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MAIL TRIBUNE, Mrtfori, Or.
Tuesday, Jan 2, 1959
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 2. 1949 (Thursday) , 1
Central Point. Gold Hill,
Table Rock and Willow
Springs school districts favor
consolidation, while Sams val
ley and Tolo oppose it, in a
sDGCial election.
A bicycle safety parade
through Medxord lrsiatea mis
month.
20 YEARS AGO :
June 2. 1939 (Friday)
Casting tryouts or the
Shakespeare festival begin.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "There
is a report three more horse
chestnut trees will be pulled
out of the way, tomake way
for a gas silo." -
30 YEARS AGO
June 2. 1929 (Sunday)
- Three more inches of fresh
snow fell at Crater Lake. .
Pinn&kle Packing plant in
stalls new machinery.
40 YEARS AGO
June 2. 1919 (Monday) -
Three men show up at the
employment office in response
to a call for 37 hay hands.
The lightest vote in the his
tory of Jackson county is pre
dicted for the special state
wide election tomorrow.
50 YEARS AGO
June 2, 1909 (Wednesday)
The Southern Oregon Hor
ticultural society is organized
as a move to unite fruit
growers. Progress in constructing the
Rogue river bridge is re
ported. What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct it superior;
even or eight is excellent; five et
six it good.
1. In what book of the
Bible is the story of Esau's
selling his birthright?
2. What flowers are men
tioned in the poem, "In Flan
ders Field"?
3. For which New England
State is "lAitmeg State" a
nickname?
4- Which one of the wives
of Henry VIII had six fingers
on one hand?
5. Is the male, or the fe
male black widow spide the
larger?
6. What god of mythology
invented the lyre?
7. In what mountains is
the Matterhorn?
8. Who found it impossible
to put Humpty Dumpty to
gether again?
9. Of what important Fed
eral Commission was Lewis
L. Strauss the chairman.
10. In -what year did the
first Continental Congress
meet in Philadelphia?
-..Answers: 1. Genesis. 2. Pop
pies. 3. Connecticut. 4. Anne
Boreyn. 5. f emale, o. mercury.
7. Alps. 8. "All the king's
horses and all the king's men."
9. Atomic Energy Commis
sion. 10. 1774. (September)..
FINALLY BOOTED
Kassel, Germany-(UP&-Gren-adier
Hans Muth, 21, today
had his own pair of boots for
the first time since he was
drafted into the array two
months ago. The 7 foot, 7 inch
Muth needed size 13 boots,
and they had to be ordered
specially.
,1
Once Destroyed, Its Gtfhe
Thp. Henri Bulletin has been firm surjDorter
of legislation to set aside wilderness areas m this
country to be preserved as wilderness areas.
We have had some reservations about the
proposaluntil recently, and have finally come
10 ine conclusion uiai il is a guuu mea.
The Bulletin's main point, which it repeats
with conviction, is that, "Wilderness, once des
troyed, is lost forever."
THE philosophy of the Forest Service calls for
"mnUinlfl una" rvf trio fnrpsfs. This sirrmlv"
means that in each forest area, as many benefi
cial uses are to be permitted as is consistent with
the long-range good 6 the forest lands the serv
ice protects.
It is a wise philosophy. But within the concept
of multiple use, the aSociateiconcept of maxij
mum utility has its place. If alterest area is pri
marily watershed, that should be its primary use,
and all others should be subjected to the protec
tion of the watershed values. J-v-'
Likewise, if a forest area is primarily in com
mercial timber, with few watershed or-recrea-tonaj
or grazing benefits, the sustained yield and
harvesting of timber should be the rgimary use.
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LLDERNESS areas
more limited utility
est areas. But they do have important featufes.
One of them is ecological, for only areas which
are left virtually unchanged by humans can offer
clues to the relative inter-relationship of water,
soil, vegetation, fish and wild Jif e.
Also, there is a small but growing segment of
the population which finds its greatest recreation
al value in the wilderness.
Finally, and in the long run probably the most
important, the increasing pressures of popula
tion, forest utilization and the , other factors of a
growing society, soon will provide for the "de
velopment" 'of virtually all areas which are not
specifically set aside for some primary and im
portant purpose, ar kfipt that way. Only by
rigid protection will there be any wilderness left
for our children and our children's children to
see and enjoy. '
,
"WILDERNESS once destroyed, is. lost
ever. .. - ' .
