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Sub Fleet Range
Extended by New
Polaris Missile
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-(UP!I-The
Navy's missile-tiring sub
marine fleet will take a ma
jor step forward next month
with the maiden flight of a
Polaris missile capable of
hitting harder and ranging
1,000 miles farther than ever
before.
The added range is expect
ed to put all of Russia within
striking distance of American
Polaris-armed submarines.
Current versions of the
Polaris are capable of hurl
ing their warheads up to 1,
725 miles when fired from a
submerged submarine. The
new model, known as the A3
Polaris, will have a maximum
range of 2,800 miles.
Host of Improvements
The A3 Polaris is the ulti
mate goal toward which we've
been working," said a spokes
man for the Polaris project.
He Indicated it would include
a host of improvements over
its predecessors, the Al and
A2 models.
It is expected to have room
for a bigger nuclear warhead,
though the defense depart
ment has kept the exact de
tails unaer close security
wraps.
The first ol Ihe new 2.-800-mile
Polaris will be fired
from a fixed launching pad
and the Navy has set next
month as the target dute for
Ihe launch. Then the A3
will go through a complete
land and sea testing program
before being put on combat-
ready submarines sometime I
late in 1963. j
TUESDAY. JUNE 12, 1962
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lost himself in this foresl of legs belonging to contestants
in the Miss Tall Atlanta Pageant last week. The girls.
practicing for the June 16 pageant, were in a huddle when
Glenn began exploring. When the girls closed up, Glenn
decided it was time to get out and with the help of a few
tears he made it. (UPI)
Auto Industry May Set All
Time Sales Record in 1962
Bulk of Mail To Oregon Congressional
Delegation Opposes King-Anderson Bill
By YVONNE FRANKLIN
Vashington Bureau
Washington (Special) The
pi.io nf the public is being
carefully taken as the letters
on medical
care for t h e
aged pour in
I o Oregon's
c o ngrcssional
offices, but
Ihe offices dis
agree on just
what 11 indi
cates. There
is, however,
Fr.nkim no quarrel
over the fact that the volume
has increased since President
Kennedy's and the AMA tele
vision broadcasts, and that it
is the issue on which they re
ceive the most mail. All agree
that the bulk of it is against
the King-Anderson bill which
provides hospital and other
services, but no doctors' foes.
Rep. Edwin R. Durno's of
fice reports the mail running
10 to I against; both Reps.
Al Ullman and Walter Nor
blad were about 5 to 1, and
iRep. Edith Green's mail was
2 to 1 against.
Ullman's office called some
of the mail egaiiut the King-
Anderson bill "Inspired."
Their stisnicinn was nrnusprt
The tentative dale i belore Kennedy's broadcast
when mail began to arrive in
noticeable clumps. A special
check with a cily directory
indicated that the writers
were wives of doctors, nurs
es, secretaries, technicians
all of whom did not mention
their medical connection.
There wps "even one doctor
who didn't sign his M.D." ac
cording to a secretary.
However Ullman's secro-
Linde Elected at
Civil Rights Meet
Salem - IIIPII - Hans Linde of
Eugene, assistant law profes
sor at the University of Ore
gon, was elected vice chair
man of Oregon's Advisory
Commission on Civil Rights
at a meeting here Sunday.
Mrs. Mercedes Diez, Port
land, was named secretary.
The chairman, designated ear
lier by the U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, is Eric W. Allen
Jr., managing editor of the
Medford Mail Tribune.
The meeting, first since the
advisory committee was re
constituted by the commis
sion, was devoted mostly to
orientation of the new mem
bers in their duties, and dis
cussion of their responsibili
ties. The next meeting, when
the committee plans to out
line its program for the com
ing two years, will be held In
Portland
is July 7.
MANAGED NAMED
Bend - UIPH - Glenn Cush
man, general manager of the
Bend Bulletin, has been nam
ed president and general man
ager of the News Publishing
Center, Inc., Salt Lake City,
Robert W. Chandler, editor
and publisher of the Bulletin,
said today.
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tary went on to say that since
the AMA and Kennedy broad
cast, the mail, although may
be not inspired, was filled
with the known AMA argu
ments against medicare under
social security.
On the other hand, Robert
Parkman, Durno's administra
tive assistant, said:
"In all my memory I have
never seen such spontaneous
mail!"
