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I THURSDAY, OCT. 6, I960 PAGF s U N I NAL f u ih i Published weekly every Thursday by CENTRAL POINT TIMES, INC. P. O. Box 846 216 E. Pi»»e St. Central Point, Ore Entered as second class mail matter at the post office at Central Pol»*, Ore. 97501, under act of Congress Mar. 3, 1897/ Subscription $3.00 per year in Jackson C o ., $3. 50 In the State of Oregon and $4.00 outside the state. N IW SP A P II W U L P U 3 v I«M«P$ 'ASSOCIATION EDITORIALS FREE PALAVER 8y Paul Honbeck Editor's Note» Paul Hornbeck is vacationing this w eek, so in observanc e of NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK we are running the following guest editorial which appeared in Publisher's Auidliary. 420 E Pine To the Editor: The first tim e I heard Bob Duncan w as v h en he spoke to an -American Government olak ratS O C . I gained the Idea that this fellow was such a i«»t t-ikvr that he would hav e sold us th e Brooklyn bridge had w e been gulli ble enough tc buy i t . Let's look at the record. Several years back Kt. Dun can attem pted to bail e x - Gov. Holmes out o f trouble bee ause of h is stand on Cap ital punishment. Duncan's theory that m en's hea rts have softened in recent years is a fa lla c y in my opinion but he was listening to th e bleeding hearts . Dune an has voted against Other Voices Obligations of the Press THE NEWS pages the responsible newspaper is obligated to present as unbiased a version of the news as humanly possible. Where an issue is in dispute, the responsible newspaper will present both sides of the argument to the best of its ability. • But in its editorials the honest news paper will present only its own view point on a given subject. It woula be dishonest for the newspaper to argue the other side, the side it believes is wrong. The editorial page is the opinion page. Subtract the opinion page and, obvious ly, you have a newspaper without a heart. A nation's newspapers are consid ered “the fourth estate’’— or the unoffi cial element of free government to go along with the legislative, judicial and executive branches. The editorial page is the proper place where a responsible newspaper exercises its obligation of leadership. This is not to say that there is no place on the editorial page for opposite opinion. The “letters-to-the-editor” col umn has developed into 3n ir *gral part of the editorial page. There are other areas in which many readers do not recognize the beginning and end of a newspaper's responsibili ties and obligations. For one, many readers believe that a newspaper “must” cover all events brought to its attention or “must” delete news of a certain type. The newspaper's responsibilities in some areas are moral ones. In some cases there is no moral obligation And in no case is there a legal obligation as to news coverage. The newspaper is a private enter prise, just as a shoe repair shop or steel mill. Those in charge of its man- agement are free to adopt a co-»'- which will alienate a segment of it- readership— or advertisers— and they often do. Of course, the newspaper business is like all other businesses: Capital and knowledgeable effort — knowledgeable to the highest degree that management can muster— are risked in the open market with the hope of profit. Alien ation of enough customers for a long enough period will cause the enterprise to founder, and this also must be a consideration of ’¿Mriagement. Which brings u& to a vital fact of newspaper life. The new sp ap erese all other business ventures, owes it’ib ’itself to be profit able. -, Because no newspaper can be truly a member of the free press unless it can achieve a degree of financial independ ence. This requires first a strong reader- ship, a circulation which represents a healthy dominance of the circulation po tential under today’s highly competitive conditions. And it requires a substan tial amount of advertising spread among a large enough number of clients so that when one or more large advertisers at tempt to modify company policy, the management can swallow hard and, if necessary, tell the advertiser to go to hell. If the newspaper lacks even the finan cial wherewithal to weather a tempest in a teapot, the community suffers. Be yond the physical appearance of the community, it is the newspaper which primarily represents that community to the outside world. A strong, healthy, vigorous, courage ous newspaper is a community asset. The newspaper which is scared of its shadow is not. SMALL BUSINESS P rim e M in fstei H aro ld W il output per m.in hou r Inst yem son's recent courtship of the fe ll below its 4-y e n r record, r e U.S underscored the present tu rn in g to the low IM«1 And plig ht of B rita in England is in to compound troubles c o m m e r the red. w ith an u nfavo