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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
: 10 YEARS AGO
: Jan. 10, 1948 (Sunday)
Because city water cannot
Lr-TaS
I be put up in containers as a
: jesult of the recent floods,
; Southern Pacific hauls tank
; cars from Steinman station.
I From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "The flu
Is still rampant, but on the
: ebb. Everybody seems to have
: conquered it with a different
I rure."
; 20 YEARS AGO
: Jan. 10, 1938 (Monday)
; Plans for exhibits at the
Z Golden Gate International Ex
- position in 1930 discussed at
meeting of Shasta-Cascade ex
; position in Redding, Calif.,
; according to A. H. Banwell,
: Jackson County Chamber of
I Commerce manager.
: The third of a series of
' training meetings for parent
education study club leaders
scheduled at the courthouse
80 YEARS AGO
Jan. 10. 1928 (Thuifday)
; About $95 in cash taken
from the Eagle Point post of-
1 f ice when safe is blown open.
Reid, Murdoc and company
plan to erect two canneries
and a coffee roasting and
I packing plant in the state dur
; Ing 1928, according to the dis-
trict representative here.
- 40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 10. 1918 (Thursday)
First annual meeting of the
-. stockholders of National Farm
Loan associations held for
' Medford and Rogue River as-
" sociation.
From local and personal
- column: "Fred L. Strang has
" Just received a telegram from
Washington confirming his ap-
- pointment as assistant in mar
keting fruits and vegetables
' with the federal bureau of
markets, and intends to leave
for Chicago next Saturday,
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct it superior;
even or eight it excellent; five or
six it good.
1. Was the sandwich orig-
r mated by an Englishman,
American, or Frenchman?
2. Bible: The books of the
N.T. are held to have come
; Into existence during which
; "Age"?
: 3. Did President Coolidge
I lerve one or two full terms?
4. Did the French fight
against the Indians in the
- French and Indian War?
5. The $3,000,000 mrfrble
j hrine to Thomas Jefferson
completed in 1946 is in which
; eastern city?
:. 6. What is .the smallest
v breed of dog?
; 7. Do all liquids have the
same boiling point?
8. Male whales are called
- bucks, bulls, or whelps?
- 9. The Aubudon society is
primarily interested in birds,
; books, or art?
10. The Bohemian word
; "thaler" is the origin of which
i English word?
; Answercl. Englishman
i (Earl of Sandwich). 2. Apos
Z folic Age. 3. One. 4. No (the
British did). 5. Washington,
D.C. 6. Mexican Chihuahua.
9. No. 8. Bulls. 9. Birds. 10.
- Dollar.
: Oregon City Business
eader Taken by Death
: Z Oregon City (IB John
'. Telford, 66, local business
"leader, died Thursday after
suffering a heart attack.
Boon or Poison
Some families have achieved an uneasy com
promise with that compelling little box, TV (or,
as one writer we know persists in calling it,
teevee).
Others reject it, many of them violently.
Still others have utterly succumbed to it.
It is possible to understand each of these atti
tudes, for TV (or teevee) carries many things
which are superb things which could never be
presented with the same drama, the same immedi
acy, the same impact, before its advent as well
as the good, the mediocre, the bad, and truth
must be faced the simply awful.
rR. PAUL Witty of Northwestern University,
a psychologist, recently reported on an eight
year study of several thousand children and their
reactions to television.
Among other things, he concluded that tele
vision had little effect on the work of students
the good ones remained good, with or without it,
the bad ones bad and that emotional distur
bances have their sources
This may be true,
contrary to the conclusions at which many
thoughtful parents have
months or years.
fNE is tempted to suspect that Dr. Witty's
observations should have been qualified to
assess the amount of
youngsters were exposed.
A carefully selected
harm no one, and may
zons, his understanding and certainly his oppor
tunities for entertainment.
On the other hand,
the bad with the good,
uplifting can hardly
voung, impressionable minds, even though it may
in a few more intelligent youngsters, lead to a
greater sense of discrimination.
1IHEN TV is new in a household, it is natura!
v to' watch its wonders for hours on end. This
soon palls, however, with
switch is used more frequently.
