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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
:Jan 5, 1948 (Tuesday)
- Rain totaling 3.34 incnes
of nreciDitation since Jan.
results in minor flood condi-
tions in sections of southern
: Oregon.
: From Arthur Perry's Ye
: Smudge Pot column: "City
planning commission plans
to change names of 40 local
streets. Unsettled. High 41
; low 37, according to an item
; In Flight o Time lor Jan. b
! 1938."
: 20 YEARS AGO
: Jan- 5. 1938 (Wednesday)
- The WPA could not make
; allotment of $12,000 to sur
; face an additional width of
: the runway at Medford air
; port according to word re
I ceived here.
' Establishment of a museum
in Medford will be aim of
'. Southern Oregon Gem and
Mineral society this year.
80 YEARS AGO
Jan. 5. 1928 (Thursday)
Contractor Harry Scholts
and a crew of six start pour
ing concrete at Legion play
grounds. Turkeys sold for 40 to 50
cents a pound in Medford dur
ing the holidays, according
to E. J. Runyard.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 5, 1913 (Saturday)
The Medford Choral So
ciety will present the third
annual concert at the Page
theater Tuesday.
From Local and personal
column: "In the near future
Postmaster Mims will receive
for distribution to post office
patrons a large consignment
of government garden and
flower seeds.
j What's Your I.Q.?
I Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
n six it good.
1. What word means a short
I space of time, a small quan-
; tity, syid the mouthpiece of
; a bridle?
; 2. Bible: Which son of Noah
. was the direct ancestor of
; Benjamin?
3. In what year did the
; United States declare war on
; Mexico?
: 4. Do insects have skel-
- tons?
'. : 5. In which State was the
Civil War prison of Anderson-
jville?
: : 6. Who is the author of
: "The King's General?"
Z : 7. Over the portals of what
; "place did this inscription ap
: "pear: "All hope abandon, ye
1 "who enter here?"
8. In U. S. the Fourth
; :of July holiday commemor
! "ates what event?
9. Is cream heavier than
i rrnilk?
J 10. The locked room which
I Bluebeard forbade Fatima to
j -open, contained what?
I Answers: I. Bit. 2. Shem.
3. 1846. 4. Yes (on the outside
of the body instead of the in-
side). 5. Georgia. 6. Daphne
; du Maurier. 7. Dante's "In
I ferno." 8. Adoption of the
I Declaration of Independence.
' 9. No. 10. The corpses of six
-former wires. I
Ezra Benson on the Spot
"When Congress reconvenes on Jan. 7, Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra Taf t Benson faces a fight
over milk products that's going to involve politics
more than human kindness. Sen. Charles E. Potter
(R-Mich.), after waiting
broke silence on Benson's decision to cut dairy
price supports to a minimum, joining an angry
chorus that includes most Democrats from farm
states and a good many
Potter's reaction takes on importance from
the very fact that he sounded out milk-producing
constituents before speaking. Potter probably
will seek reelection in 1958. Michigan, for all its
auto interests, is at the same time an important
dairy area.
Benson on Dec. 18
on dairy products as deeply as the law allows
The decrease is effective April 1, but milk pro
ducers said that handlers
to pay lower prices now.
When Benson's announcement was made,
price supports stood at $3.25 a hundredweight for
milk used in manufacturing; 58.6c a pound on
butterfat representing 83 per cent of parity for
milk and 80 per cent for butterfat. His slash was
to the 75 per cent of parity minimum allowed by
the Agricultural Act of
1956 soil bank legislation.
ent parity dollars-and-cents
nounced later would mean support prices of $3
per hundredweight for milk and 56.2c a pound
for butterfat.
.DENSON in announcing the new reduction in
dairy price supports
saving to consumers. E.
the National Milk Producers association, said
that the history of previous price support reduc
tions would not bear Benson out.
Actually, the history
Benson announced early
prices would be dropped from 90 per cent of
parity to the legal minimum of 75 per cent. Farm
ers were getting from 64
butter: the retail price was 12c higher.
The cut to farmers was only 8V4C a pound, but
Benson said on March
reduction took effect, that the retail price would
come down to the mid-60s. The average price
did come down from 78 25c a pound-in March,
1954 to 69 l3c in September. Part of the drop
was only seasonal, but for the full following year,
the retail price was only 70 910c a pound, as
against the 75c or so we're paying at the higher
support level today.
