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4 Tuesday, January ft, 1959
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 year ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6. 1949 (Thursday)
"Thp Rlppnv Hour" nuiz con
lest to raise funds for finish
ing the Hawthorne park
swimming pool gets Its first
airing tonight.
"Shy" Morthland pledges
"and requests cooperation for
efficient county government
as he takes over as a county
commissioner. '
20 YEARS AGO -Jan.
6, 1939 (Friday)
Several punchboard oper
ators tell the sheriffand dis
trict attorney they will abide
by the ban effective next
week.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Two
measures are before Congress
to remove "politics from relief-
Relief from, politicians is
also needed."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, 1929 (Sunday)
All county officers elected
at the last election are to be
sworn in tomorrow.
Talent Grange is to" give fi
nancial assistance for the
building of a Talent commun
ity hall. '
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 6, 1919. (Monday)
Medford doughboys in
France are reported on . their
way home, and happy home
fronters prepare celebrations
to welcome them, y - -
Normal business and social
activity is resumed with the
lifting of flu mask require
ments. Vhal's Yonr I.Q.?
.Nine or ten comer it superior;
even or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Which is the- Terpsichor
lan art? . -
2. With what country; do
you connect the name of the
statesman William E. Glad
stone? "' ' . r
3. What business, ' that Is
still flourishing with branches
in London and New York,
did Louis' Francois Cartier
found in Paris in 1847?.,
4. Name the two cities that
are referred to in Charles
Dickens, "The Tale of Two
Cities.".
v 5. In what State are the
Bad Lands? -
. what: single acquisition
of iarid almost ' doubled the
area of the United States?
T: In Shakespeare's play,
were Romeo and Juliet ever
married? ' : .
8. Does sound travel
through a vacuum?
9. In the nursery rhyme,
upon what did "Little Miss
Muffet" sit?
10. Who said, "It is much
easier to be critical than to
be correct"?
Answers: 1. Dancing. - 2.
Great Britain. 3. A jewelry
business. 4. London, England;
and Paris. France. 5. South
Dakota. 6. Louisianna Pur
chase. 7. Yes. 8. No. 9. A luf
fei. 10. Benjamin Disraeli.
APPARTMENTS FALL
Monterontondo, Italy
; Two persons were injured on
Monday night when two an
cient apartment buildings col
lapsed in this small town 14
miles from Rome. The build
ings, which house 43 persons,
were evacuated earlier be
cause they .had been Weaken
ed by heavy rains.
FAA's Tough Job
The nation's airways are now under the con
trol of the new Federal Aviation Agency.
At 12:01 a.m. Dec. 31, it absorbed all of the
personnel, functions and funds of the old Civil
Aeronautics Agency, the rule-making functions
of the bureau of safety of the Civil Aeronautics
board, and it previously had absorbed the air
ways modernization board, as well as some mili
tary personnel and functions.
The CAB is retained, but only has a limited
function, largely that of determining probable
cause of air accidents. y
THE new agency has a big job.
x It has air traffic control, the airways safety
program, installation of air navigation facilities,
procurement of equipment, rule making, and hun
dreds of other functions. It has much authority.
The new boss is E. Quesada,: former Air
Force general and aviation advisor to the Presi
dent, and the deputy administrator is James T.
Pyle, administrator of civil aeronautics for the
pastyear. " . - . - r-
"IIHETHER it can do the job or not remains to
' be seen.
There will be conflicting demands upon the
FAA, as there were upon the CAA the demands
and needs of the military, the needs and demands
of the private and "executive" pilots, who account
for a considerable percentage of all flying; and
needs of the nation's airlines, which are compli
cated hugely by the advent of speedy new jet
aircraft in civilian service. '
It must, if it is to suceed, balance all the legi
timate demands; make each segment of the air
using public reasonably "happy; give the nation's
defense needs a high priority and at the same time
provide for the safety of air .travelers.
THIS is not going to be easy to do.
The CAA failed to do it That is the reason
it was superseded by the FAA. And the FAA still
has most of the personnel of the CAA including
those whose failure was the CAA's failure.
