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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 3. 1947 (Monday)
Three Medford youths drive
off in a Greyhound bus each
from company's parking lot at
Ninth st. and Central ave.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Bow and
arrow hunters got as wet. and)
hungry as the blunderbus type,
but had no luck They couldn't
even hit a barn."
20 YEARS AGO q
Not. 3. 1937 (Wenesa?)
Stop and go trafrtc lights fr
be installed at East n st, and
Riverside ave., and $&St Wain
O Or finance, governing dricydfc
traffic adopted byj tag) cii COUn-
CU.
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 3, 1927 (Thursday)
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Public 4i,brary authorities con
cerned over the city-, council's
budget for nftjtt year'sVperations
which cuts the library fund re
quest to the same amount as
last year.
After having been known as
the Terminal hotel since its open
ing Sept. 18,1926 on South
Central ave., at the corner of
Eighth st., the hotel is be given
the offical name of Hotel Jack
son. -
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40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 3 (Saturday)
Mass meeting scheduled at
Presbyterian church Sunday, to
provide the right sort of social
contact between citizens of war
camp communities and soldiers.
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Berger
have purchased the Page and
Star theatre from Mr. and Mrs.
George Hunt.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent; five or
six Is good.
1. Which President said,
"Don't flinch, don't fumblend
hit the line hard." U
2. Bible Is Messiah a Hebrew,
Greek or Roman word?
3. Is graphology (tQe study of
graphite, maps, or handwriting?
4. Was Syria a former prov
ince of the old Turkish. Empire?
5. Was Luther Burfefink a fa
mous plant breeder, sculpturer,
or poet?
6. Which man was President
and also a Chief Justice of the
U. S. Supreme Court.
7. Which U. S. President said,
"Let no one falter who thinks
he is right"? t
8. Percheron is the name of a
horse- or cattle - (breed, or a
swine?
9. Will bees sting a person
while he holds his breath?
10. Is the cartoid artery lo
cated in the arms, neck or thigh?
Answers: I. Theodore Roose
velt. 2. Hebrew. 3. Handwriting.
4. Yes. 5. Plant-breeder. 6. Wil
liam Howard Taft. 7. Abraham
Lincoln. 8. Horse. 9. Yes. 10.
Neck.
New Records Reached
In Capital Visitors
Salem (Ut The State Capit
al Guide service continued to
register new records in tourists
during October w-jn 1,253 per
sons signed the gUest book in
the rotunda of the state capitol
compared with 632 fop-ihe same
period last year. W
Secretary of State Mark Hat
field said the special session of
the Legislature may push the
year's total to more than 40,000.
Friday's Senate session drew an
overflow crowd. 1
MAIL TRIBUNE
Politicians Win in Russia
The latest news from
should relieve Secretary
For according to the present "low down" it was
General Zukoffs opposition to political infiltration
of the army that led to his
If that is true and it
far as this country is concerned and other free de
roocracies the danger of World Warlll, is materi
ally reduced.
And after all while communist infiltration is bad
an&jn many quarters on
has been, and is today, that
toould trip over their own
fifid fumble into a world
With their control of
no! so likely, to happen.
SPHERE is another somewhat cheering angle to the
' litest situation. A politically-dominated army is
Irlust in a. 'totalitarian dictatorship m time o
hut gs history frequently demonstrated, if war
breaks out, ahd tht control is not lifted, its effect is
rg?eatly reduced. n
(lso doubt Aikiti Khrushchev, and his pals m the
Kremlin, had the revolution
mgnist state 40 years ago
they recalled' General Zukolf from "hunting junke
to Albania and way-stations.
For it was that revolt
made their uprising and the
his family, possible.
Had either force remained loyal to the empire, the
revolution of 1917, like many preceding it, might wel
have died abornm.
And it wasn't in either
who led that revolt. It was
sailors in the ranks. They
used their guns to shoot their officers, and then march
en masse on Petrograd.
IT seems likely 'that against this background, the
1 Kremlin in secret session assembled, decided to
take no chances.
. There was the popular
miles away, his opposition to political infiltration
61 his army, well known
and Kussia internally and externally in a state of con
siderable unrest and ferment.