Will Benson's program prove popular enough
with consumers to offset
It's a gamble, and on the figures, a shaky one.
Fluoridation
On December 5 the
delegates of the American Medical Association
reaffirmed its approval
dation of municipal water supplies to cut down
tooth decay in children.
than it used in a previous
AM A declared:
"No evidence has been found . . . that continuous
ingestion of water containing the equivalent of ap
proximately one part per million of fluoride for long
periods by large segments of the population is harm
ful to the general health."
The Journal of the American Dental Associa
tion has declared this report means there now is
"no reason why any community interested in the
health and well-being of its children should with
hold from them the benefits of properly fluori
dated drinking water."
-"THIS is a logical conclusion, but unfortunately
the American public can be frustratingly
Illogical. Portland people, for instance, surely
have faith individually in the judgment of their
own doctors and dentists. And these offered as
surances of the merits of fluoridation when this
proposition was on the municipal ballot last year.
Yet Portlanders as a group rejected the counsel
of their medical men as a group and listened to
the fear-peddlers who have fought fluoridation,
just as they fought and delayed widespread ac
ceptance of such health measures as vaccination
and chlorination.
Fluoridation has stood the test of time in U. S.
communities whose residents had the wit to adopt
it, just as the doctors and dentists said it would.
If Portland had fluoridation now, our children
would enjoy better dental
land voters must have a
rect their poor judgment on the fluoridation
issue. Portland Oregonian.
WHAT applies to Portland applies equally to
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British Airplanes May Be Purchased
London, (tPI The U. S.
Navy has "approached" Brit
ish authorities to investigate
the possibilities of using Brit
ain's giant 10-engine flying
boat for atom-powered planes,
a Ministry of Supply spokes
man said Saturday.
Three of the 140 - ton Prin
cess flying boats have been
in "mothballs" near South
hampton for over three years.
They were originally ordered
by the Ministry of Supply at
a cost of 28 million dollars.
Sunday, January S, 1958
over a week, on Dec. 26
Republicans.
cut federal price supports
and dealers would move
19o4, unchanged m the
The reductions at pres
levels are to be an
predicted a consequent
M. Norton, secretary of
is iffy. Take 1954, when
in the year that support
to 66 a pound for
29, two days betore the
the dairymen s protests :
E.K.K.
Reaffirmed
policy-making, house of
of the controlled fluori
In even stronger language
report six years ago, the
health. Some day Port
new opportunity to cor
The Daily Express today
reported that the flying boats
may be bought by the U. S.
and modified as atomic-powered
aircraft.
The reactor and shielding
for an atom engine would re
quire a mammoth airframe,
such as the Princess.
The Princess flying boats,
which like Howard Hughes'
monster flying boat, never
went into service, are 150
feet long with a wingspan of
219 feet.
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Sputnik, Recession,
Election: Bywords
For Congress in '58
By CONGRESSIONAL
QUARTERLY
Washington (CQ) Three
words will dominate the sec
ond session of the 85th Con
gress which gets underway
Tuesday- They are sputnik,
recession and election, and
they all add up to big spend
ing. The watchword for 1957
economy went out the win
dow Oct. 4 when the Soviets
lobbed an artificial satellite
into orbit and the United
States launched an agonizing
reappraisal of national se
curity. Result: the Adminis
tration will ask for at least $2
billion more for the defense
establishment, arid will pro
pose an ambitious program of
Federal aid to shore up the
education of scientists.
At the same time, inflation
has given away to deflation.
You won't notice it at the
supermarket, but the economy
is looking a bit peaked. Un
employment hit 3.2 million in
November, when personal in
come dropped for the third
month in a row. The Admin
istration looks for recovery
by mid-year, but Democrats
are skeptical. Result: a strong
drive to enact pump-priming
measures.
Election Scheduled
Meanwhile, there's an elec
tion to be won next Nov. 4.
All 435 seats in the House
and 32 in the Senate are at
stake. Democrats and Repub
licans will striVe to pinpoint
and capitalize upon national
issues, but for the individual
Senator or Representative
seeking reelection local issues
will predominate. Result: an
irresistible urge to vote
through such measures as the
rivers and harbors "pork bar
rel" bill.
The big spending decisions
won't come easily. This is the
year, after all, when both the
President and Congress hoped
to spread some pre-election
cheer with a tax cut. That's
out. But budget-balancers in
the executive and legislative
branches will fight to offset
increased spending for mis
siles by cutbacks in other
areas. The odds are against
them, however, and there's
a good chance that Congress
will have to raise the $275
billion ceiling on the public
debt.
