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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1958)
In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS At 7:01 Saturday morning, a British jet airliner took off from New Yorks Idlewild airport from London on the first commercial (fare-paying passengers) jet flight from the United States. It was a British Overseas Airways plane named Delta Bravo. It carried 23 passengers in ad dition to the crew. At about the same time, a BOAC sister ship named the Delta Charlie took off from London and headed for New York. It carried about 40 pas sengers in addition to the crew. The two ships were ex pected to greet each other in mid-Atlantic. By radio, of course. In pressurized jet air liners, whizzing through the upper air at half or two-thirds the speed of sound, there can be no such thing as the pas sengers gathering on the decks and waving to each other as the ships pass. In a way, that's too bad. It does away with a colorful ex perience. But one can't have everything. (tile bullet or exhaustion, he had to hunt up another horse. That made his time all the more remarkable. TACK in those days, in the West as elsewhere, travel TOOK TIME. Because travel took so much time, people traveled relatively little. It was not uncommon in those days for people to live out the span of a lifetime with out ever getting more than 50 miles from home. The world is changing. The time is not far off when those who don't get ALL OVER THE WORLD in the course of a lifetime will be the uncom mon ones. ''pHE eastbound plane, be cause of prevailing fav orable tail - winds, set its wheels down in London in about six and a half hours. It was a non-stop flight. Because of the prevailing head-winds it must encounter. the westbound plane took longer. It made one stop in Newfoundland. That's pretty fast! WHAT does it all mean? " it means a lot of things. It means for one thing, that the wold is shrinking. TN an effort to realize how In an effort to realize how much the world is shrinking, let's drop back about a cen tury when horsepower was HORSE power. Let's forget the rest of the country and deal in terms of our own Far West. . One of the famous fast trips of the early Far West was made by one Juan Flaco (Thin John, when rendered from the Spanish into Eng lish) who rode from the Pu eblo of Los Angeles to Mon terey in the reputed time of a little better than four days. General Kearney's expedition had got into trouble with the Spanish Dons, and was get ting the worst of it. Juan Fla co rode to Monterey for help. He didn't ride one horse all the way. At 1 least one horse was shot from under him. He wore others out. Each time he lost a horse, by hos- rpHAT brings me up to the -- point I really wanted to make when I started this piece. In the town of Riddle, in Douglas county, in our own Southern Oregon, they're put ting French into the curricu lum of the high school. It isn't going to be j u s t BOOK French. Gilbert Gordon, the instructor, plans to teach CONVERSATIONAL French, so that in time to come his students will be able to make their way among French speaking people. He points out that nearly 80 million people speak French as a first language and more than twice that many speak it as a second language. rFHE time will come when Americans will travel over the world as freely as they now travel over their own state. When that time comes, they should be able to speak the languages of the people .they will travel among.. It's high time for our schools to begin to teach foreign lan guages, and I'd like to con gratulate the school authori ties of Riddle on the progres sive step they have taken. I hope more of our schools follow the example set by up-and-coming Riddle. Hunter Anxiously Awaits Deer Season Rockland, Maine -(UPD- Her man W. Payson of Rockland is eagerly awaiting the Oct. 21 opening of the deer hunt ing season. Payson said he was rabbit hunting at Owl's Head over the weekend when a deer leaped from a thicket, stepped on his foot and knocked him down. Pope Opposes Plaslic Surgery To Boost Charms Castel Gandolfo, Italy-fllPD-Pope Pius XII said in a speech last week end that doc tors have no right to perform plastic surgery on women wanting to increase their charms "to induce other per sons to sin." The speech was delivered Saturday to doctors attend ing the 10th Italian Congress of Plastic Surgery, and its text was made public late Monday. The Pope on Sunday delivered another speech to notaries from Latin nations. "It is obvious, for instance, that it is illicit to perform a surgical intervention re quested with the intention of increasing one's power of se duction and thus more easily inducing others to sin," the Pontiff said in his Italian language speech. Other Surgery Wrong The same, he said, goes for plastic surgery carried out "exclusively in order to shield a criminal from justice," or