This should give pause to those who object to
its being protected by federal law.
And there is one additional factor in this
situation, put this way by the Bulletin :
: '.. We must consider that much of the land in
wilderness areas is of very limited commercial use
under present standards. Timber, is small, scattered
and of low quali in much of the area. Grazing sea- o
sons are short, and summertime grazing in forest areas-v
is becoming uneconomic. As watershed or game pro
duction areas there is relatively little if wy conflict
with wilderness principles." - -
It is for these reasons, and we find them com
pelling, that we join in hoping the congress will,
after appropriate studies, set aside these a'seas
for posterity.,
Conservation -is defined as the wise use of
land. In the case "of the
can only be accomplished by preservation. And
preservation can be accomplished best by pro
tective legislation. E.A.
Labor Peace Hope
Despite unresolved differences in some phases
of the Pacific Northwest's labor picture, two
pieces of news received over the past week end
merit a hopeful outlook. 1
The pattern for settlement in the lumber in
dustry was set in negotiations last week, bring
ing promise of labor stability in Oregon's fore
most industry. And Agreement on a settlement
for pulp and paper workers was reached, subject
only to referendum by union members.
With the prospect of labor peace in these two
big areas, we can, barring some unforeseen even
tuality, look forward to a productive year in
what promises to be one of the bes$lumber mar
kets in a long time. E. A. - :
Ugh!
Once or twice, as a boy, we were persuaded
(actually, it was a combination of threats and an
acute stomach ache) to sample castor oil.
We've never quite gotten over it. Sme' sort
of subtle trauma has persisted through the years,
and even the name of the stuff raises a Jfaint hint
of nausea.
Thus we were horror-struck, when we hap
pened upon ag item which revealed that 119 mil
lion pounds of caster oil was consumed in the
United States last yir,.and that forecasts are
fcglQ million pounds to be vdkd this year.
DEADING further we found, with relief, ttat
only a small portion of this most-distasteful
of all medications is destined to slide viscidly
down the protesting gullets of the young.
"Most of it, in fact, will go into the manufac
ture of paint, varnishes and resins.
The magazine Chemical Week reports that
there is now a prospect of technological and eco
nomic changes in the world of castor oil and the
castor bean from which it is produced.
We couldn't care less. E.A.
ADMIRABLY QUALIFIED
Ipswich, England-flJPD-John
Davies was fined $14 and
barred from driving for one
month Monday on conviction
of careless driving, his sixth
traffic .conviction.
"But for your job we would
have disqualified you .from
driving for a long time," the
judge told him. Davies is a
driving instructor.
usually have a rather
than other types of f oi,-
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wilderness, conservation
, -
LESS ALLOWANCE
Yorktown, Va.-(DPD - Three
cannonballs, stolen in recent
weeks from the historical bat
tlefield here, have been re
turned. Officials said one
came back in the mail with
a note saying the postage had
been deducted from the al
lowance of the young souve
nir hunter who carried it
home.
Dennis tho
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I GUESS THEY COULDMT (SET ALL TUEfZ
STUFF IH TtiBlfZ SUITCASES.
Matter of Fact
By JosephAlsop
PAHTY AT LOWICZ
Warsaw - They had a fine
party at fiowicz on Thursday
in honor of the Body and
Blood of Our
Lord.
It solund's
shockingly ir
reverent when
put that way.
Yet it is real
ly the best
way to de
scribe this
vast celebra
tion of Corpus
Christi which was the very
opposite of (Irreverent.
Toe many years have pass
ed since this reporter used to
cover "Sunday morning ser
mons for the greatest city
editor of our times, Stanley
walker. It seems more than a
little strange to. be doing the
same sort of thing, on a larg
er scale, more than a quarter
of a century later, and on the
other side of the iron curtain.
But in this part of the world,
if you wish to sense the deep
est feelings of the people, you
must go to the old Corona
tion Church iiOBudapest, or to
Corpus Christi in Lowicz.
SOMETHING else could be
sensed in Lowicz. too. as
one began to realize on the
short drive out from Warsaw.