Here are the top issues fac
ing Congress in 1958:
Defense- The Administra
tion should get most of the
additional money it wants,
along with authority to share
atomic data with U.S. allies
Congressional critics will call
for greater unification of the
armed services, but no major
reorganization of the Penta
gon appears likely.
Foreign aid The $4 bil
lion Mutual Security Program
of military and economic aid
to other countries remains the
most likely victim of Congres
sional pruning knives. Despite
the President's personal ap
peal to provide the funds, a
substantial cut is almost cer
tain. Trade policy Protection
ist forces, encouraged by ris
ing unemployment, wiU wage
an all-out battle to write
crippling amendments into
the President's tariff-cutting
program. No appropriations
are involved, but this fight
may well be the most time
consuming and bitterly wag
ed of the 1958 session.
Civil defense The Gaither
Report's call for a multi-billion
dollar shelter program
will continue to provoke cries
of alarm, but Congress seems
no less determined than the
Administration to shove this
issue under the carpet.
Postal rates The House al
ready has approved a $500
million - a - year increase in
postal rates, including a boost
from 3 cents to 4 cents for
first-class mail. The Senate
is expected to agree.
Federal pay Increases
totaling more than $1 bil
lion will be asked for mili
tary personnel, 500,000 post
al workers and one million
Federal civilian employees.
Chances are good that Con
gress and the Administration
! will come to terms.
Education The Adminis
tration has dropped its school
building program killed by
the House in 1957 in favor
of a four-year, $1 billion pack
age featuring Federal schol
arships and matching grants
to states to strengthen teach
ing standards . and facilities,
especially in the sciences.
iThe program is controversial,
but Jtederal aid in one form
or another will be increased.
Farm policy There is
'broad agreement that the
acreage ' reserve part of the
soil bank program should be
dropped and that the surplus
disposal program should be
extended. But Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra Taft Ben
son's aid for a freer hand in
fixing price supports is doom
ed. No really new departure
in farm policy appears likely
in 1958.
Labor The Senate's probe
of the Teamsters and other
racket-ridden ; unions has put
steam behind the effort to
tighten up Federal labor laws,
but there is considerable dis
agreement over the amount
of tightening needed. Two
proposals both opposed by
Labor Secretary James P.
Mitchell are particularly
disputed: a Federal right-to-
work law and extension of
antitrust penalties to labor
unions.
SmaU business Congress
is expected to extend the life
of the SmaU Business Ad
ministration, but prospects
are nil for a tax cut for small
corporations.
Veterans The Adminis
tration wants to begin easing
on on compensation pay
ments for non-service con
nected disability, while the
American Legion and others
want improved benefits for
veterans. Neither goal stands
much of a chance in 1958
Natural gas With memo
ries dimmed of the sensation
al bribery scandal of 1956,
the drive to free natural gas
rates from Federal control
will be resumed with the
blessing of the President and
the two Texas Democrats who
run Congress Senate Ma
jority Leader Lyndon B
Johnson and House Speaker
Sam Rayburn. Barring anoth
er round of unforeseen cir
cumstances, the bill should
be enacted.
Civil rights -- The leading
political issue of 1957, civil
rights, may take a breather
in 1958. Majority opinion in
the Administration and on
Capitol Hill wants to "let the
dust settle." " -
(Copyright 1957.
Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
Director Needed
For Civil Rights
Washington (ff) The
controversial federal Civil
Rights commission hoped Sat
urday to get "within a week"
a top-notch director to guide
its 20-month inquiry into vot
ing rights violations.
President Eisenhower will
pick the man for the $22,500
job from a list of several can
didates submitted by the new
commission.
Commission Chairman John
A. Hannah said any one of
the candidates approved un
animously by the group
would be acceptable. He de
clined to name the prospects.
CONFERENCE SET
Corvallis (1?) The seventh
annual Oregon rural health
conference, which will be de
voted primarily to planning
regional meetings for study
of local health needs, will be
held here Jan. 9-10.
A. Robert
What New Year Will Bring in
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
(Editor's note: To aid
readers in anticipating what
events will doubtless make
headlines in 1958, the Mail
Tribune publishes the crys
tal ball gazing predictions
of its Washington corres
pondent, who spent the hol
idays peering through the
keyhole into the next , 12
months.)
JANUARY Senators
Wayne Morse and Richard L.
