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(rr a, battalian of Arabs, in the
breach Foreign Legion.
Xj Is it easier to move a
weage-slwped object through the
air wi'ji its wide nd or its thin
er.d forwarcj t
Are Beelzebub or Satan
ssostjaned in the New Testa
ment as a cd of the Philistines?
4. Florida, Alabama, Missis
sippi, Louisiana and Texas, have
Owhat maritime fact in common?
O 5.CJ3 Begota the capital of
either Venezuela or Equador?
! B. Lord North was the Prime
Mmiit oX Ergiand when what
gres American event took
pi ace?
O Flax, Jute, hemp.' cotton,
ftiirp sisal, are aii used in the
rnanttiac'.ure of rope; true or
falser 0
9. The opera "Daughter of the
Regiment" was composed by
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9. Irricility is feebleness of
mejtal action, or the imperfect
deelopnient of the "mind. Is :t
also a term frr idiocy?
10. "The Lord reigneth; let
the earth rejoice." "The Lord
Qs Klah.: th -earth may'beglad
tiiaeof." Are both quotations in
the OJd Zostnment?
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Wide er.. 3. Yes. oih terms
are so used. 4. They all border
,,ca the Gulf of i-Iexico. 5. 'No.
Colombia. 6. The American Rt
olution. 7. True. 8. Doniietti.
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Greeley Was Right, But ...
Dan Sellard, city editor of the Eugene Register
Guard has been attending the annual seminar for
"city editors" conducted by Columbia University,
New York, and has written his impressions of that
incredible metropolis for his paper, what may be the
first installment appearing under the caption "Trip
to New York proves Horace Greeley was right"
City Editor Sellard, however, would modify the
well known saying of the fighting and somewhat
eccentric editor of the famous and ancient "New
York Tribune" "Go West Young Man, go West" by
the following admonition :
"Stay West my friend stay west."
Apparently after his first visit to that Bibulous
Babylon, he decided there is no place like home, the
largest city in the United States "being too big and
too hectic" to repay the visitor for leaving Oregon.
ELL it is a familiar refrain, and to anyone for
tunate enough to reside in a small town (we
hasten to apologize' to the Eugene Chamber of Com
merce but that thriving municipality like Medford,
comparatively speaking, would be placed by the U.S.
Census Bureau in stich a category) and particularly
in the Oregon section of the Pacific Coast, it is a per
fectly natural and practically universal one.
JLIOWEVER, we can't go as far as the Eugene
Editor, as he raises an iron-curtain between this
section of the Pacific coast and Manhattan Island,
suggesting a visit to the latter now and then or as
often as circumstances and one's bank balance per
mits, would not be both rewarding and worthwhile.
t is an ancient bromide, the modern term is
cliche but like most of both is fundamentally true.
Namely: to the non-resident, New York City appears
no place in which to live, but is a wonderfully exciting
and stimulating place to VISIT, so the advice "Stay
West," my friend, stay West, be you old or young, is
the exclusion of a trip to New York and way stations,
which is a bit of advice we believe few of the readers
of the. highly readable Register-Guard will care to
follow. R.W.R.
"Biggest Show on Earth "
Speaking of New York there are a number of facts
concerning that Fabulous Island, that the initial visit
usually fails to disclose.
In the first place to millions of people in all walks
of life and representing all the varied brackets eco
nomically, Manhattan is just as truly "home sweet
home" as Eugene or Medford or any other "small
town" in the wide open spaces is to the residents
thereof.
In fact, believe it or not, millions have actually
been BORN there, want to die there, and while some
of them travel about the country, and even go abroad,
nothing could persuade them to live elsewhere. They
are native New Yorkers, proud of it and we must
admit it seems, rather TOO proud at times.
DUT the first-time visitor doesn't see many of them
walking around Times Square, window-shopping
on Park, Madison or Fifth Avenues, or even watching
the sea lions in Central Park zoo. They are at their
various and sundry homes or their places of business.
And not all of them luxurious places by any means,
or mansions on Fifth Avenue, in fact the latter have
about disappeared. Probably a numerical majority
live quietly and modestly in such unfashionable dis
tricts as the Bronx, Queens or within a stone's throw
of the Brooklyn bridge.
THE point we wish to make is that saying "Good
1 morning," or "please" and "thank you" with
MEANING, is net as rare an occurrence in Greater
Manhattan, as our Eugene commentator (and a very
good one incidentally) seems to think.
