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New, Deeply-Felt Inroads Said Made Against Field of Organized Crime Washington - (UPD - The jus tice department says it has made "new and deeply felt Inroads" in labor racketeer ing, narcotics, gambling and other forms of organized crime during the past year. But a report to Attorney General William P. Rogers by Malcolm R. Wilkey, assistant attorney general in charge of the department's criminal di vision, said that "experience has shown the need for new weapons in the continuing fight." Wilkey said his division has submitted ten proposed new statutes to Rogers "designed to bring to bear the full force of the federal government's power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce and its power to tax to crush the law less elements of our society." A spokesman for the de partment said the recommen dations would not be made public until they were sub mitted to Congress. Often Misunderstands ' Wilkey said the public often misunderstands the govern ment's role in fighting crime. "The federal government does not have authority to prosecute organized criminals merely because they are --" -tn -f'iti'(linirniMiiJI lis XhU4imx t&tok. will llA llvu lrl- $ f 111 t i Hi I liSa-IH'l III If U 'm&Xt. EJjAS iiiimm h K.yisf n uiiicwi .friwmsasi Mr dry. I III 111 f J UUU Sg...w , .5?-i such," he said. "Under the constitution only a small per centage of all crimes are fed eral in nature, most being violations of state law only. TickThk-Tick in Yule Package Alarms Postmen Chicago-flM-Santa Claus' helpers the busy ones in the main post office here had a bad hour today. One of their packages began to talk back. A postal worker was hefting the 11-ounce, brown-paper-wrapped parcel when it began to mutter: tick-tick-tick. Decided to Open Package With all the speed of Donner and Blitzen, he carried it to a distant corner of the third floor room. He called Postal Inspector William Kranzuch. The inspector called Police Sgt. Edward Nevelle of the police Bomb Squad. Nevelle and Kranzuch decided to open it instead of tossing it into water. First, they made a record of the ad dressee, a man in Kennewick, Wash., to leave at least one lead for survivors if the .worst should happen. . All personnel in the third to stand back 100 feet. Gingerly Unwrapped Package Kranzuch held a flashlight gingerly unwrapped the package. The humming grew louder. Nevelle glanced at Kranzuch, who shrugged. Nevelle open ed the box. Inside lay a battery-powered electric shaver, working Dusny. xne two-man bomb squad repacked it and sent it on its way. After they turned It off, of course. Last-Minute Gift Idea... 9X12 Foam Pad $ Green, Brown or Black Tweed Shop Tonite Till 9:00 FURNITURE BARN, INC. Hi way 99 - Central Point I 1 1 MI ill f Ijyysaggw Bottled by Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of" Medford "This means the federal government must sometimes march obliquely in its effort to restrain the professional criminals in our society," he floor mail room were ordered in the darkened room. Nevelle RUGS Attached W5 ft Soda. with I brighter, . smoothly :a M 3 inate 3)&4 point . A u t J!aj t I mn nextaay, too. mis restive sea lANAD aI son mix your highballs with sparkling a 4 Canada rV J or with &l"iW. See .fj every MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, said. Wilkey said cooperation among federal investigative agencies resulted in the con viction of a number of racke teers during the past 12 months. Among them were: Given 15 Years -Vito Genovese, northeast ern racketeer chief sentenced to 15 years in a federal peni tentiary for violating the U.S narcotics laws. -Johnny Dio, strong-armed teamster hoodlum questioned by the McClellan committee, convicted for tax evasion. -Angelo Inciso, Chicago la bor racketeer sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for vio lating the Taft-Hartley labor law. -Isadore "Kid Cann" Blu menfield, Minneapolis racke teer convicted on white slav ery charges. Wilkey said various federal statutes were used to prose cute an increased number of teamster officials in 1960. Nine Convictions He said nine convictions under the Hobbs act, which prohibits extortion affecting interstate commerce, were ob tained during the past year. A total of 148 persons have been convicted of 1 a b o r racketeering since 1953, he added. Wilkey said "A significant number of notorious racke teers have been successfully prosecuted for income tax frauds. They include labor racketeers, gamblers, corrupt public officials, and syndicate leaders in other illicit areas." Wilkey said his division also enforced a number of statutes designed to protect the na tion's consumers. These in volved such things as com mercial and Investment swindlers and fraudulent medical cures. New York-ftlPll-Bob Kabel, who had scored 20 points in 23 games for the Springfield club of the American Hockey league this season, was re called Monday by the parent New York Rangers of the Na tional league. The Rangers are currently without the services of injured Camille Henry, Dean Prentice and Brian Cullen. Holiday Party. Mistletoe and tinkling bells. And sparkling highballs made with lively Canada Dry Ginger Ale or Club They make an evening twinkle good cheer. Make the next day too. Canada Dry Mixers blend with the spirits, never dom-' And Canada Drv's exclusive "Pin- carbonation" curbs unhappy morninns after. A fact, oroven bv re- u. - k .. kIM.u Anl Dry Ginger Ale, Club Soda . . . anv other Canada Drv Mixer. Coast-to-coast Canada Dry... America's First Family of Beverages "Walt Disrwv Present!" week on ABC-TV Network MEDFORD, ORE. .v4 ; kww VTf ir Kvl-?fi FIRST KOALA BEAR San Francisco's first native-born koala (circle) takes its first look at the world. The cub, pic tured with its mother, Vickie, a native of Australia, was named Francis or Frances in honor of the birthplace. Ac cording to Fleishhacker Zoo officials, it won't be possible to determine if the cub is a male or female for a while. Like many things about koalas, this is somewhat mysterious, in early life, at least. (UPI Telephoto) The Family Council Editor's Nntet The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychia trist, thiee clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. Each article is a summary of an actual casr history. The Council rcpurts on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Mrs. B. H.