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A A Kill m vi Mtj m vwiviiviumiAiiuria w ' I I'"' J" Ed',C" I,,U5, b"' tHe nam "d 'ddre f h elthough under certain circumstances the use of a oen name or initial ! PullcJ'"n is permissible. The Mail Tribe! reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily rcresent th. view, of the imuc . in iaci ma rnrtrram n.tjw. ... Sn Thral To the Editor: Hello every body. Yep, I'm still kickin'. Only been out in the flower gar dens. I am wondering why there are so many lonely, sad-appearing people strolling on Medford's walks when they could be at the Fifty Plus club . Fridays from noon 'til 4 p.m., playing games or visiting with close to a hundred friends. Anril first uae iha iima in no., -i fJnllH t tv-A i quarter membership, but it isn't inn lata lne so manv mends, riiff un some sort of musical instru ment and hie you to 601 East Jackson St. Thursdays from 1 'til 4 p.m. All of us who can sardine into that tiny pink Duiiaing get mere ana nave heap big fun. We are the senior center urcnesira . you've likely heard about. We U uui duu play Wlicicvci we're invited, especially if r l.n uuii ; This same little group is about to swing a rummage sale May 23 and since there are less than two dozen of us. supposing all you people dig up something to help out. Dr. Frank Roberts, Mr. Edward Rnnt. nr .Tnhn Snarkman. (John lives in J'ville.), any of - them will pick up things, or you may take them to the Fehl ; Bldg. after 5 p.m., May 22. We thank you. Going back to the subject of our Fifty Plus club, we usually pack our own lunches, but the first Friday in each month it Pot Luck day and eacn orings a coverea aisn. oo stop being so self centered and come to the N.E. corner of nun ana uaKaaie ana pay us a visit. If you do not like us go on strolling along with the corners of your mouths turned downward, and you won't get to hear our jokes, either. So there! Pearl Spackman Jacksonville, Ore. MEDFgRD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18. 1962 nimn Ik H vnjtrhnl. Full Speed Aheadl To the Editor: Honored and Reviled Sir: Your "C o m m u nications" section has become monoto nously repetitious. The same incongruous pragmatists, doubtless misled by the puer ility of the editorial page in general, clutter that area beyond commensuration. ' Interdictive action is indi cated to quell the licentious verbosity. We paying perusers . nf vnur nprindinal are entitled to protection from this pro liferative promulgation of per sonal and political propa - ganda. Thprpfnrn wo ask that VQU determine who, among your entourage, is qualified to take the initiative-without a refer- . endum, that is - and accom plish the elimination, or at least thp diminution, of these petty controversies. The space can well be utilized by additional Star- gazers, Crossword Puzzles, Comic Strips and Advice to II.. T n,..lAi.n financial nhvsi. cal and spiritual). - Yours for a better, not big ger, MT. EV...-V n'Pininn (Real name on file) Phoenix I -O-. Editor's note: Just wait un til the election is over. Critics Answered ' To the Editor: Thank you, ' M. J. Olsen, of Route 4. Box 325. Medford, for your letter to the editor in regard to my property tax relief proposal. If more individuals took an Interest in our total tax struc ture Oregon would have a better tax program. Even though you distorted and mis-quoted my proposal it is evident you are concern ed about taxes, as I am con cerned. I have never, and have repeatedly stated this, approved of an additional tax unless it relieved the burden of an existfhg tax. The only plan I would work for is one that not only guar anteed to relieve the property tax burden but would be so written that the legislature could not take away the re lief. This would be true prop erty tax relief. The existing property tax burden, which is to become an even greater burden, denies to many fami lies the opportunity of having adequate housing. We should ' be encouraging as many families as possible to live in a better home, rather then dis couraging tbem. We should be encouraging Industry to ex pand and new industry to lo cate In Oregon to provide the new payrcfls to meet the de mands of our future growth. In my camwign for the State Senate l'.iave offered a plan that will accomplish thifc Marina S. Gardiner's letter tn the editor Tuesday in re gard to my property tax re lief proposal asked for data. No Marina, you know the state doesn't levy any prop- e ' erty taxes. Why are you try ing to deceive the readers of the letters to the editor? You are on the campaign committee of my opponent. Have you so little good, Ma rina, to say about my op ponent that you must spend your time attacking me? Is my opponent so timid that he must hide behind a women's skirt's and have her do his hatchet work for him? The data I am concerned about is - property taxes in Oregon have increased 104 per cent in the last 10 years. Property taxes are forecast