MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
A Thursday, March 10, 1960
Jaycee President
To Speak Tonight
Orval W. Corbett Jr.,
Burns; Oregon Junior Cham
ber of Commerce president
will speak at a dinner at
Kim's restaurant at 7 o'clock
this evening, Medford Jaycee
President Larry Allen has an
nounced. Corbett will discuss the im
portance of the Jaycee move
ment in giving leadership
training to a community's
young men.
Also planning to attend will
be Jack Spindle, Jaycee na
tional director from Rose
burg, Glenn Nelson, state vice
president from Eagle Point
and Jaycees from Eagle Point,
Central Point and Ashland as
well as Medford.
Tidewater Dealers
Plan Meeting Here
Tidewater Oil company
dealers and distributors for
Jackson, Josephine and Lake
counties will be honored at a
dinner Monday, March 14, at
7 p.m. at the Medford hotel,
according to W. J. Jacobson,
Medford, area supervisor.
Two representatives from
the company's Los Angeles
home office will attend as
well as W. C. Groppenbacker,
retail sales supervisor, and G.
A. Hill, Oregon district man
ager, both Portland.
The sales objectives and ad
vertising program for 1960
for the company will be outlined.
'By the Numbers!' West
Sees Capitol Potentialities
By DICK WEST I doesn t read right, it s not my
Washington-dJPU-I think the fau"- Mv typewriter can't
nation owes a debt of grati
tude to Sen. Thomas E. Mar
tin (R-Iowl)
for inserting
into the Con
gressional rec
ord an article
on "Military
Trans'ingua
I am refer-
ring to the
danger
that the U.S.
armed forces,
Tift
Dick West
following the example being
set by their leaders in the
Pentagon, will destroy the
English language. They al
ready have made a big dent
in it.
"Translingua," which is be
ing developed at the Univer
sity of Iowa, may prevent
this catastrophe. It would pro
vide the military with a nu
merical vocabulary in which
words would be replaced by
numbers.
Would Eliminate Translation
Its purpose would be to en
able allied military command
ers who don't speak the same
language to communicate
with each other without hav
ing to translate.
For example, the following
Translingua message might
come in from the battlefront:
"18.201 - 1.778:5 - 19,500:5 -
1.432:18-212-5.628."
A West German general
commanding one end of the
line would immediately know
that "Der feind griff die stadt
uberraschend van suden an
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At the same time, an Ameri
can commander a I the other
end of the line would know
that "The enemy attached the
city surprisingly from the
south."
At this point, somebody pre
sumably would put together
a set of Translingua numbers
meaning "retreat!"
Suggests Congressional Use
This is all very well, but 1
have in mind an even better
use for Translingua. Under
my plan, it would be used by
the Pentagon to communicate
with Congress. Specifically, it
would enable defense offi
cials to testify before congres
sional committees without re
ducing basic English to se
mantical shambles.
Suppose a certain missile
were being redesigned to
make it more sturdy. The
.Pentagon witness would no
longer have to say that the
missle was being "phased in
for ruggedization." He could
merely say "7.312:4-1.162"
give or take a couple of deci
mal point s and everyone
would understand.
Nor would he have to sav
that a certain company was
getting 10 per cent of a de
fense contract "moneywise
and aircraftwise." Something
like "5.777-7.4-11-41" would
suffice.
, As you can see, Translinqua
can rescue the mother tongue
from being "undefinitized,"
"deobligated" "encapsulated"
and otherwise ground down
by Pentagon patois.
So get your gobbledygook
ing hands off our language,
boys, and say it by' the
numbers.
Dalai Lama Said
Preparing for
Return To Home
New Delhi -0JPD- The Dalai
Lama declared today that he
and his thousands of refugee-
followers had not forgotten
the "fight of Tibet" and were
preparing for a return to the
Communist - conquered coun
try.
The declaration, issued at
the God - king's temporary
place of exile at Mussoorie,
marked the first anniversary
of the Tibetan "independence"
proclamation - a call to action
that brought instant and
bloody retaliation from Chi
nese Communist troops.
Asked To Remember
The Dalai Lama asked in
the name of the "conscience
of the world," that the "ruth
less brutality" of the Chinese
not be allowed to slip from
people's minds by the passage
of time.
On March 10, 1959, "the
Tibetan people denounced the
forcible occupation of Tibet
and re-proclaimed their inde
pendence," the Dalai Lama
said.
Since that time, he added,
the communists had excused
their crushing of the freedom
fight movement and continu
ing oppression of Tibetans by
saying such steps were neces
sary to help bring "progress
and reforms."
"Even conceding the back
wardness of Tibet, I want to
ask if forcible occupation and
ruthless brutality" are to be
condoned in the name of
"progress," the Lama said.
'Reforms' Listed
As to the Communist "re
forms," he said they consisted
of "a denial of religion, the
herding of people into so
called communes, a breakup
of the family by separating
husband from wife and chil
dren from parents.
