Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 18, 1960, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text. MEDFOMvS&gWTRIBimE Everyone In Southern Oregon Readi The Mall Tribune" Published bally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir Jit., PhSP S-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB CREV Advertltlnj Manager CKRA1.D T LATHAM, Bui. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mng. Editor EARL H ADAMS, CIW Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'! Editor DALE E RI CJON.jCirculatlon Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second class mailer at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 RtmsCRIPTION RATES Bv Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Daily and Sunday 6 moa. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mo. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 1 rnrrir.In Advance Mrdford Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point, Jacksonville, (Sold mil. Phoenix. Shndv Cove. Rogue Riv er, Talent and on motor route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copv 10c All Terms casn in Aovance Official Piper of City of Medforcf Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire TJ P.I. Telephoto NcwBplctures ""member or audit bureau OF CIRCULATIONS Adverllslne Renresentntlver WEST HOLIDAY CO., INC Of fices In New York. Chicago. De. trolt. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.t. NEWSPAPER N ATI O N Al EDITORIAI I A SIS 0 CH-A T IfOIN z yj j 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 April 18. 19S0 (Tuesday) A man is missing and pre sumed drowned after the boat in which he was riding was swept over the crest of Sav age Rapids dam. Jackson county court elects not to observe daylight sav ing time this year, unless gov ernor should proclaim clock change for entire state; city of Medford will adopt new time on April 30. 20 YEARS AGO April 18. 1940 (Thursday) Circuit court denies appli- cation from state game com mission to stop construction ' of hydro - electric diversion dam on Rogue river near Gold Hill. ' From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot ' column: ' Farm' era of the valley have start ed planting corn, when the crows are not watching." 30 YEARS AGO April 18. 1930 (Friday) A total of 13,618 persons ; have registered for the Jack son county primary election. ! Gates and Lydiard open . new store at Sixth and Grape sts. 40 YEARS AGO ' April 18, 1920 (Sunday) Medford businessmen Join , rest of nation in wearing overalls to protest the high ' cost of living. ! Attorney-general holds that Rogue river fish pact between commercial and sports fisher men is invalid. SO YEARS AGO April 19. 1910 (Monday) House committee on public buildings is studying growth and future of Medford in con ncctlon with $125,000 federal building which has been pro posed for this city. Medford Commercial club is planning to "entertain" In high style, a group of promi nent Portland businessmen who will visit here next week. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is luperiori " seven or eight Is escellcnt; live ei tlx is good, i : 1, Must a Vice President of the United States have the ' same qualifications as fixed ; in the Constitution fur President? 2. Under the Constitution bills for raising revenue must originate in which house of the Congress? 3. Give the more famlllnr Roman name for the Greek sod Eros. 4. Lava and ashes from what volcano buried Pompeii, Italy, in 79 AD? S. On what dale in April of 1775 did Paul Revere begin his famous "midnight ridc7 6. Name the only U.S. Pres ident to enter end leave the White House a bachelor. 7, A rod 1 a measurement of BV4. 1BV4. or 284 yarclST fl. The limbs on a tree do, or do not, remain the same height from the ground as the tree crows? " 8. Of what country wai the SJASSOCIATION poet Omar Khayyam a na tive? 10. A 14.1 Inch cube of . solid gold weighs one pound, ten pounds, or one ton? Answersi 1. Yes. 2. House of Representatives. 3. Cupid. 4. -Vesuvius. 5. AptU U. James Buchanan. 7. 5V4 yards. 8. Do remain Ihe same height. 