Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 10, 1961, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. MONDAY. APRIL 10. 1961 A 3 Eye Care Program Paying Off With Increases in Production By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor New York -flJPIP More and more business firms are find ing out that eye testing and eye care pay off in dollars ' and cents. Recent re ports on re sults of well planned, well executed sight p rograms showed, pro d u c t i o n in- Bechtoid creases of 15 to 20 per cent; sharp reduc tion in spoilage and breakage: lessening of labor . turnover; a decline in absenteeism. While It is impossible to es timate, the total expenditure by U. S. firms ior. advance- Ampriranc npnri nuivi ivhiij etiwiiie $25 Billion Each Year on Health ' ; Washington -JSn ,A. two year. Senate study just com . pleted shows U. S. citizens spend $25 billion , a year on their health. . Of this sum, only $2.50 of every $100 was spent for re search to detect diseases and other health hazards before ;they strike. The study, prepared by a government . operations sub- committee under Sen.. Hubert W "PTumnhfav YTVlWInri rstvpfi " the first ."big picture" of gov . eminent and private activity ; in the health field. , . . . ; ' Many Agencies Involved . ' It shows, for example, that IrVjilne cabinet departments and ' 15 agencies and commissions K are involved in some phase of ; health. These range from the S" $5.3 million needed for medi ' ear care of federal prisoners f ' t -'several thousand dollars being spent by the Fish- and -' Wildlife Bureau to study can ' cer in fish. . 3 ' The federal government last year spent $4.1' billion, ? $1 of every $20 in the budg- eti for a great vaiety of neaitn needs. ... .. i Sick Leave Costly The total included $1.1 bil lion to care for sick soldiers, sailors, airmen and their de pendents, mostly in hospitals. Short-term " sick leave for federal employes cost me tax ' payers $315 million according to the study. Federal workers average 7.7 days of paid leave . for short-term illnesses. This meant that about 75, 000 of the government's civ ilian workers reported sick on an average wwm" Pliability expensive The report also showed that ' disease and . disability prob ably costs Americans $35 bil ' lion a year. All through the report runs thie theme that ex - penditures for health are for . mnra man. Bnvnm exuwicu. ' . The- report said Congress ' had lost control over govern- : . ment health outlays because -; of "serious flaws" in account- ing and reporting by govern :, ment agencies. Three Weeks Given For McCann To Live '. ' riarV Afr Has. PhiliDDines IDPD-The family of American " businessman Robert E. Mc Cann, 60, freed from Commu nist China last week because .. . i . IA i.u Via ne naa cturcei, .... has no more than three weeks to live. The family announced that McCann's two married daugh ters are flying from Callfor- nia to join their mother and brother In a bedside vigil at this American Air Force base. A family statement said that Clark field doctors "have re- ported to us that Mr. McCann cannot last more than a lit tle time longer, at most three weeks." ' The American was released last Thursday from Commu i nist China after serving 10 years of a 15-year sentence on charges of spying for the United States. v rni nrTTF.R ENGLISH '- ' Washington - UPB - Prest- rf.nf icmnfAv has asked Con- gress to provide funds for re-oai-nh nrnlprts to ImDrove the ; teaching , of English through the college sopnomore ievei, The request, announced Sun Hav nlffht was Dart of a spend- ing blueprint for $1.9 million the President earner asneo. Congress to add to the budget -of the U.S. Office of Educa tion for the 12 months- start ing July 1. DISTRICT COURT George C- Smith, overload, 23. Edwin C. Thomu. No motor ve hicle license,. S5. : Charles F. Smith., no -ooerator'f license, " $5.' " ' Gui G. .Carlson, no motor ve. hide license. S3. , Paul V. McQuire, failure to dim lights, 15. Stanley R. Bugg, obstructed vi sion, SV Frank. c. Clarice Jr.. violation or basic ' rule, SIS. . Walter H. Hall, parking in pro hibited area. S7.50. Reba M. Gray, passing with in sufficient clearance. $10. Wullam c. weeKs, violation of ment of workers' visual effi ciency, a large number of companies have attested . to their own experience, indi cating savings consistently Court Records basic rule. $15. Manuel B. Soare, failure to obey operating restritcions. Donald W. Cox, overwidth load, $15. Fred M. Brown, overwidth load, $15. Clair F. Varney, violation of basic rule, $25. CIRCUIT COURT Eva Louise Mentzer vs. Donald O. Mentzer, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION Camden C. Waller, route 3. box Nelson ute 3r box "'"M.dfSrd.'of increased productivity by outweigh cost. Univis, Inc., 'a leading lens maker, cited a few examples: -In one plant rejects were running 20 per cent before correction, but a, sound eye care program reduced the rate to 10 per cent. -Despite increased produc tion In one plant scrap losses in the first eight months fol lowing the start of its vision program were cut 20,000 pounds below the same period the year before.. A Chicago firm began a pi lot eye care program some years ago in a single depart ment of more than 300 people. Eyeglasses were ; obtained wherever necessary. In terms individual workers, savings were calculated at $487 to $1, 384 per man per year, depend ing on the job assignment. 'Univis president Robert O. Barber noted that one of the most interesting results of widespread industrial vision testing is the discovery that in many jobs the most cruci al scene range is neither "near nor far," but what is called "intermediate" , arms length PICKET WITH ANIMALS . New York - (UPD - Handlers whose strike has closed the Bronx : Zoo i picketed with snakes, goats, sheep and mon keys Sunday so the city's chil dren would get a chance to see the animals. and a little beyond. This, he said, has brought about a mild revolution in the prescription and use of multi focal lenses, especially for oc cupational wear. , And with machinery be coming more complex -t and automation reducing the num ber of operators needed per machine, visual demands on each operator are Increasing, Barber declared. : But he added that it is not only in the plant that multi ple vision is required - offi ces make many similar de mands. A typical desk work er needs sharp, near vision to examine great quantities of reading material, much of it in fine print. ' . ' Grange News Shady Cove Grange ' The regular meeting of the Shady Cove Grange was held in the school gym with Master Cecil Kee presiding. Ira Frank Conner became a member of ,the Grange. HEC chairman, Mrs. A. B. 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