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o MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, I860 Welfare Commission Adopts New Program for Medicine The state welfare commis tlon adopted a new medical program effective July 1, ac cording to James Pullman, Jackson county public welfare administrator. "The new plan is aimed at providing minimum adequate medical care to recipients of public assistance within closed end appropriation and without prior authorization by the welfare commission,' Pullman explained. "This plan also provides a more uni form use of medical care." Under the new plan, the commission allocates each county a certain sum of money each month for hospitaliza tion. If the bills exceed this amount, the hospital or physi cian receives a pro-rated amount, Pullman said. This al lows the physician to decide what essential care is needed. Expenditurei Controlled Nursing home expenditures, which account for over half the money spent for medical care, is controlled by the pub lic welfare caseworkers by regulating admissions and making plans for other types of care. A small amount is allocated for miscellaneous medical care such as dental work, medical transportation and glasses. Through the new sys tem, public welfare adminis trators hope the local depart ments can provide "somewhat better service than in the past two years," Pullman ex plained. Aimed at supplying drugs to welfare recipients at more economical prices, the state welfare commission also pub lished a basic drug list effec tive July 1, the public welfare administrator said. The list contains the "basic drugs" which the commission feels will meet the needs of those on welfare rolls who require medicines. Listed op posite each "basic drug" is the price which the welfare commission will pay pharma cists. Exception! Mad Exceptions are made if clearances are received from the state office. A doctor or dering a drug not on the list may write out a prescription with an emergency three-day exception and this will be paid even though not on the list. Both in Jackson county and statewide there have been cases where the welfare com mission has been charged for drugs which the patient never received or has been charged higher prices than what pri vate customers paid, Pullman said. Asked how this system has worked for the month it has been in operation, Gordon Hudson, operator of two Med ford drug stores, remarked, It s an impossible situation Brandi Noted "The drugs listed by th welfare commission are drugs which no practicing pharma cist would use or physician prescribe," the local pharma cist said. "These so-called ba sic drugs consist of cheap brands which I don t trust. I wouldn't give 'em to a dog Ani the prices published are ridiculous" Hudson said he understood that druggists were consulted on the list. However, he thought it more likely that the welfare commission went through its files and picked out the drugs most commonly used by welfare patients. "I'll practice pharmacy in my own way and won t be told by the state what to charge for this and that, Court Records DISTRICT COURT James Vale Johnson, disobeyed itop sign, $1.V Allen O. Waldrop, no operator's license, $lfi. Henry Ray Serr, dliobeyed ilop liRn, $15. Joe Murl Meadows, carrying per sons on outnlde of car, $15. Jerry B. Beami, failure to itop, sin. Toney R. Yell, one headllRht, $5. Gilbert E. Harrison, failure to t()D. S10. Floria M. Bannister, failure to ton. si 5. Robertson E. Collins, failure to ton. S13. Lee W. Dickenson, allure to ainn. sifl. James R. Lowe, failure to stop, 1.1. Orville E. Henderson, failure to dim lfffhui. $13. Rov N. Swan, failure to stop. Sift. Albin C. Herra, improper turn. IIS. Fred W. Green, no safety chains, $15. William R. Thomson, improper turn, $JS. Jerome W. Martenson, failure to Stop. $15. , Lamar H, Dodd, failure to atop, SI 5. Charles A. Hall, truck speeding, $15. Venon C. Robinson, false applica tion for hunting and fishing li cense, $50. Wilmot I. Carral, no operator's license, $5; no operator's license, $5. Walter Vnn Pulsipher, violation of bHsic rule, $15. Johnny Carl Shute, improper light, $5. James W. Eldred, disobeyed stop sign. $15. Charles E. Wheeler, no operator's license, $5, Elsa E. Filer, disobeyed . stop lien, $15. Rufas Roberts, overload, $170, Glenn F. Well ford, violation of basic rule. $15. Lester C. Sproul, permitting un licensed person to drive, $5. John Thomas Bingham, violation of basic rule, $25. ciay virgti calklni. violation of MARRIARR LICENSE APPLICATIONS Elmer James Hopkins, Down! nil rd.. Conlrnl Polnl, .and Mattie Mayhell Stiles Perkclt, 205 B st.. Phoenix. Jerry