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fhtusands Strike By Air, Sea In The Sji Strict , itfHvtfstM: (tons Day's - News. By Frank Jenkins EDITORIAL PAGE 4 The News-Review, Roseburg Ore. Fri., July 28, 1961 wnat anouc Tunisia whicn, asi this is written, is the world's hot test spot? Well, it's an interesting story. France took it over in 1883, and it remained a French protector ate until 1957, when Tunisia pro claimed its independence, set it' self up as a republic, and elected Habib Bourgiba as its first presi dent. The next year France agreed to withdraw all its military installations except the big air and naval base at Bizerle. Last week, the Tunisians set up blockades around Bizerle, and the French promptly broke the block ade with tanks and troops, through the efforts of Dag Hammarskold the situation was brought before the UN Security council, which voted 10-0, with France abstaining, for an immediate cease-fire. Both sides promptly ordered their troops lo stop shooting, but by that time the French had taken all tiie key points they needed to maintain their grip on the big base. The situation at the moment is a sort of armed truce. No one knows what will happen next. Tunisia has an ancient history. The city of Tunis sits almost on the exact site of ancient Carthage Carthage and Rome, in the world of. that day, sat in the spot now occupied by the U.S. and Kussia. They were the world s greatest na tions. They glowered at each other for generations. Then they went lo war. With occasional intermissions the war lasted 118 years. In the end. Home totally destroyed Carth age, leaving not one stone lying upon another. Eventually, Rome fell to invad ers from the north. . Tunisia has an interesting back ground in OUR history. It was one of the Barbary Slates. The Barbary States were PIRATE states. They practiced piracy against all other countries, captur ing their ships and holding their crews for ransom. THAT went on for generations. The nations of the world chose to pay the ransom trib ute rather than go to war to stop the racket. For a considerable lime, while we were getting our own independence and SECURING it, we went along with the rest .and paid tribute to the Barbary Mates. Thcn- We got FED UP WITH IT. We said: "THIS HAS TO STOP,' : So !' Under President Jefferson, we sent a fleet to the Mediterranean. , The fleet was commanded by Ste phen Decatur. I The upshot of it was that the Barbary rulers promised to stop niracv aeainst American s unuing .3 (lis bold enterprise on the part of the small and struggling United States of America so encouraged the great nations of Europe that they too waded in. That ended the Barbary pirate states. Time marched on. Then, in 1904, a Tunisian bandit chief named Kaisull seized Ion Per 'dicaris, an American citizen, and his stepson, who was an English subject, Kaisull demanded a ran som. He made the demand at a wrong time. Teddy Roosevelt was then President of the United States. He sent a message to the Sultan of Tunis. The message was brief, but vigorous. It read: "I WANT PERDICARIS ALIVE , OR RA1SULI DEAD." Ho got Perdicaris ALIVE. Those were great days In our history. We were little but we WERE TOUGH. We knew what we wanted. AREA CONTROL By Charles V. Stanton County courts of Lane, Coos and Douprlas Counties in arranging investigation into the proposal to zone the so called Sand Dunes Seashore Area are, in my opinion, tak ing the proper course. The counties have been urged by the Oregon Depart ment of Natural Resources to zone the area. Bills to set up recreational development have been introduced in Con gress. A bill by Sen. Maurine Neuberger would follow much the plan proposed by her late husband. . It would create a national seashore park out of the coastal area of Lane and Douglas counties and northern Coos County. A bill by Cong. Edwin Durno would authorize the U.S. For est Service, which controls the major part of the beach area, to develop recreational resources on its holdings. The bill, however, would not affect intermingled and adja cent private land. The Oregon Committee on Natural Re sources has stated it believes recreation to be the "highest and best" use of the land, both private and public. At the same time, however, the committee is of the opinion that industrial development shouldn't be prohibited where development is not in conflict with recreation. "We can have both playgrounds and payrolls," was the assertion by Dan Allen, the state committee chairman. Courts On Spot Members of the county courts haye been "pit on the spot," as one commissioner put it, by requests from the slate committee and from the two members of Congress to zone the