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o o O O o O o o o o nOO o o Starting Gun o o o t fa r Editor's Corner 9 re "i 4 The News-Review, Roscburg, Ore. It's A few years ago, people would liave appraised a Republican youth camp held in, Lane County last week as ridiculous. The purpose of the camp was to give teen-agers some training in politics from the. Republican point of view. Even up to a decade ao, this would have been considered nonsense of the first magni tude.. After all, politics was an adult matter. Teen-agers can't even vote. But that concept has changed. Politi cians have found that it isn't long after young people get interested in politics that they are old enough to go to the polls. At the same time, other adults are finding that these young people often have as much knowledge about current political matters as they do. As a re sult, the resolutions and activities of po litical organizations' of young people are getting more and more attention. The camp near Mapleton in Lane County was a good example. It drew several members of the legislature and even Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. as speakers. Another example is the great ground swell of support being found in the coun try, for U.S. Sen. Barry Gold water of Arizona as a GOP presidential candi date. It is generally conceded that this burgeoning campaign was launched by Young Republicans. There's no doubt, the young people often get over-enthusiastic, almost as if they were intent on shocking their elders with their political stands. But they are School Desegregation Deep Inroads In Rural What If Means (A Continuing Study of Develop ments on the Racial Front) By AL KUETTNER United Press International Public school desegregation will make its deepest inroads into the 1 rural South this fall. There will be integrated classes in counties with well over 50 per cent Negro population Despite the move out of the big urban metropolitan centers, there , is no present indication of im pending rural racial troubles ex cent possibly at one spot, l'owa tan Counlv, Va. There is talk around Powahatan, its county scat, of closing public schools and 1 embarking on a system of private education. Among the, rural counties par ticipating in the racial transition in schools, Charles City County, Va., is one that leaves many won dering whether it is worth all the trouble. Seems Almost Forgotten The little county seems almost to have been forgotten in llio hur ry of the modern civilization around it. It lies just 30 miles cast of Richmond and has a pop ulation of more than 4,000 Ne groes with fewer than 1,000 white residents. The county has two Negro schools that put the one white school to shame. Negroes have attended good schools simply be cause they got more money for education on the basis of a popu lation head count. The white school, known simply as llie Charles City School, has one wing for high school and one for elementary pupils. Last winter a window was bro ken in the third grade room and it never was repaired. There was money only to buy uniforms for eight of the 13 players on the football team. For two months i the elementary school had no paste. The room where music and commercial math were taught was healed through a severe win ter with only a small electric heater. The Negro family of Richard Bowman lias now applied for transfer from the comparatively palatial Nogrc school to the run down white school. The six How- man children have Deeii accepted for (all admission. Ju.t For Principle I . . P .... ; we are entering i lie ciiuoien . iusl for the principle involved." a member of the Bowman fain-! il' Mid- , , , i Next year the re-lraiisfer their cliiulien hack to - the Ituthvdte school lor Negroes, WHICH lias llie laiesi cqui)iueiii and modern lighting. The NAACP is active in rural Charles City County, lis leader there is a home-town boy, now 2i. who drives w nines a uay io . a joi) ai me naai weapons sia-! lion in Yorktown. "All we ask for is ail equal op- 3be 31ciosUcuicw S S. E. W.ln St. Roicburo, Oeqon Telephone Entered as xo"(J class matttr viv J, ??0. at lh post office t Hoeburis, Ore goo, wilder act of March 1, 1171. news-review puBi-isHmo Co i PuDHi'Ma Ufltiy KLrJ 3u'u..v un J. V. Brenner Publlther I , United Press Inlernanonal. NfcA ierv.tc. Audit Bureau oi circulation and nie Oregon , Newsoaper PuDhslwrt Association National Adve-"'slno Representative u Newspaper Advertising Service Co., Ru Buiidino, san Francisco, cam. r., SJSV