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Family Council Editors not,: Th, Family Council consists of Judir a ysychlatrm, i h r e c,r men. thr. editors and a women's editor. Each article It a aumniary ol a family dlufreemenl presented to the Council. The Council deals with problemi. major and minor, encountered by culdaneo coun. aelorj and loclil rkrr. Edited by Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copyright by General Features Corp.) . Mr. F.C. - Whv kid our-UN selves? He'll never be able to leave his bed. Mri. F. C. - Don't discour age him. Nowadays handicap ped people can do almost any thing. e Mr. F. C. - Eight weeks ago our son, age 21, was in an automobile accident. At first his life was in the balance, but now that he is out of dan ger we have the sad verdict of the doctors: his back is bro ken and he will never walk again. I'm resigned to this situa tion, I'm grateful enough to have him alive and I believe we can work out a way of life tot Roy that will help him get some joy out of life, even though he must spend it on his back. There are plen ty of new gadgets. But my wife wants to put him through the agony of mastering some complicated machinery so he can move around and even hold various jobs. I doubt that it will make any difference. I'd rather bring him home now. "Mrs. F.C.-What good is life to an ambitious young man of 21, when all he can see in the long road ahead is help lessness? My husband is only thinking of himself when he says he's willing to wait on Roy and keep him company. He isn't taking into account how Roy will feel as time goes on and he's tied to his bed. While Roy is still under treatment, I'd like to have him try everything they have on tap in the rehabilitation center. Even if he can never walk again, he may be helped to move around the room somehow, or even to get in and out of bed. Once he knows the absolute limits of his re maining powers, we can make better plans. I wish my husband acted more encouraging and hope ful. Roy is still dazed and crushed by this calamity and needs every "lift" he can get. Th Council - We won't re peat here what every news medium has been proclaiming from the housetops down to the small print in the newspa pers: that the disabled and handicapped are now viewed in terms of what they can do, rather than what they can't do, and that thanks to or ganizations which specialize in putting them back on their "feet" again (even on rolling feet) much can be done to compensate for lost abilities. . Inspiring names spring to mind - names of men who have "gotten around" despite paralysis, names of centers which welcome, train and find employment for those who, facing the new agony which is Roy's, decide to sweat it out and fight it through. At this crossroads. Mr. C.'s abject acceptance of total invalidism for Roy is both premature and dispirit ing. We agree with Roy's mother that the hope of im provement must be waved above the young man's bed like a banner by both parent. Resignation is a healthy at titude only when all alterna tives have failed. Granted that trying out complex equipment and exercises will be painful, not trying them would be even more painful. Giving up too soon might be more comfortable physically, but it would bring emotional torture. There'd be the con stant nagging questions: "Could I have been rendered less helpless? Was I really beyond treatment?" Albany Mayor Vefoes Annexation Ordinance Albany - UPN - Mayor W. L. Fitipatrick has vetoed a city , ordinance - the first time he ; has used the veto In nine years. The ordinance would have annexed a group of 27 lots to the city. Mayor Fitzpatrick said he wants to delay the annexa tion until an adjacent area also can be brought into the city in a single move. Jacksonville, Fla.-iPPI'-Spii-lted revival services conduct ed in a tent brought protcst3 from sleepless residents of Commonwealth ave. Monday. In ( petition asking the coun ty commission to intervene, the residents said the revival had caused several of them to "seek their doctor' aid and assistance in an effort to stand this nightly loud, aggra vating, harassing and bother some activity." The commis iion suggested the group seek ttliti throujh the covr'.s- Status of Washington - lUPTt - Status of major bills in Congress: FOREIGN POLICY Trad (HR 11970) - Would authorize President to abol ish tariffs on certain goods. reduce tariffs by 50 per cent i on all other items and pro- j vide federal aid to U.S. firms and workers hurt by imports. , House passed; Senate