Our guess is New Yorkers are, as a whole, per
fectly normal and rational human beings, they have
their relatives and friends, their joys and their sor
rows, and . their neighborhood contacts, too, the
tempo is different, of course, but the fundamentals
hot strikingly so, and in their special groups they are
just as warm hearted, hospitable and kindly as the
America genus homo is to the south, north or west.
TN FACT in our fairly frequent visits to New York
during recent years, we have often wished the New
York Chamber of Commerce yesthey have one
would pin complimentary badges on the coat lapels
of all the "visiting firemen."
We can't prove it, but it is our strong belief, that
those not wearing any such identification tag would
be outnumbered approximately 100 to one, so the
visitor would be shocked, under such regulations, to
discover that most of the hurry and haste and noise
was being made by him and his crowd, not by the
local inhabitants, particularly those like himself, there
for a limited time, hell bent to see everything and
take in everything, before the train or plane for
"home sweet home" would be due to depart.
IN SHORT there are many New Yorks. The two
main ones are the permanent residents and the tem
porary very temporary residents. The latter are
there to see the "Biggest Show on Earth," and since
the folding up-of "Ring-lings Broadway particularly
in and around Times Square, and the upper 40's
supplies it
It is worth seeing, and our advice to those who
don't have to remain within the boundaries of Oregon
all their lives is to see it, while they have the youth and
wherewithal! to enjoy it.
But they should not be misled into thinking that
after a tour of the side show, the animal exhibit and
Sunday, December 30, 1956
Matter of Fact
WHY WE MUST HAVE ALLIES
Washington There is one sim
ple fact that ought to be very
well understood in this country.
Whether we like it or not, for the
next several years at least, the
United States is going to be more
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Stewart Alsop jumuu aisod
and more, rather than less and
less, dependent for national sur
vival on its allies, above all
Great Britain.
National survival is now
squarely based far too much
so, in the view of competent
judges on the capacity of the
Strategic Air Command to de
liver nuclear bombs on target in
the Soviet Union. SAC's ability
to do this grisly job is just about
all that stands between us and
Soviet domination of the world
at the least, or the destruction
of the United States at the most.
Always maintaining this vital
ability is a sort of unending rat
race. Soviet air defenses are con
stantly improving, and at a dis
mayingly rapid rate. Therefore
certain characteristics of Ameri
can strategic bombers notably
speed and altitude must be
constantly improved. Otherwise
there can be no certainty that
the bombs will get through to
target, and thus no certainty
that the Soviets will be deterred
from attack by fear of "massive
retaliation."
.
LREADY. the big B-36 inter
continental bomber has fall
en victim to the rat race. The
bulk of SAC's heavy bomber
wings are still equipped with
B-36s. But it has been publicly
acknowledged that these huge,
relatively slow planes would be
easy pickings for the Soviet
Flashlight and Farmer and oth
er modern fighters.
The B-36 is being replaced
by the B-52 there are now two
B-52 wings in operation. The
difference between the all -jet
B-52 and the B-36 is significant.
The B-52 flies much higher and
faster. But its ranse is much
shorter. The reason is simple. In
the present state of the art of
building long range jet planes
capable of carrying heavy hydro
gen bombs, the requisite speed
and altitude can only be built
into the aircraft at the expense
of range.
The B-52 can theoretically
reach Soviet targets and return
to bases in the Continental Unit
ed States by being twice re
fuelled in the air.But this can
only be done at great sacrifice
in efficiency a loss estimated as
high as 70 per cent. The only
efficient way to operate the B-52
is from bases abroad, notably
the. SAC base in Great Britain.
rpHIS means that the British.
-1 and other allies, have at least
a partial veto power on our
use of SAC. By the same token,
the SAC bases abroad also give
them tremendous political bar
gaining power. General Curtis
LeMay. Commander of SAC, is
most unhaopily aware of these
facts, and he would very much
prefer to operate his command
exclusively from bases under
firm American control. But in
the present state of the art. the
thing simply can't be done.
Indeed, our dependence on for
eign bases will increase when,
inevitably, the B-52. like the
B-36. falls victim to the offensive-defensive
rat race. The B-58
is the potential successor to the
B-52. Again, the B-58. which Is
a marvelous plane (two proto
types have already been tested)
flies a lot higher and faster than
the B-52. But again, its range
is much shorter, and it will
therefore be even more depend
ent on foreign bases.
