rule, S10. Rudolph Emil Kunkel, disobeyed traffic sign, $10. Lora Rudrey Baldwin, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. Jimmie jviacK wnite, no uregon driver's license. $10. Gary Gene Settel, violation of basic rule, $10. Lansing, Mich.-(UPD-Gov. G. Mennen Williams said he was very pleased Tuesday when he received a typical birthday present from his son Gery, a Princeton student. "Gery called collect to wish me a happy 49th birthday," Williams said. ON AICTV- X r-i4 Horse Killed in Highway Mishap A horse-car collision result ed in heavy damage to the car and the horse's death yes terday on the Crater Lake highway, state police said. A horse owned by Walter Wood, of the Eagle Point area, apparently wandered across the highway near Eagle Point and a car driven by Gregory W. Baxter, 23, of 1556 Ken yon st., Medford, struck the animal, state police said. No injuries resulted to the driver or his passenger. Another one-car accident occurred about 9:30 p.m. yes terday when a car driven by Ellis Lee Maddox, 49 of Los Angeles, Calif., hit a guard rail on Highway 99 near Rogue River, state police said. Maddox told police he took his eyes off the road for a minute to look for a coffee shop when his car veered to ward the right of the highway and knocked down six feet of guardrail. 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