With others, however, television becomes a
soporific, almost hypnotic, influence. We have
watched youngsters stare at it for hours, from the
time they got home from
night, with time out only
play outdoors, no social activity, no reading of
books or magazines or newspapers only sitting
crap - mouthed and inert m a darkened room,
sopping up what flickers on the screen, their ini
tiative and energy and creativity lost in lethargy,
IF THE psychologist is right in that this does no
harm, by the same token it can by no stretch
of the imagination do any good. And it is such a
horrifying waste of time time when the boy or
girl could be learning by
reading.
Tel p. vision is like so
. -
can be a wonderful boon,
ping poison. It depends
Impressive
One of the criteria used in judging the use
fulness and ability of college and university
teachers is the number and quality of articles and
reports which they publish.
It is a measurement not only of the original
research which they do in their pursuit of knowl
edge, but how active they are in making their dis-
covenes available to otners, tnus increasing tne
sum total of available knowledge.
The value of this criterion is variable, of
course. Some of the greatest teachers publish very
little; some sub-standard teachers publish a great
deal. But if no undue emphasis is placed on it, it
does provide at least one indication of a pro
fessor's creativity and desire to share his con
clusions with others.
THE December issue of the Bulletin of the Ore-
gon state system of higher education is de
voted to listing publications of the faculties of
the schools in the system for two years.
It makes an impressive document, for Ore
gon's college and university teachers are a high
quality lot of men and women, and their studies
have been productive of a. large volume of material.
Not all of the articles
cance. But neither are they insignificant.
In his introduction, Chancellor John K. Kich-
ards said :
"Some of these publications represent years of
study and research and are their authors' contributions
in man's search for truth. Some . . . share the authors'
understanding of a special area of knowledge. Some
. . . are creative works of inspiration or solace. We
are pleased to record these achievements of our facul
ties. They are but one indication of their devoted serv
ice to the cause of higher education."
THIRTY-SEVEN of the
ed came from faculty
Oregon college a creitable showing inasmuch
as it has a relatively small faculty at work in
fields which are not as readily "publishable" as
some others in the system.
All m all, the Bulletin
sive record of the abilities and energies of the
faculty members to whom
education of the young people of Oregon. E.A.
Friday, January 10, 1958
in other things than TV.
but if it is, it is directly
arrived over a period of
TV viewing to which his
diet of television can
indeed broaden his hori
indiscriminate viewing
the degrading with the
be of great benefit to
many, and the shut-off
school until far into the
to gulp a sandwich. No
doing, and acting, and
manv other thingrs it
or it can be a soul-sap
upon the use made of it.
Hi. A.
Record
are of major signifi
2,239 publications list
members at boutnern
constitutes an impres
we entrust the higher
Ah' I'm hot gonma call ya 'mother' no
EITHER I OlO YA HEAR AllCg ?
Demos See Nixon
As 'Man to Beat'
Before '60
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (IP) The Dem
ocratic high command is hon
oring Vice President Richard
M. Nixon as
the Republi
can they are
anxious to cut
down. Demo
c r atic politi
cal strategy is
m obvious ac-
knowledg
ment of a be
lief that Nix-
Lyie c. Wilson on is the man
most likely to be nominated
by the Republican party for
president in 1960. As the
Democrats see him, Nixon is
the man to beat.
If they can beat him before
1960, so much the better for
the Democrats. He probably
would be the strongest man
the Republicans could put up
to succeed President Eisen
hower.
The Democratic estimate of
Nixon's political potential is
indicated by the sustained at
tack on his public record un
derway in the pages of the
Democratic Digest. The Di
gest is a monthly publication
of the Democratic National
committee.
Claimed Shrinkage
Back in November, the Di
gest observed that Nixon ap
parently had decided to aban
don the "Eisenhower person
ality" because, it said, the
President's popularity had
been shrinking since last
spring.
Nixon has been acting,'
the Digest reported, "like a
man who has decided to aban
don a slowly sinking ship but
in such a way as to suggest
that he merely is going for a
swim.
