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Cugat is shown above as he told a House ance on the "$64,000 Challenge" TV show.
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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
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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
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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
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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