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NEW YORK TOP CITY FOR OFFICE WORKERS
The office worker in New York City stands at the top
or Just below the top of the scale compared with the rest
of the United States in terms of average weekly earnings,
starting pay. hours worked per week, paid holidays, paid
vacations, many fringe benefits.
The office worker in Dallas stands at the bottom of the
scale in terms of most of these bread-and-butter fundament
alswith an average pay level not only far below that of
New York City but also well below the national average.
In between New York City and Dallas are other major
cities of the nation. As an illustration, average earnings of
office workers in Houston and Chicago are only slightly
below New York City's peak while Baltimore and Phila
delphia have the mixed distinction of nudging Dallas at the
bottom of the scale. ("Mixed" because while this may be
all bad from the employee's point of view, employers may
consider a comparatively inexpensive office labor force a
great advantage.)
The U.S. Labor Department has just released its final
report on wages and supplementary benefits of office em
ployees in the home offices and regional head offices of
life insurance companies across the nation.
In addition to submitting a breakdown of wage-benefit
patterns by regions, it gives detail on 12 top cities. Since
the financial setup of a man or woman working in an in
surance office is surely some indication of the financial set
up of men and women in other white collar office jobs,
here are the key facts.
Average earnings: With the average pay level for the
United States considered as a base of "100", here is how
the cities rank. New York, 110; Houston, 109; Chicago, 109;
Los Angeles-Long Beach, 107; Hartford, 106; Jacksonville,
98; Boston, 97; Des Moines, 95; Minneapolis-St. Paul, 93;
Philadelphia, 91; Baltimore, 90; Dallas, 89.
Earnings of women typists doing routine work range from
an average of $50 a week in Minneapolis-St. Paul to $68 in
Hartford and of women clerks doing routine filing, from
an average of $48 in Dallas and Des Moines to $61.50 in
Hartford.
Starting pay: Beginning salaries go from $40 to $60. In
New York City, the common starting pay for an inexperi
enced typist is $5$ to $60 while in Minneapolis-St. Paul, it's
$45 to $50.
Weekly hours: In eight of the 12 cities, the majority are
scheduled to work 37V4 hours. In Baltimore, New York and
Philadelphia, the scheduled work week is shorter in the
36 hour range. Only in Dallas is the scheduled work week
for the majority longer than 37V4 hours a week.
Paid holidays: All the offices provide paid holidays but
the variation is wide from five or six days a year in Dallas
to 11V4 days in New York and 12 to 13 days in Philadelphia.
Paid vacations: All also offer paid vacations. With the
single exceptions of Balitmore, most receive two weeks'
vacation after one year on the Job and most get three weeks'
vacation after 10 or 15 years of service. The most liberal
cities on four weeks' vacation after 20 years of employment
are Boston, Houston, Jacksonville and New York City.
Health, insurance and pension plans: These benefits are
widespread but New York City doesn't appear to rank at
the top here. A breakdown might be misleading, though for
life insurance companies may not suggest practices of
other offices on insurance benefits.
Nonproduction bouses, typically paid at Crhistmas or year
end: On this one point, the positions are reversed with
Dallas showing up as the most generous and New York City
as the least. Other cities in which bonuses are common are
Chicago, Hartford and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Of course, this only takes on real meaning when it's
placed against the background of living costs in these cities.
Another study a while back of what it costs a typical family
of four to maintain a "modest but adequate" living level
disclosed that of 20 selected cities, Houston was the cheapest
place to live, Chicago was the most expensive and New
York was seventh from the bottom. (Houston, $5,370 a year;
New York, $5,970; Chicago, $6,567.)
With Houston close to New York on a number of scores,
this could help throw the dollars-and-cents laurel to Texas
after all but when all is added up and broken down, I'll
wager the New York office worker still would come out at
the top.
Student Arrives From Turkey
Ashland-A 16-year-old stu
dent from Istanbul, Turkey,
has arrived here to attend
school under the auspices of
the American Field service
foreign exchange program.
The teen-age boy, Ali Saner,
will be a senior at Ashland
High school this fall. He is
living with Dr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Kreisman and family,
455 Liberty st. Dr. Kreisman
is a member of the Southern
"Might as well
go back to the
barracks"
Thtre's nothing lonelitr than wan
dering among crowds of strangers
. . . hearing Strang tongues . . . alien
customs. As any Gl.
Then think of what it means to thest
young Americans so far from home
to have USO nearby, where there
is understanding, spiritual help . . .
an atmosphere of home.
