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and 50 veari ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 27. 1950 (Tuesday)
Central Point - After being
defeated twice at the polU the
city budget here waj reduced
to a $23,621 figure which li
below the six per cent limita
tion. More than 100 outstanding
celebrities of the theater and
motion picturea have been In
vited to attend the 10th an
nual Shakespearean feitlval
In Ashland during August. .
20 YEARS AGO
June 27. 1940 (Thursday)
A grass fire caused by a
firecracker waa extinguished
by city firemen yesterday
just short of a fireworks stand
south of Medford.
Trom Arthur Perry's "Yt
Smudge Pot" column: "There
are two objections to Wendell
Wllkle for President, press
dispatches indicate. He needs
a hair cut, and la an ex-Democrat."
90 YEARS AGO
June 27. 1930 (Friday)
Forests will be closed
to
amokers starting July 1.
Ashland will hold a Pioneer
celebration in conjunction
with the Fourth of July ob
servance. 40 YEARS AGO
June 27. 1920 (Sunday)
Local packers are issuing
their first call for box-makers
and pear-packers.
The snow was cleared from
Crater Lake lodge clear to the
summit yesterday and five
cars made the trip to the rim
of the lake.
SO YEARS AGO
June 27. 1910 (Monday)
.President Taft signed a
house appropriations bill to
day which allocated $110,000
lor a federal building in Med
ford. A six-story hotel, to be call
ed the Medford hotel, will be
erected soon at the corner of
Main and Ivy sts at a cost of
more than $130,000.
Whal's Your 10 ?
Nine or fen eerrect ii superior:
even er eight Is eaeellenH five w
Its ia good.
1. Name the political party
founded by Theodore Roose
velt. 2. Where Is Bedloe's Is
land? 3. The famous plant breed
er who lived in Santa Rosa,
Calif., was L r B k?
4. What omission does the
apostrophe In "o'clock" de
note? 5. Did the son or daughter
ot Edward VIII succeed him
to the British throne?
6. Andrew Jackson, James
K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson
were all born In Tenn.; true
or false?
7. In which group of Islands
is Bougainville?
8. In the Arthur Ian ro
mance who Is the son of
Launcelot and Elaine?
0. Answer the following
In 30 seconds: Are 409 seconds
more than 10 minutes?
10. Was the Smithsonian
Institute a gift to the U.S.
from an Englishman, French
man, or American?
Answtrst 1. "Bull Moose."
(1912). 2. In New York Har
bor. 3. Luther Burbank. 4.
"of the." S. No. His brother.
George V. 6. True. 7. The
Solomons. I. Galahad. 9. No.
10. Englishman. James Smith-Ion.
i
Revision at
The United States Military Academy, after a
four-year study of its curriculum, will put into
effect in the new academic year changes which
have been described as the most drastic in its
158-year-old history. The changes are being made
within the traditional single prescribed curricul
um. The general effect is to liberalize the West
Point program, brining it more in line with those
of civilian institutions of higher education and
of other service academies.
Lt. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson, who retires
as superintendent at the Point on July 1, institut
ed the curriculum review in SeDtember. 1956
Questionnaires were sent to the 13.040 alumni
who had graduated since 1900, including Presi
dent Eisenhower. Then an outside committee of
consultants, headed by Dr. Frank H. Bowles,
president of the College Entrance Examination
Board, studied results of the Academy's own re
view and made recommendations. The new nio-
gram thus is based on
cnuusm.
A MAJOR change puts
previously made up
ui me curriculum, on a par wun me sciences.
Cadets who enter the Point after attendance at
a college or university and about 30 per cent
of them do will be eligible for credit tor work
completed and thus will
to more aavancea courses, xnrougn acceleration,
a cadet may achieve the credit eauivalent of an
additional year's study
emy. And rirst Classmen seniors will now
have the option of concentrating" on a social
science-humanities or a mathematics-engineering-science
course.
