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Newspaper Page Texto o o o o o o FOURMEDFORD (OREGON) "Iveryone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail innune Published Daiiy Except satury by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St Phone 2-3141 ROBERT W RUHL Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager IRIC Alj F JR Mati'"in Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN le.eK'pn EdltCC RICHARD JEWETT Snorts Editor LIVE STARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three moj Sunday Only One year $420. By Carrier In Advance Mediord. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove Rotrue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 Dally and Sunday One month 1-50 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Fresa Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-EOLIDAYO COMPANY. INC Offices In New York Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION H A T I O N A t f 0 I T 0 1 1 A i T7I lAsTbcfA-niN Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO DJC. 11. 1947 (Thursday) The Jackson county rent ad visory board recommends rent control be continued for a period of one year past the date set for explication. Q FroB Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "A number of the Older Boys are puffed with pride. Between the Stork and Santa Claus they have been elevated to Grandpawhood." 0 YEARS AGO Dec. 11, 1937 (Sunday) American Red Cross 1938 en rollment for Jackson county was 'ifinounced yesterday as 2079, a slight increase over that of last O yearr' A colorful display of gift pear boxes from the Wing orchards Qiear this city is being featured Othis week in the windows of Lip-man-Wolfe's department store of Portland, according to" Charles A. Wing. 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 11. 1927 (Sunday) The Agricultural Council of the Northwest Railroad Advisory board meets at 9:30 a.m. in Port land Dec. 16. The railroads are giving a one-fare rate for the round trip to members and others interested. Tardiness in the payment of county taxes will be penalized one-sixth per cent a month high er in 1928 than it was in 1927, according to Sheriff Ralph Jen nings. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 11. 1917 (Tuesday) This is the last call to fnen of draft age who wish to escape the draft bv enlisting as volun teers. Enlistments in Medford cease Dec. 12. Ringing of the burglar alarm in the Farmers and Fruitgrowers bank about 8:30 p.m. yesterday created a little excitement. It was discovered later that a slight ImDerfectWn in the working mechanism set it off accidental ly. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or e!bt Is excellent: five or six Is Rood 1. What bird (lays the smallest eggs? 2. Bible: Which day is general ly held to be the most important in Christian history? 3. What sott of plant is a nuciferous plant? 4. Are white shelled eggs nu tritionally better than brown shelled eggs? 3. Codfish do or do not have tongues? 6. Freesias reproduce from corms or bulbs? 7. Are Leghorn hats made of Leghorn or any kind of chicken feathers? 8. Does egg yolk color indicate nutritive quality? 9. Was Thomas E. Dewey a governor of N. J. or Pa.? 10. Is India, Canada, or Aus tralia referred to as "down ) under"? Answers: 1. Humming bird. 2. Day of Crucifixion. 3. One that bears nuts. 4. No. Both are equal ly nutritious. 5. They do. 6. Corms. 7. No. From wheat straw, grown in Liverno, Italy. 8. No. o Nutrients depend on the season j!j and hen's diet. 9. No. Of N. Y. 10. Australia. MAIL TRIBUNE Fusion Is the world Tunning out of sources of power? The answer seems to be "yes and then again, The so-called fossil fuels oil, gas and coal will' no. some day, perhaps in 20 years, perhaps 100, be almost gone. There is a limit to the supply, and that supply is being used up at a tremendous and increasing rate. Many scientists and engineers have given sober thought to the problems which are presented by the picture of a world without sources of thermal power represented by these fuels. TPHE long-range answer is not contained in the use " of nuclear fuels such as uranium, either, for sup plies of this are also finite and limited. Atomic energy, as known today, will postpone the day of power star vation, but cannot solve the problem. And it also poses other problems, such as the disposal of huge quanti ties of radioactive waste materials. As for hydro-electric errergy, wrhich is renewed each year by the cycle of precipitation and river flow, this is nearly a perpetual source of power, but physical limitations will prevent its expansion beyond a certain point. And it should be remembered that the world's appetite for power is growing at a far faster rate than population itself. It is, in fact, virtually "exploding," and the development of heretofore primitive nations will add to the demand. NE potential source of power is the sun itself, but up to this point only limited means have been de vised to tap it. This is a fruitful area of research, but by its nature is apt to be limited to those parts of the world where sunlight is freely available the year around. The big problem, then, is to find a source of energy which in the centuries to come will replace the fossil fuel power sources, and will be capable of almost in definite expansion to meet the world's growing needs. Many scientists think it might lie in thermonuclear fusion. Supplies of the necessaiy fuel, deuterium, a form of