Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 06, 1963, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER , 1963 A .! Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- ' A IST 'n New Mexlc bought a beaded trinket from tnn.nanir three doIlars- uPn the durance that it . represented authent.c tribal craftsmanship. "My squaw learn art from her ereat ornnH. K icarn mother," said the Indian. -. An hour later the tour rist was back, hopping ' mad. "You faker," he crieo. 10 tne Indian. meres a Iellow down "at the railroad station ' selling these same gad gets for a dollar. Shows you never can trust an Indian!" "No." cnntrariipfo4 Vi unperturbed Indian. - ."Shows you never can . trust white man. Feller ! who sold me these prom ised noDoay eise in town gettum." i One of those researchers who doesn't care how he spends his ...... p a. uuumu oit qi History concerning Alex ander the Great According to this researcher, Alexanbcr whip- i ped up a crude timepiece for his soldiers, consisting of a chemi cally treated cloth worn on the left forearm. Under the heat of - the sun, the cloth changed colors every hour, providing the Mace donian warriors with the world's first wrist watch. Among his- mi wic ictteuruner, me device is Known as "Alexander s Rag Timeband." O 19M. bjr Bennett Cert. Mitributed br King Feature Syndicate NO TBUSTUM f PALE FACE" i uui itiuiicy 5 Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Cyritkt, Hall Syiwtlctrt, Int. WORK LIFE SPAN DECLINING For the first time in the 20th century, the prolonged uptrend In the length of a man's working life in this countrv has been reversed. A baby boy born now has a work life expectancy of 41.4 years' a significant six months less than the work life v. pectancy of a baby born in 1950. The newborn today also can expect to live outside the labor force tor another 25.2 years, an all-time high span. The length of a man's working life is a key indicator of the economic and social develoDment of a nation This "sfrikino decline" defies many of the comfortable assumptions we have made about gains in length of life in this centurv. The implications are "extremely complex," warns Stuart ii. yaninKie ot tne Labor Dept.'s Office of Manpower, Auto mation and Training in an exhaustive report analyzing the trend. "The econonmic, social and political effects" of develop- fnptlfc arwiiintiniT fnt- fha rmiarcal "mill hwinmA nil.. greater in the years ahead." Why the unanticipated drop in work life expectancy? What are some ot tne implications: A first reason why is the accelerated trend toward longer scnooiing. In I960 the average young man started work at 15; that was when 40 per cent of our work force was employed on farms and a long working life is part of the tradition on farms. Today, the average age is 17 and increasing numbers are waiting until 21 or 22, when they have completed college, to enter the work force. fl0a an "almncf actnnichinr, phanrrn " csmg narfinkla iuhih . of course reflects in large part the development of retire ment programs under social security and private pension plans. As recently as 1950, only 83 out of every 1,000 men 64 years old left the labor force before they were a year older. Today the retirement rate between 64 and 65 is 234 per 1,000 nearly a trm e increase in one decade, indicating that close to one- fourth of men counted at aEe 64 retire bv the time thev are 5, Tn arlrlihnn fhAt-a ic a tramonrfnne cu,it-h frnm fiill.tlma tn part-lime work between these ages. At 64 the proportion work ing part-time is 14 per cent; at 65 it jumps to 21 per cent. A hirH raaenn whv ic tha ilinin(T rata nf inproaca in Aitr . lifo avnorlanrv . It's true that our over-all life expectancy is still rising, but , the gain during the past decade has been a scant 1.1 years, to 66.6 years. In contrast, the increase in life expectancy since . imu i i - - ...un:M ,n A TU. I..., !!... tt !. : 1WV una ueeu u wuuuuiiik io.i veaio. me leveling uii ill im provements in prolonging life may be only temporary, but the . fact is there has been little recent progress in extending the life expectancy of a 20-year-old man and virtually none in ex tending the life expectancy of our older people. Thaca than era tha avn aiiahnnc fnt "ctrlLMnn rinphna" in earlier retirement and only a small increase in over-all life expectancy. What ara tha imnlirntinnc1) j At the younger ages the trend toward longer schooling Is fine. Wc face tough, "overwhelming" problems in provid ing young workers with the right kind of training to fill jobs in our era and In financing the training. At tile older ages the trend toward earlier retirement flashes signals of deep trouble