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o SIX MBECWS (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, March 23. 1957 Days for Jordan as Independent Kingdom Believed To Be Number rditors noie: Jo A. Morris It a. oration roving rorr.nisjFRt for L'ntted fri ... in th Middle tmt. Mr rectnUy visited I positive Jordan. movement neutrality" Br JK A- MORRIS Unltd Pari Correspondent Beirut. Lebanon (U.Pj Many Middle Eastern observers be lieve that the days are number ed for Jordan as an independent kingdom. The political situation there is explosive. Twenty-one-year old King Hussein is working to shore up his position and save the monarchy, but his relations with left-wing Arab Nationalist Premier Suleiman Nabulsi are frosty and formal. Opposing Stands Hussein and Nabulsi take op posing stands on many major is sues including the Eisenhower doctrine and the Communist threat In the Middle East. Both support the "Arab lib- group of Arab states which includes Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia. But Hussein and Nabulsi differ on how to reach the goal of "Arab unity." Nabulsi leans toward a fede ration of Jordan with Egypt and Syria which would later include other Arab states like Saudi Arabia. The armies of Egypt. Jordan and Syria already are under the overall command of the Egyptian War ministry. Blasts Communism Hussein, surrounded by influ ential conservative politicians and under the influence of Queen Mother Zain, is said to be fully aware of the growing and dangerous Soviet influence in neighboring Syria. While he has not publicly supported the Eisenhower doctrine the young and the I king has blasted Is That So? Next time you wake up In your sleeping bag you might look up at the stars and consider how good you've got it. It was comparatively recently in the last 150 yean, you know that people such as you and I got to sleep off the floor. In fact, over half the world's population still sleeps on the floor, and for "pil lows" use blocks of wood. Although the ruling classes in the Middle East Persia, Baby- Ionia, Assyria and Egypt slept on luxurious gem-encrusted beds 2.000 years and more ago, all the people of Europe still slept on piles of leaves or on ever green boughs, or on animal skins. The first advance, made during the Middle Ages, was a sack of straw laid on a wooden bench with an animal's skin thrown over for cover. Among the aristocracy, these benchsy were sometimes hidden away in tiny bare, unheated, cubby-hold 1 1 h a curtain drawn aero. This was called the bd "stead" that is, the bed's "place." However, hon ored guests always slept in the big hall in sticks of straw on ta ble bench while servants, re tainers and fighting men slept togther Stith the dogs on the floor surrounding the guests. Thosk Vere dirt floors, of course, covtxtd with straw or rushes ahBnjrad perhaps twice a year. lr dripped into it, grease and bonis d ramnants o.: food dropped into it and oftentimes lay utfcMKl and forgotten. In fact, Air Bhs "to leave no straw unwrrssd'' dates from these comcrativly recent days to srerch for something as thoroufhly a though it had dropped on the straw-covered floor, is the expression, "Not to car a straw for some one," mcnt th host did not care enough for a Jkuest to break out By EUGENE BURNS Rjngtr-Naruraliit a forkful or so of clean straw for the occasion. Feathers on Straw Later big sacks of feathers were placed on top of the straw sacks and gradually the benches became elaborate frames in which straw or heavy feather mattresses were set but the habit to call a structure a "bed stead" continued. Eventually, canopies or "testers" to be hung over the bed from the ceiling were added, giving rise to tall four posters, to hold up the cur tains. Beds were scarce guests in inns were expected to share beds with complete strangers. Sanita ion as we know it today did not exist at this time there were no effective remedies for fleas and other insects. In homes, a household seldom had more than one bed and if a king or lord went visiting his bed went with him in a special conveyance. In France, when the king's bed was drawn through the street, even when unoccupied, the populace bowed reverently to it. When Cardinal Richelieu traveled he didn't even bother to get out of his bed and when taken visiting, the bed was accompanied by a bat tery of men to take it down and set it up again. Among the more famous beds were some excavated from the tomb of Kink Tutankhamen a bed of carved ebony and chased gold with foot panels and heads that represent animals. Another was Queen Elizabeth's I, of Eng land some 3,000 years later. The wood was carved walnut, gilded. The canopy and valance were made of silver cloth ana fringed with gold. The curtains were tapestry edged with gold lace. The headpiece was covered with crimson satin, decorated with seven dozen dyed ostrich plumes. The satin quilt counter pane was appliqued with gold cloth figures. While Elizabeth slept in this ted, off at the famous old tav ern, Saracen's Head, 12 people count 'em were quartered at one time in the so-called Great Bed of Ware, now in the South Kensington museum. London. It was 12 feet square. Whether the 12 slept is a matter of conjec ture. But does that sleeping bag of Communism to stamp it and ordered steps out in Jordan. But the main topic in Jordan is not Communism but ridding the country of "British influ ence." The Anglo-Jordan mili tary alliance ended March 14, forcing Jordan to look elsewhere for aid. Observers fear that neighbor ing Arab states can now exert pressure which will topple Hus sein. Jordan, they say. could be swallowed up by Syria, which during the Suez crisis sent troops into Jordan obstensibly to guard the borders against Israel. Western diplomats speak guardedly but hopefully of a new alliance of anti-Communist states which would include Jor dan, Lebanon, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Lebanon has been most outspoken in declaring that neu trality in the cold war