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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Fall. Oregon
Sunday, August II, 19631
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Dropouts Are Rising Cause For Concern In Schools Of Area
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RIDING HIGH This jhot wat taken of Bon Richardson while ho was riding Whirl
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Klamath Falls Rodeo in 1922. Typical of Richardson was thu ride, facing
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AS RANCH HAND Boss Richardson, bom .in Oorris, came to Lake County in 1919
to ride with the ZX Ranch. He entered the first Lakeview Roundup in 1920 and
proved top man. He is shown here at righr, with an unidentified friend during his
ranching days.
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Tlie rate of school dropouts in
Klamath County is not alarm
ing compared to the higher state
and national rates, but this is no
reason (or county residents to
be complacent . . . DROPOUTS
AUE A GROWING PROBLEM.
And the problem needs con
stant attention, school superinten
dents Ray Hunsaker, city, and!
Clilf Robinson, county, indicated
in recent interviews with the Her
ald and News.
"A lot can be done to slow
the rale at KU. Basically, we
need to adjust our programs to
challenge those who begin to lose
interest in school," Hunsaker
said.
"All dropouts are regrettable
and we are always searching or
ways of keeping children in
school. In the county district we
can do more than we are now
doing for the non-academic mind
ed children," Cliff Robinson said.
The rate of school dropouts is
being viewed with deep concern
on a national level as the prob
lem is now seen to affect other
problems such as unemployment,
manpower shortages in technical
fields and juvenile delinquency.
Growing concern has even
been reflected on the highest lev
el, as President Kennedy told re
porters in an Aug. 1 news con
ference:
"The greatest growth in labor
demand today is for highly
trained professional workers with
16 or more years of education.
The- second fastest growing de
mand is (or technical and semi
professional workers with one to
three years of post-high school
education. Between 1952 and 19B2
jobs lilted by high school gradu
ates rose 30 per cent. So I am
asking all American parents to
urge their children to go back
to school in September, and to
assist them in every way to stay
in school."
What will it take to keep the
students in school? For the most
part it's going to take a whole
new approach to the educational
system, especially as it aflects
the dropout student, many educa
tors feel.
-More courses must be gauged
to fit the abilities of the poten
tial dropout. More courses mean
more money, money which up to
this point citizens have been un
willing to part with.
"After all, what docs this -type
of kid need an education for,
why must we backpcddle to
teach the slow learners . . . sink
or swim," is the attitude of many.
Stemming the tide of dropouts
now, will save money in the
future, however. It will mean few
er unemployment checks a n d
less free-tuition "rides" to state
reformatories and penitentiaries
ipaid for with taxpayers' money).
It will also mean a good start in
filling' the gaps in our technical
manpower shortage.
Francis Scapple. assistant prin-
Wallace Reports Plan
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cipal at KU. said about 75 per
cent of the dropouts can do aver
age or belter school work, bul
in most cases they lack interest
and reiuse to work.
"Most of these students have
no self discipline and find the
ordinary classroom routine very
difficult: it's a psychological
problem as much as anything,"
Scapple said.
What thes'e students need first
is good counseling, tlie assistant
principal indicated. Someone
must find a way to hit on the
student's real interests before the
counselor knows where to place
the student in the school pro
gram. "They lack confidence too and
they must be directed to areas
where they can 4ind a sense of
accomplishment," Scapple said.
What do these students do w hen
they leave school, Scapple was
asked.
Some find jobs that they don't
keep long, others go into the
service, many find their way into
juvenile homes and some just
stay home and sponge on
their parents, he indicated.
If the rate is something to
worry about, just what have we
been doing to prevent it?
In the county school district
principals for the first time this
year are being asked to keep ac
curate records on dropouts and
the reasons why each student is
leaving.
Previously, when a student left
school, officials didn't know if
the family, was moving, if t h e
youth had to seek employment
to help support tlie family, if he
didn't get along with his teach
ers, if he wanted to join the serv
ce because his next door neigh
bor did, or if he just plain didn t
like school.
Teachers in the county system
will again this year be asked to
take a personal interest in tlie
situation and are asked to con
tact at least one potential drop
out at home in an effort to find
out what the problem is and what
might be done about it.
This method, however, has ob
vious limitation;, one of which is
that not enough contacts can be
made and not enough time allot
ted in each case.
"Something needs to be done
other than appealing to these
kids to stay in school for mone
tary reasons. Telling them they II
earn more money with a high
school diploma doesn't do the
trick," Hunsaker said.
