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o o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. 1 THURSDAY. 4UNE t. 1960 "Everyone In Southern Oregon RbHb Tha Malt Trihun" Published Dally except Saturday by Si Worth rut.,PhSP2;14i ROBKR'f" W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY AdverUilni Manafir GERALD T LATHAM. Bui. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mnf Editor EARL H. ADAMS, City Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporti Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Women'! Editor PALE EHICKoUN, circuiauon Mgr An Indaoendent Newapaper entered M aecond elaaa matter ter at Medford. Oregon, under Act ol Marcn a, lavi flfmfiCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally ana aunaay i year eio.uu ' Dally and Sunday moa. 8.00 . 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NEWSPAPER PUtLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATION A I EDITORIAI Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the flies of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30. 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 9. 1950 (Friday) Medford High ichool gradu- ates 231 students at com' mencement exerclies last night, its largest graduating class in history of the school. To give residents of south ern Oregon and northern Cali fornia better passenger serv ice, Southern Pacific has an nounced it is rearranging schedules of passenger trains operating between Grants Pass and Dunsmulr. 20 YEARS AOO June 9, 1940 (Sunday) A quota of 44 has been alloted Jackson county for the next Quarterly enrollment in the Civilian Conservation corps. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Italy slunk to war today. II Duce pranced like a peacock on a balcony, and the multitude, t lor sincerity. 30 YEARS AGO June 9, 1930 (Monday) Half . of Jackson county population lives within 10 mile radius of Medford, cen sus report says, Democrats to hold meeting here and nominate candidate for county commissioner. 40 YEARS AGO June 9. 1920 (Wednesday) Mail Tribune editor attends Republican convention and wires back: "This isn't a con vention, it's a convulsion." Work Is plentiful in valley at high wages; anyone who is not working Is doing so only by choice, according to Chamber of Commerce. SO YEARS AGO June 9, 1910 (Thursday) The north half of the Nor cross orchard, near Central Point, was sold yesterday to New York Interests for $1,833 an acre. The 10:19 train of the Rogue River Valley railroad yester day struck the delivery wagon of the Southern Oregon Tea and Coffee House at the Eighth st. crossing between Fir and Grape its., demolish ing the wagon. What's Your I.Q.? Nina er tm terra ct Is eyeerleti tvan er tlshl Is aicallanti five ea lis Is good. 1. Is a voltile product one that readily turns into gas? 2. Correct the following: feel like I nerd a rest." 3. Roquefort cheese is made from the milk of which an! mala? 4. Can air be compressed to melt metal, such as tin? S. Benjamin Franklin said to have suggested the watchword of the French Rev olu'.ion: "Liberie, egallte, fra- ternlle." What does It mean? 8. "Fools rush in where angels fear to "? 7. Is the halibut a fresh wa ter fish? 8. Do meteors differ from shooting stars? 9. Which Is heavier: a ban tamweight or featherweight boxer? 10 "Men must reap (he things they sow." Does tills, Shelley's proverb, refer to force or retribution? Answerei 1. Yes. 2. "I feel as if I need a rest." 3. Ewes, 4. Yes. . Liberty, equality. fraternity." 8. "Tread." 7. No. y ftaUMML loi I I "3T A Kind of A knowledgeable quaintance took us in tow Tuesday night, and escorted us to the 67th annual graduation and commencement execises at Medford High school. We have attended other such ceremonies in the past, but never fail to find in them a source of excitment, inspiration, and renewed faith in the ultimate destiny of the poor, battered human race, luesday night was no exception. The 400 and more fresh-faced youngsters in their blue caps and gowns, the strains of "Pomn and Circumstance," the overneaa, tne stars, the proud parents and broth ers and sisters and grandparents, the colorful backdrop, the cool breeze these combined to make the evening memorable A COMMENCEMENT His audience is excited and preoccupied, and anxious both to savor this last night of formal schooling and to have it over. But Dr. Paul B. Jacobson, dean of the Uni versity of Oregon s school ea mis nanuicap wiui grace, numor ana apiomo. And he got in a few words which, we hope, will remain with the graduates words which describ ed the complexities and Being a responsible, citizen of this America is a fine thing, Dr. Jacob son told his listeners. And, he added by implica- AJ . J II. 1 1 uon, one oi me Dest ways same time a responsible, citizen ot the world HE TOUCHED on the need for brains and ViintW-a nnA ,,,,IK l,v,,l J IU 1 ,1 C i "cono cinu wining nanus 111 wic wunu ui IU- day, assuring the seniors of unlimited opportuni ties in a aozen iieias 11 