Why' not play it safe, and be sure that what hap
pened FOR them 40 years ago, could not happen
AGAINbf them, today or
c
THAT may not beca 100 accurate diagnosis no
one catt be sure of ANYTHING when "the bear
that walks like a man" is
But up-to-date that appears to this department
It) prognosis perhaps fairly
We hope it is anyway.
For with an army controlled, not by trained and
experienced military men
heve, not only the likelihood
War 111 to be less menacing, but if hostilities should
accidentally be started that the effectiveness of their
army so politically controlled would be materially re
duced K.W.K.
Sports Move
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To)Change from a subject we know "little or noth
ing about" to one we know
We have a suspicion that
York Giants to San Francisco, and the Brooklyn
Dodgers to Los Angeles, is
GreateManhattan, than most of us here on the coast
realize.
In both cases the reason given was poor patron
age. And that undoubtedly
But why with all their
lation should neither the
Brooklyn support their ball
be because they were losers. Brooklyn has been at
tne lop or near it ior nearly a aecaae ; ana wniie
the Giants have beeia disappointment to their fans
in the last two or three years, their record ior a gen
eration has been outstanding. Moreover in spite of
their present differences
have always played a fighting and colorful brand of
ball.
o
NO, that can hardly be the
utp. ii iiaii 10 ii tiicii
O Well our guess isit is
as a sportingcenter Manhattan Island has started a
decline.
. And again gazing into
ihe main reason is a change
taste.
TOR example the RESIDENT population on Man-
hattan Island is steadily decreasing. More' and
more New Yorkers are moving to the suburban areas
Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. In "subur
bia" these1 days more and more of the family are in
clined to play golf, tend the garden, shop at the near
est '""super-market" etc., 'etc., than attend ball-games
iR! the city.
"As a result only the dyed-in-the-wool, rabid fans
remaining in town, have attended the ball games reg
ularly and as statistics prove that does not add up to
enough to insure an owner's profit.
Baseball, like any other business of course, has to
show a profit to endure.
JUDGING by the experience of Boston in Mil
waukee, the Giants and
new geographical setup will
Finally, as we view it,
country is movij slowly but
Moving the baseball "czar" from New. York toj
Sunday. November 3, 1957
Russia as this is written
Dulles' mind considerably.
demotion and removal.
sounds reasonable than as
the increase the great fear
theleaders in the Kremlin
inflammatory propaganda
war they really did not wish
the army reinforced this is
that launched their Com
very much in mind when
in the army and navy tha
massacre of the Czar and
department the officers
the common soldiers and
were still armed and they
war-hero, General Zukoff,
and stubbornily adhered to
m the foreseeable future
concerned.
close to the target.
but by politicians, we be
of Russia starting World
Westward
less
the departure of the New
a far more serious blow to
was generally true.
millions in cash and popu
people of New York nor
clubs adequately. It can't
m standings, both teams
cause at least the chief
the fundamental fact, that
the crystal ball, we believe
in population and public
the Doderers," under the
make a profit.
the spoiling center of the
steadily to the west.
Sow svwro at his errnzR. she was a
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Communications
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.
"Parent" Is Answered
To the Editor: Recently you
published a letter from a Med
ford Parent (name on file) criti
cizing the school board, teach
ers, and administrators for their
building needs program and the
manner in which they are pre
senting it to parents and voters
of the school district. I, too, am
a parent and to date am not
aware of any attempt on the
part of my children's teachers
to influence my thinking on
school building needs through
my children.
He states that our property
tax is made up of an estimated
80 per cent school bond taxes
and only 10 per cent for county
and other public services. This
statement is completely false.
This year's school bond taxes
are 1.8 mills. This is 4 per cent
of our school district tax load.
The school bond load in Med
ford this year is only about 2.6
per cent of the total property
tax load, not 80 per cent.
If the writer meant to imply
that the total school tax load
in Medford was 80 per cent of
the total property tax, he is
wrong again. About 62 per cent
of tho tax load eoes to the
schools in this district. Med-
ford's combined school tax is
one of the lowest in the state.
