Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 06, 1957, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text0 o o 0 O O FOUR MEDFORD (OMK50N) "Everyone to Southern Oreron Read The Mall Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North rir St. Phone 2-g41 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC Al l FN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bt Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8.00 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. fehadv Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday One year $18.00 Daily and Sunday One month liO Carrier and Dealers 10c per cony, ui rerms uasn in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County Cnited rTess Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPAN7. INC Offices In Nrw York Chicago, de troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAFt PUBllSHEIf ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITOIlAi AS0CU'H6 issnnsMnasi Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Hiory from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Not. 6. 1947 (Thursday) Arrangements through which l Salvation Army offices in Oregon and Idaho will become agents for the Cooperative for American Remittances to Eur ope, better known as CARE, are announced. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: " "Outdoor men of the valley, braced for the icy grip of winter, are now dressed to drop everything, and go skiing any minute." 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 6, 1937 (Sunday) A sermon on "Let Us Have Peace" will be preached at the special Armistice day service at 11 a.m. today in the First Pres byterian church, sponsored by the Jackson county chapter of . the Disabled American Veterans of f5 World War. Election of a director will be held next Tuesday for the first division of the Medford Irriga tion district. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 6, 1927 (Sunday) , - Frontier Days celebration, sponsored by the American Le gion and the Lions club, will be held four nights beginning next Wednesday. Prospects for building a Blue Ledge mine railroad, and devel- opment of tributary territory is nearer consumation than at any . other time, according to local citizens. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 6, 1917 (Tuesday) , CaptainOI. L. Applegate of Klamath Falls, widely known pioneer citizen and stock deal- , er of southern Oregon, sells his stock ranch of 800 acres across the line in California' and flock of sheep to Murphy brothers for " $35,000. Recent change in train sched ules inaugurated by Southern Pacific railroad has played hav oc with the Medford post office O in handling mail, officials said. WhaS's Your I.Q.T Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Name the author of "The Corftpleat Angler". 2. What sport is conducted at Bowie, Maryland. O 3. Bible. Was Noah the son of Seth, Enoch or Methuselah? 4. What name is the first sig nature on the Declaration of In dependence? . O 5. Juan D. Peron was Presi dent of which South American Republic? 6. The forsythia normally blooms in the spring, or fall? 7. "Half nelson" is a term used in which sport? 8. The last State to be added to the Union was Oklahoma, Arizona, or New Mexico? 9. Is "shan't" a formal contra ct diction of shall not? 10. "A fool and his money are soon'' what said George Buchanon, tutor to James VI of Scotland, on winning a wager? Answers: 1. Ixaak Walton. 2. Horse racing. 3. No. Lamech. 4. John Hancock. 5. Argentina. 6. In the spring. 7. Wrestling. 8. -Arizona (Feb. 14. 1912). 9. No. .It .is. a , colloquialism. 10. "part ed." MAIL TRIBUNE Can We Do It? Scientific achievement seems to snowball on itself. The more discoveries, that are made, it seems, the more there are "set up" for discovery. The steam engine was about the only really mod ern scientific device in existence a century ago. Short ly before or after the turn of the century, the tele graph, the telephone, electric lights, the internal com bustion engine, then the automobile and airplane were developed. Kadio came soon thereafter, and then television. All these things so commonplace to us today : have been deyeloped within the lifetime of men now living. IITE READ somewhere not long ago a vivid descrip- tion of how tiny is the era of scientific discovery. Imagine, it said, all of mankind's pre-history exist ence as the Empire State Building. On top of this place a coin, which can then represent the period of record ed history. And on the coin paste a postage stamp, fc-hich can represent the scientific age. This "postage stamp" era in time represents more than the advances in mechanics and physics, too, for with it have 'come tremendous accomplishments in medicine, in chemistry, biology, astronomy, ecology, geology, electronics, and in their branches and re--lated sciences. Today, with "Sputniks" whizzing through the skies, with the first "moon-shot" presumably being readied, with the vast and significant potentials of electromagnetism being investigated, with the tre mendous power sources of solar and nuclear energy almost within reach, it