Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 30, 1957, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Treryon to Southern Oregon Readi The Mail Tribune" Publisher Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO . 37-29 North Fir St Phone 2S1 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manaser GERALD LATHAM Businexa Manager ERIC Al. I.F.N JR. Managing Editor IARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sporti Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered aj second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPT! O.N RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 115 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three moa 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent nd on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 Dally and Sunday One month 1 SO Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance 0,"fJ Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative " WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices In New York Chicago, de troit San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION A I f 0 I T O 1 1 A t TTT ASSOCfA'liN jsmnmsarjiiM Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 30. 1947 (Thursday) Purchase of Radio Station KMED by the Medford Radio corporation rather than by the Gibson Broadcasting company, original bidders, given final ap proval by federal communica tions commission. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Ed Kubli, Applegate cowman, towned Tues day and sold 106 head. Reports say he broke even on the deal." 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 30. 1937 (Friday) Price outlook for Rogue River valley turkeys Is encouraging" according to county agent, who predicts they will be higher than last year. Medford Movie club was or ganized last night with H. D. Kem elected president. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 30 1927 (Sunday) A four-night show for benefit of children's playground fund, will be staged at Hilarity hall be ginning Nov. 9. under auspices of American Legion and Lions club. There are signs that the Rogue River Valley and tributary sec tions will experience some rail road development work in the spring, hints along that line floating about for many weeks. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 30. 1917 (Tuesday) Closing of county road results in long-standing argument be tween two neighboring ranchers and a fatal shooting. Manager of the Home Tele phone company is confident that hello girls will not go out on strike here. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent: five or six is good 1. Is cognac a malt tonic, brandy, or a whiskey? 2. Bible: The descendants of which patriarch began the He brew migration? 3. Are patents always dated on a Tuesday of the week issued regardless of it being a legal holiday? 4. Name the author of "The Egg and I." 5. Do Census Bureau records indicate that married persons live longer than those that are single? 6. Is brandy made from fruit, grain, or vegetables? 7. Complete the quotation: A new broom sweeps " 8. Only one species of bird can look at one object with both eyes at the same time; name it. 9. Coffee and tea are imported into the U. S. duty free? 10. What body of water en circles the North Pole? Answers: 1. Brandy. 2. Ncah. 3. Yes. 4. Betty McDonald. 5. Yes. 6. Fruit. 7. "clean." 8. Owl. 9. Yes. 10. Arctic Ocean. First Government Site To Become Parking Lot Oregon City HP1 A parking lot will be built here on the site of the first seat of govern ment in Oregon. The Oregon territory state house stoo dhere from 1849 to 1852. A 47-year-old two-story brick building will be torn down to make room for the parking lot. - Washington rtP) The 1958 wheat harvest may total more than one billion bushel. MAIL TRIBUNE Policies in City Affairs - III (The following editorial is the' last of three adapted from a talk made by the writer to Oregon mayors and council men at the recent convention of the League of Oregon Cities in Portland.) . The making of policies is akin to the tasks of the ancient seers and prophets and omen-readers. This is true because it calls for a look into the future. Each city official, for instance, should be con cerned with the estimates of population increase over the next 10, 20 and 30 years. The estimates compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census, the state board of health, and by other agencies are as accurate as men know how to be. But in almost every instance in the past they have undershot rather than overshot the actuality. And the most conservative of the estimates indicate that Oregon, while on slowT-bell now as regards popu lation increase, cannot expect to escape a rather drastic climb in population in the next few years. flTY officials would do well to check with school authorities in their cities. They are right now deal ing with the youngsters who will be voters in another 5 or 10 or 15 years and there are plenty of them. What