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2 THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 1963 . - MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON . Statehood Inlas Emicoyraged HcawaiiainiGrbwih Hawaiian islands KAUAI i V Ji7"" I Y IcLmhooiawi '"' ;i ohii , 7 .' J rumt Miit"' y ljr I WVi HAWAII , MMMIIANII. ' MAP SHOWS DETAIL - The nation's SOth state promises to develop as a hub between Orient and Occident. The biggest problem that came with statehood was consolidating the sprawling territorial government In efficient state govern ment. (UPI) By CHARLES H. WILSON JR, Unilad Press International Honolulu - (VPS - Statehood has been good to Hawaii and the people of the SOth state think it has been good for the United States as a whole. In the three-and-a-half years since Hawaii became a state, its economy has expanded rapidly, burgeoning new con struction is trans forming Honolulu into an ever more modern city and state leaders talk of this place of palms and pineapples becoming the hub of a possible "Pacific Common Market." For the man-in-the-street, changes have been more subtle. His wages have risen but so have his costs. Mainly, there is a sense of belonging, of knowing that he has the same rights and obligations as all other Americans. There is . pride of being able to vote for the President, for his rep resentatives in Congress and in state government. Statehood also has meant new responsibilities and Ha waii has accepted them cheer fully. One can almost detect a sense of mission as the Island state seeks to spread its aloha spirit around the world. Hawaii's population has grown from 590,000 in 1859 when it achieved statehood to 630,000. The cost of living and prices have climbed and business has expanded. State hood has been a factor un doubtedly but its an un measurable factor. There has been a growing tendency of unions to seek wage parity with the highest west coast cities and, to a large extent, they have been successful. This has been a factor in causing Hawaii's al ready high cost of living to move higher. Living costs here are on a parity with the highest cost cities on the main land. A house that cost $20,000 to build in 1959 may cost as much as $30,000 today, but that is only partially attribu table to the effects of state hood. The influx of free-spending visitors increased at the rate of 20 per cent a year between 1955 and 1961, then tapered off to a five per cent increase. The Family Council Editor's note: Tha Family Council consist of a Judge, 'a phychlatrlst, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor, tech article li a luminary of a family disagreement presented to the Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor, encountered by fuldance counselors and social workers. Edited by Mrs. Alma Danny. (Copyright by General features Corp.) Fanny R, - It's not up to him to comfort this woman. Otto R. - I'm the only friend she has up North. e Fanny R. - We've been married a long time and have grown children. My husband is a traveling salesman. On his trips he ran across an old sweetheart of his who had married a Southerner and was living in Mississippi. He vis ited them a few times, but has been out of touch the last few years because his terri tory has been shifted to New England. Last week, out of the blue, a letter came to him from this woman, saying that her husband had died a month ago. She added that she was in a state of shock, and Just had to see him. Could she come North and stay in our home till she got her bear ings? she asked. This sounds ridiculous to me. Otto thinks it's a great idea! Otto R. - This lady was or ifiinally a Northerner. She never found her niche in the South, but she was devoted to her husband and stuck it out. Now that he's gone, I con understand her urge to got back and try to get ac climated up here again. She really has no one. I'm the only one of her old crowd who knew her husband and she feels I'm the link between her past and future. She's a pathetic figure and I can't turn her down. Fanny should cooperate with me in befriending her now. I'm flattered that she has so much confidence in me and trusts my Judgment, After all, she's met many people in the years since we were single. But she has pick' cd me as her friend In need, Tha Council - In a nutshell what Fanny is saying to Otto is, "Am I supposed to be run ning a rest - home for your ex sweethearts?" She's urg ing, and so are we, a hard search for other friends or relatives of this lady-at-loose- ends. It's hard to believe that the only friends this woman had in the world were her hus band and Otto. It's flattering to Otto's ego, of course, and the concept of himself dash ing to her rescue may well belong on Walter Mitty'i list of pleasant dreams. Look at it this way. Otto. The widow and her husband didn't live in isolation. They had friends. She claims she knows you better than she knows anyone else. And your wife can't see where you arc so specially qualified to help the bereaved lady get "her bearings." Unless the dear old friend can fnd another sanctuary up North, Otto would be wise to