In addition to its clubs. USO enter
tainers bring laughtar to Gl's the
world over. But there ere 2.750.000
Gl's today. Over half ara under 25.
The USO wents to reach them ail . . .
build more USO's. But it takes
money. Yours.
No matter where he is, no Gl should
ever have to wonder , . .
"Does anybody know I'm here?"
Support the USO through United
Fund or your Community Chest.
USO
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Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
Oregon college faculty.
Saner, who arrived late
last week, is the second for
eign exchange student to live
with an Ashland family. Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Fries Jr.,
806 Harmony lane, hosted
Yvonne Nicholson ot Pretoria,
South Africa, last year.
Dr. Kreisman said Saner is
interested in math e m a t i c s,
physics and chemistry. He
also enjoys football, swim
ming, basketball and ping
pong. By religious affilation
he is a Mussulman.
Reports Awaited
On Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood - cure - The cor
oner's office expects a toxi
cologist's report early this
week on the drugs that caused
the death of screen star Mar
ilyn Monroe, 36.
Coroner Theodore Curphey
also said he was waiting for
the report of a suicide team
which was trying to determine
whether the beauty took her
own life or died accidentally-
Curphey said the toxicolo
gist had determined the ac
tress, who was found dead in
her Brentwood home Aug. 5.
died of a "lethal overdose'' of
barbiturates, but had not rul
ed out the possibility she may
have taken more than one
drug.
Eddie Cantor Said
To Be Improving
Beverly Hills, Calif. - ItW -
Comedian Eddie Cantor, grief
stricken by the death of his
wife, is much improved to
day, according to his physi
cian. Cantor collapsed upon hear
ing of the death of his wife,
I Ida. Aug. 8 and was in a state
of shock with a nurse con
stantly in attendance. He has
I been under treatment a num-
ber of years for a heart ail
1 ment.
He was allowed out of bed
; Sunday for the first time.
"His heart is doing all
'right now," explained the
I physician, "but he is very sad
i and depressed and will have
to continue resting."
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
CHARLES DICKENS had a favorite after-dinner story
that he trotted out for all occasions. It concerned a bit
ter argument between an Englishman and a Frenchman
who agreed to fight a .
duel with pistols right
where they were, with
guests cleared from the
room, and candles ex
tinguished. The brave
but humane Englishman
(remember this is Dic
kens' story!) was unwill
ing to shed blood, so he
groped his way to the
fireplace, and discharged
his weapon up the chim
ney. Whom did he bring
down but the craven
Frenchman, who had
crept there for safety! Dickens admitted that when he heard
this story in Paris, it was the Englishman who climbed up
the chimney).
It is not unusual for an author to disdain his publishers, but
William Makepeace Thackeray was more vociferous on the sub
ject than most possibly because his master-piece, "Vanity Fair."
had been turned down by eighteen publishers before one was
found willing to take a chance on it. Thackeray found himself,
with a friend, in the drawing room of a publisher's home, await
ing the publisher, one morning. The carpet in the room was a
gaudy design of red and white. When the publisher appeared,
Thackeray announced, "We have been admiring your carpet, sir.
It is most appropriate! You wade in the blood and brains of
authors!"
O 1X3. by Bennett Cert. DlatrlbuUd by King Features Syndic!
Dennis the
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Milwaukie Teacher,
Detroit, Ore. - (UPD - A long
21 hours in the rugged, chill
Cascades ended Sunday after
noon for a Milwaukie school
teacher and her small son.
Mrs. Gordon A. Clapp and
Leonard, 3, were sighted by
a search helicopter as they
waved from a small field in
Brietenbush canyon in the
mountains northeast of Sa
lem. The rescue ended a search
by more than 70 Scouts and
mountain rescue teams who
had fanned out along the
Skyline Trail area.
The helicopter lifted Mrs.
Clapp and her son with ropes
and carried them to a forest
ranger station. Both were in
good shape.
Mrs. Clapp and Leonard
had roamed five miles during
the night from the spot where
they became separated from
Monkeys, Hamsters
Lost in Manitoba
Sunnyvale, Calif. - IUPI) - A
wide - area search was in
progress today for two mon
keys and four hamsters, lost
over northeastern Manitoba
when the giant research bal
loon from which they were
suspended in capsules drifted
away from its tracking plane.
Brad Evans, Information di
rector of the Ames Research
center, which directed the ex
periment to test radiation ef
fects on the animals, said
planes were searching a wide
area for the four capsules
which contained the animals
and other experiments.
