Former Servicemen
To Get $177,700
Former service men and 11,844 veterans who live in
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
women in Jackson county are
reaping a $177,700 financial
harvest at this time, thanks to
an out-of- the -ordinary pay
ment of dividends on their GI
insurance.
The windfall represents
their share of a $327,000,000
dividend declared by the Gov
ernment for holders of such
insurance. Part of it they
would have received anyway,
in the normal course of
events, upon the anniversary
dates of their policies.
This year, however, in line
with plans announced at the
White House, the entire regu
lar dividend of $237,000,000,
together with an extra divi
dend of $90,000,000, is being
turned over to the veterans
now. The majority of the
checks went out last month.
The rest will be sent in Feb
ruary. Approximately 2,725 of the
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217 E. Main,
Jackson county will share in
the current payment.
They are among some 5,250,
000 veterans in the United
States, out of a total of nearly
22,500,000, who are eligible
because they hold Federally
sponsored life insurance pol
icies. Most of the money w:ll go
to those who were in World
War II and have National
Service Life Insurance cover
age. The remainder is for veter
ans of World War I who have
U. S. Government Life Insur
ance. The amount going to the
2,725 policy-holding veterans
in Jackson county is estimated
at $177,700.
The volume of business that
it will generate in local retail
stores will be several times
that much, it is expected. This
is what generally happens
when the amount of money in
circulation is increased.
The Government's
expressed purpose in releas
ing the cash at this time is to
"provide a needed boost to the
national economy," in t!ie
words of President Kennedy.
The Veterans Administra
tion, in making public the pre
payment plan, explained that
it consists, for the most part,
of a return to the policyhold
ers of a portion of their pre
mium payments.
Influenza Cases
Increase in County
The number of influenza
cases reported to the Jackson
county health department last
week showed an increase.
Shady Cove reported 20 flu
cases, Ashland had 8, Jackson
ville 3, Central Point 2, and
Medford 1.
Measles was the next most
numerous number of cases
with Central Point reporting
5 cases, Medford 2, Shady
Cove and Talent each 1.
Central Point and Medford
each reported 4 cases of
mumps.
Other diseases reported
were 3 cases of chicken pox
in Medford, 1 case of infec
tious hepatitis in Medford, 1
case of trench mouth in Ash
land, 3 cases of whooping
cough in Medford, 1 case Ger
man measules in Jacksonville
and 1 case of strep throat in
Ashland.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1983
Deadline for Applying
For Exam Is Feb. 21
Deadline for applying to
take an examination for sub
stitute clerk and substitute
carrier at the Medford post
office is Thursday, Feb. 21, ac
cording to L. B. Nelson, local
examiner for the civil service
commission.
Examinations will be held
ai a later date, he noted, and
not m the dates listed in the
Mail Tribune Friday. Addi
tional information concern
ing the examination may be
obtained from Nelson at the
Medford post office.
THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA
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Winter Drouth Ends in North, Southern Area Lacks Moisture
By United Prsi International
California's 40 day mid
winter drouth ended last week
when a Pacific storm system
moved Into the state. But al
most immediately, at least in
northern and central Califor
nia, the question became not
"when would it rain," but
rather "when would it stop?"
In southern California the
story as the week drew to an
end was different. A high
pressure system over Baja
California kept most of the
northern storm out of south
ern California. Los Angeles
unprecedented drouth, which
saw less than .20 inch of rain
fall in the city through Jan.
15, was hardly cracked.
The Sierra snow situation
also remained largely unsat
isfactory through the week.
The precipitation came, but
it was so warm that rain fell
at the 8.000-foot-level, in
many cases reducing the al
ready small snow cover. The
prospects for winter sports
were still far worse than nor
mal. Elsewhere, there were these
developments.
Legislature: Democratic As
sembly Speaker Jesse M. Un
ruh got around Thursday to
naming the standing commit
tees, but not in time to avoid
criticism from some quarters
for not naming them rapidly
enough. Assigned as commit
tee chairmen, among others,
were three Republicans, Alan
Pattce of Salinas, Frank Be-
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Pattce was named head of
the agriculture committee. Be
lotti chairman of the livestock
and dairies group and Marks
head of the Government or
ganization committee.