Changing the name of the agency, and giving
it broader power and scope, is not going to change
the men whose failure was marked in airline
crashes, in f ouled-up regulations, in unimaginable
overcomplication of rules and procedures.
If Quesada and Pyle are to succeed, they will
need to do some widespread and selective firing
of men who are entrenched in their jobs, but who
have signally failed to do them well. 1
America cannot afford to do the job 1sss than
well. Too much is at stake. E.A.
Newspapers' Impact
Even those of us who make our livelihoods
working on a newspaper are not always fully
aware of the impact which a newspaper has upon
the community. U
We know theoretically that it does fill an
important role in the lives of those we serve,
both advertisers and readers. But' tiie total pic
ture is obscured by the fact that the services
which the paper provides
marked, unreported.
DURING the strike which suspended publica
ifiTi vf oil of i XtaiiT VrrV PiHV'a maivr news.
papers last month the effects of these services
showed up by being missing. They were demon
strated statistically where they never could be
piece by piece.
- Here are some examples, as reported by . the
New. York Times:
; Christmas retail sales were off 7 per cent.
Candy sales dropped some 80 per cent
People with rooms for rent found no rent
ers; people looking for places to live, could not
find them. . .
--Real estate transactions were off up to 50
percent ; ,
. Attendance at' sports events was down 25
to 50 per cent
. Attendance at the theater, motion picture
and stage, slumped badly. ;
- Attendance at funerals was down an aver
age of 20 per cent ...
Job hunters and "would-be employers 'could
not get together.
T"HE Times' story about
ron 4a mnra rVion rVviTr
Perhaps the most poignant paragraph was this:
" "Another group that was perturbed by the absence
v. of Sunday papers were the young women whose wed-
: ding stories were scheduled to appear. Many seemed
desperate in their telephone conversations. It was
something they had counted on all their lives." "
And, aside from the economic effects and
those upon newly wed women, there were "other
petty annoyances," the ;Times said:.
r "There were people with ships to meet who did ' -not
know where to meet' them. There were people -who
wanted the score of a local basketball game and -did
not know how to find it. And also people who just ;
- wanted to look at a television schedule or find out .
which movie was playing - at their neighborhood
theater." ' - .
THE impact of a small-town newspaper such
A as the Mail Tribune: may not be of. the same
magnitude as that of a
it is of the same order.
" And, because it is the'
available, it has an even greater responsibility
to those it serves, readers and advertisers alike.
It is a responsibility
put out the paper, and we share with our big-city
colleagues their feeling of satisfaction that the
presses are rolling again, and their sense of dedi-
- A " 1 m .
canon lo-a-joo which is
today's fast-moving and
often are small, unre
the effects of the strike
.liiTYina vf email Hmo
metropolitan daily." But
... t : ,
only local daily paper
keenly felt by those who
still. very necessary m
complex worldV E.A.
Dennis the
! OIONY MIND HM CUTTlNS HIMSELF A THIRD SUCB OF
CAKE. gUT kVHEN HE ACCUSED M OF IVAIEffNG THE COCOA...
Matter of Fact
MIKOYAN'S WELCOME
Washington Anastas Mik
oyan, the second man in the
Kremlin, has come to smell
the weather
l in the street
in the capital
of the West.
He wants to
know which
way the wind
is blowing at
this stage of
the Berlin cri
sis.
rm.:. l :
J....h Alton , UClIig
Mikoyan's primary' , purpose,
it is good news that the West
ern Allies are said to be very
close to final agreement on
their "contingency plans," for
the defense of Berlin. "
At Paris, the Western Al
lies beat their breasts and
cried, "We shall be firm, we
shall be firm." The Kremlin
was sufficentty impressed to
respond by asking for Mik
oyan's 'American visa. But
governments crying, "We
ormii r firm." too often re-
spmble fat ladies crying. "We
must go on a diet," as they.
reach for a second neiping
of dessert. ....