The balloon, part of a Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
administration e x perimont,
was launched Thursday from
Goose Bay, Labrador. It be
came lost in a storm some
time Saturday night. Evans
said.
HORSE TRADER
Flamslead. Eng. - H.W -Stanley
Morris said he was
just another unsuccessful used
car dealer until he came up
with a new sales twist. Re
cently he has traded cars and
small trucks to farmers for
cows, horses, and, in one case,
100 turkeys.
AIRPLANE FOUND
Kalhmandu, Nepal it'PIi -A
Nepali airliner missing since
Aug. 1 with 10 persons, in
cluding two Americans, was j
found at the foot of a moun
tain with no survivors, un
confirmed reports reaching
here said Saturday.
MLDIOHD MAIL '1 HldUiik;. MEDFORD. OREGON
Stop Me
Menace
LIKE VOUR COCO, WHY OtDNT
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Son Found in Wilds
their party during a wilder
ness outing Friday.
Free Economy Said
Defense Weapon
Pendleton - (UPD - Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) told
an audience of 100 persons
at a Umatilla County Demo
cratic rally Saturday night
that the "greatest defense
weapon the United States has
is its free economy."
Morse said the U.S. could
do much to save areas such
as Latin America from com
munism if it built up eco
nomic freedom in underlie
vcloped nations.
"People must have econom
ic freedom of choice before
they can have political free
dom." he said. Morse stated
there is a "crying need" ior
land and tax reform in Lat
in America before economic
freedom can be realized.
ANOTHER WERSHOW THURSDAY
ANOTHER WERSHOW
AUCTION
NO LIMIT . NO RESERVE
$198,000.00 EVALUATION
FIR MILLING AND PLANING CO.
ASHLAND, OREGON
SAWMILL & PLANING MILL
Bldgs. to move, Rolling Stock, Boiler, etc.
HIGHLIGHTS OF
SAWMILL: Cl't t ft. tini Hm K.
200 h p. ilip ring motor; 6" 54"
Edr. Klimtth S" 24" R M. rjtr;
S4" t 22 tl Cirnift. nr eptr'd tfot;
A C Sit Worhi; 60 i 9 It. Ail SImI Lof
Slip. Log Oonktjr: 3-Am Lo Stop and
Uidii. Lof Ktktr tic.
PILING ROOM: Amit'on 6 R M Bind
S" rd 71 Cirr.lt St Stiifpn;
Coil N. 8'R Bind Slw Shirpnr,
St'tcer Rail. 15) Bind Hud "
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GRINDING ROOM: HO S'dt Htd Situ
Stltd, Diihl S5 Sdt Mtid Gnndif.
Ri(ei 33" Kmli G'indt'. Flint'
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Sadutf md Ch'O Convtyo'l 200 H
Grim Chun. j. 4 t J chtm Tfinidf
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ROILING STOCK: Sumi Cm C'loU'
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rrMm: ID 18 Trictor with dotr, Cl
Motor Pi trot 12, Gtrlmftr 16 000
fofkiifti. powtr ilttnnf. 1.1) 30 000
Lumbtr Cirft'i l?l tnt'l 10 WhMl
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711 J ! A. Wl MUI
Candidate Speaks!
In Four Counties
i During Week End
"World peace, and the lib
: erty of over half of the peo
j pie of the world depends on
: each individual citizen of the
I United States; it depends on
( you and your neighbors,"
' Robert B. Duncan, speaker of
the Oregon House of repre
sentatives and candidate for
Congress for the Fourth dis
trict, told an audience of In
ternational Woodworkers of
America and their families at
a picnic at Coquille Sunday
afternoon.
Duncan pointed out that
the entire world looks to the
United Slates to provide the
leadership and direction in
our 24-hour a day struggle
anainst the forces of Commu
nist ideas and philosophy.
And to provide that leader
ship our country must re
main strong, and continue to
progress.
"Citizenship is not a privi
lege of birth, but it is a
duty and obligation; to our
selves, future generations, and
our neighbors in other lands."
Curry Audience
Friday the candidate spoke
before a Curry county audi
ence at Harbor on the rela
tionships of governmental
agencies and legislative
bodies.
"Administrators of our vari
ous agencies need to and
should vigorously present the
recommendations of their
agencies to the Congress and
other legislative bodies. It is
then up to members of such
legislative bodies to evaluate
and weigh the demands and
needs of that agency against
all other programs and needs,"
Duncan said.
Duncan spoke to Curry
county audiences on Friday
and Saturday, and continued
his campaign in Coos, Linn
and Lane counties on Sunday.