area. Zoning isn't popular. Few property owners are will ing to face up to the protective factors of zoning. Most of them want no form of control. They prefer absolute freedom in what they shall do with their property not only what they do themselves, but for what purposes they may sell. The average member of the county court isn't apt to fly in the face of such sentiment. Obviously he will take a negative attitude until a positive approach is absolutely forced upon him. That's why we have "pressure groups." The man in politics isn't apt to make enemies deliberately and thereby run chances on not being re-elected. With several members of the three county courts com ing up for election next year, it should be obvious that any zoning program, if left strictly to the courts, won't get to first base. If the county courts won't undertake zoning of their own free will, and the property owners don't want it, but there is insistence that zoning is necessary to preserve the highest and best uses of the land and its resources, what is the answer? Education Needed It seems obvious to me that the first thing to be set tled is whether zoning is advisable or necessary. The only way to determine this fact, it seems to me, is through investigation investigation in which everyone concerned has an opportunity to express an opinion. If zoning is not advisable or necessary, the courts should be so informed. If zoning is found to be needed, then the committee should come forward with advice to the county courts upon which the three courts may act in unison. Personally I believe the owners of private property will be making a grave mistake if they don't of their own free will cooperate with the committee which is to be formed soon and join in establishing a zoning district they can control themselves. If the Neuberger bill goes through, a "fence" in the form of national park boundaries will be set up. While residents may continue to live on the land, they will lose nil speculative rights. Roads will be built around the area. Property values will be ruined. Operation of the park will be monopolistic. It is my opinion that a national park would place the recreational resources largely at the command of the "rich." There would be few, if any, fa cilities for the. "poor." The owner of private property would, I believe, be a big loser. Vision Available The Durno bill wouldn't affect private property. It would apply only to land under control of the U.S. Forest Service. Property owners would be free to speculate. Value of property would improve but only for a time. If the owners of private property desire to look into the future they need go only to the north. Along the way to Oregon's north boundary they will see place after place once highly popular now virtual ghost towns. One needs only see the deterioration of property values in much of the northwestern part of the coastal zone to envision what could happen in western Lane and Douglas counties, and northern Coos County unless something is done to pre serve all values property, recreation, industry. This deterioration can be avoided, I believe, if the prop erty owners will face up to the actuality of zoning, the immediate need for zoning, and .will take matters into their own hands, rather than letting Washington control the area's future. DEAR ABBY Abigail Van Buren mi-' Don't Stutter! DEAR ABBV: Every time my Carolina in th South. It shouldn't mother-in-law sees me she looks me up and down lo see if I am wearing anything new. Not that she would ever compliment me on how nice I look (shj reserves those remarks for HER DAUGHTER), but she is fond of saying, "Anoth er new dress?" Or, "More new shoes?" I do not run mv husband into debt buying clothes. I happen to be a very shrewd shopper, and manage to get some outstanding buys on some expensive clothes. I have never told anyone what I pay for my things, but my mother-in-law knows style and quality, and this must bug her. Should I ask my husband to set his mother straight, or should I tell her myself? HALF - PRICE HELEN DEAR HALF: Tell her yourstlf. It takss a girl with mor on tht ball to drtis wall with lass on rh bill. DEAR ABBY: Some time ago you ran the following letter in vour column: 1 "DEAR ABBY: This is going to be hard to believe, but it's a fact. I love a wonderful guy and he loves me. We want to get married, but he says (he thought of the needle for the blood lest makes him weak in the knees. He is 2.1, and I am 21. Is there a State where you don't need a blood test to get married? He says he d drive thousand miles. (signed) WANTS TO GET MARRIED" and you replied: "DEAR WANTS: Thart's Navada in th West, Maryland in tht Eit, Minnesota