in committee, hearings under way. Bonds (HR 9982 and S 2768) Would authorize the President to lend the United Nations up to $100 million to help the world organization solve its financial crisis. Sen ate passed. House com mittee action expected this week. DEFENSE AND SPACE Satellite Communications (HR 11040 Would charter I privately - owned corporation to develop, own and control satellite system to relay tele phone and telegraph messages and television. House pass ed. Senate committee ap proved, under debate on floor. Fallout Shelters (HR 102C2 & S 2658) Would author ize federal grants to non-profit groups for construction of approved public fallout shel ters. No hearing scheduled on authorization bill by Senate or House; meantime House ap propriations committee has denied all shelter funds. Medical Care (HR 4222 & S 909) Would provide par tial payment of hospitaliza tion and nursing home costs of persons over 65. Would raise Social Security tax. Sen ate killed compromise version, 52-48. House com mittee opposed, but aban doned plans for showdown vote in view of Senate action. College Aid (HR 890U) House - passed bill would pro vide SI. 5 billion over five years in construction loans and grants for college build ings. Senate-passed bill would provide $1.5 billion in con struction loans, $250 million in building grants for junior colleges and $900 million for student scholarships. Confer ence committee negotiations on compromise stalled. Medical Education (HR 4999 & S 1072) Would pro vide $755 million in federal grants over 10 years for con struction of medical, dental and other health profession schools. House bill included loans for medical students; Senate bill includes scholar ship grants. House ap proved by commerce commit tee, stalled in rules committee. Senate - committee hearings completed, awaiting House ac tion. Youth (HR 10682 & S 404) Would create new Youth Conservation Corps similar to CCC of 1930s and "Home Town Peace Corps" for vol unteer local civic projects. House approved by Labor Committee, stalled in Rules Committee. Senate com mittee approved. Public Works (S 2963 & HR 10113-Administration pro posed 600 million immediate program plus $2 billion in cash with stand-by power to spend in time of recession, Senate passed bill to boost immediate program to $750 million, cut stand-by program to $750 million and deny cash for it until next year. House floor action expected next week on committee-approved $900 million immediate pro gram containing no stand by power. Women'i Wages (HR 1 1677 Reg. WALLPAPER 300 PATTERNS AVAILABLE SOME IN STOCK VE 4th and Major Bills in Congress & S 2494) Would require mittee approved, adding $300 equal pay for women for million in loans which the equal work within single com- administration 'did not re panies with Labor Depart-1 quest, final committee action ment authorized to enforce through federal courts. House passed. Senate no hear ings scheduled. Teacher Training (HR 11888 4 S 2826) Would author ize about $300 million over five years for expanded co operative research in teach ing improvement and sum mer college courses for grade and high school teachers; par ticipants would get $75 a week stipend plus $15 each student. House Education Labor Committee approved, I stalled in Rules Committe. ! Senate Committee hearings completed. TAXES AND POSTAGE Tax Ftamiion (HR 10650 Provides tax credits (reduc tions) ranging up to $7 for each $100 spent by businesses for income - producing equip ment and imposes withhold ing taxes on dividend and in terest payments. House passed. Senate committee eliminated withholding pro vision, revised tax credits. Postal Rates (HR 7927) -Would increase first class, air mail and postcard rates one cent, and raise rates for magazines and advertising mail. House - passed. Senate -committee hearings under way. CIVIL RIGHTS Literacy Tests (S 2750 & HR 10034 - Would outlaw dis criminatory state literacy tests for voters and make sixth grade education proof of literacy; would apply only to federal elections. House -Committee held hearings. Senate - Efforts to pass aban doned after Senate twice re fused to stop Southern talk athon. Foil Taxes (S.J. Res. 29) - Would amend Constitution to outlaw state poll taxes or other levies as requirement for voting in federal elections. Senate - Passed. House -Com mittee approved, no action in Rules Committee, discharge petition filed. School Segregation (HR 10056 & HR 11707) First would withhold federal aid payments from racially-segregated schools