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WEDNESDAY. JULY 17. 1963
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Many White Collar
Workers Use Drugs,
Statistics Reveal
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
New York - H'PP - A check
of 3,042 white collar workers
from executives 'down to
clerks revealed that one quar
ter of them had used drugs
either to slow down or speed
up their minds.
To specialists that is both
a high proportion of an en
tirely normal group of peo
ple and an indication of less
than ideal emotional health.
However, the drugs had been
prescribed by physicians in
every case.
How representative these
3,042 are of all American
white collars no one can tell
for sure. They work for one
of America's largest and most
respected industrial corpora
tion which selects employees
with care, looking for the
best.
Drs. Sanford G. Rogg and
Sidney Pell gathered their
statistics by giving each man
and woman a questionnaire
when he or she reported to
the medical department for
an annual check-up. The ques
tionnaires were filled in later
and anonymously.
They asked if any "psycho
tropic" drugs had been taken
during the past year. These
were broken clown inlo tran-
quilizing drugs, sleep-inducing
drugs and the psychl-cner.
Sizing drugs which are better
known as pep pills.
Rogg and Pell refused to
discuss the "validity" of the
prescriptions by which the
men and women obtained
their drugs. Some were tak
ing more than one kind, and
used the drugs for just plain
nervousness. But three times
more men than women used
drugs for hypertension and
this the scientists attributed
to the freedom the female has
to "express her emotions di
rectly." The male must often
suppress his.
"Incidence of the use of the
drugs increased with increas
ing age and was higher among
women than men at all ages,"
they said. "It was striking to
note that no male under 25
used psychotropic drugs while
21.3 per cent of the females
in this young-age group used
them."
The drug-tukcrs were asked
if their medicine helped and
high percentages replied, yes.
The biggest vole went to the
tranquilizers but the affirma
tive totals for the sleeping
pills and the pep pills were
not far behind.
Indeed, the three totals
were so close that they "sug
gested placebo effects," the sci
entists said. Such an effect is
to feel better because you're
taking something rather than
because of what that some
thing does to you.
All were employed by E.
I. Du Pont de Nemours and
Company In a city setting
will) many hospitals and
"medical sophistication." As
a check, Rogg and Pell gave
the same questionnaire to
3,104 male blue collar work
ers of a manufacturing plant
in a semi-rural setting.
The percentage who used
psychotropic drugs was 16.4
rather than one quarter. Rogg
and Pell said they did not
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half of the Inkers had taken have enough information to
them for one month or know if this lower rate was
longer.
"About 60 per cent of those
taking medication did so for
frank emotional conditions
such as nervousness, unex
plained tensions and insom
nia," Rogg and Pell reported
to the technical Journal, "In
dustrial Medicine and Surgery."
Women more than
"due to their greater physical
activity, resulting in decreas
ed nervous tensions."
EXPECTS INDEPENDENCE
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hammed Shamtc, prime minis
ter of Zanzibar, said Tuesday
he expects this British pro
tectorate to become indepen
men I dent on Oct. 7.
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To Constituents in Area
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Congressman Robert B.
Duncan, D-Ore., this week
mailed his first newsletter to
Fourth District constituents.
In the newsletter, Duncan
writes of some of the prob
lems he has dealt with during
his first six months as Repre
sentative from Southwest Ore
gon. He also tells of his recent
trip to Oregon with members
of the Senate Subcommittee
on Public Lands to inspect ;
the site of the proposed Ore-!
gon Dunes National Seashore
park.
The newsletter was sent out ;
lo a mailing list of about 5,000
- and there was some addi
tional distribution.
"I realize that many ot my
constituents will riot person
ally receive this first news
letter," Duncan said, "hut 11
takes lime to put together a
complete mailing list from
'scratch.' Many who have al
ready asked to be included
on the list will not receive a
copy because their names are
currently being processed. I
expect to have a much larger
list by the time the next news
letter appears," he said.
In order to make the news
letter more widely available,
Duncan is sending additional
copies of this Issue to his dis
trict office at Room 312, 720
East 13th ave., Eugene, and
to the chairmen of the Demo
cratic and Republican Cen
tral committees in the various
counlies.
He suggested that anyone
who would like a copy con
tact the district office, their
county political chairman, or
write directly lo Congressman
Duncan, 125 Cannon Building,
Washington 25, D. C.
ment problem, which has its
counterpart in every other sec
tion of the country, is being
accentuated by the growing
number of teen-agers who are
entering the local labor force.
They are only a fraction of
the swarm of youngsters who
were born during the prolific
period following World War
II and who are now in their
'teens or approaching 'teen
age. The others will be arriv
ing with a rush between now
and 1970.
With them they are bring
ing an employment problem
of the first magnitude.
How big it is. is brought out
in data assembled by the De
partment of Labor and the De
partment of Commerce.