9. Pirsla. ,(Irari) 10. One ton. Higher Education 'Explosion ' Throughout all Oregon, citizens' committees are being organized into advisory-information trrouns with one simple dents of Oregon to the needs of higher education in the space age, espe cially the 19(50-1970 decade. These groups, supplementing state-wide com mittees for all nine state colleges, now are being developed at the grass or metropolitan areas such as the tn-county Port land metropolitan area. This program, now broadened to include in dependent as well as state-supported colleges, will utilize every available tool of communica tion to outline the revolutionary changes now urv der way in higher education informative pamphlets, speakers' bureaus, the press, radio and TV. IT WILL emphasize the basic fact that Oregon's nine state colleges and 14 independent colleges must prepare now for the horde of students who will be knocking on the doors of higher learning. In the state colleges alone we must prepare for a 67 per cent increase in enrollment by 1970 or 16,400 more students. And corresponding in creases are anticipated in independent colleges. This means more classrooms, more labora tories and scientific eauipment, more dormitories. hieher standards and better teaching techniques, and at least a 60 per cent increase in teaching staffs. And it means substantial increases in tax support and grants for the state colleges and in gifts, grants and fees at independent colleges. THUS one of the principal projects of the cit- lzens committees at both state ana local levels will be to support a constitutional amendment labeled "state bonds for higher education facili ties". This measure would double the bonding authority of the state board of higher education to build such self-financing facilities as student dormitories, student centers and sports facilities. They will be paid for by students using them, not by taxpayers. Altogether this "Colleges for Oregon's Future 1960-1970" campaign taking designed to meet But if the carefully beginning made in some in Oregon, the challenge burgeoning needs or. higher education in tne crucial 1960s. Oregon Journal, Portland. Chocolate To the substantial "there'll always be an England" we may add a new exploit of the indomitable British spirit. Confronted recently with the problem of chocolate marshmallow cookies that, when serv ed to airline nassenrrers, exploded at altitudes above 6,000 ft., British European Airways has just issued this announcement: A marshmallow biscuit a porous base, which enables interior and ex- tenor pressures to equalize and so prevent choco late fatigue on the outer skin. Now if that doesn't technological supremacy of the free world, we don't know what will. Washington (D.C.) Post. Big League C. Girard Davidson, mitteeman for Oregon, has been appointed chair man of his party's new natural resources. This puts "Jebby Davidson m a nrettv bier leamie. Among chairmen of other party advisory committees are Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on civil rights, Dean Acheson on foreign policy, John Kenneth Gailbraith on economic policy, and Mayor Richard Lee of New Haven on urban and suburban problems. bugene Kegister-uuara. Federal Aid Those who have qualms about federal aid to education may be surprised to know that the fed eral government has paid out nearly $2 billion to school disricts in the past ten years as aid to "federally impacted areas." And it goes for teach ers' salaries and building maintenance as well as new construction. Also, the federal govern ment has long carried much of the cost of voca tional education, including agricultural educa tion. Oregon Statesman, Salem. Registration Deadline If you want to vote, It's as simple as that. There are several thousand county residents who are not registered. In the May primary election, party voters will be selecting the candidates of their parties. Judges will be elected on non-partisan ballots. One state measure to increase the pay of leg islator will be decided. Jackson county voters will pass on dog control, as will voters m Med ford, Rogue River and two separate precincts. Registration deadline is 8 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19. If you're not registered, you can't vote. E.A. mission : 1 o alert all resi new responsibilities and roots, either by counties is a tremendous under a tremendous challenge. organized, enthusiastic areas becomes universal will be met. So will the Fatigue historical evidence that has been devised with restore your faith in the Democratic national com advisory committee on you have to be registered. Dennis the II '0UT WHY WOULV VS PICK ON ME? 0M$ SCHlimO HIM wnw the vwe Pistol1 Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, althouah 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. What Can I Do? To the Editor: Speaking from the experience gained by paying into the retirement fund for 22 years, I agree with Mr. Greer that fractionate do add up. They add up to better than a million per day storage charges on government sur pluses. They add up to a bil lion or so, down the drain, each year due to waste and inefficiency in the overlap ping of numerous government agencies. Again they add up to four billion a year, lining the big guys' pockets, under the guise of foreign aid. No one squawks about these trlval fractionals, or about the 70 billion, on