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2 C THURSDAY, JULY 18. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Guidance Counselors To Continue Their Program in County Ashland - Oregon Program guidance counselors will con tinue their Jackson county counseling program for about four more weeks, according to Dr. Bill A. Sampson, di rector of the Oregon Program at Southern Oregon college. About 100 Jackson county high school graduates of 1962 have been selected to participate In this phase of the Oregon Program, Samp son pointed out. "We have Just contacted those graduates who did not return our first scheduling card," Dr. Sampson comment ed. "This will be our last general invitation to these people." According to the Oregon Program director, the counse lors who operate this particu lar part of the multiphase Oregon Program at Southern Oregon college will soon leave the county area. Must Return Card "Any selected 1982 gradu ates who wish to take advan tage of this unique counseling program will have to get their interview request cards back Oregon Program activities," Dr. Sampson noted, "but our attempts to interview these selected 1962 graduates in their own homes will stop about the middle of August." to us fast," Sampson indi cated. The 1962 local graduates were selected by the county high school officials, Samp son continued, but they have not formally continued their education although they have been out of high school for over a year. "The Oregon Program," Sampson said, "feels that able students who do not secure additional professional or vo cational training represent a lost national resource." According to figures com piled by the educational di vision at Southern Oregon high school students in the county who graduated in 1962," Dr. Sampson remark ed. "If perhaps one - half of any high school class can do passing college work, the 112 students who did not secure additional training represent an intellectual loss to Jackson county of about 25 per cent. In other words, our figures in dicate that about one - quarter of the able high school grad uates do not get the kind of educational training for which their talents and abili ties have fitted them. It is son said, "that the Oregon Program counselors are try ing to prevent." "Any individual in the area served by Southern Oregon college may contact us about coollege, there were 112 Jack son county youths from the 1962 graduating class who were eligible for Oregon Pro gram counseling. Ten of these graduates have already moved out of the county, and at least 14 more are married. No figures have yet been com piled about the numbers of selected graduates who are now members of the armed service, Dr. Sampson scU. Represent s of Students "The 102 who have actually been contacted represent about one . eigiith of the 938 Columbia Basin Money Approved Washington - IUPD - The Senate Public Works Com mittee Wednesday approved expenditure of $36 million for flood control in the Columbia river basin. The Columbia appropria tion was part of a bill which authorized $809.6 million for 11 river basin plans. The House authorized $193 million for the Columbia ba sin in a similar bill. The Senate bill also includ ed $50 million for the Burns creek dam and reservoir in Idaho and $30 million for the Knowles dam and reservoir in ' Montana. this loss of talent," Dr. Samp , ;"0- i: I .v --. A.jtrf-.4 Kr fcM jLj 1X1: 1 A m IT refill i? -.a.:,.-- I ill. iff 'St LI :-: r U Iff, iwtvSSife'kMJ 3 A HOUSE DIVIDED ... When Joe Conrad refused to sell his house in Charlotte, N.C., to the city for a right-of-way, the city went ahead and took what it needed to extend a thoroughfare in front of Conrad's home. With the law on its side, the clly sawed Conrad's house in half, offering him about $28,000 for the half it claimed. Conrad promises to take the matter to court. (UPI) Brooklyn Is Least Visited of New York's Boroughs By MURRAY J. BROWN Brooklyn, N.Y.-fllPD-AImost everybody certainly In the United States at least has heard about Brooklyn. But apparently hardly anyone wants to visit the most famed of New York City's five borroughs. At least 14 million tourists flock to New York each year from all parts of the world by plane, ship, train, bus and automobile. They go sight seeing in Times Square, Broadway, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the United Nations and other points of interest on Manhat tan Island. Brooklyin is linked to Man. hattan by three toll-free bridges Brooklyn, Manhat tan and Williamsburg the Brooklyn-Battery vehicular tunnel (passenger cars 25 cents) and six subway tun nels (fare 13 cents) under the East river. Yet surveys show that only one out of 10 tourists takes the time to cross over or under the river to