Iraq Premier Holds
Baghdad To Give
Control of Nation
Br PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
Cairo - (LTD - Whoever holds
Baghdad holds Iraq.
There is little surprising in
the Iraqi revolt. The only sur
prise is the matter of timing.
The lighted fuse finally reach
ed the powder keg.
But the point now is that
Warning Line
To Be Extended
Across Greenland
Washington - 1TD - The De
fense Department announced
today that the radar warning
line across the top of the con
tinent will be extended across
Greenland at a cost of more
than $27 million.
The Distant Early Warning
line (DEW) now runs from the
Aleutian Islands, around Alas
ka and across Canada to east
ern Baffin Island.
The line was built to give
warning of a bomber attack
on North America.
The department announced
award of two contracts to
build four stations across
Greenland.
Stations on Ice Cap
Two of the stations will be
atop the Greenland ice cap
and the other two will be in
coastal areas.
The Pentagon said Peter
Kiewit Sons' Co., New York,
received a $12,720,000 con
tract to build the two ice cap
stations.
Danish Arctic Contractors,
Copenhagen, received a $14,
404.137 contract to build one
station on the west coast of
Greenland near the mouth of
Itivdleg Fjord and one on the
east coast near Kulusuk.
The Defense Department
said construction would start
"early this year."
The new stations will ex
tend the radar net from the
eastern end of the DEW line
at Cape Dyer on Baffin Island.
The extension across Green
land will be at about the
latitude of the Arctic Circle.
Soldiers' 'Mem'
Taken by Death !
Woodland, Wash. -(LTD- Fu
neral arrangements were
pending today for Mrs. Jose
phine R. Mulkey, 65, who
gained fame during World
War II by sending hundreds
of letters and Christmas pack
ages to servicemen.
Better known as Mom Mul
key, she started her letter
writing campaign after losing
an adopted son in the war.
During the war she corre
sponded with about 400 serv
icemen and often spent two
thirds of her time writing
letters.
In 1954 she attended a na
tional VFW convention in
Philadelphia and was a lunch
eon guest of President and
Mrs. Eisenhower. She had
lived in the Lewis River dis
trict since 1937.
Premier Abdel Karim Kas-
sem holds Baghdad and has
the air force to back him. Col.
Abden Wahab Shawafs sec
ond division may be the most
powerful in Iraq, but as far
as is known here, it has no
air support and has more
than 300 miles between it and
Baghdad.
Baghdad remains the mili
tary key, despite the obvious
economic value of the oil
fields, presumably in rebel
hands. The proof lies in the
military preparations against
the revolt Kassem long ex
pected. Military Situation Obscure
The newly-created fifth di
vision screens the city, while
the third division. !d by
Kassem in the revolt against
King Fasel. is stationed a few
miles to the north. All, in
cluding the air force, appar
ently are loyal to the regime.
The actual military situa
tion in Iraq remains obscure,
with the only known facts
that the borders are gener
ally closed to air, rail, and
road traffic and all foreign
ers in Baghdad are warned to
stay off the streets to prevent
a repetition of last July's
bloodshed.
Conflicting claims of the
Baghdad and rebel Mosul ra
dios reduces it to a propa
ganda war, the outcome of
which no one is yet willing
to predict.
The important Mideastern
radios still are noncommittal
and most Mideast nations are
bending backwards to avoid
predictions or taking sides.
Surrounded by Reds
However, the outbreak was
as predictable as the time
and tides and may determine
the whole course of Mideast
ern events. Kassem, an ob
scure brigadier at the time
of the July revolt, now is a
man who wants to . stay in
power. He is considered non
Communist but may have
gone so far in surrounding
himself with Communists that
it is impossible to withdraw.
The Baghdad police are
Communist controlled and
the air force is in charge of
a man with known Commun
ist sympathies.
In fact, some Mideastern
sources sav that Kassem is a
prisoner of his own forces in
Baghdad and would be killed
if he attempted to leave the
capital.
Whatever the outcome of
the present outbreak, there is
no doubt that the results will
be judged as a victory or de
feat for Communism in the
Middle East.
Students Rewrite
U.S. Constitution
Princeton, N. J.-TPD-Prince-ton
University students are
rewriting the U. S. Constitu
tion as an "intellectual exer
cise," and incidentally to
avoid a final exam in an
American history course.
The project has the bless
ing of Prof. Eric F. Goldman,
who chose 15 seniors' and
juniors from the top students
in his class for the job, which
will excuse them from having
to take the final exam.
