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Flight 'o Time
Medford arid Jackson County
History from tht filet of The
Vail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
end 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dtc 11, 1943 (Sunday)
. Generalissimo Chiang Kal
shek lands on Formosa after
fleeing Chinese mainland.
Freight train hit by lumber
carrier at the Fir Pine lumber
company crossing; little dam
age done.
30 YEARS AGO
Pec 11, 1933 (Monday)
Ashland woman dies after
being struck by bicycle.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Finns
call their whiskey 'KorpUkun
en Kyyneieta' even before
they drink it."
30 YEARS AGO
Pec 11, 1929 (Wednesday)
Jacksonville takes steps to
procure new water system.
Council takes under advise
ment a plan to build dog
pound at county fairgrounds,
40 YEARS AGO
Pec 11. 1913 (friday)
Mercury drops to 9.5 de
grees in city, following foot of
snow, dozens of autos stalled
in streets; storm worst in Med
ford history.
Most power lines are down
in city due to high winds pre
ceding last night's storm; city
firemen kept busy all night in
blizzard by flue fires.
50 YEARS AGO
Pec 11, 1909 (Saturday)
Marines are poised to land
on Nicaraguan soil.
The Jackson County Press
association votes unanimously
to endorse movement to create
new state of "Siskiyou" out of
northern California and south'
em Oregon counties. .
What's Your I.Q.?
Hiea or Hm cerrect It tuaerieri
even or eight it eicelteef five et
IX is
l.: How long a residence is
required in Nevada in order
that one may bring a divorce
action in that State?
2. During the administration
of which President was the
pay-as-you-go income tax law
enacted?
3. How do the constitutional
qualifications for vice presi
dent and president differ?
4. What Viennese writer
popularized such terms as libi
do, repression and sublima
tion?
5. Complete the following:
"A soft answer - - -."
6. Is an astute man dull,
shrewd, rr lazy?
7. A bivalve is an intake
valve of a submarine; true or
false?
e Who was President of the
U. S. during "the era of good
feeling"?
9. Does the Hudson River
have its source in Hudson
Bay?
10. Could a naturalized Am
erican citizen hold the office
of Secretary of State?
Answers: 1. Six weeks. 2. F.
D. Roosevelt (1943). 3. Qualifi
cations are the same. 4. Sig
mund Freud. 5. ". . . lurnelh
away wrath." 6. Shrewd. 7.
False. (A mollusk.) 8. James
Monroe. 9. No. 10. Yes.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS !
Buffalo, N. Y. -fUPD- They're
both only 55 years old,, but
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Altman
already are great-grandpar- j
ents.
New-Old Event
It couldbe said that something new has been
added to Oregon politics. But it would be more
accurate to say that something old has been
revived.
The Democrats of Douglas county held a
convention the other day; - -
And it's beginning to appear that more of
these political conclaves will be held in the fu
ture. Even the Republicans might get into the
swing. It has its advantages.
e e
A BOUT 170 of the party faithful gathered for
the Roseburg get - together. They heard
speeches by Democratic leaders (including Med
ford's Bob Duncan, whose record as speaker of
the house has a lot of Democrats talking about
him as a potential candidate for governor) ; dis
cussed party matters, and voted on a "platform."
mere is much to be said in favor of such a
gathering of party members. It tends to clarify
their thinking, solidify
primed for a lively and
election year.
So long as it goes thus far, and no farther, i
can be a Good Ihing.
RUT we would hate
Mm9 sider returning to
the initiative, referendum and recall, when party
policies were hammered out, and candidates
chosen, in the traditional smoke-filled rooms, and
then confirmed by whooping and hollering dele
gates to a convention which is pretty much rigged
from the start, x
Oregon has a remarkably "open" politica
system meaning that
important guy, as he should be.
It is the voter who can decide whether or no
he wants to run for office
him) : it is the voter who
didates in the primary election ; and it is the voter
who chooses between the
parties in the general election.
SOME people ciy that there is not enough' "party
liCPi'nlino " onI fliof f Vi n noifw nrfyonivofi nnc?
