Medford mail tribune., March 26, 1963, Image 7

Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
rym TWO CENTURIES ago, a 16-year-old schoolboy,
v-f bound for Trinity College in Dublin, sought lodging for
.no iiis.ii in hie lUwn ot araagn. A local wit directed him
iu uie no me 01 me
county's richest and most
irascible squire. The
squire, in an expansive
mood that day, perceived
that the lad had mistaken
him for' a servile inn
keeper and played the
role to the hilt, while the
bemused youth grew
more and more arrogant
in his demands.
. The following morning,
when the boy learned
what a dunce he had
made nf Viimcolf ho
Sneaked OUt Of tllP kilrhpn Hnni Wo neilOK fnranl lha i
sode. In fact, he based a play on it. The name of the youth
was Oliver Goldsmith; his play, "She Stoops to Conquer."
Bob Baker writes from Harvard about a man who went to his
doctor to have his reflexes tested. Just as the doctor prepared!
to tap him with his rubber hammer, the man saw spots before'
his eyes. "It was a plain case," states Mr. Baker, "of dotting his
eyes while crossing his knees." . .
0 1963. by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
V
f SEARCH ON FOR PERSONS FORFEITING PENSIONS
At the headquarters of the Social Security Administra
tion in Baltimore, a giant computer is now being used to
help trace hundreds of thousands of older Americans who
' are eligible to receive their own paid-up Social Security
pensions, but who have failed to apply for them.
You may know one or more of these individuals or even
' may be involved yourself. If you have any doubts, check
your status at once at your local Social Security office and
Urge others to do the same.
The Social Security Administration is trying to locate
a million individuals 65 or over to see if they're forfeiting
- benefits to which they're entitled. Based on a computer
survey of almost 500,000, more than one in five is doing
just this.
It was back last fall that Social Security officials start
' ed their search by checking all Social Security card-holders
67 years of age or over. The cards of these individuals were
first run through the "mechanical brain" and checked against
" claims filed. Then the cards of individuals who had not yet
- filed for old-age pensions were run through the computer
" again and this time were matched against the wage records
to find out if the card-holders were, still employed.
Through this process, the computer threw out iha
' names of 496,000 persons 67 or over who could not be
' accounted for, and the search by the Social Security Ad
ministration was on. The task has been exceedingly dif
ficult, for while the computer produces the "leads," the
job of finding the individuals concerned is rough. The
last known address of . a missing person usually is the
. . one given when he received his card many years ago.
It has meant checking out old addresses, voting records,
city directories, post offices, etc.
i So far, however, the search has turned up an impres
. sive total of 101.300 eligible claimants.
This has resulted in the filing of 82,000 old-age claims,
16,000 claims by dependents, 3,300 claims by survivors. The
survivor claims are compartively low, because funeral di
rectors across the county furnish the Social Security Admin-
, istration with the name, Social Security number and address
of the next of kin of deceased workers. Thus, the admin-
. istration has up-to-date records on deceased workers and
has an effective method of contacting survivors.
Of course, the success of the search has varied, has been
importantly affected by the area in which the individuals
live. In rural sections, officials have been able to find about
' 70 per cent of the persons sought, for they often are still
living in the same town or nearby, are well-known in the
region. In other sections, however, urban redevelopment has
" so uprooted neighborhoods that officials can't even find the
old neighborhood, much less the individuals concerned.
The search is just beginning. Officials have now run a
V one per cent sampling of all types of people holding Social
" Security cards in all age groups, those working, those
" retired. They are trying to devise a method of using the
computer to make a continuing check on all card-holders.
' Although from the start the Social Security Administration
- has believed it has an obligation to try to locate all bene
, iiciaries and pay what is coming to them, it has been only
; since the development of the computer that the task has
I been reduced to manageable proportions.
', Over 18 million Americans
; Social Security benefits totaling more than $14 billion
a year. The average old-age
.More than nine out of 10
I by the program. More than 75
age group are now eligible for
v Yet the fact remains that
'. nassine ud the biggest financial bargain you 11 ever be of
fered and one to which they
T thpv aren't aware of changes
recent years or because of misunderstanding of the law. If
you suspect you or a friend might be involved, 1 repeat, help
i your local Social Security office locate you.
Dennis The Menace
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Stop Me
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Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
are now receiving monthly
benefit is $76.18 a month.
U.S. worKcrs are now covered
per cent of the 65-and-over
benefits,
hundreds of thousands are
are entirely entitled because
in the Social Security law in
ya ibftmb wrm
Eisenhower's Son
Resigns From Army
Washington IUPB Lt. Col.
John S- D. Eisenhower, 40,
son of the former president,
has submitted his resignation
from the Army after 19 years
of military service.
An Army spokesman said
today the resignation was sub
mitted last week at Carlisle
Barracks, Pa., where Eisen
hower had been expected to
begin studies next August at
the Army War College.
Eisenhower has been on ex
tended leave from the Army
since April, 1961, to assist
his father in the compilation
of his official papers.
