MEDfORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1962 J
Committee Studies Plan for Physical Therapy Program at Farm Home
A local physicians' coordln
ting committee is st dying a
proposal to reinstitute a phy
sical therapy program in the
Jackson county farm home,
Dr. A. Erin Merkel said to
day. A committee headed by Dr.
Mario J. Campagna met
Wednesday morning in Med
ford to go over plans for the
program. On the committee
are Dr. Ralph Thompsen, Dr.
N. J. Wilson, Dr. Thomas C.
Bolion, Dr. Henry E. Storino
and Dr. James C. Luce.
The County Care Act pro
vides federal fund:; which
are allocated to counties
through the state board of
health. Dr. Merkel explained.
Such matching funds pay for
a large portion of the pro
gram, he added.
Proposal Referred
The Jackson county court
had referred the proposed
therapy program to Dr. Mer
kel in Ja luary for sugges
tions. Previously, Millard
Hoffman, former county farm
home superintendent, had
hired a physical therapist for
a short time.
Thirty people were started
through the therapy clinic.
Ten cases w.re found not
feasible for treatment. Of the
20 remaining, 11 wer able
to walk after treatment, one
bed patient moved to a wheel
chair and one wheel chair
patient became able to walk,
according to official records.
During a 3'-month pro
gram, 14 patients could be dis
charged from nursing care
and transferred to homes for
the aged where their care was
less expensive, it was pointed
out.
"The point is that the tax
payer is saved considerable
money if 14 welfare patients
can be removed from expen
sive nursing home care," a
local physician pointed out.
"In fact, this would pay for
the entire program for the
period."
"What is even more strik
ing is that a 28-year-old worn
an left the farm home able
to walk," a welfare case
worker said.
"This is why we are press
ing for more welfare patients
and fewer private patients
Missiles Installed in Idaho Bring
Nine More Far-Off Cities in Target
Mountain Home. Idaho-WPD
Nine more cities in a far-off
land are on target.
Their destroyers if war
came are nine sleek nuclear
tipped Titan I missiles now
buried beneath the dry sage
brush of the Snake river
plain near here.
Simple ceremonies were
held this summer when Ida
ho's first three-missile com
plex was turned over to the
Strategic Air Commond on a
war-ready basis.
Now two more complexes
have been activated adding
mighty muscle to the nation's
deterrent strength.
Changes in Signs
Along Freeway at
GP To Be Made
Grants Pass - Changes in
signs to help divert more
tourist traffic off the Inter
state 5 freeway and onto the
Rogue River highway will be
made, a state highway depart
ment representative assured
river highway businessmen
this week.
The changes in general will
fall into two categories:
Exit signs along the free
way between Gold Hill and
Grants Pass will make more
definite mention of the Rogue
River highway and its tourist
facilities.
Signs in Grants Pass that
now read "To Mcdford," and
signs at several of the inter
changes between Rock Point
and Rogue River that now
read "To Grants Pass ' will
be changed to state simply
"To Freeway." These changes
will be made so as to avoid
the implication that the free
way is the only way to get to
the locality in question.
Met With Businessmen
Tom Edwards of the state
highway department met
with Rogue River highway
businessmen and Josephine
county leaders Tuesday and
indicated that the Foots
Creek exit sign will be
changed to read "Rogue Riv
er Route."
At the meeting agreement
was reached as to the word
ing of three signs Pacific
Power and Light company
plans to erect to lend further
aid in diverting tourist traf
fic. One will be placed north
of Grants Pass on the free
way to read, "Rogue River
Recreation Land, Rogue Riv
er Route, Turn Right One
Mile." South of Grants Pass
a second sign will state,
"Rogue River Recreation
Land, Full Family Fun Fa
cilities. Stay South on US
99." The same copy will also
appear on a sign on the Red
wood highway facing north
bound traffic on Highway
199.
Before the year is out 54
Titan I missiles are scheduled
to be ready. During 1963
squadrons of the newer Titan
Hi are slated for activation.
Each missile is designed to
hurtle a nuclear warhead at
speeds of more than 17,000
miles an hour over distances
up to 8,300 miles. Each mis
sile is keyed for a specific
target.
Each is housed in an under
ground silo, built to with
stand all but a direct hit by
an atomic weapon.
