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VirHAT is it? "Great Decisions" is a program of foreign affairs
' ' information disseminated through press, radio, television and
brochures, designed to supplement discussion groups. It is informal
and Is open to anyone or any group interested.
yHERE will it be held? "Great Decisions'' for 1956 is a county
' wide program. Last year it was conducted with great success
in Portland. Corvallis, Eugene, Springfield, and elsewhere, and is
being repeated there again this year with apparently even greater
success.
XyHEN will it start? Sunday, March 25, is the starting time. One
" week will be devoted to each of eight discussion topics, so the
program will conclude May 20. Those participating can start, or
stop, at any time.
lyHO is behind it? In Jackson county it is sponsored by a tempo
rary committee organized only for this purpose. Don Hansen,
an attorney and member of the city council, is chairman The For
eign Policy association is a co-sponsor in that it furnishes mate
rials and information on organization. The city schools and South
Oern Oregon college are cooperating in the presentation of mate
rials, and the radio and television stations and the daily newspaper
are making time and space available for the materials. The pro
gram elsewhere has received high praise from virtually every re
sponsible individual and agency interested. President Eisenhower
last year sent a telegram of congratulations to the Portland World
Affairs council, which sponsored the program there.
TJOW can one participate? In two ways. By reading the materials
and listening to them in the mass media, and in the prepared
fact sheets (which will be available at SI per set at the Chamber
of Commerce at 5 South Riverside ave.); or, for more complete par
ticipation, by forming or joining a discussion group (six to twelve
persons are the recommended number) to cover the eight discus-
sion points. Ballots are provided for individuals or groups to ex
press their opinions on each of the eight questions, and which can
be forwarded to Oregon members of Congress and the state department.
TIPPING DISCOURAGED
Tokyo (U.R) The government-operated
Japan National
railway Tuesday ordered car
stewards to refrain from brush
ing passengers' coats or shining
shoes unless asked. Officials said
the directive was designed to
discourage tipping.
MASTER KEY STOLEN
Vancouver, B. C. (U.R)
Police questioned a 50-year-old
man Tuesday when they found
he had been posing as a janitor
in the police station and learned
he had stolen the master key to
the headquarters building.
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France Massing
Fleet for Action
On Algerian Coast
Algiers UP) France is mass
ing a sizeable fleet, supported by
U.S. -built helicopters, to seal the
"African Riviera" coast against
gunrunners serving Arab guer
rillas in Algeria. It was reported
today.
The cruiser Georges Leygues,
mounting nine six-inch guns,
and four destroyers already
have arrived in east Algerian
ports, and an -undetermined
number of other warships are
on the way.
Naval authorities were wait
ing today for orders from Al
geria minister Robert Lacoste to
assign the growing fleet to
blockade stations.
To Get U.S. Helicopters
At the same time, it was an
nounced in Paris1 that an Ameri
can firm has agreed to help sup
ply the helicopters that have be
come one of France's top-priority
anti-guerrilla weapons.
Don R. Berlin, president of
the Vertol Aircraft Corp. said
his firm has agreed to ship
France eight to 10 H21-C heli
copters a month, beginning in
June. A French firm making
H21-Cs under license eventually
will swell the flow of "chop
pers" to Algeria.
The H21C, a craft designed
for U.S. military service, can
carry 20 soldiers armed for bat
tle or 12 wounded men on
stretchers.
Reports from the fighting
front said 17 persons were killed
and two injured in sporadic
clashes in Algeria Tuesday.
Thirty suspected Arab saboteurs
and dynamiters were arrested in
the big western port of Oran.
A Nichol's Worth of . .".
Comment On
This and That
By HARMAN
United Press F
Washington (U.R) What's
new in Washington:
Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, the
North C a r o -
lina Demo
crat, could
n't find his
tongue when
he was substi
tute presiding
officer over
the house. Un
accustomed as
he was, he
Harmsn Nichols caiiea OUT.
from the high chair: "The gen
tleman from Holifield, Mr. Cali
fornia." Bonner turned a burn
and corrected himself. He said
he meant Rep. Chet Holifield,
Democrat from California.
W. NICHOLS
earure Writer
mighty of Washington can walk
right down the street and order
tailor-made suits from England.
A British firm has bought a cou
ple of Washington stores. The
slogans will be "British tweeds,
tailored the American way." Or
something like that.
A gang of congressmen were
entertained the other night at
the Russian embassy. A fine
time was hay by all, with the
group looking at films of Rus
sian folk dances. And inciden
tally, the Americans lapping up
vodka and the Russians more
than tolerating fine old Ken
tucky bourbon.
Gene Davis of the American
Automobile association has dug
up an old copy of the AAA
camping and camp site manual.
It was put out in 1924 and is
interesting enough to reprint.
The pamphlet said about food
. . . "Asparagus purifies the
blood. Celery acts on the nerv
ous system. Tomatoes act on the
liver. Spinach is good for the
ki eys. And white onions are
tonic for insomnia." You don't
have to write all the above
down. .
Pretty soon, the high and
The Postal Service News has
a couple of pretty cute chuckles.
Out in Quitman, Mo., Postmast
er Ethel G. Wright was a little
puzzled when a kid asked for a
"long two-cent stamp." The lady
postmaster delivered the goods
when she found out the little
Wednesday. March 21. 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Burglars Leave More Money Than They Took
Fargo, N. D. (U.R) Burglars
broke into two business firms in
Fargo recently, but left more
money than they took.
The burglars took a money
box ' containing two dollars in
change from Culligan's soft wa
ter service. They then entered
the Pioneer Oil and Coal com
pany but abandoned an attempt
to open a safe.
Police later found two dollars
and 50 cents scattered through
out the building. Owner Glenn
Nelson said burglars failed in
two previous attempts to rob
him, but he said it was the first
time they ever left him anything.
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girl had in mind two one-cent
stamps.
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mail carrier Elza R. Tucker:
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