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A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Of. A Monday, March 14, 1960 MEDFORBtTEIBUia "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HfgB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bus. MgrT ERIC W. ALLEN JR, Mng. Editor KARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copv 10c Daily and Sunday 1 vear $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 moa. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $450 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.E0 Carrier and Dealers copv 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire UPJ. Telephoto Newspictures MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising ReDresentative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of fices In New York, Chicago, De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta, Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAI s(pcQlTl(ojri Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 14. 1950 (Tuesday) Jackson County Grange a trrirnlture committee and county 4-H leaders associa tion go on record opposing reestablishment of county fair. Fred E. Robinson, Medford clothier, withdraws from race for Republican nomination to Senate. 20 YEARS AGO March 14, 1940 (Thursday) Judge asks both sides to file briefs after hearing testi mony in restraining order suit to halt construction of diver sion dam near Gold Hill. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Col. TouVelle of J'ville yesterday celebrated his arrival in Ohio 70 years ago." SO YEARS AGO March 14. 1930 (Friday) Southern Pacific is largest taxpayer in county with Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany second. Fire destroys Grange hall at Eagle Point. 40 YEARS AGO March 14, 1920 (Sunday) Over 500 people see "spud ding in" of Trigonia oil well at Fern valley yesterday; for mal opening to be Sunday. A foot of snow has fallen at Prospect and still snowing; heavy rains and strong winds hit valley. 50 YEARS AGO March 14. 1910 (Monday) Second greatest opera com pany in country, Lombardi Grand Opera, will perform in Medford April 5. Damper on smoke furnace at local smokehouse sticks and fire department is called. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct is superior; even or eight is excellent; five or iib is good. 1. Alenxander Hamilton died as a result of a wound; how did he receive it? 2. How many grains are in the usual aspirin tablets sold in drug stores? 3. What is the business of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation? 4. Misappropriation of funds entrusted to once's care is known as e z t? 5. If Johnny lost five mar bles to Jimmy and Jimmy lost three marbles to Bill, and Bill lost four to Johnny, how many did Johnny lose altogether? 6. Four Governors of New York State later served as President of the U. S.; name them. 7. In Spanish countries, what is a siesta? 8. If you were in London and recived a Christmas pres ent of a pair of braces, what would they be? 9. What type of U. S. naval vessels bear the names of fish? 10. In Spanish countries, what is a fiesta? Answers: 1. In duel with Aaron Burr. 2. Five. 3. Insur ance of Bank deposits. 4. Em bezzlement. 5. One. 6. Theo dore Roosevelt. F. D. Roose velt. Martin VanBuren. Grov er Cleveland. 7. A midday nap. 8. Suspenders. 9. Sub marines. 10. A holiday or festivity. NATIONAL 1IA Opposition . Not Enough The Forand bill has been in the news of late. Recently, Sen. John S. Kennedy of Massachusetts introduced a piece of legislation which has be come known as the Kennedy bill. Both have the same general purpose. Both have been greeted with cries of anguish from some groups. The Forand and Kennedy proposals are de signed to provide additional protection under health-care plans for persons over 65. Blue Cross, Blue Shield and the various commerical insurance companies have been loath to cover this age bracket in the past. - Insurance companies which have carried plans for older persons have in many cases done so only with restricted policies at consider ably higher rates than those paid by the rest of us. NE can't particularly blame insurance com- parries. As persons get older they are more susceptible to some diseases. They recover from illnesses less quickly. In other words, their med ical expenses are likely to be high. Insurors tra ditionally have charged higher rates for higher risks. At the same time, one must sympathize with the oldsters involved. At a time when their in comes are being reduced through inadequate re tirement plans and provisions, they are asked to increase the amount of those incomes which they spend for medicine, doctors, and hospitals. Both the Forand and Kennedy bills would have the federal government help pick up the difference. Rep. Forand, first on the scene with his bill, would handle the problem through amendments to the basic Social Security Act. FORAND would set cnwin 1C millifvn riofonnc! olicriKlo fnv snmul OUJU1C J-V VIUUIW vl'&'u' J.vi tv security payments would be entitled to receive a limited amount of hospital, surgical, and nurs ing home treatment under a government-man aged program. Opposition to the proposal is led by the American Medical Association, which tradition ally sees that old bugaboo "socialized medicine" behind every