Young People in County
By the end of 1965, it
shows, the number of young
people in Jackson county be
tween the ages of 14 and 19
will amount to 7,313.
Some of them will go to col
lege, some will go to work
after completing high school
and others will drop out be
fore graduating.
Judging from the normal
pattern locally, 1,125 of them,
or 15.4 per cent, will be out
of school and in the labor
force by 1965.
In other parts of the United
States, an average of 23.5 per
cent enter the labor force in
their 'teens. The average in
the Pacific states is 23.8 per
cent and, in the State of Ore
gon, 18.2 per cent.
The large number of young
persons who leave school pre
maturely is aggravating the
unemployment situation, ac
cording to Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz.
Unless they manage lo
equip themselves with needed
skills, he warned, their
chances of getting jobs are not
Between 1965 and 1970, the
figures show, the number of
teen-agers entering the labor
market will be even greater
than at present.
Of the 7,638 in Jackson
county who will be in the 14
to 19 age group by 1970, some
1,177 will leave school to seek
work. This assumes that they
continue to drop out at the
current rate.
Throughout the nation, the
number of teen-agers in the
labor force is increasing rap
idly. It was 6 2 million in
1960, will be 7.7 million in
1965 and will reach 8.4 mil
lion by 1970, the Labor De
partment states.
Two Arraigned in
Josephine Court
Grants Pass-flJPH - Gerald
Oden, 25, Wolf Creek, and
Norman Thomas, 22, Grants
Pass, were arrigned in Cir
cuit Court here Tuesday on
charges of first degree mur
der. Arraignment was contin
ued until July 26 to give them
additional time to enter their
pleas.
Odcn and Thomas are ac
cused in the slaying of Lloyd
Harper, 48, Grants Pass. They
were indicted on the charges
by the Josephine county
grand jury Monday night.
Harper was found dying
in a ditch along Interstate
Highway 5 two miles east of
Grants Pass Friday night. An
autopsy showed he died of a
broken neck.
Odcn and Thomas were ar
rested by state police near
Roseburg Saturday. A 16-year-old
girl from Walla Walla,
Wash., was taken into pro
tective custody and turned
over to juvenile authorities. I
14 Americans Hurt
In South Viet Nam
Saigon, South Viet Nam-ilTD
- Fourteen American soldiers
were wounded Tuesday night,
three of them seriously, in an
attack by Communist guerril
las, it was reported today.
The Americans, members of
a U.S. special forces unit,
were not identified pending
notification of their relatives.
Two South Vietnamese sol
diers also were wounded.
The Communists struck
just before midnight near Can
Thao airfield south of Saigon,
firing 16 to 20 rounds from a
mortar into a camp where the
U.S. and Vietnamese troops
were staying.
Youths Indicted
On Assault Charges
Fortland-tUPD-Five Gresham
area youths were indicted by
the Multnomah county grand
jury Tuesday on charges of
assault with intent to rob.
The boys were taken into
custody after the death of
Benzo Oye, a 78-year-old Jap
anese national, at Gresham
June 22.
The youths are Arthur
Clunie and Charles Hancock,
both 16, and Gary Luther,
Paul Schoenborn and Law
rence Tibbett, all 17.
Dist. Atty. George Van
Hoomissen said a murder
charge was not considered be
cause there was no evidence
that Oye died as a result of
the assault. An autopsy show
ed he suffered a heart at
tack. He was found dead sev
eral days after the assault al
legedly occurred.
CRACKDOWN STARTS
Salem-CTD-A crackdown on
borderline truckers who pose
as farmers to avoid fees that
regular motor carriers must
pay has been started by Pub
lic Utility Commissioner
Jonel C. Hill.
Portlander Found
Guilty of Murder
Portland-UPD-Henry Gill,
36, Portland, was found guil
ty of second degree murder
by a Circuit Court jury Tues
day. Gill, a construction worker,
was accused of the fatal stab
bing of Hubert Hayes, 41,
Portland, here April 19.
Sentencing was scheduled
for Monday.
The jury returned a unan
imous verdict after deliber
ating for 2 1-2 hours.
Trip To Coast Is
Planned by College
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college will sponsor a week
end trip to the Oregon Coast
Saturday, July 20, Miss Bev
erley Bennett, summer ses
sion recreational director, has
announced.
Townspeople are invited
and may make reservations at
the Southern Oregon college
student affairs office.
Tour members will leave
Britt Student center in pri
vate cars at 4 a.m. and a $2
fee will be charged per per
son. Dr. Marvin Coffey, assist
ant professor of science, will
serve as guide and naturalist.
JUST ONE ATTENDANT
Hemel Hempstead, England
IIIPU-Alderman Maud Hannam j
Clark said today it was high I
time this English town adopt- j
ed the continental custom of
having one attendant for both
the men's and women's public
rest rooms. Mrs. Clark said
she would ask the city council
to hire a man to keep a watch
on both sides.
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