The new program was conceived, according
to uen. uaviason, in recognition that, "The ap
plication of principles learned by the student
crosses the boundaries of the traditional engineer-
: j ..i.i:t. ji !u i i ,,i
mg aim oxieiiwiii; uiociuiineB ana requires Dreautn
of knowledge, as well as depth in a variety of
technical fields." In addition to broadening and
intensifying education in the sciences, the cur
riculum planners took steps to meet the need for
"officers well grounded in the economic-political
field."
THE CHANGES are. in line with recommenda
1 tions made to President Eisenhower a year
ago by the U.S.M.A. Board of Visitors. The new
program also is a concession in part to persistent
civilian criticism of the curricula at West Point
and, to a lesser degree, at the air and naval acad
emies. Gen. Davidson makes the noint that the
addition of a course in ereoirraDhv to the Plehe
freshman schedule brings the content of in
struction only to "the level of freshman courses
in other colleges and universities" and the other
service academies.
Typical of past criticism is an article written
several years ago by Charles H. Fenton, then an
assistant professor of English at Yale. Fenton
found the English taught in senior year at West
Point to be of the calibre required of a civilian
engineering or pre-med student "very early in
his career, the humanities to be "watered-down,"
and the over-all complexion" to be "that of an
excellent high school. He was equally critical
or the proposed curriculum tor the new Air Force
Academy near Colorado Springs.
The 'critique was caustic and bound to stir up
controversy. A typical reply was that of Maj. J. L.
Jackson of the air academy faculty: "The Air
Force Academy is not intended to be a liberal
arts college; its mission is to produce the best
possible combat leaders." E.R.R.
Help For Church Schools?
A report issued by the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference provided statistical support for
legislators who have argued that any federal aid
to education should go to sectarian as well as
public schools. The report showed that one-ninth
of all elementary and high school pupils attend
Catholic schools, and two-fifths of all college
students are in Catholic colleges and universities.
The rapidly growing percentage of students
in Catholic schools has oeen stressed in support
of the contention that these institutions have he
come too important in American education to be
ignored when if federal grants are passed out.
Significantly, the report noted that Catholic
schools saved public treasuries about $1.1 billion
in 1959.
AT THE same time, the report showed that the
"Catholic svstem suffers problems endemic to
public education teacher shortages and rising
costs. These difficulties obviously will increase if
Catholic schools maintain their rate of grow th.
Parochial high school attendance, for example,
rose from 467,000 pupils in 1947 to 828,000 last
year.
borne legislators believe the sectarian schools,
more than the public schools, need the incentive
of public funds to pay for improved educational
programs. Sen. Josepn S. Clark (D-Pa.) has said
that in his opinion American youth would not be
adequately educated until federal aid was ex
tended to church schools and colleges.
But the Senate, in nassing a school-aid bill
in February, defeated amendments which would
have provided loans for private and parochial
schools. A similar amendment offered dining
debate May 26 on a House version of the measure
was ruled out of order as not germane. E.K.R.
West Point
intelligently guided self-
the humanities, which
only about 40 per cent
be able to move along
in his four at the Acad
Dennis the
'I oon't see mwn'. Are souSigg
you'RE GPOmti'A MUSTACHE ?
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Democrats Pleased
To Ihe Editor: On behalf of
the Jackson County Demo
cratic Central committee and
Its outgoing chairman, Mr.
Frank Christian, I would like
to express to you my appre
ciation for the fine coverage
you have given the local
Democratic party; you and
the members of your staff
have been pleasant and co
operative always and we are
sincerely grateful.
I hope you will soon have
an opportunity to meet the
new county chairman, Harper
Edwards, who is a credit to
the Democratic party and of
whom we are very proud. I
am sure you will agree that
our choice was a wise one.
I was appointed publicity
chairman for the organiza
tion and will therefore be
sending you Dews releases
and stories from time to time.
will limit these only lo
Hems which are newsworthy.
Thank you again for the
help and co-operation you
have given us.
Marjory E. Madden
Phoenix, Ore.
Retribution
To the Editor:
A day without night-
A heaven without stars.
A woman without lips,
A man with no arms.
No birds, no trees
No fish alive in the brooks.
A lonely
child .
toy without a
Nothing, nothing left, grim
products of a world gone
wild . . .