bush. Other opposition comes from insurance companies one out and various farm and business groups. Yet the Forand bill and the later Kennedy proposal remain attractive to many persons, particularly those who THE AM A and other groups opposing the leg- islation do so as a traditional position to all such proposals. They have followed the same line for many years. This is no longer enough. A serious problem exists serious for the come nas Deen reduced must be found for it. Blind opposition to pro posed solutions is not enough. Bend Bulletin. Campaigning in Song According to a news story recently, the song writers are busily at work writing singing com mercials for the political campaign. Nothing livens up an activity that much as a catchy song or than a few meetings of various kinds get under way with group singing. What bothers the sons: pose catchy ditties, is finding words that rhyme with candidate's names, or with campaign issues. Perhaps the carefully worded TV commercial would provide some clues. For example, if the GOP were to emphasize the "he who governs least governs best," the party quartet could har monize on: "Oh the Country runs best, With Congress recessed, Vote Republican." AS FOR the presidential candidates, we can think of several little couplets that might come in handyif not to the candidates, then to theii opponents. For example: If you have anything that needs fixin' Then vote for Richard Nixon. Supporters of the liberal Minnesotan could chant: Government aid, want to get some free? Then get behind Hubert H. Humphrey. Symington's backers might sing this: If you're from Missouri, let us show you, The estimable gentleman known as "Stu". SOUTHERNERS could fit this to music: For the man with appeal to both the sexes Support Lyndon Johnson; he's from Texas. Massachusetts wouldn't want anything undig nified. Perhaps this: If you want a man of means with a youthful face, Put John Kennedy in the race. In Oregon we could yodel this: If you want to try sense as kicked by a horse, You'll put your bets on Senator Morse. La Grande Observer. Somewhat Better The Travel Information Division of the high way department has a new slogan: "Relax in a State of Excitement Oregon." Maybe it can go on license plates. It isn't much, but it sure beats that "Pacific Wonderland" line we're using now. Eugene Register-Guard. up a program whereby not hard to figure that are over 65. senior citizen whose m- ana some somuon threatens to be dull as two, which is why more writers, trying to com Dennis the 'Got any weooin6 cake left? CommunScatiions Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for. publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Music and Character To the Editor: Credit for the following goes to J. O. Iverson, a friend of mine in Glendale, California. I thought it quite interesting as it relates closely to the recent music controversy ap pearing in these columns. "Not many months ago, a sad but wiser radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania, led out in a funeral procession. It's lead car, appropriately draped for the occasion, was filled with its total library of rock-and-roll records. Destination? The bottom of Lake Erie. "Many other stations, per haps not so demonstrative, have come to the conclusion that rock and roll is not what thinking teen-agers want or need. "On the contrary, rock-and-roU flame has often accom panied if not incited violence and vandalism, and set the stage for other forms of de linquency. Someone has said that rock-and-roll is a nervous breakdown set to music. "Without doubt music or its counterfeit has a direct influence on character; and character on music. Song and music form a strategic part of life's plans. Real music started in heaven. Moses and Miriam led the Children of Israel to sing the song of victory after the grand march through the Red Sea. "Through song David gave expression to many of his daily experiences. But always, the words and the music, rythm or beat, was in har mony with the experience. "The 'top ten' are said to be determined through accu rate polls. But the honesty of the polling has been ser iously challenged in recent months. "Here are ways for you to decide whether any given song should be in your top ten: "(1) Does the lyric make sense? or nonsense? "(2) Do the words reflect your character ideals? If they reflect a lower level of thought or action, it's not for you. "(3) Rhythm can lead a con quering army, or a mob in acts of violence. How does the rhythm of this song affect you? "(4) Music, like many other things has its counterfeits. Much of the rock-and-roll beat is compatible to the devil dances among heathen tribes. If the beat of the witch drums can drive a tribesman to a frenzy of Satanic behavior, what can't the same beat do to sophisticated circles? "(5) Does listening to the music make you feel better satisfied with yourself? Or ashamed and guilty? "Music influences you and your ideals, and out of the heart the mouth sings." ' Henry Johnson Jr., 2400 Hiway 66, Ashland, Ore. How About a Slide? To the Editor: I have been seriously wondering, with all this expense of building a new swim pool, why a slide can't be built into the pool at this time. I know the budget is strained already, but if a pri vate group is unable to fi nance it, it would