In Ihe Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
Up at Pullman the other
day, the director of the Wash
ington State University li
brary discovered that some
body had riped one of the
articles from a book on the
library's shelves.
Title of the article:
, "Cheating How It Can Be
Stopped."
CYNICAL guess:
The thief was more inter
ested in how cheating can be
PRACTICED than in how it
can be prevented.
FROM Los Angeles:
Actress Dolores Donlon
got a divorce from TV pro
ducer Victor Orsatti after
testifying that her husband
spurned her meals, kicked the
table and the TV set and
threw plates on the floor.
She added:
"My hubsand was preoccu
pied with his work 24 hours
a day. He was nervous and
high strung."
ANOTHER one from L.A.
Ruth Osborn, 29, a secre
tary by occupation, obtained
a default divorce from George
L. Osborn, 32. She testified
that her husband's fondness
for sleep broke up their mar
riage m less than a month.
"He wouldn't talk to me or
to my mother," she told the
judge. "He'd just fall asleep.
The day we separated, we
quarreled AND IN THE
MIDST OF THE QUARREL
HE FELL ASLEEP. When he
woke up, he packed his bags
and left."
H
MMMMMM.
Maybe the gals should
have SWAPPED HUSBANDS.
In that event, everybody
might have lived happily ever
afterward.
IN HIS South American tour,
Ike moves on from Brazil
to Argentina where, as in
Brazil, he FACES PROB
LEMS. But-
They are DIFFERENT.
BRAZIL is dancing down the
primrose . path, spending
money with both hands and
LOVING IT inflation and
all. All it wants from Uncle
Sam is MORE MONEY so that
' it can go on spending wild
and free.
Argentina had its spending
binge under Dictator Peron.
Peron's successor, President
Frondizi (pronounced Fron-DEE-see)
has had to inaugur
ate an AUSTERITY PRO
GRAM which the Argentines
just . . . don't . . . like. PER
IOD! President Frondizi wants
more money, preferably in
large bills, from Uncle Sam
so that he won't have to be
quite so austere.
It's a weird world, isn't it?
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FIRST BIRTHDAYS The long awaited day has arrived for
three Seattle youngsters as they await the signal to blow out
the candle on their first birthday cake. All were born Feb.
29, 1956, and this is their first birthday. Left to right are
Lisa Gianelli, Danny Webster and Kathy Berg.
(UPI Telephoto)
Senior Citizens
Warned Against
Swindling
Senior citizens have been
warned by the Medford
Chamber of Commerce against
swindling schemes designed
to frighten them into buying
some expensive product or
service which they neither
want nor need.
The warning was sounded
this week in a statement re
leased by Chamber Manager
Don McNeil. .
McNeil's statement men
tioned fly-by-night roof, gut
ter and chimney repairmen
whose "pride is not in their
work, but in gyping the pub
lic. The prime victims of such
swindlers are the elderly, par
ticularly widows."
Owner Frightened
These con men operate, the
statement said, by pretending
they noticed a chimney or
roof in dangerous condition
while "just happening to be
in the neighborhood." They
frighten the home owners by
telling them the chimney
may fall over or that he or
she is in danger of being
asphyxiated.
Once the homeowner is
frightened enough, McNeil
said, he or she "is usually vic
timized in two Ways. First,
the swindelr charges an exor
bitant price for whatever mi
nor repairing is done. Second,
the quality of the work done
is usually so slipshod as to re
quire further repairs by a
reputable operator." j
As an example, McNeil list-
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rlH nil
Schemes
ed a typical complaint as re
ported to the local chamber
by the National Better Busi
ness bureau:
"An elderly widow living
on social security was called
upon by a repairman who
produced a 'loose brick' and
assured her that unless her
chimney was fixed at once,
she would be asphyxiated.
'He wouldn't take no for an
answer,' she reported. He
kindly consented to drive the
widow to her . bank so she
could withdraw $110 for the
job. Later she was informed
that a fair price for the work
done would have been $35."
Relatives, attorneys, friends
and neighbors can be helpful
in protecting the elderly from
such victimization, McNeil
continued, by reminding them
of the following recommenda
tions: Sign no contracts for major
purchases or repairs without
consulting your attorney, rel
atives, friends or neighbors.
Always have an experienced,
trusted person present when
any contract is signed.
Deal with reliable business
people, not strangers. Ask the
chamber of commerce for a
report on anyone with whom
you contemplate doing busi
ness. Never let anyone rush you
into giving an order or sign
ing a contract. Take your
time to consult others.