hydrogen, are virtually unlimited. This is the energy which activates the awful power of the H:bomb, just as atomic fission- provides the energy for the A-bomb. Atomic energy comes from the splitting of the atom (a sort of explosive process, which, on the atomic level, is similar to TNT or dyna mite, on the molecular level). Thermonuclear power, on the other hand, comes from fusion of atoms (which, in turn on the atomic level, is comparable to burning, or oxidation, on the molecular level). , TTHE scientists themselves do not yet have all the answers to the "why" of energy-release in these processes, but they are learning the "how." And there is promise that before too many more years they will be able to harness thermonuclear power just as they are now beginning to harness atomic power. But the difficulties which must be surmounted are awsome, even if they are not impossible. An article m the current issue of the Scientific American gives an idea of the problems, and of the efforts being made to surmount them. The problems are of a tackled by mankind before, because of the tremen dous and almost unimaginable temperatures, pressures and velocities involved. I70R instance, it is believed that to sustain a fusion reaction temperatures of about 350 million degrees centigrade will be needed. With a fuel mixture (deu terium gas) at normal pressure heated to this level, the pressure would build to several million times that of the normal atmosphere. Therefore, some of the basic problems involved are, how to achieve this heat to sustain a self-sustaining thermonuclear fusion reaction "without setting off an atomic bomb, how to reduce the pressure of the fuel-gas to about one 10,000th of an atmosphere so that pressures are not uncontrollable at the sustained reaction level, and how to contain both heat and pres sure when no materials known today could last for more than a split second in either. There are other problems, too. DUT the "container" problem is the most difficult, and new and irigenious techniques are being worked out in an attempt to solve it. One of these is the so-called "pinch effect," which is based on the fact that a strong magnetic field will deflect charged particles from a straight path, and that under proper circumstances, a high-pressure gas could generate an internal magnetic field of its own strong enough to exclude an externally applied field. These forces would, in effect, form a -"magnetic bottle" to keep the gas from touching anything else, and "contain the reaction through magnetic effects alone. This, the magazine points out, is theory. The prac tical difficulties to be overcome are tremendous. But scientists throughout the world are at work on them. And they are generally optimistic. COME idea of the problems can be gathered from a brief quotation from the article : "One of the thorniest problems is measurement. It is hard enough to create a hot plasma (gas) in the first place, but to find out what it is doing, once created, is sometimes still harder. Some new measurement techniques, have al ready been developed. To measure the density of a plasma there is a new 'microwave interferometer' using beams of milimeter radio waves as probes. The temperature of the plasma is assessed by studying its x-ray emissions, its. radio 'noise' and its escaping particles or reaction products . . .'' The author concludes that the search for fusion power (and possibly direct creation of electric power, by-passing the thermal transfer process) "is at once the most fascinating, the most difficult and potentially the most important peacetime scientific effort ever undertaken." E.A. Wednesday. December II, 1957 Power different order than those 'OPBHB0 DOOR.... WOMAN SAVS 'DBUHlS MlTCHBLl 0JR SOT?' I 5AID 'YS'... SHE ymCGO?FMY&ASSZS...pQiV....' Matter of Fact MAKING THE WORST OF IT Beirut, Lebanon Language that can be printed in a family newspaper cannot possibly con vey xne emo tions of an American traveller abroad, on re c e i v i n g the news of the flat failure of the first Amer ican attempt to launch an earth satellite Joseph Alsop This Will so rlnwn in hictnrv as the final, classical demonstra tion of how to make the very worst of a very bad business. It is painful enough to be hu miliated, although a little hum ble pie may be a useful addition to the American diet after all the phoney, arrogant guff served up for so long by "team" mem bers like former Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson. But this latest episode has not merely made the United States ridiculous in the eyes of the whole world. It has also greatly increased the dangers of a situ ation already bristling with dan ger. The reason why this humiliat ing accident has had such an im portant practical effect can only be understood against the back ground of the gradual loss of faith in American leadership during the last five years. This is a process that cannot be easily traced. It has gone by fits and starts. It has not been divided into clearly marked phases. SOMETIMES the Eisenhower administration has been most loudly applauded abroad when it was committing its worst fol lies,, as when the President went to Geneva with the odd purpose of convincing the masters of the Kremlin ,that America was re morsely dedicated to peace at any price. Sometimes the Ameri can position has been under mined in one part of the world and somewhat strengthened in another, as when the President's handling of the Suez crisis all but disrupted