HERALD AXD NEWS, Klamath Falli. Oregon Sunday. November 24. 63
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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(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.
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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
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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.
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live older cnildren and Mrs.
Aberdeen. Sealed clockwise
Evelyn Kay, 4 la; Julie Kcnee,
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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
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tion heat and moisture control and
my svmpjthy."
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