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o o o o O o o O Multimillionaire Seeking Ways To Prevent Blindness By DELOS SMITH UP! Science Editor New York - IUPII - This man who in his youth worked hard to become a scientist but got diverted and became a mul- timillionai re, has given up something pre cious in order to let you .know the cause of a long-felt pain, i He is pained ueioi smun By your pjj. aion ior eye-wash. Think of it: Americans spend $6 mil lion a year for boric acid (olutions in fancy bottles: And when the eye provides its own wash, in the form of tears: But only $4 million is spent inually on scientific research that could lead to new ways of preventing blindness. It is this contrast which pains 3ules C. Stein and for that reason he is permitting you to know him. California Man is Arrested in City Thomas Augustus Wooden, 21, Eureka Calif., was arrest ed by Medford city police early yesterday after they topped the vehicle he was driving on East Main st. on a routine check. Police said they found a loaded .38 cali ber revolver under the front ieat of the vehicle. Wooden was lodged in city "Jail on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He plead ed guilty to the charge in municipal court, and was sen tenced to 20 Hays in jail. During questioning, Wood en admitted to police taking the vehicle he was driving from Bend, Ore., late Tuesday after he abandoned there one he had taken earlier from Eureka. Bend authorities have been notified of Wooden's arrest here. BRAILLE USE Philadelphia B r a i 1 1 e Is used in 85 languages and aerves about seven million blind persons. FREE PARKING FREE PARKING CORNER OF 4TH AND FRONT STREET Salmon Spam Peaches Del Roaue Sliced Bumble Bee LUNCHEON MEAT 303 tin Corn Kool Aid Syrup Tastewell Whole Kernel c, Nalley's lumberjack 303 tin Assorted Flavors 22.0I bo,e 7i$ll6n9i3'85c PureX Mayonnaise (of fee LIQUID BLEACH Best Foods Folgeri a4Scu4Scl-SSc Fab Baby Food Sun Shades ' Gerber'i Standard 1 Price ' 10c 69 Ready to Hot M'-f2K,- A tk PICHICS , 37clCAIH10TS 2,. 19c Golden Rip FRYERS " 38c DANA11AS 2 29c Pricei Good Through Sunday -limit Rights served i lie is giving up his careful ly guarded obscurity (so far as the publi ; in concerned) because if enough people get interested, blindness will nev er befall a high percentage of the millions who are born blind or go blind. Dreads Limelight Even in his own world, where he is a powerful figure, he is obscure since (as he told this reporter) he dreads the limelight. But he is the found er, the principal owner, and the boss o ' the Music Corpor ation of America and its 30 wholly owned subsidiaries which play a dominant role in the entertainment industry, particularly television. "I've been told that if I'm going to put this thing over, I'll have to expose myself to people like you," he said to this reporter. "This thing," is Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. He has created it in the last few months, enlisting the help of such well-known philanthro pists as Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, James S. Adams, the Wall Street banker, and Robert E. McCormick, industrialist. No Public Appeals It is yet another volunteer public health organization, but quite different. It will have no local chapters and no appeals to the public for con tributions. Its one interest is to prevent blindness and this it will do by picking its spots, as it were, rather than with "crash pro"rams." The spots it has in mind are these: Eye science is skip ped over rather lightly in medical colleges which need to be encouraged to get more of it into the basic course. Young doctors interested in eye research are stymied by lack of funds. Established scientists with definite re search projects can't find the money for needed instruments and help. Stein feels that half a mil lion spent annually at well chosen spots would quickly start paying off handsomely. This money he hopes to get from charitable foundations, philanthropic individuals and (his words) "business enter prise." " . MEDFORDeJBlTRIBUNE SECTION B MEDFORD, V f 4 ' MOTHER ON GUARD - A mother lion at enough lo the Fleishacker Zoo in San Francisco displays youngsters as her three new offspring. Mama stays close Exams Announced For Appointments Competitiev e x a minations to possible appointment to United States academies will be held in 29 cities in Oregon Monday, July 11. Cities in clude Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland and Klamath Falls. Sen. Hall S. Lusk an nounced today that designa tion exams will be given by the United States civil service for possible appointment to the U.S. Military, Naval, Air Force and Merchant Marine academies. Rep. Charles Porter said he would be making one prin ciple and 10 alternate appoint ments to the Air Force acad emy and 10 to the Merchant marine academy. He said he has no vacancies in either the Military or Naval academies. Qualified young men be tween the ages of 17 and 21 who are interested in an acad emy appointment with the class entering July, 1961, should write members of the Oregon Congressional delega tion for authorization to take the competitive exam. A fur ther exam will be held in November for those unable to take the July test. