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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
The Toad Gave Up
But Didn't Know Why
He would have been per
fectly justified in feeling dis
couraged, if not actually
frustrated. Perhaps he was,
but no trace of It appeared on
his serene countenance; he
remained stoical through it
all.
Never once did he lose his
poise or display the slightest
discomfort. This patient char
acter was a toad. He had been
carefully placed within a
short distance of a glass bot
tle in which three delectable
looking insects were impris
oned. As soon as he was placed in
position, within six inches of
the bottle, his brilliant, jewel
like eye detected the active
insects. He hunched himself
closer to the bottle; he knew
exactly how near he should
be. He knew the length of
his front-hinged tongue. Once
in position he braced his feet
firmly on the spongy earth.
First Try
With calm deliberation he
waited for the insects to sepa
rate themselves. Then, with
the suddenness of an electric
spark, his tongue darted out;
it hit the side of the bottle,
curled back and up, the way
a toad's tongue is supposed to
do, and returned with a soggy
plop, back into the waiting
mouth - but it was empty.
Thinking he had missed, he
tried it again - another fail
ure. With solemn deliberation
he hunched himself forward
another inch. "This should do
it" he must have reasoned,
for he appeared a little more
confident. Again and again
the previously faithful tongue
came back empty.
He lapped out a couple of
times in quick succession. The
insects jumped but they didn't
adhere to the sticky tongue.
It was sure difficult to under
stand such a state of affairs.
The bugs looked so good, and
they seemed so very close. He
could actually hear them buzz
and they moved within an
inch of his nose, but his ton
gue that had always served
him so well kept coming back
to him without a morsel of
food.
Tried Other Side
With apparent effort he
moved away, turned and
came back to the other side
of the bottle. He fixed his
eye intently on the bugs and
moved carefully into position.
The tongue darted out
slapped the smooth glass, and
whipped back into his mouth;
no taste, no substance, no
bug.
There was no change of
expression on the bland face;
he remained unruffled and
serene. He studied the glass
jar and the imprisoned insects
with solemn dignity. It was
sure exasperating. He could
see them so plainly, all their
delicious colors, and they
were so tantaltzlngly close.
Stupid as the toad is known
to be, and creature of only
compelling instinct, he did,
however, know when the
"bugs were stacked against
him;" he knew when to give
up. So still, calm and serene
he abandoned the futile quest
and moved into the nearby
fernbed. Probably no creature
aside from man himself could
figure out why delicious ob
jects in a glass bottle were so
unattainable.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, I960)
Nixon Callers
Receive Surprise
Los Angeles - HOT - About
40 to SO Los Angeles area
residents attempting to phone
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon Monday during his tel
ethon ended up talking with
a fun-loving supporter of Sen.
John F. Kennedy.
The questioners took urg-
mgs to "dial Dick Nioxn lit
erally and dialed D-I-C-K-N-I-X-O-N.
Instead of reach
ing Nixon In Detroit, they
were connected with Mrs.
Alan Ybarra in nearby Re
seda.
"The phone rang steadily
from 10:30 to 3 o'clock," she
said. "I told the first caller
he had reached a wrong num
ber. But when he explained
what happened I decided I
would have a little fun.
"When the phone rang
again, I said, 'Change your
vote to Kennedy,'" said Mrs.
Ybarra. "You should have
heard the gasp at the other
end!"
W" v LA A
U -A" --'i-Si'S-i W i t
Hatfield To Make
South America Trip
Salem-IUPU-Gov. Mark Hat
fields heads for South Amer
ica Thursday on a goodwill
trip with 35 other governors.
The 10-day visit will include
visits to Argentina and Bra
zil.
Mrs. Hatfield and the gov
ernor's legal advisor, Loren
Hicks, will accompany him. A
briefing in Washington, D.C.,
is scheduled prior to depar
ture. Hatfield said he hopes to
combine the goodwill visit
with some trade development
conferences for Oregon.
BANK ROBBED
Parana, Argentina - IUPD -The
municipal bank here was
robbed of more than $60,000
over the week end by thieves
who apparently hid out in the
building before the bank
closed Friday. Employees re
porting for work Monday
morning found the vault open
and the money gone.