almost seems we are at the beginning, rather than at a scientific peak. "IITE WOULD rest easier at night if all this exciting, terrific and almost terrifying surge of invention, discovery and development had awaited the time when mankind had achieved greater maturity. For the sad fact seems to be. that our technical achievements have far outstripped our achievements in culture, in understanding, in politics and govern ment, and in the things of the spirit. Russia, despite her seeming dominance in physi cal science today, is no further along politically than were the Assyrians who "came down like the wolf on the fold." This is dramatically demonstrated by the "dog eat dog" demotion of Zhukov in the same week that the Soviets told of their plans to fire a rocket to the moon. IN AMERICA, we haxe prided ourselves on our po litical stability, based on human rights and.main- tained through a complicated governmental structure of checks and balances. ( In the main, and with some notable exceptions, that pride is well-founded. .? . It is this accomplishment the delicate balance of government and freedom which sets the "free" world apart from the totalitarian world. It has been more successful in some places, and at some times, than at others. By its very nature, however, it cannot be imposed on others from without, as totalitarian systems can. "IIE ARE thus faced with an almost insoluable di v lemma in this first century of the scientific age. We pride ourselves on being men and women of peace and good will, but we cannot force others into the same mold. We are faced with a dangerous, unscrupulous, un predictable and powerful enemy. We are rapidly even losing the right to leadership of the "free" world because of our own deficiencies in guaranteeing justice and equality to all of our own people. We are losing preeminence in science because of lack of resolute and far-sighted leadership, and our national insistence on luxuries and gadgets and toys. fAN America rise to the greatness which is called for today? We believe it can. But it cannot do so unless it is willing to work, and sacrifice, and make the effort necessary to earn back the respect and admiration of the world. , Derogatory remarks about "one-worlders" implies that there is more than one world. But there isn't, and both the free and non-free areas exist on the same planet. If we are to escape destruction, we are going to have to find a way for them to get along. And finding this way is not going to be accom plished by worrying too much about what the new cars are going to look like, or panting to know what Sergeant Bilko or Ed Sullivan or Rin Tin Tin will do. It's going to take some real, old-fashioned and painful thought about who is fit to lead us back to greatness, and what we have to offer the world both in physical science and in the art and science of free government and justice for all. E.A. Speculation At this stage, it is purely speculation, but there is a chance that a Russian rocket is on its way to the moon, and the added chance that it may land there early Thursday morning the 40th anniversary of the Russian revolution. And here's more speculation: There is a total eclipse of the moon that morning, and what better time could the Russians brilliant explosion on the lot better when the moon lit by the sun. The Russians deny it. we're still tempted to climb out of bed about 4 :45 a.m. tomorrow and venture into the cold just to look at the old moon in eclipse before it sets over the western Bills, EA. Wednesday, November 8, 1957 choose to set off a big and moon? It would show off a was dark than when it was But if there are no clouds, I NSED ANOnm HAVE 'lC7RfC )A Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the rama 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. U.S.A. is Too Lax To the Editor: As a whole we of America are a proud people. Our ancestors, the pioneers, trod across desert, rivers and moun tains facing such hardships as weather, poverty, hunger and Indians. They sacrificed much for survival in a country offer ing many freedoms. One of which they were enjoying when searching for homesteads of their dreams. They walked with their heads up seeing hope in the fu ture and fulfillment to their dreams. Today we walk with our heads up and what do we see? "Sput nik." Sputnik represents a tremen dous scientific development. To Russia it represents leadership in space, to our Allies it repre sents a question of alliance, to some Americans u means des pair. Why is Russia ahead of the U.S.? My opinion arises from my difference of opinion with the article appearing in the Medford Mail Tribune Nov. 4, about the so-called "animal lovers" pro testing use of a dog in Sputnik. This is a characteristic of Americans. Other traits include humor, big heartedness and an easy-going way. We are too lax. We are too soft. We must face up to the fact that "Sputnik" is a reality of national concern, not a subject of controversy by "dog lovers". While we have lost our pres tige as world top-ranking politi cal and scientific nation, thou sands of so-called "animal lov ers" are worrying about the in humane treatment of one dog. We put hundreds of dogs to "sleep" every day, but have we sent many rockets to outer space? We are too lax with our money, our , educational pro gram and our potential scien tific power. The only way that we may win back our prestige and faith from our allies is to face up to the facts, sacrifice. for survival. Dale Foresee, Junior at Medford High School, 2814 Crater Lake Hwy., t Medford, Ore. Friendly City To the Editor: We are com paratively newcomers in Med ford, and like some of the others that have been writing, in re gard to the T.V. programs.