The spokesman said in re
sponse to inquiries that Eisen
hower will receive no separa
tion pay or pension rights.
The minimum period of serv
ice to qualify for a military
pension is 20 years.
Eisenhower, born Aug. 3,
1922, in Denver, graduated
from the Military Academy
at West Point in 1944.
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As Top Photographer
Kenn Knackstedt, Medford
photographer, has been quali
fied by the Professional
Photographers of America,
Inc., as one of the nation's
top photographers in the
fields of general commercial
photography, color and black
and white and aerial photo
graphy. To gain this qualification,
photographers submitted sam
ples of their work to the Com-
merical Division Board of Re
view of the Professional
Photographers of America.
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Commission's Initial Decision
Was on Drawing Constitution
(This is the second in a
series of articles about the
revised Constitution pro
posed by the Oregon Con
stitutional - Revision Com
mission. The articles were
written by Hans A. Linde,
professor of constitutional
law at the University of
Oregon and a member of
the Commission.)
The Constitutional Revision
Commission was appointed in
1961 by the President of the
State Senate, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives,
the Governor and the Chief
Justice.
Its membership of 17 was
representative of both politi
cal parties, all parts of the
state, all three branches of
government and private life.
Among the members were
seven legislators, two ex-gov
ernors, two Supreme Court
justices and a circuit judge.
Nine were members of the
bar. It included three news
paper publishers, business
men, a housewife, and a pro
fessor of constitutional law.
After its organizational
meeting, when it elected Rep.
George Layman of Newberg
as chairman, the Commission
had to face its first and fund'
amental decision. Should it
propose a series of amend
ments to the existing Consti
tution of 1859, already amend
ed 111 times? Or should it
prepare a single, complete
draft that would incorporate
all needed changes in one
revised Constitution?
Needs To Be Done
There was no doubt that
much would need to be done
just to "clean up" the old
Constitution. Of its obsolete
provisions, some seem today
like amusing relics - such as
the disqualification for office
of anyone fighting a duel, or
the prohibition against grant
ing titles of nobility. Others
are emparrassing reminders
of past prejudices, such as
a section in the Bill of Rights
guaranteeing the property
rights of "white foreigners."
, In the patchwork of past
amendments to the old Con
stitution, many provisions are
misplaced. The Bill of Rights
guarantees the right to mix
and consume cocktails, along
with freedom of speech and
religion. Equally misplaced is
the death penalty, a privilege
guaranteed in the Bill of
Rights side by side with the
pledge than "punishment of
crime shall be founded on the
principles of reformation, and
not of vindicative justice."
The old Constitution con
tains two Articles VII because
the newer version, adopted
in 1910, continued parts of
the original Article VII in
I force as law. Besides Article
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MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Time -'"--
Now HE'S AT THE BEAN BARN ACROSS
FROM THE TRACK AND HIS LUCK IS
STILL N.GiCANT PICK A WINNER
THERE EITHER.-
XI, the old Constitution has
Articles XI-A, XI-D, XI-E,
XI-F(l) and XI-F(2), each of
them writing the elaborate de
tails of a specific state bond
ing program into the Consti
tution. On the other hand,
there is no longer an Article
XI-B, XI-C, or XIII.
Could Accomplish Little
Yet the Constitutional Com
mission quickly recognized
that it could accomplish very
little by only "cleaning up"
the old constitutional text, for
a number of reasons:
1. Corrections in wording
and spelling, rearrangement
of section, and removal of
obsolete provision could be
handled by' legislative staffs
at any time, in the form of
amendments. They were not
the purposes for which the
1960 amendment authorized
constitutional revision, or for
which a special Constitutional
Revision Commission was cre
ated.
2. While the flaws in the
old text deserve correction.
they do not have much prac
tical significance. It is as the
framework of slate and local
government, not as a literary
document, that the Constitu
tion is important to the peo
ple who govern themselves by
it.
3. The report of the Com
mission, and the action taken
on it, would probably be the
only major constitutional re
vision effort for some time to
come. A state docs not and
should not rewrite its consti
tution lightly or often. If an
editorial face-lifting were per
formed on the 1859 Constitu
tion, the Legislature and the
public would think the job
of giving Oregon a 20th-cen
tury constitution had been ac
complished. Yet such edito
rial "revision" would be large
ly form without substance.
Offers Revised Document
Thus the Commission de
cided to offer the people of
Oregon the best revised Con
stitution it could prepare, con
sistent both with the Oregon
traditions embedded in the
1859 Constiution and with
the needs of the coming cen
tury. In modernizing the Oregon
Constitution, the Commission
not only studied problems
arising under the old Consti
tution. It coud also turn to
the experience in many other
states which cither have
adopted or are working to
ward new constitutions since
World War II. Missouri mod
ernized its constitution in
1945, and New Jersey in 1947,
Hawaii and Alaska entered
statehood in 1959 with new
constitutions based on care
ful study of the needs of mod
ern state government. Per
haps a score of states are en-
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OREGON
By Jimmy Hatlo
gaged in revision efforts like
Oregon's.
