The Moment of Truth
i DREW PEARSON SAYS:
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LA GRANDE OBSERVER
Tuesday, November 10, 1959
"Without or with friend or foe, we print your daily world as it goes" Byron.
RILEY ALLEN, publisher
Grady Pannell, managing editor George Challis, advertising director
Tom Humes, circulation manager
You Can Help Halt Inflation
Important Election Being
Held In Phil ippines Today
WASHINGTON While Pana I In addition to earning out the
manians an- noting against the iemocratic niinciole of free elec
Intted States and while Cuban- turns. FiliDinn candidates are w
(or whom we once (ought a war .ng with each other to claim
of independence are damning the luend.-hip with the I nilcd State
tnited State-, the Philippines Grccrtr-Mirilyn M)nro
(or which we al-o (ought, held an! Out in llollvwix d. Manlvn Mon
election today. I,- e. the voluutuous blonde, has
It will be quite a contrast to' become more imnortant as a
the attitude of our onetime! recter of official dignitaries
I'iends in Cuba and Panama. I'han Mayor .Virus I'oulson ol
In the Philippines they held 1 us Angeles or Ambassador
elections; they don't postpone Dick Patterson in New Y.rk.
them as Fidel (astro has done in! ThotiKh her welcome t j Nikita
Cuba. Also they don't go in (or Khrushchev was well publicized
dictatorship as do some Carib her welcome to President Sukar
bean countries. They held heated no of Indonesia (ailed to hit the
and intense elections in which headlines.
about 90 per cent of the per.plci Sukarno is famed around the
get out and vote. They don't ..crid (or hi keen admiration
have to be iirjed. This is in di-Hor (emimne beauty. M.vs Mon
reel contrast to the people of ' roe not only was in the reception
New York who last week didn't line to meet the president if In
turn out in sullicient numbers toid. nesia but she had been care
pass a school bund bill to help
tneir naoiy sagging educational
system.
In the Philippine Islands, peo
pie will vote for mayors of cities
and for governors. Judging from
the intensity of the campaign you
fully coached to give him a hear
ty welcome. At first she wa-.
equal to the occasion.
Throwing her arms around
President Sukarno she exclaim
ed:
"I'm so nleased to meet the
would think they were voting for ' president of India "
president. There mil be some "I'm president of Indonesia,"
hooting, but there's also been 'promoted President Sukaron.
violence from time li time around "Never heaid r( it." said the
the polling places o( Kentucky Irank Marilvn.
and Harlem. I , friendship thereupon ended
I rforc It began
While the public I I "
Matching the headline- eu '
gcd TV shows, an important but
less spectacular issue el public
.uteres! radio is bel-:' the
Federal Communication Com
mission. It's the allccatn-n ol
clear channel radio luc".-c- -lerhaps
the last which 'icr .H
he allocated in the I SA The
FCC has g.ven until Vj
nlcrested parties to til'.' c-::i
nents as to who should get these
hannels.
Chief question is whether tlie-e
i hannels should go to schools ami
universities or to the already
larie number cf commercial li
censees now pouring disc jocke
music out to the American peo
ple. The National Association of
F.ducational Broadcasters. ni'"'t
t ii t4 in Detroit last wccl.. urged
,norc use of radio and tele, ision
lor educatu n. They pointed out
,h-it a recent survey by the C S
Olfice of (education shows tie
mendous strides in education by
Sovit t Russia.
The broadcasters, led by V il
liain G. Harley of the I'nucr.-ity
,i Wisconsin, Jack Mcliride t
he I'niversity 0 Nebraska. ani
Hubert Coleman of Michigan State
i'niversity, have work' d out a
plan (cr university television (or
Ohio. Illinois, Indiana, .Miihigan
ml Kentucky, by which an an'
plane, circling overhead, will
hruadcast through hii'h powered
TV equipment. The Ford 1 'win
dati'in is making this pos.ible.
Congressmen are watchm.! the
allocation (,f these 21 remaining
b ar i.mIi,, el,;,,,!,, K for a clue
as to hetliir the H C icallv
plans to enforce the public inter
est statute m the cummunica
t urns act
U S. Aliened Spy
The world wa- mv-lificd when
I" American Kmha security
ollicer i Mc,,w . H;i-,,-ll Lang
die. was suddenly nJeied de
ported on the char-e that ! e ha.!
tneu to py on Soviet Ku-sia.
1 he Ain-i lean F.mbjssy. in
turn, charged that l.angelle had
been sei) by a group of liussi
ans. rouvhid up. held some time
and finally rclca-i.l Neither of
these was the c rrect story Here
is the inside stoiv id what hap
pened.
Langelle is an electronics ex
pert whose job il was to make
sure that the Aey: ican F.inbas
sy in Mi.seew was not buggei'
or w ire tapped by Sovi -l Intelli
eence. The iiu -ians have long
been anxious to get hold o( one
f these c-:pert,s. Tin y want to
know what devices ihe I'nited
Slates uses to safeguard its em
l assies abroad.
So. some months ai;o they ap
I reached lancelle about the ide;
of working as a s. v I y tin
I'SSH. Lamtclle promptly re
oorted this to his -upniois in
ihe embassy, who instructed him
t.: play along with th" Hus.-ians
and see what happened. Lang-
He did. Plans were discussed
tthe.'ehy he was lo come ever to
ihe Red side. I'.ut at the hie.
meeting where Ihe Kus ians ex
pected Liingelle lo make Ihe final
n;,p he told Ihem lie had
, , n : l his mind
imcI policy agents wcic lui
mil They were so irate that
il-, roughed up l.angelle, even
liua'eiied to announce publicly
I at he was a secret Russian spy.
l.an-'1' l' stood h s ground. Even
uiaiA ihe Russians gave up.
tuni'd b'i loose, but ordered
.m io leave Moscow on the ex
ti,.,. that he had been trying
... Kus-ImH spies to work
'or tl'.e ISA.
