In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Because Squaw Valley is
01"y a hope, a skip and a
Jump from southern Oregon
' have followed the winter
Olympic Games of this mod
ern Olympaid with immense
interest. So, perhaps, it might
a good idea to fill in here
" backgrounds of this oldest
Ports event in the world.
pAHTHER BACK than his
tory records, some of the
people of the Greek Pelopon
nesus began to hold contests
ia foot racing. (The Pelopon
nesus is the ancient name of
the southern peninsula of
Greece.) The races were held
on the plain of Olympia, in
the state of Elis.
This festival gradually be
came an affair of national im
portance and was celebrated
by all the Greek states. In the
course of time boxing, wrestl
ing, jumping, discus throw
ing, chariot racing and other
athletic exercises were added
to the original foot race.
Those who entered the con
tests had to show a name free
from civil or personal dis
honor. Early contestants had to be
of pure Greek blood, but later,
under the rule of the Romans,
both Greeks and Romans took
part. Since Rome by then was
coming to be the master of the
world, the Olympic Games
came to include a wide range
of nationalities.
ANOTHER interesting point
is that early in their his
tory a general TRUCE was
called during the holding of
the Olympic games. The early
Greeks were a cantankerous
lot, givci to fighting among
themselves.
It was recognized that these
e i v i 1 wars weakened the
Greeks. Hence the truce while
the games were in progress.
So, it might be said, the first
Olympic Games were the first
recognition that international
cooperation is the first essen
tial of world peace.
These early Greeks also dis
covered that in CLEAN
SPORT nations can find a
common interest. That was an
interesting discovery. If you
watched the wind-up of the
Winter Olympics at Squaw
Valley Sunday, you must have
noted that sportsmen of many
nations, including Americans
and Russians, came together
in a common enterprise in
which good sportsmanship
prevailed and NO FIGHTS
BROKE OUT.
fpHE OLYMPIC games were
held every four years, and
this four - year period was
known as an Olympiad. The
first known Olympiad began
in 776 B.C., and the Greeks
dated all events from that
time. The games endured, at
four-year intervals, until A.D.
394, when the Roman emper
or Theodosius forbade them.
They vanished from history
for 1500 years, when an inter
national committee made ar
rangements to revive them
and to hold the contests every
four years in different coun
tries. The first revival was in
Paris in 1900. They were
abandoned in 1916 during
World War I and again in
1940 during World War IL
IN CONCLUSION
I suppose that, like every
one else, you have been acute
disappointed by the rather
poor showing made by Ameri
cans during the Winter Olym
pics session that has just con
cluded. We have reason to be dis
appointed and a little uneasy.
The reason lies in the history
of Ancient Greece. The an
cient Greeks were a bold and
brash people. As did we in
our early history, they tended
to model their thinking and
their actions on the motto
that the bigger they are the
harder they fall.
But
As their civilization ad
vanced, as they began to have
more and more creature com
forts, as they began to rely on
SLAVES, their fiber deteri
orated. IlfE'RE BEGINNING to rely
' ' on slaves mechanical
slaves, not human slaves. But
our mechanical slaves may be
doing for us what human
slaves did for the Ancient
Greeks. They may be weaken
ing our fiber. They may be
undermining the bold and
brash belief of our early an
cestors that THE BIGGER
THEY ARE THE HARDER
THEY FALL.
One hopes not - but history
tells us it could be true.
American Can To
Build Eugene Plant
San Francisco -(UPD- Ameri
can Can Company announced
Tuesday that a new plant oc
cupying 70,000 square feet of
floor area in Eugene will be
built by the Gale M. Roberts
company.
The Roberts construction
firm is headquartered in Eu
gene. The announcement came
from George P. Saunders, an,
American Can Company offi-
rial.
Van Rie Freed on
Charge of Killing
Chicago Divorcee
B o s t o n (UPE Handsome
Dutch radio operator Willem
Van Rie, 31, was acquitted to
day by a jury that deliberated
all night on charges that he
murdered his shipboard
paramour.
The foreman of the all
male jury returned the ver
dict in a tense courtroom aft
er more than 15 hours of de
liberation. Cleared of All Count -
Van Rie was cleared of all
counts in the death of pretty
Chicago divorcee Lynn Kauff
man, 23, whosebody was
found washed up on a Boston
Harbor island Sept. 19. That
was the day after the steamer
Utrecht left here for New
York on the final leg of a 44
day voyage from Singapore.
At a news conference short
ly after his acquittal, Van Rie
said he believed Miss Kauff
man "committed suicide. I am
convinced of it." .
Worrying for Months
. "I have been worrying and
waiting five months for this
moment and now, whisk," the
smiling Van Rie told news
men, motiomng with a wide
sweep of his arms.
Van Rie stood ramrod
straight in the prisoner's box
as the verdict was read.
Thanks Jury
Tears welling in his eyes,
he said in a trembling voice:
"I thank you members of the
jury . . ." He tried to say more
but was cut off by a court
officer.
Van Rie's wife, Nella, 31,
who came from Holland to be
with him after his arrest,
burst into tears as her hus
band was led from the court
room a free man.