I, too. read the article in the
Reader's Digest, and it was most
interesting to me to note that
Medford school costs are among
the lowest in the nation except
for those in the southern states.
Oregon's average school cost
was $965 per student. Washing
ton's and California's were boin
in excess of $1,300.
He asks what do we have to
say about school plans? Are we
consulted or do we just pay
the bill? All school board meet
ings are open to the public. The
school board and officials have
invited representative groups in
and have conferred with them
before submitting a proposal to
the voters. The school district
has consistently presented vari
ous building proposals, plans,
and changes in the school pro
gram to PTA groups at regular
and special meetings. We have
always found them cooperative
and willing to explain, answer
questions, and accept suggest
ions. Did he attend any of these
meetings and make his questions
and criticisms known?
He also stated that the school
district is having to renovate
and repair buildings constructed
last year. Again, his information
Is in error. The two newest
buildings were constructed
three years ago and school of
ficials informed us that no part
of the proposed bond issue is to
be spent at either Jefferson or
Hedrick schools.
I do agree that more people
should take time to be inter
ested in our schools, their pro
gram, their problems, and the
solutions to the problems. If
he had taken time to obtain
facts on the proposed building
needs and bond issue, he could
not have conscientiously made
the statements or reached the
conclusions stated in his letter.
Mrs. John Schroeder
413 North Columbus Ave.
Medford, Ore.
Chicago is now being seriously considered. When
"pro" football first started
numbered those in the West
. Today it is just the reverse. Total crowds on the
acific Coast are the envy of football "pros" on the
Atlantic seaboard, and the market price for fran
chises out here is steadily rising.
bo it won t be long we
Series will be played at L.A. or San Francisco one
half at least.
ERGO, and to-wit:
To paraphrase the Bishop of Cloyne slightly: .
"Westward the course of the empire of sports,
takes its way! R.W.R,
lcetiw wpwig. rj.f
Be Thankful for T.V.
To the Editor: More on TV!
Some seem to think that the
KBES TV staff consists of one
girl to answer the phone and
one man to run the control.
For their information KBES-TV
has a better than 30-man staff.
If you don't believe it takes
that-many to run a TV station,
why not go out and take a tour.
They are more than happy to
show anyone through the opera
tion.
Does anyone also realize that
they are getting a much higher
percentage of top programs than
most large cities with as many
as 7 or channels? Look up the
record!
If you have poor reception,
try getting your TV adjusted
or a different aerial. We get
good reception at all times ex
cept on some network programs
Perhaps you're one who does
not believe in "cable trouble."
While you are on your tour, you
will notice there is one door
they do ' not open. They can't
The telephone company has the
key. It's a small room full of
wires, tubes and lights of all
sizes, shapes and colors. This
is where the cable comes in. If
you will stop to consider how
many miles, the terrain and the
weather conditions this cable
comes through you will think it
a small miracle we get TV at
all. There is at least one Telco
man on trouble call day and
night. Many times the trouble
lies east of Los Angeles and if
anyone cares to volunteer to
find the trouble, go ahead. The
station technician could twist,
pull and push every button
there before him and it would't
help a bit. Do you think .maybe
he isn't in a sweat trying to
control the board and answer
four telephone lines at the same
time? You should try it some
time and that's exactly what
haDnens every time the TV
flickers after hours when there
is no one in the office to take
the phone.
The program schedule in the
paper is donated by the Medford
Mail Tribune as a public serv
ice. It must be sent in a full
two days ahead of time, which
leaves much time for changes.
The Tribune is usually phoned
in event of change, but if type
is set up who can fuss at public
service? They don't have to
print the schedule at all or
make any changes from week to
week if they so choose.
Be considerate, be patient, be
thankful for what you do have.
Mrs. Marsha Schulz
Rt. 2, Box 257
Central Point, Ore.
Snow Under the Sponsors
To the Editor: In answer to the
letter in Tuesday's Tribune about
why someone didn't offer some
helpful suggestions as to getting
better programming on KBES
TV. rather than just criticizing,
I should like to suggest that if
a good many of the persons in
the KBES-TV viewing audience
would call the station and obtain
th addresses of network spon
sors oi snows xney aesire 10 see,
and then would write these
sponsors asking- for these pro
grams, they might get wonderful
results.