Roger Barton Lend
73(i Washington Ave.,
Apt. 4
St. Paul, Minn.
(A visitor to your
beautiful vnlley.)
Limousine Problems
To the Kditor: We wish to
thank the Medford city coun
cil, citizens of Medford. and
all those who have chosen to
use our limousine service,
during this trying period, for
being so very understanding
of our numerous problems.
However. I would like to
correct a slight misunder
standing. W h e n we were
granted permission to have a
limousine service, we had no
intention of transporting pas
sengers into residential areas.
I called our city manager and
received permission, before
we deviated from our original
ly planned route. Yellow Cab
company was not aware of this
permission at the time they
filed their complaint. We ask
ed permission, not only be
cause of the competition, but
also, because passengers found
it inconvenient to change trom
one vehicle to another, to be
able to go to a residential
address. There was no uxtra
charge for this service.
We. too. hope that the new
provision to the city code will
end the limousine problems.
IVhiry Jane Jones
Mcdlord Airport
Limousine Service
2070 Kings Highway
Medford
About Slugs
To the Kditor: In the col
umn "Small Worlds'' by Lynn
M. Watklns, I read about
those real small acquaintances
of his called "slugs."
He tells us that the guy
with horns is a slug. Now in
my opinion a "guy" is a per
son of grotesque appearance,
so .luce that lit'.le sluggard,
slugger or - er slug, must
be something other than a
guy - rope or a voice for
guying other little Satanic ras
cals and if those horns ine.inj
Menace
often the case.
anything-he is a small imp
o Satan,
Those slimy sllnkers pre
tend to be gardeners and they
demand high wages, Once I
found a nest of them at the
roots of a young plum tree
which they had completely
girdled just below the ground.
I buried them in a good
Insect powder and in less than
a minute they were slick as
buttons. That made me so
mad in the face that I at-
tacked 'em bare-handed and
choked them where their
necks should have been. I had
to use scouring powder on my
hands for quite some time.
Now, they are haunting our
strawberry bed.
I've learned a better way
to get rid of them: A woman
moved into a house that need
ed de-bed-bugglng. She an
swered an advertisement, and
enclosed a dollar for a way
to do away with them. Soon
she received two small blocks
of wood. Directions read, "Get
each bug onto the larger block
and smash him with the other
one."
I tell yuh, folks, it pays to
be well read. I've a number
of small blocks scattered
around, and there's no patent
on them, so I shall murderize
a lot of those little guys with
out getting my hands all slip
pery. if you want to do the same
perhaps we can rid Oregon of
slugs entirely.
You can find them without
a bloodhound, for they have
a silver trail where they wan
der around. I followed one
from Niantic st. clear to Pen
ncy's store ope time.
I was going that way any
how. Mr. W. writes that in
that little blob of flesh there
is only digestible material. I
wonder how he found out?
If I get mad again I shall
go right out and swallow one
instead of eating a little wooly
worm as I've so often thought
of doing.
If I learn any more worth
while news, I'll be glad to
puss it on.
Pearl Spackman
P. O. Box 33,
Jacksonville
Seeking Solutions
To the Editor: I must get
some things off my chest, and
would like to hear what other
readers have to say on com
pulsory insurance, to care for
the aged on retirement.
Looking back, because I am
on social security, I believe
I would have been glad to
have paid for medical Insur
ance along with my social se
curity, had it been in exist
ence. Why docs the government
so strongly oppose it? T don't
remember that social security
was opposed when they put
that into effect, and that was
compelling the worker to pro
vide for his retirement wheth
he wanted to or not. Why are
they getting so conscience,
stricken now?
As soon as I could come
under social security by self
cmploymeni 1 was happy to
do so. I tried to always carry
sickness and accident insur
ance, but one day I was stun
ned to receive notice that my
insurance would not be re
newed, on account of my age.
To take out new insurance
from another company would
rost me about three times
what I had paid all these
years, tl never called on my
insurance company once.)
