MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Tuwdiy, Jm. 19, 1960
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 19, 1950 (Thursday)
Nine masked men held up
Brink's Inc., in Boston the
night before last and got away
with $VA million.
Over one hundred ducks
are trapped with their feet
frozen in the ice in a stream
near Independence, Oregon.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 19. 1940 (Friday)
Senator William E. Borah,
of Idaho, called dean of sen
ate, is near death in Washing
ton, D.C., following a cer
ebral hemorrage.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A
Colorado bull was sold this
week for $5,700. This is said
to be the highest price ever
paid for bull, with no votes
in sight."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 19, 1930 (Sunday)
Jacksonville to be terminal
for trucking ore from Blue
Ledge mine.
Congress refuses to pass law
making it unlawful to put
poison in industrial alcohol
to keep peopl from drinking
it.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 19. 1920 (Tuesday)
Large crowd expected to
attend the Trigonia oil well
meeting at the Page theater
tomorrow night.
Governor Olcott will veto
bill enabling a voter to make
one mark on a ballot for a
"straight ticket."
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 19. 1910 (Wednesday)
Local lodge of Masons is
planning a new $40,000 Ma-
sonic temple, site not yet
picked.
Active membership cam
paign is being carried on by
Commercial club. They hope
to have 600 members by Jan.
25.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Do like magnetic poles
attract or repel each other?
2. What is the abbreviation
of pennyweight?
3 . What invention gave
George Westinghouse his
start?
4. To what island was Na
poleon Bonaparte exiled af
ter his defeat at Waterloo?
5. In 1888 what man was
chosen President of the U.S.
by a majority of the electoral
college, although his opponent
had a majority of the popular
vote?
6. How many years are
three score and ten?
7. How many degrees are
there in a right angle?
8. Which is the correct
spelling, supercede, super-
ceed, or supersede?
9. How many white stripes
does an American flag have?
10. In England, would
lorry refer to a truck, bicycle,
motor-cycle, or a passenger
bus?
Answers: 1. Repel. 2. Dwi.
3. The pneumatic brake. 4.
St. Helena. 5. Benjamin Har
rison over Grover Cleveland.
6. 70. 7. 90. 8. Supersede. 9
Six. 10. Truck.
Asset in Bear Creek
There are a lot of
along Bear creek.
, Its pollution should be decreased as much as
possible. Some day, one hopes, it will be safe to
wade in again. It would
might support game fish
Once it was a pretty
area. Some day, one hopes, it will again be an
asset, rather than an ugly, open sewer which isn't
much good to anybody
THESE " objectives once, not long ago, were
simply pipe dreams,
servationists, fish and wildlife enthusiasts, rec
reational planners, and newspaper writers.
Today some are close to coming true.
A committee is at work on a beautification
plan which, if all goes well, can be put into effect,
in whole or in part, at
way is constructed through this area.
It envisages a series
them with picnic tables,
with overnight camping
freeway-Bear creek area
A DOPTION of such a plan in time for it to be
"incorporated in the state highway commis
sion's planning of the freeway is important. We
are glad to see the committee members are ac
tively interested in it.
This is the first step.
The others will come
increase in flow of Bear
mer volume of som.e 25
will follow completion of
should be during the coming year.
THE next step, and
one in the process
creek, will be to find and eliminate as much as
possible the upstream sources of pollution.
These consist chiefly of ditches, a few small
industrial developments, and farms, orchards and
homes outside of the limits of Medford, Phoenix,
Talent, Ashland, arid the South Bear Creek Sani
tary district.
(This is not to say that there is no room for
improvement at Ashland
plans to construct an addition to its sewage dis
posal plant, and the Talent plant has been de
scribed as "inadequate" by some and as a prime
source of pollution when not properly operated
by others.)
BEAR creek probably
cirw cfvnim oa ic
Much of its water is
when it is lowered by this, and when some of it
comes from run-back irrigation water, it is nardiy
a Clear, spanumg mountain strea.ni.
But much can be done to improve it, if some
intelligent thought and effort is put forth.
Often one thine" leads to another. If it is
treated as an asset, people
And if it. is o-enerallv
people will do what they can to see that it be
comes one a real one. E.A.
