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1 itow to Televi gat Admits Ilk Mm Riggnl SOiDl A - -,'4 I W J A CUGAT TESTIFIES Bandleader Xavier he was given answers prior to his appear Cugat is shown above as he told a House ance on the "$64,000 Challenge" TV show. Legislative Oversight committee today that . . (UPI Telephoto) Vm Poren (Loses Teaching M at Columbia (University New York-UFD-Charle& Van Doren'i dream of following in the footsteps of his illustri- . ous father as a revered teach- ' er and scholar was shattered 'today. Just a few brief hours after . Van Doren revealed to a con- ' gressional subcommittee that ; he became enmeshed in a web of lies and deceit to win $129,- . COO on a rigged television program, the board of trustees at Columbia university aiv nounced acceptance of .his , resignation. The board's ruling could - mark the end of his career as ' a teacher. - , , - ; Columbia University Presi- - dent Grayson Kirk announced the board's acceptance Mon ' day night with this terse state . ment: ' . ' . "At their regular monthly meeting on Nov. 2, the trus- - tees of the university exam- New York - (CPD - The Na , iional Broadcasting Com ; pany today fired Charles ; . Van Doren from bis $50, - 000-a-year job as a com : menlator and consultant for the network. ined the testimony of Charles Van Doren, assistant profes '. sor of English, before the . House of Representatives sub- committee on legislative over sight. The trustees determined " to accept the offer of resigna- tion by Mr. Van Doren, effec tive immediately." Opinions Mixed The swift action by the uni ; versity brought forth mixed opinions among lawmakers and the former students of i the 33-year-old Van Doren. Rep. William L. Springer (R-I11.) said he felt that the : university should have given I the matter greater considera - tion before making such a i "serious decision." I Springer said Van Doren I may never be able to find an ' other teaching job. Rep. Steven B. Derounian I (R-N.Y.) said that if he had 1 children at Columbia "I wouldn't want Van Doren ' teaching them." ; Van Doren's students were ; s h o c k e d and embarrassed ' when they learned of Van ' Doren's confession. ' "It's deeply shocking," Ru- dolph Wurlitzer, 23, said. "I didn't expect it. But we still . have faith in him as a man, ' and it doesn't affect my opin- ion of him as a teacher. "I still think he's a good ' teacher and a fine gentleman. You can't Tielp but like him WATCH FOR DT! Medford Mail Tribune as a person. . Another student, Conrad Johnson, 20, of Cleveland, Ohio, said "I feel embarrassed for him." But Johnson insisted that "he's a conscientious teacher and I respect him for that." Van Doren Now Broke Van Doren, quiet and intro spective, returned to his Greenwich Village apartment Monday night accompanied by his wife, Geraldine, and his Pulitzer Prize winning father, Mark Van Doren. They posed for photographs but declined to comemnt on the momen tous events of the past day. Van Doren. who admitted Public Reaction To Van Doren's Role in Quiz Show By United Press International The American public re action to Charles Van Doren's admission that he received quiz show answers is mostly one of sympathy mingled with shock, disappointment and even anger. A United Press Internation al spot poll across the United States tallied nearly a 50 per cent sympathetic reaction. More than a third were shock ed, disappointed or angry. Some said they would have done it themselves for the money. Many Diamea tnose who put him up to it. Mrs. Sally Moon, a San Francisco housewife, said "It was wrong, i naven t mucn respect for him now." Doesn't Blame Van Doren But a beautician in Miami, Mrs. Louis F. Roger, said she didn't blame Van Doren. "He had a chance to get something for nothing and I don't blame him for doing it." Mrs. Albert Scott, of De troit, said: "I feel sorry for Van Doren personally ... he probably lowered peoples opinions of his whole profes sion (teaching)." Mrs. Patricia Warner, Salt Lake City secretary said: "I think Van Doren is being used as a scapegoat. I feel it was wrong for all of them but that he shouldn't be any more ac countable than the rest." Undermine TV's Integrity But Mrs. Helen Andrews, of Seattle, felt cheated. "These rigged shows have undermin- November 9-21 MAKE YOUR HOME HAPPIER WITH A GW APPLIANCE I f v ' w Is i I he entered the quiz show com petition for a chance to make some quick money, today is broke. He is under suspension from his $50,000-a-year job with NBC, he has lost the one job he reasured most his $5,500 a year teaching job at Columbia-and his TV win nings are gone. " Van Doren said taxes took most of his winnings. With the