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Middle Are Discussed for (Editor's nole: This is anoth er is a serias on the "Great Decisions . . . 1957" program no being held throughout the state and country. Today's discussion centers around the Middle East, including Presi dent Eisenhower's ne w pro posed policy for that area.)- Until recently, Russia u-!V-n-tioni have b'C-n entered o Egypt, which with its arnr d force of over 100.000 men is the strongest of the Kiddle Eastern Etate.5 epar; irorr Turkey and Iran. In the past "ar, hoo ver, Syria hf t.n offered and has accepted Russian military ind ecv.;omic siH. Estimates on ti.-e amount ci' Radio and television broad - casts in the "Creal Decisions .... 1357" program will be at 9 p.m. Sunday on Station KMED. at 8:13 p.m, Sunday on station KWIN. Ashland; and at 6:30 p.m. Thursday on KBES-TV. military aid run as low as $56, 000.000 and as high as half a billion dollars in either case, more equipment than the 6J.000 man Syrian army can probably use. According to the military1 editor of the New Vork Times, Hanson Baldwin, Syria probably has some- Russian artillery, 120, tanks, 20.000 rifles, 20,000'sub machine guns and, during Janu ary, received 10 Russian MIG fighter planes. ' Intended Use Observers are speculating whether 'shipments of Russian arms to Egypt and Syria are in tended for use by local armies or by Russian "volunteers" of the future. s Syria is only 230 ; air emiles from the Russian border. Its chief economic importance to the West is the number of important oil lines (principally from Iraq) running through Syrian terri tory, A French-administered man date until 194i, Syria has since undergone five different revolu tions, most of them instigated by military cliques. It is currently believed that 31-year-old Lt. Col. Abdel Hamid Serraj, chief of army intelligence and head of the secret police, has a powerful pro-Rus.ian influence iji the Syrian government. Principal Export An important econorrCc base for Syrian political unrest ray be that, like Egypt, Syria's prin cipal export crop is coiton. And, like Egypt, Syria has had diffi culty selling it? cotton in c re petition with the L'? S. and othe cotton-producing countries o- a shaky world market. 0 Syria's rapidly growing popu lation now 4,000,000 also suf fers from "underemployment." There are more educaied and trained workers than there are jobs. French health and educa tional measures, before 1946, greatly improved health condi tions and educational standards? But the emphasis -was on the profesisons, law and Vbeul arts. rather than on farming? 5 engi neering and other skills Syria needs to develop. .9 Consequently there is s large. educated and festless' ciass of Syrians who appear o bt'strong- ly nationalistic and vigorously anti-Western. Capitalizes on Unrest Russia capitalizes on 'his un . 1 . 1: . t : 1 Syrian cotton by encouraging , is. ig friendship and economic assistance. Syria has been descriDeH d a country ripe for a Communist coup from within. The question thus arises whether Syria might, under a Communist government, launch aggression of its own in the Middle East. Almost unanimously, U.S. po litical leaders agree tl at the United States needs a new ap proach to the Middle East t pre vent the spread of Comm-mist influence. But they differ to the 'irm this approach snould take." President Dw;ght P Eisen hower, addressing a joint ses sion of Congress Jan. f . warned t'..?t if the nations of he Middle East "were dominated by .ilien forces hostile to fieecjm. that would be both a tr lgecy for the area and for man., other free nations whose economic liic woud -e suf jec 10 nea- strang ulation." "Western Europe v. ruld be endangti-ed just as though there had jeen "o Marshall p'nn, no North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion." the president asserted. Western Europe gets 80 prr cent of its oil from Arab oil fields. Serious Jeopardy "The free nations of A'-ia and Africa, too. would be placed in serious jeopardy," Eisenhower continued. These countries need both Middle Eastern oil and free transit through the Suez canal, through which are shipped Asia's exports of raw materials