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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1960)
Paar Agrees To Return To Show New York -UP&- Jack Paar has agreed to return to his late night television show Monday, March 7, the Nation al Broadcasting Company has announced. The agreement was reached at a Florida conference be tween Paar and NBC's two top executives, President Rob ert E. Kintner and Board Chairman Robert Sarnoff. Thus apparently ended one of the most widely' viewed spats in entertainment his tory. Paar walked off his pro gram in front of viewers across the country Thursday night in a tearful protest at the manner in which NBC had censored a questionable joke from his previous night's pro gram. POPULATION HUB Buenos Aires - One-fourth of Argentina's population is in the Buenos Aires area. The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual ase history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt wi b by responsible agencies and counselors. I love variety that's why I insist on Vtttc$5 Made to pamper your cat ...there not just flavors they're the real thing. IWER ' MEAT K1PI1EY WE AT CIUCKEU MEATY MIX CHOPPED FISH (6 ot. cons Mrs. F. H.-She must learn learn to play dumb. Joanne H.-The heck with it -I'll be an old maid. Mrs. F. H.-I am very much concerned about my daughter Joanne, who is 24, a college graduate and career gal with no social life whatever. Joanne could be an attrac tive girl if she paid a little more attention to her clothes and makeup, but she says she doesn't like to bother with things like that. She has a good job and could afford to take her vacations at fine ho tels where she would meet interesting men, but she pre fers to stay home and read and put her money in the stock market. All my friends tell me that Joanne is just too smart for her own good. She was al ways first in her class and scared off all the boys. I can't convince her that a smart girl must know when to play dumb. Joanne H.-AU my life my mother and various idiot girl friends have been trying to convince me that I ought to play dumb. Well, if I have to part with my mind in order to capture a man, the heck with it. I'll be an old maid. My mother keeps bothering me about my social life, but she doesn't realize that I have a much better time when I am home reading than when I am out with some stupid man who thinks nuclear fis sion means fishing for some new kind of fish. I feel that I can have quite a full life without marriage, if necessary- I love my job. I'm making good money enough to put away a nice nest egg for my old age. I enjoy sports and reading and have a few very intelligent women friends. The Council: We believe that the popularly held idea that men do not like brainy women is completely false and has been proven so by countless brilliant women through the ages. These worn- j en excited at least as much male response with their in teresting minds as they did with their feminine charms. There has, however, always been the type of woman who has used her mind to slug men. This type of woman dis likes and fears men. Without the advantages of education such a woman might fight men off by a surly personality or gruff, masculine manner isms. She will not permit a man to like her as a feminine human being. . It is true that an unedu cated man will flee from a woman (or anyone else) who insists upon talking to him in six-syllable words with con cepts about which he knows nothing. This, however, isn't a sexual question. It's a mat ter of survival. Non-eggheads have a right to live too. Ordi nary good manners should prevent anyone from stuffing erudite information down the throats of another individual who has no desire to swallow. What puzzles us about Jo anne's case is why a girl of her accomplishments is forced to discuss nuclear fission with a man who doesn't dig it. Can it be that she is avoiding men who have her own interests and background? Can it be that she is afraid to put that super-I.Q. against a clever man? Or does she pronounce a man "stupid" for little or no reason-and then give him no opportunity to reveal what is in him? The human population is growing nicely without Jo anne's assistance so we won't try to persuade her not to be an old maid if that is what she really wants. But if she eventually begins to feel that her life is lonely and empty, we think that she should be aware her surplus of brains is not at fault, but rather her lack of heart, feminine warmth and interest in men. We don't think it's at all nec essary for women like Joanne to play dumb in order to be liked by men-but merely to give men an occasional chance to play smart. Copyright 1960, j General Features Corp.) Legal department. Court. Airport Activities Reviewed (Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of articles describing the purposes, 1959 accomplishments and 1960 plans of Medford's 18 departments, boards and commissions as they were reported at the city's Living Annual Report banquet last week. This article gives an account of the reports of the legal department, municipal court and municipal airport.) LEGAL DEPARTMENT The codification of the city's ordinances and the first jury trial were the two most outstanding activities of 1959 in which