Lowicz is a little town that is
chiefly famous as the place
where Napoleon met his last
love, Maria Waleska, and as
the centeP of the district
which has the prettiest peas
ant costumes in, Poland. The
costumes the Lowicz people
wear in their Corpus Christi
procession make it a great an
nual attraction, and half War
saw seemed to be on the way
to Lowicz. -:
Automobiles of every make,
motor scooters, motorcycles,
and put-put equipped bicycles
of every description, even
fleets of un-mechanized bi
cycles furiously propeUed by
muscular bicycle racing en
thusiasts, produced a serious
traffic problem.- Among . the
many forms of misery that
humankind is heir to, tatffic
problems alone have always
been utterly unknown on this
side of the famous curtain.
What would have been nor
mal in Nyack was amazing on
the Lowicz road.
THE state of the road fore
cast the state of the town.
The cathedral sauare, with its
war memorial to the one-fifth
of the population of Lowicz
kiUed by the Germans, was
one continuous, slowly min
ing crowd. The cathedral it
self (a minor marvel of Polish
baroque, aU fluting turrets,
flying angels, and elegiUy
gesturing saints) was so lam
med one could hardly edge in
beyond the doors. As the
priest placed the golden mon?
strand? on the altar pinnacle,
the hymn to the Host poured
from several thousand throats
with Qxtraordinfty emotftm:
losepb Alio-
Try and $top Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
II JUS. LUTETIA. KITTLE writes from Kentucky that she
OL'A knows the knitting champion of America. "It's my Aunt
(Matilda," boasts rs. Kittle,
Tier knitting needle going
lickety - split for over 30
years. She's positivelyOthe
knittingest woman in the
U.S.A. Yes sir," she even
takes her yarn to bed with
her every night and every
now and so often she throwso
out a s8dk!" - r 0
Advice t9wives from that
sage old philosopher, Peter
Linf Hayes: "Remember,
girls, your hubby still gets
a bang out of golf, hunting
trips and all-night poker.
Show him you re thinking
of him! SpeakQf them occasionally!"
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O A gold digger, glittering, ia the international set, strutted Into the
Stork club positively oozing diamonds from very pore. "Trouble
with that girl," opined a lass with less taking way, "is that she's
getting too big for her brooches."
e 133, by Bennett C Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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"With Thy body, with Thy
blood save us and bftss us, O
Lord!"
So it was in the cathedra
from this beginning, until the
mass ended with the deep and
terrible passion of the Polish
national hymn, "Q God, from
ages past, protector of this
Polish land." Out in the
square, however, as long as
mass continuedpit was more
like a poorly provided fun
fair. THERE were pastel-colored
is to be eaten. Vendors
were also hawking little paper
parasols and the strange tra
ditional delicacy-ornament of
Cornus Christi in Poland,
necklaces A fried dumplings
in the shape of a rosary. But
Poland's new prosperity has
not got much beyond road
transport, and these trifles
were the only pleasure offered
at the fun-fair, besides the
pleasure of slowly pushing
one's way through the close-
packed mob, to see what
friends were there. At least
everyone could find a friend,
Well dressed professional men
and blue jeaned university
students, young "hooligans"
with their long hair and
sober, dark clad forking fam
ilies, and people of every oth
er sort including even a stray
Communist official or two
had all come out to Lowicz
to the party there.
The fun fair in the square
was suspended when the mass
ended, and the cathedral bells
tolled, and the Corpus Christi
procession made its way into
the open air. It was indeed, a
sight worth seeing - the girls
and women in their -embroidered
bodices? and astounding
layers of skirts striped green
and blue and red and black
and purple and yellow, and
the men in their black jerkins
and yeUow striped pantaloons;
the endless line of banners,
berilgponed and bedecked with
flowers; tne old men witn
their kettledrums; the choir
boys with their tinkling bells;
and at the end, the Host in its
monstrance under its silken
canopy. Hhe whole crowd
bowed in silent reverence as
the Host was carried through
its ranks.
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AFTER that, the object of
the day's excursion had
been officiallyoattained. But
in all honesty, it must be, said
that the real object, at least
for the many thousands of
sightseers from Warsaw, had
not been quite attained as yet.
Most of them have been be
lievers - mt Poles are - but
pleasure was what they chiefly
sought in Lowicz. .
