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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Or. Wednesday, Dec 30, 1959 tresyuue is Southern Oregon m . T. Sl41 ThuM" Published DmU except Saturday by . .1 I 1 I Ml" Worth fir St Pb SP S-S141 KOBIBT W BUHL Editor SKBB GBEV AillUl". Mnumt esKALfi LATHAM Bmlnsaa Mi XBIC m ALULS JH- MasadnE 'rtrtor CARL B ADAMS C3T Editor HARRY cmPMAN Teleff Editor KICHARD JWHZTT Sports Editor OLIVE STAWHEB Wontsi Edttna PALE EMOCSQW Orcnlatton MT As bxlaoendes Newspaper tied a iitm1 elaas natter at e4forv rr.ron onoer vc- MairhS 1897 BUBSilRllTlON RATES M a I t In Advance Codt 10c Dail- and Sunday 1 ear $15 00 Daily and Sunday mot 8 OC Dail and Sunday 3 mos J2S Sanday Only One year $4.20 mm rmrrr In Advance Medford Aahland Central Point E a c 1 Point Jacksonville. Gold Kin Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv - r Tabmt and on motor routes . Dail7 ind Sunday 1 year $18 00 Deny ann bum-ay i mo w Carrier and Dealers copy toe All Terms Casr- in Aavance Stntir'. pT of Ttty M Medford ometai rapet ot aacason woamy " TJnitrd Press International run Leased Wire " MEMBER OF A UTJTT BtTTTEATj" OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST HOLIDAY CO INC Of fices In Bern Tor. Chicago. De troit San svncfsco. Los Angeles Seattle. .Portland St Louis. At lan'v VaMwveJ BC rUIUSHill "ASSOCIATION RATION At fDITORIAl Flight o' Time Medford" and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. SO YEARS AGO Dec 30, 1949 (Friday) One-day old Medford baby flown to Stanford university hospital in dramatic fight to pave life. Attempted robbery of Port land post office bungled when fiervoua robber says "stick-srm-up," holds up own hands end is captured. SO YEARS AGO Pee. 30. 193 (Saturday) Finns continue to rout Rus sian troops - cut rail line in three places between Mur mansk and Leningrad. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The first 1940 feminine hat has shown up here. The report from New York that they would no longer be funny, was an error." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 30. 1929 (Monday) Deposits in Medford banks at end of year reported to be over $6 million; largest in his tory. New Ford model shown in Gates Auto company show room. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 30, 1919 (Wednesday) Burglars enter a dozen Medford stores last night, total loot only $100 and nu merous cheap watches. Gen. Leonard Wood enters Republican presidential race. 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 30, 1909 (Thursday) . Orchardists from all over valley are meeting in Med ford to form a union. At least $329,000 In county taxes will be levied on Jack son county property owners in 1910. Vhal's Your I.Q.? Niae er ten correct is superior; even er eight is excellent; five er is is good. 1. Who were the Hugue- sots? 2. A sworn written state ment is called an a - t? 3. What European discov ered the St. Lawrence river? 4. Which amendment to the U. S. Constitution author izes Congress to levy income taxes? 5. Who commanded the U.S. Army forces in the Philip pines when Corregidor was surrendered to the Japanese? ' 6. In which South Ameri can country is Portuguese the official language? . .. 7. Was Egypt ever a part of the Turkish Empire? ' 8. Correct the following: "They will try and be there." 9. Of what big league base ball team was John McGraw once the manager? . 10. Where is famous "Flir tation Walk"? Answers: 1. French Protes tants. 2. Affidavit. 3. Jacques Car tier. 4. The Sixteenth Amendment. S. Lt. Gen. Jon athan M. Wainwright. 6. Bra sil. 7. Yes. 9. "They will try to be there." 9. New York Gi ants. 10. West Point Military Academy. CAR CAPACITY Chicago Average capacity of a U.S. freight car is now about 52.6 tons compared with a 47-ton limit 25. years ago. End of A Decade Frantic, they called them, and frightened and fabulous, those fifties which end at mid night Thursday. There were other alliterative designations, of course, depending on the critic's perspective. With somewhat less dramatic ef fect, this middle decade of the Twentieth Cen tury might best be defined as expansive. . It was the decade which ushered into being the Space Age, the era of missiles and rockets and jets. It embraced a revolution in weaponry on land and in the air, and in the sea it launched the American nuclear submarines and the Soviet nuclear ice-breaker. It also saw the first and peaceful use of nuclear power plants. .