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o o n o o FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) o "Iveryor in outbsrn Orssot Rrnria Th. kVI TiHhnna" tublnft Csjpjy Except Saturday M -JCroRD PRINTING CO .CE7 North Fir tt Phons 1-S141 GERAl.D LTH Bineas anar EAR I H tlMUC TJih HARRy CHIKMA5 le.es: upn aVUtaar itiAij jtwt.il sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord Oregon under Act f Marcn 3. 1897 Daily and Sunday Six months 8.00 jduy sua aunaay i nree mot ounud y vmy- una year Bv Carrier Tn Arivano - Mvm4 Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. &naoy cove Rogue River. Talsnt flnH nn mntnt ntt&. Dally and Sunday One month ISO -rrier ana ueaiers luc per copy Ail lerma Cash In Advance Cm icial Pinir of th ntv f ii.rt mciai raper of Jackton County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Offices in New York Chicago, ae- jjait. san rTancisco. LOa Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlaaxz U Vancouver. B.li NtWf PAFIK PUIMSHftS ASSOCIATION AT 10 MA I 0 1 T 0 1 1 A t Flight o' Time MedSord ind Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 $ear ago. 1 Yt&RS GO Dfc.; 1947 (Tuwday) Shiriff Howard Gault declares thef will be "no charge In. en forcement" of gambling laws; District Attorney George W. Neilson States in regard to slot machines that free games only W) permitted. ftom Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Older Girl complain the Yule trees pdSf.ed near parking meters are moulting and get white specks cfger their downtown dresses." 29 f Ri .GO &e.(S. 137 (Thursday) .4) i Special meeting, the city council authorize aple of two lo on the ast side of North Central ave. near Third st. to Apostolic Faith mission and one In th Gam block to W. E. Thoma manager of the Oregon and rfiiington Mortgage Com paq. Only g few turkey raisers at tended meeting of Butchers local 503, Amalgamated Meat Cutters, In Eagles hall, union execu tives report. o 30 YESRS GO Dp. $ 1927 (Friday) A letter has been sent to the public service commission by Ralph Cowgill, regarding refusal to deny the recent increase in ater rates on the Hopkins lat-g-al ditch. O It was recommended today ihat Dave Rosenberg be appoint ed to 11 the place on the Med ford Irrigation district board of directors left vacant by the death of E. G. Coleman of Phoenix. 40(yE$RS AGO Dgfc. 9, 1917 (Monday) Sugar bowl to be abolished from hotels of Oregon in order to conserve sugar supply of the nation, it was announced at the intent convention of the State Hotelmen's association. From Local and Personal col umn: "We don't know yet where we are going, but we are rarin' (to get to the front," said Private Sirtsrnas Spooner of the Seventh corSpany today. Dbafs Your I.Q.7 .seven or eight to excellent: five or U is gooa 1. The prairie dog is a small, large, or medium-sized dog? 2. Bible: The period from "be trayal" to the burial of Jesus embraces events of 1, 2 or 3 days? 3. Which countries comprised the Central Powers during World War I? Which state is nicknamed "Gardg State?" 5. re zebras dark colored (ghimals with light stripes? 6. Who said, "No man is born an artist nor an anglor?" 7. UNO Security Council ses sions are interpreted to the As sembly in how many languages?" 8. Is e turkey buzzard a tur key? 9. Name the "Big Three'" auto manufacturers. 10. Which Chief Justice was known as "Silver .Heel?" Answers: 1. No. It is a ground squirrel. 2. One (18 hours) day. 3. Austria. Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey. 4. New Jersey. 5. No. Light colored, with dark stripes. 6. Izaak Walton. 7. Four. English. French. Russian and Spanish. 3. No. It is a vulture. 9. General Motors, Ford. Chrysl er. 10. John Marshall. MAIL TRIBUNE Citizens A psychiatrist, speaking last week at the annual meeting of the American Municipal league, told the mayors of the nation's biggest cities that it is time that "Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public" get "back into the act, and run the cities He said that citizens are being "shunted to the sidelines," and that decisions are being taken over by a handful of civic officials. THE good doctor may have a point, all right as far as big cities are concerned. And, to be truthful, there is also a trend that It is true only because the operation of a city is becoming more and more a matter for professionals career men who have made city administration their specialty and' their life work. But this does not mean Q." have necessarily abdicated all responsibility, all authority, or all thought operated, or no longer take an interest m it. IN MEDFORD, for instance, the