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History from the tiles of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 11. 1950 (Thureday)
President Harry S. Truman
arrived in Washington state
today for dedication of Grand
Coulee Dam; on way he visit
ed several eastern Oregon
cities.
20 YEARS AGO
May 11, 1940 (Saturday)
A 28-year-old feed and seed
company proprietor whose
body was found floating in
the Rogue river Friday, did
not die from drowning but
from a hard blow on the
skull, the state crime lab re
ports. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "J.
Cochran Robin has finished
his neslalow In the oak tree
on the courthouse lawn, and
moved in with Mrs. Robin,
the well-known linger."
30 YEARS AGO
May 11, 1930 (Monday)
A Democratic candidate for
governor from Grants Pass
has come out in favor of gov
ernment regulation of liquor
and repeal of the Volstead
act.
Several members of a Med
ford family are presently re
covering from poisoning
caused by eating mushrooms.
40 YEARS AGO
May 11. 1920 (Wednesday)
Sen. McNary procures
plane forest patrols for Ore
gon during fire season.
Gasoline famine hits Ore
con and soils for SO cent? a
gallon in Roscburg.
SO YEARS AGO
May 11, 1910 (Wednesday)
It is confirmed that James
J. Hill, internationally known
railroad tycoon, has gained
control of Pacific and East
ern railroad here.
Plans will be announced
shortly for the extension of
the Pacific and Eastern rail
road through Medford to con
nect with the Oregon Trunk
in Central Oregon, and for
another long-awaited exteiv
sion to the Blue Ledge Mining
district from Jacksonville.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct Is superior;
Sevan or tight it excellent; tiva ei
tlx Is good.
1. Does the body of a fish
expand or shrink as it ncars
the bottom of the water?
2. Which state bounds Min
nesota on the south?
3. "The Waltz King" is
nickname for J n S s?
4. "Lafayette, we are here
-Which famous general made
this statement?
S. A cheetah has been
known to run 60 miles per
nour; true or false?
6. Can cats and owls see In
total darkness?
7. What famous street In
New York City is called "The
Great White Way?"
. wnat American game
corresponds to English rugby?
t. Does an alien become an
American rriU.xn when he
gets his first papers?
10. Were apples first culti
vated In England or America?
Aaiwerii 1. ShritHBi air
blatr compress. 2. Iowa.
S. Johann Strauss. 4. (tan.
John J. Ptrshing- (1117). t.
True; clocks lor 2 Mils 0.
Mo. 7. Broadway, . foatba
f. No. 10. England; (ima)ori
culllvafai iU M
spoils In 1121).
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Week End Trip
A three-day vacation doesn't always do the
same job of refreshment as a two-week respite
from the job. But it can do wonders.
We took a three-day "long week end," start
ing last Friday afternoon, and used the oppor
tunity to re-acquaint ourself with parts of Ore
iron we haven't seen for too long.
We drove to Eugene, then in the morning
went westward through a heavy downpour of
rain along "Route F" to Mapleton. (Route F is
a road being developed jointly by the county
j 1 " 6. i iii, ,..;ft.
anu state to serve as riUgene o luiiitijjai nun, mui
the coast in the future. A few miles of it is still
fairly primitive, but the new portions are excel
lent including a big new tunnel recently com
pleted near Mapleton.)
DY THE time we reached Florence, the sun was
out and the clouds were gone. At Heceta
Beach, both sun and sky were blue, the breeze
was fresh, and the breakers huge and green
with white foam lacing them showed evidence
of earlier stormy weather.
We drove northward to Yaclials and the
Adobe Motel, which is rapidly gaining a reputa
tion as one of the best "relaxing" spots on the
coast comfortable quarters, excellent food, a
marvelous view, hospitable hosts.
Reading, loafing, surf-watching, eating, and
sleeping with the roar of the waves in the dis
tance, passed 20 hours as though they were 20
minutes.
fN SUNDAY we drove at a leisurely pace down
'"'the coast. Past Devil's Elbow State Park (one
of the prettiest spots anywhere, with cliffs,
stream, cove, bridge, tunnel, green hills and the
trim, white lighthouse all contributing).
