MEDJ-'uHJ WAX 'lHicUNE, MEDFORD, ORE
mdaoDAV, APrllL 13, 1961
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Call Issued for Vigorous Economic, Social Programs in Latin America
Washington fflJPD The
Committee for Economic De
velopment has called for vig
orous action to promote eco
nomic and social progress In
Latin America.
The private research and
education group, reporting on
nearly two years of study,
said such progress is "essen
tial to the maintenance of
stable democracies."
To achieve this stability,
the committee recommended
a nine-point program which it
said must be begun in cooper
ation with the 20 Latin Amer
ican republics.
At the same time, another
privately financed research
group - the Population Ref
erence Bureau - called for
major social changes in Latin
America. It said "a revolution
in customs, values, attitudes,
institutions and mores" was
needed to ensure economic
progress.
To Include Land Reform
The revolution, it said,
"will involve land reform,
wise and better use of natural
resources, an expanding edu
cational system, equality of
opportunity and a fluid social
system with mobility within
that system based on individ
ual merit"
The Population Reference
Bureau also called for increas
ed steps to control population
growth. It said the rising birth
rate, unaccompanied by the
previously high death rate in
Latin America, would negate
any economic advances.
The Committee for Econom
ic Development praised Presi-
Michigan Pushing Claim as
Scene of First Air Flight
St. Joseph, Mich. - (UFD - A
move is underway in this
Lake Michigan short commun
ity to document a claim which
could shake' the foundations
of aviation history.
Two old-timers and a news
paperman are at work trying
to prove that the first flight
in a heavier-than-air, mechanically-propelled
airpline took
place right here in the south
west corner of Michigan in
1898.
If their efforts are success
ful, it would mean the Wright
Brothers and Kill Devil Hill
near Kitty Hawk, N.C., would
have to take a back seat to
Augustus Moore Herring and
the St. Joseph beach area. '
' Sherwin Murphy, a retired
editor and aviation enthusiast;
Sam Lessing, 83, retired St.
Joseph businessman, and
Richard Derrick, news editor
of the St. Joseph Herald
Press, are searching aviation
archives and old newspapers
and magazines on behalf of
the deceased Herring.
It is their belief that Her
ring lifted a bamboo and linen
plane off the ground into a 25-mile-an-hour
wind with the
help of a compressed air mo
tor on or before Nov. 17, 1898.
The Chicago Daily News of
that date:
Wind Blowing .
"There was a 25-mile-an-hour
wind blowing along the
beach when the machine was
taken out of its shed. Facing
the wind, Herring turned the
motor on and gave the ma
chine a running start. It rose
10 or 12 feet with Herring's
feet dangling from below as
he held on to the crosspiece
with both arms, .After flying
about 75 feet at a ground
speed of five to six miles an
hour, Herring maneuvered to
an easy landing."
Orville Wright is now cred
ited with making the first suc
cessful heavier-than-air and
mechanically propelled air
plane flight at Kitty Hawk
Dec. 17, 1903. He traveled 120
feet in 12 seconds. He got the
first patent on an airplane
May 22, 1906.
Lessing says he saw the
Herring's flight in 1898. This
is how he describes it:
"I recall Herring . quite
clearly. I was just a young
fellow running a hot dog stand
on the north side of Broad St.,
next to Silver Beach. Herring
used to bring his equipment
down to the beach where the
The Family Council
' Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychia
trist, three clergymen, three editor! and a women's editor. Each article
is a summary of an actual ease history. The council reports on prob
lems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors.
(Copyright 1961 General Features Corp.)
Mrs. K. W. - He ignored me
and selected my sister as
guardian for his child.
Sidney W. - My aunt has
young children of her own,
It's a better home.
Mrs. K. W. - I raised three
children. My youngest, Sid
ney, lost his wife two years
ago and gave his two-year-old
son to my young sister, his
aunt, to take care of. I as
sumed this was temporary and
that when Sidney married
again, my little grandchild
would return to his home.
However, the child is now
4 and will be left in my sis
ter's home indefinitely even
though Sidney has remarried.
I've protested that since Sid
ney isn't bringing the child
up, he should let me, the boy's
own grandmother do so. I'm
School News
Ashland High School.
