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THURSDAY, OCT. 6, I960
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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