THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1962
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WAVES ARMS - Ace racing driver Stirling week to prove he's gaining strength as his
Moss, seriously injured in a race1 crackup nurse wheels him about the grounds of the
April 23, waves both arms in the air last Atkinson Morley hospital in London. (UPI)
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MODEL HOME MOVED A model home
owned by Economy Housing company of
Medford was moved last week to its new
site, 819 Marshall ave. The house was pur
chased by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Guches, who
wanted "that house" or none at all. The
structure had served as an office and dis
play home for the firm since the company
began operations about eight months ago.
Since last summer, the company has built
and now has under construction more than
80 houses. The low-cost housing is designed
for the "ordinary working man;" prices
range from $6,500 to a maximum of $10,
00. The homes are custom built by local
000. The homes are custom built by local
is said to be the first of its kind in Med
ford to offer economy homes. Owners of
Economy, Housing company are Bruce
Bauer, Chet Hubbard, and Earl Yoakley.
Tom Helm an is general manager and Le
Roy Calkins is general sales manager. The
firm was started to meet the "need for low
cost housing in this area," according to
Calkins. (Knackstedt photo)
Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hill Syndicate, Inc.
TOMORROW'S 'FREAK' - THE NON-WORKING WIFE
Obwrvalion: Unless you are or become a working wife,
Mrs. America, one of these days you're going to be in the
minority group in the United States.
Evidence: Nearly half of America's 45 million families
have two or more members in the work force, according
to the third edition of "A Graphic Guide to Consumer
Markets," prepared by the National Industrial Conference
Board under the continuing sponsorship of Life Magazine
In about three-fifths of all multi-earner homes, the wife
is the sole additional worker. With multi-earner families
increasing at an annual rate of 3 per cent-or more than
twice the rate of rise in total households-it's obvious that
before this decade ends, more than half of all families will
have two wage-earners, and if that second one isn't you,
Mrs. America, you well may feel discriminated against.
Observation: If your family earns less than $7,000 and
you aren't bringing in a paycheck, you're already in a dis-
t net minority and you may tind yourseu on me aeiensive,
explaining to an informed group that only unavoidable
claims on your time prevent you from helping to pad tne
family's pocketbook.
Evidence: Of all America's families in the $7,000-and-up
income bracket, two thirds have more than one wage
earner, and in nearly 60 per cent of these cases the sec
ond worker is the wife. In the $7,000 to $10,000 income
bracket, half of all working wives bring home more than
one-third of the family's total paycheck.
Observation: If you're over 35, have children who are
in school or who already have completed their formal edu
cations and you don't get out to find yourself at least a part
time Job, you'll find fewer and fewer lady friends with whom
to spend a leisure afternoon.
Evidence: The proportion of women over 35 who re-enter
the labor force has been skyrocketing and it wrll continue
to rise. The average age of women working in our country
today is over 40. The rise in the number of women part-
time workers has been particularly sensational-up 47 per
cent In the past decade compared with a 15 per cent rise
in the total of women working full time.
Although the story of the working woman and working
wife In the U.S. is old hat, some of the facts continue to
startle even me-and I've been a splashy statistic in this tale-
all my life.
It still impresses me to hear, for instance, Hilda H. Koll-
mann, president of the National Association of Bank Women,
report that today two-thirds of the country's 675,000 bank
employees are women - meaning that a big majority of bank
employees are women. In 1941, the proportion in banks was
70 per cent men, 30 per cent women.
It still impresses me to read figures .showing how de
cisively the married working woman outnumbers the single
working woman now. Already, six of every 10 women work
ing are married and the proportion Is growing steadily.
As for our significance to the economy, we are grossly
under-estimated not only by the men but also by ourselves.
The NICE has been doing some pioneering research on this
and in an earlier Graphic Guide it came to the firm con
clusion that the multi-earner family is "in sturdy measure
the basis for our exceptionally large middle-Income class
-that segment of the population which provides the core
ot demand for a wide range of consumer goods and ser
vices;" If women ever decided to withdraw or ever were
pushed from the working force in massive numbers, the
U.S. economy would collapse on its face.
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seems to dress better" and that there is more spending on
the good things - recreation, nicer housing, superior med
ical and personal care, education, travel, welfare activities.