Edited by Karen Falter
"Time Out for. Talent", was
the theme for Ashland High
school's annual all-school tal
ent show April 7, Jerry
Burns was master of cere
monies. Acts taking part in the tal
ent show were a combo con
sisting of Russ Blair, Richard
Bushnell, and Bob Vorls;
humorous reading by Jim
Lewis; and a dance routine
by Nola Neilson and Diana
George. Richard Barnett, For
rest Farmer, Bob Hegdahl,
Bill Lawrence, and Denny
Better made up the second
were Dan Lewis, Mike Rey
mers, and Mike Rush.
Other acts Included Cherye
. Meggers on the accordion; a
' clarinet quartet consisting of
Carol Cluff, Dave Greene,
Sarah Martin, and Geroldine
Rogers; a dance routine by
Jean Forrest, Janet Miller,
Kay Moore, Peggy Parsons,
Dana Smith, Martha Swie
bert, Sara Vandenburg, and
Delores Westgaard; and a
duet sung by Gay Swiebert
and Delores Westgaard. Mak
ing up the third combo were
Rick Hester, Bruce Konoco,
Dan Parker, Galen Roberson,
and Glen Tabor.
Last week was "Twirp Sea.
son" at Ashland High school.
Activities during the week
were clash day on Wednes
day; a slave auction on
Thursday; and the Twirp
Twirl on Saturday night.
Six Ashland High school
debate students will represent
the southern Oregon district
In the State Forensics tourna
ment, April 14 and 15, at
Oregon State college. The
students are Jerry Burns,
Pete Krelsman, Bill Law
rence. Linda Lewis, Jim
Lewis, and Karen Schopf.
lonely and Cary would make
me young again.
The boy. is my own flesh
and blood, closer to me than to
my sister. Why can't I have
him?
Sidney W.-1 love my moth
er, but I must do"what's best
for my son. My aunt is 16
years younger than my mother
and has two young children of
her own. In addition, she went
to college and hopes to return
to her studies some day when
the children are all in school.
Even though Cary is her
one and only grandchild, my
mother must realize he's a
handful. She hasn't told you
that she still must keep house
for herself, my father, and my
older brother. How she thinks
she'd keep up with Cary, too,
I don't know. All he wants at
this stage is someone to play
"catch" with him. ; y
Besides, with her, he'd be
an only child. At Aunt Jenny's
he had a ready-made family.
Th Council: With three
possible homes available for
Gary, a half-orphan, the one
where he is now sounds best,
and we agree with Sidney,
the boy's father, that he
should be left there.
This is not to say that the
college trained great-aunt can
necessarily do a better moth
ering job than the warm
hearted grandma. This fath
er's decision is evidently
swayed in Aunt Jenny's direc
tion for other reasons. One is
that Cary is already ensconced
there, after one uprooting
from his own home. Another
is that he's made an adjust
ment as a sort of "kid brother"
in a lively household, with
little danger .of being lonely
or spoiled as he might well
be in houseful of adults.
Certainly the grandparents
can visit Cary and be visited.
And in the natural course of
things, there'll be other grand
children to dote upon and
dandle. No slight has been
perpertrated by Sidney on his
mother. With Cary's best in
terests in mind, he voted for
Aunt Jenny's as the home
most likely to succeed."
While it's possible, we add
for Mrs. W., that a child in the
home might make you "young
again," he can also-in bring
ing back toads in his pockets
or hanging from rickety tree
tops - make you old before
your time.
No Grandma, be glad this
energetic child is being well
cared for and that you don't
have to be the one in charge.
Sit back and enjoy all your
roles, those of wife, mother,
and sister, as well as grandmother.
sand was soft. He was experi
menting in the area south of
Broad Street, west of a row of
houses. I felt sorry for Her
ring. He was a nice young
fellow. But most everybody
thought he was crazy. I seem
ed to be the only one who
believed he could fly . . . and
I tried to encourage him "
Asked whether he actually
saw Herring fly Lessing said:
"Yes," and that "I would
swear to if."
Herring was employed by
Octave Chanute, American
civil engineer and pioneer
aviation enthusiast in 1896
and 1897 to build a glider
and assist in experiments at
Miller, Ind., and at Dune
Park, Ind., near Chicago.
