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o o in mm ,.:---' -i K 'V 1 By As this is written, BIG NEWS Is scarce. For which Shall we say? LET US BE THANKFUL. The United States of America could do very nicely with a long LONG period during which the headlines dealt chiefly with little news such as spending less all the time than we earn, being friendly with our neighbors, bring in mil chilrirpn tin in the waV they should go, paying our bills wnen mey come aue, going vu at a reasonable hour and getting nn the next morning full of vim and enthusiasm for more good works. There's some good news. Sir Winston Churchill got out of his hospital bed last night and chatted with his nurses, who re ported he is again taking a lively interest in world affairs. During the day yesterday, he ate two hearty meals which included chicken, ice cream, strawberries. champagne and a liberal dollop of brandy. A bulletin issued l n l s morning says ho spent a good night. Sir Winston has a good con science and a good stomach. The correspondents tell us this morning that during their meeting in Mexico City, President Kennedy of the U.S.A. and President Mate os of Mexico covered a wide range of subjects, including what to do about Castro and Cuba but failed to reach any meeting of minds on that subject. They pledged, however, to find an answer to the problem of salt coming down the Colorado river fronj the United States into Mexico and agreed to try to find a solu tion to Mexican demands for 450 acres in downtown El Paso which changed nationality quite a while back when the Rio Grande chang ed its course. HMMMMMMM. If the United States could learn how to take tho salt out of the waters of the Colorado river, may- bo It could learn how to take tho salt out of the wntcrs of the Pa cific Ocean. In that event, the West could quit worrying about its fu ture water supply. In the case of the 459 acres In El Paso that changed their nation ality when the Ilio Grande went on a bender and started wandering around over the terrain, it would be interesting to know what the inhabitants of the area would do about it if It came to a vote. Would they vote to go back to Mexico? Or would they vole to stay In the U.S.A.? That sueeesls an interesting question that must have occurred to everyone who has driven along the International boundary mat di vides the United States from Mex ico. On one side of the line aro prosperity and comfort. On the oth er side are poverty and want. Yet The soil on both sides Is THE SAME. The climate on both sides is the same. The only difference lies in the way of life of (he people. Tho wuy of life of the people is influenced strongly by tho kind of government the people live under. Government DOES mako a difference. EDITORIAL PAGE 4 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Tuei., July 3, 1962 HOW LONG? By Charles V. Stanton Tomorrow we celebrate Independence Day, the birth day of the nation. Tn the mid J7008 the Colonies established on the North American continent had entered a period of substantial prrowth. Earlier they had been struggling- to maintain a foothold in a new and undeveloped land. Great Britain had nrotectcd the voune Colonies from Indians and from French and Spanish hostilities. But by the middle part of the century the Colonies had established an agricultural industry, were developing factories, had organized ship lines, and had become self-dependent. The British protec tion, once welcome, now was felt to be unnecessary. Where the presence of British soldiers, quartered in villages ex posed to Indian raids, once was a source of assurance, the people now objected to being forced to provide quar ters and food for soldiers they felt weren't needed. But Great Britain saw in the Colonies a chance to im prove the condition of an impoverished exchequer. First, Britain, as an economy move, reduced the amount of territory it attempted to guard by closing the territory west of the Allegheny mountains to settlement. Farmers pushing westward into area claimed by the French were quite disturbed by the prohibition on terri torial expansion. Then, the entry of American goods into world markets in competition with urent Britain s manu facturing industry was creating much concern at home. So, the British slapped duties on the goods being made in America. Newspapers Taxed The colonists were taxed for quartering troops they didn t want. A stamp tax was imposed on all newspapers, pamphlets, deeds, legal papers, even college diplomas. Newspapers were violently opposed to governmental reg ulations and licenses in those days, even as is the case today. So bitter resentment was raised against the Stamp Act. But the Colonies still weren't contributing enough to suit Great Britain. So, in 1767 more taxes were imposed and collection was tightened. Then came the act designed to kill off the