day-to-day decisions of city administration are and his staff. The month - policy decisions are made But the ultimate direction of a city, its temper and its atmosphere, are determined by the citizens. This ultimate control by their votes for mayor votes on bond issues and relationships with the professional staff and the elected officials, both in informal contacts and in public hearings and at council meetings. The doctor is right if generally no longer worry operation. But he is wrong if he thinks they ignore the long-run welfare of their cities. E.A. Industrial Park People in Grants Pass are to be complimented on the steps they have taken to establish an "In dustrial Park." We wish them success in its develop ment and use. It is an example in cooperation, for the county court had a role to play; so and so did the chamber have now is an area (the north of town) which is ideally situated for light in dustry. It has been taken m and sewer connections can o protect both the industries which may come there and the nearby residential K EN HICKS, editor of says of the park : "Here is an example of civic enterprise and a demon stration of what can be accomplished when citizens work together toward a common objective. The Industrial Park idea had its inception when residents of this community faced up to the urgent need for new industries and pay rolls, to take up the slack resulting from a decline in the lumber industry." Another factor in the project was Justin G. Schnee- man, operator of a successful electronics plant in California, who by chance Pass several years ago, fell who now has built a home there. He also proposes to bring part of his electronic operations to Grants Pass, using a five-acre tract in the new industrial park site. TTHE project shows promise of success, and could A make a great difference in the future of Grants Pass and our neighboring county. And it also tends to bear out what Don McNeil, of the Jackson county chamber, has long maintained that of the many benefits of the tourist industry, not the least is the opportunity to attract permanent resi dents who will make major contribution to the econ omy of the area. E.A. Food For The Gods It is a mouth-watering thing to do to walk down the bright and tempting corridors of the modern super market. Delectables of all sorts beckon on both sides. Exotic foods from distant lands stand on the same shelf as familiar American brands. Solid cuts of meat vie with more ethereal viands in tempting the eye and the taste-bud. TITE were pleasantly engaged thus one day last week when our eye chanced to light on a potato. Some quirk of memoiy flashed us back to the day we ate the tastiest morsel of food in our life. It was a potato.. But wThat a potato ! Preliminaries had included the construction of a dug-out, consisting of a 1-foot wide trench dug a dozen feet into a hillside, roofed with rough boards, and covered with a foot of dirt. A "fireplace" was carved in one dirt wall, and a hole provided for the smoke to escape upward. "THEN a fire, of sorts, was built. A potato was swiped from the back porch. It was covered with a half inch of mud, and dropped into the coals. We all sat in our dugout, eyes smarting from the smoke which never seemed to. find the vent hole, hungry, and proud from our labors and waited. First the mud dried. Then it cracked. Then it baked into a hard, brick-like crust. When, finally, we could wait no longer, we raked it from the coals, broke off the dried mud, dug through the charred crust, and came upon the fluffy, mealy, steaming interior. We sat on the ground, dirty of face and hand, eyes streaming from smoke-caused tears, tired and tri umphant, and with giant dollops of butter and salt ate the potato. It was fit for the gods. E.A. Monday. December 9. 1957 and Cities m which they live. way in smaller cities. that "Mr. and Mrs. John of how a city should be made by the. city manager by - month and longer-range by the city council. is exercised in many ways and councilmen ; by their continuing levies; by their he maintains that citizens themselves with details of did the city government, of commerce. What they site of the old airport just to the city so that water be made, and will be zoned areas. the Grants Pass Courier, happened onto Grants in love with the area, and '!