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i Page '6-SecHori I THE CAPITAE JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 9, 195? Capital jLJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North Church St. Phone EM-4681 1 Full Leased Wire Service of The AMinrlntrd Press snd The United Tress. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for puh Jirslion of nil news dispatches credited In It or otherwise credited In this paper and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier: Monthly, $1.?3; nix Months, I7..M; One Year, Its no. By mall In oreenn: Monthly. 11.00; ftlx Months. S3 0(1; one Year. $9.00. By mall Outside Oieton: Monthly fIJJ; six Months, 11.50; One Year, I1SJXI. NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG Ike Exposes Self to Attack by Dropping Adams From CAB By RAY TUCKER WASHINGTON, .January 8 I firm sought a $51,000,000 windfall President Kisenhower showed his! at the Jast session of Congress, amazing Army capacity for com-tpryor and Adams clashed bitterly promise in his recent handling of ; in that matter, with Pan Am the two problems extremely important loser. to aviation interests, prominent politicians and foreign affairs. Hut his Solomon-like action may pro voke sharp Democratic attack on Capitol Hill. He refused to reappoint Joseph IJnii Linked For World Travel Simultaneously with Adams' re tirement, however, Jke struck a serious blow at the Pryor-Trippc combination. He did so by author izing Northwest Airlines and Trans P. Adams to the Civil Aeronautics I World Airlines to create an around Board, despite the Washington : the-world route by linking up at .Slate man's acknowledged experi- j Manila. Their previous terminals ence and qualifications. Besides had been Manila for Northwest being the only flier on the agency, I and Colombo, Ceylon, for Trans Adams had bipartisan endorse ment for the position allocated to the Democrats. His reappointment was urged by Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington, chairman of the Sen ale Interstate and Kofeign Com merce Committee, which has juris diction in the aviation field. Ad ams was also backed by James World. Pan American had been able to block the Northwest-Trans World hookup until now. In its announce ment. CAU said that competition would lead to improvement of service and greater travel in this area. Although the number of pas sengers flying across the globe on this route Is only 15,000 a year It. Durfee, Eisenhower-appointed j now, it is expected that the volume CAB Chairman, and by Itoss Kiz- should be doubled within a few ley, former Chairman and now a years. The President's Request Should lie Granted Most members of congress listened in thoughtful silence as resident tisenhower asked them for authority to use the military forces of the United States at his discretion in order to prevent aggression by "any nation controlled by internation al communism" in the Middle Kast. This authority would be used only if the attacked or threat ened country requested it and subject to the authority of the United Nations, which would prevent its use recklessly. He also asked for funds with which to help the backward Middle East develop its resources and raise its standard of living. Reaction was prompt and mixed. Some Republicans and tome Democrats promptly came to the President's support and some Republicans and some Democrats came out against him. Others remained noncommittal. The reaction abroad varied too. Britain liked it, for it pro mised a strong force for stability in the Middle Kast which Bri tain once provided but cannot provide now. Russia violently attacked the plan as was to be expected, for it threatened to thwart Russia s program of trouble making. Reaction was generally hostile or suspicious in Die Middle Kast itself. Egypt would like to have the aid, but not the U. S. assertion of power. Other Arab states reflected suspicion, which was not surprising, for they have not been accustomed to seeing the great powers enter their region with unselfish motives. Turkey was favorable, for Turkey is a friend of the U. S., knows we would never menace her, and this program would assure strong U. S. support if Turkey were attacked by Russia, a constant threat. Should the power be granted? Of course it is risky. It could Involve us in a fight, would in fact if Russia moved. But wouldn't we be involved in one anyway if Russia moved? We ftonk a firm stand when we launched the air lift in Germany and Russia eventually lifted the blockade. We