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V Federal Aid To Schools: Two Sides of Controversy Are Presented if 'twill ""."J T1,l, b t,w "", ; : ' ' ' ' ' ' or two. dlspatchei mmm&rUing ar- hj HArucaiai icnools. The pre i3! "P" dealt with the con' By LOUIS CASSELS ... Washington -flJPD- One of every eight children in the United States receives his ed ucation in a school operated by .the Roman Catholi church. . . The 12,700 Catholic elemen tary and high schools are fi nanced at present entirely by private funds - tuition pay ments, contributions and en dowments. , Some Americans, including the leading prelates of the Catholic church, contend that a constitutional way can be found to include these reli gious schools in any program of federal aid to education which may be enacted by Congress. ' Others, including President Kennedy, a Catholic, assert that use of tax funds to sup port parochial schools would be unconstitutional. " 1 Beyond the constitutional issue, there is a further dis. pute as to whether public aid for parochial schools would serve or harm the national in terest. ; ' --.' ' Produces Sharp Cleavage This controversy has pro duced one of the sharpest cleavages -. between- religious groups in American history, with Catholics generally ar rayed on one side, and' Protes tants and Jews on the otner, The Catholic position is ' that parochial school children have a right to participate in any distribution of federal aid funds, and that to exclude them would be discrimina tory, unjust, and detrimental to the nation's overall strength and welfare. In support of this position, leaders of tiie Catholic Hier archy have advanced the fol lowing arguments: i 1. Catholic schools are "performing a public, func tion" by supplying more than 5 million American children with an education which is ac cepted by the various states as fulfilling their require ments of compulsory educa tion, and meeting their specif ic standards. At the present average rate of expenditure per pupil, it would cost the taxpayers nearly $2 billion a year to educate these children tn nublic schools. 2. The Catholic school sys tem is suffering from the same shortages of classrooms and teachers that handicap public schools. If the national inter- Rst : reauires- federal, r aid .to strengthen nublic schools, it also calls for improving con ditions in parochial schools. . Carry 'Double Burden' 3. Catholic parents who pay taxes to support 1 public schools, and tuition to send their children to church schools, are carrying a heavy "double burden." It would be "unfair" to ask them to pay higher taxes to underwrite a federal aid to education pro gram from which their own children would derive no Den ef its. Leading Protestant and Jewish bodies,- including the National Council of Churches and the American Jewish Con gress, declare that federal aid to parochial schools would be detrimental to the national in terest, even if it were consti tutional which, they add, it isn't. -In support of their position. they make the following argu ments: - l.'If tax funds are made available to private schools, it won't be long before many different religious bodies and other groups will be lining up at the Treasury for their share. The net result will be a "fragmentation" of educa tion in the United States which would gravely weaken and possibly destroy the pub lic school system. Also, if a large proportion of America's children are educated in sep arate religious schools, instead of going to public schools to gether, the nation will suffer "cultural schisms" which will seriously impair its strength as a united democracy. Fear Government Control 2. Any use of tax funds to aid religious schools would constitute an historic breach in the national policy of church state separation, which is deeply embedded in Ameri can tradition if not absolute ly required by the' Constitu tion. It is a short step from government money for church schools to government money for other religious enterprises. 3. Bachelors, childless cou ples and many other citizens who do not use the public schools pay taxes to help maintain them. There are al most as many Catholic chil dren (upwards of 4 million) in public schools as there are in parochial schools. And all Catholic parents are free to send their children to public schools if they wish. There fore it is fallacious to argue that a federal aid program limited to public schools "dis criminates" against Catholics. This summary of the main points of the dispute does not cover all of the arguments on either side. But it does indi cate how complex and divi sive 'this issue is. ijTRIBUNE MEDFORDH SECTION B MKDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14. 1961 : PAGES 1 to 8 . " 1 l-v .-.v, , ";.