&vL3fr B"9 nts r-unniN hwhj ttvjrn Matter of Fact THP WPBST VET Riyadh, Saudi Arabia This old desert capital, where the me most expensive air condition' ing and the most absolute Orien- A 1 i Idl lilUilctrCIl.Y co-exist in the same palaces. is a good place to reflect on the promise to champion the Arabs asainst Israel, which the Soviets have already Joseph aisod secretlv marie. It is a Pnnti nlnn i baudi Arabia on n. uiauiatll;diiy sums up the vulnerability of all the Arab shrewd, ruthless and carefully Timor! Tinur o : i n ouviei maneuver. Outwarril , v.wj i.uuiii.1 .y 15 me least vulnerable of all. The old Arabian triha so rapidly dissolved in a flood u" money mat great future changes are obviously inevit able. But in the ncont tr: Saud is still absolute. He is also more than wisp nnmierVi that the Soviets and their al lies- oi- convenience, "Egypt's President Nasser and Syria's Ak ram Hourani, are at heart his mortal enemies. Hence. Kine Sanri v, ij uieiveu inp partincr ka7 ; - - - .VMUlUg U1C 111 Secretary of State Dulles' effort i.uui6tuu a dioc oi Arab coun tries cool towards Nasser and Hourani and friendly to the West. Even the him, according to report even his own brother, Crown Prince Faisal, have not always been enthusiastic about the King's policy. All the same, he has carrried out his nni; ... t u w i ni much astuteness and without audible challenge from anyone. Yet even King Saud is not his own master where Israel is in question. "The Israel problem," the King's highest foreign affairs ad visor told me, "is nothing more or less than a dagger in the hands of Nasser, Hourani and the Kremlin." rpHE old Sheikh meant that -- the passions inflamed by Is rael would not permit the King to follow a moderate course, even if he wished to do so. He meant that if worst came to worse, the Saudis would actual ly welcome the Soviets as their champions against the Israelis. He meant that if the Saudis were thereby forced to depart from their chosen road of co operation with the United States, they would also make this further big leap into the dark. The same rules apply, with even greater force, to the other pro-Western Arab governments, like those of Jordan and Iraq. But for all these governments, the wrench involved in accept ing the Kremlin as their cham pion will be fearful indeed. In one or more of them, the strain of such a radical change of course is bound to prove too great. The first result will be another Arab regime on the Sy rian model. But a single addi tional success by the Soviet Union's Arab collaborators will automatically start a chain reac- 5 5 ? Plenty of time to arrange that CASH loan from $TARK FINANCE CO. . . . Then do your Christmas shopping leisurely and more economic' ally with CASH . . . Come in or call today and in most cases your loan will be made today. HOME -OWNED - INDEPENDENT Stark Finance Co. Phone SPring 3-1817 2739 No. Pacific Highway, Medford, Ore. ww&e-itoP. I think hwyip' By Joseph Alsop tion. If one more pro-Western government goes under in the Middle East, all must go under in the end. This is, of course, the real Soviet aim. The Soviets, who voted for the partition of Pales tine in 1947, care nothing about the Israel problem, in and of itself. They are merely planning to use the Israel problem to de stroy Western influence and the Western vital interests in all the Arab lands and thereby to cripple the Western Alliance. With the astuteness of brilliant card players, they have finessed and forced their way into a sit uation in which they have a good chance of taking all the remaining tricks by playing this long-reserved ace of trumps. When they will do so. is oDen to question. So far, it appears the Soviet ambassador to Cairo has merely revealed general in tention to the Egyptian govern ment, which has passed the word to Riyadh. Whether the Soviets will end by keeping this prom ise to the Arabs, is also ODen to some question. There is always the risk, if not the downright probability, that the Israelis will be driven to, fight by Soviet Arab pressure. If this appears to involve a risk of general war, and above all, if the American posture does not appear con temptibly weak to the Kremlin, the Soviet policy makers will have to think a long time before they keep their promise to the Arabs. ' - TUT even though the timing and the realization are still in doubt, how the Soviets .. plan to keep their promise is already foreseeable. The synthetic crisis that Nikita Khrushchev worked up over Turkey is the model here. With little more than a press interview or two and a calcu lated indiscretion at the East German embassy in Moscow, Khrushchev produced a war scare over Turkey that had all the Western policy-makers, and especially those in Washington, on pins and needles of apprehen sion. The American response, which Khrushchev no doubt meant to test, was stout enough but strictly defensive. Imagine, then, a similar syn thetic