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Help To Strenghen School System
Br LOUIS CASSELS
VPl Correspendeut
During the past 18 months,
the federal government has
pent about $250 million un
dpr the national defense edu
cation act.
By federal spending stand
ards, ont quarter of a billion
dollars it not a lot of money.
It is only one-fortieth as much
as Uncle Sam ladles out each
year on farm programs and
veterans benefits.
But a dollar properly aim
ed can sometimes do more
good than 50 dollars scatter
ed broadcast. The relatively
modest sums expended under
the mis-named defense educa
tion program have been used
to strengthen A m e r lc a's
school system at certain stra
tegic points where it has been
notoriously weak.
Here are some of the things
that have been accomplished
under the act, which still has
2V2 years to run:
Student Loans
Nearly 90,000 able but
needy college students have
received long-term, low inter
est loans to enable them to
continue their education.
More than a third of them
have indicated they intend to
go into the teaching profes
sion. If they do become public
school teachers, and remain
at the job for at least five
years, half of their loans will
be marked paid.
So far $62 million in feder-
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able tor itudent loans. Partic
ipating colleges have contrib
uted $7 million in matching
funds. The demand for loans
substantially exceeds avail
able funds, and pending fur
ther congressional appropria
tions it has been necessary to
hold the average loan to $500
a year and to turn down some
eligible applicants.
Laboratory Equipment
Most public school! were
woefully deficient in labor
atories required for effective
teaching of science,' mathe
matics and foreign language
courses. More than $90 mil
lion in federal grants has been
made available for acquisition
of equipment, minor remodel
ling of facilities, and the pro
vision of expert state super
visors to show the smaller
school systems how to set up
good teaching programs in
these areas. Non-profit pri
vate schools also can obtain
federal loans for these pur
poses. Graduate Fellowships
Some 2,500 government-financed
fellowships have been
awarded to graduate students
who are working toward ad
vanced degrees in prepara
tion for college teaching jobs.
This program is designed to
relieve the acute shortage of
FTC Warns Against
'Fabulous1 Plants
Offered in Ads
Washington - OJPD - Garden
ers and flower lovers have
been warned by the Federal
Trade Commission to keep a
sharp look out for "rackets
that bloom in the spring."
The FTC said it has receiv
ed many complaints recently
about advertisements offer
ing "fabulous" plants and
gardening materials which
turn out to be bogus.
For example, the commis
sion said it has recently re
ceived letters from several
1 persons who followed up an
I ad from a southern nursery
! for "beautiful, vigorous, su
per camellia plants." What
they actually received was a
shipment of "small, unrooted
dried cutting which would not
grow when planted."
Many Cases Developed
The commission made its
warning in an announcement
entitled "beware of too flow
ery claims."
Daniel J. Murphy, a top of
ficial in the commission's bu
reau of litigation, said many
FTC cases involving decep
tive practices in nursery prod
ucts have developed from just
such complaints by disillu
sioned customers.
He said "the same kind of
exaggeration is often found
in claims for the productivity
of fruits and berries." The
commission recently ordered
a Mississippi mail order house
to stop claiming that its blue
berry plants could each pro
duce up to six gallons of ber
ries "when the fact was that
most would be doing well to
produce a gallon."
Another commission action
involved a New Jersey nur
sery which was ordered not
to use the term "chrysanthe
mum maximum'" without dis
closing the fact that the flow
ers it was offering are most
commonly known as "dais
ies." Includes Fruit Trees
The FTC also issued a com
plaint against a firm which
used illustrations of roses in
ads, along with information
that its products belong to
the Roseaceae family. Investi
gators turned up fact that
the Rosaceae includes fruit
trees such as peaches, apples,
cherries, and strawberry and
raspberry plants. The govern
ment claimed that most of the
customers who ordered the
plants from the ads had ex
pected roses.
Murphy said such examples
"indicate that those who shop
by mail should keep the ad
vertisements from which they
selected their merchandise in
order to have some basis for
complaint should their order
differ from the offer."
A letter to the FTC giving
full detail of fraudulent ad
vertising, including a copy of
the ad, "could prompt correct
ive action," he added.