"To really get at the core of
this problem you have to adjust
the curriculum, gear the pro
gram to the Interests and abilities
of the potential dropout, ne said.
A lot of these students would
respond to vocational training.
Programs with math and science have a sense of accomplishment
courses geared to tlie vocations! in school. If a student can't "cut"
would be necessary, but one of; math and science you have to
the problems is that academic , find out what he can "cut" to
courses are cheaper lo run than give him desire and initiative in-
vocational, considering the type' stead of constant frustration,
of equipment that might be need-1 There are other problems Di
ed in shops. volvcd as illustrated by assistant
One of the first needs of anl principal Scapple s comments,
student, whether he is a potential j The problem is a big one, and it
dropout or college-bound, is to needs a big cure. Now!
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Lake County Roundup Plans
Boss Richardson Dedication
LAKEVIEW Tlie real glamour
of the early days of the Lakeview
Roundup, as it was then known,
was .personified in a few of tlie
riders who lived in this area.
That glamour will be projected
into the 44th annual Lake County
Roundup this year with the dedi
cation of the show to the mem
ory of the greatest of all lliese
riders Boss Richardson.
The mention of his name will
breed nostalgia for many here
who remember the showmanship
(hat was as natural as his ability.
in those years of the first rodeo
shows. His smile was always evi
dent, even when he faced tlie
stands while riding a bucking
bronc.
-."'loring Thurston Richardson,
Hhe real name that so few people
;knew, was born in Dorris, Calif.,
5and came to Lake County in 1919
19 ride for the ZX Ranch. From
his early years on lie had been
breaking horses, roping cattle,
and riding in rodeos. It was nat-
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first show at Lakeview in 1920
and lie came out first in bronc
riding, and shared the first in
both bareback and bull riding.
The next year he was first in
both saddle bronc and bull rid
ing, and shared the top money
in bareback. The third year he
was second in bareback and split
second and third tn saddle bronc
His activity in ltt!3 consisted of
iin exhibition ride, furnishing a
renewed thrill for his many fans
and adding to his enthusiastic
followers. In 1924 ho entered
again and took first in the saddle
bronc. Boss was the acknowl
edged "King of tlie Roundup."
On Sept. 23, 1920, he was mar
ried at Lakeview lo the former
Thelma Tucker of Paisley. She
tells of the 1923 rodeo in Klam
ath Falls when they were flat
broke, but Boss earned $1,000 hy
winning tlie championship belt
with first places in bucking horse
and roping events. He furthered
his fame in Pendleton, and was
even offered a bid to Hollywood,
which he tinned down because
of his wife's reluctance to par.
ticipate in movie life.
He went broke in the sheep busi
ness, with several of his contem
poraries; worked in timber
bought cattle on shares, and for
several years owned a ranch at
Bly. He participated in commu
nity life by acting as grange mas
ter for four consecutive years.
In 1946 the family moved to Wag-
ontire and lived there for two
years: Ihen moving to ljurns
where they built a home, tn
addition to taking care of 10
acres there he took a 'job in a
moulding plant at Hincs. In 1952
he was hit in Hie right eye by
an air hose and never complete
ly recovered from the injury.
Mrs. Richardson now lives with
her mother, Mrs. Rosa Tucker,
in Paisley. There arc two daugh
ters, Mrs. Lorraine Lynch ol
Burns, who was queen of the
Klamath Falls rodeo in 1940, and
Mrs. Elaine Stout of Burns, and
three grandchildren.
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White sulphur springs,
W. Va. (UPH Alabama Gov.
fieoroe C. Wallace, who has hint
ed tfiat he may enter some presi
dential primaries next year,
plans to present five civil rights
esolutions to the Southern oov-
ernors Conference which gets un
der way here Sunday.
The "fighting little judge." an
nounced in Montgomery Friday
that he will present the touchy
esolutions and ask the governors
to go on record in opposition to
President Kennedy s proposed civ
il rights measures.
In so doing, Wallace may let
loose a hornet's nest similar to1
the civil rights controversy that
eruDted last month in Miami
Beach at the National liovernors
Conference. , ,
The conferences traditionally
avoid controversial issues. Last
year, at the Southern Governors
Conference in Hollywood, Ha
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Man Search
PORTLAND tUPIt -The search1
for a man wanted for questioning
in the death ol a wealthy Idaho
woman whose body was found Inst
week in a bathtub at the Hilton
Hotel continued today.