took a backward step in Korea when Secretary of Slate Achcson placed that country outside the area we would defend. Within a few months we were at war. President Eisenhower's present request is similar lo the re quest he made for authority to resist a threatened attack on ; ui iiivan, i itpainuuna lil mi; lliuvu nuc UllUCI way Ull IIIC , m a -m -a -w - China mainland. A few critics, including Senator Morse, cried j31l(l(llC lleilSt 1 10111111 I? OCCl that till authority meant war. It was nranlpH and it mpant k' r i" 1" peace. Warned that the U. S. meant business China decided it didn't. Without discounting the dangers that will continue as long as Russia remains a dictatorship, whether communist or other wise, it is our belief that congress should after due considera tion grant the authority. We say this because we know the pre sident will use it only as a last resort and that Russia, knowing he Is armed with it, will not provoke its use unless Russia has determined to start World War 111. In this case it won't matter. Events since 1045 have followed a consistent pattern. Where we have made our determination to resist crystal clear we have not had to. Russia docs not want another world war, at least till she Is much better prepared than now. When wc appeared to retreat we invited an atlack President Truman ordered re sisted and (hen asked for congressional approval, which had to be granted. There are risks in any course wc may take in these danger ous days, but the risks seem to us much less in arming the president with the powers he seeks. His other request for a limited amount of money to help the Middle East achieve a belter way of life should be granted too. In the long run this is peace's best assurance. State of the Union Federal Judge by Ike's selection. Finally, Adams had the official okay of AFI.CIO unions interested in Die aviation industry. Together wilh many of the top men in the management field, they pleaded wilh the White House for reap pointment. Aviation magazines generally deplored Adams' depart ure. Opposed Windfall For Airline The veteran airman and ad ministrator was allowed to retire on January 1, according to Avia tion Weekly, as a "personal favor" to Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks. The wealthy Bostonian and GOP money raiser resented Ad ams' constant demands for lower fares, greater efficiency and ex pansion of cargo service. One of Weeks' closest friends is Samuel F. Pryor, former Repub lican National Committeeman from Connecticut and a 40,ono-a-year lobbyist at Washington for Pan American World Airways. Adams had frequently lined up against Pan American on major questions. especially when Juan Trippe's i for India. The authorization for TWA to operate into Bangkok and Manila was issued on a temporary basis, and will hecome subject to review in l!t"9. In that year, CAB will undoubtedly make a general sur vey of the international aviation situation. Advantageous To India It is considered significant, too, that President Kisenhower ap proved the long withheld and con troversial application only a week after the White House visit of Prime Minister Nehru of India. The new route will provide the. much-traveled statesman, as well as New Delhi and Calcutta, with closer contact and communications I with the Western and Southeast1 Asian lands. It has long been his viewpoint that many of the problems now troubling the world can he re solved through improved commun ications, especially in the almost roadless Middle Kast and Asia. Moreover, he regards tourism as a potential source of new income 7 WELL, HOW fcoyoiA fOH, HE'$IN &hJ' K ?W UNCLE'S J WONDERFUL) YW4 condition, oi AlUT HrVE HIn0 TAKe THESE f . Salem 42 Yrs. Ago By BEN MAXWELL Jan. , 15 On this day 42 years ago the Marion - Polk county bridge at Salem the big bridge in use for the past 24 years was pronounced absolutely unsafe by the state en gineer. Two days hence, at noon, it would be closed to all traffic and for all time. Southern Pacific had announced that it would carry passengers between Salem and Kingwood station for five cents and there was some talk about planking the railroad bridge for vehicular usage. (The railroad bridge was not plunked. This writer recalls that after talk and nf enma nf nreinff the wil- lowy old wagon bridge was again opened lor an interval 01 iraiuc. U'tun it uh finaltv rinsed a fprrv service replaced it during con struction of a new Driagei. W. W. Zinn, long in the confec tionery business here, had opened a shop in Astoria and reported