in tht North and South be difficult to stw him up without a nttdlt." Abby, I wish you had told this young woman that at 23 her "won derful guy" has been stabbed by plenty of needles and survived them ail. His fear of the blood test was the fear that he couldn't pass. Furthermore, "Miss Wants" should be told that the blood test is for her own protection, the protection of her future children, and society at large; and she should insist on marriage only in a State that re quires it. This free advice is based on many year's experience in Do mestic Relations Court. ' Sincerelv, DOMESTIC RELATIONS ATTORNEY, LL.B., Ph. D. DEAR ABBY: I am a young wid ow with four small children. My income is limited. I would like to know if it is proper to ask the man who takes me out to pay for my baby-sitter?. WONDERING DEAR WONDERING: It is not proper to ASK' him. But you can hint little and, if ht OFFERS, it is proper to accept. CONFIDENTIAL TO "DOWN IN THE MOUTH": So was Jonah, and ht lived through it. Chin Upl What's bothering you? For a per sonal reply, write to Abby, Box 3365, Beverly Hills, Calif. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Beginning August 1 Men Can Receive Social Security Benefits At Age bl For Abby's booklet, "How To Have A Lovel;' Wedding," send 50c to Abby, Box 3365, Beverly Hills, Calif. James Marlou) 'Sacrifices' Is Permanent Part Of JFK's Vocabulary Israel Rocket Launching Said Intimidation Plan MOSCOW (AP) -The Soviet armed forces paper Red Star charged today that Israel's re cent launching of a scientific re search rocket was part of a cam paign of intimidation against the Arab slates. The paper said the rocket launching also was designed to "raise the flagging spirit of the Israeli population, which is dis illusioned" with the policy of Prime Minister David Ben-Gur-inn's government. It claimed the launching was timed to influence the August election of a new Is raeli Parliament. Scientists Seek Glaucoma Clues PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Chicks raised under continuous light develop eye trouble and most eventually go blind, suffer brain damage, loss of reproduc tive powers and appear more susceptible to disease. Rut oddly enough they gain weight faster than normal birds. Scientists hope to find clues to human blindness from the results of a study by a Washington State University poultry research team. A number of medical researchers throughout the country have ask ed to study the findings for a possible lead to tht cause of glaucoma in man. There also has been speculation that eye difficulties sometimes experienced by prematura babies might be due to continuous light exposure in incubators, WSU said the retina and impaired vision. Eventual blindness followed for a high proportion of the chicks kept under continuous light. The team found that when more than normal light was given at early ages, a pronounced sup pression in reproduction was ob tained. Many of the chicks raised tinder continuous light showed symptoms of brain damage and appeared more susceptible to some diseases. The scientists, who also watched for changes in metabolism and behavior from the continuous light, noted that the birds gained weight faster than control birds raised in tions. WASHINGTON (AP) Presi dential problems ride John F. Kennedy's back like a monkey gorging itself on a fresh supply of calories every day. Kennedy knew he would have problems, but didn't realize how quickly they would build up. While he was still a candidate, asking for the problems, he told the National Press Club Jan. 14, 1960: "We will need In the 60s a president. . . willing and able to summon his constituency lo its finest hours, to alert the people to our dangers and opportunities, to demand of them the sacrifices that will be necessary." The word "sacrifices" is a per manent part of his vocabulary. He used it later in his inaugural ad dress and again in his TV talk last Tuesday night. On that day in 1960 he also said: "The time has come. . . again" for t he "moral" leadership of a Wilson, Lincoln, Truman, Frank lin D. Roosevelt who "led the peo ple as well as the government (and) fought for great ideals as well as bills." But Tuesday night after only six months in office he said: "When 1 ran for the presidency. 