-must confess we have been a little disappointed with some of the programs, too. We are older people, just re tired and find our evenings long, and look forward to spending a part of them watching a good T.V. program. We were here a couple of years ago, and used to enjoy watching Groucho Marx and some of the good musicals, and were disappointed when we found he was no longer being shown. We especially like the Lawrence Welk and "This is your Life," but they come on so late at night, that we seldom get to see them. We shall be patiently waiting and hoping that some good spon sor will come along and see fit to put Groucho Marx back on, along with Twenty-One, and The $64,000 Challenge. We realize it costs a lot to put these pro grams on, but they do contrib ute to help build better com munities, and give the young people a chance to learn while being entertained. We thank you for the pro grams we already have and just want to say we find Medford a friendly little city. Florence and Ira Tomlinson 325 Chestnut st. Medford, Ore. U.S. Should Wake Up To the Editor: Why . can't we wake up to the fact that our economy is what causes all of our trouble? We are living in the atomic age with an ox cart economy. We had W.P.A., P.W.A., C.C.C. and what have you, until we had Pearl Harbor then Korea, then the Cold War. We are a second rate nation today and God only knows what we will be tomor PBOPLB DON'T KNOW J" row, if we don't wake up to the facts. There is an abundance on this North American continent for every man, woman and child to have, and how many of us have it? There is never full employ ment, why? Food stuffs piled up rotting while people walk the streets hungry. Does that make sense? Now we are using "Sputnik" to intensify the Cold War. We have got to have some kind of war to prop up our obsolete economy. We should lead the world in social change rather than retard it. Check the encyclopedia (Am ericana) and see what it says about Technocracy. That wiU stop Communism in its tracks, also the mentally ill that would destroy the world and themselves rather than give up this lousy profit system, that has been obsolete for years. Ray Prichard 213 West Main st. Medford, Ore. Don't Shoot the Professor To the Editor: I've been read ing the comments, (mostly com plaints) about our local T.V. sta tion, K.B.E.S., and its staff. I wonder what these people had to gripe about before we were for tunate enough to have TV? I'm sure there was something. Any one who is nasty enough to cri ticize and belittle some one who is doing the best they can (under the circumstances) doesn't have good control of themselves, character or tongue. I've lived near Medford for two years (having moved from California) and I also viewed television there. They too had station troubles, etc., and perhaps pro grams that everyone didn't care to see, but I'm glad to say that I didn't see any nasty letters or remarks in the papers trying to slander them. Bless those who take things as they come whether good or bad and keep their vain opinions to them selves. . ' May I say too that if you, who are so dissatisfied with our K.B.E.S are so fed up, why don't you just turn off your set and your tongue and let the rest of us enjoy watching TV and read ing our paper without seeing these nasty remarks from you? OK? It's been said it is so easy for someone who doesn't have children, to tell those who do have children how, to bring them up, etc. Well the same ap plies here. You are not at the station even helping bring about the programs we do get, so please lay off those who are. They are doing the very best they can. Are you? A. E. Felder Route 2, Box 80 Central Point, Ore. ike Not To Visit Great Britain This Year London Wh , President Eis enhower will not . visit Britain this year, it was announced to day. The President is scheduled to go to Paris for a North Atlantic Treaty organization meeting next month and had been expect ed to stop over in London be fore or after the meeting. However, an announcement is sued here said that if the Pres dinet came to England it would have to be on a state visit. It added that Mrs. Eisenhower's state of health does not. at the moment allow her to undertake such a visit with the President. 