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Mcdlord and Jackson County
History fro.n the files ol The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 ves ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 3, 1950 (Thursday)
The city water commission
yesterday awarded a San
Francisco company a contract
to furnish pipe for a new pipe
line to Big Butte springs; bid
price is $890,854.
If the 100 degree lempera
atures continue for another
few days, the city may be
forced to tighten water use
restrictions, Water Superin
tendent Robert A,. Duff said
today.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 3, 1940 (Saturday)
' Both Medford's and Jack
sonville's telephone exchang
es were changed to the dial
system of operation shortly
beore midnight.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Wi!l-kic-for-presidenl
buttons arc
getting as plentiful as dande
lions in May on de depot
lawn."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 3. 1930 (Sunday)
The cily is set for dedica
tion of the new municipal air
port Monday; Northwest Air
tour plaOs plan to take part
In the celebration.
Deputy Sheriff Paul Jen
nings f'0?d two shots in the
air and captured an escaping
burglar near the Elks temple
yesterday.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug 3, 1920 (Tuesday)
G. W, Ager resigned Mon
day ns school superintendent
and Miss Susanne Homes was
nanieu(jD take his place.
Many persons have regis
tered for fr(jt picking work
In local orchards as the pick
ing season nears. O
80 YEARS AGO
Aug. 3, 1910 (Wed.iosday)
Twenty - eight bids were
opened by the federal govern
ment this morning for a site
for the $110,000 federal build
ing in Medford.
In order to evert any pos
sible shortage of freight cars
to transport fruit from I h e
Rogue valley, Southern Pa
cific has sent 20 additional
cars to Medford.
What's Your I Q.?
Nine or ton corrocr it superior:
seven or eight is excellent: 'tve si
six Is good.
1. Which is fernienU
nWfl in
processing, green or Mflnck
tea?
2. Hnile Selassie is Em
peror of what country?
3. Is Euthanasia the name
of a country hi Asia, mercy
killing, or a dg plant?
0 4. Has John L. Lewis ever
worked in coal mines?
q 5. Was construction on the
Panama Canal originally be
gun by the French, British', or
Americans?
6. What letter is missing
from the remainder of the
wordQ.armigan"?
7. Is ceramics the art of
making pottery, rugs, or
watches?
8. What is John L. Lewis'
middle name?
9. If 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Is the freezing point of water,
what is the melting point?
10. Is nicotinic acid classi
fied as a poison, a stain re
mover, or a vitamin?
Answers: 1. Black. 2. Ethi
opia. 3. Mercy killing. 4.
Yet, after completing 7ih
grade. S. French. 6. "p". 7.
Pottery. 8. Llewellyn. 9. 32
degrees F. 10. Vitamin.
Hiroshima Anniversary
Three days after the first atomic bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima the weapon was declared
obsolete, yet the political chain reaction set off
15 years ago continues today to shape world
events.
The bomb which fell on, Hiroshima packed
more power than 20,000 tons of TNT; it wiped
out 60 per cent i the city or 4.1 square miles.
The Japanese said thathe dead were "too num
erous" to count. But the bomb dropped on Naga
saki three days later was even more deadly. Brig.
Gen. Thomas Farrell, atomic bomb chief in the
Marianas, said: O
The function of the bomb used against Nagas
made the one used against Hiroshima obsolete. The one
type used against Hiroshima was discarded in favor
of the Nagasaki type.
"NLY the personal insistence of Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson saved Kyoto, ancient
cultural center of Japan, fvpn being the first
atomic target. Stimson in Ais Qtill-unpublished
wartime diary is reported to nave noted that "the
bitterness which would
ton act' could turn the
United States in the event of post-war troubles
with Kussia.
Japan has by no means turned against the
United States after 15 years of ambivalent peace,
but as the riots in prcQst against the new U.S.
Japanese security treaty
ings of Hiroshima and
traumatic fifffict Accorc
assistant managing editor of the Denver Post,
who is of Japanese ancestry, If there is any
single thing bothering the Japanese people, it's
fear of annihilation in an atomic war together
witri knowledge that there is not much ley can
do about preventing it."
THE known dead of the Hiroshima blast was
put at 59,853, but estimates of the total num-p
doer of. victims, including
es subsequently attributed to the bomb, run as
high as 260,000. Those killed by the blast at
Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, were estimated at
73,884.
