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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26. I960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Try and Stop Me - By BENNETT CERF "rpAKE IT EASY, son, and stop fidgeting," advised the A snuUng father of an eligible daughter. "I have a feel ing in my bones that you are steeling yourself to ask for my little girls hand in mar riage. Well, take her, my boy, and my blessings on both of you." "No, no," demurred the embarrassed youth. "I just wanted to know if you'd lend me $25." "$25!" exploded Papa. "You must be out of your ever-loving head. Why, I hardly know you!" Nell Morgan tells of a San Diego lawyer who gave his wife a flashy pink dressing gown for Christmas. "The minute the girl at the shop displayed it," enthused the lawyer, "I could see you in it" The wie kissed him indulgently and explained why: she had been wearing one exactly like it for two years. I960, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King; Features Syndicate In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Tonopah. This is one of Nevada's ghost towns. But it is a different kind of ghost town. In the others . . and there are so many of them in this West of ours that we ad dore . . . the miners and their ladies are gone . . . gone to that bourne whence none re turneth. They are peopled, to be sure, but the people that tread their streets and gawk into their windows and Oh and Ah at the things they see, are FLESH AND BLOOD people. They wear the clothes of to day. They speak the argot of today. In a word, they are tourists. Tourists and nobody else. IN TONOPAH, it is somehow different. There are tourists, to' be sure - quite a reasonable number of thetrii They walk the Streets, in the evening af ter they arrive and get put up at a motel. They eat. And they drink. And . . . this being Nevada . . . they gamble. People live here. They earn a living here. Chiefly, one suspects, from the motor tour ists who flit from Reno to Las Vegas and find the old town a good place to break the 450-mile trip. Halloween Party Planned by Club The Old Timers Car club will hold a Halloween party Friday, Oct. 28, at the Pyth ian hall, Fifth and Grape sts. The party will be preceded at 7:50 p.m. by a brief month ly meeting and the party will start at 8 p.m. Appropriate dress will 'be . "hard times clothes" and the evening's activities will in clude games, contests, duck for apples, and dancing. Re freshments will be served. Reservations should be made' with the secreary, Earl M. Swift, MUrdock 5-6984. Newhouse Probe Goes Info Nevada Portland -IUPD - The probe into the shotgun wounding of Oregonian production man ager Donald Newhouse has spread into other states, police said today. Newhouse is recovering from the wound, suffered Oct. 16 while he was working in the basement of his home. Two detectives were sent to Nevada Tuesday to check on a reported tip. Detective Capt. O. K. Rob inson said the investigation is taking more time than he had expected. Several tips have been checked out. The Oregonian and Oregon Journal announced a special committee had been named to determine who would be paid the $10,000 reward put up by the newspapers when the case is solved. FAITHFULLY AND WELL ... We have served this community for 25 years and more. To merit your confidence is our sincere desire. LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave. Ashland Dial MU 5-4541 "1 Ashland's Leading Funeral WHEN the tourists of a somewhat earlier day en tered the old; Mizpah hotel and stood in its lobby and peeked into the rooms that once were its banquet rooms and its party rooms, they were not alone. Nor were they alone when they entered the old Tonopah Club with its marvelous and really beauti ful old bar. Mingling with them were shadowy forms. If the place was the banquet room of the old Mizpah, the shadowy men were apt to be clothed in tails and white ties. And the. ghost ly ladies would be wearing marvelous gowns of another day. ' . For this Tonopah, half a century ago, lived a gracious life after its people had made their pile. The memory of it lingers on , . even to this day. ... 