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Side Show The Editor's Corner iaiioviai i aae T I By Charles V. Stanton 4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Social People may still grouse about the So cial Security program idea, but after a recent report by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, no one will disagree that it is an important part of our economy. By the end of 19G2, Douglas County had (5,305 beneficiaries receiving $129,026. This means about $5 million is put into the economic stream every year in the county. The county ranks eighth in the state for benefits received. - In the state, Social Security payments were being made to 204,108. Their pay ments for the year amounted to $170,500, 000. Of this number, 192,185 were getting retirement and survivors' benefits, while 11,983 were getting disability benefits. Going a step farther, nationally, the number receiving social security checks was 18,200,000. They were collecting more than a billion dollars a month. Rotarians Roseburg's Rotarians later this month will again stage an event which proves that all popular honors don't necessarily go to athletes, as some people claim. It is the annual banquet to honor young people who have made their marks in studies and native intelligence. The top scholars of the county will be hosted for the event. The Rotarians deserve plaudits for their recognition of scholastic achieve WASHINGTON WINDOW Gov. Rockefeller Faces Of Discontent After Bad By LYLE C. WILSON Unltad Prist International This one could have boon the winter of Gov. Nelson M. Rocke feller's discontent and the spring ot imc, too. It is difficult (or the ordinary citizen to believe thut the going over could ho tough for a Kockcfeller or, for that mailer, a Kennedy or a Murium. ' But if ihc going has not been tough for Nelson Rockefeller, it surely lias not ueen easy oi laic. His path points toward Uie White House. The path is sleep, much steeper than it seemed likely to be a year ago. The Kockcfeller luck faltered last November when ho was re elected with a pallid majority of J7 r.r.9 nl tntnl V(llfR eiist. New York State Republican j loaders had projected last Nov ember's election as a flamboyant heuinnini! of Ihc Rockefeller sweep toward tho Republican president ial nomination. The script read that the governor would win re election by upward of 8110,000 votes over Democrat Robert M. Slorgonlhau, a political unknown. Tho script was wrong. Rocky had a bulgo of only 52,l)00 votes over Morgcnthau, 43.0(H) under his 1958 plurality against Averell liar ritnun. Rockefeller's l!Hi2 margin wos tho lowest of any state wide llepublicon winner. ConiervatlvM Hurt Contributing to Unit somewhat discouraging political situation was the new born Conservative Party in New York State. Its candidate, also unknown, polled 141,000 votes. These arc judged to have been conservative Republican protest voles against Rockefeller's liberal I "'"I gained admission (as a sheep policies. The Conservative Partv herder lobbyist) to the State l.ogis will be on the ballot in lflfil in i lalure. Through Ins efforts and no opposition to Rockefeller if the I all amount of money that august governor Is nominated for presi-! ho,,.v passed the "Square Blanket dent. I Law." This law forbade any sheep- The governor had money trouble with his Republican legislature this winter, lie was bound by a campaign pledge not to raise tax es. Instead, Rockefeller proposed higher fees In several areas, in cluding automobile licenses. Cries of anguish echoed over New York ! They finally trimmed about 7 j million from Rockefeller". $2 8 bil- lion budge refusing altogether to Increase fees of automobile ),tncn itjuti-.,. i Rockefeller's rctenue r u e k u s ! with bis Republican legislature; was well reported so that voters i knew of it from coast to coast., It was not good advertising. ' Still pending, of course, are political returns en the governor's divorce a couple of tears ago. , There had been much gossip but' fJbc UlciusUcuic w ' ! S I win St. H Rotvburo. Ort-oon Ttk-plwrt ORcturd (3331 rntared at stiw-t! clatt. rnattrr A,Mtf iwo. at ir-t r-t' ti'nc it ao-t-tburg. Ott 0n. urtfltr ki ot varcn 3, 1I3 Pi'tjliihd Pally Etei-ot Sur-tiav bv News nrvittv euBLiliiiNc co. J.'