the cuff, owed by the American public, which is being paid by install ments at interest rates rang ing from 10 per cent to 270 per cent, on every known item from bird seed to jet planes. The present Social Security tax setup is all wrong and the idea I've been trying to sell those guys in Washington is, instead of all those in the brackets up to $4,800 paying three per cent on their entire earnings, while those earning $10,000 pay on less than half, 515,000 less than one third, set the maximum of $26,000 and everyone pay a flat 1 per cent. Naturally those high brack et boys will howl bloody mur der. Never intend growing old and if, by some quirk of nature, they, someday, find themselves in the old age group, their dignity would never permit them to seek Social Security benefits. No? Why they would grab those meager 47 cent dollar checks as eagerly as the hungry squir rels gobble up the bread crumbs 1 throw out to my little bird friends. I conceived what I thought was a brilliant idea; start with a small group of "Tell them and sell them" to write the congressmen. Each member get a member, each new one get a newer one and soon we d have an avalanche of letters Washington bound. Well, I sprung the idea on about 50 people and the stereotyped reply was. 'Just what the Hell can I do?' It will take some doing all right and if the common people don't get their heads out of the sands of apathy it never will be done. So, with apolO' gizes to Mr. Acklin, Yust vot der 'ell kin I du? Claude M. Hall 2860 llartly Lane Grants Pass, Ore. "Nobody Caret" To the Editor: Strong agencies today are watching more and more carefully every line of foods to sec that they are properly labeled and every ingredient revealed. If not they cannot be sold. Yet the strongest and moat fatal poisons known to man arc sold in every community to unsuspecting men and wom en, boys and girls, for a few cents without limit or restric tion, and without skull and cross bones on them - and nobody cares. To save life we build great hospitals filled with elabor ate costly scientific equip ment and train doctors and nurses with the finest of skill and technique to .operate them - not a germ is allowed In the operating room; scrums and anti-toxins of every kind are provided; pharmaceutical preparations without number are on every hand; we call the doctor for every little ache or pain; railroad cross ings go above or below the highway: safeguards are placed along the highway. Factories, schools, homes Menace and other places are equipped with safety devices; great foundations with millions of money are doing continuous research in every possible field to discover any cause of disease (cancer included) and to find ways of prolonging hu man life; men pay great sums for life insurance; the federal government spends millions on public health; when death stares in the face a single person will sometimes be willing to spend millions for life to be prolonged. And in the midst of it all the whole nation is slowly smoking itself to death - and nobody vcares. The money Americans spend every year for tobacco would be enough to run the government in ordinary times. We spend twice as much for tobacco as for edu cation. Yet this enormous monetary, loss is nothing compared with the injury to body, character, and posterity. Then after the user Mas thus done his worst, h throws down his match or burning stub and burns up the property of others. Who is responsible for the widespread use of tobacco? There are many influences contributing, but back of all is a "master mind" at work to utterly destroy the human race. Adverstising is overpower ing; newspapers, billboards, magazines and radio ding the benefits " of tobacco into every mind; the movies extoll it, T.V. repeats It, and so the very air is permeated with the thought. The home has well-nigh ceased to protest; and the home Is the bulwark of the nation. He who should be guarding the health of the home and nation is himself smoking with the rest. The church, heavens fort ress in the world, has given way and largely gone to smok ing. Yes we have a problem. Let's wake up before it's too late. Henry Johnson Jr. 2400 Highway 66 Ashland, Ore. Life Insurance To the Editor: When Ore gon's Governor Mark Hatfield endorsed April 3 to 10 as "Life Insurance Week," he knew of its vital Importance and public interest. The Orc gunian and other leading Ore gon newspapers devoted their time and space to the subject in an effort to inform their readers about life insurance week in Oregon. Certainly the public is interested in life Insurance. This is indicated by the amount of life In surance in force today. With this in mind, it is most regrctable that the Medford Mail Tribune could take neither