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10 B SUNDAY, JUNE i. 1983 MEjDrORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORECON They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo ' WoitWE WANtT? iSSn t'vfhXT VOU SEE ) rf cfSfki, V NOT THE 17 THE TED ( Soq A TAO BOUTES . P'EfV&P VUl&MTS.' J I Am TILDE ls BED ' V EACU Sf rr..rrJuST I - " 7 time, 0 TONIGHT SSSfSW V STARTED y 8-9-IO- (3OSECON0S THE FAMILY fJTf V YOU'RE. lA OF THE GOES OUT ANO HU ffl 1 V WT-VL vR, r A to enjoy Lwrjow3sa TL&jv of BOXIN6- fS Mr fr Discrimination Problem in Japan Discussed by Lorish (Editor's notei This U an- other in series of dis patches from Frad LorUh, ton of Dr. and Mr. Fred C. LorUh, 130 Minnesota ae., Medford. Young LorUh ii attanding Kaio university in Tokyo on an axchanga scholarship. Ha is studying tha Japanasa language, phil osophy and raligion.) Ike toe a met Tut unto mr to PAT PlASECKI. at! uf i (UK PENNA. Senior Veterans At Domiciliary Honored at Event White City-One of the last events of Senior Citizens Month was a party given by the Red Cross Community Korvlra flnh In ihm theater of the Veterans Administration Domiciliary, White vny, non oring senior veterans 78 years of age ana over. The program, arranged by Flora Price, combined the tal ents of four local senior ww rens groups, the Medford 80 Plus club, the Senior Citizen Atclvlty Center orchestra, the Security Benefit club and the Red Cross Community Serv ice club. As guests arrived, they were registered by Ida Evans, had name badgca pinned on them by Grace Sutton, and were ushered by Mary Fred ricks, refreshment chairman, to tablee-for-four at each of which a hostess presided. Add ing to the atmosphere of hos pitality was a large, main re freshment table set with sil ver tea and coffee service among arrangements of white peonies and lavender Iris. tHtamliiiH MuftlMana TMlv rtffiitt- a member of 4ii nvfVi4ra. aHjnI muter of ceremonies and from the stage decorated with vari-col-ored iris, Introduced fellow musicians: Frances Barrett, Edith Willock, Leona Robert son, Flora Price, Jrma wruie. Clarence Evans and William Pickcll. During the afternoon, prizes were awarded and cigarette favors given to each guest The five oldest veterans at tending, Clarence B. Carter, William H. Gilbert, John A. Cress, Fred W. Machgan and Claude C. Treagle, received small gifts. Of the, Cress, Machgan and Treagle, togeth er with William Hunter and John W. Moon who also at tended, are Veterans of the Spanish American war. Mrs. Rita M. Holmes, coor dinator, expressed the hope -that such events would be come a regular feature of Sen ior Citizens Month at the Domiciliary. Contract Signed to Remove Gravel The Jackson county court Friday signed a five-year con' tract with the Oregon State Game commission for reroov. al of gravel on game commis sion property along the Rogue river east of Modoc orchards. The state game commission contract stated the gravel re moval will be of benefit to the fishery. However, the coa tract may be terminated any time when the commis sion decides the gravel re moval is harmful to the fish' ery. The county is to pay the equivalent of 10 cents per cubic yard in the form of icrv ices. County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen estimated the county has removed about $10,000 worth of gravel from the area In recent years. Two Patients Are Flown to Hospitals Two persons have been flown recently by Mercy Flights Inc. to Portland hospi tals for medical treatment. Mrs. Vera Daugherty, Rogue Valley Manor, was flown Thursday to the Good Samaritan hospital, and Don ald Parrett, Gold Beach, was flown from his home to the Veterans Administration hos pital. To date, 1,587 patients have been flown by the non-profit air ambulance service since It was started. mm ma?b Ltgrf. at Vfrie-HJI I CMOS I wczri S9LVSI STAR GAZi:i0 -Br ClAY I. POLLAN- H torn Ddlf Adir Gwk M ' According to Mn iron. ' To develop messooa for Soturdoy, "ad (rands eonrnponding to nurtwr or your taaac Birm sign. MCt Ml m At 34 serf & I Mm 2 0m 2Good 4Thw Kp 7 And SUp VSrrfc lOAdmnw. 12 And 13 UOm IS WIS lTnMt 17 And ISNikI !?Th 21 You'w 72 M, 23 Country 4 i 2SSt 26Appl. 3S Nm 29 You SOSurprittng SI To IN 37 Pirhct ? EllacM 33 For A3 Y 34 AmH 64 Ooy 35 UH (. 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Measles Tops List Of County Diseases Measles led the list of dis eases in Jackson county last week, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, director of the Jackson coun ty health department, report ed. There were 41 cases locat ed in Medford, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Central Point and Rogue River. Medford had IS and Rogue River 1. Mumps was second high in number of communicable dis eases for the week, with total of 19 cases. They were reported from Central Point, Jacksonville, Medford and Gold Hill. There were 12 cases of In fluenza In the county, 10 of them In Medford, and 2 in Cold Hill. Pneumonia cases numbered 7, and German measles 0; all in Medford, Central Point and Gold Hill. There was one case of chicken pox in Central Point and one case of Infectious hep atitis in Medford. The screaming headlines that no doubt were used in the States were non-existant here. The same held true of the Japanese language papers and FIVE MILE FOLLY New York - (UPD - The deep est oil well ever drilled in the United States exceeded 25,000 feet, nearly five miles, at an estimated cost of $3 million but never produced a drop of oil, according to the American Petroleum Institute. Jury's Verdict Favors Defendant A circuit court jury return ed a verdict favoring the de fendant, Ashland Fireman Richard G. Cash, this week in a trial arising from a colli sion between an Ashland fire truck and a car. Mrs. EInora B. Strong, 641 Ray lane, Ashland, was seek ing $28,000 general and $2, 551.10 special damages, plus