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Dairy and Sunday 1 year 111 AO Daily and Sunday 1 e0 IM Carrier and Dealara copy lOo All Terms casn in Advance Official Paper if City ef MedfeTI Official Paper or Jackson Ceanty Dnlted Press InternaSanal PuB Leased Wire TJJi. Telcphoto Ncwaplcturee MEMBER Or AUDIT BOREAU OP CIRCULATIONS WEST HOLIDAY CO, INC Of fices in New York, Chlcaeo Da. trolt, San Francisco. Loe Anieles, Seattle. Portland St. Louts. At- lar-ta. Vancouver. B.C. NIWIFAMt ASSOCIATION NATIONAl CDITORIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jsckson County History from the dies el The Mill Tribune 10. 20. 30. 40 and SO yurt loe. 10 YEARS AGO Oci. It, If SO (Wednesday) Tbc Medford city council last night passed an ordin ance authorizing the leasing of city-owned ; property at Camp White ior limited graz ing privileges.- The boxcar shortage that has crippled the lumber in dustry here all summer now appears to be casing off, ac cording to lumber spokesmen. 20 YEARS AGO '' Oci. IS, 1940 (Friday) . t Draft registration in Jack son county last Wednesday totalled 3,581 men, between the ages of 21 and 35 years of age; this figure Includes 1,640 In Medford and 515 In Ash- . land, ..,-.' .' -.- . . From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "All the straw vote takers consid er the 'Don't Know' vote In their prognostications. As they have .only had about three years to make up their minds, it is highly probable they are also the Don't Care vote. There Is also the Never Will Know vote." 30 YEARS AGO Oci. IS, 1930 (Saturday) . The Rogue river fish sltii aiion is tense with charges and counter - charges being thrown by opponents and pro ponents of the river fish bill. Dr. W. W. Howard return ed to his home in Medford last week after killing a moose in Canada: 40 YEARS AGO Oci. II. 1920 (Monday) A Talent hunter walked lately out of the woods in the Wagner creek area yes terday after wandering around lost for four days. The first snow of the sea son fell in the hills around the valley yesterday and fog blanketed the valley floor. SO YEARS AGO 1 Oci. IS, 1J10 (Tuesday) The Mail Tribune did not publish today as the city's source of power at Gold Ray was shut down for the entire day so new machinery could be Installed - at the power plant. What's Yonr l.Q.? Nlae er Nn correct Is superior: Sevan er eight h eatallser; five or hi Is ioeeV 1. Who was the woman in "The Tale of Two Cities" who always knitted? 2. Name the capital of Kansas. ' 3. How many children did Brigham Young have? 4. Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII? 5. What Is the color of cor roded copper? 6. On what day did God create man? 7. What river flows through Paris? 8. Who was Becky Thatch er's sweetheart? . 9. How many cups of but ter In a pound? ; 10. What kind of acid is formed in milk when it sours? ; Answers: 1. Madame Le farge. 2. Topeki. 3. Fifty-iix. 4. Caiberine of Aragon. S. Green. I. The sixth day. 7. Seine. 9. Tom Sawyer. 9. Two. 10. tactic acid. i America's ( I r it World's Fair was held In New York City in 1833. A huge Crystal Palace was built on the site of Bryant Park behind today's New YOrk Public Library on 42nd St. No. 6 An Important One Ballot Measure No. 6 is, in some ways, prob ably the most important of any of the 15 state measures which will be up for decision at the general election. On its success rests, in large part, the capa bility of Oregon's university and colleges to meet the demands of the crucial years ahead. And, unfortunately, there is a good chance for misunderstanding of it would do. We hope marking their ballots on . MO. 6 would increase ' which can be borrowed for the construction of dormitories, cafeterias, sports facilities, and so on, at Oregon's institutions of higher educa tion.' ; ' . ' This will be a continuation of the present, and historic, practice of ings, which constitute buildings. . . ; These bonds are NOT they are paid for from by tnose using tnem. And, with school enrollment expected to in crease by more than two ade, many more such buildings will be needed. e IT cannot be stressed too heavily that this is NOT a tax measure : it is instead a TAX SAVING measure, for if these buildings cannot be built with borrowed money users' fees, then they will have to be built with tax money. That much should voters. i , .The chances for misunderstanding arise from a poorly-worded ballot phasize that it is not a tax levying measure, and the fact that another measure, close to it on the ballot, is worded similarly, and IS a taxing measure. . The key words to watch for are ."Higher Edu cation .in the ballot title. It reads: -."State bonds for Higher Education facili ties." - ' THE purpose is spelled '.'To amend Constitution to permit the state to increase its bonded indebtedness to construct additional self-liquidating higher education fa cilities." Again, we emphasize the importance of the measure important not only to the big Univer sity at Eugene and College at Corvallis, but