-School is mak ing Greta lazy. She spends only half an hour on home work and gets good marks. Greta H. - School is boring. I'm not learning anything. Mrs. B. H. - My daughter is 15 and an upper sophomore in high school I can't understand how she can get away witn so little study and still get pass ing marks so easily. I know she's bright, but it takes more than brightness to know his tory, for example. Once in a while you must open a book and read for an hour or so. When I was in high school the assignments took me three hours a day at least. Ana tnen you could get extra credit for special projects. But Greta looks up a few words in the back of her French booK, cans up her friend for the geom etry answers, ana cans u a day as far as school is con cerned. These are precious days in her life and it seems to me she's wasting them. Because school makes no demands on her she's getting more and more lazy when it comes to hard work. Greta H. - My mother is wrong about me being lazy about work. She knows I work hard when it's for some thing that Interests me, like a party at our house. I polish the silver, vacuum and make canapes by the dozen, ao Mother knows I'm not really lazy. But with the sort 01 leacn- ers I nave, scnooi is a junu. Some of them are substitutes and they admit they're only one lesson ahead of us. Other teachers give us homework and then never look at it or even discuss it with us. They can't be bothered marking papers, I guess. Sometimes 1 gel a norriuie feling that I'm growing up pretty ignorant, even though I'm attending school. But then I say to myself, I'm the pupil, thev're the teachers, and if this is what they call educa tion, why should I worry about it? I use all the short-cuts-tne cram books, translations, sum maries. And I get by. it's easy. Rut I wish it was interesting. Then I might feel like work ing. The Councils -' The word lazy" is one a guidance ex pert will never use. Instead, he asks "Why?" By going be hind the so-called laziness he usually uncovers an able bodied and willing person who has somehow come to feel it's all no use. So our job is not to work on Greta's "laziness" but on her motiva tion and stimuli. Greta, like all students, needs gifted and dedicated teachers. All children, even the backward ones, are prob ably gifted in some area and only a gifted teacher can dis cover where and bring the gift forward. So Mrs. H. is justified in her alarm. Under inept, dispirited teachers Greta's potentialities are lying fallow. See what happens under in spired, enthusiastic leader ship. We learn of teenagers in Rockland County, N. Y., giv ing up their Saturdays to at tend classes in science, engi neering and the arts under volunteer experts. Others gave up their lummer vaca- r. 'V. ' TV tions for the privilege of working under whiz-bang pro fessors at Columbia Univer sity, in a project for young sters. We'll bet that any teacher who can harness Greta's cur iosity, excite her imagination and enflame her determina tion to reach a tangible goal will not find her lazy! But American educators have been accused of spending their time writing new text- boks and revising the curricu lum instead of keeping their eye on the kids. To rescue Greta, here are two suggestions for Mrs. H. Through the P.T.A. and tuLks with Greta's principal and teachers, see what can be done to step up the pace and intensity of instruction. Sec ondly scout around for after school and weekend opportun ities for "enrichment for Greta, such as special events at the museums, libraries and Y's. Willi the aid of her mother and teachers, Greta must find Incentive. Else for her and our other young people, our na tional emblem will chungc, as Frederick M. Schcrer warns in "Michigan Alumnus," from the bald eagle to the gold, brick. (Copyright I960, General Features Corp.) Scientists May Attend Meetings Washington -(ITU- The Stale Department has decided to let federally employed scientists participate i n international conference at which Red China and other "unrecog nized regimes" are represent ed if it is made clear they do not speak for the U.S. govern ment. This was disclosed Tuesday by Daniel M. Singer, general counsel for the Federation of American Scientists. He re leased a letter on the subject from Walter G. Whitman, science adviser to Secretary of Stale Christian A. Herter. Whitman's letter, dated Monday, said specifically that scientists of the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare could attend the fifth international B 1 o chemistry Congress to be held in Mos cow next August, at which a large number of Red Chinese delegates are expected. SANTA BURNS TREE Racine. Wis. - (UPli - Simla Claus burned up a Christmas tree Monday. Defective wiring in an electric Santa Claus started a fire which burned up the Christmas tree in the Wal ler Pinchelman home, fire men said. The fire injured no one, but caused $25,000 dam age. CLOGSTON'S Metal Weather Striding and Screens Estimates Gladly Phone SP 1-1014 Sveninqt Higher Level Of Unemployment Seen Washington - IUPD - A U. S. Chamber of Commerce econ omist predicted the level of unemployment will be higher in 1961 than it was in I960. M e r s o n P. Schmidt, the chamber's director of econom ic research, also predicted a slight economic slump in the first half of 1961, but said the second half would bring a recovery that will produce more goods and services than ever before. Better Production Seen Sclimdit, in a speech for the chamber's 1961 business outlook conference, said un- DeGAULLE'S PLAN Paris OJPI) P resident Charles de Gaulle has an nounced his intention to split Algeria into separate admin istrative regions as a prelimi nary step toward making it a semi-independent republic. -It's fromjjtqft fMedford Serving Soulhern Oregon and Northern California for Over 35 Years The Nicest Gifts Come from ISsiw ropiys Diamond ' jy Snowflake Design fc m Pendant . W S Pendant M $32'50 Cp fY tii jjjj ' ip '; All yWWK " ;T Beautifully Jiim&Sj&MMmii-m Stin .iw,.aMiv.-n Mt Tie Holder s: tilftK ' II M K. qold io K. yellow , ' . . tVtffytA . II filled $8.S -?.00 ' ''r' Ft ik. 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