Among the places visited
were the Curry County fair,
the IWA picnic in Coquille,
Domcratic picnics in Eugene
and Brownsville during the
week end.
Crane Falls Onto
Train; Six Injured
New York - IUPII - A high
way construction crane top
Died from an ovemass onto
Long Island Railroad tracks
today, badly damaging the
first of a five-car train and
injuring six passengers, five
of them critically, police re
ported. The injured were taken to
St. John's hospital by police
and hospital disaster units
that were called to the scene
in the Woodside section of
Queens. All power was cut
off on a major portion of the
Long Island's Queens Line
at the order of fire officials,
but there was no fire.
Police said the crane was
being used in construction of
the Brooklyn - Queens Ex
pressway when it toppled
from the overpass onto the
railroad right of way.
Residence Damaged
Sunday by fire
O. O. Hull residence, 1255
Hull rd., was damaged by
fire Sunday morning.
Firemen, summoned about
9:55 a.m., said that the blaze
originated from an overheated
flue. Clothing in a closet was
ignited. The fire extended to
the upper portion of the house
and went through the roof.
Walcr damage resulted to the
lower floor.
AUG.
16th
STARTING 10 A.M.
BY ORDER OF DIRECTORS
THE EQUIPMENT
PLANING MILL: Htwmn 5I? Oftubll
Profit! 6" i II" PltntrMttcntr; Ntw
min 30" 1 14 ft Firttipplt FurJ Tihli,
McDonnouih 54" Bind Rtiiw, SO h.p.
motor
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LATHE DEPT.: 12" 4 Sin nd 4" 3 Stw
Litrii Mi (hum; (2) It.m Sim, Stttl
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MISC. t SHOP EQUIPMENT: Hi Prmura
Port i f Pitmpt. SUtl Witir lint;
Powtr Sprtur. All Still SO ft 70 ft.
Burn if, GiUto'd Blow Pipe Cftlont.
fiitorttEinl LiMv ImI Cnk md Shop
flu pmtnt Suppl'ti. tc
OILER: II ft. Wood Firtd toiltf, with
H r. tubti
OFFICE EQUIPMENT: Modtrn. lilt mttf.
Cikulllori. IjpinritKt All Michmti.
Sll Ouki, Chun, Flti, Inltrcoffim.
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BUILDINGS TO IC MOVED: A.r ctnd.
iontd 42 t 2S H, Offtci Bld , tltc
hiitmf. nitroom itt . lb) Corrufttid
Iron CowrirJ Wood Constructed Build
I 133 ft i 140 ft ; Plmtf. Mll.
G'ttfl Chun, Boiltr Buildinft, tie.
HADING AVCTtOhftM
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They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo
State Police Check Accidents
State police reported three
minor accidents occurred on
Highway 99 in the southern
part of the county Saturday
and Sunday.
The first occurred about 4
p.m. south of Ashland when
a northbound car driven by
Howard Doyle Baker, 28, of
Lahadra, Calif., stopped short
behind another car, then
skidded into the southbound
car driven by Robert Joseph
Sloan, 32, of Fremont, Calif.,
police said.
Thirty minutes later, north
of Phoenix, a two car acci
dent occurred as Glen M ma
rum Corbett, 20, of Portland,
attempted to change lanes and
was hit by a car driven by
John Jacob Hamblin, 37, of
169 Lincoln st., Ashland. No
injuries were reported and
only minor damage resulted,
state police said.
About 2:30 p.m., Sunday
cars driven by Harris Virgil
Holsapple, 51, of box 107, Tal
ent, and Gerald Raymond
Reed, 26, of 175 Church St.,
Ashland, collided as Holsap
ple atemptcd to make a left
turn onto Fourth St., Phoenix
according to police reports.
Marriage-wait laws are in
effect in 19 states.
PICTURE OF MR. EXE SOAKING IN
HIS OWN "FREEDOM OF CHOICE':..
...toYOU and to US...
that "Freedom of
Choice" looks like an
old-fashioned
bathtub...
certainly
not sexy...
but so surely
satisfying
HERE'S
"IT CERTAINLY PAYS TO BE ADVERTISED AT"
A rul'.IC SIIVICI AOVItmiMfNT MlfID IT A tIAOING
NewsfAMI FUILISMIW ASSOCIATION AND FUIUSHI0
Russia Pressed for
Four-Power Talks
Washington - iUPU - Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk to
day pressed Russia for four
power talks on reducing ten
sion between East and West
Berlin.
