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HERALD AXD NEWS, Klamath Falli. Oregon Sunday. November 24. 63 PAGE-6C ni Hhea Hhey uuere uen By Newspaper Enterprise Assn. In the age of the promoter and the fait buck, Andrew and Mary Ann Fischer have blown through this year's headlines like a cool wind off the prairies of their native Dakotas. " They determined at the start that no one would make a cir cus out of tlieir family just be cause they had produced quin tuplets. They have seemed particular ly concerned about the effect of the event on their five older chil dren. One of the first coments nimnmmv AW? 1 . var. v l ) it ''I ' iS 1963 by The C'urtli I- A t . v , A ' . T 5,3 FISCHERS AND THEIR FIVE: Parents and quints Rot together for their first group photo in the nursery of St. Luke's Hospital, Aberdeen. The babies, in Isolettes, are (from front) Mary Ann, Mary Magdalene, James Andrew, Mary Margaret and Mary Catherine. t ... 'Si- a. IlOW THEY GREW: James Andrew Fischer (left) Is just 6 days old here as a nurse feeds him through a nose tube while he rests in tho temperature and humidity controlled environment of his Isolettc. Ten days later, his sister, Mary Cath erine (right), is bottle fed in her Isolettc. O 19(1 by The Curtis rubllshlnt Cpinpany. lUstrlbuted by Newspaper Knterprlse Assn. BIG BROTHERS James Andrew was the first quint to leave his Isolettc for a regular Incubator. His sisters, stilt In tso lettei when this picture was taken, are shown in the background. The highest and strongest of the babies, he was the first scheduled to go home. This Is the latest photograph of the quints tu be released. Andy made after the birth on Sept. 14 was: "The Fischers now have 10 children, not quintuplets, and five others." A financial guardianship was set up to protect the interests of all the children, not just the live new Fischers. The parents have rejected or returned all sifts which had commercial strings attached. The only major contracts were with the Curtis Publishing Co., for the family's picture and story rights and with Brown it Publlihln Company. Distributed itV9 V) 1961 by The Curtis .,1 . . . mm. smii nrii I H T II -- " " " T '1 1? IL'tTCi 1 1 IV, A' ... t .OJ '4 ' . V rN'F'r ,i,..,.X.iul Uv f IT" tTP'WW1! 1 r r V Bigelow Co.i who will publish a calendar featuring the babies. But even the unattached gifts and money that have come to them apparently were not ex pected. In his copyrighted story in the Saturday Evening Post, Andy writes of his reaction when told Mary Ann was car rying five babies. "I was probably the most worried man in the United States. It never occurred to me that the birth of quintuplets would make news around the world. . . . The big question 1111, I :-J?.v i. Viiiil1imj liy Newauapcr J-.nleriirlse Ahsn. Publishing- company. Distributed - . , t .ft mr.mTmmmim.mm mm lllimsjli l I lsl, Jill J was: How can I possibly earn enough to take care of 10 all at once?" Mary Ann cried most of that same night with the same worries. Those concerns have now largely vanished. The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce will build the Fischers a house. Meanwhile, they have moved into a large rented house in town w here a nursery for the quints is being readied. It is here they will start their real life as a family. Why have the Fischers been able to handle the pressures of their new situation without los Fischer Arrived By Newspaper Enterprise Assn. For an event which happens once in every 54 million chances, the birth of the Fisch er quintuplets was over in a deceptively short lime. The first, Mary Ann. was de livered a few minutes before 2 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14. There followed in rapid se quence, Mary Magdalene, Mary Catherine and James Andrew. Mary Margaret arrived a little after 3 a.m. Into tliat hour were puurcd all the skill of a (all, quiet doc tor, all the courage of a 30-ycar-old mother and all the efficien cy of 225-bed St. Luke's Hos pital. Mrs. Fischer entered St. Luke's on Wednesday, Sept. 11, for a checkup on the advice of her doctor. Dr. James N. Berbos, 41, is a general prac titioner who delivers more ba bies than many obstetricians. X-rays disclosed five tiny skel otins. Mary Ann and Andy, 38, were told what to expect that day. After learning of the expect ed quintuplets, St. Luke's ad- S t it by Newspaper l-.nterprlse Assn. ing their sene of values? The rigors of living on Andy's $76-a-week chipping clerk's sal ary may have helped. Their pi oneer stock could be a phis, too. They are descended from emigrant (German farming fam ilies who carved their living out of the often inhospitable Dako ta land. And finally, as A n d y writes in the Post of his thoughts just before the quints were born: "We are a religious people I prayed that God would give us the strength and wisdom to handle the responsibilities we would have to be facing very soon." Quints Quickly ministrator, Sister M. Stephen, immediately bought a third lso lette and arranged to rent two others. These special and ex pensive S1.260I incubators for premature babies control temp erature and humidity and fil ter out bacteria. By the time -Mrs. Fischer's labor began around midnight Friday, three doctors, five nurses and an extensive arrav of equipment stood ready. For the safety of the quints, w h 0 were arriving two months ear ly, Mary Ann agreed to go