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vU tkZSwfi ; : i-f "a. f b JiV--'' 4fhl MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. AGREEMENT SIGNED-The United States and the Philippines have signed an agree ment settling two long-standing financial disputes. The agreement cleared a major obstacle to congressional action settling the Philippines' $73 million war damage claim. Signing for the United States is Assistant Secretary of State for Far-Eastern Affairs J. Graham Parsons, left, and for the Philip pines, Ambassador Eduardo Quintero. The agreement was signed in Washington. (UPI Telephoto) OREGON FOOD STORES Medford Ashland 2 lbs. $1.29 1 lb. 65c 23 Million Women Are Working Today Burlington, Iowa - (UPD -The perennial image of the housewife sitting home and doing the housework is slow ly disappearing. Twenty-three million wom en, or more than one-third of all women over 14 years of age, are at work, according to the National Research Bureau, Inc. 99 Per Cent of Live Births in Hospitals . New York -(UPI) About 51 per cent of all maternity pa tients in America today see a doctor during the first two months of pregnancy, the Health Information Founda tion reports. The foundation said 99 per cent of all live births take place in a hospital with a phy sician in attendance. It I, ENTER the Pear Blossom Festival PA RAD it Pears in Fantasy 3fes Land" m 5$Pt Jo? SATURDAY, APRIL 8 Entries may depict any Fantasy Land Characters, such as Walt Disney, etc.! kk General Rules! 1. No animal larger than a St. Bernard Dog. No motor-powered vehicles. 2. All pets must be caged, leashed or har nessed. It is permissable to harness pets for floats, etc., providing pet is trained for this purpose. 3. Any age group may march in the parade but will be Judged for prizes on following basis: (a) Anyone up through sixth grade students. (b) Anyone from seventh grade and older. 4. All entries will be judged prior to start of parade. Judging will begin promptly at 1:30 P.M. All entries will receive an entry ribbon. Late arrivals will be allowed to enter line of march but will not bt Judged for prises. Entry blank must be made out in duplicate. (a) Send original to: Pear Blossom Festival Chamber of Commerce Medford, Oregon. DEADLINE FOR FILING IS WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5, 1961 (b) Keep copy and present to Parade Marshall, 1:30 P.M. Saturday, April 8, prior to start of parade. Parade will start promptly at 2:30 P.M. and will proceed East on Main from Library Park and will disband at Hawthorne Park. Announcement of winners and presentation of awards will be held at Hawthorne Park. The parade will form on Ivy Street between 4th and 6th Streets. Bands will assemble at Library Park and will get directions concerning parade po sition from Parade Committee. Deadline for Entering Is Wed., April 5 Entry blanks must be made out in duplicate Mail this entry to: Pear Blossom Festival Chamber of Commerce Medford, Oregon Name.. Address.. City Phone Age.. ..Individuals Animals or Pets .Vehicle Decoration ..Costumed Walking Groups ..Organizational Float Keep this entry! Present to Parade Marshall, prior to start of Parade. Name.. Address.. City Phone . Age.. Individuals .Animals or Pets Vehicle Decoration Costumed Walking Groups Organizational Floot Much Progress Reported On Program for Retarded By the beginning of this year, 49 States and three U.S. territories had either a spe cial demonstration, service, or training project in mental retardation as a part of their maternal and child health service programs, Mrs. Cathe rine B. Oettinger, chief of the children's bureau, said today. While this represents a gain in the number of these special state programs from 4 to 52 since 1951), much re mains to be done to strength en and expand the services which these programs can make available to the chil dren who need them, Mrs. Oettinger said. The rapid expansion in state services was largely sti mulated by maternal and child health grants adminis tered by the children's bu reau, and by the consultation which the bureau made avail able to state health depart ments, she said. Program Grown Prior to 1954, she pointed out, no State health depart ment offered special health services for mentally retard ed children and their families. By 1960, more than 10,000 mentally retarded children and their families were re ceiving services from the spe cial health department proj ects initiated through the federal -state partnership. Three-fourths of the children were under nine years of age, and more than half of them had other handicaps in addi tion to mental retardation. In addition, during this period, there has been a sharp swing away from institution alization of mentally retarded children as the only solution for their care, she pointed out. Number Increasing In 1960 there