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JURY DEADLOCKED-Carole Tregoff and her attorney, Don
ald Bringgold, exchange smiles in a Los Angeles courtroom,
upper photo, after her second degree murder trial ended
in a hung jury. Miss Tregoff and Dr. R. Bernard Finch were
being tried for the killing of Finch's wife. In the lower
photo, Dr. Finch and his attorney, Grant Cooper, talk in
the courtroom just before the jury announced that it was
hopelessly deadlocked. (UPI Telephoto)
Quotes From the News
BY, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Boston Sen. John F. Kennedy, smiling after the last of
his campaign TV appearances:
"Now I've ceased to be a candidate and now I'm a voter
Chicago Vice President Richard M. Nixon, addressing a
crowd in a 37-degree temperature on the last day of the
campaign:
"I don't care if I get pneumonia but I don't want any
of you voters sick before morning.
Hollywood Mrs. Clark Gable, reporting on her famed
actor-husband, who is hospitalized for a heart attack:
"Clark wants to be able to vote it it being arranged
through hospital authorities."
Los Angeles Superior Judge Leroy Dawson, after the
second murder trial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole
Tregoff ended in a second hung jury:
"Obviously the case should be retried. We cannot put a
price tag on justice."
Russian Geese -Found
in Oregon
Portland -01PII- Two snow
geese who started a long mi
gratory journey from Siberia
in the Soviet Union were
found by hunters at Summer
Lake in Southeastern Oregon
recently.
The State Game Commis
sion said the two travelers
were born last summer and
flew over the Arctic and the
Bering Sea, crossed over
Alaska, down the West Coast
and settled at the Oregon lake
for the winter.
Leg bands placed by Russia
biologists bore the message
for the finder to report to
Moscow the number, date and
place of kill.
Although a few Russian
banded birds have been taken
in other states, these are the
first known cases of Russia
birds taken in Oregon, the
game commission said,
Clark Gable To
Cast Vote From Bed
Hollywood-OJra-Clarfc Gable
must remain in Presbyterian
hospital for three weeks be
cause of a heart ailment, but
the 59-ycar-old matinee Idol
nevertheless is going to get to
vote today.
"Clark wants to be able to
vote for Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon," said his wife
Kay. "It is being arranged
through hospital authorities.
Under a plan worked out
by the county registration of
fice, residents confined In hos
pitals can mark ballots which
then are collected by a regis
trar official and counted in
tlie election vole.
Gable today again was re
ported in satisfactory conch
tion and resting comfortably.
His wife has been' staying
in the hospital room where
the actor has been confined
since he was rushed to the
hospital Sunday after suffer.
ing what doctors described as
a mild heart attack.
Puerto Rico Is about three
tirrfrs the size of Rhode Island
SIGN OF THE TIMES?
Savannah, Ga. -WPli- Local
Republican headquarters noti
fied local Democratic head
quarters Monday that the
American flag in front of the
Democratic office was upside
down. The GOP pointed out
this is an intcrational signal
of distress.
Wall Streeters Looking Ahead
For Reaction to Today's Vote
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial Editor
New York - Wall Street
shuts down today for the elec
tion, but most of the investing
coram unity
will be look
ing ahead to
W e d n e sday
for the stock
m a r k e t's re
action to the
new P r e s i
denl. S t r angely,
many analysts
Henry Bechtoio are predict
ing thai the market will go
up subsequently no matter
which candidate wins, al
though the initial reaction to
Last Rites Paid
To Actor Ward Bond
Hollywood - IUP1I - They
said goodbye to Ward Bond
Monday and today they give
their final tributes to pioneer
moviemaker Mack Sennett.
They' are the fans, the
friends and the relatives and
co-workers paying homage to
the two filmland personalities
claimed by apparent heart at
tacks on Saturday.
Sennett, 80, will be buried
at Holy Cross cemetery fol
lowing requiem mass at the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
The silent film producer
gave movies the famed Key
stone Kops and the first bath
ing beauties as well as discov
ering a host of stars including
Charlie Chaplin and Gloria
Swanson.'
About 500 mourners attend
ed services Monday for Ward
Bond, 55, the star of the TV
series "Wagon Train."
the results may be different
Thoughts on the initial re
action vary widely. Some of
the experts look for an im
mediate decline should the
Democrats be victorious.
They reason that many in
vestors feel a Kennedy vic
tory would be unfavorable to
private enterprise and thus to
corporate prosperity and stock
prices.