Dog Loses Bark
After Haloween
Lark In Wallowa
WAl.l-l'WA iSpeciali A serious
ii'ierma-n of Halloween has been
a .
ltd
"Siain'iie Morton was fully a
ware f 'ht festivities about tu
develop When the first nui 'imers
-tai'ieil ihmii the walk of Mrs. J.
K M ifoii's home. "Scaiiipic" bo
;an a series of barks, accompan
, v In tu'ds up and down on the
ftaye :,'- r!
Ai H " clock. "Scanpie" main
taiiiid her ijreetii'.ggs. but the cli
na h;;-l been reached, she was
gro-vi."- bourse.
V. oei the 43rd "tricker'' advanc
ed a'd retired, "Scampie" was
giov r-i a trifle fainter, and on the
74th it she retired with what
w.'is a .red to be a case of laryn
gitis Taking her to the Wallowa Veter
inar ans' hospital at Enterprise
v. ns c hi suii ; is-l, hut rest and care
at liuine was all that was needed
President I.isenliower and Vice Presi
dent Nixon hi'lptd launch a crusade
against inflation recently and told how
everyone can help. Their advice hoils
down to this: Make yourself heard.
Write to your congressman. Wire your
senator. Send your opinions to the White
House and to other federal officials.
A chorus of millions of voices will have
an effect. They will, that is, if Uiey are
in some kind of harmony. And they must
say some things that Congress and the
federal jrovernnu'nt is not used to hear
ing. They must urge against deficit
spending; against new and costly gov
ernment services; against subsidies and
grants in aid and for drlit retirement;
tax reduction and a balance.! budget.
The voice of the people all too often is
a divided and selfish voice. It is a voice
of wants. One group wants one thing
and another wants another. I tut every
want is expensive. Only recently has Un
tax pinch been acute enough to bring
expressions 'that were for less govern
ment spending and less inflation.
Maybe this sort of crusade will get
somewhere, though similar efforts in the
past have not. Ike made a dire predic
tion of what will happen, if inflation is
not checked through a curl) in govern
ment spending and in other ways. He
said the alternative is "economic dictator
ship." That, incidentally is w hat Khrush
chev confidently predicted for us.
Study Shows Fluoride Beneficial To Teeth
A strong case for fluorides in water
supplies to prevent tooth decay is found
in a western research tvport, now avail
able at Oregon State College.
The five-state study shows that bene
ficial amounts of fluoride in water
supplies reduced tooth decay as
much as "." percent among teenagers.
A total of 2,l)(')8 youngsters between II
and 16 years of age were examined in
Oregon, Washington. I'tah, Montana and
Idaho in the study.
Youngsters examined were native
born. They were reared in the areas
included in the study. None had re
ceived any oral applications of fhioi id .
Such "treatments" reached Ihem only
through water supplies in their home
communities.
Almost all the youngsters needed
dental care. Ninety-five percent of
those living in fluoride-free areas needed
attention compared with 77 percent of
those who lived in areas with fluoride in
the water.
In the fluoride-free areas, less than
one percent of the children were free
from any past or present denial troubles.
Only 4 per cent had their dental work
adequately completed.
Girls in all age groups had a higher
number of decayed, niissinjr and filled
teeth than boys but girls' teeth had
received better care.
Oregon youths had a high number of
"bad teeth." I'.ut they ranked below
some of the other areas studies, especial
ly in Yakima and Snohomish counties in
Washington and Cotier d'Alcne in Idaho.
Youngsters living along the Oregon
Coast and in the Willamette Valley have
worse dental records than those in Cen
tral Oregon, the study revealed.
Is it possible that altitude and climate
may be factors in tooth decay or pres
ervation? Researchers considered that
angle. They compared dental needs of
youths living in areas of the same
altitude and climate in the five states.
Youths living in higher altitudes, a I Hive
feet, seemed to have fewer dental
worries than those living at lower eleva
tions. Hut sunshine, liunual temperature
rang", relative humidity and rainfall did
not appear to have an appreciable effect
mi youngsters' teeth in any of the areas
studied.
Results of the five-state study have
he. n compiled by two researchers, from
OSC. lr. (lertrude Tank and Ih. Clara
A. Storviek. Their report is in pamphlet
form, "Variation in Pental Caries ex
perience among Children in Five Western
States."
There is no charge for the pamphlets.
They may be obtained at any of the
county extension offices.
In the area, we are sine, are many
persons w ho will be directly interested in
the studies that show "beneficial
amounts uf fluoride in water supp'.ies
reduced tooth decay as much as ""i
percent among teenagers in five western
states."
Grand Jury Holds
Special Meet Here
The Union County grand jury
was expected to meet again this
morning to complete information
from witnesses, presumamy on
th fatal auto accident east of
La Grande city limits Aur 28
when a local youth was killed.
The jury met until noon yes
terday and heard witnesMs be
fore adjourning.
Michael ('. Lynch as, the vie
tim o( a two-car accident ju-t east
o( town last August State Police
investigated at the accident
scene.
Gavin Attends State
Cattlemen's Meetinq
Charles Gavin, I'nion County
Kxtension agent, led today for
Portland where he will attend
the annual convention of the Ore
Sen Cattlemen's Association.
The conference opens on Wed
r.csd.iy and concludes early Kri
day. Gavin will travel to Cor
allis Friday (or a special sheep
and wool school to be held on the
Oregon State College campus Fri
day and Saturday.
mm mm
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week
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