"The Constitution was writ
ten in an agrarian society,"
Goldman pointed out. "Many
of the situations of today
were non-existent then, such
as Communism." The students
were instructed to redraft the
document in the light of cur
rent conditions.
Goldman said he wanted
t'.ie framers to be "practical
statesmen, not Utopians," ex
plaining that their "constitu
tion" would have to be "rati
fied" by a two-thirds majority
of the 357 students of the
class.
Motorists Advised
To Carry Chains
Salem-iLTD-The State High
way Department advised mo
torists today that chains were
required at Government
Camp, with 6 inches of new
snow, and Warm Springs
Junction, with 10 inches.
Chains also were required
at Willamette Pass, with 5
inches of new snow, and ad
vised at Santiam Pass with
7 inches. Chains also were ad
vised at Austin, with 3 inches
of new snow.
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TOMBSTONE KILLS CHILD
Biella, Italy -(LTD Author
ities reported today that five-year-old
Eduardo Machetto
was crushed to death by a fall
ing tombstone while visiting
his grandfather's grave with
his mother.
YOUNG PUFFER Two-year-old Jimmy Dowling, of
Providence, R. I., smokes a daily cigaret and enjoys it,
according to bis parents. His mother says she doesn't
know just how he got started.
Oregon Territory
Citizens Invited
Washington-UPD-Sen. Rich
ard Neuberger (D-Ore.) has
invited residents of Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana and Wyo
ming to "return to the home
land and enjoy the material
and spiritual benefits of be
ing Oregon citizens."
Neuberger told the Senate
Monday- that as part of its
statehood Centennial celebra
tion Oregon is offering a
"birthday present" to citizens
now residing in its former
territorial boundaries.
He said Gov. Mark Hatfield
had authorized him to extend
an invitation to all the people
living in what once was the
Oregon territory to become
"honorary citizens" of his
state.
"No gift of liberation could
be greater than to provide
the displaced persons of the
Oregon territory with the
right to return to. the home
land," he said.
Hollywood -TCPD- Film pro
ducer Otto Preminger will
not oppose his wife's divorce
suit when it comes up for
trial today, his attorney said.
An agreement was reached
allowing Mary Preminger to
obtain a default degree with
Preminger withdrawing his
charges of misconduct against
her involving English actor
Michael Rennie.
irl Scouts
Mothers Honored
A combined mothers' tea
and court of awards was held
by Troop 114, Girl Scouts,
at the Dillon home on Grand
avenue recently. Judy Mee
gave the welcome to the moth
ers; colors were presented by
Pat Acord, Patty Farrier,
Debra Hardrath, and Ellen
Dillon. The troop repeated the
Scout Laws and sang the in
ternational Girl Scout hymn.
Jerry Loper reported on
what the Scouts had learned
for each badge and what
badges were earned. Hospi
tality was the only badge
earned by all the troop. Pat
Acord, Vicky Berg, and Shir
ley Slater earned the cook
badge; Jacky Wheeler earned
the child care badge.
Linda Fredrick, Shirley
Slater and Judy Mee were
presented with the swimmer,
conservation and boating
badges, respectively, that they
earned at Camp Low Echo
last summer. The leader, Mrs.
W. E. Acord, presented the
badges; assistant leader is
Mrs. Victor Berg.
Vicky Berg gave the treas
urer's report for the year; in
formation on the coming May
festival was given by Shirley
Slater. Terry Birman told
about International Thinking
day; this is the day when
Scouts all over the world
think of Scouts in other
countries.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 10, 1959 3
Phyllis Elzea read a short
biography on Juliette Low,
founder of Girl Scouting in
the United States; Virginia
Teeter spoke of what the
World Fund accomplishes.
The penny march, with
each girl depositing a penny
for each year of her age in
a bank, was led by Linda
Fredrick; these pennies will
be kept until the May festival
when they will be presented
to the Girl Scout organization.
Donna King conducted a;
fashion show, showing the!
right and wrong ways to dress !
for different activities; this
is one of the requirements
for the adventurer badge.
Each member of the troop
took part in the fashion show.
The evening closed by the
Scouts singing several songs,
and serving refreshments to
their mothers. Members of the
troop are Jerry Loper, Vir
ginia Teeter, Judy Mee, Shir
ley Slater, Vicky Berg, Tanis
Rose, Claudia Morgan. Ellen
Dillon, Donna King, Sandra
Bayliss, Terry Birman, Pat
Acord, Linda Frederick, Phyl
lis Elzea, Betty Meyers, Jacky
Wheeler, Sidney Slead, Debra
Hardrath and Patty Farrier.
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