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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1981 10 A- MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. C--v. ...ivv "X (4:. , We fit t.' j iW ,i,-awrtf. rt'Xkn-rsj: POPULAR AT AUTO SHOW - One of the most popular water. It is a product of West Germany and is believed features at the Chicago; Au'to Show is the Amphicar, shown to be the only combination car and boat available, in action on Lake Michigan. The four-passenger convertible : (UPI Telephoto) can travel to 90 miles per hour on land and 10 knots on Oregon's Receipts In Kennedy School Program Outlined Washington -(CO If Presi dent Kennedy's education pro gram goes through Congress without change, Oregon would receive $25,054,118 from the Federal Government to aid its public elementary and secon dary schools, and 2,293 schol arships, worth about $2,800 each, to help needy high school graduates go to col lege. But Congress has a way of whittling down spending pro posals coming from the Execu tive, and Capitol Hill approval of these two education pro grams is far from certain. School Aid Program The funds for public school aid, which would be distribu ted over three years, would be sent to state education agencies, which would dis tribute them, as they see fit, for use in building schools or boosting teachers' salaries. A little more than 10 per THERE'S AN EASIER WAY TO GET EXTRA 'IUi SEE COMMERCIAL CREDIT PLAN , Why do it the hard way? Call on the Commercial Credit Plan whenever you can use extrk cash. Our loan service is fast, friendly and convenient. Rates are reasonable. That's .why thousands of families prefer to use Commercial Credit Plan It's the pay way that fits your pny day! Keep this ad as a reminder to phone or visit us. HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? I cuh ' Monthly Pi)minli For $100 $9.26 200 $10.41 $13.07 18.51 300 15.62 19.60 27.77 500 26.04 32.67 46.29 760 3? 96 49.01 69.44 1000 62.08 66.36 92.59 cent of . the state's receipts must be set aside for the de velopment of programs or to cover special educational needs, such as schools in slum areas, menially retarded chil dren, or exceptionally Intelli gent children. The Government would give each state at least $15 per child in average daily at tendance in the public schools. States with a lower per capita income in relation to average dally attendance would re ceive more. So, while nine states and the District of Co lumbia would receive $15 per child in average daily atten dance in the first year of the program, Mississippi, the poorest state, would receive almost twice as much, or $29.87.' To Reflect Ris, Receipts will rise to reflect the expected rise in school en rollment over the next three years. ' In ' fiscal 1962 (from July 1, 1961 to June 30, 1962), Oregon would receive $7,095,- 843, or $20.10 per child in average daily attendance in the public schools; in fiscal 1963, $8,356,592, of $22.89 per child; and In fiscal 1964, $9,601,681, or $25.54 per child. . The nationwide federal ex penditures during the three fiscal years would be $668 million, - $766 million, and $866 million. To receive the funds, the slate's own level of school ex penditures have to be main tained. In addition, the state must spend as much as the average for all states, after taking into account state per capita Income and average daily attendance in its public schools, to receive the full amount of federal grants. Scholarships - v, The federal college scholar ship program would also be administered by the statcs However; the Federal Govern ment would require that win ners be selected on the, basis of competitive exams, and that ability, and financial need are the only criteria .' The scholarships would last for four years and the yearly stipends would range up to $1,000, but would average $700 a year. Each scholarship student would choose his col lege, and the Government would then give the school $350 a year to help pay the difference between the tuition and the actual cost of leach ing the student. Across the nation, 212,500 students would receive the scholarships over the five years. Total cost of each s c h o 1 a r ship: $4,200 ($2,800 to the student; $1,400 to his college). Total cost of the scholar ship program $892,500,000. Students in Oregon would be eligible for 250 scholar ships, worth $189,000, in the first year of the program. A total of 2,293 would be award ed in the state by the fifth year of the program. Allocations were based on the number of high school graduates in Oregon in 1958 aged 14 to 18. . (Copyright 1961. Congres sional Quarterly, Inc.) COURT HELD a public service by I he COLLEGE of LAW WILlAMETTE UNIVERSITY Improperly Executed Will Causes Controversy Horace decided to write his own will. He purchased a book containing will forms and typed up a simple will giving all of his property to his sister following the form prescribed in the book. The form had a place for the sig nature of two witnesses and Horace asked two of his friends- to. witness the will. Both witnesses watched Hor ace sign the paper in his liv ing room and soon thereafter signed the document. Howev er, one of the witnesses sign ed while Horace was out in the garage getting wood for the fireplace. After Horace's death his sister offered the will for probate and it was contested by his three brothers. THE COURT HELD: The contest was successful since the will was not properly ex ecuted. The requirements for wills are very strict to insure freedom from . fraud, duress and undue influence. One of many necessary formalities is the signing of the will by witnesses in the "presence" of the testator. Here one witness did not sign In the presence of Horace. (Based on 110 P, 2nd 571. Ore.). . This column of general le gal principles is presented by the Willamette University College of Law. It is not to be taken as . legal advice. Slight changes