burgeoning tea business in America and to give a monopoly to the British East India Company, lhat led to the Boston lea Party, the first widely publicized act of violent rebellion. One thing led to another until, three years later, the Unit ed States adopted its Declaration of Independence, setting forth its reasons for rebellion against the Crown. I suggest you dig up a copy of the Declaration of In dependence and that you read it read it carefully as one means of celebrating this national holiday. As an Ameri can you will be thrilled by this document. As an Ameri can you should be caused to stop and think about the gnevencies which caused the people to rebel. Causes For Rebellion Our early-day patriots tried for a score of years to obtain rcliet. They didn't want to rebel. In fact, the re bellion wasn't overly popular in its early stages. The ma jority of our people blamed a few hotheads for precipi tating rebellion. But the English king had become a despot. He ex ercised dictatorial methods. He refused to listen to the people even his own parliament. He refused to approve laws unless people would relinquish what they thought to be rights. lie called together legislative bodies at plac es where the people couldn't be heard. He created a lot of offices, making it possible to confer favors on his friends. He imposed onerous taxes. The people objected to tax ation without representation. The list is long. What's happening in this country today? Instead of a government BY the people, aren't we de veloping a government FOR the people, a government dic tatorial in its power? Isn't it bribing the people through so-called "benefits," and by favoritism to certain groups controlling groups to stay in power? Hasn't our legis lative branch of government surrendered too much of its law-making power to the executive? And isn't the judicial branch of government assuming powers never guaranteed it by the Constitution ? Aren't we creatine bu ronus. ncroneips. luiiiiuinumiuiiM, Huuiin'mt's, etc., so iavors may Do conicrreu upon people able to deliver voles? Aren't we imposing onerous taxes, increasing indebtedness, laying difficult fi nancial burdens on tho people? Aren't we pitting government-supported business and industry against private en terprise? Aren't we stifling initiative? Aren't we, in fact, doing a lot of things against which our people rebelled in 1776? People bore indignities for a long lime in those colonial days. We have no reason to suspect we will have another revolution comparable to the one umiinst fironr. Vti-itni,, But will today's America permit continuance forever of me very tilings that once caused us to throw off the shack les of colonialism? The Cartoonist Savs: All Out for the Sack Race! SI" I mm, Peter Edton Ceylon Oil Nationalization Bitter Tea For Companies WASHINGTON' (NEA) Cey- lion, have each marketed over 1.5 Ion's seizure of nearly a third of million barrels of products a year, the petroleum products distribution facilities owned by two American and one British oil companies con stitutes the most serious threat to foreign investment by private en terprise that has arisen yet. The confiscated properties represent an estimated investment of over $5 million. The three companies involved are the Britisr Shell International Petroleum, California-Texas Cey lon Ltd., and Esso Standard East ern. All have been doing business on the island south of India for over 40 years. Ceylon followed the example of India in setting up a nationalized oil company, but more ruthlessly. Shell's total investment in Cey lon is put at $9.8 million and its volume of Ceylonese business over five million barrels of petroleum products a year, 60 per cent of the total. Cal-Tcx, with a total invest ment of over $3 million and Esso with an investment of over S4 mil- Bruce Biossat The Almanac THE ALMANAC By United Press lnlrntionl Today is Tuesday, July S, the 184th day of tho year with 181 to follow. The moon is approaching its first quarter. The morning stars are Jupiter, Mars and Sa'.urn. The evening star is Venus, On this day 'n history: In 1863, the tide of tho Civil War was turned at Gettysburg, as Union forces crushed the charge of Confederate Gen. George Pickett. In 1830, Idaho became the 43rd state to enter Ihc I'nion. In 18M. the U.S. Navy defeated the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago, Cuba, in t h o Spanish American War. In 1950, United Slates soldiers met the North Koreans in battle tat the first time. A thought for Uie day: The Gerck philosopher, Plato, said: "Of nil the animals, the boy is tho most unmanai.eablo." DEAR ABBY ' Abigail Van Buren H e's Starting A "Brush' Fire! DEAR ABUY: My husband is letting his beard grow because our town is going to celebrate its cen tennial. Just because this town is 100 years old doesn't menu UK has to look it, It's disgusting. It