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Carpenter Re-Elected Head Of Rogue Valley Hospital Air- i e if n . Alfred S. V: Caromlw WBC 10. elected president "of the Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital (.or. ' poration at the annual meeting of members in the hospital audi- ' torium this week. About 80 per sons attended the session. Also reelected were the Rt. ' Rev, J. W. Carman, D. D Port land, Episcopal Bishop of the ' Diocese of Oregon, vice presi dent; Dwight Houghton, treas- '. urer; and Leon 0. Boomer, sec- retaiy. ' James Rowan was elected o fill the unexpired term on the board of directors, of the late , Rt. Rev. Benjamin D. Daswell, , D. D., formerly Oregon Oiocese Bishop, who was active in found ing the hospital. Bishop Cai man J was reelected to the board, and new members elected are Mrs. A. K. Morse, H. P. Jewelt and Ward Hammond who replace Mrs. William H. Fluhrer, Ernest DeVoe and Charles Crary, whose terms had expired. All new terms are for five years. Opening Remarks The president's opening re marks concerned recognition of Bishop Dagwell's untiring ef forts in the development of the . hospital. A resolution was adopt by the board in his honor. 1 Bishop Dagwell first was as sociated with the Medford Com- 1 munity Hospital in 1951 and in less than a year was elected 1 chairman of the board of direc tors and continued to serve in that position until his death in June this year. ' It was under Bishop Dagwell's leadership that a campaign was ' Opened in August, 1954, to erect 1 Rogue Valley Memorial Hjspi 1 tal which was dedicated May 1, ' 1958, constructed at the approxi ' mate cost of $3 million. Within less than two years of operation further expansion was needed and again under the bishop's guidance the construc tion of a new wing was com pleted and opened in April, 1962. Treasurer's Report The treasurer's report show ed that a total income was re ' ceived during the year of $1, 648,909 and that total expenses were $1,695,317. Fifty-seven per cent of the In ' come was from surgery; 13 per cent maternity cases; 10 per cent from pediatrics and 21 per cent medical cases, according to the report. Sixty-four per cent of the ex penses was paid out for sal LEflSlfJO IS IT THE ANSWER FOR YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS . you a car SOUTHERN OREGON LEASE CO. 6TH & FIR aries; 6 per cent for food; 5 per cent on drugs; 2 per cent for insurance; 3 per cent utilities and repairs, and 16 per cent medical supplies, the report oiiuwcq. A 20 per cent increase in pa tient volume was reported by Charles I. Gustafson, adminis. trator. The increase primarily was due to completion of the expansion program which en ables treatment of nearly twice as many patients as when the building was originally con structed in 1958, he stated. The average length of stay is 5.2 days and the average pa tient's bill for the stay is $231, the total bill increased $10.80 over 1962, a 4.9 per cent in crease, the administrator ex plained. 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At the present time the State Public Welfare Commission pays approximately 60 per cent of the cost of a welfare recipi ent. The private, sick patient is put in the position of sub sidizing this agency, Gustafson explained. 1 George Flanagan reported for the building committee; Mr.". Leonard Mayfield, auxiliary; and Dr. M. Donald McGeary, medical staff. Stop Me i . , nr montns witn full 773-7591 MEDFORD DISCONTINUES SHOW Comedian Jerry Lewis announced Monday that he and the American Broadcasting Company will discontinue the comic's two-hour weekly television show, ef fective Dec. 14. In a formal announcement, Lewis' office said: "Despite a firm 40-week commitment, the network has granted Lewis' request to withdraw the show due to extreme dif ferences of opinion regarding its format." (UPI) Senate Committee Expected to Raise Legal Debt Limit WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Senate Finance Committee was expected to vote approval to day of House-passed legislation to raise the legal limit of the national debt from $309 billion to $315 billion. But committee Chairman Harry F. Byrd, D-Va., said he Would vote against the Treas u r y Department - requested measure. "I was against it be fore, and I'm against it now," he said. Budget Director Kermit M. Gordon told the committee Tuesday that even the request ed $315 billion might be too low. Under the bill the higher ceiling would become effective Nov. 20. If it is not enacted bv that date present law