This was the only concrete
developments officials would
discuss after Rusk and Soviet
Ambassador Anatoly F. Do
brynin met for 23-minutes at
the State department.
The State department said
the talk "produced no signifi
cant change" in the over-all
Berlin situation.
The United States and oth
er Western powers proposed
June 25 that representatives
of the United States, Britain,
France and Russia meet to
discuss ways of reducing the
number of incidents of vio
lence which have occurred at
the Berlin wall and ways to
ease the barriers to commerce
and movement of people be
tween the two sectors.
Russia formally rejected the
proposal July 14. Last Sat
urday, the State department
urged the Kremlin to "recon
sider." to Mr. EXE...
HIS OWN STORY...
Sure-1 like to relax -the rest of our family like the stimulating
sting of a shower in its shiny new stall but me I like to soak in
my tub-soak in the news-and yes, I soak in what the "ads" say,
too. You know-someday some manufacturer will come up with a
more relaxing tub-with perhaps a headrest-a magazine or news
paper holder for us soakers. It may be only that the new tub's bilges
will conform more soothingly to my bulges the first I'll know of
it will be in the advertisements-I'll see it probably buy it and
love it as a better soaker than my present soaker! Yes, when you're
looking for benefits or improvement
Whether it's bathtubs or beauty aids;
foods, fashions or furniture; motor
cars or modern homes; anything in
our lives that can be improved, bene
fited, or time saved -you can be sure
advertising will bring it. to you first.
SO ISN'T IT GREAT TO
MONDAY. AUGUST
Water, water
evervwhere-ano
NOT A ETC.
TkwUllOAUtf TIP
toJACk BABBEN, ft?
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SAN l-RANCISCO SV i,
Placement Institute
Four local teachers are at
tending two advanced place
ment institutes at the Univer
sity of Oregon this month.
Mrs. Roland D. Smith, John
Smock, James J. Backen, and
Mrs. Marjorie Miehoff Lining
er are teachers of honors
classes in the valley. The two
week training institutes are In
English and European his
tory, and teachers participat
ing will teach advanced
classes in high schools.
Mechanical Trades Bidding
Depository
JOSEPHINE GENERAL HOSPITAL
Grants Pass, Oregon
Bid Depository Closing Time:
Mechanical & General Sheet Metal Aug, 15, 12 noon PST
Mechanical Sheet Metal August 15, 10 a.m. PST
Bids will be received from the following crafts: General Sheet
Motal, Mechanical: i.e.. Plumbing, Heating, Mechanical Sheet
Metal, Temperature Controls. Depository Location: Room No.
206, Josephine County Courthouse, Grants Pass, Oregon.
Bid forms, envelopes may be obtained:
INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN OREGON & VIC, Inc.
40 5. Fir St., Mfldtord, Oregon
Telephone: 773 5327 or 773-5328
FRED MORLAN, Bid Custodian
7
Confidentially, Mr. Exe, our soaker
is a sucker lor stereo-phonic hi-fi; but
shrewd -so much so that he reads
not only the display advertisements
but also the classified advertisements
to keep up on all the possible bargains
everywhere . . .
BE WELL-INFORMED.. .TO
OKICON ADVKTISIN6 AOINCr AT THl IIOUfST OF THI OKfOON
IT THIS NIWSFAFCt FOI YOU INFORMATION.
B 5
THEY CAME FROM VEGAS
Basildon, Eng. (UPD Five
patrons of a pub here who
were irritated at a house rule
requiring the wearing of neck
ties decided to do something
about it. Last week end the
five went in for a drink wear
ing collars, vests and ties
but no shirts.
POWERFUL NEW PLUNGER CLEARS
CLOGGED TOILETS
in a jiffy!
NEVER AGAIN that sick Fooling
whtn Your tolUt overflow!
TOILAFLEX
Toilet Plunger
Ordinary plungert jutt don't icat
properly. They permit compreued
air and water to splaih back. Thua
you not only have meu, but you
lose the very pressure you need to
clear the obstruction,
With "Toilaflei", expreuly designed
for toilets, no air or water can es
cape. The full pressure plows through
the clogging; miu and swishea it
down. Can't misat
DOUaLC-SIZE CUP. OOUtLC-PftESSUIte
DESIGNED TO FLI AT ANY ANOLt
CENTERS ITSELF, CAN'T SKID AROUND
TAPERED TAIL OIVES AIR-TIQHT FIT
$2
65
fully Kuar.ntMd
AT HARDWARE STORES EVERYWHERE
BE ADVERTISED AT?
13. 1962