will this mean to each community in the way of home-building, street construction, water sup plies, sewer extensions, building inspections, police and fire protecton, zoning? What will it mean in the demand for recreational facilities? This is one thing that's here already. Juvenile delinquency, which now concerns us or should con cern us is at least. in part a result of a lack of whole some recreation; the kind of thing that those of us who are a bit older used to get when we went hiking in the old field which is now a housing development or super market. DASICALLY, all the problems of city officials boil down to one thing people. Being an elected public servant is one of the most fascinating businesses in the world that of working to satisfy human needs and desires. The people who put them into office do not expect miracles. But they do expect and have every right to expect that they will devote their time and attention and thought to doing the job that will best serve the people themselves. To do this, public servants must know where they are going, and how, to get there. The "where they are going" part is philosophy. "How to get there" is policy. And policy involves planning, perseverance and leadership. If, after study, a city administration decides, for instance, that a certain area should be annexed, both for the good of its residents and for the overall good of the city, that becomes part of its settled policy. IN FOLLOWING such a policy, the elected officials will find some people will fight them, and it is far, far easier to sit back and let things drift in such a case. But they were not elected to let things drift. And if they are sincerely convinced that annexation is the answer, there is nothing for it but to hang tough, stick out their necks, and fight for what is right. This takes guts. It may, at the moment, be unpopu lar. It may rile sensibilities and estrange friends. But in seeking election, these men did not ask for a soft touch. They asked to be elected to one of the most time-consuming, challenging, interesting and difficult jobs in America today. HPHE job of a policy-maker involves far more than " deciding whether to grant an application for an off-premise beer license, or making other small deci sions on the spur of the moment. Back of these decisions must be a knowledge of the function of a city, a settled and agreed-upon pro gram of progress and development, a knowledge of what is right and good for the city, and the courage to stick with a right decision once it is made. In a way, these men are the shapers of the future. They have planning commissions and professional help to assist in planning the course, but oftentimes these others can see only part of the picture. The ulti mate responsibility lies with the elected officials. But if they remain conscious of the philosophy, the planning and the perseverance necessery in mak ing and acting out good, sound, forward-looking poli cies, they will fulfill with distinction the obligations they have assumed toward the people they serve. E.A. Misleading Figures A reporter is often dependent on his sources for accurate information. Given incorrect or misleading information, his story can give the wrong answers. This apparently is what happened to our Washing ton correspondent, A. Robert Smith, a careful and accurate reporter, when he quoted Interior Depart ment figures which indicated Oregon is slipping as an attraction for tourists in comparison to other states. D ON McNEIL, local chamber of commerce manager who knows a great deal about the tourist busi ness, pounced on this story like a wounded panther, and pointed out: The figures are based on those furnished by the states themselves; that methods of estimating tourist trade differ widely from state to state, and that Ore gon is one of the most accurate and "conservative" in making its estimates. Other states count their own citizens as tourists, count brief stays by others, and so on. This, McNeil says, is why Oregon showed up in 34th place instead of in about eighth place where it really belongs. E.A. Wednesday, October 30. 1957 r jit - to-so 'I THINK 1 GOT INSOWSlA.Ofc SCW7WIN'. ommunBcations Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Another TV Protest To the Editor: To all those people who so justifiably com plain of the local mess called TV, I would say, we only have ourselves to blame for paying such outrageous prices for the sets in the first place; then un godly rates to amateur repair men to keep them up. Then w rob ourselves and our children of needed rest to listen to the drivel the amateurs up at the station deal out' to us, and I feel sure they laugh at us for our gulibility. A string of ads a mile long which I for one do not use for that reason but sick of hearing about them old programs. We of this community might show a little intelligence and awareness of better taste by re fusing to buy any more sets, and keep those we have turned off, until we are offered a decent situation. I feel