Had I been insured with
the government this would not
have happened to me and I
could receive the medical
care that I now need, and
tried to provide for myself, 1
Foreign Desk: Russia vs. China
Struggle?
By PHIL, NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
From the foreign editor's
notebook:
Internecine Warfare
London observers predict
the ideological struggle be
tween Moscow and Peiping
will get worse
before it gets
better. Red
:3T ara i-nina s in a o
1 Tse-tung is
not ready to
bdw to Nikita
a1j Khrushchev's
a i c t ate that
Moscow will
be the sole in-
I'll ii. m.vvsom t e r p reter of
Marx and Lenin and will look
to the die-hards in the Krem
lin and East Europe for sup
port oi ine oia idea that war
between socialism and capital
ism is inevitable. However,
both sides will try to avoid a
formal rift which would be
in the interest of neither Mos
cow nor Peiping. The deep-
seated rift may account for
some wild swings in Commu-
honestly believe the govern
ment ought to do something
to help the retired, and not
say "this one we will help,
but that one will have to help
himself."
many om people have a
home, but I doubt if many
have it clear-usually paying
$25 or $30 a month on a mort
gage. Take this from a man
and wife's social security, vou
don't have too much left. At
least not enough to live as you
are used to, and to be able to
pay big doctor's bill and pay
a dollar apiece for a 10 cent
pill.
I don't go to my doctor, for
I can't pay his bill and I won't
make a bill I can't pay. So I
just suffer it out, not knowing
what eventually will happen.
Unless you do as your doctor
wishes why go to him? Have
others this problem? If so,
how did they solve it?
(Name on File),
" Medford.
Freedom Expanded
To the Editor: I wish to
thank you for the thoughts
you set forth in your fine edi
torial of June 22 (Subversion
and Freedom).
Those are thoughts I have
long wished to present, but
for one unknown, and in this
era of branding anything that
departs from the traditional
line of thinking as subver
sive, communistic or at least
crack-pot, I have felt it ill ad
vised to commit myself even
in an academic manner.
If the word subversive is
considered in its various as
pects, many new views will
be revealed. ,
As to freedom, there is not
a word in our language that
has more appeal, is less under
stood and more abused. Prog
ress, advance and evolution
have so changed its definition
and application during the ex
istence of our country that in
many respects what was free
dom in 1776 has become today
liberty, privilege or permit.
There is also a great mis
understanding of the original
interpretation of the word. It
was much more narrow than
is generally believed in this
day and age, at the time of
our severance from England
lt was unthinkable to grant
freedom and equality to any
but those of certain religious
convictions and wealth, in
come or property.
If the freedom for which
our forefathers fought was ap
plied to this day and age
there are many who, on the
one hand, would rejoice, and
on the other, feel restricted
beyond belief.
Freedom has been expand
ed by education and progress,
and narrowed by the growth
of population, for one's free
dom ends when it encroaches
upon another's. Freedom is
largely a state of mind and
therefore elastic and quite in
definite, and continually
changing.
C. R. Burrill
122 Vilas Rd W.,
Central Point, Ore.
Too Disgusting
To the Editor: The writer
has lived at one time in
France. Not too long ago a
young woman Djamila Bou
pacha was tortured by French
army personnel. She was dia
bolically treated, with elec
tricity, and given the "bottle
torture."
This is not the first time
Frenchmen have used torture,
a long record is available for
those who wish to concern
themselves with modern day
devils. Henri Alleg was also
given a similar torture with
electrical devices. No matter
what we may think of the be
liefs of these people, there Is
not an atom of justification
for (he tortures, which actu
ally look place.
These are our allies these
are men?
It is too disgusting to make
further comment.
Albert F. Andrews,
1509 East Main st.
Medford.
Algerian Hopes; Congo Fears
nlst' policy
during coming
months.
