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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON t 1 THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1963 Nevada Is Week End Escape With Resorts, Entertainment y mmmmm m mm i ( hi i nor. i slnl machine By GEORGE SKELTON United Pratt International Reno, Nev. - CUPD - They say there's one born every min ute. And Nevada casino opera tors are grinning all the way to their vaults these days at the thought of more being born in California, California soon will be the nation's most populated. And in Nevada this means only one thing: M-O-N-E-Y. Californians spend more dollars in Nevada gambling casinos than they pay their state to build their highways, conserve their forests or edu cate their children. The reasons are numerous: Week End Escape ivnvaHa ic n week end es cape. It offers inexpensive quality entertainment, restau rants nnr hotels. It's a tourist attraction. Many casinos are near vacation areas sucn as Lake Tahoe, where four million are visiting this year; and Lake Mead, a virtual sub urb of Las Vegas. But most of all: There's le aaVnr ffamhlinff. Most Californians wouldn't dream of allowing big-time gambling In their state. Yei 4M vhc thev sre wacering $1.6 billion and losing $160 million across tne line in vada. Nevada's unique gaming laws were spotlighted recent ly when former President Harry Truman teed off on the state as the "black spot of the nation" because it per mitted casino gambling. Truman Blattt It was the second such blast by Truman. During a Septem ber campaign visit to Idaho he startled Democrats by as sailing a proposal to legalize local-option casino gambling In the state. The proposal was made by Vernon K. Smith, Democratic candidate for gov ernor. Nevada estimates 18.5 mil lion tourists more than tri ple California's are enter ing the state this year. Most adults are playing some of the 19,000 slot machines and 1,400 gaming tables. There they are betting $2.4 billion and losing $240 million, or 10 per cent. The state treas ury is being fattened by $12 (million. And the tourists are jpending an additional $600 million on non gambling items. Two-Thirdt Calilorniant Of all these tourists and U this money, about two- thirds are coming from Call lornia. And that's a pretty "nefKhborJy" con tribuUon, anyway you figure It. Casinos woo tourists wild free movies and baby silting, reduced bus and plane fares, and some of the most beauti ful showgirls In the west. "They come for the attrac tions, such as the shows," says Edward A. Olsen, chair man of the Ncvndii Gaming Control board. "Then they gamble. And it's the gambling that provides the attractions most come to sec." Once inside a casino, the gambling comes easy. Too easy sometimes, "It's a human trait," says Olscn. "People like the idea of getting something for noth ing." Actually, the tax revenuo from Nevada's gambling taxes, which range from 3 to S'-i per cent depending on the size of the club, wouldn't even dent the budgets af many stales. California is a good ex ample. Hor Racing California expects to real ize $41 million this fiscal year from horse racing Its only source of gambling revenue Still, thut's more than triple Nevada's gambling tnx take and even slightly exceeds Ne Disassembly Line Used by Butchers New York - IliPII - A mex packing plant works like an automobile factory in reverse because meats are trimnvH and cut on a moving bolt cal led a "disassembly" line. The American Meat InMt tute says this system was per fected by the packing indus try years ago aflcr creation of (he aNsonihly line techni que by Ell Whitney, inventor of the coiton gin. Moat was trimmed and cut as it rnrved along the bolt, with each employee nn the line a specialist in one part of the processing. Auto manufac turers do the samp In reverse. Disassembly lines still arc used in meat packing plants, but they've been speeded up so much that as many as 1, 000 dressed pork carcasses can be processed In an hour. Each goes through about 150 meat culling operations. KITING TH ECH ANN E L Calais, France - OiPli - Two Frenchmen recently crossed the English channel by kite. Using parachute type kitet towed by speedboats, they crossed In opposite directions one from Calais and one from Dover, England in B5 nd 74 minutes, respectively. vada's entire predicted rev enue from state taxes. Yet. racing revenue repre sents only 1.5 per cent of Cal ifornia state taxes, in Nevada, however, gambling this year is furnishing nearly 30 per cent of the state tax revenue and is