a .. - 'monin. i.?Si 1 months, iio.so; i vear. wi oo. months. M.SOl months, $9 00 1 18.00. Outside ol Oreqon: I rnonir, 3 monlhi, 5.2Sj months, H0.40i oy rvtan in vws,u - szt.op. Really Not Nonsense portunity so that If one of our people is equal to the task, he can have a job, said IN AACr leader Charles Bowman, no kin to the school integration family. Reds Faced As Country By FRED FERRIS WASHINGTON (UPI) Top secret documents now in the hands of the United Slates show that conditions were so bad Red China during Ihc winter of 19(10-01 that there was a threat of revolution, U.S. officials said today that the documents, in the form of journals of the Communist Chi nese army, represented one of Ihe most important caches of ma terial" ever obtained from be hind the Bamboo Curtain. One official said it was "like getting a look at the dark side of the moon." The documents depicted seri ous shortages of food and oilier basic needs for both the army and the general public. During one period, the journals say, there were a number of "disturb ances" in the area of Canton, where civilian members of the militia rose in protest and killed a number of Communist party members and disrupted commu nications. The militiamen, who are under indirect army control, were said lo have been joined in some in stances by defectors from the army. The documents desig nate the number of defectors with "c Tlinrp win: nn f'vnliinnt inn nf how manv men an X represented.!"'01" ,lsm "'!' and Ihe fu- - .. j neral lo drum up new support for Telephone Firm Will Introduce 'Time-Message' Itosehurg's most popular tele IlllOlie nuuiuer, IIIO OUII. mil-.ni i iliiilnri snme 1.50(1 to 2.000 times 1 each day. is probably duo for even , . N ni . ni Rrf,if,;', more calls during Ihe next tew , 1 ' L,.' ' . D'P0'"' . Utl V i weeks, according to Cliff Thomas. i ",ln-s,!'ilHl hr-v "am ,,ml local manauer for Pacific North.:.1" l'a". 1,111 nung bef.tling . , ,, Thomas explained lhal after 1 nicsMice w ill follow each time an- X Th to .( S .. .... ...m i, r..i.., 5ec()n(, jn,,,rvals "We'll probably have a lot of curiosity calls in the next few days. " Thomas unhealed. The ser ice aid messages w ill encourage good telephone usage ,:1i.its. There will be eight dif- f0,.cnt messages, each urging cus turners lo avoid the most common dialing errors Thomas said that wrong num ' hers are reached lor many rea j sons but all of theni c;:use incon venience or embarrassment. ' The most frequent dialing error here, and almost everywhere in the country, is dialing the letter j "O" (the sixth dial hole) instead I of the numeral "0" (zero the loth dial hole 1. Hnsehurg. Glide and Winston- Dillard nhonei will bp Ihp first ill vm-iion nac llie coilininauon tune-niessaue aiinoullccnent svsU,n, ,s ... 11S(, , .,,.,,. ; " I'iins til me l linen Males. I ne i Mountain States Telephone Com- i!Pny started Ihe time-message sys - j tern several years ago. Thev said' calls to .the Denver time number " U '.i "'"1" 8 .normi" '"' t0 year;70.(Hr0 the day idler tin mmugt! (.tmnounrcmenl was added. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1963 obviously doing some thinking in reach ing their conclusions. This is the key to intelligent voting. One interesting phenomenon of the rising influence of young people on the political scene is the strong trend to ward conservatism. This trend has been fashioned, despite the liberal administra tions and political figures which h a v e dominated the American scene for the last 30 years. Those at the Lane County camp prob ably went farther to the right than most Young Republicans would go, but the de cisions may be significant as the Teen Age Republicans become more influen tial with added years. They are intent in lending their support to the Goldwa ter movement; they want dissolution of the United Nations; and they call for thorough reappraisal of the welfare pro grams. These resolutions won't shake up the state Republican Central Committee now, but they do reflect a desire on the part of young people to know more about what makes government lick. This is a desire that should be nurtured into adult hood, because thoughtful voters and probably as a result, knowledgeable pol itical figures are far too few. The desire of., voting people to get to know more about the mechanics of poli tics and the workings of government is a healthy one. The future of America will benefit from what they learn now. To Make South We know we have plenty of vot-; ing power here but