THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OBEGON PRESS
An Independent Newspaper
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
Entered u Second CUua Mttr. January 6. 1917 at th Poit Office at Bend. Ore
ion under Art of March 8, 1879. .
4 The Bend Bulletin. Monday. February 14, 1955
The Lack of Science News
A scientist at the University of Oregon bemoans
thatu's department is unknown. He is Donald F. Swine
hart, associate professor of chemistry.
The professor said there "was a political upheaval
in this state" in 1932 and all science courses were movea
. to the state college in Corvallis. Science was restored to
the University of Oregon in 1942 but Prof. Swine
hart notes that the general public apparently isn't aware
of 'this.
... Possibly one of the reasons the University of Ore
gon's science department is unknown is the lack of news,
of statewide interest, from that department.
This is also true in other institutions in Oregon
having schools of science.
; Only a trickle of science news finds its way from
the state campuses. Student publications, heavily weighed
with news of athletic events, seldom carry a science
story.
Yet in this atomic age science is the big news. Why
isn't this news finding its way into students publications
and the state press? ,
' News writers are prone to blame instructors and
science department heads for a lack of cooperation. De
partment heads in turn blame student reporters for a
lawk of background. .
Possibly both are to blame. But in the meantime
some great science stories are going to waste daily on
coQcge campuses.
J Yet, there have been times, through the decades,
wtjen science news flowered both at the University of
Oregon and at Oregon State College.
. " In those few eras of abundant news from laborator
ies lecture fialls and classrooms, science reporters were
on-the job. I hey were students who understood the sub
jects about which they wrote. They had the full confi
dence of their news sources.
Possibly the way to penetrate the science curtains
would be for the schools of journalism to train science
reporters.
! In this era of electronics, gcophsics, medicine,
rockets, specialized engineering and hydrogen bombs,
thfere is need' of science interpreters.
Depth-Free Counties
i In a year in which death increases were recorded
in? 20' Oregon counties and 420 persons died in traffic
accidents, two counties turned in death tree records.
J They were Crook and Wheeler, adjacent counties.
Dqschutes was charged with a grim total of 17 deaths
in?1954. Only 15 persons died on Deschutes county high
ways in the two previous yearc. The heavy Deschutes
tofl was partly attributable to multiple deaths, with four
djSng in one crash. .
I Traffic safety experts might study the reasons
Cook and Wheeler were free of traffic deaths in 1954,
a i'ear in which a state-wide increase in deaths was
Yes, Folks They'reSimilar, But, Oh, So Different!
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Edson in Washington
Viet Nam Still Touch-and-Go
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bly driving habits on mountain roads, su.ch as those that
crijiss the Ochoco and wind through the John Duy valley
wre responsible.
t Probably motorists traveling through the two coun
ties were just lucky.
President's Health Insurance
i There hasn't been enough comment yet at least
fom careful perusal of the Congressional Record there
doesn't seem to have been much talk about the pres
ident's plan on health insurance to determine whether
llngrcss will pass or reject the program
Mr. Eisenhower proposed a plan designed to encour-
ate private health insurance groups to give wider cov
erage. Under the plan, now in the hands of the nation's
lawmakers, the federal government would reinsure the
risks. Congi'ess would have to start the ball rolling by
almronriatinff S25 million, most of which would be ex
pa-
pj'ctod to be returned in the form of re-insurance premi
ujiis to be paid by the insurance companies.
The proposal is much like the government's insur
mice of deposits in banks and savings and loan associa
tions, which has been an excellent one from all stand
limits.
Mr. Eisenhower's suggestion is very much like th
3ie rejected by Congress last year. It was opposed by
tjie powerful it sometimes not too enlightened
American Medical Association despite its completely vol
ijntary features. A similar plan proposed by President
jjruman was not voluntary, it would have culled for
ooiripulsory payroll deductions, and was soundly beaten
The administration claims that the plar is needed
Because some GO million Americans are not covered by
4iy form of hospital or medical insurance, and becuuse
(Jf the growing spread between actual costs and insur
ance benefits. It is estimated that total medical and hos
pital bills in this country last year were $10 billion, of
which only one-fourth was covered by insurance.
. I This is a problem which lias bothered a number of
roups, doctors, employers, laymen and others, for som
. pme. The tisenhower proposals seem to he tar more rea
sonable than the previous plan proposed by Federal Se
curity Administrator Oscar. Lwing.
