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Friday, April IS, 1960
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History from the filet of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 15, 1350 (Saturday)
A sum of $50,000, believed
the largest ever awarded by
a Jackson county circuit court
Jury, was awarded yesterday
to -a man who was injured
in a two-car collision In Janu
ary. A crowd estimated at 2,000
persons attended the largest
Boy scout . exposition ever
held here In the Medtord
armory last night.
20 YEAGS AGO
April 15, 1940 Monday)
The Josephine county Po
mona Grange started a drive
list night lor Bonneville pow-
er and a southern Oregon pub
lic utilities district.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Go
phers are busy on many
lawns, making mole-hills that
nobody has yet mistaken lor
mountains."
SO YEARS AGO
April 15, 1930 (Tuesday)
Double counting boards to
be used in Jackson county
primary election.
A Rogue river fish control
law will appear on the gener
al election ballot.
40 YEARS AGO
April 15, 1920 (Thursday)
A petition demanding that
Rogue river fish be saved has
been presented to the state
game commission.
Valley Democrats may de
cide to put a full ticket in
field for primary election.
50 YEARS AGO
Aorll 15, 1910 (Friday)
Members of Medford's First
Bnotist church plan to buy
' a lot at 12th st. and Central
ave., and build a new church,
' after they have sold the old
one at Fifth st. and Central
ave."
Construction starts on $20,
000 worth of Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph under
ground conduit systems here.
What's Your I.Q.?
' Nina er Ian comet li tuperiau
laven ot eight It ecellant iiva ar
ill It good.
1. Coney Island Is located
on what island?
S. In what states are the
Ozark mountains?
3. What Is "the arena of Uie
bears and bulls"?
4. What Is the name of the
device used on a submarine
to enable it to run Its diesel
engines wlillo submerged?
S. What does the moon most
strongly affect on the earth
6. Which of these animals
have cloven hooves - horse,
cow. sheep?
. 7. What Is another name for
eamelopard?
8. Who set the world record
for gazing at his own reflec
tion?
9. What city Is known as
the Flour City?
- 10. What name Is given to a
piece of turf cut from the fair
way by a gloferT
. Answersi 1, Long Island. 2
Arkansas. Missouri and Okie
home. 3. floor of she Mock
xananaa. 4. Snorkel. . Th
tiiiaav a. Cow and sheep. 7.
Giraffe. 8. Narcissus. I. Min
neapolis. 10. Divot.
cm CAPITAL
Caracas - This capital and
orinclpal city of Venezuela
was founded in about 1S67.
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NATIONAL
Anybody Out There?
This question, addressed to the far reaches
of outer space, has long intrigued mankind.
. '.We .may be getting an affirmative answer
one of these days; then again, we may not..
But there is sufficient scientific interest in
such a possibility, and it is regarded with enough
scientific seriousness, that an organized attempt
is being made to see if evidence can be obtained
that there are intelligent beings elsewhere in
the vastness of space.
A STORY in this paper the other day described
the attempt, under the fanciful name of
Project Ozma (named after the city of Oz). It
is using powerful radio receivers to scan the
heavens, searching for radio emissions evidenc
ing intelligence, in two localities adjudged as
likely prospects for the development of planets
which might bear life. '
How were they selected?
An article in the current issue of Scientific
American describes the
that the number of solar systems where livable
planets could occur is limited by the develop
ment and type of the stars or "suns."
jylODERN astronomical
"star goes through a
follows :
1. Condensation of dust and eases into a star
system, a process which
million years.
2. The "main sequence" of the system's life,
after gravitational forces
furnaces, and the system
approximately 8 billion years, the longest ot any
of the periods of the cycle.
3. Expansion into the "red giant" stage, when
4. It destroys the inner planets first, then
the outlying ones (with
some 100 million years).
5. A period ot pulsation every few hours,
followed by
6. An explosion into a "nova," and, finally,
7. Collapse into a "white dwarf" star, with
out light or heat.
FOR a sun to support livable planets, the "main
BorinoMrto" ef V n enn'o flviafanna mil of la of
ong enough for life to evolve.
