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Hislory from the frlcj of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 19, 1950 (Monday)
Medford Corporation avert
ed a threatened strike of 400
employees by granting a lOVi
rent nor hour pay increase
retroactive to June 1.
Ceremonies will be held in
Jacksonville today honoring
the late Emil Britt for his
584 consecutive years of vol
unteer service as a weather
bureau observer.
20 YEARS AGO
June 19. 1940 (Wednesday)
The Medford city council
end civil service commission
yesterday inspected the new
ly renovated fire department
headquarters.
From Arthur Perry'i "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
rain came, and, as usual,
caught the barn too far away
from some of the new-mown
hay."
30 YEARS AGO
June 19. 1930 (Thursday)
Hundreds attend last rites
for George W. Joseph, Repub
lican candidate for governor
who died unexpectedly last
week.
The Medford city council
Is being urged by local citi
zens groups to adopt the city
manager type of government.
40 YEARS AGO
June 19. 1920 (Saturday)
The California Oregon Pow
er company has a new kind
of electric range on public
display in their offices.
The Crater Luke road Is
now open to Klamath Falls
50 YEARS AGO
June 19. 1910 (Sunday)
Congressman W. C. Hawlcy
has notified Medford city of
ficials he has succeeded in
getting a $110,000 appropria
tion for a federal office build
ing here.
A company called the South
ern Oregon Land and Trust
company, with capital of $5
million, has been formed here
for the purpose of loaning
eastern money in Southern
Oregon.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina or ten correct It superior;
even or eight is excellent; five or
lii Is good.
1. Is a male rabbit called a
buck or bull?
2. Is Iceland northeast or
northwest of Greenland?
3. Which State has the high
est average elevation?
4. Which Stale has the low
est average elevation?
5. Are all snakes deaf?
8. Did the term "fifth col
limn" originate during World
War I or World War II?
7. Are delusion, allusion,
nd illusion synonyms?
8.- Who is Director of the
F.B.I.?
9. The original area of the
District of Columbia was
carved from which two
Stales?
10. Near which city in In
die li the beautiful Taj Ma
hal?
Aiwwersi 1. Buck. 2. No,
Southeast. 3. Colorado. 4
Delaware. 5. Yet. 6. No. Span
Ish Civil War. 7. No. S. J
Edgar Hoover. 9. Maryland
nd Virginia. 10. Agra.
TOBACCO MAN DIES
Winston-Salem, N.C. -WPI-
Servicea were to be held here
today for Francis G. (Bill)
Carter, 47. president of the
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
who dliSi Thursday.
Globe-Trotting Americans
The itch to travel
United States the world's foremost nation of
globe-trotters. Another record year in virtually
i i.
every rorm 01 leisure iransporiauon is in prospect.
As early as February the U.S. Passport Office was
preparing to issue ouu.uul) new passports ana re
newals. or 14 per cent more than last year.
European travel agents and transportation
line officials at the beginning of the season were
expecting to accommodate 850,000 Americans,
about zO per cent more
Pacific shipping lines report tourist traffic
up 5 to 7 per cent, while a West Coast trave.
agency says it is sending 80 per cent more vaca-
doners this year to Japan,
and Thailand.
THE explosion at the
Viuvo hurl KtMo nv nrt
Russia. A record 20,000
expected this year. But in Cuba Fidel Castro's
anti-American tirades have reduced the tourist
flow to a trickle.
A considerable increase in American visitors
is expected elsewhere
sphere, where passports are not required. This
could run to 5 million for Canada, half a million
for Mexico, and about a million for the remainder
of Latin America.
British Overseas Airways Corp. on March 29
announced that seat reservations on the London
New York route for the February-July period are
up 50 per cent over those of 1959. With currency
regulations relaxed, Britons can now spend as
much as they like overseas.