to Salem friends that business there was good. Legislators about to convene in Salem were to be asked to provide an appropriation of $25,000 per annum to advertise the Northwest as a tourist attraction. A like amount would be considered by the Washington legislature. Roth Grocery had sold its inter est in the Dever Mercantile Co. to Mr. Foreman of Pittsfield, 111. The store was the only one in Dever. (It still stands as a struc ture, the stock has long been re moved). W. A. Hoover, founder of the lumber town of Hoover above De troit and father of R. H. Hoover of Salem had died. (The hamlet of Hoover with its mill was totally destroyed by fire Aug. t, 10J0. Loss amounted to $150,0001. Rumor of 40 years ago had It that Southern Pacific would build a four track road from Portland to Salem on the west side of the Willamette. The Capital Journal was dubious about the story and pointed out that if the company's speed on the proposed project was fulfilled at the same rate a: it pro posed to build a new depot at Salem it would be 126,000 years before the first spike was driven. ISP. did build a new depot at Salem in 1S18. The four track road was never more than a rumor.) OPEN FORUM Church Croup Support Mrs. Pfeiffer's Effort To the Editor: We wish to go on record as en dorsing the efforts of Mrs. John Pfeiffer of Silverton to rid news stands of questionable and inde cent literature. It was courageous of her to make the attempt by bringing charges before Judge Duncan in Circuit Court. At least she did bring the matter drama tically to the attention of the pub lic. Women's Society of Christian Service. Trinity Methodist Church of Four Corners, Margaret Palmer, secretary. They Say Today STORE IT WHILE YOUNG Lord Chesterfield Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young it will give us no shade when we grow old. Barbers Boom Whiskers "Beards arc back in vogue," says Art Rubin, editor of the By Dulles, Writer Declares By JAMES MAKI.OW i area Iran. Iraq and Turkey Assoeiatrd Press News Analyst 'have received arms. WASHINGTON (-Secretary of) 2. Within limits, the United State Dulles has thrown so much1. States sells arms for cash. It has fog around President Kisenhower's ; sold very little. Dulles has kept the program (or the Middle Kast that price high so high that Kgypt now it is just about as clear as nought Us arms Irom Kussia the ace of spades in a tunnel. So far the sound effects from this program have been good: the administration did a hangup job in publicizing it. Now it's up lo the administration to show what, if anything, is behind the sound. This much seems visible: Kisen hower wants congressional author ity to use V.S. armed forces in the Middle Kast, if neressary, to stop a Communist or Communist inspired attack on a non-Communist country. Hut thai s just one part of the POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Hostess Says Character Is Indicated by Your Eyelashes and explains he doesn't want an arms race in the Middle Kast. How will the new program By HAL BOYLE purely personal privilege, we question his wisdom in giving his dwindling hirsute souvenirs femi nine names, as the Weather Bu reau does hurricanes. After all, they have not gone with the wind. These thin grey she says, "you are a calm per-1 faithful survivors have shown son; if your lashes are short awl : none of the fickleness often at- straight, you have a nervous tem-jtributed to women. Do they not h ki ' .te'CTaap nassencer vmir latrine aro thin rip:rrvp a hiPiinr rnnnvn ' ... . . NEW YOItK W The Oddity Almanac: Do your eyelashes tell your character? . . . Grace Downs, head of an air hostess and model ing school here, believes so . . . "If you have curved eyelashes, An Old, Still Thrilling American Story Omaha World-Herald A Massachusetts surgeon, Dr. Charles L. Furcolo, this week ar ranged with fellow physicians to look after his patients for a few days while he went to Boston. There, Thursday, he witnessed, the inauguration of his son, Foster Fureolo, as Governor of Massa chusetts. All right, the American sophisti cate may ask, what's so unusual about that? 3ut Dr. Furcolo, looking back 58 years, could see himself in me mory s eye, a boy ot 10, disem- pcrament; of your lashes are thin at the outer corners, you are lazy." ' Forestry Digest estimates that a single porcupine will destroy Sti.OOQ worth of timber in its life time . . . Americans are getting more seashore conscious: New change anything? It's hard to see Y()rk pUD,c beacncs servcd 5 mil. how it will change anything