Also, the star must be large enough to throw
out enough light and heat to provide a "ther
mally habitable" zone, but not too large, for
larger stars are less stable
And planets must, occur in the thermally
habitable zone that is, close enough to the
star to be warmed, but not so close that the sun s
heat would prevent development of life.
In our own solar system, for instance, the
"thermally habitable zone" includes the areas
from just inside the orbit of Venus to just out
side the orbit of Mars. Thus Mercury (too close)
and the planets from Jupiter outward (too far)
cannot support life at least as we can conceive
of it
THE stars picked for the National Science
UViiirii1of ivn'o Pvnintf iOttyi q ova 'Tan Hofi anrl
Epsilon Eridani, each some 11 light years away.
(A light year is a measure of distance, not
time; it is the distance traveled in one year at
a speed of lob.OOO miles per second. The lact
that it confuses people is evidenced by the United
Press International story about Project Ozma,
which translated 11 light years into 66 million
miles a mere whoop and holler at interstellar
distances.)
If Project Ozma picks up evidence of intelli-
f;ent life in those areas, it will be a major event,
f not, it will prove nothing more than the fact
that there's still lots to leam about the universe
and about the billions of other stars and sys
tems which, conceivably,
we know it" E. A.
Views on
The Orctronian and,
"downstate" newspaper,
land mayor, city council
m their censorship of
lhe Lovers, last week.
The film was playing
an art house, with an '
The most cogent comments on this matter we
have seen come from the Eugene Register-Guard
on morals and censorship); the Bend Bulletin
on the objectives of censorship), and the La
Grande Observer (on the answer to censorship).
WE QUOTE excerpts from the three editorials,
in mvlnp.
"What is morality anyhow? Is It limited only to
that awful and secret area - sex? Is the picture of a
double bed more sinful than the sight of a switch
blade knife In the hands of a psycho?
"It Is an old double standard. It Is made more odd
became of the preoccupation of censors with what is
essentially a necessary and decent area of life. If chil
dren grow up thinking sex Is essentially evil, they
think so because their ciders have convinced them."
"(Mayor) Schrunk't cops blaze new ground when
they tell vis that a responsible adult In a free society,
eligible to vote, old enough to purchase liquor, is not
mentally mature enough to observe an artistic effort
which has won worldwide acclaim from film critics.
This Is an approach usually associated only with au
thoritarian governments."
"Wa wait the day when people will rise up and
aay, when a bad film conies out, 'This Is a picture we
do not wish to sec,' rather than 'This picture should
not be shown.' The way to discourage trash In the form
entertainment Is to eliminate Its market, not to suprcss
its producers."
-E.A
factors. It points out
theory holds that each
definite life-cycle, as
takes an estimated 10
have started the solar
is relatively stable, for
stages 3 and 4 taking
than smaller ones.
could support life
as
Censorship
if we recall correctly, one
have supported the Port
and police department
the prize-winning him,
in the Guild Theater,
Adults Only Burn.
Dennis the
'MUGARET THE COW NEVES
JUMP Over? THE ArOON I '
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Canoe Tela
To the Editor: Spring term
at the University of Oregon
is accompanied by the bust
ling activity of students pre
paring for the big event of
this term, the Canoe Fete.
This year is no exception and
the students have already put
the bees to shame with "be
hind the scenes busy work."
The Canoe Fete is a student-
produced water fete held an
nually at the traditional and
picturesque site on the old
Millrace. This year there will
be 12 floats depicting the
ever-delightful theme of chil
dren's stories. The theme
Once Upon a Time . . ." has
been divided into different
categories including Mother
Goose, fairy Tales, Children s
Poetry, Fantasy, Adventure
Stories, Fables, Animal
Stories, Classics, and Legends.
Oregon's Canoe Fete, as far
as we know, is the largest
student-sponsored water fete
In the country, and iU pro
duction necessitates the care
ful selection of competent
chairmen. We are very fortun
ate in having the capable lead
ership of Bill Foote who will
handle the staging and props
this year. In this position,
Bill will be in charge of the
technicalities which make the
fete so successful. With his
help, the 1960 Canoe Fete
promises to be the most im
aginative and entertaining
yet.
We are sure that the people
of your community will be
interested in Bill's achieve
ment, and all are cordially
Invited to attend the Canoe
Fete, May 13, and see the pro
duct of his participation.