"If progress must be cast
in this pattern, I pray that
Tibet may be spared this
progress," he said.
It was on March 31, 1959,
that the Dalai Lama, accom
panied by 80 followers, first
entered Indian territory after
fleeing from his besieged cap
ital of Lhasa.
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Published Lectures
To Be Exhibited
Eugene - A series of three
Oregon centennial lectures,
delivered on the University of
Oregon campus in the spring
of 1959 by members of the
university faculty and pub
lished by the university, have
been accepted for exhibition
in Western Books 1960.
The exhibition, sponsored
by the Rounce and Coffin club
of Los Angeles, includes 25
books selected by a jury of
authorities on printing and
publishing as the best ex
amples of book design and
production printed in the
states west of the Rockies
during 1959.
The University of Oregon
entry, three pamphlets in an
attractively designed package,
includes: "Philosophy in
Shakespeare" by Bertram E.
Jessup, professor of philoso
phy; "Mathematics: A House
Built on Sand?" by Ivan Niv
en, professor of mathematics;
and "America's Stake in For
eign investment" by Ray
mond F. Mikesell, W. E. Mi
ner, professor of economics.
NOTED PIANIST DIES
Boston-fljPB-Mrs; Mary Pot
vin Betz, 97, noted 19th Cen
tury pianist who had perform
ed before such figures as
Queen Victoria, U.S. Presi
dent Ulysses S. Grant and
John D. Rockefeller, died
Wednesday.
Rep. Powell Tax
Evasion Hearing
Gets Under Way
New York-(UPD-Rep. Adam
Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.) and
his wife, pianist Hazel Scott,
have been pictured as a fam
ily with two homes, three cars
and an income in 1951 of $70,-
000 but paying only $1,000 in
income taxes.
The government will begin
its case to prove tax evasion
charges against Powell today
in U. S. District Court. Powell
is on trial on three counts of
income tax evasion.
Goes Beyond Charges .
Morton S. Robson, chief as
sistant United States attorney,
went far beyond the charges
outlined in the indictment of
Powell yesterday in his open
ing statements.
Powell specifically is ac
cused of evading $3,063 in
taxes on income of $160,000
for 1951 and 1952. Powell and
his wife in joint and separate
returns paid $1,700 during the
two years.
Aided by Secretary ,
But Robson said he would
prove frauds of far great
er magnitude" than those
charged..
Powell, a Democratic lead
er in Harlem and pastor of
the Abyssinian Baptist Church
was aided in preparing his tax
returns by his secretary, Hat
tie Dodson, who was convict
ed in 1956 of tax evasion. She
was sentenced to a seven
month jail term.
Washington Laws
On Marriage
Rapped by Judge
Portland-(lIPD-Circuit Judge
Virgil Langtry Wednesday
blasted the marriage laws of
the state of Washington in a
decision involving the divorce
of a young couple.
Four children were in
volved in the marriage and
Judge Langtry temporarily re
solved the strife by granting
a divorce to the husband giv
ing him custody of the young
est child who was offered for
adoption by the mother and
the mother the custody of the
other three children.
Easily Thwarted Laws
Judge Langtry said the
parties were married when
the mother was 16 and the
father 18 against the wishes
of their parents.
He said they found the easy
"and easily thwarted marriage
laws of Washington" a con
venience for consummating
an unwise marriage. !
He said that even though
the parents opposed the mar
riage the children were able
to get a friend to falsify a
consent so the couple could
get married in Washington.
"The dreary results of such
action are commonplace in
the divorce courts of Ore
gon," he said. "If these peo
ple, when they were children,
had had an opportunity to
mature as they should have,
they could probably have
found stable marriages and a
good life, which in large mea
sure are now foreclosed to
them and perhaps even
their children."
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SNOW SCULPTURE Recent heavy snows
in the midwest rather late in the season
inspired snow scultptress Jerrie White, a
high school senior at Belleville, 111., to direct
her handiwork toward thoughts of Easter.
This family of Easter snow bunnies attract
ed Nancy, 4, left, and Michael Stock, 6, to
bring their baskets. Jerries boxer dag stands
guard against vandals.
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Short Succeeds
Agriculture Head
Salem The retirement of
Oregon Agriculture Director
Frank McKennon and the ap
pointment of James F. Short,
Salem, to succeed him was
announced Wednesday.
McKennon, 70, a Democrat,
has been director since Jan.
12, 1959. The retirement is
effective April 1.
Short, 57, a Republican, is
a former state director of ag
riculture, serving under the
late former Gov. Paul Pater
son in 1954.
Of McKennon, Gov. Mark
Hatfield said "his has been a
most able administration and
I appreciate his taking on the
heavy burdens particularly at
a time so near his own retire
ment . . . "'
Hatfield said he was de
lighted that Short "has re
sponded to a call to return
to the department he headed
several years ago."
