MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. JUNE 1913 JJ J
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Br ALLECRA BRANSON
United, Press International
Vienna 0JP8 The Austro
Hungarian monarchy was
once the largest European
empire next to Russia.
Then came the First World
War and its dismemberment
and what is left is Austria
about one-eighth the size ot
the land ruled by the Haps-
burgs before 1918.
Austria has an area slight
ly smaller than the state of
Maine 32,375 square miles
It has a population of 7 mil
lion, about one-quarter of
whom live in the capital city
of Vienna.
German is the official lan
guage but the nationalities of
the old empire Czechs, Hun
garians and Yugoslavs
make up sizeable minorities
Hat Not Dona Wall
Austria has not done well
out of world conflicts. The
first one cut her down to a
minor power. Then came
anchluss (or linkup) inflict
ed by Hitler's Germany and
for seven years the name of
Austria even disappeared
from the maps of Europe.
ine last allied occupation
troops did not leave the coun
try until 1955 although the
restoration of Austria as a
free and independent land
was recognized by the Allied
Control Council in 1945, in
return for a pledge of politi
cal neutrality.
No Hazards Found In 887 Residences
Medford firemen found no
hazards in 887 residences
'checked during their annual
inspection program.
The 1963 inspections oi
dwellings on north and south
running streets in Medford
were completed yesterday.
They had been 'conducted
since May 21.
Firemen made 769 recom
mendations for correction of
fire hazards. They checked
1,477 homes. .
Stops were made at 3,465
homes. No one was home at
i,?u2 and occupants ct 286
dwellings declined the offer
of inspection.
A total of 130 insertions
were made yesterday with no
hazards noted in 75 houses
and 74 recommendations
made. Forty-one occupants
declined the inspection offer.
' From a distance and even
to the tourists at first hand
Austria is the pleasant land
of Mozart (who wrote its na
tional anthem) or the waltz
king Johann Strauss. But in
the harsh economic realities
of today, the heart of most
Austrians does not beat in
three-quarter time.
Cot of Living High
The cost of living has been
rising, bringing with it the
threat ot inflation and dis
aster for thousands ot low
paid government employees
or retired persons. And this
despite the fact that the
average family ot three peo
ple pays only $5 a month rent
tor three rooms in the gov
ernment subsidized housing
developments.
Medical, dental and hospi
tal care are also part cf a
national health scheme.
Austria is a laad of con
trasts. The family may have
television but no running
water; an automobile but
only enough income to run it
week ends: a modern kitchen
but no bathroom. There are
2 million radios and 400,000
television sets but there are
250.000 families whose water
taps are outside their apart
ments and only 14 per cent ot
homes have their own bath
rooms. Some 300.000 apartments
inhabited today were built
before 1900.
Thra Optra Houses
The average Austrian goes
to the movies once every 17
days, attends the theatre
twice a year, the opera once
a year and a classical music
concert once every four
years. Yet Vienna is the only
town in the world with three
full-time opera house s
which run at a state subsi
dized loss ot $6 million a
year.
The status symbol is the
private car. There are 500,000
registered In Austria at pres
ent, many of them bought at
the price of eating dark bread
and lard for supper in order
to meet the installments.
The Austrian is hungry
tor durable consumer goods
but he can hardly afford
them at today's prices. Only
41 per cent of homes have re
frigerators, 33 per cent wash
ing machines and the steam
iron is rare. Much of the
apartment is furnished from
money earned after hours or
in week end jobs.
The Austrian family is gen
erally small. The cost of rais
ing children and the shortage
of apsriments are the main
reasons. Many couples have
their first child years after
marriage. "We couldn't af
ford apartment, furnishings,
a car and a child all at
once," runs the usual expla
nation. Schooling Is Free
Schooling in Austria is
virtually free. A child at
tends the Volksschule for
four years, then either a
Hauptschule for another four
years or a "Gymnasium" (a
combination high school and
junior college) for eight.
Austrian universities turn
out graduates with the title
ot "doctor" at such a rate
that waiters in the tradition-
bound coffee houses can safe
ly address as "herr doktor
any male customer they
know is not "herr baron."