we want to ; show the world that just because ; we have the power we aren't going to abuse it." Setback Starved but a State Department spokes man said U. S. analysts believed each X represented at least 1,000 men possibly more. Regular army troops apparently were sent in to quell the uprisings and the militia was subsequently reorganized with regular army of ficers taking a more direct hand in controlling it. The State Department said the documents had been in U. S. hands for "some time" but de clined lo say how they were ob tained. Officials said they covered activities from about mid-lOBO to mid-1901. They went only to top lied Chinese army and govern ment officials. Buddhist- Request For Priest's Body Is Turned Down SAIGON (Ul'h - The govern ment has turned down a Budd hist request that the bodv nf one of their priests, who burned him self to death, he given lo them for a funeral. Instead, the government ordered the body delivered lo the priest's family, and the order was carried out. The action was apparently aimed at preventing Buddhists charges lev are beine nersccut. e oy llie government. I A spokesman said relatives had j filed a request with the government i tor llie Dotty, and that the request i ; said "others want to exoloil Ihe : death," Buddhist leaders chareed ! ; llie act ion w as "unreasonable." In a letter sent lo Bui Van l.unill! Illnr nr n,init,.r ir, tl, ,, ills sacrilicr. ,. ., , , ' ... . , . ., S('''vil''' Slllula.v- poured gasoline T his saffron robe, set fire to it and died at high noon in front of monument dedicated to tin-; known soldiers. Government troops retrieved the what constitutes an "emergen charred body and took il to tlncy." morgue of a hospital m Plian; js suggested that he may not Tlnel. There were few witnesses , w ant to pull out until he is sure to the self-immolation, and a that France's nude-"!' striking Kuddhisl leader said. "He did it hv himself and did not tell anyone. Legislation Is Planned Affecting Soviet Ships WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sen. E. I.. BHitlett. D-Alaska. said Monday he would introduce legislation to permit the seizure of Soviet and Japanese iisiiing vessels in t.S. ......... The bill would provide for a fine of S10.1HH) ' . s'it. num. on lite capunn f a vessel seized in territorial i waters. "'he Alaska Democrat issued j '"J"' vhieh he said there,,, BrookficU.; 111. She was among " ya,tmm anrt fr- a trailer h., of animals, iiiclud- mg report of violations of terrt-!ms Mark tack and numerous tonal wawrt by foreign vessels. News Analysis French Decision By DeGau Foreign News Commentary j By JOSEPH W. C-RIGG PARIS (UPI) President Charles de Gaulle may run after all for a second term in 19(15 at least, betting among French politicians is increasing that he will. One (actor, it is thought, that might decide him to do so would be failure to patch up his dis agreements with President Ken nedy about nuclear policy and the future of the Western alliance. De Gaulle's seven - year term finishes at the end of 1905 two-and-a-quarter years from now. Several times recently he dropped oblique hints that has hc might not run again. He has seemed to be preparing the French people for thinking about a pos sible successor. But he had nothing to say about this at his news conference a week ago Monday. A question was asked, but De Gaulle did not answer it. Some French commentators have taken this to mean that De Gaulle, who earlier was thought to have decided against a second term, now may he changing his mind. Time For Consideration They pointed oul that he will : know ahoul Poindexter is whether receive favored treatment in coin have about four weeks for quiet ! he was speaking for any substan- parison with whites. inuiKing aoom ine imuie uuiiii,tla number f citizens or merely lus Angus! vacation ai ins coun try home at Colombey-lcs-Dcxu-Eglises. Age would be the main con sideration against a second term. De Gaulle is Hearing 1?. He will be 75 when the next presiden tial election is held. If he took a second term and few doubt be would not win hands down ir he runs agnin he would be 82 at the end of it. that still would ne some e. is short of West German Chancellor konrad Adenauer, who is 87. Bill Madame Yvonne ae uauue is known to feel that he has i earned retirement ..,1 ,,.. age at 'which would be fair to take it. De Gaulle was reported earlier to have taken the same view. Hei Second Thoughts Aides said he had planned to run again only if he felt France needed him in an emergency lllil 1,1 case 01 a Favp ",u,1 ! that summit meeting likely to : load up to a general cold war settlement was in sight. ,,w ne Gaulle is said lo be ! havini: second thoughts about : force is fully ready for action. it also is boint! suecested that with the future of the Western al liance, t lit1 Ku row a n Co m mon Market ami a politically united Kurope still so uncertain, Pe (laulle niiylit leol reluctant to ,ive up Amid all this speculation, no obvious successor yet has ap peared. lie Gaulle himself is said to tavor premier licorges rompi- rf,,,, sj.year old former house ! 