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Springfield Teacher Enthusiastic Over Cultural Exchange MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1963 Franklin By YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune Washington Bureau Washington-Zane Phoenix, whose name suggests that he might have risen from the ashes o a Hol lywood west ern is a young teacher of Russian from S p r i ngfield, Ore. High School who has just com leted six months with change exhibit of technical books in the USSR. Phoenix, 30, explained be fore catching a plane for Eu gene and a reunion with wife Iva and his three sons, Ste phen, 12, Rocky 8, and Monte, 6, that he was one of 18 ex hibit guides sent by the Unit ed States Information Agency to Russia as interpreters. Phoenix said that because of his experience in his fa ther's contracting business he was assigned to the transpor tation and construction sec tion The 7000-book exhibit was shown in Moscow, Lenin grad and Kiev, and lasted a month in each city. The books, al printed in English, cover ed engineering, medicine, theoretical and applied sci ence, arts and crafts, music, agriculture and business ad ministration. He was constanly amazed at the number of Russians who could speak English. He said that although the exhibit naturally drew those who could read English, neverthe less the total was startling. He told of an automobile mechanic in Moscow who spoke stumbling English, yet was easily able to read the English texts about automatic transmission and the like. He said the Russians seemed to take it for granted that a spe ialist should be able to. read technical books in English. His duties were to help the visitors find the books that were of interest to them and answer their questions. Some came back repeatedly- and copied or photographed the texts which could not be tak en out. Phoenix said that the Rus sians asked him questions ?bout American education, the standard of living and sometimes about the? racial troubles. He said that on the whole they were extremely friendly and curious and only occasionally were the ques tions rude. He regularly read the Rus sian newspapers, which he said were well supplied with pictures and text of southern policemen and their dogs at tacking Negro women and children, but the tenor of the Russian questions were mere ly curious "is this so" and not hostile. Phoenix said he had a total of 70 students last year in his five Russian classes in Springfield. He expects to re turn to teaching and wistfully hoped that more students would be interested. He ma jored in history at the Uni versity of Oregon, with two years of Russian, and took his masters at Indiana university, under the National Defense Education Act program for high school teachers. His wife taught in a Belle vue, Idaho, elementary school during the six months he was away and is at present attend ing the University of Oregon summer school. He was en thusiastic about the worth of the cultural exchange pro gram. "I feel it is very worth while, because the more op portunity that the Soviet peo ple and Americans have to come in contact with each other, the better chance of improving relations," he said. Under an agreement signed with the USSR in 1959 we exchange visits of artists in the peorfoming arts, and ex perts in technical fields as well. In some cases experts study in their various fields in either country. The Bolshoi Ballet came to America, as did the Ukranian dancers to Port land, under this program, and Benny Goodman was one of the many artists sent to Russia. Petition Filed In Court by Ann Todd A petition for writ of man damus has been filed in Jack son county circuit court by Ann Todd, Eagle Point, against the board of directors and secretary - manager of the Eagle Point Irrigation district, seeking certain irrigation dis trict records for use in her preparation of legal proceedings. Defendants in the petition are Phillip Nevin, Elbert M. Bigham and Stanley Straus, directors, and Lawrence R Silveira, manager. The Medical Roundup (V. J - r: Emtrrnu Consultant In Medicine mayo -iuue Emeritus Profenor of Medicine Mayo CUnle (Beclsur and Tribune Syndicate. lt3 Northwest1 Natural Gas Ridgefield, Wash. - fUPD -Northwest Natural Gas Co. was granted a franchise by the Ridgefield City Council Thursday night to distribute A 3 Receives Franchise natural gas in the community. The company will construe! . a line about S'i miles long to bring natural gas to tha community. BOND PRESENTED Pat Redmond of the Mail Tribune classified advertising depart ment is shown above presenting a savings bond to Dick Brecden, who wrote the prize winning letter in a contest sponsored by the paper. Local Youth Wins Contest Dick Breeden, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Breed en, 2640 Table Rock rd.. Med- ford, believes that advertis ing in the Medford Mail Tri bune really pays. And he has a $25 bond as reward for that belief. Breeden wrote the prize winning letter in the newspap er contest and was presented the bond by Pat Redmond of the Mail Tribune advertising department. More important, of course, is the steady job he got from his ad in the newspaper, he noted, and the jobs he was able to give his brother and a neighbor. His letter to the classified advertising department reads: "The result of my ad in the Medford Mail Tribune was astonishing. I have had more than 15 phone calls for work. The best result was a steady job with Burens Carpet Ser vice. Other job offers included mowing and weeding, window cleaning, hospital sitting, re moving junk, digging, paint ing (two different calls), hay- ing, and concrete work. There were more jobs than I could handle so I was able to give my brother two jobs and my neighbor two jobs also. Bodies Found in Willamette River , Portland-IUPI-The bodies of a woman and her seven-year-old daughter were found in the Willamette river near the Richfield Oil Co. Docks here Thursday. Multnomah county coron er's office identified them as Mrs. Pauline J. Cockerham and her daughter, Janet Eileen. Passengers on a pleasure craft spotted the woman about 8:15 a. m. and the girl was found about 2:30 p. m. by lumber scalers working on a log raft. The two had left their home about 4:45 a. m. ac cording to the woman's hus band, Albert Cockerman. He told them his wife had been distraught because of family difficulties. "I thank you for the oppor tunity to put my ad in the pap er. It will make this summer very rewarding. I have learn ed how valuable advertising really is." Breeden, who attends Med ford schools, is saving his money to continue his educa tion at the University of Oregon. Smokey Sayi Use your Ash Tray I t Inflammation Of The Thyroid Gland Because a few people keep asking me what Hashimoto's disease is, I will mention here a paper ny Drs. K. L. Becker. R. H. Ferguson and W. M. McCon- hey. They studied rec ords of 5 0 6 patients wjth Hash imoto's chronic t h y roiditis (infla mmation of the thyroid gland in the front of the neck) seen in recent years at the Mayo Clinic. What is particularly Interesting is that in almost a quarter of the persons in the group, there were symptoms and findings that suggested the presence of a collagen dis ease of the whole body. Colla gen diseases are peculiar and puzzling ones in which it looks as if a small part of the body has been attacked and injured by other parts because the body has become allergic to the small part such as a joint in the hands, or part of an artery, or a bit of skin or muscle. Four per cent of the patients with the thyroiditis had defin ite or probable rheumatoid ar thritis, with its great pain, weakness and deformity of the joints in the hand. Perhaps 10 per cent had pains in a number of bones and muscles. These observations are likely to be available because they will help physicians to find a better treatment for the thyroiditis. Today, much research is being done in an effort to throw light on the chemistry of these puzzling and often very distressing diseases. As I have said here in this col umn, we know they are relat ed if only because in the case of one patient, rheumatoid arthritis can change into a generalized lupus eiylhemato- sis or vice-versa. I am afraid this discussion will be of little interest to the average reader, but it will be of tremendous interest to anyone who is suffering from a collagen disease. He keeps daily watching the horizon for a word of hope. recognize and treat them? Learn more about this sub ject in Dr. Alvarez' booklet, "Thyroid Troubles and Goi ters." To obtain your copy, send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Waller C. Alvarez, Dept. 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