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State Government
The act uses the allocation formula of a uniform
Work of the division involves locating and maintain-
statute on taxation of air carriers, proposed in 1947 by
ing a register on all physically handicapped Oregon
the Council of State Governments on the recommenda-
residents under 21. Free diagnostic examinations are
tion of the National Association of Tax Administrators.
given at division offices or at travelling clinics held
periodically in thirty counties. Parents are then assisted
in arranging for medical care and other services. For
children whose parents cannot afford specialized treat-
New England Education Cooperation.-The state uni-
ments the state provides medical and surgical care in
versity presidents of the New England states have an-
Portland doctors' offices and in hospitals.
nounced a plan of cooperative education that will take
The division aids in instructing medical students in
effect for the academic year starting this fall. Students
the recognition and care of crippling disorders and works
from the six-state area will be granted "second priority"
toward improvement of services to crippled children
in fields of study not offered by more than one of the
generally through consultations with hospital administra-
six state universities. Thus they will have priority after
tors and representatives of health and social agencies.
residents of the state in question have had opportunity
for admission. The special areas of study include
medicine, at the University of Vermont; law, pharmacy,
insurance and other subjects at the University of Con-
Washington's Rehabilitation Program.-A rehabilitation
necticut; pulp and paper technology, at the University
program that kept many persons off the welfare rolls
of Maine; food technology and landscape architecture,
saved the State of Washington almost $700,000 last year.
at the University of Massachusetts; occupational therapy
In addition, rehabilitated persons added an estimated
and hotel management, at the University of New Hamp-
$2.5 million to total income in the state. These figures
shire; and textiles, marine biology and oceanography, at
were reported recently by E. M. Oliver, supervisor of
the University of Rhode Island. Meanwhile, Massa-
Washington's Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
chusetts became the first state in the region to ratify
It was reported that about 1,000 persons were re-
the New England Higher Education Compact, which
habilitated during 1953. They had physical or mental
will formalize such cooperative agreements and permit
handicaps, couldn't find jobs, and had turned to the
further regional development in higher education. The
state for public assistance or were dependent on relatives.
compact, drafted this year, will be submitted to the other
The state invested an average of $750 to rehabilitate
New England states at their regular 1955 legislative
them, enabling them to find jobs that made them self-
sessions.
supporting.
Besides saving the state the cost of maintaining them,
the rehabilitated persons earn an average of $2,575
Midwest Cooperation for Education.-Approximately
a year. Moreover, a recent study at the Graduate School
thirty-five legislators and educators from the midwestern
of Social Work at the University of Washington shows
states met in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 17 to discuss
that those rehabilitated tend to stay rehabilitated. It
regional cooperation in higher education. The meeting,
was noted that of 321 persons who had received voca-
organized by the Minnesota Legislative Research Com-
tional rehabilitation two and a half to three and a half
mittee, was held as a result of resolutions adopted by the
years ago, 92 per cent still were self-supporting.
North Central States Legislative Conference in April
and by the Midwestern Regional Conference of the
Council of State Governments in May. The group dis-
cussed regional programs of higher education in other
Utah Divorce Law Revision Planned.-The rate of
parts of the country and explored the desirability of an
broken marriages in Utah led recently to authorization
interstate compact among the midwestern states. Medi-
of a citizens' committee to seek improved divorce laws
cine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and forestry re-
from the 1955 legislature. The committee was to be
ceived special emphasis as potential areas of cooperation.
appointed by the State Welfare Commission.
The Council of State Governments was requested to
The decision resulted from a meeting called by the
gather information on higher educational needs and
commission to examine with district and juvenile judges,
resources in the region and submit it to the Governors,
welfare workers, sociologists, marriage counsellors and
legislators and educators of the Midwest by January 1.
interested citizens what could be done to make marriages
more lasting. The assembly was in agreement that present
laws did not answer the mounting problem. As a first
step it favored a family relations court or its equivalent.
Children's Medical Unit in Oregon.-The crippled chil-
The Welfare Commission's interest is related to its
dren's division of the University of Oregon Medical
aid to dependent children program. Statistics presented
School recently moved into new $280,000 quarters com-
at the meeting indicated that divorce and desertion
pleted on the medical school campus in Portland. The
accounted for 41 per cent of the children covered by the
new structure, of two stories, contains clinic facilities
aid program, which cost Utah over $2 million last year.
including equipment for physical and speech therapy and
It was reported that 57 per cent of the State Industrial
hydrotherapy as well as examination rooms, interview
School population comes from homes with only one
rooms and open areas where handicapped children may
parent or no parents.
walk and play while under observation.
(Continued on Inside Back Cover)
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
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The special areas of study include\nmedicine, at the University of Vermont; law, pharmacy,\ninsurance and other subjects at the University of Con-\nWashington's Rehabilitation Program.-A rehabilitation\nnecticut; pulp and paper technology, at the University\nprogram that kept many persons off the welfare rolls\nof Maine; food technology and landscape architecture,\nsaved the State of Washington almost $700,000 last year.\nat the University of Massachusetts; occupational therapy\nIn addition, rehabilitated persons added an estimated\nand hotel management, at the University of New Hamp-\n$2.5 million to total income in the state. These figures\nshire; and textiles, marine biology and oceanography, at\nwere reported recently by E. M. Oliver, supervisor of\nthe University of Rhode Island. 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The group dis-\ncussed regional programs of higher education in other\nUtah Divorce Law Revision Planned.-The rate of\nparts of the country and explored the desirability of an\nbroken marriages in Utah led recently to authorization\ninterstate compact among the midwestern states. Medi-\nof a citizens' committee to seek improved divorce laws\ncine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and forestry re-\nfrom the 1955 legislature. 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Statistics presented\nSchool recently moved into new $280,000 quarters com-\nat the meeting indicated that divorce and desertion\npleted on the medical school campus in Portland. The\naccounted for 41 per cent of the children covered by the\nnew structure, of two stories, contains clinic facilities\naid program, which cost Utah over $2 million last year.\nincluding equipment for physical and speech therapy and\nIt was reported that 57 per cent of the State Industrial\nhydrotherapy as well as examination rooms, interview\nSchool population comes from homes with only one\nrooms and open areas where handicapped children may\nparent or no parents.\nwalk and play while under observation.\n(Continued on Inside Back Cover)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum"
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