Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 01, 1963, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMLUrOHD MAIL IHlBUNt, MtDt'OHO. OREGON ttUUAI. MAHlH 1. Ib3 Training Session Set for Captains A training session for Med lord residential captains of the American Cancer Society will be held at the office in the Leverette building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7. Mrs. B. L. Wood, Medfurd chairman, will conduct the meeting, assisted by district chairmen, who include Mrs. Kenneth Peterson. Mrs. Rich ard Saul, Mrs. Abner Clark, Mrs. Ted Hornecker, and Mrs. Mahr Reymers, executive sec retary. "Half of the persons who die of cancer could and should be saved," Mrs. Woods stated. "It is estimated in Jackson county that during 1963 there will be 345 cancer cases under medical care, so it is important that every home be reached by volun teers so the public will be aware of the seven danger sig nals and the importance of a yearly check-up." "The contributions received are needed now to step up the Society's goals of finding the causes of cancer, new ways to cure or prevent the disease and alleviation of pain and suffering of the can cer patient," Mrs. Wood said. "The American Cancer So ciety, through the national office and divisions, has to date devoted more than $108 million to cancer research since its support program be gan in 1945. Graduate Program Outlined at Meet Salem-fflPD-Plans for a pro jected graduate study pro gram in the Portland area were outlined Thursday by the State Board of Higher Education. Chancellor Roy E. Lieual- len outlined the plans in tes timony beforp the Senate Edu cation committee. Planned are programs for graduate engineering study through Oregon State Uni versity, graduate business ad ministration study through the University of Oregon, and a Graduate Institute of Ap plied Mathematics at Portland State. Higher education has re quested $500,000 to finance the program. ASK DRAFT EXTENSION Washington-IUPH-The admin istration sent Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Se lective Service, to the House Armed Services Committee today to ask for a four-year extension of the draft. The present law expires July 1. WILLIAM H. PRENTICE Graduates From College Prentice Graduates From Staff College Bug. Gen. William H. Prentice, Medford, was gradu ated from the Command and General Staff college, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., recently, according to Maj. Gen. Harry J. Lemley, Jr., commandant. General Prentice is senior assistant commander, 104ih Timberwolf" division. He was president of his 114 mem ber graduating class from the college which is open to com mand and staff officers of the Regular Army and Re serve components. The specialized course of the command college includes 400 hours of resident and ex tension study work. If is, ac cording to General Lemley, designed as a five-year course of study which General Pren tice completed in less than two years through use of ex amination options. Prentice was at the school during the summer of 1961 and February, 1963. Miss Darneille Wins Legion Event Lindsay Darneille, Medford High school student and en try of American Legion Post 15, won the American Legion speech contest on the Jackson county level Thursday night. Miss Darneille competed with Toda Dole of Phoenix High school in the county finals. She will enter the district contest here Saturday. March 2. It will be held in the Amer ican Legion hall, 404 Walnut St., Medford. The winner of the district contest will enter the state finals in Portland March 9. The state winner will then move into the area contest which will also be held in Portland April 29. The area winner will be eligible to enter the national finals in Eau Claire, Wis., May 2. Participating in the con test here Saturday night will be entries from Josephine, Jackson, Lake and Klamath counties. The program will start at 8 p.m. DeVere Taylor of the Med ford High school faculty is district chairman of the con test. The United Stales Constitu tion is the subject for each speech. Chamber Group Opposes Proposal Of O and C Funds The governmental opera tions committee of the Med ford Chamber of Commerce supported the stand taken by County Judge Earl Miller in his appearance before the public hearing on HB 1294 in Salem Wednesday. The wire forwarded to the county judge by the chamber committee read: "Voted unanimous opposition to HB 1294 on grounds that present Students Boycott School After Decree Camden, N. J. - DPI - About 450 Camden High school stu dents, bristling mad about a school board decree outlaw ing mustaches, sideburns and goatees, Thursday boycotted the school cafeteria. Posters reading "no mus tache, no lunch" were plas tered on lockers in protest to a section of a "good groom ing code" passed by the board Monday. All but about 250 of the students left the building and bought their lunches from vendors.. STAR GAZER -By CLAY B. POLLAN 2- 7-56-31 V 33-48-W TAURUS APR. II I MAY 21 lfr36.3y-4twa HV&674-8M9I MAY 22 JUNE 22 ITY9.22-23-5U1 CANCa JUNE 23 JULY 23 1IO JULY 24 iAUG. 23 VIRGO AUG. V SEPT. 22 Cy1.77-7g JK Your Daily AdnHy Guid 11 -According o the- Stan. To develop message for Saturday, reod words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. 