is im possible. Where Next? The Jordanians have expelled the British but have not thrash ed out where they go next. Nabulsi has felt strong enough to ignore the king's anti- Communist directives. The king in turn felt strong enough to go over Nabulsi's head to confis cate a pro-Communist newspa per. Nabulsi, a spell-binding ora tor, has one immense power in his hands the streets. Mobs did millions of dollars in damage to Western and United Nations property a year ago. It is a rare week when there are not two or three demonstra tions. Police interfere only re luctantly. The narrow, dusty streets of Amman, the Jordan ian capital, are jammed with Communists, Socialists and Na tionalists. Sometimes they are school girls only eight years old, set free to demonstrate for "Arab unity" and against the anti Communist Baghdad Pact. The main post office of Am man reflects the tense truce. Both entrances are always sand bagged as protection against riots. gjJir tke fall &li9Bt kair me often i ft??. -V i I I I HAIR DRYER The sensational naw Lady Sunbeam ELECTRIC HAIR DRYER driea your hair faster and leaves year hands frea for reading, writing, doing your nails, knitting, ate. Th reason the Sunbeam so fast, gentle, and comfortable is because the warm air is scientifically concentrated where you want it on your hair. The most convenient and earnest to dm of all hair dryers. Available in Pink, Tvr qooise or Yellow. , BIG Y APPLIANCE DEPARTMENT In the Big Y Shopping Center Phone 3-3052 Around Hollywood Hollywood US One of the for work. By ALINE M0S6Y Unittd Press Correspondent hottest items in show business is not a chesty glamour girl or handsome pro- file, Dut i youngsters who collect more fan let ters than most grown - up stars. These chil d r e n are known even in Aline Mosbr a bar in Woost er. Mass., where the customers daily don little black hats with ears, face a TV set and sing "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. . ." The Mouseketeers. stars of Walt Disney's daily ABC-TV show, "The Mikey Mouse Club." are so popular that even month ly rumors sweep the country that they have been injured in a car crash, public alarms here tofore restricted to only one other beloved star, Bing Crosby. Reports Puzzl Director "I don't know why those ac cident reports get around," said Bill Walsh, producer of the pro gram, as he sat with director Sidney Miller on the Disney set where the 1957-58 series is being filmed. Two 1 ittle five-year-old Ha Hawaiian girls who will be guest stars on the show were dancing a perfect hula on the rehearsal stage. Next door, veteran actor Jimmie Dodd, master-of-cere- monies, was filming a western scene with Mousketeers Darlene, Sharon and Karen. Outside the stage, were two red trailers. Disney's version of the little red schoolhouse. The Mouseketeers, aged 8 to 15, go to school there from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with four hours out The most famous Mouseketeer is Annette Funicello, 15, one of the original mice when the show began in October, 1955. Al though she's nearly grown-up, Annette still is on the program because she receives 20,000 fan letters a month. Master-of-ceremonies Dodd, too, has won more fame from being upstaged by 14 moppets than from his movie roles. When he recently went on tour for Disney his fellow plane passeng ers burst into the Mousketeer them song. "I love working with these kids," said Dodd. "I feel as if they're my own I have none at home. Poisoning Mishaps Target of Attack Chicago (U.R) Accidental poisoning, which has killed some 15.000 Americans, more than a third of them children, in the past decade, has become the tar gest of an all-out attack by the American Medical Association. Medical figures reveal three persons die daily from eating or drinking a poisonous agent. Some 425 others become ill, in varying degrees of severity. The statistics, however, were even more grim 10 years ago. In 1945 it was estimated that six persons died and 850 became ill from accidental poisoning every day. Poison control centers, public information campaigns, and vol unteer groups such as the Boy Scouts, have helped cut the 1945 figure in half despite a grow ing population and a constantly increasing number of new, po tentially harmful, household items and drugs. New campaigns, planned by the National Safety Council. Na tional Advertising Council, a national association of retail druggists, and the AMA hope to reduce still further the fatality count. yours feel any more comfortable now? (Copyright, 1957, By Eurvn Burns) (Released by McClura Newpaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. MARRIED Jean Harvey of Chicago (above) was married in Mexico City to Alfred G wynne Vanderbilt, well known sportsman and heir to one of America's great fortunes. They are honey mooning somewhere in Florida. There are about 14 million people in the United States over 65 years of age. Non-Biting Fish Declared Sensible Madison, Wis. (U.R) When fish won't bite, it might be be cause they're being "sensible" about it, a University of Wiscon sin biologist claims. Arthur D. Hasler said "fish sense" can inform them of the angler's .arrival by sight, touch odor or sound on the basis of Hasler's study of fish migration The biologist first conditioned a group of minnows to recognize chemical differences between two Wisconsin streams, but when the smelling mechanisms were destroyed, the mimows no longer responded to the training odors. Laboratory experiments show that trained fish can locate the source of vibrations in experi mental tanks. From this, Hasler thinks fish may be able to hear waves beating on the shoreline, since water carries sound better than air. The setting sun might also act as a stimulus for migration, he explained, since perch are known to make migrations to the shore of a Madison lake at sundown. Shorthand's EASIER ii if a n wnn me s THE ABC Shorthand 0 Symbols art fin ft yo have, lots of rims. 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