for operations "affecting the regular functions of physical organs" or "desired out of a mere whim of fashion." On the other hand, the Pon tiff said, surgical intervention is legitimate or even advisable in a number of cases. These, he said, include cases where "some deformi ties, or even mere imperfec tions, cause psychic troubles in the subjects or hamper so cial and family relations or prevent them from carrying out their activities, especially as regards persons who con cern themselves with public life or art." News Analyst Has Brush With Death La Grande, Ore. -(UPD-Am-erican Broadcasting company news analyst William Winter had a brush with death Mon day when a mountain slide suddenly buried Highway 30 just 200 feet in front of his car. Winter, of Los Angeles was en route to La Grande to de liver the key speech to tea chers at an Eastern Oregon education conference. The slide occurred about 20 miles northwest of here at 2:45 p.m. (PST). Highway crews cleared the route in about 45 minutes. Winter said it seemed "like half of a mountain" fell in front of his car. X Look for this symbol of safety where you save... 19 million Americans all over the country have put more than $37 billion into savings accounts at Insured Savings and Loan Association which display the above emblem ... as we do. They have a wonderful sense of security and satisfaction in watching their savings grow swiftly and safely safely, because their accounts are insured up to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, an agency of the U. S. Government After meeting high standards to qualify to display this emblem, all FSLIC insured institutions are examined regularly to assure continued safe and sound operations. When you're looking for a place to save, look to us where you'll find this symbol of unsurpassed security. ' Where you save does make a difference Investments made by the 10th . of the month earn dividends as of the first Authority of Pope Newsmen find Can't Be Designated In Catholic Church FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford tU j j jT2 29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager Convenient Street Parking You have a hand in so many people's happiness Give a Fair Share-Others Do-to the UNITED MEDFORD CRUSADE Vatican City -(UPD- No of ficial of the Roman Catholic church can temporarily ex ercise the full authority of Pope Pius XII while the Pon tiff lies incapacitated at his villa in nearby Castel Gan dolfo. Routine Vatican affairs con tinue to be administered by the secretariat of state ' or the various sacred congrega tions of the church. Decisions Delayed - ' But decisions which are within the province of a pope alone must be delayed pend ing his recovery or, in event of his death, the election of a successor. Such powers cannot be del egated to anyone no matter how long the Pope might re- Modern Grandma Sheds Shawl Chicago - (UPD - The retiring president of the National Fed eration of Grandmother Clubs of America said Monday night the modern grandmother has shed her shawl in favor of the sack. Mrs. Thomas Stalcup, 69, Akron, Ohio, said before the federation was formed grand ma's place was in the rocking chair and baby sitting. She said grandmothers now don't have time to rock because they're too busy taking part in community affairs through social and welfare organiza tions. And, she added, "we don't let our children push the baby sitting chores off on us all the time." Mrs. Stalcup said not only have some grandmothers abandoned their gray hs-Y and shawls, they "have gone so far as to wear sack dresses and tint their hair." The federation, holding its 20th annual convention here, received a message Monday from President Eisenhower, a grandfather. "As homemakers, mothers and grandmothers you have an important role in- directing and building the character of our citizens," the President's message read in part. Ship Officers Call Off Strike New York (UPD Merchant ship officers called off their six-day strike Monday night, freeing an estimated 60 ves sels. A spokesman for the Unit ed States Lines said the liners United States and America would sail on their next scheduled departure dates, Oct. 16 and Oct. 23. The' strike was ended through the good offices of AFL-CIO President George Meany, who stepped in as ar bitrator of-the dispute, be tween the International Or ganization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (AFL-CIO) and 20 major East and Gulf Coast ship operators represented-by the American Merchant Ma rine Institute. The dispute is not yet re solved, but the parties agreed Monday night to the issues which Meany will decide as arbitrator and the union- an nounced that picket lines would be removed immedi ately from the ships. Meany set Oct. 21 as the date of the first arbitration session. At issue are vacation, over time and working condition demands primarily. The union announced it had agreed -to withdraw a demand that mas ters of four of the largest steamship lines be hired through its hiring halls. Long Island Said Gradually Sinking Washington -(UPD- Long Is land. N.Y.. is sinking into the sea but there's no cause for panic. Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner, re tiring president of the Inter nal Council of Scientific Un ions, disclosed Monday that Long Island now is going down two feet every 100 years. It was sinking only six inches a century before I960. Berkner said the reasons are not completely clear to science, but most of the con tinental United States is sink ing with only land north of a line drawn between Boston and Chicago gradually rising. It could be the result .of steadily rising sea levels be cause of melting flaciers or an increasing load of silt on earth, Berkner said. THEATER FIGURE DIES New York -(UPD Herman R. Maier, 68, an official of the Stanley-Warner motion picture threater chain, died Sunday at bis home. main incapacited. Vatican sources said there is no known precedent for a situation in which the head of the church is alive but un able to discharge his duties for long periods. The Apostolic Constitition does provide for the position of chamberlain (camerlengo) who would, upon the death of a pope, assume charge of the administration of the church and organize the con clave to elect a new pontiff. First Business But Pope Pius XII never named a camerlengo. Should the present pope die, the elec tion of a camerlengo from one of their number would be the first order of business for the College of Cardinals. This most likely would be Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, dean of the Sacred College. Similarly, if the Pope is fully incapacited for a long period of time, a committee of cardinals including Card inal Tisserant would in all probability have to carry on the general administration of the church. But in no sense would their authority aqual that of a pope. They could not, for example, issue a new dogma or name cardinals or create new saints. Covering Pope's Illness Difficult Castel Gandolfo (UPD Newsmen reporting the ill ness of Pope Poius XII agree that the importance of their assignment is rivaled only by its difficulty. When President Eisenhower was ill, for example, frequent and detailed medical bulletins were issued and correspond ents were permitted to meet with attending doctors to get answers to further questions. Not so with the Pope. Med ical bulletins are generally vague rather than specific. Newsmen are kept from the grounds of the Papal palace, unable to reach the diagnos ing physicians. Issued Through Office The official' bulletins on the Pope's conditions are is sued through the Vatican press office headed by Lu ciano Casimirri, a layman who is a popular figure with the entire Roman press corps. But the press spokesman can usually do little more than issue the information or prepared bulletins given him by higher Vatican authorities. The official bulletins or an nouncements generally tend to be optimistic with the re sult that a development min imized in one bulletin is wholly confirmed in the next. Pope's Illness Not Reported in Russia v Moscow -(UPD- The Pope's illness has not been reported so far in the Soviet Union. Radiation Levels Declared Safe Washington -(UPD- Radiation levels in air and water within the United States are well within the safety mark, ac cording to Arthur S. Flem ming, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Flemming said Monday that none of a continuing se ries of surveys of radioactiv ity in rivers near Atomic Energy Commission projects has shown radiation levels "close to the maximum per missible concentrations." The welfare secretary pro vided the information to re porters today in response to a question that had been asked at his Sept. 22 news conference. Flemming said the service is conducting a continuing study of radiation levels in the Ohio river below Shipping port, Pa., and in the Savan nah river near the AEC's big South Carolina project. In addition, a radiation in spection was made of the Co lumbia river near the com mission's Han ford, Wash., plant. "None of the studies," Flem ming declared, "has shown levels close to the maximum permissible concentrations." MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, October 7. "51 I Skeleton Found In Harney County Burns - (UPD - Sheriff Eldon Sitz of Harney county report ed today that the skeleton of a former Drewsey ranch hand was found last week end by two hunters in the Blue Bucket Creek area near the Malheur river. The skeleton was identified as that of Manuel Martin, who worked at the Arley Acton ranch at Drewsey in January, 1955. Sitz said the man had not been reported missing and that he terminated employ ment at the Acton ranch on Jan. 13 three years ago. 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