1 You .31 Buying, 2 Good 32 Con 3 Ortss 33 Selling 4 Something 34 Lh 5 Khd 3S In 6 Unexpected 36 Listen 7 Luck 8 Bury 9 Timely 10 The 11 Don'r 12 Up 13 Post 14 Romantic 15 Need 16 Indicated 17 Thrill 18 Trust 19 Seek 20 Step 21 Is 22 Additional 23 Recreation 24 Prepore 25 News 26 SurrOLTtds 27Moes 28 Anyone 29 Out 30 More SEPT. 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LII-JJ-JT'IM a lU-71.79.9rAS' gjGood Adrene f)Ncutf SAGITTARIUS NOV. 23 Am ' -An CAPRICORN IMi 20 8-10-13.34 (fl 137-46-57 "M AOUARJUS ,MN.JI jfS. feb! re SI 9-27.32- K4-63-73 rtscts Uo.JW-87VJ PP&L Cited for Resources Study A special acknowledgement to Pacific Power and Light company for its cooperation with the U.S. department of health's long-range study of water resources has been re ceived by the power company as a result of studies that were centered on the Klam ath river. The formal acknowledge ment in the form of a certifi cate was accompanied by letter from Gordon E. Mc Callum, assistant surgeon gen eral and chief of the division of water supply and pollution control, U.S. department of health, education and wel fare, who said the help of Pacific Power was valuable in gathering data regarding the water quality in the rivers of the region. John C. Boyle, vice presi dent for Pacific Power, re ported the work had involv ed the loan of company per sonnel at the company s John Boyle hydroelectric plant, formerly the Big Bend plant, where the US. had installed measuring gear to sample the water. The sampling and measuring work was carried out over a period of several years, Boyle reported, and is continuing. The installation is near the John Boyle plant on the Klamath river south of the California-Oregon border, 'There is no finer example of cooperative accomplish ment between the federal government and state and local governments and indus try than that demonstrated by your participation with us in the National Water Quality Network program," the U.S official wrote in the letter accompanying the certificate. FOR CLOUD PICTURES Washington -flJPD- The Weather Bureau is installing equipment in 11 key U.S. forecasting stations to receive cloud pictures directly from weather satellites. Using pho tographs taken by the new Nimbus satellite, the stations will be able to make local forecasts almost immediately after the pictures are taken Evangelist Takes Hospital Tests Honolulu - IUPII - Evangelist Billy Graham was undergoing tests at a local hospital today nd it was feared he might have to postpone his forth. coming Asian mission. Graham entered the hos pital Thursday for examina tions of "an acute undeter mined infection." Doctors said it will take 48 hours to run a complete series of tests, and three addi tional days of evaluation to determine if Graham can de part as scheduled to open his crusade in Manila March 11. The evangelist had come to Hawaii to relax prior to starting his Asian crusade. He told UPI he felt he had over come the effects of a lung ailment that has bothered him off and on for the past five years. But he admitted he had been running a fever for sev eral days and was feeling weak. Despite his weakened con dition, Graham talked en thusiastically of the Asia tour which he said could be one of the biggest crusades we have ever held anywhere." Dr. Moore Resigns As Health Officer Grants Pass The resigna tion of Josephine County Health Officer, Dr. William J, Moore was announced this week by the county board of health. Dr. Moore, who has been health officer here since Octo ber, 1061, has accepted a po sition with the Arizona state department of health at Phoe nix. Ariz., where he .will serve as director of the dlvt sion of maternal and child health. He has been on leave of ab sence from the Josephine county department during the past year while working to ward his master s degree public health at the Univer sity of California. Dr. Edward C. Wall, who has been acting health officer during Dr. Moore's absence, will continue in that post until June 1, when appoint ment of a new officer will be come effective. Applications for the post are now being ac cepted by the county board of health. In other action, the board announced the appointment of Lynn Cannon, Grants Pass, engineering graduate of Southern Oregon college, as county sanitarian. He will be directed in practical sanita tion field application by T. M. Gerow, Medford, district sani tary engineer. O and C distribution is equit able. We oppose legislative action dictating local county use of these funds." HB 1294 requires all 18 Oregon counties receiving Oregon and California land grant funds to transfer 25 per cent into the county school fund for distribution to schools within the county. Gerald Latham, assisted by Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of Medford schools, led the discussion here. The basic objection to the bill, voiced by the cham ber committee, involved giv ing the state the right to dic tate to Jackson county on the expenditure of O and C money. Losing Basic Support It was stated that Jackson county, without a tax base, has been losing