aetermination to tind them. He asked that they continue their scholarly activities in the sense that education never ends. and scholarship can be displayed in the labora tory, on the stage, in the studio, in government oeivice, in euueauun a scholar employs his brain and his skills. Think, plan ahead, be a part of this amazing society and world of ours, be compassionate these were Dr. Jacobson's charges to the seniors. AS LESTER Harris announced awards and "scholarships and as Bill Barker distributed the diplomas, we were provided with a running sotto voce commentary on many of the recipients : Oh, shes a doll!" Gee, hes a nice guy! "Isn't she sweet?" "Oh, he's smart; got a 4 point grade average." "The crutch? He shot himself lift biic ft.iub. Tic .au 111111 tie doesn t mind. And so it went, cap gown, bright, scrubbed iace alter bright, scrub bed face. A cluster of relatives, equipped with flash m?r". assembled to ment of presentation. Up in the grandstand a youthful voice shrilled "There he is, there he is!" IN TWELVE short years, these 400xgraduates have grown from innocence to the beginning of knowledge. They have mastered many skills and arts. They have now, if they care to use it, the intelluctual basis for a rich, full life. Many of them will erect a higher structure of education on this base through more schooling. Some will emerge doctors and lawyers and busi nessmen and public servants. Others will turn at once to making a living. But all now have had the best training that human love and skill and education and money can, at this point, lay before them. TO what use they put this rich endowment re- mains to be seen. But somehow, watching them march slowly and proudly to receive and piece cf paper sym bolic of the end of one phase of life and the be ginning of another, we found ourself believing, passionately, mat. tney win, ins me main, live up to their potentialities. Watching our sons and daughters grow up, believing that their generation will do a better, more constructive job than the generations that have gone before, is the best sort of immortality one can asK. a. a. A Fresh The man in the office who thinks Richard Nixon is the greatest was a little down in the mouth yesterday, a'fter the teletypes clattered out the story about Gov. Nelson Rockefeller issu ing his "blistering manifesto," slapping Nixon's silences and equivocations on urgent matters of puunc poucy. We thought it was fine, like a fresh breeze. And we thought it was fine because the genius of American politics is its freedom and openness, which permits a national great debate on matters altecting us THIS debate has raged amid Democratic can didates, not to the credit of all of them, but to tne benelit of the voting public. In the G.O.P.. the great debate has consisted mostly of platitudes and cent of Dr. Pangloss. One can declare "All's for the best in this best of all possible worlds" until blue in the face. But it ain t necessarily feller's credit that he's willing to say so at the risk of being called a party turncoat. I Maybe the convention than a meeting of the Monday (Afternoon Knit-J ting and Backslapping; Club, after all.-E.A. u' Immortality undenrraduate of our ac American flag floating speaker has a lot of of education, surmount- challenges ot today. constructive and useful i 1 .tea, i , . e to ao tnis is to De at tne constructive and useful tney nave out tne wit ana anywnere, in snort, uiat aw ui..VJi a yy and gown after cap and snap pictures at the ma Breeze all. reassurances reminis so. and it is to Rocke will be something more Dennis the 'All you .think about is WVM I VttMtUfK AT Communications Letters to lhe Editor must bear the name and address of ihe writer, although under certain circumstances ihe use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves ihe right to edii all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necossarily represent the views of the paper; in fact ihe contrary is Shhhhhl To the Editor: Last Sunday's Medford Mail Tribune c tained a wonderful article on an old Jackson county resi dent, James Kennedy. We noted with amusement however, the author's refer ence to the possibility of Ital ian or Swedish decent. After a fervent prayer to St. Patrick, a hurried confer ence with a half dozen Lepre chauns and lengthy consula ations with the undersigned decendents from Erin's Em erald Isle, we have reached this conclusion: Nothing so earth shaking in proportion has occured since St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland, as to discover a Swede or Italian Kennedy. We think said author should In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In addition to those who died, thousands upon thou sands of Chileans were made homeless and other thousands were injured in one of the worst disasters in modern his tory. This happened immediately: The United States rushed four Army field hospitals to the devastated nation, along with 40 military transport planes loaded with relief sup plies. U.S. drug firms donated $40,000 worth of medicines. The American Red Cross is collecting money for the suf ferers. U.S. church groups and other organizations are help ing. MEXICO is sending its 10,-000-ton steamship Const!