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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Aug. 9, 1959 Medforjv'WTeibune "Everyone m Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published D-ul.v except Saturday by MJJJFOrtD PRINTING CO 33 North fir St Ph SP 2-6141' ROBERT W RTJHL, ' Editor HERB GR Advertising Manager GEP.ALD LATHAM Business Mp ERIC W 1LLEN JB- Managing i-xlitor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAM Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sporta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERiCKSQN Circulation Mgr An Indcoendent Newspaper Entered a sernnd class matter al Med f or'4 Orepon under Act of March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mat . in Advance Copy 10c DaU- and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Daily and Sunday mot 8 00 Daily, and Sunday 3 mos - 425 Sunday Only One year $450 By Carrier-r-In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv er. 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NEWSPAPER PUBirSHERS ASSOCIATION MATIONAl EDITORIAL Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from th9 files of Th Vail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 9. 1949 (Tuesday) A erouD of 23 Medford men fly to Burns to inspect a test oil well in which considerable local capital has been sunk. , Southern Oregon college re ceives a gift of land valued at $1,000 from John and Louise Nosier, Ashland. 20 YEARSAGO Aug. 9. 1939 (Wednesday) Postmaster Frank DeSouza receives plans and specifica tions for remodeling and en larging Medford's post office building! From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Farm ing is now interfering with the Rogue river fish, and should be stopped. If it wasn't farm ing it would be inining, and if neither it would be the light of the moon." 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 9. 1929 (Friday) The Jackson county court denies aid to transient in digents. Local packers ask lower freight rates for pear ship ments. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 9, 1919 (Saturday) Central Point churches re spond to the hot weather by holding services in the city park. Harvesting the largest pear crop in the Kogue valley's his tory is now under way. 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 9, 1909 (Monday) A movement urging con struction of a new school on Medford's east side gains head way. Medford City Attorney Neff works to have the Injunction which bars workers from ex tending the city's new water line across the Hanley ranch set aside. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or ekjht is excellent; five at six is good. 1. According to wedding eti quette, should the groom's family sit on the right or the left, side of the church? 2. Back Bay is a fashionable residential section in what larg'- city? 3. Is a blue, yellow, or red, flag used to indicate an auc tion sale? 4. "Series E" U. S. Savings Bonds may be pledged as col lateral on bank loans- true or false? 5. Which of the TJ. S. coins have smooth edges instead of milled edges? 6. In Greek mythology, name the king who turned to gold everything he touched. 7. From what occupation is the surname Cooper derived? 8. A device for counting, using beads strung on wires is known as an a ? 9. Which of the Apostles "appealed unto Caesar" as a Roman citizen? - 10. In which ocean is the island of Madagascar? Answers: 1. Right. 2. Bos- Ion. 3. Red. 4. False. 5. Pen nies and nickels. 6. King Midas. 7. Barrel-making. 8. Abacus. 9. St. PauL 10. In dian, Disaster Many and varied thoughts race through one's mind when viewing a disaster such as that which struck m Koseburg early First, perhaps, is the this could have happened anywhere Medford, Ashland, Portland anywhere. Next is a frenzied and angry sort of sorrow that so many people had to die, so many be in jured, and so many be paupered by a preventable disaster. There is amazement at the extent of the dam age. There are evidences of the explosion literal ly for miles around. "UT of the tragedy, however, one fact stands out. It was unbelievably lucky that the ex plosion occurred at night, If it had been in the daytime, the casualties would have run into the thousands. ' George Milligan, Mercy Flights pilot who flew blood, doctors and gas company technicians to Roseburg early Friday morning, later revisited the stricken town. "I'm glad we were"" flying things in," he said. "If it nad happened in the daytime, we'd be flying a shuttle service from Roseburg, bringing the injured here." If it had happened during business hours, blast, flying glass and toppling chimneys would have made the casualty list far, far worse than'it was. ' ' At night, however, with most people in bed, protected by blankets, the casualty list was re markably low, considering the unbelievable power of the blast. . . . ANOTHER thought' which comes forcibly to mind is the immediate, almost instinctive, offers of help which poured in. Within an hour and a half after the shattering blast, 150 persons were standing in line at the hospital, waiting to donate blood some of them people who seldom if ever give the Bloodmobile collections a second thought. Firemen and