- In international affairs the great events and processes of the past decade would have to in clude the halting of Communist expansion in Korea, where the greatest undeclared war of his tory was fought, and the rise of Red China as a first-class power. Stalin died and Russia turned to economic competition with the West for its rationale. The end of the era saw the seeds of future trouble for the Chinese Communists in the difficulties of the communes and the disaffection of India. I T WAS a time of fabulous recovery for Ger many, Japan, and Italy. And it ushered in the beginning of European unification. It was a decade which saw in Latin America and Southeast Asia the traditional palace revolu tion of military coup being replaced by revolu tions of people demanding more of the world's goods and the world's respect. It watched a new Jewish national state consolidate its power, and it saw the Western Allies separated and plunged into confusion by the Anglo-French intervention at Suez. With the death of John Foster Dulles it witnessed introduction of a new flexibility in TJ. S. attitudes toward Russia. It was an era of great personal diplomacy, even though summit conferences, except for one, were talked about rather than held. And it end ed in two feats that would have been unpredicta ble 10 years ago, Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States and President Eisenhower's recent ly concluded grand tour. . a AT HOME a nation which had turned away "from the military when the spate of Civil War generals ran out twice elected a military hero to its highest office, though twice, in 1956 and 1958, denying his party control of Congress. The decade brought the amalgamation of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization. It also saw a growing disenchantment with corruption in union leader ship, particularly as personified by Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa, and the first post Taft-Hartley legislation of any consequence repressive on labor. And it witnessed a gradual hardening of labor-management bargaining and a controversy over union work rules and inflation climaxing in the longest steel strike since World War n. THE DECADE brought to the United States iVia A&nriA nf ife railnoflcs smr. flip hariVrnr.- tcy of much of its municipal transit, coming em barrassingly enough just when the rush to the suburbs was on and the shopping center bloomed throughout the land. It was a decade that saw slow but definite progress in race relations. At the same time we were awakened by the loss of face over Sputnik I to the dangerous deterioration of our education al system. Some of its critics called it the age of the ulcer, but it was also the age of the impossible in exploration, in science, and in power E.R.R. Glad Tidings IT'S NOT only the lull in the Cold War that makes this holiday season one of the merriest in recent memory. Estimates of peak prosperity at least for the first six months of the New Year which begins Friday continue to pile up. An industry poll of retailers puts business volume for the first four months of 1960 at 6 per cent above the like 1959 period. Steel produc tion is hitting an all time high, at about 2.7 mil lion ingot tons a week, and the reopening of many plants shut down for lack of steel is boost ing employment powerfully. THE Commerce Department asserts that auto production in 1960 will soar to 6.7 million units. That would be 22 per cent higher than 1959 making next year the second best car year Of all. Christmas club checks, employer bonuses, corporation dividends are pouring into the econ omy perhaps the biggest year-end flow of hard cash ever. And instalment buying keeps up with the pace of cash buying. It's a trifle hard to realize that only two years ago, with the economy beginning to slide, and with Sputnik I a blow to our national morale, the economic soothsavers were predicting a very rough New Year indeed. E.R.R. Thieves Stole Gas 600 Gallons of It Smithtown, N.Y. - Gasoline thieves "filled 'er up." But police couldn't figure out jurt what it was they filled. Six hundred gallons of gas - valued at $200 - were taken from a parked tank truck. The driver said truck tracks and a hose were found near the parked tanker. He sur mised the thieves hauled the gasoline away in drums.. Soem Man Withdraws Commissioner Filing Salem-JUPtt-W. M. Bartlett, Salem, who. works for the Oregon Highway Department, has withdrawn his Marion county commissioner filing because of a state civil serv ice rule that states a person cannot run for an elective of fice and at the same time be under the service's jurisdic tion. He announced his candi dacy and filed for the couaiy post last week. - Dennis the Menace 'Ne call that the sum. At night we call it the mook. 