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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON o to o o O II 3 o o in Accelerated Works Program Projects Total S22 Million ar- w Maw . 3. . ...!., onn nno.000 to help finance these additional projects, a number of which are located in southwest Oregon. Washington - More than $2 million has already been allo cated for projects in Oregon's Fourth district through the Accelerated Public Works pro gram which was signed into law by President Kennedy last September, according to Congressman Robert B. Dun can (D-Ore.). The Accelerated Public Works program was created in part to help ease unem ployment in depressed areas by providing immediate use ful work for the unemployed and under-employed, Duncan added. The most recent projects approved for the Fourth dis trict involve sewage treat ment plants: one at Cave Junction for a sewage treat ment plant and interceptor sewer, with the Federal gov ernment providing $16,730 of the total cost of $33,461; and the other in the North Rose burg Sanitary district for ex pansion of a sewage treatment plant, with the Federal gov ernment providing $140,500 of the total $281,000 required for the work. To date, projects in the Fourth district have been ap proved, for Josephine, Coos, Douglas, Linn and Curry counties. Areas in all of these counties have been classified by the Federal Government's Area Redevelopment admin istration as Having high rates of unemployment. Duncan also noted that some of the most recent allot ments included more than $1 million in road-building jobs on public lands in Western Or egon to speed the salvage of millions of board feet of valu able timber downed by the heavy storm of October, 1962 "These projec ts have done more than provide much-needed employment in those areas with a high rate of unemploy ment," Duncan said. "They have initiated and expedited state, local and Federal public works projects of lasting val ue to the district." In addition to allocations al- G. fAennen Williams On Visit To Congo Leopoldville, The Congo - OJPH-G. Mennen Williams, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, began a four day visit to the Congo today. The visit was Williams' fourth since the Congo be came independent in 1961. He arrived Wednesday night from Nigeria on a tour of African countries. readv made, at least one proj ect now pending would add $15,000 for forest work in Douglas county. Duncan also noted that doz ens of other projects are "in the pipeline" at local or re gional levels, and others are : pending in Washington be- j ing processed by the various i agencies which are participat-: ing in the Accelerated Public i Works program. A few have j been deferred until more funds are made available by i Congress. At the present time, plans are being made on Capitol Hill to push for early action on a new appropriation of i HELP US! We need clothing, thoes, dishes. furniture, end bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHfRS! The Salvation Army 30 N. Holly 773-7335 ADMIRES DECORATIONS-Prcsident Ken nedy admires the decorations on the uni form of Earl Mountbatten, chief of the British Defense Staff, during a White House meeting. Mountbatten arrived for confer ences at the Pentagon and with the Presi dent. At left is Gen. Maxwell Taylor, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (UPI) The Inside Story Revival of Theodore Roosevelt's Directive Blamed for Hiking Binge f I 4 I By DICK WEST Washington -(UPD- As every one in the entire, every-loving ambulatory world must know by now, America is on a hik ing binge. Xne way things are going, hiking will become the biggest fad since flagpole I sitting. Some f JK I PePle appar- i atVi I entIv are Just haV j., aaal now discover- west Ing that they have feet. It all started, of course, with President Ken nedy's revival of an old Theo dore Roosevelt directive fix ing a three-day, 30-mile hike as a fitness test for military officers. Would you like to hear the true, inside story of what was hchind the original directive? Very well. Just stay right there In your easy chair and 1 will give you the scoop. Roosevelt was never exact ly a 98-pound weakling, but he did have what mi slit be described as a "Charles Atlas complex. As a youth, according lo his autobiography, he was "rather sickly and awk ward" and "quite unable to hold my own when thrown into contact with other boys of rougher antecedents." If Alias, the famous body builder, had been in business at the time, young Teddy probably would have enroll ed in his correspondence course in muscle develop ment. But he lived in the primi tive era before Atlas invented "dynamic tension," so he was forced lo create a physical culture program of his own. For several years, Roose velt went in big for wrestling. While governor of New York, lie billed the stale for a wres tling mat, but the expense was disallowed by Ihe comptrol ler, who took the position that it was not a "proper guberna torial amusement." Roosevelt next took up boxing, but abandoned it after a poke in the eye rup tured some blood vessels. He was by then getting pret ty old, so he turned to less strenuous exerciso - ju-jil-su. It was his high regard for what he called "the vigor of life" that prompted him to Issue the hiking directive. The armed forces were dismayed by the order and did all they could to circumvent it. But Roosevelt himself said It was "a test which many a healthy middle-aged woman would be able to meet." V - tl uc-.s ID., V-TSf- o . u ' '.-.,4 4 iw-tr-I , ... t To prove his point, he often went on hikes with an ath letic group known as the "tennis cabinet." When they came to a river, they didn't bother with bridges. They swam across. "If we swam the Potomac, we usually took off our clothes," Roosevelt recalled. On one occasion the French ambassador joined the hike and as they were about to swim the river someone no ticed that he was still wearing his gloves. 7. think I will leave them on, said the proper but oth erwise naked envoy, "We might meet ladies." 1 3a, r'Kil y VOICES OPTIMISM - Negotintior James B. Donovan, shown addressing the Washington, D.C., Bar Association, said he was very optimistic" all of the Americans being held in Cuba would be released soon. Donovan, who helped negotiate with Fidel Castro for release of the Cubun invasiun prisoners, said he would return to Havana within a few weeks to continue talks on release ot the Americans. (UPI) PRE-INVENTORY HURRY, ENDS SATURDAY! FRIDAY and SATURDAY ONLY! S EVERY 3313 Stereo fir Mono. Album si nn V vw off REG. PRICE IN THE STORE THREE BIG BIG BINS OF VALUES TO $5.98 each 99 ALL POP 45'$ Now 69 Every Portable Transistor Radio and Tape Recorder, Stereo and Mono Tape Recorders, Stereo Consoles and Portables UP TO l3 OFF Use Your Charge Plate RECORD SHOP l7D ij v r Mm lr- j - I KJt it ; v s v . t rv. o new fabrics at dollar savings! o Easter, spring, summer selection now! o name brand cottons, pastel wools, miracle blends! o outstanding home-sewing value event! 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