crowded by chil dren of servicemen and fed eral workers; second would repeal authority for aid to "separate but equai" land grant colleges. House - Both bills approved by Education- Labor Committee, stalled Rules Committee. Senate - No hearings scheduled. AGRICULTURE Government Controls (HR 11222 & S 3225) -Would re quire growers of corn, other feed grains to choose in na tional referendum between curbs on plantings to curb surpluses and sharp cut in price guarantees. Senate -Passed. House - Defeated. . Acreage) Cult (HR 12266) -Would continue for one year stopgap wheat and feed grain programs, including payments to growers of corn and other feed grains who voluntarily cut plantings to reduce sur pluses. House - Passed. Senate-Committee approved after revamping to tighten wheat controls after 1963. CITIES Commuter Transportation HR 11158 & S 3126-Provides $500 million in federal grants to help cities and towns sub sidize development of better commuter trains, buses and subways. Senate - Subcom- 1.15 to 2.75 SR RSON Bartlett MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDr'ORD. OREGON expected this week. House - Committee approved, floor action expected next month. Cabinet (Reorganization Plan No. 1) - Would create cabinet-level department of urban affairs and housing. House - Killed. GOVERNMENT Wilderntii (S 174) - Would establish national system for preserving wildernesses for recreation purposes; could in clude 6,800.000 acres in 44 states. Senate - Passed. House Hearings completed, subcom mittee action under way. Wiretapping (S 2813 & HR 10185) - Would authorize fed eral officials to gather wire tapping evidence with court approval in serious crime in vestigations, with attorney general's approval in security cases. Senate - Committee hearings in recess. House - Subcommittee hearings re sume Aug. 9. Crime (S 1655)-Would per mit witnesses to be granted immunity and compelled to testify in certain trials involv ing graft, bribery and extor tion. Senate - Passed. House In committee, no hearings scheduled. Government Pay (HR 10480) - Would raise govern ment salaries $1 billion a year with increases spread over three -year period. House - Committee completed hear ings, now considering action. Senate - Hearings completed. VETERANS Increased C o m p t nsation (HR 10743) - Would give cost of living increases averaging 9.4 per cen'. to veterans draw ing compensation for injuries or ailments resulting from military service. House -passed. Senate - in finance committee, no hearings set. AWAITING SIGNATURE Foreign Aid (S 2996) - Au thorizes appropriations of $4.67 billion for year which started July 1 and $1.8 bil lion for Alliance for Progress aid to Latin America for sub sequent three years; admin istration had requested $4.9 billion and $2.4 billion, re spectively. SIGNED BY PRESIDENT . Retraining (Pub. Law 87 415; S 1991) - A three year, $435 million federal program of retraining subsistence al lowances for workers whose jobs have disappeared be cause of automation or relo cation and pilot program of training for youths entering job market. Disclosure) (Pub. Law R7 420; HR 8723) - Requires de- tailed financial reporting from administrators of com pany and union managed pen sion and welfare plans, gives labor department enforce ment powers and provides criminal penalties for embez mcnt and kickbacks. Peace Corps (Pub. Law 87 442; HR 10700) - Authorizes enlargement of Peace Corps. Educational Television (Pub. Law 87-447; S 205) -Authorizes five-year, $32 mil lion matching grant program for non-profit educational and civic groups planning to building educational televis ion stations. Tax Cut (Pub. Law 87-508; HR 11879) - Repeals 10 per cent tax on railroad, bus and water travel and cuts tax to 5 per cent on airline ticket.", effective Nov. 15. Extends present temporary tax rates PAINTS Medford on corporation profits, liquor, automobiles, telephone calls, etc. until July 1. 