a deep sense of guilt and loss of self respect every time I turn on this silly fouled up mess called TV. Mary Williams, Route 2, Box 165B, Central Point, Ore. Dull Without TV To the Editor: After watching TV for three years, I have done my share of complaining about programs and I do feel that some programs are worse and less in teresting now than we had a year ago, but since we are stuck with one TV station, I guess it's "take it or leave it," sort of like the Southern Pacific R.R. We can turn off the programs we don't like but after investing several hundred dollars in a TV set it is a shame to have to turn it off so often. In our home we turn off the repeat programs because they are not worth seeing several times over. The late movies are usually "repeats" also and not very good ones and we don't watch them any more. We don't care for sports on Sunday so we don't watch them.1 We are sick of Arthur Godfry and his dry humor, sick of Life with Eliza beth, and tired of the Big Pic ture and others. I don't think TV reception is as good as it could be because in spite of technical difficulties, the pictures are too light, then fog gy, then light, then blurry, then they quiver and our poor eyes feel like they are being pulled out of our heads. The reception does seem good during football and baseball games, so maybe the station technicians1 are more interested in good reception dur ing ball games. In spite of all the programs that we don't like, I can't help but think how dull it would be without TV. If you don't think so then try ignoring your TV for a few evenings and turn on your radios and search from one end of the dial to the other to hear something good, all you get is record music, news and more news and squeaks and whistles and static and you get so mad you turn it off. People who have no TV en joy their radios because they are used to them but believe me, I'll take the bad with the good on TV until the time when we can all enjoy real good pro grams on TV. I believe the spon sors should complain the most and demand better programs since they are the ones who pay for them. Mrs. M, (Name on File) Talent, Ore. Sponsors, Not TV to Blame To the EditoF: I have read the communications in the Trib une recently about TV. I would like to add my comments. I wonder how many, of the people who are always griping about the programming have told any sponsor that they liked or didn't like a program? It is the sponsors that chose the pro grams and pay for them, not the TV station. The station can only offer what shows that they can get from the networks as I un derstand it. I know that the station could not afford to put on the high cost network shows unless they have someone to sponsor them. Every second of time costs much. Instead of griping at the station, people should speak to the spon sors. I agree that there should be more good childrens' pro grams. Compared with other places I have visited, this station does as well or better. When we visit ed in California this summer we saw 2V2 hours of Westerns, on all four stations, all of them old, old movies. We were given to understand that this was only part of the many similar shows that they received every day. As for reception, we have a '55 model with no antenna, not even rabbit ears, and we have not noticed any of the troubles mentioned. We think that we have pretty good reception. Thank you for the opportunity to air my beliefs. By the way, I am not connected with the TV station in any way. I just read, listen, and use my head. Joan Sharp, Route 2, Box 265, Central Point, Ore. Why Slaughter Doves? To the Editor: I wish more people would get up in arms over the senseless slaughter of those beautiful doves. In Montana we always called them Turtle doves, but no mat ter what they are called it's just plain stupid to kill them. When one of them is shot the other will stay near and all too often loses its life too, for being loyal. What would cause a full grown person to aim a gun at those beautiful birds and expect to be called a man? I'll never know. I couldn't kill a deer except in want but I can understand that, because there's really food value in veni son, but none in a little pile of grey feathers. You can believe that our five acres are posted, and all for the purpose of a feed ground and resting place for the sweetest and most harmless of all birds. Let's find a way to protect them. I'd be proud to sign the list. Harriette Gibbs 1375 South Columbus ave. Medford, Ore. An Orchid from Arizona To the Editor: Sorry I cannot continue my subscription to the Mail Tribune. As we are travel ing in the Southwest this winter, I am afraid the papers could not catch up with me. We really miss the Tribune, and the editorials especially. You can be sure if we settle down again you will receive our subscription, the best paper in Oregon, The Medford Mail Tri bune. Otto Layton Mesa, Arizona International Thanksgiving To the Editor: Now that we're approaching Thanksgiving many people are looking for a