to increase an additional 25 per cent to 35 per cent in the next five years. Oregon al ready has the highest prop erty taxes on the Pacific coast. Property taxes hit hard est at the retired living on a fixed income and the wage earner living on a fixed in come. These are problems I am concerned about and have offered a plan to give true property tax relief. The plan I propose is no sugar-coated option but it is a plan and has less inequities then our existing property tax burden. Don Stathos Republican State Senator Candidate 314 East Sixth St. Medford Medical Care Stand To the Editor: Some of my friends and supporters have been asked how I stand on medical care to the aged. I have stated in speeches throughout the Fourth Dis trict that I strongly suDDort such a program under social security as embodied in the King-Anderson bill now be fore Congress. I believe, also, that we should retain the pres ent medicare program in or der that the two plans together may cover as widely as possi ble this area of urgent need in our society. Some changes in the latter program are needed, however, to make it more ef fective and usable and to ele vate the recipients from the status of paupers. I consider medical care to the aged one of the most press ing and important items in the Kennedy program. If I am elected as Congressman irom Oregon's Fourth District, I will work to get such legisla tion through the House of Representatives. It is time we ceased our shameful neglect of our senior' citizens. Robert B. Duncan, 1500 Terrace dr., Medford. - Profession-Peace To the Editor: "Peace is our profession" Strategic A i r Command of the U.S.A. F. Within this- fourth congres sional district we have an air force reserve major for whom the foregoing is both profes sion and biographical fact. I refer to our former Congress man Charles O. Porter. Faced with an almost e.n barrassing array of talent and competence, the Democrats of this area can be glad that their vote for Porter will pro vide a bonus. Because of Mr. Porter's strong identification with attempts to secure a just peace, a vote for him will be looked upon by many both nationally and internationally as a vote for peace. E. B. Antley, 1495 Oregon St., Ashland, Ore. Josephine District Sells School Bonds Grants Pass-A bid by the U.S. National Bank ,1 Port land to purchase S6 ,000 in bonds was accepted by the Josephine County School board Monday night. U.S. National's bid, in con junction with three other firms, was at an interest rate of 3.4477 per cent. Other bid ders were the First National Bank of Oregon and Southern Oregon State bank. The S610.000 is part of a $1,610,000 bond issue ap proved by voters last July. One million dollars in bonds have already been sold to fi nance construction of junior high schools in Murphy and Merlin. The $610,000 will be used for a number of projects, in cluding construction of addi tional classrooms and finish ing of gymnasiums at several county schools, construction of a maintcnanc. shop and purchase of additional scltool buses. The Medical Roundup ft f . Emeritus Consultant 1n Emeritus Consultant 1n Medirtn. Mayo clinic Cmerllui Professor of Medicine Mayo clinic (fterliter and Tribune Syndicate, 19S3) Electroencephalograms Each day I get letters from people all over the country and the world wherever my column is pub lished - let ters saying that they have a child who, for years, was a terrible problem, per il a p s with t e m per tan trums and Alvarei such great restlessness and such inability to accept discipline that he could not go to school. These letters give me great joy because the correspond ents say they have read my columns about the need for making electroe n c e p h a 1 o grams (records o: the tiny electric currents constantly being formed in the brain). After much difficulty, they found a place where such rec ords are being made; they had In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Highlight in the news: Russian astronaut nherman Titov, in a piece written for rravda when he returned to Moscow from his visit to the U.S.A., says: "I returned home, heaved in a lungful nf rlpar enfinn air and told the comrades wel coming me that despite all the comforts of America THERE IS NO LAND ON EARTH BETTER THAN OUR DEAR WONDERFUL SOVIET HOMELAND." COMMENT? Sir Waller Scott, in his Lay of the Last Minstrel, put it better ttyan it has ever been done before or since. So let's allow Sir Walter to do the commenting: . "Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, "Who never to himself hath said "This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath neer within him burned "As home his footsteps he hath turned "From Wandering in a foreign strand? "If such there breathe, go mark him well; "For him no minstrel rap tures swell; "High though his titles, proud his name, "Boundless his wealth as wish can claim "Despite those titles, power and pelf, "The wretch, concentered all in