MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER , 1963
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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
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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
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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.
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Small
Worlds
Around
Us
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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.
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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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Bible-Playboy Deal
Lands Man in Jail
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (UPI)
A fast-talking salesman who
sold Bibles packaged with
subscription to Playboy maga
zine was arrested here Tues
day.
Police charged David Lee
Miller, 28, of Baltimore, Md.,
with obtaining money under
false pretenses after one of his
customers complained. Officers
said Miller, who claimed to
represent a non-existent firm
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