the legal department took a part, City Attorney Joel Reeder reported. utner tnan taKe part m those two events, most of the legal department's activities were of a routine nature, Reeder said. It is the responsibility of the legal department to pre pare ordinances and resolu tions, attend various meetings, render legal advice to the city council, planning commission, water commission and all de partment heads, he said. In addition, the city attor ney represents the City of Medford in the circuit, district and municipal courts. Done on Contract The new code, Reeder point ed out, was primarily done by the bureau of municipal re search on the basis of a con tract with the city, but the legal office had the primary responsibility on the city's be half, and worked as liaison be tween the various department heads of the city administra tion and the bureau. Reeder said the purpose of the codification of the city's ordinances was to place all of the substantive ordinances of the city in a single volume, thoroughly indexed and in logical order. It is important to note, he said, that the Medford code will be the substantive law of the city and not merely prima facie evidence of the law, as the individual ordinances were before. The project was a lengthy one, Reeder pointed out, be ginning m 1958. 4,000 Restaurants Prove it Every Day Boyd's Flavor Stands Up! Cup.. -After Gup... After Cup Boyd's Flavor Stands Up! More than 4,000 restaurants in the Northwest serve Boyd's Coffee day in and day out millions of cups every year. Lots of people judge a restaurant by its coffee; it has to be con sistently good. Boyd's is rich and delicious. And restaurants need coffee that stays fresh and good -tasting cup after cup, hour after hour. Boyd's does its flavor stands up. Enjoy Boyd's at heme, too. Your grocer has it for no more than the cost of regular coffee. Save Boyd's lids they're worth money to your favorite charity, church or other non-profit organization Write Boyd's for details. Boyd Coffee Company, Portland 7, Oregon .A Kfel REGULAR GRIND n I Tlie Northwest's leading restaurant coffee Serving fine restaurants ail this century The 1959 Oregon legislature enacted a bill giving the right of trial by jury to all persons prosecuted for punishable of fenses under any city charter or ordinance, and this law be came effective in Medford on Aug. 1, 1959, at which time the city adopted an ordinance which sets forth the procedure to facilitate the substantive portions of the law as enacted by the legislature, according to Reeder. Model Ordinance The city's ordinance, Reed er says, is now being prepared by the bureau of municipal re search as one of the model ordinances for other cities in the state to follow. The first jury trial under the new law was held Dec. 18 last year. This is the only jury trial held so far, he pointed out. In 1960, the major project to be undertaken by the legal department will be the re vision of the city charter. The purpose of this revision will be to delete those sec tions which are obsolete, any ambiguities that now exist and greatly streamline the contents to better facilitate the needs of "our growing city," Reeder concluded. MUNICIPAL COURT The Medford municipal judge is - appointed by the mayor with the consent and approval of the city council for a term of one year and his duties consist primarily of the (judicial and administra tion of violations of the city charter and ordinances. Municipal Judge Alan Holmes, who outlined the du ties of his office at the ban quet, is now serving his sec ond term. There are also two pro-tem judges, Dick Courtright and Don Ricketts, who serve with out cost to the city. Holmes said it is the prac tice of the court to consider public intoxication and vag rancy offenses every morning at 8 o'clock Monday through Friday and to consider viola tions of the traffic code and other ordinances at 8:30 o'clock Mondoy, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Time for Trials He added that cases in which a defendant has enter ed a plea of innocent are tried formally after traffic matters have been disposed of. Judge Holmes pointed out that a raise last year increased his salary to $3,000 a year which, he feels, is adequate in view of the time necessary to do the job. The court is served, he said, by agents of the finance office and a clerk, neither of whose duties are full time with the court. In addition to the impartial administration of the law, the court also has the job of di recting the preparation of transcripts on every motor vehicle violation to be for warded to the department of motor vehicles in Salem. Prepares Opinions The court also prepares opinions on decisions in con tested cases and transcripts on cases appealed to the circuit court. He noted that none of the 7.012 cases handled in 1959 were appealed. Because of the recent adop tion of the right to a trial by jury in municipal court, Holmes says he anticipates that a greater number of ma jor traffic offenses, particu larly driving under the in fluence and reckless driving, will be tried by juries in the court. Although there was only one jury case in 1959, he said that as more defendants be come aware of this right it is expected that more requests for the . jury