Chanute and Herring ended
their association after the
1897 tests, according to Mur
phy. He is doing the bulk of
the research on Herring. . ,
Not Practical
Murphy said he has found
that Chanute believed that
powered flight was not yet
practical until certain prob
lems of stability and control,
could be solved. 1 According to
Murphy, Herring believed the
time had come to apply power
to a glider and to fly.
Herring then moved to St.
Joseph to perfect his airplane
and build it. Murphy said it is
believed the Herring machine,
tested on the beach at St.
Joseph - the following year,
was a bi-plane, a type that
Herring considered- the most
promising for development.
. Murphy has collected a
large file of information, but
he said he lacked additional
concrete evidence to substan
tiate the 1898 flight. .:,.'
Herring failed in an attempt
to patent his engine for an
airplane. .'
Later he went to court to
fight the ' WrigHf" "Brothers
over their rival claims. He
died in 1927.
dent Kennedy's pledge for
greater cooperation with Lat
in America. It said "Our rela
tion with Latin America is a
special one," and can be a
model for the relationship be
tween the' economically . ad
vanced and underdeveloped
worlds.
Radical Changes
The committee's 64 page re
port, "Cooperation for Prog
ress in Latin America,", said
"Economic and social progress
in many countries of Latin
America will require radical,
even revolutionary, changes
of some of the institutions
that now exist there.
"But a revolution of the
Castro type," it added, "while
it may be able to achieve
some needed reforms, is not
a route to development.
"Development requires In
centive, opportunity and tal
ent in an environment that
will attract or produce capi
tal. The Castro revolution per
petuates civil war,- drives out
talent and frightens away cap
ital. Moreover, it destroys the
fundamental human liberties
that were Castro's own rally
ing cry when he first chal
lenged the Batista dictator
ship."
Hecommandanoni
Following are the commit
tee's nine recommendations:
-Follow up "promptly and
fully", our promise to provide
an initial contribution of $500
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SENTENCED TO PRISON Liz Renay, left, talks with her
daughter, Brenda Landry, during a court recess in Los
Angeles. Miss Renay, one-time girl friend of ex-convict
Mickey Cohen, was sentenced to three years in Federal
prison when her probation was revoked on the charge that
she had lied In a grand jury investigation of Cohen.
. (UPI Telephoto)
New Anti-Cancer Agent Developed
St. Louis (Science Service) 1210, he reported.
One type of tumor in mice
has been inhibited by 90 per
cent to 100 per cent, using a
new organic . compound con
taining nitrogen. It has not
yet been tried on human be
ings. . Dr. John A. Carbon, Sandra
M. Brehm and James D. Hata-
jczyk of the Abbot labora
tories, North . Chicago, 111.,
have found the piperazine de
rivative (A -20968) effective
against . carcinoma -' 75B, a
transplantable mouse tumor.
It also shows activity- against
two common types of cancer,
sarcoma 180 and leukemia
The new compound Is mod
eled after a compound called
A-8103, which is undergoing
clinical tests at the present.
Both of these compounds ap
pear to be examples of the
anti-tumor agents known, as a
"alkylating agents," although
they represent an entirely
new type of chemical struc
ture among the anti-cancer
drugs.
The organic chemist will be
able to synthesize many close
ly related compounds by vary
ing the "acyl side-chain" in
the structure. Further evalua
tion is planned. .'.''
Disaster Victims
Don't Turn to
Panic, tooting
Miami Beach (Science
Service) The widely held
Idea that a community dis
aster, whether caused by na
ture (earthquake, flood, hur
ricane or fire) or by enemy
action would so demoralize Its
victims that they would turn
to violence, hysteria," panic,
looting or mental illness was
denied here recently.
Far from being a demoral
izing influence, Dr. Charles E.
Fritz of the University of
Florida told members of the
Southern Sociological society
meeting here, such a great
disaster actually has a therea
peutic effect on Its victim.
There is formed a com
munity of sufferers" having
the attitude of "we are all
In this together." The result
ing feeling of solidarity serves
to strengthen social relation
ships and family ties. Many
personal conflicts also be
come, resolved. Pre-existing
neurotic and psychosomatic
symptoms have a tendency to
lessen.. Illness rates generally
fall. Dramatic Improvement is
noted among persons having
a variety of apparent physical
ailments. Racial and minority
group barriers break down.
Sucldes Decline
Existing data indicate, Dr.
