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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,
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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.
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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
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"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.
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