Across the Siuslaw and into the fresh water
lakes and dunes area, proposed for a national
seashore, where we inspected national forest
camps (poorly maintained, and not enough of
them to meet the demand), waded in the mouth
of the Siltcoos river, and romped on the dunes
(which are rapidly succumbing to "control"
measures and losing their distinctive identity).
Across Winchester Bay, to the lighthouse and
state park, (which were crowded, probably past
their capacity, even early in May.)
South to Hauser, where we took a ride on a
"dunes buggy" an old jalopy rigged up with
huge, soft, balloon tires so it can negotiate the
soft sand and found the
a roller-coaster, except
UIGHWAY 101 goes
1 until it hits the sea again at Bandon, via North
Bend, Coos Bay, and Coquille. This was the least
interesting portion of the trip.
From Bandon south, the road still stays most
Iv atvav from the ocean as far as Port Orford.
But from there on south, all the way to the Cali
fornia border, it skirts some of the most utterly
magnificent shoreline in the world.
Descriptive words tail, li anyone has not
seen that section of Oregon, he has missed much.
WE SPENT the night in Gold Beach, and re-fm-norl
fn Mprlfnrrl nn M n n rl a v. with
"brunch" at Brookings,
through Jedediah Smith
State Park, up the Smith River, across uregon
mountain (with the snow-topped Trinity Alps to
the southeast), through the Illinois valley, and
on to Grants Pass.
There we turned right, and came by way of
Murphy, Provolt, Applegate and Ruch. The Ap-
plegate valley was lush
The air was sparkling
ped the hill above Jacksonville and looked down
into the Kogue Valley, only to find Roxy Ann
and Mt. McLoughlin veiled by smog or smoke
or haze whatever you
THAT sight, marring
wise lovely valley,
about other sights on the 700 or so mile trip.
Hot dotr stands are
tractive as trees and grass
Billboards are not
hills, or sandy, rock-studded beaches, or fields
and vallev and orchards.
Smokv haze is not
Isn't it about time we gave more thought to
wreservincr some of nature's beauties, as they are,
before they're all paved
signs, or smoked beyond recognition L.A.
Wrong
Last Friday, we made
niie delinquency, and to J. hdgar Hoover as
being "unbelievably callous" in implying that
bunday school attendance is the remedy for this,
Some friends of his,
and after due thought we
are valid.
Hoover has pointed
delinquents are regular
(although whether this is
of other factors, is debatable).
But he has also pointed to the need for good,
moral home training, for youth groups, and for
broadened community participation in solving
such problems.
We admire and respect Mr. Hoover as a top
police officer. And while we disagree with some
of his pronouncements as being too broad and
general in some ways, and too narrow In others,
ie word "callous'' was uncalled for, and we're
ride much like that in
closer to the ground.
inland from that point,
an unhurried drive
Redwoods (California)
and Iresh and green.
and clear so we top
want to call it.
our return to this other
also set us to thinking
not. repeat NOT, as at
and shrubs.
as beautiful as forested
as pleasant as clean air,
with asphalt, hidden by
Word
reference here to juve
and ours, obiect to this,
believe their objections
out repeatedly that few
Sunday school patrons
the reason, or the result
Dennis tfoe
"SUSB, 1 COULD BUILD A PIS60N PEN. WHY"? '
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 ot the paper; in tact the
Thanks for Support
To the Editor: I would like
to take this opportunity to
thank the people of Medford
and surrounding areas for
the wonderful support that
they gave us on the recent
"Buddy Poppy" sales in the
down-town Medford May 6
and 7.
The Buddy Poppy is made
at the White City Domiciliary
by indigent veterans. The
money that is paid him for his
work of assembling the poppy
is about all the money he re
ceives.
We send a small percen
tage to help maintain our chil
dren's home in Eaton Rapids,
Mich., the only one of its
kind in the world. This, home
cares for children of deceased
and invalid veterans.
The rest of the money goes
into our relief fund to help
needy veterans and their fam
ilies here in the city and val
ley. Again our heartfelt thanks
to you all, the paper, and the
city, for your support in our
worth while work.
Mrs. Russell Zundel
Buddy Poppy Chairman,
Crater Lake Aux.
No. 1833, V.F.W.
