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Newspaper Page Text12 B FRIDAY. JUNE 21, 1363 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON ! , i TheyTl Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo The formidable poupsome 6ets up at 6 a.m. in order to avoi0 the crowds-- nobodvw cm take J TO T OUR OWM Ml EttJ V so who chases twem alu cve? the course? the creenskeeper who's everywhere they go That's a Joke, Son West Traces History of Snowshoe Sale Snafu by Army Back in 1958 mi By DICK WEST Uniiid Press International Washington - (1)PU - This old cattleman had an uncanny knack of estimating the size of a herd, and when gome' one asked him how he did it, he said: "There's nothing to it. I Just count the legs and divide by four." wcit T h a t 'i a joke, son, but I'm thinking that the Army might have done well to have used a sim ilar system a few years ago when it was ordering snow shoes for the troops. Somehow or other, It wound up with 4,090 more anowshocs than it needed, a siluutlon that might have been avoided by counting the heads and multiplying by two. i At any rate, on a spring day in 1D38 the Quartermast er depot at Jcffcrsonvlllc, lnd., advertised the 2,043 pairs ot surplus snowshocs for sale, Bnowthoes In May The documents 1 have avail able do not make clear ul why the Army decided that the month of May was a prop itious time for selling snow shocs. There is no gain saying, however, that few things art more surplus than snowshocs in May. Anyone who has ever apent lime In the Army can visualize for himself how the sale came about. In the men tal picture I get, a supply sergeant discovers the extra snowshocs under a pile of mosquito netting. Anyone who has spent lime in the Army also can readily understand how the sale of the snowshocs could wind up in a big snafu. What happened was that Outlet Stores, Inc., of Denver, Colo., put in a bid to buy the snowshocs at $8.11 per pair. lis oner was the highest sub- milled for 1,443 pairs. But when the bids were opened, the Army sold 1,345 pairs to the Outlet Stores Co. of St. Paul, Minn., for $3.68 per pair. Administrative Error When Outlet of Colorado Inquires as to why the Army had accepted the smaller bid of Outlet of Minnesota, it was found that an "administra tive error" had been made. The Army attempted to re trieve the snowshocs, but by that time most of them hud already been resold to some one else. Leonard Joseph, president of the company, said he had made arrangements to sell the snowshocs he bid on for $14.79 a pair. He claimed the Army had done him out of $12,644.41. But when Ihe matter was bucked to the U. S. comp troller general, It was ruled that the government was not responsible for Joseph's theo retical loss. Congress now has before it a bill to pay Joseph $1,000 for his lime and trouble as rewards the snowshoe snafu Regardless of how it comes out. I will credit him with commendable determination. Someone less resolute would simply have gone out and buried himself In a snow drift. Operation Termed Success on Twins Pittsburgh -fUPII-Rose Mary Tcmnshcnko and her twin sis ter Ruth Ann turned their backs on each other Thurs day, much to the delight of their parents. The girls were born Siamese twins 14 days ago, Joined at the chest and abdomen. 1 They were transferred from Allegheny Valley hospital at Taronlum, Pa., to Children's Hospital here, Wednesday, IB surgeons separated the girls In a four-hour operation and later the chief resident doctor said they should grow up to lead normal lives. Rose Mury and Ruth Ann are the daughters of John and Theresa Tcmoshcnko of Tarcntum RD3. The couple has three other children, two year old twin boys and a four-year-old girl. Rose Mury and Ruth Ann were delivered by Dr. A. M. Fclchko of New Kenslnglun, Pa., and weighed a total ot 11 pounds, 2 ounces at birth. Dr. Fclchko also delivered set of Siamese twins four years ago. Normal Lives Dr. William B. Klcseweltcr chief surgeon at Children's and a memher of the operiu Ing teams which separated the girls, said he had "every ex pectation that they will lead normal lives." V; Is it proper to call for Gordon's by name in English Pubs? It's not i matter of being proper. It'i unnecessary. For when most EnRlishmen ask for gin, they expect to get Cordon's. After all, its distinctive dryness and deli cate flavour have been part of English life for 194 years. Americans, however, have been enjoying Cordon's for a somewhat shorter span of time. So it Is wisc(and propcr)to spe cify Cordon's by name. Your first sip of a Cordon's martini will tell you why it's the big gest selling gin over here as well as in England and the rest of the world. 