the Western Alli ance while earning the extreme ly temporary gratitude of the Arabs. But in one way or another, the loss of faith in American leadership has become more and more widespread, until today it may be described as total. The bitter distrust, the really passion ate detestation of Secretary of State Dulles is only a part of the story, moreover. The American editorial writ ers who still customarily de scribe the President as one of America's great foreign assets are simDly talking through their hats. The moral goodness of Dwight D. Eisenhower is of course recognized by almost everyone. But Doctor Johnson said that the "road to hell was paved with good intentions." And nine hundred and ninety nine in every thousand of America's po tential friends overseas are quite openly convinced that the Presi dent's chief contribution has been a gigantic addition to the pave ment of the road to hell. rPHE loss of faith in America's leaders, and therefore in American world leadership, was evident long before the launch ing of the first Sputnik. But until Sputnik began circling the earth, we still retained one great re maining advantage. The govern ment in? Washington was regard ed as infirm of purpose, wooly in its judgements and distress ingly given to pompous, empty moral preachments. But at least it was believed that the United States as a nation was over whelmingly strong. And in world politics, strength counts more than anything else. The real effect of Sputnik was to destroy this last remaining asset. American strength, which had been so grossly neglected through' five long euphoric years, was suddenly revealed as infer ior to Soviet strength in the most vital area. Soviet strength, which had been underrated by all but a few experts, was suddenly seen to be very great indeed. WHOEVER in Washington got the idea of remedying this catastrophic setback by the re By Joseph Alsop cent, catastrophically unsuccess ful satellite launching ought to haye had his head examined at the outset. Belatedly sending up a midget satellite could never have underdone the harm al ready done. Even before the launching, even among very or dinary people in the Middle East, there was open mockery of the smug, complacent advance stories about the new American satellite that were coming out of Wash ington. Even then, the contrast between what we were boasting we were going to do and what the Russians had already done was only too evident. But the failure in Florida, after the big, slick, unconvincing adman's buildup, has brought the reputation of the United States to the lowest point on remem bered record. In addition to everything that had been lost already, we are now regarded as blabbermouths and blowhards. This is acutely dangerous for a nation envied for its wealth, forced by history to lead the cause of freedom, and therefore destined to be the chief target of the great Soviet drive to write "finish" to freedom's short, pre carious chapter in human his tory. There is no cure, there is no way out any longer but one alone. Only new men can restore the old faith in America's lead ership, the old respect for the United States. Copyright 1957, New York Herald Tribune, Inc. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS More missile fizle stuff: ' British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan has decided to fly to Paris this week in an attempt to build confidence among pessi mistic European NATO mem bers. He will meet with other NATO leaders before the summit talks begin in an effort to allay fears that the U. S. is going to the Paris meeting "empty-hand ed." There has been GROWING ANXIETY ON THE CONTI NENT since the U.S. satellite launching failure last week. TTMMMMMMM. AJ- There might be less appre hension on the continent if in the past decade Western Europe had done more to DEFEND IT SELF instead of relying on old Uncle Sam to DO IT ALL, for free. HERE on the home front the political battle over who flubbed the missile business is getting hotter by the hour. . A while back, as you will probably remember, GOP offi cials charged that the delay in the U. S. missile program was TRUMAN'S fault because he was President and commander-in-chief of our armed forces from the end of World War II until 1952 and during this period nothing much was done in the way of missile development. That brought Washington's Democratic Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson to his feet with his fists swinging. He counter charges that while General Eis enhower was serving as army chief-of-staff and military advi sor to the Truman administra tion he failed to make any rec ommendations for missile de velopment. He adds that during this per iod Republicans in congress did no pushing for a missile pro gram. I THINK it might be well to rec ommend to these leg-biting politicians that they get out their Bibles and read the first nine verses of the eighth chapter of the Book of John. It was on the Mount of Olives, and Jesus was teaching the peo ple. The Scribes and the Phari sees (who were among the astut est of the politicians of those days) were seeking to catch him in a trap. They brought before him a woman taken in adultery and pointed out that Moses in the law commanded that such should "be stoned. "What," they demanded of him, "sayest thou?" John tells the story thus: "So when they continued ask- Spain Determined to Keep Ifni; More Than By PETER KNOX United Press Correspondent Madrid (IP) Spain is taking no chances