In other legislative develop
ments, a four-year moratori
um on the death penalty was
proposed and the California
Labor Federation, AFL-CIO,
split with Gov. Edmund G.
Brown on the need for im
provements in California's so
cial insurance system. Brown
said he would oppose any pro
grams which meant higher
taxes. The labor federation an
nounced it would fight on for
its scheme.
Council: Gilbert W. Lind
say, 62, was appointed as Los
Angeles' first Negro city coun
cilman. He will serve out the
remaining five months of the
term of Edward R. Roybal,
who was elected to Congress
in November. Lindsay's ap
pointment came on a Council
vote of 10-3.
A n t i Communists: Argu
ments were heard in a Los
Angeles County Superior
Court on a request for a pre
liminary injunction to halt
attempts to stop the sale of
Communist-made goods in
stores belonging to Bullock's
Inc. The concern claimed per
sons were placing "anti-Red"
cards in its merchandise warn
ing buyers not to buy pro
ducts from Iron Curtain coun
tries. Da Kaplany: The concept
of murder as a form of sui
cide was introduced as part of
psychiatric testimony in the
sanity trial of Dr. Gcza de
Kaplany in San Jose. The
37-year-old Hungarian born
physician was on trial for
killing his bride of five weeks,
Hajna, 25, last August by
dousing her body with acid
in their San Jose honeymoon
apartment. She died five
weeks later.
He had switched his plea
from innocent to innocent by
reason of insanity. One wit
ness, a psychiatrist, said the
defendant was obsessed with
death but could not bring
himself to suicide because of
religious convictions. He said
such persons unconsciously
commit a crime to have the
state execute them.
Kroeger: Iva K r o e g e r,
growing restless as the num
ber of prosecution witnesses
in her San Francisco murder
trial increased, tried a new
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tactic to get herself heard. She
raised her hand and asked
Superior Judge Henry J. Neu
barth, "May I speak?" The
answer was no. Earlier she
had spoken without permis
sion accusing a witness of
"lying all around" in his
testimony. She and her hus
band, Ralph, are accused of
strangling Jay and Mildred
Arneson and burying their
bodies in the basement of the
Kroeger home.
Lockheed: An eight-month
deadlock between the Inter
national Association of Ma
chinists and Lockheed Air
craft Corp. over union secur
ity issues ended when union
members accepted a manage
ment contract offer calling for
extensive cooperation between
the IAM and the aerospace
giant.
The final agreement quieted
a strike threat by some 55,
000 workers at Lockheed-California
company and the firm's
missiles and space division at
installations. The settlement,
which appeared to be headed
for ratification by IAM mem
bers, came 60 days after a
strike against Lockheed was
halted by an 80-day cooling
off period under Taft-Hartley
Act provisions.
Gas: The California Public
Utilities Commission approv
ed a reduction in rates
amounting to $6,481,000 per
year for gas customers of Pa
cific Gas and Electric com
pany. The reduction resulted
from lower charges for gas
purchased by PG&E from the
El Paso Gas company in Tex
as. El Paso lowered its rates
because of a decision of the
Federal Power Commission
climaxing a 10-year fight be
'ween the company and the
state of California.
Telephone: The Pacific Tel
ephone and Telegraph com
pany was accused of making
"unreasonable, excessive earn
ings of at least $32 million a
year'' from the Los Angeles
and San Francisco metropoli
tan areas. The charge came
from the Los Angeles city at
terncy at a California Publie
Utilities Commission hearing
in Los Angeles into the com
pany's operations.
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Monday night NBC-TV will
officially mend the jagged
hole in its evening schedule
caused by the cancellation of
"It's A Man's World" and
"Saints and Sinners" with the
standard first aid treatment
for ailing television -old
movies.
This will be followed on
April 1 with the replacement
of Merv Griffin's oficn bright
and entertaining afternoon
variety show by two more
soap operas.
Why does a network decide
to give up shows that reflect
at least some creativity, and
In the case of "It s A Man s
World," a show with the orig
inal approach of allowing
characters to improvise on the
air, and with an enthusiastic
audience of an estimated 7
million? Ratings, of course, as
determined by the TV fating
services. Advertising money
goes where the higher ratings
KO.
