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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 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
; Feb. 9, 1950 (Thursday)
Central Point city council
- votes to ask Medford for an
"extension of time in their
I use of Camp White sewage
- plant.
I School board calls re-vote
'. on consolidation of school dis-
tricts No. 6 and No. 98 (Tolo),
" because of technicality in first
vote.
I 20 YEARS AGO
.Feb. 9, 1940 (Friday)
The city water Mepartment
- estimates Medf orf s popula-
tion to be 12,789. .
; From Arthur Perry's "Ye
-Smudge Pot" column: "Ohio
. has a cash balance of $3V$
million and already the new
deal has an investigator
" there."
30 YEARS AGO
-Feb. 9. 1930 (Sunday)
Local youth falls in cider
' vat at Rogue River Canning
Co., and is rescued by police.
Harbor survey as Crescent
rZi 1 n.fTiAj .Amnio.
tion.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 9. 1920 (Tuesday)
Local schools to dispense
with all social activities, so
pupils will keep their minds
. on studies.
Herbert Hoover declares:he
is not Presidential candidate.
Gov. Oswald West predfctfts
Hoover will run in Oregon
primary as Democrat. '-'-I-'-
50 YEARS AGO .
Feb. 9. 1910 (Wednesday)
Delegates from all over val
ley are in Medford to organize
a Rogue River Fruitgrower's
association.
School superintendent l n
favor of school to be built on
east side. Are now three
schools on west side, none on
east.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
even or eight is excellent; five or
six is good. .. -
1. The system by which an
employer deducts union dues
from a worker's paycheck is
known as what?
2. The English Channel
separates England from Ire
land; true or false?
3. What three European
countries are known collec-
tivelv as "The Low Coun
tries"?
4. In which State is the re
sort of Biloxi?
5. In what city was the
charter of the United Nations
drawn up?
6. Who was the famous fa
ther of Robert E. Lee?
7. Can a person move a
greater weight by pushing, or
by pulling?
8. Which was first invent
ed, the first successful foun
tain pen, or the first type
writer? 9. Is a canvas-back a type
of insect, fish, bird, or suit
case? 10. Correct the following:
"They manufacture guided
missiles here."
Answers: 1. The check-off.
2. False (England from.
France). 3. Belgium, Nether
lands and Luxembourg. 4.
Mississippi. 5. San Francisco,
Calif. 6. Henry ("Light-Horse
Harry") Lee. 7. Pushing. 8.
Type writer. 9. Bird. 10.
"Guided missiles are manu
factured here."
Navy
A group of Medford and Portland men last
week visited Whidbey Island Naval Air Station,
in Puget Sound, as guests of the Navy.
It was an exceedingly interesting (and, one
might add, comforting) experience.
Judging by what we saw, the Navy is alert,
prepared, and efficient. ,
Its officers, it appeared, also are far more
conscious of the military threat to this nation
than is the average civilian. This is partly, of
course, because it is their job to be, whereas
the civilian, preoccupied with his own affairs,
often will devote only some odd off -minutes to
contemplating the danger of open warfare.
TTHE functions of Whidbey are extensive and
complex. Without going into organizational
details, it is a "housekeeping" operation, a train-ine-
oneration. and a combat-readv patrol op
eration, all of them conducted with the necessaiy
mi. j- i i
military auj uncus anu auAiiictiica.
More than five different types of planes are
based there regularly, and others arrive and
leave on special missions.
One of its principal functions is patrol and
readiness for anti-submarine warfare, and its
responsible officers are cautiously confident
that the "submarine problem" is well in hand.
'T'HE most exciting event was a series of practice
landings by the big A3D planes.
These are twin-jet, carrier-based heavy at
tack bombers. And watching them glide down
to hit a short, narrow spot on. the runway repre
senting a carrier's deck, then roar off and circle
for another approach, was a thrilling thing.
These squadrons were , there to receive their
final training before joining fleet units.
The training was not limited to flying, either,
for all flight crews go through an intensive pe
riod when they are familiarized with eveiy part
of the biff plane, and its internal operation.