Avoid any salesman who
attempts to frighten you into
giving an order. Reputable
business does not seek orders
by. scaring people. Consult
others about attempts to
alarm you. -
When you are in need of
major repairs, get estimates
from several firms known to
you or trusted persons as re
liable. Reputable firms are
entirely willing to give esti
mates in advance of what a
job will cost.
IO Sophomore Named
Winter Carnival Queen
Timberline Lodge-(DPD-Kay
Russell, a 20-year-old sopho
more at the University of
Oregon, was crowned queen
of the Fourth Annual Colle
giate Winter Carnival here
Saturday.
Miss Russel, a hazel-eyed
Yakima, Wash., girl, with a
wide smile, was picked from
among 14 candidates from the
Pacific Northwest.
Chief export product o f
Chile is nitrate. In World War
I Chile was neutral and sold
nitrate to both Britain and
Germany.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
WHEN IT CAMS to cussing, farmer Obediah took the cake.
People, from all over came to marvel at .his ability to
cuss for 15 minutes at a stretch without so much as taking
time out to bite off a
chaw of terbakky.
One stormy afternoon
word went around that
the brand new bakery
barn had collapsed, bury
ing Obediah's new I960
station wagon. Every
body rushed over to hear '
what promised to be a
world's record in con
tinuous profanity. The
extent of the misfortune
proved too much for him,
however. He shook his
head and announced.
"You'll have to excuse
me, folks. I just cannot cuss mnng to do justice to th
occasion." .
TV eomie had taken as ice skating between bouts, with John -Barleycorn,
and progressed to the point where he boasted about'
his figure 8s. "That's the simplest trick on ice," scoffed his pro
ducer. "Kids do it every day."
VNot the way I do it," said the comic "I make a J with one
foot and 3 with the other." -
Chessman's Chances To Escape Ninth
Rendezvous With Death Believed Slim
By ROBERT STRAND
San Francisco (DPD On
eight separate occasions,
Caryl Whittier Chessman has
dodsed a rendezvous with
death in the San Quentin gas
chamber.
. What are his chances of
escaping a ninth execution
date?
Most Californians, includ
ing Chessman but not includ
ing his attorneys, would say
the chance is zero.
His hopes rest with the
courts and the Legislature,
which will vote once again
upon the capital punishment
question sometime next
month.
A hearing before Superior
Judge John G. Barnes will be
held Wednesday in Los Ange
les to set a new date for Chess
man's execution after his
present 60-day reprieve ends.
No Jurisdiction Claimed '
District Attorney ' William
B. McKesson sought in court
Thursday to set April 18 as
the new date of execution,
immediately following the 60
day reprieve. Chessman's at
torneys, A. L. Wirin and
George Davis, opposed the pe
tition on the grounds the
court has no jurisdiction be
cause of the reprieve.
Davis said he was confi
dent another execution date
would never be set and the
convict-author would not die
'K' Laughs at
Report of Secret
Meeting With Ike
Jakarta -(OPD- Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev
laughed off questions today
about a possible secret meet
ing with President Eisenhow
er, clearly indicating that his
cocktail party remark that one
was planned had been intend
ed as a joke.
When he was asked at a 90
minute - press conference
whether he actually expected
to meet the U.S. President in
secret, he affected amaze
ment. 'Long, Pleasant Talk'
"Since the question has
been asked, I will say: Yes,
the meeting took place yester
day," he said. "President Eis
enhower flew to Indonesia,
and I had a long and pleasant
talk with him, and he left for
Washington." "
The remark brought down
the house three times - once
when it was made in Russian,
and once again in each of the
two languages into which it
was translated, English and
Indonesian.
Khrushchev also repeated
his threat that Russia would
sign a separate peace with
Communist East Germany,
setting the stage for a new
squeeze on Red - encircled
West Berlin, unless the West
gives in to Soviet demands at
the coming summit confer
ence.
He also:
-Predicted that Communist
China and "other great na
tions" eventually will take
part in summit conferences.
Said Interference
-Dismissed charges that his
efforts to force Japan to junk
its new security treaty with
the United States amounted
to interference in Japan's af
fairs. He said the treaty itself
was a form of interference in
Soviet affairs.
The press conference was
the next to last event sched
uled in a two-week tour of
Indonesia during which he
agreed to furnish $250 million
worth of Russian credits to
this country. , .
Only a farewell banquet re
mained to round out the
schedule. .
in the San Quentin gas cham
ber. But a United Press Inter
national poll has shown that
a majority of the lawmakers
in both houses are opposed to
abolishing the gas chamber.