at all Dulles told the House committee this country will not. under the new program, depart from its policy of not being a "primary" source of arms to the Middle Kast. This is the picture, or part of it, on the economic aid the ad ministration talks of as part of this new program: I ho Arab countries and Israeli lion people in 1934, but in 20 years Ihe number increased to 61 mil lion annually. We ourselves are balding rapid ly. Faced with the same prob lem as Ike, we are naming our few scattered hairs as the British do their warships: "Indomitable," "Courageous." "Repulse," and "Indefatigable" and "Redoubt able." Wc have even reserved a spe cial name for the hair that makes a last lone stand. It will be called "Custer." The Almanac's annual don't-do- Tips to hunters: Don't target shoot at objects u. the water. your bullet may ricochet off the i it-yourself hint: Many suburban surface . . . Never leave a loaded ; husbands have written in to ask gun leaning against a tree: your j how they can keep from Betting frisky dog may bump against it, ' poison ivy while spring cleaning knock off the safety, then step on j their acreage . . . There is only program. These olher parls are in the fiscal year ending June 30. 1 l lTTRQr ' v ' (ann .Das ms w r TV ' y . , a all clouded over; Kisenhower also ! ihss, received $17(1.757.000 i 'lur-i ; , v,1 a J 1 1 , u: j I j T . , wants to Dive economic aid and kev and Greece were added it ; care wM "Void 9d per cent of . child, en to do the work for you military assistance meaning would be $:i0Uflt,0OOi in economic j ' i- ""- ".- to; camp water suppiy. arms - to nations in the Middle aid. In the fiscal vear ending June!. Stupefying statistics for the un- cratch and apply Ltions. "What precautions do you take .-nst j 30 ma thev received $HK 8.11 000 1 '"'ormed: It takes six to eight: Almanac long-range crop fore-! against infection?" he asked the Dulles spent 4'i hours Monday !' if Turkey and Greece wero added WWKS 10 maKC one 01 l"ose one-jj:- "'"K inui on -apnoi sergeant in cnarge. v e oou ii iixm, sir, rt-piiL'u from Italy. Alone, unable to speak Knglish, he had come to America to make of his life what he could. And now he watches hi son take the oath as Governor of a great commonwealth. So you're still not excited? Well, perhaps you're right. Dr. Furcolo isn't the first, nor the last, to find himself in such a situation in America. But there's one point 'on which agreement is compelled by facts. There is only one nation in the world where the saga of. Dr. Fur colo would be anything but a fairy tale. Let's hope that we Americans never let ourselves become bored by its repetition. .Montreal Star A medical ollicer va.- testing the Strong winds Barbers Journal, of New York, a trade magazine. He is minted explaining the program to the it would be $W4.3Hfi.onoi. j minute TV commercials m a n y; f!li' should create record produc as saying in the Wall Street Journal. "It started with the (i. Is House Foreign Affairs Committee I Rut Kisenhower talks of wanting lolks complain about - but only!1' ' corn in Washington, DC, who stayed behind in Kuropc after World War It and joined " public hearing. When he got all , to spend m million dollars a year . WC('k ,0 P the Inm 'ou n, crouns like the Paris existentialists Thev all wore beirds over ! thrmh two questions need- in the Middle Kast. Would that be dramas between them . . . Amer- ham output in same vicinity groups liKe in I arts CMsienna ists. ine an wore, nearns oerj(i( nns jjllst a UAaX ()f 2on niilhn? If so.:-ns se :m billion matches a - Also, despite heavy slaughter there and most of Ihem brought them back here. w m,mmiic Kist.n. : it wouldn't be a lot more than ' 'r. or nearly l.oeo a person ... 1 of lambs in last November's po me ifaroers journal estimates mat more man zuu.utiu sets 1i1,1Wl.r tniu hmit r..:.llv nmnnnt those countries have been receiv-1 called the Kulachon is so;""1 narvesi, no decrease of chin whiskers are being pampered in the United Slates to day, a considerable increase over a couple of years ago. The barbers wish is probably father to the thought. Harbers, having boosted the price of shaves lo three times what a hair cut used to cost, have forced most of their thrifty customers to shave themselves, and seek to promote a fad for whiskers to stimulate business and recoup losses. The variety of hirsute adornments offered to cash in on in clude Van Dykes, goatees, (luelfs, Sporas. Shenamloahs, full chin Sporza, ear to ear Presbyler, Mutton ( hops. Napoleon HI, Czar