through the delivery with out drugs or anesthetic. She was conscious the entire time. All five are now healthy, out of the incubators, and seeming ly thriving in new bassinets. Mary Ann, the smallest at birth, is now reaching toward six pounds and James An drew is now a strapping nine pounder. Dr. Berbos, who has been practicing in his home town since l4i), skillfully kept out of the limelight. But those in the delivery room paid tribute to his masterful handling of the birth. Perhaps the only irony of the quintuplet story is that tlic doctor with experience unique to living North Ameri can practitioners will very hke Iv never have a chance to put it to work again. Indians To Elect Committee It was decided yesterday in the Multnomah County Circuit Court tliat a new election will be held to select an executive committee to represent the re maining members of the Klam ath Ijidian Tribe, in addition to others with interests in the tri bal holdings, according to in formation obtained by live Her ald and News. An order will be filed at the Multnomah County Court some time later todav. it was said. Congressmen Squeamish About Raising Own Salary WASHINGTON UP1 -"The compensation should not be set so liinh that it would attract poor people to seek the salary instead of the office: nor so low that only the rich could af ford lo serve." The first Congress established those salary guidelines or it self. It figured that SB a day. to be paid only for days actual ly worked, was jul the right amount. The 88th Congress is now try ing to get up tlic courage to raise members salaries lo 2. 500 a year. There are those including some potential recipients who say it would take gall and not courage to raise congressional salaries by $10,000 a jear. "If we use production as a yardstick." says Hep. J, Ar thur Younger. R-Cahf , "we not only are not entitled to a raise, but should tie returning part of what we are now getting." However. Hep. Morris K. I'dall iD Aii i proposes th.it congressional salaries be raised to Wj.000 a year in line with the recommendations of an ad visory panel named by Presi dent Kennedy. I'dall argues that members have been "too timid" in raising their on sawn ics Always Squeamish Congressmen nave altvavs been squeamish about boosting tlseir own pay. Some have fear ed (he higher salaries would invite greater competition for the office Others have been concerned alwut tiw impact on Hie voters: Every lime Con gress raises its pay some mem bers fail to win le-c'sevtron. v f h ill' tt?n. t - i J Kim ' tilil Mi'l- 1 mmi , A t-'' 1-J63 by Th Curtis I'ubliBhinsr Company. l)lstrlliutd (iOOD KE'aso FOR THANKS: Mr. and Mrs. Fischer share a festive turkey wiin tneir Fischer's mother, Mrs. Elmer Bradv, in their nine-room rented farmhouse just outside around the table, starting with Andv who wields the carving knife, are: Daniel Patrick, 8; 6; Mary Ann; Denise Joyce, 3 Is; Mrs. lirady and lharlottc Ann. 7. A FAMILY OF 10 CHILDREN: The Fischers arc determined their older children will not be overshadowed by their famous sisters and brother. A few days after Mary Ann came home from the hospital, the seven Fischers visited the home of Mrs. Fischer's parents in Hecla, S.D. Here in the machine shed, Andy plays ball with (from left Danny, Charlotte and Julie while Mary Ann watches. mployers Provided They Are Under 40 Years SAN FRANCISCO iUPH - In the competition for jobs, the edge is generally given to the man with experience providing lies mot past the age of 40. This is the conclusion of Lee V. Harris, who has devoted much of the past eight years to helping competent, out-of-work executives find new jobs. Congress last gave itself a pay raise in 1955 when it boost ed its salary from $15,000 a year to the present $22,500. The latest move to up con gressional pay came" about this way: Tire last Congress passed a law adopting the principle that pay for government career workers should be "compara ble" w ith those in private indus try. At the same time, the law makers realized that this soon would mean some top-level ca reer workers would lie making more money than their ' su periors in the executive depart ment . . . and in Congress. That, of course, wouldn't do. So Con gress asked the President vvlut should be done about it. Tlie next steps were strictly routine, and expected. The Pres iilent set up a commission. The commission suggested that ex ecutive salaries be raised to a top of $50,000 a year for Cabi net members and $J5.000 a ear for congressmen Too .Much Throe weeks ago. the Hoie Post 01 1 ice and Civ il Service Committee decided that was too much. It favored a bill which would increase Cabinet salaries to $.15,000 a vcar and congrcsswn.il salaries lo S.2.. 