also to Southern Oregon College in Ashland, and to the others. It is badly -needed. It had the unanimous support of the legislature. It has no known oppo sition amon informed people. : Arid it will save taxes in the long run. -E. A. Francis for Attorney General In the editorial above, we mentioned that the ballot title for measure No. 6 . is poorly worded. i ; It is the responsibility of the attorney gen eral's office to write the ballot titles. i This is one of the reasons '(but only one) that we will not support Robert Y. Thornton for re election as attorney general this year. . We supported him four years ago, but this year our endorsement goes to Carl H. Francis, his Republican opponent. THORNTON has had a stormy career some of it not his fault. Some of his problems have arisen from the fact that he has been a Demo cratic official in a state administration which has been dominated by Republicans during much of his two terms. But some of his difficulties have been of his own making. He has not worked harmoniously with the governors who have served during his term, Republican or Democratic alike. And, while he claims that his record of re versals, when his opinions have been tested in court, is good, the frequency with which this has happened leaves his claim open to question. UIS record, in short, is not one to inspire confi 1 dence, and, despite a personal liking for the man, we cannot recommend that he be returned for a third term. His opponent has an excellent reputation, earned by long years of service in the legislature (both houses), and in other areas of public service. If elected, we would expect him to spend more time doing his "homework" on the state's legal affairs, and less time than Thornton has in organizing crime prevention conferences worthy projects, no doubt, but of questionable relationship to the office. The Mail Tribune's endorsement goes to Carl H. Francis for attorney general of Oregon. E.A. "Yes" for No. 7 Every qualified voters in the United "States should have an opportunity to cast his vote for president, regaiTiless quauncauons. Ballot Measure No. 7 would permit anyone, qualified in all respects but six months residence, to do so. . It merely would mean that no one would be disenfranchised on the Presidency solely because he had recently moved from one state to another. We recommend a "yes" vote for No. 7. E. A. the measure and what voters will be careful in this one. the amount of money financing these build about half of all campus paid for out of taxes : the fees and charges paid - thirds in the next dec which is paid back from be remembered by all , , title, which does not em out on the ballot thus of arbitrary residence MEOrORO MAIL Dennis tTie Menace lr. 1 'WANNA DRAW STRAWS TO SEE KISHT OR A TEteeiSHION . Communications . . . Letteri to the Editor muit bear the nam and addreu o! the writer, although under cavtaln elrcumf tarn-a the use of e sen nam or initial for Bublication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted ior publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper: in fact the contrary is often rue case. The Nlxons' Church To the Editor: During the week of September 25, 1960 you printed a letter from Mildred E n g m a n accusing Vice-President Nixon df not standing by the "church of his faith", and 'hypocritically trying to straddle the fence.' At that time I had a Quaker relative visiting me from Richard Nixon's home town, Whittler, Calif. Upon return ing home, she verified the following facts by talking to members of the Nixon family his pastor at the-time they were living in Whittler, and active members of the church, First, Vice-President and Mrs. Nixon have been and still are faithful members and in good standing of the East Whittier Friends Church and attend services whenever they are there and it is at all pos sible to do so. Second, there Is no Dastoral Friends Church in Washing- ion, u.u. which obviously makes it Impossible for them to attend the church of their faith. There is a "Conserva tive Friends Meeting" which is an entirely different form of service. Nevertheless, they did attend this for awhile, but not having a background of silent worship, they did not feel at home and felt the need of pastoral ministration. Quakers are small in num bers and are found all over America worshipping in other Protestant churches when they are in communities where their own denomina tion is not represented, Thus, with their fellow-members, Vice-President and Mrs. Nix on c h o s e the ; Methodist Church as the one that answered their spiritual needs while they are away from home. However, the most im portant point is that on Sun day they and their family worship together in the house of God "in sincerity and in truth." Mrs. I. C. Williams 511 King st. Medford. GOP Rally To the Editor: We are de sirous of informing Jackson county voters, regardless of party affiliation, about the Republican Rally sponsored by our group on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. This