rest he bought himself a flashy foreign sports car and the Greenwich Village apart ment where he now resides. As he left Washington Mon day he told reporters "I owe more than I have left.". Varied ed the integrity of. the tele vision industry. To think that millions of viewers followed and swallowed them only makes it worse." Robert Fairfield, Denver salesman, said: "I'm glad it all came out. Too many people are fooling too many more." Newspaper editorials across the country, looked beyond Van Doren to the industry and the moral climate of the nation. Some condemned Van Doren personally while others admired his public confession. Mainly the situation was term ed "tragic." Churchill's Son Not Given Answers East Bergholt, England-fllPI-Randolph Churchill, Sir Win ston's journalist son, said to day that no one gave him the answers when he appeared on an American quiz show and lost on the second question. "They didn't treat me so handsomely as Van Doren," Churchill said. "I answered the first question but missed the' second. I won no money at all." Churchill flunked out of "the $64,000 Dollar Question" on a subject the show's pro ducers chose for him: The English. language. He failed to define the origin of the word "boycott." Churchill called the rigging of television quiz shows " a great fraud on the public" and said he knew nothing of any such attempts. "No one suggested giving me any answers," he said. "I thought they were all com pletely honest." Christmas Checks To Be Mailed Soon . Christmas club checks val ued at $2,250,000 will be mailed to 26,500 Oregon resi dents this week from the First National Bank of Oregon, ac cording to J. A. Moore, man ager of the Medford branch. The amount is an all-time record and represents an 18 per cent increase in Christ mas club savings over last year, Moore reported. Club members will receive checks for the amount each saved during the past year, plus interest. ADDED SERVICE Hollywood, Fla.-fllPD-Owner Ben Tobin of the Hollywood Beach Hotel will make his 58-foot yacht available to guests several times a week for pleasure cruises on the Indian Creek this season. Bandleader Tells Of Being Coached In NY Apartment Washington -(LTD- Band leader Xavier Cugat, who won $16,000 on the TV quiz $64, 000 Challenge, said today his appearances were rigged and that he went elong in a role of "make-believe, to make a good show." Speaking with his well known Latin accent, the port ly Cugat gave his story to House investigators and then told the Congressmen: "If there was too much make-believe, I wish you could do something about it without giving entertainment too much, of a black eye." Nothing To Worry About Cugat testified that his pub licity agent, Mai Braverman, assured him when he lined up his appearance on the pro gram in June, 1958, that he wouldn't have to "worry about a thing." The 58-year-old band lead er said he assumed this meant he would be asked easy ques tions in .his category, popular music, or he would be coached. Sure enough, he told the House subcommittee, show producer Mert Koplin ran through the questions and answers before his appear ances. Cugat Subpoenaed Under subpoena, N C u g a 1 flew here from Lake Tahoe Nev., for his appearances in the Congressional quiz which Monday heard a painful con fession of TV "deception" from Charles Van Doren, who won $129,000 on the now de funct show "21." The probers also were told Monday that associated pro ducer Shirley Bernstein of the '64,000 Challenge" secret ly coached some contestants. She is the sister of conductor composer Leonard Bernstein. After hearing Cugat's story, the subcommittee encoun tered a reluctant witness, John Ross, manager of 12- year-old Patty Duke who won $32,000 as a contestant oh the "$64,000 Challenge" in Janu ary, 1958. In Closed Session Ross reauested that he not be required to testify in pub lic because the testimony "may tend to incriminate, de fame or degrade some other person." After a brief huddle, the sub - committee went into closed session, but there was no indication she would be questioned. Before clearing the caucus room of other spectators, the subcommittee showed a film of the show on which Patty, who then was only 11, won $32,000 . answering questions about music. ' Patty is, now a member of the cast of the Broadway play "The Miracle Worker." Cugat Admission Under Questioning during his 45-minute performance in the House caucus room, Cugat admitted he didn't give the trup nicture of his experience when Jie was questioned by New York District Attorney Frank Hogan. But he said he gave tne plain ' truth" 'when he ap Deared before the New York county grand jury. Cugat said he was coacnea in his