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 the case. On Beauty , To the Editor: The theme for Medford all of 1959 was Make Medford Beautiful. But what of 1960? With the cen tennial year behind us, it seems the park commission is going the opposite direction. Their choice of location for the Old Medco engine is poor. Why can't they improve the view by moving the train either back a few feet or put-, ting it further on Clark st. The location it is in is def intely an eye sore. Ask any one. I ssk of you people of Med ford, how many would care for an 18 century train in front of your house. If the park is to have it why not locate it in a different place? It does not improve . the beauty of the park. And the view of property owners on McAndrews is not pretty, or win they every be able to en joy the beauty of the park as it can't been seen. Let us hear from' others on' this. But please Mr. parks commissioner, move your train. (Name on file) Medford, Ore. Music and Tapes To the Editor: The Dec. 10 Mail Tribune carried a letter I had written to the com munications column. When I wrote it I was unaware that controversy was in progress over radio station music. My letter was the result of feel ings I have harbored for a long time. It was quite a surprise to find "company". A Mr. or Mrs. name on file in Jack sonville wrote a letter which I am in agreement with for the greater part. This may sound funny as he or she took the defense side. . It isn't just newcomers who object to certain types of so called music. We've lived in the Rogue valley for over 26 years. There are many of my friends who have lived here much longer who just don't turn on their radios hardly at all anymore. The writer from Jacksonville has given us some good advice. If we would get out and open our eyes to the beautiful country around us we'd find much to enjoy. Our area is almost all like a park. Our merciful Creator has given Us much for which to be thankful. Actually my heart goes out to the ones who confine in themselves voluntarily and partake of what comes to them over the air waves. They are robbing, themselves and setting poor examples for their children. Our editor stated he had made a startling discovery. A button on his radio that you turn left is his suggestion to the problem. We found this button quite some time ago. I will say that I feel a bit sorry for my shut in friends. We have had a lot of enjoy ment ourselves in using our two tape recorders to bring cheer to many of these. I have come into possession of many tapes which we value highly. We love to share them with our friends. Our friend Floyd McCabe who wrote wrote about "Apes and Wash tubs" would I believe enjoy hearing some of our collec tion. If you care, feel free to call or write me. We have no ax to grind. There is no charge. I have a blind friend north of Medford who has really been enjoying these tapes. It's an enjoyable hob by, even though I'm dubbed a "tape hound." Henry Johnson Jr. 2400 Highway 66 Ashland, Ore. Bear Hunter To the Editor: A lost mine short story in January-February issue of True West maga gine, by Tom Baily, formerly of Grants Pass, telling about the' Lost Badger mine in a natural cave in the hillside of Josephine county, reminds me of an old bear hunter who lived at Woodville some 45 years ago. This' bear hunter was not a giant in stature, in fact, he was rather of a wiry medium built, although he had plenty of stamina and a nerve of steel. He would always re iterate that when he entered a darkened cave in pursuit pf a bruin he would first light a miner's candle before pro ceeding to chase the bear out side, as most animals have a fear of fire. This old "mountain man" left the Rogue valley after a shortage of bears and moved over on the coast, where he spent his remaining years fol lowing his much exciting and remunerative pursuit. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman st., Medford. Expresses Thanks To the Editor: We wish to take this opportunity to ex press our sincere thanks to the" various groups who visit ed our rest homes during the holiday season. -, First, the ladies who sing each month of the year for us from the Apostolic Faith church and always remember us with, a potted plant at Christmas. Next, the Den I Cub Scouts led by Mrs. Eloy Sutton, Mrs. Jean Warden and Mrs. Erma Squire who came in the fog Monday evening to sing carols and for Danny Hill who played the piano ac cordion. Then Tuesday the large group of young people with their pastor, the Rev. Paul Kroon, from the Community Bible church in Central Point who carolled for us. Finally on Wednesday evening, the Rev. John Heberling and his young people from the Cen tral Church of Christ, 'Med ford, who visited our homes and sang carols. On Wednesday, Mrs. Kay Crowell, and her mother, Mrs. Cora Potter, and Mrs. Kath leen Brewster of Medford call ed with cookies and Mrs. Edith Elliott of Medford call ed with gifts for each one in the home. The Rev. Harry Coovert, Zion Lutheran Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF JACK PAAR had this timely warning for New Year's Eve revellers: "If you're disguised as a lampshade tonight, look out for drunken bulb snatchers!" Zsa Zsa Gabor later stopped Mr. Paar in his tracks. "What do you think," he asked her, "makes European men such' great lovers?" Zsa Zsa answered promptly, "European women!" . Miss Terry Moore had an alibi ready when she appeared very late for a TV rehearsal on a day... the streets of Manhattan were glazed with ice. "Every time I took one steo forward," she wailed. "I slipped back two." "Hmphh!" sniffed her director. "So how did you manage to get here at all?" "I discovered a way," beamed Terry. "I just turned around and started back home." ' "Let's stop talking about boys," yawned a cuddlesome co-ed. "Let's talk about bigger things in life." "Such as?" prompted her room-mate. "Such as," continued the co-ed, "football players 1859. by Bennett CerX. SiiUributei fcy &PS features Siuiiate, . Kassem's 'People's By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Seventy-nine men currenUy are on trial for their lives be fore an Iraqi "people's court," accused of plot ting to assass i n a t e Premier A b d el Karim Kassem. The trial be gan three weeks after KTr'oml: htfNewsom hospital where he spent 58 days recovering from wounds in the right hand and upper left shoulder, suffered in an attack on him last Oct. 7. The president of the court has promised the trial will be conducted only in the inter ests of right, justice, equity and the interests of the peo ple. This correspondent was in Baghdad last March at the time of the abortive Mosul revolt against Kassem and at a time when the people's courts were going full blast against other "enemies of the state." Most of these now languish in jails or await the firing squad. 1 President, Kassem's Cousin The president of the court is Col. Fadhil Abbas Mahdawi, a cousin of Kassem, who is outspoken in his hatred of the West and who made a special trip back from a visit to Red China to conduct the current trial. He is a stern-visaged man with greying crew - cut hair who in long speeches from the bench leaves no doubt about his certainty of each defendant's guilt even before the evidence is heard. It is a comparatively in formal court m which even spectators may rise to deliver long-winded speeches provid ing their subject matter is acceptable politically. The defendants also deliver impassioned speeches, but it is with an obvious sense that they 'are foredoomed, that only a miracle will set them tree and the . best they can hope for is to escape the fir ing squad. Evidence frequently is no better than hearsay. Transient Can't Take Ashland Hint Ashland - Theodore K. Poole, a 41-year-old transient, apparently couldn't take the hint. - He was arrested here Christ mas Eve on a charge of being under the influence of intoxi cating beverages on a public street. He was told to leave town and did so. But he came back Monday and was arrested at about 11 p.m. on the same charge. He was sentenced to 10 days when he appeared in munici pal court tins morning but the judge told him five days would be suspended if he would promise to leave town again. church, brought fruit. These were all appreciated and thanks a lot for these lovely gifts. On Dec. 24 we had open house in our homes for friends and relatives with re freshments served. Mrs. Bernice E. McCue McCue Rest Home 134 Laurel st. . Central Point And Mr. and Mrs. Joe Huffine Lynn Haven Rest Home 369 North Second st. Central Point. V 7&, . I Troubles Not Over Despite Court1 Trying 79 Accused But whatever else the trials may do, they provide the Iraqi people with practically their only form of television entertainment. Frequently, court sessions run until midnight with only a break for a brief recess in which the vacant time may be filled in with the playing of John