DOMESTIC travel, as
vimmiiKf f h o rtarla
weather hit some resorts
Atlantic City had two
over the long Memorial
washed down what could
holiday to $6 million or
But individuals taking vacations within our
borders are expected to ton last year's 90 million.
Rates in general are up again at hotels and motels,
and accommodations cannot always be had with
out reservations, although
number of new motels opening each year at 1500.
According to another source, working Americans
alone enjoy 70 million weeks or vacations; as a
nation we spend $10.4 billion of our $43 billion
annual leisure outlay on
Dirty
The exhaust fumes from automobiles are not only an Irri
tant but a serious health hazard as well. They constitute an
important element in the air pollution which is strongly
suspected by medical authorities to be a causative factor in
cancer, bronchitis, asthma and
"Individually," as the late Senator Neuberger observed,
"none of us can do much about air pollution. Collectively,
through government, we can
nate or control it."
One source of automobile fumes can be largely controlled
by a simple and inexpensive device. The device can be in
stalled below the carburetor in
called blowby gases back into the cylinders where they
are burned in the engine. Blowby is the mixture of air and
raw gasoline hydrocarbons that slips unburned past the pis
ton rings and is vented into the atmosphere from the crank
case. Although it accounts for only one-fourth to one-third of
the hydrocarbons emitted by
the most dangerous cancer-producing hydrocarbons - it is,
nevertheless, an important source of air pollution.
riMIE AUTOMOBILE Manufacturers Association lias an-
nounced that a device to control blowby will be installed
as standard equipment on all
the California market; the extra cost will probably be less
than $10. Why, then, should the device not be installed on all
new model cars? Senator Neuberger asked this question be
fore his death a few months ago.
Secretary Flemming of Health, Education and Welfare
warned the automobile manufacturers that if they failed to
put the device onto all new cars of their own volition they
might be required to do so by law.
For our part, we do not understand what the auto makers
-or the 'states or Congress-are waiting for. Cars ought not
to be allowed on public streets
tection for the public health.
BUSES AND trucks which burn diesel fuel produce fumes
less hazardous to public health than gasoline exhaust yet
even more offensive to the human sense of smell and mure
irritating to human eyes, noses and throats. These, too, can
be controlled or corrected without exorbitant expense by at
taching catalytic afterburners
from diesel engines. . . .
The Public Health Service,
intensive studies of the-part played by automobile exhausts
in poisoning the atmosphere, is said to be convinced that ad
ditional, and rather more costly, devices will be needed to
eliminate the hydrocarbons that are emitted from automobile
exhaust pipes-the major source' of auto pollutants. These
studies will be continued and
by Congress and now before
adjourns, It ought to supplement this effort by passing
Senator Kuchcls bill providing for public hearing and ex
tending the Federal air pollution control law.
Americans would not tolerate poisoning of the water
they drink; there is no reason for them to permit needless
pollution of the air they breathe.-Washington (D C.) Post.
Cant Honor Them All
Every once In a while some one gets mad at us for not
making special mention of their choice "day," "week" or
"month" as set aside by some national organization to which
they belong.
If we commented on all or Just a large number of them,
It is about all we would be able to get into Ihis column. The
special events set aside for observance in June, for Instnnce,
include the following:
National Recreation Month,
National Ragweed Control Month, Portable Radio Month,
Making Soda Bath Season, Jefferson Davis' Birthday, Old
Maids Day, Let's Play Golf
about this exceptionally worthy week), Shut-in s Day, Na
tional llomemakcr's Week,
they need more?), Race Amity
Fraternal Week, Flag Day, National Mayonnaise and Salad
Week, Father s Day (now there
Bow Tie Week, National Swim for Health Week, National
Humor Week, Doctors' Nurses' Week, National Safe Boating
week and the 90th State Fair.
While this is a pretty good
doesn t contain all the theoretical national observances.
If you have a pet that belongs In the list we hope yon
don t feel abused because it was
-Corvallii Gazette-Tlmei.
continues to make the
tnan in iat9.
