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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1963)
PAGE I Monday, March 15, 1963 Women Prisoners Find Gratifying Future In Hospital Labor HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Ore. s 'if f V- ''rAxi ,35 V x '!f ' ! SALEM ilTi'-"I came into the penitentiary without a future, no interests, and I've found some thing very gratifying and I'm building a life of it." The speaker was one of 11 women who dun special uniforms in their prison cells here each morning and drive off to put in hard day's work in the State Mental Hospital. They are biking part in a pio. necr program believed the only one of its kind in the nation. Dr. Harry Cloyd and Warden Clarence Gladden say the pro gram has seemed to contribute substantially to rehabilitation. CANCER VICTIM hOLDS HOPE Diane lindstrom, 1 8, a Rockford, III., high school student, is shown in the Chicago waiting room of the Illinois Masonic Hospital Friday where she reported tor treatment with the con troversial cancer drug Krebiozen. The drug reportedly has arrested the tumor spread after four week s treat ment. It was previously recommended that Diane's left leg be amputated to halt the disease spread. UPI Telephofo Salinger Strikes Back At Managed News Count WASHINGTON (UPI) - White House Press Secretary Pierre Sa linger, striking back at critics of the administration's information policy, has accused unspecified editors of publishing false or bias stories amounting to "news man agement in its purest form." for the most part the news "is being managed fairly by the news organizations," Salinger told the Women's National Press Club. But he said there had been many laps es recently. Salinger, a former night city cdl tor of the San Francisco Chronicle, suggested a study to determine "whether news is being 'managed' In the public Interest" by the press. Tho statements were in reply to charges by a group of editors publishers and broadcasters who told a House subcommittee Tues day that the administration lied to (lie press during the Cuban crisis. The chairman of that subcom mittee. John E. Moss, said he had no doubt that somo editors "take great iirjcnics witn tne news. But he said this was not within the scope of his information sub committee, nor any other congres sional committee. Salinger said that "we in gov ernment arc neither stupid enough to believe wo can fool you or clever enough to do it if wc wanted to." ''We do not want to nor will we deceive the American people. We hope that you, as Journalists, will uphold your vital (miction in the role of telling the American peo ple tho fuels." Salinger said the government did not lie to the public. "The activities in Washington Even numbers are unlucky to the Malays, so they build the stairs to their elevated homes with an odd number of steps. and around the world arc too closely covered by the press to make this possible," he said even should an administration have such a desire and I assure you that lias not been and never will be the policy of this administration." He said his denial applied to even the worst phase of the Cu ban crisis. "We did not lie to the American people," Salinger said with re spect to the Cuban crisis. "We did not deprive the American peo ple ot any information except that which, for the highest national sc curily, had to lie withheld from our adversaries." Typewriter Purchase OK SALEM I UPI i - The legisla lure's recent purchase of electric typewriters was conducted in a proper manner. Legislative Fiscal Officer Kenneth Bragg told the Ways and Means Committee Friday. The committee had asked for the study after some legislators criticized the purchase, which was made without advertising (or bids. The legislature purchased 45 IBM electric typewriters (or $19, 296. Bragg said the law docs not re quire bids for such purchases by the legislature or any constitution- al office. The order was placed by the legislature with the assistant sec retary of state, which ordered the Finance and Administration De partment to make the purchase. Finance and Administration got the governor's approval to make the purchase without bids, Bragg explained. Bill Levels Population SALEM (UPI) - Rep. John Mosscr, It Beaverton, introduced bill Friday to redraw Oregon's four congressional districts so that each would have nearly the same population. The plan would divide Multno mah County at the Willamette River. The districts would be: First: Benton, Douglas, Lane, Unn and Marion Counties. Second: Baker, Coos, Curry, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Harney, Jackson, Jeffer son, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Uma tilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler and Wasco. Third: Multnomah County cast of the Willamette. Fourth: Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk, Tilla mook, Washington, Yamhill, and Multnomah west o( the Willam ette. . I Eating Bad. Says Dieter LONG BEACH, Calif. UPI) - Mrs. Mary Ferguson said today her plan to shed 50 of her 244 pounds by fasting "is making a new me out of me. "I've found that eating isn't loo terribly necessary," said Mrs. Ferguson at the halfway point ot her two-week (ast. "It's really a very bad habit wc acquire to compensate for our feeling of in adequacy." Since confining hersclt to a ho tel last Sunday, the 5-foot-2, 3G- year-old Mrs. Ferguson said she has lost a total of 10' pounds. She said she is fasting before she buys a new Easter dress. Cheered on by letters sent by rooters across the nation, Mrs. Ferguson said she spends most of her lime knitting, watching tele vision and answering letters. Site is on a liquid diet of coffee, tea and bouillon. This fasting seems to bring wonderful tranquility to you," she said, "and 1 highly recommend it." jticipate and proud of their work. And, says Dr. Cloyd, the girls are helping to fill a need at the hospital. Without them, the work they perform just wouldn't be done. The women have committed crimes ranging from bad checks and thievery to murder. They come into prison, say Cloyd and Gladden, "loners, isolates . . .with personality problems and no sene of living in society." "In this program, for many of them, it's their first experience in working beside people who are living normal lives. "They see patients worse off and realize they are not so bad off. "The social and psychological training may be more valuable than the nursing training. "The ultimate test depends on whether they do ,a better job of living when they get out." The idea started two years ago in the mind of an inmate who belonged to Dr. Cloyd's therapy group. She suggested h 0 s p i t a li training, and noted it w ould help I inmates get jobs in hospitals and nursing horpes after release. Plan Approved The doctor and the warden, ; working together, drew up the plan for giving the women train-! ing and work at the nearby state! hospital. Others involved gave it their blessing. In December, 1961, the first class of carefully -chosen prison ers began two months of train ing. Since then, 22 women have graduated and 11 now work at the hospital. Some have been re leased from prison and found similar jobs outside. The inmates are driven to the hospital at 8 a.m. after breakfast with other inmates at the, over crowded prison. They wear grey pinafores over white blouses, de signed by an earlier class. 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