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W A S H IN G T O N
P aM fc kU WMfcly every Thursday by
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21« £ Ptaa » . Central Poi>t, C K . »7502
fcstorod aa second class m a lí m anar a t the peat Offie « at
C a * a l Pala», Oregon »7502, uad^r act of Congrua Mar. J,
1 » 7 . Sabaartptloa » 00 P * year I . Jackaaa County, S3 50
In f l u i t a t e afO aagoa aa« » 4 .0 0 etatside «u t« .
By
As e v e ry h u s e w ife k n jw s
th e co st o f liv in g , e s p e c iu lly
fo m l p ric e s , h a ve been e s c a la t
in g r a p id ly , w ith a ll p re d ic tio n s
they w ill soar s t ill h ig h e r
* • *
W hile there a re s e veral fa r.
tors involved In this trend of
ballooning iood prices, a m a jo r
one has h e r n r
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the Interfer-
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V
e n e r In fa rm
ing last sea
son by L ab o r
S e c re t a ry
W illa r d
W irts.
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FREE PALAVER
BLAKE LOOKS GOOD FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT..............
We lave not had the pleasure of meeting Walter S. Blake
J r., but his statements several weeks ago in his announcement
for the position of state superintendent of public instruction
expressed the philosophies which we be’ ieve this State need
in its educational system. His training and background would
certainly seem to qualify him . He has held a doctorate in
education since 1953, and until he resigned recently b. make
the race, he had been Dean of Students at W illam ete Univer
sity in Salem for nearly eight years. The office he seeks is
non-partisan.
We received double assurance Sunday that our trust in Dr.
Blake is well placed when the lead editorial in the Oregonian
gave hi m quite a panning and told us » m e good things about
him which we had not known. Beginning with a spurt of fair
ness which we appreciated very much, the Oregonian said
Dr. Blake is "an able, sincere man". Coupled with his exper
ience, that makes him a mighty good man in our opinion.
It seems that Blake's sinful effrontery lies in his desire to get
» m e of the fundamentals of education back into practice in
Oregon schools. That is anathema to the »phisticated hearts
of many of our good Oregon neighbors; it just isn't their kind
of progress.
Seems that a ll members of our State Board of Education
audaciously pledged their support to D r. Leon .Minear, present
state superintendent. " It does not want a small replica of the
stalemate in California, where the policy-m aking State Board
of Education has long been at odds with the contoversial,
elected superintendent, Dr. Max Rafferty, of whom D r.’ Blake
is a disciple," jay, the Oregonian. It would be impossible to
more highly compliment Dr. Blake. Dr. Max Rafferty is a
nationally recognised education authority whom the people of
California elected to rescue them from an almost hopeless
situation » similar to the present trend in Oregon towards a
brainwashed, regimented educational process.
Taking a turn at fairness, we would suggest that D r. Min ear is
is a l » a disciple. We would say his mentor is former Cabinet
Member Dr. Arthur S. Fleming, president of the University
of Oregon, the very incarnation of most everything we do not
like in our growing system of amoral, imperialistic education.
Unless the voters of Oregon follow the example of California
voters and not only elect Dr. Blake, but a l » defeat Measure
No. 2 on the May 24 ballot, it w ill probably be their last chance
for educational freedom in this state. The measure would make
the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction appointiv«
instead of elective, That's why this office should be filled i f
the appointing officials could be depended upon to act » le ly
in the best interest, of our children and young people. But today
our officials are too inclined to accept the dictates of a Washing
ton tyranny which demand, their fallacious brand of conformity
in education as w ell as in economic and social realm ,.
So the people of Oregon had better defeat Measure No. 2 on
the May 24 ballot and retain their power of restraint over the
egotistical educational hierarohy.
T H E V IE T N A M C R IS IS ......................
Everybody know, there is a dire crisis in Vietnam today.
Because the authority of this column's opinion in international
a ffa ir, is justifiably suspect to many people, we reproduce below
an A p il 16 editorial from HUMAN EVENTS, certainly a nation
a lly authoritive and responsible periodical.
Why the V iet Nam Crisis
Asian experts arc laying the blame for the current
violent turm oil in South Viet Nam at the doorstep
of Lyndon Johnson and his
predecessor, John F. Kennedy.
