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nd 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dae 22, 1949 (Thursday)
- Business at the Medford
post office this season is 29
per cent above that of - the
same season last year.
Over 22 cases of diphtheria
have been - reported in Jack
son county In past few
months. . .
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 22. 1939 (Friday)
Ex-Medford woman Is
awarded $848,000 government
contract to mine chromium
ore in Alaska.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Fine
nog-killing weather .prevails,
and country sausage makers
are taking advantage of it."
SO YEARS AGO
Dec. 22. 1929 (Sunday)
Today's Mail Tribune issue
totals 26 pages; largest of
year.
City ordinance requiring
presence of matron at local
dances will be enforced.
40 YEARS AGO -Dec.
22. 1919 (Tuasday)
Prink Callison is named to
play center for Oregon in
Rose Bowl contest with Har
vard. ' "
The sun shines bright and
it is a balmy day without a
cloud in sky.
80 YEARS AGO
Dec 22. 1909 (Wednesday)
Farmer's and Fruitgrower's
bank will, open for business
tomorrow; will be fourth Med
ford bank;
Ordinance passed at last
night's council meeting to
raise salary of city recorder to
$125 a month. - - - ,
VhsFs Ycsr I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five ot
six is good.
: 1. Do; moles ! eats earth
worms? , 2. Which, has the larger
population Alaska or Ha
waii? '
1 3. The. ocean area near the
Equator where the trade
winds meet and neutralize
each other, is known to sail
ors as the d-d-s? : .
. 4. Do calories measure
heat, moisture, or nutritive
value?
i 5. Which of these is known
as the Fourth Estate -royalty,
clergy , legal profession, or
press? .
- 6. Supply the missing word
in "The night has a . . . eyes."
7. What church in Wash
ington, D.C. is President and
Mrs..- Eisenhower's chosen
place of worship?
- 8. Are the Ha w a i i a n
Islands north, or south of the
Equator? .'
9. What American naval
hero is famous for saying, "I
have just begun to fight"?
10. Columbus and Cabot
both died believing they had
visited Asia; true or false? .
Answers: 1. Yes. 2. Ha
waii. 3. Doldrums. 4- Heat.
5. The press. 6. Thousand.
7. National Presbyterian
Church. 8. North. 9. John
Paul Jones. 10. True.
Patrick Henry m a d e his
"Give me liberty or give me
death" speech before the Vir
ginia Convention of Delegates
on March 28, 1775.
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Petty Politics
We devoutly wish that Peter Gunnar and Rob
ert Straub would find something worthwhile to
argue about.
Lacking that, we devoutly wish they would
shut up.
Gunnar is the young attorney who not long
ago took over the chairmanship of the'Republican
party in Oregon. Straub is the young man who
even more recently became his. Democratic coun
terpart. . Their debate (conducted by letter and through
the columns of the Oregon press) has been mostly
about Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, and whether
he should, or should not, write magazine articles,
and whether or not his office payroll is too high.
TTHIS is politics. It is also a sad 'commentary on
A the two parties if this is all they have to talk
about.
Straub, as a late-comer to the scene, is a bit
handicapped in his replies to Gunnar's all-over-
the-lot accusations the most recent of which ap
pears at the head of our "Communications" col
umn on this page today.
It's a pretty asinine letter.
Let us hope that it will not be typical of the
debate which will be under way between now and
next November 8.
CENATOR Neuberger and Vice President
Nixon, too, for that matter can write all the
articles they want, so long as it doesn't interfere
with the jobs for which we pay them.
Actually, this sort of thing enhances their
value as public servants in many ways.
Neuberger's articles in recent years have been
mostly in promotion of
nial celebration, and on matters conerning tne
health and welfare of the nation.
If he does this (as he does) on his own time,
what concern is it. of Gunnar's?
Gunnar, of course, has made it his concern
to carp at the Senator, and make snide innuen
does about where the proceeds go.
I
T SO happens we can
part of the proceeds
Tupling, the Senator's administrative assistant,
for a run-down on the number and amounts of
scholarships which Senator Neuberger has pro
vided from his writing income.
