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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH LABOR FORCE Ratio of Workers to Persons 65 Or Older Continues to Decline Today there are only five adult workers in the United States for every person 65 years old or over; in 1850 there were 11 workers, 16 years old or over, for every oldster. In 1900 the proportion was nine workers to one oldster; in 1920 it was eight to one; in 1930, seven to one; in 1940, six to one; by 1950, five to one. In another ten years, under current population trends, there will be approximately four people at work for every person 65 or over. These figures vividly point up our g problems with respect to our aging population, reports the family economics bu-reau of Northwestern National Life Insurance company. As medical science and improving conditions enable more people to live past 65, we are at the same time retiring more oldsters from useful work, says the report. Simply voting the old people more dollars is no solution, either for them or the nation, the report ob-serves, adding that old people do not consume dollars they consume goods, uke everyone else. Some-body has to produce the extra food, clothes, shelter and other things needed for their comfort. Therefore any practical program of security for our aged must face two basic requirements, says the report: (1) Production of goods and serv-ices by our young and middle-age- d people must be expanded much further, through industrial progress, so there will be a greater margin left over from the workers' own needs, to take care of helpless older members of our population. (2) At the same time our increas-ing millions of older people must be permitted and helped to keep on at productive work as long after 65 as possible, instead of being dis-couraged and penalized for so do-ing. Unless these basic realities are kept in mind, the problem will grow worse instead of better, says the report; passing out more and more government dollars looks like an easy solution, but only means that each dollar will buy less and less. MOST AMERICANS want to stay useful after 65, says the report, pointing to a recent survey of the retirement aims of 3,000 of the com-pany's male policy-holder- Results, as previously published, showed that only 24 per cent want complete leisure when they reach retirement age. The remaining 76 per cent want either to keep on at their pres-ent jobs as long as they are phys-ically and mentally capable, or else to be financially able to ease up a bit, with shorter hours or in some lighter occupation. Thus, three out of four of the men in the survey want to kepn ripht on rfr.ir. something useful after 65. Such responses further empha-size the need for all retirement pro-grams, whether based on life in-surance, industrial pensions or gov-ernment payments, to be made highly flexible in their provisions for actual retirement from work, the report concludes. Year U.S. Labor U.S. Popn- - Force Ratio latloa to 10 years old 65 years old Labor and over and over Force 1850 7.035,000 623.000 9 1900 27,323,000 3,080,000 ll'A 1S20 40.553,000 4.933,000 12 1930 48,153,000 6.634,000 14 1940 52,540,000 9,019,000 17 I960 61.474.000 12,322,000 20 1960 67,302,000 15,491,000 23 Three-in-On- e Music nether you need a compact three-m-on- e cabinet or sen. arate cabinets for radio, record player and albums, pattern 3or gives directions for building i A sliding shelf to fit your machine is a good feature. Price of pattern is 25c. WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer 10 Bedford Hills, New lork CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BUSINESS & INVEST. OPPQR. 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But in real life he sheds the naive teen ager role that has brought success; he is actually an astute business ntan, with many profitable business investments. .... JW " w ' X ' - . Ronald and Benita Colman Ronald and Benita Colman re-turned from vacationing in Italy with plans for "The Halls of Ivy"; he so enjoyed writing that one script for it last year that he has done some writing for the NBC show. They also mulled over the idea of appearing in the stage version which Don Quinn has been preparing. They're interested in doing a test television version as a try-ou- t. While most of the country Is busy building super-market- s, Renfro Valley, Ky., is rushing construction on an country store. A replica of the town's original general store, it will be heated by a stove, lit by kerosene lamps, and will house the U. S. Post Office cab-inet, almost 100 years old. High-toppe- d shoes, copper-toe- d boots and bustles will be displayed. Gene Autry is all set to make a picture in Japan, probably early next year. The Japanese adore west-erns, and Gene's comic books, suits and shirts have a terrific sale there. So prepare for his appearance in "Cowboy in Tokyo". SPORTLIGHT-- Fight Fiasco Punishes Ring Fans Bv GRANTLAND RICE JOW and then a considerable amount of punishment is dealt out in the ring. But the two fighters seldom absorb the punishment the fight fan is forced to take. After the Robinson-Turpi- n crowd-handlin- g fiasco, I can see why many thousands wouldn't take the same problem of selling the show and yet giving it away on the same night. When the day comes when television receipts outmatch the gate returns every show may be televised. It stands to reason. If promoters can get $750,000 in the way of turnstile receipts with- - beating again at the Saddler-Pe- p show. The fight fan's only recourse for protection is to stay at home. I doubt that too many who were in the Turpin-Robinso- n upheaval will be In shape to tackle another fight any time soon. And it might be mentioned that the fight fan gets little or no protec-tion from the State Boxing Commis- - out television, and $1,000,000 from television, then we'll have televi-sion. More than