The United btates had spent .2 billion and
utilize 125,000 individuals in what President
Truman later called "the greatest scientific
gamble in history."
As early as 1905 Albert lMiistein had hypo
thesized the basic formula upon vChieh atomic
research rest, h equals mc2. In March 1989, only a
few weeks after the discovery of uranium fission,
scientists had called Washington's attention to
the possibility of building an atomic bomb.
.
OW, 15 years after
the nuclear powers
on further tests of the
H-bombs. But 20 months
manent ban at Geneva
mutually acceptable draft treaty.
At the same time, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer,
who directed the U.S. effort in making the first
atom bomb, warns of a "quite new" situation in
human history when "new means of delivery and
use have made of the command and control of
these weapons a nightmare fully known only to
yhose responsible." These
told the Congress tor Cultural 1 reedom in West
Berlin in June, have "added chance to anger as
another cause of disaster." E.R.R.
Labor-Managermnt Session
A labor-management "summit" conference,
designed to reduce industrial tension, almost died
a-borning last spring when top leaders found
themselves facing what they considered "second
stri.O,r" management representatives across the
conference table. But wounded pride apparently
has been mostly healed after a 10-week recess
and the second round of talks began Tuesday in
New York City.
SummiP conferences between antagonists, be
they natis or indOiduals, are chancy things.
Happily, the first session on May 19 ended after
three hours with both sides declaring that the
discussion had been "completely amicable and
reasonable." Less auspicious 9is the conferees'
decision not to permit photographs of themselves
together.
At best it was a slow a:l halting start 1& an
effort inCPiated by AI-CIO President Vjyorge
Meany with President Eisenhower's support. In
a larger sense, tl summit idea was a product of
a rather jtfofiV-Tal public anger over the longest
steel striSOnice World War II.
EXCEPT in rare instances, labor and manage
i ment leaders never have undertaken a serious
sharing of views on divisive issues away from the
bargaining table, where each side feels compelled
to wrest concessions from the other. Yet it is a
manifest that bora labor and management stand
to profit from'.'ooperative efSlrts that woij&J
cultivate wage id price stability and solve such
mutual problems as automation and what to do
with the men displayed by machines.
The climate for progress at the current talks
certainly is better than that at the last "peace
talks" between AFL-CIO and National Associa
tion of Manufacturers leaders in DecemlQr, 1955.
Meany at that time offered to negotiate a "non
aggression" pact with industry, but the session
ended in an uproar over the political power ex
ercised by labor and industry, respectively.
Meany later complained that the only result of
his peace effort had been "an insulting speech"
from Charles R. Slitrh, Jr., then board chair
man of the NAM. E.R.R.
be caused by such a wan
Japanese against the
demonstrated, the bomb
Nagasaki had a deeply
inp- to Bill Hosokawa.
those who died or. illness
Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
obey a self-imposed ban
infinitely more powerful
oi negotiation on a per
have yet to produce a
new developments, he
MEDFORD MAIL
Dennis the
"PUSH THE BUTTON ! TUAT
MEDL THJS LONG'.'
In the Day's New
By FRANK JENKINS
The department of agricul
ture, in its publication, The
National Food Situation, pre
dicts that retC food prices
wl DECLINE somewhat in
the next few months because
of seasonal increases in sup
plies of major foods. Food
supplies will be large, it re
ports, though stocks of pork
and several fruit and vege
table items will be slightly
smaller this summer and early
fall than in the same period
of last year.
rot
it adds
Even with a price decline,
food co:Q at retail will re
main a little above a year ago.
WHY?
This, I think, is the an
swer. (A) Supply and demand no
longer rule the markets for
our basic foods. When there
is a surplus, we stash it away
in warehouses in order to
keep up prices for the pro
ducers.
(B) We all want more
money - higher prk., higher
wages, higher salaries, larger
dividends, larger profits;
MORE of whatever it may be
that makes up our incomO..
The inevitable resist of try
ing lo provide BY LAW more
income for everybody is
HIGHER COST of production.
Higher costs mean higher
prices.
riMIE moral
if any?
X
It is this:
NOBODY can lift himself
by his own bootstraps.