Tupling listed these
To Linfield college,
Reed college, Portland
lege of Education, Portland State college, uni
versity of Oregon, Willamette university, Oregon
State college, Pacific university, Eastern Oregon
college and Lewis and Clark college, scholarships
of $500 each; to Oregon Technical institute,
scholarship for $150, and to the University of
Oregon school of nursing, scholarship of $250.
Lf our arthmetic is correct, this means that
since 1955 Senator Neuberger has granted a total
of $6,400 in scholarships that's more than
$1200 per year and made it possible for 14 more
young, people to receive an education young
sters who otherwise might not have been able
to attend school.
IT DOES Gunnar no credit to belittle such gjfts.
All the scholarships have been given "with
out strings" of any kind political, religious,
racial, sex, or economic.
And they were made despite the fact that the
Neubergers are not people of great wealth. Their
only income is his salary as a Senator, and his
writing "honorariums" to use Gunnar's word.
One may differ with Senator Neuberger po
litically; one can be critical of his points of view
on legislation; some may be honest in question
ing his motives.
But to carp at him for not giving away more
of his earnings is petty politics. E.A.
"Dog" and
Through the courtesy of the theater manage
ment here, we can report that "Dog of Flanders,"
which will be shown here starting Christmas day,
is good, wholesome, enjoyable entertainment
eminently suitable for youngsters and families.
Probably no member of the cast will receive
an "Oscar" for acting although the dog,
"Patrasche," might wTell be nominated for canine
acting honors.
But no matter. The film is beautifully filmed
in color in the photogenic Low Countries; it jerks
enough tears to satisfy the. most demanding fe
male teenager; it has a theme of universal ap
peal, and, perhaps most important, it gets com
pletely away from the pressures, vices, and pre
conceptions of today's world.
THE FILM is being "test shown" in Medford
some four months before its general release
largely the result of Manager Bob Corbin's ef
forts during another pre-release showing of a
film here some time ago.
. It is a Christmas film here; it will be an
Easter film elsewhere. And public reactions in
Medford may be a determining factor in its pro
motion and publicity elsewhere.
We hope its patronage here is' excellent. The
film, and Bob. Corbin's efforts, merit it. E.A.
P.S. While in a mood of charity toward mo
tion pictures, . we should perhaps also give a
plug to "The Miracle of Marcellino," which
will play at the Varsity Theater in Ashland Wed
nesday evening. . It has received top reviews in
discriminating magazines, and one teenager we
know thinks it is the greatest picture ever made.
E.A.
Oregon and its Centen
tell Gunnar where a good
go. We asked Lloyd
:
Southern Oregon college,
university, - Oregon Col
"Miracle
Dennis the Menace
as.n jLt sicwg.it t.m. - I
Matter of Fact
DE GAULLE'S
SECRET MEMORANDUM
Paris-The same ghost has
haunted the meeting of the
leaders of the West that
haunted and
deeply trou
bled the pre-
. Jw ssssHs s 1 i minarv
m ee ting of
.? the NATO
"
ill, qfi"r WUUVU. A- llv
14J V; jf "3 secret mem
IYilS&j o r a ndum
I :V I written by
I " I General de
Joseph alsop Gaulle in
1958 has become a powerful
specter, which will never
cease to haunt the councils
of the Western allies until
something is done about it.
The facts concerning this
document have never been
accurately set down. Yet
they are essential to a close
understanding of most of the
recent developments here. In
brief, then, the facts are as
follows: - ' ,
Over a year ago, not long
after he came to power, Gen
eral de Gaulle personally
penned his reflections on the
organization of the Western
Alliance and his claims for re
forms. This memorandum,
which he composed alone,
without staff advice, was then
sent off to just four persons,
President Eisenhower, Brit
ish Prime Minister Macmil
lan, the NATO Supreme Com
mander, General Lauris Nor
stad, and the Secretary Gen
eral of NATO, Laul Henri
Spaak.
THE MEMORANDUM was
primarily intended to as
sert France's absolute equal
ity, with the other leading
powers of the West. To this
end, de Gaulle asked for the
establishment of "a direc
tory" of NATO composed of
Britain, France and the Unit
ed States.