Until last spring, according
to the Digest, Nixon had iden
tified himself with the "El
senhower personality" to
build up his own chances for
the 1960 nomination. The
January issue of the Digest
accuses Nixon of joining the
late Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
and others in destroying the
morale of the United States
scientific community.
Debates Blamed
Hence, the Communist tri
umphs with sputnik? That's
the way it looks to the Demo
crats who contend the Nation
is paying today, in terms of
a lag in defense science, for
Nixon's actions during the na
tional debate relating to Com
munists and internal secu
rity. If such charges against
Nixon can be made to stick,
his availability for the Re
publican presidential nomina
tion will decrease and, per
haps, disappear. That seems
to be what the Democrats
have in mind.
Nixon unquestionably is
front-runner as of today in
the race for the 1960 nomi
nation. The disadvantage of
that position is that it invites,
even demands, attack not
only by the Democrats but by
any Republican who may,
also, covet his party's presi
dential nod.
Can't Use Advantage
The next 18 months prom
ise to be rough ones for the
vice president. The nominat
ing conventions will take
place after that period. Mean
time, the going will be espe
East Main St.
DAIRY -
Husband-tested pies . . .
That's why there's a
slice missing.
Election
cially rough for Nixon be
cause he probably cannot
cash in on the greatest ad
vantage which normally can
be claimed by a Republican
politician who has good early
lead toward his party's presi
dential nomination.
That advantage is the wind
fall support of-the Republi
can organizations in the
Southern states. These largely
are ghost organizations of lit
tle substance but they send
substantial and often control
ling delegations to nominat
ing conventions. More than
anything else, the Southern
Republicans want to line up
with the probable winner.
Nixon will not get much or
any of that windfall support
at the 1960 Republican Na
tional convention. His bold
stand for Negro civil rights
and his association with
NAACP forbid it.
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Pastor's Message Praised
To the Editor: I just wanted
to remind the Talent reader
who berated the Mail Tribune
for not printing a Christmas
editorial, and for not "com
memorating the birth of our
Saviour in a dignified and ap
propriate fashion," that he
should turn to the women's
section of the Mail Tribune
for Sunday, Dec. 22, and note
where the editor permitted
publication of the true pur
pose of Christmas.
Such an evaluation of the
physical and spiritual, which
was written by the Rev. Ken
neth Korby, pastor of St. Pet
er's Evangelical Lutheran
church of Medford, is so sel
dom seen in any except Chris
tian publications that I would
like to see it in print again for
the benefit of all:
"The most surprising thing
about Christmas is that it is
true. What's true? The making
of much money? The fury of
going about here and there?
The fatigue and seeking for
relief from too much activity?
The covering over of a selfish
life by a few acts of charity?
No; these are some of the
debris by which Christ gets
buried in the Christmas cele
bration. These things are tem
porary and full of deception.
But He who is born for us
is true. His birth is no illusion.
He is every good promise of
God s love, fulfilled and come
true.
For centuries God had
promised deliverance to man
kind. He uttered his mighty
and gracious Word through
the mouths of men. But in
Christmas the Eternal Word
becomes man; He takes on
flesh. In the person of His own
dear Son, God keeps his prom
ise. This one in the manger is
the true and eternal Son of
God; very real and true God
with His Father. And just as
truly, He is man, our Brother.
He is made like us in every
respect except He did no sin.
'God has said that He
would come back to us. Here
in the manger is the bridge
SMITH
at Genestee
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Anti-jitters news:
Vice President Nixon says
in Philadelphia the United
States iSyMILIT ARIL Y
STRONGER TODAY THAN
ANY POTENTIAL AGGRES
SOR.
He brands as "unmitigated
nonsense any pessimistic
talk to the contrary.
TlfR. NTXON is in politics.
He holds the second most
important office in the world.
At any moment such being
the vicissitudes of life on this
planet he might step up to
the MOST important office in
the world.
He MIGHT be trying to
calm our fears so that as a
people we won't become panic-stricken
and start running
off wildly in all directions at
once.
So let's turn to a distin
guished civilian Dr. James
Killian, Jr., president of Mas
sachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, who was chosen re
cently to be President Eisen
hower's scientific adviser. In
his first major speech since
he was appointed, he DENIES
that the U.S. has lost its over
all scientific and technologi
cal superiority.