- tucion with a relief shipment of textiles, wool clothing, ce ment, sheet metal, sugar, chick peas and coffee . . , Cuba has given a million dol lars in sugar and cash . . , Cannda has sent a 30-bed field hospital, medical supplies, $10,000 in cash and a million pounds of canned pork valued at about $600,000. Germany flew in doctors, mir.ies, medical supplies and equipment . . . Britain prompt ly sent more than $20,000 in cash and supplies . . . Argen tina dispatched planes with emergency supplies, money and 30 million pesos worth of beef . . . Brazil flew in medi cine and food . . . Ecuador sent medical supplies, nurses and doctors , , . Peru gave medi Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF TRVING BERLIN back In 1919 threatened to stop writing hits, he fretted to a reporter. "People may be expectlni too much of me now." twt Two weeks later Flor- enz Ziegfcld begged Ber lin to write "just one more song" for his Follies of 1819, sagging in re hearsals. So Berlin sat down at the piano and turned out "just one more song." It took him all of an afternoon to finish It, The song was A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody. e e Thi ambulance had driv en away from the Jon house, and the ladv naxr. dnnr aiiM A. filh? accident retMrtml bwmu jc-..a a fZi. ltP!LT?m dow ou b,so tm Menace ou(? varh ol' ta5lb leg AM TRICYCLE Letters submitted for pub often ihe case. perhaps re-check the facts, Due to the distance of the provinces there is an outside chance that if we play this down the Lord Mayor of Dub lin won't hear about it. Robert C. Kennedy 1601 North Riverside ave., Medford, and: Ernest R. Kennedy Jr. Lloyd L. Kennedy Cookie Kennedy Jack Kennedy Bud Kennedy Jackie Kennedy Ernest R. Kennedy Sr. William E. Kennedy James C. "Pat" Kennedy Editor's note: The subject of the story remarked, at one point in the interview, "There are too many Kennedys. Could he have been right? cine, blankets, food and cloth ing. BUT- " TO DATE, RUSSIA AND ITS COMMUNIST SATEL LITES AND ASSOCIATES, SO FAR AS IS KNOWN, HAVE SENT NOTHING. That tells pretty accurately the story of communism. UROM Washington: Inflation has caught up with the cost of going bank rupt. Congress has passed and sent to the White House legis lation doubling the closing fee paid to a trustee in a a no asset case of bankruptcy han dled by a federal court. The House Judiciary Com mittee says in explanation that the old $5 fee established 62 years ago isn't high enough to obtain conscientious and dil igent trustees. The new legis lation increases the fee to $10, HMMMMMMMM. It costs more to be born. It costs more to get married It costs more to die. NOW IT COSTS MORE TO GO BROKE. Portland Has Quiet Hearing on Budget Portland IUPD It was a quiet public hearing on the city of Portland's new budget here Wednesday. Not one taxpayer comment ed on or objected to the I960 61 budget of $21,986,671 at the hearing in City hall. t,..jt- v . W " ur u, iw Continuing Unrest in Japan Disquieting News; Threat to Ike's Visit Foreseen By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor News of an increasingly dis quieting note comes from Ja pan in dispatches discussing President El se n h o w er's fort hcoming visit. These dis patches come from Ameri can corres pondent! who for nearly a month have phil newson watched dally unruly leftwlng demonstra- Writer Upset by Sophisticated Juveniles By DICK WEST Washington fUPD The best way I know of to refurbish an inferiority complex is to drop in on a session of the nation al spell ing bee. Don't you just hate kids who can stand up before a big crowd of adults and rat tle off words like "gauch- ely" in a completely ungauche manner? I do. I know it's my fault they can spell better than I can, but I can't help resenting Matter of Fact y Joseph ais0P THE ONE BIG DECISION Washington-The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Com mission, John A. McCone, is convinced that the Soviets are already violating the voluntary morato rium on all nuclear tests, by con ducting secret and undetect able tests un- JOSKPH ALSOF uer g r o u u u. i j With his usual forthrightness, McCone has voiced his con viction to the American pol icy-makers and to his British opposite numbers as well. This remarkable fact, ascer tained in London, rather sharply underlines the impor tance of the one big, inde pendent decision that Presi dent Eisenhower still has to make before he leaves the White House. The President may have other decisions forced upon him, by renewed Communist aggression at Que moy, for instance. But the failure of the summit has left him with nothing to decide on his own hook, except the much disputed question of re newed American nuclear test ing. ipEW really major American A policy decisions in recent