Hong Kong, Singapore,
Paris Summit appears to
offopf nn ivava tn Snvlpf.
Americans are reported
in the Western Hemi
any motorist knows, is
artrl Vi in4lii7j VQ Sin-it t r
early in the summer
days of intermittent ram
Day week end which
have been a $12 million
$7 million.
one observer puts the
travel. L.K.K.
Air
heart disease.
take effective action to elimi
such a way as to route so-
automobile engines - and not
cars made after this year for
without this elementary pro
or by deodorizing the vapors
which has been conducting
intensified under a bill passed
the President. Before Congress
Movie Month, Dairy Month,
(might squeeze something In
Pentecost, Children's Day (do
Day, National Flag Week
Is one of real value), National
list we are certain that it
left out. It was unintentional
Dennis the
'US CALLED A COWLICK. 1 WAS WW ON A CATTLE PAHCH.
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
OPPORTUNITY OPENS
Washington - A glittering
opportunity for demagogues
is opening out for the fall
p r e s idential
campaign, but
those who
seize it may
find it turn
ing to fool's
gold in their
hands.
The institu
tion of the
William 8. .j
White presiuuncy nas
been abused as never before
in history by left-wing mobs
which forbade, the elected
head of this country to visit
the elected head of govern
ment in Tokyo.
Howling and brutal irre-
sponsibility-lhe ultimate logi
cal extension of extremism in
politics-roams much of the
world. It is formed of packs
of pseudo-legal lynchers in
Castro s Cuba. It marches as
openly applauded allies of
imperialist Communism in
Japan,
There is a growing belief
among high American offici
als to whom this correspond.
ent has talked that even the
Soviet Kremlin is frightened
by the excesses of this new
Communist imperialism as it
Is being directed from Bed
China. There is a question
whether Nlkita Khrushchev
himself will be able to re
strain the new furies rising
in the Orient.
T IS NOW obvious that
much ot Khrushchev's rea
son for breaking up the Sum
mit conference lay in Chinese
Communist pressures he dared
not resist. (Parenthetically.
what price now all the shrilly
positive assertions that it was
the little American "spy
plane" which caused Khru
shchev so to act? How petty
can you get in assigning
causes for historic upheavels?)
more is more and more
authoritative doubt here as to
which now is the dog and
which is the tail as between
Russia and Red China. But
there is no doubt that Japan
Itself, and thus the whole
free world position in Asia,
is under grave threat from
the Chinese Communists and
their allied extremists.
So there is great tempta
tion among the Democrats to
indict the Eisenhower admin
istration's policies without re
straint, in part from convic
tion and in part for political
capital,
WHERE is a corresponding
determination among the
Republicans, arising from the
same mixed motives, to con-
fess no error anywhere, any
time.
Of course, administration
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
TTUMOR U tricky thing to define, but that never seemt
A A to stop the experts from trying. "Humor can be dis
sected," warns E. B. White, "as a frog can, but the thing die
in the process and 1he in
nards are discouraging to
any but the pur scien
tific mind."
"Every time I've tried
to explain just what hu
mor means to me," adds
Dorothy Parker, "I had
to go and lie down with a
cold wet cloth on my
head."
Old Master P. GWodc
house told Researcher
Bill Cole, "The difference
between-wit and humor
beat me and has always
beat me. Sometimes I
think I've got It, and then suddenly everything goes black."
Ogden Nash polishes oft the subject with.
In this foolish world there It nothing more numerous
Than different people's senses of humorous.
C IMu, by BeantU Ctrl: DUIrlbuUrf h Ktne- tummc BniiiuM
0
Menace
S. WHITE
mistakes have been made.
They cannot possibly be un
made in the few remaining
months of the Eisenhower
administration.
Nevertheless, the superfi
cially appealing opposition
campaign tactic is a full
throated clamor against the
president, though this would
further damage the country
abroad by picturing us as
frightened and divided.