Slogans on Licenses
Oreo-nn's new ant.nmnhile license nlates the
ones with the legend "Pacific Wonderland'' em
blazoned on them have been spotted occasional
hereabout during the past couple of months.
w ere not any more impressed oy tnem man
we thought we would be. We have yet to be con
vinced that a license slogan does anyone any
good; or, indeed, does anything other than to
clutter up a license plate.
So be it. The legislature, in its wisdom, de
creed otherwise.
Anyway, there won't-be too many of them m
circulation for some time, we learn from one of
the Salem newspapers.
IN DECREEING the slogan-bearing plate, the
lan-1'c.lntnrQ rKrl nnt nrmrnnriiifp ativ funds t.n
replace the 873,000 or
which is iust as well. It
The slogan will go only on plates issued tor
the first time, according to Vern Hill, director of
the motor vehicle department And even here a
supply of the old plates will be used up before
the slogan-bearing plates will be put in general
circulation.
The three highest state officials, however,
will have "Pacific Wonderland" plates. The gov
ernor, secretary of state, and state treasurer will
have plates numbered 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
THE rest of us will make do with plastic tabs,
'.which are "reflectorized" for better visibility,
instead of the metal tabs in use for the past few
years, to bring licenses up to date.
That's all right.
We'll make do with our battered plates for
as long as necessary, and happily let new-car-buyers,
and the state's top officials, go around as
perambulating billboards. E.A.
Weather Forecast
Upset about the weather? If so, read the fol
lowing U.S. weather bureau forecast:
"Clear with ice fog tonight. Partly cloudy
Wednesday. Low tonight minus 50 high tomor
row minus 25. High yesterday minus 4, low last
night minus 46. Noon temperature, minus 43.
Sunrise tomorrow 9:32 a.m., sunset 2:28 p.m."
It is from the Tuesday, Jan. 12, issue of the
Daily News-Miner, of Fairbanks, Alaska. E.A.
things which need doing
be nice to think that it
once more:
stream a credit to the
ior any purpose.
dreamed by a few con
the same time the free
of waysides, some of
perhaps even one or two
facilities, and with the
tastefully landscaped.
later. One of them, the
creek to an average sum
cubic feet per second,
the Talent project. This
perhaps the determining
of "cleaning up" Bear
and Talent Ashland
never can be the same
csiv T.ifflo "Rnt.to prpalf
used for irrigation, and
will think of it as one.
reo-arded as an asset.
so plates now in use
would be costly.
Dennis the
YbU KNOW WHY I NEVER SET ANY LETTERS?
MV FRIENDS QOHT KNOW VQViTOM?7I! .
Matter of Fact
THE FRONT RUNNER, NOW
Washington - Quite quietly,
without public commotion or
even public notice, the Demo-
cratic nartv
has acquired
a new front
runner in
the presiden
tial stakes. Or
at least this is
true, if you
define the
front - runner
as the candi
date with the
largest number of delegates
that are as nearly nailed
down as possible at this early
stage.
The new Democratic fronts
runner is the vociferously un
avowed candidate from Tex
as, Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon Baines Johnson. As
of today, Johnson has solid
commitments from over 400
delegates; and he can reason
ably count on over 450 dele
gates.
In terms of birds-m-hand,
Johnson is therefore ahead of
the more commonly desig
nated front-runner, Sen. John
F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Although Johnson's backers
dispute this, it must be added
that Kennedy is still front
runner in terms of birds-in-the
bush that seem well with
in his reach. As for the other
Democratic candidates, their
collections of birds-in-hand
are positively -pitiful com
pared to the Johnson aviary.
.
THE hunt for Johnson dele
gates, one of the most re
markable political battles on
recent record, was originally
organized bv two of the ablest
men in American politics,
Speaker or tne House sam
Ravhnm and ex - Senator
Frank Clements of Kentucky.
These were helped by sena
tors Russell and Talmadge of
Georgia, Senator Kerr of
Oklahoma, the adroit young
secretary of the Senate ma
jority, Robert G. Baker, and
other Senate figures. Covert
ly, it must be added, Senator
Johnson himself was in over-
all command.