-AAkJAeVAA7 . UJsU tAAC U SC1 lV VI gCfcli-lsMCl UA UilO
have not sufficient control over the candidates
who run under the party
There may be a small truth in this, but it's
pretty smal and it fades in comparison to the
importance of giving the voter the widest possible
latitude in his choice of his own public servants,
There is little enough danger that this experi
ment in political conventions will ever lead to a
resumption of control by bosses and behind-the-
scenes string-pullers. But
should be considered
E.A
Party Platform
Meanwhile, back at
The Democrats approved a list of resolutions
which leans toward the
Here are the convention's actions which were
thought sufficiently important to be listed as a
platform:
. 1. Federal aid to education, and expansion of
the basic school support
2. A raise in the state minimum hourly wage
rate from 75 cents to $1.25 was endorsed, as was
continuation of the workmen's compensation law
guaranteeing injured workmen the right of a trial
by jury m appeal cases.
3. The taxation principle of "ability to pay"
was endorsed, and a sales
. 4. A "crash program"
and water resource utilization was urged.
5. The death penalty was opposed.
J 6. A state power authority was endorsed.
7. An expanded housing program for the
elderly, additional funds
lie bousing and college
facilities, were recommended.
8. It was suggested that the Democratic party
should endorse -candidates and ballot measures,
and that candidates be required to use a party
label on all campaign political advertising.
9. It urged a national
and an amendment to the
health and hospital insurance for beneficiaries,
I
T MUST have taken a
age for party delegates to adopt all of these,
particularly when it is noted that at least two of
them (death penalty repealer and state power
authority) were turned down by the voters at
the last general election.
Of the others, several
sial.
Those with which we
are Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9.
. The only one with which we feel, at the mo
ment, disposed to quarrel,
view would be destructive
ness of Oregon s political processes, and to
place an undue amount
party as such.
IT IS interesting to note that Duncan, in a speech
to the convention, pointed out that Democrats
"cannot enjoy the luxury of a purge" which in
dicates that he, too, apparently takes a dim view
of too-strong party "discipline."
He praised the convention idea as a forum
where "the least of us" can be heard, and em
phasized that one of the strengths of the Demo
cratic party is the variety and divergence of views
which its members can encompass, and still re
main in the party.
We disagree with Bob on some thines. but
not on that one. And it
the Republicans, too. E.A. .
their unity, and tret them
interesting time during
e
to see Oregon even con
the bad old days before
the individual voter is an
(and none can preven
chooses his party's can
candidates of the two
label.
it is a possibility which
and watched with care,
the convention ....
liberal side.
program, were endorsed,
tax was opposed.
of water conservation
for urban renewal, pub
housing and academic
health insurance plan
Social Security laws for
certain amount of cour
are highly controver
agree whole-heartedly
".- '
is No. 8, which in our
of the present "open
of importance on the
goes (or should go) for
Dennis the Menace
HI -
I II.
'They're not All mud pies.
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THE S7RWeERRlES MXI GOU&trTUlS AVZNMS.'
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
A VISIT TO EGYPT
By chance, and not because
I had any foreknowledge of
the President's plans, my wife
and I have
k just spent
, 'm month in the
euexai area
which the
President i s
now visiting,
We went by
way of Rome
to Cairo, from
there to Bom
bay and New
Delhi, and then on to Te
heran, returning home by
way of London.
Deciding where to go and
where not to go, our time and
energy being limited, was
not easy. But it seemed to me
that for the purpose of try
ing to understand what is
what, the three key countries
in the region were Egypt,
India, and Iran.
I chose Egypt because it is
the most powerful of the
Arab states, and because it is
the moral and intellectu
al center of the Arab com
munity; India because it is by
common consent the supreme
testing ground of whether in
Asia it is possible by per
suasion and in ireeaom to
achieve for large masses of
people a . tolerable standard
of life; and Iran because it is
so sensitive a spot in the Cold
War.
F' Egypt the question to
which I tried to find the
answer was where in the Nas
ser regime is the center of
its interest. Is it the conflict
with Israel? Is it the leader
ship of the Arab movement,
and the realization of the idea
of Pan-Arab unity extending
from Morocco to the Persian
Gulf? Or is it the internal de
velopment of Egypt?
We were in Egypt for about
ten days and we talked at
some length with President
Nasser,. with the leading mem.
bers of his government who
deal with foreign policy and
with the internal economy,
We talked also with Egyptian
newspapermen and with some
of the foreign diplomats. We
paid a visit to the Suez Canal
and to the site of the High
Dam which the Russians are
going to build at Aswan.