Perhaps many remember, sev
eral years ago, we were asked
to write in about the World
Series and when we did the spon-
the crowds in the East out
two and three to one.
predict before the World
Today and
Tomorrov
By Walter Lippmann
IN THE CRYSTAL BALL
On Tuesday Khrushchev went
to a cocktail party at the Turk
ish Embassy, and there he toast
ed peace exuberantly and
r e p e atedly.
So It looks as
if for the time
being the heat
has been let
out of the
Turkish - Sy
rian crisis.
This will con
firm the opin
ion o f those
who have
Walter Lippmann
been saying that nobody has
been planning to make war on
any one else, and that if ws a
misreading of the game of
power politics to suppose that
Turkey or Syria, that Russia
or the United States, was getUng,
ready to move.
It would, however, fc(B(gferl
ous mistake to conclude, from
this that because war nofe im
pending, the Syrian situation $
not a very serious onfr Syrte
is a dangerous place for thg
world because so much iff at
stake for 11 the great powerC
at a time when the Syrian gov
ernment is weak, unstable, and
not the master of its own house
The controlling fact is that th
Syrian government cannot b
depended upon to maintain it
independence and to hold to
a policy of neutrality. If it could
be depended upon to do this.
Syria would break out of the
vicious circle of great power
politics. Because the govern
ment is weak, the great powers
have all concluded that Syria
will fall either into the orbit
of the Soviet Union or into the
orbit of the United States.
This being the basic problem.
the Syrian plots and counter
plots, abroad and at home, are
full or dynamite. They should
not be monkeyed with by any
one who is not sure that he can
control the consequences.
TF, AS Khrushchev's gestures-
-'at the Turkish Embassy indi
cate, there is to be a lull in the
cold war over Syria, would it
not be the part of wifdom to
regard it as en opportunity to
attempt . fresh stert in thaj
Middle East? If this is to be
done, Mr. Dulles Vill have to
overcome his own obsession
which is reflected in the Eisen.
hower doctrine, tbjt most of the
Arab countries can Ae, or at
least should be, aligned in $
common military front against
ine soviet union.
Mr. Dulles will have to open
his mind to the idea that most
if not all of the Arab countries
do not wish to expel either
Russia or the United States from
the Middle East. It is evident to
them that they have more to
gain from the two great powers
competing than from the ex
clusive influence of either one
of them. If this is correct, and
I have no doubt it is, Mr. Dulles
has no chance to succeed in
the Middle East if he refuses
to accept the fact that the Soviet
Union is a principal power
a power which cannot be ex
pelled and excluded, which
must be balanced and negotiated
with.
IITE SHOULD, it seems to me,
" have it clearly in mind that
we are on the threshhold of a
new situation in regard to the
oil in the Middle East. This is
often taken to mean that the
Arab countries, infiltrated by
the Soviet Union, may attempt
to ruin Western Europe by de
priving it of access to the oil.
Theoretically, that could hap
pen if we take the simple view
that Russia may conquer and
occupy the oil countries. But in
fact, this3 is not likely to happen
since it would precipitate a
world war. What is likely to
happen is that the Arab coun
tries, using Soviet influence as
a lever, will attempt to force
the Western oil companies to a
radical revision of the existing
contracts. The Middle 0Estern
countries have no interest in cut
ting off the export of oil to
Europe. On the contrary, it is
their vital interest that the trade
should continue. What they will
seek, both the oil-bearing coun
tries around the Persian Gulf,
and the transit countries like
Syria and Egypt, is a bigger
share of the profits of the oil
business.
THE time is not far distant
when we should be well pre
pared, first intellectually and
then in ovg diplomacy, for what
lies not far behind the current
events.
(c) 1857 New Yorl Herald
Tribune Inc.
sor -decided to sponsor boxing
here, too. I wrote to this same
sponsor, again thanking them for
the Series this year and received
a very nice letter in return. This
person stated that he would al
ways remember Medford se
cause of the "sea" of letters he
received.