He tells a Washington audi
ence that Russia is a very se
rious competitor in the tech
nological field BUT SHE HAS
NOT PASSED US YET.
LET'S keep our shirts on.
T.Pt'e Tint CTof
Ours is a GREAT country.
Let's not lose faith in it
or in ourselves.
TR. KILLIAN has proposed
L' a program to retain U.S.
world leadership in science
and technology against sen
ous Soviet competition. His
program includes.
1. Raising college entrance
requirements so that INCOM
PETENT students are not ad
mitted. 2. Educating the average
American to the IMPORT
ANCE OF SCIENCE.
3. Emphasizing the value
of INTELLECTUAL DISCI
PLINE "M"OTE, please, that Dr. Kil
lian thinks farther into
the situation than just
SPENDING A LOT OF
MONEY.
It's going to take money, of
course, but it's going to take
MORE than money.
T ET'S go back for a moment
to his third point em
phasizing intellectual disci
pline.
The Wall Street Journal
has been interviewing a lot
of educators all over the coun
try, and it published its find
ings the other day. Among
the opinions of teachers, this
one stood out rather promi
nently: Too many of our young
sters in these days tend to shy
away from science and math
ematics (which require intel
lectual discipline) and PICK
THE PIPE COURSES.
over the gap between God and
us. Our Lord Jesus Christ is
our Peace, our Reconciler.
God is True."
I would like to add that the
crucified Lord is the "gap be
tween God and us" only as the
individual knows he is in sin
in God's sight and accepts his
personal salvation, according
to Scripture.
A Jacksonville reader.
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Coordination of Replies To
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international
balance sheet:
The foreign offices of the
15 North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization countries spent
this week try
ing to coordi
nate replies to
a Soviet Rus
sian bid for
high level
talks on re
ducing inter
national ten
sion. Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai
A. Bui ganin
Charles M.
McCann
had proposed the talks in
separate ' letters to the heads
of government of the NATO
allies last month.
Agreement on replies which
would refuse a meeting now
but would leave the way
open for some kind of nego
tiations proved difficult.
The United States was con
vinced that any talks would
be futile unless Russia gave
firm evidence that it was pre
pared to negotiate in good
faith.
Some other Allied govern
ments wanted a conference
on almost any terms in hope
that the threat of a catastro
phic nuclear war might be
dissipated.
Proposed drafts of the sep
arate Allied replies were sub
mitted to NATO headquarters
in Paris. But because of the
disagreement on the proper
response to Bulganin, coordi
nation proved difficult.
Dispatches indicated that
when the replies were sent,
probably late next week, they
would emphasize that the
first step should be for Rus
sia to agree to resume dis
armament negotiations.
It was expected that the
Allied course would be: 1. Se
cret diplomatic exchanges
with Russia to find out
whether a basis for negotia
tion was possible. 2. A meet
ing of foreign ministers to
discuss any agreement reach
ed for East-West negotiations.
3. Finally, several months
from now at least, a "sum
mit" meeting if there was
real prospect for success.
Russia, in what seemed to
be a paper gesture made for
propaganda purposes, an
nounced a cut of 300,000 .men
this year in the strength of
its armed forces.
The Kremlin called the cut
a "new, serious contribution
to the cause of easing ten
sions and creating an atmos
phere of confidence in the re
lations between states."
But the cut if actually
carried out would leave
Russia still with the most
powerful armed forces in the
world.
Chancellor of the Ex
chequer Peter Thorneycroft,
No. 2 man in the British cabi
net, resigned because the gov
ernment refused to make a
slash of $140 million in its
cradle-to-grave social security
spending. Two of Thorney-
Ormond Bean Plans
To Seek Reelection
Portland (IPI Ormond R.
Bean, a veteran of 16 years
in city hall, said today that he
would seek reelection.
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n Talk Bid Difficult
croft's key aides quit with
him.
It looked, for a time, as if
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan might face a crisis in
his cabinet. But the three men
then said they were not rebels
and that they would continue
their suppor.t of the govern
ment. A rumor that Russia had
launched a rocket 300 kilome
ters (186 miles) into the air
caused a flurry of excitement
over the world.
