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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
Wtmhtt ant) Tribune)
STMlkMe It.JI
nclnltd to Crosy, Raven
In Shy, Secretive Bird
Seldom would the ordinary
person ever see a raven except
when perched on the shoulder
of a witch; tins association nas
given the bird a pretty shady
reputation and it's well deserv
ed, for the raven is certainly
not one of birddom's most rep
utable citizens. Its true charac
ter is about as black as is its
plumage.
Belonging to the crow family
of birds, the raven possesses
many of the characteristics of
its smaller relative, except that
it is larger with a heavy, stout
bill and breast feathers that
have a tendency to stand erect
making the bird appear larger
than it actually is. But even
with this, the raven can be
mistaken for a crow; a large
crow with a dumpy look. When
on the ground, the raven ap
pears to be in a crouch or droop
ing position,
Truly the raven Is a bird of
mystery, and eulogized in lit
erature as a consort of witches
and the supernatural. Some of
the apprehension conjured up
in our minds regarding this som
ber bird is probably due to its
voice, a torcbodtng croak, loud
and harsh, actually having the
significance of an omen.
Omen of Evil
Edgar Allen Poe felt the evil
Influence of this bird's disrep
utable character when he wrote
of The Raven and the weird
croaking, which doesn't exact
ly sound like "evermore," but
something just as sinister.
Tradition emphasizes the idea
that lite raven is an omen of
evil. Superstition and folklore
associate the bird with the Evil
One, a belief that still persists,
even in this supposedly enlight
ened age.
The American raven is a shy
mid secretive bird, Inhabiting,
by choice, a lonely sea coast or
an isolated wilderness or desert.
They usually live in small fam
ily groups, but occasionally
gather in large numbers at gar
bage dumps or on the carcass
of large, dead animals. These
feeding habits designate the ra
ven as a scavenger.
Mate for Life
The nest is usually a huge af
fair of sticks and is used year
after vcar. refurbished each
time with a few more pieces of
any available material. It pos
sible the nest is constructed in
a rock cranny, in the absence
of which a pair may build in a
tall tree.
Mr. and Mrs. Raven seem
very devoted to one another and
are believed to mate for life.
The young, that remain in the
nest for some weeks, are watch
ed over and bravely protected
against any and all enemies.
The raven can soar in the
air like a hawk and takes all
kinds of trouble teaching the
young all the tricks of soaring
flight.
Aside from the superstitions
and ill repute given the raven
by folklore and the association
with those concerned with witch
craft, the bird has contributed
to its own bad name by its oc
casional raids on the nests ot
smaller birds. It has been caught
red-handed, killing baby birds
and small mammals, as well as
baby lambs.
Like its relative the crow, the
raven is known to be crafty,
shrewd, and extremely cunning.
With a little patience it can be
tamed and can easily be trained
to ride on the shoulder of its
mistress, even if she happens
to be a witch; except maybe,
when she "rides her broom
stick." At such times the raven
with a hoarse croak, probably
would fly away under its own
power.
Your Money's
Worth
' By SYLVIA PORTER
CtsyKgln, Hill SynrJicMe, Int.
JOB SECURITY
The tens of millions of us who are employed in the United
States today are now staying with our same employers an average
ot 4.6 years, a full one-third longer than we stuck to our same
jobs in 1951. Despite the persistently high rate of unemployment,
job stability in our country never has been so marked and the
reasons for this go far beyond the obviously stabilizing influence
of pension privileges.
Think for a moment how long you have held your present
job. Now see how you compare with the averages:
If you are 25 to 44 years old, you're average if you've been
on the same job for 4.2 years.
If you are 45 years or older, you're average if you've held
your current Job 10.4 years.
If you are a self-employed man with money or time invested
in your business or learning your profession, you've been con
sistently employed for nine years on average, almost twice as
long as wage and salary workers.
If you are a man employed in the transportation or public
utilities industries, your average is 10 years on your current job,
the highest job stability of any major industry group.
If you've held the same job for at least 21 years through
the dislocations of a global war, the Korean conflict and four
business recessions you have 6.5 million counterparts.
If you're an ovcr-45 single woman, your job attachment is
even greater than that of the over-45 man for your average is
14.2 years against 12.8 years for men.
These few statistics picked out of hundreds in a new
study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics underline the increas
ing job stability of the American labor force a seeming
paradox in the face of our continuing high unemployment.
Why?
A first obvious force is the spectacular growth of pension
plans, fringe benefits and retirement programs for older
workers. Of course these tend to hold workers to their jobs.
A second force, which becomes obvious only after it's men
tioned, is that we have had an extended period of what we now
call peace, and thus we have been able to stay on the job without
interruption. When the BLS last made a study on job tenure in
1951, World War II had been over only a few years. At that time
only 18 per cent of us had held the same job for more than a
decade. It's up to 30 per cent now.
A third force, which isn't obvious at all, is that job attach
ment increases as the level ot training, education and skill
reauired for employment rises. As Harvey R. Hamcl, author
of the BLS study, put it when queried on this point, "A worker
who invests a lot of time and energy in learning a job is inclined
to keep that job once he gets it. We find the greater degree of
job stability among persons in occupations which demand the
most training, financial investment or experience, and the big
gest expansion in employment is taking place in the profcssonal
and technical occupations.. .
"The shortest ob tenure is among laDorers ana tne semi
skilled who require little or no training and are more likely, to
be adversely affected by business downturns or seasonal fluctuations."
Incidentally, Hamcl downgrades the impact of good or
bad times on job stability. "There are plenty of reasons a
man may want to change his job in good times when he is
optimistic and looking for advancement. Automation may lay
off as many workers In prosperity as declining profits lay
off In recessions."
