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9n. a Poge 4 The News-Review Speed, Drinking December Traffic Hazards The Japanese highway code gives this advice to drivers on encounter ing pedestrians: "When a passenger on the hoof hove in sight, tootle the horn, trump et to, him melodiously at first. If he still obstacle your passage, tootle him with vigor and express by word of mouth the warning: "Hi! Hi!" We don't know how effective this low keyed advice is in Japan in com batting traffic accidents, but it cer tainly isn't less effective than traf fic safety warnings in the United States. Nearly 40,000 more people will be in their graves in the United States by Jan. 1 without even having heard the melodious tootling of a horn. Drivers have disregarded every approach in urging caution. They've ignored threats, blandishments, pleas, shock campaigns and even strict laws and law enforcement. All have failed. Traffic accidents and resultant deaths and injuries keep the mortuaries and hospitals busier than ever. In the United States, more than 500 were killed in traffic mishaps over the Thanksgiving weekend. Here in Oregon, an all time rec ord of more than 500 deaths has al ready been recorded in 1963. The previous high mark of 492 was set in 1959. Douglas County has contri buted its share with about 35. The tragedy of such figures deep ens with the report from the state THE LIGHTER SIDE: By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) If someone on your Christmas list is a farmer who has every thing I may be able to solve your shopping problem. The Agriculture Department's research service has just come un with an item that should muke an ideal gift for the hard' to-buy-tor granger or husband man. It's a fallout, shelter for cows, Talk about agrarian status symbols! 1 would rather have a bovine fallout shelter than anj atomic-powered churn. According to Uic department, this type of shelter has a dual function. It will provide fallout shelter for SO cows. And in be tween nuclear attacks, it can serve as a dairy barn. Shelters Farmer Also j The shelter also has space for six people. This will, the depai t-j mcnt notes, "permit the dairy man to care for his livestock during a fallout emergency with out leaving the barn." The department, as you can sec. has thought of everything except how the farmer is going to deliver the milk. Another now development by the agricultural research center also is designed to reduce dam age from fallout, but of a some v hat different type. . It is an improved floor for turkey cages. Tho department reports that it reduces from 10 per cent to less than 1 per cent the number of shells that a tur key cracks in laying eggs. Still another development that I lound captivating is the re search service's answer to the alfalfa weevil problem in the eastern part of the United States. Weevil Takes To Eait The alfalfa weevil became SAME DAY SANTA MONICA. Calif (1'PD The wife of actor Jim Franciscus gave birth Wednes day to 6-pound, 10 ounce, girl on the same date the couple's first child was burn. Franciscus is the star nf the television series "Mr. Novak.' Both Mrs. Kilty Franciscus daiiKhter of director William Wellman, and her daughter. named Kellie Allen, were re ported in good condition at St. John's Hospital. cOlowsRcuiow 5 S E. Mslr. St. Pjblllh1 Daily tct Sudjy fcy KfcWl-NEVIEW PUBLISHING CO. Mfp, Oregon Ertrd t icor4 cla-. mrM- May J, Ith., at th poi otficr at RoittHtrq, Drtscm, undrr ct ot March 1, W3 t. V, Brenner lvt).hr Th Ntws-fttvifw It a mtmbtr W United Prvtt Interna I ion al. SEA Service. Audit Bureeu ot Circulation axl th Ote- JOrt Ntsppr P'jbl'W AltOClHttoo. Nat tone t AdvertU w Recreierutlve It Kewioeotr Advert niofl Service Co.. Rum Bgiwmg, Mn FrartciK. OHf, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Terrier end Rotetturfl) P O. Boei I 'With, it. 4 month. 110 SC; 1 vwr. S3) .01). Dy Mall In Douglas County- ( month. (.( 1 montht, 4 ; month, ie 00; 1 year l 00 Outttde of Douglas County l1 month, ii.jj, j months jj jj; month. ;IC ; 1 yer 12 1 Ob. i lu nut i FRIDAY, Bovine Shelter Jolly Gift Idea established in the East about 12 years ago and has been go ing great guns ever since. It has caused far more damage than it ever did in the West. Well, sir, one of the boys down at the lab has figured out the reason for this. It's because the alfalfa weevil is not beset by natural enemies as it is in the West. The department has moved to remedy the situation by bringing in anti-weevil insects from California and other places, including Europe. Should be an interesting experiment. I hope, however, that some one at the department is giving some thought as to how we are going to get rid of (he imported insects once they have done in the weevils. Reader Editor's Note: Persons preparing commun ications for this column are asked to withhold comment on controversial