Grange News Paper Production 'Court Records
Man Injured as Car
Fails to Make Curve
Gerard Paul Jones, route 2,
box 437, Gold Hill, received
slight injuries Monday eve
ning on the Ramsey Canyon
rd. when his car failed to
make a curve, state police
said.
Jones was traveling north
on Ramsey Canyon rd., about
Wz miles from Sams Valley
rd. when his car went off a
curve, hit a ditch with the left
front side of the car, then
spun around.
Jones refused medical at
tention, police said.
The power installations at
Sweden's large hydro-electric
station at Harpranget are
built in rock 250 feet below
ground.
Jackson County -
Representatives from
majority of Jackson county
Granges were in attendance
at the February meeting of
the Jackson County Grange
Festival at Central Point
Grange hall with Chairman
Victor Croxton presiding.
More definite plans were
made for the affair and com
mittees were appointe d.
Chairmen include Dee Hend
rickson, ticket salesman;
Charles Mo'orehouse, grounds;
Alva Walker, Herman Kamp
ing, and Bob Bitterling, pur
chasing; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Walker,
games; Mrs. J. A. Edge and
Mrs. Bitterling, music; Mrs.
O. T. Wilson, publicity; and
Mrs. Cassie Golding, menu.
Mrs. Golding will confer
with the home economics club
chairman of all county
granges at the county council
meeting in April.
The overall picture of the
summer affair includes a full
day of activities with a morn
ing of games and contests-for
old and young, a barbecue din
ner, and music until 5 p.m.
The evening program will be
furnished by each county
grange in a competitive order
with money prizes for the
first, second, and third place
winners as judged. It will be
held at Eagle Point. The eve
ning will close with square
dancing.
The group will meet for
thej Declared Archaic
. Salem - (UPD - Erwin D. Can-
ham, editor of the Christian
Science Monitor, said Tues
day that methods of news
paper production are now
"only slightly" different than
that of half a century ago and
! he termed this archaic and
"a scandal."
He said newspapers should
"learn to use the technologi
cal advances which have aid
ed so many other endeavors."
Canham- was here for the
National Chamber of Com
merce's "Aircade for Con
gressional Actio n," a top-
echelon discussion group on a
national 12-stop air tour.
Canham, president of the
national chamber, said that
both unions and publishers
are guilty of the slow pro
duction techniques advance.
He said that radio and tele
vision have not been a detri
ment to newspapers but have
aided them. They create in
terest for one another, he said.
About 76 per cent of all the
nation's dope addicts are
found in four states: New
York, Illinois, California and
Michigan.
further plans at Griffin Creek
in April.
Mrs. Anna Scott, the corres
ponding secretary, was in
structed to send letters of in
formation to Granges Bet
represented at the meeting.
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
1
SOMERSET MAUGHAM recalls his elation when Sir Ed
mund Gosse, dean of English critics, wrote an enthusias
tic review of Maugham's first novel, Liza of Lambeth, m
ion i. unui ne aiea some
30 years later, however,
Sir Edmund never saw
Maugham, who by now
had written Of Human
Bondage, The Moon and
Sixpence, and a half
dozen great play hits,
without patting him on
the shoulder and mur
muring, "Capital piece of
work, that Liza of Lam
beth. How smart you
were never to write any
thing else!"
Alexander Wooiicott and Somerset Maugham t
Heywood Broun, who met often at parties, hut disliked each other
thoroughly, were once fellow-celebrities at an autographing party
in a big Cleveland department store. Broun was photographed
holding a copy of Woollcott's book in his hands,
"Why don't you hold your own book?" scoffed Wooiicott.
Broun answered softly, "My books are all sold out,"
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MUNICIPAL COURT
Oliver Oring Ogle, no vehicle
registration plates displayed, $2.50.
David Ross Ryden. no operator's
license in possession. S10.
Henry Martin Dalton, improper
left turn, S5.
Raymond Allen Morton, no ve
hicle registration plates displayed,
?250.
DISTRICT COURT
Wayne M. Turpix, failure to
punch steelhead card. $30.
James W. Barnard, excessive
overhang, $15.
David W. Hunter, excessive de
clared weight, S15.
David O. Turner, failure to dim
lights, $7.50.
Ralph Li. Anderson, failure to
signal, $10.
David R. Neet, racing on high
way, $30.
William H. Krier, 203 North
Peach St., driving while license
suspended, $105.
Albert C. Johnson, failure to
stop, $10.
Raymond Anderson, parking on
highway, $7.50.
Maran M. Vanice, failure to stop,
$10.
Herb E. Russell, failure to stop,
$10.
Lloyd P. Black, no rear vision, $6.
Rosea J. Higdon, failure to stop,
$10 and $10.
Walter L. Miller, failure to yield
the right of way, $15.
CIRCUIT COURT
Jack Schiro vs. Shirley Schiro,
divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
George Wesley Rambo, Roseburg,
Ore., and Margaret Ruth Taylor,
route 1, box 233, Central Point.
The United States has
enough proven - reserves of
bituminous coal to last about
1,000 years and enough an
thracite for 250 years or more.
Other than its major prod
uct, bananas, Honduras' econ
omy depends mostly on its
lumber resources used for the
pulp and paper industry.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfor4, Of.
Wednesday, March 2, 1960
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