in the facts may change the outcome of a case. Lenten Message By THE REV NORMAN MANNING Pastor, Hampton, Ga,, Methodist Church (Written for UPI) Lent is for the Christian a time of self-examination, peni tence, discipline and renewal. We Americans in particular need a time to slop and look at ourselves. Our way of life is so hectic, so controlled by influences outside ourselves, so charac terized by activity for ac tivity's sake that we seldom slop to look and see who we are and where we are going. When we do search self we see that we have fallen far short of God's grace, good ness, and expectations for us. We are struck by the realiza tion of the great chasm that exists between what we are and what Christ is. Painfully impressed with our littleness, inefficiency. and unworthiness we feel the need for penitence and dis cipline. Some small pleasure may be left off for a while if , for no other reason than to point up to ourselves the desperate need for discipline of the spirit over the body. As the spring brings the buds of new life, so a con scientious observance of Lent renews our relationship with the Father and our dedication to the work of His kingdom of love. As He gave Himself for us so we give ourselves I for His children. Wall Street Chatter New York (UPU Standard & Poor's "Outlook" says the strong underlying demand for common stocks is evidenced by the market's ability to consolidate its sharp price rise without reversing the trend. Profit taking has been well absorbed, setbacks have attracted-new buying and the market gives the appearance of being able to correct its postltion as it goes along, Standard says. Outlook concludes that since the business recession is believed to be In the process of bottoming out, "a construc tive but increasingly selective investment policy is still advocated." Inter national Statistical Bureau, Inc., says its current market preferences are East man Kodak, Federated De partment Stores, Crowell-Col- EMBARGO CONSIDERED Washington -IUPII-. A State Department official said Mon day the administration is con sidering a total embargo on goods from Cuba under the Trading with the Enemy Act. Escapee Captured Los Angeles -IUPII- Joe Mor gan, a convicted murderer who escaped from county jail Friday with 10 other prison ers, was captured in suburban Culver City today without of fering resistance, the sheriff's office reported, Morgan, 32, the alleged mastermind of the escape plan, was the fifth of the fugi tives to be caught. Detectives said Morgan was caught when they staked out an area, acting on a tip. "He was very peaceful," said one detective, Morgan, a Folsom Prison in mate held In the county jail while testifying at a murder trial, was listed as the most dangerous of the escapees. A service offered by Commercial Credit Pun, Incorporated op Medforo 311 N. DARTLETT ST. Phone SP 3-7404 ... r. lier, IBM, Martin and Bruns wick Corp. The Bache Listening Post says Harvey Aluminum con tinues to be one of its favo rites for both intermediate and longer-term gain possi bililies. Earnings in fiscal 1961 should hit $1.50 a share against $1.05 in 1960 and fur ther expansion plans should produce an earnings level of $4.50 a share by 1964, Bache says. Three dollars a tttck doesn't take many peo ple to the movies very olien . ; . but that's a fair guess of what fam ilies spend. It adds up to 5156 a year. And that's quiie bit more than, the aerage family spends on doctor bills anil medicines combined. Health h Priceless, Tel Costs Less Than Erer Prtscrjprions Fre Delivery Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Daily CLOSED SUNDAYS Green Stamps CONVENIENT LOCATION MAIN and CENTRAL JFK Urges Union Council To Join Economy Effort Miami Beach, Fla. - (UPU -President Kennedy told the AFL-CIO Executive Council Monday it should join a united front behind his proposals to "restore momentum to the American economy." Kennedy's message to t h e labor leaders, meeting in con vention here, was brought by Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg, former general council for the merged union. "The Congress is hard at work preparing legislation" to carry out his program, Ken nedy said. "This program needs and merits Ihe support of all groups and interests in our nation. We in this country should . . . heed 'what prob lems unite us instead of be laboring those problems which divide us, ' he said. Long Neglected Needs Goldberg met with the council for 45 minutes to go over the administration pro gram with them. He said he told them the program was also designed to restore the economy and "to fill long neglected needs." Goldberg said the council wanted to know what the ad ministration would do about migratory labor and automation. He said a policy on the migratory labor problem would be forged with the helD of the Agriculture Department ana submitted to Congress in the near future. He said he already has set up a task force to look into the problem of automation. Servicemen ENLISTS ' Floyd T. Jenkins Jr., son of Mrs. Pearl Jenkins, 819 South Peach st., recently enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and is un der going basic training at Lackland Air Force base, San Antonio, Texas. Jenkins Is a 1959 graduate of Medford High school. Fruit Harvest Labor Problem Reviewed by Field Manager (Editor's note: The follow ing article, in answer to letters appearing in the Mail Tribune concerning the fruit harvest labor problem, was written by Robert K. Norris. 