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rniDAY, july ze, iseo MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDTORD, ORE. 'Regret1 Statement To Haunt Kennedy During Campaign liiliMiiiitlciiuil Amplilthi.'iili'c CIiIciiku - llll'ii - Si'ii. Joint S. Keiuimly hut fair wanting; nf Iwn iniijiir iIitoi of nrutcirlnil nnimiiiillliiii which the ltiitih. llnint will lie flrliiK nt him, They Hro: Kiuhuala o n Kennedy's y uu Ih. -Attack on Kennedy' cin-li-ovi'i'itlal h I u l o m u n t Unit President Kltctilmwor should luivo expressed reurel to So viet Premie r Nlklta H. KliriiHlii'liev or the tlmlnii o( the U2 iy plane (llithl. The blKKeal cheer nnd the loudeiit Jem nt the Republl din Nutloniil convention luivo come when apenkcr (luycd the Democratic, presidential nominee on these point, Thonuu K. Dowoy, twice riefented GOP p r c I dcntltil enndldiito and former New York Kovernor, plnyed thete theme for nil they were worth Wedneduy nliiht nnd hud the rtclenutra InwthlnK nnd boolnu nt Kennedy. In curlier (predict, Repub lican Nntloiial Chnlrinun Sen. Tlmulon B. Morton Jibed it "younii Sen. Kennedy" and Hep. Wnlter II. Judd of Mln netotn, the keynoter, praised the U2 fllifht for postlbly averting nnother Pearl Har bor. None (if the GOP orator tint come rlitht out nnd mid that Kennedy, nt A3, it too younii to be prciddcnt. nut they fre(ucntly Implied thnt Kennedy nets too younif. Dewey wat particularly irathlnK on this point. Me. aid Kcnncdy't "tmnrt sleek" cceptnnce speech mode "pco-1 pie wonder whether Ihc ton- alor It Kiown up ciioutih to bo president," The itepuhllciin didn't! hedlto when they talked iiboiil iipolo(l.lni for the U2, how ever, nnd tho Imuc It likely to pluHiio Kennedy torely throughout the ciimpulKii, Kennedy tct up tho Itxuc himself when, on May 17 nt Kuuene, Ore., he win nuked whether he would luivo npolo Klzed to the Soviet Union for tending tho UZ plane on n tpy fll(ht over Russia on the eve of tho summit conference, Kennedy wat quoted nt re plying "I certainly would ex press regret nt tho liming and Klvo asturnncet that It would not happen nitnln, I would express regret that tho flltihl did take place." Later, In the Sennte, Kennedy sulci he "would hnvo cxprctiied rcurct If such a statement would have kept the summit going." And In a June 18 letter to the New York Herald Trib une, he wild "The President should have Indicated he re lirctcd the liming of the f 1 1 K h 1, at did President Charlea de Gaulle of Krnnce, and suspend the flights." "I never advocated either expressing rcgrctt or offering apology nt n method of saving the tiimmlt," Kennedy wrote In the loiter, "for II wat my view thnt by tho time the Pnrit meeting wat called, the summit wnt beyond tnvlng." Although Kennedy It not on record nt using the word "apologize," tho Republicans in Chicago have hurled It at him ngnin nnd again. TV's 'Candid Camera' Man Answers Criticism That Comedy Stint Is 'Tainted' IKtlltor'i Nolit: flnlor lnvlnff (or VMcnllon. 11 11 TV revlrwrr Fred !)nIK Invllril viirlmi performer In reply la liU crlllelitn at their TV elMrlt. Allen runt. In the lol. Inwlnl "equal time" reply, tnaweri ine rnnrte me.no ny ueniii early leal teenon Uial "Candid Camera" li tainted by touchet of antulah Uial item rrom pracllcal Jokes. Dear Kred: In criticizing "Candid Cam era," you mid you prefer "un tainted" comedy. Well, to begin with, in my opinion, there ain't no tuch animal. By tainted, I tuumc you mean something tlint't hoked up too much, Soiled renllty or rcnllly thai' Im pure by provocation. If you've ever watched a parade of people with their miinufucturcd excuses trying to get out of Jury duty, you'd find a funny situation. Just titling there listening to them would be untainted comedy, or pure renllty, cnll It what you will. If I filmed this utlng the actual Judge, you'd find it alow and pompous despite the basic hilarity of the situation. But if I tct myself up nt the Judge nnd pushed these peo ple to heighten the humor, then you mny hnvc comedy that's tainted, but It's also funnier, Even a still cameraman shooting rent life mutt select and heighten his subjectt. So do we. Otherwise, Instead of "Candid Camcrn," you