So the town's sole restau
rant was packed as in a sub
way rush. Everx other res
taurant and cafe within iO
kilometers was soon crowded,
too. The roadside from Lowicz
to(yarsaw was strewn all aft
ernoon with groups of cheer
ful picnickers. The muscular
"and she ain't been seWi without
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Red China Worried Over Southeast Asian
Kingdom of LaosTrying To Stir Trouble
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
Red China, having swallow
ed up Tibet, now is. busily
tryirip to stir up trouble in
the tinylSouth-
east Asia king
dom of Laos
into which the
United States
pours about
' M $35 to $50 mil
lion aid mon
ey annually.
The present
C o m m uln ist
S9 tactic is to
charm a conspiracy under
way7 among Laos and her
nghVrs, Thailand tnd Soujh
Vit Mam, to form' a military
alliaw tied to NATO's South
astasia counter-part,
1ATO. , O
Tfcfc alliance,, says Red
Chia's official newspaper,
th Piiping People's Daily,
"jpuld fct as an accomplice
and a willing pawn of the
United States aggressors,!!
feat, landlocfed "kingdom
f tht elephants," is just a
pinpoint on tne map geo-'
graphically, economically and
in population,
It is another of the small
nations to which the United
States has contributed heavily
in the years since World War
II, and which in turn have,
if nothing else, contributed
heavily to the averageCu.S.
citizen's awareness, if not
knowledge, of. world politics.
Common Frontier G
Lao s misfortune is itsustra
tegic importance in the World
struggle Between the free na-
Hatfield's Veto
Record Attacked
At Labor Meeting
Portland (OH) Gov; Mark
Hatfield came under fire at
theMultnomah County Cen
tral Labor ' Council meeting
Monday night for vetoing labor-backed
legislation.
State Rep. Edward J. Whe
lan (D-Portland), who is exec
utive secretary of the council,
charged that Hatfield vetoed
more good bi than any
other goTCrnor.
Bills Cited
Whelan cited several billsJ
he said he believed shoulo)
have .become law. The in
cluded1 HB 72 providingrthat
the public -utility commis
sioner could set minimum
rates for log-hauling in Ore
gon; HM 47pproviding that
medical -.records of injured
workmen he made- available
to the workmea: HR 496 pro
viding for occupational dri
vers licenses; HR 138 provid
ing for permissive collective
bargaining for public employ
ees in political subdivisions of
the state, SB 500 which would
have provided for a free
choice of doctors for injured
workmen, and others. O
Lobbyists Unneeded.
Whelan charged Hatfield's
veto record "proves beyond
any reasonable doubt that the
employees, in this state no
longer need to maintain lobby
ists in Salem when they have
a man in the palm of their
hands who will veto any good
legislation which is in the best
interests of the working peo
ple in this state."
bicycle racers even took a
quiet dip in the little river. It
was all very innocent and gay
and simple and above all very
astonishing.
For if religion is there al
ready, and pleasure comes
creeping insidiously in, and
faint traces of prosperity be
gin to appear as well, how
can a theoretically iron soci
ety keep its iron , unrusted?
That is the question which
makes the party at Lowicz
really worth describing.
(Copyright, 1959. New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
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Service Opens
Ashland Office
Ashland An Ashlmd of
fice for the Adoption Service
Plan to care for destitute Kor
ean children has been estab
lished by Mrs. Harry Neu
mann, 148 North Laurel st., it
was announced today.
Foster and adoptive parents
interested in providing homes
for Korean youngsters may
apply to her by letter.
The Adoption Service plan,
begun Oct.! 15, 1958, by Ik
Chu Kim, works with war
orphans and other destitute
children, Mrs. Neumann
stated. O
The organization hopes to
find many prospective parents
in the United States and other
foreign countries of the free
world "so that we can get
help for these starving chil
dren," she reported.
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The United States Military
Academy was established by
Act of Congress in 1802; the
United States Naval Academy
in 1845.
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tions and international Com
munism.
Its borders touch Red China,
Burma, North and South Viet
Nam, Thailand and Cambodia.
Of a special interest to the
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Delayed fuse wisecrack:
Senator Morseoieclares his
intention to campaign against
his Democratic colleague, Sen
ator Richard Neuberger, when
Mr. Neuberger comes up for
renomination and re-election
in 1960.
Congratulations, Dick.
It looks like you've got it
made. '
TtfORE of the same:
On the way back to Ge
neva, after attending the fu
neral of America's great sec
retary of state, the foreign
ministers conferred at length
in a plane flying at some 30,
000 feet elevation.