The, memorandum suggest-,
ed that the existence of this
three power directory or con
trolling group should be ex
pressed in "an organic man
ner." The memorandum fur
ther claimed for the directory
the right to be consulted
about the use of any atomic
or thermonuclear weapon
anywhere in the world. And
it based all these claims on
the fact that France, Britain
and the United States were
the only NATO nations with
"worldwide responsibilties."
Initially, this document
was like a bombsheU tossed
into the inner circle of the
West. Perhaps because his
antique, marmoreal French
lent itself to misinterpreta
tion, de Gaulle seemed to be
demanding the complete re
vision of NATO's whole pol
icymaking structure. Worse
still, he seemed to be asking
for transfer of control of the
American nuclear deterrent
to his new three power inter
national -committee. This lat
ter feature brought the Pen
tagon close to apoplexy.
CIOF THESE reasons, the de
GauUe memorandum got
a dusty answer. The sequal
was the series of moves by
de Gaulle that have caused so
much controversy at the
meetings here . . . the refusal
to permit medium range bal
listic missiles to be emplaced
in France; the withdrawal of
the French contingent from
NATO's Mediterranian fleet;
the attack on NATO's princi
ple of military integration;
and the resistance to an in
tegrated air defense.
It is an open secret that
General de Gaulle has acted
in all these; cases on his .own
initiative, without the enthus
iastic support of 'the French
military professionals and
some 'times against their ad
vice. Some of the positions
he has taken, like the resist
ance to an intergrated air
defense, have seemed close
to irrational.
But this whole mystifying
and potentially very danger
ous line of action begins to
make sense, if it is seen as a
Bv Joseph Alsop
flank attack by de Gaulle to
force more serious considera
tion of the ideas contained in
the rejected secret memoran
dum. This is now the inter
pretation of the wiser West
ern leaders and NATO poli
cymakers. Meanwhile, de Gaulle's se
cret memorandum has also
been clarified or amended (it
is difficult to say which) by
the subsequent explanation
offered in private by the Gen
eral himself. In asking for a
directory, he has said he did
not mean to establish a new
ruling group above the NATO
organization; He meant, ra
ther, to obtain a return to the
old system - of intimate, con
stant, frank discussion of all
serious issues, which was
used by the American, Brit
ish and French policymakers
for the first decade after, the
A GAIN, HE has said that he
did not mean to ask for a
right of veto oyer the use of
American nuclear power any
where' on the face of the
globe.; He. meant, rather, to
insure that France would be
informed and consulted be
fore A-bombs were dropped.
As to the desirability of re
storing the former intimacy
and frankness between the
leading Western powers,
there can be no doubt at all.
The old system began to
weaken when John Poster
DuUes and Charles E. Wil
son took over the State and
Defense Departments. Suez
caused the system's total col
lapse. Ever since Suez, the West
ern Alliance has suffered
sadly because the old inti
mate system was not working
any longer. Eventually, it
must and will be restored, but
with Germany newly includ
ed in the inner circle, as is
necessary and inevitable. The
strongest guardian of NATO's
institutions, Secretary Gen
eral Spaak, has himself de
clared that the whole ma
chine would work far more
easily and efficiently "if the
great powers would only
speak with one voice."
The other question raised
in the de Gaulle memoran
dum, the question . of .the der
terrent, is vastly more diffi
cult. But it is at least plain
that changes in American nu
clear policy are now on the
way. In fact American poli
cymakers on the very high
est level are already talking
of transferring from Ameri
can control to NATO control
"the keys to the cupboard"
that hold NATO's stock of
nuclear weapons. Thus the
de Gaulle memorandum, how
ever upsetting its language,
at least indicated a direction
which the Western allies are
likely to follow in'the end.
(c) 1959, New York Herald
Tribune, Inc.
Ex-Representative
Of Ohio Succumbs
Columbus, Ohio -(DPD- For
mer U.S. Rep. Thomas A.
Jenkins, who served 34 years
in Congress before retiring in
1958, died m a sanitarium
Monday night at the age of 77.
Jenkins, who represented
Ohio's 10th Congressional dis
trict, had been ill for the past
18 months with a heart condi
tion. The illness caused him to
step down before the primary
election of 1958.