1 knew mat this country serious challenges, but faced coma not realize nor could any man realize who docs not bear the burdens of this office how heavy and constant would be those burdens." His burdens are not the same as the early presidents theirs were mostly administrative, polit ical and domestic when Ihe United Slates was isolated and re mote from Europe. Yet Alexis de Tocqucville could see when that would change: "It is chiefly in its foreign re lations that the executive power of a nation finds occasion to exert its skill and its strength. If the existence of the union were per petually threatened . . . the ex ective government would as sume an increased importance in proportion to the measures ex pected of it and to those which it could execute." Those days came when Amer ica was no longer isolated and the presidency, under Wilson and Roosevelt, assumed increasing importance as the existence of the Union was threatened in two world wars. But while Kennedy's problems are similar to theirs in a very real sense they are extremely different. Now the existence of the Union, as De Tocqueville anti cipated, is "perpetually threat ened" by Communism. Where Wilson and Roosevelt had the burden of fighting a war, Kennedy must not only be ready for it but, through whatever skill he has, try to prevent it without losing in troubled peace either suddenly or bit by bit by attrition. It was put another way by James MacGregor Burns, bio grapher of both Roosevelt and Kennedy, in making a distinction between their problems. He said: "11 was enough for Roosevelt lo cope with crises but it will be essential for Kennedy to head them off." But it isn't clear what's bother ing Kennedy, why his problems now seem greater than he anti cipated. In the engine of govern ment he needs to be an expert administrative engineer. But that was to be expected, and he knew it. Roosevelt didn't consider ad ministrative chores overwhelm- jiing. He said Ibey were "Ihe least pan ot me presidency wnicn "is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership." But even Roosevelt felt re strained in leadership in a way which sometimes seemed self imposed, as in his early neutral ity and avoidance of a part in the Spanish Civil War. But in his fireside chats Roose velt sought to provide leadership by educating the public to nation al support. This is what Kennedy did Tuesday night on the Berlin problem but he's been slow starting. Strangely the two Roosevelt presidents seemed to consider themselves preachers. Franklin said "I want to be a preaching President" and Theodore called Ihe White House a "bully pulpit." Dept of Health Education and Wei Beginning August 3-36 cond No. 3 This is tht third article of a changes in tht federal old-agt, survivors and disability insuranct program made by amendments to tht Social Stcurity Act on Junt 30, 1941. By DEAN HALEY Social Security Manager Beginning with the month of August, men otherwise qualified to receive Social Security benefits may elect to start receiving them as early as age 62. Previously if a man was not found to be "disabled" within the meaning of the Social Security, Act, his monthly Social Security payments could not start before he was age 63. The change should not prove to be too attractive to men still working who are able to continue work. However, it offers the opportun ity to get benefits started for a man who finds himself effectively retired at an early age. Between 200 and 300 men in Douglas County are expected to take advantage of this new provision during its first year-of operation, bringing about $170,000 in additional benefits into the county. Payment Ratt Rtduced As with women, if a man chooses to draw benefits on his own earn ings record before he reaches age 65, the rate of his benefit pay ments will be reduced by an amount which, roughly would guarantee him the same tolal ben efits by age 78 that he would have received if he had wailed until 65 and drawns full rate benefit payments. If he starts drawing at 62, his monthly payment will be reduced to 80 per cent of the full rate ben efit. Starts later than 62 produce a lesser reduction. For the oc casional man who qualifies for payments as a husband depend ent on his wife's earnings, the re duction is greater, his payment being reduced to 75 per cent of the full husband's benefit rate, if started at age 62. These provisions parallel exact ly the provision for reducing a woman's benefit lo compensate for payments before age 65. As with a widow, there is no reduction made on the payments of a de pendent widower. System Different The system for determining the full rate benefit a man would draw from his own earnings record re mains slightly different from that used for figuring a woman's bene fits. The difference results in some what lower payments to a man applying on his own record before age 65 than a woman would re ceive in like circumstances. In nlannine the provision the committees in Congress expressed j two major concerns: (1) They did, not want the change to provide any impetus toward early retire ment, either on