At the end I felt reasonably
certain that the center of po
litical gravity is the internal
condition of Egypt. Every
thing else, Israel, Pan-Arab-ism,
the Soviet Union, though
related, is subordinate to
what President Nasser can do
and what he cannot do to
achieve his goal which, as
stated officially, is to double
the standard of life of the
Egyptian peoplei n the course
of ten years.
If .this is true, it is of great
practical importance in the
shaping of Western policy to
wards Egypt and the Middle
East. For it means the differ
ence between, on the one
hand, treating Nasser as a
menace and hoping to keep
him weak and, on the other
hand, a policy of helping him
in the interests of peace and
stability.
I
SHALL now say what led
me to this conclusion. And
shall begin with the rela
tions between Egypt and Is
rael. This is the topic which
everyone wanted to t a 1 k
about. But I always kept the
subject for the end of our in
terviews, having learned early
in the day that, with some ex
ceptions, Israel is a subject
which, if you want realities
and not stereotyped rhetoric,
must be approached indirectly
by way of other subjects and
interests.
As between Egypt and
Israel the true situation is, as
at so many other points of
conflict in the world, one
where there can be neither
peace nor war. There cannot
be peace because no Arab
statesman, beginning with
President Nasser himself, can
afford to make a settlement
Ell J,1l
Walter
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which recognizes the exist
ence of Israel. Almost cer
tainly, if he tried to do that,
he would be assassinated.
Why? Not because the
Egyptian nation as. such has
any mortal conflict of inter
est with Israel, but because
the convulsion caused in Pal
estine by the creation of Israel
has filled the Arab world with
desperate and fanatical men.
They have great influence
with public opinion. In fact
they dominate it. It is as im
possible for an Arab to be
pro-Israel as for a Catholic
Cardinal to be a Communist.
In Egypt and among Arab
states near Israel a permanent
state of hostility to Israel is
for politicians a necessity.
They may think what they
like. But in public they must
be irreconcilable.
AT THE same time, however,
it is well understood in
Egypt that the re-conquest of
Israeli-Palestine is quite im
possible. While there can be
no thought of accepting and
recognizing Israel, in any
private and serious discussion
it is acknowledged that it
would be foolish to toy with
the idea of re-conquest by
force of arms. ; The two un
happy wars with Israel have
not been forgotten and the
military power of Israel is
certainly not underrated. ' ,
Indeed, I came away con
vinced that there is a serious
fear of military aggression by
Israel. I inquired about it
among the responsible lead
ers. They know from the
Sinai campaign of 1956 that
the Israeli army is greatly
superior to that of .all the
surrounding Arab states com
bined. In short, Israel is able
to commit aggression and ex
pand its territory. The Egyp
tians do not feel that there
exists in fact a balance of pow
er in their region of the
wold. Remembering the
British and French action at
Suez in 1956, and being deep
ly suspicious of the intentions
of the United States, the
Egyptians do not rule out the
possibility that the West might
unleash Israel and egg it on.
Combined with this, they
watch the immigration into
Israel, and they, tell them
selves that as the population
continues to grow, the state
of Israel is bound to expand
its territory. They cannot
imagine how the present ter
ritory of Israel can support
all the Israelis Mr. Ben-Gurion
is calling in.
rpHIS. is significant because
they believe it and win,
therefore, seek arms from the
Soviet Union or from anyone
else. It is significant also be
cause of what it reveals about
their own ways of thinking.
The present regime in Egypt
is the product of a revolution
ary coup by young officers of
the army. When they take it
for granted that Israel is
bound to commit aggression
in order to expand its terri
tory, they regard this as the
natural thing for any country
to do if it cannot feed and
support adequately its popula
tion. This is in fact what they
would think of doing if they
found their own internal con
dition intolerable. That is
why they are looking for op
portunities and possibilities
for themselves in the oil pro
ducing states of the Persian
Gulf and in Libya.
I asked why Israel could
not support its growing popu
lation by intensive cultivation
and by industrialization. The
answer was that Israel is not
a viable state, that it has no
great natural sources of
wealth, that in fact it is a sub
sidized state, and that in the
long run the support from
outside will taper off, and the
experiment will fail.