in the African en clave of Ifni. It has more at stake than a few thousand square miles of worthless desert land. Its ancient tradition of breed ing a race of tough fighting men, its future in Africa, its foreign policy and, maybe, its economic strength could all be affected by the way the desert war goes. Spanish officials claim it is go ing well, and that the 700-square mile enclave carved out of Mo rocco on the West African coast so'on will be firmly under their Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication it permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words A Bobcat Retreat To the Editor: Never overlook a blind gully. A dry gulch we had avoided exploring or pros pecting, in a once frequented haunt located 22 miles northwest of Medford finally through mere curiosity led us to an unexpect ed discovery of a wild animal den at the upper end of a blind thicket of dense under brush. There stood before us a sheer perpendicular wall of rock prob ably 25 to 30 feet high. At the base was a natural vent perhaps 18 or 20 inches in diameter. On closer observation could be seen tufts of bobcat fur that had been rubbed off from daily use of the cavern. We had from time in the past often seen bobcats prowling the surrounding area but had never suspected the whereabouts of their secluded habitation so carefully conceal ed below a hidden rock monu ment. Probably to this day 30 years later this well protected stronghold is a haven yet for bobcats, a 30-year generation of wild cats at that. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman St., Medford, Ore. The Presley Dispute To the Editor: Thanks for the news story on the Elvis Presley Christmas album survey on K-BOY. The term, "restriction," however, has brought us heavy inquiry. The purpose of confining the play of Elvis' Christmas music to Saturdays and late afternoon "request programs" is to be sure the younger people will hear it . . . since they formed the pre ponderant segment of the "in favor" vote. Although Elvis won the poll by a clear plurality, the 633 pro test votes tended to be of such a violent nature that we feel some restriction of play is indi cated. Relatively few of the 1,490 telephoned votes were of a tem perate nature, such as was May or John Snider's statement on the matter: "The only record I have heard is 'White Christ mas.' I found it in no way sacre ligious, and I'm sure that Elvis Presley fans will find it most satisfying. If this sort of thing will bring younger people closer to religious appreciation, I am for it." Again, thank you for report ing our findings. It helped ex plain our difficult position, Smack-dab between two mili tant factions. Station K-BOY. Wiretap Decision May End Case Against Hoffa New York (IP) The govern ment may have to drop its per jury case against Teamsters President-elect James R. Hoffa as a result 'of the U.S. Supreme Court ban on the use of state obtained wiretap evidence in federal court trials, it has been learned. The ruling handed down by the high court Monday may also aid kingpin gambler Frank Cos- tello in his motion to set aside an income tax conviction for which he was sentenced to five years in prison. BANKER-PUBLISHER DIES New York (IP! Luigi Criscu olo, 70, investment banker and publisher of "The Rubicon," a monthly review of public affairs, was found dead in his bed at his home here Monday. The Medi cal Examiner's Office said he died of natural causes. : ing him he lifted up himself and said unto them: He that is with out sin among you, let him cast a stone at her." St. John relates that "they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst." Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH Looseness and Worry No longer be annoyed of feel ttl-at-ease because of loose, wobbly false teeth. FASTEETH. an Improved alka line (non-acid) powder, sprlnKled on your plates holds them firmer so they feel more comfortable Avoid embar rassment caused by loose plates Get FASTEETH today at any drug counter Desert Area control again, with the army of attacking Moroccan irregulars beaten back. But the violence and effective ness of the first rebel sweep early in the morning of Satur day, Nov. 23, will not be quickly forgotten. The rebels punched deep into Spanish territory, encircling Spanish garrison outposts and in land villages. The exact number of troops or airplanes involved has never been disclosed. Spain was be lieved to have 2,000 to 3,000 troops in Ifni when the trouble started. It probably has double that number now. Doubtful Estimate The Spaniards said that the first rebel attack was launched by 1,200 men. But the rebels spread out so far and wide many observers believe ten times that number joined in the advance. But perhaps more difficult than the military outlook is the political aspect. Even if Spain wins the battles, it is not likely that the Moroccans will give up their demands for the return of Ifni. Spain already has turned down one official Morroccan re quest for the territory earlier this year, but said it was willing Wilson Suggests Oath In Conflicting Stories On Missile By LYLE C. WILSON , United Press Correspondent Washington (IP) What's wrong with the idea that politi cians should be put under oath before telling the voters who, if anyone, goof ed on missiles? To put it as sweeUy as their conflicting stor ies will permit, some body is fibbing. Vice President Rich ard M. N i x o n and the Republican National Committee hold that the fibber is