were some 5,500,000 mentally retarded in our population, of whom an estimated three million were children. By 1970, the total is expected to exceed 6,500,000, at least half of whom will be children, many of them in the preschool-age group, and suffering from se vere retardation. The greatest gaps in service at the beginning of the federal state, program in mental re tardation were in relation to infants and preschool chil dren. "This program has dem onstrated how help can be given early, and has stimulat ed the development of at least one such, service in most states. We must continue to concentrate on the young age group because it is in this period that maximum help can be given to the child and his family to prepare for the years ahead," Mrs. Oettinger said. There are now 14 projects, partially financed from chil dren's bureau funds and asso ciated with medical schools. These not only provide serv ice to children but also teach and train medical students, internes, residents and nurs es. During an average year, some 1,500 second year resi dents and medical students, 200 nurses, 300 teachers, and about 30 social work students are trained through these projects. In addition, almost 90 per cent of the nation's 28,000 public health nurses have received some orienta tion and education of the problem through programs operated by state health de partments. One Cause Found Research has identified phenylketonuria, which is caused by an inborn error of metabolism, as a condition which can lead to a severely crippling form of mental re tardation, if undetected. But, as early as six weeks after the birth of a child, a simple urine test made on a wet dia per can determine whether a child has this netabolic error. Once the condition is detect ed, a special diet, begun early in infancy, wiil usually pre vent retardation and permit the child to grow normally. While this condition occurs only in one of every 20,000 births, during the past year at least 25 infants have been found to have it through the use of the diaper test, and placed on a diet before they became retarded. If their con dition had gone undiscovered, most of them would have be come so severely retarded that they would have had to spend their lives In an institu tion. Assuming their life span at 50 years each, some $2 mil lion has been saved in the to tal cost of care for even this small group of children. Tests Given The impetus for the drive to detect phenylketonuria came from a technical com mittee, established by the children's bureau in 1958, which has stimulated screen ing and testing programs for PKU, now given in more than half the states. Screening includes routine testing of healthy babies. It also includes screening high risk groups, such as children in institutions for the retard ed, and those in special pub lic school classes. High prior ity is given to testing new born infants in those families which already have one child with PKU. Mrs. Oettinger emphasized much more investigation is needed into the basic prob lems which cause mental re tardation. As these investiga tions bear fruit, she said, the findings should be ploughed into programs that can imme diately use them to help children. Instant Products Result in Increased Potato Consumption New York -(UPI)- Expansion of the instant potato products field increased per capita con sumption of spuds three pounds last year over the 1959 level, says a leading manu facturer. With 70 per cent of Ameri can families using instant mashed potato products, per capita use rose to 103 pounds, after declining in previous years, reported the R. T. French Co. The trend it toward season ed products. Newest are the pre-sliced frying potatoes, in quarter slices, with an enve lope of blended seasonings de signed to give the flavor of home fries. Two other new instant po tato products, quick-bake po tato boats with sour cream and creamy cheese sauces, were introduced in a mid- western test market this month. These products re semble whipped baked pota toes in oval aluminum shells. (Betty Crocker). i, Kiwi Dallas Among the spring dresses modeled for Dallas manufacturers during a recent showing was a cotton frock featuring a full shirred skirt with giant saddle-bag pockets and multicolored stripe trim on skirt and v-yoke blouse. (UPI Telephoto) A substantial djh and chw oauerole makoe an excellent choice for Lenten meals. In tins combination, halibut sU-aka arc baked in a delicately pungent sauce containing American blue cheese and Imn,.0'- luJ d1f"ring gounnet touch' additional amount, of crumbled blue cheese and olivet are sprinkled on top. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1961 E i cos 1$mlzAi W 5?" s f fj 51 Hi! If- ? L---j-u in -f a1'8l2 tj o I ill k lfW S !Ki i Ill m J TH1 3 saw ;t8 tt IS 1 5S .. 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