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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1960 Washington Report By WILLIAM S. WHITE G.O.P TRIANGLE Washington - Three Repub lican presidential hopefuls for 1964 are already preparing to mount three wholly dif ferent and competing pres sures on the new Congress. Each man looks upon this as the place of crisis, for his own & hopes and for lite i u l lire White help shape, tone of the hopes of the G. O. P. itself. Each will try to control, or at least to the actions and Republican side of that Congress. One, Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, will sit in Con gress and so may have a small operating advantage, simply that of being on the scene. The other two, Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, must exert their influence from afar and through con gressional friends and sup porters. . THUS the wheel of circum stances now turns full cir cle. A year ago, with the White House in Republican hands, a solitary Republican, Vice President Nixon, held a monopoly on the 1960 presi dential nomination. It was then the Democrats who - on the outside looking in - had a large, restless group of aspirants. Then, Senators John F. Ken nedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Stuart Symington were ma neuvering as rivals toward 1960. Now, beginning in Jan-. nary, Nixon, Rockefeller and Goldwater will become the maneuvering rivals - this time for 1964. They take the old places of Kennedy, John son and Symington in the great game of musical chairs. What is most strikingly new in all this is the proof it of fers of a revolutionary change In the realities of power in American politics. It used to be that senators and members of the House of Representa tives rarely achieved decisive stature at presidential nomi nating conventions. The big wheelers and deal ers were the governors. But 1960 changed all that. The overwhelming victor at the Democratic convention, John Kennedy, was a man of Con gress. The runner-up, Lyndon Johnson, was, too. NOW, the one governor among high G.O.P. pros pects for the presidential prize in 1964, Rockefeller, will run his real search for that prize In the national forum of Con gress - not in his home state, elcctorally powerful though it is. Mr. Rockefeller's friends have already made it plain that he will take a major hand in attempting to commit the congressional Republicans to liberal programs. He is de termined to stamp the name "Rockefeller" on this Congres sional Record, from the left- wing of his party. Goldwater is equally resolved to stamp it with his name, from tne rigni wine of the party. Nixon is thus left holding the middle of the party, the spokesman for its center. His purpose will be to support, me development of a moderate Republican line similar to that on which he so very nearly won the presidency last month. HE IS, moreover, in simple fact the titular leader of the party, though neither Rockefeller nor Goldwater rushes to concede him that distinction. He is also some thine more. For Nixon is greatly assisted by. the deci sion of his two rivals to cnai- lenge him in the halls of Con gress. He has more friends there than either of the two others. They have chosen to contest with him on his home field. It is a long time to 1964 and "maybe" is a safer word than "certainly." But, as for prob abilities, there is this: In this jockeying for place Nixon is going to be very hard to outdistance, particularly in this arena. And, as for cer tainities, there is this: No Re publican membership of Con gress wilt ever have been un der more presistent court ship from three sides. (Copyright, 1960, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) II ? t Worlds Around By Lynn M. Watkins it They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo J OW, ARSON- WOULD YOU BE iSOOD ENOUGH TO SHOW OUR V0UN6 FRIENDS MERE THROUGH THE PLANTTHEY'RE SCHOOLMATES OP MY NEPHEW ICHABOD , CERTAINLY", MR. Bio DOME, SIR-COME THIS WAV, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LOTS OF VERY INTERESTING THINGS TO SHOW VOL! EVERY DEPARTMENT- WELL START HERE- ILL EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO I WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS-IYE BEEN TRYING JO FIND OUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ARSON'S ALWAYS KNOCKING THIS JOINT- I WANT TO HEAR THIS REWRITE JOB HES GONNA DO- IN Arson will make A WHOLE AFTER NOON'S JOB OUTA 1 TMIS-HE USTA BE A SPIELER ON A CHINATOWN BUS- .1 V -lAlwi- Ever Hear of Ions? There Are Good Guys and Bad Guys Tell the average person there are two important kinds of ions, and he naturally will assume you mean male and female. But not so. They are nega tive and positive. With every breath you take you inhale something more than oxysen, dust and gasoline fumes. You also receive several thousands or millions of "ions." Ions are electrically charged particles generated by a wide assortment of agencies. Even two grains of sand, blown to gether by a gentle breeze, gen erates a tiny number of ions. Other billions of them are cre ated by the friction of running water around a rock, or by cosmic rays from outer space, or by a thunderstorm. An electrical storm gener ates the "things" by the zil lions. The right kind of ions, namely the negative ones, en tering our lungs rapidly en ters the bloodstream and then into our body cells. Nature, by various and often complicated means, al ways has been adding ions to the atmosphere, that enter the bodies of all living animals, and helps them or depresses them, depending on the pre ponderance of which kind The little things may be so important to our lives that we couldn't live without them. Life itself is probably the lib eration, generation or the functioning of electricity in body cells. Source of Refreshment We become actually refresh ed and exhilarated when there is a preponderance of nega tive ions in the air. in re verse, when we take on an over-abundance of positive ions we may become depres sed; we may feel aches and Dains in our bones or muscles or our corns may hurt. Some people even may become so depressed they will fight with their neig'.bors, or may reach a DOint where they may hang themselves from the ratters in the garage. If your bunions suddenly becomes painful, or you feel "low down and mean, it may mean there is a change com ing in the weather. The super abundance of positive ions in the air is really "getting you down." What you need is a super amount of negative ions. You may feel "like walking on air," or on your hands, or velline for joy. or dancing across the front-lawn- n spite of what the neigbhors might think at the near approach of a thunderstorm. The reas on: You have inhaled a pre ponderance of negative ions. As far as humans are-con- THE KIDS OUGHTA LIKE THE PAYROLL DEP'T-THEY STILL PAY US OFF IN ARROWHEADS AND INDIAN BLANKETS ,. In.