They also get final training in their own special
skills, such as navigation, as well as rugged and
well-thought-out survival training.
v
THE station also is the base for P2V patrol
bombers, which are especially equipped for
submarine detection and combat.
A third big plane based there is the P5M sea
plane, which is also a patrol plane equipped for
combat if necessaiy.
Auxiliary planes include transient Navy air
craft, utility planes such
including a small patrol crait which serves as a
radar "picket" plane, operating either from
shore bases or aircraft earners, and which can
remain on patrol for hours at a time.
TIHIDBEY is the only Naval Air Station on
the continental coastline between California
and Alaska, and as such serves an important
function in the nation's
It has various "satellite" areas, for training,
for crash boats, as auxiliary airfields, and so on.
One of these is the Boardman bombing range,
in Eastern Oregon. It is
the planes go through
where their accuracy can be closely checked.
(Most of the other types
conducted on the base, or over the waters of
Puget Sound and the Pacific.)
THE Navy is somewhat
man range and to use
of an industrial area.
There are merits on
ment, and we make no
But we would like to observe, in view ot the vi
tal importance of the
mission, that 11 the Boardman area is taken away
from the Navy, some other equally good area
should be provided.
(No officer as much as hinted that this con
troversy was in any way related to the visit of
the Medford and Portland people last week,
but there may have been some connection.)
A LL in all, the Navy put on an impressive show
,rfor its visitors, gave
of what it is doing, and how, and that it is a
tautly-run outfit.
The A3D heavy attack bombers are the
Navy's "big guns" at the moment, and even after
the Polaris missile is developed and operational
from submarines, they will remain an important
part of our major deterrent force.
These 70,000-pound
than 650 miles per hour, and with a range of
some 3,000 miles off of aircraft camel's, can
carry nuclear weapons
Knowing that they are ready, available, and
being operated by top-flight crews who keep in
trim with constant training, makes one leel a
little bit better about America's military strength
What's a Farmer?
In the past, the census bureau has defined a
farm as any piece of property of three or more
acres which produced $150 per year in agricul
tural products, whether sold or not.
Now, however, it must be a minimum of 10
acres, producing for sale at least $50 worth of
farm products per year, or, if less than 10 acres,
producing for sale $150 worth of products per
year.
It is estimated that this change in definition
has simply wiped, out about 400,000 "farms" in
this countiy. And this is one phase only of the
"farm problem." E. A. . .
Base
.
as transports, and others,
circle of defense.
the one land area where
actual bombing runs,
of combat training are
concerned, at the mo-
it, instead, as the site
both sides of the argu
attempt to assess them.
heavy attack squadrons'
them a much better idea
planes, flying at more
to any part of the world
Dennis the
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'HBLLO' IF J SAY 'HUO' f&S7."
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Uninsured Drivers
To the Editor: Everyone in
the State of Oregon is re
quired by law to have public
liability and property dam
age insurance or post a bond
in case of an accident. Well,
I am one of those lucky indi
viduals that was hit by a
driver last December while
my car was parked on a Med
ford street.
The owner of the car had
her car fully covered by one
of those unreliable insurance
companies that can always
find a loophole when an acci
dent occurs.
My car was damaged in the
amount of $124,80 and after
seeing this unreliable insur
ance company's adjuster and
him advising me to have the
car fixed, I ended up by hav
ing to pay the repair bill.
Why should we all pay for
PL & PD insurance if these
unreliable insurance compan
ies can always find a way out
and not have to pay?
We were advised that it
was possible for us to have
insurance on our car covering
the uninsured drivers. Why
should we have to pay that
extra premium? Let's all just
be uninsured drivers.
This doesn't apply to reput
able insurance companies.
Margaret Mayfield,
358 Wilson rd.,
Central Point, Ore.
Not Deserted, After All
To the Editor: After reading
my letter in the Tribune, I
felt it was full of self-pity.
The word "deserted" is what
made me stop and think. Am
I really deserted? No I'm not,
because I have the best in
laws I could ask for. They
took me in as if I was their
own daughter, helped as much
as they could. My sister and
brother-in-law help with tak
ing care of my child, let me
use their TV set.
The welfare board, with
their aid to me and the won
derful counseling by Mrs.
