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Retail Grocery Clerks Reject Pad J Klamath Falls - (UPD - Retail grocery clerks here represent ed by Teamsters local 911 have voted to turn down terms of a new two-year con tract to run until July 1, 1962. -'; An employer spokesman laid the offer included a $9 week increase for male jour neyman clerks and an $8 in crease for female clerks . ipread over the two years. Negotiations will continue. .Carole Tregoffs Iff oris Rejected Lo Angeles-UIPD-The Cali fornia Supreme Court today Refused to disqualify Superior Judge Leroy Dawson from the second murder trial of Carole Tregoff, accused as the -accomplice of her lover, Dr. g. Bernard Finch, in the kill ing of his wife. "-" The joint trial now is ex pected to get under way Mon day. It was postponed twice .before because of efforts to " disqualify the judge. Qavidson To Attend Platform Hearing Portland - (UPD - Democratic " National Committeeman C. Girard Davidson and others irom Oregon will attend a pre-convention platform hear . Ing in Seattle today, SECTION B MEDFORD PAGES 1 to 10 Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24. 1960 Reorientation of Public Necessary in Old Age Assistance Editor'! note: The following ar ticle was written by a June grad uate of the school of Journalism j,t. ' I'nlver-ltv of On'gnn as nn "editorial summary" of the con elusions developed In the senior thesis required of each graduate. The opinions are those of the writer. By JOANNE MORRISSEY (Coos Bay, Ore.) Amanda, a little Swedish widow, is spending her 78th birthday in a rest home where she is recovering from a brok en hip - An ex-millwright named John spends his pen sion on a room in a boarding house and seeks companion ship in a local tavern - Half blind Lucy, a grandmother who is living with her eldest son and his family - these are examples of America's indig ent aged. They are part of that segment of the population which is older than 65 (the usual compulsory retirement age) and which cannot sup port itself. 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These in dividuals are Indigent for four basic reasons: a decline of self-employment brought on by industrialization; a lower mortality rate resulting from increased scientific knowledge and medical advancement; a determination of age by num ber of birthdays rather than in terms of function; and an emphasis on the attributes of youth to the extent that older persons cannot compete in the labor force. , Forms of Aid Extended Before the Depression, the aged were not considered a social problem because there were few enough of them so that they could be cared for in individual families. Since that time, however, the in digent aged have become another group for which so ciety must accept some re sponsibility. Many forms of aid have been extended to the aged: Old Age Assistance; Old Age and Survivors Insurance; pub lic retirement systems; private pension plans; miscellaneous plans such as private insur ance or hospitalization pro grams for the aged. These plans have their advantages and d i s advantages and al though they have taken up some of the slack in the sup port problem of the aged, they have not done enough. There fore, the White House Confer ence on Aging is being plan ned for next January. What are the aims of the conference? 1. Assuring middle aged and older persons equal op portunity with others to en gage in gainful employment which they are capable of per forming, thereby gaining for our economy the benefits of their skills, experiences and productive capacities. 2. Enabling retired persons to enjoy income sufficient for health and for participation in family and community life as self-respecting citizens. 3. Providing housing suited to the needs of older persons and at prices they can afford to pay. 4. Assisting middle aged and older persons to make preparations, develop skills and interests, and find social contacts which will make the gift of added years of life a period of reward and satis faction and avoid unnecessary social costs of premature de terioration and disability. 5. Stepping u p research designed to relieve old age of its burden of sickness, mental breakdown and social ostra cism. Reorientation Needed Can these aims be accom plished? Not without a re orientation of the American public toward a general ac ceptance of the aged. We need to realize that the aged need help and we need to work to ward extending the aid that they desire. And it might not hurt us to keep in mind we may be old some day our selves and so start preparing for that day now. We can look to the White House Conference to give us a blueprint of treatment for the aged but we cannot ac complish any thing without reading that blueprint and basing our acceptance or re jection of the aged on what is set forth. fir - :M TALL QUEEN - Connie Adams, "Miss Tall America of 1960," is shown after her selection at the annual con vention of the Association of Tall Clubs of America at At lanta, Ga. Connie, 22, stands five feet, 10 inches, and hails from Atlanta. (UPI Telephoto) Note of Warning Sounded For Pleasure Boat Industry Castro Outlines Retaliation Plan Havana-IUPD- Premier Fidel Castro says his revolutionary government may confiscate hundreds of millions of dol lars worth of U.S. property if Congress reduces Cuba's share of the American sugar market. In a speech Thursday to a group of "former 1930 revo lutionary students," Castro cited the Cuban Telephone Co., the Cuban Electric Co., and various banks, sugar mills and mines among American-owned properties which have not yet been taken over by the government. "They are here now, but it may be that they will not be here," he said, obviously sug gesting government seizure. Castro's remarks crested a flood of bitter Cuban reaction to Secretary of State Chris tian Herter's recent sugges tion that the United States should reduce its purchases of Cuban sugar. By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York - lUPD - Boats still are big news in the stock market and from time to time shares of any f company con nected with that industry are given fling. Barron's in its current is sue, however. sounas a note of warning on that industry Elmer Walter under the heading of a lead ing article, "Signs of a Squall? Pleasure Boating May Be Headed For Rough Weather." Boats are in the classifica tion of stocks called "leisure time" issues. They still are big business over all, and are expected to weather squalls. Barron s goes deeply into the field and lists many com panies making bouts, engines, and accessories. It quotes Peter A. Andrews, market analyst of "The Boating In dustry" magazine: Two-Boat Family If money is scarce, people who can afford either a boat or a new car are more likely now to buy the boat and a motor for it . . . the two-boat family is beginning to emerge." . J. Richard Elliott Jr.. au thor of Barron's article, notes that the boating industry ex pects the market to expand to 53 million eager customers. On this he quotes R. A. Holman, specialist in boating stocks, and adds that A. M, Kidder goes even further. holding "that the next tea years could see the greatest boom ever in boating with a possible doubling of the num ber of participants to nearly 80 million." Squall Blowing These rosy forecasts may all come true one day, says Elliott. "Between now and then, however," he adds, "there may be squalls and, by a number of signs and portents, one Is blowing up right now. "To begin with the indus try's fabled growth for the present anyway has come to a halt. Traditionally - or at least since the National As sociation of Engine & Boat Manufacturers, the industry's trade group, began keeping records in 1954 - sales rise sharply from March to June, the period accounting for over half of yearly volume. This year, however, the seasonal pickup has failed to appear. After lagging behind 1959 in January - February, volume in both March and April dropped by 9 per cent from a year ago. "At the same time, cancela tions spurted 49 per cent and new orders were down by one-eighth." Winds Blowing Hard The Barron article is the old story of industries that grow by leaps and bounds. The author sums it up: "The most important fact about pleasure boating these days is that the winds of chance are blowing hard Which companies will be fa vored and which will become orphans of the storm remains to be seen "What now seems unmis takably clear is that the good old days of not so long ago when the sailing was smooth for anything and everything afloat have given way to sterner times." To Wall Street the boat stocks still have their lure from time to time. And now new industry is being in jected Into the field-a glam or industry too-electronics. Electronics Booming Harris, Upham St Co., In its current "Science and Securi ties" goes Into this subject and comments that "small boat electronics represents perhaps the fastest growing of consumer hard-good indus tries." Pleasure boaters last year spent $17 to $20 million on electronic devices. That con trasts with $7 million spent for electronic gear on new merchant ships to be con structed over the next several years, the firm says. According to Harris, Up ham the boaters are equip ping their fleet with radio tel ephones, depth sounders, they are good fish finders, loran, consolan, radar electronic gas fume detectors, automatic pi lots, and power amplifiers for voice megaphones. Htlp From Womm Not a little help In selling these devices comes from the women in the families own ing or planning to own boats. Whereas boating, is histor ically a man's activity, says Harris, Upham & Co., "today the woman of the family is taking a keen part In the pur chase, and exercising her in fluence in the choice of equipment. "She Is safety conscious, comfort conscious, and ap pearance conscious. This is re flected in the efforts of the marine electronic manufactur ers to add decor to their equipment ih a bid for the ladies' acceptance." SUMMER FUN lasts in pictures Leav your film at 10:00 a.m. and pick ft up at 4:30 in rh after noon. Alto fast quality Color Sorvlco at now low pricei. S & H Groan Stamps ANDERS PHOTO SHOP J 232 E. Main Coquille Trial Jury Deadlocked Coquille (UPD - The second degree murder trial of Donald Stokes, 48, charged in the death of former North Bend city judge and recorder Virgil Klockars, resulted in a hung jury. The jury reported after 11 '4 hours of deliberation it was unable to reach a verdict and was excused. Stokes was indicted in con nection with the May 15 knife slaying of Klockars, his brother-in-law. Stokes' attorney said he would move for an early retrial. Object Punches Hole in Roof Salem (UPD - Fragments of a metal object that punched an eight-Inch hole in the roof of a restaurant on the state fairgrounds were found Wed nesday. Police were trying to determine whether the object may have fallen from a plane. The object apparently crashed through the restau rant's roof last week end. A fairgrounds caretaker told Fair Manager Howard Maple he heard what sounded like an explosion in the area one evening last week end. Salem Detective Captain Glenn Bowman said frag ments seemed to be from an electrical conduit and part of one fitting appeared to De worn. LONG AND SHORT New York (UPD - The short est golf course ever used for the U- S. open goii cnampion ship was 4,423 yards at the Shinnecock Hills Uoii ciuo, Southampton, N. Y., in 1896 Longest was the 7,037-yard Oakland Hills Country club at Birmingham, Mich., In Reward Offered For Missing Plane Longview (UPD - The family of Jack Ferguson, one of five Washington residents aboard a light plane which disap peared over Wyoming last week, has offered a $2,500 reward to anyone finding the plane. Ferguson, a prominent T.onsrview restaurant owner.. was the pilot of the plane which disappeared on a flight from Longview to Kansas City, Mo. 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