American policy, it is charged,
NO? go
has not only encouraged the
current radical demonstrations,
but has made Communists out
s ’ m W
&
Ϋ
of neutralists and neutralists
out o f anli-Communists. Here’s
& C H IÊ N J *
where—in the opinion of the
experts-the United States has
failed:
• Mistake No. 1: LBJ’s “ no-win” policy has
helped to swell the ranks of the Vietnamese radicals
now engaged in anti-American protests. LBJ says
he w ill negotiate with the Reds at any time. He
refuses to enlarge the northern bombing, send in
vasion forces across the 17th parallel or even blockade
or mine the Hanoi-Haiphong harbor through which
the Reds receive strategic materiel. Many South
Vietnamese, weary of war, feel that as long as the
U.S. refuses to take the necessary action to force
Ho Chi Minh to his knees, the fighting will continue
to drag on in their own homeland in the south.
Rather than see their country depleted by an intermin
able war, many have had second thoughts about
siding with LBJ and have deserted to neutralism or,
in some cases, pro-communism.
• Mistake No. 2: America’s soft attitude toward
Red China. Continued talk among Administration
leaders, like Vice President Hubert Humphrey, of
bringing China out of isolation plays into the hands
of the Viet Cong. The Adm inistration’s refusal to
protest vigorously the construction of a steel mill
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For Airport
AND
SMALL BUSINESS”
C D ÍT R A L P O IN T T I M O , IN C .
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T H U R S D A Y , APR.T. 21, 19«6
THE CENTRAL POINT TIMES
H e cuuse o f
ln> re fu s a l to
le t g ro w e rs .
e s |X *c ia lly in
C. w . H arder
C a lifo r n ia . h a ve la b o r to hai
vest, th e to m a to c ro p was
- h o r t T h e L a b o r D e p a i t iiie n t
• lu t is t ic s on co st o f liv in g
shqivs th a t b e tw e en N o v e m b e r
1965 and D e c e m b e r 1965. th e
p ric e p a id by c o n s u m e rs lo r
ca n n e d to m a to e s shot up an
a s to u n d in g I 4 p e r ce n t
* * *
The late Rep. John B ald w in
before he died com piled ligures
showing w h at the W 'irti policies
did not only Io the price of
canned w hite asparagus to the
dom estic consum ers, but also
Io the I ’.S. balance of trade
p roblem .
• » •
T he C o n g re s s m a n p o in te d o u t
th a t th e fo u r y e a r a v e ra g e .
I960 th ro u g h 1964 o f w h ite as
p a ra g u s w a s 2.058.15(1 In 1935.
because it w as im p o s s ib le to
h a rv e s t th e cro p , th e p a ck
d r ip p e d lo 1.269.(MSI case o r a
d e c re a s e o f 5 2 '..
C. W I L S O N
HARDER
ruade lt possible (o do vv illiuut
asparagus.
• • •
E v e il m u re s e rio n s in th r
long la n g e n a tiu n a l v ie w p o in t
is lh e f a i t th a ï c u n n v d vvlut,
a s p a ra g u s had b e e li b u ilt li|
..v e r lh e le u r s as a m a jo i ex
ja n t it.-iii. C i'iig re s s m a n Ka!d-
w ii »uy > th a t in 1963 and 1964
m o le llia n k l p e r c e n t o f a il
c a lin e d v c g e ta b le ite m s xpm i
ed by lh e L’ .S. vvere a c c u u n le d
to i by vvhitc a s p a ra g u
• • «
Hr
lu rth e r
rrp o rte d
th a ï
w hile the export value of ean
ned asparagus had been run
ning close lo $16 m illio n , lhe
W lrts actions hâve eut Ihis In
h all, for a loss to l ’ .S. export
business of around SH m illio n.
• • *
I f th e re is a d ded to t liis loss,
the e s tim a te d S611 m illio n d o l-
la r loss in u n h a rv e s te d u s p a ru
gus. p lu s lost wages to c i..... c r y
w o rk e rs and tr u c k e rs , the to ta l
ca n ru n to S20 m illio n o r m o re
• * *
In addition. If added Io this
are the losses on tom atoes.
s tra w b e rrie s , and other item s,
plus the e x tra costs being paid
by consum er. It p robably would
add up to som ew here around
a h a lf billion d ollars,
* • •
Su. to p a ra p h ra s e a fa m m i",
ite m o f C h u rc h illia n u . it c o u ld
p e rh a p s be sa id " T h a t n e v e r
b if o r e has a s in g le b u re a u c ra t
cost
m a n y so m u c h
The Editor, Sir:
We no more than got our
1965 income taxes paid before
Santa Claus jumped into his
J E T and gave it away.
Yours truly.