Bv the same token, govern-.
ments actually agreeing o n
nractical wavs and means of
being firm in circumstances of
desperate danger are like fat
ladies actually eoine on strict
diets. In this manner, in short,
they show they mean wnat
thejr have said.
THE present case is the su
preme test of Western
firmness, since there is no
way at all to honor the West's
commitment to free Berlin ex
cept by being ready to fight
a big war, if need be, to keep
the route to Berlin c p e n.
Agreeing on what to do in
these ugly and unprecedented
circumstances was never like
ly to be e a sy. -Difficulties
were indeed encountered at
the outset, in the first dis
cussions at Bonn between the
American, British and French
ambassadors and the West
German government,
Apparently on his own in
itiative, the British ambassa
dor to Bonn, Sir Christopher
Steel, somewhat rudely chal
lenged the West German gov
ernment's will and courage to
support a truly firm policy.
Reportedly, Sir Christopher
argued that the West Ger
mans might indulge in great
talk now, but would retreat
later when the crunch came.
The sequel was sufficiently
heated to cause a change in
the locale of the planning
talks. These have mainly cen
tered in Washington, with par
allel discussions taking place,
of course, in the other capi
tals A CCORDING to high author
ities here, the planning
talks have now produced rath
er detailed and general agree
ment of the right tactical re
sponses to the several differ
Try and
W1
By BENNETT CERF-
JACK BENNY, touring the vaudeville circuit many years ago
with Ben Bernie, was seized with.an attack of indigestion on
stage one evening, and pleaded, "Is there a doctor in the
house? He deeply resented
the roar of laughter that en
sueduntil Bernie remind
ed him they were appearing
in Rochester, Minn., where
the famous Mayo Clinic is
located.
'
. A sinuous, bikini-clad young
mermaid gazed around the
pool approvingly and told her
companion, "A lot of attrac
tive new men registered here
last night. I guess I'll have to
learn to swim all over again
this week!"
.
Portrait of a housewife by
Paper Magnate Sam Himmell:
"Within her automatic home
: The housewife lolls and lingers,
, No longer plagued by dishpan hands
But bruised push-button fingers."
' 0 by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate
Menace
By Joseph Alsop
ent sorts of challenge that the
Soviet and the East German
puppets may offer.
Since these "'contingency
plans," as they are officially
calle4, have fully satisfied the
greatest Western advocate of
absolute firmness, Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles,
it may be presumed that they
are not plans to duck or dodge
or ignore a challenge at Ber
lin. This interpretation is con
firmed by the statement of
the same high authority
above-quoted, that only one
matter remained open which
must be decided "on the level
of the heads of governments."
A final decision of extreme
gravity is implied by this
need for the approval of the
heads of government them
selves. ' - -
If this much progress had
not been achieved already,
Mikoyan's visit would be a
cause for alarm.- A govern
ment cannot speak. firmly as
the leader of an- alliance, if
there is any likelihood of sub
sequent desertion by the other
alliesUnless the -"contingency
plans" for Berlin had been
virtually completed, the lead
ers of the U.S. Government
would therefore have been
forced to return uncertain an
swers to Mikoyan's expected
questions. Any uncertainty or
hesitation would have been
(and will still be) an open in
vitation to the Kremlin; to
carry out its Berlin threats.
- ;.
BECAUSE the planning for
Berlin is so well advanced,
however, Mikoyari can be an
swered with confidence. But
that is by no means f the end
of the matter. When the Mik
oyan visit was announced, the
Soviets first - tried' to see
whether the American gov
ernment would show weak
nerves, by falling all over it
self to seize this opportunity
for talks. Long mutual stone
walling at last induced the
Soviets to name the persons
Mikoyan desired to see. There
upon the Soviet Embassy set
a schedule that will almost
certainly bring Mikoyan to
gether with the President and
with Vice - President Nixon
while Secretary Dulles is ab
sent in Ottawa.
