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O 0 4 MA,L T"UNE. MeoW. Or. A Wednesday. Mar. 30, 1960 . - wan xnpune byS5fStSaturd.y by 33 North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-6141 w- RUHL, Editor 5?,GREY Advertising Manager S55y T.LATHAM- Bus. Mgr KMC W. ALLEN JR.. Mng. Editor ARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor SJCHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE 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. Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year f 15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mm. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 429 Sunday Only One year $4 JO By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. ODaily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealars copy 10c All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire PJI. Telephoto Newspictnrea MEMBFH OF AUDIT BUREAU U CIRCULATIONS Advertising RenrMmtatlim? 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 NATIONAL EDITORIAl ASCATlfoi C7 W W Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30. 40 and SO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 30. 1950 (Thursday) First degree murder and kidnaping warrants were is sued in Vancouver, Wash., to day for Turman and Utah Wil son who are accused of abduct ing and slaying a Portland nurse. Superintendent of the city w Water department, Robert A. Duff, outlines reasons for pro posed bond issue for construc tion9 of a new city pipeline from Big Butte springs. 20 YEARS AGO March 30, 1940 (Saturday) Al Wimer, senior at Med ford High school, wins first place in state American Le gion oratorical contest. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Spring football practice started at the high schol this week, with barely a quorum on hand." 30 YEARS AGO March 30, 1930 (Monday) Fire destroys Coy apd Rob inson restaurant at Gold Hill. First smudging of season necessary last night, but no damage reported. 40 YEARS AGO March 30. 1920 (Wednesday) Mayor Xlates says he will not be a candidate for third term.. County Republicans will form a Hoover club, starting April 3. 50 YEARS AGO March 30 1910 (Wednesday) Four local census takers quit because government will pay them only 3 cents per per son counted. MpHford Commercial' club recommends that valley prod ucts again be shown at Na tional Apple Show at Spokane where Rogue valley apples won sweepstakes last year. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is ood. 1. Who is the boy who vould not grow up? 2. What President of the U.S. served in that office the shortest length of time? 3. Who was the world heavyweight boxing champion during the year 1948? 4. Does the Vatican have an Ambassador to the United States? 5. What is the chief source of malt? 6. Do dgciduous trees shed their leaves in the fall? 7. Doe the "Lindbergh law" dl with aviation, kid naping, or narcotics? 8. What is a goober? 9. In England, what Is the B.B.C.? 10. Who were Afthos, Por thc, and Aramis? Answers: 1 Peter Pan. 2. William Henrv Harrison. 3. Jo Louis. 4. No. (There is an Apostolic Delegate.) 5. Bar ley. 6. Yee. .tuanapping. " 8. A peanut, 9. British Broad casting Corp. alO. Three Mus keteers. AD WRITER DIES v York-(UPD -Myron A Mahler, 46, a writer of ad vertising jingles for radio and television and a distant cousin ofaGerman composer Gustave Mahler, died luesoay. . . Questions About Schools What are the Medford schools trying to ac complish? What is our tax money being spent for? Are we getting the most for our dollar? - Should we vote for the three-quarters-of-a-million dollar bond issue tomorrow? And then vote for the multi-million school budget on May 2? These are live questions these days. So "live" and so "controversial," apparently, that a meet ing called Monday night to discuss some of them drew a grand total of 13 people of whom seven were interested citizens. There were also five school officials, and one Mail Tribune reporter. ONE can draw one or two conclusions about people's reactions from this minuscule turn out for this meeting. People may feel: 1. "I already know enough about the school system to make up my mind on the bond issue and budget"; or, 2. "Who cares?" The second group probably won't vote any way, so these lines are addressed to those who be lieve they already know about Medford schools, and have already made up their mind how to vote. Of these there are two types, those who plan to vote for the bond issue and budget, and those who plan to vote against. . . THE school district's been covered in painstaking detail in a series of articles in the Mail Tribune in recent weeks. The articles were written by City Editor Earl Adams, and are based not only on the statements and documents of school officials, but also on his own personal knowledge, gained from regular attendance at school board meetings, budget com mittee meetings, and tours of the school district. It is possible that they tell (to paraphrase the student's famous remark) "more about the school district than I care to know." But anyone who has read them can't com plain he doesn't know about the district's build ing and operational plans. DUT even these articles, detailed as they are, still don't fully answer all the questions which people have a right to ask. Answers of some of these are contained in a document