Bitter Ashes
All the hopes raised by the
Algerian rebel agreement to
come to Paris for talks with
President Charles de Gaulle
could turn to still more frus
tration and bitter disappoint
ment. The rebels may break
off any talks unless the ques
tion of cease-fire is extended
to conditions of eventual
"self-determination" in Alge
ria. De Gaulle, so far, is de
termined that talks with the
rebels shall be limited to a
cease-fire. Should he agree to
an extension into political
fields, he well might face an
other Algiers settlers' upris
ing backed by former Minis
Labor, Negro Opposition to
Johnson May Become Decisive
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington - (UPI) - It is dif
ficult to believe Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson (D-Tex.) can be
STri nominated for
pre siaeni u
northern N e-
.fi groes and la-
oor leaders -as
advertised
d o actual 1 y
hold a veto
power over a
Democr atle
fl,,j national c o n-
Lyle c wiuoo venuon.
Johnson's strategists tend
to minimize the opposition of
Negroes and of labor leaders
to their candidate. There is
considerable evidence, how-
1
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Along the Feather river, in
Butte county, above Oroville,
In California, the Western Pa
cific Railroad is building a
series of tunnels as a part of
the huge project involved in
lifting its tracks above the
level of the Feather's waters
when the Oroville dam is com
pleted ana a new lake is cre
ated. Two of these tunnels will be
cut through a neck of land at
Big Bend. At the point wnere
the tunnels are being cut
through, this neck is about
three miles wide. The point Is
almost encircled by 11 miles
of the river's channel, which
bends around in a huge loop.
An interesting fact in con
nection with these tunnels is
that when they are completed
thev will follow almost exact
ly the line of another tunnel
that was cut through this same
neck of land some three-quarters
of a century ago. The old
tunnel is about 2,000 feet be
low the level of the new ones.
The old tunnel stretched 11,-
768 feet in one unbroken hole.
Because of a gully some 160
feet wide that cuts across the
higher elevation, there will be
two tunnels on the new route,
with an open space between
them.
THE EARLIER tunnel was
begun in July of 1882. Its
purpose was quite different
from that of the present Bores.
It was designed to carry the
entire flow of the Feather. It
was a huge job for its day,
and required' a lot of equip
ment. A carriage holding four
drills was built. Power to run
the drills came from air com
pressors driven by two ma
chines, one operated by steam
and the other by a water
wheel eight feet in diameter.
The hole was 12 by 16 feet.
It took four and a half years
to punch it through.
When it was completed, a
horrible disappointment
awaited its builders. THE
HOLE WASN'T BIG
ENOUGH TO CARRY THE
FLOW OF THE RIVER!
11HE MEN of those days were
tough and not easily
daunted. They blocked off the
tunnel opening at its up-river
end with iron gates and went
to work to enlarge the pas
sage. It took nine months of
back-breaking toil to do the
job.
But they stuck with it.
This time it WORKED.
When they opened the gates
at the upper end, the entire
fl.nv of the Feather went
whishing through the hole.
1VHY THIS tremendous en-
' terDrisc'1
It's a fascinating story.
The purpose of this tunnel
which took more than five
years of time and almost su-
ton't Neglect Slipping
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Inc (V STta isdu
ter Jacques Soustelle and oth
er "French Algeria" dlehards
in metropolitan France,
Self-Determination?
The Belgian Congo will be
come independent on June 30,
but that Is no guarantee that
the country will remain unit
ed. Tribal and other quarrels
may emerge more fierce than
ever between the 150 or so
groups with dozens of lan
guages and customs that make
up 'the Belgian Congo and,
with the Belgians pulling out,
now will lose the one thing
that binds them together.
Some of the Congolese are as
different as Norwegians and
Greeks and some live as far
apart from each other, with
poor communications. Many
ever, that the opposition is
there. Or, anyway, that some
of the significant spokesmen
for these two powerful pres
sure groups oppose Johnson.
Roy Wllklns of the Nation
al Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
(NAACP) finds Johnson un
suitable. This is, indeed, very
strange. The left wing or New
Deal-Fair Deal element of the
Democratic party also finds
Johnson unsuitable. This, also,
is strange.
Opposed By ADA
The left wingers are polar
ized in Americans for Demo
cratic Action (ADA.) ADA de
plores Johnson's Senate lead
ership although his perform-
JENKINS
perhuman effort to complete
-was to lay bare the channel
of the Feather over these 11
miles between the intake and
the outlet of the tunnel SO
THE MINERS COULD GET
INTO IT WITH SHOVELS
AND SCOOP OUT THE
GOLD THEY WERE SURE
WAS THERE.