the second biggest money source. The difference, of course is that California, with 17 million resident, re quires a $2.9 billion budget. Nevada with only 305,000 per sons, gets by on $39.4 million. Gambling also is Nevada's largest industry. It provides direct or indirect employment for one third of the working force and furnishes 20 per cent of the personal income. Because of it, Nevada has no state income and sales tax is a below-average two per cent. Total gambling taxes-collected by local, state and federal governments hits $20 mil lion. In addition, the federal government stands to col lect another $6 million from Keno If a recent Internal Rev enue Service ruling holds up. Do visitors get a fair shake for their gambling money? The state says yes. Nevada gambling is closely scrutinized and regulated by two agencies the Gaming commission and Gaming Con trol board. And there's a third major factor that keeps the casinos in line: competition. It has been said there's a slot machine within arm's reach of everyone in Nevada. That's an exaggeration, but only slightly. Few public places from restrooms to drugstores-are without one. How do you tell a "good" machine from a "bad" one? It's simple. You put coins in. Otherwise, it's impossible. "I can't spot a good ma chine," says Olsen, "and I doubt if anyone else can. Ex cept, of course, the mechanic who put it there." 'Rigging' Legal 'Rigging" a machine is per fectly legal. A casino operator may set t!,e machine to pay off once every minute or once ever decade. But it has to be mechanically able to payoff as advertised. If it can't it's "bugged." and that's illegal. We haven't discovered a bugged machine in four or five years," says Olsen. "In Nevada, because of the com petitive situation, most ma chines retain less than 10 per cent of the coins played, and many hold as little as 5 per cent." Contrary to popular belief, Nevada does not establish maximum house winnings on slot machines or any other game. Most everyone has his own opinion on the "good" and "bad of gambling. There's little doubt it's "good" for Nevada. Gov. Grant Sawyer, campaigning for re-election, recently esti mated "90 per cent of the people would vote to retain gambling if it were to be put on the ballot." But one prosperous Lake Tahoe casino adds this free advise: "Have fun at our games win if you're lucky-but don't go off the deep end." It's only money. Psychiatrists Check Aptitudes 01 Astronauts Houston - (UPD - The Na tional Aeronautics and Space administration likes its space probing adventurers, the astronauts, to be down to earth in their home lives. That's why, when screening applicants, psychiatrists at the Aerospace School of Medi cine in San Antonio ask more than 800 questions, many aim ed at the candidate's domes tic affairs. There are 566 questions that can be answered yes or no. Some questions are ask ed more than once - some times in different phrasing. Some are double checks against others. So far, all the astronauts are married men. The psych! atrists also are interested in the space men's wives. "Ask a man enough ques tions about himself and you find out all about his wife," say the psychiatrists. Here are some of the ques tions picked at random. - Did you like school? - What worries you? Do you panic if closed up in a small room? - Do you often feel guilty or inadeaquate? - Do you occasionally cry? - Are you much more or derly, precise and perfection istic than most other people? - Does criticism upset you? - Do you have spells of un controllable laughing? - Do you bruise easily? - Are you sometimes dis satisfied with your relation ship with your wife? Do you have frequent fi nancial worries? - Are you troubled with hiccups? - Have you ever had any supernatural experiences? RISKY BUSINESS New York -(UPD- Of more than 2,000 popular record al bums issued each year, only about 150 become popular best-sellers, notes the Cath olic Digest. The rest either barely break even or flop badly. Cross-Rib Roast Lean Beef Stew Sliced Beef Liver Boneless Watte-Free Oven Roast Choice Beef Boneless Extra elan Beef Cubes, U.S.D.A. Choice Tender . Skinned and deveined. 79 (fO Quality Controlled 100 Fresh Beef None better at any price anywhere LB ll ll 11 Grasyy KL 75 I I S N. .11 ljgSli Pure I J . -Ifl f-j ' " vegetable. I I 111 I "Ik; "if "tgr "a... I mts .aw ta aiw 4 V -Steak. - IBS---. - : . n r i -J9j. " ' tti I ..... ,- a IFILOUi kitchen tratt Kitchen Craft all-purpose baking flour. 