Nicholas, waved Assyrian. Shaker etc. and doubtless many individual creations. You can already notice store window dummies and advertising agencies - utilizing more whiskers on their dummies as be men to join the Smith Urol hers cough drops. Until recently whiskers have only been grown for pioneer and other celebrations, under the delusion that pioneers, like members of the "Mouse of David", never shaved. Shaving is an institution of civih.ed life and is only known among nations thai have made a certain progress in civiliza tion. The prophet Kekiel said "And thou, son of man. lake thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass over thy head and upon thy beard." Slonc age man often pulled out his whiskers or sharpened sea shells to shave them while metal razors were invented and utilized in the bronze age from about .WO IU until supplanted in the iron age with steel. As a matter of fact beards gather du-d and tend to be un sanitary. A clinical psychiatrist says '"Growing of a beard re presents modern man's attempt to regain his once dominant position in socieiy over women, a mine eiton, as thougn wins- )t.tu,vn tin Kers matte llic man. !;nui France Senator Joe McCarthy will prohablv claim that growing of the Muldl whiskers is Communist propaganda started by Marshal Nikolai lade of tin A. Ikilganin, premier of the I'SSII and one of the llig Three Kremlin bosses with bis famous goatee Rut we ll have to wait until Ike wears whiskers to make it a I SA vogue, despite the fact that mythical I'mlc Sam is so pictured. G. P. to much more, if any more, tlwin mg. Or would it be $:!00 million 0II '"at, it it is dried and a wick ! Jmtnngs loreseen the aid already being given to the in addition to the present rate nf stuck to it, it will burn like a - " ' , Middle Kast? And will this conn- aid? That hasn't heen explained, j candle . . . (You could prohablv v Irv rc.-illv ninvido anv nmro :n n.s One of the primary questions, of do the same thing with a whale. .,;,;: than it has been giving away? leourse, is: Do they need all that ' but it would lake longer, and the The questions put to Dulles by ' money and would they know what ; neighbors might holler.' the committee members in public te, do with it if they got it? Some The Almanac abroad: His own no one knows what was said House members complained last people are more of a long-range in a secret session yesterday i week the waste of American aid . problem to President Gamal Abdel were neither sharp nor persistent. I money in Iran has been "shock-1 Nasser of Kgypt than either the He'll have a rougher lime next : big " .British or the Suez Canal . . . week before Senate committees. I Dulles added to the puzzlement , The population increased in. per This countrv has two basic pro-1 by staling that the 54 million he cent between Mi7 and lfMil, but nan earmai Kco to nop p.upi nunu mo land under cultivation in the Aswan Dam but then can- creased only about 14 per cent ceieu w ou in not oe jciven. nm the dam is what Kgypt says it needs. What, then, w ill he done for Kgypt. which right now is the big gest danger spot in the Middle Kasl'1 No public answer to that the sergeant. "Good. " "Then we filter it." "Kxcellent." "And then." said the sergeant, "just for safetv s sake we drink beer. grams for providing Middle Kast ern countries with arms. 1. I'mlcr the mutual security program a nation receiving arms agrees to lei m American officers lo superv ise I heir use. This tics them in militarily, more or less, with this country. I'mlcr tins pro gram only three countries in the f one yet either. Public as Favorable Toilav To Britain, France as Before By GEORGE GALLUP tlMiroiiit Amnion tnil'iutr of C'lhnr O nit Inn) PlilNCF.TON. N.I. Jan Do- of the countries included in today's spite the talk of strained relations survey: countrv aim Kngland KM. I. AMI over the handling of Highly favorable Kast problem, the atti- Mildly faorahle average American citi-; neutral . LMpct. 34 . . . .More than per cent is desert . . . The population densitv along the Nile is .ti70 per square mile . . . Moslem pride in having large families makes difficult the task of curbing Kgypt 's birth rate one of the highest in the world . . . Watch for further explosions. The Almanac editorial: How many bald men have nicknames 1 for their remaining hairs' During the last election cam paign President Kisenhower was quoted as remarking he had so few left he had names for them "Helen. Kdna. Kllen." While the editors of the Al manac hesitate to disagree with President Ike on a question of YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS WELCOME WHERE ONE THOUSAND HAVE SAVED A MILLION NEW SAVINGS RATES EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 1957 2V2A 3 On Savings, Accounts On Three-Year (erlificales of Deposit unfavorable opinion. WKST (IKK. MANY 1 lliily favorable . 