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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1960)
jg TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1960 ' ' " MEDfOnD WAiu innunt. . . Latin American Leaders Fear Resurgence of Strong Military Regimes The Family Council - Editor' Note:' Tht- Family Conncll comlits of a ludft. a osvchla- - trlst, thrco clergymen, three editors and a women'i editor. Each article Is a summary o( an actual caea history. The Council reports on problems that hara beta dealt with by responsible agencies and eounieiors. Mrs. A. N. - This going aieady business at age 14 is ridiculous. Minna N. - Having a steady means more fun in my crowd. Mrs. A. N. - Thinking of Minna and Rick together, sometimes as much as 14 hours a day, has our hair on end! They're 14 and in the same class. As if the physical proximity weren't enough how can Minna stand such wall around herself which keeps away all other kids who might be her close friends? What has happened to her childhood? These kids write notes to each other as "Mrs. Rick" or "Mrs. Billy." And they fight over boys the way we used to fight over the last cruller In the bakeshop! When I was Minna's age, girls went around with girls and' boys with boys, and the twosomes were only for parties and the movies. We're thinking of transfer ring Minna to an ail girl school so that she'll major in homework Instead of boys. What's the rush? We feel we must do something to slow her down. a boy, or who can't get any one. I know that my girl friends and I like to know where we stand with boys It's a nice feeling to know you're connected with some' one. Minna N.-My parents don't understand what going steady means. It means I have some one to do homework with and when there's a dance or a party, we go together. My parents have nothing to worry about. In fact, my marks are better than ever because Rick is very smart and he helps me. And we don't sit around alone, mush ing and all, as they think. All my friends have steadies and we just go along with the bunch. Maybe there are girls who don't want to go steady with T Council - Going steady versus playing the field in volves the choice of security versus adventure. So long as matters physica are under control, the only danger in the exclusivity of these 14-year-old duos is the foreshortening of their social outlook. "Security" is the watchword and goal of the over-6Ss. The teens are for daring, exploring, branching out, discovering. Minna and Rick might go further as teen age Uvewires by keeping their contacts more varied than they can be In the social cul- de-sac of ' going steady. There's no need for Mrs N. to have Minna transferred. "Steadies' are the big thing in all-girls' schools too, only they're talked and dreamed about instead of produced. Having a steady fills sev eral Important needs for some young people. It permits them to go through the Imitative motions of adults having "an affair." And at the same time as Minna and Rick can dram atize themselves as budding grownups, they can remain two scared kids, dependent and clinging to each other for courage in social situations. Since "all the kids" - that composite tyrant paraded be fore parents - go steady or teadily, Minna and Rick have the added pleasure of "status." They belong. Mrs, N. s best course would be to accept the pattern of 'steadies" as comforting to a girl with Minna's insecurities Funeral Questions W Are Often Asked PRESENTED FOR YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT BY MEMORY GARDENS FUNERAL HOME "Tha Chapel of Memories" 1395 Arnold Lan. SP 3-7338 Since tht announcement of our ntwtsf Veterans' hono rarium, the Mtmory Gardens Flag Program, we have had many Inqulrfes regarding tlJg'bflfty requirements. The follow ing question and resulting answer should explain this fully. What ire the eligibility requirements for participation In Memory Gardens Flag Program? At first, wa had decided that only those Veterans who were Interred In our gardens would be honored. How ever, after several families had inquired as to the pos sibility of including tht flags of their loved qnes who were Interred overseas, at sea, or in another part of this country, -we decided to broaden the eligibility re quirements. Flags will be accepted and flown in honor of the mem ory of those deceased veterans who: 1) are Interred within MEMORY GARDENS MEMO RIAL PARK! 2) are interred at sea, or in another country! 3) were missing in action and declared dead! , 4) are interred In cemeteries not In the Immediate vicinity of Medford. 5) are Interred in cemeteries In the Medford area which are not endowed or perpetual care cemeteries, The Veteran to be honored neat week Is TED L HEWLETT. Influential Army Officers Certain WeaknessPrevails Editor's Note: The writer of the followlnc article has Just returned from a trip to South America where he Interviewed government and political leaders. By HENRY RAYMONT Washington IUPD Many prominent Democratic lead ers in Latin America fear a resurgence of strong-armed military regimes as a reaction to the left-wing agitation sweeping the area. They are mindful of a re sidue of influential army of ficers who are convinced that Democratic governments are too weak to deal effectively with Communist subversion If this belief should overrule the Democratic forces in Latin America's military circles, it could reverse the trend to ward constitutional govern ment registered in the West ern Hemisphere over the