In excess of $200,000 through basic school support, a condition which will be corrected as soon as a new tax base can be estab lished. Through HB 1204, in spite of a new tax base, Jackson county would continue to lose through basic school support in excess of $200,000 annual ly, the local committee stated. Two other legislative mea sures, HB 1332 and HB 1389, also were opposed by the leg islative committee in its re port to the governmental op erations committee, chairman ed by Robert D. Heffernan Jr. Both are tax measures and were discussed by Clarence Young. HB 1332 was describ ed as a "buck-passing" device to receive a mandate from the people on a subject that the legislature should solve. There were two dissenting votes cast in the committee's opposition to HB 1389, which requires all persons deriving income from sources within this state to make quarterly declarations of estimated tax if the gross income can reason ably be expected to exceed $1,000. Schrunk Challenges Mayors to Foot Race Portland - N?D - Mayor Terry Schrunk of Portland, who exercises regularly, to day challenged the mayors of Los Angeles and Detroit to a 50-mile walking race. The prize, he said, should be nomination for host city for the 1968 Olympic games. All three cities present bids in New York this month for the U.S. choice as 1968 host Olympic city. Schrunk issued the chal lenge to Mayors Jerry Cava nagh of Detroit and Sam Yorty of Los Angeles. He warned them he is a member of the YMCA early birds and exercises regularly before going to work. 'World Citizen' Dies from Overdose London - (VM - Lee Durling, 45, native of New York City who renounced his U.S. citi zenship and became a "World Citizen" to , avoid military service in World War II, died Wednesday. Police said he was a victim of an overdose of barbiturates. Chiloqvin Woman Killed in Atcident Chlloquin (UPD Mrs. Jo sephine Wolfe, 62, Chiloquin, was killed in two-car acci dent on U.S. Highway 97 one mile west of here Thursday. She was driving one of the cars. Gordon Sliver, 25, Van Nuys, Calif., the driver of the other vehicle, suffered minor injuries. Watching Television Saves Woman's Life Little Rick, Ark. - (UPI) -Mrs. Charles N. Billings, 65. flicked on the television set in her motel room Thursday night to relax after a day of traveling. The move proba bly save her life. A television bulletin warn ed her not to take some medi cine she was planning to take about 15 minutes later. A telephone call from the Billings' home town of Hous ton, Tex., had sent televi sion stations into action with the warning that the prescrip tion Mrs. Billings brought home was an incorrect dosage. potent enough to kill her. Tickets Available For Crater Musical Central Point - Tickets are still available for the second and final performance of the musical comedy "Swinging High" at Crater High school tonight. Tickets may be pur chased at the door. The production, under the direction of Norman Caroth ers, head of the Crater music department, opened last night. It is being presented in the multi-purpose room of the school. Presenting the play are the Lavalicrs, Crater singing group. Featured in the large cast are Pat Boye and Kevin Elbert. VERY SENIOR CITIZENS Moscow IUPII The Soviet Union has 16,276 women over 100 years old, according to a new book called "Women and Children in the U.S.S.R." A review of the book by the of ficial Tass news agency Thursday said that of the number, all but 3,524 live in rural areas. The average life expectancy of women in the Soviet Union was said to be 72 years. NOW YOU KNOW The pioneer bookmaker in the United States was an Eng lishman named James Kelly, who started taking off-track bets in 1871, according to the Encyclopedia of Sports. ONLY ONE BACOTOL A DAY HELPS YOU STOP SMOKING BACOTOL, timed disin tegration formula, helps curb tobacco craving. One capsule each day curbs the desire to smoke tor b to 10 hours.Try BACOTOL, At alt drugcou.uers. 2.0Q for a 14-day supply. WESTERN THRIFT 30 N. Central Ave. ' Ph. 773-3371 JFK HAS TROUBLES Washington (UPD President Kennedy is having trouble keeping up with his wife's picture-hanging at the White House. When asked Thursday by a group of Tennessee newspaper publishers who were being entertained at lunch to identify a portrait in the Blue Room, Kennedy said: "I don't know, those things have changed so much." FIRST FAMILY Fardo, N.D. -flJPIi- Mrs. Oc tavie Reault says her living descendants include 10 chil dren, 56 grandchildren, 137 great-grandchildren and '3 great-great-grandchildren. FOR MILITARY TRAINING Algiers, Algeria IUPII The Algerian army Thursday night sent 48 young officers to Moscow for advanced mili tary training. the bible SPEAKS TO YOU Sunday, 9:00 a.m. K-SHA-860 kc fkil Mflr'l CtrMm Srlmet prrar "What It Swccif" a There's "SOMETHING EXTRA" about owning an OLDSMOBILEI HANDSOME HONEY OF THE LOW-PRICE FIELD! OLDSMOBILE F85V Exciting now blend of boauty and action ...In tho low-price fieldl Sparkling . . . spirited . . . spanking new! That's the F-85 . . . the beautifully practical way to move Into an Oldsmobile! Big car ride! Small car maneuverability! 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