- V. Brannar PuMUhar Nrw-i-Ravla li a man-bar at tha UAitao Praia Inlrmallonel, NLA Sant-ea, ; Avdlt IH-raau of Orrulat-on ars lh Otaajon j newspaper a-uDmnati Aocnon National AdvrrlHIrtg Rep'riar-talivp I newspaper Aclve'llilr-o Serv-ee Co., Rum Bunding, Un rnelico Cam ; . suascfiptioM raies Carre ami Roseburg P- O. Oovai 1 mown, fi ri; a montrtt, ltn.se, t vrr, stl.oo vv in Oregon mwth, tajOi a fonlhl. aia-. omioe ot Oi ,s u' ""t'M. tic w, i irar j . I Ore. Security !s A Big Item To Hail The Scholars not much printed about the pos sibility that there was another woman in that situation some where. No Common! Last month Mrs. Mnvgarclta Filler Murphy, 35, a former mem ber of the governor's staff, was divorced from Dr. James S. Murphy, 40, a biologist at Kockc feller Institute. Rockefeller's res ponse to questions whether he planned to marry Mrs. Murphy was: no comment. Rockefeller is 54. lie had been married III years when he was divorced a couple of years ago. Reader Daylight Time Likened To Square Blanket Law To The Editor: . I knew a shoepherdcr out in Wyo ming who went crazy trying to find tho long way of a squaro blank et. Rut while ho was in his para noiac condition he worked out an ingenious idea. By cutting twelve inches from one side of the blank et and sewing it on the opposite side he convinced himself that be had solved the problem and slept happily ever after, lie became so enamored with his discovery that he heciimo an ardent missionary for the idea. He stormed the gales herder to go out on the range wilh- nut first altering all his blankets according to the pattern disenv orod by that original herder. .-unlit- l it .-tumi-i ttiiit-ii hms did raise rnekiis sine,. Ihnv we ., unable to understand how culling twelve mche, off one side ,r' - help the laUor, T an, -.But they : lost and so set to work culling anil j sewing. Thai s why all blankets out ! in the Wyoming sheep country have . a seam down one side. And that s ! l llv till ttlnuttr u-ilti-.il nttna tfitttt a little ditty entitled, "Things ain't j lm'"ts; ' . , ! What Thev Seem." ! !'; ' ,lle 'v documentary on j Now if I hadn't read somewhere i l"c Oregon Dunes was not propar-j that it was Ben Franklin who ''d by an advertising man, but was thought up the idea. I d like to Public service feature prepared believe that (he same ingenious i completely indewndently by K01N-, reasoning whirh gave Wvoming the i 1, , i'"se, " Dollt'vc' ' "Square Blanket Law" gave Ore.;Plc -,hollld "" the facts about, gon Ihc "Duvligbl Saving Law." ,h" l'Hised Oregon Dunes Na- Just cut one hour off one end of the twentv four, tack it on the other i "'egoo nones ,auonai end and. presto, we have a longer ! Seashore because it believes this dav. 1 oflen wonder how our tore- development is in the best inter lathers ever got so much accom- c,,s of Oregon, plished without this wonderful In I -,','"'. Secretary t dall did not vention. Then ai:ain. like Hie slow say ,l,al campsites would be elun witted bovs up in W voming. I won-! Inu,pd- ,,n ,h" contrary, the Na der if things are reallv what they j ""nl I'al''1 Service has alua.vs jcem. I said that a substantial amount ot ! overnight camping facilities would E. A Wed Kellosg HI., Box U'2 Oakland. Ore. . j they would accommodate the tour- , wnuld come to visit this A thought for the day Amerl-; scenic recreational area. Mr. Park can statesman Daniel Webster r apparently heard onlv a rxirimn 1 IfiT' 5'"' ,,"'l: "Wl'fre tillage begins, other " J rl follow. The farmers therefore ; rc the founders of human en ill- ration." MONDAY, MAY 6, 1963 The average Social Security benefit paid to a retired worker last year was $70.03. To a retired worker and his wife, the figure was $127.10. Social Security re tirement benefits may be. and often are, paid to both men and women reaching G2 years of age. Other payments are made to widows upon reaching 02 and to minor or disabled children and their mothers. A small death benefit is also paid on covered employes. Payments range from $120 to $255 for these death benefits. Social Security is a big item in the economy, but it will become even bigger. In 19(52, about 78 per cent of all persons over (55 years of age were eligible for the monthly benefits when they retired. This figure has been rising rapidly as more people are covered and more are reach ing the 05 age. Of those reaching 05 this year, 89 per cent are expected to be eligi ble for benefits. ment in youngsters. Athletes have a way of capturing the public fancy, and it is natural that they bask in the glory of the limelight for their physical prowess. At the same time, the less spectacular, but probably more important activity of