Gayle Osborn,
Newspaper Publicity
chairman,
Junior Week,
University of Oregon,
Eugene, Ore.
Successful Man
To the Editor: I once read
of an undertaking at the turn
of the century when a young
editor with an idea plus busi
ness acumen branched out
Into a business venture, ac
cording in his own words,
wiUi a ten dollar Investment
and fnith In the future.
In a small way he started
out to publish a modern
sprightly monthly 24 page
magazine named "The Win
ner."
His method of adding new
subscriptions was most unique
but successful. Advertising
paid off right from the start,
as each subscriber was sup
plied with 20 order blanks at
10 cents each. When the 20
subscription blanks were all
turned In to the publisher
with both the money and
sender's names the original
persons who passed the blanks
out to their friends, had the
choice of receiving a gold
filled watch for men or wom
en.
The new enterprise flour
ished right from the start. This
ambitious editor's ideas de
veloped into a new six atory
building, eventually surround
ed by a new Industrial center
named University City. He
was also the developer ot the
community club houses, now
so prevalent throughout every
state
From a rather eventful ca
reer this gifted person of
many talents planned one of
the first model cities in the
state of California. At the
height of his enterprises, It
was often remarked that his
stupendous ambitions were
called fantastic, but like all
other modern aRe enterprises
that have survived from
humble beginning, this un
usual man made use of his
power of ability. Hi was
rightly called a salesman, the
Menace
lVP THAT COULD
not necessarily represent the
contrary is often the case.
product of his thinking mind
bore fruit. One of his out
standing traits was his amaz
ing .undefeatable victory of
an untiring soul to leave a
heritage to future generations,
though his name may long
remain obscure.
The name of this genius
was Edward G. Lewis, of
many interests who discover
ed and made use of seeming
ly unseen opportunities to
forge ahead. In other words,
he was a pioneer in one of the
steps of progress that the
former Teddy Roosevelt once
said, like the proverbial clock,
"one cannot turn the wheels
of progress backwards."
Bert Kissinger,
S20 Boardman st.,
Medford, Ore.
Guida-Post?
To the Editor: The tattered
old flag is out front at half-
mast in memory of a great
humanitarian, Abraham Lin
coin, who gave his life 95
years ago that the Union of
the States be preserved and
that all men be made free. All
this he vowed he would do if
necessary. He also proclaimed
for the equal but separate so
cial status of the white and
black races here. This appears
to stem from statements made
by Lincoln, a southerner who
held that slavery was wrong,
the debate with Judge
Douglas, a northerner who
held that slavery was right
and proper. Lincoln reminded
Douglas and the people at
large, that U. S. Government
back in 1770 had warned the
slave-ship runners and their
allies, the leaders of the black
tribes of Africa, who herded
their unwanted kith and kin
to the beach-heads for ship
ment into slavery, that such
practices must stop. In 1808,
U. S. fast sailing gun-boats
were sent out to enforce the
stopping of slave-running.
But leaders of Africa's
black tribes continued to sell
their undesirables and general
unwanted into middle-east
slavery; as they had been do
ing before the U.S.A. was
thought of. The use of blacks
as slaves continued here until
a Supreme Court In the Dred
Scott decision of 1852, declar
ing that though a slave should
gain sanctuary In free terri
tory, said slave is still subject
and returnable to his rightful
owner, and was the law of-the-
land.
But people of northern
U.S.A. rejected it as being the
iaw-oi-tne-iand, with many
people of the south in sympa
thy. It took a war claiming
lives of thousands of brave
men, suffering, sorrow and
tears and millions of dollars,
to show that the Supreme
Court had erred, had violated
the will of the people.
All this is a matter of re
corded history, that no emo
tional pressures can alter. It
could be and should be serv.
ing as guide-post in racial is
sues burgeoning all over this
troubled world. Christ did
choose to die on the cross In
defense ot his faith and teach
ings for the salvation of man
kind and the sovereignty of
the individual no matter how
humble. Abraham Lincoln did
defy the assassin's bullet and
died that the Union of the
states be preserved and that
all men shall be free. Cm
mortal man do more?