policemen from miles around rushed, unasked, to assist in fighting the fire and patroling the area. The disaster agencies swung into action smoothly and competently, with little confusion; and that only in the initial hours of the disaster. THE efficiency of the police agencies was im- pressive. The -Douglas county sheriff's office, under the. direction of Sheriff emergency reserve. All Friday, and provided a men to bolster the city aepuues,' ana state poiicexOincers. The National Guard was called out, and by daylight was patroling the worst damaged areas tc prevent looting. (Many of the homes and busi nesses lost doors and windows, and were stand ing open, their occupants gone.) ' , i . "CONTRARY to the short-sighted policy of some officials at disaster areas in the past, those in charge in Roseburg realized the importance of being helpful to newspaper, radio and TV representatives. And helpful they were. As plane after plane arrived in Roseburg, sheriff's deputies met them, took the reporters and photographers to the dis aster area, and briefed them on what had hap pened, and what was being done. Maps of Roseburg, showing in outline the immediate blast area, and the surrounding heavy damage area, were reproduced by the hundred, and distributed, not only to the press, but to busi nessmen who were affected. All in all, it was a lesson to the entire state that organization, in advance of disaster, will pay big dividends. An effective, functioning or ganization, whether it be called "civil defense," or a "disaster squad," can do much to save lives and property in such events. THERE are hundreds of relatively minor side- lights to an occurrence of this kind. . A jeweler sifting through a pile of shat tered glass, seeking to retrieve diamonds which had been on display in His .window before it was broken, and which were thoroughly mixed in with the tiny glass pieces. Tangled drapes and blinds, hanging out of windows blocks from the explosion site. A lumber truck, loaded with plywood, driv ing slowly along a main downtown street, leav ing sheet after sheet with merchants to use as emergency windows. The undefinable but unmistakable smell of fire burned rubber, wood, oil which permeat ed the downtown area, and was evident even a couple of thousand feet in the air. . THE big, old, yellow-brick junior high school, A three blocks from the blast, with not a window left, and with ceilings fallen down over the desks. (Think what it would have been like if school had been in session when the blast occurred!) Prisoners in the county jail six blocks away, shocked awake by the overwhelming blast, bang ing on their cell bars and yelling, sWhat's hap pened? !". Bill Roble, deputy state fire marshal and former fire chief at Salem, solemnly shaking his head when asked how much the damage would run to, and remarking that it may have been the worst disaster of its kind in Oregon's history. And an ashen-faced officer saying, "I was just checking some charred bones. They're hu man." E.A. . Friday morning. sobering thought that Ira Byrd, has a 50-man were called out early supplementary force of police, regular sheriff's Dennis the Menace OH CtAO Matter of Fact BEHIND THE KHRUSHCHEV INVITATION Washington-The way Niki ta S. Khrushchev's visit to this country was arranged makes an in teresting sto ry, w i t h a good deal of significance. Taking the facts, first, it can now be disclosed that President Ei senhower de- i i a i -ins'pb Msop cmea n asu. Khrushchev to pay, him a vis it on the advice of Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, prior to Herter's departure on July 11 for the second round of the Foreign Ministers meeting at Geneva. The invitation to Khrush chev was verbally extended by Secretary Herter, when he arid Soviet Vice Premier Frol K o z 1 o v had their farewell talk, before Kozlov's return to Moscow. Speaking for Eisen hower, , Herter asked Kozlov to take a message to Khru shchev the President would be ' pleased to receive him if Khrushchev wished to visit Washington Report By WILLIAM CONDITIONS CHANGED Washington-A fresh, genial breeze sweeps Washington, true enough. But hope for a T cold war thaw isaccompa nied by chill anxiety in many minds as to what is to happen now to the Western alliance which stood ' so stal- ...n -l-.r xttIV lis WUliam S. . "J " H-hiu. in the years before the new summit diplo macy. The task of statesmanship now, in the view of some of the best friends we ever had, is not confined simply to a wise approach by this country in the forthcoming Eisenhower-Khrushchev conversations. A task, no less urgent is to avoid even the appearance of shutting out the smaller West ern allies who have stood so faithfully with us in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. These smaller governments have also been NATO's most steadfast members. But it is D'reciselv these remarkably loyal ones who need reassur ance that their own nroblems -and their hard-won prestige with their own peopie-are not cast to one side in the pane- plied comings and goings now heinf? nrerjared between Wash ington and Moscow. The vital necessity is not to disillusion these smaller peoples. . V . NO DOUBT it has all been for perfecUy