learning, and learning well, can go vir tually unnoticed. Rotary has introduced an annual pro gram to correct that oversight, and we hope it becomes a tradition. Spring Winter There had been five children. None of the foregoing has im proved Kuckefeller's political im age. How much, if any, the image bus been impaired is anybody's guess. It may not have been im paired ul all. There is another factor, however: Events are pressing Ihc Kcpub lleun Party toward a major bid next year for Soulhori electoral votes. It is likely that the Repub lican presidential nominee must have major Southern support to win. Rocky's notable civil rights record may prove to he the great est obstacle to his nomination and election to the presidency. Opinions Limit Reading Material To The Editor: . I A great lack in literature today! Is that of exciting reading material for the poor reader. Women fill their lack with movie and true story magazines. Men have their "For Men Only" types. People of legally responsible agci should be able to read w hat they ! choose. ! We read of proposals to censure: our literature. I. loo, object to hav-l ing certain types of literature! available to children. But I have! a simple solution. Distribute such) literature in places minors cannot 1 enter, such as taverns. Wilnin Fish 7:1.1 N. E. Knoll Roseburg. Ore. Remarks On Dunes Area Said To Be Distorted To The Editor: 1 tmdcrslnnd thut in a recenl letter Jack Parker of Florence made distorted slnlcmcots about ,, 1 ,. 1 1 "' 0n on 1l"H's N'"t'"'l 'Y ! . , . . . ' -'.,,' jwi el, Hint n.-rt .,'.iu It,.,! II..... ' "ke h ."Tf" 1 ' " r '-" development, ""."'V ' ' '" V ""''"i le"'1 !M'n" , '"' "' "' "" """" .' . T i (siittiuti iim- iu vuueii ins iiusiaic-! M-asnore. r-in. 1 1 supports it available. It is only commer I cial motels which would be out ;Side the Dunes Seashore, where of Secretary I'dalls remarks, for the Secretary also said thai hp referring to commercial facilities . k. i.. a.it,.i .. ... in"t" mi. amitii nTrrnigni ' AA1 News Analysis By ROBERT C. RUARK It is growing increasingly diffi cult to retain any old, firm-based illusions these days. I believed, naturally, from earliest childhood, Ihat the moon was made of green cheese, not suspecting that the Wis consin cheese lobby planted this one. Then, when I became a man, I put away my childish things, and decided that the moon was not made of green cheese at all, but possibly of plastic or something equally durable. But now I am told bv a Dr. Charles R. Warren of tho U. S. Ge ological Survey that the moon is made not of cheese, plastic, nor old tennis shoes, but that the muon is covered with, of all things, FUZZ! Doctor Warren must be a very keen fellow, indeed, because he has even figured out the depth of the fuzz. Exactly one inch. Why the fuzz? Well, Doc War ren figures that no materials fa miliar to this earth would produce Ihc kind of shadows which the moon occasionally casts, thereby ruling out sticks, stones, nails, snails, puppy-dug tails and old gin bottles. Whether the moon has cra - In The Day's News - By FRANK The news today? A surprising lot of it has to do with schemes to raise money enough to pay the bill for rising cost of government. The Utile slate of New Hamp shire started something Ihc other day when it legalized a lottery in the form of a horse race sweep slakes from which it hopes lo col lect some four million dollars which will be allocated to com munities throughout the state tor support of schools. The New Hampshire governor called it a "legitimate fiscal ex periment" that has the backing facilities" outside the Seashore. Third. Hie National Park Service does not plan to "lock up" the land. It has been repeatedly stat ed that the Oregon Dunes Nation al Seashore is intended to be a major recreational development to lie enjoyed by the maximum num ber of people. It will provide op portunities for all forms of out door recreation compatible with Hie natural beauty of the area. The restoration and preservation of the natural beauty of this area will make the Oregon Dunes National Seashore one of the most attractive areas on the coast, and a major tourist attraction worth millions of dollars annually to Oregon. Ihc policy of the Park Service will be essentially the same as thai already established by the For est Service for its land in this area, which made recreation the primary use and eliminated any logging or other activities destruc tive to its scenic quality. The creation of the Oregon Dunes National Seashore will give Ore gon a tourist attraction of nation al stature, and enable our children and their children to enjoy what we have enjoyed. Our major con cern should lie thai we have the finest park Ihat ran lie created. Carleton Whitehead Co-Chairman. Committee tor the Oregon Dunes Dunes K2 Corbe-tt Building Portland, Or. usions Of Days Hard ters is still open to argument. 