F. J. Clifford.
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Palm Trees
To the Editor: Palm Sun
day reminds one of how deep
ly is the palm tree's place in
our Christianity. One even
finds, like Smith, Jones. Rob
inson, a surname "Palmer'
Sacramento once even had a
President
Strong Stabilizing Force In Hemisphere
f .. .. -j -... host friends of the unlaue arraneem,..
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor -The
irn-of-the-week: Al
berto Llerai Camargo, pres.
idant of Colombia.
The placet Nw York.
The quotei The principle
that no nation should at
tempt to impose its pattern
of living on others ... is
not accepted by one of the
greatest and most tremen
dously armed powers in the
history of mankind."
This was a remarkable man
speaking.
Just now approaching his
54th birthday, he twice has
been presi
dent of Colom
b 1 a. He Is
credited with
being the chief
author of the
anti- war dec
laration of
principles in
the 1947 Trea
ty of Rio de
end Nrwiom Janeiro in
which the American states
linked for mutual defense.
The anti-war declaration la
ter was copied almost word
minister named Palmer. This,
of course, originated when
pilgrims, returning from the
Holy Land, begging almscar
ried a bit of palm as evidence
of their having been to Jeru
salem. 'Tis not always thus holy
that palm trees are used. Our
word "toddy", (as in "hot
toddy" for an antidote for
winter cold), is from the Hin
dustani name of the toddy
palm. It yields a sugary sap,
like our maple syrup. Fer
mented, it is almost as power
ful as Mexico's tequila.
Toddy sugar cakes look
much like those of maple
sugar. When we were In Hin
dustan, trying to lessen child
labor via the American-type
playground, part of our stud
ies of native psychology were
in an area with no roads, only
elephant paths.
A friendly rajah loaned us
one of his. At one point, that
elephant always became as
stubborn as "Missouri elec
tricity," as we used to call
mules. He would not move
past a certain roadside hut
until we bought him his ra
tion of toddy sugar cakes.
The Orient's palms, indeed,
long have had place in our
Christianity.
C. M. Goethe
3731 Tea St.
Sacramento 16, Calif.
Libraries
To the Editor: Your great
interest and contribution in
the successful observance of
National Library Week are
greatly appreciated by the
Board of Trustees and staff of
the Public Library of Med
ford and Jackson county. Your
well selected editorial was a
great help in pointing up the
need for depth in our society
and the part reading plays in
bringing it.
Through your encourage
ment and leadership, your
staff gave generously of their
time and talent in making
every issue a reminder to the
community of their libraries
and of the value of reading.
In reality it was but a new
emphasis to a continuous pro
gram of yours to help people
think deeply, dream mightily,
and feel intensely throughout
their lives.
We of the Public Library
hope we can always be of
help to you and your organi
zation.
Omar A. Bacon
Head Librarian .
Public Library of
Medford and
Jackson County
Spitnik at the Picnic
To the Editor: Der Russians
tink dey vas der first vuns to
shoot der Sputnik. So vot?
Maybe Aye vas der first per
son In vorld to drive a Spitnik
to der Picnic. Some people
called it, "Der Brushnik," but
it vas really a Spitnik.
Vun day der neighbors, yust
across der street, invited me
to der picnic in dcre backyard
for 6 p.m., so at 4 p.m. Aye
vent out to der barn, und
started cranking der car. Ven
der old Spitnik started, Ve
vent through der side uf der
barn, und arrived yust in time
for der fried chicken.
It vas ven Ve got der Sput
nik II, that Aye learned to
make carports out uf barns.
Aye drove It through der
barn, und ven Va came out
Ve had der carport. To-day,
Aye make carports with der
hammer und saw. Aye run out
uf Spltniks und barns.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
She's Mad
To the Editor: I'd like to
help repair the damage done
by the public In this column.
Why do you people so quickly
condemn anyone or anything
without getting the facts,
which In a word means - you
don't know a whit about It.
You form your opinion and
have It published and feeli
smug about your opinion.
Two years ago I underwent
a craniotomy for a malignant 1
brain tumor. The surgical
nurse, Sister Helen Yvonne, I
mi
of Colombia Said 'Remarkable';
for word In the North Allan
tic Treaty (NATO).
He also Is credited with do
ing probably more than any
other man to remove the
threat of war among nations
of the western hemisphere.