Upon the Democrats falls
a heavy responsibility to
avoid the superficial; not to
let the country down in build
ing themselves up. Exactly
the same goes for the Repub
licans,
17REE speech, yes. But free
speech need not also be ir
responsible. The nation stands
at an infinitely dangerous
hour. Any word or action
simply directed toward de
stroying the president's pres
tige is unworthy. So is any
G.O.P. suggestion that every
thing is all right and beyond
criticism. There must be an
adult Democratic opposition
looking to the future and not
to the past; a politics of con
struction and not destruction,
There must be an adult Re
publican defense not seeking
alibis for all the past but to
assist in securing the future.
The situation is so delicate
that powerful men in both
parties are now considering
a private appeal to all presi
dential candidates to accept
n unwritten code of conduct
along these lines.
No party will really gain
if it gains at the expense of
national safety. No winning
candidate will really win un
less he so behaves as to be
able to govern after he wine.
For it is easily possible to
gain the presidency this year
by such means as to guaran
tee an opposition so implaca
ble as to make certain the
destruction of the new ad
ministration before it begins.
(Copyright. 1960. By United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
Three Receive
Harvard Degrees
Three area students were
among approximately 3,000
who received academic de
grees at the 309th commence
ment of Harvard university,
Cambridge, Mass., Thursday
Area students receiving de
grees were Nathan C. Douthit
3116 Sunnyvale rd., Central
Point, bachelor's; Thomas H
Denncy, 1850 Fruitdale dr..
Grants Pass, bachelor's; and
William J. Donovan, Medford,
master of public administra
tion. Douthit was graduated with
cum laude honors.
M
Communications
Leiteri to the Editor mutt 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 pub
lication mutt not exceed 400 words. The lettert printed in
thit column do not necotsarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Reads Statement
To the Editor: We have
read the statement of Nelson
Rockefeller in the Mail Trib
une. It would have been time
ly in 1912. However, it falls
short of meeting the condi
tions of today.
Yet, it is way ahead of
anything that the Democrats
or Richard Nixon has to of
fer. He seems aware of the
fact that this is not an ordi
nary election. Yet I believe
that he and I are the only
ones in the United States that
share that opinion. My belief
stems from the attitude of the
American public in general
Whether I am correct in my
belief, I am willing to trust
the verdict to history.
Mr. Rockefeller implies
that he believes that the
United States can haul
abreast of the Soviet Union.
Logic does not support that
idea. The conditions that put
the Soviet Union ahead of the
United States was their econo
mic order and social and cul
tural conditions. They have
unity of plan and unity of
purpose. With them first
things come first. Their econ
omy has the benefit of the en
tire population. It even em
braces child labor, to say
nothing about the experience
and skill of the aged. The re
sults of their social system
and methods speak for them
selves. We have a rich coun
try; theirs is richer.
The Soviets have overtaken
us because they have more
speed. For us to overtake
them we must have more
speed than they. They have
social team work. They have
economic team work. They
economize on labor and re
sources. '
They build high dams for
electric power while we build
low dams. We lose time on
unemployment, strikes and
featherbedding while they can
use 12 million more workers
Their scientists get practical
experience while learning
Their schools have the same
advantage.
We may lament their prog
ress and our handicaps, but
there is not much that we can
do about it. We are what we
are, and they are what they
are. Even if we could change
and use their system tomor
row we could not catch up
with them., They are too far
advanced in their ideology.
By the time that we became
adjusted, socially and scienti
fically, they would be another
decade ahead of us.
We build automobiles and
TV sets; they build people.
Walter Heece
Galice
Fine Department
To the Editor: I don t know
the Bob Walters who writes
your column "Out on a
Limb," but after reading last
Monday's (June 13) piece I sug
gest you either drop the col
umn or the writer.