Gheretson and her kindness
and understanding to me.
I realize now I must learn
to count my blessings and be
thankful for what I have.
If I had taken the time to
understand my talk with the
district attorney, I would have
realized I'm not the only one
in this situation. I know now
that they do all they can and
I'm grateful.
As for hiring a detective,
even a moderate price is out
of my reach. I want to thank
the Central Point person for
her advice.
Please withhold my name,
but don't use "deserted" moth
er, but a wiser mother.
Your printing my letter has
done more good than you can
realize. Thank you.
(Name on file)
Ashland.
Yust Barely
To the Editor: When I was
going to grade school in
Placerville, Colo., all the
kids had a burro to ride to
school. I had the laziest burro
in all of Colorado, he wuz so
lazy I 'had to hold hay in
front of him to keep him mov
ing, and then sometimes he
wouldn't move. I always ran
up the steps of the one-room
schoolhouse all out of breath,
just as the Teacher wuz tink
ling the bell for the last
round-up.
"Why don't you start to
school sooner and get here
under the wire?" she would
ask me.
"If Aye start sooner, Aye
yust run out of hay sooner,"
I told her.
When we arrived in south
ern Oregon and I started to
high school in Ashland, I did
the same thing with my Brush
automobile. I'd run up the
steps of the high school aU
out of breath, just as the
Teacher, wuz buzzin' the buz
Menace
" C
zer for the last round-up.
Always the same question
"Why don't I start to school
sooner?"
Aye get up at 5 a.m., yust
when I'm startin' to sleep and
Aye put the teakettle on the
stove. Aye go out to the barn,
Aye remove the spark plug
and Aye crank the car for
an hour at 300 r.p.m.'s to get
the oil circulating. Aye yust
take 15 minutes for pancake
break, and pour boiling water
over the engine. Aye put car
in reverse or low gear, it yust
make car start easier. If car
goes through back end of
barn, Aye catch it in the cow
pasture. If it goes through the
front door, Aye catch it in the
neighbor's Cower garden, pa
tio or barbecue pit. Aye have
whole hat full excuses for not
getting to school sooner. Aye
yust got run over with Brush
car, Aye run out of gas, Aye
had to dig car out of sewer
ditch. Aye get ticket for
blocking horses on highway
and Aye yust break arm
cranking Brush car.
Aye yust barely got
through high school.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
They Are Grateful
To the Editor, and to our
friends and neighbors:
We have taken this means
to thank each and every one
of you, many of whom we do
not know, as you gave direct
ly to Mr. and Mrs.. George
Redhead, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Travis, who spent many hours
in contacting you.
We fail to find words to
express our appreciation for
the many wonderful things
you have done and are doing
for us in the time of our need.
With our very sincere and
warmest wishes.
John and Betty Deter
Lelah Mae, Carol and Billy,
Koute 2, Box 113
Jacksonville, Ore.
Editor's note: The Deter
family lost their home in the
Applegate valley due to a fire
last week.
Our Hermit Complex
To the Editor: In reference
to your letter in yesterday's
Register-Guard (Editor's note:
a reprinted editorial concern
ing the proposed Crater Lake
chair life), what is the matter
with all of you so-called Her
mit Complex newspapers? -
Oregon is nothing but load
ed with the wilds. We've lived
here for 15 years and have
been reading editors' letters
and also letters from those
uninformed Crank. So sense
less. Has made our blood
pressure sky rocket.
- Here we sit with thousands
of acres of natural beauty and
then come up with some of
the most idiotic ways and
means of luring tourists to
this state. The groundwork is
all in, so the improvement is
that much easier. More power
to Charlie Porter and his
kind. He has been out of the
state, that's the reason why.
Mrs. Gertrude Wendel
3366 Donald
Eugene, Ore.
"Vain Habits"
To the Editor: "Reflections
on Complexions" provoked
criticisms.
Asking clemency of readers,
let me take note of the first
only: Mrs. Casey refers to
words spoken by God in 1st
Samuel 16.7, "For man look
eth on . the outward appear
ance, but the Lord looketh on
the heart." Considering this
text in connection with the
story, you will find that the
words were uttered on an im
portant occasion, the selection
of a king from one' man's
eight sons.