political mat ters. Involving the Presidency of the United States, until aft er the declared period of na tional mourning. The News-Review Is receiv ing a number of letters based upon conjecture concerning the forthcoming campaign, criticism of various candi dates, ideas concerning prob able nominees of the respec tive parties, and similar sub jects. These matters are topics for some of the mejor col umnists. Certain of the com mentaries appeer in this newspaper. However, the newspeper management feels that gen eral discussion of presidential politics through the Reader Opinions column during the period of national mourning Is not in the best of teste. There fore It Is requested thot the Ideas, opinions and conjec tures pertaining to the presi dency be withheld until after Christmas, whereupon The News-Review again will be glad to give consideration to such letters. Meaning Of Christmas Loses Spiritual Intent To The Editor: ! It is seldom I frcl impelled, L . . . . ,lmr "le "or- . ,1 in "n"v,r lo ;r ............. muirrj ..ie hi tic una leuer. i am tn i neurit aKrecinrni v, in vniir heading, "Christmas Still Has hpultual Meaning," but I feel the point of Christmas has been! missed completely. The real point of Christmas has nothing whatsoever to do with buying presents to give to people we hope are going to reciprocate! "? khiiik us presents in rciurn imi no 01 us gives presents. ftf.t I,. ..... .. 1 ........ , .,r ,,, .,, r c.Mcci presenisTi. i or reai poini 01 v-iirtsuuas is the worship of Christ. The word uci DECEMBER 6, 1963 Traffic Safety Division that Decem ber is traditionally the most danger our month of the year for traffic. Oregonians each December in re cent years have been racking up al most 0,000 accidents. The accidents account for about 2,000 injuries and an average 44 deaths. Christmas and New Year's weekends claimed 11 of those lives last year. Because the highway carnage con tinues to grow, it seems almost use less to urge caution. But perhaps pinpointing the two major causes of Christmas season accidents last year will help alert drivers anyway. As the temperature begins to dip toward its lowest readings, high ways become slick. Under these con ditions, cars become harder to han dle in situations of stress. Thus, speed becomes a special hazard. Sixty per cent of last year's Decem ber deaths on Oregon highways re sulted from non-collision or fixed ob ject accidents. In most of these, cars just couldn't be controlled because of the combination of speed and poor weather and highway conditions. The second biggest cause of high way deaths was attributable in some measure to the condition of the driv er himself. He had been drinking. The object lessons of these two sets of facts from the Traffic Safety Division are obvious. Speeds should be reduced to cope with road and weather conditions. And if you are going to drink, don't drive. The Almanac Today is Friday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 19G3 with 25 to fol low. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The evening stars are Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. Those born today include Jo seph Conrad, the English writ er of sea tales, in 1837. On this day in history: In 1847, Abraham Lincoln took his scat in the House of Representatives as a congress man from Illinois. In 1889, people throughout the Sorth were saddened bv the news of the death of Jefferson Davio in New Orleans. In 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia. In 1941, President Roosevelt sent a personal note to Emper or Hirohito of Japan on the eve of Pearl, Harbor, asking him to1 give thought to the threat of war. A thought for the day The bnglisn author, Joseph Conrad said: "No woman is an abso lute tool ; no woman is ever completely deceived." . Opinions itself nierns "Christ's mass," or "Christ's worship." This can be done only in Christ's Church, and in our pagan state of Ore gon less than 25 per cent of the people belong to any church- less than one person in four are Christians. If 20 per cent of the people would actmlly worship Christ at Christmas, it would be startling. But close to 100 per cent will put up Christmas trees buy presents, send Christmas cards, and otherwise enjoy the fruits of the Christian observ ance, rather like parasites, with out taking part in the heart of the festival or even understand ing what it is all about. It does seem to me that Christ has of fectively been taken out of Christmas for the vast majority of our population, and it is ur gent that more people come to recognize the spiritual signifi cance of Christmas and put Cod back on His throne in our so ciety. Ours has been a Chris tian culture, a Christian civiliza tion, a Christian nation: but there is very grave danger that this will be lost by default. May Christmas come to have a real spiritual meaning to more people! The Itev. Alfred