MORE about food:
The Soviet Union, seeking
to SURPASS TIM? UNITED
STATES in the production of
agricultural products, increas
ed its total AREA sown to
crops in 19B0 by 16.3 million
acres. The total acreage sown
to crops in Russia this year is
reported to be 501.4 million
acres, which is 3.4 per cent
more than the 485.1 million
acres reported for last year.
Note please, thai t h c s e
figures deal with increases in
ACRES - not in bushels or
pounds per acre. As Ameri
can farmers shrink their
acres, they succeed by means
of niye fertilizer and better
farming methods in increasing
production per acre.
The Russians don't seem lo
be able to do that. At any
rate, they remagj short on
food.
I ET'S put it this way:
J The Russian pyoblc mis to
pPoduce ENOUGH FOOD.
Our probleiQi? what (o do
with our FOOD SURPLUS.
K
EEP this in mind:
Socialism (which
G
repre-
Try ancPStop Me
By BENNETT CERF
o
VFTER a long-winded banquet bore had exceeded his
allotted time before the microphone by a good
twenty minutes, M.C. Jack Leonard rasped, "Thank you
for your speeches."
Lon Tinkle r(g)rts the
founding of an "antique
auto" club in Dallas, elig
ible, only to Tcxans who
own a Cadillac over six
months old.
There's really been only
one completely successful
female. Qvlver in history,
maintains If. Kcnilrick:
Lady Godiva.
Sue Carson hai very de
cided notions about educa
tion. For Instance, she's
adamant that no sex instruction should be Included in the high
school curriculum -unless, of courso, the teachers really are de
termined to loam.
Hank Grant has a clever name for his Hollywood TV gossip
column; "Letting the Chat Out of the Bag."
O I960, by Burnett Cert. Distributed by King feature Syndicate
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE
Menace
-i i
CRAZY DOCTORS GOT A
-e
scnts the second S of USSR -Union
of Soviet Socialist Re
publics) TALKS about the
more abundant lifer Modern
American capitalism PRO
VIDES the more abundant
life.
QiTF. T.EARNKn our lesson at
Plymouth and James
town, where the first colonists
started wiVfT. the socialistic
system of POOLING THEIR
PRODUCTION, with every
body taking out an equal
share regardless of what he
personally produced.
The colonists in both places
faced starvation until they
sensibly adopted the free
enterprise system. After that,
they had PLENTY of food.
DAY To Observe
40th Anniversary
The 40th anniversary! the
Disabled American Veterans
will feature ceremonies of
commemoration at the nation
al DAV convention Aug. 21
26 in Seattle, Wash.
The laQ time theQialional
meeting was held in the north
west was in 1946 when Port
land hosted the delegates.
Chosen to attend the con
vention from Jackson county
Chaper 8, Medford, are Henry
Vr. Hess, junior past command
er; Neil Morris, commander;
Pat Graham, adjutant; George
Simmons, and Harvey Cass
man. The Jackson county chap
ter and the Grants Pass chap
ter will hold a picnic in the
east end of the park on the
Rogue river at Grants Pass
Sunday, Aug. 7. The dinner
will be served by the ladies
of the auxiliaries of both units
and will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Wholesale Parts
Discussion Fails
Portland - (UPD - The second
mediation meeting between
Teamsters Local 255 and the
wSMcsale auto parts com
panies o Portland ended
Tuesday with no settlement
of differences, according to
federal mediator Elmer Wil
Hams.
Williams said the workers
and the ten companies were
still "about 10 cents apart.
The workers' contract with
Ihe companies expired ii
June, and the federal medi
ator was called in alter ne
gotiations stalemated earlv in
July.
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Belter Knowledge
To the Editor: Your story
of Friday, July 29, concern
ing the attorney general's
opinion affecting mileage pay
ments to the sheriff, states
that I originally investigated
the matter of mileage allow
ances and travel allowances
for the sheriff's office.
This is not precisely true
and I feel the public should
A-Ae better knowledge of the
inquiries actually made. My
interest in mileage and travel
allowance Payments centered
on the manner in which pay
ments were made to all de
partments and not specifically
the sheriff's department.