history have been so little understood by all those be yond the inmost policy-mak ing circle. The major factors may be tentatively listed as follows: First, the scientists, with their usual hideous industry. have found new ways to con ceal nuclear tests under ground, mainly by running the tests in big holes. This deadens the earthquake-like effect of the explosion. Hence the Soviets may well be cheating the test moratorium, as Chairman McCone be lieves, provided they already have the big holes, which al most no one else believes. Second, these new methods of concealment have made a mockery of the Geneva sys tem for policing a ban on nu clear tests, which has already been agreed upon in princi ple by the Soviet and West ern negotiators. Even the Brit ish, who are the most urgent advocates of a ban on tests now admit that the Geneva system can be fooled by weap ons with a power up to ISO kllotons. This means that a completely new strategic weapons system can be de veloped, in miniature, by con cealed tests. a a rrWRD, the President, at his - last Camp David meeting with the British Prime Min ister, therefore obtained Mac mlllan's support for jointly conducted underground nu clear tests, aimed to discover the best ways of improving the Geneva policing system. At Geneva on May 3, the So viet negotiator, Semyon Tsar apkin, also gave his govern ment's consent in principle to joint tests for research pur poses. Fourth, Tsarapkln has now withdrawn his consent, by the simple device of Insisting that the Soviets must "look Into the black box." American law forbids showing a bomb to the Soviets, even in a joint test with no aim for scien tific research. Fifth, Tsarapkln thus seems to have reversed the position! tlons against the Kishl govern ment and against the Japan U.S. Mutual Security Treaty rammed through the lower house of the Japanese Diet early in the morning of May 20. Few of these dispatches re port outright fear for the President's life. Many Available Martyrs But they do point out that In the membership of the vio lently leftist Zengakuren stu dent organization there are many who happily would fill the role of martyr, and that unfortunate incidents easily in Spelling it. The little nippers left my ego so shattered I was sorry I didn't stay home with my dictionary It may help you understand my position if I sprinkle around in this copy some of the words that were used in the contest. Watch out, though. Some of them will be misspelled. See how many clinkers you can catch. Sixiy Children Compete This year's spelling bee is being held in one of the capi tal's main intellectual cen ters, the Mayflower Hotel Balloom. The contest was still in the incoate stage when I arrived. Seated under a chrystal taken by Soviet Foreign Min ister Andrei Gromyko, after the violent failure at the sum mit. In their farewell talk, Gromyko told British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd that he still hoped for useful fruit from the nuclear test nego tiations, although he con demned the disarmament ne gotiations as fruitless. Sixth, the British still cling to their former hopes for a treaty banning nuclear tests, however ineffectively policed. They argue that the risk will not be excessive if the trea ty's duration is only two years; and they think that the political gain from such a treaty may be considerable. Therefore, they will almost certainly oppose any resump tion of American under ground tests, even for re search purposes. They fear. in fact, that this step will finally disrupt the ' already palsied negotiations at Ge neva. flNALLY, Chairman Mc- - Cone not only insists that the moratorium on tests can not be left in force indefi nitely, because of the ease with which the Soviets can cheat. He also insists that un derground tests for research purposes are urgently need ed, since there is no other means of finding out how to improve the Geneva protec tion system. Together with every other American policy maker headed by the Presi dent, McCone further insists that this country cannot sign a treaty which has no pro visions for reliable policing, Such is the appalling tan gle, from which the President is going to have to pull out the thread of decision. If he decides not to resume under ground testing for research, he will in effect decide to defer an effective treaty There can be no effective treaty until more is known about policing underground tests. If he decides, on the other hand, to resume testing for research, he will surely have a major row on his hands, both with the Soviets and the British. And all the while there is danger of Soviet cheating, so strongly empha sized by Chairman McCone, which requires examination in a second report, (c) 19S0 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Thomas Goff Returns from Berkeley Campus Thomas L. Goff, psychiatric social worker for the South ern Oregon Child Guidance clinic, has returned to the clinic after a year's education al leave of absence. Goff has been attending