self, "Living, shall forfeit fair renown, "And doubly dying shall go down "To the vile dust from which he sprung, "Unwept, unhonored and unsung." SUPPOSE our own John Glenn had gone to Russia. Suppose he had been given a reception as warm and friendly as Titov was given here. Suppose he had come back and intimated that Rus sia is better than the U.S.A. What would have happen ed? You know what would have happened. Using language more modern and less musical than Sir Walter Scott used, hi. name would have been MUD! It would have been the same with Titov if he had done likewise. B UT- After giving proper credit to his own, his native land, Titov added: "I will never forget the friendly smiles and hearty handshakes of the ordinary Americans WHO ARE WELL DISPOSED TO OUR COUN TRY." In those words, he did his Boy Scout deed for a better world. LET'S leave it like this: If the ordinary Russians and the ordinary Americans could just get together on their own, they would reach an agreement that would end all this conquest of the world business. records made of their child these showed little "storms' called seizure disch es; the child was given dilantin, and with this drug, he became so much quieter that he is now doing well in school. Now, many people are writ ing to ask me where they can get the electric records made, and I am sorry to say often I cannot help them because they write from some village and do not tell me what is their nearest large city. For instance: If the people are liv ing in a small town near San Diego, I wouldn't ask them to go to San Francisco, and if they are living up near Shas ta, I wouldn't think o asking them to go to Los Angeles. Often, about all I can suggest is that they inquire at the nearest medical school. If they have a good family doc tor, he may be able to tell them where they oan go. A neurologist should surely be able to tell them. As I write this, I get a let ter from Gov. Edmond G. Brown of California in which he says he has now ordered that all delinquents who have committed a senseless crime of violence have electroen cephalograms made, and al ready the police doctors are finding young men who were not primarily bad - they were primarily ill with a brain that was not working well. Such men now will be treat ed more kindly, and given the medical treatment they need. In Vacaville, Calif., there is an institution in which young men who have gotten into trouble with the police are studied by physicians; and al- Hash-It's News! 9497 SIZES 10-18 i New-Summer's understated look composed of a curvy overblouse and slim skirt. Lovely for day or evening in supple silks or cotton. Printed Pattern 9497: Miss es' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 16 requires 3 yards 39 inch fabric. FIFTY CENTS in coins for this pattern add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mail. Send to Marian Martin, Medford Mall Tribune, Pat tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUM BER. Extra Big Summer Pattern Catalog over 106 styles for all sizes, occasions. Send 35c. ready many of these delin quents have been found to be primarily ill with a badly functioning brain. Can Dilantin Be Tried? Many poor people cannot afford electroencephalograms which often cost around $30, and many people who live far from a medical school do not know where they can get electroencephalogram:, made. These persons now are writ ing to ask me if their local doctors could safely try the effect of dilantin on their highly nervous, and perhaps hot-tempered child who often goes into violent tantrums and perhaps is too irritable to go to school. My answer is "Yes," the local doctor can try giving dilantin, perhaps from two to four capsules a day for a cou ple of weeks. Usually, when the drug is needed and is go ing to work well, it works beautifully within 24 hours. Sometimes if the child is at school, his teacher will soon telephone the parents to say, "What happened to your boy? Today, for the first time, he is well behaved, he is bright er, he Is writing better, and he is not picking fights with other children." icial Praises Oregon Educators Salem (UPD A Ford Foun dation official said Tuesday the foundation gave Oregon a $3.5 million grant to improve education because educators in the state displayed very high leadership qualities and because the state was will ing to accept grant conditions. Dr. Lester Nelson of New York said the foundation feels the success of Oregon's accel erated program to improve classroom teaching and teach er training is probable. Nelson was in town for a conference with the State Board of Education to dis cuss implementation of the grant money. Color Show-Offs 'S3 Everybody loves gay, bias- tape trims just straight sew ing, easy as 1-2-3! Scraps of bias tape that's all you need for a happy touch to child's clothes, to linens, curtains. Pattern 7427: nine 5x5 to 6Vxl2 inch motifs. 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