The partially clad body ol Mrs
Irene Davis, of Payette, was dis
covered Aug. 8 hy a hotel maid.
A nylon stocking had been knotted
around her neck twice and the
Multnomah County coroner's of
fice said she died of strangulation.
The woman lust was seen in the
company of a man when she left
the Canlis Bar atop the Hilton
about 1:30 a.m. Aug. 6.
The man sought by police was
Youth Faces
Jury Trial
Charles Wesley .lones, a 19
year-old airman from McChord
Air Force Base, Wash., goes on
trial here Monday morning on a
harge of assault and battery
with intent to do great ooany
harm.
Jones is accused of heating an
IK-year-old Klamath Falls girl af
ter a parly last May 19.
Jones was a member of a
group ol airmen visiting King-
slcv Field from McChord. His
bond is set at $3,500.
Tlie trial will get under wav
at 10 a.m. in the circuit court of
Judge Donald Piper. It will be
Piper s first case upon his re
turn from vacation.
Rightists Ask Court
For Board Injunction
the chief executives operated un
der a gentlemen's agreement that
the touchy civil rights issue would
not be brought formally 'beforej
the group.
Fifteen Attend
The conference here lasts
through Wednesday. Seventeen
southern and border state gover
nors are members, but only 15
will be present.
So many of the southern and
border states governors meeting
have adopted moderate postures
on civil rights that majorities in
favor of Wallace's resolutions ap
pear impossible, even if the Ala
bama governor attempts to force
the issue.
Wallace has not said what he
would do i the conference reso
lution committee declines to re
port his five proposals to the
llnor to adopt them.
The five-man committee that
will consider the resolutions in
an executive session, is not a
standing committee. It will be
named by conference chairman
Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas
after the four-day meeting begins
Wallace's resolutions would put
the southern governors oil record
in calling for defeat of the Ken
nedy administration civil rights
program in Congress, denouncing
use ol federal troops lo' enforce
school desegregation orders, and
protesting the massive civil rights
program in Congress, denouncing
use nf federal troops to enforce
school desegregation orders, and
protesting the massive civil rights
march planned in Washington
Aug. 2(1.
They also would protest what
Wallace has termed Communist
participation in recent racial dem
onslrations. and Defense Secre
tary Robert McNamara's order
permitting cities with segregated
facilities to be placed olf limits
to military personnel.
Cancer Occurrence Told
per cent of all cancers found in
men and oral smears can help
cure them early, two dentists
said Thursday.
Often after radiation treatment
of the cancerous mouth tissues.
identilied as Robert Joseph Evans,!ulcers appear caused hy tissue
CHICAGO (UPli Cancers o( "It has been estimated that
the mouth and hp constitute lo;pcl. cent 0f le deaths from oral
cancer could be prevented by
27. Honolulu. He was recently em
ployed in Tigaid but ailed to re
port for work Aug. 7, detectives
reported.
No charges have been filed
against him in connection with
the Davis death hut he is "wanted
on a warrant signed hy the
Clackamas. County district attor
ney's office on charges of larceny.
Police said Evans also want-
V as n parole violator in Haw aii
reaction to the treatment. Drs,
Dwight R. Weathers, MilleclRC
ville, Gu., and James W. Griffin
Atlanta. Ga
Journal of
early recognition and prompt,
adequate treatment," the den
tists said.
It is of great value in the ear
CHICAGO (UPD-Civil rights
groups Saturday considered court
action in the flaming dispute over
use of mobile classrooms in pre
dominately Negro neighborhoods
on Chicago's South Side.
State Rep. Charles F. Arm
strong, a Chicago Democrat, said
integrationists would use a new
state law sponsored by him lo
seek an injunction against the
Chicago Board of Education.
Armstrong's law, which went
into effect July 1, forbids "erect
ing, purchasing or otherwise ac
quiring buildings for school pur
poses . . . lp such a manner as
to promote segregation and sep
aration of children in public
schools because of color, race or
nationality." ,
Armstrong said I think the
mobile classrooms violate this
law,"
' Civil- fights demonstrators the
past two weeks demonstrated at
the construction site of mobile
classrooms. Although more than
160 persons were arrested, and
several persons, including police
men, were injured, the school
board has refused to halt the
construction.
The demonstrators insist the
800 children who would 'use the
mobile units could attend nearby
predominately white schools until
a new school is built in the Ne
gro neighborhood.