certainly be a challenge for our school children to take their pennies and dimes for this purpose. They would be repaid many times in the years to come. My own youngsters, and many others I personally know, prefer going over to Twin Plunges at Ashland for the express purpose of sliding down into the water. Wouldn't Menace it be better to keep our money in our own city? I also favor very much a seasonal ticket or family tick et that would be accepted at both Medford pools. It will take immediate ac tion for a slide, or it will be too late to install it. Are any other parents interested? (Name on file). Medford. No Parasols To the Editor: The morning news says: "Some Foreigners ain't got no parasols." Vot bad news ve get in der headlines. Ve don't vant der golfers to get der feet vet. Vy den, don't ve send der monkeys vun billion parasols? Ve don't need parasols, ve need vun billion oxygen tanks to filter der sawdust from der strat-os-phere. Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore. Common Law of Justice To the Editor: A man's writing invariably reflects himself, and your editorial of Sunday, March 13, "There's a Choice To Be Made", re flects a loyal Medford citizen in the act of smothering an evil capable of destroying his community; . . . reflected too, is a dedicated citizen of the state of Oregon, moving with the experience and inherent knowledge that the concerted activity of all the people is necessary for human progress Reflected further, is a cit izen of these United States whose wisdom reveals it is only because all the people of these United States must answer to a common law of justice, that we may be call ed the United States of Amer ica, a wholly wealthy nation, which for nearly two centur ies has proven to an other wise destitute world that only through the practice of the virtue of Christian charity, may all people avoid the con tempt of poverty of the body, and the eternal despair of poverty of the soul! These reflections do not blur the picture of a man advocating and living up to the highest ideals of the art of journalism. Robert J. Howard 825B West 14th st. Medford Dog Law Facts To the Editor: Just a few facts in regard to the dog sit uation. On Oct. 29, 1959, the city council of Portland pass ed a dog control ordinance, realizing it was of consider able public interest. In order that the public might have a voice in the matter, it has been placed on the ballot to be voted on in the May pri mary, in Portland. Four years ago this same control law was voted on in Medford. A few days before election one of our local at torneys gave a talk at the courthouse in opposition to the proposed law. At the close of his talk he was asked if he would be willing to head a sanitary committee to go out each morning with a bucket and shovel to make our yards a fit place for our children to play. He gave no answer. The day before election our paper came out with a blind display advertisement in op position to the proposed law. There have been some changes since that time. The law was defeated by 160 votes out of 8,000 cast. A law has been passed in Salem making it mandatory that, every political advertisement must be so labeled and with the author's name attached. For the last three years out at our county pound there have been 200 dogs killed I ! In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS From Cape Canaveral: A near perfect space shot sent a 90-pound American sat ellite toward an orbit around the sun. . . . The beach ball sized aluminum sphere is de signed to radio back to earth a wealth of information on radiation, cosmic dust and magnetic fields to be found in deep space .... The satellite is expected to remain in its orbit for roughly 100,000 years. NOTE the word EXPECT VT1 T't, - t a j Who's going to be around 100,000 years from now to check up on it? TIERE'S a random guess: As between saving the millions it will cost (including all the overhead) to send an aluminum ball whirling around the sun for 100,000 years or so and cutting out such stuff and saving some money for the taxpayers, you'd probably rather have the tax saving. Wait a minute. Suppose, back in the 1490's Queen Isabella of Spain had been unwilling to pawn her jewels in order to finance Col umbus' venture into the weird and fearful Western sea, in the course of which he discov ered the Western Hemisphere. If we're to go on LEARN ING THINGS, somebody just has to gamble. PROM Havana: Premier Fidel Castro sum moned thousands of his civil ian soldiers to this capital city for a meeting on Sunday that is expected to provide another mass forum for denouncing the United States. About 100,000 members of the student, worker and farm er militia in the Havana area are expected to converge on this city. Most of them will be armed. The offioiai for the assembly is to com memorate the third annivpr. sary of a student assault on me presidential palace in which more than 50 youths were killed in an unsuccess ful attempt to overthrow FORMER DICTATOR Ful- gencio Batista. - WHAT is he up to? " Here's a guess: He's going the typical dic tator route-the first step of which is to get into power. The next step will be to line his pockets. The eventual third step will be the revolu tion that throws HEM out-by which time he will have at cumulated enough in foreign banks