Many years ago when I was just emerging as a financial
reporter, I was invited to a "very social" party and then was
practically isolated by the other female guests as that phe-nomenon-the
working wife. Now look who is on the way to
becoming a phenomenon-the non-working wife!
Hatfield Issues Stinging
Blast at Highway Department
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem-IUPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field Just before noon Wednes
day issued a stinging blast at
the Oregon Highway depart
ment for submitting a confi
dential report that included
a suggestion for putting a
sign up near Megler, Wash.,
urging southbound motorists
to avoid the Columbia River
ferry system at Astoria at
heavy traffic periods.
He called the suggestion
absurd, and even the formal
transmitting of it to his office
"inexcusable."
The suggestion was one of
several that had been pro
posed by the department for
relieving extra heavy traffic
due to the Seattle World's
Fair. The ferry system at the
Columbia's mouth, operated
by the highway department
between Astoria and Megler,
is antique, and often jammed,
with motorists waiting up to
several hours to cross.
Construction of the $24
million Astoria-Megler Bridge
is starting this summer, but
the span-to replace the ferry
system-won't open for sev
eral years.
The highway department
has balked at efforts by Ore
gon coastal merchants to per
suade the department to buy
a fourth ferry immediately, to
relieve the jam this summer.
' Some weeks ago, Hatfield
asked the highway depart
ment for a report on the sit
uation, and called for sug
gestions. That report was the one
Hatfield criticized today, aft
er the detour sign recommen
dation leaked out.
The detour sign recommen
dation was made public earl
ier today by the Oregon Coast
association. Curry county
Judge Fernley Long said
coastal merchants are up in
arms about it.
Judge Long said highway
officials advanced the idea of
putting up a sign in Washing
ton State at the junction of
U.S. 101 and Highway 830,
about 20- miles north of
Megler. The sign would urge
motorists to go inland to
Portland-across the Washing
ton State side-and cross into
Oregon, at the Portland-Vancouver
Interstate bridge.
This would be done only
when traffic on the Astoria
ferry system was saturated.
"It is inexcusable," Hatfield
declared, "that men of such
intelligence in the highway
department would even pro
pose such an idea." He said
that if such a sign is put up,
he will order it torn down.
A highway department
spokesman, Victor D. Wolfe,
said no signs have been put
up. "It was just something
that was kicked around," ha
said Wolfe is administrative
assistant to State Highway
Engineer Forrest Cooper.
Wolfe said the suggestion
was circuiaiea oniy amunK
highway department staff
members, and that the depart
ment's three man control
body-the Highway Commis-sion-hadn't
passed on the recommendations.
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Area Teen-Agers Attending Insliluie
Corvallis Several local
leen-aRC boys are attending
the annual Junior Engineers
and Scientists' summer insti
tute at Oregon Stale univcr-
lily
Those participating include
Don Anderson of Medford;
and Guss Michael, Verne Pen
dleton and Tom Rozell, all of
Central Point. About 180
youths are enrolled.
The institute, which started
Sunday and continues until
Jqne 23, is designed to ac
quaint boys with mathematics
and science aptitudes with
typical college class instruc
tion in ID fields of study, plus
a field trip to the general of
fices of Pacific Power and
Light company in Portland.
PP&L sponsors the Engi
neering Career seminar to
help more young people be
come interested in pursuing
advanced courses of study at
both the high school and col
lege level, so they may as
sume useful positions in in
dustry or help others to do so
through teaching careers.
Washington WD-The United
States Wednesday set off the
37th announced underground
nuclear blast In it Nevada
test scries. The devi-.-e was f
the usual low yield, less than
20,000 tons of TNT. I
The boys and girls in Medford and the Rogue River Valley are out
of school now to enjoy a summer of fun. PLEASE help them to
keep enjoying it! Youngsters will still be going to school play
grounds and playing at home . . . they are apt to dash into the
street anytime . . . into the path of YOUR car. The Medford Traffic
Safety Council urges YOU to make SAFE DRIVING a very person
al responsibility. Have your car thoroughly checked for safety . . .
be doubly careful to observe traffic signs and regulations . . .
watch out for children everywhere and give them the right of
way!
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Published in cooperation
with the Medford Traffic
Safety Council by The
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