I presume he thought his
piece was real cute and funny,
but to me he owes our police
patrolmen an apology. If Mr.
Walters is so unhappy with
the parking meter tickets,
why doesn't he have enough
nerve to go to the police sta
tion and talk it over instead
writing such a silly piece.
Personally I think we have a
very fine police department.
E. T. Anderson
Fluhrer Building
Medford
Second Round
To the Editor: Today's Ore
gonian says: "Second round
of taxes coming up."
Veil! Aye got news for der
Orcgonian. Dere von't be der
second round. Der vallet yust
got er stuffin' kicked out uf
it in der first round.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland
Would Like Help
To the Editor: I am prepar
ing a feature-article for the
local newspaper and for
possible national publication
on the popularity of the
word "Hamilton" in the Unit
ed States. Any help your
readers may give me will be
appreciated. .
I would like to learn the
names of all families named
Hamilton in your large read
ing audience. I would also
like to hear from any mer
chant, businessman or indus
try that has the name "Ham
ilton" in its title. If there are
villages, towns, cities, schools
clubs or fraternal organiza
tions In your area using the
word "Hamilton" I would
like to learn about it.
Alter considerable re
search. I have found numer
ous sources for the beginning
of the word "Hamilton," but
I would like to learn of any
further history your readers
may have of this popular
name.
Hamilton. Ohio, is located
In the southwestern section
ot the state; has a population
of more than 72.000; is one
of the heaviest industrialized
cities of its size in the coun.
after
Alexander Hamilton.
I will acknowledge all cor
respondence received on this.
Jim Newton
' 220 Sherman ave.
Hamilton, Ohio
Interests of All
To the Editor: No individ
ual and no group is qualified
to sit in the seat of judgment
and render the final decision
on issues arising between
such individual or group and
other parties having an ad
verse interest in the matter
under consideration.
It is the duty of govern
ment to act as the impartial
arbitrator, and when- neces
sary the policeman, to see
that the rights and privileges
of all citizens are protected to
the fullest possible extent. It
is siso the duty of govern
ment to see that no individual
or group be allowed to un
duly extend their own liber
ties to the point of destroying
the freedom of others.
We hear much discussion
about right wing and left
wing groups. This classifica
tion is illusionary. There is no
right or left, liberal or con
servative when it comes to
the favors sought by any spe
cial interest group.
I am not opposed to big
business but I do not think
that big business should be
allowed to run the govern
ment of all the people. I am
not opposed to big unions but
I do not think that big unions
should run the government
either.
One of the two top con
tenders for the Democratic
nomination for president of
this country pointed with
pride to the following voting
record in the United States
Senate.
Senator Kennedy cast his
vote on 33 bills upon which
COPE chose to take a stand.
According to COPE Senator
Kennedy voted "right" 33
times out of 33. A perfect
Score, Jpr COPE.
COPE is the alphabetic des
ignation for the Committee
on Political Education, AFL-
CIO. The Chairman of COPE
is George Meany president of
AFL-CIO. Secretary - Treasur
er of COPE is William F.
Schuitzler, who holds the
same office in the joint labor
movement. .
From the above we are left
to judge, with Kennedy in
the White House, just how
much consideration the rights
of anyone outside of the union
inner circle would be given
on any issue where their
rights came in conflict with
the wishes of this group.
The real issue appears to
be: Shall the Democratic
Party take itself out of the
race and leave the voters in
November a choice only be
tween the Republican Party
and COPE, or shall we run a
candidate of independent
judgment who is capable of
serving in the interest of all
of the people?
Earl Glidewell
, P.O. Box 1053
Hermiston, Ore.
Outrageous Statements
To the Editor: M. J. Olsen's
letter of June 6 contains so
many outrageous statements
that I wonder whether, in ac
cordance with his own sug
gestion, he wrote it just to
stir up a controversy.
