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Sudden Death of George VI Brought Change in the Life of Prince Philip Editor' note: Britain's Quern Eliz abeth and Prince Philip visit the Unit ed States this month. This is the second of five dispatches about the man In the royal family. By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Correspondent London W Unlike most fairy tale romances, the story of Elizabeth and Philip really be gins with their marriage cere mony of crimson and gold as the young couple knelt on the spot where British kings had been crowned for 800 years. As they lert. the great abbey, Prince Philip could have, in the ordinary course of events, been sure of some 20 years of his be loved sailoring and family life mixed with a certain amount of public duties. ' The sudden death of George IV five years later changed that irrevocably. The princess he took in Kenya in Feb. 1952, at the start of a commwealth tour, re turned to a mourning Britain as Queen. Even as the body of the King lay in state in Westminster Hall, Philip knevo that his carefree life at sea was over. Although he resisted it as long as he could, he eventually accepted the in did was to toss down the gaunt let of battle to the defenders of the barnacle encrusted traditions of running royal households. This is a war of many and con tinuing skirmishes. The old guard dies, but it never surrend ers. Breaks up Racket Philip broke up the free meal racket. He discovered that all sorts of people had the right to eat in the royal palaces on the Queen's bounty. There were five dining rooms going in Bucking ham Palace alone. Top servants had lesser servants to wait on them and lesser servants had minor servants. Buckingham Palace has hun dreds of rooms, miles of corri dors. Messages used to be taken around by hand. Philip put in an intercom among other such outlandish innovations as effec tive central heating. European princes, who used to dread invi tations to the frosty manse, were agreeably surprised to find it moderately comfortable. Philip spared few in his de termination to set the royal household on a business like basis. He mechanized the 20,000 acre royal farm at Sandringham ordered Balmoral to peddle all surplus game after shooting par ties. He directed Windsor Castle, to send its flowers and fruit to Convent Garden. He damaged one juicy little racket to the chagrin of many blue-blooded dowagers. Some of these ladies used to charge as much as 1,000 pounds (52,800) to arrange presentation at court. The brief introduction and curt sy to the Queen was once the ulitimate in launching a debut ante. It means much less now. In all this Philip had two main objects. He was a naturally tidy mind as a man whose naval commands were notably ship shape. And he wanted to fore stall any ccriticism of the way the Crown manages its affairs. Lord Altrincham's recent at tack on the Queen's advisors pulled the stopper on a small flood of antagonism to certain aspects of royal life which al ways simmers just beneath the polite surface of Britain. Aim At Philip There are a number of snipers at the Crown but most of these, not daring to attack the soverign footwork and anticipation have kept criticisms against him to a minimum, even though, as foreign-born, he is so vulnerable. Socialist newspapers called him a "royal meddler" .when he spoke in favor of conscription. A church magazine expressed "pained regret" that he plays polo on Sunday, o A columnist claimed that the royal yacht, Brittania, was built at a cost of S6 million to please Philip. Another promptly pointed out it was planned even before Philip became engaged. Another paper griped about the new $112,000 royal railroad dining car, although it replaces one 50 years old. Another writer pointed out that Philip, who was once "improverished," now has all the playthings of the rich yachts, polo ponies, fast cars, air planes. The Daily Mail, for the de fense, commented that "Phillip by his individual' mixture of charm, tact, discretion, dignity and informality, is succeeding in a situation which demands all these abilities to the full." v Next:Philip is far more con' evitable. ' I acre royal farm at Sandringham directly, aim their shafts at those cerned about attacks on the And among the first things he so it could sell its produce. He closer to her. Phillip's nimble I Queen. Showdown Said Hearing Before FPC on Case Of Pleasant Valley-Mountain Sheep Darns By A. ROBERT SMITH .Pleasant Valley site than the government assistance for flood i for fear it would give the high Mail Tribune Correspondent one the utilities have in mind control costs. Why, then, don't Hells Canyon backers another Washington The showdown nas ust about expired from po- they ask the FPC to give them a opening to make unfavorable Mi Wj I Vri A Root Smith Washington The showdown is nearing in the Pleasant Valley- Mountain Sheep dam before the Federal Power Commission in a manner that has virtually foreclosed any con sideration of the merits of a high Pleasant Val ley dam as proposed by Interior Secre tary Fred A. Seaton. The issue has been sharply drawn between the two-dam plan of Pacific Northwest Pow er Co. and a high Nez Perce dam, which as the support of the public power groups and the FPC staff. The FPC's presiding examiner, who heard all the ar guments of both sides, has rec ommended that the company get its license. It is difficult to find anyone in Washington, whatever his views on this controversial case, who doesn't think the five com missioners will approve the pri vate utility plan just as they approved Idaho Power Com pany's scheme for development of the Hells Canyon stretch of the Snake just upriver from the scene of the current case. No White House Backing Secretary Seaton's plan for substituting a higher dam at the one the utilities have in mind has just about expired from po litical malnutrition. He couldn't get the White House to back his plan; he couldn't get the Budget Bureau to approve a request for funds to have the Bureau of Re clamation make core drillings at the site in order to complete his study of the high dam; and he couldn't get Congress to let him use funds previously earmarked for other projects. Nevertheless, the high Pleas ant Valley project has drawn widespread newspaper backing in the Pacific Northwest be cause, in combination with the Mountain Sheep dam down stream and Idaho Power's Ax bow and Brownlee dams up stream, it would provide the amount of storage for flood con trol which the Corps of Engi neers thinks is desirable. Private Discussions There are reports here that the utilities involved