25-lb. ?. bag TP $ cT 69 COFFEE M.J.B. Mb. can Edwards l-lb. can MJB Instant- 10-oz. $1.39 47c f "v- nrrniwi Your Choice . . Extra Fency Red Romes, Red Delicious, Winesaps, Golden Delicious, Newtowns & Arkansas Blacks MIX OR MATCH 'EM ALL YOU CAN BAG MINIMUM 6-LBS. TO A BAG Prices effective Thursday, Feb. 7, thru Sunday, Feb. 10, at Safeway in Medford. We reserve the tight to limit. Avocados Lettuce No. 1 Potatoes Fuerte Variety Buttery rich Firm, Solid Heads. Rutsets. 10-lb. bag 2 for 29c 2 f" 29c 49c rtn nr Remember: We Give GOLD BOND STAMPS You lave two ways when you shop at Safeway. Low, low prices, plus valuable Gold Bond Stamps. Start saving now. 11 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Men Still Resist ish-doing Chore Addison, 111. - (UPt - A stub born 28 per cent of Ameri can husbands absolutely re fuse to help their wives with the dishes, reports a survey made public here. The survey, made by Jen sen - Thorsen Corporation which manufactures kitchen sinks, found that: - Seventy-two per cent of the American husbands help their wives with the kitchen detail sometimes. - Only 14 per cent make a nightly duty out of the dish washing bit. Telephone Racket In Brazil Sends Prices Sky High THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1963 By GARY J. NEELEMAN United Prett International Sao Paulo, Brazil - IUPII - The increasing demanu for phones in Brazil has opened the door for a new scheme telephone racketeering. Today a phone in any of the capital cities will sell for as much as $500 on the black market. And no satisfactory solution is in sight. Throughout the country, in dividuals and business houses have phone requests dating back IS years, with little hope of obtaining one for at least another 15. There was a time when it was so difficult to obtain a phone connection between Sao Paulo and Rio de Jan eiro, residents would fly the 265 miles for a single but urgent "yes" or "no" answer on a pending business deal. In this city, there are 252, 873 standing requests for phones and in Rio de Jan eiro another 206,319. Phones Are Scarce Brazil is a country of in creasing industrial might and spectacular development. It has had phones since 1899. But there are only 1,060,000 of them today for a population of over 70 million. Last year, the issue made world headlines when Brazil's left . wing Governor Leonel Brizola seized the I T & T subsidiary in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. This caused an uproar in American congressional cir cles. Many piominent pro American Brazilians angrily protested the "ignorance" of U.S. congressional leaders, and their failure to under stand the why's and where fore's of Brizola's action. To some Brazilians, what Brizola did was not entirel.' a matter of politics, but rather an effort to find a solution to a problem that simply must be solved. Brazilians feel strongly WAX FOR SPEED Racine, Wis. -(ITD- Tobog gans and skis should be wax ed before put to use, accord ing to wood specialists at S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., here. They said waxing means more speed because it fills wood pores and provides a smooth, dry surface that reduces drag and releases snow more read-lly. about the fact that they can not have a phone and Brizola obviously saw this as a gold en opportunity. To thinking Brazilians, the seizure was obviousl a stunt by a clever and opportunistic governor, who planned to emerge from the clamour some sort of peoples' champion. Dry Wells Result Of Slant Drilling 7 By WILLIAM CLAYTON United Press International Austin, Tex. - (UPD - Oper ators on a Shell Oil company well in the rich East Texas field were astonished one day in April, 196', to find their well suddenly producing mud instead of oil. The discovery that their well had been pierced by an other driller trying to slant his well into a producing pool was the first drop in a gusher of scandal that has flowed through several of the state's oil fields. The investigation into the oil piracy is far from complete. The "Hot Oil Scandal of 1962" quickly involved state and federal investigators in a widening probe that indi cates hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil has been produced illegally in Texas through slanted-well drilling. Only A Fraction Texas Railroad commission members, who control oil pro duction in Texas, emphasize the amount of "hot oil" Is but a fraction of total Texas pro duction. But the illegal directional drilling is important enough to have become one of the top issues to face the 58th legislature when it convenes in January. Some commission employees have