In September, 1962, when
the Oregon Commission was
completing its task,, the Com
mission on the Revision of
the Rhode Island Constitution
also made its report to the
governor and legislature of
Rhode Island:
Not Confined,
"We were not confined to
mere Te-cditing. Such a re-
editing, although an onerous
mechanical task, obviously
does not need a commission of
13 citizens to effectuate it.
"Thus the undertaking Im
posed upon us was obviously
to bring the Constitution up
to date. To that end, we
soon came to the conclusion
that a draft Constitution as a
whole should be presented by
us to the governor, the gen
eral assembly and the citi
zens ot the state, rather than
series of piece-meal sugges
tions for amendment . . .
"We have not made 'change
for the sake of change' a
guiding principle. On the oth
er hand, we have not shrunk
from recommending changes
. . . when we thought the pub
36
Fords
RIVERSIDE, CAL
January 20
In total performance lest of brakes,
suspension and steermf on the twist
Ing Riverside sports car course, Dm
Gurney drove a Ford hardtop to victory
over 43 other stock cars. The 500-milt
trirtd demonstrated Ford's superior
stamina and road-holding.
- i
... and here are the 63K2 S that
durability and
You may never see a competitive auto event. But
it 30 mph on rain-slick blacktop, in the close
packed rush of 5 o'clock traffic, on a twisting
mountain road, the results are important lo you.
On every slippery surface you need the kind
of readability that placed five Fords out front in
6th
Oregon Takes Part in
Trailways Bus Tours
Local participation in the tourism promotion with ac-
Oregon Grand Circle tour, de
signed to bring visitors from
all sections of the nation to
Oregon in the summer, has
been announced by Norm
Kneisel. director of the Trail-
ways Travel Bureau corpora-
tion of Portland.
Kneisel said the Oregon
tours will start June 17, de
parting from Portland. "Each
bus, carrying 39 persons, will
skirt the Oregon coast from
Devil's lake to Gold Beach,
on to Ashland, Oregon Caves
and Crater Lake, then through
central Oregon with a stop at
Timberlino Lodge at Mt. Hood
before arriving back in Port
land. After July 7 the Grand Cir
cle tours will make a stop at
the Shakespearean Festival in
Ashland, Kneisel said.
Trailways is using new
$60,000 Belgian-built luxury
tour buses for the summer
trips, the first such tours ever
produced in Oregon.
The tours are expected to
initiate an annual program
that will attract persons from
all parts of the country to
Oregon, .
Kneisel is coordinating his
lic Interest required them."
It was in the same spirit
as that of the Rhode Island
Commission, and of similar
bodies in other states, that
the Oregon Constitutional Re
vision Commission turned to
its task of preparing a revised
Constitution for Oregon,
(Next: The Legislative .
Article.)
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days that proved
total performance.0
MONTE CARLO
January 23
The m Falcon V-l Sprints made their
debut with a fantastic showing- in the
2, 500-mile Monte Carlo Rally. Through
Europe's worst winter weather they
placed 1st and 2nd in dais. Besides this
... one Sprint detested every entrant la
the Rsllve's six special states.
handling!
Crater Lake Motors
and Fir
TUESDAY. MARCH
tivities of the Oregon Wel-
committce and other state and
private organizations, work
ing to Increase flow of tourist
dollars into Oregon and the
Pacific Northwest. ;
War Orphan Plan
Is Nearing Peak
Portland-The peak of the
Veterans administration pro
gram providing educational
and training assistance to war
orphans is expected to be
reached this year, a long
range VA survey showed.
It is estimated that nearly
275 Oregon children whose
veteran-parent died of a service-connected
disability will
take advantage of this VA
benefit during 1963, according
to R. J. Novotny, manager of
the Portland VA regional of
fice. In 1962, 240 took part in
this program, the largest num
ber thus far to participate.
The study revealed that the
program is expected to drop
slowly from this peak until
1885.
The parents or the guard
ians of eligible children are
requested to file applications
with the Portland VA reg
ional office. Appointments for
counseling will be arranged
at a later date.
TOP DEMOLAY
Kansas Clty-(UPD-Stephen F.
Roise Jr., 20, Portland, was
named the most outstanding
DeMolay member in Oregon.
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January 27
h competition deafened lo In) all
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Pure (M Performance Triad at Deytona.
Their tocaperformones design odded-ap
lo most total pomls in oi economy,
occeleraim and brskms svenls.
gave total proof
the Daylona "500." On every busy cross street
you want the brakes that won on Riverside's
sports car circuit. Your engine will hold up better
through years of turnpike use because it's as
beautifully balanced as Falcon's Monte Carlo
V-8 s. The winning competition car is bound to
be a great road car and Ford is the big winner!
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Medford
26. 1963
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WRONG HARVEY
Rock Hill, S.C.-IUPu- Court
officials Monday sheepishly
told Harvey Chappell she
couldn't be seated on a Jury
althought she mistakenly was
summoned for jury duty.
South Carolina law prohibits
women from serving 00
juries. '
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