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SUNDAY. APRIL 21. 1983 MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON Time Mixture Due on Sunday By NORMAN RUNNION United Pint International Washington - WPli - What time is it? You're eating breakfast and your watch says 10 o'clock but the 11 a.m. news is on the radio and you've just missed church. You take a plane from Washington, D.C., to Nor folk, Va., and arrive five minutes before the hour you left. Your train pulls into New York's Grand Central Sta tion at 3 p.m. Bui outside on 42nd street it's 4. What time is it? Next Sunday, April 28, It will depend entirely on where you are. That is the semi annual day of confusion marking the switchover -in some places - to day light saving time. The trouble is that it's only In some places. Obiarva Daylight Time Twenty - eight stale and the District of Columbia observe daylight savings time during the year. Fourteen of these have It in operation throughout the state; the other 14 have different rules for different areas. Eleven of the 28 have daylight time from April to the end of October; the remainder terminate it in other months. Private groups and some branches of the federal gov ernment would like to see some of this confusion end ed. The House Commerce and Finance subcommittee has several bills before it which it hopes to merge into one acceptable piece of legisla tion dealing with uniform time standards. Ragulalsd Tim Twice before, the federal government has regulated daylight and standard time, in the first and second world wars. Daylight saving tuna last ed for only two years In the first world war. The law was repealed partly be cause of the violent protests of farmers, who said their cows were giving milk an hour after the milk trains passed. The idea for daylight time actually stemmed from the days before there were any trains at all. Benjamin Franklin, who thought of so many things, came up with the idea of daylight savings time when he was U.S. minister to France just after the American Revo lution. He figured that Parisians unnecessarily burned can dles for 1,281 hours in spring and summer. He wrote that "it is impossible that a wise people make use of unhealthy and expen sive candles when they can have for nothing the beau tiful and pure light of the sun." Parisians laughed him down. Left Up To States Will) the exception of the two wars, control of day light time has been left up to the stales, with resulting nationwide confusion. The Transport Associa tion of America is one group actively working to end the confusion. The as sociation estimated that railroads could save a great deal of money just in time tables alone. Since federal law requires the trains to operate on standard time, there must be two sets of timetables for the travelling public. Then It cites the case of one bus which operates over a 35-mile highway distance between Steubenville, Ohio, and Moundsville, W. Va., and passes through stops with seven different time changes. The association's solution Is this: "There should be uniformity of time, whether standard or daylight, and uniformity In the change dates within each time zone." Ben Franklin would say amen. On the Air By ELEANOR WIESE Delegation To Study Teaching Methods in Denver A pungent assortment of odors have been uncorked in Washington in recent weeks as the House Special Subcom mittee on Investigations works to clear away the fog hearings have dealt heavy blows to the prestige of the powerful audience-measuring services which determine the life or death of performers and programs and influence surrounding the television rat-i the placing of hundcrds of ing industry. The Investigations indicate that the "scientific" ratings often have as much substance as an wisp of smoke and arc as dependable. Newsweek found one clear piece of evidence-that "on occasion, ratinus have turned out to be ludicrously erratic. millions of dollars of advertis ing. Some of the most devastat ing testimony disclosed that in some cases interviewers for rating services have not questioned a single person and that even the Audimcter, placed by the Nielsen Com pany in 1,100 U. S. homes to California Republican J. record television selections, Arthur Younger told reprcscn tatives of the A. C. Nielsen Co., the largest and most in fluential of the rating services, "I have never yet seen any thing that sells confusion like you people do." The four weeks of public Contract for Pool At Jackson Park Awarded by Council A contract for construction of a diving pool at Jackson park was awarded to Medford construction company at a meeting of the Medford city council last week, The firm, which also built the swimming pool at Jack son park about three years BLM Maps Are Now Available in State Portland The bureau of land management has a sup ply of maps available cover ing the Alsea-Rlckreall Mas ter unit in Polk, Benton, Lane and Lincoln counties; the Siuslaw Master unit In Ben ton, Lane, and Lincoln counties; and the Josephine Master Unit in Douglas, Jack son, Josephine, and Curry counties. The maps are printed In four colors and show the loca tion of all BLM administered lands (Oregon and California Grant lands and public do main) within the master units. The maps also show the locations of roads, trails, cities and towns, recreation sites, fire lookouts, and other fa cilities. The maps can be purchased from the bureau of land man agement state office, 710 NE llolladay, Portland 12, Ore. One to five copies cost $1 each; 6 to 10 copies cost (it) cents each; and 11 or more copies cost 50 cents each. $10,000 Damages Sought in Complaint A complaint seeking $10, 000 genera) damages and 1,. 