the University of California at Berkeley, where he completed his mas ter's degree In psychiatric so cial work. Mrs. Ward Brookwell has filled the position during his absence. AMBUSH RED REBELS Saigon, Viet Nam-OTD-Gov- ernment troops ambushed a band of Communist rebels Monday in the Mekong river delta province of Phong Dinh, killing 60. inducing a bat talion chief, according to the semi-official Viet Nam news agency. Government losses were placed at three dead and five wounded. could develop should the President's Secret Service bodyguard be forced into ac tion against them. Shouts of "Yankee go home" echo daily around the American Embassy, further pointing up a ridiculous situa. tion which has developed in a country where basically there is no anti-American sen timent. And It now has reached a point where it appears that regardless of any action tnai may be taken from here on out, both the United States Contest chandaliere were about 60 boys and girls, aged 10 to 15, who had survived the first three rounds. The lir was so tense you could have cut it with a simiter, or maybe with a sithe. The first contestant, a 14-year-old girl, spelled "exhilar ation" after a moment's hesi tation and returned to her seat with ebullience. No. 5, however, was not so fortunate. She tackled "ir resistible" with spontaneity but never got beyond its peri phery. Since I also am sus ceptible to putting "able" endings on "ible" words, I found it easy to comisserate. Lauds Contest Pronouncer Some of the words sounded inocuous enough but turned out to be boobytraps. One contestant seemed to regard hibiscus as a bagatelle but soon discovered that it was no cause for jocosity. I thought the pronouncer, Benson S. Alleman of Louis ville, Ky., did an admirable job. He was never irascible or obsequious, and made it plain that once a mistake was made it was ineffaceable. His job was certainly no sinecure. Three judges were on hand to prevent anything anoma lous from happening and, dur ing the time I was there, not single peccadillo was de tected. Although the young spell ers were vigorously competi tive, there was a certain amount of camaradirie among them. There may have been some puerile behavior but none was incorrigible. But don't get the idea from all this rather viscid praise that I am a sicophant. As noted above, spelling bees tend to arouse my animus. I was glad when the noon recess came so I could go out after comestibles. Apartment House in Portland Damaged Portland-IUPD-A three-alarm fire swept through the top floor of the four-story Went worth apartments in down town Portland late Wednes day but no persons were in jured. The building, a 25-unit structure which was former ly St. Helens hall, an Episco pal school, housed 35 tenants. The fire department said the fire started in a storage closet on the third floor. EARTHA KITT WEDS Hollywood-IUPD-Negro sing er Eartha Kitt and William McDonald, a white Los An geles businessman, will be wed today. Iran MA Moa 0 AN HMO10 DAY 0 MOW Jgj OI - YV -)) fc - is ; V. Ask us about tha OREGON FUNERAL INSURANCE fAN which we heartily recommend and endorse. and Japan must suffer embar rassment. Should the President's visit to Tokyo be cancelled, it would be a major victory for the Communists and their fellow-travellers and certainly would be trumpeted as such by the Moscow and Pelping radios. Yet to go on with it, also carries definite risks as ex emplified by the fact the Jap anese government feels it nec essary to blanket Tokyo's In ternational Airport with 1,000 police for Eisenhower's ar rival and to line the route into the city with 15,000 more. Altogether, something like 30,000 police will be mo bilized for his safety. Bad Timing Cited Bad timing and question able tactics led to the present dilemma. After 100 days of debate, Premier Nobosuke Kishi's rul ing Liberal Democratic party ratified the treaty after a night of wild parliamentary brawling and in a session boy cotted by 125 Socialist mem bers. These members since have turned in their mass resigna tions in an attempt to topple the Kishi Government. Newspaper, labor and Intel-' lectual opposition to the treaty suddenly stirred tha Japanese people who, up until then, largely had been apa thetic. Meanwhile the opposition also pounded away at the U-2 incident over Russia. By that time, even some of those who favored the treaty, began hav ing fears that the treaty onen- ed the way to involving Japan witn a war against the Com munist nations. There is a strong neutralist force in Japan and it sudden ly became very attractive. TO STUDY ICE BREAKERS Washington-HJPD-The House has passed a bill calling on the Coast Guard to study tha feasibility of using nuclear energy to power ice breakers. The measure, approved by voice vote Wednesday, now goes to the Senate. Soviet Russia already has a nuclear powered ice breaker. QUAKE SHAKES TOKYO Tokyo-fflPD-A minor earth quake shook downtown Tokyo building today. 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