The official suggested pur
chasers read the fine print in
ads.
qualified faculty members In
higher dtPMUan.
Counseling
More than 2.500 experienc
ed teachers have received spe
cial training, at government
expense, to serve as guidance
officers or counselors in high
schools. About 4.000 more
counselors will be trained
during the next 12 months.
Language Training
Nineteen "language cen
ters" have been established
al leading colleges and uni
versities to teach foreign
languages such as Arabic, Chi
nearly half the world's popu
Portuguese and Russian.
These languages, spoken by
naerly half the world's popu
lation have rarely been taught
in America before. Graduates
of the new centers will be
come teachers, hence multi
plying the effect of their
training. Others will enter
government service where
linguists are das perately
needed.
New Teaching Methods
About $4,600,000 has been
allocated to finance 150 re
search studies in new educa
tional methods-classroom use
of television, so-called "teach
ing machines," and develop
ment of new materials in var
ious courses.
Vocational Training
More than 150,000 students
have received specialized
training in such fields as elec
tronics, electrical technology,
mechanical drafting, chemis
try, instrumentation and elec
tronic data processing under
a new vocational training program.
TheyTI Do It Every Time
By jimmy Hatlo
Section B
MEDF0RD.
Pages T-6
RIBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1960
TH4NXANDAT1POF P
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New Attractions for Tourists
In Quake-Rocked Yellowstone
Senate Approves
Boardman Transfer
Washington - WW - The Sen
ale has passed the annual mili
tary authorization construc
tion hill which contains an
amendment authorizing the
Navy to transfer the 96,000
acre Boardman bombing
range to the state of Oregon.
The amendment was co
sponsored by Oregnn Sens.
Wayne Morse and Hall S.
Lusk.
The Boardman range would
be exchanged for equal acre
age of state-owned land to he
used as a bombing range in
Lake county's Wagontire area.
Lusk said there was no
k n o w n opposition to the
Boardman amendment. How
ever, because of other differ
ences in the legislation the
construction bill has been re
ferred to a conference committee.
New Catalogue Is
Being Distributed
What is considered the larg
est single edition in business
history, the latest S and H
green stamp catalogue is now
being distributed locall, ac
cording to Gerald Clark, Med
ford branch manager for the
Sperry and Hutchinson com
pany. The catalogues are to be dis
tributed in this area to cus
tomers of the S and H com
pany, and copies will also be
available at the stamp re
demption cenlcr, 221 South
Central ave., Medford.
The initial printing order
was for ;io million copies.
Noted Designer Dorothy
Draper comments on room
settings from five American
homes which are featured in
the new catalogue. She also
indicates her selection of
home furnishings.
Milton-Freewater
Frog Leaps 13 Feet
Pendleton - OJPD - The frogs
had a busy day Saturday as
the second annual Oregon
Frog Jumping Olympics got
underway on the main street
here.
Friday's contest, the May
or's handicap and the Cham
ber of Commerce handicaps,
brought out one powerful con
tender for the world's record
championship Olympics to be
held in Angels Camp, Calif.,
next week end.
The frog of the Milton-Freewater
Chamber of Commerce
leaped a distance of 13 feet.
The world's record stands at
16 feet, 10 inches. It was won
by a frog owned by Ralph
Weimer of Angels Camp in
1954.
West Yellowstone. Mont.,
- ttiPH- Shortly before mid
night about nine months ago,
the third strongest temblor
ever recorded in the United
Slates rocked scenic Madison
valley along the western edge
of Yellowstone National park.
The earthquake cut scars
across mountains, roads
campgrounds, streams and
farms. At least 29 person were
buried beneath slides or kill
ed by falling rocks as the
earth heaved, tossed and split.
Many of the victims were cov
erde by so many tons of rock
and dirt that their bodies can
never be recovered.
Out of tlis catastrophe was
born a new lake-Quake lake
and a dozen other now attrac
tions that will greet tourists
when they invade the area
this summer.