It would help if he would
define what he means by
"socialism." Does he wish to
do away with the police de
partment, the fire department,
the armed services, the pub
lic schools, the post office and
a number of other institutions
which are, strictly speaking,
socialistic?
I'd be glad to know how
federal tax collections are
"done against the Bill of
Rights and the Constitution
and with near police state
methods." This would be news
to me. '
The foreign aid program,
like our military expendi
tures, is justified only in
terms of the defense of our
country. Mr. Olsen's very ex
istence as a citizen of a great
country was preserved by
these dollars.
Obviously, Mr. Olsen has
not read the bills providing
for federal aid to education.
If he had, he would know that
any such control Is expressly
forbidden, much less "a thor
ough brainwashing of our
children's minds towards
more, and finally, total em
bracing of socialism."
Charles O. Porter,
Member of Congress.
EXPRESSES REGRET
St. Louis-dJPD-Former Presi
dent Truman expressed regret
Friday that riotous demonstra
tions had forced cancellation
of Pr e s I d e n t Eisenhower's
scheduled visit to Japan. Tru
man said. "There is no ques
tion the rioting in Tokyo was
Communist-inspired."
try, and was named
potluck
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
This is a season of garden
ing, cub reporters and a refer
ence to air pollution.
Throughout the valley, gar
dens are green (that is, those
that have been properly cared
for). Lawns are snowing the
strain of the hot sun. And
weeds are being pulled, or
broken off.
One of our staff members
has a lawn-weed problem, so
while watching a member of
the younger generation, he
pulls a few weeds.
The other day, he thought
he would teach the 18-month-
old to help him, and instruct
ed the little fellow to take
the pulled weeds to a wheel
barrow. The little fellow did, too.
He'd take the weed in his
chubby little fingers and put
it in the wheelbarrow. Our
staff member thought that
was very fine.
That is, until the little fel
low brought the weed back to
him.
Eighteen months is about
the only time in a perton't
life he voluntarily helps
mow the lawn, pull weeds,
clean house, wash dishes,
or cleans the patio by eat
ing the dirt.
This also is a cub reporter
season in the news depart
ment, and last week this re
sulted in somewhat of a desk
and equipment shortage. A
temporary inconvenience, of
course, but it was apparent.
As a result, one of the regu
lar staff members, much of
whose time is spent in dark
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
President Eisenhower's vis
it to Japan is called off
"postponed" is the word used
by Japan's prime minister in
announcing his decision. He
says he decided on postpone
ment because he believes
President Eisenhower's life
would be endangered if he
flew to Tokyo Sunday as
planned.
fPHE concensus of profession-
al diplomats in most of
the world's capitals is that
as a result of the postpone
ment (some of them use the
word "collapse") of our Pres
ident's scheduled visit to our
Japanse ally the United States
has suffered a humiliating
and costly defeat and that the
Soviet Chinese communist
bloc won a victory of MEN
ACING proportions,
The professionals point out
that it Is the second time in
exactly a month that a great
international event has gone
against the wishes of Presi
dent Eisenhower and along
lines charted by the interna
tional communist leadership.
(The first time was the col
lapse of - the summit confer
ence.)
They add that today's de
bacle In Tokyo is potentially
more damaging to the United
States and its allies, and in
the long run poses a greater
threat to the balance of U.S.
Soviet relations and therefore
to world peace, than did the
break-down of the summit
conference in Paris.
SO MUCH for the profession
als. Let's turn now to the
opinion of a humble Japanese
housewife interviewed in To
kyo this morning by an Amer
ican correspondent. Asked
what she thought of it all,
she replied:
Yes, as you say, we lost
face. But maybe it is better
to lose 'face.' You never know
what those crazy students
might do."
THIS is what was in her
mind.
Suppose one of those crazy
students, hopped up with com
munist propaganda, had tak
en u well-aimed shot at Ike.
Suppose Ike had been killed.
What would have happened
then?
This is the answer:
WAR WOULD PROBABLY
HAVE FOLLOWED.