Brooklyn. While Identified mainly with an allegedly characteris tic speech known as "frac tured" English, Brooklyn has more legitimate claims to fame that should Interest tourists. First of its Kind The Brooklyn bridge was the first suspension bridge constructed of steel in the United States. Opened In 1883, It was for years one of the country s outstanding sightseeing attractions. No one really knows how many times it was "sold" to awed visitors by smooth-talking swindlers. Dutch colonists founded the hamlet of Breuckelcn around 1643. It became known as Brooklyn after the English move in. By 1883, It was the third largest city in the United States. It be came a borough of New York City in 1898, when its popu lation already had topped one million. By 1060, there were more than 2.6 million Brooklynnltcs, or more than the entire population of Los Angeles the third largest city according to the latest census. The colonists who settled Brooklyn brought with them Iwo principles which events ally became part of the Am crlcan way of life free edu cation and religious liberty. The Fourth of July has a double significance In Brook lyn. The first free public school was established there July 4, 1661. It still is known as P S. 1 Walt Whitman composed his famous "Leaves of Grass while working as an editorial writer on the newspaper Brooklyn Eagle. The house in . which he lived has been pre served as a memorial to the famed American poet. The oldest museum of Its kind In the Americas is In Brooklyn. The Children's Mu seum Is packed with Jigsaw buzzlcs, stuffed birds, Insects and rocks. Erasmus Hall High school. established In 1786 as boy's academy, admitted girls 13 years later, the first co-educa tional secondary school In the country. The Brooklyn Museum has one of the most Important collections of Egyptology In the United States and Its print collection is recognized as the world's largest. The largest indoor swim ming pool in the states, with salt water from its own deep underground wells, Is in the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights. Brooklyn "lister" be the home of the Dodgers more familiarly known to its fans as "Dem Bums" who don't quite seem as colorful since they went Hollywood, or to Los Angeles to be more exact. It also Is credited for mak ing the frankfurter one of America's favorite delicacies the fame of the "Coney Is land Hot Dog" has spread from sea to sea. Coney Island (which Is not an island), internationally known playground of mil lions along the Atlantic ocean, offers miles of beaches, board walks and amusements. Brooklyn also is the site of New York's Aquarium (in Coney Island). It has its own Botanic gardens and Zoo (in Prospect park) too. For the active tourist type, there are fishing in Sheeps head bay, bridle paths in parks, golf, tennis and facili ties for other recreational ac tivities on land and sea. WCA Authority To Serve Tacoma Urged Washington - IUPD - A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner recommended Wednesday that West Coast Airlines be given permanent authority to serve Tacoma, Wash. Chief Examiner Francis W. Brown suid the city's new air port now under construction, plus an area population of more than 383,000 warrant direct air service. Tacoma residents now use tile Scattlc-Tacoma Interna tional Airport located more than 20 miles from the city. The CAB originally deleted Tacoma from West Coast's routes because It had no air port of Its own. Brown rejected a move by Northwest Airlines to require West Coast to make at least one stop on flights between Tacoma and Portland and Spokane, The examiner said there was no evidence thai West Coast's Tacoma service would divert traffic from Northwest. Ambulance Patient Dies After Crash Portland m Gabriel Schmidt. 78, Portland, died in a hospital here Wednesday after an ambulance in which he was riding collided with a Greyhound bus and a pickup truck. Schmidt suffered a heart at tack Tuesday and was being j taken to the hospital. He was ' not Injured, but was reported In poor condition on arrival. He died I short time later. Police said the ambulance entered an Intersection against a red light with Its siren blowing. Drivers of both the bus and the pickup said they were unable to stop In time to avoid the collision You Can Count on Us . . . Quality Costs No More at Sears nnaDmme IFnnirfflinsDiinimgs AILIE Special Opening. Tonight, Thursday, 'Til 9 P.M. -Open Friday & Monday 'Til 9 P.M. , if : it - i. Harmony house Save SO07 A Delightful 3-Piece Sofabed, Chair & Ottoman Set Heavy modern free form styling. Heavy nylon frieze cover. Many colors to choose from, lounging or sleeping comfort assured by the use of 1" Sarofoam padding. 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