Neuberger begin the new ses
sion of Congress by holding a
joint press conference to an
nounce renewed unity, fidel
ity to the same cause, and mu
tual admiration. Half way
through prepared statements
which they are reading in un
ison, Wayne's mike konks out,
and only Dick can be heard
by TV audience. Morse ac
cuses Neuberger of nulling
his plug. Oregon newspapers
leave themselves wide open
by reporting it as it hap
pened. C. Girard Davidson
blasts press for partisanship.
Sig Unander returns from
secret trip to Washington with
announcement that he has
persuaded President Eisen
hower not to stop construction
of The Dalles dam as economy
measure. Six more femme
teen-age Mark Hatfield clubs
are organized under the slo
gan, "Say it ain't so, Mark."
Lew Wallace says his doctor
isn't sure whether he can run
for governor now or not. The
stock market holds firm.
FEBRUARY C o n g r e s s -man
Walter Norblad turns up
missing from his office. Aides
hint he is on secret military
mission. Phil Hitchcock says
he found Walter spying on his
house from across the street
to see if Phil was going to
file against him. Douglas Mc
Kay flies to Salem under the
assumed name, Mac Douglas,
summons Hitchcock to Mar
ion hotel for unity talks.
Hitchcock decides not to run
for "persmal reasons." Nor
blad gets first-night's sleep
in 6 months.' McKay files
against Neuberger, but is told
he's two years early. White
House announces McKay's res
ignation from International
Joint Commission to prepare
for campaign. McKay ex
plains, "I don't need a job,
but I'm going to clean out
those left-wingers or bust!"
MARCH Neuberger says
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
What happened in Vene
zuela? I wouldn't know. But I sus
pect it was a plot to seize
power.
History tells us dictator
ships tempt ambitious per
sons to do away with the dic
tator and take over his job
and his perquisites.
17'EEP this in mind:
Khrushchev is a die
tator. It is historicallv Drob
able that sooner or later
some ambitious communist
will try to take his job away
from him.
SPEAKING of commies
there's Tito.
A high communist source
in Belgrade (Yugoslavia's
capital) i says there is NO
chance he will change his
"neutralist" policies during
the coming year.
The "source" savs Tito in
tends to remain noliticallv in
dependent from both Moscow
ana the West.
"RUT let's get closer home
" Coach Len Casanova says
he is prouder of his 1957
Oregon Rose Bowl football
team than of any team he has
ever coached.
. He adds:
"Everybody said we'd- be
humiliated. But we went out
there and put up one whale
of a battle. It was a real ex
ample of guts."
TTE HAS reason to be proud.
"He turned out a bunch of
do-or-die fighters who cave
everything they had, at every
minute of the game, against
long -odds.
If the state of Oregon will
go out and tackle its prob
lems in the spirit disDlaved
by those youngsters at Pasa
dena, there will be little cause
to complain of Oregon's eco
nomic progress in the future.
"OREGON political note:
" Secretary of State Mark
Hatfield left the door ooen
on the possibility that he may
yet file for the Republican
nomination for governor, even
though State Treasurer Siz
Unander has already an
nounced his intention to seek
the nomination.
Hatfield has so far declined
to say flatly that he would
oppose Unander for the nomi
nation. While remarking that
he could not conceive of cir
cumstances that would cause
him to jenter the race, he ad
mits that he is open to re-
evaluation of the situation.
Smith Makes Predictions of
once more that he may not
run for re-election because he
would rather be a writer than
a senator. Saturday Evening
Post updates Neuberger's fa
mous article, newly entitled,
"They Never Go Back to
Roseburg." Guy Cordon, from
his Washington law office,
blasts the article, saying he's
been back to Roseburg every
summer since 1954. Harris
Ellsworth, who's been back
every year since '44, orders
Civil Service Commission to
prepare report showing there
are still more New Dealers in
Washington than anything.
Republican National Commit
tee gets White House to stamp
Ellsworth report top secret.
Governor Robert D. Holmes
remembers he forgot to send
Seasons Greetings to all Dem
ocratic county chairmen, and
vows to do better next year.
Sig Unander returns from
Washington with advance
word that an Oregon girl will
be queen of the annual Cherry
Blossom festival, if Sherman
Adams can fix the turn of the
wheel of chance.