It has been tlQ custom in
Jackson county to make pay
ments on claims that were
not supported by some evi
dence. It is my contention
that this is inadequate ac
counting and since payment
is to be made tfftly for "actual
and necessary" expenses, then
some proof must be submit
ted with the claim. I am sure
no business man in Jackson
county would be inclined to
pay for services or goods or
makr any reimbursements
without proof of his obliga
tion. This is the business prin
ciple I felt should be adopted
in county bookkeeping.
When Sheriff Joe Walsh
first learned of my inquiries,
he felt that my efforts were
directed toward his office and
that I had impugned his in
tegrity. Mr. Walsh informed
me at the time we discussed
this matter that he would
write for an opinion. Shortly
after this I discussed the mat
ter with County Judge Earl
Miller who concurred with
me that it was sound business.
The attorney general's opin
ion of July 7, states that "such
claims are audited 'as other
claims against the county.' "
From this I would presume
that one must have something
to audit. IIoweve, the opin
ion also states 0.at "the man
ner and form in which these
claims are submitted to the
county court or commission
ers vests within their sound
discretion." I will therefore
await the county court and
their wishes in this matter..
Later in your story there is
the infereifte that I had been
engaged in "playing politics."
This char is much over
worked by some Republican
members of the county gov
ernment and sometimes in
flamed by the press. And, the
charge has usually been co
incident with any question of
procedure or legality of pro
cedure.
I am sure the public will
agree that county ouiciais
should be most severe in ad
hering to laws designed to
protect their interest.
E. M. Madden
County Clerk
Dick Nixon's Dream
To the Editor: There is one
thing) that we learned from
the Republican convention
that everything that was done
wrong for the last 100 years
was done by the Democrats
and, of course, the Republi
cans took credit for all that is
fine.
They tried to tell us that
everything is all hunky dory
with us and the rest of the
world. But there are a few
thing they failed mention
thingO that Qtfect us here at
home like the high interest
rate that is costing us millions
daily, and the billions it costs
to store the grain surplus
But we should "ivorry about
small matters like this, be
cause if the Republicans get
another Jpasc on the White
House everything is going to
be taken care of without any
burden to anyone.
According to Dick, the
Democrats made a lot of
promises, but made no provi
sions to i.v for them. He
overlooked the fact that they
have only to plug some loop
holes where there is some
thing like seven billion dol
lars annuallyoi"g down the
drain. This would help quite
a lot on medical aid for the
old people with a little left
over for the building pro
gram. Dick is not going to
make any promises but he is
going to see that every student
has aiQollege education, all
the old people are going to be
taken care of. the farmers are
going to be rolling in wealth,
and the slums arc going to be
converted. This is not going to
be called by the ugly word
"expenses," it is going to be
an investment. All this cannot
be accomplished with this
high-s pending Democratic
Congress.
What got me was the pic
ture he drew of the President
down on his knees begging
this high-spending Congress
for a few more billions to
spend on foreign aid and try
ing to make it a misdemeanor
for anyone to criticize the For
eign Aid Program. They need
ed few more billions to tend
Repercussions of Red Change
In Tactics Seen in Politics0
By ARTHUR E. ROWSE
Editorial Research Reports
(Editor1! note: New Krem
lin thundering against the
United States - and new
threats and challenges to
ihe free world raised by
vents in Cuba, the Congo,
and other places - strongly
influenced the I960 Demo
cratic and Republican par
ly platforms. Foreign pol
icy and national security
will in bR likelihood be
paramount issues of the
coming presidential cam
paign.) Q
Washington - Soviet Rus
sia's wrecking of the summit
conference, its with drawal
from the disarmament
conference, and general Com
munist iersion to virulent
cold-war tactics have shocked
the free world and heighten
ed intentional tensions
everywhere.
The abrupt change had far
reaching repercussions also in
American politics. It robbed
tithe Republicans of all possi
bility of campaigning as the
"party of peace," d it open
ed to the Democrats new ave
nues of attack on the Eisen
howerQdministration. At the
same time, both parties were
Malayan Jungle
Warfare Ends With
31,000 Skirmishes
By DON C. 3ECKER
United Press International
Kuala Lumpur - (UPD - A
dozen years of jungle warfare
began on the Malaya penin
sula in the early spring of
1948 when an Australian
Communist sOpped into Sing
apore, carrying with him a
directive from Moscow.