S. Tyson Rector of St. George's Kpiscopal Church 1KM SE Cass Ave. Uiiscburg. Ore. PIN REPRESENTS MEDAL WASHINGTON (IPI) The (iv Unci p in President Johnson wears is a replica of the red white and blue striped ribbon wirn bv ,0,ers of the Silver star. The new earned the Chief Executive decoration while wrvinjt with the Navy In the 80,1,11 ''""""'c during World War ml ' ,vpn lne mo,," Personally by Gen. Douglas .ac Armor. MacArtluir pinned it on John son in 191: when the young congressman, then a lieutenant ...... commander in the .Navy, was ,lllc f (lc few men to return troin a comiiat mission over New Guinea w NATIONAL Uftrr Better Read -In The Day's Hews- By FRANK The big news as this is writ- ten: Well, it looks like the Board man deal, which has consumed large share of the time of the special session of the Ore gon legislature, has finally been closed so far as the state of Or egon is concerned. It has been approved by both houses of the legislature and is expected to become a law when it is signed by Governor Hatfield. What is the Boardman deal? It provides 100,000 acres up along the navigable Columbia river, east of the mountains, which will be leased to the Boe ing Company which, it is hop ed, will test and perhaps BUILD space age equipment there. Presumably, it is possible that supersonic planes might :ilso be tested and perhaps built there. Planes that will travel faster than the speed of sound arc already on the drawing boards. They appear certain to come into use. Both space equipment and su personic passenger and freight planes are going to require a lot of testing. The testing wiU call for a lot of area. Their manufacture will ' necessarily fall largely into the hands of HUGE concerns. Oregon has the necessary SPACE, both for testing and for the large manufacturing op erations that will be called for. And The Boeing Company is one of the world's largest concerns engaged in the designing and manufacturing of such equip ment. So It can hardly be regarded as other than fortunate that t h e Boeing Company is interested in an Oregon site for the pos siblc production of this type of equipment that calls for vast investment of capital, vast areas of space and vast num bers (eventually) of highly paid employes. It is true, of course, that nothing may come of it all But if you never roll the dice you'll never win a pot. Incidentally The ruckus over the Board man deal and how it was to be financed if Oregon decided to go along with it has brought out an exceedingly interesting (act the businesslike opera lions of Oregon's State Depart ment of Veterans Affairs. Back in 1945. it began lending money to Oregon ex-service men to buy farms and homes It now has outstanding about 27.000 such loans. The value of these loans is somewhat in ex- Two Oregon Men NAM Directors NEW YOKE (I PH -Two Ore Roman were chosen as direc tors-at-large of the National As sociation of Manufacturers at the NAM'S 68th annual Congress to American Industry n c re Wednesday. They are Jack Murdork, chairman of the board of Tek tronix. Inc., Beaverton; and Ro bert C. Warren, president. C cade Manufacturing Co. Port land. Oregon directors are Thomas W. Delzell. chairman of the board of Portland General Elec trie Co.. and Sam Johnson. president, Jefferson Ply wood Co.. Madras. Coleman II. Wheeler, presi dent o( Santiam Lumber Co., Portland, was listed among re tiring directors. Bernard L. Orell. ice presi dent, Weyerhaeuser lo. Ta coma, continues as NAM's re gional vice president for the Pa cilic Northwest. CAUTION HOLIDAY AHEAD A C0UKOI Than Dead JENKINS cess of ST33 million. Not only has it made possi ble the purchase of homes and farms by Oregon veterans. By the use of sound business judg ment, it has been able to ac cumulate earnings of approxi mately $11 million. Its accumulated earnings will make it possible for the Depart ment of Veterans Affairs to ad vancc the money to clear the Boardman area of previous obligations which comes in very handy at a time when Or egon's treasury is pretty much empty. News Analysis Aid Of Uncertainty By PHIL NEWSOM The marble ruins of ancient cities along Turkey's coastline, I the remains of a Roman aquc duct, Istanbul's winding narrow streets , and its covered bazaar are symbols of Turkey s past. Modern dress, the alphabet and a western-style parliamen tary system are the outward symbols of an evolving modern Turkey started on its way more than 40 years ago by Kcmal Ataturk. Yet just as Turkey, astride the Dardanelles and the Bos porous, lies both in Europe and Asia, so its social structure stands astride both ancient and modern times. More than half its population is illiterate. Ero sion is eating away the topsoil of its farmlands and unem ployed peasants are flocking to mushrooming cities. Despite S4 billion in aid, Tur key still is unable to carry itself. Daily Bible Reading By Roseburg Ministerial