1 I will accept craters, but I will not accept fuzz. For all both Dr. Warren and I really know, the moon may be slipcovered in chintz, corduroy, or nubhy silk. It might also be covered with leftover canapes heaved out of a cocktail party on Jupiter. You have to throw that gunk somewhere. But after all this nonsense about fuzz, I am going back to my origin al belief that the moon is made of cheese. Green. In the general area of disillusion ment, I see where the public schools of Philadelphia (where else?) have taken the original ver sion of Mark Twain's "Huckleber ry Finn" off the curricular shelves, and have replaced it with a Imvd Icrized version. In the new version, the fightin', feudin' and fussin' are toned down, all derogatory references to Ne groes deleted, and the Southern di alect simplified and abridged. If lluck is altered, can Tom Sawyer be far behind? This is, of course, the sheerest damned nonsense, as it was non sensical to hold still for I lie great pressure a dozen years ago against the British picture which portrayed the villainous Fagin, as JENKINS of a majority of the stale's citi zens. That brought from the gov-, crnor of nearby Massachusetts a ! statement to the effect that his slate would have a lottery also ifi voter sentiment was followed. In Sacramento yesterday. As-j semblyman Allen Paltcc, of Sa-1 linas, said he is going to try to j get California to adopt a New j Hampshire-type lottery plan. j In Washington. Rep. Paul A. Fino, of New York, was encour-: aged by New Hampshire's action ! lo call in the reporters and tell j them that in his opinion there is only one way to cut taxes, reduce the national debt and still have I money enough for schools, nous-1 ing, disabled veterans and health " care adopt a NATIONAL lot-! terv. j lie added: "There's no question thai the. (New Hampshire action will havc ; a tremendous impact on memliers i i of congress. It will provide impe- j tus for the congress to take a sec- j ' ond look at the national lottery bill." ' Mavbe. j Rut- The Congress of the I'nited States of America has another way out equally simple and just as : effective. The Ways and Means committee of the t S. House of Representatives voted to RAISE j THE NATIONAL DEBT ceiling to , a new high of $309 billion dollars. ; ; This latest hike in the debt ceiling j would become effective on July 1. 1 ; During the interim (he debt ceiling, i now &t03 billion, would be set at i ; $307 billion, and some time before 1 I Aug. I Congress would be asked to; set a new. and presumably higher. ceding for the coming year. j Simple, isn't if You spend am) spend and spend putting it on the cuff until the time comes when there is no long er anv room left and then vou put through a bill to Bl'Y A NEW CVFF. It $ a wonderful system. It beals the national lottery scheme all hollow. Old To Keep Dickens wrote him, in "Oliver Twist" as a Jew. It is just as ridic-1 u Ions as making him a jolly Jew! in the stage version of "Oliver!"! It is as foolish as Negro pressure ! groups agitating against the old ; South'n mammy picture of Aunt i Jemima on the pancake mix. ( I am certain that one of these j days will see the villainous lago I made into a Russian, as the Ital ians mount their pressure, and poor ; old Othello, who was doing pret- i ty good as a black Venetian, will come oiit with a blond hairdo, like Peter O'Toole in "Lawrence of Arabia." The Danes will even tually resent Hamlet, and we will have a funny musical called "Ophe lia!" in which the melancholy Dane Will be presented asr a barrel of laughs, as played by Danny Kaye. We arc a most-amazing bunch of idiots, we Americans; possibly the strongest, dumbest, most herd prone nation in the world. We will gallop after the bellwether in any given direction, and then turn, led by the Judas goat, and gallop right back into the abbatoir. We quaked before Hie noisy mon-! ster. McCarthy, and Ihen somc-j body called him a jerk, which is ! what he was, and we were no long-' er afraid of McCarthy. We victual 1 the world with food and weapons, and go mad over the yoyo, the