the time nor the space to Inform Its readers of life insurance week and the part played by the Rogue Valley Life Underwriters Associa tion. The local association is made up of Over 50 Life In surance Underwriters who meet once a month. Those men are doing their level best to provide our commun ity with high quality Life In surance counsel and planning. The Rogue Valley Life Under writers Association have again this year taken part in classes at the Medford High school. These men are mem bers of our own community. Thev arc businessmen who specialize In family protec tion, business planning, and estate analysis. As it is with any public service organization, the Rogue Valley Life Under- Foreign Notebook: German Travel, Craftsmen By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign tailor From the foreign editor's notebook: Red Easier Greetings Things may get easier soon for West Germans wanting to travel across the Iron Curtain to visit rela tives and fr i e n d s in C o m m u nist East Germany. This year, for the first time since the cur t a i n came down, Com munist author ities abolished long and complicated visa ap plications for West Germans and admitted them for the writers association need pub lic support if they are to con tinue to serve in the public's best interest. Perhaps in the future the Medford Mail Tribune could lend a helping hand to an organization that protects the people in our own commun ity. The Rogue Valley Life Underwriters Assoc. Medford. Editor's note: There are sev eral hundred special "weeks" observed each year, most of them designed to promote something. The Mail Tribune makes no attempt to keep track of them, but will call attenUon to them if thiiir local promoters will furnish us with usable, newsworthy material. Since the Rogue Valley Life Underwriters As sociation - made no effort to publicize local "Life Insur ance Week" events, nor to tell of "the part played by the Rogue Valley Life Under writers Association," we de cline to accept responsibility for this "oversight." What Are Their Chances To the Editor: I am glad the Interim Committee on Crim inal Law is working with such good assistance from local organizations to change obsolete criminal laws and procedures. I know of one incident of a man torn from his family and job by local relief organiza tion, booked on a vile charge, never brought to trial on that charge, not given a chance to defend himself, but whisked off to the asylum at Salem without good byes to his fam ily or friends. The doctors who intimated he needed to be observed or treated for a fear complex did not know how well grounded this man's fears were and how real the trouble. Nor did they know his history, for this man -like the drunk rejected by the hospital-was an epileptic. What are their chances for a normal life? Mrs. Maxine Johnson Route 1, Box 279AA Central Point, Ore. On Saving To the Editor: I am a Dem ocrat, but I think the Re publicans are doing a wonder ful thing toward the better ment of future finances of the people. I read Frank Jenkin's arti cle in the Mail Tribune of April 12 and it gave me a feeling of great joy when I realized, for the first time In quite a while, that Congress is trying to help us and that President Eisenhower has signed the bill Congress en acted, reducing the cost of American-made bicycles all of 25 whole cents. That noble act will not bankrupt the manufactures because it was done by re pealing the existing taxes on tires and tubes. Mr. Jenkins pointed out that by buying several bicy cles one could save quite a sum. There are only two of us, but we could save 30 cents and that is quite a saving at this time. Fifty cents is a beautiful little pocket piece, but the real "look-see" is - studying the grocery shelves. Just what can I get for half a dollar? So far, I haven't found the answer. Oh well, people should save a little anyhow, so -huh, look who's talking? Neither of us ride a bicycle. I might have known there was a catch in It somewhere. Just the same. Uiat bicycle deal of those Republicans isn't the only reduction in the states. Of course, I am not slurring the party; I wouldn't do such a thing, for my hus band is a Republican, and we get along famously. What 1 wanted to put across ts-The Fifty Plus Club of Medford reduced our mem bership dues. We pay one dol lar dues for four months membership now in 1960. Last year It was a dollar for three months, but we en joyed our meetings so much that we got younger by years. It surely was well worth it. It made me glad in the face, but I had to look dignified to keep Phil Newfinm Target Easter week end merely on production of a regular West German identity card. The re laxation was good only over the Easter holidays but West