event, which will be held on the Courthouse lawn, will afford the people of Jackson county an opportu nity to meet as well as hear the Republican candidates tor state and county offices. Gov. Mark Hatfield, who has been a featured speaker throughout our nation, and Dr. Edwin Durno, candidate for congressman, will be the main speakers of the evening. Eve Nye and John Dellen back as well as other Repub lican candidates will also be heard from. We urge the voters of Jack son county to wear football game clothing and to be on hand the night of Oct. 22 for the Young Republican rally. Hot coffee and other refresh ments will be served. Thank you for this oppor tunity to tell the readers ot your column about this unique event. Mrs. Lloyd R. Bishop, Chairman, Jackson County Young Republicans Mrs. Robert F. Wilcox, Secretary, Jackson County Young Republicans A "Second Home" To the Editor: After having read the article' In-recent is sue on the proposed closing of Sacred Heart hospital, will the people far and near sit wringing their hands saying "How sad," "What a shame," yet do absolutely nothing to TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. IF THIS IS A REAWT NISHT? ward an attempt to remedy the situation? True, there is a huge in debtedness. Why not? What other hospital or any institu tion would continue to give unlimited charity as they do? There are hundreds of ex- patients owing thousands of dollars. Most of them do not deprive themselves of the price of a carton of cigarettes to apply on accounts. A drop in the bucket but enough drops soon would fill it. What hospital other than Sacred Heart would put table outside the kitchen door to feed transients day after day. not one meal but all three? Many have fallen for the idea of one community hospi tal to serve all. Have they considered the rigid visiting hours adhered to by all ex cept Sacred Heart? Do they realize that only The Sisters" are on hand to welcome wife, husband, relative of the patient any time during 24 hours? If nec essary an extra couch is put in the room so a member of family may spend the night, when critical illness is in volved. My personal experience at Rogue Valley hospital - I was Invited to visit a patient in private room-was to be given a visitors card, then the desk clerk watched the clock. At exactly 2 o'clock she said You may go up now, visit ing hours end at 4 o'clock. Return your card to desk as you leave. Jail?? There are some excellent businessmen in town who pro fess to be A-l campaigners at raising funds. Why not get together with a dollar for Sacred Heart hospital? Or would not the Idea fit in with local politics? Last, what has become of the babies Sister Mary Nor bert has assisted into this dis trict over a period of nearly 50 years? Are not any of them will ing to see that her one desire be granted? She recently remarked "I hope I will be permitted to remain in Medford all my life." Surely some solution can be made to put Sacred Heart hospital in the black, per suade Sister Luke to stay so that many of us may continue to have our "second home." Mrs. L. A. Diamond 520 DeBarr ave. Medford Friendly, Again To the Editor: One nice thing running for office the runners get friendly again. For years If you didn't have a coat and white collar you were politely (?) overlooked. I'm quoting the remarks I've heard, as well as my own ob servations. The following are also not only my own ideas. If Dr. Durno, as he says, wants to do so very much for the people in this area, we believe he should do it in the field he knows and the one that has made him wealthy and a leader in the field medicine. If he would work as hard and spend as much for a free clinic for those children and folks here, who cannot have the services of surgeons (I hear he is the best in town) and other specialists with their high prices, he would be truly doing as he says: "I want to help you people." I believe he could save the Sacred Heart hospital from closing by working for it as he did the other one. If he were not a doctor and was really qualified, I'd vote for him, but he has spent years in the field of medicine and belongs to It by his oath and his own words in speeches. W need to keep him here. Americans Absorb Rude Shocks During Postwar Era; Democracy Not Automatic By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor In the 15 years since the United States began putting together again -anJ with men, Ul oucv a ii u mate rials a world ripped a s u n der by World War II, public o p i Ir ion has had to absorb many a rude shock. phil newsom ine rirsi or these, and perhaps the hard est, was the realization that foreign aid poured out by the American people did not nec essarily generate friendship for the United States or even gratitude. A second, of which realiza tion has come more slowly, is the discovery that democ racy and political stability, as it is known in most Western nations, receives only lip serv ice or still is far in the