I suppose that's what one
could call diplomacy at the
highest level. , v
IjiROM Los Angeles:
A A lumber company f-esPi
aeni ana live companions nave
left here to try to conquer
the Colorado river IN RE
VERSE (that is GOING UP
instead of COMING DOWN)
in two outboatfl boats..
"Wfcy am I doing it?" the
lumberman asked.
"I'm doing it because it's
never been done successfully
barore. It s a challenge. I have
the river in my blood."
1I"ELL, it's his money he is
spending and it s his life
he is risking.
I can think of more con
structive ways to spend his
money and risk his life, Dut
I hope the time never comes
in the United States of Amer
ica wnen a man isn t per
mitted to spend his money and
risk his life in whatever way
he chooses-so long as the ex
ercise of his right to do as
he pleases with his life and
his money DOESN'T IN
FRINGE UPON 5R LIMIT
THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.
npHE bgreau of the census has
just published a study of
public employment in which
it gives statistics as to the
number of people employed in
federal, state local GOV
ERNMENT throughout the
country. For some reason, it
chose the month of April of
the year 1957 and collected
sftnistics as of that ionth. The
figures are rather interesting
For exmaple:
In Oregon, the total number
of people employed by ALL
units of government in April
of 1957 was 75,988. The distri
bution was as follows:
Federal employees ...... 19,217
State employees 18,618
Local govt, employees 38,153
FT TOTAL, it looks AWFUL.
But when broken down in
relation to population, it isn't
too bad.
In Oregon, the number of
federal employees figures out
at 108.6 persons per 10,000
population. In Washington, the
corresponding figure is 200. In
California it is 172. The na
tional average is 131.
In Oregon, the number of
state erirployees per 10,000
population is 105. In Washing
ton, it is 85. In California, it
is 71. The national average is
71, exactly the same as in Cal
ifornia. In Oregon (in April of 1957)
local governments employed
216 persons per 10,000 popula
tion. In Washington, the figure
is 240. In California,- it is 256.
The national figure is 210.
T SUPPOSE it takes a lot of
employees to run the gov
ernmental affairs of 10,000
people.
Still-
o
It seems a bit out of keeping
that in a remote and non-spectacular
state such as Oregon
which has no immense gov
ernment enterprises such as
the spectacular atomic enter
prise at Hanford up in Wash-ington-FEDERAL
civilian em
ployees should outnumber
STATE employees.
Personally, I'm inclined to
go along with Thomas Jeffer
son in his statement that "that
government is best which gov
erns least."
Centennial Wants
Brighter Mural
Portland- (DPD -The $25,000
mural that decorates the Cen
tennialcibuilding here has not
pleased the eyes of all mem
bers of the Centennial Man
agement Committee.
In fact, Monday the com
mittee demanded that Hansen
Studios, which painted the
500-foot mural, brighten up
the colog. C. Howard Lane,
member of the committee,
said the original colors in the
model shown the Centennial
Commission were "m u c h
more colorful." O
. "The colors out there are
washed out," he said.
Communists is the fact that
Laos has a 620-mile common
frontier with Kbrth Viet Nam
and Red China.
Heightening this interest is
the added fact that pro-West
ern Premier Phoui Sanani-
kone is rooting out leftist in
fluences in the kingdom and
is turning more and more to
the West.
Hanoi, capital of Commu-
ist North Viet Nam, and Pei-
ping fear the nexfcstep may
be to permit the US. to estab
lish bases on Laotian soil.
Laos is a tropical country,
with few roads, scarcely any
industry and with a popula
tion that only can be esti
mated since there never has
been a real census. It is be
lieved to be about two mil
lion. u .
Control Centers on Brothers
U.S. interest in the country
goes back to the French de
feat in Indochina and the fear
that the weak, newly inde
pendent nation would almost
fall automatically to the Com
munists without strong sup
port. Prior to Sananikone's as
sumption of office last Au
gust and his take-over of spe
cial powers in January, the
struggle for thetontrol of
LaoS(fead centered on two half
brothers.
The brothers represented an
irony of Laotian politics. On
the one side, frankly pro-
Press Conference
By Able and Baker
Attracts Big Crowd
By FRANK ELEAZER
UPI Correspondent
Washington -(0PD- Reporters
here outnumber congressmen
two to one, and a visiting
village idiot could call a press
conference with reasonable as
surance somebody would
come.
