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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
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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-
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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.
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