New York City apart ment in three pre-program sessions by Mert Koplin, pro ducer of the "$64,000 Cnai- lenge " who was also on to day's subcommittee witness list. Kept Little of Money He indicated that he kept very little of the $16,000 for himself. He didn't say exact ly how much. He said he gave 10 per cent of $1,6000, to his publicity agent who arranged the ap pearance, gave some to a Spanish orphanage, some to an Italian orphanage and "some to my brother who helped me study" for the show. "Most of the balance went for taxes." The bandleader said 'the program producers arranged for him to get in free plugs for his band's current per formance each time he ap peared. Motion to Revoke Probation Denied The district attorney's mo tion to revoke the probation of Carl Adnese Delamar, 44, of Butte Falls, and send him to the state penitentiary for non-support was denied by Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly Monday. Delamar, who pleaded guil ty to the charges Oct. 20, was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation. MEDFORDaTRIBUNE Regional Edition Page 2 E. EVANS CREEK - MEADOWS Residents Go Huntinq By NELLIE BERGMAN East Evans Creek-Meadows Residents who left for east ern Oregon to hunt include Mr. and Mrs. 'Milo Hanks and Jean, and Carl Bergman, of the Meadows. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mattison, Grants Pass, spent Wednes day evening at the Carl Berg man home. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Car penter, Fall River, Calif., have recently purchased the Au gust Singler ranch in the Missing Judge Declared Seen In Chicago Hotel ChicagoUlPD-One of Chica go's leading citizens stepped forward Monday to report he saw missing Judge W. Lynn Parkinson weaving violently through a downtown hotel. Walter P. Paeptke's report made him the last known per son to see the judge before he vanished Oct. 26. Paepcke is chairman of the Container Corpora tion of Amercia founder of the As pen, Colo., arts colony, di rector of numerous other corportations and holder of many awards and honorary degrees. Closer to Exit Earlier witnesses had placed the judge in the Drake hotel, but Paepcke's report carried Parkinson further along the Drake arcade and closer to an exist leading to the Oak St. Beach of Lake Michigan. The discovery of Parkin son's glasses and umbrella in the vicinity tended to support police theories the judge stag gered from the hotel to the beach, fell in and drowned. Worried by Work Load Court aides have told police that Parkinson had been ill and was worried about his ability to carry, the heavy load of work he faced on the bench. Paepcke said he followed Judge Parkinson into the Drake Hotel Paepcke's home and noticed the judge weav ing from side to side as if violently ill. "I looked at him and I thought, maybe somebody had been celebrating too much," Paepcke said. "I didn't know the judge." Quite Unsteady The Appeals Court jurist "sort of bounced from one wall to the other side," Paepcke said. "He was quite unsteady. I didn't say a word and he didn't either." The industrialist said he looked back as he waited for an elevator and saw Parkin son weaving along in front of the flower shop in the Drake arcade. Paepcke said he thought the man he had seen was just a drunk until he spotted pic tures of the judge in the Sun day newspapers. Gunner Sees State Benefiting Pendleton -(BPD- Peter Gun- nar, chairman of the Oregon Republican party, told the Umatilla County Republican Central Committee Monday night that the "near equality in strength between the Re publican and Democratic par ties in Oregon will work to the benefit of the state in the 1960 election campaign." He said that resurgents of the GOP since 1956 and the post-war rise . of the Demo crats "means that the voters will hear all sides of the story." Gunnar cited the young-age element in the Oregon GOP, beginning with Gov. Mark Hatfield, who is 37. The Republican state chair-, man also invited the voters to compare the "brilliant rec ord" of Hatfield and contrast it with the ."outstanding fail ure" of the 1959 Democratic dominated Legislature. He took another verbal poke at a recent target, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.), deploring what he termed Neuberger's attitude against "the individual as a statistic, rather than a crea ture of divine origin." A survey by Auburn Uni versity showed that women make most trips up and down the stairs while carrying laundry, cleaning equipment or young children. Meadows. Mr. and Mrs. Sing ler and Norma Jean have pur chased a home nearer Med ford and are now moving there. Amos Maplesden has re turned home after spending several days in the Rogue Valley hospital in Medford. Mrs.. Lloyd Beers and Shar on Terry took Charlie Ma gerle to Sacramento, Calif., last week end, following his visit here last week. He is an uncle of Beers. Frosty nights and Fall days are still in evidence in the Meadows. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Slater, Medford, visited at the Carl Bergman home while hunting in the Meadows. Mrs. G. E. Patterson of Antioch rd. fell and injured her knee recently. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mercer, Medford, were visitors as the Patterson home while hunt ing recently. Rep. Porter Lists Free Publications Offered at Office Washington Congressman Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) an nounced today a partial list of government publications available free by writing to his Washington, D.C., office. The publications range from the popular booklet on "In fant Care" published by the Children's Bureau to a pam phlet entitled "How to Build a Nuclear Fallout Shelter." Some -of the items are in limited supply and requests will be filled only until the current supply is exhausted. A number of the publications are of special interest :. to school teachers. The list fol lows: - 1. The Declaration of Inde pendence and the Constitution (House Document No. 459). 2. How to Respect and Dis play Our Flag 3. How Our Laws Are Made. 4. Our American Govern ment. 5. Recordings of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag (limited supply). 6. Sheet music of Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag (limit ed supply). 7. Debate between Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Congressman Porter on Amer ican Forum of the Air entitled "Should : We Recognize Red China?" " , 8. A Summary of the Tim ber Resources Review. " 9. A study entitled "For eign Trade Interests in the State of Oregon". 10. Financial Aid for Un dergraduate College Students (limited supply). . 11. Hearings on Nuclear Fallout. 12. Civil Defense Bulletin on Protection Against Nu clear Radiation. 13. How to Build a Nuclear Fallout Shelter. 14. Hearings on Biological and Environmental Effects of Nuclear War. 15. Report of the Arden House Conference on Disarm ament (limited supply). 16. Infant Care. . 17. Pre-Natal Care. 18. Your Child from 1 to 6. 19. Your Child from 6 to 12. 20. Family Fare. 21. Agricultural Yearbook for 1959 entitled "Food" (and a limited supply of a few previous editions). 22. Farm Bulletins (a select ed list will be sent on re quest). Any of these items may be obtained (first -come, first- served) without charge by sending a request to Congress man Porter, 252 House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Items may be ordered by the numbers above. Geckos, which can emit a faint squeak when excited, are the only lizards known to have voices.. Legislative Pay Case Closer To Court Decision Salem-(UPD-The legislative salary case brought by Sen. R. F. Chapman (D-Coos Bay)) against Secretary of State Howell Appling moved closer to a Supreme Court decision Monday when Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton filed a brief on demurrer. The case is a test of the constitutionality of the 1959 Legislature's act increasing the salary of each member from $600 per year to $2,100 per year. T j bring the issue to a court test, Chapman asked Appling for $900 in addition to the pay he had already received. The $900 sought by Chapman is the difference between the amount paid ($1,200 for a two - year termj and the amount called for in the new law ($2,100 a year). Voters Refuse Hike Appling refused to audit the senator's claim on the grounds that the legislative salary increase law conflicts with the constitutional pro vision for a $600-per-year sal ary plus traveling expenses of 10 cents per mile. Oregon voters in recent referendum elections have re fused to raise legislative sal aries by amending the con sitution. The 1959 Legislature passed the bill authorizing the pay raise, and Gov. Mark Hat field allowed it to become law without his signature. As the state's chief legal officer, Thornton must repre sent the secretary of state. The brief he filed Monday contends that the salary in crease is unconstitutional be cause is attempts to award compensation to legislators in excess of the amount set by the constitution. Corvallis Fire Insurance Cut Corvallis-(UPD-A 10 per cent cut hv the cost of fire insur ance has been put into effect here as result of a new rating by the Oregon Insurance Rat ing Bureau, Mayor Gordon Harris announced Monday. -The new rating means sav ings of thousands of . dollars a year to property owners, the mayor said. Insurance men estimated that a dwelling -" insurance