requires that the debt limit drop to its permanent level ni $285 billion. This could place the Treasury Department in an embarrass ing position because, as of one week ago, its dally statement showed a debt balance of about $307 billion. It is unlikely that tne government s money man agers could shave $22 billion off that figure in two weeks time. The current request to raise the temporary ceiling on the debt limit is the third from the administration since last May. Even at that, Treasury Secre tary Douglas Dillon said it would be barely enough for the government to get through the remainder of the fiscal year. Other congressional news: Medicare: Agriculture Secre- Arctic Cold Front Sweeps Two States By United Press International An arctic cold front dropped temperatures nearly 30 degrees in three hours today across Idaho and Montana. Cold wave and heavy snow warnings were posted and motorists were or dered to use chains while cross ing mountain passes. The mercury at Billings, in southern Montana, fell from 42 degrees to 14 as the cold front punched southeastward. Cut Bank, in the northern part of the state, reported 5 degrees below zero. A low pressure center over California, which dumped 2 inches of rain at Point Piedras Blancas, Calif., was expected to move eastward across tne mountains today and bring snow, sleet and rain to the plateau states. Cold wave warnings were in effect for Montana east of the Continental Divide during the day and southern Montana and nortnern Wyoming tonigni. Much colder temperatures were expected through the Northern Plains, reaching Ne braska and Minnesota by Thursday. Scattered Flurries Heavy snow was forecast for western Montana mountains and scattered flurries were ex pected to accompany the cold snap eastward. Rain drenched parts of Texas and Mississippi Valley during the night, with Tyler, Tex., re- TO THOSE WE SERVE In beautiful surroundings, mm i In a quiet mm serve with devotion to duty, all who call. C. M. Litwillar Economy Ambulance Service, Non-Emergency (or Medford! CALL I ITWILLER 1811 A,hl.nSt. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON "'"''',W''ky ' 1 tary Orvllle L. Freeman joined the parade of cabinet members testifying on behalf of Presii- dent Kennedy's medicare pro game for the aged. The bill, now in the House Ways & Means Committee, would pro vide hospital and nursing home care for Americans 65 and over. The program would be fi nanced by higher Social Secu rity taxes. In past years the committee has pigeonholed sim ilar legislation. Credit: Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D., was the leadoff witness before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on his pro posal to bar the Export-Import Bank from underwriting or guaranteeing short-term loans to Communist nations to fi nance proposed purchases of U.S. surplus wheat. Mundt originally offered the proposal as an amendment to the for eign aid authorization bill last week but withdrew it after being assured the banking com mittee would act on the meas ure by Nov. 25. ' Baker: Mrs. Alfred S. Novak, whose late husband was a part ner of former Senate official Robert G. (Bobby) Baker in a plush seaside motel, was called as a witness before the Senate Rules Committee investigating Baker's wide-ranging "outside activities."' The Senate split wide open Tuesday on whether Its members should air tneir private income a key issue in the Baker investigation. i porting one inch and Longview, Tex., reporting 1.03 inches. Western Washington State has had rain for the past 32 days. Snow and sleet swept many areas of the state Tuesday, with an inch of snow reported at Bellingnam. Few Job Openings For Negro Workers PORTLAND (UPI) E. Shel ton Hill, executive director of the Urban League, said Tuesday night that "there are practically no opportunities for the Negro" for on-the-job training in the na tion. Hill spoke to the Oregon Chap ter of the American Society of framing Directors. "There Is no restriction in the formal training opportunities such as business colleses. beauty colleges, academic col leges and universities," he said. "But there are practically no opportunities for the Neero to be trained on the job and the opportunity for apprenticeships is limited for Negro youth." RELATIONS MAY SUFFER LONDON (UPI) - American Marines in Britain, who learned how to play rugby to improve Anglo-American relations, have won 13 out of 15 games with British teams this year. p 'A location, wa Mrs. Litwlllir Flying Wallendas To Show Pyramid Act for Last Time FORT