1 HOW did Tonopah get its start? This is the tale they tell. Back about the turn of the century, a miner and his mule were prospecting the hillside where Tonopah now stands. The mule was nibbling a sparse tuft of grass, and was loath to move on when the miner wanted to move on. So he picked up a rock to heave at the mule. The rock was HEAVY. Abnormally heavy, He, examined it with care, Then he let out a war-whoopr It was RICH silver ore. He had hit the Nevada jack pot again. FROM the ore thus spotted, a wild boom sprang. Countless millions were made. A solid and handsome town was built. Out there in the desert, a gracious social life was founded. It neveroccur red to anyone that the town would not go on and on and on. Then ... as so often has happened in the Nevada des erts the ore body petered out. And that was that. 1IHAT of the old Mizpah " hotel? What -of the lavishly fur nished Tonopah Club?. They lingered on. They lingered on, as a matter of fact, until the gambling boom hit Nevada, They lingered on for some time after that. WHAT of them now? One hates to tell the tale. They are crammed as tight ly with slot machines as the big casinos in Reno and Las Vegas. One can hardly walk between them. Gone is the lilt of waltzes played in the old Mizpah by orchestras import ed from the big cities. Its place is taken by the clatter of the slot machines as their handles are pulled by the jackpot seekers. : WHAT of the shadowy forms that lingered on so long? I'm sure they're gone. They just couldn't take it. There is no graciousness in a slot machine. 1 Mrs. Litwiller - Director Since 1935 C. M. Litwiller Holding of Matsu Said Attack Insurance Chicago - (UPD Retired Lt. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner said in a copyrighted dispatch in the Chicago Sunday Trib une that holding the islands of Quenmoy and Matsu serves as insurance against a surprise Chinese Communist attack on Formosa. The General, who has been director of the New York Civil Defense commission since 1951. said in the dis- patcht . , , "The enduring principles in armed conflict - basics as real today as in the time of Na poleon or in the'invasion of France in 1944 - are involved in the current discussion over the islands of Quemoy and Matsu off the coast of the Communist Chinese mainland. Surprise Required ' "One of these realities is the fact that an invasion of the magnitude the Communists would have to mount to cap ture Formosa would require surprise to be successful - an impossible element as long as these strategic islands are in the hands of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's troops. "Conversely, as long as they are held by Nationalists, these islands constitute insurance of the early warning so essential in launching effective counter action by" Chiang's troops on Formosa and by United States Naval and Air Forces charged under treaty, with aiding the defense of our ally. "The dispute on these stra tegic islands between Vice President (Richard M.) Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy, and the discussions in the press appear not to have em The Medical A Should Grandmother Have A Needed Eye Operation? Often I have been a bit dis turbed because I have seen a sweet old purblind grandfath er or grand mother de- n i e d permis sion to have a needed opera tion. Why? Because his or her children felt that it would be too dangerous. This always I , certainly would never think of telling my parents that they couldn't have an operation they want ed and needed. The choice should be theirs. I was just reading an article by Drs. A. L. Kornsweig and J. Schneider, who reported the results of 118 major eye oper ations on a series of patients whose ages ranged from 65 to 94 years. Eighty-five of these operations were for a cataract, and 18 for glaucoma. Sixty two of the. patients were suf fering from high blood pres sure. Many of them had had a coronary heart attack, and others had severe diabetes. The most worrisome contra indication to operation was the presence of some mental disturbance or confusion, such as often makes the old person a bit unmanageable. Old peo ple sometimes get confused and mixed-up about things, especially when they have been kept in bed for a while Many used to get mentally upset because of the doctor's habit of covering up both eyes for 10 days after a cataract operation. Today, some doc tors cover only one eye and this is said to make a big dif ference. Relatives should re member that nearly all of these people come out of the brief operation very well, and most get their sight back or at least enough of it so they can again take care of them selves and go out for a walk. Hives and What To Do For Them ' I think hives usually are due to either one of two things: one, eating some food to which the person is highly allergic. Usually this Is the cause for the common little hives of children. The mother might get help from getting my booklet on Allergy. This will show her how to watch out, and do some home de tective work to see if she can find out what the food is. She must keep a record of the un usual foods the child ate just before a crop of