MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Sunday, Aug. 9, 1959
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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.
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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.
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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.