good-reasons. But the plain fact remains that the United States has taken a 180-degree turn in high policy, in the decision for an exchange of visits be tween President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. This relatively abrupt switch toward concili ation has not made it easier for the leaders of the smaller nations in the Western group. For years' they triumphed over their Communist minori ties, their happ, fuzzy neu tralists, by pointing .to the ultimate facts of international life: that these smaUer allies were tied to the'United States; that the United States was the leader of the free world; that the United States was not going to negotiate with Russia short of good Russian deeds instead of good Russian words. Now," the pre - conditions have been immensely altered. There have been no good Rus sian deeds; but there are go ing to be negotiations aU the same. . There is thus a danger that' governments long allied with W4S RIGHT! I'M TOO'UmB TO Blue A "vNO-WHBeL DIKE' Bv Joseph Alsop the United States. THIS message is described as having stirred visible de light in Kozlov, and equally visible astonishment in So viet Ambassador Mikhail Men shikov, who was also present. Apparently Kozlov actually carried the message back with him as suggested, instead of telegraphing the news in the more normal manner. If not, there must have been some hesitation, either in Khru shchev's own mind or in the Kremlin, about the right tone to take in the reply. In any case, there was no answer for several days after Khrushchev went to Poland on July 15. , Altogether, approximately nine days elapsed between Secretary Herter's transmis sion of the President s mes sage to Kozlov, and Ambassa dor Menshikov's arrival at the State Department with a per sonal letter from Khrushchev to the President. This letter, written during Khrushchev's Polish tour, accepted the Pres ident's invitation and asked Eisenhower to pay a return visit to Russia.. . There is some reason to be- S. WHITE us will have to meet a revival of pro-communism and neu tralism. Certainly this is true if it appears that we have given these governments the status not of brothers but of second cousins, no longer so sorely needed and no long er so highly regarded. THIS is 'why certain of the smaller NATO powers, headed by Italy, have tried to arrange for a combined meeting in Paris of the NATO Council, plus the heads-of-government in the West-President Eisenhower, Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan of Britain, and all the rest-prior to the Eisenhower - Khru shchev talks. There was no thought of trying to instruct President Eisenhower in any way. The intention was only to show aU-Western unity, to demonstrate that the smaller powers, were not being left out for a moment. This proposal has failed-in its initial form, at any rate. The United States reluctantly opposed it, but not for lack of sympathy. We simply fear ed that such a rally would seem to bind Eisenhower to meet Khrushchev in Washing ton as a formal spokesman for the West rather than in formally and only as head of the United States. The point is that at this stage the Presi dent is determined not to ne gotiate, not even for one coun try alone, let alone all the West, but only to explore the way with Premier Khru shchev. ' - NOW, however, an alterna tive is being considered, though only considered. This is the possibility that the President might yet meet with NATO and other Western heads of government - but after, rather than before, Khrushchev's Visit here, and before Eisenhower's return visit to Moscow. r This could come about if the Washington conversations clear away enough under brush to convince the Presi dent that we could approach the point of actual negotia tions, as distinguished from mere probing. f The United States govern ment certainly has not the slightest intention to forget its smaller friends-in any kind of summit anywhere. The only problem is how the old Western concert can best be maintained. It is not a small problem, and how it is handled could make the dif ference between preservation and loss of a great alliance. (Copyright 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although nnder cer tain circumstances trie use of a pen name nr initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit ail letters with an eye to clarification and condensation Letters submitted for publica tion must nnt exceed 400 words She Askc Action To the Editor: In regard to your editorial, "Isn't This Im- Dortant? I think it was one of the finest and most appro priate writings of our time. Something must be done about air pollution NOW! Our city councilmen all seem to agree that there is a problem, and that it should be corrected - but has anything been accomplished? They will teU us - they are working on it, studies have been, and are now being made in Medford, measuring the amounts of for eign and obnoxious matter in the air. But I wish someone would please tell me why all this time and money is being used when the Good Lord pro vided us with the best possible smoe detectors in the world - EYES, NOSE, AND OUR RES PIRATORY SYSTEM. The mill owners say they are spending thousands of dol lars . on