The Communist terrorist
emergency in Malaya has
ended now and the "national
liberatic army of Malaya"
which once numbered 10,000
has been reduced to a few
hundred hiding in the hilly
jungles.
The 12-year was was never
spectacular. It consisted of
about 31,000 skirmishes, large
and small, in remote rural
areas in the heat and
ness of thick jungles.
Although) there were no big
battles to make headlines,
more than 11,000 persons
were killed.
War of Nerves
The Reds used hit-run tac-
to other Dictators so there
would be a few more coun
tries we couldn't 0t foot on.
But Dick is going to remedy
this so that all countries will
accept us with open arms. We
don't know how, he didn't
tell us. But he assured us,
without making any promises,
that everything is going to be
all right.
The Eisenhower adminis
tration has been the greatest
ever, but it is nothing com
pared to the next four year
if he is elected. This, accord
ing to Dick's speech, is his
dream. He has promised us
one of the hottest campaigns
ever waged, but it is only the
Democrats that will be spend
ing any money. And, if I re
member correctly, most of
this is coming out of the U.S.
Treasury, according to the Re
publicans. It irks them not
a little that for once the
Democratic candidate has a
few dollars. That is an old
gag about buying your way
into the White House, but
they know it won't work be
cause they have tried to buy
votes too often.
What impressed a lot of peo
ple as well as the news com
mentators was that every time
they asked Dick for a com
ment on any subject he would
say it was too early, or he
would have to see his com
mittee or the President. He
made quite a show about who
out of four names, was going
to be asked to be his running
mate, but a delegate had al
ready told the public that the
President had asked Lodge
two weeks earlier to be the
man. This (doesn't sound like
it was fixefej
Now that Dick has taken
Rockefeller to his bosom he
will have all the old right
wingers to appease as they
were not too happy with this
union. I gather from the
President's speech that he is
not too happy about it either.
So, all in all, Dick is going to
find it will take a little more
than a dream to get him into
the White House.
Frank Christian
314 West Main st
Talent, Ore.
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
With Little Worry
Est. talk, Isuph or snerze without
rfsr of Insecure false teeth dropping.
Jllpptns or wobbling. FASTEKTB
holds pistes firmer and more com
fortably. This pleasant powder has no
faimmy. gooey, pasty taste or feeling.
Doesn't cause nausea. Its alkaline
(non-acid). Checks -plate odor"
(denture breath). Oet FASTSXTH af
W drum- counter.
put under obligation to re
view defense and foreign
policy requirements.
The result of the reapprais
al, from a party standpoint,
is reflected in the platforms
hammered out at Los Angeles
and Chicago. Both Demq
cratic and Republican docu
ments pledge all necessary
action to make and keep the
country strong.
While the measures pro
posed to that end, and
measures proposed to meet
the responsibilities of the
United States as leader of
the free world, differ in de
tail and in emphasis, the plat
forms express a close under
lying identity of aims. No
less was to be expected, be
cause foreign policy is deter
mined primarily by national,
not political, interests.
Conduct To Be Attacked
It is the Eisenhower admir?
istration's conduct of foreign
policy, rathQr than the policy
itself, which will be attacke
and defended in the politic
Campaign. Differences of
opinion about conditions,
needs, and the way things
have been done or should
have been done will form the
grist of the debate on forei(jj
tics in attacking villages and
small sfurity forces patrols
made up of Malays, British,
Australians, New Zealanders,
Gurkhas and others from the
commonwealth nations.
It was a nerve-wracking
war becau neither side ever
knew when the fight would
begin. Rural dwellers never
knew when the terrorists
might attack a village or a
rich rubber estate.
The Communists never
knew when they would be
face-to-face with a skilled and
heavily armed security force
patrol. The security forces
never knew when they would
walk into an ambush.
It was a costly war - the
Malayan government has esti-
damp-Ornated $500 million
The Communist world was
bold and cocky in 1948 as it
is today. But then the Com
munists were fighting and not
reOing on more subtle means
of subversion. In China they
were driving the Nationalist
forces from the mainland. In
Southeast Asia they thought
the lime was ripe for more
armed revolution.
Moscow Decision
John Hyde, a one-time edi
tor of the London Daily
Worker and a member of the
party's London secretariat, de
.ribed the Communist prep
arations in a paper written for
the Malayan government in
connection with the end of the
emergency. 0 e
"The decision which launch
ed civil war in MiQiya also
turned OBurma, the Philip
pines and Indonesia into bat
tlefields," he wrote.