Bill Watkins
Buddy Poppy Chairman,
Crater Lake Post
No. 1833, V.F.W.
Outlook and Uplook
To the Editor: "When
the
not
outlook isn't good, why
try the uplook?
If you depend on weather
To keep you sweet and
bright-
Fair days to make you happy
And stars to cheer your
night,
You need to learn God's secret
And walk by faith, not
sight.
For you must be established-
God's Word has made this
plain-
In Him who shapes the weath
er And sends the wind and
rain,.
And trust Him for your glad
ness. But not the weather vane!
Mildred Allen Jeffery
521 Mayctte st.
Medford.
Census Help
To the Editor: As the 1960
Census is about to close we,
the personnel in the 4th Dis
trict Census office, under the
supervision of E. G. Bates,
wish to thank your office for
the very wonderful coopera
tion given us. Without such
assistance we would have
been unable to achieve our
goal.
Thomas A. Redlingshafcr
Acting District Supervisor
Bureau of the Census
Lane County Courthouse
Eugene, Ore.
Wit and Wiidom
To the Editor: As a social
scientist. I search current
events fur a meaning. The
news is rife with dramatic in
cidents from Korea and Tur
key to Medford and Grants
Pass. And strange as it may
seem, they all hinge on our
way of life and our diplomacy,
our foreign and domestic
policy.
Our foreign policy comes in
conflict with Communist
ideology. Our domestic policy
comes in conflict with econo
mic reality. In both cases, for.
eign and domestic, our policies
are guided by class Interest
and romantic Idealism as con
trasted with economic reality.
As time marches on we are
bogged down in the ditch by
the wayside.
The blessing of "freedom"
l American style teems to
Menace
cont-ary is often the case.
fall short of what was desired
by the young folk in Korea
and Turkey. All of which har
kens back to our educational
system and our class ideology.
They do not seem to be in step
with the march of time. We
are a nation of jigs, rigs, gim
micks and gadgets, but our
social pattern will not harmo
nize with the psychology of
youth in the far and near East
that Is subject of the impact
of Communist ideology.
The simple minded Oriental
finds our ethics, morals and
political techniques too com
plex and inconsistent to adopt
as a way of life. And by the
same token the taxpayers in
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties are questioning the idea
whether or not our education
al system is worth as much as
we are paying for it. Our sac
red cow seems to be meeting
with disfavor in the light of
the hidden side of the moon.
It is hardly likely that those
electors that neglected to vote
on the budget would have
voted "yes" had they taken
the trouble to attend the polls.
It Is traditional that the
"proper" people dictate the
schools and educational policy
to the extent that "common"
people find it useless to parti
cipate. It is a time worn slo
gan, "Keep politics out of the
schools." The next step and
slogan was "Keep Socialism
Communism out of the
schools." As anything that sa
vors of social change is labeled
Communism, it spells "Keep
Progress out of the schools."
As the powers exclude and
alienate one segment of soci
ety after another from partici
pation in the educational pre
gram, it stands to reason that
eventually the wiseacres and
dictators will be left holding
the bag. The time arrives
when the "wise" comes face to
face with wisdom.
Walter Reese
Galice rd.
Merlin, Ore.
Madford vs. Baker
To the Editor: I have just re
turned from a trip to eastern
Oregon. While In the town of
Baker I presented a copy of
the attached letter to their edi
tor and it was published the
same day as presented. I won
der if you would care to print
the same letter in our local
paper? We felt that Medford
needed some advertising in
that section of our fair state.
Mrs. John E. Chitwood
434 Berrydale
Medford
Editor's note: Mrs. Chit-
wood's letter to The Baker
Democrat-Herald follows:
To the Editor: We two visi
tors to your city are from the
fair city of Medford, Oregon.
We would certainly like to
know just what part of your
city was judged to be "clean
er, lovelier and better" than
Medford.
One of us was born and
raised in South Baker 50 years
ago. At til nt time it was a
lovely, clean part of town. Of
course, in those days we drove
in horses and buggies and the
way the conditions of your
streets arc today, we should
still be driving horses and
buggies. At least, the modern
automobile is out of place in
the rutty, muddy streets.