The first was imposing; an
attractive countenance, arid
tall in stature."- Samuelr.;the
Trujillo Finding Subjects Increasingly
Difficult To Control; Unrest Mounting
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
In this year 30 of the era
of Truijillo, the Dominican
"benefactor" is finding his
subjects i n -c
r e a s i n gly
difficult to
control.
A pparently
a u thenticated
reports from
the republic
which shares
the island of
H i s p a n iola
with Haiti
Phil Newsom
say that to maintain his iron
firsted rule Generalissimo Ra
fael Leonidas Trujillo Molina
has jailed at least 1,500 bus
iness and professional men,
and that the figure may run
into thousands. .
This past year has been a
trying time for Trujillo, and
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
HIGH PRICE
Washington Uncle Sam as
we used to know him, the very
tall old man in the striped
breeches who
t was a symDoi
I of unquestion
I ed leadership
in inis nemis
j phere, does
noi exisi any
more.
In all the
years past, the
United States
was many
things to the Latin Americans,
It was liked at one time and
it was hated at another time
But always its power was un
questioned. And this, too, at
least, was certain: the Yankee
"colossls of the North" ran
prophet, in charge of the coro
nation said, . "Surely the
Lord's anointed is before
him," but the Lord who look
ed at that son's heart said, "I
have refused him."
Six more sons with "weak
hearts", were, refused. God
chose the eighth, "David
a man after mine own heart,
which shall fulfill all my
wiU."-Acts 13.22. He was
keeping sheep. He was
brought. "He was ruddy, and
withal of a beautiful coun
tenance, and goodly to look
to. And the Lord said, Arise,
anoint him: for this is he."
With a ruddy and beautiful
countenance and a true heart,
God chose him king.
Mrs. Casey's inference in
this quote is that even though
God beholds deceitful make
up, He simply winks at that
especially if it is "just
touch," and looks deeper to
find a white heart. God knew
before the U.S.; health depart
ment that coal tar dyes are
cancer-producing, but God is
so lenient and kind that He
wants His children to come
home sooner in dying by can
cer, and simply winks at the
suicide agent they swallow,
and still sees their white
hearts! Are Mrs. Casey's rea
sonings logical?
Said Mrs. Casey, "We even
paint buildings to improve
their appearance." Admitted,
we paint many things that
are "graven by art and man s
device" to make them beauti
ful. In that we do as God
does when He paints flowers
and leaves; but humans are
not "graven by art and man's
device." (This expression in
Acts 17.29).
God gave David a ruddy
and beautiful countenance by
His own ordained manner,
namely, red blood bene -.th the
surface; but pitiably women
require lipstick and rogue to
have a ruddy and beautiful
countenance - or so says" Mrs.
Casey. v
How gullible we become in
defense of our acquired and
vain habits!
H. R. Bulman
Route 4, Box 316 A
Medford.
Old Trails
To the Editor: One early
day -incident of the three di
mensional Siskiyou range
leads to another historical
fact that is etched in stone.
A long - time resident of
Oregon recently related to
me that while on a hunting
expedition years ago in the
vicinity of the Blue ledge cop
per mine, he found imprints
of the old 1852 miners pack
trail leading from Redding,
Calif., over the Siskiyou
range to Jacksonville. Our
friend added that parts of the
remaining trail had evidently
been chisled out of solid rock
and probably would be im
printed there as long as the
mountains remain intact.
Another lesser mentioned
trail led from Savage creek
over the ridges of the Rogue
river mountains to Jackson
ville, the nearest trading post
then to the settlers who lived
.along the . river on donation
land claims. Some oi tne set
tlers rode horseback and some
walked over.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st. -'
Medford.
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William S.
White
the extent of his crackdown
on possible opposition forces
indicates he now faces the
greatest threat yet to his rule.
Avoids Publicity
Last June the government
announced it had crushed a
Cuban- supported invasion
force.
The Dominican government
does not like the bright light
of publicity to shine on its in
ternal workings and the true
details of the reported inva
sion were difficult to learn.
But there seems to have been
some kind of action, the first
of any size against Trujillo in
many years.