The object, no doubt, is to
see whether Dwight D. Eisen
hower and Richard Nixon
strike the same unyielding
note in the absence of the
Secretary of State. If this
test is passed, further sound
ing wiU surely be made, later
on, at Paris and London and
Bonn, to see whether the oth
er allies strike the same note
as Washington has struck.
And even if all these tests
are passed, it remains to be
seen whether the Kremlin
will be sufficently impressed
by Western firmness combin
ed with extreme American
"defense economy" in the face
of an open threat of war.
(c) 1959. New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Stop Me
Los Angeles to
Seek Law to Ban
Sale of New Cars
Los Angeles CP& City and
county officials have agreed
to seek a state law banning
the sale of new cars in Cali
fornia within a year unless
the auto industry develops a
practical anti-smog device for
its automobiles.
"If we are able to get the
cooperation of the state leg
islators in adopting this dras
tic kind of legislation we can
go a long way toward con
vincing automobile makers
that they must do everything
within their power to develop
some form of smog control
device for motor vehicles,"
County Supervisor Frank G.
Bonelli said.
Bonelli was one of three
supervisors who met with
three city councilmen Monday
to map out the area's latest
approach in an intensified
battle against smog.
Dragging Its Feet
S. Smith Griswold, chief of
the Air Pollution Control dis
trict which is in charge of
enforcing anti-smog laws was
asked whether he thought the
auto industry was dragging
its feets on developing anti
smog devices.
"I don't, think there's any
question about it," he said.
"I'm in favor of putting
some heat on those guys,"
Councilman Everett G. Burk
halter said of the major auto
motive manufacturers.
"Let's build a little fire and
get the thing rolling."
Griswold said four anti
smog devices for cars were
near the testing stage and
seemed promising. They had
all been developed by comp
anies outside ci Detroit.
He said he favored the state
wide ban on new car sales
because it might force Detroit
auto manufacturers to do
more research on smog de
sign for new cars with space
for anti-smog devices.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Well, the Russians are
ahead of us again
They have a rocket on it?
way to the moon, and as this
is written they say it is al
ready halfway there.
A RE we red-faced?
V Of course we are.
But it may do us no good.
We've tended to identify Rus
sians in our minds as felt
boots - wearing muzhiks - and
have inclined toward ignoring
brilliant Russian minds.
It comes to us with some
thing of a shock of surprise,
for example, that more than
half a century ago a Russian,
Ivan Pavlov, was awarded
the Nobel prize in physiolo
gy and medicine (in 1S04) and
four years later another Rus
sian, Elie Metchinkoof, won
the physiology and medicine
prize. Pavlov's award was for
work on the physiology of
digestion and Metchnikoff s
was for work on immunity
from disease through vacci
nation and antitoxins.
NOT too long after that com
munism came along and
SET RUSSIA BACK by kill
ing of too many brilliant Rus
sians and ushering in the cen
tury of the common man, but
even that couldn't hold back
Russians minds forever. Bor
is Pasternak, another Russian,
has just been awarded, the
Nobel prize for literature.
It's high time for us to
quit discounting the Russian
mind and get down to reali
ties. This latest Russian ex
ploit in space may help us
to do it.
Nothing is more dangerous
than underestimating one's
enemy.
ANOTHER serious thought:
If you read and listen
discriminatingly to the news
of the day, you must have
noted that PLAY is coming
tr hold a BIG place in our
life here in the United States
of America.
That . suggests these ques
tions:
If we're to compete suc
fpssfullv with Russia, how
much can we AFFORD to
play? How much MUST we
work? This much is certain:
With the world shaping up
as it is, we aren't going to
be able to afford 20-hour work
weeks.
VITE are told that, one of our
" 'big problems is what to
do with our leisure time.
Mavbe we'll have to get
along with LESS leisure time.
Maybe that might not be too
bad for us. There is the ju
venile delinquency problem,
for example. There can oe
little doubt that TOO MUCH
leisure time (coupled with
not knowing what to do with
it) is responsible for a lot of
this delinauencv. Maybe more
work might help to solve this
and other problems.
