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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1961)
:THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1961 Mtutonu MAIL, 1 mount,. hLutuHJ, Utltu, Community Plan Is Considered Key to Survival Concord, N.H. (UPO Tel evision aerials and the thun der of jet engines are among the 20th Century pressures which can ruin a community if they are left uncontrolled. That's the opinion of Rich ard Preston, executive direct or of the New Hampshire Planning and Development Commission, who believes that the key to survival is community planning. He compared these eco nomic pressures to fire. "Planned use of fire is fundamental to human exis tence," he said. "In like man ner, it takes only common sense to harness . . . economic nressures which can over whelm us today if left to their own devices.: Preston said that you do not have to look far to find these pressures. "They are everywhere evi dent: The ever-increasing car and truck traffic, the crowd ed school busses; the tele vision aerials, the week end vacation, the thunder of jet engines. "These pressures over whelm our communities, dis sipate our resources and oc casion overwhelming fiscal burdens," he said. Planning is the way to make these "pressures" profit the community, he explained. Fiscal Knees Preston said uncontrolled residential, commercial, indus trial or recreational expansion "has brought many a com munity to its fiscal knees.' He warned that "a balance must be arrived at and main tained." "This process is called fi nancial planning or capital budgeting, but whatever its technical name, it is just plain common sense." he said. "It certainly is not to man's best interests if his life and livelihood are threatened by fire, flood, draught, plague or hv the forces of progress. In reeoenition he surrenders cer tain rights to safeguard against the more obvious of these. "In the forces of progress, the economic pressures of to day are opportunities for greater profit and comfort. In planning, their utility is as sured." Wedding Bells In India Can Ring Up Bankruptcy New Delhi-IDPH-Marriage in India is capable of producing In particular, the bride's parents occasionally iace uic unhappy prospect of losing, iinn with a rfauehter. most of , their earthly possessions in paying ott ner dowry, m (Iiaiimv, Hnwries have been de clared illegal, they still exist. The average dowry iwnica is paid to the bridegroom's parents) runs Between a.uuu and 10,000 rupees (roughly $1,000 to $2,000). There have been cases where parents have had to sell all their property or have fallen victim to usuri ous money lenders in order to get together enough money. . Marriages for the most part are still arranged by parents ' and participants are not sup posed to see each other until the ceremony. A good many . bridegroms, however, are able ' to sneak a surreptitious look , at their betrothed in advance. Consult Astrologers Once the match has been arrived at, the parents consult astrologer's to make sure there are no crossed stars, follow ing celestial sanction, a wed ding date is set. The actual wedding is a long (four to five hours), but colorful affair which may ap pear to the outsider more cir cus than ceremony. For one thine thn hrideeroom usually arrives on a horse (a mare) following a noisy brass band. For another, the bride's resi dence is decked out with multi-colored tents and garish colored lights. (On particularly auspicious wedding days, there usually are shortages of mares, brass " bands and electricity. Gaily decorated convertibles are now tending to replace the horse.) The ceremony itself goes inmnfliina Ulria this? The bridegroom arrives Ciisnallv lnnklne forlorn) and ' has his ftpt washed by his fu- '" ture father-in-law as a mark of respect. As the Hindu priest chants a hymn, the girl's fath er presents some token gifts 1 to the bridegroom, including silver coins. The bridegroom ' and his party and guests then " have dinner and are enter tained by dancing and sing ing. During this time the bride remains in seclusion. Finally the bride and bride groom are placed on opposite sides of a curtain while the priest administers the mar riage rites. After the curtain is raised, the couple walks around a fire three times and takes the vows of faithfulness. ST IB-' V S .V ISTAMPSJ 1 S iGREENl btampbJ Jg etNs s0 ' "w v fii ri HrWV ORE-IDA X Bj IVll (stamps! I X. iff: Potatoes ;ry 1 If Regular20c U il 3 ft U0yy ISTAMPsj lf f LUMBERJA ISTAMPSJ Flapjack Flour Alber's . . . Good Everytime ' A 10-lb. bag $1.09 4-lb. bag Sweet Pickles steinfeid. m. & Dill PickleS Steinfeld'$ Home Style 22-oi. jar Sfllflll Oil Best Purex Bleach (STAMPS Instant Coffee mj IICRECNl Is TAMP 8 vL, I ML, I limit One 1-lb. Aj Mb. $1 18 frfl I, t ,J fin. Please tin DV tin . I Pi 1 --mmm Armour Star blade cut beef pot 1 I S roast$ earef u"v 'rimmed ' yU 1 D I ftrmour Star . . CQ. 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