advise her to stay where she is. He can offer to come down that way with Fanny, during their next vacation pe riod, to try to comfort the lonely one. For once she burns her southern bridges behind her, and travels this way, Destination Otto and Fanny, things may never be the same in the R. home. Suppose things drag on and on, as with The Man Who Came to Dinner and stayed to make trouble? What would the neighbors think, if you'd like a For In stance, when circumstances forced Otto and his cx-swectie to be home alone? No, Otto. Help her all you can from this safe distance, but don't encourage her to ry a new form of Freedom Ride, right into your home. Her proposal can let loose a torrent of problems for you, ana you a Detter croon, "Riv er, stay 'way from my door!" ut course lr, as we said above, the lady moves closer and shows signs of being fair ly seii-ncipiul, then Otto and fanny together should case her way to a new and full me, by being hospitable and solicitous. But for Otto to try 10 De a l-man Rescue Mission Is playing with emotional dynamite. Woman Charged With Murder in Shooting Klamath Falls -(UPD - Zclma Joan Ochiho, 41. was chamed with first degree murder Wednesday in the fatal shoot ing of Horcncc Baker Huitt 26, in the home of a friend as she sal on a davenport read ing a newspaper. Police said the woman used the same rifle that figured in a January trial when she was accused of the murder of Bruce Miller, 35. She whs acquitted of that chRrgc. The 1962 level was about the same as 1961 but economists see an increase of about 20 per cent this year. The thing to remember is that Hawaii was a going con cern long before statehood, paying the same federal taxes as the states but, in some cases, not getting the same return. Under statehood, Ha waii now gets a return on its money from the highway de fense act, which proved to be the biggest monetary benefit of statehood. "The trend in federal funds m made naturally... so naturaily it's Letter has continued to rise. But more important is the fact that we have senators and representatives in Washing ton looking out for our inter ests now," said Dr. Shelley Mark, Hawaii's economic de velopment director. Non-military federal spend ing rose from $55.5 million in 1959 to $128 million in 1961, the latest figures available. The non - declared war in South Viet Nam and other unrest in ' Asia has caused military spending to rise too. Hawaii has had no problem of defining its destiny. Ask the average Hawaiian what his state's role should be in the nation and he will point to the example Hawaii is set' ting for accepting individuals of all races without violence or friction. He will point to the U.S. Senate where Hawaii's two senators, Daniel K. Inouye and Hiram L. Fong, are the first men of Japanese and Chinese ancestry to sit in Con gress. He will tell you that the state department selected Ha waii in 1960 as the site for the country's first Internation al university, the East -West center. The center has be come an intellectual meeting ground for Asian scholars to view democracy in action. Has Problems The biggest problem that came with statehood was con solidating the sprawling ter ritorial government of 104 departments into an efficient state government. Under Ha waii's first elected chief ex ecutive, Former Gov. William F. Quinn, the administrative structure was consolidated into 18 departments and the consolidation continues today under Gov. John A. Burns. Statehood has also had its d i s a p p ointments. Officials complain that the federal gov ernment has not yet tapped the state's reservoir of talent for key government posts, especially in the area of for eign relations. And they feel the government is delaying on its promise to return surplus federal lands to the state. It is a source of indignation here when strangers occasion ally imply that Hawaii is still a mystic foreign land. Television performer Jack Paar learned this the hard way sometime ago when he taped several shows here and referred to the continental United States as "the states." He was reminded quite force fully in newspapers that Ha waii and "the states" are one and the same. Hawaiians are dismayed to hear occasionally of main landers asking what language is spoken in Hawaii or what currency is used. But this sensitivity will pass as the newness of state hood wears off. To mainlanders who envis ion the lush tropical Hawaiian isles becoming more like typical Main St., U.S.A., Hono lulu banker Thomas Hitch has this reminder: "Hawaii is not what it used to be, but then it never was.'1 What he means that the islands always have been . about 50 years ahead of what the mainlanders think them to be. CENTER CUT-SWIFT PREMIUM pore; chops Only the nice lean chops from the middle of the Pork Loin COUNTRY STYLE SPARE Icf R OLD FASH ION ED-THE KIND TO BARBECUE FRAB9KFUR LOTS AND LOTS OF LEAN MEAT TERS MIDWAY MEAT COMPANY HOLE ID1 U1 COMPLETELY TENDERIZED WE SLICE FREE! CUT FROM THE TENDERLOIN END SWIFT PREMIUM THIN SLICED Tirfc Lm Coasts 49;. HOME FREEZER SPECIAL -CUT AND WRAPPED FREE! 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