rab le cial loans and investm ents in balance of foreign payments, creased tw ice as ra p id ly ns the u p w a rd sp ira lin g of wages and Gross N atio n al Product liv in g costs— but w ith o u t in • * * creased p ro The m a jo r cities of the n a ductivity. tion eru pt lik e a series of s m o ul » • » d erin g volcanoes each sum m er, B o t h th spewing fire, destruction and T o ry and L a bloodshed. T he streets of A m e r b o r p a r llr ica's key cities are often as have ret used dangerous to w a lk a fte r d ark to face the as headlined global hotspots. sterling crisis • • * and the fact The cities h ave been In ig c ly th a t the coun deserted by the citizens they so try has been v ita lly n w d Ind epen den t me»', liv in g on »be C. W H a r d t r chants w ho have been »Hint cuff fo r a long period England's f out o f business cannot summon exports i r e fa r short of her I the resources to start anew , and v ita lly -n e e d rd im ports: she has , g iv e up then enterpriM -s to buy h a lf of her food fro m * • • abroad, and im ports almost all A sim ple economic solution the raw m a te ria ls utilised by often lies In the provision ol her Industries. Jobs for the unem ployed, but • o • the floodgates of Im m ig ra tio n In o rd er to increase her com continue to a d m it new com ers petitiveness in the w orld m a r ' w h ile close to h a lf the slum ket. B rita in needs a i eduction population of V.S. cities are in the price of goods to increase w ith o u t w o rk her exports, and m o d ernization * • • of o u t-o f-d ate m ach inery, w hich W h ile the A d m in is tra tio n is not only more antiquated pours h illio ns into V ie tn a m than Uie capita! goods of com. w e e k ly . V 8. civic leaders, des petetiors. but re q u ite s m o ie p erately tiy in g to p revent f u r - w o rk e rs to operate thei decay and destruction to • * • B ut Is the U.S less g u ilty of overbalancing Its own econo mic scale? T he cou ntry Is still In debt despite record la x col lections. T h e Kennedy-Johnson adm inistration s have raised the legal debt lim it six times. Aside fro m defense expenditures, the greatest d ra in on the G reat So ciety budget la b orrow ing. • • o A lth o u g h A m erican in d u stry has invested $190 m illio n in new In d u s tin l equipm ent, and th e ir cities, arc stalled in th e ir attem pts to e x tra c t a fra c tio n o f the w eekly w ai expen diture. Chiefs Blotter S p o rts m a n ’ s T ra ils <J APPLEGATE RANGER DIS TRICT......... ROADS: All ro ads ar e pas sable and maintained except Gia d eC reek . Construction on Y ale Creek above Waters Gulch will delay t r a ffic . Dutch Creek Road is closed to unauthoriz ed tra v e l. Log ging traffic is moderate on Beaver Creek and heavy cn Elliott Creek Monday threugl Friday. TRAIL St- All trails are opes and m aintained. Lower por tion of Dutch C reek Trail Is rough bee ause of logg lng. CAMPGROUNDS, PICNIC GROUNDS« All are open and maintained, FISHING» G enerally poor. HUNTING» Pigeon and dove hunting is fair. FIRE DANGER« Temporarily low , but may quickly change to moderate or high with th e return of dry weather. Please drown your warming fires at all tim es. ASHLAND RANGER DIS T R IC T ..., TRAILS» All trails are open except trails within th e Ash land Watersh ed. CAMPGROUNDS, PICNIC C ROUNDS. All V aw ar e open. HUNTING, FISHING» Still goo d f ish lng in Ft sh Lake. The water le v e l is very low at th e present tim e. Treat ment for trash fish Is sched uled for October 4. The 1 lim its have not been lifted. The regular deer season opened Saturday, October 1. Many spikes and forked horns have been seen in the Dead Indian country. BUTTE FALLS RANGER DIS T R IC T .... ROADS» All ro ads have been graded and mat ntalned. TRAILS, CAMPGROUNDS» All are open and maintained, HUNTING, FISHING» Regular huntin g opened Saturday. Hunters are urged to exercise caution when driving Forest roads. Regulations prohibit shooting firearms from or across any public road. WILDFLOWERS, AUTUMN S unday COLOR» Autumn colors are prolific and bea utl ful • Shag gy mane mushrooms are be coming prevalent along the road banks, Road 1 s c los ed by mud s lid e below Huckleberry access road #311. Logging traffic is light. CAMPGROUNDS, PICNIC GROUNDS» Campground PROSPECT RANGER DIS charges are no longer in T R IC T .... RO a DS i Lodging tra file w IL effect ou the Union Croek increase afte r th* first of Oct- District. All campgrounds ober, are open. HUNTING, FISHINC i Poor TRAILS» All are open and fishing lo ca lly . Deer limit w a ll marked. ing season opened October 1. CAMPCROUNDS, PICNIC WILDFLOWERS, AUTUMN GROUNDS» All a s open and maintained, W ater is pi pe.l COLORS» Fall cok.rs are ap- In. pca rln g, mostly on dogwood HUNTINC , FISH INC» Fish and vine maple trees throug) ing has been poor. Hunting •ut the area. Red berries prosp< cis are good. Several are appearing on the mount fine bucks were taken in this ain ash, area during the early hunt. OFFICE HOURS» The Rang- er Stat Ion is open from 8 am WILDFLOWE RS, AUTUMN COLORS» W ildflow ers and to S pm Monday through Friday and from 9 am to berries ar e gone and the vine maple and maple 1 eaves ore 6 pm on weekends. Union Creek Resort, Chev turning. We have had some frost in the higher elevations. ron Statlo n and Beckle's FIRE DANGER» Fire danger is Cafe are open dally from still pr esent. 