At any rate, we'd better
realize that winning the race
we're in will require more
work than play. ,
TODAY
In Oregon History
(A Centennial Feature)
JAN. 6. 1839
Quebec Mission: "The
first mass is said at Wal
amelle (today) in presence
of the Canadians assembled
with their wives and chil
dren ... There (are) emo
tional outbursts here and
there. It (is) such a great
day for them and their
wivesl for them who
(have) not seen priests for
30, 40 and 50 years; for iha
wives that were beholding
at last those who their hus
bands had predicted so long
ago!"
JAN. 6, 1887
The Oregon Pacific Rail
road company, which had
its beginnings as the Cor
vallis and Yaquina Rail,
road, dedicates its bridge
over the Willamette at Al
. bany, and the first freight
rolls into town a week later.
Oil, Chemical Men
Consider Atom to
Recover Petroleum
Dallas, Tex. -(DPD Some of
the smartest men in the . oil
and chemical industries meet
in Dallas today to consider
whether they can use atomic
blasts to recover nearly, a tril
lion barrels of oil in' Colo
rado, Utah and Wyoming.
If it is feasible to use un
derground nuclear detonation
to break up oil shale forma
tions, it could change the
whole outlook for the petrol
eum industry.
The meeting in Dallas fol
lows an earlier one at Lara
mie, Wyo., in which scientists
and engineers for the Atomic
Energy commission, the Ern
est O. Lawrence Radiation
laboratory at Berkeley, Calif.;
and the Bureau of Mines all
agreed that application of nu
clear energy in the recovery
of oil has "considerable prom
ise." - :
A-Blast Reports
In a. paper prepared for
delivery today to the meeting
of the Bureau of Mines and
the petroleum industry,
Charles E. Violet of the Uni
versity of California, reported
on the first "completely con
tained" nuclear explosion at
the Nevada test site on Sept.
19, 1957, and on additional
underground detonations in
October, 1958. -
It 'would be this or similar
types of nuclear explosions
that would be employed in
the new method of oil recov
ery! Violet said in his technical
paper that in the underground
explosion in 1957, code-named
Rainier, that no radioactivity
was discovered in the tunnel
in excess of the natural back
ground as measured prior to
the blast.
In Rainier, Violet said the
energy released by the - nu
clear explosions was equiva
lent to 1,700 tons of high ex
plosions. The blast was in a room six
by seven feet, 899 feet under
a rocky mountain and 79 feet
back from the face of it.'
Rock Vaporized
Violet said the shock was
sufficiently strong to vapor
ize the rock for the first three
feet and to melt it out to 15
feet. The rock was crushed on
further out to a radiusof 130
feet.
The scientist said the radio
activity, with negligible ex
ceptions, was trapped in 700
tons of melted rock.
Violet said in a concluding
section of his report that it
is clear the complete contain
ment of . all radioactive pro
ducts can be expected up to
a certain depth.
The Rainier experiment
was conducted in a volcanic
tuff formation. Oil shale
would produce different prob-
Virus Infection
Nursed by Dulles
Washington -(UPD- Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
nursed a virus ' infection at
his home today but aides said
the ailment was not a serious
one.
The virus sent the secretary
home from his office Monday.
It was the latest and appar
ently the mildest of a series
of ailments which began in
November, 1956, with a suc
cessful operation on Dulles for
intestinal cancer.
Dulles was hospitalized
again with an inflamed intes
tine last month, iust before i
the NATO meetings in Paris.
His physicians let him attend
the sessions, but ordered him
to take a rest thereafter. He
spent the holidays in Jamaica.
The cabinet member re- i
turned from Jamaica Satur
day, reported that he was
"feeling fine," and looked it.
Then, he contracted the new
ailment on his first day back
at work.
Party Labels Only
Thing Changed in
New, 86th Congress
By Congressional Quarterly
Washington -(CQ)-A more
than casual glance at the per
sonnel of the 86th Congress
which meets Wednesday re
veals that the recent Demo
cratic landslide changed little
more than party labels.