to Europe and its imports of Western European manufactur ed goods. To avoid this situation, the President proposed a new policy, las! ProMema, irs Poliow which has been dubbed the "Eisenhower doctrine." The pol icy calls for the President and Congress to join in announcing expanded U.S. economic aid, military aid to Middle Eastern countries wanting it, snc '.'hi: rii- oL U.S. troo-is io 'to? m'jni t military a5Kt:ss;.o.i, ft" m-ceisary and1 if' Cj.ifr?S &h I' Ctsd reou" .ts it. As Preiid-'ni Eis'-Vur-'il- ko it. United Statei aciims v;c.t& b "consonant" with U.S. tr-eat" obligations and the U2C ciiarter. In esse of military 'action, he said, our policy would be "sub ject to the overriding authority of the United Nations security council." Arab reactions to th? Presi dents plan have been, mixed. Foreign Minister Charles Malik of Lebanon hailed the proposal ai a step to "fill the vaccum of power" in the Middle East, and as "serving the causa of peace and security." flejects Theory .Syria, however, rejects thf? "theory of the pCver vacuum" and denied there iy any "inter national Communist ti'ir1' against the safety and inue5s-f.1v.-ence of Syria." After two weegs of mt-iiet-tion, the Egyptian press took un the Syrian arguments and aUc denounced the plan. King Hus sein of Jordan 8nd the govern ments of Iran and Iraq expres sed cautious approval. The economic side ot trU plan, rather than the military, raised thes most favorable comment. Congressional leaders have called for a full debate on the President's request, and the argu ments for a;d against it are be- ine heard in both house?) of C6ngress. Senators, Congressmen en3 political observers- era weigh ing Citure U.S. moves in tSe Middle Fist in terms of theii' effect on tSe UN, end the V.'e-V ern alliance, their cot, and re lationship to other basic fctH Iems of:he Middle E?;t. Emergency. Force These questions ii?clude whem er strengthening and establish ment of z permanent UI emerg ency force is necessary, or whether independent U.S. ac tion would weeken the UN; how far t.ie Unite:! states can go in eo-oneratin with the V.este.-n alliance without losing presti-e in the Arab world, anu vie-'. versa; how well the American taxpayer can foot the till i'or increased econo-nic aid. an6 ao-r- cn effectives use of aid funds be injured; and how the pro grarr will affecj, the &."iic iiiti-' die East pjohlems of Itj! Suez canal' and the Arab-Israeli dis pute. For example, the? ask. will-J. S. miVtasy aid to ;umaie Eastern countries merely 5jecCl up the Arab-Israeli armi rac;'? Most commentators believe me President's priposal will be '.im proved by Concress. Tiiese, lior.y ever, are some of the issues tl ;.ie raised i i the current debate. RUSSIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST ."Russia's rulers . have long sought to dominate the Middle Fast," President Dwi-ht D. Eis enhower told Congress Jan. 6. This was true long iicioFe &e advent' of Communism. For tifi turies, even' under the ffsofo, Russia has been in'ciestod ia e eastern Meditcrrancjin. Uuasio and Tur'Key fought 13 wafB to! control of the DardanetScs straits, leading from the plaefe sea to the Mediterranean. In the years followins vol0 War II, Russia wanted military bases in the Dardanelles, on ivr kjsh soU alsf, (lcSian&c4 trusteeship over the former Itali an colony of Libya (now Jfteje pendeiit), and applied military pressure on Iran in an fttiemat set up a Communist state 5m 4Ssc northern part ol that csmftiry. Checked by Pressure - Each of. these mnuiiieJis araa checked by the presp-tfre of no Id opinion, free wJdrt cSSitfte 'ofr UN .mediation. . r A new Hussiati osSoReinC. is now believed, tscgnft in file spring of 1953, whefs a Ruasian official jiub!:ca6GB come ejt wiih praise of the Egyptian revo lutionary fcovefnmcert aow-beaded by Ganial .Abdel Sass. Re fore April, 1905, She gwiee io4 been lasting the Cgyiiion a gime as "madly ?eoc?imafy, rorist, anli-d"esftof0lie fe&i agogic." Shortly ajlp? Q&s fast? reversal. Russian caiurol 0il sports missions- xcejc sen to to? Egypt. Syria aEd t5aBs3i. Trnae picked up. Ifi 3935-S4 Suoais bought about 9 psv cent of Egypt's co'.ton crop: in 5933 Rus sia contracted -.'of per cent t.iis fame crop expooS, Barter Deal ' ' More important, Russia nego- PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tab dull ad weak? Most picture tubes cm be festotee' to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18. N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 ieolsions Program tinted 4 b?rter deal which pro vided Egypt with Russian mili tary equipment in exchange tor cotton and rice. '-3i;9 fi-d pi-ewioucl;-; triecj to ivy &r-;rij ?.n 'VJir; HWtte. 