- , -3l SmJMw, iBffiirWAiMBitWimiilijmt -.I'li'-yi i www;; ),mu'li.ii' " -' " 1 MISS FLORIDA-Annette Baker, right, of in Sarasota on June 20, 1960. Miss Baker, St. Petersburg, Fla., poses with Kathy Mag-' 20, has been named as the new Miss Florida da of Fort Lauderdale after Miss Magda .after Miss Magda, who was secretly-mar-was crowned Miss Florida at the pageant ried last November, resigned. (UPI Telephoto) Hearing Aid Business Booming Doubling of Volume Seen Near By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor New York - Hearing aid sales have been booming, yet fewer people seem to be wear ing them. Behind this modern para- d o x are the g r e at strides being made in perfect ing electronic aids that .tuck out of sight be hind an ear, Bechtoid ' or are niaaen in' eyeglass frames. This success in miniaturiza tion and camouflage has turn ed the hearing aid industry into a $60 million annual business, and expectations are for a doubling or tripling of this volume in the not too dis tant future, according to the president of Otarion Listener Corp. '!. -' Leland E. Rosemond noted that 'about 1.5 to 2 million persons now . wear various types of hearing 'aids, .' but about 5 to ', 8 , million more need them. ! . - -. But he is confident that as people learn' how inconspicu ous modern aids are, ana now well they improve their hear ing, they will turn to tnem in increasing numbers. .. , High fashion has come to the hearing aid field with slim, modish eyeglass frames that give no hint of the full- range aids contained in them. In another significant ad vance, Rosemond said his firm has a microphone small er than a fingertip which is buried in the bridge of eye glasses. This front hearing brings in the 'voice of a per son facing the wearer above the babble of a crowded room. Rosemond started in- the hearing aid business 30 years ago, and in 1954 bought Otar ion. It was that same year that the Ossining, N. Y., firm brought out ' the eyeglass frame hearing aid which was an instant success, and today accounts, for the vast' major ity of- industry sales. There are two basic types of hearing aids-bone conduc tion and air -conduction. In the former, sound vibrations are transmitted through the bone behind the ear to the middle eye, bypassing the outer ear. In air conduction, amplified sound is led direct ly into the ear canal. To determine what type of aid - is needed and whether for one or both ears, audioti- cians carefully test a person's hearing to decide the level and type of loss. Rosemond explained that some persons may hear very well at the middle frequen cies and not at the higher ones where "s" sounds are formed. Others may not hear low frequencies. But he feels that mere tone testing is not enough. , "People don't listen to tones, they listen to speech," he declared. A scientifically prepared phonetically balanc list of words comprising all sounds in English speech are played from a recording, and the persons being tested re peats them. From this the audiotlcian prepares a chart showing the exact' hearing " loss and the hearing aid is adjusted to am plify in the needed range. Enrollment at SOC Shows 9 Per Cent Increase Over High Ashland - Current enroll ment at Southern Oregon col lege for spring term exceeds 1,200 which is more than a 9 per cent increase over last year's all-time high of 1,116 for the term. A breakdown of the present enrollment figures show 700 men and 504 women registered for classes. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, stated that the in crease was a significant achievement in view of t h e fact that the economic situa tion in the region has not been at all favorable during the past few months. Dr. Stevenson pointed out that the reason for the vastly increased enrollment was that students from various high Largest Fishing Net Developed Portland - (UPD - A fishing net longer than a football field has been developed by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. A spokesman said it may revolutionize ocean trawling. Samuel J. Hutchinson, re gional director of the bureau in Seattle, said the net has a catching "throat" 7,000 feet square, more than four times the size of that of any other midwater trawl in the world. But despite its size, he said. the net can be pulled at nor mal speed by a single trawler using existing equipment. The net "takes everything that comes in its path," ac cording to Richard McNeely, fishing gear specialist for the bureau. It can be used for fishing all the way from the surface to the ocean floor as the -settings are changed. A spokesman said, "There may be commercial fish in the ocean that we don't know about. Nobody has been able to sample these depths be fore." - ; The net is made of nylon, is 314 feet long with 1.500 000 meshes. Its estimated cost is $5,000. .,,..,. rests on commercial uses schools in Southern Oregon were beginning to realize that they could receive a better ed ucation for less expense. First year students num bered 410 and exceeded those for other years, second year