Relying on this analysis.
they contend, as I have said,
that Israel must contemplate
aggression. But they conclude
also, when they are in the
mood to believe, that the great
powers would prevent such
aggression, that Israel will
lose its preponderance in that
part of the world, and will be
come compelled to appease its
neighbors by the surrender of
some of its territory.
This double conclusion, one
that Israel will make war, the
other that Israel will fail and
wither, reflects the existing
stalemate. When the Egyp
tians think of Israel s power
to commit aggression, they
are certain that there can be
no peace. When they think of
their own incapacity to con
quer Israel they take conso
lation in the thoughts that
in the long run Israel will be
a failure.
THIS stalemate cannot, so
far as I can see, be re
solved by the Israelis, by the
Egyptians, or by . the great
powers singly or collectively.
All that can be done is to
make the hostility more or
less virulent.
It is often said that here
tne crucial question is the sol
ution, or at least an allevia
tion, of the problem of the
Palestine refugees. Undoubt.
edly this is true. This is
where something must and
where something can be done
to reduce the tension.
But, for what it is worth,
my view is that what can be
done for the refugees will de
pend in the main not only on
the money and the energy
which the world is willing to
invest, but also, primarily,
on the internal condition of
the Arab states, and particu
larly of Egypt. The refugee
problem depends in the last
analysis on the willingness of
Egypt and the other Arab
states to let it be solved. The
willingness to do this will be
greatly affected by the pro
gress President Nasser makes
in the development of the
Egyptian economy.
THIS brings me back to the
opening thesis of this re
port-that the center of grav
ity is the condition of life
within Egypt. The officers
who overthrew the King in
1952 were in revolt against
the corruption and the back
wardness of the Egyptian
state, against the British oc
cupation, against the humil
iating incompetence shown in
the first war with Israel. They
took over a backward and
wretched government, and
they had neither the re
sources nor the know-how to
make any substantial im
provement in the low stand
ard of life of the mass of the
people. Lacking substantial
means, they lived politically
on the intangibles of Arab
fears and Arab resentments
against all foreigners, includ
ing particularly the British
and the Israelis.
In all sorts of ways in my
talks in Egypt I was led to
believe, in fact several times
I was told, that the mechan
ism of Egyptian politics is at
bottom controlled by whether
the masses can be fed with
real food or must be fed with
slogans and ideologies. In
fact, there is an unembar
rassed acceptance of the class
ic formula which is to stir up
trouble abroad when there is
trouble at home.
The young officers who
now rule Egypt are led by
men who are quite certain
that they must succeed in
Egypt if they are to stay in
power. And they know that
in the long run they cannot
expect the people to live on
slogans and ideologies. They
are now entering that period
after every revolution when
they must produce tangible
results. Beginning with Pres
ident Nasser and the inner
circle of his lieutenants, the
present regime seems to me
attractive, intelligent, and
genuinely concerned with the
destiny of the country. They
will resort unhesitatingly and
ruthlessly to the slogans and
the ideologies and the war
cries if they have to quiet the
populace. But their hearts
are, I believe, in raising
Egypt out of its immemorial
poverty and misery.
rjHHIS will not be easy to do,
- what with the natural pov
erty of the country, the re
lentless growth of the popu
lation, the shortage of capital
the backwardness of the peas
ants, and the shortage of
trained technicians and ad
ministrators. The crucial
problem is illustrated by the
High Dam at Aswan which
the Russians are building for
Egypt. It will be one of the
greatest engineering works in
the world. " "hen it is complet
ed 10 or 15 years hence, it
will bring several million
acres of desert land into cul
tivation. But by that time, so
I was told, the population of
Egypt will have grown by so
many millions that the new
land wil just about feed the
new people.
In theory, the way to break
this vicious circle is by ef
fective birth control and by
very large infusions of capi-
1. But the capital is not
available on ai. adequate
scale, and birth control, al
though " is approved and pro
moted by the government, is
not effective. There are,
therefore, troubled times
ahead for Egypt, and
neither the Russians nor we
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A Plug for KMED
To the Editor: For several
days now I have read the of
ferings in the Communica
tions section regarding the
playing of rock and roll music
and the expressed desire for a
radio station in the area ,to
play "Better Music." I had
hoped that some of the many
listeners favoring KMED's
music programming would
have written in on behalf of a
policy KMED inaugurated
several years ago to play
only the "Better Music."