The turninff ooints in the
Johnson delegate hunt were
the triumph of Senator Clem
ents' faction in the Kentucky
primary, and the defeat of
the pro-Kennedy Mayor De
lesseps Morrison of New Or
leans in' the Louisiana pri
mary. These two events as
sured Johnson of the Louis
iana and Kentucky delega
tions.
The list of states that are
now almost solid for Johnson
is as follows: Arizona, Arkan
sas, Florida (unless there is a
serious primary, which is un
likely), Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Okla
homa, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas and Virginia.
In some of these states, other
candidates may pick scatter
ing votes. But even after al
lowing for such minor losses,
these states alone certainly
ought to carry Johnson over
the 400 mark. In addition,
there are the delegations
from Alabama, where the
governor has come out for
Kennedy but the rest of the
state strongly tends to John
son, and Nevada, where
Johnson's chances appear ex
cellent. Again allowing for
normal wear and tear, the
probable additions from these
two states put Johnson's dele
gate count around 450.
To this list of birds-in-hand,
the Johnson forces add
a significant number of birds-in-the-bush,
chiefly in the
mid-Western farming states
where Johnson himself went
delegate hunting last fall,
and in the Rocky mountain
area.
NO DOUBT some of these
hoped for delegates in the
mid-West and Rocky moun
tain areas will indeed end by
voting for Johnson. But as of
now, these realists believe
Johnson is likely to get only
scattering votes outside his
main area of strength, as Sen.
Richard Russell tiid when he
reached his high count, 295
votes, on the second ballot of
3
JOSEPH ALSOP
Menace
By Joseph Alsop
the Democratic convention of
1952.
The comparison indicates
Johnson's heavy handicap,
not as a front-runner, but as
an endurance runner. You
can all but draw a line
around the Johnson strong
hold. The Western regions
the line encloses includes a
state or two where Kennedy
looked for support. In the
northern region, among the
border states, support was ex
pected by Sen. Stuart Syming
ton of Missouri, the worst
hurt among the other candi
dates by Johnson's initial
success.- But in general, the
line divides North from
South. South of the line John
son has almost everything
North of the line, all is du
bious for Johnson.
In other words, Johnson as
yet is a Southern candidate,
as Senator Russell was, al
though a Southern candidate
with far stronger support al
ready than Senator Russell
obtained at Chicago. In order
to win, therefore, Johnson
must somehow transform
himself from a sectional into
a national candidate.
This will be immensely dif
ficult to do, without sacrific
ing the massive Southern sup
port Johnson now has. But
this transformation cannot
yet be counted as absolutely
impossible, if only .because
most of the very same North
ern Democratic leaders who
say their states "can never
vote for Johnson," add in the
next breath that he is now
the biggest, most command
ing figure in the Democratic
pflrty
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Firemen Praised
To the Editor: Last Sunday
night, I witnessed right here
in Jacksonville an example of
the spirit that made and will
keep America great. The
house at 502 North Fifth st.
was on fire. This house had
been our family home for
more than 30 years, having
been sold recently.
The fire siren had sound
ed. The two pieces of fire
equipment were arriving.
Hose was strung to the plug
at 6th and F streets, one
block east, and at Fifth and
Blackstone, a long block
north. By the time the water
was turned on I could see
fire in every one of the nine
rooms and hallway. The fire
chief, his captains and fire
men, volunteers all, perform
ed their duties superbly. Ex
cellent training was evident,
Equipment quality was good.
Close to two hours was re
quired to contain the fire be
fore any appreciable gam was
evident. Another hour, re
duced it to a one or two man
mopping-up operation that
continued through the night.
Damage did not even extend
to the surrounding trees.
Buildings 20 feet away were
safe.
This was accomplished by
the 16 regular volunteers plus
several on-the-scene assistants,
all our friends and neighbors,
banded together in a common
cause.
I am proud of our fire de
partment. I thank them and
am thankful for them. I shall
support them at every op
portunity a n d encourage
everyone to do so. They will
thereby be better prepared to
serve us when an emergency
arises. They are specially
trained in fire and. resuscita
tor equipment operation and
first aid. Much of their per
sonal - equipment ' (helmets,
boots, etc.) is paid for with
personal funds. Their annual
"Firemans Ball" and other
projects supplements the
1,000 budgeted for them an-
U.S.Japanese Pact Signed, Premier Must
Turn to Other Worry:
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
With the signing of the U.S.