APRIL Gov. Holmes goes
to Washington to attend cere
mony at which President
signs proclamation for Oregon
Centennial. Sig greets him at
the White House door. Edith
Green holds private dinner
party for governor and a very
few other guests. Maurine
Neuberger says she will head
up Edith's 1958 campaign com
mittee, after Edith pledges not
to run against Dick in '60.
Everyone drinks a toast (just
wine) to this, except Dick who
doesn't drink anything. He
repeats Royal Canadian
Mounted police oath of fidel
ity. MAY President Eisen
hower limps into locker room
of Burning Tree country club,
but stock market recovers
quickly when Dr. Snyder re
ports the condition is tempor
ary, will pass as soon as Ike
breaks in new golf shoes,
Wayne Morse calls on him to
resign in a 30-hour Senate
speech, and regains talk title
from Strom Thurmond. Harp
er s pubishes article by Neu
berger entitled, "Jack Ken
nedy for president: a liberal's
liberal." Nixon clips it for use
in 1960.
JUNE Congress passes the
Alaska statehood bill 'and 99
per cent of Oregon's unem
ployed go north to the new
frontier. Many are hired by
film crew on location in Brit
ish Columbia doing TV torn
mercials for Marlboro. Mark
Hatfield takes a wife, and 99
per cent of Oregon's unat
tached gals head for Calif.
Governor notes drop in unem
ployment, says his program
now paying off. American
Mercury magazine, next to
article on New Nixon, has ar
ticle by Wayne Morse enti
tled: "Jack Kennedy: a reac
tionary's liberal." Nixon, clips
ootn lor 1960.
JULY As Congress is held
up from adjournment by
quarrel over foreign aid bill,
John Foster Dulles flies to
Lima, Peru, for talks with ex
Congressman Sam Coon at his
ICA post there. Coon flies
back to Washington with Dul
les, goes on TV to tell the in
side story of how foreign aid
has kept Latin America from
going communist. Charley
Porter challenges Coon to take
back implied support for Latin
dictators who claim to be
anti-communist. Congress
passes the bill, and Coon is
promoted to vice-deputy as
sistant for agriculture aid at
Karachi. Norblad sets record
with second speech on House
floor. The Oregon Voter pub
lishes special edition on "The
New Norblad." Oregon Demo
crat begins pre-election series
on the New Sweetland, who
has secretly filed against Nor
blad.
AUGUST Neuberger in
Holiday magazine article, in
vites Ike to spend vacation at
Seaside. Jim Haggerty goes to
Seaside and finds Pacific
ocean warmer, but crosswinds
too strong for Ike's slice. Ore
gonians then relax and enjoy
it themselves. All but Charlie
Porter, who discovers Domin
ican Republic has placed larg
est order for Douglas fir in
history with foreign , a i d
funds. Eugene becomes boom
town.
SEPTEMBER Dave Beck
goes on trial for income tax
evasion. Los Angeles Dodgers
hint they may move to Seat
tle. LA Mayor Norris Poulson
says Seattle already has too
many dodgers. Neuberger an
nounces he will sponsor bill
to give Portland Exposition
Recreation center priority for
kilowatts under the prefer
ence clause if Dodgers will
use E-R center as .home
grounds. Paul McKee rallies
utilities against this socialistic
move. Dodgers move to To
kyo. Yankees and Gov. Fau-;
bus protest that this will open '
world series to foreigners.
Washington Senators threaten
to move to Portland. Ernie
Swigert, pulling the National
Association of Manufacturers
into line against it, says:- "We
have too many last place sen
ators as is." Poulson agrees to
transfer Rose Bowl to the
Rose City in face of popular
sentiment that Rose Bowl now
rightfully belongs to Oregon
OCTOBER Election cam
paign rolls into high gear, de
spite general disinterest Sec
retary of Agriculture Ezra
Benson leaves for Oregon to
tell Oregohians what a big
help Unander has been, but
is met at Boise by Sig and
told to "be a big help and re
turn to Washington on next
plane." Secretary of Interior
Fred Seaton and Nixon dedi
cate two more federal dams
started by the Truman admin
istration, say, "partnership"
policy is answer to Eisen
hower "no new starts" edict.
Al Ullman hands out Hells
Canyon literature except to
construction workers at
Brownlee dam.
