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-By BENNETT CERF-
' A RAW RECRUIT at a Marine "boot" camp had just been
ii put over the obstacle course: through a thick, tangled
patch of forest; across an ice-cold, swift-running river, and
under a maze of wicked
.barbed wire. "Well, boy,"
'grinned a diabolical ser
geant, "how do you like be
tag Marine?"
"Shucks, sarge," answered
the recruit innocently,
"where I hail from, we got
ta go through country like
this just to get to the barn!"
This is Dorothy Parker's
attempt to establish the dif
ference between wit and
wisecracking: "Wit has truth
in it; wisecracking is simply ,
calisthenics with words,"
gam Hlmmen tells about a determined character who finally
has achieved an ambition he's nourished since 1936. He just bought
a 1936 Cadillac x
O 195. hr Bennett Cert Distributed bj King features Syadicste.
Increasing Menace of
TV Monopoly Cited
r.PPONENTS of pay TV have
based the greater part of
their argument on the pre
mise that it would eventually
result in viewers being forced
to lay out hard cash for en
tertainment they now get for
nothing. Pay TV people, on
the other hand, insist that
while they will not disturb
present free programming,
they will offer better quality
movies, Broadway plays and
the like at a price.
These arguments have been
widely ballyhooed, and while
there is great merit in the
latter, there is another in be
half of pay TV that deserves
more attention than it is get
ting.. We refer to the virtual
monopoly that the giants in
New York have over free TV.
NETWORK television, sup
ported entirely by adver
tisers, has developed a dan
gerously powerful influence
in this country. This power,
contrary to what network
spokesmen say . on the subject,
Awards Presented
To Sales People,
Cash awards were present
ed to four sales people with
the highest score in sales abil
ity at the Norman A. Davis
Sales elinic last week'at the
Medford YJUCA.
First prize was awarded to
William C. Kanope of Harry
and David. Other awards
went to Iris Frazies, Burle
- son's, second; George E.
Moore, Gate's Furniture, Ash
land, third, and DeVere Nich
ols, Mode O'Day, fourth.
Ten sales people received
honorable mention. They
were R. E. Culbertson, Mann's
department store; Ray E. Rob
inson, Robinson brothers;
Lester P. Stott, Davis Trans
fer and Storage company;
Dorothy Brownson, Davis
Transfer and Storage com
pany; Mrs. Otto Ewaldsen,
Swem's; Mrs. Velma Grosh
ong, Burleson's; Dick R. Jack,
Dempster's; John -Russell,
Hubbard Brothers; Herbert
R. Vallee, Davis Transfer and
Storage company, and Wil
liam K. Bayless, Big Pines
Lumber company.
The awards were made on
the basis of high scores re
corded as a result of the Nor
man A. Davis skill graphs
regarding techniques in cus
tomer relations. The skill
graphs have a total possible
score of 2,500 points.
More than 3,000 employees
throughout the Pacific North
west have taken the test
through the Davis Sales clinic.
BAN MARRIED STUDENTS
Lucedale, Miss. (IR
George County school officials
have ruled against letting
married students attend pub
lic schools on grounds that
"likely cases of maternity
would disrupt classwork.
is concentrated in the hands
of a very few individuals who
nead the three networks.
They have life and death
power over nearlv all TV sta
tions in the wav thev dole
out their programming, and
in me. way they can shift, as
soon will be the case here.
from one outlet to another
upon the personal whims of a
few individuals.
The net result is that the
heads of NBC, CBS and ABC
have absolute control over the
best that comes into millions
of homes daily through the
television set. No such con
centration of nower ever ex
isted in the press, and Con
gress did not intend that TV
should have it when it came
into existence a few years
ago.
AN EXAMPLE of how pow
erful the networks have
become is illustrated by what
happened in the viewing area
of a Midwest station after the
pay TV issue was brought to
the attention of Congress last
January. This station went on
the air with propaganda
against pay TV for three days,
on instructions from higher-
ups, and the results were
startling.
By misleading the public
into thinking that even a lim
ited test of pay TV would re
sult in the death of free pro
gramming, thousands of let
ters were sent by viewers to
Washington. Even small chil
dren were asked on their pro
grams to have parents write
their congressmen.
VARIATIONS of this cam
paign ran in different parts
of the country, with the result
that many members of Con
gress were swamped with
more anti-pay TV mail than
they had previously received
on any other subject. It is an
awesome thing a campaign
like this when - you think
what could happen if these
same individuals in New York
should decide to brainwash
the American public on a sub
ject of greater significance,
Imagine also . what could
happen if the wrong people
should get control of the net
works. TV could be used", as
Hitler used radio, to crush out
our liberties ... to reduce us
to. bondage ... to make Amer
ica a police state,
PAY TV will not completely
overcome . this influence
that the networks hold over
the individual, but it will be
a step in the right direction.
It will be a fourth media a
media that the viewer con
trols through his right of se
lectionand, contrary to what
the networks say, it deserves
a trial.