I have also written other spon
sors, and in most cases, received
a very nice letter in return, stat
ing the reasons that the product
did or did not wish to sponsor in
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4- - -
Jim BoJton. tha disttngtilsftrtuS
looking chief of toe I&edfora
Laboratories; last week taceied
a crate of frogs, which: ef ns&4
In some of the tests puiica&eQ
by the lab. fie was uJtvpee&ing
the crate sear ias& If fijg
second-story esta&isni&e&t &&
denly, one or tne Jorcetas s&a
a leap, went sailing tffogfl tft&
window, and 3owK efita t&& Qe
walk below.
Now these frogf eg Soc
$7.50 each, sd Jim weet tesnfie
down the stairs of the ttedic
Center builifing, & feteigift i
He caught; ug WtS on SigfJ
st., and bent, ovee & gi6& ife up.
The frog, pgreHUj uarSi
by its faU, leapt ewa. tJu gu
sued. Each fcm fea'd est) ua, to
it, the ftog ejwulfl Ju.
This) West; eft $11 $g gag) ug,
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Importance of (fijieniif) note:
President Eisenhower is be
lieve to be ready to launch a
(great new crusade to reawaken
America to science.
This could mean mobilizing
the entire nation . . . the fed
eral government, the states,
local communities and the aver
age citizen .... to a new con
centration on scientific learning
and achievement.
He is sQd to be deeply con
cerned abou'i Soviet SCIENTI
FIC gain)
WHY IS he concerned?
He9e 9re some challenging
figures:
According to the education
department of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
Russia has 350,000 science and
math teachers in her secondary
schools (grades 5 to 10) as
part of e "crash" program under
which students are studying
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. six days
a week. The U.S. has onlydUO
000 science and math teachers
in high schools (grades 9 to 12)
The Russians have an esti
mated 1V4 million engineers and
scientists, including technicians
and medical doctors. In order
to catch up with Russia, accord
ing) to the U.S. Chamber's fig
ures we need 200,000 more.
CENTURY and a half ago
that anight not have meant
much. We were busy then con
quering and settling and devel
oping (b raw new world. Brawn
and courage were then more im
portant than scientific research,
Now science including mathe
matics, which is the handmaiden
of science is ALL-important.
In the world of the future, the
nation that lags behind in sci
entific research will fall behind
in EVERYTHING including
the comforts, the welfare and
the SECURITY of its people.
BEDAZZLED by the achieve
ments of our mass production
techniques, in which we surpass
the rest of the world, we Amer
icans have permitted ourselves
to become cocky. We have al
lowed ourselves to fall into the
delusion that we can do EVERY
THING better than ANYBODY
else.
Sputnik shocked us rudely.
It taught us that OTHER peo
ple are surpisingly smart.
A LONG that line, there is an
Vnteresiing straw in the news
winds oitoday.
Two young CHINESE-Amer-
can scientists have been award
ed the Nobel prize for physics
Dr. Tsung Lee of Columbia uni
versity and Dr. Chen Yang of
Princeton received the $40,000
prize for their discoveries about
the behavior of the tiny part
icles that make up the atom.
The Noble prize for chemistry
went to Sir Alexander Todd,
Scotch-born professor of organic
chemistry at Cambridge univer
sity in England for his studies
of the fundamental procftses of
life.
It is true that the two Chi
nese-Americans are AMERI
CANS. They have thrown in
their lot with us. But they
CAME to us from China. Their
ORIGINS lie beyond our bord
ers. They furnish further proof
that OTHER peoples are smart.
THIS is a disturbing thought:
In our sphonls. in renpnt
(facades, have we laid too much
stress or rah-rah stuff (includ
ing, perhaps, athletic prowess),
have we included too many
mF , t X
snap courses, nave we piacea
too little insistence on the tough
BASICS that in the world of to
morrow are goiri? to be so TER
RIBLY important? u
I can't help thinking it would
do us no harm to do some soul-
searching along that line. ,
this area. I rather imagine that
if many of hese tympanies
would receive a number of letters
requesting their program, they
might think it would be worth
their while to sponsor such a
program on KBES-TV.