NOVEMBER Wayne Morse
flies to Oregon for whirlwind
tour in support of Democratic
ticket in last days of cam
paign. Unemployed Oregon
ians return from B. C. in time
to vote Democratic. Lew Wal
lace announces he is voting
Republican. Holmes an
nounces if elected he will not
take a top job with CBS, but
will serve out his term. Voters
as usual split their tickets
and go back to reading the
sports page. Arlington Club
About 11 o'clock each Sat
urday morning, "Mr. Satur
day" makes his weekly visit
to the news room.
Last week, he did some
thing almost unheard of in
the world of pipe smokers: he
forgot his. Left it on a desk
in the office, he did.
Knowing he would return
for it, staff members decided
to do something special. Our
photographer used his tal
ented pencil on an old box;
our sports editor furnished
the coat; a reporter her scarf;
and San Francisco the paper,
to all of which was added a
little touch of an old feather
duster.
"Mr. Saturday" returned
for his pipe. He searched the
desk where he remembered
leaving it but it wasn't until
our society editor turned his
direction to the above display
that he found his gem.
Needless to say, a happy
"Mr. Saturday" left with his
pipe and caricature as a sou
venir. One of our feminine staff
members, accustomed t o
wearing heels, arrived at
work one day last week in
something to which she
wasn't accustomed: loafers.
She even brought a pair
of slippers "one day, and
caused a minor sensation in
other departments. They
probably wondered just
how relaxed can one work?
Reason for the loafers
and slippers: little toe trou
ble. A couple residing on Win
chester st. was a bit bewil
dered on their first encounter
with one of its Christmas
gifts, but the two quickly
agreed that the present was
one of the best they've ever
received.
Recently, the two entered
into a transaction for con
struction of a new home. The
deal, involved trade of the
two houses they owned the
one they lived in and one
across the street. Before the
couple and their two sons
left town for a Christmas hol
iday in Washington, they
learned that a buyer had been
found for the house they lived
in and that they would have
to move into the dwelling
across the street as soon as
they got home.
They headed north sort of
dreading the move.
When they arrived home a
PTIUCIK
(By M-T Staff and Contribution)
f&My 1 p.
Headlines
is wreathed in same black
crepe used after 54 and '56
fluke victories for Democrats.
DECEMBER Attorney
General Bob Thornton an
nounces record number of
convictions by the state
against motorists exceeding
speed limit. Blames GOP
highway program as cause of
law violations. Oregon con
gressional delegation returns
to Washington for a rest. Six
staff members are fired for
saying, "How'd you like your
vacation?" Neuberger calls
press conference, says not sure
whether he will run for re
election or return to writing.
Passes out advance copies of"
article from March issue of
Sports Illustrated, entitled: "I
Played Doubles at HandbaU
with the Oldest Senator in
History and We Won!" Says
it shows all senators would
benefit by more exercise in
team sports, and should hold
some sessions in the Senate
gym. From his Maryland
farm, Morse issues statement
saying "I've never been on a
team in my life, and I'm
healthy as a horse." -
Human experience is one
year further in debt to its
leaders.
couple of days after Christ
mas, and opened the door,
they were startled to find
their house practically bare
and devoid of their personal
belongings. But they soon no
ticed a sign stating they now
lived across the street.
Now, a good number of the
homes on Winchester are ex
actly alike in interior design.
When the family crossed the
street and opened the door,
the couple found their fur
nishings and belongings al
most exactly as they had left
them in the other house.
Several neighbors and fel
low employees did the mov
ing.
One of our staff members,
driving blissfully along the
highway during the holi
days, was stopped by a
short blast from a state po
lice car siren. His automo
bile license had expired. -
Later he started out to
renew the license. But guess
what? Yep, he was slopped
again. He finally did get it
renewed, though. v
The staff members who
write "heads" for news stories
have been doing ' it a long
time; they could turn them
out without hardly thinking
about the number of letters
required in a line for a spe
cific kind of type.
But something happened the
other day. Many of the
"heads" were returned from
the back shop marked "too
long." The writer apparently
wasn't thinking, but as the
days passed fewer and fewer
"heads" were returned.
Which all leads up to the
question: We wonder how
many readers noticed New
Year's Day the Mail Tribune
started using nine columns.
We heard that one local
woman noticed "something
different" about the paper,
but couldn't quite figure out
what it was. It took the wife
of one of our staff members
a couple hours to see the dif
ference. .
,
A local family was mys
tified recently when a pet's
feed bowls kept disappear
ing. Sometimes they would
be found a block from the
feeding spot, and sometimes
not at all.
Then one day, an embar
rassed neighbor returned
the bowls. Her dog took
them, she said.