entitled "The general philosophy and educational responsibilities of the Medford Public Schools," which elsewhere in today s paper. We feel it is an important document, and that school patrons are entitled to read it before cast ing their vote tomorrow and May 2. Work on preparing was completed only a few weeks ago. It has the approval of the school board, of the administra tive staff, and of the teachers who were consulted in its preparation. Subequent revisions are con templated if and when changes make them necessary. "HE full document goes into the district's be- liefs in detail. But we repeat below its con clusions: 'The American plan is state and local control of the public education program which is best attained through a . non-partisan, non-salared school board composed of lay members elected by their fellow citizens. This plan keeps schools close to the people. Upon the school board's shoulders rests the responsi bility for developing Amercia's most precious re source its youth. The board is expected to carry out it responsibility efficiently, wisely, and economically. "Through the school board, local control guarantees freedom for expression of local ideas, freedom of the staff to plan and to implement the school program, and freedom to offer educational opportunities beyond accepted state standards. "As a result of the individual's school experience, . certain intangible learnings will accrue which cannot be classified. Among these are a desire on the part of the individual to continue to learn, and an appreci ation of the things yet to be learned. Under able teach er guidance, development of individual social skills, personal standards of excellence, and acceptance of the role of a group member working on common social problems are realized. "The Medford Public Schools accept the task of assisting the individual to realize fully his potentiali ties as a person and to equip him to fulfill successfully his place as a responsible member of our democratic way of life. This can best be achieved through a pro gram of 'competitive spirit' and 'self discipline,' which motivates one to do his best, to excel, and to achieve his greatest potential both as an individual and as a contributing member to the society of which he is a part" THAT'S a tall order. It is a tremendous responsibility. In attempting to do the job, the Medford school district has had it failings, its difficulties, its problems. But we believe that anyone who has been at all attentive to the situation will agree its is TRY ING to fill the order, and that its successes and victories have been more important than its set backs and defeats. It is up to the citizens and taxpayers of the Medford school district to support the district in doing the job it is trying to do. And one of the most important ways this sup port can be given is to vote to give the district the tools it needs. E.A. A Question If a man approves when a fellow citizen is deprived of constitutional arid legal rights, by what logic can he complain if his own are threatened?.. plans for new buildings, appears, almost in full, it started in 1557, and Dennis the If you don't get that cos Communications 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. Sing It, Too To the Editor: I, too, would like to say something about these letters to the editor con cerning the Smiths and other colored people. Thank you, Mr. Selleck and Mrs. Spackman for your kind of letters. We need more printed like yours. I would like to tell you of what happened over two years ago in Portland when my mother and my 11 year old sen and I waited for a Jackson Park bus to get to the Doernbecher hospital. As we entered the bus, it was terribly crowded but did any white man offer us a seat? No. But there were two Negro men who jumped up from their seats and said, "You're both welcome to sit here, we don't mind standing up." We will always be grateful to them and shall never forget it. Also while in Portland, we were shopping in the Meier and Frank store when we de cided to get on the escalator to shop in another part of the store. My mother hesitated about stepping on the esca lator, but as I turned around a young Negro woman put her arm around my mother and said "Do not be afraid, I will go with you and help you." So many of you who are so bitter against the colored people but still attend church every week and call your selves Christians, are you really a Christian? The Lord made the colored people same as he did the white people. Can they help it if they are colored? And, may, I add, can we help it if we're born white? As Mrs. Spackman says, "Most colored people are kind and good Christians." Our God is their God too, and there is only one God, you know. So let us all welcome the Smiths to our wonderful city and say, "Make yourselves at home, Mr. and Mrs. Smith." Our six year old daughter sings this song quite often: "Jesus loves the little chil dren" "All the children of the world "Red and yellow, black and white, "They are 'precious' in His sight, "Jesus loves the little chil dren of the world." Now why don't you sing it often too? Mrs. Mary Jones, 428 North Holly st. Medford. Not News, Nor New To the Editor: Restless, famishing millions in India; starving, battling millions in China; seething, forced-back millions in Africa; landless, bewildered, scattered