is like living with an Airedale. And it's not at all attractive There are patches where no hair grows and parts of his beard arc red! Do you think it is fair to the wives when these men grow beards to show civic spirit? I'm ready to lock him out. SPEAKING FOR M ANY DEAR SPEAKING: Ht's gifting big kick out of it, io why not go along with tht gag? Don't "lock him out." The hair on his chlnny-chin-chin Is only temporary. Your lovo It here to stay. DEAR ABUY: 1 am only 14 but after reading the letter from HAD MY FILL, Ihc woman who regret led having to take care of her 80- Yk Nt&t- Review Publifted l Ntwi-Rtvltw PalltMne Co. re Ore 545 $. (. Wain ., CARLES V. STANTON ADDYE WRlftPlT Editor o Business Wancirier GEORGE CASTILLO DON HAGEDORN Managing Editor Display Adv. Mgr MemMBr of the Associated Press, .ogon Newspaper Publisher! Association tluO Audit Bureau of Circulation Entered as second class matter May 7, 1920, at the post office at Koseburg, Oregon, under act of March 2, 1873 Subscription Batej on Classified Advertising PajS vear-old fnlhor-in-lnw I liml tn speak my piece. 1 wish I were old rnougn to laxe mm into my Home and care for him mvsHf ll. Hnn. n't have much longer to live so wny not make his last years hap py ones? SOFT-HEARTED DEAR SOFT! It's not poiiibl tor a M-yoar-old to "adopt" an 80-yoar-old, but I congratulate you on your kindntss of htart. Don't tell ME our teen-agers are all a seituh, thoughtless lot. DKAH ABUY: I am being mar ried next month and want to ask your advice on a problem that has come up. 1 am marrying a farmer. We are both 2.1. We had planned to live with his parents, who have a very nice, modern, 10 room home on their farm. It's about 12 miles from the city. His people arc the nicest in the world and I don't see why we couldn't get along fine living with them, but all my friends tell me it would be a big mistake. They say NO two families ran share one house and that I would hate it after a while and be trapped, should 1 listen to my friends? I am so upset I don't know which way to turn. I'P.r AND TUOVH1.ED DEAR UPSET: Your friends aro mistaken. Many young couplet livo with their parents and get along fin. Don't let their tour outlooks curdlo your plant. Movo in. If it dsetn't wjrk eut, yen ran movo ! out. Data For The Governors Some liberal elements in this country campaign more or less regularly for the abolition of the House Un-American Activities Com mittee. The wisdom of this effort is, to say the least, questionable. Mrs.' Clare Boothe Luce, a quite moderate Republican with a long record of public service, suggests that wiping out the committee might promote the very sort of extremism the liberals say char acterizes the House group. Writing in McCall's magazine, she offers her belief that organiza tions like tho John Birch Society would sprout in profusion if the HUAC" did not exist. Why should this be likely? Admittedly, the FBI goes hard after Communist espionage and other illegal Red activities. No one could ask for a more vigilant fed eral agency in the field of investiga tion and enforcement. But it can be sensibly argued, as Mrs. Luce does, that the nation needs more, that it needs some sort of public forum where Ihe problems of fighting communism can bo discussed, where legislation can be considered, where at any given lime the effectiveness of the effort against subversion can be weighed. The House Un-American group, a committee long in being, is suit able for these purposes. The liberals who would abolish It are using a rather badly outdated argument when they accuse the committee of excesses whose net effect is to damage unreasonably the reputations of some Americans. In earlier years the committee's inquiries were indeed sometimes scarred by abuses. Those days are largely gone. Now the committee operates bv rules more fully pro tective of a witness's rights. Irre sponsibility is rare. Mrs. Luce fingers another weak liberal point: the contention that HUAC should be rubbed out be cause, from time to time, particu lar members do not measure up to the best standards. "There would be few congres sional committees left if this course should prevail, she observes. The House Un-American Activit ies Committee has become a sym bol of anti-Communist sentiment. As such it is a well recognized ral lying ground? Will this not, us Mrs. Luce suggests, simply encour age the more extreme elements of our society to set up tlieir own pnv ate little "un-American activities committees'" It would seem much the saner course to keep the one we have, and just try to make it increasing ly fair and effective. POOR CHOICE LOS ANGELES (UP1) Gene Sively, 28, fled a supermarket when cashiers realned he was try ing to cash a bogus check, police said, and ran across a parking lot. into an alley, across a street into another alley and then ducked through a door. The