500. It also would raise Die salaries of practically every civilian working (or govern ment from the vice president on down. The cost would be about $ million a year. A chevk of the Senate com mittee indicates members like what they see in the ILnise bill. An attempt will be made to pass it this vear. I'll I'j63 by 3 he Curtis Looking For "Employers today seem to want a man 35 years old with 25 lo 30 years of experience, Harris said, pointing to the help wanted ads in a local newspa per to emphasize his point. A retired Army colonel, Har ris closed down the 40-Plus As sociation of Northern California, a non-prolit organization that worked for 23 years to solve the problem of the unemployed business or professional man. Unsolved Problem Harris made it clear the as sociation was closing its doors because of lack of funds, not because the problem lias been solved. "Ten years ago a company would say, 'Don't send me any one over 52,' " Harris said. "To day the age limit has dropped to 15." Harris was a member of the assoeiat ion's board of directors for eight years and spent much of his time handling its day-lo-day activities. He took charge of the group when its execu tive director. David Abrams, eked in August. One of 18 such organizations in Hie United States, the 40-Plus Association of Northern Califor nia had a chronic shortage of funds and depended largely on the volunteer work of its mem bers. Kfforts Successful But its efforts were quite suc cessful. During its 23 years, the association placed some 6.500 executives with 2.400 com panies. Harris figured the earn ings of those men totaled tK,- 400.000. "We were very selective in the men we accepted as mem bers." he said. Membership in io association was limited to executives with annual earnings of between $7,500 and $20,000 who had been displaced by re tirement policies of their com paises, mergers or sale of their companies. Only one applicant APPROVES NOMINATION' WASHINGTON ilPI" - The Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee Monday approved tlie nomination of Benson E. L. Timmons III to be ambassador to Haiti. Said committee Chair man J. William Fulhright. D- Ai k . to Timmons 'You have e l'ubllshing Company. Distributed Men With Experience in 10 met the memlwrship re quirements. But even such top quality ex ecutives had difficulty locating new jobs, Harris said. He blamed the attitudes of both in dustry and the unemployed ex ecutives for this. Companies today hesitate tn hire an older man despite his valuable experience because of (lie time and money that must he spent on training and re training programs, Harris said. Some companies also feel that an older man .will not work long enough to contribute his share to pension and health funds that he will benefit from. Creates Problems The out-of-work executives, however, create some of their own job-hunting problems, Har Space Engineer Says Man Is Most Imporfanf LOS ANGELES L'PI The, and act. is more desirable tban man is more important tnan the machine in space flight. That's the conclusion of a prom inent space engineer in comment ling on the highly successful proj ect Mercury and the lorthcoming Project Gemini next step on the ladder to the moon. Project Mercury ended with this impressive record: number of on their hands to think and act orbital flights four; miles of during their two week mission, outer space traveled 893. 402 oriless automation is required." a little more than 35 times around J New Frontiers said that in Proj the world: time in orbit 53 ect Gemini, man's requirement hours. 23 minutes. for survival will basically be the Now the National Aeronauticsjsame. Thus the function of the life and Space Administration i NASA' Istipport svslem remains un- and the aerospace industry arelchanseH to provide two astro teaming up again for Project 'nauts a safe and comfortable at- 'Gemini two men in space for,mosphere for two weeks in space. two weeks. New Frontiers, a maeazine pub lished by Garrett-AiResearch, builder of life support or environ-ltosic cas removal, mental control systems for the Based on Mercury experience, space vehicles, asked R. C. Nel-1 how ever, a number (.1 noprove son. engineer in charge of the ments have boos Maeie in the sys Gemini system project, what was tern for greater reliability, more learned from Project Mercury compactness and lighter weight, that would aid in the Gemini! Chief among these, the Dublica- flichts. jtion said, are tlie storage of oxy- "From our point of view, there's gen under pressure in a state one important thing we learned halfway between a gas and a li from Mercury." Nelson said quid and a series of heat exchang "That's about the man. He has ers devices similar tn a car jshown that a well-trained 'test pi-lradiator to cool the capsule by jlnf who can think, adjust, repair;radiating heat into space. by .Newspaper enterprise Assn. live older cnildren and Mrs. Aberdeen. Sealed clockwise Evelyn Kay, 4 la; Julie Kcnee, !4 by Newspaper l-.nlcrpnse Assn. Of Age ris said. Many don't know how In start preparing a resume. Harris told of one man who was about to leave for a job interview dressed in a sport shirt and slacks. To Harris, the- key attribute thai an unemployed executive most possess is adaptability. He must be willing to learn the new skills and vocabulary that are a part of the growing elec tronics and space industries In improve his chances for a new job. He must recognize that the methods of his former company may not apply in his new job. And he must realize that his past experience will be mean ingless if he cannot prove him self to his new employer by his on-the-job performance. the most sohpisticated, automatic equipment yet designed. "As a result the Gemini envi ronmental control system will have less automatic control, more manual operation. By reducing the complexity of the system, we will increase reliability. Since the Gemini astronauts will have time The system will provide fresh - i oxvgen. cabin and suit prcssunza- tion heat and moisture control and my svmpjthy." O I