trial will be made. Holmes said the court rec ommends that the city attor ney, in conjunction with the city council, give prompt con sideration to increasing the maximum penalties now limit ed to $100 by the city charter as well as include a provision for court costs. Basis for Recommendation This recommendation is based, for example, on the fact that a defendant may be arrested for driving while under the infleunce of in toxicating liquor in the city and cited into either the dis trict or municipal court, ac cording to Holmes. Upon conviction, he point ed out, the minimum fine im posed in the district court is $250 and $5 court costs to gether with the possibility of incarceration in the county jail for a maximum of one year. On the other hand, he said, on conviction in municipal court for the same offense, the maximum pentalty is $100, no court costs and a maximum incarceration of 50s day in the city jail. "The judicial inequality of treatment to the same de fendant in exactly the same circumstances needs no furth er comment," Holmes said. Another 1960 recommenda tion will be to employ a full time court clerk to handle the increasing amount of duties which must be performed, Holmes concluded. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT The capital improvements program at the Medford muni cipal airport, which was initi ated in 1951, was completed last year, G. J. Gutjahr, act ing airport manager, reported. This program, involving an investment of more than $500,000, included the con struction of the terminal build ing, the purchase of nearly 100 acres of land to insure a safe approach to the runways, the installation of high inten sity lights on the main run way, reconstruction and re surfacing of the main runway and adjacent taxiways and the fencing of a portion of the field. Gutjahr noted that the fed "al government paid 56 per cent or w ost of the pro gram. Surface Lots In addition to the comple tion of the long-range project, 1959 also saw two automobile parking lots surfaced, addi tional and improved tie-down facilities for aircraft provid ed, and landscaping in front of the terminal started, he pointed out. Gutjahr said that at the present time there are more than 40 different individuals and agencies of the federal government leasing and oc cupying various properties and facilities at the airport. He reported that as a result of the increased air activity in the Medford area, the air port gained sufficient revenue to cover all operating ex penses in 1959 in addition to paying a, portion of the out standing bond obligations. In 1960, he said, work will proceed on additional parking facilities, landscaping and plans for a new field commer cial area for which application to the federal government for financial assistance has been made. Cub Scouts Jacksonville Cub Scout Jacksonville Cub Scout met Feb. 3 at the Presbyterian church basement. The flag salute was led by Den 2. An nouncements were made by Ed Hinkle. A space skit by Den 3 was presented. A dis cussion on ways of earning money and thriftyness . was led by Warren Davis, treas urer. Awards presented were: Den 1, Bruce Huners, wolf badge; Richter Rutherford and Dell Speegle, gold arrows; Pat Owens, wolf. Den 2, Ricky and Bill Welch, wolf badges; Gary Mathney, gold and silver arrows. Den 3, Tommy Maddox, bear badge and denner; Danny Maddox, lion badge; Larry Winona, gold arrow and assistant denner. Den 4, Bill Snow and Danny Davis, bear badges; Henry James, Billy Ray King, and Bill Hinkle, silver arrows. Woodrow Davis presented the boys with their new Cub Scout cards. Refreshments were served by Den 2 and a game was played with all parents participating. AUTO DRIVERS Detroit - There are about 76 million licensed automo bile drivers in the U.S. ..my COUGH is GONE ! How About Yovrs ? For fast relief of coughs following colds or flu do as I did. Take Creomulsion Cough Syrup at once. Creo mulsion stops the tickle, soothes irritation and helps you to breathe more freely. For quick cough comfort get CREOMULSION KM COUGHS, CHEST COLDS, ACUTE MONCH'TIS Youngsters May Earn Camp Money The Young Men's Christian a s s o c i ation has announced that children may now start earning their way to Camp Diamond lake next summer. This year the future camp ers will be sell candy mints throughout the community to earn all or part of their camp fee. Youngsters are urged to start selling now. There are 12 boxes of mints to the case, and to earn a weeks camp fee, 4 cases must be sold. Last year the campers sold soap to go to camp, and many young sters earned all their way to camp for many weeks. The dates for this years camping season are July 17 to 23, July 24 to 30, and July 31 to Aug. 6. The YMCA camp will oper ate again this summer from June 13 to 18 and June 20 to 25, for all boys ages 7 and 8. Children interested in earn ing their way to camp are asked to sign up at the YMCA camp office. The office is open week days between 8:30 and 4:30 p.m. and on Satur days from 10 a.m. to noon. Parents may pick up the candy mints. All boys selling candy must have the applica tion signed by their parents. Plan to Increase il Fares Proposed Washington (DPD-Rep. Her bert Zelenko (D-N. 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