fu- We think, he wants to get in there for the prestige he thinks it will get him. A doc tor is neveri forgotten for his good deeds, and he will fight any bill on medical help that comes up. ' This sounds like I'm for Democrats. That isn't so. I'm for our country and its future for our children. I believe we'd not have had' the messy U.N. meeting if Mr. Lodge had been in his usual place. We believe that his part at these meetings is far more im portant than as vice presi dent. ' I'mnot a Catholic, just a working person. After study of both candidates I am vot ing for Kennedy, as I believe he would be fairer to us. My friend who is Catholic will kill my vote though, as she puts party first regardless. So I guess Rome doesn t say vote this way or that, as 1 used to think. . N. D. Baker General Delivery ' Ashland, ure. P S. Am out of job along with more other folks than in last six years in this area Mills closed. (Wt can't think of a till for this one.) To the Editor: Did you see der Chimpanzee being inter viewed on telewision? Every- ting vas hunky-dory, until dey showed der Chimp a pic ture of Khrushchev talking to the U.N. Dey shouldn't hafe done it, Dot vas yust like pinning a paper sack full of Los Ange les Smog on a monkey's tail, Dey tink dey vill hafe der telewision station in opera tion again, in about 2 veeks. -Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore. Football Views To the Edior: Congratula tions to Mrs. Barnes for the remarks in her letter on foot ball on Oct. 13. I am a senior at Ashland Senior High school and the editor of our local paper and I seem to have very' different views when it comes to football, Medford-Ashland relations have been better in the past years than ever before, and am certain that students of both schools -would prefer to keep it on that basis. For ex ample, last year Ashland was beaten by Medford by the atrocious score of 56-0. Yet, when Medford played Jeffer son, Ashland, was pulling for Medford. - The editor of the Ashland paper stated, "After all, high school boys are still boys and it is cruel to put them under such heavy pressure to win, win, win." I don't know how long its been since he has in spected our school system, but our school system is built on competition. Competition builds pressure, so you can say that school itself builds pressure, (especially on nights before exams). Another statement that did aggravate me to the point that I decided to write this was : "Where they apparently begin grooming their high school teams is the fifth grade." The schools that are oeren- nial favorites to cop the state football crown, or most of them, start building their material early. I think that it's high time that Ashland wised up to that fact. Ashland has a fine coach and team this year and I know that the students at Ashland High are very proud of them and their achieve ments. Best of luck to the schools In the Southern Ore-, ture among other nations also listed as U.S. allies. So, in Korea a regime grown old and dictatorial was suddenly toppled in the midst of an internal explo sion wnose echoes still rever berate. The aging Syngman Rhee had believed in democracy as a philosophy but obviously a is trusted it for his people. The Korean people, who had never known it. became im patient with its processes and substituted rule by riot. Japan, under a constitution imposed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, switched with amazing speed and enthusi asm from a harsh military dictatorship to democratic processes which were carried out in practice as well as theory. Yet in Japan, too, in a mo ment of crisis, the democratic theory faltered. , Under the whiplash of tightly organized but small minority which opposed the U.S.-J a p a n defense treaty, mob rule took over the streets of Tokyo, a visit by President Eisenhower was canceled and a government fell, In Japan, also, the rever berations still echo. Last week a leftwlng politician was stab bed to death on a speaker's platform, touching off emo tions still to be measured in Japanese elections. In the Nationalist Chinese stronghold of Formosa, the leader of an embryo opposi tion party to President Chi ang Kai-shek's Kuomintang party was sentenced to. pris on for sedition. Regardless of his guilt or Washington Report Br William S. Whit FACE OF THE CROWD En Route With Kennedy -It is the face of the crowd which is really the true mys tery. It is the face of the crowd which is the strang est and most readable of all the enigmas of this enig matic p r eys I dential cam- n a i tin nam. White ' paign In which we all must turn again and again to the tired cliches of nonpredictlon: It looks very close . . . very close. Here, for example, at a place in Michigan, the Demo cratic candidate's plane and the accompanying press plane come rather limply down at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, Nearly all aboard are beaten by fatigue; nearly all aboard have long since decided that it matters little whether the