1953 BUICK Special 4 Door Tutone blue and white radio heater new seat covers excellent tires $QQ COO plus standard transmission W LEA MOTORS 5th at Bartlett Reappraisal Under Way on U.S. Policies Toward Poland, Tito By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The United States is review ing its policy toward Europe's two "independent" Communist countries. In both in stances, the review con cerns econo mic aid. Poland, which under its Communist leader Wlady slaw Gomulka is fighting to Charles M McCann pursue its "separate road toward "Socialism," is likely to get im portant new credits soon. But aid to Yugoslavia may be chopped down because of Presi dent Tito's recognition of the Editorial Comment S.P. ACCUSED OF "MURDER" The "Friendly" Southern Pa cific operators were certain its passenger operation in Southern Oregon was going to fail because they deliberately murdered it. The "Friendly" Southern Pa cific has stoutly maintained that its passenger service involved a tremendous loss. But would pas senger service pay its way if decent facilities and schedules were to be maintained? Any business operator can lose money if he deliberately refuses to recognize the needs of his customers, if he stocks only out moded merchandise, uses anti quated sales methods, and de liberately chases patrons away. That is exactly what the South ern Pacific did with its passen ger business in Southern Ore gon. As soon as the Natron Cut off was in operation, the "Friend ly" Southern Pacific set out de liberately to kill off passenger business m this area. The Southern Pacific claims passenger Dusmess won t pay and gives all kinds of arguments to back up its claims. Some Ore gon newspapers have accepted the railroad company's allega tions. Here m Southern Oregon we know that the Southern Pa cific Company, instead of trying to give service, deliberately and determinedly, did everything possible to rid itself of passenger service. Passenger business is not as profitable as freight business Every railroad would like to dis pose of its passenger trains. Handling passengers is a head ache." Most railroads, however, recognize 1 responsibility to the areas from which they collect freight revenue and, through better facilities and service, try to keep passenger operation from being a deficit activity. Who knows whether a mod ern, convenient and comfortable passenger service by the South ern Pacific in Southern Oregon would be profitable? It has nev er been tried. We believe we are at least entitled to a reasonable experiment. Roseburg News Review. PUBLICITY AS AlPENALTY Newspaper publicity is to many law violators a worse penalty than fine or imprison ment. The editor of a newspaper constantly is begged to withhold news of arrests and convictions. He hears heartbreaking tales of the sure effects of publication death to an invalid mother, loss of employment, disgrace to tiny children, etc., and etc. Seldom does the editor hear any expres sion of repentence, sorrow for the offense or protest of the penalty. Many offenders fear only the publication of the news of their arrest and punishment. It is the duty of a newspaper to publish the news. The trite description usually accompany ing such statement is "without fear or favor." It has been the policy of The News-Review that every arrest of record, other than simple drunk charges (not involving drung driving, being drunk in a public place or on a public highway) are published as a matter of news. We discon tinued some time ago the publi cation of simple drunk cases, chiefly because the report in volved quite generally the same offenders. Repetition ceases to become news. , We do not identify juvenile offenders unless the names are released to us specifically for publication by the court or by other privileged authority. At times juveniles have been ident ified at the request of the police as a means of discouraging repe tition of the offenses by others. An exception is found in cases involving traffic violations. Juve niles, when granted a license to drive, assume an adult responsi bility and deserve adult treat ment,, in our opinion. Roseburg News-Review. Phone SP 2-6185 East German puppet regime. A Polish mission opened nego tiations in Washington last week for credits of up to $205 million, largely in surplus agricultural products and machinery needed for industrial development. But James W. Riddleberger, U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia, has been ordered back to Bel grade from a special tour of duty in Washington to try to find out just where Tito is heading. In the view of Washington of ficials, Tito has been a little too friendly toward Soviet Russia in recent weeks. That does not mean that there is any belief that Tito will again put himself under Russian dom ination. He is too smart for that. But where he is supposed to be preserving a balance between Russia and the United States, the balance has tilted toward Moscow. Poland tried to get $300 mil lion in aid from the United States earlier- this year. After long negotiations, aid totaling $95 million was granted in June. Now Poland is trying to get the remaining $205 million. About everything that Go mulka has done in recent months indicates his determina tion to keep Poland free from Russian domination. He is also making some dras tic changes in domestic economic policies. It is considered certain that In the Day's News By FRANK Sputnik No. 2, already dubbed MUTnik, because it carries a dog dominates the