8 am to 7 pm. Cabins, lodge rooms, groceries, UNION CREEK RANGER DIS gifts anu f>:..ing and huntinf T R IC T .... supplies are available at th < TRAIL St All are regularly resort. maintained. ROADS» West Huckleberry Nam I feel that since we are there we should plan to fight to bring the war to a prompt conclusion as soon as possi ble. If you want to continue the fiscal irresponsibility and w asteful spending of your tax dollar and have less take home pay in your pay chec k just support Mr. Duncan. I say Bob Duncan has been a full tim e rubber sta mp for both K ennedy and Johnson administrations. Look at the record. Sincerely, Laurence E. Cuffel Medford, Oregon (continued from page 1) America the Beautiful. Did our hearts good to se e a little good old American patiotism displayed at the game. *** «40«** * COES B A C K .... TRAFFIC COURT. . . . Chester Paul Carney Jr., 101 New Street, Talent. Disobe yed tr aff ic sig nal. $10 fin e. Harold Eugene McGrath Jr 7917 D ivision Rd. , White Ciiy. Excessive noise. $5. Carl Eugene Paulsen, 725 Fifth, C entral Point. Im p i er lane usage. $S. Dorene Joyce Bradford, 835 Cherry Street, C entral Pc Disobeyed stop sign. $5. Michael James Hughes, 2183 Fish Hatchery R d., ^ ’ Grants Pass. Failure to yield, $15. * • • Is the U S le a lly in a position to hand o ver m ore aid to B ii Any representative w ill vote for dams in his District and we do need dams on the Rogue for flood control. On gun control legislation Dun can responded by giving us s. both si des of th e i ssu e 1 c- stead of saying no gun con trol lc gis lat ion I understand his oppon ent has take n a «and against this infringement of this important C onstitu- tioral right. This is not to say th at I agree with everythfag Mr . Hat lie Id has sa id. In Viet 8 to 9 DAILY QUALITY GROCERIES FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES COMPLETE BEVERAGE LINE Burt Freireich The Arizona Publisher • • • T h e home b u ild in g business Is experiencing the w orst reces sion In 12 years. Construction of public u tilitie s and whuols has not Increased In volu m e, o nly become more expensive. House C om m ittee on U n- Am erican activities ever/ tim e it has com e up for a vote since he has been in the house, just whose side is he on? Last year when the Becker Am endment (Devised to re st«» e prayer in public sc hools on a voluntary basi s) wa s before the House Duncan re fused to sign the Discharge petition which would h*'’- removcd the bil 1 from th e House Judiciary C om m ittee simply because he was play ing politics with Chairman Emanuel C e lle r . Why shouldn't the whole House be allowed to vote on such a measure? Surely not be cause a few m islead dele gates in the N ational Coun c il of Churches opposed it. Polls have shown that most laymen favor such an amend ment. In addition how many polls have been sent to 4th District constituents by Mr. Duncan to find out how p e o ple felt? None that I know of. • ECONOMY MARKET Ge"™ Robert J. Folti, P.O. Box 271, Eagle Point. I lle g a l tain? O r is U ncle Sam p iere i» 'MM In k s s advanced state of it I Jfossessfon. $25. Mrs. Jones was showing her new maid around the premises and th e 1 ady of th c house remarked, " Th is dining room set goes back to Louis th e Fou rteenth." "That's nothin', " said the maid, "my set goes back to the store on th e fifteenth." *********** NO TYPE LICE.......... If you fi nd some o f the reading materia 1 in this edition hard to read, the type lice did not pester us this w eek. That is, unless they are hiding in this typesetting machine! ! !! Seems this durn thing wants to skip here and there, making the straight matter a little d ifficu lt for some eyes, i ncluding mi ne, to read. Just bear with us, we hope we can get a man down t o fix it by next week's edition. ******** Bob « Do you still wake up w ith a grouch? Tom» No, I got a divorce. UNCLE MASON S E Z .... On e t hing about t he speed Say goodbye to that obsolete flame- type furnace and all its bulky pipes and flues, when you switch to flameless electric heat. • No wonder 64% of all new homes and apartments b uilt last year in a five- state area we serve chose electric heat. It's a big value from Pacific Power. PACIFIC POWER