'One twin (Rose Mary) Is excellent and the other (Ruth Ann) is satisfactory," he said. Klesewcller said the girls would go through a critical period In the next three to five days but added: "If everything goes perfect ly, they could be home in a couple of weeks." Mrs. Tcmoshcnko told re porters she was 31 years old 'but I feel like 17." She was asked to describe the girls and said, "They're beautiful." Shared Liver Kicscwcttcr said the girls had interlocked rib cages and shared one liver. It was divided with each twin re ceiving an equal portion. He snld the girls were given com plete blood transfusions dur ing the operation, two pints each. They were token Into the operating room at 8 a. m. EDT and for the next two hours the doctors went through a "dry run." Actual surgery began at 10 a. m. and was completed shortly after noon. The American Medical As sociation said there had been 12 successful separations be tween 1030 and lfl.1t) of twins Joined similarly to Rose Mary and Ruth Ann. According to AMA records, the most com mon successful separation oc curs in this type of Junction. The AMA library said there are about 330 recorded cases of Siamese births. Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate, lac. int , CORDONS . DisflTitD i London Dry i. v V es.-.!...-.. . - I 4i Qt. WOOUCT or 0. I. . Unit! tw wmwi iiti! smut l,V DUiuiii mm ui a. Nov. (Han I an ta ea in lami a i yif.t . 1 . ' a i A) Tax Deduction Bill Introduced in Senate Washington - IlTD -Sen. George A. Smathcrs (DFla.) Wednesday introduced legis lation to allow federal tax reductions for political con tributions. One provision would per mit small contributors to sub tract up to $10 on an indi vidual return and $20 on a Joint return. A second pro vision would allow large contributors to deduct up to $300. A JOYOUS 'SIXTY-FIVE PLUS' One late evening in September 1958, Clarence B. Ran. dall. retired chairman of Inland Steel and then President Eisenhower's special assistant on foreign economic policy, was resting "supremely content with life" on a bench in Lisbon. Portugal, when without warning he felt the dis tress of nausea. He walked hurriedly to his hotel room, went to bed, and for three hours suffered a violent stomach upset. Despite the great pain, he diagnosed his illness as "an ordinary tourist's stomachache," did not call for an American Embassy physician. The next day he flew to Paris for a series of high-level conferences, then on to London to meet his wife, then back to Washington to at tend urgent meetings, fulfill speaking engagements, etc. It wasn't until two weeks later that he went for a physical exam during which he had a routine cardiogram. Instead fo catching a plane to Chicago, he was taken on a stretcher to Walter Reed hospital. That "stomach upset" in Lisbon had been a massive coronary thrombosis. "How could you, of all people, be so ignorant, dare to diagnose you own illness?" I asked the alert, trim, in- soirincly alive 72-year-old Randall when we met in New York City the other day. His keen, blue-gray eyes twinkled at me. "All my friends keep asking me that." he said, and he proceeded with a catalogue of his "sins." He had given up ihe periodic medical exams on which he had scrupulously insisted during his active business years. He had become 30 pounds overweight. Although his symptoms In Lisbon screamed of thrombosis, he had never learned the telltale signs of a coronary occlusion, had not asked his doctor or permitted his friends who had had heart attacks to tell him their experiences. Now Randall as corrected his sins, is eager to pass on to all who will listen what his coronary taught him and in his new book, "Sixty-Five Plus, The Joy and Challenge of the Years of Retirement" (Atlantic Little, Brown), he remarks "Only a man committed to folly will hereafter approach the senior years of his life with as little understanding of coro nary disease as I possessed." After a brilliant career as a businessman, Randall "retired" at 65 and promptly began an even more brilliant career as a public servant. He worked for President Eiscn hower on various assignments throughout Eisenhower's administration. When President Kennedy took over the White House, he took over Randall too, and Randall is con tinuing to make Important policy contributions to the country. In between he writes books and magazine articles, makes speeches, travels with his beloved, equally alert wife Emily, is a thoroughly delightful individual. For all businessmen facing retirement, Randall has advice. I think these four points are the most significant: (1) Start when you're between 40 and 50 to prepare for retirement at 65. If you wait until you arc at retirement age to cultivate other activities, to establish habits for serious reading and to plan "The mental void that will set in can be so dismal that not even alcohol will give it light." (2) Also when you are still young, develop civic inter ests which will absorb and sustain you later. Be a volun teer work not only because you should take on social re sponsibilities but also because this sort of work can be a most effective antidote to boredom in retirement. "The man who has never learned to have a significant part in the responsibilities of the community around him before he is 65, is doomed." (3) Enter lustily into discussing the Issues of the day. Businessmen who are Inarticulate and play It safe while they are working "cannot begin at 65 to establish lines of com munication with the public." (4) Face squarely the fact that your senior years will bring health problems, get competent help and learn to live with them. If you scoff thai Randall has unusual assets, I will retort that I know men of equal advantages who are wretchedly rotting away because they are idle and bored and that his advice can be applied at almost