A Republican. Jenkins was
servine his 17th consecutive
term when he was admitted to
Bethesda, Md., Naval hospital
in April of 1958 for what his
office termed a "routine" me
dical examination. Later, he
was transferred to the Hard
ing sanitarium in nearby Wor
thington, where he died.
The -area of the Republic
of Panama is slightly smaller
than the state of Maine. It
is 425 miles long and varies
in width from 31 to 118 miles.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit, all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted, for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often tlie case.
Nixon and Neuberger
,To the Editor: Democratic
State , Chairman Robert
Straub has tried : to belittle
Vice President Richard Nix
on . by . comparing him with
Senator Richard Neuberger.
In his recent letter to edi
tors all over the state, Sena
tor Straub has pointed out
that the Vice President has
written an article for the Na
tional Geographic magazine
and he, therefore, is as bad
as Senator Neuberger..
In malting the comparison,
Senator Straub pointedly ne
glected to mention that all
Mr. Nixon's honorarium for
writing this article, not just
a small part of it, was im
meditely turned over to
charity without fanfare. This
is the Vice President's policy
with respect to all speaking
and writing honorariums. It
is not the policy of Senator
Neuberger.
Peter M. Gunnar '
Republican State Chairman
Salem, Ore. .
Editor's note: See com
ment in editorial column.
To Each His. Own
To the Editor: I've forgot
ten for right now the name
of the man who wrote the
article about not having a
Christmas tree in his house,
I try to forget unpleasant
things, although for you, in
your position, you always
print anyone's opinion, re
gardless of the' view of the
soalled . crackpots. Do you
ever get a little sick of any
of them? For us, we wish
you a Merry Christmas and
hope next year you have
fewer criticisms out of ig
norance. -.---) '
Here is my opinon of "Mr,
No Christmas Tree:"
Its your " privilege not to
have anything in your house,
if that s what you believe in,
Its ours to celebrate any cus
tom in this country if we
think it's rights if . it brings
happiness.
For religion in Christmas, 1
won't stoop to argue on that.
We are aU entitled to our
beliefs. But for happiness,
thoughtfulness, let us all tend
to our own business;
Sure, I too can pick out
one Scripture here, and one
there, arid always come up
with something. Even no
Christmas tree. But where
can I find . more happiness
than in myself, at this time?
Smiling, happy children, we
have to keep up a custom,
started before our time.
Too, the Fourth of July,
Thanksgiving, Labor Day
aren't religious holidays
They are days set aside for
remembering. But Christmas
is a sacred time. Even you and
I have no business arguing.
Let's aU tend to our own cus
toms, and let the children we
love still celebrate this one day
of the year, where we can aU
try in our own little way to
do what we can to bring
cheer and gladness to anyone
that doesn't have a tree.
Again if you don't believe
it is a right act, don't do it.
But do one thing: Try to
tend to your own miserable
business. You . must be very
unhappy. ,
Mary Alice Bnisha
, 207 Berrydale ave.
Medftord
Yellow Lines, Please!!
To the Editor: We have had
fog for many years each win
ter in the Rogue valley. Driv
ing in fog is. hazardous and
the yellow line in the center
of the road is often a needed
guide.
There is little or no yellow
line left at the Big Y intersec
tion of Highways 99 and 62. 1
"suspect this is true on other
roads where the line is nearly
obliterated. '
It is ironic that we can
spend millions on new roads
on both sides of the city, and
pinch the few thousand dol
lars new safety center lines
would cost.
R. E. KeUey
607 Sherman st
Medford
No Such Thing
To the Editor: Joe B. Rich
ards (Medford Mail Tribune,
Dec. 11) says, "Let us see who
genuinely wishes to discuss
the. issues and evidence" and
lists five items. I agree. Let
us see.
First, he states I do not deny
that I have shown fondness
for anti-American - govern
ments. I do deny it. In his
previous letter Joe asked,
"Why is it that the govern
ments that he. has shown such
fondness for have always been
anti-American?". My comment
in reply was: "The assumption
here is of course erroneous,
purposely so, I d say." That is
still my comment:
Second, he says I continue
to apologize for Castro and
that I was quoted in the Reg
ister-Guard Nov. 1 as saying,
There have been no inno
cent men executed in Cuba."