E verett Acklin
Ashland
Bids Called kar
Hyatt Lake Road
East Of Ashland
• • *
O r to p araph rase another
quotation “ Consider (he bur
eaucrats. T hey have neither
toiled nor spun, yel a re dressed
In the finest of ra im e n t and are
• • •
a lw ays ready to in te rfe re w ith
G ro c e ry stores prices in the (hose who do loil and sp in ." II
p redu el have thus skyro i keted. is aw esom e lo con tem plate that
and at fa m ily d inner tables all one m an can cost people a h alf
over the country when it comes billion dollars. Even m ig hty
lim e to say grace there Is per Caesar could not have gotten
haps lifte d h eavenw ard a fe r aw a y w ith this kind of non
vent than ks th a t W’lrtx has sense.
c , \ a l i i . n . » l K cil«-r«il< >n •
t
rw k n l
S o m e th in g For N o v e m b e r
Aa a m a tter of passing inter
est. residents of this area might
like to know how our Dem o
crat representative is doing in
Washington, D.C., these days.
Robert Duncan, who appears
to have the inside track with
the Demos in the coming pri
m ary election for U.S. Senator,
has cast some interesting votes
—to say the least.
On that attempted repeal of
14b—the measure that Johnson
promised to Big Labor to get
its support in 1964— Duncan was
one of two Oregon Congress
men who voted for the repeal.
On the foreign aid bills, Dun
can voted in favor of a confer
ence report that continues giv
ing U.S. money to countries who
trade with Communist nations.
On the measure of giving U.S.
aid directly to Communist na
tions (Egypt. Cambodia, Yugo
slavia, Indonesia and others),
Duncan was again in there with
a hearty “ y e a " vote.
And on giving funds to the
Disarm am ent A g e n c y which
promotes “ togetherness” a n d
"interdependence” w i t h
the
Communists — you guessed It—
Bob was right there pitching
These are just four of the
issues that earned Our Bob one
of the highest ratings given by
the ADA—a group that makes
no bones about its socialists
aims for the United Sûtes.
M ight be something to keep
tucked away for the November
election.
. Ashland D a lly Tiding»
for China by a Western consortium and news that
certain elements in the State Department actually
favor it only convince Vietnamese leaders America
doesn’ t mean business in the war. Administration
support of increasing trade with Soviet Russia and
Eastern Europe-chief supplier of N orth Viet N a m -
adds fuel to neutralism. A ll these actions have
seriously impaired the w ill of the Vietnamese to resist
Red aggression.
• Mistake No. 3: LBJ’s reappointment of Henry
Cabot Lodge as ambassador to South Viet Nam.
Human Events reported on July 24, 1965, that Lodge’s
return to Saigon could lead to disaster because his
very presence encouraged the Buddhist radicals whom
he had befriended when Ngo Dinh Diem was presi
dent of South Viet Nam. The Buddhists, of course,
are the main agitators against the present Saigon
regime.
The Buddhists are infested w ith neutralists,
Reds and C o m m un ists, but the m ain reason
forces have become swollen w ith pow er is
both K ennedy and Lodge paved the way fo r
present strength and prestige.
p ro -
their
th at
their
After Ngo Dinh Diem was toppled with the aid
of the Democratic Administration in 1963, a top
Vietnamese official told Human Events it would be
almost impossible for any subsequent Saigon govern
ment to restrain the Buddhist radicals. Kennedy had
brought all his guns to bear on Diem, primarily
because of Diem’s crackdown on the Buddhists. JFK
took this harsh line against Diem because, being the
first Catholic U.S. President, he didn’ t want to bear
the stigma of helping to persecute a religious minority.
After Diem was toppled, of course, it was revealed
that the Buddhists were not being persecuted because
of religion, but because they were saturated with
Communist and pro-Communist agitators.
Lodge was as responsible as anybody for bolstering
the radical Buddhist elements. It was Lodge, for
example, who harbored Thich T ri Quang in the
American embassy. Quang is the Buddhist monk
who is credited with toppling at least four Saigon
governments and is deeply involved in the present
crisis.
r
According to French records, Thich Tri Quang had
twice been arrested during the postwar French occupa
tion of Indochina for dealings with Ho. By his own
admission, he was a member of the Viet Minh Libera
tion Front. French records also show he has a
brother working for Ho whose duties are directing
subversion of South Viet Nam.
Thich T ri Quang once told the late journalist
Marguerite Higgins that he preferred a “ neutralist”
solution for South Viet Nam and felt he had to re
move Diem so he could make an “ arrangement”
with the north. This Buddhist leader is once again
pulling political strings in his country, primarily be
cause Lodge befriended him and gave him power.
These say the diplomatic experts, are some o f the
historical mistakes culminating in the current crisis.
<
-
The Editor, Sir:
Freedom has always coat
something. P e r h a p s
some
sweat, blood, money, tim e, and
or. occasions, life itself. I t is
a moat precious item to us all.