Mr. Lawmaker, 1959 style,
is about the same age as his
recent predecessors; the
chances are better than 50-50
that he'll be a lawyer, just
as in other Congresses; and
its a good bet that he'll be a
veteran.
A Congressional Quarterly
survey shows that the aver
age member of the 86th Con
gress will be 52.7 years old
-about a year younger than
his counterpart of a year ago.
The average senator" will be
57.1 years old, while in the
House the norm will be 51.7.
lems, Violet said.
The oil recovery program
is being advanced on the
theory that by nuclear explo
sions oil sands may be heated
until the viscosity of oil is
lowered, making its entrap
ment easier in a well.
Five Airmen Die
In New York Fire
Syracuse, N.YOPB-At least
five airmen were reported
dead today in a fire which de
stroyed a barracks at a Syr
acuse University housing
area. Four others were re
ported missing and another 15
were treated for injuries at
five Syracuse hospitals. .
Capt. A. J. Del Signore, in
charge of a detachment of air
men taking part in special
language courses at the uni
versity, said five were known
dead and four remained unac
counted for.
The names of the dead were
withheld until relatives are
notified.
The fire broke out at 5:36
ajn. The barracks occupied
by the military personnel
were among buildings used
by married students at the un
iversity. Del Signore said there were
43 airmen in the barracks
which burned.
Some of the injured were
carried out and others es
caped unaided. The injured
did not appear badly hurt, of
ficials at the hospitals said.
Ice-Breaker Used
To Clear Inlet
Anchorage, Alaska (UPD
Dockage of the first freight
barge in Anchorage during
any January was made possi
ble Sunday by use of an ice
breaker, John Hartf of Alaska
Freight Lines, Incl, reported.
The ice-breaker was a con
verted LSM which the com
pany bought from a broker
in Yokohama,' Japan.
This is the first winter for
the use of the ice-breaker in
Cook Inlet. During the sum
mer and fall, it was used in
the Bering Sea hauling freight
to military bases in the Far
North. The vessel is captained
by Ray Thurston and carries
a crew of 12.
Counsel With
Mr. Insurance
Fred Brennan
Or Call
Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phone SP 3-7343
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
27 NORTH HOLLY ST.
Sen. Theodore Francis
Green (D-R.I.), continues to
set records as the oldest sen
ator in history at 91 plus, and
Sen. Frank Church, (D-Idaho)
still is the baby of the Sen
ate at 34. In the house, Rep.
Brent Spence (D-Ky.), is the"
oldest at 84 and Daniel D.
Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), sports a
youthful 30.
Professions
Virtually all of the sena-tors-98
per cent-and 86 per
cent of the representatives
have had some experience in
politics or civic service. About
half the house members arid
almost two-thirds of the sen
ators are lawyers; about one
toird of the members of both
chambers show a background
m banking or business. . .
About 17 per cent of the
senators in the 86th Congress
call themselves farmers as
against 21 per cent in the
85th Congress. The figure in
the house will stay at about
10 per cent There will be the
usual scattering of journalists,
teachers, doctors and engin
eers in the new session of
Congress. There are two min
isters: Rep. Walter H. Moeller
CD-Ohio) and Rep. Adam C.
Powell Jr. (D-N.Y.).
More than half of the rep
resentatives and about, two
thirds of the senators have
had some military service.
Seniority
The CQ study also shows
that speaker of the house Sam
Rayburn (D-Texas) continues
to lead the seniority parade.
His 45 years' continuous ser
vice in the house, stretching
back to 1913, - shades Rep.
Daniel A. Reed (R-N.Y.), who
began in 1919.
The Number One man In
terms of seniority in the
Senate again is Carl Hayden
(D-Ariz.), who has represent
ed his state in Congress ever
since it was admitted to the
Union in 1912. Hayden's sen
ate career began in .1927, but
this was preceded by . 15
years in the house. The man
on the top of the Republican
seniority ladder in the senate
is Styles Bridges (R-N.H.), a
comparative newcomer who
was elected in 1937.
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al Quarterly Incorporated)
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