1963. National Debt (Pub. Law 87-512; HR 11990) - Raises national debt limit to a rcc i ord high $308 billion through next March 31, fixe: it at $305 billion April 1 to June 24, at $300 billion June 25 30; permanent limit remains at $285 billion. I Television Sets (Pub. Law 87-529: HR 8031) - Authoriz es the Federal Communica tions commission to require manufacturers to ake onlv 82-channcl sets. Sugar (Pub. Law 87-535 HR 12154) - Revamps and extends sugar controls, giv ing domestic growers bigger marketing quotas and elim inating about one-half of the subsidies paid foreign grow ers. Sugar (Pub. Law 87-539; HR 8050) - Amend? new su gar law to give President dis cretionary power to provide premium prices to foreign suppliers on additional 150, 000 tons a year. Welfare (HR 10606 Would revise and expand fed eral participation in state operated public assistance programs, putting new em phasis on rehabilitation and increasing federal grants for relief checks for needy aged, blind and dirablcd. ALWAYS KNEW IT Madison. Wis. IUP1- We al ways knew it but - the state Resources Department report ed Monday that 80 per cent of the mileage driven in Wis consin was accounted for by Sunday drivers. GIVE YOUR TEEN-AGER HER TELEPHONE TIPS j i e9l ' IFOR TEEN-AGERS I ' ,' Vj3r s ' I 1 '"I - A tj CALL ONLY AT S00ULLT ACCEPTABLE TIMES i iLv.s I . I r 'kV " " r SS! (Like whflo people iron I dining or dosing ) ' ' f! ff' V X ' HOMEWORK C0ME8 FIRST . i I . ' ff s i5 i T vfe ' (N miI Phoning till nniilnd Whrd America. , , 1 m "f' r. f W b if Columbus nut Ms chstt before hu charts') , " s ' ftm'-S& a xl - wSk&toffij' k v Li Ir BE CONSIDER ATE -SHARE THE PHONE f?S i -MfcfSr V if. 3 (Tour folks bare frfenrto too and then jiJwujrs .a? 1 -: :,. :., : : : : M .v y:--:.c.x. jfQ t he ohn that i Hollywood talent noout : vSShV, I t f w x-J X l tryfng to nach jou ) I r AiVlu '! -4 A ' ! I ? . V - A SET PEWfftsiON FOR LONG DISTANCE CALLS ,VV "Jf ! ' K fft - i Nfc - 4 (Ij(u re oallmg rolstives or family friends, ! 1 ''i 1N i V"I' ' J tiur folks might wsnt to ssy hello too ) T ' ' ' f f " f- V ," fki J BE A KEEN TEEN MESSAGE TAKER A 2. V t ' . : XTaV ITske ill aeuagN pnliul; Get uns ' f . P- : Sl i VV J- ''4 rank .ndnal number) . i ) ' W4 i- A 6 . u',4 r"A ni STAT AWAY FROM DIAL PICKLES t , ' , , V i V. V Syj f J (Look up the number Erst and dial It carefully f if V k ft" '),'ih ' v,f" wV ' l 1 lt fun to meet new people but ita Dir f 1 - ! , , t - v . 1 v. "' ' ,, ' i 1 A to reach those you re calling too ) , ' " i. v MeVXl V 1 : , , i ? 1 ...' ? t , ' - H l "" ' ",'"" v f i j " t !L- i ' .1 persuade her io lake the pledge! Many parents today are using their teen-agers' i request for a phone of their own to teach a little courtesy and thoughtfulness.l Along with the gift of a "dreamy" bedroom phone goes a bubble-bursting Tips for Tcen-Agers which spells out exactly how and when the phone is to be used. Call! and order a bedroom extension phone for your youngster today. The cost is nominal. (If you'd like 9 free frameabie copy of a fancier version ol these Tips for Tnen-Agcn just phone your local telephone oflice.) (ffij) PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL Four Accidents Checked By Police on Week End Medford police investigated four non-injury vehicle acci-j !jTeacher At Foreign Language Institute John H. Kuchler, 102 Port land ave., Medford is partici pating in the Foreign Lan guage institute at Hoffstra college, Hempstead, N Y. this summer. Kuchler teaches German at ! f 1wnlx H'Rn school. ine institute is designed to create a German cultural at mosphere as the participants spend their entire day speak ing and listening to German. The group is housed at a nearby motel with native speakers whose responsibility is to insist on speaking only German. n:j. K I II LI f - 'V'f.w Pnnllw HIJtlJift uuuiij 11" WW mm MARK V AUTO AiR CONDITIONING Dick Knight GOi I dents over the week end. 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Nationwide service and a I 2-month or 1 2,000-mile warranty, with Monitor by Mark IV . . . 8th at Riverside TUESDAY. JULY 31, reports. The mishap occurred about 7:30 a.m. No citation was issued. Both drivers wore cited in a two-car collision about 3 03 p.m. at Pennsylvania and Rose aves. Richard Allen Engstrand. 17, of 423 Hamil ton St., was cited for driving with a learner's permit unac companied by a licensed driver, and Carl Lindsey Hicks Jr.. 23. of 100H Court St., was cited for failure to ...for If M mmM m loans f 1 I I arrZ 1 : . m -. ron OWN PHONE, BUT... ! 1962 yield the right of way, police officers said. As a result of the only non injury Sunday, Floyd Reed, 48, of McLoughlin rd., wa,l cited for failure to leave in formation at the scene of an accident after the vehicle he was driving struck and dam aged two city-owned parking meters on North Central ave. bettt een Fourth and Fifth sts. about 1:03 a.m., according to city police. home improvement See your dealer or Arrange low-cost financing through your First National Branch. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of OREGON ovin 600.000 orcqon pioplhi