research. Evidently with no noticeable success. The open burning for the past several months is a disgrace to our community, and a com plete disregard for humanity. There were several articles on air pollution in the paper during the month of June. I would like to quote from two different ones. "Judge Earl Miller asks for patience of the residents, and stressed the need for a systematic and vol untary approach before the enactment of any ordinances." In the other article, the man ager of one or our largest mills was speaking of the expense in lieve that the President's ac ceptance of Khrushchev's irnnter-invitation was a con dition of Khrushchev's accept ance of the President's invi tation. A further exchange of letters followed, making de tailed arrangements for both visits. It was Khrusncnev nim- self who insisted on an extend erl trh in this country-a plan not warmly welcomed by the White House and State De partment, because of the grave security problem. rrvHF. TIME needed to make A the arrangements; the time consumed by v the letters in transit; the fear of. a last mm ute hitch: and the faint Ameri can hope of last-minute Soviet concessions at Geneva, to sweeten the atmosphere of the impending . Khrushchev visit -all these factors helped to de lav the. announcement. It was not to have been made until the Geneva break-up, but in ho nH the President's and Khrushchev's hands were forced by the rumors of the visit current in Europe. These bare facts make an enlightening study in modern diplomatic procedures.' Their implications are even more en lightening. To begin with, Sec retary Herter had plainly abandoned any real hope of accomplishing mucn at tne Foreign Ministers level when the first round at Geneva end ed. Otherwise, he could never have decided to Eive away his only potential trump - Khrushchev s a e s l r e ior a meeting with Eisenhower -before the second round at Geneva even began. . This being Herter's sensible assessment, he was confronted by an ugly question: What to do if the Foreign Ministers failed to "justify" a summit meeting, and the Geneva rally therefore ended with the threat to Berlin more acute than ever? Among his advis ors, at least one, Ambassador to Moscow Llewellyn Thomp son, had always believed that an Eisenhower - Khrushchev meeting would be a useful ex periment. SUCH a meeting, too, was a way out of the American government's commitment not to go to the more convention al kind of summit" rally with out previous "justification." Finally, Herter's allied col leagues, Selwyn Lloyd, Couve de Murville. and Heinrich von Brentano, all indicated their approval of. this escape trom the Geneva dilemma. Thus Herter returned to this coun try with his mind pretty well made up. '. The whole thing was then settled between Herter and Eisenhower, with Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon some what conspicuously omitted from the consultations despite his own impending Russian journey. As the President him self went out of his way to -announce, the Vice President was merelv warned of what was afoot before his departure for Moscow. In the dispatches from the reporters travelling with Nixon, one can even de tect a bit of pouting about not being brought directly in to the act. Yet it seems that Khrushchev will be accompa nied on his American tour, not bv Nixon, but by Herter or another high State Depart ment official: Apparently this is to be an Eisenhower-Herter party to the finish, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Today. & Tomorrow By Walter THE NEW COURSE In deciding to go to Western Europe before Mr. Khru shchev comes to Washington, the President is a c k n owl edging that he is off on a new course which needs to be explain ed to his al lies. While ex change of vis ifo hoc Tn A Walter Lippmann formal ap proval of Western Europe, it is evident that only the Brit- installing a "hog" which would grind waste wood into chips for burning, and I quote, "I haven't felt the pressure or the necessity yet to make this investment, until somebody says we have to, we're not going to. When we have to, we'll do it." The manager of Timber Products also stated, "that they were one of the worst offenders in producing smoke." How true! So there yoa are! I have talked to many people about it, and get the impres sion that our councilmen are afraid of taking a firm stand on this matter for fear of step ping on someones toes, which is very understandable, poli tics ' being what they are. Therefore, it brings me to the conclusion that it is entirely up to the citizens of Medford and surrounding areas to take our problem to the State Air Pollution Authorities in Port land. Air pollution in Medford has been reported to be at the NUISANCE level. I lived in Los Angeles when smog was first termed a NUISANCE - and I watched it grow into the MENACE it is today. WHY? Because the people weren't concerned enough to force City and State Government Officials to take ACTION be fore it was TOO LATE. If any of you feel as I do, please call me at your earliest convenience, SPring 2-7292.. Mrs. Leonard Matheus 1124 West 10th st. Medford. Lady of the Woods i To the Editor: It was with real satisfaction that I read Sid Hollingsworth's