And the courts have heard
Chessman's arguments many
times and rejected them over
and over in the 11M years
the convict-author has spent
in death row.
Chessman, who taught him
self law while a prisoner, says
he won't go , to the courts
again.
Attorneys Hold Out
His attorneys, of course,
may do so, but they pin more
hope upon the chance that the
Legislature may refuse to
settle the capital punishment
question and pass the decision
to the people themselves.
Many legislators are un
happy about having to decide
such a controversial problem,
especially in an election year.
Despite this, Gov. Edmund
By
Animals' I.Q. Ratings
Hold Soma Surprises
Some of us believe the fam
ily dog is one of the most in
telligent of the "four-foots."
This is understandable, for
usually a dog is the one ani-
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FOR RENT Completely private 1
bdrm. furn. apt. 81313 Grant.
SP 2-9919 or SP 2-8554.
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apt. Very large rms. Fireplace,
separate garage, small yard. $65.
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The Flower Garden. 343 N. Grape
FOR SALE Full set Leedy Drums.
Excellent cond. KE 5-1195.
WANTED Land levelling or road
building with D-6 cat with bull
dozer & 9 yd. carryall. 605 E.
Park. Grants Pass. GR 9-1582.
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FOR SALE Bolen Power-Pak with
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vnu BF.NT Unfurn. I - oarm,
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135 AT. & A.M. Wed.,
March 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Work in the M.M. De
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FOR SALE 1954 Cad. 4-dr., R&H,
power seats & steering. 62 series.
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4-dr R&H. Original owner. Will
trade for real estate. SP 3-1543
FOR SALE 18x36 garage to be
moved. S50. 5f 3-zaM.
rnn c a T TP c.t nf Aluminum
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40-48 Ford, st i-mii.
rvw cat. it Tnhn Tipere two-wav
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Formica & panelyte counter top'
nine Odd sizes 50c so. ft. San'
dran counter top 3 ft. widths 69c
lin. ft. Linoleum tile 9c . each.
Plastic wall tile 32c sq. ft.
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1x8 & 10" reverse board & batt
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sheathing lumber $35 per M.
4x8x'i" V grooved Mahogany
prefinished $3.52 each. 8d box
nails siu.du per Keg.
NORTON LUMBER CO.
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BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS
for sal 20e each. Mail Tribune
Offtae, as K. Fir.
G. Brown has indicated that
as far as he was concerned.
Chessman's only hope for life
lay with the Legislature.
The Governor said he was
"powerless" to take any fur
ther clemency or reprieve ac
tion for Chessman.
'Chessman Will Die
He was asked if rejection
of the measure to abolish
capital punishment will mean
that "Chessman will die."
"If the Legislature does not
act upon it, I am powerless to
do so," was his reply.
"I would say that any fur
ther reprieves merely because
of any personal feelings on
my part would be an abuse
of power."
Some of the state's law
makers have urged that the
people, not the Legislature,
should settle the matter.
Davis claims that he and
other opponents of the gas
chamber could swing a major
ity of the voters.
Davis would rely upon sup-
Small Worlds
Around Us
Lynn M. Watkins
mal with whom we have been
in close contact and we feel
the knowledge of humankind
sort of rubbed off on the dog.
This human ego in the light
of scientific knowledge has
not been entirely established.
Even though our dog "can
do everything but talk," he
seems to rate lower in intelli
gence than some of the other
animals. For some reason, the
more intelligent animals seem
to be those who have little or
nothing to do with man.
Everyone agrees the cow is
stupid, as is the sheep and the
pig. We say the goose is "sil
ly." On the other hand we
compliment the owl for being
wise, and the supposed smart
ness of the fox is a universal
fallacy. Also, we say the rab
bit is a "dumb bunny."
Fox Over-Rated
The sheep, opossum and the
ocean shark seem to compete
with one another as to which
is the dumbest. The fox, a
close relative of the dog, is
terribly over-rated. He flunks
some very simple questions
on the examination. 'Neither
the fox, dog, hare, elephant
nor the cat prove to be too
smart when the chips are
down.
We rate an animal's "smart
ness" on its power of reason
ing, or how fast or how accu
rate he can figure out a prob
lem with which he has never
before had to deal. What he
has been taught by constant
repetition may be an ability
to retain knowledge, but it is
not an indication of intelli
gence. The dividing line be
tween instinct and intelli
gence overlaps, making it dif
ficult for even the most ex
pert to determine where one
leaves off and the other be
gins. To all appearances, the
chimp is up at the head of the
class. Right alongside him is
the common raccoon. Next in
line seems to be some of the
monkey-folk. And there, too,
in the upper bracket is one
whom we feel shouldn't be in
the class at all, for he is from
"the other side of the railroad
tracks"-the common rat.