WORTH, Tex. (UPD Tha Flying Wallendas, haunted by a possible "jinx" and mem ories of death on the high wire, today opened what may be the last performances of their fa mous "human pyramid." This time It will be done with a net. Today's performance, for un- Legion Leader Urges Exporting Russia Weakness NEW YORK (UPI) - The national commander of the American Legion said today that the United States cannot sit Idly by while the Soviet Union Is showing signs of weakness. Daniel F. Foley told the AFL- uu convention that the Rus sians are trying to "buy time" while they try to iron out their internal problems, including ag ricultural failures. Foley said recent develop ments In Russia including agreement to the limited test ban treaty, wheat purchase and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev's contradictory statements about the moon race indicate that Russia "presently is in no position either to continue nu clear testing or to compete In a race to the moon." Buy Time Russia's actions and pro nouncements all could be "de signed with no purer motives than to buy time for solving in ternal problems and for re newed aggression . when the time is right," he said. "Amer ica cannot afford to nap while the Soviet Union administers oxygen to itself." . Foley said he favored a sug gestion made recently by Allen Dulles, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, that the United States move forward, confident of superior power, to a "peaceful confron tation with communism." Foley said the confrontation should be made in the areas of international ' trade, relations with newly independent nations and education. "I shudder to think of the possibilities should the Western world, and America in particu lar, show any signs of weak ness, which the Communists be lieve they could exploit,' and this is why I say that a healthy national economy nas signifi cant international implications m tnis era of cold war." -.and let us also give thanks for the human dignity which we enjoy aa free individuals. ..for the preservation of the peace. ..for the prosperity of our great Nation. ..for Its thrifty and self-roliant citizens.,, for our homes and the family happiness thoy bring.., for the challenge of the , unlimited opportunities which lie ahead. and LOAN ASSOCIATION 201 West 6th Free Customer Parking In Our lot Robert F. Kyle, Mgr. derprlvileged children at the 21st annual Fort Worth Shrine Circus, was to be the first pub lic performance since the pyra mid collapsed in Detroit Jan. 30, 1962, killing two members of the troupe and paralyzing an other. Kal Wallenda. 58. who orlel- nated the act in Germany in 1954, said Tuesday he did not want to talk about the Detroit accident. "It was bad, very bad," he said. "After the show, men l win lam about it." Karl said as leader of the act, the decision to use a net for the Fort Worth performance was his. "This time I am for the net," he said. "Should I be responsi ble for what happened in De troit happening again people would spit in my face on the streets." Karl saved himself In the De troit accident by scissoring his legs around the wire as he fell. He also grabbed the hand of his niece, Jana Shepp as she fell Jana has since retired. Her hus band, Diter, 23, died in the fall Herman Wallenda, Karl's brother and at 62 the eldest memDer or me troupe, an nounced he will retire at the end of the circus in Fort Worth. He said he felt fit as ever but "if anything should happen to the act in the future I might be oiamea. Still Do It Karl scoffed at the idea the troupe was accident prone and said one reason they would try the human pyramid again was Jto show that we still can do Just two weeks ago, the pyr amid collapsed during a rehear sal at Sarasota, Fla., but the wire was only 12 feet off the ground instead of the normal 40. Karl said the act would work the three-decker pyramid with a full complement of eight peo ple -tor tne last time any. where." I will never risk so many people on tne wire again." "After Fort Worth" Karl said, "I Intend to cut the act to four people and do a less dangerous pyramid on bicycles STUFFED TIGER CANOGA PARK, Calif. (UPI) A toy tiger proved the undo ing Tuesday ot four suspects picked up in a narcotics raid. Narcotics squad ottlcers who raided a home in this' San Fer nando Valley community found the stuffed tiger. But instead of the conventional filling, officers said It was stuffed with mari juana. ,, '.. ,., . Arrested were Mrs. Cheryl A. Zussa, 19; Mrs. Sue C. 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