Association Scripture: Matthew 7:1-12 In verses seven and eight of this passage, our Lord promis es thai whatever we ask, wc shall receive. At first glance this may ap pear to he the Christian's an swer to the proverbial wishing wand, and if used with no more discretion it will have the same results. However, as we look a little closer at the second and third verses we see a little of what must be contained in a prayer before it can be answer ed, "And with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." In essence He is saying that our blessings will never exceed our selflessness. This does not mean that we cannot ask for things for ourselves, but as James says, in the fourth chap ter and the third verse, "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may con sume it upon your lusts." It is then, not so much what wo ask as our motive in asking. Another possible reason for the multitudes of unanswered prayers may be found in the third verse. Here the Lord con demns those who are able to see faults in others, small ihough they be. while they over look their own more glaring faults. We must continually, with the Psalmist, crv unto God. "Cleanse thou me from secret faults." It is this element of self searching, with a desire to please God as motive that leads Cjone tl3id v Taken from Hm files of th News Review 40 YEARS AGO Dec. e, 1923 booster league. N'ew the tVBLttJ: leaMthe House Committee of to place this section on the map" and "knockers" have been barred from membership. Twenty-five cents a pound is the price offered for the tur keys which buyers are endeav oring to secure for shipment to the eastern markets, according to an announcement made to day, following a meeting held last night at the Farm Bureau Exchange. 25 YEARS AGO Dec. 6, 1938 Formal dedication of the new Fullerton School building will be held today under the sponsor ship of tbe Fullerton PTA. Mrs. Clyde Carstcns, president of the PTA, will give the welcoming address. R. W. Marsters, char ter member, will give the his tory of the school and features of the building will be presented by W. M. Campbell, city super intendent of schools. A. A. Wild er, chairman of the school board, will present the keys and Miss Ruth Swinney will give the response. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 6, 19S3 A $445,000 loan, made to the Douglas Electric Cooperative, will bring electrical service to some 430 customers, including 50 in irrigation areas. The Rur al Electrification Administra tion Friday announced that the co-op s application for the loan had been approved by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Turkey And between the peasants. resentful that they now must pay taxes to help Turkey help herself, and students and young officers impatient at the slow pace of Turkey's revolution. there is generated a tension which leads lo a perpetual state of crisis or near crisis. The problem is not one of en croaching communism but one strictly made-in-Turkey. From the regime of the de posed and later executed Pre mier Adnan Mcnderes, Turkey inherited galloping inflation and the headaches left by pell-mell but unplanned industrialization. Two attempted military 'coups failed but political unrest has continued to mount. Finally, in last month's local elections the apposition Justice party emerged the chief winner and this week Premier Ismel Inonu, Turkey's 79-year-old link with Ataturk, stepped down. The Justice party widely is to the abiding life in Christ. which is the real key to an swered prayer, as recorded in the fifteenth chapter of John, verse seven: "If ye abide in me and my words abide in you you may ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you." David M. Englc Assistant to the pastor Hucrest Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance The Editor's Corner By Charles V. Stanton Recreation Policies Aid To Umpqua Planning Rep. Wayne N. Aspinall fairs, has introduced into (H.R. 9032) to "provide uniform policies with respect to recreation and fish and wildlife benefits and costs of federal multi-purpose water resource proiects, and to provide the Secretary of the Interior with author ity for recreational development of projects under his control." The bill would apply to the Corps of Engineers and to the Bureau of Reclamation. Recreation would be made a substantial part of projects engineered by these agencies. The measure, according to the National Wildlife Federation's conservation report, has the approval of the Bureau of the Budget with the concurrence of the Dermrtments of the Interior and Army. This bill is a part of the fed cral government's seemingly rapid movement into the field of recreation. As has been asserted previ ously, the federal government has been dragging its feet in connection with development of recreational potential of the pub lic domain. Here in Western Oregon, where the