Although the school board re
fused to halt the construction, it
did vote to lake a head count of
students in public schools to de
termine the number of w hites and
Negroes at each school.
Friday, usually - calm Mayor
Richard Daley lasliel out at
demonstators who picketed the
home of school board President
Clair M. Roddewig, whose wife
was ill at the time.
Daley -also said he lias been
subjected to pressure from many
persons and groups during his
political career "and no group
will pressure me into doing any
thing I think would be unlair and
unreasonable to all the people ol
Chicago."
In other racial developments:
Negro leaders in East St
Louis, 111., indicated satisfaction
with a negotiated settlement be
tween the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple (NAACPi and city banks and
ly diagnosis of cancer and ex
cellent for following patients al
ready treated, they said. "By
taking smears periodically, the
said in the current -dentist can check the progress of
Oral Surgery. An- the patient and the effectiveness
esthesia and Hospital Denial jof the thcrap
Service.
"It is difficult to distinguish
these ulcers from a recurrence
of the malignant lesion or tumor
cells not affected by radiation."
they said. "The oral smear pre-
isents a solution to this dilem-Ima."
savings and loans associations
which provides for the hiring of
Negroes by the institutions.
But Virgil Calvert, a justice of
the peace, who is a leader of a
citizen's civil rights committee,
said renewed agitation would be
gin Monday to place more Ne
groes in city jobs. And Negro
leaders planned to meet with
area grocery firms and the school
board to question hiring practices
and lo inquire into the Board of
Education's policy of distribut
ing new equipment throughout the
school system.
-Seven Negro teenagers were
found guilty in Richmond, Va.,
Saturday on charges of trespass
ing. The youths were arrested
during a sit-in at a downtown
restaurant Friday night. They
were lined. J25 each.
In New York City, Peter J.
Brennan, head of 4he City Build
ing and Constructisn Trades Conn
cil, made a charge of racial dis
crimination in reverse Friday.
Brennan said it would be unfair
to "jump" Negro and Puerto Ri-
can applicants over whites or
waiting lists for apprentice jobs
rhe state has demanded that
one Negro applicant be accepted
as an apprentice hy a sheet metal
workers local, but union officials
have refused to place him ahead
of 100 white applicants already
on the list.
Negro author James Baldwin
announced in a Paris. France,
newspaper that hi would be avail
able at a Paris address Saturday
to discuss the Aug. 28 civil rights
' march of Washington to Amer
icans and interested Frenchmen,
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AIR FORCE AWARD Col. Edwin J. Witzenburger,
Kingsley Field commander, presents Mrs. George
Callison with a Superior Performance Award. Mrs.
Caliison received the award for outstanding work at
the base. Others receiving recognition for high quality
performance in their duties were Mrs. Thomas C. Bartlett,
Mrs. Roberta J. Hall and Mrs. Mary R. Simmons. A
certificate for 20 years' service was presented to William
L. Brooks.
Rusk Sees Little Hope
For Complete Agreement
WASHINGTON UPH Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk is opti
mistic Russia may be willing to
make isolated agreements to ease
tensions with the West, but sees
little hope ol a solution now to all
cold war issues.
One potential agreement the
United States would be willing to
discuss, Rusk tolk his news con
ference Friday, would be the pro
posal to station observation teams
at transportation centers in ma
jor countries. The teams would
be on the lookout for large-scale
troop movements w hich might in
dicate a surprise attack was in
the offing.
But Rusk cautioned against ty
ing together cold war issues in
an attempt to settle all con
flicts in one session. The more
issues such as disarmament, Ber
lin, non-aggression pacts or nuc
lear free zones that arc linked, he
said, the more difficult negotia
tions would become.
As a "very helpful contribu
tion" to further easing tensions,
Rusk said, the Soviet Union
should agree to remove its re
maining troops from Cuba.
tic said that while he was in
Moscow he told Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko of the United
States' interest in secijig all Rus
sian troops pulled off the island,
but would not reveal the Soviet
official's reply.
Shortly after Rusk's conference,
the joint House-Senate Republican
leadership called on tlie Russians
to withdraw the troops as a
"demonstration of good faith" be
fore the United Stales takes any
"second step" toward new agree
ments with the Soviet Union.
Since last May when the Senate
aimed services subcommittee es
timates there were 17,500 Soviet
troops still on the island, the
.group said that "so far as can
be learned, no significant reduc
tion has been made in the Soviet
forces since."
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