Japanese security pact out of
the way, JaDanese Prime Min
ister Nobusu
ke Kishi must
come to grips
with another
pressing prob
lem - what to
do about Red
China.
A large part
of Japa n e s e
pleas ure in
Phil Newsom TO new pact
stems from the fact that it
makes Japan a full and equal
partner of the United States,
a sovereign status not enjoy
ed since World War II.
But the hostile demonstra
tion by extremist Japanese
youths upon Kishi's departure
for Washington and the loud
voices of Japanese Socialists
also illustrate that the new
nually by the city. Their funds
paid half the cost of the new
siren. They have over $600 in
the treasury now, earmarked
for a pickup truck to trans
port a small pumper-tanker
unit to be procured by the
city. This self-contained unit
would be used on small fires
and those in the fringe area
beyond the city, leaving the
heavier equipment for pos
sible other use.
The fire chief, Mr. Lewis
Applebaker, indicates a need
for more volunteer firemen
who would be available day
times Monday through Fri
day, when many of the pres
ent active members are away
from town on their regular
jobs. They meet every Mon
day at 8 pjn., in the fire hall
at Third and C streets.
Fred Edens
303 East F St.,
Jacksonville
Freight vs. VW
To the Editor: The editorial
"Suicide Amendment" of Jan.
7 Mail Tribune deserves wide
circulation. What it does to
Mr. Willis Stone, the so-called
Volunteers for Constitutional
Government, and their pro-
posed 23rd Constitutional
amendment, is about like
what happens when a heavy
freight train hits a Volkswag
en at a grade crossing.
The day the people of the
U.S. fall for anything like
that will be the day when it
is easy to get them to ex
change their cash, real estate
or securities for shares of
Brooklyn bridge, or acreage
on the moon.
D. M. DeLong
P. O. Box 184
Cottage Grove.
Less Socialism
To the Editor: A true pro
gressive with open mind will
discard a former belief when
he finds himself mistaken.
believe that one should exam
me this suggested 2 3rd
amendment carefully and
fairly. The sponsors claim
that the U. S. Government is
losing billions of dollars an
nually by operating many,
many businesses at a steady
loss, and that it would be
good sense to stop it. While
it certainly would take longer
than three years economical
ly to liquidate all these ven
tures, and while we may al
ways have to pay some in
come tax, it seems to me high
ly desirable to make a start to
put our finances in order. - .
I think it one of the . most
unfortunate things that we
ever did was to adopt the ori
ginal income tax amendment
without any ceiling on what
the Congress can soak us. I
do not have figures to prove
the exact annual loss, but I
have infinite faith in the
ability of politicians to lose
taxpayers' money. The Post
Office is always operated at
a loss and I remember what
a mess the Government made
when they attempted to run
the railroads during World
War I. Many politicians want
more and more jobs to give
as rewards to friends who
voted and worked for them.
Any private business would
go bankrupt under those con
ditions, but the Government
can just raise taxes, or bor
row more money.
Look at the financial diffi
culties of England when
under a socialistic minded
government! Why not learn
from their mistakes? The fact
that our country is now so
highly industrialized, as
"E. A." pointed out, does not
change human nature.
Of course there are thou
sands of able men working
in the Post Office and in oth
er' government owned busi
nesses, but these businesses
are completely under the po
liticians' thumb. "Govern
ment ownership and opera
tion of the essential means of
production" certainly can
work, if the Government be
comes a despot, as in Russia!
Let us not be so childlike as
to believe that "it can't hap
pen here." I do not want any
more socialism than we al
ready have. In fact I want a
lot less.
Horace W. Thompson
3642 Hilsinger rd.
Medford.
Kf 1
treaty is not universally
popular.
The hostile extremists
youths who follow the Com
munist Party line would op
pose any close link with the
United States:
The Socialists, many of
whom also are anti-United
States, feel that the pact
draws Japan away from its
area of greatest interest.
namely, Asia, and renders
more difficult the establish
ment of friendly relations
with Red China.