Any prime minister at all
is a cinch on arrival to draw
maybe 18 or 20 news and pic
ture men. A ipieen should be
good for 50 or better. But to
count on a turnout of 100 or
so you have to be somebody
special, as in this casanpf two
monkeys, named' Abrc Smd
Baker.
The MissesAble and Baker
were just bawc from' a short
Caribbean tour, aVyou prob
ably saw. And in looking back
on it there is reason to sus
pect tharright from the start
these monkeys were trying to
make people out of usTiews-
men.
Mob on Hand
dn the first place, they
couldn't make up their minds
when to appear. Throughout
the day there were bulletins
from the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, a
local travel agent for mon
eys, constantly revising fteir
stimated time of arrival. At
4:58 p.m. the city news wire
on which we all depend for
such vital information this
fourth and final communique:
"The NASA now advises the
space monkeys will arrive at
Andrews Air Force Base at
8 p.m. NASA also promises
there will be no further
changes."
On the strength of this an
appropriate mob of reporters
and lensmen was on hand at
the airport to accord Able
and Baker the kind of recep
tion considered their due as
VIPs or very important pri
mates. The girls came in on sched
ule, but were tired. Their
advisers passed out word any
comments they had on the
15-minute trip out, in a Jupi
ter rocket at 10,000 miles an
hou,- or the 6i hour final
Counsel With
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
lr W. ' "" "" "i
XiLJ
Fred Brennan
Or Call
Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phone SP 3-7343
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
27 NORTH HOLLY ST.
Communist if not actually a
card carrier, was Prince Sou
phanouvong" and his Communist-supplied
6,000-man army
called the Pathet Lao. The
Pathet Lao controlled two of
Lao's northernmost provinces
and was the potential spear
head for a Communist drive
to take over the whole coun
try. . O
In the job es premier was
Souphanouvong's half - broth
er, Souvanna Phouma, a neu
tralist. Nation in Ferment
Personally and socially, the
two were friends. But their
armed forces frequently clash
ed, keeping the nation in a
constant state of ferment.
A year ago Souphanouvong
appeared to be winning the
upper hand and it seemed the
country was about to be swal
lowed by the Reds.
Souvanna's neutralist poli
cies proved, his undoing and
it was into this chaotic .situa
tion that Sananikone stepped
last August.
An early step was to re
nounce the 1954 Geneva ac
cord which ended the Indo
china civil war but which
bound the Indochinese nations
affected not to join any mili
tary alliances.
By renouncing the Geneva
accord, Sananikone cleared
the way for Laos to joint
SEATO. That's what has the
Reds worried.
leg of the trip back, in an
Air Force plane at 275 miles
an hour, would have to wait
for a press conference the
following day.
Followed the Uproar
This was set for 2 p.m. In
the space agency's conference
hall, a remodelled carriage
house in an alley. I lost the
address and might never have
found it except for the snarls,
cries and general uproar on
which I set an unerring course
in from the street.
Politely, as is customary
among us reporters, I fought
my way inside and towards ,
the focus of action. Climbing
finally over the frontmost
row of undertaker's chairs I q
was confronted with a riot
scene on the stage.
"Where are the monkeys?" "
I yelled, into the ear of a
lady I had just elbowed po
litely aside.
"I think," she replied, icily,
over the furor, "thev are the
ones without cameras."
It was possible almost at '
once to confirm this. The
monkeys were smaller. They
also were the ones who
weren't making a sound, or
at least if they were nobody
could hear it.
Too Bushed To Go On
Unfortunately, monkeys are
sensitive to temperature
changes, and by the time the
lensmen were through the
mercury stood at 105 on the
stage. Able and Baker were
too bushed to go on.
Escorts rushed them off to
rest af the local Army and
Navy hospitals, respectively,
and 15 other space experts
were run in as their spokes
men. In one hour and 20 min
utes we drew out of them
what it was the girls had
wanted to say.
- This was that space travel
was nothing, compared to
meeting the press.
Our next visitor, according
to the city news wire, is Lud
wig Erhard, the vice chancel
lor of West Germany, and I
feel kind of sorry for him.
Everybody knows how tough
it is to follow an animal act.
TWO OF A KIND
will beat a FULL HOUSE If they
happen to be FIRE & HAIL
This is the season for both so
keep your FULL HOUSE by
having adequate insurance -against
those TWO OF A KIND.
Bill Fish
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