Now, obviously the writers
of these letters with the ex
pressed desire for "Better Mu
sic", are among the few. who
are unfamiliar with the policy
at KMED. (As is so often the
case, the negative few are
those most likely to be expres
sive). So, for those few I
would like to explain very
simply how the music is "pro
grammed" at KMED.
First on the subject of rock
and roll, I would like to say
that out of 17 hours on the
air, KMED allows only dne
hour per broadcast day for the
programming of rock and roll
type music. This between 9-10
at night and for the benefit of
a loyal group of young KMED
listeners. The balance of the
music programmed (not mere
ly played) follows a policy ap
preciated by KMED listeners
for the past two years a pol
icy which allows the very
best of the smooth, enjoyable
and very listenable memory
music to be played-memory
music being the music, the
songs, the arrangements you
enjoyed and sang, hummed or
whistled to, when you were
going to school and growing
up.
So, for those who still de
sire "Better Music" with NO
daytime rock and roll, I invite
you to join the vast KMED
audience currently enjoying
"Better Music." And, if after
lisening you have a comment
or question concerning
KMbD's "Better Music," I
would sincerely enjoy hear
ing from, you because KMED
is not only the home of "Bet
ter Music," but also the sta
tion that "listens to people."
Yours for better listening.
Terry Nolan
Program Director
KMED
Medford -
Questions Filtration Plant
To the Editor: As residents
and property owner-taxpayers
over 14 years, of Gold Hill,
Oregon, we are concerned
about the proposed water fil
tration plant that some of pres
ent city government want to
install.
It seems to us that a small
town or community, with a
population less than 650 (of
this census figure perhaps
more than two-thirds are prop
erty owners and taxpayers)
should not be burdened with
an estimated $120,000 bond is
sue plus interest rates for
many years, higher water
rates, city tax increases, etc.
A sizeable number of these
people are on pensions, social
security or "fixed" incomes,
such as retired and older peo
ple - also young people trying
to build or buy homes that
want to make every $10 or $5
or even $1 do as much as pos
sible. .
From our point of view a
good many people have been
drinking Rogue river water
for a great many years with
out any ill effects.
Every taxpayer and proper
ty owner or renter should
study the proposal very care
fully, as we have studied it,
after attending the public
hearing Nov. 9, 1959 when a
company engineer gave esti
mated costs.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Finke
320 Second ave.
Gold Hill, Ore.
A Plug for KBOY
To the Editor; The new
sport of radio-baiting tickles
me pink. The fact that few
have risen to radio's defense
makes me blush the same
color. So, I rise to the bait
with the contention that
"Radio is better than ever
right here in the Rogue Val
ley." -
As a miniature cross-section
of radio nationwide, I
feel that Medford radio is
representative. Until we
grow to a population that
can support 15 stations, we
can't hope to have "all-classical,"
"all-western," "all
foreign-language," "all pro
gressive jazz," "all fiddle,"
etc., stations.
We do have all major net-
nor the two of us combined
can open up a sure road '
the future for the Egyptian
nation.
But we are bound to try,
and in try'ig we shall do
well, I think, to be as friend
ly and as helpful as we can
in the hope that Nasser will
be successful.
(c) 1959 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
works represented. We do
have independent "popular
music" stations. We do have
one of Oregon's 10 FM chan
nels. We do have one of Ore
gon's three Multi-plex back
ground music channels for
continuous store-music. We
HAVE HAD a super-abundance
of pretty unimaginative,
unmelodic, raucous and im
mature records flooding the
so-called hit lists, and pay
ola at the top levels may have
been responsible for these
lists which we have consid
ered phony for some time.
On the other hand, we
have four solid hours of clas
sical music every Sunday
evening, a vespers program
at sundown every evening,
dinner music every evening,
a general lowering of adver
a general lowering of e'Sf.
Using density, and, I submit,
a generally improving taste
in musical broadcasting over
all.
I can't attack nor defend
anyone's musical tastes, be
cause they are much too per
sonal. In K-BOY's 18 hours
a. day, we try veryhard to
offer something for every,
one during the week. We are
grateful to the Mail Tribune
for listing the logs of every
local station and invite your
attention to the wide variety
of radio available to you ev
ery minute of your waking
hours. -
Lasts year twice as many
radios as TV sets were sold.