What I said, and still say, was
that I know of no cases of in
nocent men having been exe
cuted in Cuba since Batista's
overthrow. I never have apol
ogized for Castro. I've criti
cized him more than any other
member of Congress.
Third, he says I abused the
Air Force because I know
"that flights of the distance of
the Coos Bay mercy mission
are routine and necessary for
a state of readiness." I know
no such thing. My investiga
tion continues. Joe states, "We
have heard nothing on civil
service" with respect to my
recent trip to the Far East. I
say it is not my fault that he
doesn't read the newspapers
or attend my speeches.
Fourth, did I abuse the
State Department? Joe still
can't see the difference
between disagreement and
abuse. Joe is again' in error
when he states that I admitted
that (with respect to my
speech on newsmen exchange
with Red China) my "princi
pal source of information was
H. P. Chou, second secretary,
Red Chinese delegation in
England ..." I never said any
such thing, and, -of course, it
is not true.
Fifth, after supporting in
Eugene on Nov. 18 recognition
of China following a period of
exploration and negotiation, as
recommended in the Conlon
Report, I am supposed to have
urged immediate recognition
of China in Washington on
Nov. 24. Only thine wrone
with this, Joe, is that I urged
no such thing in Washington
or elsewhere on that day or
any other.
' ' Charles O. Porter
Member of Congress
Washmgton, D.C.
Solstice Theory
To the Editor: In the pre
dawn days of history the Re
called heathen were sun wor
shipers, as a relieious sacra
ment. History also tplls us thp
reason for the heathen to cele
brate the new solar year on
Dec. 25 when the sun appar
ently moved southward to the
lowest Zenith, and the short
est day feU of Dec. 22, when
the sun enters the sign of Cap
ricorn.
It apparently took the old
sun worshipers three days to
determine that the sun again
had reached its farthest point
in the heavens and once more
was moving northward. It is
just possible that the happy
creatures made the followina
seven days a merrv season of
festivity ending New Year's
aay.
Be that, as it may, this an
swer to the erstwhile obscure
riddle seems to be very logi
cal to me. :
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford
"Fog Magic"
To the Editor:
Cold dense fog in our valley
hovers,
No ray of sun do we see;
Frosted patterns on field
it covers- ' '
Fog magic - beautiful to see.
Leaves and stems and lowly
weeds
Are fringed in silver sheen,
And decked with fragile
diamond beads,
Loveliest bouquets we've "
ever seen. f
The tall fir by the window
we see,
Each needle crystal frozen .
hard,
Makes a beautiful Christ
' mas tree .
Right in our own back yard.
M. Muir,
2440 South Stage Rd.,
Medford. .
Do Better
To the Editor: Thanks for
your editorial of Dec. 18. So
timely and fuU of truth, as
our vanity runs over at Christ
mas time.
Like sin, and McCabe's
Christmas tree, there is no
Bible justification for such
actions in America, where we
have everything. Yet, we are
the offspring of Adam and
Eve. They had all the wealth
of a new and perfect world,
every thing their heart could
desire grew out of the ground
for their pleasure and food.
Within their reach was placed
the tree of life. As long as
they were obedient, they could
eat and live forever.
God tested them, that He
might show whether they
would obey, and be worthy of
life. To them He said: of
every tree of the garden thou
may freely eat, but of the
tree of knowledge, thou shalt
not eat of it, for in the day
that thou eatest thereof, thou
shalt surely die.
Thus man was created a
mortal being, a free moral
agent, capable of choosing
either life or death. This God
has never changed. Man had
conditional immortality per
petuated by the tree of life,
he- and his posterity could
have lived forever. But the
serpent said to the woman, ye
shall not surely die. Christ
said that liar who contradicted
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
SEASONAL SOLILOQUY
Washington-At a little girls'
school here the smaU troupers
were enthusiastically playing
their roles in
the Christmas
4 pageant.' Here
m slacks was
a four - foot,
and, very femi
nine, Ebenezer
M Scrooge, stout
ly trying oui
"b ah" and
Williams. , " " 6
whit while her pig
tail popped now and then
from under an enormous
stovepipe hat made of gun
metal cardboard:
- - Here was an even slighter
and ever more plainly unmas
culine Marley's ghost.