past five years. Simmering Discontent Political moderates cite sim mering discontent over pov erty and economic backward ness as the underlying source of the current wave of unrest But the example of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's radical revolution and his wide spread propaganda machine are held to be its Immediate cause. The recent riots In Vene zuela have been attributed to Communist and left-wing stu dent with the possible help of Cuban agitators, President Romulo Betan- court dramatically articulated his fear of a right-wing re action by calling on the or ganization of American States (OAS) to investigate an al leged plot involving exiled Venezuelan officers to launch an armed attack against him from the Dominican Republic. It is not considered impos sible, however, that Betan court will ask for OAS action against Cuba if he finds enough evidence of Cuban in volvement In this week's stu dent riots. Belief Spreading The belief that energetic action against communist sub version Is needed if only to forestall right-wing reaction Is rapidly spreading among Latin American moderates and even left-wing advocates. There Is a wide-spread the ory, shared by many U.S. government officials, that the Communist design is to pre cipitate military take-overs. Their ultimate objective, how ever, would be to stimulate popular uprising against the new regimes and then estab lish Castro-type governments where the will of the people Is expressed by mass demon strations rather than by popu lar elections. The open drive by Commu nists and Castro sympathizers to topple Betancourt's govern ment has already alarmed many Latin American liberals Youth Realizes Statement Made in East German Court Berlin IUPD - "I love freedom more than I love my life," Josef Flade, then a boy of 18, told a Communist East Ger man court in Dresden one gloomy fall day in 1951. A slight smile masked his anxiety but his hands trem bled as he made his last state ment before judgement was passed. His crime: Being caught putting up anti-Communist oosters. His sentence under Communist justice: Death. "Thousands will avenge my death," he cried out from the floodlighted stage of a ballroom turned into a court room for the show trial. Prediction Proves Correct Flade's prediction proved correct in a way, although not as he believed. His sear ing words touched off an in ternational storm of public protest against the death sent ence, much of it coming from the Afro-Asian nations the Communists were attempting to woo. As the protests mounted, East German officials com muted the sentence to 15 years. Last week Flade, looking older than his years and suf- and needs, but to keep trying without nagging - to show Minna more enriching and or iginal ways to remove the insecurities and fill the needs. Facing a group as a loner takes more bravery than fac ing it by two's, and the aver age 14-year-old hasn't much of that kind of aplomb. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Idaho Man Arrested Here for Burglary Robert Fred HofSer, 29, Kellogg, Idaho, has been ar rested by Central Point police and sheriff's officers in Cen tral Point on charges of burg larizing a Grants Pass bar on Dec. 8. Hoffer was turned over to Josephine county authorities Saturday for questioning on the burglary of Mac s Sports center where $500 was taken from a safe there. The building was entered through a skylight in the roof, Grants Pass police said. The bar burglary is similar to one at Norton's Market in Phoe nix the same date. There thieves cut a hole in the root and dropped from the low ceil ing to the floor. Various gro cery Items and cigarettes were missing. COOKIE THIEVES High Point, N.C. -ItlPD- Po lice reported today that burg lars used a hammer, shovel, several screwdrivers and a chisel trying to force open a safe in a paint store over the week end. The yeggs failed to open the safe and settled for other available loot - a $25 check and a box of cookies. who hitherto were reluctant to condemn Cuba's activities. They fear that similar un rest may spread to Argentina, Colombia and Peru where Democratic governments are trying to rebuild their coun tries from the chaos left be hind from years of military dictatorship. Sawdust S&H GREEN STAMPS Medford Fuel Go. Tel SP 2-2111 Court ft McAnd. "VISIONS OF..." Twat the plight before Christmas And all through the town Wild eyed drivers wore long facet At they tearched for parking placet. Park & Shop patron's cars Were) snuggled in their places As their happy owners Shopped with smiles on their faces. J I JJ LIU .L 1 U , MAIHSt jt j )a7 Look for the Park & Shop Sign fering from a lung ailment contracted in Waldheim pris on, was released from the Communist jail under an East German amnesty. Met by Mother Early today he entered West Germany after question ing by border police. He was met by his grateful mother and stepfather who drove off with him to an unknown des tination in Bavaria. "It took me five years to decide to actively enter into resistance work against Com munism," Flade had told the court. "I would need five more to repent any fraction of my ac tions." His actions bore out his words. After his , trial it was learned that he could have escaped but stayed on in East Germany to vote against the unopposed Red - dominated siate of candidates in an election. Laos Integrating Communist Troops Vientiane, Laos - IUPD - Lao tian paratroop leader Capt. 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