There are two theoretical ways
out of this dilemma. One is to
build a plane which, like the
B-58, can thumb its nose at the
Soviet air defense, and like the
B-36. can fly from the Continen
tal United States and return. The
technicians have some ideas of
how this might be done their
ideas involve the use of the so
called "exotic fuels." But their
ideas are still just ideas.
...
A NOTHER theoretical answer
is to build the "ultimate
weapon" the Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile which cannot
be intercepted by any means
now known and get decisive
numbers into operation before
the B-52 is rendered obsolete
by the Soviet air defense. The
first prototype of the ICBM may
be tested within 18 months. But
there is a long, long gap between
testing a prototype of the in
expressibly complicated ICBM
and creating a reliable weapons
system built around the missile.
During this gap, the B-52 might
be rendered obsolete by the So
viet air defense, and the West
in Winston Churchill's words,
would then be "as defenseless
the "big tent," they have seen New York and really
know it. For the "biggest show on earth" is only a
part of greater Manhattan, well worth the' price of
admission, but far from being representative of the
island as a whole, as it lives, breaths, and has its be
ing, today. R.W.R.
By Joe and Stewart Alsop
as a girl's boarding school."
This is a risk the United States
simply cannot afford to take.
The conclusion is obvious. It
might be pleasant to let our allies
"stew in their own juice," to
use a phrase current at the time
of the invasion of Egypt. But if,
as a result, we lost our foreign
bases, above all the British base,
we would find ourselves stewing
with them.
In sum, the simple strategic
facts of our national situation
demand that our alliances, espe
cially the British alliance, be
maintained, whether we like it
or not.
Copyright 1956.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
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Thanks For Clothing
To the Editor: We were pleased
to receive in our warehouse the
shipment of relief clothing col
lected under the auspices of the
Medford U. N. Chapter and
shipped by the Pierce Freight
Lines. The weight on the ship
ment was approximately 1,600
pounds.
On Saturday a shipment of 26
tons of relief supplies including
used clothing was sent off to
Austria for Hungarian aid. We
are sorry that your things just
missed this shipment. To date
the Service Committee has for
warded half million pounds of
supplies.
We understand in the drive
that in addition to the AAUN, the
Phoenix Presbyterian Church,
Seventh Day Adventists, St.
Mark's Episcopal Church and
many other organizations not
only helped to make this an ex
pression of concern for Hungar
ians but a real community activ
ity. Without the cooperation of
the Pierce Auto Freight Lines
the clothing would probably
have been delayed and been of
great cost to move to us.
We wish to thank the com
munity through the editor of this
paper for their excellent sup
port and cooperation.
Russell F. Jorgensen,
Regional Office American
Friends Service Committee,
1830 Sutter st,
San Francisco 15, Calif.
Abandoned Puppies
To the Editor: Last year when
I drove to Grants Pass soon after
the holidays I saw the dead
bodies of four puppies, broken
and cast-off like Christmas toys.
These little creatures I pre
sumed to be Christmas presents
and no doubt had followed chil
dren to the highway to meet the
school bus. Then, left alone, the
puppies became bewildered and
couldn't find the homes they
had known for such a short time
Some of the children were
saddened, others probably did
not want them to begin with.
Besides being kept off highways,
young animals need patient
training, good food and a warm
bed in order to become a happy,
healthy playmate and compan
ion. Let us all have compassion
and mercy for His sake, who was
a Little Thing at Christmastide.
Terry Addison,
1040 Childers ave.,
Medford, Ore.
Make Your Own Bread
To the Editor: This letter is
dedicated to all mothers who de
sire the health of their families
and are willing to expend time
and energy to achieve it.
Catharine Elwood's "Feel Like
a Million" tells how to make
bread using sprouted wheat. I
determined to experiment so pro
cured wheat and stone ground
flour. I placed four cups of thor
oughly washed wheat in a bowl
and covered it with water. I
placed the bowl where it would
keep gently warm. The wheat
soaked for 36 hours, when it
was beginning to sprout. I care
fully drained off the water. This
contains large quantities of water-soluble
vitamins and miner
als so should be used in juice,
soup or gravy. The sprouting
wheat is very rich in vitamin C
and the B complex. Changes in
the protein and starch make
them more valuable as food. Run
the wheat through the food
chopper using the finest knife.