In some cases the networks
are carrying a number of ob
viously superior shows in
spile of relatively low ratings
- "Calendar" on CBS: "Dis
covery" on ABC; the great
number of news specials on
NBC, for example. And the
networks have a moral obli
gation to do this.
As Dick Du Brow, United
Press International's televis
ion critic, points out, the air
waves do not belong to the
networks; under law, they be
long to the people - not just
the mass audience but all the
people. Therefore, all the peo
ple must be given attention
within business realities. The
Federal Commun 1 c a 1 1 o n s
Commission takes this view
too.
But the findings of the in
fluential TV pollsters deter
mine to a great degree the
life or death of each program.
Recently the Federal Trade
Commission has questioned
the reliability of the survey
findings of these pollsters.
The Commission feels the
rating services must make
clear their statistics are esti
mates based on samples, are
inexact and are subject to
variations.
It's an imperfect system,
but will continue to be the
TV executioner. I only wish
NBC could offer a more
original remedy for sinking
ratings than second hand
Hollywood and more court
room and bedside bathos
CONCERT HALL, 2 p.m.
Sunday K-SHA radio. Beeth
oven's Pino Trio in B Flat
Major and "Emperor" Con
certo; Schumann's "Carnival."
PALM SPKINGS GOLF
CLASSIC, 2 p.m. Sunday
KMED-TV. From Indian WpIIs
Country Club in California
comes the final play with
most golfing greals compet
ing. SPORTS SPECTACULAR,
2:30 Sunday KBES-TV. The
International Ski Jumping
Championships at Garmisch,
Germany, and the World
Gymastic Championships at
Prague, Czechoslovakia, arc
featured with guest commen
tators Art Devlin, Dick But
ton and Tom Maloney, coach
of the U.S. Olympic gymnas
tics team.
THIS IS NBC NEWS, 3 p.m.
Sunday KMED-TV. James
Rcston, Washington bureau
chief for the New York Times
will talk of recent political
developments on the Wash
ington scene.
GREAT DECISIONS, 4
p.m. KWIN radio. First of
weekly scries in conjunction
with national Great Decisions
program.
DAVID BRINKLEY'S
JOURNAL, 5 p.m. Sunday
KMED-TV. A special hour re
port on "Our Man in An
dorra, San Marino, Monaco,
Liechtenstein and Sovereign
Military Order of Malta."
Brinkley visits the five small
est countries in the world and
explains how and why these
countries exist. They range in
size from Monaco (population
20,052) to SMOM (population
3).
TWENTIETH CENTURY, 8
p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "Fin
iand's Tug of War" reports
on the impact of the Eighth
World Youth Festival on the
officially neutral Finns. The
Communist-inspired and Rus
sian - supported gather i n g
which brought some 13,000
young people from all over
the world caused young Finns
to riot against the Festival
for four nights.
MEET THE PRESS, 8 p.m.
Sunday KMED-TV. The two
Republican leaders of Con
gress, Senate Minority Leader
Everett M. Dirksen (111.) and
House Minority Leader
Charles A. Halleck (Ind.), are
questioned.
DISNEY'S WORLD, 7:30
p.m. Sunday KMED TV.
"Greta the Misfit Grey
hound," a comedy about a
racing dog abandoned by her
owner.
ED SULLIVAN, 8 p.m. Sun
day KBES-TV. Sullivan pre
sents variety acts and singers
from Europe and Russia.
STARLIGHT CONCERT, 8
p.m. Sunday KBOY-FM radio
Hugh Downs narrates a mo
ment from Caruso's lile and
Caruso sings "Vcsti la Cub
ba"; Virgil Thomson's "The
Plow that Broke the Plains"
and "The River"; and Often
bach's "Caite Parlslenne."
RISE OF KHRUSHCHEV,
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shchev - disdained for his j
crude manners, underesti- i
malrH hv hie nnlllir-al rluali
- divided and defeated his
chief opponents, Malen k o v i
and Molotov, and succeeded
to Stalin's authority.
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Monday KMED TV. Four stu
dents from Crater High dis
play their outstanding arts
and crafts creations. This Is
the first of weekly series to
feature art work of valley
high school students.
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