Fritz reported, that virtually
all . forms , of self-aggressive
and anti-social behavior fail
to manifest themselves, or ac
tually decline, : in disasters.
Suicide rates decline during
times of war and national
revolution. :
Homicide and other crimes
against the person tend to de
crease and predictions of sig
nificant Increases in looting,
stealing, profiteering, mob
violence , and crimei hay
rarely, if ever, been fulfilled
during a disaster.- Such be
havior is quantitatively in
significant when compared
with actions aimed at mutual
aid, restoration and reintegra
tion.- .
Even where cities were
virtually destroyed- as in
million for a special inter
American fund for social progress.
-Improve conditions of ru
ral living and land use
through agricultural educa
tion, easier rural credit and
broader ownership of land.
-Eliminate illiteracy and
raise all educational standards.
Assure Latin American
countries a "rising trend and
greater stability of export
earnings."
Encourage movements to
ward economic integration so
that Latin America can enjoy
the benefits of larger markets
and increased competition.
-Expand mutually benefi
cial activities of U. S. busi
nesses in Latin America.
-Seek new ways to encour
age private enterprise that
would improve "the condi
tions of life of the neglected
millions."
Give more attention and
weight in its thinking and
program" to such inter-Amer-lcan
agencies as the Inter
American bank, the Inter
American Economic and So
cial council of the Organiza
tion of American States, and
the United Nations Economic
commission for Latin America.
The report said the need
for the program would con-
tinue indefinitely, But it said
the major effort must be
made by the Latin Americans.
Institutions also must be
judged by how well they sat
isfy aspirations in a manner
consistent with democratic
practices rather than by con
formity to U. S. practice, the
report said.
It also warned that the
United States should proceed
with an awareness that a cer
tain amount of-hostility and
resentment toward it Is inher
ent in this country's relation
ship with Latin America.
Oafie Dam To Have
250-Mile Reservoir
Pierre, S. D. - tOPD - The
soon - to - be - completed Oahe
dam near here will create a
reservoir extending 250 miles
upstream on the Missouri
river. .
It is the world's largest
rolled earth dam and Its elec
tric generators . will produce
power equivalent to that used
by a city of about a. million
persons.
TAXPAYER TROUBLES Bryan Mullen, 13-months old, of
Tulsa, Okla., played the role of a typical taxpayer faced
with the April 17 deadline. Bryan watched his father, Paul
Mullen, prepare his income tax so he would know how to
pose for the photographer.. ; . (UPI Telephoto)
Economist Stresses Schools Importance
Nagasaki, Japan they have
been rebuilt on the same site
and they 'have usually devel
oped a degree of vitality and
growth unparallel in the pre
disaBter period and uneqWl
ed by comparable non-disaster
Cassino, Italy, Hiroshima and! struck cities and societies."
Cambridge, Mass. - (Science
Service) - Nearly 40 per cent
of the last 30 years' growth In
the gross national product ol
the United States has come
from education and technol
ogy, recent studies have
shown.
Prof. Robert M. Solow
stressed the contributions of
education and technology to
the nation's growth in The
Technology Review, published
today at the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology. Dr.
Solow, of MIT, is now serving
on the President's council of
economic advisers.
However, he said, "no one
can guarantee that the next
30 years will reproduce the
pattern. It may well be that
whatever growth we get In
the next quarter of a century
will come from different well-springs.-,
, - I-.'".'
"Eventually, the only way
will also be costly, and the
net economic return to society
may be less. Knowledge is one
ot the few things that tend to
escape the market. Partly this
is because knowledge is usual
ly 1 embedded In people and
we do not permit property
rights in people." t :
Overtime Proves To
33 Trcub.'esime
Hutchinson, Kan. -OJPD ' It
didn't pay for Larry Eckhoff,
18, Hutchinson, to work over
time : recently. He was busy
assembling tricycles at a store
here and didn't notice that the
other employees had locked
the doors at 5:30 p.m. and left
for the day. .
Eckhoff opened a stockroom
door- while searching for a
way out of the building and
thereby set off a burglar
alarm. While peering out the
front . door, he was erected
leu 10 increase educational m- by policemen, who didn't be
put will be to Improve the lieve his story. The store man
quality of education. This is ager came to young Eckhoff 'j
desirable ,in any case, but it; rescue, v-.-;-.' ' . ...
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