Holds His Own
Even though the teachers
try to flunk him, he holds his
place. His friend and relative,
the mouse, gave up long ago
and remains in the kindergar
ten. Given any kind of , a
chance, probably the porpoise
would also rate pretty high in
IQ. Hes about as smart as
they come. The shark, who
lives in the same ocean, is lit
tle more than a nitwit.
In the world of birds, the
diploma would probably go to
the crow or some of the par
rots. We never found a yard
stick to measure a bird's in
telligence. But one thing is sure, hu
mans do not have a corner on
the intelligence business.
Some animals perform acts
and figure out problems that
smack pretty loud of some
thing else besides dumbness.
(Released by the Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
1 -LODGE NOTICES
SPECIAL CONVOCA
TIONS of Oregon Chapter
No. 4, RAM. Jacksonville,
Tues.; March 1. Work in
MM degree. All Royal
Arch companions cordi
ally invited. Refreshments.
George Redhead. HJ.
0
Medford Bodies. Scottish
Rite, Monday, Feb. 29, 1960,
S p.m.. Conferral Eleventh
and Twelfth degrees. Re
freshments. Visiting breth
ren welcome
Fred A. Purdin. Secretary
Crater Lake Chapter
No. 32, RAM. Stated
Convocation and MM
degree work. Tues,
March 1. 8 pjn.
Covered dish dinner
6:45 p.m. Visiting
companions and la
dies welcome.
Bom Gukiton, H J.
port of church groups, psychi
atrists, penologists and Gov.
Brown in such a state-wide
battle. Davis expects to em
ploy a pro-Chessman song and
doorbell-ringers in an emo
tional, free - swinging cam
paign. E x p e r i enced guessers of
public opinion, however, are
unanimous in the belief that
at the moment, at least, a
majority of Californians favor
the gas chamber.
Chessman, 38, an habitual
criminal, was convicted of
kidnaping, robbery and sex
crimes and became a symbol
because he eluded eight death
dates and because, while he
faces the death penalty, he
did not kill anybody.
The condemned man de
scribed his situation this week
as "hopeless."
He. noted, especially, that
many California lawyers have
stated that it is the Chessman
case itself whictf makes it im
possible to abolish the. gas
chamber.
Chessman's Ability
That's because Californians
have been inflamed by Chess
man's ability to stall the pro
cesses of the courts and avoid
the penalty pronounced by a
jury.
As a result, Chessman said
thai he was composing a let
ter to Gov. Brown to discuss
ways of removing himself as
an issue from the great de
bate. Chessman has said he so
passionately hates capital
punishment that his own
death would be "a small price
to pay" for its abolition.
Suicide Considered
His remarks about the let
ter suggested that he might
ask Brown to except him from
any proposal to eliminate the
gas chamber, or that he might
urge the Governor to go
ahead and execute him.
Asked if he had ever con
sidered suicide, he replied
"yes, but I know now that
this thing has got to go
through to its resolution."
So the chance of Chessman
living a long and healthy life
seemed remote, with the
courts, the Legislature and
the electorate all offering dis
couragement for the condemn
ed man.
Yet, Californians have seen
Chessman work eight "mir
acles" before.
And for both Chessman and
the prisoner's friends, there
always could be some faint,
illogical hope however dismal
his mathematical odds may
seem.
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40,000 Hear
Billy Graham
Moshi, Tanganyika (UPB
Evangelist Billy Graham told
40,000 persons Sunday that
"Christ belongs to Africa just
as much as he belongs to any
other continent."
More than 10 times the pop
ulation of this Tanganyika
town flocked to hear Graham
on his religious crusade of
Africa.
The meeting was conducted
before the backdrop of snow
covered Mount Kilimanjaro,
Africa's tallest mountain.
Graham is on a three
month religious crusade over
the African continent.
At his rally, Graham urged
those who had never been
Christians to remain after the
meeting. More than 6,000 per
sons stayed behind to hear
Graham speak on the Chris
tian faith.
After the meeting, Graham
was introduced to 103-year-old
Samson Chakuagaro who,
in his youth, met the famous
British explorer David Liv
ingstone in Nyasaland.
Samson is now a pastor of
the Lutheran church in the
Moshi area.
Graham is to go to Kisumu,
Kenya, Tuesday.
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fruit although 500 or 600
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