students at 320, third year students 210, and fourth year with 160 enrolled. ! Attesting to the growing at traction of the graduate pro gram at the college was the fact that even though most of the program is designed, for summer session, 22 were reg-; istered in elementary, secon dary or other classifications and 47 were listed as special graduate students, that is those who are registered for 6 hours of credit or less for the term. One of the largest nercent- ages of gain, ' slightly more than 35 per cent was in the rapidly expanding general studies program which pro vides a 4 - year deegree pro viding a broad general educa tion leading to a number of specialized fields after educa tion. New. from : high schools were 13 from Oregon and 3 from other states. New to the campus from other colleges were 42 students, 20 of whom were from other institutions In Oregon state system of higher education, four from other Oregon colleges, and 18 from other states. Fifty - eight veterans were enrolled, 46 from the Korean Conflict Act, PL550, and the balance being from the state of Oregon with 12 veterans enrolled. Mrs. Mabel W. Winston. college registrar and dean of women, stated that the enroll ment figures were not final as a few registrations have been held up for lack of tran scripts, sickness, and similar reasons. QUAKE HITS CHINA Moscow -IUPD- The Soviet news agency Tass reported a "strong" earthquake Jolted western China Thursday night. Tass said the shock was recorded by the seismologlcal station in Moscow. It placed the epicenter' of the earth quake east of Kashgar in are planned in July and Au-1 westernmost Sinkiang Prov gust. v. ince. . . Eight Parks To Open April 18 Salem - Eight of Oregon's overnight camping parks will open Tuesday, April 18, to coincide with the opening of trout season, according to Mark H. Astrup, state park superintendent. They are Collier park, 31 miles north of Klamath Falls (if weather conditions permit); Detroit Lake; Fort Stevens near Astoria; Owyhee Lake near Nyssa; Susan Creek in the North Umpqua Forest highway; Cove Palisades, of Highway 97; Tumalo, north of Bend; and Ochoco Lake, near Prineville. In southern Oregon, Laurel hurst State park will open for overnight camping May 24. Harris Beach park, two miles north of Brookings on High way 101, is already open for overnight. Thirty state parks will open overnight camping fa cilities May 24 to signal gen eral opening of camping sea son, unless weather condi tions force a postponement. Generally all state parks are open to the public for day use throughout the year where weather conditions permit. Astrup said, that all of Ore gon's parks are in exception ally fine condition with facili ties renoyated and improved during the winter, with the exception of Ecola State park near Cannon Beach, which has been severely damaged by slides during the winter. Alan Jumps To Death , From Bridge in Salem Sale m (UPD A man de scribed as in his middle 40s climbed over the railing of the Marion st. bridge Thurs day and dropped 50 feet to his death in the Willamette river. Police said the man's body, unidentified, was not immedi ately recovered. Witnesses told police the the man splashed into the water, struggled weakly for a minute and then went under. OLDEST TUG RETIRED ' , London-IUPD-The oldest tug on the Thames got a chorus Vof whistles, horns, and sirens : Thursday on its retirement; ' after 76 years on the river. The 219 - ton Hiberhia Went:; into service in the reign pi, Queen Victoria. !"'.';. SALE UKES $498 EMERALD MUSIC 333 S. Riverside r Phone SP 3-5653 Patronize This PARK & SHOP MEMBER DON'T FORGET TO USE PARK & SHOP WHEN YOU STOP AT . . . JOHN NUICH JEWELERS 231 E. Main St. SP 3-6763 THE DDI 1959 and I960 (CAPS Must be in top condition. Trade up or down to suit you. We will buy equities. 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McCullough, supreme court administrative assistant, savs the court's lob is to keep circuit judges on duty to hear cases in Lincoln county. The attorney general has had no request for an opinion on the subject and therefore no action is needed of him. Sen. Carl Francis (R-Day- ton) is looking into the possi bility of legislation providing for succession to public offi cers missing and thought to be dead. The research thus far indi cates there may be a question of constitutionality. Circuit Judge Ralph Hol man of Oregon City- is filling in at Newport now but he will return to his home coun ty of Clackamas April 22. The high court is now lining up another circuit judge to con tinue on the Lincoln bench, Porflander Killed In One-Car Crash Richland, Wash. - (UPD - A 75-year-bld Portland business man . was injured fatally in a one-vehicle crash near here Thursday. Dead was Frank A. Urban Sr., chairman of the board of the Urban Plumbing and Heating company of Portland. 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