would be cut 46 cents on each $1000" of insurance. Business buildings also ; can expect about a 10 per cent cut in their rates although the exact amount would depend upon the specific building, H. E. Marqueling, chief engineer for the rating bureau, stated in a letter to the city. t The re-rating boosts Corval lis from Class 5 to Class 4. It is the result of an intensive program by the city to better the fire fighting facilities the past few years. Since 1955 several million dollars have been spent or bonded for such improve ments as new fire engines, better water distribution sys tems, a new water treatment plant, a relocation of the cen tral fire station and construc tion of a new substation. Mekvold To Attend Meeting in Salem Salem-flJPB-The Oregon As sociation of County School Superintendents will meet here Wednesday to hear a report from the Legislative Committee on Education. Mrs. Rita Simmons, Wheel er county school superintend ent, will preside. Alf Mek vold, Jackson county, is chair man of the legislative commit tee making the report. Scout Troop To Be Organized at Meeting Boys interested in a new Boy Scout troop being formed in the Hoover school area are invited to a meeting in the school cafeteria at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Troop 100 will start with an organizational meeting at that time. Boys between 11 and 14 years old are invited. Parents of the boys interested also are invited. m i Independent Motors Feature Stock List - New York (DPD - Activity in the independent motors and strength in individual . issues in various groups featured, a quiet, 'irregular stock market in the pre-holiday session Monday. Most of the nation's ' stock exchanges, except only Mid west and Pacific Coast closed today for election day. City Products, formerly City Ice & Fuel, soared to a new high at 57 where it was up 7VS . points. The issue's opening was delayed by an Industrial Arts Meeting Slated A number of industrial arts teachers from all over Oregon will meet at South Salem high school Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 and 7, for the Oregon Industrial Arts association an nual fall conference. Tool exhibits, a business meeting and a woodworking and. metal working machine maintenance . session are on the. program. ' Dr. J. Lyman Goldsmith, supervisor of agricultural, vo cational' and industrial arts education for Los Angeles city schools, will be the guest speaker at a Saturday evening banquet.' . -. Those expected to attend from Jackson county include Don McGovern, Eagle Point, state president; Vern Voss, McLoughlin junior high school, state executive board member; Lee Harter, Mc Loughlin; George Cooksey, Hedrick; Duane Richardson and Lloyd Lyda, Medford High school; Bill Shulz, Phoe nix; and Charles Moore, Cen tral Point. A three-ounce serving of chicken or turkey provides 30 per cent of the protein, 25 per cent of the iron and 10 per cent of the riboflavin rec ommended for the daily diet of a normally active man. yf "'S A WONDERFUL STORE y 12.98 Luscious shades of blue, pink, candlelight beige . . . nylon tricot with frills of matching lace. Sizes small, medium, large accumulation of buy orders. It opened at 11:19 a.m. at 55 up 5V on 1,800 shares and later rose to 57. American Motors, one . of the most active Mocks, set a new high at 86Vi up 6Vi points. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York-ilPD-30 indus trials 643.46 off 1.14; 20 ' rails 153.74 off 0.78; 10 util ities 87.29 off 0.16; 85 stocks 212.3S off 0.53. Sales Mon day were about 3.320,000 shares compared with 3,560.000 shares Friday. Monday's prices on selected stocks Allied Chemical ?nit American (-an American Motors AT&T Anaconda Copper .... Armco Steel Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boeing Air Cateroillar Corn. Lnrysler corp. . Continental Can Crown Zellerbach . Curtiss Wright ; Dow Chemical ... Du Pont Eastman Kodak Firestone . General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacific ' Graham Paige Greyhound Gulf Oil Homestake Mining . Idaho Power I. B. M Int Paper Johns Manville Kennecott Copper Lockheed Aircraft Katy Montana Power Montgomery Ward Nat'l Biscuit New York Central Pac Gas & Elec Penney. J. C. Penn RR Radio Corporation Richfield Oil Safeway Sears Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil t Southern Co Southern Pacific Standard Californai Standard Indiana Standard N. J. Sun Mines Texas Co. (xd) Texas Gulf Sulfur Tex Pac Land Trust . Transamerica Trans World Air Tri-Continental Union Carbide (xd) Union Pacific united Aircraft . United Air Lines U.S. Rubber U.S. Steel (xd) .. Youngstown S&T flattery for breakfast! nylon quilted duster