Now and then the action on
stage would be calmly cut off,
for the one good reason that
the ' headmistress bad so
planned : it. Then, weaving
through it all like a bright,
wavering, casual thread, a
chorus of even smaller thea
trical types marched up to
sing their carols.
A LL the songs were the
good, right, old, tradi
tional ones. But one was an
especially happy choice. For,
among other things, it gave
a watching parent, who is
also a columnist, a peg, how
ever shaky, upon which to
hang a holiday piece:
"'Tis the season to be
jolly"
And so, indeed, it is. Wash
ington observers spend much
time in croaking out what is
wrong. Wrong with this or
that administration. Wrong
with this or that political par
ty, wrong with this or that
faction-not excluding the "ad
vanced liberals" to whom one
correspondent, at least, has
paid a deal of less than kindly
attention.
Plenty has been - and no
doubt still is - wrong. But it
is not against the Constitution
to make, once a year, a small
reckoning of the things that
are right in Washington and
in national life. Happily, it is
possible this time to run up
a list of what is right that is
actually longish, and also hon
est.
MOST of the world is at
peace. (It is not, of course,
a perfect peace. But it is a
peace, all the same, in which
guns are not going off and
bombs not falling.)
A start of sorts has been
made toward an expansion of
this peace through a thaw in
the cold war. (And if many
cannot but worry as to the
kind of a thaw we may get,
vthe central point is that our
most powerful figures are, at
any rate, trying.)
There probably is, taking
all in all, less general hunger
in the world than at any
God's Word was that old ser
pent called the devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the
whole world. Man reached
forth his hand, taking that
which God had forbidden,
breaking at least six of the
ten commandments, which is
the law of God, in Heaven and
earth. Breaking this law
brought sin into the world.
Sin when finished brings
death. Thus man was created
with conditional immortality,
perpetuated by the tree of life.
When he sinned, he lost.it.
We don't know when
Christ was born, .but let us
thank God that He was born,
lived the perfect life, then
died on the cross a sacrificial
death to pay the penalty His
broken law demanded of us.
We are so quick to disobey
both the laws of God and man,
why not determine to do bet
ter this coming new year?
F. E. Beverly
634 Crater Lake ave.
Medford
Counsel With .
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
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Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phon. SP 3-7343
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
27 NORTH HOLLY ST.
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Christmastime in the memory ,
of those of middle age. (There
is still far too much, of course,
among millions. And those
who agree that any hunger at
aU is too much hunger can do
themselves and others an en
during favor by sending a few
dollars to CARE. Every dollar
sent to CARE will send a food
package to people in far
lands. Call this an outright
"plug"-that it is, and gladly
given.)
There is, in the United
States, the most nearly toler
ant, the least nastily partisan,
feeling this correspondent
ever remembers at the onset
of a Presidential election cam
paign. rpHE nation is less torn by
undue factionalism than
in many a year. The Eisen
hower Administration, what
ever its - shortcomings, has
never sought political capital
by promoting hatreds among
the -' people. The opposition
Democratic party, whatever
its faults, has been equally
decent in prolonging the na
tional era of reasonably good
feeling.'
The country itself is, on the
whole, prosperous. Perhaps
there is a gross materialism
in some of the fanciest of the
shop windows here and there.
But, and far more important,
even "this excessive material
ism reflects the fact that for
the many also the goods of life
are more far-spread than ever
before.
Great problems remain un
solved and no doubt wiU so
remain when another Christ
mas has come and gone. But
there is always this: jusUce,
fairness, well-being, all these
are on a forward march, and
not a rear march, in our na
tional life.
(Copyright, 1959. by United
' Feature Syndicate, Inc.) '
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Washington (UPD Rep. Rut
sell V. Mack (R-Wash.) wants
each of . the nation's 45 mil
lion families to buy and con
sume three pounds of cran
berries during the next few
months. He said this would
wipe out the surplus problem
created by last month's "cran
berry scare.'
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