Friend of U. S.
As secretary-general of the
Organization of American
States, he reorganized OAS to
give it authority to arbitrate
border disputes, invasions and
other military incidents.
The inwardly shy, bony
faced Lleras also is one of
never left me for 12 hours. I
could write for hours on the
perfection of care, but suffice
to say my life was spared by
constant attention of the
whole staff and by the grace
of God. And do not forget that
the Nuns are not paid wages
for their labor, but are re
warded in heaven, which is
then a labor of love, is it not?
The same is true of the
wonderful nurses and doctors,
with the exception of salary,
which unfortunately is too
small in return for lives saved
by them.
But just let one little hu
man mistake be made and
then listen to yells of "quacks,
incompetance, etc."
Why can you not make pub
lic therefore any praise of
Sacred Heart or any hospital
as readily as you condemn it?
It is a policy of any hospital
to pay some on entering and
leaving. But if each patient
would pay as much as possible
each month, then hospitals
wouldn't be in the red. And
honest people must pay higher
bills for those that will not
pay.
Hospitals can't take a life
back for lack of payment,
such as a finance company.
Now - you people think that
over wll!
Bv 1964. we will be out of
debt to the hospital material
ly - but never spiritually. You
compare your hundreds of
dollars to our thousands and
consider yourself lucky. Also,
try thanking God for the
Sisters having devoted an en
tire life of helping you and
getting nothing but snarls and
a back bite in return. I'm
very ashamed of each one of
you, and d maai
Mrs. Albin J. Phillips
813 West 13th St.
Medford
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
As everyone who reads or
listens to the news is aware,
Russia's Mr. K. has recently
been beating the drum for
disarmament.
Why?
There are two theories:
1. He is trying to trap us
into throwing our guns away
so that he can hit us hard
with hidden-out Russian
weapons .
2. He is GETTING SCARED
of the Russian people -who
MAY be getting tired of doing
without the good things of the
good life that people in West
era Europe and the United
States are enjoying. Modern
houses. Automobiles. Plenty
of food. Gadgets that lighten
labor. Vacations. Travel. En
tertainment for the masses.
And so on.
WHAT of theory No. 1?
" Well, it was nut ahnnt nc
well as It can be put by Vir
gil, who lived and wrote
some two thousand years ago,
wnen in nis Aeneid he sa d
"I fear the Greeks, even when
they come bearing gifts." He
was referring to the legend
oi tne Trojan horse, with
which every high school stu
dent SHOULD be familiar,
Tor the benefit of those
who have been so unfortunate
as to neglect the classics it
may be well to explain here
mat back in the mists of an.
tiquity when the Greeks were
besieging Troy they EM
PLOYED A STRATEGEM
They suddenly pulled stakes
ana leit, leaving behind them
an Intriguing wooden horse,
presumably as a gift, lhe too
trusting Trojans pulled the
horse within their gates. It
was filled with Greek war
riors who that night came out
and opened the gates of Troy
and the Greek army came
back in the darkness and
poured through the opened
gates and put the Trojans to
the sword.
IVHAT of theory No. 2?
" It Just could be that the
Russians are getting tired of
doing without things and
want to be like other people
in the modern world. Mr. K
may sense this feeling among
the people of the Soviet
Union.
It may frighten him. If so,
It's all to the good. When the
despots get afraid of the peo
ple, it's a good sign.
OUR "GOOF"
Is Your Gravyl
BE A K-BOY
Blooper-Snooper
the United States' best friends
in Latin America.
Of the United States he
once said . . . "Eve" the mis
takes" of the United States
are those of a nation leaning
over backward to avoid op
pressing Its neighbors.
This week, Lleras was visit
ing the United States at the
invitation of President Eisen
hower. He said that treaties alone
do not produce peace and that
the world faces destruction
ot (hp hands of Russia if it
Agrees to disarm "without an
absolute, unequivocal guaran
tee from the whole world to
An lilrewise."
Lleras has had his share of
dictatorships and violence.
He helped to overthrow the
Colombian dictatorship of the
Rojas Pinilla regime and he
has survived assassination at
tempts.
