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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.
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Pear Blossom
Festival
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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).
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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.
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