"What makes the whole
grim episode particularly dis
turbing is that the fateful de
cision was made, not by the
local Communist parties - al
though they acquiesced - but
by a handful of men in far
away Moscow."
All four of those commu
nist rebellions 13ve been
crushed - the Philippines, In
donesia, Malaya and Burma -but
the costliest was in Ma
laya. Postal Employees
Get Driver Awards
Vancouver, Was h. (UPD
Three safe driver awards from
the National Safety Council
have been presented to mem
bers of the Vancouver post of
fice. They are Chester A. Win
sor, Wilford J. Nevin and
Stanl R. Mode.
TO THOSE WE SlRVE
In beautiful surroundings, in s quiet
location, we serve with devotion to
duty, all who call.
LITWILLER
FUNERAL HOME
Highway 66 at Normal Ave.
Ashland Dial MU 5-4541
Only local member of Oregon &
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, I960
affairs - along with new pro
posals or programs advocated
in the platforms or by the
campaigners.
New proposals on foreign
policy in the Democratic plat-,
form include pledges to re-'
view the country's system ot
pacts and alliances and seek a
shift of emphasis from mili
tary to economic aid wher
ever possible; to set up a na
tional peace agency for dis
armament planning and re
search; to be i the lookout
for "any evidence that the
Chinese Communist govern
ment is genuinely prepared to
create a new relationship
based on respect for inter
national obligations."
A new Republican pledge,
is to encourage underdevelop
ed countries in Africa, Latin!
America and other parts of
the world to form "regional
groupings to work out plans!
for economic and educational'
developmtOit." The Republi
can platform also suggests
that the United Nations taka
the initiative in Jeveloping
"a body of law applicable ft
t! peaceful use of space."
Determined Opposition
Both paQies pledge deter
mined opposition to Commu
nist aggression, faithful ad-
herence to obligations to th
nation allies, readiness to
negotiate safeguarded arms
control agreements, mainte
nance of the Monroe Doctrine,
continuation of foreign aid
programs, and support of
other generally accepted prin
ciples of American foreign
policy. q
Foreign policy figured
prominently in American po
litical campaigns in the early
years of the repOblic, when
the United States depi.ded
trade with European coun
tries and sought to remain
neutral in the numerous arm
ed conflicts among them. But
after the War of 1812, the
nation was absorbed by prob
lems of internal development
and by the long struggle over
slavery. With one or two ex
ceptions, no foreign question
became prominent in a na
tional election again until the
end of the 19th century.
Imperialism was a major0
subject of debate in 1900, two
years after the United States
had acquired new interests in
the Caribbean and the far
Pacific as a rOult of the Span-'
ish-American War. Fear of
involvement in foreign wars
made campaign material i in
1916 and again in 1940.
Democrat-: and Republicans
battled over the League of
Nations in the 1920 campaign,
but after World War II par
ticipation in the United Na
tions was accepted without
queston. Since that time,
with the United Sates assum
ing the role of chief defender
of the free world in its peril
ous struggle with internation
al communism, foreign policy
has been inevitably a subject
open to full and free debate
before the voters in the quad
rennial national accounting.
Not Far Apart
The two party standard
bearers of 1960 do not appear
far apart in their vi'fj's on
foreign questions.
Vice President Nixon natur
ally has supported the pro
grams of the admOiistration
of which he is a part. But his
agreement with Gov. Nelson
A. Rockeftller, at their sur
prise pre-convenjjon meeting
in New York, on the need to
take up more advanced posi
tions in the foreign field in
dicated that he will move
ahead on an independent
course as the 03mPa'gn pro-'
ceeds. ?
Sen. Kennedy in mid-June
outlined a 12-point foreign
policy "agenda" which in
some respects went beyonjj
the subsequently adopted
Democratic platform. Strong
emphasis was put on develops
ment of new approaches and
new programs to break open
the way to greater progress
toward easing and solving'
world problems. During the"
campaign it will be up to the
candidate to give some hint
specific plans and pro
posals to iat end.
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National Funeral Directors An'a
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C. M. Litwiller
Mrs. Litwiller q