native Americans, have suffered needlessly through exploita tion of their people and their lands, by European-American white civilization. It has been continuous. When George Guess, Chief Se quoia, and his Cherokee peo ple showed ability to farm, weave, and with his syllabary, printed a paper in 1826, they were driven beyond the Mis sissippi. More than a third of the 14,000 died or were killed en route. The Alabama-Georgia Indians driven to Oklaho ma suffered the same way. When Chief Osceola met sol diers under flag of truce they tried to force him to sign a surrender treaty. He plunged his knife through the paper, saying "That's the only way I'll sign." He was dragged to prison and left to die. The Senecas hold a treaty of 1794 signed by George Washington, stating they are Menace outa my w. im . to have that land "forever, undisturbed." The 1959 86th Congressional Records show the Kinzua dam is wanted for flood control; also show a three times better flood con trol location, cost far less, two years less to build, not flood the Senacas nor destroy pres ent recreation area. Records also show the dam is wanted by Pittsburgh industrialists and Pittsburgh city to dilute sewage, etc. So again, justice and solemn treaty are by-passed Yet, in his February 21, 1960 TV talk to the world, Presi dent Eisenhower boasted: "The United States stands by its treaties with other peo ples." Olive branch waving is late. Might we meditate when learning of North, South and Central American Indians communing with distressed peoples in other lands; of dele gations meeting with Castro in Cuba last July! White man's, the United States of America's sphere of good influence is ebbing fast. Potential enemies are increas ing; the Monroe Doctrine is ignored, while the fires of hell are politically stoked by Martin Missile Mfg. Co. This is not news, nor it is new. Selfish "minorities' in satiable greed for wealth and power, desire, aye, demand, for amusement, pleasure, en tertainment, wanton destruc tion of God-given abundances, with which a people may prosper, destroyed. Civiliza tion decays, never was pro cessed so fast nor so vividly plain to be seen as in Ameri ca the past few decades. John E. Gribble 139 Kenwood Medford. An Invitation To the Editor: You older people out there, who are thinking your useful days are over, are needed very much. We want you to help us to help others. Will you, please? The Senior Activity Center at 601 East Jackson, houses free classes for something, nearly every day. Those over 30 years of age have learned to paint pictures, to play mu sical instruments, to speak Spanish, play shuffleboard, do wood carving and watch Arm Chair Travel (on screen). Edward C. Root, 3261 Jack sonville Hwy., an accomplish ed teacher, has given his time to teach musical instrument playing. Maud Arnold, 112 Elm St., who is a fine pianist, donates her time, also. Almost before we knew it, we had an or chestra of a dozen some times more some to whom music was absolutely new. Sometimes not all of us can attend classes, so I am asking you, you and YOU who have ever played any instru ment, to come Thursdays at 1 p.m. Dig up that whatever it is and dust it off. The Council on Aging meets at the center and holds very interesting talks. You should see the hun dreds of good books and mag azines. We are hoping for a larger meeting place some future day. The officers of Medford's Fifty Plus Club visited the Sixty Plus Club at Grants Pass Friday, March 25. I was told they have 300 members. Edward E. Eick, 419 King st., managed our club during the officer's absence. The Jackson Creek Fifty Niners of Jacksonville fur nished music in place of Mrs. Maud Arnold, and Pearl Spackman. Fred Corbin tells me that everything went fine as usual. Our next meeting,, coming Dick West Column, a By DICK WEST Washington (UPD As one who has grown spavined in the service of journalism, it isnt hard for me to feel a little envious toward a cer tain branch of the newspap er trade. The truth is, I am more than a little envious. Envy Dick west is burning in side of me with a hard gem like flame. The object of my cupidity is that group of my colleagues who wile away the hours writing Broadway and Holly wood gossip columns. It seems to me they enjoy the benefits of newspapering without en countering the occupational hazards. For' one thing, they don't have to worry about sentence structure and stuff like that because most of them don't write sentences. , Moreover, they don't have to bother with punctuation. Trial Balloon i aoni suppose tnere is much market for a Washing ton gossip column but I thought I would send up "a trial balloon on the off chance that it might catch on. on April 1, means a treat, for Alexander's Hawaiian Band will play from 3 until 4 o'clock. We are hoping to have visi tors from the Grants Pass club that day. There may be others, so perhaps members should bring a large dish for potluck lunch, or 50 cents for that kitty, just in case. We find dancing to be great as a physical exercise, card games stimulating mentally, and just plain visiting good for all of us. Sometimes we have an im pronuu program, so if you can do - please DO. Pearl Spackman, Jacksonville Liked Letter To the Editor: I should like to thank Jim Selleck publicly for his contribution in Mon day's paper; in trying to re move a little white-wash. It