'Mildly favorable iilral A Good Kroiioinic llaioiuclcr One ot Ihp liel liarmnelers fur jtnlcmi: a ciiiiimnnilv's onv nmnir condition is its number of telepbono vuheribejs While the telephone is a ronvemcme that most people en joy, and considered a necessity by those amply able to pay for us service, 11 is i nic same nine. MiuinimiK uiai a lamny un- intiliile of Public Opinion in Am der economic stress can do without. stenlam. lioll.iml. So when the telephone company reports that the number n (ovvatil these two counliros is Mililly unlawirable :is lu.'hlv f:iv nt :ihl, locbtv as it was llllllllv UulaVorahlc iwn veais 'n Two vears ai:o. 20 per cent of Ami recent events in IbuiBaiy those in the suney heM n highly Mililly unfavorable haw also left Americans wilii fawrable opinion of Kntlaml. anil Highly unfavorable nniL-hlv the same unlav 01 able at- 9 per cent held a luuhlv unfavor- I" survey in October. Iiliale thev belli toward liussia in able opinion. The total percrnlaKC lHT c,'m n'l', a 1 'Shly apprnwni: in today s survey greater lhan that in P.4. nt vk lr.pct. .in 41 i; ;;.ilhip Poll low an! (or I'M Pel'ieilli'.illv. the measures sen'mient ein nations by means ol In lni;!ily sensitive 'Slael Siale." del eloped bv lr .Ian Slapel. direc tor ol the athllated Nethei lands Mildly unfavorable Hichly unfavorable lllshlv fai oi aide Mildly laioiable Neutral li.pit. In the September, l!i."4. surwy. The device not only determines VI per cent held a highly favorable 19.VI. 14 fa arable opinion of West Oermany. 8 per cent held a highly unsai arable opoiien The folliuiim: three loii'Ories were tested for the first time in the most reeeoi suriev: inku:i. ' Ihshly favorable Mildly favorable Neutral Ask About Our Deposit Box Offer to New Accounts. Open, Increase or Transfer Your Account Before Jan. 11th to Earn Interest From Jan. 1st. A Convenient Place to Transact All of Your Bank ing Business Downtown But Away From Congestion. of phones in Salem has increased bv 17011 in the last vear the whether an opinion is favorable nf opinion of France, oin'it per cent Mildly unfavorable . figures are significant. While thev 'indicate crovvth in nopula- unfavorable, but it also registers a hishly unfavorable opinion. The Hishly unfavorable , ,i, - mnr iinn lb-it " "'e intensity of Ihe opinion total percentage approving in to- tt.it" Hon they mean more than that. Because of recent events in the day s survey ,s greater lhan that Hishly favorable Aiore substantially nicy mean uiai mow ucopie. newcomers ii,i,ii l-... n, i,,.,,tt. i,,.-l,i...l ti.-. ... or not, have incomes that enable them to afford telephones. jno countries of Israel. 1 -opt and M'SMA And if, as the company reports, Salem now has 31.7(H) phones India in the most recent survey Middy favorable in service, it means that few families are without them. , yiiesiionmi; a carefully selected Mildly favorable Of course not all thiv new nhones have heen installed for cross section ot adults in all walks Neutral family use SnMt ara ift nlaiSs nf business and industry. Hut "' '"! ''-'""P Mildly favorable Neutral Ipot Mildly unfavorable . 2 lliiihlv unfavorable r iron of lutr. Callup Poll interviewers -Mildly unfavorable . Highly favsJaPI 0,nr. Inn ll,fl AaMM, k.aii n..ul t.r IfcMM , nVISrSMklh n-iinuiMii mi, i i,imi uiii i i .,- - nun mi. mi. w -au . . . , i - . - 5, , am i;j ,, ri!(, . ) years a;o, uititer i per cent Neutral flence bClU'CCn CKPWftvH j'lry fUM taOM'jiff.ar9,it eounlri he'd ,1 h' -V" fa-.era'-'" o",:-m of Mildly iui'.iv nra'de . lion. Q ''fc nere are the ' mli'iiMi) iruiilcs"iltu.ssia, 75 per cent held a huh! , Highly unfavorable. ... t-pct. ' ;i 5:1 S'. S , n 'y : 4pet. i' - t .t f 5? i 17 ? ' 14 ;) r '(i pi OF SALEM '-fj.i t CROUCH "CW!WFTA SUfOH (. MM 0.. r m T . r r m r iiri aTism m mm a Mt m iiiii What The Public Should Know About The NEW CONTACT LENSES ; by DR. BERNARD D. BROWN Can Anyone Wear Contact Lenses? This new lens makes it possible for anyone to wear contacts, although those most benefited are people with high correc tions due to the better vision obtained and the cosmetic ad vantage with contacts. Are They Comfortable to Wear? 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