NOW COMES the shock.
The miners dammed the
river to shut off the last
trickles of water, grabbed
their shovels and rushed into
the canyon to scoop out the
nuggets. About all they found
In the river's bed were the
remnants of the wing dams
and other works by means of
which the Forty-Niners some
three decades earlier had
stripped the riffles of the bulk
of their golden content.
The speed with which the
Forty-Niners covered all of
Northern California will re
main as one of the marvels of
the olden, golden days of the
West.
Civil Service Tells
Positions Available
Civil Service officials have
announced current listings
and examinations for various
government positions.
Positions and placement In
clude education officer, for
duty in Alaska, Idaho, Mon
tana, Oregon, and Washing
ton; librarian, in Alaska, Ida
ho, Montana, Oregon, and
Washington; clerk, in Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, and Wash
ington; construction inspector,
in Idaho. Montana, Oregon,
and Washington; and clerk
typist (male), for duty with
the Air Force, Portland In
ternational airport, Portland.
Information and applica
tions may be obtained from
the Medford post office.
Heedful of
...attentive
To surround fl
n I moments
with dignity Is
e n obligation
that we honor
is sacred
trust.
Our careful attention to every de
tail involved in a funeral service
results in a perfect tribute to the
departed.
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they face oblivion and are)
thinking of secession..
Sober Reflections
Predictions in Japan arc
that the Japanese Socialists
will show little, if any, gains
as result of the recent massive
antl - government demonstra
tions. Political observers in
Tokyo believe that Japanese
will remember with extreme
regret that these demonstra
tions caused cancellation of
President Eisenhower's visit
and could threaten the loss of
Japan's healthy two-way
trade with the United States.
The result-they will stick
with the Liberal-Democratic
party now in power.
ance has been widely ap
plauded, so much so that there
is substance for the claim that
Johnson is the most able man
in the Democratic party.
Stranger than the opposi
tion of ADA, however, is the
opposition of the Negroes.
There are few, if any, dis
senters from the belief that
Senate Democratic Leader
Johnson was more responsible
than any other man for recent
congressional enactment o f
two civil rights acts, the first
In 80 years. You might expect
that record would have made
some powerful friends for
Johnson among Negro lead
ers. Perhaps lt did. The most
noise, however, is being made
by Negro spokesmen si'ch as
Wilkins.
ADA awarded Johnson no
merit badge for his civil
rights performance. It holds
the efforts of a Johnson - led
Congress to assure civil rights
to Negroes to be too little
and, maybe, too late.
Johnson's personal civil
rights committee Is to guaran
tee that Negroes may vote.
The senator argues that it is
difficult, perhaps impossible.
to legislate a race to a higher
level of citizenship but that
if members of that race are
guaranteed the right to vote,
iney can vote themselves on
ward and upward.
ADA apparently did not
think that argument made
much sense. So, anyway, the
Negroes and the Democratic
left wing must be counted
against Johnson until It is
proven otherwise.
Labor's Opposition
The score of organized labor
against Johnson is that he is
publicly committed to "strong
effective regulatory legisla
tion to protect Americans
against improper labor prac
tices. " Johnson voted for the
Taft-Hartley and for two oth
er regulatory legislation pre
vious to that. He voted for the
Labor Reform Act of 1059, as
did all of the senatorial aspir
ants to the Democratic presi
dential nomination. The Sen
ate vote was 95 to 2.
It has been the Democratic
habit to demand in its recent
platforms the repeal of the
Taft-Hartley Act. The record
is clear by now that a major
ity of American voters do not
want repeal. On the con
trary, the majority apparently
decided in 1959 that Taft-
Hartley was not strong
enough.
If organized labor intends
to keep the Taft-Hartley re
peal plank in the Democratic
platform, the labor politicals
will have to prevent John
son's nomination. He could
not run on a platform con
taining such a plank.
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