country is going to select Democratic candidate John F, Kennedy or Republican can didate Richard M. Nixon. The gon Conference for a ' fine football season. Judy Walter ' 635 Glenwood dr, Ashland, Ore. More on Football To the Editor: For those who think football is good for the lower grades, I sug gest they read an authoritive account in October issue of "Good Housekeeping" maga zine, and learn the facts, Mother of a football player, Please, don't use my name. The last- time I wrote I re ceived calls and letters, abu sive and threatening. . (Name on file), - . Central Point, Ore. Dellenbick's Views To the Editor: I read with considerable Interest Mr. Nor ton's letter which appeared in last Friday's issue of the Mail Tribune in which the writer criticized John Dellen back, candidate for the state legislature, for failure to dis cuss the issues involved in this campaign. This was par ticularly interesting in my opinion, in view of the article which appeared on the front page of that same issue of the paper in which Dellenback's stand was made clear on two fundamental Issues. Last Wednesday evening, Dellenback and Duncan had appeared In a debate in Ash land and at that time Dellen back made clear his position on ballot measures 8 and 14. He stated clearly that he was against the state further mortgaging the future of our children by moving into an other deficit spending pro gram on a statewide level without initial need to do so having been shown, which is what ballot measure 8 would do, and that he was against the unnecessary raise in state Income taxes which ballot measure 14 seeks to slide past us. Dellenback has stated a number of times that the only promises he will make to the voters are ones which he knows he will be able to keep if and when he is sent to Salem as our representative. C. R. Mickelson, 17 Ross Court, Medford m innocence. Chiangs oppon ents were quick to cry foul and to charge that the theory of the irreplaceable man had taken the place of democracy in Formosa. As the global cold war be tween the Communist bloc on the one hand and the United States and its allies on the other has intensified, there also has come a perceptible change in U.S. foreign policy. In the years immediately Matter of Fact y A JOURNEY TO THE WELL Washington - On the stump in the South, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas frequently and emphatically extolled his Democratic running-mate as "a man you'd go to the well with. This de scription - o f Senator Ken nedy for a long time mystified just about every body. Mem- fLlbt bers of the Johnson staff were only able to report that "it was the highest complement you could pay another man in Johnson City, Texas." But at the end of Johnson's southern safari, the mystery was plumbed by antiquarian re search, which was in turn confirmed by Sen. Johnson. ' Indian warfare, so remote from most of us, is close to being a living memory for Lyndon Johnson and Johnson City. Still standing there, are the stone forts the Senator's grandfather built. And "man you'd go to the well with is a man with tne cool ness and courage that were needed to lead a sortie to the well when' the home-place was vital thing is to find a bed in which to rest a while. : But, out under the pale lights of a post-midnight air strip -the loneliest sight in all the world save for a single freighter crossing an empty and endless sea - stand pa tiently the people, the voting people. . 1 IT IS extraordinary - and no sage of politics has yet begun to explain it - that these voters, the men and women of the crowd,- will stand so long and so quietly to see so little - two aircraft circling and landing: one seemingly tireless presiden tial candidate, Senator Ken nedy, emerging to "say a few words, as it is always put in the political trade. Crowdmanship-the science of inflating the size of the audience and thus trying to outpropaganda the crowd es timates of the opposition can didate - has become a way of life in this campaign. But no matter how much one may al low for these exaggerations, no matter how much one is aware that a powerful party organization has been draft ing the faithful to turn out, the fact remains that the peo pie do really turn out for Kennedy. BUT - and this is the really curious thine - thev do not rally round in the way they used to do, shouting and sing ing and carrying on at a great rate. They press around Ken nedy not as hero worshippers, not as men and women hold ing out hands for pie from the sky; they press around in stead as a sober and worried people. They do not howl the old partisan howls one remem bers from the campaigns of the past. They do not scream at all -except for the teen agers here and there who have taken up the notion that Kennedy is some sort of po litical Elvis Presley. For the face of the new crowd, the crowd of 1960, is quite different from all the crowds of past election years. It is an anxious and expect- Where does the fear really lie? Has it to do with the pros