Let's get busy, obtain these
addresses and snow the spon
sor under another sea of letters!
It just might get results.
Mrs. Tom Robnett,
2350 Meadows lane,
Medford, Ore.
& 09 Sorqer of Central ave.,
t&eft dui8 on Central almost the
lull filotgfS) crowds gathered to
w8tfc grey-haired, bespec
t8clea tg:hnician, clad in a white
lnBofgtory nock, chasing the
'e-Jftorou fr( from leap to leap.
S?aSlly, Jim got his hands on
right ia front of the
Cgnteal ye. entrance to the
U. national bank. At that mo-
m&ni th gpor opened and a
eomsri bank patron stepped out.
$J lodged down in amazement
t tl man and frog crouched
before her. She drew herself up
an declared: "WELL . . . !!"
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fieposing on the desk of Po
lice Chief Charles Champlin
ridsfy morning was a large
gumpkjn which officers had
j4ceii up from the street
rhgrgit had been left by cele
brating) Halloweensters. Re
ports indicate the officers
?Js too tired out by their big
night even to carve a face in it.
Policemeg) are traditionally
tolerant of young people's activ
ities Halloween, just so long as
they don't damage property or
create too much nuisance. But
there comes a point ...
Like Thursday night when a
couple of youngsters started
soaping the outside of the police
station window. The desk ser
geant dashed out the rear door
and nabbed them. The boys, ob
viously fearing a night in the
poky, immediately started wash
ing the soap off the window, and
we are told th when they fin
ished it was cleaner than before
they started marking it up.
On another occasion the same
night, a patrol car stopped a car
load of guilty-looking young peo
ple on a routine check. One of
the boys sneaked around and
soaped the patrol-car windows.
The officers had an answer for
that one, too. They just held the
girls in the party in "custody"
until the boys had washed the
windows of the car.
And, as sometimes happens,
a small tot out making trick
or treat rounds, got confused
as to where home was. A
friendly officer gently escorted
her from door to door looking
for her proper place. Practical
ly everywhere they went, both
child and officer received Hal
loween treats, although one
householder was heard io re
mark he thought the officer
was sort of big for that sort
of thing.
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And one last Halloween-police
tale this one about Officer
Gerald Butler who turned cow
boy when reportscame in of two
calves which were munching
flowers and shrubs in some
body's front yard.
He herded them back into the
pasture from whichfthey came.
A high school girl recently
had an errand in the M-T
newsroom, and came diffident
ly in. After her business was
completed, she explained she'd
been a bit afraid for fear she'd
hbe "thrown out," or that no
one would have time to talk
to her. She added that her im
pression of newspaper people
had come from TV and mov
ies. We were happy to explain
that, TV and movies to the
contrary, we're really human
down here, too.
A subscriber called In last
week to report that one of the
little "filler" items, used to plug
a small hole at the bottom of a
column of type, stated that Cra
ter Lake has never frozen over.
That was wrong, he said. .
Darn right it's wrong. It was
only a few years ago that that
event happened, and we had a
big picture of it on Page 1. Need
less to say, the "filler" came to
us from an eastern syndicate,
and the error somehow escaped
the eye of the editors.
Our sympathies go to our
Eagle Point correspondent.
Laura McFall. With some news
items last week she included
a note which said, "Due to
nine in my-iamily having flu,
I was unable to have all my
items ready . . ."
A plaintive note' from one of
our reporters states that on Tues
day morning last week he saw
small, silver-covered Christmas
tree in a store window. It was
surrounded by Halloween mask?,
treats and stuff. , ,
"Isn't this rushing the season
little too much?" he asked.
After all, the parade and street
decorations aren't due yet."
They are scheduled for two
weeks before Thanksgiving.
Russia's Sputnik has had its
effect on the world of toyland.
A nearby window is crammed
with space stations, rockets,
spacemen, and so on.
Mayor John Snider promised,
the other night, to try to get the
salaries of members of the plan
ning comai4ssion doubled next
budget tinj.
That won't do much good, of
course, tor double nothing and
you stm get nothing. Members
of the council, other city boards
and commissions, and the mayor
himself, receive the same salary.
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