and such to keen him happy and carefree for the rest oi his life. The dictator racket is quite a racket. each month. How many peo ple in Medford are proud of having a part in that kind of a record? When a dog owner allows his dog to trespass on his neigbhor's property and become a nuisance, it does not look too conducive to a good neighbor policy. It is now up to the voters. Frank HoweU 205 Laurel st. Medford. Racial Designation To the Editor: As a whole, Medford citizens will approve of your editorial of Sunday, March 13. The welcome to the new member of our Weather Bu reau staff was most timely and confirms the resolution adopted by our Ministerial association. There is, however, a phase of Medford's metamorphosis from Caucasian provincialism that the Mail Tribune will al so have to undergo. I refer to your reference to the Negro race whenever, you publish news articles concern ing persons who have been suspect of law violation. About two weeks ago, in your newspaper, a news item covering some local alleged law violations carried the ref erence of Negro after the names of the suspected per sons. The reference to race of a suspect, is definitely a pre-in,-dictment slur. Metropolitan newspapers dropped racial designation several years ago. To really welcome our new people, it would be most ap propriate that racial designa tion be dropped from your news articles. Henry F. Padgham Jr. 1309 Court st. Medford. Editor's note: The Mail Tribune usually follows the practice of identifying indi viduals by race only when there is reason to do so; when, for instance, the story would make no sense without such designation. The story re ferred to by Mr. Padgham was an inadvertent violation of that policy. Incidentally, not all metropolitan papers follow this policy. Foreign Notebook: Determined Khrushchev; More Travelers By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor From the foreign editor's notebook: Tough Nikita Communist diplomats in East Berlin say that President Eisenhower will meet a deter mined Nikita Khrushchev at the Paris sum mit m e e ting in May. They say the Soviet Premier is not kidding when he threatens to sign a sep a r a t e peace Newsom treaty with Phi) Washington Report By WILLIAM Jerusalem-A small wind of small danger and small ag gression blows forever across Israel. The people live in a twilight zone that is not quite danger and not quite safety. The 1 most basic fact here is the constant, biting pres sure from hos tile Arab n e i g h b ors. This country is like a stock ade in the old A merican west exnent that the Redskins do not come often or in force. It is also like the Baronnial settlement of Medieval Eng land where men were on watch always against the ma rauding forces that came in the nighttime. This is no land of terror. But it is a land that never has absolute peace. Men speak here of "security" as though it were a word like bread or meat. And because of their ne cessities the Israelis have de veloped one of the most cur ious forms of defense in all the story of cold-lukewarm wanare. A ROUND Israel stand four xx lines of defense. The first line is made up of two kmds of farms. In the one set are the small, indi vidual plots of independent farmers. In the other set are the collective farms, called Kibbutzim, which are as dreary in appearance as they are efficient in fact. On these places live young men and women, apart from their chil dren in a kind of brave, new world which they like. A second line of defense is made up of intelligence agents who have the most difficult job in all the world in their trade. What they do is keep endless tab on the Arab min orities who live on the fron tier areas. This is intelligence work of a kind that no one really knew in the last war. Israel's agents must know not merely what the other fellow is doing, but what the other fellow-the Arab fellow here in Israel-is thinking and hoping in this land which is both his home and not his home. Not in all the history of military strug gle has so much been known by so few-Israel's intelligence people-about so many. These agents must be aware of the most intimate things about the minority Arabs, who are not precisely distrusted by this government but who are not entirely trusted. The third line of defense is in the civilian border police, which is not quite military but which is uniformed. Back of them stands the Is rael army. THE Kibbutzim (plural for TCihhiit? ari lnratpH in ev ery strategis frontier area of this country. These are extraordinary places - dreadfully intellect ual. The women always wear slacks. The men are ferocious ly earnest and full of the best and proper modern notions. The children are kept aside in their own small areas, and ma ma may come in the evening to kiss the little chap good night. These Kibbutzim are like fortresses of -long ago. Every night a few from the Kibbutz must do sentry duty while searchlight gleam and chain ed watchdogs bark. As lonely as sentinels in a military com pany they stand through the darkness. And wherever they stand, 1 4.1 in whatever numDer, uiej stand as net losses in man hours to Israel's productivity. There are thoughtful men here who believe that the ne cessity to maintain this pion eer watch is the most-bleeding wound in Israel's side. HERE, as elsewhere in the cold war, is