0ii! vs-sr, flo.U i'4 -oSiiJS hv -3o Js? (tor- Vtv. i?i oJifcP. Sfie sc4 4SkuS'S 05 i?ms ifiv9lvc4 ru Vie otaa fv?. Kwxiia haa jt m fvis.lai, iyt aoei -.i-a-rf?o .f .T.iuo: ftift V Si.COO.OCO. 'S'ith th arms c:ynR .nn estimated 1000 Russian technicians and instructors no believed to be in Egypt. In spite of its co-operation with Russia, however, Egypt severely restricts Communist party activi ty tyithin the country. lliilllil Baghdad Pact Countries Sl ' tllB British ilitary bases' ' FROBLEMS DISCUSSED Trie "Graat Deci ?iono . . . 193?" program thia centers erounfl tha Middle East problems, including Hi e:jtioBt EiS'ifiiiorfer's new foreisn ssliitj ia Safety Council Traffic Sign Observance upport your traffic officials and join in the 'Attack' on traf fic accidents!" Trite was fne appeal issued to &y E? AuuFO-r &0Sr, gresident oil ihd iSe':jfo;r(S gsfety coancil in co:ii?.1Gct;,oi'i vii'ih th-5 month's traffic ooJ'Sty program ,g5on ir'.'is Cw iSodiord Safety coijfici?) Qli-s if-Q roEtionpJ Safety coyf.eil. Looitf ocjjJainiiS that his or gnlsotiji io condyctin a con tinued campaign" to encourage recognition anS Bbservance of all trajie signs. 'Sisns o'J E3e,' "Thcsn tFOfi'i ciiSs are called 'Sitjns "SS LJSfe,' ond observance of them &p .iotjrist9 and pedes trians will help Fiiduce accidents c..fnd thu? aave lives," he said. "Tiie Signs 6f Life program is oao Va tha year-long 3acfe tfe At',s& i?e Trafffc AceiAoai' t?&pin o.ov in pro gress "h a aeUaa-Jfi. cicala," Salem Article o incorpora Mofl isem filHt Jre Fontly for UhQ " Southern Oregon Trailer Maett, J434 Hoa fsciiic hijfh- 'ficjr "Qcro aifftei by Corfe P. SOqvb, Jloy E. Ab'feoSt .n5 W. leitii Kate. Ciira -ill be Abbo1, psiSen; Dvi, Tie f)fcsi(&:i!t; ok4 Kate, 'OKtttty- f the COMPLETE Philco Appliances ) f Sets Watfei&d fousfiAM 214 S. RIVEiRlE S T 'O SS' Vmm Z-7U9 Make firestene Ymr fAVORITE Appliance Store On the political tide, Russia openly supported the Arab states in the dispute vith Isral, vn though Russia h?d voted in Vie UlS ia iS? lot 4,h Wettion s a;D.4i?ig to f.'itiilnt XiiiiwMt, it "B-.nivliisjS" wlie tit lonClcV V'. . MiitAJt to Wit 5ivlomtie 4yntas of fi8 Communist not 1(5. 'Jfii ic?ini(ju i net much di'isrnt, some stuiSent3 of the sres Teel, from Anglo - French "msnipulations" of these ssme rivalries in the past. But the r sults can be disastrous to tha West, because Russia is a hostile power. Encourages the Attack" program has three phases improvement of indivi dual driving and pedestrian be havior, support fr traffic of ficials and cooperation with snd support of local safety organiz tions. "Strict observance of all traf fic laws, including those related to signs, signals and pavemenf markings, is the basis of srs driving and walking behavior," Loper gaid. ilirfessrve Center Changes Location The Medford air reserve cen ter, which includes the 9091 Air Resecve group and 9417 Air Re servj squadron, rcentty moved Sfom 'Jie federal building, 33 f5o.?t?i Riverside ave., to 31 Hsit iSsin st. Trtia fteur quarters have 3.S00 eisuar ftet oS office and claae room a.c. The air reserve cn te? it tour offices which douiMe c 'elsMaSDms, two amSily hull end two conference-?!? cjiMrooma. Stte cjnter changed locaUea tXteauM of growth in the unit, of-, iirera said. Strength of ttie, (fiiadron of Medford men V ebout JPsy itiiMng for officers ill ttrt Tr.i. 1. Pay for norvsem raissioMd officers haa Ren in ifct iac l3t Sept:Kotr. An open house for VSs Mew ?stre ctnter wiJi So held leV'r. -tieo.3fc! Two-Thif ds of 0 r9n Cuntios Taking Fart in 0gisins Program Corvallk-. T-wo-thirds of Or- jon counties this repDrtrd participation in the stite'a . pnd4 "Greet 2.'acision . . . lift" p:-os;rsKi i o:-liS 3Mi. :;?.oi-'tt-.jj oKisV.o. i .nnoui'.cta!. Tie iflirit-e' j?ofiri, t.t ijBfi to buil inoirrnd jiu&lic opinio, on 'ty 1'oraifn jiDlic? issues, is going into its stcond week with informal discussion groups now meeting in 24 coun ties. More than 80 Oregon news paper? and redio and television Station are participating. Schools in 20 counties ara study- that area. Shown above are the countries which are discussed in today's article, show ing the relative closeness of Soviet Russia end U. S. and British bases. Staff Changes Made At National Park Two changes have been nam ed in the staff t Crater Lake National park, according to Tom 'iilliams, superintendent. Jeff Adams, 36, recently of sfit. McKinley National park, Alaska, will assume his duties Viis week at Crater Lake as maintenance supervisor. The po 3ftion recently was created. The n-- position is the resvilt of the expanding needs created by th Mission 66 program, Mil ium aid. A(S.ms will aupprvise mainte nne of roads, utilities, trails n5 buildings-. He has also had p-rrt experience at Yoeemite and Sequoia National parks. He jc-jn-d the Mt. McKinlay taff i matintenance foreman in 1951. Adams is married and h a three-yeaf-old daughter. He serv ed in the Navy from 1943 to 'Sfifiiams also announced that KFland H. Jones, 39, equip ment operator at Crater Lie ince 1952, is leaving his EOt to go into private business. Jones is married and has t io dsughters. He served in ttie Army from 1942 to 1843. His rplacement will be annot-juc-yH later. . . SUSPEND TKAIS Dorris, Calif. (U.P.) ?i Southern Pacific Compsaiy suspended the -work train -hic'a operated between Klamath Fell and Leif , .Calif. Railroad officiel gave lack of business as reaaoa for discontinuing tha run. Shi W!f! ing Great Decisions issues. Pionesrtd in urban canter? oi' Orjon i,i 1S5S, Gr.sat Decisions ?is aa tjra to othr cities .fi?oujjfiou's th county-. Sr'iMt O;ej;o chfle.efi up ffnot'Ser "?irV' ytr by making thj; progrsm voil?,vie to all ;reSs of the ststa. It is sponsored by Ore Son State college extension serv ice in cooperation with 'the For eign Policy association, general extension division of the state system of higher education and other organizations and agencies. Mrs. Maud Walker, OSC ex tension specialist in group de velopment, said interested per sons may still join the program by forming small, informal dis cussion groups or by joining ex isting groups. Names of local chairmen may be obtained from tha county extension service of fica. . Forty -three Oregon newspa pers, 33 radio stations, and 7 tel evision stations are now carrying discussions of the selected eight foreign policy issues or are join ing in local promotion of the series. Background Material Background material on issuts is also available from fact sheets prepared by the Foreign Policy association, a Jjon-governmental, non-profit, educational organiza tion. Mrs. Walker reported 3,000 sets of fact sheets have been dis tributed throughout Oregon by the Institute of International Af fairs, general extension division, 1620 S.W. Park ave., Portland. Sources of local supplies, if avail able, may be obtained through the county extension of f ice. Other aids to Great Decisions discussions include a special set of motion picture films available to all counties. Key films on the eight issues are also being cir culated amQng counties through the county extension offices. Sacramento Boys Arrested in Ashland Two Sacramento, Calif., boys, ages 15 and 16, were arrested by Ashland police Thursday night and lodged in thff county jail in connection with th? thefSi of a 195d Chevrolet from Sacra mento, it was reported Fridv.. Police officers said they ap proached the boys in an A3.1 land car lot, where they alleged ly were attempting to siphon gasoline. According to police, the boys admitted stealing .the au 'o in Sacramento and driving it until the gasoline supply be came depleted in Ashland. 