costs as a result of a traffic accident at the intersection of C st. and North Pioneer st. on Dec. 4, 1951. She alleged in her complaint she was seriously injured while a pas senger in a car driven by her husband, Curtis Strong. Attorneys for the fireman contended that Cash was driv ing an emergency vehicle and the car should have stopped or gotten out of the way. The attorneys admitted the fire truck went through a red light. Chief witnesses testifying for Cash were L. P. Swink, assistant fire chief; Police Of ficer E. G. Childreth, men riding on the fire engine, and Mrs. Barbara Richardson and Mrs. Barbara Torrey, both residents of the immediate area who said they heard the fire siren. Mrs. Srong con tended she had not heard it. Cash testified in his own behalf. Chief witnesses testifying for Mrs. Strong were her hus band; R. E. Biddle, Grants Pass, who was following the truck in his car; and Jack R. Hall, who was driving an oil truck at the intersection. Earlier, Circuit Judge James Main had sustained demurrers for Swink and the city of Ash land who were party to the suit originally. Judge Main ruled only the driver was di rectly involved. magazines. Invariably, news of the GATT (General Agree ment on Trade and Tariffs, I think) conference, the NATO ministers conference, the Af rican Summit meeting, the ar rival of the King and Queen of Tailand in Japan, were given top priority. Frail Rationalisation It then occurred to me that perhaps the papers did not want to offend their American readers, who account for most of the paper's circulation. But this seemed a rather frail rationalization, particularly with the words found on the masthead of one of the dailies, "All the news without fear or favor." But I finally found the an swer, I think. I was working with a group of Japanese re cently at the United Nations Institute of Japan, trying to aid their nearly faultless Eng lish. Our discussion eventually led to the Negro problem in the States. I expressed my view to them, telling them of what little I knew of the southern problem, and mentioned that the problem was not confined to the south, but the northern states and, as far as that goes, Medford. Throughout the discussion I noticed that their expres sions were not of shock-they seemed to show no ill feeling toward Americans for their actions-but rather were of, what appeared to be. pity. Then they explained to me a little known problem of Ja pan; a problem of great sig nificance to the Japanese, but little known elsewhere. It was racial discrimination, too, but of a slightly different nature. Mora Than Superficial Whereas the Negroes and whites are considered to be of a different racial stock, the problem in Japan is not one of different stock or different color. In fact, if you were to line a group of Japanese up and place outcasts among this group, by mere looking, it would be difficult to distin guish them apart. And so, the problem is more than a mere superficial problem-color - as it is in the States, it is a prob lem that can be traced throughout all of Japan's cul tural tradition. The Japanese race, accord ing to mythology, was formed by the gods and every Japa nese is a descendant of the first Emperor. As a result, the Japanese .consider themselves to be a divine and royal race, and because of this consider themselves a superior race. (Thii attitude was nearly completely removed after Ja pan's defeat in the War, but many of the older citizens still hold this feeling.) When the first immigrants came from foreign lands (mainly Korea) they were rel egated jobs considered "low ly' or "dirty," particularly grave digging, tanning, and butchering. Later, social out casts, criminals, and those un able to pay taxes were added to this group of outcasts known as the "ETA." Not Allowed in Cities This group was not allowed to live within the cities nor could they talk with the Jap anese. Their "villages" had no sanitary facilities, roads, stores; the Japanese tried to ignore them, in fact attempted to pretend that they did not exist With the Meiji Restoration in the 1870's, the ETA were given a new social status com parable with the warriors and farmers - the "Heimin." But this was only on paper, and though the outcasts were not called ETA any longer, they acquired a new name, the Shinheimin" (new o r d 1 n- ary class), and the discrimina tion continued. Even at present the racial problem exists. A few weeks ago, a group of Korean high school students were attacked by a gang in one of Tokyo's busiest railroad stations dur ing the rush hour. No one tried to stop the fight, and as a result one of the Koreans was seriously injured. And so, it seems to me that tne Japanese see no need in harping on and sensationaliz ing the American racial prob-lem-they have an unsolved one of their own. Sunday, June 16 217 E. Mjin St. Medford Applicants Invited For Irrigation Post Grants Pass - Applications for the post of manager of the Grants Pass Irrigation district are now being accepted at the district office in the Jose phine county courthouse an nex here. Applicants with engineer ing and administrative experi ence are preferred, members of the district board said. The district has been with out a manager since the resig nation of Neal F. Shaffer last Tuesday. 7ie Perfect Gift for father Here's a terrific value! 7-power 37 50 Imported binoculars pu ,ax with coated lenses These binoculars are reg ularly a $54.50 value! Feather-weight alumi num body only 21 ounces coated achromatic lenses. Pressure-tested, moisture-proof and rust-proof sealing. Field of view 367 feet at 1000 yards. Complete with hard leath er velvet-lined carrying case and straps. Also a complete stock of Bausch & Lomb, Carl Zeiss and other famous makes . . . Opera Glasses, Telescopes, Barometers and Thermometers. Wa giva iM." 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