Have ready a large bowl to
which has been added 6c. un
sifted stone ground flour and
2'ic. scalded milk in which was
dissolved l3c. lard or oil. 'ic.
raw sugar or molasses and 2 tbs.
salt. Mix well and let stand at
least 3 hours, or over night
to soften the bran of the wheat.
Dissolve two packages dry yeast
in V4c. lukewarm water. Com
bine "all and mix thoroughly with
the hands. Let the dough rest
10 min. Oil or grease bread
board and hands. Place the
dough on the board and knead
thoroughly for 10 min. Do not
add flour, when the dough be
comes sticky re-oil your hands
and table top. If it seems un-
Today and
By Walter
HUNGARY AND THE .
VICE PRESIDENT
The question of whether the
Vice President's trip to Austria
was necessary will be answered
when we see
the dimensions
of what the
administration
asks Congress
to do for the
refugees. The
purpose of his
visit was, it is
evident, not so
much to study
the prob 1 e m,
which has been well studied, as
to dramatize it, and to arouse
American public opinion in favor
of admitting more refugees and
of appropriating and raising
more money to care for them.
Mr. Nixon will have aroused
great expectations, and we must
hope that it will not be said the
mountain labored and brought
forth a mouse.
.
'T'HIS country can do a great
deal more for the Hungarian
refugees than it is doing today.
There is a very big gap between
our emotions and our actions.
But at the very best we can pro
vide for only a fraction of the
refugees, and behind the refu
gees are the Hungarian people
in Hungary itself. We have a
duty to them if we can find a
good effective way to do our
duty.
What is the Hungarian situa
tion? It would seem that there
is a stalemate as between the
people and the Soviet army of
occupation. The rebellion is not
crushed. But for the time being
it is quelled, and the government
of Hungary is in the hands of
Soviet agents of Kadar and his
fellow quislings. This govern
ment, which is hated and can
count on no willing cooperation,
is confronted with an enormous,
perhaps a catastrophic, economic
dislocation.
It is quite certain that Kadar
and the Russian tanks cannot
hope to set the Hungarian econo
my in order again. But if they
do not do this, the unemploy
ment, which they themselves esti
mate at 200,000, is almost certain
to result in violence and the re
vival of the rebellion. It may
even produce a rebellion of the
most dangerous kind of all, that
of a guerrilla war.
To make the Hungarian econ
omy function with tolerable suc
cess, it will almost certainly be
necessary to have an Hungarian
government which has some pop
ular support, and in addition,
speaking comparatively, very
large economic assistance from
abroad. The Kadar government
cannot obtain popular support
in Hungary and. except from the
Soviet Union, it cannot obtain
any aid from abroad.
...
lyiTHOUT a new government
' ' and a political settlement on
the lines, perhaps, of the Polish
settlement, it is hard to see any
way out of the dead end street
in which Kadar and Moscow
find themselves.
Even if Moscow were willing
and able to supply massive eco
nomic assistance for an indefinite
period of time, there is no rea
sonable prospect that the Kadar
government will be accepted by
the Hungarian nation. If, on the
other hand, there were an Hun
garian settlement, the new gov
ernment could not only count
on Hungarian popular support,
which is indispensable, but also
on economic aid from abroad.
There Is a report that Kadar
is applying to the World Bank
for a loan. This may be the oppor
tunity to make two things plain
in Budapest and in Moscow. The
first is that the Kadar govern
ment has no credit, indeed that
it is not a legitimate government.
The second is that when there
is in Hungary a legitimate gov
ernment, it can count upon the
good will apd assistance of the
world.
...
AMIDST the publicity' generat
ed by Mr. Nixon's trip, we
must not let it be forgotten that
the greatest contribution we can
make to Hungary would be to
help to promote a workable set
tlement inside of Hungary. There
is no telling how much we are
able to do. There is some ground
for hoping that we could help a
little. There is good reason to
manageable let the dough rest
10 min. or so. Kneading develops
the gluten and gives a loaf, of
good volume and texture. Return
the dough to the greased bowl.
Preheat the oven 1 min. then
turn off the heat. Cover the
dough and set the bowl in the
oven until the dough has dou
bled in bulk. Return to the
kneading board. Divide and
shape into loaves and place in
oiled pans and again let rise.