is one of the most worthy letters I have ever read in your paper. Mrs. Helen Prevo 222 West Jackson st, , , Medford For Dog Control To the Editor: Please print this letter about these stray dogs. At one time I counted four dogs in my yard, and two had licenses and I had to clean up their calling cards after I chased them out. If any one cares enough about a dog to own it, let him keep it in his own yard to dig up the flowers and mess up the yard. I get so, mad at them I could km the lot of them We have a dog, but she never gets outside and I sure don't turn her out to leave her calling card in some one else s yard. I clean up after her myself. But to clean up after other people's dogs is going too far. I hope the dog control goes through. We need it bad. Maybe so many chil dren wouldn't be bitten or the paper boys could deliver the papers without being chased down the street. (Name on file) Medford. She Wouldn't Trade To the Editor: In Sunday's "Bird Watchers" story, the writer talked of our weather of the first three months of this year, saying that the warm weather of this month made a new record. We have lived in Jackson county the last 31 years and I can say that every year has a record of its very own. No two years have ever been ex actly the same. We came here April 1, 1929. The March of 1930 was hot and dry all month, also most of April. Then in May drenching showers came which relieved the growers' worry. - Then the 4th of January, in 1930 or '31, 1 can't just be sure which it was, we had four inches of snow and it was 4 below zero. I can re member that very well as it was four of each. Also on that day the men folks chased a runaway cow with the car and got stuck, and they left the car where it was over August W. Glutsch, O.D. Richard D announce the removal of their offices to the MEDFORD VISION CLINIC Optometrists THE MALL - 1005 EAST MAIN STREET MEDFORD Telephone SPring 2-4001 Invents Washington la Hollywood; He s Jealous Preparatory to this experi ment, I stopped by the Sen ate stationery store and bought myself a large size name - dropper. Then I pur chased a box of dots (. . .) and a sack of dashes ( ). Put the mall together and they make the day's news look something like this- Ike huddling with Mac at Gettysburg ; . . nice guys whatever happened to Zachary Taylor??? For that matter, whatever happened to Stanley Baldwin??? Speak ing of Gettysburg, whatever happened to Robert E. Lee??? Wilson Sees Demo Conversion Of 1960 as By LYLE C. WILSON Washington (UPD There comes a time each year when the sports editor is known around the office as "that lucky bum." The time is in early Febru ary of any dis mal winter. This reflects no p e r s onal disapproval of the sports edi tor nor any meani ngful .yle c. Wilson sugges lions that chance has favored him above others. This merely is an acknowledgement that the sports editor's calling enables him to fly southward at the onset of the awful, awkward age of any year. The sports editor flies to Florida or Arizona or where- Iraq Situation Now Favors West; Birt Future Uncertain By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor For nearly a year now events have been taking place in Iraq which combine to make good news for the West. Maj. Gen Abdel Karim Kassem, Iraq's premier and strong man, has been cracking down on the Com- Phtl Newsom muniSTS. This does not mean that Kassem is moving toward Western alignment. Rather, it appears to mean that he is moving away from his Soviet ties toward neutralism. And a neutral Iraq, with its oil and X-15 in Ninth Powered Flight Edwards AFB, Calif. - (UPD - The experimental rocketship X-15 took a simulated long flight harnessed under a moth er ship Tuesday and then suc cessfully made its ninth pow ered flight. Test pilot Scott Crossfield of North American Aviation sat in the cockpit of the tiny craft for an hour and a half as a B-52 mother plane flew oyer the desert with the X-15 under its wing. The captive flight was to determine how controls of the ship would function with the 310-degree below zero fuel in the craft. At the end of the tethered flight, the X-15 was cut loose and Crossfield flew it at 4,000 miles an hour at an altitude of 50,000 feet for six minutes before landing at this South ern California base. The X-15 is designed to carry man up to 100 miles in the air at speeds of 4,000 miles an hour. night, and the engine froze and busted. Ten years later it was so warm the last week of Janu ary that we planted potatoes, and it never did get cold any more until the next winter. I noticed once when I was looking at the children's ge ography book that the Rogue River Valley of Oregon was mentioned, saying that it was subject to frost or snow any time of the year. I wouldn't trade it to live again in any place I have been. . Mary E. Atkins, 1634 Orchard Home dr. " ' l' Medford. William J. Thompson, O.D. Nelson, O.D. Senators still snarling over civil - type rights . . . northerners optimistic over chances of getting a bill soon . . . southerners optimistic over chances of not getting a bill soon . . . , . . Whatever happened to pessimism??? ' . . Look Alikes . . . Look alikes: Sen. John F. Kennedy and his brother Bob . . . more look alikes: Sen. John F. Kennedy and his brother Ted . . . still more look alikes: Sen. John F. Ken nedy and his sister Eunice . . . . . . Capitol