door was the rear entrance to a sheriff's substation. Sively is behind bars today. Tenmile Family Home From California Trip By MRS. WALTER COATS .Benedict in Tenmile Mrs. Ted Benedict and son, Bil ly, and daughter, Nancy, have re turned to their home in Tenmile from a trip to Modesto, Calif., where they visited for several days with Mrs. Benedict's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garr. They also visited a cousin, Har ry Satterson, in San Jose. They drove down Highway 99 and re turned by the Coast Highway stop ping at the Trees of Mystery in the redwood forest and at the Ore gon Caves. Mr. and Mrs. Allen RoUins and three children of Escalon, Calif., recently spent three days visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted The Rollins were traveling to the Seattle World's Fair and to Canada. Mrs. Joe L. Houston of Tenmile spent a week visiting her father, H. C. Thomas, at Hood River re cently. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shafer and family and Mrs. Shafer's brother, Pat Scarborough, spent the week end at Lemolo Falls fishing and camping. They joined Mrs. Shaf ers brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scarborough, and son, Danny, of Newport. Shafer's brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Russell and family of Roseburg drove up from Roseburg to join them. Reader Opinions Conclusion On School Prayer Ruling Unfair To The Editor: I believe that you have jumped to a very unfair conclusion on the court ruling on state prayers. The ruling does not prohibit prayer in schools. It does prohibit the state from drafting a prayer, and then putting it into it's school system, as a prayer that every pupil in every school must repeat word for word. However, if a pupil or a class or a school or even every school in a state choose to say a daily prayer and would choose to use this same prayer it would be all right, as long as it is the will of the people concerned and not of some small governing body. Albert F. Young II Rt. 4, Box 917-D Roseburg, Ore. or 20 per cent of the total. Ceylon's total oil business is estimated at about $100 million a year gross. Properties taken over by the na tionalized Ceylon Petroleum Corp. under a law passed a year ago include 180 of the best filling sta tion locations o'.it of a total of 750 on the island, 60 kerosene stations, tankage and bunkering facilities. The three companies have been left Willi only their lowest volume and least profitable distribution centers in rural areas. Furthermore, Ceylon Petroleum Corp. has cut its prices a fraction of a cent a gallon below private company prices. This makes con tinued profitable operation difficult. Cal-Tex says it may be forced to liquidate its Ceylon holding. The Ceylon government take over constitutes a double free world economic threat in that it has turned to Russia. Rumania and United Arab Republic for new sources of petroleum products sup Ply. Total Soviet oil exports now amount to only 3 per cent of world . trade. But Communist countries I are pushing their sales hard at cut prices, making tlieir competition hard to beat. I Last December, Ceylon signed a five-year contract with the Rus sians tn supply 10 million barrels of products over five years. This is nearly a fourth of the island's present requirements) of 8 million barrels a year. Ceylon claims that the Russian price is from 20 to 25 per cent under charges by the three companies, using supply from the Persian Gulf area. From the Ceylon government's point of view the most favorable aspect of its new deal is that it will be able lo pay for some of its oil with low-grade tea, sheet rubber and other tropical exports not mar ketable elsewhere. OPEN JULY4th lni Wednesday FOOD MART 930 S. E. Stephens . THE NEWS THAT CHANGED A COU NTRY'S DESTI NY... In July of 1776, Town Criers throughout the Thirteen Colonies shouted news that was never to be forgotten: "Congress declares that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES"! Our Declaration of Independence had been adopted, marking a new era of freedom for a young nation, giving it the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our country V freedom was not, of course, won for us' by this historic document, but the Declaration of Indepen dence was the call to arms that inspired Americans to throw off the chains of oppression and to forge a new destiny for themselves and their children. Men who were willing to "mutually pledge t each other their Lives, their Fortunes and tWeir sared Hener" for the cause of freedom, answered that call. Because they did, we now enjoy the greatest form of government ever devised by man. It's our way of life ... it i taw Aneew cat Heritage. L'V BYRD'S MARKET OPEN JULY 4th 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Douglas County St ate Bank ROSEBURG OAKLAND SUTHERLIN O a