Place in the oven pre-heat to
325 degrees and bake one hour
and 10 to 20 min. When you re
move the bread from the pans
grease the top lightly with but
ter. Spread slices of this bread
with sweet cream butter. Let the
children eat all they want. You
will be surprised and pleased
with results.
Anna M. Streed,
36 North Peach St.,
Medford, Ore.
Hsjler Uassuuji
Tomorrow
Lippmann
think that the Kadar government
is, as I have been trying to.say,
at a dead end. There is some rea
son to think that the Soviet gov
ernment knows it is involved in
a disaster. This is the kind of
situation where statesmen will al
ways look for some door they
can open which might lead to
negotiations.
I cannot vouch for it but it
used to be said, that it was a rule
of the classic Chinese military
philosophy that when you are
about to surround your adver
sary, you must leave open for
him one road over which he
can retreat. The reason for the
rule, so someone once explained
to me, was that if the adversary
was surrounded, he would fight
to the death since being cap
tured meant that he would be
killed anyway. If, however, he
could retreat, he would give up
the city without ruining it and
without causing great loss of
life.
Whether or not the Chinese
rule is good military strategy, it
is usually a good rule of diploma
cy. It is an especially good rule
in the kind of desperate stale
mate which now exists in Hun
gary. Copyright 1956.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
!n the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
This is written on Christmas
Day. On Christmas Day, the
ideal of all living persons other
than despots and power-mad
conquerors is "on earth peace,
to men goodwill."
this nearly 2000th an
niversary of the Christmas sea
son there is on earth only, an'
uneasy truce that passes, for
peace and to men very little
goodwill.
rpHERE is little peace In the
-1 Holy Land, and ,the few
pilgrims that come down from
Jerusalem to Bethlehem, through
the hill where the shepherds
watched bv nieht. look on every
hand into the angry muzzles of
euns.
At Port Said, Egyptians have
iust dvnamited a statute of Ferd
inand de Lessens, builder of the
Suez canal, and kicked the frag
ments into the harbor. It was
a gesture of hatred hatred of
the foreigners who bunt tne
canal that with reasonable co
operation among men could have
done so much to Duna me eco
nomy of Egypt and make life
happier and more agreeable for
EevDt's people.
In Hungary, conquerors with
guns in their hands force slav
ery upon a people who want to
run their own affairs with no
outsider blowing down their
necks and telling them what, to
do.
And so on throughout the-
world. Everywhere men long
for peace but don't know how
to go about getting it.
TTOW shall we go about getting
tithe peace that men long for
but can t can t seem to acnieve:
I wouldn't know. But I THINK
we shall have to approach the
achievement of peace througn-
out the world in somewhat the,
same manner in which we have
achieved at least a close ap
proximation of peace in our "in
dividual cities and our individual
states and our individual na
tions. That is to say, if we are' to
have peace throughout the
world, we must agree that there
shall be LAW AND ORDER
throughout the world. We must
agree that the welfare of all the
people is more important than
welfare of ANY of the people.
If we are to achive for the.
world the reasonable degree of
peace and security we have
achieved for individual com
munities, we must- set up for
the world the same system of
law and order we have et up
for our individual communities.
How else can there be peace?
HOW shall we set up such a
system?
Well, we have in United Na
tions the FRAMEWORK for it.
Somehow or other we mist
learn how to make United, Na
tions work for us ALL OVER
THE WORLD as we have made
law and order wcrk for us in
individual cjties and states and
nations.
I KNOW it sounds crazy.
But on Christmas Day, in
a world that wants pace but
doesn't know how to get it. one
ought to be all w?d to harbor
a crazy hope.
Objectors to Service
To Work for New Army
Bonn, Germany (U.P.) Con
scientious objectors to servir
in the new West German Army
will have to do 12 months labor
service, the government an
nounced Saturday.
A spokesman said the object
ors, like Army draftees, will
have to serve the basic 12
months term followed by a total
of 24 months reserve service
spread over the period until they
are 45 years old. He said the
labor will serve "the common
good" like lnd reclamation,
caring for the sick and work
on social or charity buildings.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributor:) Q
The current weather continues
to be a major subjectQof con-
versation, and "Oh how I wish
the fog would go away is prob
ably Hie most frequently heard
remark these days.