perhaps the best nonsecret weapon of the communist bloc. For whatev er is taken from Israel's po tential is, of course, water lost forever. William S. White East Germany if the West re jects his Berlin and Germany plans. Communist diplomats also say Khrushchev may de mand a Four-Power Allied council to run West Berlin. This would give the Soviets a voice-and a veto-in West Ber lin affairs but East Berlin would remain under Commu nist control only. Fellow Traveler With Khrushchev and Eis enhower traveling from one end of the globe to the other predictions in Tokyo are that the Chinese Communists will begin sending out emissaries of their own. The word there is that Liu Shao-chi, Commu- S. WHITE The overhanging danger here, in a word, is in an ex aggerated way the overhang ing danger everywhere from Moscow. It is not massive mil itary attack. It is the constant and wasting vigilance against an enemy who has many fac es and whose face is bland, but perhaps the most danger ous face of all. (Copyright. 1960. By United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) New Game West Household, As Good Friends Part By DICK WEST Washington-fflPD-I was wool gathering along F street one recent afternoon when my at- harpooned by a sign in the window of B r e n t a no's Book Store. The poster p r o c 1 aimed the advent of a new game called "Diplo- Dick west macy," touting it as "the greatest innovation in games since the invention of chess. "Highly recommended for the politician, the diplomat, the military enthusiast and anybody at all who likes to think," the poster said. Now I don't fall into any of these categories, particu larly the last one, so it was not flattery that tempted me to snap at the $6.95 bait. Deception Legitimate What stopped me in my tracks were the lines which said "any tactic based on de ception is legitimate in diplo macy and which promised to supply the players with "the essential instructions on how to cheat." I knew that parlor games had been getting progressive ly more realistic but 1 never dreamed they had reached the point of legalized cheating. It seemed to me this would take all the fun out of the game, Nevertheless, with the cold war still gomg on and the summit meetings coming up, could see how a diplomatic game might be popular in Washington. So before you could say "Andrei Gromyko," was inside the store engag ing in some deceptive negotia tions with the manager. By pretending to be a poli tician, diplomat and military enthusiast who likes to think, was able to persuade him to let me try the game without buying it. Suggests Friendly Gam Encouraged by this coup In "freeloadsmanship," I called A Gratifying Assurance COMPLETE When your world is turned upside down, turn with confidence to us7 where every provision is made for complete service. A fin funeral service need not be expensive. mm m. jl nist head of state, has accept ed invitations to visit several east European nations. Liu re cently replaced Mae Tse-tung as government head. Still Feuding The temporary plaster over a feud in the Arab world has cracked wide open. Jordan and the United Arab Republic are (verbally) at each other's throats after a period of sweetness and light. Jordan blocked the U.A.R.'s pet plan for Palestinian refugees in the recent Arab league meeting in Cairo. Now Cairo's propa ganda attacks on King Hus sein are as noisy as they were last summer. Propaganda Offensive The West will try to gain a propaganda jump over the Russians in the 10-nation dis armament conference open ing Tuesday in Geneva. Th Soviets are expected to make their major play with a re-run of the Khrushchev plan for "total" worldwide disarma ment in four years. The West hopes to outdo this with pro posals for a new international disarmament o r g a n i zation and perhaps a world police force. Confuses up my wife and suggested that she invite sone neigh bors in that night for a friend ly game. This was my first mistake. My second mistake was reading the rule book, an eight-page volume only slight ly less complicated than the instructions for do-it-your-self television repair. I won't attempt to sum marize "Diplomacy" other than to say that the object of the game is to annihilate the other players by out witting your enemies and double-crossing your friends, who then-as I learned the hard way-become your enemies. These schemes are plotted before each move during a "diplomacy p e r i o d." The game ends-at least it did at my house-when the husbands and wives quit speaking to each other. Final Examinations Begin at College Ashland - Final examina tions at Southern Oregon col lege begin today and will run through Friday, March 18, with spring vacation begin ning Saturday. Winter term 1959-60 was highlighted by a champion ship basketball team, Dad's day, Religious Emphasis Week, and the 11th annual high school invitational speech conference. During the term students and faculty attend ed concerts and plays, and heard distinguished speakers. King Ugly was crowned, and the King and Queen of Hearts were presented at the Sweet heart's Ball. A record number of 1213 students were enrolled for winter term at Southern Ore gon college, it was announced by Mrs. Mabel Winston, Reg istrar. Registration for spring term at SOC will begin Monday, March 28. PERL Funeral Home SPACIOUS PARKING LOT