German officials are hoping it may be a sign of a more permanent relaxation of bord er formalities in the future. Red Collectivisation With all farms collectivized, East German Communists now are making private craftsmen their next target. Special squads of agitators are being formed to get crafts men to give up their private businesses and form "collec tives." East Germany still has about 200,000 private crafts men employing about 600,000 workers. About 3,500 collec tives have been formed with about 140,000 workers. Ike-De Gaulle During President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Washing ton, he is expected to settle with President Eisenhower outstanding differences be tween France and NATO. In formed quarters say the ten sion created in NATO by de Lraulle s insistence on a great er say for France in allied councils has decreased latelv. De Gaulle also is expected to urge Eisenhower to use his influence to gain France a share in some U. S. atomic secrets. Tug Of War It now appears that Presi dent Eisenhower will arrive in JaDan at a time when Hip country will be pulled apart oy one 01 me noiiest political fights of the post-war period. It's not a pleasant prospect for American planners al though there is no indication the trip may be called off. The battle is over ratification of the U.S.-Japan security treaty. non-members rrom thinking I am in my second - er - people shouldn't tell everything they think! Still, I wish I could have had that 50 cents to save. Mrs. John Spackman, Jacksonville, Ore. Are We Told To the Editor: I have read with interest the accounts in your paper of the Epileptic who was taken to Sacred Heart hospital. Also the "Communication" by Mrs. Bishop of Prospect how she took her badly burned child to the Rogue Valley hospital and had to sit and hold the child for three hours while the staff was trying to contact the woman's doctor to see whether he would sponsor tne case. Now this is what I want to say: If I go along the highway and see a wreck I am re quired to stop and offer all reasonable assistance. I may be hurrying to catch a bus, I may have an important en gagement, and the delay may mean I will lose a chance for a good job. I may have on my best clothes, which may be ruined. But no matter if it does cost me Ume and money, l am subject to arrest if I do not stop and give what aid I can. Then when I get the victim of the accident to the hospital, they can refuse to take him in, or render any aid, unless he has money, Why the difference? When money is being solic ited for the building and maintainance of these hos pitals, are we ever told that they will be for the benefit of those who have money only, and not for the general public? Are we not led to believe that everyone is en titled to the benefit, that it is not a mere private money making scheme? If so, are they not obtaining money un der false pretense? John C. Stille Shady Cove, Ore. Keep Parks Natural To the Editor: Congratula tions on your good editorial on the Crater Lake chair lift. With all the pressures on our National Parks and wilderness areas we shall have frequent need of your services. The enclosed letter to In terior Secretary Fred Seaton shows you that we arc right behind you in our desire and efforts to keep our National Parks natural. Herley Gayman 4529 Abbey Place Los Angeles 19, Calif. Editor's note: Mr. Gayman Is president of the Desomount club, dedicated to nature study, conservation, and ap preciation of the outdoors. His Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? Doat b ntnM4 by loose falM ix-th tlspptnic. dropping or wobbling wi.tn you nt, ulk or laugh. Jut prtnklt t tut!t FASTEETH on your putw. Trill plmMnt powder fitni rmrkiinu sensa of ftddtd comfort ftntt wcurlty by holding pi a tea more firmly No gummy, ooy, putv tastt or ffllnn. it's alk;.Uni mon-nctd. Qt FASTttTH t fcnj drug oounttt. Washington Report By WILLIAM DO-SOMETHINGS Washington, - The do-some- tings have now forged slighUy ahead of the do-nothings In a long seesaw contest within the American Gov ernment as to how to deal with the tinpot Cuban Dictator, Fi del Castro. Our line to ward Castro will become mnr. raHnnnl William " " White which is to say tougher, if the realists are able to stay on top in the Ad ministration s inner councils. Their number Included Vice- President Nixon, Secretary of tne Treasury Robert B. An derson, and the Central Intell igence Agency. Opposed is a State Depart ment set which believes we must do nothing against Cas tro, whatever the provoca tion, lest the old cry of "Yan kee Imperialism" be heard again in this hemisphere. This notion of not being beastly to Fidel is a part of a very popular current view of all foreign policy: The way to meet