Nelson Kucera, SIR West Sixth st., Med ford, and Jean Sandra Tabor, 827 Palm st., Medtord, V rn C basic rule, $10. John K Wtlllt. fnilur. In .ton $15. John H. Cornell, angling with prohibited method. $100. Robert A. Minshall, no operator's license. $5. . Vernon R. Shrag. overload. $112. Phillip J. Corrcia, violation of basic rule, $10. MUNICIPAL COURT Victor Allen Dallaire, expired ve hicle license. $2.50. William Edmonrt Davis, violation of basic rule. S25. James Ova Longan, violation or basic rule, $25. Thomas Emmltt Steele, violation or oasic rule. $25. Gerald LcRoy. Isreal, defective equipment. jf. Eugene Earl Lawson, violation of on me ruie, iu. Michael Todd Davis, inademiate ClJUIIJIMl-Ilt, 1 , William Wavne Tin 1 1 failnr in yiein ngni or wnv, ja.-i. Helen Matilda Christian. violation of bn.sic rule, $10. Patricia Mar Plrtt. vnir-oH vn. hlcle license, $5. Dnrwin Karwood Hnzletl, viola tion of basic rule. $25. HObCrt SClbV. violation nf IWIn rule, $25. James Ellis Henderson riienhovoH slop sign. $10. Dunne Willinm Hodgson, violation of basic rule. $25. Donald Ray Nelson, violation of basic rule, $10. Melcher Wiley Sull ns. wrniie wny on one-way strcel, $10. Jnmcs .Tulles Martin, operating on learner's permit, not accompa nied ny ucensen driver, $5. Howard James Bovd, Jr., viola tion of basic rule. $25. Timm Andrew Anderson, viola tion Of basic rule. &'2H: hiiir nnnnln in front scat, $io. GalC Gnrfiolri WlUnn nnrUll,.n on learner's permit, not accompa- iirn uy iicenscn nnver, 95. Kenneth Vernon Howard, dis obeyed stop sign, $10. Halite Eucene Norton vfnlnllnn of basic rule, $25. Granvtl Fletcher Rrlttsnn (m. proper riRht turn. $lo. Llaud Rav Nichols. exnlrr-H nr.. erator's license, $5. Roger Irwin Snaur. xrrlvn noise, $5. CIRCUIT COURT Floyd T. Jenkins vs. Pearl L. Jenkins, divorce complaint. Robert Stanley Dye vs. Earllne Dye, divorce decree. Everett Henry Michael vs. Marie Helen Michael, divorce decree. Illegal Snagging Reported in Area State police have reported a number of fish snaggings recently, and game law en forcement officers are putting on a drive to stop this illegal practice. One 16-year-old youth, who had been caught a number of times in the illegal fishing operation recently was re manded from juvenile court to district court. Imposition of county jail sentence was aus pended for one year provid ing he surrender his angler's license, refrain from fishing in any waters in this state for one year, forfeit his fishing tackle and pole, and distribute the four-salmon he caught to the Jackson county juvenile detention home and county jail. State Policeman R a f e L. Anders signed the complaint which charged him with at tempting to jerk and foul hook salmon with a line hav ing a triple hook and weight attached. feel I charge reasonable prices. And we certainly don't make the big profit which the welfare commission claims we do!" "The plumber, grocer and Copco don't give lower rates to the welfare recipients. don't see why we druggists should. It amounts to double taxation since we pay taxes which pay for. these medicines for welfare recipients then we have to cut our prices, too Hudson explained. He said the only solution is for the doctors and pharma cists to meet with the welfare officials and reach a compro mise. "However, you are go. ing to have to get someone in the welfare department who will listen to us. We aren't going to be forced into accept ing a plan," Hudson added. Revenue Service Notes New Law Portland - The internal rev enue service has cailed atten tion to the Dealers Reserve Income Adjustment act of 1960 which provides that cer tain taxpayers may elect alter native methods of computing and paying the tax resulting from a change in the method of reporting "dealer reserve income." The act is of special inter est to taxpayers who sell real or tangible properties and dis pose of the sales contracts, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness to financial in stitutions. According to the service, any election under the act must be made no later than Aug. 31. Taxpayers who wish to avail themselves of the pro visions of the act should file their elections with the dis trict director of internal rev enue, 830 NE Holladay St., Portland, on or befire that dale. Additional information may be obtained from the Portland revenue office. PINWHEEL-This "jet age pinwheel" con sists of five DC-8 jetliners which form a symmetrical pattern around the concourse projecting from United Air Lines' passen ger terminal at the San Francisco Interna tional Airport. The DC-8s are connected to the concourse by telescopic corridors called "Jetways." The