Please consider what an en
croachment on our freedom this
Dodd bill, S. 1592, wiU be if
enacted. The Government w ill
have the power to completely
confiscate your firearm s if de
termined necessary.
See your local sporting goods
store and pick up the inform a
tion and supplies available. You
will find post cards and a list
of names and addresses of the
Senators and Representatives in
volved. Please fill them out and
m ail them while there is yet
time.
V ery truly yours.
W illiam E. Johnston
Grants Pass
R'ds are being called for 4.95
miles of base course surfacing
and the stockpiling of aggre
gates for maintenance repair
under the Bureau of Land Man
agement Tim ber Access Road
Program , designated p r o J e c t
BLM 536-AP, East Hyatt Lake
Road in Jackson County, ac
cording to Donald L. Schofield,
D istrict Manager for the Bureau
of Land Management in Med
ford.
The project is located approx
imately 15 miles east of Ash
land.
Estimated quantities for the
work to be performed include
0.5 acre preparation of stock
pile s ite ,’ 4.95 miles finishing
previously constructed roadbed;
16,000 cubic yards crushed ag
gregate base; 800 units water
ing; and 4,000 cubic yards of
crushed aggregate base stock
piled.
Contract tim e of 45 calendar
days w ill be allowed for p er
formance of the work.
The improvement is being
financed with U.S. Bureau of
Land Management timber ac
cess road funds.
M e th o d s To B a ttle P o iso n
H e m lo c k Told By H u b b e ll
Is Approved
. . $832.000
. . . nnn county-wide bond .
An
issue to expand the Medford
airport was approved by the
county court today for the M ay
„ „
„
consider
and tQ
con.
tato efft£
bte
24 prim ary ballot.
There are several of them
An agreement signed by the w w d l ¡n the ROgue R iver Val-
court will also establish a joint
Whlch are easily controlled
airport commission to run the by ea r,y treatments, but pre-
airport as a county facility. At
t
problem If allowed to
present the airport is o w n e d ------- J tU , um m er. Qne of
. . . .
...
. grow until summer, one or
M edfoM r" d
* C,ty ° f the* b P01*00 Hemlock- •
Io d o .-
P a ri
M illa r
in
» ¡ » in n
ing the bond issue, said:
"W e are changing in Jackson
County and this airport is used
and has been used bv every
one in hie county. iVicuiurd has
been bearing the expense and
it appears they can’t keep up
in the jet age "
The commissioners, smarting
from recent public criticism of
their methods in arriving at a
decision for the bond issue,
said they are leaving the de
cision up to the public.
Put on the Spot
“ I don't t h i n k the court
should be put on the spot,”
M ille r said "W e are putting it
__________
to the
people."
Commissioner Rodney Keat-
ing added, " I think the court
should be complimented on its
vision.
"The airport is an asset sec-
ond only to the Portland air-
port in the entire state If we
don't have air transportation it
would be a bad situation."
The agreement, when signed
by the commissioners and the
Medford City Council, w ill be-
come part of the ballot propo-
aition.
I f the bond issue is approved.
a joint powers agency set up
by the bounty
toe cit?
M any
Poi«°n Hemlock may be found
ann,al
sometlmea
r u - . Plan‘
«
s . - r r ’ i mistsk-
» y
along dltchea, roads and S lanes
Annes Lace, or Wild Paraalp.
w ill range In sise from a few
inches to possibly a foot. Since
Poison Hemlock is susceptible
to hormone • tjp e spray, ref-
ferring here to 2,4-D apraya,
now Is the tim e to consider con
trol measures. As the plant io-
creases in size, so does its re-
sistance to control. Uncontrolled
areas become dense with growth
and the problem la an aver-
increaaing one.
11 m,gh‘ be po,n,ed
«
this tim ,
there
no 0||e
treatment method for control of
thege problem,
,
lhe ground m. y
dltlon* are correct for germ Ina -
, ion , n moat 0,
, ¡ 0 ^ l o c a t i o n s , where the
gTOund is not cultivated or work-
ed to bring new seeds to the
, u rflc e
cgn
#chleved
by proventing the plants from
maturing and producing seeds
Ano(h„ r
'
H
*
Spending
For Extras
Explained
Southern O r e g o n College
male atudenta who live on
campus spend an average of
i S i t v ^ r ”X
h. "
’ ir e ,t
variety of extras.
This statistic, along with a
breakdown as to where the
money goes, was presented to
the members of the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce at the
f ri.’“ p ’ re«u lar noon meeting
held yesterday al the M ark An-
t0" y Ho,el-
Ron Newton, a senior in bust-
neM M m im stratton at SOC, pre,
•enIe<‘ *ne statistics as part of
a •Peech dealin« w i‘h sP*clal
of the college's busi-
neM «‘ «dents.