The AM A, for its part, is constantly decrying the
dangers of socialized medicine. Unless some workable
plan is reached to assure adequate medical and hospital
By PETKR EDSON
NEA WushiiiKlon Corrcoiidcnt
WASHINGTON (NEA) Fears
that free, soulhern Viet Nam will
.sooner or later fair- into the hands
of the Communists have been quiet
ed somewhat by the return to
Washington of Gen. J. Lawton Col
lins, President Eisenhower's per
sonal ambassador.
The Increased tension over For
mosa is not expeeled to have any
effect on Indochina, but I lie situa
tion there is slill touch-and-go.
There is uncertainly as to how the
French will end up in their efforts
lo retain their interests in soulhern
Viet Nam and nt the same lime
maintain commercial relations 'with
northern, Communist" Viel-
mlnh. There is almost' a complete
lack of accurate information, on
what goes on in the northern area
Nothing is at all firm on the
tfl."6 elections called for by the
Geneva cease-fire agreement, to
sellle Ihe future of Ihe country.
There is no definition of who can
vole or what for. It is entirely pos
sible that northern and southern
areas may vote on entirely dilfer-
nt questions,
Or I here may be no elections at
all, as In Korea and Germany.
Population estimates of 13 mil
lion people in the north and 12
million in Ihe south arc not con
sidered reliable.
Also, Ihe fliKht of over 500.000
refugees from Communist Vietminh
lo tree Viet Nam has altered Ihe
population balance. The number
of refugees may reach 800,000. All
of them have seen Communist con
trol first hafid. They are Ihe best
possible evidence lo make the peo-
nle vole against communism in any
free election.
The number of natives from for
mer Communist - controlled areas
in southern Viet Nam who have
requested resettlement in northern
Vietminh territory is now said to
lie only 1").
The United Slates is having to
finance rcseltlemenl of refugees in
the south. Over J.'S million has al
ready locn allocated by Foreign
Operations Administration for this
purpose.
What gives most encouragement
lo Ihe American poinUof view is
apparent acceptance of an agree
ment that the Viet Nam army will
bo trained by some 350 U. S. offi
cers in the MAG, or Military As
sistance Group under I.t. Gen. John
Wilson (Inn Mikel O'Daniel. Gen
eral Collins is expected to take
Ivick to Indochina a go-ahead on
this program.
The Viet Nam government itself
has promised a reduction of its
army from Ihe 217.000 of Jan. 1
to about half this number. This
force would he supnlemenled by
four light Flench divisions. Gen
Paul Kly of France would be in
command of both forces and the
training would be under his diivc
lion.
try while in France than at home.
Ngo D 1 h n Diem, Vietnamese
premier, is a shy little scholar
who does not know how to sell him
self to his people, but is said to
be learning. He has closed down
Ihe gambling houses which were
the curse of the country. They were
run by the two religious sects that
also control the brothels, me
premier has not yet reformed his
people.
The government now has its own
national bank and controls its for
eign trade. It has a land reform
program. This involves suspension
of taxes for three years. There is
no" rent the first year, quarter rent
Ube. second, hall rent the third
with an option for the tenants to
become landowners.
It is regarded as impossible for
Ihe southern area to raise larger
forces than the north. If the south
maintains 10 divisions with French
and American aid, the north will
have 20.
Main reliance for southern Viet
Nam defense depends,- of course
upon Ihe Manila pact countries. If
they mean business, there is be
lieved to be a long chance mai a
tree Vict Nam can be salvaged.
It not, write it off now.
Building Gutted
PORTLAND (JJP) - A three-
alarm fire - gutted the Glidden
Paint Company here last night,
causing damage in excess of
$100,000.
Five firemen were hurt by flying
Several hundred persons gather
ed while burning and exploding
paint sent flames shooting up and
black clouds of smoke rolling over
the downtown area, a fe wblocks
away .
Firemen fought the blaze for al
most an hour with 12 pieces of
equipment before it was brought
under control about 3 p.m. Fire
officials said the blaze was caused
by defective wiring.
Fire Chief Edward Grenfell esti
mated damage to the three-story
building alone at $100,000 and said
further estimates would have to
come from the paint company.
Sage Brushings
By I LA 8. GRANT
How times do change!