practi cal way of giving thanks for this country's bountiful harvests harvests that are being bought and stored by our government for the good of the nation's econ omy. It has come to my attention that these surplus foods which could otherwise rot in ware- REVIVAL HEAR Rev. Jack Chase Wheel Chair Evangelist EVERY NIGHT Except Saturday 7:30 p.m. FOURSQUARE CHURCH East Jackson & Biddle Rd Gomulka Launches Biggest Purge In Poland; BY CHARLES M. MCCANN United Press Correspondent Wladyslaw Gomulka of Po land has launched one of the biggest purges in Communist Party history. Ever since he was restor ed to leader ship in the Po lish revolt one year ago, Go mulka has been under at t a c k by two strong, con flicting party Charles McCann groups. On one side, there are the "Conservatives," the old - line Communists who want to follow the Moscow line of Josef Stalin's day. On the other side, are the "Revisionists," who want an even more radical departure from orthodox Communism Writer Sees Chance For New Leadership Position on Science By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IT) President Eisenhower's news conference today offers an opportunity to redirect the administration party line on the meaning to the Ameri can people of the Soviet Union's mute earth satellite. Sputnik the first continues to speed in its I,yle C. Wilson orbit but without sound. Its bat teries are dead. It will be four weeks Friday since the Russian Communists thrust Sputnik into space, catching the administra tion with its satellites embarass ingly down. That was on Oct. 4. Terrific page one, radio and TV publicity accompanied Sput nick around the world. With the nation hearing and reading of little else, the President met a news conference on Oct. 9. The official White House reaction to Sputnik was so calm as to be almost casual. Eisenhower congratulated So viet science for its achievement but challenged the popular point of view that the Communist world had spectacularly beaten and humiliated the United States in the field of science. Not Lost Race He said the United States had not lost the satellite-race to the Reds because the United States was not racing, that the launch ing of a U.S. satellite had not been given top priority because it seemed more desirable to put the major effort on ballistic missiles-weapons. The President added that Sput nik's launching had not increased his anxiety over U.S. security by one iota, which is a way of say ing that it had not increased at all. A public unlearned in science and lacking military knowledge against which to test the security situation attempted to weigh the President's reassurance against houses can be sent by the Am erican people to needy people overseas for Vfc-cent a pound. It's thrilling to realize that for $1 I can share 200 pounds of our harvest with people who will go to bed hungry tonight in more than half the world. And $10 will send a ton of needed food. . I'm giving thanks this season through the American Friends Service committee, 1108 S. E. Grand ave., Portland 14, Ore gon. This Quaker organization distributes surplus food in the spirit of Christian sharing, with out regard to race, creed or pol itical affiliation. Refugees in Austria. Germanv and France; the poverty-strick en of southern Italy; disaster victims in Japan and other needv people around the world will receive food including dried milk, cheese, flour, rice and beans. Will you inform your readers that they may join in sharing our Thanksgiving? Incidentally, gifts sent through AFSC are tax deductible. Bert H. Schmidt. 407 Leverette Bldg. Medford, Ore. r 1 Iwy ' Iff : mm ml Right, Left than Gomulka has effected in his cautious pursuit of independ ence from Moscow. Has Support For Purge Now Gomulka has won the support of his Communist Party C e n t r al Committee, the rul ing body, for a purge of both groups of enemies. There are more than 1,300, 000 members in the Polish Com munist Party. With the backing of the Cen tral Committee, Gomulka in tends to throw out from one-half to two-thirds of them, or up to nearly 700,000. In the unusual divergence from orthodox Communist pract ice which has marked his lead ership, Gomulka in addressing the Central Committee discussed frankly the weaknesses in both the Communist Party and Polish economy. Gomulka said that the Com munist Party had been unable to the expressed astonishment of American scientists. Scientists here and abroad were startled to learn that the Soviet satellite weighed approxi mately 180 pounds, far more tnan the U.S. moon to be placed in orbit next March. If the Com munists could hoist so heavy an object nearly 600 miles above the earth, perhaps they had achieved an engine with thrust to hurl an inter-continental bal listic missile from the Urals to the U.S.A. Sputnik Brush Off The President conceded in his Oct. 9 news conference that the Russians had demonstrated "a very powerful thrust in their rocketry." As interpreted by the President's intimates, however, the administration