Jetways automatically ex tend and retract as needed to board and deplane passengers. (UPI Telephoto) Grants Pass Man Charged With Rape of 16-Year-Old Portland-IUPII-An unemploy ed laborer was being held in lieu of $5,000 here Saturday after a 16-year-old Madras girl Boy Scouts Troop 105 Twenty boys of Troop 105 under the leadership of Rich ard Melum, Scoutmaster, and Frank Taylor, spent the week of July 10 to 17 at Camp McLoughlin at Lake of the Woods. At the Court of Honor, the following awards were pre sented: first class, David Gre gory and Dennis Melum; sec ond class, Mike Smith; merit badges in sculpture and bas ketry, Larry Copeland; arch ery and bugling, Dale Dur- cc; reading, swimming, Da vid Gregory. Eleven Troop members earned mountaineer badges for a climb to the top of Mt. McLoughlin. The following week end, 19 boys returned to the camp to participate in the Jubilee camp-o-rec accompanied by Melum, Taylor, Eugene In gram and Arnold Opgrand. Housewife Held On Charge of Killing Husband Salcm-IUPD-A Salem house wife, Mrs. Jessie Patzer. was held In the Marion county jail Saturday on a murder charge involving the stab bing death Friday nignt of her husband in their north Salem home. The victim was Robert Pat zer, 50-year-old carpenter. Police were summoned by a neighbor shortly before 10 p.m. Patzer was on his back in the living room with a knife wound in his chest. Mrs. Patzer said she and her husband had been drink ing and admitted they quarrel led but she denied stabbing him. Marion County Coroner Lee Edwards said an autopsy showed Patzer died about 9:45 p.m. Marion county district at torney Hatlie Kremen said Saturday morning she was "not sure yet" what degree o( murder would be specified in the complaint. Officers quoted Mrs. Pat zer as saying, "I loved him. He beat me . . but I lover him." charged he raped her in downtown Portland hotel. Charged was Carl Samuel Conger, 49, Grants Pass. The girls told officers she had traveled to Portland for medical treatment Wednesday and was going home when she found she had missed her bus. She said she met Conger who told her he was meeting his wife later, Police said a few minutes later a woman identified as Edith W. Anderson, 54, joined them and was introduced as Mrs. Conger The girl told police she went to the hotel with Conger and the woman and let them get her a room. She said later that night, Conger entered her room and forced his attention on her. She said she escaped and ran down stairs where a night clerk called police. Conger said he had been drinking heavily and could not remember being in the girls room. Mrs. Anderson was charged with violation of a hotel ordinance with bail set at $500. Toll Revenues Hit Expectations Portland - (UPI) - Toll rev enues on the Interstate bridge are about as expected accord ing to the Washington State Toll Bridge authority as it re ported revenues here of $1, 121,873 for the six months of operation. Officials have not made a comprehensive analysis of how quick the $13.1 million facility will be paid for. They said such a study will be made when a 12-month operational period has been completed. To June 30, over 5.4 million cars have passed over the span. Big Lumber Mill Destroyed by Fire Sweet Home - (UPI) - Sweet Home Veneer, Inc., a lumber mill valued at $100,000, was destroyed by fire here Friday night. Cause of the fire was not immediately determined. The spectacular blaze shot flames over 100 feet in the air and firemen t a 1 d the blaze could be seen from as faf as five miles away. Firemen from Lebanon, Brownsville and the Linn County Fire patrol joined Sweet Home firemen in bat tling the flames. Fire o f f i c i a 1 s said the flames started near a sawdust bin and exploded through the green veneer end of the mill. The mill employed 28 men. No one was injured. Inmates Sleep Late When Buglers Escape Havana, Cuba - (UPD - ln. mates at Havana's Prin cipe jail were treated to an extra hour of sleep Friday when reveille buglers Evilio Gamarra and Ernesto Acosta, failed to wake them up. The two buglers had es caped during the night. Steak Thieves Get Turnips in Pokey Jackson, Miss. - (UPD - Three men were charged with steal ing 715 pounds of choice steak, worth a dollar a pound, Thursday night. They dined Saturday on turnip greens and cornbread. in the city jail. i I Cover your patio or carport with FIBERGLASS or carp on wun Sunset patio panels Shatterproof, beautiful colors. For fences, wind breaks, partitions. j 26'' wide x 8, 10 and 12 feet long 39 Ft. Norton Lumber Company mrnWti&- Phoenix Camn Whi Ahlnnrl U iJv5TTTrmfS ... 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