pects for business and jobs? ant face. It is not an assured face, and not necessarily either a Democratic or a Re publican face. It is a face which seems to look with a brooding spirit upon the fu ture and with a spirit of only very qualified pride in the past. IT SEEMS not exactly afraid, but lost and groping. The great, the central, desire of the crowd can be easily sens ed if not so easily explained. The crowd wishes to know not what has happened or is happening but rather what will happen. Is it a fear of war and Soviet rockets? Or is it a far more complicated fear -a fear that we confront an unknowable world of strain and peril? Nobody can give any real answer. It can only be said that the face of the crowd, in this campaign, is a fact we have never known before. (Copyright, 1960, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) TUESDAY. OCTOBER IS, 19(0 following World War II, there was the Idealistic belief, that colonial or oppressed . Deo. pies needed only the oppor tunity to remold themselves in the image of democracy. As that theory -fell by tha wayside, so also did another. That was the theory that in the cold war there could bet no neutrals. Today, neutral Ism is as recognized as the fact that democracy does not come overnight. Joseph Alsop besieged, and water had run short, and the braves of the war-band were lying in wait for their last attack. "kNCE you understood it, " hearing this echo of tha infinitely distant American past was an oddly agreeable experience. It had its own ex tra shade of modern meaning, too, because of its hint of Johnson's conception of his partnership with Kennedy, which almost no one expect ed him to accept. At the mid-point of the campaign, a final assessment of the Kennedy-Johnson part nership is of course impos sible. But it is at least pos sible to make the point, which badly needs to be made, that Kennedy's decision to form this partnership was one of the wisest decisions of his career. The wisdom of the offer is proven by Johnson's motives for accepting the offer. He accepted, in fact, because this was the only way to prevent a sanguinary civil 'war be tween the North and South within the Democratic party. If he had not accepted, the civil war would have broken out immediately, and Johnson himself would have been cast, quite unavoidably, for the role of the new Jefferson Davis. , TEING a nationally-minded A man, Johnson did not want that role. Being a nationally-minded man, Ken nedy did not want the civil war. In addition, Kennedy did not want to make the kind of extreme, A.D.A.-style cam paign that he would have had to make after a north-south civil war had broken out. So the partnership was formed, with the senior politician generously taking the lesser place. No one who watched John son in action in the South could doubt that the partner ship has already borne good fruits for the Democrats. The crowds, the speeches and the other surface aspects of his whistle-stopping - tour from Virginia down to Florida and across to New Orleans were not the indicative features. To find the indicative features, you had to elbow your way into the two club cars hitched on to the train next to John son's own private car. - - From early morning until late at night, the-e two cars were continuously receiving and discharging groups of lo cal politicians ranging in rank from Senators and Gov ernors down to sheriffs and County Commissioners. John son worked over them all in the famous Johnson manner. His message for them was. "The band-wagon is rolling; get with us." And they under sood'the message. PACH day of the trip " brought someone into line. In Florida, it was Sen. Spes- sard Holland. In Alabama, it was the Democratic National Committeeman, Eugene Con nor. But the count of individ uals mattered much less than the central fact, which is curious Indeed. The fact is that despite the strongest Democratic ' civil rights plank any party has ever offered, the Democratic organizations of the Southern states are now more solidly united in support of the Dem acratic ticket than in any na tional campaign since 1944. Former Gov. Allen Shivers of . Texas is the solitary southern politician of any note who is actively working for Vies President Nixon. Even Sen. Harry F. Bird of Virginia, while himself refusing to in dorse the ticket, is not work ing against it, as he has dona before. Instead, he is allow ing the Bird organization county chairmen to go to work for the ticket if they choose. This result would not have been possible, if the leaders of the Southern Democratic organizations did not scent a chance of victory. The great turn came after the first tele vision debate, and the subse quent indications of a trend in Senator Kennedy's favor. Hence Senator Kennedy has made his contribution. But Senator Johnson is still the real architect of this south ern organizational unity, which promises a big pay-off in southern electoral votes. (c) 1960. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.