Will the trend toward greater job security continue? Yes,
for each force behind it is growing in importance. Pension privi
leges arc still expanding. Our so-called peace continues. Employ
ment n America is requiring increasing investment by manage
ment and workers in education and expensive training.
This trend could become too much of a good thing if it
led to cautious conformity and dreary rigidity in our labor force.
But I take comfort from the finding that in the undcr-25 age
group, the average stay on the job is a scant eight months. It's
only when we reach 45 that we really get set in our jobs, and by
tnen we snouict ne naving anu snowing a itign uegrce ui siammy
in all phases of life.
Dennis the Menace
Thailand Picks
New Premier
BANGKOK, Thailand (UPD
Di'fcnsc Minister Gen. Thanom
Kittikachorn, a firm friend of
the West, Nvas appointed pre
mier Monday to succeed the
late Field Marshal Sarit Tha-
narat.
Thanom, 52, worked closely
will) U.S. officials in the South-1
east Asia Treaty Organization 1
(SEATO) as Snrit's deputy pre-1
mier and defense chief. He was :
expected to continue the poli-j
cies Snrit began when he seized
power in 1957 a dual program
of social reform and action j
agains Communist subversion, i
King Bltumibol Atlulyadej '
named Thanom premier one i
day after the death of the 56
year old Sarit, who had been
ill for about two weeks with a
liver ailment. He had been un
der treatment of U.S. Surgeon
General Leonard llcaton, who ,
was sent here on orders of j
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Sta((.
Thnnom todny gave no indlca- j
tion of cabinet changes. All
members of the cabinet pledged
their support to him after Sar
d's death and made him acting
premier until the king's
appointment. I
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Optometrist Urges
Visual Skill Work
PORTLAND (UPD-Dr. Al
bert Sutton of Pueblo, Colo.,
says that the impact on
education would be "tremen
dous" if parents would properly
prepare their children in visual
skills before they entered school.
He outlined a plan for giving
children the "visual readiness
for learning" which he said they
need at an early age.
Dr. Sutton said the "visual
readiness" he spoke of was
teaching children to think in
abstract terms and to make as
sociations with what they ob
serve. Dr. Sutton, who is in private
optometric practice, was here to
conduct a workshop at the 26th
annual Northwest Congress of
Optometry.
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Voters in Portland
Approve Bond Issue
PORTLAND (UPI) -Voters
Monday approved a bond issue
fr a (163.000 addition to the
new Rockvvood School. The vole '
was 163 to 89.
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Eradication of
Tuberculosis
Still Under Way
"Public and private agencies
engaged in tuberculosis' eradica
tion and control of other respira
tory diseases are sometimes
handicapped by a notion held
by a few that tuberculosis is
about licked," Chester Irish,
president of the Jackson County
Tuberculosis and Health Asso
ciation said today in calling at
tention to the current Christmas
Seal campaign. '
"Thanks to hew drugs,) new
methods of treatment and early
discovery programs, helped in
large measures by Christmas
Seal funds, tuberculosis is less
of a killer than it used to be
but the germs arc still around
and they are still a threat and
still cost taxpayers of Oregon
many thousands of dollars a
year, he added.
The most perfect drug in the
world can't wipe out a disease
unless you find all the people
who have it, stated Dr. A. Erin
Merkel, county health officer in
charge of tuberculosis control.
There is also a sense of urgency
in the eradication program
since evidence shows that some
germs are already becoming
resistant to the drugs being
used in treatment, he said.
Beyond the control of tubercu
losis a whole new field of ac
tivity has recently been opened
up for public and voluntary
health agencies: the fight to
control respiratory diseases in
general since they have a bear
ing upon the control of tubercu
losis. This group of ailments
constitutes the foremost dis
ablcr and fourth largest killer
in the United States and com
poses such diseases as emphy
sema, bronchitis, lung tumors,
asthama, influenza and the
common cold.
Support for these programs
of the voluntary health associa
tions Is dependent upon Christ
mas seals and the work of
many volunteers, Irish pointed
out. ; .
Polaris Missile
Test Successful
CAPE KENNEDY (UPD
The Navy successfully tested
its" new longer range Polaris
missile Monday night and now
is looking ahead to . an even
newer version with a mightier
punch.!
The Polaris "A-3" shot into
the darkness trailing a brilliant
column of smoke and flame
from a land pad. Its nose cone
streaked through the atmos
phere about 1,500 miles away
in the Atlantic.
the 2,880-mile range rocket
designed to be fired from sub
merged nuclear submarines is
expected to become . combat
ready next August.
Although at least a dozen
more test flights of the "A-3"
are planned, the Navy is study
ing plans for an advanced
model of the Polaris called the
"B-3". It would have the same
range as the "A-3" but would
carry a bigger payload.
The slim Polaris missiles now
can deliver nuclear tips equal
to about 1 million tons of TNT.
Payload estimates for the pro
posed "B-3" , rockets were not
available.
The United Stales has five
submarines on patrol in the At
lantic carrying 1,375-mile range
"A-l" missiles and five more
subs armed with "A-2" models
with a 1,725-mile range.
Reverend Brings Reality To Christmas
MAIDSTONE. England (UPI)
The Rev. Donald Reeves, cur
ate of All Saints Anglican
Church, said today he has writ
ten a "kitchen sink" nativity
play in which a husband and
wife fight and a juvenile delin
quent almost stabs a man.
; "Traditional nativity stories
i are old hat to me," Father
, Reeves, 29. said. "My idea is
jto bring reality to the Christ
I man story."
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Roy Barker, head of a . hair
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