any and all nasty foreign problems is to be nice and "flexible" about them and hope they will go away. IT HAS by now, however, be come all too clear even to those who once shouted hosannas to Castro as a new Abraham Lincoln - that the Castro problem will not go away. If the United States is to meet its obligations as the responsible leader of Pan America it had better be up and doing. It is much easier simply to go on endlessly talking. But the evidence by this time is overwhelming Uiat the Castro regime at the very least is being used by International Communism. It is plain, too, that the United States has al ready lost some respect among many non-Latin-American nations. This is true even where such nations feel ob ligated to tut-tut any thought of strong United States ac tion to put Castro In his place. To discover this one has only to go about among the Euro pean diplomats here. Castro has contemptuously refused all of Washington's letter to Secretary Seaton fol lows: Dear Secretary Seaton: The DesomounV club strongly op poses the building of a chair lift from the rim of Crater Lake down to the Lake it self. The uses of our National Parks must be consistent with their preservation for future generations. Let those who can go to the parks to enjoy their na tural beauty, to experience the Inspiration that is theirs to give If the visitors is not distracted by hordes of peo ple, by the dust, the noise. the hustle and bustle of all the conveniences man has found important to his ac tivities outside. In 1919 I spent an entire summer in Yosemlte Valley. Now, it has become so com mercialized that I hurry through it to get into the back country where only foot trav elers or horsemen go, where I can really feel and see the earth as it was made. Don't let what happened to Yosem lte happen to Crater Lake. Let these who seek com mercial entertainment find it outside parks. Let's keep our National Parks natural. Herley Gayman Planned with devoted care even modestly priced services are brought to single impression of ' reverent beauty. Wwm PERL Funeral Home SPACIOUS S. WHITE long and patient efforts to deal in friendship with him. Moreover, he has repeatedly made clear that no mediation by the organization of Amer ican states would suit him, either. There is thus in common sense only one other approach open. This is the unwelcome application by the U.S. Gov ernment of some kind of ec onomic force. There is, of course, not the slighest thought of any military force. SUCH a course would be un dertaken only with reluc tance. And it could be taken only on pain of loud howling from those who are always ready to act against right wing dictatorships in Latin America but never against left-wing Dictatorships. Nevertheless, some form of economic measures against Castor Cuba is coming closer. For there are highly respon sible men here - and they are not men who look under every bed for Communists -who earnestly believe disaster may be coming unless Castro is checked. Already he has obtained Soviet-bloc supplies. There is information, too, that he may now be in possession of Soviet MIG fighter aircraft. The central nightmare here is that Castro, now far better armed than a year ago, might have another go at invading Pan ama. Any serious assault upon Panama would endanger the Panama Canal - and this we could not permit. BUT IF we were forced to send troops to secure the canal the Soviet bloc would trumpet that we had brutally put down a "satellite upris ing." The Russians, who bloodily suppresed the Hun garian rebellion, would cry that there was now "an Amer ican Hungary." , . , J Such a charge would be nonsense. But some - woum listen. Thus the question really is this: Is it better to go on with the policy of do-nothing and lose Latin America's and the world's respect? Or is it better to take up our clear duties and aet, at the risk of losing some of the world's affection but with the chance of avoid ing a tar more damaging American intervention later? Surely, the question answers itself. (Copyright, I960, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.) Needy Youngsters Helped by Will Portland-IUPB-A 24-year-old will left by Portland plumb er Robert Brady, will help needy school children get books and clothing. The Brady estate, now worth $369,348, provided that when Brady's relatives passed away, the fund would revert to a trust for needy school children. Judge Appointed To Stale Group Salem-OJrU-Marlon County Circuit Judge Val D. Sloper has been appointed to the State Traffic Court Rules com-, mittee to succeed Supreme. Court Justice Alfred T. Good-' win. Goodwin was chairman 'of the committee until his eleva tion to the high court from the Lane county circuit bench. PARKING IOT J