The present unrest is said
not to spring from any one
source, and therefore lacks
force unless it obtains leader
ship, and, possibly, help from
dissident officers inside Tru
jillo's army.
S. WHITE
things in this part of the
world. And that was that.
Fidel Castro, the new dic
tator of Cuba, is now demon
strating how far away we
have got from those old and
simple days. The welcome he
is giving to a Soviet Russian
visitor. Deputy Premier An
astas I, Mikoyan. is one of
the most extraordinary epi
sodes in the history of this
hemisphere. It is amazing,
indeed, that it has stirred so
little challenging interest in
United States.
TfOR as Mikoyan strides over
the island of Cuba he sym
bolizes, for good or for ill,
the end of a long era. It was
an era in which the Pan
American world was, at bot
tom, strictly the world o' the
unnea states. Fernaps we
were wrong sometimes in our
dealings with our neighbors
to the south. Perhaps there
was some justice to the com
plaints of "Yankee imperial
ism'? and of "dollar diploma
cy.
.out even n ail tnis were
true mere was also this: we
led two continents and a sub
continent much as the British
in an earlier time had led
most of the rest of the world.
And on the whole and in the
end we did more good, sure
ly, than harm to the other
powers on this side of the
earth. Always we stood re
sponsible for them, in the bad
times as in the good. They
owe us something, if only in
memory. For it was Yankee
American money and it was
Yankee American effort and
knowledge that drove away
the pestilences and opened
economic opportunity to what
would otherwise have remain
ed for the most part a vast,
submerged area of living in
something very close to
squalor.
.
fPHAT Mikoyan can now
come and impudently fish
for trouble for us in what
used to be the strictly Ameri
can lake of the . Caribbean is
a strange and disturbing thing
to those who remember the
past. It is a sharply nostalgic
illustration of the little-con
sidered fact that for us, as for
the British nearly a genera
tion age, an hour of twilight
change has now come
We are, rightly or wrongly,
no longer the "colossus of the
North." A few years ago
when the British retired at
last from India the papers
printed a picture of the last
British troop ship ever to
leave Bombay. Our last troop
ship the last vestige and sym
bol, that is, of our erstwhile
headship m this hemisphere
has now left Havana.
The reasons for all this, of
course, are many and compli
cated. The world itself has
changed. The days of any
kind of "colonialism," how
ever bland and in many ways
actually beneficial to the
colonialized, have gone for
ever. The United States has
joined most of the rest of the
world in a search for accom
modations and easement in
the cold war.
.
SO WE allow Castro to run
loose and free and menac
ingly irresponsible in a coun
try we have always kept alive
economically and still do.
We allow the alien lodger,
Mikoyan - and quite possibly
a sinister lodger - to take
rooms-in the house of a man
who clearly is no friend of
ours.
It used to be said that the
United States would permit
no foreign encroachments in
this hemisphere. This can be
said no longer. For Castro and
his house guest, Mikoyan, are
thumbing their noses at us
across a few miles of water i
from our southern coastline.
' When you set out to end a
cold war you pay many prices.
And the price we are paying
in Cuba where determined
ly we refuse to retaliate to
the most extraordinary insults
of this whole new era is a
high price indeed.
(Copyright. 1960, by United
Ftalure SxndiiaiJInc.) :
Its extent first was dis
closed in a pastoral letter pre
pared by six Roman Catholic
bishops of the Dominican Re
public. It said that "many
families" were bereaved by
the arrests of their loved ones,
and that the church must de
fend the rights of individuals.
The Organization of Ameri
can States is looking into the
situation but would find ac
tion difficult unless it can be
declared a threat to hemis
pheric peace.
At the age of 67, Trujillo is
alert, vigorous and corseted-
Matter of Fact
"THIS VERY REASON"
Washington - "I am of the
belief that if you could have
ban on all (nuclear
tests) tesUng
that every
body could
have confi
d e n c e in, it
j would be a
very, very
fine thing to
stop this, for
this very rea
son, if no oth-
joseph alsop er: It is a
very expensive business, to
begin with. The very first
bomb we produced I think
cost America $2,000,000,000
or more before we ever, ever
had the very first one. And
since that time I don't believe
that our-although you'd have
to look this up-but I think our
appropriations have never
been below $2,000,000,000 a
year. So it is an expensive
business."
