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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.
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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,
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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Melbourne - Australia has
a section like the District of
Columbia in the United States.
It is Canberra, capital city of
the federal government. .
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