hives ap peared. Then she may see that always, before a spell, the child ate chocolate or eggs, or tomatoes, or some particular fruit. Secondly, older persons who, after years of health, suddenly get great big hives as big as a dollar (if they haven't just had some penicil lin) may have some worrisome problem on their ' minds-a problem that they cannot OB AI.VARK distresses me, Quemoy, To Be phasized factors involved in this situation which hold first importance in the mind of a military man. "Quemoy lies at the very doorstep of the Port of Amoy, in which an important part of the building for an in vasion of heavily defended Formosa most certainly would have to take place. Large numbers of vessels including landing craft would have to be concentrated here, and this concentration would be de tected. Furthermore, when the invasion is launched the outbound force would of necessity be in the vicinity of Quemoy whose electronic and natural eyes would sense the move and enable sounding an alert. "Similarly Matsu, some 200 miles north and east, sits off Foochow and Santuao." Obviously Defensible Huebner said a basic part of any defense is to prevent surprise. The Red Chinese, he said, would "never be able to launch an attack on Formosa until Quemoy and Matsu were reduced." "It has been said publicly the islands of Matsu and Quemoy are not defensible," he wrote. "They obviously are defensible, at least sufficient ly so to enable performance of their early warning and prevention mission. The proof: They have not been invaded." If the Germans had held similar outposts' off South ampton or Portland Bill in 1944, he said, the Allies never would have been able to make a successful invasion of France. Roundup Emeritus Ti Emeritus consultant In Medicine Mayo Clinic Emerltm Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Register and Tribune Syndicate, I960) i solve. When the problem is solved, that is the end of their hives. As I hinted, today, at tacks of big hives can be due to the taking of an injection of penicillin, or some other drug, to which the person is highly sensitive. .. i,Dr. Alvarez booklet on asthma and allergy may be ob tained by sending 25 cents and a large, stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr.; Walter C. Al varez, Dept. MMT, The Regis ter and Tribune Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. STRONG STUFF - Dallas, Tex. -IllPlI- The U.S. marshal's office in Dallas has found another use for "white lightning," the moonshine whiskey that federal agents confiscate. It makes fine fing erprint ink remover. "It eats that stuff off better than any-, thing else I ever saw,'1 John Lowe, assistant marshal, said. P,j fetS Wk- S0ty?fdi &al5 ff JiiMissiifMsfri &fmrnmmsmirf&& are the experts in home financing? Insured Savings and Loan Associations, like ours, are specialists in the homo loan field. These associations make more home loans than all other financial institu tions combined. This means that you can count on expert help from ug when you need a home loan. You will receive friendly advice and assistance from people who know this community, and who know home financing. Come in and see us when a home loan 1 ' FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager BEE?'' f,,osS ,1 ttt i h.L llL. ' 1 , !,,WlS!k. ' mm BOAT TRANSPORTATION Boats come in hnndy around Rio Grande City, Tex., as more than 1,000 persons were evacu ated from their homes following a flash Kennedy Charges Political Coverup En. Route With Kennedy (UP11 Sen. J.ohn F. Kennedy today accused Vice President Richard M. Nixon of a "politi cal coverup" on a secret gov ernment report showing U.S. prestige abroad to be at a new low. He called this showing of America's standing overseas an "ominous event." . The ' Democratic presiden tial nominee delayed his de parture from the Chicago area for Michigan an hour so he could breakfast with a group of Chicago business men supporting his candi dacy. He told members of the Il linois Committee of Business and Professional Men and Women for Kennedy it is nat ural for them to support a Democrat for the presidency. because "to support the full employment, the profit sys tem has to flourish. 'If the next president is unable to cooperate with busi ness and labor, then he has failed," Kennedy said. 12 Oregonians Given Nominations Portland '-UIPD- Sen. Hall S. Lusk, (D-Ore.), Wednesday re leased the names of 12 Ore eon young men that he had given competitive nominations to the: U.S. Air Force and U.S. Naval Academies. : Nominated were: ' 1 Steven A. Lee, Albany; Gerald R. Linn, Molalla: Frank G. .Watkins, Portland;' Robert ' R. '' Tindall, Dayton; Robert J. Shannon, Veneta; Steven K. Dingman, North Bend, and James D. Parker, Salem, Air Force Academy. Gary D. Timm; Milwaukie; Roger L. DeMaris, Gaston; John G. White, Coos Bay, and Lawrence Bliss and Gerald F. Franzen Jr., Portland, Naval Academy. About 16,000 old-fashioned hand-cranked magneto tele phones still are in use In Minnesota.