Philip Sousa marches. Troubles Not Over ' These are show trials in the broadest sense, with no oppor Political Parties Say Won't Sell By FRANK ELEAZER United Press International Washington -(UPD- The sub ject was use of television in the 1960 presidential cam paign, and I was a little shaken to dis cover where the discussion was about to take place. Namely, b e -fore.a "speech and theater" c o n v e n t i o n, with Frank Eleaxar the lights, costumes, makeup and other trappings of show business much on display. I guess I came away reas sured though. Top figures in both political parties said firmly they wouldn't dare to try to sell us voters next year an image or actor instead of a man. We're too smart to fall for that, , they explained. I sure hope they are right i , , -II In the Day's News By FRANK Interesting question: Why did Mr. Nelson Rocke feller withdraw from the con test for the Republican nom ination for President? This is the reason he gave: "The great majority of those who will control the Republican nomination stand opposed TO ANY CONTEST for the presidential nomina tion." Those are HIS OWN words. The Democratic hopefuls have chosen to interpret them as meaning that the del egates to the Republican na tional convention will be hard-boiled standpatters who wouldn't accept a nominee of Mr. Rockefeller's type. Mr. Adlai Stevenson says: "He (Mr. Rockefeller) often seems like a thoughtful and sincere liberal, and for the sake of the country I regret that his views found so little encour agement in his party." Senator Lyndon Johnson says: "I am not surprised. It has been obvious for some time that there is no place in the national Republican party for the able and pro gressive governor." Califor nia's Governor Brown says: "The Republican party turned deaf ears to a newer Portland Couple Protests Tax Claim Portland (OPD A former Republican national chairman and his wife, who now reside in Portland, are contesting government claims they owe $20,461 in income taxes. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison E, Spangler are contesting the claim. Spangler, an attorney, is former GOP committeeman from Iowa and was national chairman of the party from 1942 to 1944. Spangler said the Internal Revenue Bureau erred in holding that 58,415 paid as attorney fees was a capital loss and not an allowable de duction. The returns were filed in Des Moines, Iowa. The amount was paid in 1952 and 1953. The government also claims they owe $17,117 in back taxes for 1955 and 1956. A hearing was held over on Spangler's request. No new hearing date has been set. RESUME TREK Christchurch, New Zealand UPI - Sixteen Soviet Antarc tic explorers who spent three days at the American station at the South Pole resumed their trek Tuesday. The group was headed for the Russian "Vostok" station, 762 miles north of the pole. F U R:S Repairing and Relining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances9 Furs 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 tunity lost to din in upon Iraqis the wonders of the revolution which freed them from "imperialism" but left many without enough to eat. The Kassem regime is not the first to play upon real or imagined dangers from with out to hide failures within. When Kassem left the hos pital to return to his Defense Ministry living quarters, it was over streets bathed with the blood of sacrificial sheep Voters on about that, because I didn't hear anybody promise speci fically they wouldn't try this if they thought it would work. The conventioneers, it turn ed out, were mostly college professors teaching speech, theater, broadcasting and similar arts. And I wasn't the only one with some qualms about the hard sell and the soft soap which could be ap plied to us voters next fall. "I hear a lot of talk about selecting a telegenic . candi date," said a University of Missouri speech teacher nam ed Robert P. Friedman. "And I wonder if it isn't becoming easy for a politician to substi tute earnestness - the desire for election - for sincerity." Friedman said he'd rest easier, he thought, if there wasn't so much show busi ness in televised politicking. He said some of the. TV "in terviews" he saw with one presidential candidate in 1956 looked sort of put-up to him. JENKINS liberal voice than that of Vice-President Nixon. The conservatives are in complete charge." Those are politically slant ed statements, coming from men who hope to be the Dem ocratic nominee. They are dictated by the HOPE of dis crediting the Republican par ty, and thus