There are some lovely, well
kept older homes in South
Baker and we see no reason
why those home owners
should be penalized for living
there.
Your lovely high school has
a wonderful national scholas
tic reputation, but why the
messy, unpaved, uncurbed
streets beside it? At night you
need a flash-light to kep from
stepping in the chuck - hoies
and breaking your leg.
The Mayor of Hertford must
Senator Dirksen's Mellifluous Prosody
Compared
By DICr WEST
Washington - ftPl) In the
field of drama, the nation's
capital has only two legitimate
theaters and,
as far as the
police a n d I
know, no ille
gitimate ones.
Comp a r e d
with lome
other cities,
this might ap
pear to be a
meager dis
play of the
performing arts, but it does
pn
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
THE SPY PLANE
In the muddle and mess of
the affair of the spy plane
there is one critical question
of particu 1 a r
& urnonm, a n A
impor t a n c e
which needs to
be dealt with.
This is the of
ficial state
ment made
with the Presi
dent's approv
al thai "it hn
Walter . " .
Ltopmann been e s t a b
lished that insofar as the au
thorities in Washington are
concerned there was no au
thorization for such flight as
described by Mr. Krushchev."
If this is true, then the com
mand of very dangerous mili
tary missions is not securely
and unquestionably in the
hands of the responsible au
thorities in Washington in
the hands, that is to say, of
the President, the Secretary of
State, the Chiefs of Staff, and
the Director of Central In
telligence. Who, then, has the authori
ty? If the authority to order a
deep penetration . of Soviet
territory with a military re
connaissance plane is in some
headquarters command not in
have been taken on a tour of
Main Street, Hillcrest, and
Grandview - and not been
shown any side streets.
Your "Main Street" is all
right but have you seen "Main
Street" in Medford? It is a
nice wide avenue planted
trees and shrubs, some lovely
covered Malls for the comfort
of the shoppers, and park-with-
ease shopping provided by the
local merchants.
Incidentally, we have ex
cellent traffic control and
ALL of our traffic signals are
kept in operating order. We
have four-one-way arterials to
expedite the traffic. We also
have four one-way arterials to
licemen.
In this day of "Payola" and
the "rigged" TV shows we
ask, "Was this contest rigged?"
Mrs. O. E. Stone
Mrs. John Chitwood
Instructions Wrong
To the Editor: My official
absentee ballot for the pri
mary election was mailed to
me this week from the Jack
son county clerk, accompan
ied by instructions for voting
ana returning same.
I was surprised to read the
Instructions which stated that
the affidavit on the back of
the ballot return envelope
must be sworn to before a
notary public or officer au
thorized to administer oaths,
inasmuch as I understood that
present statutes recognize the
signatures of two witnesses of
legal age as being equally
valid. A call to the office of
the Benton county clerk here
confirms this information.
It seems unfortunate that
Jackson county's absentee
voters are being put to the
needless inconvenience and
expense of appearing before a
notary public because of in
correct instructions from their
county clerk.
It is also noted that the in
structions state that ballots
must be returned , to the
clerk's office five days before
election whereas I am inform
ed that present laws require
only that ballots reach the
clerk's office by election day,
Both of the above inaccu
racies could result in absent
voters failing to vote their
ballots. Could your paper
check the facts and print accu
rate instructions which might
reach absent Jackson voters
and offset the misinformation
sent out by the county clerk?
Carol L. Hoist
1151 Western ave.
Corvallis, Ore.
Editor's note: County Clerk
Marvin Madden reports that
our correspondent Is correct
concerning the election laws.
Instruction slips for absent
voters are prepared by the
secretary of state's office, and
a supply of correct instruc
tions was received here this
year. This supply, however,
was exhausted, and older
slips, prepared before the
election law was revised In
1957, have been used. Mad
den says the errors wee no
ticed after a few were mailed
out. and those now haiajt
used hav been corrttM,
!3awiK--'I
si
to Theater, String Quartet
not necessarily mean that
we have a dearth of dramatics.
We have other forms of
thespian activities that are not
found elsewhere. For Instance,
we have Everett McKiniey
Dirkscn.
As the only practicing U.S.
senator with cello strings for
vocal cords, Dirksen is lion
ized by concert lovers because
his speeches sound like cham
ber music.