have had some private discussions looking toward the possibility of an agreement whereby Pacific Northwest Power would build the high Pleasant Valley project and Idaho Power would give up the right it now has to the little Hells Canyon dam, which would be flooded out by high Pleasant Valley. The utilities have done suffi cient engineering planning for a high dam to be confident it would be economically feasible as a private dam without any . iff awte - ' . SAFE, IN MOTHER'S ARMS Sobbing hysterically, Mrs. Ed Crary hugs her 8-year-old son Lee, who was found safe three days after having been kidnaped from his home at Edmonds, ,Wash., near Seattle. A 20-year-old riveter, George Collins Jr. of Everett, Wash., was booked in the kidnaping. Collins, who had asked $10,000 ransom, signed a 12-page statement admitting the story told by young Crary. When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve arid Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE SP 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON license for a high dam rather than the lower one they have proposed? Reportedly the reason for this seemingly curious approach is that to revise their application at the FPC at this point would allow the whole case to be re opened to further, probably lengthy, testimony which would delay the FPC's decision. But after the FPC grants a license to the utility for the lower dam and that it is an assumption the utilities are willing to make they could ask to revise the terms of their license to allow building the higher dam.. Another Opening Nor does Idaho Power want to talk publicly about giving up its little Hells Canyon site, thus reducing its scheme to two dams, comparisons between the com pany plan and the output of the high Hells Canyon project. That could be the springboard for get ting the Hells Canyon bill onto the floor of the House next win ter from the Interior Committee where it has been bottled up The utilities are so close to gaining complete control of the middle Snake and its fine dam sites that they don't want it to misfire at this late stage. But some of their executives are wise enough to recognize their vic tory would be far greater in terms of public support if they were to voluntarily build high Pleasant Valley and thereby weaken the public power argu ment that the utilities aren't in terested in full comprehensive development but only in profits. Predictions for 1979 Fail To Reveal Way To Judge Wall Street ill 1'' f n Elmer Waizer By ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor New York (IP) In the cement floor under a plush rug of E. E. Hutton & Company's newest branch office lies a time capsule full of predictions of what things will be in 1979. That's the year the Hut ton firm will be 75 years old. The cap sule will be opened then to see how close predictions match ac tual events. The firm permitted the press to take a peek at the predictions. They portrayed a faster world airplanes at 1,000 miles an hour, autos you put on the highway and let go by themselver under electronic control, mechanical typewriters which write as you dictate, faster communications, new metals, and so on. But nothing was said about lit tle men who apparently aren't going to be much smarter but a lot softer than they are today. Three cars in every garage aren't going to harden up one's muscles. It looks as if little man will get just as many ulcers as he does today trying to predict the stock market. Edward T. McCormick, presi dent of the American Stock Ex change in his capsule prediction, looks for spectacular rises in many securities helped by devel opments in use of solar energy, travel in outer space, and atoms. But. he warns, even then securi ties investment will be selective li'--3 today. '"Many well known companies will fall by th wayside," he REVISED ESTIMATE Fort Dodee, Iowa 5? Der mot Patrick IMoran, charged with drunken begging, offered to get out of town in 25 minutes. Then, after the judge pointed out Moran had been arrested for begging at the home of the police matron, theacecused man offered to leave town in 20 min utes. The judge took him up on it. INDIA CUTS IMPORTS New Delhi, India OP The In dian government has announced drastic cutbacks on imports in line with a nationwide economy drive. says, "while others, some not yet born, will be market leaders. "Overall we should be experi encing a period of prosperity in 1979." Ruddick C. Lawrence, vice president of the New York Ex change, projects figures on the number of stockholders. He looks for between 15 million and 20 million of them when the capsule is opened. No matter what happens to lit tle men, it's apparently a sure thing that in the next 20 years, more brains or no, more ulcers or no, there are sure to be more and greater facilities to do al most anything but predict what stocks to buy, when to buy them, and when to sell them. ,And no one predicts we'll. be living in a tax free world. Court Records MUNICIPAL COURT Jerry H. Watkins, violation of basic rulp,. $10. James Paul ' Teets, excessive noise $10. Lewis Lislie Peabody, violation of oasic rule. iu. A. G. Edwards, violation of basic rule. $10. Otha Daniel Turner, violation of basic rule, $10. . Clarence Glenn Winningham, ex cessive noise, $10. Mary Carol Rector, violation f basic rule. $10. Leon Michael Forbes, violation of basic rule, S10. John Wesley Caulkins, violation of basic rule. $10. Peter Melvin Jacobson, violation of basic rule, $10. David John Bergman, excessive noise, iu. David Rath, disobeyed stOD sien. $5 Steven Carlos Morris, violation of basic rule, S10. Ronald Gwann VanHorn, violation of basic rule. So. Kenneth Russell Arrell, failure to maintain proper lookout, $7.50. Tuesday, October 1, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN DISTRICT COURT David Lewellyn Caffield, overload, S4S.50 Raymond Rex Note, overwidth. $15 Robert Alexander Doyle, overlength io, oau lorteuea. Henry Rudolph Byers, drunk on public Highway. $30. Eileen Barbara Ragsdalc, failure to aim lients. sio. I. J. Andreatta, failure to fall trvags. $30. John Edward Nuich, violation basic rule. $13. Thomas H. Swope Jr., overheight, $15. Bernard Lloyd Myers, overload, $41, bail forfeited. Orvall Ray Mollett, improper turn at intersection. $15. Joe A. Prudente, overlength, $15; overheight, $15; overwidth, $15. Jennings Daniel Miracle, leaking and sifting load, $15. Robert. Evert Belcher, overwidth. $15. Stuart Lee Holland, overload, $24'. Billy -Joe Jenkins, overload, $113, bail torfeited. William Dody Littlefield, overheight $15. 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