might as well Just look out the win dow nnd observe people, Exposal Waaknsst Wo feel thnt "Cnndld Cam era" Is nt its most justifiable when It takes n universal min or weakness nnd exposes It so thn' we can nil lnugh at it. As long ns the weakness is n common one, then, In effect, we nrc lnughlng nt ourselves. The man on enmera Is not singled out ns nn odd-ball; only because he's typical. We're nt our worst when we get n man who's not typlcnl of n situation that's. not uni versal. For example, the time wc dropped quarters on the street and shot tho reactions of pas sersby. Tho wny they looked was the wny we'd nil look. I ndmlt that wo hnvc a great temptation to do broader things, for the audience seems to love them, but wc limit ourselves In the interest of good taste. You mention that some times thcro It n touch of nn guish in our comedy. From tlmo to lime, we're continu ally being accused of exhibit ing sadism, Part of this comes from the fnct thnt wo don't explain Hint our subjects were big enough to want us to use their spot, They wouldn't sign tho releases If they fell they had been treat ed Biidlstlcnlly. So If they don't feel they wore treated bndly, what right do other pooplo hnvo to sny what they were? Yon must remember thnt, of Itself, nil comedy Is exag geration. Wo do try to drnw the fine line. Wo get rewards from portraying situations Hint mnko nil of us lnugh, A sadist would recoivo his pleas ure during tho notunl' filming nnd, onco tho filming was over, wouldn't enro what hap pened. Wc, however, spend the bulk of our time working on "Candid Camera" after the filming ends. In olhcr wordt, our being "Cnndld" Isn't enough. We've got to edit carefully and hedge our beta Just as any other comedian doct. Plut, wc haven't the advantage of re hearsal. In essence, while I'm questioning theso people, I'm directing them, too. We've had a number of Im itators during the past 10 years and all have failed, partly becaute they Just tct a camera down and filmed what happened. They didn't try to condition It themselves. To return to your comment about "tainted" comedy, let me say that thlt provct, " Hain't what you do, It't the way thnt you do It." Cordlnlly, Allen Funt. Injury Reported In One of Three Accidents in City A woman tuffercd minor Injuries In one of throe traf fic accidentt reported to Modford police Wednesday. One of the accidents Involved three vehicles. Francis Vanderpool, 58, of 8Z7 Gilmnn rd., complninod of neck Injuries following a two-car accident at the Inter section of Crater Lake high way and Blddle rd., about 12:45 p.m., according to city police. Police did not believe her Injuries to be serious, but ad vised her to see a doctor, they said. The Injured woman was n pnssengcr in n car operated by Mildred Ruth Vnndcrpool, 55, of 846 Hnven St., which was involved In the nccldent with n car operated by Rob ert Gene Bcatty, 30, of 1661) Roberts rd., police said. Police cited Bcatty for im proper passing nt nn inter section, Three vehicles sustained "considerable" dnmage, city police said, when they col lided on Front st, between Sixth and Main sts. about 3:20 p.m. There were no injuries. Police said a car operated by Evelyn Florence Hcrrln, 50, of 600 Hnmllton st. pull ed from the curb and struck a vehicle operated by Elsa Ot tilia Walker, 020 West 11th St., then rebounded into a parked car owned by the Wcs. tor Lumber company, 328 South Central nvc, Police cited Evelyn Hcrrln for failure to yield the right of wny, Wllinot Irving Carroll, 46, White City, was cited by po lice for falluro to lenve Infor mation at the scene of an ac cident nfter tho car ho Was operating nllegedly struck a pnrked enr nnd a parking sign on Front st, between Main and Sixth sts., about 1:45 p.m., while trying to park. Pollco accused Carroll of driving away after the ac cident without leaving Infor mation, i J 3 F E SAKES Memo From RICK KEENER of Hapco's Bargain Store ...to Sam Richardson of Hapco Main Street Store: R::60SH. -get me some more used refrigerators pronto!" Sam said: "OK, Rick-Let's get some Trade-ins!" Rick Keener SO -HERE'S A PRICE-BUSTIIT REFRIGERATOR SALE! 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