news today as it should. It is no mere 'propa ganda flash in the pan. It is serious business. Borrow ing for the moment the vivid and expressive language yot the poker table, it gives us plenty of cause to look gravely and ap praisingly at our hole card. THIS new earth satellite weighs somewhat better than a half a ton if the Russian figures are to be accepted and there seems no good reason to doubt them. Ability to shoot an object of that size and weight out into space implies that the Russians have a rocket with an immense amount of push. It suggests that they may have a new fuel that is better than any fuel we pres ently possess. Russia's ability to lob its huge satellite into its orbit, some 1000 miles from the earth, makes it rather plain that the Soviet scientists have been able to de vise a disturbingly good GUID ANCE system. All this makes it appear that the Kremlin wasn't uttering idle boasts when it. claimed imme diately after the launching of Sputnik No. 1 that it already has an accurate intercontinental ballistic missile. At any rate we would be more foolish than the Foolish Virgins if we attempted to laugh the two sputniks off. THIS is the BIG question: tp1 t.bA Pnccianc Viaxro in tercontinental ballistic missiles capable of being guided to the United States and hitting an ex act target in our country HOW MANY OF THEM DO THEY HAVE? The No. 2 question: If they have only one such missile a prototype HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM TO MAKE MORE? Specifically, how long will it take them to make enough of these missiles to destroy the United States at one fell blow? For if they are to gain their objective, they MUST destroy us at one fell blow not only continental United States but ALL of our worldwide system of bases. Otherwise, enough of our bombers will be left to take off immediately and in retaliation destroy or seriously cripple the Soviet Union. THAT is where we come in Out rofnr1 ae cnintistc Is good, but not overwhelming. Our talent lies in MASS PRODUC TION. Given the right thing to produce, we have demonstrated in two worfd wars that we can produce it faster and in -greater volume than ANYBODY ELSE ON EARTH. Russia has in her immediate past a startling demonstration of A STEADFAST PURPOSE to serve every family accord ing to their dictates, and financial means, has made possible the success of this organization for more than twenty-two years. C. M. Litwiller Wedding Chapel by appointment at any hour, call MU 5-4541 LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close "It is than before long Gomulka will an nounce the abolition of compul sory deliveries of agricultural products to the government. Accepts Recommendation He has accepted a recommen dation by an official economic council for big changes in econo mic planning and management. These recommendations involve the granting of a great measure of freedom to Polish industries to run their own business with out interference. As for Tito, there is no longer any doubt that he committed a serious blunder when he recog nized the East German puppet regime last month. In doing that, Tito gave valuable support to Russia. He enraged the West German government, which immediately broke off diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia. He also antag onized the United States, be cause the recognition was a dan gerous precedent which might be followed by other countries and thus make it harder to bring about the reunification of Ger many. . "West Germany had threat ened that it would break rela tions if Tito accorded the recog- nition. But it is clear now that ' Tito didn't believe it. He also was quite surprised at the angry reaction from Washington. Now he may pay for his action by losing- some military and economic aid. JENKINS the immense practical value of this outstanding talent of the American people. It was our ability to produce weapons in fantastic quantities with fabu lous speed that SAVED RUSSIA when she was attacked by Hit ler. Russia, in that emergency, supplied the cannon fodder, but we supplied to her the weapons that made her manpower effec tive. rTttTAT brings us back to the - big question: If Russia has intercontinental guided missiles capable of reaching a given tar get in America, how many of them does she have? If she has enough of them to suit her purpose, we'll find it out pretty quickly. If she hasn't enough, our job is to build these ultra-modern weapons faster than Russia can build them, mean while depending on our bombers and our far-flung bases to handle the situation in the interval. Clothing Fire Fatal To Brovnlee Worker Baker (IP) Joe Grant, 64, Mountain View, Mo., died in a Baker hospital Tuesday of burns suffered when his clothing caught fire at the Brownlee dam construction site on the Snake river Moniiay night. Grant, a .worker, had built a warming fire in a five-gallon can. It was not known how his clothing caught aflame, Baker County Coroner Thad Beatty said. Beatty reported over 90 per cent of the man's body had been burned. 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. 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