0 Rothschild banker. Zoo Receives Yak PORTLAND il'Pn The Port land Zoo gol its first k since 19JI Sunday. Gretla. a 2-ve.ir.old yak, ar rived here bv bailer from a zoo ; wdd shcrp. p rt i i . t 4 Politicos Wait De Gaulle's first prime min-1 islcr, Michel Debre, is said also to have presidential ambitions. WASHINGTON WINDOW Negro-Supported Candidate Faces Defeat In Michigan By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International Politicians will want to know more about Thomas L. Poindex- i ter, co-chairman of the Greater Detroit Council (Mich.) Homeowners (2S0.000 m e m b e rs strong). This was the which Poindexter week as a civil rights witness pc-1 Some Negro leaders advocate a fore Ihe Senate Commerce Com- j system of special compensation mittcc. He testified that northern j for Negroes who have been de white resentment was swelling ; prived of some pari of their against extremes of Negro agita- j civil rights. Whitney M. Young tion for civil rights. Poindexter ; Jr. is executive director of the said he doubted thai any candi- j National Urban League, which was dale of either party who was in annual convention last month supported by Negroes could carry in Los Angeles. Young said Ne Michigan next year. groes must hp mmnntKaioH iv... ! What politicians will want lo for himself. If he was speaking , r"'" merely for himsef. Poindexter ; "T,1' Negroes." Young said, would not be the first congress-! "should have better schools, not ional witness to get some atten- u'r teachers, better social work- tion as the spokesman for an or - ganizalion Willi a big sounding name but no office, no members and telephone number. Evidence Of Impatience There is some evidence, how ever, of northern white mi , paliencP wjt, NeRro m,.hods and j ,cm.lms Thel.e is evidence, for , exiim ,n nf stronR nn,.tH..n voU,r . opniiniral for enforced civil richls in the South but against the same in llu'r oun northern home towns. There is white resentment againsl Negro demands for a quota system of hiring Negroes on construction jobs, notablv those financed Willi federal, slale or 1 municipal funds. On this one the i Negroes may find themselves in ! a didn't kiiow-it-was loaded predic ament. For example: On a given con struction job employing 400 per sons, there would be at this mo- ment mighty few Negroes be- cause of the prevailing and unfair 9n 2)aijJ Taken from the files 40 YEARS AGO AuguM 6, 1923 The board of regents of the Ore gon Agricultural College and Di- rector Jardii-e of the Oregon Ex., Fi"n -'c "i now ourg this afternoon, spending time with County Agent Cooney and Judge Weatherford Hoseburg day at the Coos and urns r-oooiy rati- win dc sept. 8 The Douglas County Concert Band will be guests of honor that day 15 YEARS AGO Augiut 6, 1938 Eleven persons were arnested yesterday on the Portlaad iMi front for llieir anli Japanese aero- onstralion staged t coinctsje with (O) But De Gaulle himself may have the final word after all by deciding to be his own successor. refusal of organized labor lo give Ihe Negroes an even break. If the Negroes were able to impose their demand that they be allotted 25 per cent of the jobs available, it is evident that nearly 100 white workers would have to be discharg ed to make way for the quota of billing under I Negroes. This would mean Irou uppeared last ' ble. ha'l trouble. nasi iniiisticne- thai thm, i,,,i,i icls' belter health facilities When asked better than whose. Young replied, "belter than, sav. students in (while) suburban schools." The National Urban League has been among the least I Trailways, a great friend of Doug-dcmonstrat-"f- of Negro organiza-! Ias County,' though he makes his tions. similar m that respect to ; home at Bend, suggested an en tile National Association for the ' iargemenl of tourist sales plans. .Hv:tn,mnnnt ..f n i.. , Iff, nninlnH rnt thai nna nt thn (NAACP). 