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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1960)
-1 FROGS TO JUMP "Let 'Er Buck" might well be changed to "Let 'Er Jump" when frogs from the northwest meet In a jump off May 13 and 14 at Pendleton, more often Identified with its famous Round-up. Win Cities Can Determine What effect a new sub division In Medrord would have on the sewers, water supply, economy and schools of the city can only be guess ed now, but the effect could be known for sure. TOUNOER MEMBER, THE BOURBON IHSTITUTf. Y.rN J & W ' f W PRooF-cANcitNTf Disr.eo,riuiifo(rr,Ky, s.oo m qi 3.2s pi. . CttfeUJI CodtlSSC Use Computers to Effect of Growth By feeding all available data on every possible subject - weather, population, econ omy, number of telephones -inlo mathematical computers, city administrators would have the best possible infor- ner and runner-up will be flown its too long a jump, even for frogs to California to compete in the famed Calaveras County Frog Jumping contest May 19 to 22. (UPI Telephoto) mation on which to gauge the effect of an activity on the city. Not that compulors would in themselves solve any prob lems, but they would make the solution that much easier. They can compute the "end less" amount of data on end less numbers of subjects into easily understandable figures. Could Be Stored This information could be stored for indefinite periods of time, and at the touch of a fingertip it would be readily avpilable for the use of any one wanting it. The potential value of mathematical computors t o not only cities but to all other endeavors which depend on data for their activities, was set before the Medford Cham ber of Commerce roundtable luncheon Monday by retired Army Col. Boyd Yaden. Ya den, who now makes his home in Medford, is a consultant for General Electric company and vice president of Erdman, Smock, Hosley and Reed Inc., Photographic Engineers. According to Yaden the amount of data being compil ed in today's world Is almost beyond comprehension. By the time it can be complied and assimilated Into under standable figures, It is usually two or three years old. Bui, feeding this data into mathemat ical computors, which can make up to 140,000 additions or subtractions per second, results can be obtain ed of this compilation within minutes and from this up-to-date decisions can be made. Cannot Think Yaden stressed the point that computors cannot think or make decisions for them selves, neither can they ex press opinions, but they can present facts and trends in an intelligible light. A computer bv itself is an "idiot," he add ed. The idea of using computors to simulate cities came about when General Electric noted that the U.S. defense depart ment is simulating actual bat tles in computors. Yaden said all of the avail able information about a di vision of U.S. troops and a division of Russian troops Is fed into computors by the de fense department and a battle Is fought within the machine. From the resulting figures of the machine the military can find out how well the troops fare against the Russians and what Is lacking in this particu lar phase of the defense ef fort. If computors can do this for the military they can per form like services for cities, it was decided. From the fig ures supplied by computors, city planners can reason the effectiveness o r Ineffective ness of city activities, the probable growth of the econ omy and population, how best to plan for this growth, and gain an endless amount of additional valuable Informa tion. Not the Only Company He pointed out that GE is not the only company which Is doing research in this area, but many other companies have also picked up and are exploring the idea. To gauge the effectiveness of computors for city admin istration, Reno, Nev., has been selected as a pilot city for this endeavor, he said. The program has been pro posed to the city of Reno, and if it agrees to bear a certain portion of the cost of the study, then It will begin. Cost of the study, for which no official estimate has been given, would be borne by both the city and the federal gov ernment. It would be under taken by the University of Nevada and would take about three years to complete. During this time all of the available data on the city would be pumped into these machines and stored. At the bidding ol t Reno city olfic- MAIL TRIBUNI, M.dford.Or, Tut.diy, April 1, I960 Subcommittee Hears Proposal On Timber Tax Salem -UPD- An industry- sponsored timber tax program was presented to an interim tax subcommittee Monday, The Oregon personal prop erty tax law, particularly on business Inventories, was at tacked as unfair in another subcommittee meeting. The Industrial Forestry As sociation, whose members in. elude Georgia-Pacific Corpo ration and Weyerhaeuser Tim ber Company, presented a practical compromise" on timber and transportation. Revisions Suggested The plan, delivered by Parks Walker, Portland, rec ommended revisions in the ad valorem tax of private forests and opposed a severance tax. He said taxes are Oregon's main forestry problem. Asked for were (1) valua tion of forest land on its productivity (2) exemption of trees under 30 years assess ment, and (3) assessment of timber more than 30 years old on 30 per cent of its cur rent harvest value except in the year of cutting when it would be assessed upon 100 per cent. Coos Bay Group Speaks The Association's members own and manage half of all private forest land In western Oregon. The plan's intent, Walker said, is to permit tree farmers to practice forestry. The subcommittee on per sonal property tax heard Chamber of Commerce dele gations from Coos Bay and Coquille take stands against the tax on inventories. The Coos Bay group de clared that the tax, adminis tered by counties, is "unfair as between different types of business, is inequitable and has no bearing on ability of a business to pay such tax." A net receipts tax would be better, it said. Subcommittee Cha 1 r m a n Victor Atiyeh (R - Portland) read letters from other cham bers of commerce opposing the Inventory tax. They came from Bend, Springfield, Al bany, Ashland, North Bend and Grants Pass. Businessmen from Eugene and Corvallis also spoke against it. Thief Takes Big Supply of Razors Welleston, O. - Someone jimmied the trunk of a car owned by salesman Stephen Cariou of Cleveland and stole $1,780 worth of razors and blades - enough to keep the thief clean shaven for 700 years, police calculated. lal, the data pertaining to any specific subject could be ob tained. Only As Good As Data A computor is only as good as the data put Into it, he noted. When it reaches a con clusion It is not a prediction but just a good guess. Yaden pointed out that everyone, everyday, operates much on the factor of "guess." This guess is based on past experience and this is essen tially the same basis on which a computor operates. But the computor can have that much more experience (i.e. data) and make that much better a guess. The possibilities and extent of the use of computors In every walk of life Is endless, he said, and each year, more and more progress In this field is being made. Don McNeil, manager of the Medford Chamber, will speak at next week's round table on "why Californians are coming to Medford and why they should stay home." 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Activities will include movies, concessions, and a dance to raise money for the foreign students bene fit. Satrday at 11 a.m. Senator Kennedy will speak in the Britt ballroom. A reception will follow at the home of Dr. Arthur Kreisman, director of general studies at the college. Visitation Day Seniors from high schools all over the state will visit the campus Saturday for high school visitation day. Registra tion will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Britt student center, followed by a general assembly in the auditorium. Seniors will have a chance to hear the address by Senator Kennedy before taking part in Tops Total of Two Largest Producers Combined! IMigi'fgEogfeg Choose from 17 Modei ... 3 Wheefboses . . . 6i and V-8t Rambler outsells all U.S. makes of 6-cylindcr station wagons . , . even surpasses the total of the two largest producers combined. Here's why. 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The concert is open to the public. It will also be re peated Monday, April 25, at 8 p.m. The Susanna Homes hall spring dance will follow the Saturday night performance. Arraignment for Prisoner Continued Salem-OIPD-The arraignment of a state prison annex prison er on an escape charge was continued Monday for one week. Hereth Robert Ray mond, serving two years for malicious destruction of prop erty, asked the court to ap point him an attorney. He fled custody March 13 and was recaptured March 18 near The Dalles. His wife has pleaded guilty to helping him escape. including most new small U.S. LEA MOTORS Bartlett at 5th New Portland School To Be Named Marshall Portland - (UPD - Portland's newest high school will be Marshall higii. The school board Monday night decided to name the southeast Portland school aft er John Marshall, an early chief justice of the United States. Marshall won out by a 4-3 vote over John Adams. 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