Shitt to Kennedy
On the other hand, some
analysts believe that with the
shift in betting odds to Ken
nedy in recent weeks, the
market already has discount
ed his victory, and the price
trend, therefore, will not be
politically inspired.
Many investors feel that a
Nixon victory would continue
the confidence that produced
a sharp gain in industrial is
sues while President tisen-
hower has been in office.
Looking back on past per-
Truman Turns Down
Nixon's Tour Plan
Harrisburg - (UPD - Former
President Harry S. Truman
has turned down Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon's pro
posal of a good will tour by
ex presidents to Communist
countries.
At a stopover here, Truman
said Sunday that such a thing
"should have been done seven
years ago before things start
ed going to pot."
Truman, en route to St
Louis from New York by
train, said he hadn't heard of
Nixon's proposal and then
added;
"I can't go anyhow. I'm
booked through next year
with my lecture series. I vc
got a lot to do to educate the
kids on what they have and
how to keep it."
SHOULD STAND OUT
Grand Rapids, Mich. - IUPII -A
night club entertainer ac
cused of skipping town with
out paying a bill for a port
able organ shouldn't be hard
to find, police said. The en
tertainer, George Do Mio, has
green-colored hair, greon
colorcd fingernails and green
colored toenails, and he plays
the organ with his feet, police
said.
Fumes Blamed
For Man's Death
Salem - (UPD - An autopsy
late Monday disclosed that a
62-year-old Salem man died
of accidental carbon monox
ide poisoning in his home
Monday morning.
Coroner Charles Edwards
said fumes from smoldering
coals in the fireplace caused
the death of Charles C. Link.
Link's wife, Myrtle, 46, and
18-year-old daughter, Betty,
also were stricken and taken
to Salem Memorial hospital.
Attendants described the
girl's condition as poor and
the mother's condition as fair
The coroner said the family
retired about 11 p.m. with
the fire going in the fireplace.
All windows in the home
were closed and a closed dam
per on the fireplace produced
the deadly fumes.
Mrs. Link awoke just be
fore 7 a.m. and staggered to
a phone to call for help.
Train Hits School
Bus; Girl Killed
Now York -IUPD- A passen
ger train struck a school bus
carrying 51 children at a rail
road crossing Monday, killing
a 7-year-old girl and Injuring
21 other children, two of them
critically.
The crossing, equipped with
flashing warning lights and
warning bell, had been found
unsafe by the state Public
Service Commission which
ordered a crossing gale in
stalled several months ago.
The driver of the bus, Edgar
Hollowell, 40, said he did not
see the lights or hear the bell
at the Staten Island crossing.
Ho told investigators he was
blinded by the sun and deaf
ened by the noise of the children.
Train engineer William
Allen, said the warning lights
and bell were operating and
that he blew the train whist i
and attempted to slow down, i
formances, we find there are
no hard and fast rules govern
ing the market's behavior In
relation to elections.
Ike Election
The election of Dwight Ei
senhower in 1052 was inter
preted favorably and stocks
advanced for several weeks
belore a nine-month secon
dary reaction set in. His re
election in 1056, however,
was followed by only one day
of strength, which ended a
rally that had started in Oc
tober. The market then sold
off 40 points.
Prognosticalors would have
a hard time trying to place
these past performances in a
pattern.
The economy presently Is
not doing too well. Some peo
ple say we are in a recession
that will get worse before it
gets better. Government econ
omists term it an "adjustment
period" with the next sus
tained move an advance. The
general consensus of business
economists is for a pick-up
about mid-1061.
The economic news has not
been all good or all bad. It
has not been as favorable as
Vice President Nixon would
like, but it hardly has been as
discouraging as statements by
the Democrats would suggest.
The true test is yet to come.
Paving Under Way
On Niantic Street
Mcdford Public Works Di
rector Vernon Thorpe said
Monday that paving of Nian
tic st. from Edwards to Maple
sis., should be completed to
day. ,
The street is being paved to
a width of 34 feet between
width of 34 feet between
curbs and a sidewalk is being
installed on the west side of
the street.
Postal Money Orders
Stolen From Substation
Salem - (UPD - Postal money
were taken during Sunday
night in a safe burglary at a
postal substation in a super
market here, postal Inspectors
said Monday.
Some 580 blank money or
ders and about $90 in cur
rency was taken when bur
glars burned open the safa
at Erickson's supermarket in
the Four Corners area.
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