Specially trained SAC aero
space crews man the under
ground launching complexes
around the clock, ready to
fire the monsters of destruc
tion at a moment's notice if
an enemy should attack.
Chaplain Lt. Col. A. E. Mc
Williams delivered the invo
cation at the activation cere
monies here.
"God, give us character and
wisdom in the use of these
weapons," he prayed.
A gusty, biting-cold wind
seemed to hush for a moment
as the plea tumbled from the
chaplain's lips, and each word
carried with startling clarity
Two Persons Hurt
In Auto Accident
Two persons suffered minor
Injuries in a two-car rear-end
collision on Highway 99 south
of Mcdford yesterday after
noon, state police reported.
Jerry Richard Haines, 24,
of Klamath Falls, driver of
one car, suffered head and
knee injuries. Jeanne Eliza
beth Foster, 33, of 4019 South
Pacific highway, driver of the
other car. also had head and
left knee injuries.
Both cars were traveling
south when the Foster car
stopped and the driver indi
cated a left turn, when the
Haines car struck it in the
rear end, police said.
Jobe Elected Head
Of County School
Superintendents
Stanley C. Jobe, Ashland
school superintendent, was
elected president of the Jack
son County Superintendents'
association at a recent meeting.
Eagle Point Superintendent
Glenn D. Hale n elerlort
vice president, and Alf B.
meKvoia, county school su
perintendent, as secretary.
uutgoing officers are Cen
tral Point RimarinrnnAnl
Charles A. Mvcr nt,ct4inr
and Mcdford Superintendent
Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, vice
president.
"The superintendents' asso
ciation has hppn flinntinnintf
for many years and has served
as an effective means of work
ing on common problems, as
serted Brnim flrrinn on e
valuable means of communi
cations," Mekvold said.
Discuss Many Items
The group discussed several
items in planning for the 1963
legislative session. It is espe
cially concerned about ballot
measure 10, Mekvold said.
This proposal by initiative pe
tition would repeal the 1957
school district reorganization
aw. ine association went on
record as strongly opposing
the passage of this measure.
Dr. Mayfield made a brief
explanation of the Oregon
Program.
An article in the Scptem
ber issue of Oregon Educa
tion, the official publication
of the Oregon Education asso
ciation describes the program
as "a massive statewide effort
to inject rapid and dramatic
changes into Oregon teaching
practice and to improve the
quality of education in the
slate," it was noted.
to the group of 60 Air Force
officers, civic dignitaries and
newsmen gathered for the
event.
The sky was cloudless, and
the sun shone brightly.
But 50 feet underground
the weather went unnoticed.
The whir of fans replaced the
howl of the wind.
In the control room four
men sat before three huge in
strument consoles, intent on
a maze of vari-colored lights.
A bank of six television
screens gave them a view of
the ground overhead, and of
vital parts of the fueled mis
siles in their silos.
The security-conscious con
trollers seemed uncomfort
able in the presence of out
siders. "Will these missiles go far
ther than 6,300 miles?" some
one asked.
"They don't have to," a
SAC officer answered.
"When do you pick the
target?"
"It's already been picked,
these missiles are already
keyed," the officer answered.
Point of No Return
"Can you change your
mind and destroy the missile
after it has been launched?"
"No," the officer replied.
The three Idaho missile
complexes are located at
Orchard, Grandview and Bru
neau. Six complexes surround
Denver, Colo., and other
t h r e e-complex installations
are at Moses Lake, Wash.,
Marysville, Calif., and Rapid
City, S.D.
All are war-ready or sched
uled to be before the end of
the year.
Titan II launching sites are
to be activated next year at
Tucson, Ariz.; Wichita, Kan.,
and Little Rock, Ark.
The Air Force says the na
tion's intercontinental ballis
tics missile strength will
triple this year, then triple
against next year.
Payoff Year
In the words of Maj. Gen.
Thomas P. Gerrity, comman
der of the Air Force ballistic
systems division, "this is the
payoff year for the ICBM program."
Oregon Traffic
Takes Three Lives
By United Prats International
Three person s two of
them children died in Ore
gon Thursday as a result of
traffic accidents.