LET'S go back to June 28,
1914.
At that time, two great
power blocs-Germany, Aus
tria and Italy on one side and
Great Britain, France and
Russia on the other-stood face
to face much as the Free West
and Communism stand facing
each other now.
In the midst of the tension,
an Austrian archduke and his
wife visited the city of Sara
jevo, capital of the Austrian
province of Bosnia. There
was a parade. A frenzied Ser
bian peasant SHOT THE
ARCHDUKE AND HIS
WIFE.
World War I followed.
From the standpoint' of
common human welfare,
World War I solved nothing.
It merely towed the seeds of
World War II. World War II
stopped a crazy despot, but
from the standpoint of com
ness, found himself standing
when his regular desk always
seemed to be occupied.
His comment was:
"I just won't take this sit
ting down!"
One of our newer report
ers was asked to buy gro
ceries for the hungry news
staff. Literally hungry, that
is.
On his return, he noted
there was nothing in the
journalism manual about
buying food. (We had as
sured him before he left,
there is usually no mention
of thote necessary little er
rands.) Perhaps the journalism
manual should be rewrit
ten. Space in which to keep
pending material became one
of the summer news room
problems last week. By some
rearranging of volumes in the
book case, however, room
was found.
But in the process of rear
ranging the dusty volumes, a
couple of the newer members
came across an old edition of
local telephone directory.
The remark:
"Not much plot to it, but
look at all the characters."
It wat in thit tame book
case that under several lay--ert
of dust there wat a
stack or old Mail Tribunes
saved for a tpecific reaton.
Under the dust was a theet
of paper on which wat writ
ten: "Air Pollution File."
mon human welfare, IT solved
nothing.
Both wars bathed ' the
world in blood. '
S'
Let's get back to the
thought that was in the back
of this humble Japanese
housewife's mind. Suppose the
visit to Tokyo had gone
through as planned. SUP
POSE IKE HAD BEEN SHOT
BY A CRAZY FANATIC.
What would have happen
ed?
Here-at the very best-is
what would have happened:
We would have lost a be
loved President. The world
would have lost a magnificent
fighter for PEACE-one who
commands the affection, the
confidence, the TRUST of
common, ordinary people all
over the world. , . people like
this Japanese housewife.
SO LET'S not grieve too
much over a possible loss
of "face." Maintaining "face"
has cost rivers of blood over
the long centuries of history.
6,994 Swimmers
Recorded at Two
Pools in Medford
A total of 6,994 swimmers
were recorded at Medford's
two municipal swimming
pools during the period June
9 through 15, according to
Parks and Recreation Director
Robert Haworth.
Some 1,056 of the swim
mers were recorded at the
new Jackson park swimming
pool which opened June 10,
and 5,938 were recorded at
Hawthorne pool.
Haworth said there have
been no reports of cut feet at
the Jackson pool since last
Monday when nearly 25 per
sons reported having cut their
feet on the bottom of the pool.
Thoroughly Cleaned
The pool was thoroughly
cleaned Monday night, Ha
worth said, and whatever was
cutting the swimmers' feet
was apparently cleaned out.
It is thought that some small
particles of debris which had
been left behind by the con
tractor were responsible for
the cut feet, but it is not
known for sure.
A total of 388 season swim
ming passes have been issued
by the city so far this season.
These include family, adult,
student and children swim
passes. They are on sale at
the city hall and at both of the
city's swimming pools.
Haworth said that 14 per
sons registered for the Am
erican Red Cross water safety
instructor's class which was
held June 13-15 at Hawthorne
pool.
A total of 400 swimmers
have participated in the fam
ily swimming hours at both
pools. The hours for family
swimming are from 5:30 to
7 p.m. each evening.
Salem -(CTt Candy Heiney
of Portland, a student at
Grant high, has been named
governor of Girls State in an
election held on the Willam
ette University camput.
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