federal government controls more than 50 per cent of our land area, the National Forests and Bureau of Land Management holdings contain more than E0 per cent of the sites suitable for recreational development. The Bureau of Land Manage ment has been working at a fairly rapid pace to select and improve areas suitable for rec reation. It has cooperated with counties and county park do partmcnts or other recreational agencies. Provision has been Land regarded as the heir to the out lawed Democratic party which was led by ifcnderes and tra ditionally favored the Turkish farmers from whom it drew its chief support. Reflecting the farmer's rising discontent, the Justice party centered its fire on the new taxes necessary to pay for Turkey's ambitious five year development program. Since Inonu opposes a coali lion with the Justice parly which also is regarded with suspicion by the Turkish mili tary, Turkey now seems des tined for an extended period of political uncertainty at a par ticularly unfortunate time. Turkey's development p r 0 gram still is in its tirst year and is at a critical stage. The first year has been de voted to road construction communications, harbor facili ties, schools and clinics. They were necessary b u I were 'not immediate income producers. To pay for them taxes were raised and must be raised again if an ambitious program to invest more than another billion dollars in t h c Turkish economy in 1964 is lo be realized. Included are plans to in crease oil production, the man ufacture of a new oil pipeline and plants to manufacture fer tilizer, plastics and synthetic rubber. lui'Kcy needs an annual in crease of 7 per cent in her gross national product if she is to keep ahead of an annual population growth or 4.5 per cent. Political unrest makes achievement of the goal uncer tain at best. An Invitation to . . . LADIES' NIGHT Saturday, Dec. 7th 7:00 to 9:00 PM ... ENTERTAINMENT ... DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ALONE REFRESHMENTS SERVED 1481 NE STEPHENS ... 672-4811 of Colorado, cnairman of Interior and Insular Af. congress a signincant mil made where funds received by the BLM from timber sales may be used, in part, for rec reational development of suit able sites, including some proj ects on Forest Service domain. The federal government has been building many dams. Res ervoirs created by construction of dams provide exceptional rec reational possibility. For exam ple, reservoirs create a plenti ful fishery of a type not nor mally found in fast water. Re servoirs permit boating, swim ming, skiing and other water sports. Along the shores gener ally are to be found, camp grounds, picnic spots and other recreational facilities. Thus it seems only proper that recreation should be included among the advantages to be measured against the cost of a federal project. Federal costs incurred specifically for land or basic facilities for recreation or fish and wildlife enhancement, Aspinall's bill provides, are to , be nonreimbursable. Congress already has' given authorization to certain inclu sions of recreational features in project planning. Rep. Aspinall would make such inclusions more definite. A good example is found in current planning on the South Umpqua River where a high dam above Tiller is under con sideration. . The South Umpqua River has an exceedingly high rate of fish production. The decrease in fish population in the entire Umpqua River system can be. traced in large part to the abuse of the South Umpqua's summer, flow of water. The water is so low and warm, because of with- ; drawals for irrigation, tliat the river now has most limited ; fish productivity. ' The Corps of Engineers is working on plans for a high dam which would retain water during the winter to be released during the dry season. That would maintain a water flow sufficient to restore the river's fishery. Al the same time, with a loca tion above Tiller, it would sup ply a major recreational need for water sports. ' The project, as first proposed, did not meet necessary quali fications, because power, flood control, irrigation, industrial and domestic supply were the only benefits to be considered. But when the Corps of Engin eers is permitted to include fish and wildlife benefits, along with the tremendous recreational ad vantages, the ratio of benefits to cost on the South Umpqua River takes on a new and most advantageous position. Many times attention has been called in this column to the ap parent awakening of the federal government as a whole, and spe cific departments and agencies in particular, to conservation and recreational needs. Rep. As pinall's proposal seems a long step in that direction. - GROWING ISLAND REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) The island formed by Iceland's still erupting offshore volcano is now about 2.625 feet long and 330 feet high, geologists report ed todav.