It will be a threat to a vi
cious and powerful monopoly,
and forthat reason if for no
other the public should be al
lowed to decide its fate.
Charleston (W.Va.) Gasetie.
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Bids to Be Called
For Crater Projects
NEW DISPLAY ROOM Finishing touches opening for the addition, which cost
are being put on a new display room for $15,000, will be May 24, according to
the Copeland Lumber company, North Riv- Elwood Anderson, yard manager. The old
erside ave. and Court St., Medford. Grand display room will be used forstorage.
New Display Room
For Lumber Firm
To Open May 24
Display room space will be
enlarged more 'than three
times tlie present space when
a new addition to the Cope-
land Lumber yard, North Riv
erside ave. and Court st.,
Medford, is opened, according
to Elwood Anderson, yard
manager.
He said a grand opening
sale and ceremonies will ' be
held Saturday, May 24. Sev
eral prizes and gifts are be
ing planned for the grand
opening day, he noted.
The new display room has
been added to the portion of
the building which faces the
Big Y intersection. Final plans
call for installation of spot
lights to highlight a picture of
a large cat on top of the build
ing. The cat is the firm's na
tional trademark.
2,800 Square Feet
The new building section
will be about 2,800 square
feet, Anderson said. New dis
play counters have been con
structed, and a granite-covered
parking lot is planned
for the front of the building
for customer parking.
Anderson explained the in
creased number of customers,
resulting from do-it-yourself
fans, made the larger display
room necessary. The firm will
handle an expanded line of
paints, power tools, plumbing,
electrical supplies, hardwares
and general building supplies.
The present stock will be
tripled, he noted.
The firm has been at its
present location since first
opening in Medford in 1939.
To The Voters of Griffin Creek
School District No. 2
On Monday, May 19, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., in the school
gym, the voters of the district will be asked to vote on the question,
'To exceed the 6 limitation, Yes or No." This year, due to a new
law, every second and third class district must vote on the 6
limitation, as no district has a tax base. This means that, even if
only one dollar were asked on the budge the vote to exceed the 6
limitation must be made. When the voter votes to exceed the 6
limitation, he is really voting to approve the budget, not to increase
the budget by 6.
Therefore, a vote "Yes" to exceed the 6 limitation is a "Yes" to
approve the operating budget for your school next year. A "No"
vote means that you disapprove of operating expenses for the school
next year.
GRIFFIN CREEK SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Paid ad. Griffin Creek School Directors, C W. Guches, chairman;
Galen R. Knox, clerk,' Rt. No. 1, Box 362, Medford, Ore.
University Students
Get Scholarships
Eugene Two Medford stu
dents at the University of Ore
gon have received scholarships
and awards. They were pre
sented at, an assembly at the
university last week.
Nancy McKeown, Medford,
was sophomore winner of the
Associated Women Students
scholastic award, and Sandra
Laing, Medford, won a schol
arship sponsored by Kwama,
sophomore women's honorary.
The scholarship is for between
$100 and $150.
We're Celebrating Our
th
...Serving the Rogue
River Valley with Fine
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The National Park service
will call for bids about May
28 for construction of build
ings at Annie Spring -and
headquarters at Crater Lake
National park, Superintend
ent Thomas William has an
Bids will be opened June 24
at the Medford park service
office for nine multiple story
buildings which will contain
nine dwelling units; two com
fort stations of about 360
square feet each; covered en
trance to the administration
building at the park covering
about 1,000 square feet, and
for one entrance station.
Flans and specifications
may be obtained from the na
tional park service, 1000
Geary st, San Francisco 9,
Calif., Williams said.
Mission 66 Program
The work is a continuation
of that undertaken at the
park under the service's Mis
sion 66 program, a 10-year
program designed to restore
certain deteriorated facilities
and expand others to provide
for increased public use. .
A total of $429,000 has been
alloted for work at Crater
Lake National park this fis
cal year, Williams said, com
pared to $381,000 alloted dur
ing fiscal year 1957.
In addition to work already
listed for which bids will be
Mail Fraud Trial
Defendant Freed
Portland (IP! One .of the
defendants in a lengthy mail
fraud trial was acquitted on
Wednesday. She is Mrs. Dor
othy Peddicord, wife of Wil
liam Clarence Peddicord. He
remained as one of the seven
defendants in the case.
Federal Judge William East
granted a motion of Mrs. Ped
dicord's attorney for a direct
ed verdict ' of acquittal be
cause of insufficient evidence.
The government took sev
eral weeks to present its case
and the defense started pre
senting witnesses Wednesday.
The government charged that
the defendants swindled dis
tributors of various products.
called, the 1957-58 program
also includes development of
a new campground 'near An
nie , Spring containing 89
campsites with tables and
fireplaces and modern com
fort stations, campground
roads, and water and sewer
systems; reconstruction of the
rim campground; construction
of "six picnic areas, and roads,
water and sewer systems for
new residential area em
ployee residences.
Bids for reconstruction of
the Annie Spring road inter
section and paving the park
utility area will be opened
May 22.
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