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE Medford Chosen For Slate Letter Carriers Meeting Medford was chosen by the Oregon State Letter Carriers association for the site of the 1961 convention at the state meeting in Roseburg last week end. Attending from Medford were Larry Rose, state presi dent; Ben Fagone, branch president Randy Hugdahl, Charles Wiley, Walt Wilson, Dale Taylor and Harry Fitz- patrick. Rose was presented a pres ident's pin by William C. Daherty, director of NALC, on behalf of the Medford branch. William Duhson, Corvallis, was elected the new state president; Charles Wiley, Med ford, vice president; James Godfrey, secretary, Roseburg; Arnald Barzee, treasurer, Corvallis; Art Strunk, execu tive board ;and Rose, delegate to the national convention. One hundred letter carriers and 115 wives and visitors at tended. Auxiliary Officers Mrs. Rose was elected state president of the auxiliary; Mrs. Gertrude Carson, Port land, vice president; . Mra. Joan Sweelman, Corvallis, secretary; Mrs. Barzee, treas urer. , Mrs. Fagone won second prize m a hat style show, in which she wore a hat of yarn skeins and balls, and knitting needles. Local delegates to the aux iliary meeting were Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Fagone, Mrs. Fitz- patrick, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Mary Fredricks and Mrs. Hug dahl. A report on the progress of legislation for pay in creases for federal employees was made by Daherty and Nick Cale, who flew from Washington, D.C. They reported that if the pay bill passes, it will affect 500,000 postal workers and 1,200,000 federal employees. Business sessions at the convention dealt with labor- management relations, uni form allowances, change in ratio of subsitutcs. Memorial services were held for Ken drick Watson, a member of the Medford post office, who died last year. Fortune Left On Peddler's Cart rairn - HIP11 The nrance peddler didn't know that $2,800 was wrapped In the handkerchief on his cart. A wealthy landowner, El Mazir Abou-Arab, had stop ped to buy some oranges and had forgotten the handkerchief-wrapped fortune. Four hours later Abou-Arab t hnnir for the handker chief. The orange man hand ed it back, saying, "you lor got your coffee bag." GOOP MS Pet V PAGES 1 lo 8 trio lo keep an eye on the they bask in the sun. . (UPI Telephoto) Civil Service Exams ' Now Open for Jobs Civil service examinations are now open for counseling psychologist in the field of vocational rehabilitation and education; and for geophysi cist. Full details and Instructions on filing applications are available at the Medford post office or from the U.S. civil service commission, Washing ton 25, D.C. 9, 1960 1 I hi mmiii fltlijffium in ! 3 DAYS ONLY! SAVE NOW ON OUR I V MOST POPTTT ATJ FARRTC OXFORD I Woraen's and Children's cushion arch Long Wearing 1. Better Fitting! Mom, teens and tols will all love Jeepers , . . Sears fun-time fashionable cot. ton oxfords. Designed for extra comfort with springy heel-to-toe sponge rubber insoles and cushion arch to support every step. Sturdy cotton army duck uppers are drill lined for longer wear. Children's siies have protective rubber toe .caps. Women's sizes 4Vi lo 9 in while, red, novy or black; slim and medium widths. Children's siies small 6 to big 4 In red or navy, slim and medium widths. All have slip-resistant, long wearing crepe-type rubber soles. Sale ends Monday, ( O 'atisfafoion 'guaranteed or your nyney back" Four Accidents Reported in City Four traffic accidents, in which one person was injured and nine vehicles involved were reported to city police Tuesday. An 8-year-old Portland girl was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambu lance service with possible back injuries following a col lision between a vehicle oper ated by her mother and a truck. According to city police, Mrs. Lucille Marie Waits, Portland, started to turn east onto Main st. at Riverside ave. and was struck by a truck driven by Peter Russell O'Neil, Klamath Falls. In jured was Tracy Kay Waits. The accident occurred about 10 a.m. Three vehicles were in volved in a collision at East Jackson st. and orth River sidcave., about 9:30 a.m., po lice report. ' Police said a sedan oper ated by Roy Edward James, route 1, box 55, Talent, had stopped and was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Jouette Philip Bray, 317 Lo zier lane, Medford, which in turn was hit by a truck oper ated by David Scott. Muir, 1337 South Peach St., Med ford. The third accident occurred about 2:45 p.m. when a ve hicle operated by Harold Her bert Vessey, 726 Alder st., backed from the driveway at 726 Alder st., and into the path of a northbound auto mobile driven by Connie Lee Paulsen, 508 Hamilton st. Hazel Isa belle Ganficld, 2951 Merriman rd., was cited by city police for failing lo JEEPERS BT t whoto wardrobe of Jecport' novr .. . J.i.t Mr "Charge it" on Sear, revolving CHARGE ACCOUNT stop at a yellow light after her vehicle was struck by one operated by Carl Roger llog strom, 755 Oak St., about 5:30 p.m. According lo police, the Ganfield vehicle was east bound on Main st. and pulled into the intersection at Haw thorne st. in the path of the northbound Hogstrom vehicle. Library Acquires Colonial Map Washington - IUPI) - The Li brary of Congress has acquir ed a rare old map of Colonial America, drawn more than a century beiorc the revolution. It depicts Maryland, Vir ginia and a portion of Caro lina. It was drawn in 1670 by Augustine Herrmann, a sur vey or who immigrated to America from Bohemia. Experts say that, with the exception of the famous map of Virginia drawn by Capt. John Smith in 1612, it is the best job of cartography done in the early colonial period. The map has long been the property of France's National Library. Arthur A. Houghton Jr., New York philanthropist, obtained it for the Library of Congress in an exchange in which he gave the French library a 15-Cenlury nautical chart of the Mediterranean. MENHADEN CATCH Raleigh, N.C. - Nearly 350 million menhaden worth more than $7 million are caught annually, in North Carolina waters. They are converted into oil used for paint, soap and other products. SEARS . PARALLEL SEEN Melbourne - Australia has a section like the District of Columbia in the United States. It is Canberra, capital city of the federal government. . Residents of Medford When in San Francisco Stop at the Progressive Hotel Drake Wiltshire Overlooking San Francisco's Union Square -k TV and Radio in All Rooms (no charge) V 250 k HD T 11. 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