300.50 for medical costs and loss Of earnings has been filed In Jackson county circuit court by Mary Elisabeth Brown, Prospect. The damages are sought from the Pntcc Blew Logging company and a company driv er. Dale Gordon Smith According to the complaint, M.iry Brown was operating a vehicle south on Highway 02 in Prospect when sin- slow ed to make a left turn and Wai hit by the logging truck driven by Smith, also south, bound, as he attempted to pass The complaint charges that Smith was reckless and care less in the operation of the log truck. JOHN DAY CHIEF QUITS John Day. Orc.-lPl Police Chief George L). Jacobs has resigned to accept a similar position at Winston in Douglas county. ago, submitted a bid of $23 634. The only other firm to offer a bid on the project was Ausland Construction com pany, Grants Pass, which sub milted a bid of $23,850. En gineer's estimate for the proj ect was $23,648. Park and Recreation Direc tor Robert L. Haworlh said earlier in the week that he expects the diving pool to be completed about mid-summer In time for a swimming meet which has been scheduled. Contact Awarded Contract for a tankcr-pump-truck for the Medford Rural Fire Protection district was awarded by the council to Western States Fire Ap paratus company. The firm submitted a bid of $10,084.02. less trade-in allowance of $8,000, for a net amount of $2,084.02. n other action, the council voted to; Remove recently annexed territory In Capitol Hill area from the Medford Rural Fire Protection district. Permit a building to be constructed over the city's sewer eascmrnts on property located at Jackson st. and Riv erside ave. Renew the lease of a U.S. government building at the municipal airport. Rental rate is $000 per year, and the lease is for one year, re newable from year to year for a five-year period. Datd It Granted Grant a deed lo (lie Ore gon slate highway department for Stewart ave find Smith Riverside inc. right-of-way. --Call for bids for construe linn Of Harnett rd. -Melrose ave. extension from Riverside ave. to Holly st. Bid opening Is tentatively scheduled for April 30, Authorise assessment or dinance for Rogue Valley Es tates area sanitary sewer. Set May 2 as the date (or public hearings on zone change requests for property on the soutli side of Crater Lake highway between Bid die rd, and Hilton rd ; on the south half of the westerly six lots of Block 4. Park addition, at Eighth and Hamilton its ; ; and on the north side of High way 9!, east of Oregon state highway department and state police property. Variance Is Granted Grant a variance lo al low construction of a garden and tool house at 2909 Fair view place. - Permit a beauty shop as a home occupation at 138 Port land ave. Prcqualify Medford Con struction company and Aus land Construction company to bid on city projects. Extend the operating per mit of Itogur Flying Snilu inc., until May 2, HI63 SOC Student Body Elects Officers For Coming Year Ashland-Jim Lung, a junior in secondary teacher educa tion at Southern Oregon col lege, was elected student body president, succeeding retiring president Bill Bcbber, Ash land. Long won over Frank Alcssio, San Jose, Calif. Long, whose major field is science mathematics, is a graduate of Malin High school. In addition to his so cial and political activities at SOC, he was a participant in the study of "Ecological re sources of the Bear creek wa tershed system" which was sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Long, Malin. For vice president, Leigh Johnson, Medding, Calif., de feated Rex Clarke, Ashland, and for second vice president, Jim Susee, Ashland, won over Harold Friend, Medford. Kaye Gray, Grants Pass coed, was selected secretary over Carol Christensen, Ashland. Other officers elected in cluded Harry Ilepncr, Los An geles, Calif., treasurer; Low ell Lux, North Bend, social director; Dennis Dcdi'ick, Ash land, clubs director; George Ives, Myrtle Creek, on-campus men's director; Jan McKcn- zie, Lugcnc, on-campus wom en s director; Kathy Straus Central Point, off campus w 0 m e n's director; Karen Hawley, Medford, rally queen; Jeanne Wcischedcl, Azalea, junior woman student court justice; Donald Craber, Heppner, junior man student court justice; and Doug Olsen, Eugene, senior man student court justice. Students also voted 528 lo 100 in favor of designating SOC dormitories by names rather than letters. coujo be ridiculously inac curate. Each such Audimcter represents some 50,000 TV homes in the Nielsen ratings, yet testimony revealed sets left on lo "amuse the baby" or "entertain the dog" were included in the rating projec tions, which in turn help de termine TV programming. TV Guide points out this may be the time for a closer examination of a device pat ented some years ago by Dr. Herbert Polin which could be installed in each new televi sion set at the factory for about $1.50. Tills device would automatically feed informa tion into local power stations telling which station sets were tuned lo. Thus ratings would be based on what all viewers were watching, not just a few. In any case the revealing hearings should spur major changes in the techniques of Ihc rating services, or such services face the possibility of FCC regulation. A delegation of educators and officials of School Dis trict 549C was scheduled to leave this morning for Den ver, Colo., on an in-service visitation of Jefferson county public schools. The trip, as two previous j trips, is financed and con I ducted as part of the Ford : Foundation's Oregon Pro gram for Improving Educa tion through