resigned or been fired, scores of persons have been sued, many slant hole operators have been In dicted. The invesugation remained largely with the Railroad com' mission until April, 1962, when the commission asked the Attorney General's office to direct the Investigation. The first investigative step after that was declaration of a receivership for a drilling firm whose books Atly. Gen. Will Wilson wanted to check. Agents Restrained In subsequent months, some operators restrained the com mission's agents from running mm J This week, while thit big BEEF SALE is going on, it a perfect time for you to learn why felkt in thit area tay, "There's ne place like Safeway for Beef." Actually, it't the combination of things wa do that maket Safeway beef better. We ttart with USDA Choice Beef, ihe grade which means top flavor, tenderness and juiciness. Then in our own climate-controlled aging rooms this beef It aged to perfection. Finally, to give you more fine eating meet for your money, each cut is carefully trimmed before weighing. These are the things which make it possible for ut lo guarantee perfect eating. Money back without return on the meat if any cut of Safeway meat should ever fail to please. Arm Pot Roast Chuck Steaks Round Bene Pot Roast, U.S.D.A. Choice Blade Cut U.S.D.A. Choice 59 55 lb lb Busy Baker. Favorite Salted Cracker 2-lb. A lucerne Party Pride. Cherry, Vanilla, Choc. Chip Almond, Peppermint Candy, Choe. IG6 UfCdlll Marshmallow, Vanilla, Banana Nut, Macadamia Nut, Choc. Marble, Butterfinger, Maple Nut, Butterbrickle, Butter Pecan, Neapolitan. Half. Gal Canned Milk Fruit Drink Pineapple Slices Halley Chili Lucerne Tali Can lalanl. Pineapple-Grapefruit Combination. 29-oz. can Highway half tlicet. Hawaiian fruit. l'4 flat Extra good and spicy. Cold weather favorite. 15-oz. 69c 8 1 S1.G9 5 - 89c 5 $1.00 3 " 89c WILLER'S MODEL BAKERY Old Fashioned Orange Rolls Doz. 50e Regular Danish Butterhorns Dot. 69c (Featuring Maryland Cream Cake) r? nnrrriLTTi mm m m m m mm m m m r ' as When we say . . ItHI we really mean savings! j I rr U.S.D.A. Choice Grade t 1 ( 9163 In I VeL sizs 10-18 -j 1 1 Beef ONLY. Aged for I LrU : peak flavor and II I- fiii i ii tenderness. L Bia,ecu I J rU i pcro U vjy 1 slant-well surveys on their leases, so the commisiinn turned to Wilson for advice. investigators then began the pattern that would character ize the probe obtalninp or. ders to keep operators from plugging or ruinine their wells to prevent surveys, then me surveys themselves, fol lowed by penalty suits or criminal indictments. Assistant attorney general. commission workers, under cover men with the DeDart- ment of Public Safety, Texas nangers and local enforce ment men combined in the biggest oil Investigation of the state's history. By May, more than 100 slanted holes had been discovered. Now that in. tal has doubled. Can Be Legal Drilling a slanted wp11 ran be a perfectly legal and de- siraDie pnase ot on welt drill 's. A directional well can ike advantage of offshore production areas mnr effi ciently. A legal slanted hole is often needed to avoid geo logical obstructions. Drillers Kick their wells into a slant by Inserting a "whipstock," an elbow device nlareH nn fha drilling bit to make it slant in xne oesired direction. Illegally, a well ran h. an. gled from a drled-up zone into a nearby producing zone. Op erators have 11. Oft nlautim equipment to evade metal de tection devices. Operators can change a slanted well into a "granddaddy well," tied into other wells on the lease to give all the appearance of be ing legally producing wells. Sometimes, illeoal wnlli slant off at an angle of more than 50 degrees from vertical to reach oil production. Demand for legislation to correct the situation makes the oil scandal one of the top Issues of the 58th Legis lature, in addition, the com mission itself has changed its rules to require more close cneck on drilling methods. Must-Have Casual Delicatessen Shady Oak. Slemt 7p and pieces. 4-ot. vlW Reg. 5c 3 flavors Lovely pink bath bars Mushrooms Wrigley's Gum Camay Soap Zest Soap ivory Soap Ivory Snow rXp. 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The free-flowing tear drops are Just another sign ot being a normal girl, say researchers for an eye drop comparry. Research shows females cry quite naturally. But women from age 18 until about 30 have more tears than others. Far more than men in the tame aae bracket. Beyond age 30, the tearful battle of the sexes ceases. Males weep as much - or at least at the same rate - as females.