He was one of the engineers
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
PIGHT DAMAGE
Washington -The Kennedy
Humphrey rivalry for the
Democratic presidential nomi
nation is ae
scending into
genuine bad
feeling. The
two aspirants
toil over the
scraggly hills
of West Vir
ginia in search
not so much
of votes as of
propag a n d a
advaatage.
Senator John F. Kennedy
of Massachusetts refused dur
ing the primary contest in
Wisconsin to use what he
called "personal attacks." But
now Kennedy, for whom the
great prize seems in near
grasp, has sent a warning to
Humphrey.
"No more monkey busi
ness, Kennedy has saia in
substance, "or I, too, will take
off the gloves. Humphrey
through his own people has
retorted in effect: "Go ahead
and take them off. Our cam
paign will go on as before."
Indications thus mount that
West Virginia may leave
wounds within the Democratic
party which will not readily
heal.
FOR the Democrats there is
a somber flttingness in the
fact that the "beauty contest"
primary in this little, unim
portant border state carries
such inherent dangers. Often
before in history the border
states, standing uneasily be
twixt north and south, have
been politically "the dark
and bloody ground," as Ken
tucky was called during the
civil war.
There is irony, too. West
Virginia's primary election of
May 10 will blind no delegate
to any candidate. It is strictly
a "popularity contest." And
when it Is all over West Vir
ginia's handful of national
convention votes - 25 out of
a total of 1,521 - will still be
in the exclusive control of the
men who control them now,
the state's Democratic leaders.
Whoever "wins" as between
Kennedy and Humphrey will
win mostly in the headlines
West Virginia's actual ballots
at the convention probably
will be thrown to neither but
more likely to Senator Lyn
don B. Johnson of Texas or
Senator Stuart Symington of
Missouri.
A LL the same, the view now
"Is almost unanimous that
Kennedy must win this un
necessary propaganda war.
West Virginia is a profoundly
Protestant state, having a
Catholic population of less
than five per cent. Kennedy
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of the unique arrangement by
wnicn coiomma s two tradl.
tional political parties, the
Conservatives and the Liber
als, agreed to a 16-year truce
In which both enjoy equal
representation and power in
all branches of government.
Lleras took office after 10
years of chaos which had all
but destroyed law and order
in the country of 13 million
people and in which armies
of bandits ruled thousands of
square miles in defiance of
the government.
Today, the anarchy is dis
appearing, roads are being
built with government help.
When Lleras took office,
the nation's gold reserves
were at an all-time low and
foreign and commercial debt
stood at a record-breaking
480 million dollars. Today
the commercial debt is down
to 60 million dollars.
S. WHITE
badly needs a "victory" as a
reply to the widely aaver.
tised fact that he got heavy
Catholic suport in Wisconsin.
For Humphrey It is even
more plainly an unnecessary
war. It is perfectly clear, even
to some of his own support
ers, that even if he should win
the West Virginia quasi-con-test
he is not really going any.
where.
The Kennedy people thus
see his continued candidacy
as a wrecking operation which
couldn t possibly do Humph
rey much good but could do
Kennedy much harm.
The Humphrey people, on
their side, resent the implica
tion that their man should
simply quit like a good little
boy. He has his own prestige
to think of. For his minimum
necessity is to retain his sen
ate seat, which Is up this year.
When his presidential ambi
tions have finally collapsed
he must hurry home to Min
nesota to run for re-election
to the Senate.
IT IS this new factor, and
not so much any Wiscon
sin hangover, that really em
broils the two sets of parti,
sans. The truth is that Wis
consin produced no unfor
givable act on either side.
Kennedy supporters did noth
ing approaching a smear op
eration - except perhaps for
attempts to tie Humphrey in
with Jimmy Hoffa, the malo
dorous labor leader.
Humphrey supporters did
nothing approaching a smear
operation - except possibly
for attempts to connect Ken
nedy with "Texas oil money."
Nobody on the inside of this
campaign really believes Ken
n e d y improperly solicited
Catholic backing in Wiscon
sin. Nobody really belives
Humphrey made the slightest
effort to trade on antl-Catho-Ucism.
All the same, the so
called "Catholic issue" is on
many tongues in West Vir
ginia today.
This, most of all, is why
West Virginia might be called
today another "dark and
bloody ground."
(Copyright, 1960, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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