economic, social and political. We are ntl1, ktitnll., (icinn "thA tunrbinr nkilitine nnrl HUl, a Uaiiiiimc oaya uiuimjr, uauig u,c nuinutg auiuuco aitu ; experience of the older retired persons." We are not heeding their wishes and needs "for more adequate income as well as the desire for recognition." Every day, the ranks of older persons wanting to work, needing to work and yet unable to find employment are swell ing. Their numbers will increase no matter how prosperous our economy until we tace squarely tne cnaiicnge ot tneir train ing, retraining and usefulness. Employing both our young and old for jobs in our modern socie.lv alreadv is one of our giant manpower problems. We are only beginning to grasp tne scope ot tne task. nnnnnnnnnnnol g ARTHUR MURRAY ri Couples Dancing Class Q KIOW FftRMIKIfi! Small Worlds Around Us lynn W. Watklni Iv liter J. Trl.un. fyadlcau. Ill Mb, Improbable Theory of Rolling Starfish Invaders Having the stomach extend out and into the "arms" is only one of the startling facts an in vestigator learns about the com mon starfish. Too, that stomach is a very versatile organ, for uus creature can actually pro trude part of the stomach out side its body and assimilate the juices from a victim. A retract able stomach is an oddity to say the least. Scientific journals say the starfish, which of course in not a fish, is a very simple, lowly. marine creature found in just about every ocean of the world. This statement seems rather contradictory in view of "the push and pull stomach and several other mighty peculiar habits and structural adaptations. Not even the starfish method of locomotion is simple. The animal moves on tiny, movable spines, arranged in rows under neath the "arms," called tube fcet. It neither swims, walks, crawls or runs, it lust sort of oozes along over the ocean bot tom. Never Turns Over The starfish has a singleness of purpose whenever is starts for anywhere. It never turns out for an obstruction. It goes over the top, may even arrange its five or more "arms" into a clump, forcing its body through crevices or any opening it en counters. Its flexible body al ways conforms to the irregu larities of the ocean-road over which It is traveling. On the tip end of the "arms" there is a small red spot that answers some of the purposes of an eye. Just what the starfish sees, or how much, is an un answered question. Some species of starfish have .more than the customary five "arms"; some have as many as 15 or 20. Some of the arms, in certain species, are short and some are long and slender. Some have "arms" that are more like large irregularities on the edge of the central body. The spines on some species are like small warts. Scattered over the ocean bot tom of the world's oceans are nearly 2,000 species of these common but not so simple ani mals. Inside their bodies are very little liquids or what we commonly call, body luices; what the seastar has is what might be called "distilled sea water." Grow New Parts All the starfish are very tena cious of life. They are hard to destroy. Thy can lose "arms" and grow new ones; can be cut into pieces, and many of the pieces will become new star fish. Indirectly, starfish are eco nomically important, for they are a menace to oyster beds, can actually destroy an oyster crop in a relatively short time. The sudden appearance of millions of starfish in an oyster bed has created a peculiar be lief among some oyster farmers A theory that may or may not be true. It is doubtful if the theory has ever been scientifi cally confirmed or denied. It seems improbable, but often the impossible becomes an actu ality. Some oystermen believe a group of a couple of hundred starfish got together and form themselves into a ball and allow the tide to roll them along until they are propelled into an oys ter bed. "How else" asks the believer in this theory, "can so many thousands of starfish so sudden ly show up in an oyster bed where there was not a single starfish the day before?" If this is true, it would be pretty clever strategy just get together in a ball and roll along. Name ... Address Phone Evenings Preferred Interfiled In I-" Lilin T 1 All Ojncel I I Dnel 5 Weeks $7.50 Sukarno Seizes Rubber Properties JAKARTA, Indonesia (UPI) President Sukarno has or dered seizure of all rubber processing properties in Indo nesia which are owned wholly or in part by Malaysian citi zens or managed from Malay sia, tne official Antara news agency said today. It said the order is effective as of last Oct. 20, and will be carried out by the agrarian minister in cooperation with lo cal and regional authorities. 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