The festival of Lupercalia,
equivalent of Valentine's day for
the ancient Romans, was an un
inhibited celebration in mid-Feb
ruary, when pagan revelry was
thought to invoke special gods tor
the boon of fertility. The capers
took place at the Lupereal grotto,
at the foot of Palatine Hill, sacred
to Luporcus. The Luperci, priests
of Faunus, clad only in goatskins,
scampered around Palatine Hill
striking any maidens they en
countered with goatskin thongs.
How this occasion of pagan rev
elry gave place to the name-day
of a Christian saint is not exactly
clear. Many historians believe that
Christianity, after conquering
Rome, instituted a mid-February
religious feast of its own to com
bat lingering pagan beliefs associ
ated with that time of year.
In the Victorian era, romantic
ladies hopefully tied bay leaves on
their pillows to induce dreams of
their sweethearts.
The modern Valentine's day is
big business for florists, candy
makers and greeting card manu
facturers, and a headache for
grade school teachers, foot-weary
postmen, and married men who
forget to take home a present.
There are towns named Valen
tine In Nebraska, Texas, Arkan
sas and Arizona, and a Valentines
in Virginia.
Scholars can only guess as to
the true identity of the original pa
tron saint of romance, for relia
blc records are lacking. Of the
seven Valentines on the early
Christian calendar of saints, onlyi
two would seem eligible. Both
were martyrs and may have died
the same day.
One was a physician named Val
entine, a preacher of the new gos
pel who refused to renounce his
faith. Legend has it that' before he
went to his' death he cured his
jailer's daughter of blindness and
sent her a farewell note ending:
"From your Valentine."
A second candidate is Valentine,
Bishop of Interamna (modern Ter
ni) who is said to have defied an
imperial edict by officiating at
marriage ceremonies which were
banned. He paid with his life, and
some authorities say he met death
on Feb. 14, A.D. 270, alongside the
preacher-physician Valentine.
The practice of sending; senti
mental greetings cards on Val
entine's Day began about A.D.
14(10. By 1800 they were tremend
ously popular.
I guess I should count my bless
ings. The Young Man is too old to
clutter up the house making Val-
snrinea. and too VOIU1K to Send
five-dollar corsages.
On a local TV show from the
Eugene station the other evening,
the announcer was going through
the usual wagon-train routine, to
set the scene lor a program ot
early American music. He made
a funny that should get him lots
of mail, but won't make him any
friends 'way down South. At a
certain spot on the trail, he said,
there were two signs, with arrows.
One said "Oregon'.' and the other
said "Texas." People who could
read came to Oregon.
Birthday cakes .today for Ore
gon and Arizona. Ninety-six can
dles tor .Oregon! forty-three for
Arizona. "
Invention of the first adding ma
chine is credited to a Frenchman
named Pascal in 16.
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Lawmaker Offers
Move to Abolish
Electoral College
WASHINGTON ,(UP) Rep.
Lcroy Johnson (R-Califl intio
diiced a bill today to amend Ihe
Constitution to abolish the elector
al college method of electing Ihe
President.
Under Johnson's plan, a stale's
electoral voles would be split
among Ihe candidates according to
Ihe number of popular votes they
get. Under the present system, the
candidate receiving the largest
vole in each stale gels all of a
stale's electoral votes.
Thus in 1948, President Truman
got l.HU.noO and Thomas E. D Vj-
l,S9.r,(KX) voles in California.
Mr. Turinnn, by a popular margin
of only 17,86."i votes, received all
of California's electoral voles.
Under Johnson's plan. Mr. Tru
man in 1918 would have received
only 12.4 electoral votes in Califor
nia. Dewey would have received
12.3 and Henry A. Wallace .3.
m.D von nt.w
INDIAN ATOMS - IUPI - W.
R. Sharp, Muncie, Ind., told police i
that thieves took the two front i
wheeles and the tires ofrom his
car while il was parked beside a
hotel here. The thieves put a cou-
pie ot old wheels on Ihe late mod
el car. though.
The 1'. S. MAC would have lo
use some French and possibly Fili
pino instructors. What is planned
is a force like Ihe Philippine Con
stabulary which, under President
Mags ivsay. so effectively crushed
Ihe lliiklwbhap Communists in Ihe
Philippine iriands.
There is a surplus of military
equipment lelt over from fighting
diiys in Indochina. Additional U.S.
costs' lor military assistance are
therefore rstmisted in reduced
iimounis. Kmnomic aid is another
story. II will be iniuired in volume.
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