Press for Closer Ties
The pressure for closer ties
with Red China is both politi
cal and economic, and is not
limited to the leftists.
A senior adviser in Kishi's
own Liberal-Democratic par
ty, Kenzo Matsumura, recent
ly returned to Tokyo from
an extended tour of Red China
and warned the Peiping re
gime will be "a mighty power
within five or 10 years."
"Why not face up to the
reality that Communist China
today is an awakening na
tion?" he demanded. "It is
not wise to exclude her from
international dealings."
Japanese businessmen also
look longingly at the vast
China mainland.
Before the war, some 20
per cent of Japan's exports
went to China and 10 per
cent of her imports came from
there.
Japanese trade with Red
China today is a comparative
trickle, with the balance run
ning against Japan.
Dollar on Japan's Sid
In contrast, Japanese - U.S.
trade runs to approximately
a billion dollars annually,
about evenly divided between
imports and exports. Counting
U.S. military and other ex
penditures, the dollar balance
is on Japan's side.
Nonetheless, the desire for
trade with Red China lingers
on, and eventually would be
come strong enough to oust
Kishi from his job.
Eisenhower Budget
Disappoints Moscow
London-TOPD-Moscow radio
today called President Eisen
hower's budget for the com
ing fiscal year "disappoint
ing" because military alloca
tions "are not reduced at all.'
In a mildly worded com
mentary beamed in English at
North American listeners, the
Communist radio said "cer
tain cold war interests are
trying to freeze the war still
colder and to maintain the
high level of arms competi
tion." The broadcast further
charged:
"You can't reinforce the
peace by intensively prepar
ing a nuclear and rocket war."
This was an apparent re
ference to increased outlays
for missiles in the new budget.
Wag Waitzes With
Washingtonian Wampum Wad
By DICK WEST
Washington -rtJPD- President
Eisenhower's new budget is a
good book to curl up with on
a rainy after
noon if you
need exercise.
But I would
not recom
mend it for
reading.
I mean this
is no volume
to be taken
lightly. Even
Dick west - in a supine
position you can get a vigo
rous workout just lifting the
tome off your tummy to turn
the pages.
Each year when the Presi
dent sends his budget to Con
gress, I assume the burden
of inspecting it from a physi
cal, rather than a . fiscal,
standpoint.
In times past, the first
thing I did was weigh it. But
this has become impractical;
The postal scales in our of
fice only register up to four
pounds and for the past two
or three years the budget has
exceeded this limit. .
I did determine, however,
that the President was able
to cram more money into less
space this year. For fiscal
I960,, it took him 1,027 pages
to explain how the govern
ment intended to spend $77
billion. '
To Turn Out Pannitt
For fiscal 1961,. he man
aged to fit plans for spending
$79,800,000,000 into only 952
pages.
I guess this is what the
economists mean when they
talk about "tight money."
Tight or loose,, money
should be more plentiful in
the new fiscal year. The U.S.
Mint, according to the budg
et,, plans to turn . out ; two
billion coins, an increase, of
100,000 over current produc
tion, y
Unfortunately, almost half
of the. new supply will be
pennies. ..
The Mint, incidentally, re
What About China?
In deciding what to do
about Red China, Japan also
must decide what to do about
the Nationalist Chinese gov
ernment on . Formosa. Red
China has made formal rec
ognition a condition for re
establishing trade ties with
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
LONG PANTS NEEDED
Washington - There is
mounting evidence that both
political parties and the
voters, too,
will owe a
i terribly high
duty to their
c country to
put on their
long pants in
this Presiden
tial election
year.
niiam a. .
White Union s pow
er to turn cold-war negotia
tions to its favor is undeni
ably growing. Whether or not
its actual strength is rising,
its propaganda strength cer
tainly is. The West's chance
to win, in a summit meeting
and beyond, is declining.
There will be no chance at
all unless the West can be
drawn together in adult unity
-and unless the core of the
alliance, the United States,
can get through the campaign
at home without tearing it
self apart. We must not weak
en the ability of the incoming
administration-whoever may
head it-to act decisively and
with heavy public support in
a profoundly dangerous
world.