former President Harry S. Truman. On the other hand, if Mr. T, is not fibbing, what about Nix- 'One Large Voice' For Agriculture Said Oregon Need Milton-Freewater (IP) State Agriculture Director Robert J. Steward said Tuesday night that "one very large voice to speak for all divisions of agriculture is needed in Oregon." Steward spoke to a Democratic Club din ner. Steward said two of the ideas stressed to his board when he took office early this year were payroll development, and closer liaison among the State Agricul ture Department, Oregon State college, U. S. Department of Ag riculture, the Oregon administra tion and the congressional dele gation. He called it "the silliest notion I've ever heard of, to op erate the Agriculture Depart ment as an island when the in terests of agriculture intertwine with those in Washington, D.C." 'Practically Nothing' Don Steward said "practically nothing" has been done on a co operative basis between the State Department of Agriculture and USDA, much less locally, and in Congress. He urged programs of "self help" to be set up in the form of commodity groups for the farmer and agricultural segment of the state. He also said the name "commission" should be abolished in favor of "councils," or "market promotion agencies." He declared the State Board of Agriculture will recommend that a vote of 51 per cent be needed to affirm a commission following a referendum, rather than the present 66 23 majority now needed plus one tihrd of the pro ducers represented. Steward said the present meth od was "outlandish" and an "im possible voting procedure." Lyle C. Wilson You May Be Assured . . . that each individual requirement and need is satisfied when your loved ones are entrusted to our care. C. M. Lirwiller We have faithfully served for over 22 years. To merit your continued confidence is our aim. Our charges are excep tionally moderate, too, and Remember We are 100 Locally Owned. LITWILLER . Funeral . . Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close ii nil----- I' It lltfY at Stake to submit the matter tv the league court or some other in ternational tribunal. Spain claims Ifni as a sovereign pos session by virtue of an 1860 treaty. There are various reasons why Spain does not want to yield Ifni. If Spain loses Ifni, it would give Morocco a boost to put on pressure for the return of the strategically important and prized ports of Ceuta and Me lilla. Oil Reports The Spanish situation in tha zone to the south of Morocco, Rio de Oro, also would become difficult. There are persistent re ports that oil might be found there. There also is the question of security. Many Spaniards feel there is real danger of the spread of Communism in. North Africa, and that the West needs foot holds there to forestall the area coming under Red domination. Prestige also is involved. Spain has few possessions left. A series of newpaper articles recently stressed that Spain had developed the country from a "forgotten corner of the world" into a country with hope for the future. Expenses on and the committee whose versions of who created the mis sile lag are directly contrary to those of the former president? And, if either of the foregoing conflicting stories is accurate, what about Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul M. Butler? Butler told TV viewers a few days ago that the missile villain was Dr. Wernher von Braun. Von Braun Cites 1945-51 And, if Butler is right about that, how about Von Braun's public accusation that the mis sile lag developed during the Truman years spanning 1945-51? Harry S. Truman is not one to accept calmly an unwarranted accusation, especially an accu sation made by the vice president or, for that matter, by any Re publican. It just happens that, as much as he dislikes Republi cans' Mr. T. dislikes Nixon much more. Nixon and the Republican Na tional Committee laid -whatever is wrong with the U. S. missile program right in Mr. T's lap. That was about three weeks ago and political Washington has been waiting, since, for some rocketry off the launching pad at Independence, Mo. Silence is not typical Truman under such circumstances. However that may be, tha Republican National Committee came up last month with some defense, missile and research spending figures which would seem, at least, to require some answer from a spokesman for the Truman administration. Defense Spending Down The Truman administration had pared national defense spen ding down to $11,900,000,000 in 1950, which was the year the Korean War began. The Repub lican National committee toted it up this way: Total for the national de fense for three Truman years be fore Korea. $35,000,000,000. Total for three Eisenhower years after Korea, $110,000,000, 000. "What starved research and development?" the committee in quired and answered: Total for fajr Truman years before Korea, $2,196,000,000. Total for four Eisenhower years after Korea, $5,953,000, 000." "What starved the missile pro gram?" was the next question, answered as follows: Four Truman budgets fiscal 1951-54 inclusive, $998,000,000. Four Eisenhower budgets fiscal 1955-58 inclusive, $6,530, 000,000. The foregoing are statistics. A smart fellow with figures can do almost anything with statistics, such as making white look black ad vice versa. The public debate, doubtless, will continue and even, the truth may become known. t " " ' V i 2 'As. Mrs. Lirwiller f i 'It is better to know us and not need us. than to need us and not know us."