11 is significant in mm, nf in:i politics that the league and the NAACP are becoming belligerent - ly aggressive, possibly in unavoid- awe competition with Ihe street i demonstrating Negro organiza- lion What Poindexter actually was saying to the Senate committee was that Negro support would be a handicap to any northern can didate in 1964. That would be the biggest political slorv of the vear. if true. Next year's Diesidential election right o w ill prove Poindexter wTong. .Meantime, how about a poll? Cjone of The News-Review the arrival of the Japanese mer chant training ship Taisei Maru. Japanese warships fought their way up the Yanstze river today to within HO miles of Hankow, China's provisional capital. A warning against use of the water from the South Umpqua nv- or was issued todav. 10 YEARS AGO August 6, mj President Eisenhower gives a radio report to the nation tonight oa the work of Congress and his administration so far. The Umpqua National Forest Service is now constructing a new tuager station which will serve as ruMdquartei'S for the new North Umpqua Ranger District,-., W Welcome Committee Work Will BoostOregon Tourism The Oregon Welcome Committee is developing a great ; many ideas and programs in connection with the effort to j improve the state's position relating to tourism and rec j reation. Oregon is going far beyond use of "Welcome" signs and slogans. While this "Welcome to Oregon" is to be seen ! on every hand, and doubtless has its effect upon out-of-! state visitors, a large group of people, united in the work i of the Oregon Welcome Committee, has undertaken a huge ! program of advertising and programming designed to : bring in more tourists and keep them longer in Oregon, j Not only that, however, the committee is seeking to inter i est more Oregonians in making better use of the state's re sources and facilities. ; A large part of Oregon's popula-1 tion, particularly the "old-timers j are content to take for granted the : stale's recreational resources. In fact, we have sonic people who , seldom have gone outside the boun daries of Oregon lo seek recrca ; tion because few states can equal : Oregon's recreational and scenic I resources. Why should a person : go elsewhere? ; But because of this fact a good ; many people in Oregon aren't aware of the actual hunger for recreational facilities existing in many other localities. As oppor tunity for vacationing in Oregon j becomes known, the state's popu j larity mill vacation seekers shows tremendous growth. It has been only in recent years, however, that Oregon has made any particular effort to exploit its recreational resources. Yet, de- i spite our former lack of effort, Oregon's income from tourism ranks high. Today it is the state's third largest source of revenue and promises to become second in the very near future. Now that Oregon is awakening ! to the importance of the tourist in- dustry, tlie stale is beginning to ! take giant strides in the direction ! of advertising, promotion, exploita j tion. ! Two major events helped to stir Oregonians out of a lethargy and to stimulate tourist visitations. One was Oregon's centennial which brought in many people for the first time and which caused large numbers of tourists to de cide lo visit Oregon at the first opportunity. That opportunity was the World's Fair and Exposition in Seattle. Statistics show that by far the greater number of people visiting the exposition passed through Oregon. Inquiry found that a great many planned to return ! as soon as time and money per- mitted. Another interesting tactor revealed by statistics was that a good many fair - goers passed through Oregon twice, although the original plan called for only one visit. However, many people were so intrigued by motoring through the state on one high way. they went through Oregon again by another route. Taking advantage of the adver tising and good will obtained by these visits, Oregon has adopted a program of hospitality. It has spent many millions to enlarge its recreational facilities, particu larly camps, motels, eating plac es, etc. In addition to the program of i official state promotion, a good! many concerns have given coop- j eration to the state through the Oregon Welcome Committee. which has a full lime promotional j manager. i The state has entertained a j group of travel editors from larger ! publications. These writers will, it I is expected, encourage visitations j to the state. I At a recent meeting of the corn- I mittcc. Bill Niskanen of Pacific : very popular features of tourism todav is that of tours. Railroads ! airlines, bus lines, etc.. enler into ; c h a r t e r arrangements with The Almanac By United Press International Today is Tuesday, Aug. 6. ,hp 19 its 1 218th day ot 13 with 147 , follow. i The moon approaching last phase. The morning stars are Jopitcr and Saturn. The evening stars are Mars and Saturn. Those born today include British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. 