For the first time in years,
according to a rationwide
survey by the se:.n.'. largest
advertising agency, radio lis
tening exceeded TV watch
ing. We in radio, can only
hope that we merit this grow
ing attention and try even
harder to deserve it.
Win Marks, Manager
Radio Station, K-BOY,
Medford.
Issues and Evidence
To the Editor: In a recent
letter your correspondent,
Charles Porter, called my
statements purposely errone
ous, inaccurate and distorted.
The situations in which the
Congressman chooses to in
volve himself are too serious
td discuss personalities. So let
us see who genuinely wishes
to discuss the issues and the
evidence:
(1) Eioes he deny the state
ment that the governments for
which he has shown such fond
ness have been anti-American?
He does not. I did not say that
the Congressman was anti
American, although others
have charged this. In fact, in
the past some have said his
position would indicate his
communist sympathies and
have vigorously defended him
on this charge. It is unfair and
utter nonsense. However, he
cannot choke fair questions
and comments by misleading
letters to the editor.
(2) Most American authori
ties who originally heralded
Castro and his regime have
ceased to apologize for his gov
ernment-by-execution; but not
Charles Porter, who is suffi
ciently expert on the problem
to state to the Eugene Register
Guard on Nov. 1, "There have
been no innocent men execut
ed in Cuba."
(3) He denies he abused the
Air Force. As an ex-air force
ground officer, the Congress
man knows that flights of the
distance of the Coos Bay mer
cy mission are routine and
necessary for a state of readi
ness. The General involved
was cleared.
(4) He denies he abused our
State Department. Did he deny
he told Congress that our State
Department created the Iron
Curtain in his speech to Con-'
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sional Record, pp 16192-95.) In '
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partment has distorted the '
facts they have given the Am
erican public." The theme of
the speech is double-dealing
by the State Department, and
he admits his principal source 7
of information was H. P. Chou,
Second Secretary, Red Chi-
nese Delegation in England, :
who told him the Iron Curtain ;
was of U. S. manufacture, i
Does he deny this is abusive? J
(5) Now we have a new in- i
consistency: In Eugene about I
Nov. 18, he said he had modi-1
fied his views and he accept- j
ed the Conlon Report. This
calls for recognition of China
only after many many gradual !
steps have been taken. (Page
153) Yet, in Washington on
November 24, he urged imme
diate recognition of China.
Joe B. Richards
2870 MM st.
Eugene, Ore.
Sllll Inexcusable
To the Editor: For months I '
have wanted to write on air .
pollution in our beautiful val
ley. Realizing the cost of -newspaper
space and the lack :
of words to express by senti-
ment, I have refrained until
you, Mr. Editor, wrote the j
article for me. That one
article, "It's Our Choice," if ,
taken to heart by the valley ,
people, is worth to them a full .
year s subscription. T
You set forth so many ,
truths, like "it still is man-
made and it still is inexcus- -able,"
and "Civilization dirties
everything it touches." What
a judgment pronounced upon .
the people of this beautiful .
valley, and all we can do is
hide our heads in shame, for ;
we know every word is true. I
Why should civilization ;
dirty every thing it touches? .
Have we no pride, no care, no
respect for ourselves or those .
about us?
My son and I moved our-
families here five years ago. ,
We thought this valley was ,
paradise. As fall came, the -people
began to rake and burn
leaves. Being too wet to burn,
they would add oils, tires and
other rubbish. Soon the valley "
was filled with smoke which ,
carries the same irritating
cancer-causing irritants as ci
garettes. Soon half the people
had colds, flu, hayfever, sinus -and
asthma. My son, being an -asthmatic,
had to increase his :
medication nd got by the
first winter. The second win- .
ter the smoke put him in the
hospital two months, the third,
four months. On doctor's .
orders, he liquidated his busi
ness and went to the desert
where they have no leaves to
burn. . -i
Why will people burn
leaves, making themselves and :
those about them sick, then
go buy leaf mold and other
fertilizers to take the place
of the leaves they burned.
Some 35,000 die each year of
lung cancer, 400,000 of heart
trouble caused by cigarettes,
they say. Yet, the death rate
is twice as heavy where air
pollution is heavy. Then could
not half these deaths be from
air pollution man-m a d e -"And
still inexcusable"?
F. E. Beverly
634 Crater Lake ave.
Medford
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taxes.
The publication is "Your
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