Hill newshawks Battle of Century ever. . mere, witn au duis paid, including bar checks if they are not too large, the sports editor observes and comments on the spring train ing of the athletes of major league baseball. This annual chore is re garded as a light touch by other reporters, including po litical writers, most of whom began in the sports depart ment somewhere and most of whom wish each February that they had stayed in the racket. (Editor's not: It should be obvious to the reader that Mr. Wilson is not referring to a small daily paper such as The Mail Tribune). Year for Politics All things come, the saying goes, to' he who waits., And its port of Basra controlling the entrance to the Persian Gulf, is vastly to be preferred to one aligned with Russia. The latest clear indication that Kassem is clipping Com' munist wings came in the an nouncement that the death sentence pronounced on for mer Premier Fadhil Al-Jama- li has been reduced to life imprisonment. Execution Key Plank Jamali's early execution had been one of the key planks in the Communist plat form. Kassem's growing disen chantment with his Commu nist allies first became appar ent last July. On July 5, 1959, Kassem ordered that the Communist- dominated people's resistance movement place itself under army control. This was semi-military group of about 35,000 members, most of whom were club - swinging youths who took over the streets of Baghdad and spread terror after dark. But last July, Kassem final ly cracked down. In that same month, he shook up his cabinet, reduc ing the powers of Dr. Ibra him Kubba, his pro-Commu nist minister of economics. Drops Altogether In February of this year, Kubba was dropped from the cabinet altogether. Also in this year, while li censing other political parties in preparation for a return to parliamentary g o v e rnment, the Kassem regime refused a license to Iraq's main Com munist party. Instead, it li censed a splinter group , re ferred to by the main party as a "disrupting gang." Control of Iraq would pro- vide international Commu nism with its most important mid-eastern plum, and fulfill the Soviet Union's historic wish for an outlet to the In dian ocean. Time still must tell whether kassem can remove the Com munist influence or whether he did indeed go too far. A Quarter of a Century ... Sounds like a long time, doesn't it? . That's how long we have served this community, and tried to do our best, too. We have been happy here among so many friends. The stay seems so brief. We shall continue to give of our best, always. LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave., Ashland Dial MU 5-4541 Only local member of Oregon & Gossip buzzing over Sen. laufttf1 Hickenlooper's commit f) Sen. Leverett SaltsnsttR . Hickenlooper alleged ta iaAV) said "good morning",,. . . te porters on scene missel onstall's reply ... . . . Look alike raiiaaJB Sen. John F. Kennetf gapl) his sister Pat ... ... State Dept. iialwwBD with names that it . Vmt jobs: T. Archillee VolyejcaAa) Philander P. Clafto fadj Wymberley Der Coerr . . . . . . Seen in the offtca. a Sen. John Marshall Butlfte Sen. John Marshal Butlr. O this is the year when sorts writers, if they art any goooV at all, will wish that they were political writers, instead. No mere matter of weather" and sunshine will be involved in this. On the contrary. This is the year wheiPthe political writers will brave the awful smog and worse traffic of Los AngeliS, Calif., to report the goings on at the Democratic national conven tion. Let the sports writershave baseball in Florida artfl Ari zona during the cold slushy season of the year. I will take the Democratic national convention in July. There is coming un in Los Angeles next July0th best show of the year, more Jifcatjr the best show in man yti If the sports writers wars t&- ing it, they would cll it the battle of the century. q Eddie Folharfl, who write politics out of WashinftoC; says when the Democrat fet into a tamiiy quarrel they to say that it doesn't mtan they are divided but only tfvt they are keeping Bt. South on Def ensie That does not 'cover Sit is coming up net Jul. The) Democratic Party is r)i for a convention hicb wiW compare in bitterntsa tni im pact with the' frin4t44y of them all. That on wit th. 1924 Madison Square Garden, New York, affray. In 1921 the mbtttltarout erners were f ightinf fct Jro) hibition, mostly and! t tome extent against the nomination for president of a) Roman Catholic, AlfreS tmmaauei Smith. This year tha aouth erners will ba fighting fpr what Jthey regari as thaif aay of life; fighting agaiBtt combined effort of their OfiS) party and the federal go""'' ment to break down tha racial customs or the South. It is a fact thtcSa. jfajtg Q F. Kennedy (D-Masa) W Roman Catholic an a, trqafc contender for tha II I Sfcm ocratic nominatioa. 9vi it if issues of raca anfl racial r-' i j - i-i im A lauons wmcn lnnimf vts South today anl which fill burst with nuclear tapct among the Los 4nfelt dafe gates. "- - Something must giver f8 situation of that tiat. Aa$ gives and who i politically killed or woundel vhas it happens will be tha aif i( story of the Log Afifalffe con vention. ' -world's tat fiiautflstori charging moiy It about Ilk 0 Charging anythlng4lM-rou borrow II now. pay tor It lattr. mine 16 S. 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