Babson Gives View
On 'Real Strength1
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. I
shall begin the New Year by
discussing something far more
imp o r t a n t
than stocks,
bonds, real es
tate, or' mort
gages. My text
will be the
slogan which
President
Eisenh o w e r
brought back
from Paris
Roger W. Babson
namely,
"Strength with Peace."
What is strength? We all
know that it consists of some
thing far more than and very
different from guns, navies,
airplanes, or missiles. Yet,
these are the things that we
read about chiefly in the
newspapers and magazines.
This is the "strength" which
physicists, engineers, and met
allurgists are called to Wash
ington to discuss.
This situation must be
changed. Yet, my able friend
President Killian of my Alma
Mater the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology has
been brought to Washington
amid much applause to aid in
producing such material
strength, not the real strength.
This whole trend seems cock
eyed to me. Neither America
nor Russia will win with this
kind of strength. I am very
serious about this.
Strength From What?
Real strength comes from
courage, faith, hardiness, and
rejoicing in sacrifice. Have we
got this strength? Are any
civil men being called to
Washington to ' instill this
strength in our people? Our
unbalanced' setup is foolish
and dangerous. More scien
tists will not save us. Our
missiles, costing millions of
dollars each, may be no more
effective than the Great Wall
of China or the Maginot Line
of France.
Instead of training our
youth for courage, the train
ing of our homes, schools, and
even churches is for softness.
Our manufacturers and .mer
chants advertise "easy living";
our schools provide "plush"
accommodations; our automo
biles must have power steer
ing, automatic braices, ana
push-button windows. We are
the world's worst example of
"training for softness" rather
than for strength. (Exceptions
are our marines and certain
others of our armed services
but these fine men make up
only about 1 per cent of our
population. Fur thermore,
o
car of the
The United Press Moscow
bureau chief, asked about it,
emphasized that it was
nothing more than a rumor
and that no basis for it could
be found. But the rumor
mushroomed. It took two dayi
to pin down its source. Mos
cow Radio had broadcast, as
purely fiction, an account of
a trip into space and back
by parachute of a Russian
missileman. For those who
took the rumor seriously, ' it
was a good one while it
lasted.
these men know nothing of
udrasnip until they enter the
service after their habits have
been formed.)
Examples of Foolishness
In recent issues of a greal
magazine I find these signifi
cant advertisements: A "baby
nipple which will keep the
baby from dirtying its bib or
dress." My comment is that
when I spilled my food, my
hands got a good slap; Anoth
er advertisement treats of
food which is so ground and
mixed that the child does not
need to chew! Over 350,000
copies of juvenile books were
published in 1957, breaking
$80,000,000. About one in
every three books now pub
lished are to amuse children
and take them away from TV.
We send our children to
school in busses and keep
them awake with gymnastics.
Children are practically born
in automobiles; walking is be
coming a lost art. As a result,
the retail trade of our cities
may be ruined by the parking
problem. Finally, youth is no
longer getting its social life in
such outdoor games as were
formerly common, but rather
in cocktail parties that leave
them a "hangover" which is
undermining health, charac
ter, and industry. Accompany
ing this curse, labor leaders
state that their motto for 1958
is "Less work, higher wages,
and more comforts."
Study History
All the progress this nation
has ever made has been
through work, struggle, and
sacrifice. Muscles became
strong through exercise; learn
ing came by use of midnight
oil; morals developed through
religion and self - control.
Growing strong permitted no
furlough from struggle and
.sacrifice. It was not money or
ease which made America.
Our great growth came from
strength of muscle, mind, and
spirit. Softness and luxury ar
our greatest enemies today.
Why is this not being recog
nized in Washington? It is true
that our President is setting a
good example by attending
church on Sundays. It is true
that the clergy are publishing
optimistic statistics and
creeds. But what is being
done by government, schools,
or churches to make people
tougher, hardier, more in
dustrious and anxious to sac
rifice? The best in each of us
thrives on difficulties. These
can be overcome only by
courage and sacrifice. It may
be too bad that this is so, but
it is true. Let us not learn it
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