Parkman has worked on
Capitol Hill since 1925 and
said he had seen some "stim
ulated" mail in his time.
'I read most all of the let
ters and kept looking for
some evidence of some organ
ization behind it. It doesn't
exist." he said.
Readng through Durno's
file back to the middle of
May bears this out. Some, to
be sure, bristled with pithy
slogans of "down the road to
socialism" "doctor-patient re
lationship destroyed". But the
majority whether hand
written, typewritten, a spidery
aging scrawl or a firm and
bold stroke had a common
quality of deep and thought
ful concern over the prob
lems of meeting medical ex
penses In old age. Here arc
quotes from a few:
" . . . . inadequacies in the
(King-Anderson) bill. In our
Immediate family my wife's
three grandparents would not
be covered. Her mother would
be, but needs no financial as
sistance. My mother would be
but she is a Christian Scien
tist and is not interested in
lice medical care."
Some Confusion
Some wrote in confusion
(and some confesed it) over
what the legislation covers.
A 72-yenr-old woman would
"rather pay for doctors out
of my pension rather than lose
my personal freedom of
choice."
" .... It has been noted in
the past that once a program
such as 111 is is instituted it be
comes a permanent feature
and in fact grows witli time
to encompass much more than
was the stated intention at
the beginning. Those who fa
vor this bill scoff al the warn
ings of the danger of social
ized medicine mainly because
we have enjoyed the benefits
of a system free of controls,
and they somehow believe
that control by a third party
does not alter the foundation
of a patient-doctor relation
ship, whereas it has been by
experience that it does and
not for the better."
Durno answers his mail by
stating that he opposes the
President's measure.
Stacks of Letters
Ullman's office gets stacks
of out-of-state letters, which
are not answered, because he
is on the Ways and Means
Committee, r'or lack of a
single vote the committer is
holding the King - Anderson
bill and Ullman says anything
might happen in this session
of Congress.
Ullman's mail is so heavy
that he must resort to a mim
eograph letter on the medi
care bill. He gives everyone
who writes the same letter
which states his position in
favor of the bill and outlines
some of its features.
Many of the same people
are writing all the legislators
in opposition to the bill.
Many elderly people wrote
in support who had had in
surance policies cancelled
without warning or because
of an illness. One older lady
who wrote Mrs. Green said
"insurance agents who call
hang up quick when I ask if
they would cover a person
with high blood pressure and
asthma."
One 67-year-old man who
had had extensive cancer sur
gery at Vancouver Veterans
Hospital wrote a long letter
to Mrs. Green that "Eisen
hower had no finer treatment
than I had at Vancouver, ex
cept that he didn't have to
humiliate himself by pleading
poverty to get it." This man
was concerned for the other
oldsters who wouldn't get the
medical care he got and he
supported the King-Anderson
bill.
Minister Not Covered
But a doctor who wrote a
long letter asked if it were
not true that "we did not
have to disclose assets to get
an FHA loan." A minister in
his 80s who lives with his
wife on a small pension said
they were not covered under
social security and he won
dered how they would make
it if taxes were increased.
An aged lawyed wrote at
age 78 his insurance was
abruptly cancelled and that
after he complained to the
AMA the insurance company
blandly said that his age had
nothing to do with it. He stat
ed that he was a Republican
and he supported the King
Anderson bill.
A spokesman for a commit
tee which had studied the var
ious proposals wrote that the
insurance companies which
now offered uncanccllnblc in
surance had premiums which
were too high for most older
people to pay.
Mrs. Green's letters in re
ply varied. In some cases she
attempted to persuade her
writers to favor the adminis
tration's bill by enclosing a
copy ot a speech by Portland
doctor Morton Goodman sup
porting the bill.
Rep. Norblad, who is a keen
checker of the public pulse,
indicated that he is Introduc
ing medicare Icgislaton. At
the time of the interview he
had not had a bill prepared
and preferred not to discuss
what it might contain. He was
miffed at statements made in
his district which he said did
not give a true picture of his
views on medical care (or
the aged.
"It has been said that I am
opposed to any program for
our elderly," he said. "This is
not the fact at all. I recog
nize the need. But the ques
tion is how to solve the prob
lem." He mentioned a few of the
drawbacks of the administra
tion's bill.
"King-Anderson would cov
er just one-quarter of all the
cost of an illness for a person
over 65," he said. "Another
objection is that it leaves
three or four million out who
are not under social security.