any level of income or in telligence. In his book, Randall mentions the "youthening of the eld erly." "We like that," he said as he jauntily waved farewell before taking off for Boston lo make another commencement speech, get his 16th honorary degree and gather material for his next book. California Legislature Nears End Sacramento - IUPD - Rushing a mandatory adjournment less than 48 hours away, tiie 10H3 legislature Thursday rushed scores of bills toward ihe desk of Gov. Edmund G. Rrown. Bui most of the big prob lems remained unsolved. Minority Republicans adopted a statement charging the legislature was adjourn ing in "an atmosphere of chaos" and said the Demo crats had adopted a session long policy of "never doing anything today that could be put off until tomorrow." In the frantic final hours before adjournment at mid night tonight the lawmakers must act on somp of the key bills proposed by the gov ernor. Topping the list was the state's $3.2 billion budget for Ihe year beginning July l. tied up in a Senate-Assembly six-man conference commit tee. As it cleared the Senate June 12. the budget totaled ... ami lAUtUt . AMI II w yiuw J: CANCM RYI I4J5H J 9 70 uo I0 33 44 vweo ai 7 1 JM' STAR GAZEK!? By LLAY R. POI.LAN According to th 5'Ort. To develop mvsap lor Frlilov, trod words cot respcm)iig hj nuniti ot our Jodioc btrth iign. 1 P-cfu .tlFtHM t(V.j 2 ;'3-0aK t; lty( i .U IW t 4 SK-o KK)ul tM On 7 v-tt .W Sae4 a' .H Tej ,W Viwtl ty f itMv )0.eo 40fX 7CITu"."4 I I Kft 4 ! Nm 7 1 I '( 1. v m ?. .wtvrt 1.1 trve. lr 7.1 V JV IjHxt 44 PMrtfa 74 CVMttunot IS A. ," tmvi To 1 -on 4 1 7f ITf.v 4-tVM, 7Mhr loo t-j ? t.. 10 4 711 II I !", H(f ft ::s :.,..,. 74 vmi 4H M Na etta-y ; A V An f .''ft V AarVa I'W M Aaj) MSr ,Of M JO VoJ n Carur4wa 0 V,e' v XT. 6 7? -38 a XT. it f M3M35A. t .u Hi T. U w( u lAtirTAatui etc! J'HeaOiV bOAjfc!-' CAF4KOI 1 1? 73 14 LA. 4 rss.' . jjE 30-31 43- ' l4V.sgM 4.!T?-3ar 1 io a; t governor. The Senate total was $41,01)0,000 less than the Assembly-approved program. $;i.207,019.O0O compared with a money bill of $;), 249.401. 000 originally submitted by the Next in the JUNE 23RD Weekend Issue "Unknown'' Rcautics: Miss Somebody mm West Virginia is Twins! International Intrigue: The riot to Kill De Gaulle Justice Vindicated: They Called Me a Hero Then a Heel flut Interesting Fiolurts in WeeJcly with your copy of the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE r Dennis the Menace Hope Visits Rose City to Plug Book Portland - HTD - Comedian Bob Hope paid to visit to Port land Wednesday to plug his new book, "I Owe Russia $1,200." An estimated 4,000 persons were on hand at two stores. He said he would return here late in August to take part in a benefit golf game for the Oregon Association for Re tarded Children. Air Force Squadron Leaves for Boise Portland - OI - Oregon's oum iroop carrier squad-1 ron of the Air Force Reserve took off Wednesday for Boisa to participate in simulated combat maneuvers over Idaho. The flight of 11 CI 19 Fly ing Boxcars was led by Squad ron Commander Lt. Col. Leon ard Ranton and by Col. Ver non Acker, commander of the) 939th Troop Carrier Group. MV 003 64iT ALLTHS OTHER "HE AWSTA hW A HMD STW. COSSJDENNr3! Plans Told for New State Fair Building Salem - d'PD - Preliminary- plans for a new home science and art building for the Ore gon Slate Fair will be sub mitted to the Fair Commission Friday at its meeting here. Howard Maple, State Fair manager, said the 16,000 square foot building is expect ed to cost about $100,000. It is hoped to have the new structure completed in time for the 1965 fair, Maple said. FIREPLACE MATERIALS Chimney Blocks Split Face Blocks Assorted Col on Stat Steel Circulat ing Units and Dampen Stone Flue Linen Brick Roman Tile. Building Blocks, Pre-Casr & Pre-streued Concrete Shapes. mm BUILDERS SUPPLY 727 West McAndrews Phone 773-4575 Load up, Chevy II Nova 400 6-Passengei Station Wagon v. Jtf r. light out and get lost... Chevy II Wagons The heft of a suitcase. The rustle of a road map. There's something about one of these spruce, surprisingly spacious wagons that can turn even the routine prepara tions into a happy part of your trip. Take that old bugaboo of packing, for instance. No bother. With the kind of room you get in that easy-ioariinc cargo compartment, you ran just about to.s things in any old which way and come out with space to spare. The load won't dampen the spirits of the spunky ti-cylindcr engine either. It just hums along passing up gas pumps (there's also a choice of an even thriftier 4 in most 47 CHEVROLETfiA AT YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER'S models like it didn't ha"e a care in the world. Fact is, it has far fewer cares than most engines being built with the special knack Chevrolet engineers have for dependability and case of maintenance. Like a car with ginger without a lot of needless gingerbread? Your dealer's got a full line of Chevy II's to pick from. Why not drop down and check now while both the trading and the traveling are especially good? And maybe it'd be a good idea to leave a note for the milkman on the way out, just in ease you happen to get lost some place before you get back. 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