These historic words, utter
ed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
last week, afford a clearer
glimpse of the inner workings
of the President's mind than
has ever before been allowed,
INHERE ARE, after all, many
different kinds of excellent
reasons for seeking an effec
tive ban on nuclear, tests
There are world political rea
sons, strategic reasons, moral
and biological reasons. But
the President spontaneously,
unhesitatingly chose a reason
never before suggested in pub
lic. A test ban, he indicated
would permit him to cut the
budget of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Surely this singular choice
of reasons for a high policy
decision of truly immeasure-
able import, reveals a mind
gripped by one idea to the
point of total obsession. Sure
ly it shows a man driven by
a single purpose almost to the
point of mania
The President's unnoticed
remarks at his press confer
ence can properly be called
historic, in turn, because they
explain so much that is other
wise in explicable. If you
think about a nuclear test ban
primarily in terms of possible
budget cuts, how do you think
about a missile gap? You
think about it, the answer
seems to be, primarily in
terms of the threat to the
budget, and hardly at all in
terms of the threat to the Uni
ted States.
IF YOU are President, more
over, and these are your
passionately enforced priori
ties, you are not alone in
thinking in this peculiar way.
Your viewpoint is reflected
downwards, through echelon
after echelon, from the Cabi
net level, to the level of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as
far as the lowest level of the
government's "Indians." "Will
it cost too much to do this? is
the first question everyone
asks. Only as an afterthought
does anyone inquire: "Will it
be dangerous not to do this?"
In this administration, uni
formity of viewpoint, is vir
tually enforced. , Independent
minded persons who do not
take their viewpoint, ready-
now a
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the latter to disguise the ef
fects of years of good living.
Elevator shoes add to his na
tural height of about five-feet-eight
inches. A
It was in 1930 that Trujillo
took a backward, bankrupt
country and built it to its
present outward signs of pro
gress and prosperity, good
roads, hospitals, pure drink.-'
ing water.
As a reward for Ins efforts,
the dictator bestowed upon,
himself the title of "benefac
tor" and uses it on all his of
ficial documents.
By Joseph Alsop
made, from the White House
have always been condemned
to non-team-players. Soon or
late, they have always met
the fate of General Gavin.
General Ridgeway, and Gen
eral Maxwell D. Taylor.
Wholly honorable and intel
ligent men may also lack the
self-confidence to pit their
udgment against the Presi-.
dent's or to argue military
facts with him. Here, no
doubt, is tlie explanation of
officials like Secretary of De
fense Thomas Gates; although
it is not the explanation of
some of the Eisenhower-era
chiefs of staff, who have time-
served at the Pentagon in
happy preparation for richer
careers as lobbyists.
TO THE ordinary American,
thfs mav span harri
things to say. But they are,
necessary things to say; and
they are literally true too.
Anyone can see their truth,:
who weighs the astonishing
implications of the Eisenhow
er remarks above-quoted. In
blunt words, the struggle to
keep a grip on the budget has
all but caused the Administra
tion to lose its grip on the
hard realities of the ugly
world we live in.
To be sure, there are other
ways to attain the necessary
purpose of a balanced budget.
Taxes can be raised. Non-defense
outlays, which- have
grown luxuriously in recent
years, can be cut again der
spite their high political volt
age. But these other ways are
ruled out by the President
himself. Thus the whole
struggle to keep a grip on the
budget is transformed into a
struggle to prune the defense
budget. Under this relentless
pressure, the loss of grip on
non-budgetary defense reali
ties inevitably occurs.
Maybe what amounts to an
attempt to psychoanalyze the
vast, amorphous organism of
the American government
will seem pretentious and un
justifiable. But the political
reporter's task is to make the
government comprehensib 1 e.
And at present, the American
government is simply and tor
tally incomprehensible, unless
you first comprehend the
obsessive power of the view
point the President revealed
in his reason for a nuclear
test ban.
(c) 1960. New York Herald c
Tribune Inc.
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