coonskin cap, and the hula hoop. We find ourselves on Ihe psychi atrist's coacli. worship Mom while accusing ourselves of mother ha tred, make a cult of the female hosom and a fetish of the female leg, all the while encouraging evil ly - intended, largely homosexual dress designers to befoul the bodies we worship, with idiotic, ugly, mon strous changes In clothing and hairdo. I see where Hie bird lovers of Italy arc now protesting against Ihe use of small birds robins, larks, thrushes, and blackbirds, as a staple food for pies. 1 hope the craze doesn't hit America, or I will have to forget an old nursery rhyme. The rhyme will now read: "Sing a song of dollars, pocket full of bourbon. Four and twenty tur keys, baked in a pie." Pie? Better make that "oven." else the pie makers' lobby will he on my neck. ICODvright. 1063 by United Feature Svnd.. Inc.) Tohtn from tht ftlcl 40 YEARS AGO May , 1973 An oil company composed entire ly of Sutherlin residents has been (ormed and now has approximate ly 4.000 acres of land under lease, according to A. E. Sltiria. one of the directors of the new company. Drilling on the company's land is expected to start in about 30 days, he said. Ihe motor car of today in Ihe bauds of thieves and robbers, has far outstripped the stolen horse of pioneer days, as an aid to crime, says Ihe Chicago Crime Commis sion in its latest bulletin. 25 YEARS AGO May i, 13I Herbert Hoover presented an 11 point attack upon depression and the New Deal today, and called upon the Roosevelt administration to abandon what he termed "a dangerous road fur democracy." France and Great Brilain. fear ful of a German-Italian deal to give Adolf Hitler a free hand in Czech oslovakia, have decided on an im mediate, joint appeal lo Praha and a warning to Berlin, French sourc es reported today. No One Is Irreplaceable, Bur Talents Unduplicated It is said that no person is irreplaceable. 1 once had a boss who, when I began feeling important, told me to fill a pail with water, stick in my thumb, pull it out quickly, then look for the hole. It may be true that no one is irreplaceable but in some cases, it seems to me, certain people have talents that can't be duplicated; people who fill niches society never will see filled again. ; One such person, in my opinion, is Giles French who recently sold the Sherman County Journal which he and Mrs. French published for the past 32 years. The Sherman County Journal is I 7; : ,, ... . . , Oregon and elsewhere than prob- a weekly newspaper published at , aby. anv other newspaper. such Moro. It is the only newspaper in Sherman County. It never was a big newspaper, from the standpoint of number of pages or number of readers. I question that it ever made much money for its owner. The Sherman County Journal, it seems to me, was a reflection of its publisher. Giles French isn't a big man physically, just as his newspaper was limited in size and circulation. But, as one of Oregon's outstand ing senators for many years, he was a power in the legislature and in stale politics. As an editor he was known throughout the whole country for his courage, his can- did. pithy expression and for the Will Rogers type of philosophy that made his newspaper known everywhere. This country has produced many famed editors editors known for particular abilities, characteristics styles, and services. Giles French even though he published a small newspaper in a sparsely settled part of Oregon is one of those who has carved for himself in the an j nals of journalism a place no oth - er ever will fill. The Sherman County Journal, de spile its size, was more quoted in Missionaries To Speak At Services On Tuesday Special services have been scheduled for Tuesday night at 7:30 LiS6 goou Hands. The Rev. and Mrs. Bangstrum. ! Oregon has long been proud of missionaries to New Guinea, will I the ethics of its newspapers, their speak They are planning to leave i owners, publishers and editors, soon for further work in the New Possibly this matter of journal Guinea mission field. iistic e(nics lan be (1.accd al iast The Rev. E. J. Charon, pastor ot in large measure, to Ihc late Erie the church', said that the Rev. A. ! Allen, (he "father" of Oregon's L. Turner of Nampa, Idaho, will j School of Journalism, and Uie Code ue piuai-in iui- uie service aim win; also speak. The Almanac By Unitad Press International Today is Mondav, 126th day of 1963 follow. May 6, the with 2:19 lo The moon is approaching full nh:icn . .. Ihe