the part of the i employers, or on Ihe part of the workers themselves, and (2) they did not want the change to in crease the over-all cost to the pro gram. To this end the age at which a man's full rate benefit on his own earnings record are lo be figured remains at age 65, al though a woman's can be figured as of age 62. The size of his full rate benefit is determined by a person's av erage earnings, counting against him years up to the age specified, (65 for men, 62 for women). When a man applies for bene fits at age 62, the three years be tween then and age 65 will have to be included in fixing the divisor by which his average earnings will be determined. If he leaves a job he otherwise could have held until 65, he will suffer two reductions in the size of his benefits. The first will come from including three years of no earnings in Hie com outation of his average earnings. The second will be the reduction from full rate occasioned by his starting benefits before 65. A man already retired need have no concern about applying for benefits before 65. If he re turns to work his record will be reviewed when he passes 65 and any amount of the reduction rep resenting months for which his benefits were stopped because o( subsequent work will be removed, thereby increasing his benefits. If his later earnings will im prove the size of his average earn ings and thereby his benefit rate he may apply for and receive a recomputation, including the later earnings. However, a man contemplating voluntary retirement before age 65 should recognize that he will suffer a reduction greater than that occasioned merely by starting withdrawals early. In this respect previous law is continued since a man's benefit rate has always been figured as of age 65. lhiov? IS CHRISTIAN I SCIENCE J HEALSp Sundays 9:45 A.M. Station KYES 950 K.C FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY SERVICES Services are Standard Tims 11:00 A.M. 7:30 P.M. "A Faith That- Pleases God" "Lost Opportunities" Church School, 9:45 a.m. Adults & Youth Fellowship, 5:45 p.m. Dr. Eugene F. Gerliti, Pastor Rose and Lane Streets American Patriotism Stirred By President CENTF.RVII.I.E, Iowa (AP) -Flags were flying in the business district of this southern Iowa city as an expression of support natural lighting condi-j.,or Plclden Kennedy in the Bcr- Ml VUlll I u trl V . The research team included T)r .! A -wi word telegram to the J. K. Lauber, Dr. J. McGinnn ; Pr,'s""'m- WA by civic lead and Dr. J. V. Shtitje. The sturtv ! crs s,1!t lhi" flaRs would contin- today in announcing the findinss. i was siiODorted narllv with fnnHc!ue ,0 flown daily until the chicks raised under light for 2-t from the Washington Farm Elec hours a day developed enlarged I trificalion Committee, a state eyeballs, followed by thinning of ! organization of private power companies. The News -Review Publiihtd by Newt-Review Publishing Co. S4S S. E. Main St., Reieburf, Oregen CHARLES V. STANTON Editor ADDYE WRIGHT Business Manager DON HAGEDORN Display Adv. Mgr. Oregon Newspaper Publishers EDITORIAL COMMENT GEORGE CASTILLO Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press, Association, the Audit Bureau ot Circulation Entered as second class matter May 7, 1920, at the post office at Koseburg, Oregon, underlet of March 2. 1(73 Subscription Bales on Cltssiiicd Advertising Tig NO SUMMER SLUMP Salem Oregon Statesman The American Newspaper Pub Ushers Assn. has started a cam paign to remind advertisers that. uniiKe television, there is "no sum mer slump in newspapers." News paper reading is a vear-around oc cupation. The publishers might also have reminded that newspapers are new every day no reruns dur ing the summer. Berlin crisis was resolved, one way or another. The gesture is not rampant na tionalism, ihe telegram said, but "an acknowledgement that the world situation puts an emphasis on the need for patriotism." BOSTON' (AIM - At 7 a.m. here, two men were waiting to enlist in the regular Army at the Boylston St. recruiting st.ition. By noon. 25 had applied for en lisiment. The normal run is three or four a day. ' M Stl Frank J I'arr nf t l-nn Mass., recruiting station com- niumlt.C tiir ninth,n.tlil.n Rncl.in isaid Ihe President s talk Tuesday mgnt was responsible. i iinousm is not desd, he said. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Corner of Lont and Jocktoit Tht Roy. John E. Adorns, Pairor 9.30 A.M. Church School 9.30 ond 11:00 A.M. Standard Timt Mormnj Worship "Praver, Preparedness, Perseverance" Rev. J, Elbert Nah. speaker I 1 :00 o clock service broadcast, KYES 7;00 P M College Career group will meet at 613 N, E. 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