1809. On this day in history: In 1890. William Kemniler be came the first person in the Unit ed States to he executed in an electric chair. In 1914. President Woodrow- Wil son offered to act as a peace mediator between the belligerent nations of World War I. In 1930. Justice Joseph Crater of 'he -New York State Supreme v oun found Court disappeared and was never Iminrl i-". rresiueni narry iruman announced that an atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. A thought for the day Ameri- can writer Mark Twain said: "Always do right. This will grati- fy some people, and astontjli .the rest " By Charles V. Stanton groups, companies and others and tours are promoted' to specific areas. These tours usually are sold in March and April he reported, in urging the committee lo de velap a uales organization to help in this particular activity. Then, in addition to purely local campaigns, newspapers, maga zines, radio, TV, and other facili ties arc being used to tell about' Oregon and interest both local and out-of-state vacationers. Yet, despite the vast amount of work being done, the potential Oregon offers in the way of rec reation hasn't yet been touched. Day's News By Frank Jenkins Odd note in the news: Over in Malheur County they found what appears to be a BENE FICIAL bug. The bug's scientific name is Aroga Websteri, and according to the Malheur Enterprise, published at Vale, it attacks ONLY sage brush and is harmless to beneficial plants. It is a defoliating moth, meaning that it strips the sage- !"'ush ' lts leaves' and tllus KILLS it. The moth, according to Ihe Enter prise, is not a newcomer to the Malheur area, although it is com paratively recent, according to the . entomologists who have observed it. lt was first noted in May of last year, and at that time about 15,000 acres were infested. But by now the moth has spread into other areas. Bob Kindschy, range and wild life sneeiaiist with thp Hitman nf ! Land Management, says he travel ed recently better than 20 miles in one of the newly infested areas and estimates that at least 200 square miles are included in the infested area he saw on the trip. He says it is not presently known whether the moths will destroy ALL the sagebrush, bill thinks that by next spring the evidence should be fairly conclusive. He adds: "These infestations are cyclical. much like mice, rabbits and other forms of life on the deserts. If introductions could be made in specific areas and a clean kill could be achieved, it would be a boon to the Western ranges. It would accomplish at little cojt what ranchers and various govern ment agencies have been attempt ing to do for a long lime at great expense." Why is that NEWS'.' Well, nearly a century ago John B. Bogart. city editor of the new i or Sun' lecturing one day in the Sun s newsroom to one of his cub 1 1je?..,?rs offered this famous i definition of news: : "When a dog bites a man. that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a MAN bites a DOG. that IS news." So According to the principle laid ' down by Editor Bogart : It is certainly NEWS when a bug bites a pest like the sagebrush which has driven out the grass from so many arid Western acres and so far has defied all efforts ' control it at a cost within eco- nomie limits. Over the long years of the past. bugs appear to have had the bad f abit of ,hj"n,? ny 'hse that are USEFUL to man. Reading the headlines and listen ing to the radio and watching TV, one is apt these days to arrive at the conclusion that all news is BAD news. It isn't true. For example: In Chicago the other day. a history - making medical team i conlpoed of r0arcUers from Peter Bent Brigham hospital and H,rvard Medical School reported ..... . r mat tney navr reccetsfuHv trans- planted a kidney from DFCEASED r0nor to a YOUNG man .... , . ' "mcn ls 10 saS': The dying donor willed his kid- nc-v' to a young man who needed '1- Tl,e legatee, a 24-year-old full ime accountant with a family to support, is alive and well, The news, you see, isn't all 'bad. L