Ncwton told “ »« Kr(MJP he
had &Pent much °1 ‘h* «chool
year collecting the necessary
da,a a« P *rt of • »«"lor proj-
«ct.
The information was obtain-
ed through a questionnaire dis-
‘ ^ u t e d «0 approximately 100
would then take over responsi- ma|e students living in S'skiyou
bility for expansion of toe air- Hal1
The students were In-
port and for operation of the strutted by a cover letter to
tell approximately how much
facility.
they spent per month in seven
categor'es ranging from car ex-
>enses to food and personal
Final Figures
The final figures showed ca r
tnd travel expenses to be the
greatest. These amounted to 23
The following communicable per cent of the total expense
diseases have been reported to Entertainm ent and c I o t h i n g
toe Jackson County Health De- were second and third, Newton
partm ent for the week ending »aid
7!
th.ree cases ot imPe‘ igo
The survey also showed that
in Medford; one case of pneu- the students spent approximate-
moma in Medford; two cases of |y one h alf of the total amount
chicken pox in Ashland and in Ashland Another 34 per cent
three in Medford; four cases of is spent in their home towns
scabies in Medford; seven cases and 15 per cent in Medford
of mumps in M edford and one '
I'u iaxn
in Phoenix; 12 cases of influ-
|>. ,.a riv d .v - .>
enza in Ashland and 52 in Med-
potash f'rom 'w ood
Tlu Still Leads
County Disease
E , l ’ w n<t One>.CMe ° f mea’ le s,'
S te e lh e a d ,
Polson Hemlock, as the name
Implies, Is a poisonioua plant
All parts of the plant are
poisonous, even the underground
structure. M ature plants will
grow to five to 10 feet, have
fern-like leaves that resemble
carrot leaves, as do the flow-
era. Purple spotted portions gea-
erally appear on the lower por-
tlon of the stems. This is used
as one m ark of Identification,
Some weeds are more eaally
controlled when they are young
and are ¿ growing
vigorously
rlng or early
sum-
in Ashland and one in Medford. 1 pots
fro m
E
it.
*
“ " d C? " iro1 mea«u r*«
,,k e "
“ aPreada
to, tbe
heavy seed yield of this plant,
new P*an<’ Wl11 emerge through-
ou* ¿he spring and sum m er
months. Repeated applications
therefore are needed for con-
,ro! llof
pe,< w hen
1"lal1 ” ■**°wed to mature,
ch *micai or mechanical control
m e ,«urea are «p e n s iv e and not
“ “ « ' « ‘ory
Chickory. Buckhorn plantain,
Sour dock, Bull Thistle, Teasel,
Swee‘
and Mustards, to
name hut a few, are » m e of
,he weeds which are more easily
and **onom lcally controlled with
J'4-D sprays when the plants
ar« y«m g
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USE THE
WANT ADS!!
* as ta rrie d out in iron
hence the name potash
j « , f ” and
l e
™
'e J * « C0"’ P2
a£ i' a“ on
* ' ~ ld
“ ach*eved with 2.4-D
pl“ " ‘ ’* ’’* * “ *
«Tea‘ many • * ed* "nd grows
"<* und* l‘ ‘" 1 ^ -
tlon eence lines, roadsides and
'• * " *
ashes "
fan
S a lm o n
License D u e
Oregon anglers are reminded
that the deadline for returning
the 1965 salmon-steelhead li
cense, commonly called the
punch card, is fast approach
ing.
M any punch cards are still
in the hands of individuals if
you still have yours, the game
commission requests that y o u
dig down in your w allet and
return the card im m ediately to
the commission's Portland head
quarters, 1634 S.W Alder All
license agencies have collection
boxes for the convenience of
the fishermen, who m ay de
posit the punch cards there it
they so desire.
Returned punch cards pro
vide the basis for calculating
the total catch of salmon and
steelhead in all open waters nf
the state Analysis of the cards
will begin shortly after M ay 1.
ft is urgent that anglers return
all punch cards so an accur
ate appraisal of the fishery can
be made
Ashland Breeder
Takes 4 Ribbons
At Horse Show
Four young Arabian horses
owned by Edd and Jean Roun
tree, Ashland, placed well at
the Oregon A r a b i a n Horse
Breeders’ show held in Salem
over the weekend.
Ali A m ir placed second in
yearling colt class;
Raahna
placed second in yearling filly
class; AJi Geb was third In
two-year-old colt class; and Tai-
alla was third among yearling
fillies.
M ore than 200 horses from
Washington, California, and Ore
gon were shown.
dairy
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