making more certain the election a Demo cratic President. It is quite possible1 that Mr. Rockefeller didn't mean it that way. The words he chose could have meant that in the opinion of those who will be chosen as delegates to the Re publican convention Mr. Nix on has EARNED THE RIGHT to the Republican nomination. A lot of people think be HAS earned that right. Over long decades of our history nominees for the vice Presidency were chosen as a kind of stalking horse-some-, body who would look good to the voters, with relatively lit tle consideration of his quali fications to be President. Times are changing. The re sponsibilities of the Presiden cy are becoming so tremen dous that it is becoming ob vious to all of us that grave considerations dictate the need that nominees for the Vice-Presidency ' measure up to to the responsibilities of the Presidency. We are even coming to look upon the Vice-Presidency as a kind of APPRENTICE Pres ident The burdens of the Presidency are now such that it is always possible that the President may BREAK UN DER THE STRAIN. If that 6hould happen-and it COULD happen-our sur vival as a nation would hang upon the ability and the ex perience of the Vice-President. It is generally recognized thaj; Mr. Nixon's experience in these years of strain and stress and danger have quali fied him to be the next Pres ident of the United States. That could be what Mr. Rockefeller meant when he gave as his reason for with drawing from the contest his belief that "the delegates to the . Republican convention will stand opposed to any CONTEST for the Presiden tial nomination." C M. Lltwlller Happy New Year! May '60 bring you 366 days full of achievement and joy. May your home be warm with love . . . your heart light, your future bright. LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close and trod by thousands of hys terical supporters cheering his return to health. But with all the show trials and hysteria there remains the conclusion that Kassem's troubles are not over. Kassem promised to "dazzle" his peo ple with his new four -year plan, but people cannot eat promises nor can promises still the unrest against a gov ernment which accomplished a revolution but little else. They Image And he thought he recalled a picnic en the lawn where he said the other candidate didn't appear to have hiked out there solely to eat. Robert Humphreys, cam paign director for the Repub lican National committee, said he couldn't see any moral or ethical objections to the kind of filmed shows his par ty put on last time. "I didn't think some of those five-minute productions -theirs and ours-were lousy," he went on to admit. "People don't want productions." Politicians Can't Act Anyway, said Humphreys, who probably feels freer to say these things because he's quitting his job at the end of the week, 99 out of 100 poli ticians can't act. As actors, he said, most politicians are stinkers. Sam Brightman isn't quit ting his job as publicity direct- ' or for the Democratic Nation al committee. So naturally he didn't volunteer any agree ment wtih those specific sen timents. He did concur in Humhreys' claim we're not likely to buy a phony product just because it's put up in a fancy package. "We'll be in trouble if we ever turn politics over to mo tivational research," said Brightman. "This would be political suicide. People wouldn't befooledby any thing that transparent." Then there was talk about what TV coverage does to the national political conventions. Humphreys said it helps bring decisions out in the open, but that it does create problems. One is that half the delegates are just sitting there looking for a chance to get on TV. Predicts No Trouble Brightman said yes but he didn't think the Republicans at Chicago next summer should run into trouble. After all, he reminded Humphreys, the GOP had the experience of one ceremonial convention in 1956, and he said he was sure they could "affirm" Ri chard M. Nixon this time without even a Joe Smith to throw out of the halL "But let me close with his prediction about the Demo cratic convention," said Sam with a grin. "At 2:06 a.m. e-d.t. Wednesday, July 13, a wildly cheering throng will nominate by acclamation the next President of the United States - a man who will give this nation the bold, coura geous, energetic, skillful, dy namic leadership which will unite our people to march for ward valiantly to our great national destiny. "I sure do wish I knew his name." LIVE A LITTLE! 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