party line was to brush off Sputnik's im portance. A White House asso ciate Clarence B. Randall" shortly was referring publicly to it as a "silly bauble." Retir ing Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson called the Russian launching a "neat scientific trick." White House Chief of Staff Sherman Adams told a San Fran cisco audience that the United States never was in any Sputnik race- for high score in an outer space basketball game. Democrats and some congres sional Republicans, however, challenged the administration on charges of complacency, mean ing a refusal to consider the im plication that Sputnik had put U.S. and free world security in further question. Vice President Richard M. Nixon was one of those. Nixon warned against a brush-off of the Soviet achievement; called it a grim and timely reminder of Soviet Union industrial and scientific capacity. Portland-Vancouver Jobs Down Slightly Salem HP Employment in the Portland-Vancouver area re mained slightly below 1956 top levels in September, but average earnings of production workers held practically even, the State Unemployment C o m p e nsation Commission said today. About 261,400 persons were employed last month in Clark county, Wash., and Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington coun ties In Oregon. This total, which excludes farm workers, compares with 259,000 in August and 263, 900 a year ago. The average pay check held at $86.72 a week, just about the same as a year ago. State Aeronautics Aide in Hospital Salem OP) Robert W. Dunn, 39, administrative assistant for the State Board of Aeronautics, was in a Salem hospital today for treatment of a collapsed lung. Doctors said the collapse was due to leakage in the lung and would heal itself with time. In Scenic Surroundings C. M. Lnwiller The setting and decor of Lirwiller's beautiful Mountain View funeral and wedding chapel, attracts the attention of the passerby and the admiration of an interior inspection. nf vnv. LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND Ve Never Close Men Go carry out Its functions properly because of disunity, lack of dis cipline, confusion as to policy, and self-seeking. To Keep Present Policies He said that he will continue the present liberalized govern mental policy. This includes the progressive liquidation of col lective farms, to give farmers more freedom, and the In troduction of more private trade instead of state-controlled trade. The singular situation in which Communist Gomulka has the support of the Roman Cath olic Church is still being em phasized. On the day the Central Com mittee met the Warsaw publica tion "Universal Weekly," which is the organ of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, head of the Church in Poland, said: "We must work for a reason able compromise between party and nation. We shall engage our forces in an effort to see that the great national achievements of October (the revolt) are not wasted." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A big question Maybe THE big question: What happened to Zhukov? ZHUKOV KNOWS. Khrushchev knows. A few Kremlin insiders know. The world at large doesn't know. It can only guess. Diplo matic sources in London believ Khrushchev is finally ON TOP. American experts are undecided on the situation, but consider it likely that Zhukov is on the skids. IN RUSSIA there are two su preme powers: 1. The Red Army. 2. The secret police. Khrushchev controls the secret police. Zhukov has controlled the red army. Of the two the army disciplined, skilled in tht trade of war, professionally led and amply armed is the GREATER power. As long as Zhukov con trolled this greater power, Khrushchev was jealous of him, SUSPICIOUS of him. Despotism, you know, brooks no competi tion. So, at the first opportunity, Khrushchev gave Zukov the works. rpHAT is the thinking. The danger is that It Is wishful thinking. We'd better remember that Zhukov is a dedi cated communist. In World War I, he was a private in the" Rus sian army at the beginning. He remained a private until the Bol shevik Revolution. By 1918, less than a year after the revolution, he was the red army's com mander. Our best hope lies in the possi bility that Khrushchev and Zhu kov might bleed communism white in a struggle for personal power. When thieves fall out, honest men may hope to come into their own. TN THIS Khrushchev -Zhukov ruckus if it turns out to be a ruckus our best policy Is to keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best while prepar ing for the worst. Wishful thinking seldom pays dividends. MONEY At Crater Finance you may borrow for any worthwhile purpose on your FURNITURE - AUTO SALARY and repay In. monthly Install ments. You may choose the terms most suitable to you up to 24 months. Leans may be paid in advance or in full at any time Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pine St. Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. 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