-
ALL THESE facts are anx-
responsible men in both par
ties. Much more than this
awareness is needed, howev
er, if the country is, indeed
going to wear its long pants-
to take a grown-up view of
the world of 1960.
No one supposes the cam
paign can be run off without
some unwise emotionalism.
But it does not seem too much
to hope for less automatic
and trivial partisanship; less
personal like and dislike as
governing factors in voting;
fewer voting decisions based
on petty personal prejudice.
The grave Russian challenge
will not be subject to wasting
weakness of this kind.
Surely," the national prob
lem can thus be fairly stated:
there is special" necessity not
to choose a president on the
basis of two-bit politics or
mere pressure-group interests,
however decent these in
terests may be in themselves
-or on the basis of simple per
sonal prejudice.
The country manifestly will
need a powerful and able
leader;, it it not really import
ant whether all of us like him,
ports that it will cost more to
make money in fiscal 1960.
Its budget for penny produc
tion has gone up from 93 to
97 cents per thousand
I don't like to quibble over
small change, but a couple of
things in the budget puzzled
me. For instance, the Presi
dent asked Congress to raise
postal rates but didn't : in
crease the congressional
stamp budget. What he did
increase was the stationery
budget.
No Bird Eliminator
I can't figure out how our
Congressmen are going to
write more letters and . pay
more for stamps with the
same amount of money. I also
Counsel With ...
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
Fred Brennan
or call
Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phone SP 3-7343
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
27 NORTH HOLLY ST.
Japan.
Yet to recognize Peiping
as the official Chinese gov
ernment would mean to with
draw it from Taipei, a step
Kishi is unwilling to take
against another firm friend of
the United States.
S. WHITE
or how he combs his hair.
rpHIS correspondent does not
presume to say who
should be elected. He does
contend, however, that the
etermining considera
tion should not be party affil
iation or shopworn labels
like "liberal" or "conserva
tive." Whether we are "Re
publican" or "Democratic"
or "liberal" or "conservative"
will be meaningless if the
Russians are able to cast us
into the position of a second
class power.
The decision should be sole
ly on this question: Who
among the aspirants could
best represent the United
States and keep it strong in
tough and infinitely perilous
world growing ever more per
ilous? The first necessary step
is to get rid of a series of
prejudices against almost ev
ery leading presidential possi
bility so that they may be
judged only on adult and rel
evant standards. For exam
ples: Vice President Richard Nix
on is constantly under attack
on such vague "grounds" as
"I don't like him." "I don't
like his face." and so on.
Sen. John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts is constantly
under attack because he hap
pens to be a Catholic.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson is
ditto because he happens to
be from Texas.
Adlai E. Stevenson is ditto
because he has twice been de
feated for the presidency.
'
"ACCUSATIONS" such as
these are totally irrel
evant to today's realities. And
they are little-boy stuff, too.
Whatever is right and what
ever is wrong with each of
these candidates is in no way
affected by such nonsense.
The fact that Stevenson
didn't win before has nothing
to do with whether he would
be a good president now. Dit
to that Kennedy is a Catholic.
Ditto that Johnson is a Texan.
Ditto that some people "don't
like" Nixon-usually for rea
sons both undefined and un
definable. Judge them all
with a cold-blooded, adult
mind.
Most of all the presidency
simply requires competence
and strength. And we shall
never have had greater room
for those qualities than in the
four years ahead.
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Weighty
am a little worried about the
Supreme Court's budget and
its troubles with dirty birds.
Last year, the court asked
for $35,000 to buy an "elec
tronic bird elimination sys
tem." With thousands of star
lings roosting on the court
every night, "bird elimina
tion" is a big problem.
For some reason, Congress
didn't appropriate the funds
and this year, for some rea
son, the court didn t renew
its request. However, it did
ask for $150 for snow re
moval. In view of the fact that it
rarely snows in Washington,
I wonder if this isn't being
precipitation wise and orni-
thologically foolish.
FAVORITE SON
CANDIDATES,
will be a dime a dozen by
November. But your fa
vorite possessions will
some day be priceless . . .
Make sure they're ade
quately INSURED.
Bin Fish