- i you want flood which and closed a was six feet city. Fraternity Seeking Victory Bell at SOC Ashland The newly-orga nized Delta Phi Delta frater nity at Southern Oregon col lege is in need of a victory bell, John Jones, president, has announced. Jones said that an average size bell is needed which could be transported by auto mobile in parades and other campus events. Anyone having knowledge of a bell suitable for this pur pose is asked to call Ashland, MUrdock 9-9036 and ask for a member of the fraternity. DRAWS THE LINE Kendal, England -lUPD-Lord Birkett, dedicating anew school here, told his restless audience, "I don't object to people looking at their watches when I speak. But I strongly do so when they start shaking them to see if they are still going." FORD PARTNER DIES Stow - On - The - Wold, Eng land -fUPO- Harry G. Ferguson, 75, who teamed up with Hen ry Ford to develop a tractor and other farm equipment that was rejected by the British, died today. Prices Cut To The Box Springs & Mattresses 312 KOI LUX O RT Button Free Air Vents Large Heating Stove $iTo88 Made to look like Fine Furniture mW 7laf Floor Models, Demonstrators, 21" ' TU Below Cost-EXAMPLE $6686 5 Pc. Solid Oak Western Group $15Q95 Daveno, Rocker, 2 End Tables, Coffee Table I O BUDGET TERMS BEDROOM SET I l footboard, chw, optionaJJ II lilt Wrror iMTSI 1640 Hiway 66 covered more than 52 blocks highway into the city. Water deep in some sections of the (UPI Telcphoto) Hatfield-Nixon Similarity Seen Astoria - (UPI) - Oregon Re publican chairman Peter Gun nar said today that Vice Presi dent Richard Nixon and Gov. Mark Hatfield "show a mark ed similarity in many re spects" and this will help Nixon carry Oregon for the presidency. "Oregon voters have shown on numerous occasion that they have a strong preference to candidates of the Nixon Hatfield type," he said. Gunnar said both Nixon and Hatfield are "tough when it comes to holding the tax line, but are also quick to advance and support new programs which, are honestly needed by the people." Speaking of the Democratic voter registration edge In Oregon, Gunnar said "we know that many Democrats and Independents will support the Nixon-Lodge ticket, but we must turn out an unprece dented percentage of the Re publican vote to take advan tage of this crossover." H O Reg . 1 29.95 Set BOTH FOR w8 NASA To Examine Washington - (UPD - The Fed eral Space Agency says it will examine some "objects" which fell on South Africa last month to determine whether they are parts of an American rocket launched at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Until lt makes this exami nation, the National Aeronau tics and Space administration said Tuesday, it will be "un able to give any opinion" as to what the objects are. A dispatch from Johannes burg quoted a South African scientist as saying something fell on a Northern Transvaal A. L. TEX NASH SAYS ELECT Paul B. Rynning COUNTY COMMISSIONER He has had wide experience in county business Paul Rynning has proven his qualifications as an administrator Paul Rynning advocates protection of resources Paul Rynning favors acquisition and development of recreational areaj Paul Rynning will continue gram. Tex Nash Says Pull for Paul and Vote 123-X Pd. Pol. Ad by A. L. Tex Nash. 2075 S, Pacific Hwy, Medforc! Bone !! ! Norge 30" Electric RANGE u,9e Famous Lewt Electronle with All Attachments . Vacuum Cleaner . ..$79.86 Norga Time Line Automatic Control Washer and Dryer$24988 Maytag "Halo-of-Heat" lairyer Regular 12 Cu. Ft. Norge "Never Freezer Upright 1960 Model Jutt Right for that Deer Africa 'Objects' farm within an hour after the unsuccessful launching of a NASA moon probe Sept. 25. . Dr. S. Maude, president of the Council for Scientific .n dustrial Research, said at Johannesburg that he was "air most certain" it was a fuel tank from the second or third stage of the Atlas-Able launch ing vehicle. " Los Angeles -lUFu- Italian actress Milly Vitale, 27, Tues day married Vincent Hillyer, 35, former brother-in-law o the Shah of Iran. Hillyer is a Los Angeles importer. a good county road pro- These are All 1960 Models We are Clearing SALE ENDS OCTOBER 31 0yen $14395 Delivered $54.50 To 179.50 $1295f Froit" 19988 or Beef ' Ashland, Oregon W- X '1? IUftN UAILT I 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. J JL