improving the quality of teaching. The slate wide program is being con ducted by the state depart ment of education in coopera tion with colleges, universi ties, and public school dis tricts. A small delegation left last week for southern California to observe and study new teaching techniques in schools in that area. Observed on the trip will funds for the Oregon Pro be team teaching situations. gram which inciuded $30,000 the use of intern teachers, . .. . methods of grouping, flexible Medford distrust and scheduling, administration of ! S3,2,'000 for Southern Oregon teams, special facilities need-! , , ed for such programs, and Formal Petitions To Be Filed This Week Land owners who have Informally requested water from the Agate project have until Thursday, April 115, to file formal petitions. Rogue River Valley Irrigation Dis trict Manager Harold Sexton said Friday. "A large number ol people have signed informal rc quebls, but they have yet to sign formal petitions,"' Sexton explained. "Hours of signup are 10 .m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday." "The sign up has been much faster than anticipated. As of last night (Thursday) we had 1,600 acres signed up 0U1 of a possible 1,810 al lowed the project," Sexton said. UPDATE, 5 p. m. Sunday KM ED-TV. Robert Abernethy will explain how today's Jap anese youth is becoming west ernized and will review the changes in medicine over the years which has made more doctors specialize. MEET THE PRESS, 6 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. Lt. Col. John II. Glenn Jr., the first American to orbit the earth and now a leader of the Apol lo team which is working to ward landing a man on the moon, will be interviewed. TWENTIETH CENTURY, 6 p. m. Sunday KBES-TV. The evolution of the Western from 1899's "Criple Creek Barroom Scene" to 1003's "Gunsmoke," is pictured. ED SULLIVAN, 8 p.m. Sun day KBES-TV. Liza Minnclli, Judy Garland's daughter, will headline tonight's show with Anthony Quinn, jazz pianist Erroll Garner and popular song stylist Delia Reese. AMERICAN LANDMARK: LEXINGTON -CONCORD, 8:30 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. American historical land marks will be pictured as Frcdric March narrates the chraniclc of a routinct garri son mission by British troops that touched off the American Revolution. SHOW OF THE WEEK, 10 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. "Pris oner at Large," the dramatic real-life story of the intense personal relationship between parole officer and a young paroled convict, was fumed as it actually happened in the Boston area. FOCAL POINT, 9:30 a.m. I Monday KMED-TV. Richard! Graham, of the Ashlandi Shakespearean Festival, will dtsolav and discuss items from ' the Ashland library's Renais- i sancc collection. S t u d e n t s from Crater High and their instructor Warren Holbrook will show or'iiDles from the Crater High Art, Science and Industrial Art exhibit. FOCAL POINT, 0:30 a.m. Tuesday KMED-TV. Members of the State of Jefferson Quar ter Horse Association will tell about their proposed district show and model western fash ions. Miss Oregon. Marly Wy- att, will be special guest model. Take the family out to dinner Eating out is a special treat for very member of the family. We take particular pleasure In serving family groups, so make if custom to dine here frequently. Special portions served for the children. Roaif Prime Rib of Beef Deep Fried Filler of Soli Southern Fried Chicktn iiqumt Tender Steahi "A GOOD PLACE TO EAT" OPEN DAILY 6 A.M. Social Hour Nightly 5 to 7 510 North Riverside WP - r-- M WEEK END PLANNED Portland - Students have mailed invitations to their parents to attend a special Parents Week End and May Fete program, May 3, 4 and 5, on the Lewis and Clark college campus. other aspects of new teaching techniques. Two previous such trips have been made by area school people to the east coast and the mid-west and to the San Francisco area. The trip to the Denver area was scheduled because leaching techniques used in Jefferson county are considered out of the experimental stage, and many new techniques are used in teaching as a matter of course. Information obtained on the trips, and the discussions with other teachers, school administrators and school board members have proved invaluable, and Medford school officials have planned to adopt some new leaching techniques next year. Medford school district is cooperating with Southern Oregon college in the Oregon Program. The state board of I education last week approved Making the trip to Denver will be school board mem bers, administrators, super visors, principals and depart ment heads. School board members plan to remain in Denver to view exhibits placed in connection with the National School Boards asso ciation there starting April 28. Frank Bash, Medford board member and president of the Oregon School Board's asso ciation, plans to remain in Denver at the convention as an official delegate from Oregon. Most other members of the delegation will return to Medford late in the week. FOLDING CHAIRS for RENT at A to Z Rental 1 2 1 3 N. Riverside 779-1474 ALL FACILITIES NOW OPEN Hyatt Lake Lodge We have the best trout and the poorest roads in the state of Oregon. Dead Indian Route Open listen to K-BOY for the daily weather report and road conditions. Wonderful ! JCF has increased their rate to per annum u on savings the period June 30, 1963. pays you to save. . . where you are paid more ! Why don't you start a savings account away? Jackson County Federal Home Office 2 E. Main, Medford Savings and Loan Assn. Ashland Branch 337 E. Main, Ashland