I think they are just as en
titled to coverage as anyone
else."
Working on Legislation
"I feel definitely that we
have to work out a good pro
gram, and I am working on
one right now which is more
comprehensive," he indicated,
saying that, his legislation
should be ready in a week or
so.
When asked if he thought
the charges of socialism were
justifiod in criticism of King
Anderson, Norblad said he
thought the charges were
"very much over-emphasized.
There may be a certain fac
tor, but I can't think it is par
ticularly material. 1 just think
I there are better approaches
to it."
He said he thought the
Kerr-Mills legislation, now in
effect, which adds federal
money to state welfare pro
grams tor medical care, was
"one way to handle the prob
lem, but apparently it is not
working out satisfactorily,
judging from the number of
people who have taken ad
vantage of it."
He said he felt there must
be "something to it" when
people object to the "pauper's
oath" under Kerr-Mills, and
this must be a reason why
more aren't responding to it.
FAIR ATTENDANCE
Seattle-IUPII-World's Fair at
tendance passed the 2 million
mark Sunday as 49,655 paid
admissions went through the
turnstiles to increase to 2,
027,050 the total for the first
51 days operation.
Detroit (UPD - The auto in
dustry may yet set an all
time sales record in 1962.
The official guidepost will
be the number of new car
registrations - cars sold and
actually licensed this year.
Those figures are compiled by
R. L. Polk & Co. in Detroit.
The present record was set
in 1955 when 7.169,908 new
cars were registered.
Slightly Below
Industry leaders have been
estimating 1962 new car vol
ume at 6.5 to 7 million, or
slightly below 1955.
But Polk said that registra.
tions this year are continuing
to run at a record rate. "Not
once have the accumulated
totals been below the compar
able periods in 1955," the
firm said.
Registrations figures are
always more '.than a month
behind actual sales because
the figures are obtained from
state offices around -.he coun
iry. rne latest tabulation is
for the month of April. :
Hiqost April
Polk said April registrations
were 640,49 cars-best since
May, 1960, and the second
highest April on record. The
April, I960, total of 647,287
cars holds the record.
"The April surge lifted the
Producer of Film
Epic Declines Cut
Rome -(UPI)- Producer. Wal
ter Wanger said Monday he
has refused to take a cut in
salary to ease skyrocketing
costs of the $30 million film
of "Cleopatra," starring Eliza
beth Taylor and Richard Bur
ton.' He said the matter is in "the
hands of my attorney." But he
said he has not been fired
"unless there is some new
development that I know
nothing about."
Wanger, who also has a
"substantial percentage" of
the trouble-plagued film, said
he refused to take the salary
cut "because I'm not a 20th
Century - Fox executive. I'm
here with my own company."
Most of the film's trouble
has centered around its star,
Miss Taylor, and her health.
An illness that almost cost her
life last year forced nearly a
one-year postponement in be
ginning the film and cost
2Uth Century-Fox several mil
lion dollars.
State Board Okays
Building Flans
Eugene -WPIl- Preliminary
plans for several buildings
were approved by the State
Board of Higher Education
Monday.
The board, meeting as a
committee' of the whole, also
took up proposals for a $42
million building program rec
ommended for presentation to
the legislature.
Buildings would go up be
tween 1963 and 1965.
Business Professor
Gefs Highest Award
Eugene UPIi The Univer
sity of Oregon has presented
its hignest award fot teaching
excellence to Dr. David A.
Baerncopf, assis'.a-i professor
of business stall-tics in the
school of business 'idministra
lion. (
Tut SI. 000 I. sled Award
for 'teaching E.cellencc was
a", cunced Sund a! Ine Uni
versity's 85th coi.ii" enccment
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year-to-date total to 2,218,569 . Industry would have
new cars registered and also ; record.
registered, but this repre
sented a much better 31.3 per
cent share, since the overall
market was smaller.
Of all the automotive divl
sions, Chevrolet is .the pace
setter by a wide margin. On
June 5, Chevrolet produced
its one-millionth car of calen-
established a. new jecord for The compact car's share of idar 1962, a mark not reached
in i vol until Aug. -
Through the first week in
June, Chevrolet has produced
1,033,764 cars. This repre-
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The January-April total tills ; A total oi 610,173 compacts
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of the old record in 1955. If months, 27.2 per cent of the sents 31.9 per cent of the in
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