On occasions when, in the
course of his duties as Senate
Republican leader, he is called
upon to lament over some
lippmann
Washington, how do we know,
how does the world know, that
the authority to strike a blow
is not also outside of Washing
ton? In denying that It author
ized the flight, the Adminis
tration has entered a plea of
incompetence. For there can
be no acceptable excuse for
an unauthorized flight of this
kind. The President cannot
afford to let the question of
where the responsibility to
authorize such flights resides
go by without an unequivocal
answer. By word and by deed
he must remove all doubt that
the authority to command in
these dangerous matters is in
Washington and no where
else. The honor, the self-respect,
and the self-confidence
of the country demand it.
ALTHOUGH it is no doubt
true that the President
did not himself authorize this
particular flight, it is no doubt
true also that he knew such
flights were being made. The
general public was perhaps
surprised to hear about them.
But for the Russians and for
others among us there was no
surprise at all.
Why, then, knowing that
such flights were being made,
did the President fail to
realize the risks of continuing
them right up to the meeting
at the summit? Is it because
he was not paying sufficient
attention? It looks like that. It
seems as if the country has
been humiliated by absent
mindedness in the highest
quarters of the government.
There is nothing shocking or
novel, of course, in the dis
closure that we have been
spying on the Russians. They
have been spying on us. bpy
ing is in its very nature a dirty
business, outside the law and
outside the moral code. The
only crime recognized in the
spy business is to be caught,
although this crime can be
compounded by lying about
it and then being caught in
the lie itself.
In this affair, there is on the
record as we know it serious
prima-facie evidence, not of
unusual immorality but, of
inefficiency. Why did not the
President forbid all such
flights when the summit meet
ing was agreed to? It is not
enough to say that he did not
authorize this flight. Why did
he not forbid it?
THERE is no reason to sus
pect, also, that whoever
did authorize the flight and
was responsible for preparing
it was unaware that the Rus
sians had developed a missile
capable of knocking the plane
down. The equipment carried
by the pilot, the Soviet money
and the poison needle, sug
gests that he was prepared for
a forced landing through en
gine trouble perhaps, after
which he would work his way
across country, or failing that
and having been caught,
would commit suicide.
What the pilot was not pre
pared for was to have his
plane disabled by a Russian
missile. For this meant that
the Russians had him spotted,
Under these circumstances
once his plane had been hit,
his money and his poison
needle were useless. If he had
killed himself, if he had ex
ploded his plane, there would
still have been his corpse and
the wreckage of the plane
1.200 miles Inside the Soviet
Union.
It was a failure of Intelli
gence not to realize that the
Soviets had a missile capable
of knocking down so high
flying a plane. It was ineffi
cient not to take this possibili
ty into account as a factor
which greatly multiplied the
risks of making such a flight
on the eve of the summit
meeting.
(c) 1960 New York
Harald Tribuna Inc.
FALSE TEETH
That Lsen
Need Net Embarrass
Mny WMrtrt of fa 1m teeth hr
tuffertd rel embamiimcnt because
their plt dropped, lipped or wob
bled ftt Just the wrong time. Do Dot
Ore In fear of this happening to you.
Just sprinkle ft little FASTKETH. th
alkaline (non-acid) powder, on your
pittea. Sold false teeth more firmly,
to the feel more comfortable. Does
not sour Checks "piste odor" (dn
tursj vesi,. On FASTESTH at any
count.
Democratic misdemeanor, his
tonal quality has been favor
ably compared to the Buda
pest String Quartet.
Dirksen Performs
I think, however, that Dirk
sen's true forte lies in theat
rics. This is especially true on
certain Tuesdays when he
gives two matinee perform
ances that can almost in
variably be classified as show
stoppers. If the President is in resi
dence on Tuesday, the Illi
nois senator joins a troupe of
GOP congressional leaders
that calls at the White House.
Afterwards, he and Rep.
Charles A. Halleck (R-Ind.),
his countrepart in the House,
get up a tandem act, other
wise known as a briefing, for
the benefit of newsmen.