morning stars are Venus, Saturn and Jupiter me eening star is .wars. On this day in history: n 193a the Works Progress oUlel.. Wc hone ne fillds . con. Administration was created by , ,inue( oullet fnl. nis punBcnt par. Congress to provide work for the I graphs. They just can't be dupli unemployed through a series of projects supported by federal 'And' we ,lopt, 00 in semj. "' retirement he and .Mrs. French will In 1937. the German dirigible find great pleasure and happiness. iiiiiui'iimii k c.piuuco at L.aKe- i hurst, N. J., killing 361 persons, i In 1941, Communist dictator 1 Joseph Stalin became a premier! of Russia, succeeding V. M. ' Molotov. ! In 1960. Britain's Princess Mar-' garet was married to a common er, Antony Armstrong Jones. J A thought for the day British j author Oliver Goldsmith said:! "Conscience is a coward, andj those faults it has not strength I enough to prevent it seldom has : justice enough lo accuse." I 9 of Tht Ntwt-Rtvitw 10 YEARS AGO May t, 1953 Attorneys Dan Dimmick and Dud ley C. Walton today came up with what they consider a fair settle ment of the squabble over street widths for West Roseburg. They ! asked Ihat Fairbaven street be 36 feet and the remainder of the streets he a maximum of 32 feet , wide. A petition for formation of a Lower I'mpqua Hospital district j has been presented in the Douglas j County Court by ReedsiKirt attor ney John Purvis on behalf of more than 600 signers. FALSE TEETH ! COMFORT with Lob test Denture Comfort A sort plastic cushion that holds ! plates comfortably. One applica tion lasts for weeks. Easy to apply ts remove. Not affected by deri-! ture cleansers. At your druggist's ' or send $1 to Denlab Co., do SE i Taylor. Portland 14, Ore. i being the ability of its editor. In selling his newspaper, French displays the concern so many of the older publishers have exhibited. They are insistent that those whs follow are dedicated to community service and journalistic ethics. In introducing the new owner, Dan C. Bartlett, Editor French points out "We wish the Sherman County Journal to survive, there fore we must turn it over to young er hands." Onc-by-one the "old-timers" are dropping out of the limelight be- j cause of death, of age, of physical 1 infirmity, or a desire to take it easy for a few of the remaining years. Like Shakespeare's character, "that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard n0 mol'e." the "greybeards" of the newspaper profession realize, as uoes cuuor rrencn, inai "UDscrv ance of many humans over a long . suelcn 01 lime has caused us to note that as a man grows older his chances of survival are less. We know of no reason why wt ! sllould be ,he exception." And, as so many publishers have done in the past, while still alert to the needs of their communities, Giles has sought to assure preser vation and continuance of that to which, next to his beautiful and charming wife, he has been "mar ried" for so many yours. It is a source of great satisfac tion lo those who have grown old scenls to bem' m newspapering in Oregon Ihat ot tllucs which he, witi) the Co- 1 operation of leading journalists of an earlier day, prepared as a guide. - I question Ihat any state can produce a higher degree of ethics in the field of publication than can be found in the Oregon press. And one reason, in. addition lo that al- i ready mentioned, is that so many ! of state's great newspaper lead ers, sucn as iriics rrencn, have tried lo assure that service lo their communities shall be surrendered unit in iiiuae i-autfuit: ul earl) nil! . on a hi tra(ljtion , GUcs wj , nnj, wrj(in), m 1 long as he is able lo write. He has written one book of history of his rnm tiiimit v ami tc tt-,ti-L-,nii nn ... Yes. my child's school gives enough time to physical education. That's what most parents say or assume without really knowing. Precisely how much tima and how often? Precisely what kind of physical activity? AH parents should know thesa facts. If your child's school doesn't have a daily program that provides at least fifteen minutes of vigorous physical exercise, now's the timg to act. Get in touch with your school officials. Urge a daily program that will develop strength, en durance, agility and other de Sirabl qualities for all girls and toys. If you'd hke mere information, write to The President's Coun cil on Physical Fitness, Wash ington 25, D. C. ryfr-i3 it a j.t-c fM l-a 3a-t 'f 1 wear 4jnrt( u. cttai iioc,at.on. Don't takeX! ) "vts'foran inswerF)