Austria is composed of
nine provinces. The country
borders West Germany, Lie
chenstcin, Italy and Yugo
slavia and along the Iron
Curtain its neighbors are
Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
The boom industry of the
moment is tourism. Last year
foreign tourists accounted
for 19 per cent of Austria's to
tal income and covered 97
per cent of its chronic trade
deficit.
Produces Own Food
Austria produces SO per
cent of its own food but the
greatest problem is to keep
the farmers down on the
farm. There is a steady drift
of small farmers to the cities
although the government sub
sidizes milk, bread grains and
other products to help farm
income. There are a million
persons engaged In agricul
ture, 3 million in industry
and 100,000 involved in the
tourist and transportation industries.
Austria has been governed
by a coalition since 1945. The
government is almost equally
made up of the Conservative
"Peoples Party" and the So.
cialists.
Although Austria is located
between "East" and "West"
there has not been a Commu
nist in Parliament since 1959.
Catholicism is the state re
ligion with 90 per cent of tha
population claiming this
faith. Most of the remaining
10 per cent are Lutheran. De
spite the overwhelming Ca
tholicism, the divorce rate is
high 16.6 per cent.
Traffic on Area
Highways Shows
Drop During April
While traffic volume on
major Oregon highways in
creased during April, 1963,
compared to April, 1962, high
ways in Jackson county did
not reflect this trend, accord
ing to the monthly report
compiled by the Oregon state
highway department.
Traffic on Highway 66,
seven miles east of Ashland,
dropped 3.6 per cent from the
previous year, but the first
four months this year shows
traffic in that area 15.5 per
cent above tha same period
last year.
Highway 99, two miles
south of Talent, had only a .9
per cent traffic increase last
month, and the first four
months in 1963 is above last
year by 6.5 per cent.
Weather Slows Traffic
The state's report noted
that below normal tempera
tures and heavy rains were
credited with lowering trafiic
counts on the highways, espe
cially over the week ends
along routes leading to recre
ational areas.
This could account for the
8.5 per cent drop in travel on
Highway 62, four miles south
of Shady Cove during April.
A drop of 6.6 per cent was
noted on Highway 238, one
mile west of Ruch.
Travel on Main st., east of
Geneva st. in Medford, drop
ped during April by 8.4 per
cent, for a four months decline
of 3.6 per cent over the prev
ious year.
In Josephine county traffic
on the county road in the
Jump Off Joe area, nine miles
north of Grants Pass, de
creased 6.3 per cent and in
creased 4.4 per cent on High
way 1-5 in Grave Creek, seven
miles north of Grants Pass.
New Health Center
Estimates Approved
The state board of health
Friday approved revised con
struction estimates of the
Jackson County Public Health
center and work will start at
the county fairgrounds after
June 17, according to Robert
J. Keeney, Medford architect.
Arrnrdins to law. construc
tion cannot start sooner than j
June 17, the date of the pub
lic hearing on the county
budget. "Several items which
do not affect the design, utili
ty or wearability of the build
ing were eliminated and
changes made," Keeney ex-
nlainpd.
The Portland office of the
slate board of health and the
county court approved the de
sign changes reducing the esti
mated construction cost. Wed
nesday afternoon, following
the bid opening, it was deter
mined construction costs plus
some equipment and inciden
tals would run the overall
health center cost up to an
estimated $3,800 over the
county's $190,000 budget al
location. A representative of Mur
phy Construction company,
Roseburg, which submitted
the low base bid of $187,816,
met with the architect Thurs
day morning to discuss de
sign changes to reduce the
, building cost.
Keeney said Saturday he is
preparing the contracts and
' will send them to the state
board of health in Portland
and then will be referred to
the U. S. Health department's
regional office in San Fran
cisco. The Roseburg firm was the
lowest of five bidders.
INK SALES SLIP
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eter ot the nation's economic
health, last year was a pros
perous one. Shcaffcr Pen
company reports 1962 ship
ments of red ink were 1 1 per
cent below the previous year's
total.
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