Finch-Tregoff
Jury Delay Gives
Rise To Rumors
Los Angeles-IUPD-The Finch
Tregoff murder trial jury re
mained out for the sixth day
today to deliberate the life or
death fate of the accused cou
ple. It was obvious the panel of
seven women and five men
was finding it difficult to
agree on the guilt or inno
cence of Dr. R. Bernard Finch,
42, and his red-haired para
mour Carole Tregoff, 23.
Stories Considered
The conflicting stories told
by the defense and the prose
cution about the gunshot slay
ing of the handsome physic-
lans wife, Barbara Jean, Si,
last July 18 were being given
time-consuming consideration
by the jurors.
The tense hours of waiting
while the jury deliberates
have given rise to scores of
rumors around the court news
room concerning the progress
of the jurors' discussions.
One New York newspaper
woman said the jury was di
vided with 10 voting for sec
ond degree murder and 2 for
first degree murder against
Finch. But a defense attorney
said it was his opinion the vote
was just the opposite-10 for
conviction of first degree mur
der and 2 for second.
11 Said for Conviction
A Los Angeles newspaper
reported 11 of the jurors were
for convicting Finch and were
being blocked by a lone juror.
The one dissenting juror was
responsible for causing the
court to spend two days in
reading Finch's testimony
shortly after getting the case
last Friday, reported the pa
per. , In short, there was consid
erable speculation about what
was happening in the jury
room and the consensus was
that no one knows for sure.
Simpson Trial
Date Set April 19
San Francisco - OJPB - The
anti-trust suit filed by the
Federal Trade Commission
against Simpson Timber Com
pany will go to trial on April
19, according to Examiner
Walter Johnson.
He said th etrial would be
held in both San Francisco
and Eureka, where a large
number of government wit
nesses are located. The an
nouncement came after a
two-day pre-trial conference.
The government filed the
suit on grounds that Simp
son's acquisition of the M & M
Woodworking Company Of
Portland, Ore., was deterimen
tal to competition.
It charged the purchase of
M & " M's 10 woodworking
plants eliminated an inde
pendent competitor and one
possible market for other
lumber producers.
Nilsen Files for
Demo Convention
Salem - (UPD - Oregon Labor
Commissioner Normari O. Nil
sen filed Wednesday as a can'
didate for at large delegate to
the Democratic national con
vention. He heads the Oregon
campaign for Sen. Hubert
Humphrey (D-Minn.) for presi
dent. Other filings:
Paul Fiilinger, Portland Re
publican, for state representa
tive, 7th district, west subdis
trict. -
E. L. Mikesell, Grants ass
Republican, Josephine eeuaty
district attorney.
Warren Albright, Madras
Republican, Jefferson county
district attorney.
Herman Oliver, John Day,
delegate to the GOt national
convention.
Lyons, France (UPD Police
held 13 Algerian Moselms for
questioning today in connec
tion with the derailment of
the Paris-Riviera express near
here. Twelve persons were In
jured, four of them seriously,
In the accident Wednesday.
Police said expert sabotage
caused it.
Scolding Mother
Slain by Son
Anaheim, Calif . -0!PD-A 31-year-old
man told police he
shot and killed his widowed
mother "because she scolded
me."
Rufus Gordon, a former
state mental hospital inmate,
admitted he fatally wounded
Mrs. Maggie Mae Holyoke, 57,
as she fled yesterday from
their home. Gordon told po
lice he fired four shots from
a .38-caliber revolver at her
when she jumped from a win
dow of their home and a fifth
shot point-blank into the back
of her head when she stum
bled and fell.
Godron was booked on sus
picion of murder. He was Mrs.
Holyoke's son by a previous
marriage.
Fairview Home
Escapees Nabbed
Salem - (UPD - Five inmates
of the Fairview home secur
ity unit here who escaped
through a laundry chute
Wednesday were taken into
custody later in the day.
Four of them were appre
hended after about an hour's
freedom southeast of Salem.
The fifth man was caught near
the city near the intersection
of the Santiam junction and
Salem bypass.
Damage 53 filed
In Circuiftgtrt
Robert E. Nail, ?81 South
Pacific highly, seeking
$70,000 in gerrral Ismages
from G. LeRof atMus, 122
North First st., Talent, as a
result of an accifW" oi High
way 99, a mile north of Phoe
nix, Jan. 17, 1959, according
to a complaiift in Jackson
county circuit court.
Nail alleges hsj tbs seri
ously injured Vhan his pick
up truck and a vahiclO driven
by Straus collided.
Special damages covering
his medical and hospital ex
penses are to be figured out
later, according to the com
plaint. To date these expenses
amount to about $1,000, Nail
charges. Also, he estimates he
has lost about $8,000 in wages
and income to date and will
lose more in the future.
SPAAK'S MOTHER DIES
Brussels -(UPD- Mrs. Marie
Spaak-Johnson, 86, mother of
NATO Secretary - General
Paul-Henri Spaak and a form
er Belgian senator, died here
Tuesday.
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