crisis organized by Khru shchev around the problem of Israel. The Arabs who were sluggish during the Turkish cris is, will be automatically inflam ed to furnace heat by an Israeli crisis. Far from being stout but defensive, the American and Western response is almost sure, on present rorm, to be feeble and indecisive; the West ern policy - makers will , be torn two ways during an Israeli crisis. Precisely because we are indecisive, the rage of the Arabs will be turned against us and so Khrushchev should be able to begin picking up tricks almost from the outset. The question remains wheth er there is any way of parrying this "dagger" as the old Sheikh called it. But this is an infinitely complex question which must be examined in a subsequent re port. (C) 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. ) 5 MM Khrushchev May Be in Trouble Hints From Kremlin Indicate By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Nikita S. Khrushchev, Soviet Russia's Communist party chief tain, is reported to be in trou ble. On the surface, it would appear that Khrush chev's position as No. 1 man in the Krem lin had been s t r engthened by the purges which resulted in the ousting M. M o 1 o t o v, Charles McCann of Vyacheslav Georgi M. Malenkov, Lazar M. Kaganovich and Marshal Georsi K. Zhukov. But reports which have reach ed European capitals say that on the contrary, Khrushchev's posi tion is exceedingly insecure. The reason, according to these reports, is that there remain in the Russian Communist party a large number of influential offi cials who favor the old Stalinist line of dictatorship. These officials, the reports say, are members of the many district and provincial Commu nist committees of the Soviet Union. Some Purge Veterans Survive A lot of these men appear to be veterans who survived the various purges of Stalin's era. There also appear to be a num ber of younger men who started their rise in rank under Stalin. Both of these elements seem to share the feeling that they never had it so good as in the days be fore Khrushchev denounced Stalin and tried to liberalize the Soviet regime. It is indicated that Molotov, Kaganovich and Zhukov have many friends still in the Com munist party and that these friends are by no means recon ciled to their disgrace. When he won his critical test of power with Molotov, Malea kov and Kaganovich last June, Khrushchev packed the Commu nist party Central Committee with his own men. But some Stalinists remain in both the Central Committee and the Presidium, the 15 top men In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS At 8:45 Friday morning (Pac ific standard time) the ballyhoo that had filled the air for days died down and the man in charge touched the button that was to launch America's earth satellite into the sky to join Russia's Sput niks. An orange ball of flame and bilowing black smoke engulfed the rocket that was to carry the satellite. The rocket fell back on its stand and then toppled over toward the water. Fire fol lowed the explosion, but didn't last long. Nobody was hurt. YlfHAT happened? The official explanation is that there was a "loss of cham ber pressure in the first stage of the three-stage 72-foot rocket." Let's not go into technical ex planatory detail which most of us wouldn't be able to under stand anyway. The rocket just fizzled. NOW for the recriminations. Senator Henry Jackson of the state of Washington says in Seattle the defense department used poor judgement when it al lowed a show to be made of the hoped-for launching of the satel lite that was to prove to the world the Russians haven't got anything we haven't got. He added: "I do not believe we should announce in advance a test fir ing of a satellite that we know might not work. We've suffered enough already by having the Soviets beat us into outer space. The defense department used poor judgment, poor public re lations, poor progaganda, poor everything." WE MUST remember, of course, that Senator Jackson is a Democrat, and in democracies such as ours politics must have its place. But I can't help feel ing that his criticism is justified. We were straining too hard to 5 of the Committee who really rule Russia. Suslov on Presidium One known, and powerful, inist who remains on the Presi dium is Mikhail A. Suslov. Suslov is 55, eight years younger than Khrushchev. He is regarded as a protege of Malen kov. He was made a member of the Central Committee in 1939 and a member of the Presidium in 1955. Suslov supported Khrushchev in his clash with Molotov, Malen kov and Kaganovich. He also took a leading part in the oust ing of Zhukov. In fact, there is some reason to believe that Suslov was the prime mover in the ousting of Zhukov because of Zhukov's op position to Communist domina tion over the army. It has been reported that Khrushchev felt himself compelled to go along with this ouster move. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear th rame 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. Understanding Parents To the Editor: I want to thank you for your editorial about the parents of teenagers needing un derstanding. What you said is so very true. I read the letter of criticism you received about it, and felt obligated to write and tell you the other side of the story, since it is so easy to criti cize and so hard to remember to thank for something which is helpful. I just wonder if the person who criticized your editorial has actually raised any teenagers. No matter how well you try to bring your children up, and no matter how much consideration you have taught them, there are still many, many occasions when an earnest and heartfelt need for understanding on both sides is needed for parent-children rela tionships. This is of course true- in all human relationships, but particu larly so in this particular rela tionship, since the teenager is going through so many difficult adjustments, and his parents are at the same time having to learn to adjust to the idea of his grow ing up also. By a great coincidence, we had just had a minor set-to with our teenage boy that very day, and when I read your editorial that night, it just seemed to ex press very well a real need I felt. I read your editorial to him the next morning at breakfast, and I could see the thoughts real ly going around in his head. It did make a real impression on him, and I am sure that it did help by that much to ease ten sions and improve our relation ship. I really do think that the other side, that of understanding the teenager, has been stressed so many, many times that we do tend to forget that they are adult enough to show a little under standing themselves of we par ents who are entirely human and subject to the faults and foibles of all humans, which re quire understanding and forgive ness. So thanks again. (Name on File) Eagle Point, Ore. make a propaganda show. To say to the world that anything the Russians can do we can do. The odds were long and the prize wasn't worth the staggering gost of open and public failure. The humiliation we are suffer ing today is a part of the risk we took when we bragged about what we were GOING TO DO before we did it. FTER all o Who knows how many times the Russians TRIED AND FAILED before their Sputnik I was successfully launched? Only the Kremlin knows. 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To the Editor: Nowadays it isn't often that we get the opportunity to participate, even slightly, in preparation for the old style Christmas that most of us knew or heard about as youngsters. A committee from the Forks of Salmon blew into town this morning like a fresh breeze from the pages of older memories. The committee includes Mrs. Del Brown, Mrs. Wann and Mrs. Ben nett. They were highly charged with the Christmas spirit and commissioned to purchase toys for all the youngsters at the Forks. It was a pleasure to help them get started on their shopping tour and it certainly recalled Christmases of a generation ago when their purchases included oranges, nuts and brightly color ed Christmas candies. Something about Christmas is always lost when a town grows larger. It ceases to be a major community event with everyone participating in the color, the gaiety and general good fun of the season. Perhaps this is the price we pay for progress. While I wouldn't trade Med ford for any other community, it must be admitted that certain homey touches are lost as we continue to grow into one of Oregon's major cities. Neverthe less, it is delightful to be caught up in the old time Christmas spirit found in such genuine com munities as the Forks of Salmon. Certainly if the committee is a true barometer of community enthusiasm at the Forks, this Christmas down there will long be remembered. Don McNeil, Manager Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. 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. Loans may be paid in advance or in full at any time Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pirie St. - Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. CLOSED SATURDAYS Open Mondays Until 9 p.m. AT PERL'S every family may make funeral ar rangements which are in keeping with its means. 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