a few of those con-nected with the fight game believe this will happen some day. I know Mike Jacobs said some time ago that we'd soon have big fights with less than 1,000 fight fans present, with television paying possibly $3,000,000 or $4,000,000. It seems that he was right. But some way must be found to make the television owner pay his share of this money. When some inventive genius discovers the right way, everybody concerned will be happy. It ' will be doubly interesting to see how the college football televi-sion program will work out. Men I . L I v I I sion. Maybe it isn't the business of the State Boxing Com-mission to see that any protection is of-fered. A p p a r ently the only interest the Commission has is to see that the state tax is collect-ed and delivered. Tho Rtato nt Won like Tom Hamilton, Ralph Furey, Asa BushneU and others know their jobs thoroughly. They have prepared the best pro-gram possible without wrecking too many teams. Football, it might be stated, is not on a very strong financial footing at the moment. The high cost of re-cruiting, of taking care of the play-ers, of the double-platoo- n system has about wrecked the budgets of more than a few big teams. Televi-sion was costing them heavily at the turnstiles. The Bowl Bids This seems to be a bit soon for any football Bowl nominations, but you can't get arrested for guessing. Rose Bowl Washington vs. Ohio State or Illinois. Cotton Bowl Texas A. and M., Texas and Baylor all have a chance! Tennessee, Kentucky, or Alabama or Maryland can make it. Sugar Bowl Tennessee, Alabama or Oklahoma. Plus Maryland. Orange Bowl Miami vs. Mary-land or Alabama. For those trying to pick football winners in various nnll from run (.rantuna Ric. York Sets a terrific financial cut from its many games, enough to see that those who pay in this money should get at least some form of protection. But it doesn't work that way. The main trouble is that the av-erage fan, no matter what the game, is a glutton for punishment. He apparently isn't happy unless he is getting all the worst of. it. He doesn't seem to care about being treated as a human being. He's out for the sport. But few fans think a fight is worth the beating many thousands had to take in the middleweight brawl. Who is to guarantee it won't happen again? No one in sight that I can see, as long as the tax money is properly delivered. With the fight game almost fading out a few months back, a series of lucky breaks suddenly developed, sparked by Turpin's victory over Robinson in England. Saddler and Pep have always put on a good show. Marciano's victory over Rex Layne made the Louis assignment look much better than usuaL But the International Boxing Club and Madison Square Garden will on, the teams to watch are Ten-nessee, Kentucky and Alabama from the South; Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois and Notre Dame from the Midwest; Pennsylvania, Navy, Princeton and Cornell from the East; Miami from the independents; Baylor, Texas A. and M. and Texas from the Southwest; Oklahoma and Nebraska from the Missouri Valley; Washington from the West Coast. You won't go too far off the happy road by picking most of these. have to show they knew how to han-dle a big show before many thou-sands will return, regardless of who stars in the ring. The fans get mighty tired of being mishandled. The TV Barrier There is one angle of the televi-sion game that a great many thou-sands never seem to understand. The promoter has the complicated FICTION BERTHA CORNER By Richard Hill Wilkinson T30Y was correcting his English IV mid-ye- book reviews and the whistling annoyed him. It came from the alley beneath the window at the end of the I I hall. It had begun 'Millllte early that morn-Fictio- n 3 ias- - bIiJ-cheer-whistle, measured, h i g Presently he could stand it no longer. He was not a violent man, but as he descended the back stairs there was a grimness about his mouth. Roy emerged into the alley and headed for a high board fence, from 10 behind which came the measured whistle. He went through a door in the fence and stopped short. A voice said: "Hi, kid!" Suspended from a peg in the fence was a cage and in the cage was a parrot. As Roy stared at it the par-rot emitted a shrill, piercing whistle. Roy was in the act of opening the cage door when someone shrieked.' He turned to see a girl with red hair and blazing brown eyes rushing at him. "Don't you dare touch that cage! Who are you? What are you doing here? You were going to harm Bertha!" Roy blinked, "Yes," he said calmly, "I was going to wring Bertha's scrawny neck. Bertha's whistling annoyed me. It was driving me crazy. All morning long I have been trying to cor-rect my English book reviews. If the book reviews aren't In by tomorrow I'm apt to lose my job." The girl's eyes brimmed with tears. "I'm sorry," Roy said. "Un-less you remove Bertha from her present location I shall in-sist on bashing in her stupid head." "I'm sorry," said Roy. "Unless you remove Bertha from her pres-ent location I shall insist on bash-ing in her stupid head." The redhead gasped. "And I'll bet you would do it, too! It's only on bright days that I place Bertha outside. Otherwise, she has to stay in where it's dark. If you don't be-lieve me, come and see." Roy realized that she was appeal-ing to his better nature, if any. He permitted himself to be led into the house. The room, where abode the girl and Bertha, was truly a gloomy place. "I concede the point," Roy ad- - mitted. He stared at the girl close- - ! ly. "I should think on warm days you'd want to get out into the air yourself." "I do. I spend nearly all my time looking for a job. Today I stayed home so Bertha could have a sun-ning. Tomorrow she won't bother you at all." "Tomorrow," said Roy, "I won't be here to mind." He scratched his chin. "Look here," he said. "What kind of work are you looking for?" "I used