The fog, which cambineS gith O
a similar siege monjh is
about the longest spell of such
weather old-timers can remem
ber, has it Interesting features,
however.
The cold accompgnying it is
not to bad a faroas tempera
tures go niostly in the 20s. ButO
the high level of njoistur in the
air makes it seem to cut lik a o
knife.
And the white stuff that fell
to the ground several days in
some' areas i not really snow at
all, though it tooks like it. Te
stuff is caused, as we 0 under
stand it, by a corftiition where
the nhnosphere is super-'saturatecP
with moisture at a"be1ow-frez- o
ing temperature. In this state,
almost anything cSn cause it to
condense and fall lfke sno9-. t c
onn ho 4,,rU.,lAn Q t:l
luiuuiLiic, Ul pell liUICa
of smoke ot dust. A similar
phenomenon occurred ao few
years ago when the cloud-seedpsg
pioneers, Harvey Brandau and
Gene Kooser, sprinkled a foe-
bank like the one last week with
their "goop," causing a maior
flurry of snow-like stufr?
One odd thing is that on) a
few hundred feet above thl'al
ley floor there is b4f?lliantand
relatively warm sunshine. J?gx
Anrj and other higher spots,li- o o
eluding the south end of the Vjsl-
ley and the Applegate area hadO
sunshine while Medford has Q 0
been 'fogbound. o
One solicitous reader calls to O
suggest that householders can n
perform a real service to motorOu
ists by leaving porch lights ori
all niaht. He says that sometimesO
such light are the only available
beacons in an otherwise feature- o
less ocean of swirling gray q
clouds. And imagine anyOnjnotO O
familiar with the streets trying
to find his way around the city
at night.
About the only redeeming fe- q
ture of the current weather Ls0
the delicate white tracery that o
the frozen fog creates on he
grass, trees, shrubs, fences an
even automobile radio antinas.
It's pretty but it's co?d!b c
One woman w heard ftwut,0 0
out visiting a sick friend atSi.0 o
local hospital one night last
week, tried unsuccessfully to
get taxi to come after herQ
through the fog. As a lasbre1?0
sort she called the police, and
was taken horpe i a atflbl q
car c o
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Speaking, of police officers?
they're human too. q
A public Official was filing Q
us about driving alonj? the high
way at Central Point (in t&e fog,
of course), and was preparing to
stop at the rd-!ight of the traf
fic signal there. But Be saw a mi
formed man motioning ftm (g?
proceed. Puzzl,0but obedient
to the authority of ft uniform,0
he went on through the signal.
Seconds later he heard a siren
behina him. o Q 0 q
Thoroughly confused, ourCTffi
cial stopped and explained to the
officer what had happieed. The O
officer grinned and said bhaiRhe
man in uniform was int a police
man motioning hgn on he was
a military serviceman trying to
hitch, a ride.
The official was sent on Tiis
way, without a ticket and with
out a hiiclthikpfe '
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A little girl wa know abcitrt.
Just before Christmas was
overhear at her avening pray- O
erj, asking that "God bes
Mommy, and God blfts Santa o
Clause and God ISess Dadjy. o
and Gtid bless Santa Claui. and O
God jbtess fayne, ana God
bless Santa Claus . o p,
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The daytefore Christmas ot(
of our operates was watchir
as a quiet and seemingly tired
man wgs Sweeping out the en
trance to a local movie theater.
He came across a sprig of mistle- O
toe someone had' griped the
night before. He carefullyick- c
ed it up and ftuck it on the
window of the ticket office.
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And at the police station,
oieon brought in a package
of fogd for the officers to
munch on during tKa Christ
mas holiday. Officersoon dutyo
thoughtfully refrained r0mo
touching0it beforehand so that0
tha Christmas - duty tection
could enjoy it. To days after
Christmas someone found tha
package, carefully put aside,
forgotten, and unopened, o
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One member of our staff is
a bachelor. He claims that an
understanding miss is better than
a misunderstanding.
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Stationer) used by Medford
Ambulance service has printed
n it the information, "All
business conducted by mail or
telephone." Perhaps a little
slip of a thing could jrx trans
ported to a hospital by mail,
but how do ftey get great
big men there by telephone?
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May the New Year be a happy
one for us all. And be careful!!
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