What are the chances of an
other quake in Madison val
ley? "Non-existent," said of-
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Careful Watch Kept
During the winter, rangers
and geologists kept careful
watch over the area-making
sure all dangers from the
quake and its aftershocks
were over and preparing plans
for the" development of the
valley's "new look."
Geologists, like Dr. A. J.
Eardley of the University of
Utah, are convinced that Mad
ison valley is now one of the
"safest places in the Rockies"
because the disastrous quake
released internal strains that,
geologically, "had been build
ing up for some time."
Forest and park service of
ficials have been working ov
ertime these days so this sum
mer's visitors will be able to
see for themselvse what hap
pened the night Quake lake
was born.
The development program
centers in Bozeman, Mont., of
fice of George Duvendack, su
pervisor of the Gallatin Na
tional forest. He and his hard
working staff have prepared
a three-year plan that they
hope will "show this unique
phenomena off" to best ad
vantage. A flight over the area by
United Press International, in
a light plane expertly piloted
through buffeting winds by
Al Newby of Gallatin Air
port's Flight Line, Inc., dem
onstrated that progress is be
ing made - and there's plenty
to see. i
Access Biggest Problem
The biggest initial problem
is that of access. The quake
1 raised havoc with highways
and roads-particularly U. S.
Highway 287 that normally
left U.S. 181 lust north of
West Yellowstone and carried
traffic past Heligen lake,
down Madison valley, to his
toric Virginia City, Mont.,
and on to Glacier park in
northwestern Montana.
BiR chunks were torn out
of U.S. 287 beside Hebgen.
The 50 million ton slide that
made the dam now forming
Quake lake covered the road.
Pavement was twisted.
This summer, northwest
bound tourists will leave U.S.
191-20 on the south side of
the Continental Divide near
Targhee pass, cross the di
vide at ttaynolds pass, and
rejoin 287 just below the
Madison slide. Hard surface
is being applied to this re
route. Duvendack said an access
road into the slide area from
the west should be completed
by June 11 so tourists can
drive onto the nature-built
dam and get a good look at
Quake lake.
Sometime late this summer,
a plaque will be fastened to
a large boulder atop the slide
a memorial to the victims
of the quake. Displays are
also being constructed to tell
the geological story of the big
shake.
Army engineers have cut a
50-foot deep notch in the slide
to lessen the danger to down
stream residents. The seven-
I mile-long lake once was 200
feet deep. When its surface
was deliberately dropped,
line of water-killed trees was
left along the rim.
No boating will be permit
ted on Quake lake this sum
mer, and probably for several
years, because its surface is
covered with snags and pre
vailing winds are hazardous.
Facilities Being Built
Displys and parking facil
ities are also being built on
the eastern segment of U.S.
287, along Hebgen lake and
at the head of Quake lake so
tourists can understand what
they see.
In this area, there are long
escarpments notched into the
mountainside showing how
the valley floor tilted, drop
ping some 18 feet in places
on the north side. Cracks, like
those in an auto windshield
hit by a baseball, slice through
the earth in many directions.
At one farm, part of the barn
was atop the "scarp," while
the rest dropped.
Cabin creek, flowing out of
the mountains near Hebgen
dam, runs now in a waterfall
as it crosses the fault line. A
scenic parking area is being
developed here.
The over-all development
program calls for bids to be
let as soon as possible for a
new version pf U.S. 287
through the valley, but con
struction cannot be completed
for at least two, probably
three, years.
In Yellowstone park itself,
Assistant Superintendent Lou
is Gaslellum said the earth
quake caused no permanent
damage. Old Faithful geyser
is still spou;:ng away - as
faithful as ever.
Mt. Angel Phone
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Salem - WH) - Public Utility
Commissioner Joncl C. Hill !
has approved new telephone ;
rates for Mt. Angel Telephone j
company which will result in ,
an annual gross revenue in- !
crease of $2,479.
The higher rates were ef
fective Saturday. The com- !
pany cut ever its manual sys
tem to dial and provided toll
free service to the commun
ity of Monitor.
Hill said a number of Mt.
Angel residents agreed to loan
tne company varying sums
totaling $64,500 to enable the
conversion to dial service and
to retire a debt.
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