article on Crater Lake, reprinted in the Herald and News, Klamath Falls, but there is one item which I have felt has been missing in all the recent Cra ter Lake reports. Do you know the story of the "Lady of the Woods," the sculptored lady in stone on a path behind the Admimstra tion Building at the Park? Many years ago there were signs on the main thorough fare through the park direct ing sightseers to this interest ing spot, but lately the large signs have been removed,, or were taken down during some construction and never re placed. The story which I heard when I first came to this part of the country was that the sculptor was a member of the construction crew that built the first road into the park. Each night after supper , he would disappear until dark, and it was thought that he was off walking by himself. However, just before the job was Learly finished, two friends of his thought that they would follow him and find where he took his walks. They were surprised to find that he did not go far, and that he was in the process of finishing -a beautifully sculpt ed "Lady" on the side of one of the outcroppings of stone. He used rude tools which he had made himself in the shop, and thougii he was not an artist by trade, he left behind him a beautiful reminder of the art that is in each man who would express it. Today the stone is weather ed, and the roughness of his work, if there ever was any, has been ' smoothed into the symphony cf time. Many per sons have thrilled to his ac complishment. At one time it was written up in the Sunday supplement of the Oregonian, I believe. And at one time all the literature about Crater Lake included some intorma- tion about the "Lady." Even though "the stories told about her origin are not always the same, she still merits a spot in the hearts and imaginings of those who come to view the deep blues of the lake. Gertrude Roark (Mrs. Wm.j Box 603 Chiloquin, Ore. - Two Cents To the Editor: How about getting my two cents worth in? ' I've read some of the verse about Monkeys, Which cannot be worse than the Flunkeys i Who started the chatter, of this Monkey matter. Politely, I'd call them all DONKEYS. Yours in sympathy, Al Schooner, Box 259 Camp White Lippmann ish are pleased. Dr. Adenauer and Gen. de Gaulle cannot like what has happened, and they are bound to have anxi eties. They will be anvious about the effect of these two power talks on their own stat us among the world powers. They will be anxious too about the professional compe tence of the President in re alizing all the implications of what will be talked about. By making a special trip to West ern Europe the President hopes to reassure them. On the crudest level, that he will not betray their in terests by making a deal be hind their backs, no assur ances of good faith are need ed. The assurances will no doubt be given but in our al liance it should not be neces-. sary to proclaim our good faith again and again. It is like expecting the Chief Justice to declare every few months that he does not rob the Treasury of the United States." Indeed, this country would be en titled to distrust an ally who suspects and questions ' our loyalty and good faith. The real causes of anxiety in Europe are not so easy to remove. That is because these face-to-face talks will, unless they are broken off by an un toward and unexpected event, mean a different method of dealing between the Western world and the Soviet Union This different method must subtly but substantially re duce the influence of Paris and of Bonn. fE HAVE been negotiating as one of four Western powers, the others being Great Britain, France, and West Ger many. This collective form of negotiation has meant that nothing could be talked about with the Russians which" did not have the previous approv al of the four Western allies, The allies have had to be united. This has meant that thev have had to be unani mous. This has meant that each had . a veto on all the others. The doors were closed to ; exploratory exchanges, of views which ordinarily must precede negotiations. This was in part because none of the Foreign Ministers, and of course least of all Mr. Gro- myko, had authority to talk freely. But it was also because the rule of unanimity gave to Dr. Adenauer and to Gen. de Gaulle a veto over Western policy. ; .- In the two-power talks, the President will not have au thority to negotiate for the Western alliance. But he will have authority to talk about anything he sees fit to talk about. The veto on explora tory talks which prevailed at the level of the Foreign Minis ters in Geneva, will not pre vail in the Eisenhower- Khrushchev parleys. This marks a big change. It is brought on by the fact that these parleys will be bi-lateral and not multi-lateral and that they will be conducted by the heads of the two most power ful governments. - t rpHERE is a report that after his visit to this country, Mr. K. will visit his Chinese ally in Peiping. If this is true it is very interesting. For it would show that China is very much in the minds of the So viet leaders, and it may indi cate that the Eisenhower Khrushchev parleys will be global in scope, and not con centrated upon the details of a provisional