to be a librarian," said the girl. "A librarian!" exclaimed Roy. Would you like a job correcting English IV book reviews?" The redhead's eyes grew round. "Do you mean why I'd adore such a job!" "By the way," he said, "I haven't asked your name." "It's Roberta Cameron. And if you want these papers tonight, I think you'd better let me get to work on them." TT was in October that Bertha had first aroused Roy's irei Two weeks before Christmas he asked Roberta an important question. She shook her head. "I couldn't marry you. You don't like Bertha." "But I've really grown fond ol Bertha!" Roy cried. "Why, if it weren't for Bertha, I'd never have met you." The day after this, Berths caught a cold. It was bright and warm In the morning and Rob-erta left the bird outside while she went to town. At noon It turned cold and began to rain. Attracted by a series of hoarse shrieks, Roy rushed Into the alley, seized the cage and re-turned indoors. Bertha died the next day. "I I suppose," said Roberta, i shouldn't have put her out." Roy stared. A thousand thoughts galloped through his mind. But h had the good sense not to mentior them. Instead he picked up Ro berta's hand and Roberta smiled. Proud Father Gets Wish; Triple Mary-me- nt Occasion KILDANGANAN, Ireland - Jos-eph Geraghty had told all his friends that he was wishing for it to be a daughter. In fact, he had already chosen a name to be used when the blessed event happened. Mrs. Geraghty surprised the proud father by presenting him with, not one daughter, but three female family additions. Proud Joseph still was granted his wish. The girls, he announced merrily, would be named Julia Mary, Norah Mary and Christina Mary. GRASSROOTS President Disregards His Dixiecraf Opposition By Wright A. Patterson TJEGARDLESS of what the perma-nen- t effect may be on the future of his party, how wide the factional split may spread, the President is determined to make another try at securing legislation on his Fair Deal program. Senator Humphreys of 'Minnesota has been delegated to prepare and introduce in the senate eight bills that, if they can be passed, would effectuate the Fair Deal program as contained in the Democratic plat-form of 1948, for the adoption of which Senator Humphreys was largely responsible. Senator Humphreys is promised the active support of half a dozen other northern Democratic senators who support anything the President asks for. The first of these measures Is the bill, which the south has been able to talk to death, as an invasion of state's rights. It is the President's be-lief that the passage of such a measure, with its effect on the northern negro vote, could mean turning the electoral vote of such states as New York, Illi-nois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, and others with a large negro population into the Democratic column, without seriously ef-fecting the, white vote of any of the southern states, the people of which are regarded as first Protestant, second democratio and third American. Only a counting of the ballots In the next election can determine the real answer. If the President Is right in his surmise, it could mean his election to a third term. All such bills are to be promoted as welfare legislation. What the action of the Republi-cans in the senate, whether or not they will support the Dixiecrats of the south, will not be known until the senate votes. The Republicans are not anxious to affront the north-ern Democratic negroes. The Re-publicans, too, would like to have as many of those votes as possible. In it all there is much more of poli-tics than of welfare on both sides. Such a move on the part of the President could mean a permanent split in his party that in time might be politically expensive and mean a third party and a loss of regular Democratic control of congress. Such a result would not be evident in the next election. When I was in Hawaii between the first and second world wars, an in-variable subject of conversation was "statehood for the islands." A large majority of the people of all the racial groups were for it. A small minority, led by the Honolulu Ad-vertiser, was opposed. The Advertiser based Us op-position on its expressed belief in a lack of loyalty on the part of the Japinese, then the largest of the racial groups in the is-lands, but the publisher and owner admitted the real reason was the certainty that the pub-Ush- er and owner of the compet ing daily, The would undoubtedly 'je elected to the United States senate follow-ing admission of the islands to statehood, and that he could not afford to have a competitor se-lected for such a job which would add to his influence and prestige among the island's peo-ple. I am told the opposition to state-hood has grown some, since I was in the islands, and such opposition as exists is fathered, not alone by The Advertiser, but also by the army, especially the intelligence service of the army. It is fearful that statehood would affect the army's privileges and practices. Such objections as are back of any opposition is not worthy of con-sideration on the part of congress. The islands are fully entitled to be-ing made a real part of the United States. It has been a step child for an overly long period. To longer continue it on a territorial basis is unfair. Give it a chance to rule it-self and to enjoy the advantages of statehood, regardless of petty ob-jections. The examples starting the break-down of morality and integrity in America were to be found in the White House, among the President's cabinet officers, ambassadors, and public officials fairly generally. They have accepted bribes for be-traying the interests of the Ameri-can people. But the President says they have done nothine iHeeal. HOWtQMMa? A SCALE PAINTED on the side of YOUR RS-UIN- ROD WILL' ENABLE YOU TO ' MEASURE FISH OF DOUBTFUL LtNGTH PAINT THE MEASUREMENTS ON WITH BLCK ENAMEL. |