1 iHer first formal Such rrwSiosi joiao . . . and so brand-new . . . you feel as if she'd put on womanhood irith Jker vs la iief -stccret heart these are the years she needs Mother and Dad Skt ot &U. ji&ns for her, your dreams, can come true if you save for them. And the mfci, ipt&g jplase to save is your Insured Savings and Loan Association R' KARase Vy esjurlcneoa, forward-looking people who know your community s vS . . . .y e&n laake you money "roll up its sleeves" and go to work . . . s? yeu evinj fsaily grow. Eerftember, too, your savings are insured up to ?10,000 by Kt. J'trSejal 3,yin$ m4 oafi Ins-urance Corporation. So start sev V) .ve 5ullr- fries you'll have money ready for the j yoa -aa4. .e 1 K4llisa avins accounts in the nation'3 Saaurel gTi)s j aa LftB Associations are proof indeed of Airie' ti-a. i fti ound and sTrowinr way to save. pfljiigips. ?sa CfeWaaS Im'e&i'SiifitM Artificial Dentures Needed By Half the People Over 40 (Editor's note: This is the first in a series of arUcles furnished by the American Dental association through the Southehrn Oreeoa District Den tal Society discussing dental disease. The series is beine published ia co operation with the Society in observ aace of National Childres s DenUl Heslth $eek, feeb. 3 through .) i'esth ire designed to la-t a lifetime. Yt sbout hall the pop uItion more than 40 years old hf, or needs artificial dentures. In s country -K-ith the finest dental know-how in the world, dentil health is scarcely a cand. date for hoirors since: AlSiost all persons suffer from dental disease at some time dur ing their lives. Dental decay is the nation's most prevalent disease. Twenty-five per cent of U.S. children ere afflicted at some time with malocclusion severe deforming irregularities of the teeth. Among adults, the greatest single cause of loss of teeth is peridontal disease, so-called py orrhea. Frontal Attack The weapons are at hand for a frontal attack on the major dental diseases. Dentists assert that the enormous problem of dental disease could be cut down to size if these weapons were put to use on a wide scale. The Key lies in prevention. Prevention against dental dis ease, beginning at an early age, dentists agree, is the most prac tical approach to curtailing the vaot disea.se toll. They point out that, except for some unusual reason, the right dental health habits, started early in life, should result in sound and healthy teeth that will last a lifetime. In a message for Children's Dental Health Week, dentists set out rchis four-way program for children as the most effec tive means for maintaining good dental health: Wahlquist Joins Ashland Tidings- Ashland A new city editor has 'oeen announced by the Ash land Daily Tidings. Taking over the position is Don Wahlquist, recently from San Jose, Calif. Wahlquist is replacing Lloyd Rogers who has been in charge of the newsroom since October, 1955. Rogers has accepted a posi tionfon the Roseburg News Re viev. . . The new city editor entered, journalism as 8 news photog rapher, for the Salt Lake eTele gram. After serving in the in fantry durirg Wrld War II, he founded and edited the Occupa tion Chronicle for the Army's European headquarters. He was educated at San Jose State college and at the Univer sities of Minnesota, Utah and In diana. 4m$p iiw,afee a difference iP$sy 2 O per iStes? Uecatiefl 29 r4orth , . J?!, JL la . . . rir WW -' i &Mst& fe: rba 10th receiva dividends as of the 1st ftlST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 29 North Ivy R. F. Ky!e, President 41EBF0HD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Toothbrush Use 1. Proper use of the tooth brush immediately after eating. 2. Emphasis on proper diet, especially the avoidance of snacks of sweet foods between meals. 3. Periodic dental examina tions to detect and prevent ear ly cental disease. i. Water fluoridation to pre vent about 60 per cent of den tal decay that might otherwise occur. The fact . is that the child's second teeth are designed to last a life'ime. Barring exceptional cases, they can and will last a lifetime if proper sttention Is given to tha young child's dental health from the beginning. The MILK Producers' League suggests ccOO0'" refresh with milk! You never outgrow your need for Milk! Next time you "take a break," enjoy a lift with out a letdown. Make K cold milk your drink. 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