1900 Hillcrest rd., Medford. Norris is field manager for Refer Fruit company, Medford.) By ROBERT K. NORRIS A letter in the Mail Tribune relative to harvest labor prob lems and use of Mexican Na tionals in our orchards again brings out the point that many persons are prone to speak wisely on subjects of which, too often, they know very little. This valley requires over 2,000 people in the orchards, picking continuously from mid-August to mid-October to harvest our pear and peach crop on time. Many hundreds of domestic and professional fruit pickers are excellent help, but there are not enough of these people willing to do agricultural work either here or in the nation as a whole. The "so-called" national mi grant work force is only be tween 300,000 and 400,000. Our Federal Employment Service found it necessary to import over 450,000 workers from Canada, Bahamas, Mex ico and Puerto Rico, in 1959 to furnish additional, neces sary help to harvest our crops. Other Industry Rejects Unfortunately a large per cent of the non-professional migrant workers are actually rejects from other industry. Many are alcoholics. Some are share croppers, too shiftless to farm their own properties. Thousands are migrant fam ilies, the man, rather than ac cept responsibility and be tied down to steady employment, elects to travel the country, working as briefly as possi ble, well knowing that other persons, who do work, or wel fare will care for him and his children. People of this type work only a few hours or a day or two at the most, fre quently stem puncturing, bruising and dropping more fruit in value, than they earn. The perishable nature of much agricultural produce de mands a continuous, dependa ble work force as well as care in handling fruit. Many of these ' persons, as well as alcoholics and migrant unemployables, "are not the farmer's problem but a social one. Still in the eyes of a part of ' the p u b 1 i c the farmer should be forced ,to depend upon such persons to harvest his highly perishable, easily damaged, expensive crops. National Problem Unemployment is a nation al problem, but experience has proven that as long as "rocking c h a i r" unemploy ment compensation is avail able,' very few unemployed persons from other industry, including those in our own lumber industry, will do agri cultural work, to say nothing of harvesting row - crops in the hot sun of the Imperial Valley. . Earnings of agricultural la bor in this valley are among the highest in the nation, well over the $1.25 per hour sug gested in California. Many of our steady husband and wife picker teams average over $30 per day and individuals $20. Return for our pears has not kept pace with continu ally climbing costs of labor, taxes, v equipment and spray materials. Our growers are in direct competition with other areas and with imported for eign fruit, such as bananas and pears and apples from Argentina. ; Prefer Domestic Labor . ,s Our local growers would much prefer to use ALL do mestic labor, if such qualified dependable labor were avail able. High school and college students leave the orchards at mid-season.. A good part of our migrant labor leaves at mid-season for longer jobs, picking apples in Washington, olives in California, potatoes or beans in Oregon where the whole family can -work, or return home to get their kids in school. Many head south like geese with, the first fall rains. Our packing plants, which employ hundreds of local peo ple and no foreign help, must work continuously for the full two months to insure harvest of al( l this perishable crop on time. ... -,-... As the shortage of help de velops at mid-season the only source of quantity, depend able help to complete harvest has been foreign workers. Contrary to opinion, Mexican National labor -is very expen sive to our growers. Federal and State Employment serv ices, who lean over backwards to protect domestic workers, must certify to - their need and check continuously to in sure that imported labor does not depress wages. Foreign labor is well' protected by our government with regulations pertaining to housing, trans portation and feeding. Has Proved Dependable Mexican National labor has proved to be very dependable, Their interest and care in han dling fruit is well above the average migrant worker. They handle themselves very well in our camps. Without this supplemental boost to our work force our growers would have lost a vital part of their crops during the past years, Local packing houses and lo cal labor would have lost many thousands of dollars. The economy of . this valley would have been seriously im paired. Even with some for eign labor here a year ago, this valley lost several hun dred thousand dollars through lack of ample help to harvest our crop on time. . Until such time as a more dependable, work . force de velops, or unemployed people of other industry, living on compensation funds, are forced or show more interest in agricultural labor, foreign State Agriculture Budget Cut Asked Salem-(UPD-A subcommittee of the joint Ways and Means, committee Monday called on the State Agriculture depart ment to cut half a million dol lars out of its proposed $2, 730,000 budget for the next two years. The $2.7 million figure is recommended by Gov. Mark, Hatfield. ' Sen. Francis Ziegler (R Corvallis) subcommittee chair man, told Hatfield's Finance department to come up with a new agriculture budget. Agriculture Director James F. Short declared that if the slash is made, a number of laws designed to protect con sumers will have to be re pealed because the depart ment won't have adequate funds to implement them. booster ' labor will be neces sary. It might be well for the people in this community, so dependent to a large extent on our pear and peach crops, to take a more realistic and less emotional view of the problems of pur growers, be cause, economically, grower problems do become yours. Agriculture is an industry in its own right and entitled to good labor within its abil ity to pay. It should not be come a welfare agency any more than should other in LaPointe't Maternity Shop - THOMAS RUTTER, M.D. - SURGEON ' . . GENERAL SURGERY Announces the Removal of His Offices From , .832 East Main Street I. " - to ; . , THE CENTURY BUILDING . 843 E. 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