a r r a ngement about West Berlin. , If there is in the making, as there may be, a truce with out a settlement, it will be due in the main of course, to a mutual recognition that, as the President once said, there is no alternative to peace. Nuclear war is intolerable to all, and so-called limited war in any. vital spot is bound to carry with it the risks of to tal war. - - BUT that is not the whole of what is pushing Moscow and Washington towards a truce. There is also a realiza tion that as they concentrate all their energies and so much of their resources on hostility to one another, each is neglect ing its interests elsewhere. The Soviets are committed to a seven-year plan of indus trial development which would be ruined by war, which is severely burdened by the armaments and by the prospect of a still greater and more costly competition in arms. What is more, the bur den of the seven-year plan plus the growing burden of armaments prevent the Soviet Union from contributing to China what is needed to nour ish the' Soviet-Chineae alli ance. We, too, are finding the cold war increasingly burdensome. President Eisenhower knows that while his vetoes can be upheld this year, in the years to come the welfare measures are certain to be voted. More over, we are beginning to re alize that in our preoccupa- POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) An innocent Medford bar ber attracted a crowd around his shop last week when a high school girl walked in. wcanng a pair oi cerrauaa shorts, and plunked herself in a chair. "I'm being hazed by the seniors," she said, "and they told me to come in here and get my legs shaved." Hmmmm. Fortunately for the barber there were a number of peo ple in line ahead of the girl so he dallied with them, clip ping and snipping and hoping she would leave. She was patient, though, and her turn finally came. "You're sure?" he asked, weaKiy.- "Yep," she said, and climb ed into the chair. The scene that follower! was discreet,-despite the ribbing the barber took from his pus- tpmers, but it would have been nam to convmce the goggle eyed pedestrians who stoDDed and did a double-take in the best vaudeville tradition. When it was all over and the shop cleared out the bar ber stood and mopped his brow. "If my wife finds out I'm a cooked eoose ." he said. A gentleman who had been waiting for a shave took one look at the barber's shaking' hands and said he'd settle for i massage; ' No, there wasn't a flood on -Barilett st. Friday. Yes. it's true there was a man there bailing out his boat. But you see. he'd just fin ished washing it with a hose and some of the water had run inside ... oh. forget it; it's summer. , - U n s u n 2 heroines nf the Jacksonville Jubilee were un doubtedly the two girls who worked in the booth where they got dunked in a pool of water every time someone put a baseball through a hole in the canvas. After about six hours of vio lent immersion they were be seeching the customers to "Throw it at her! She wants to get wet! Don't throw at me!" We imagine they were friends before the event start ed but we can't help but won der if they still are. If any one question - ' ' Will make us turn grey. . It's this one, "Hot Enough for ya today?'" " They've promised to bring some vegetable cigarettes out on the market this falL It's not so unusual. We know some fishermen who have been smoking salmon for a long time. We think they're missing a bet in naming them "Van guards," however, since there's been a perfect tag for them for a good many years: Cigar-eats. A certain state policeman is still wondering who's kid ding whom. He was patrol ling a country road a few days ago when a sedan, with a woman driver, zoomed through a slop sign and went hurtling down the road at a high rate of speed. He gave chase with siren wailing and drew up at the side of the speeding car and asked in his best manner. "And just where are you go ing in such a hurry?" "To the airport," the wo man said, "and please. I've only got four minutes." Sure, he thought, and de cided to call her bluff. So he ran interference for her and away they went. When they got to the air port they found the plane about to lake off. He grab- -bed the woman's suit case and they raced through the station and out onto the field. "Thank you so m u c h." she said, boarding the plane, and in a minute the police man, scratching his head, watched her fly off into the blue. Cheer up, officer. 1 Just think of the people who were around 500 years ago and asked a fellow named Columbus where he was go ing. tion with the cold war in Cen tral Europe, we have been neglecting our very impor tant interests in Central and South America. IT MAY all come to nothing, as I suggested above. There may be an explosion of some sort somewhere which will re new the feeling of hostility. But if the talks take place and if they prepare the way for more talks, the President and Mr. Nixon have probably brought off for the Republican party and for Mr. Nixon as its candidate a political coup of the first magnitude. They have pre-empted the issue of peace which is, in terms of national voting, far and away the great est political prize. ' (c) 1959 New York Herald - Tribune Inc.