At least it is supposed to be
a tandem act. As often as not,
Dirksen and Halleck create
the illus ion that they are
pedalling in different direc
tions. Dirksen then returns to the
Senate, has lunch with the
GOP Policy Committee and,
before the table is cleared,
conducts another press brief
Politics Inevitably
Arize Out of Plane
Shooting Incident
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington-IUPD-There are
Ten Commandments and an
eleventh.
The eleventh command
ment is-don't
get caught.
Caught is a
M scarcely con
veys uie mean
ing of what
hap pened to
the U.S. gov
erment when
an American
Lyle C. wiijod spy was some
how brought down alive and
talkative from an airplane
miles above the Soviet Union.
Entrapped would be a bet
ter word for it. Nikita S.
Khrushchev baited his trap
skillfully. An American air
plane had been spotted and
shot down. It had scientific
equipment and was far inside
the borders of the U.S.S.R.
The U.S. government gulped
the bait like a hungry trout.
Our side said the airplane
was a stray, its pilot probably
incapacitated by failure of his
oxygen equipment, its mission
weather and atmosphere ob
servations. Nothing more.
False Witness
The trap closed instantly
with K's evidence of espion
age: A talkative pilot, his
equipment, what purported to
be his pictures of Soviet mili
tary installations. The evi
dence was sufficient to com
pel the United States to
change its story. And there
went another commandment
because the first explanation
of Pilot Francis G. Powers'
mission surely shattered that
one about bearing false wit
ness.
What happens now is any
body's guess. There will be
some questions asked. Why
for example, was a married
man accepted for such duty
as was assigned to Pilot
Powers? Was the pilot.
truth, under orders to take
his own life if that were the
only alternative to seizure by
tne cold war enemy?
If so, why did he not do so?
Was the ejection seat of h
airplane triggered to a bomb
which' would have destroyed
the airplane if he had pressed
the ejection button? If so,
why did the pilot fail to make
use of that device? Who chose
Powers for his mission? Who
ordered Powers to take off?
Political Impact
In this political capital the
incident Is examined in rela
tion to its Impact on presiden
tial politics. If the incident
maintains its proportions
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ing among the leftovers. It is
on these occasions, with no
Halleck around to upstage
him, that Dirksen's star really
shines.
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Gesticulating over a butter
plate, possibly waving a soup
spoon for emphasis, Dirksen
is in his element. The table
cloth is his curtain, the bread
baskets his footlights.
For 15 minutes or so, he
soliloquizes about the legisla
tive program while reporters
take notes amid the cake
crumbs. Those who have not
been mesmerized by the melli
fluous outpouring then ask
questions.
How can Dirksen say that
the President has made a
"good case" for a bill when
Congress obviously has no in
tention of passing it?
"He's made the case,"
comes the reply, "but evident
ly the persuasion has fallen on
sterile ground."
This is a typical Dirksenism
- round, firm and fully pack
ed with ethereal shadows. I
am so enthralled by it all I
do not notice that my elbow
is resting in the remains of a
fruit salad.
goof since Pearl Harbor, the
impact will be considerable.
Politicians pray for an ex
ploitable issue. It looks like
the Democrats have one.
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon will suffer for that, if
suffering there is to be. Peace
and prosperity are the issues
upon which the Republicans
are maneuvering to campaign
in this election year.
Validity of the peace issue
will depend very much in
next autumn's presidential
campaign on the Intensity and
temperature of the cold war.
The summit conference and
Eisenhower's scheduled visit
to the Soviet Union will de
termine largely how readily
U.S. voters will accept the
campaign argument that it is
to the Republican party that
the nation must look for a
guarantee of peace.
Accident Kills
Construction Man
Ukiah, Ore.-(UPD-A 48-year-
old construction employee
was killed near here late Tues
day when the scoop shovel
which he was directing fell
and crushed him.
Ralph L. Emmert of Sweet
Home was directing the load
ing of a beam about six miles
east of here on the Lehman
Springs road when the acci
dent occurred.
His body was taken to
Pendleton.
FORMER DIRECTOR DIES
Jackson, Miss.-IUPD-Dr. Hec
tor Holdbrook Howard, 87,
retired director of the Rocke
feller Foundation's Interna
tional Health board, died
Tuesday.
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