The victims were Glenn
Yates, 6 months, Crescent;
James Bolton. 3, Portland,
and Frank Wolf, 62, Si
blimily.
The Yates baby was killed
in a one-car accident on U. S.
Highway 97 five miles north
of Gilchrist.
The Bolton boy died in a
Portland hospital from injur
ies suffered when he was
struck by a car in Portland
Monday night.
Wolf was killed when his
pickup truck went out of con
trol and overturned on a
Marion county road seven
miles south of Turnner.
Sen. Len B. Jordan (R-
Idaho), who witnessed the
Idaho activation ceremonies,
said "we will all sleep a little
better now.
"God grant they are never
used, but the enemy under
stands only the language of
the sword."
As visitors left the under
ground control center they
passed by a kitchen where a
cook was preparing roast
chicken.
He seemed unconcerned
that his kitchen was but a few
hundred feet from three nu
clear warheads.
using the farm home facil
ities," a physician explained.
"We have to have some beds
free there for nursing care
patients who can't afford the
services of private convales
cent homes. These are the
people we must reach with
this physical therapy work.
And this is what will save
the taxpayers money."
The Jackson county public
welfare commission, which
includes the county court,
will hold a special meeting
Tuesday to discuss a written
policy for admission of pa
tients to the farm home. This
was requested of the county
court last week by Welfare
Administrator David Kuhns.1
'Fought Home Balllt'
Contacted in Salem, former
welfare administrator James
Pullman said he had "fought
the battle over farm home
admissions for six years."
"The unofficial policy was
the court would let us know
of a vacancy and give welfare
patients first choice," Pull
man explained. "But the last
l'.j years the policy started
reversing itself. Private pa
tients seemed to get first
chance.'
Local physicians and the
welfare commission became
more critical of this policy
this last year following com
pletion of the new Hawthorne
and Rogue Valley nursing
homes. With more good nurs
ing homes available there is
less need for private patients
to use the farm home, it was
pointed out.
Pullman is now head of the
public assistance division of
the slate welfare commission.
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Tweedy Named To
Temporary Post
As Juvenile Head
Lawrence Tweedy, Jackson
county juvenile counselor,
has been appointed tempor
ary juvenile department di
rector by Jackson county cir
cuit court.
The acting assignment be
comes effective Oct. 1. Twee
dy has been a counselor for
six years and was recom
mended by the juvenile ad
visory council.
The present director, Mrs.
Kay Crowell, leaves for a
three weeks vacation Oct. 1
before taking a new job with
the Sacramento county pro
bation department.
In other action, the follow
ing were named council di
rectors: John B. Harr, super
intendent of Rogue River
schools, the Rev. Robert W.
Tull, Mcdford Congregational
minister as new associate
member; Mrs. Ben Day, Gold
Hill, director and council
chairman last year as consul
tant; James G. Armson, as
sistant professor of psychol
ogy of Southern Oregon col
lege as director.
Submits Resignation
Jerry Lausman, Medford,
submitted his resignation as
director.
Charles Henry, Medford,
associate member last year,
was named director and chair
man. Other officers named
were John Crabb, Medford
schools, vice chairman, and
Mrs. Owen Kunkel, Medford,
secretary.
The council has listed the
director's job opening with
the Oregon Juvenile council
and the National Council for
Crime and Delinquency. Ap
plications may be made to
Jackson county circuit court.
A personnel committee is
being established to screen
applicants, it was explained.
Qualifications are four
years of college plus graduate
work to the level of a mas
ter's degree in social case
work, sociology or psychology
or an equivalent combination
of experience and training,
plus extensive child welfare
or juvenile court work in
cluding one year, at least, of
supervisory or administrative
experience.
Ashland Men Hurt
In Morning Mishap
Ashland - Two Ashland
men suffered minor injuries
early this morning when their
car struck a city water truck
on East Main st. near First st.
Injured were Carroll Ed
wards Hurst, 44. of 2408 Sis
kiyou blvd., and Ralph Harris,
33, of 791 Butler Creek rd.
Hurst was treated at Ashland
Community hospital and re
leased. The accident occurred short
ly after 5 o'clock this morning
as the water truck, operated
by Jennings B. Covington, 63,
of 78 Pine St., was washing
East Main st.
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