-.tt'-tLI tljhi, i PuTTlM6 THE BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR THE KIDS WHO DON'T GIVE A DARN ANVHOO". THANX M0A7IPOF 4S)) 7HE HATLO HAT .r fr Tn e.T.U.. I fV. riders of Life Found To Be n Multiple Division of Cells Editor's note: This Is the sei-ond of four dispatches by Itelos Smith. UI'l Science Editor, on science's fforts to expose tne secrets 01 life. - By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York - il'PD - The won der of DNA is nothing less than the wonder of the fer tilized germ I ... i cell. Any life, no matter its form, begins with one such cell. They shade downward in size from a I'.'.v. ' . dot to in jlm lie simal llelos Smith specks. Snelled eggs are the ex ception, of course. Yet each one is packed with a finely detailed recipe for the mak ing of an organism which will be a replica of whatever or ganism produced and fertil ized the germ cell. When the cell divides, life begins. The first result is two cells precisely like the orig inal. Uiesc two divide and then you have four, all alike. By this multiple progression you could soon have millions of cells, all identical. But there is design, and that is the wonder and mys tery of it. Specialization sets in among the dividing cells. Some become nerve cells; others, the cells of liver, hair, muscle and blood. Thereafter, they divide only into those kinds of cells. If the recipe calls for wings or for two legs or four legs or many legs (as in some insects), the properly specialized cells appear. What is it that causes each cell to do the right thing at precisely the right moment? DNA Is Answer DNA is capable of explain ing this wonder, of showing exactly how all forms of life "breed true," of giving science free access at long last to the chemistry of heredity. Science has known for a long time that these recipes were in the chromosomes and genes of cells. Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884) establish ed that in his celebrated ex periments with peas which produced the "Mendelian Law." But what he established was the mere existence of units of heredity which later were located in the chromo somes. He had no idea of the chemical constituents and or ganizations of these units, nor how they worked to unfold their recipes. Nor did genera tions of his scientific heirs. Now science knows. DNA molecules are the stuff of chromosomes and genes. These "queen bee" mole cules of life are close-packed in them, along with a com plex of protein molecules of unknown nature and number. There are around 800,000 DNA molecules in every fer tilized human germ cell. The recipes for life are con tained in the molecules in the form of a chemical code. Each molecule is constructed chem ically somewhat like a spiral staircase. The stair steps num ber in the thousands; each one is made by varying combina tions of four compounds. Each a Unit Each compound is a unit of a code. Thus, each stair step spells out a particular bit of Mrs. Kennedy Eyes White House Role Palm Beach, Fla.-IUPD-Mrs. John F. Kennedy hopes to spend a quiet week in sunny Palm Beach making her augural plans and giving some thought to her White House role. Now that she has seen her future home, she can make her plans accordingly. But she will be doing it solo until her social secretary, Letltia Baldridge, comes on the scene after the first of the year. Jacqueline remained at this winter resort with her baby, John Jr., 3-year-old Caroline when the President-elect flew back to snowbound Washing ton Monday night. Since her arrival Friday evening she has been in seclusion at the Spanish-style villa facing the Atlantic Ocean, owned by Kennedy's parents. the recipe. That leaves two very large questions-how this coded information is passed on, generation by generation; and how the code gets "read" and put into action. The first question is an swered by the phenomenon of cell division. Just before a cell divides, its chromosomes flatten out, then they rip apart and the halves move to opposite sides of the cell Then the cell divides into two cells. Each of these "daugh ters" have the same chromo somal constitution of the orig inal cell. Return now to the DNA molecules and keep in mind they re built like spiral stair cases. If these staircases split right down the middle in the splitting of the chromosomes. you d have halves of stair cases. Each daughter cell would have its complement of halves of DNA molecules. These halves could then serve as molds. Cellular chem istry could assemble and "press" raw substances against these molds. As the result, the halved molecules would be restored to whole ness. And each half would contain the same full recipe and each would pass it on to a "daughter" the next time the cell divided. Christmas Scenes At Portland, Salem Criticized Portland-IUPD-The American Civil Liberties Union has pro tested the placing of nativity scenes in Salem at the Capitol Mall and in Portland at the Pioneer Post Office. Charles Davis, chairman of the Oregon Civil Liberties Un ion, in a letter to the Salem Chamber of Commerce and Secretary of State Howeil Appling Jr., pointed to the Constitution in the protest. 'The U.S. Supreme Court has said that the first amend ment of the federal Constitu tion requires "the state to be neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and non-believers," Davis wrote. Appling gave his permis sion for placement of the tra ditional Christmas decoration. Davis said, "To use the Capitol Mall for a religious display aids and endorses re ligion, which the state of Ore gon is not permitted to do." Appling criticized the stand and asserted the scene would slay on the Mall until the Christmas observance is over. He said, "I am dismayed that you should prolest. on hyperlegalistic grounds, the placing, at no public expense, of a Christmas scene on the Capitol Mall." Appling said he believes there is more than ample au thority in tradition, national heritage, precedents and con stitutionality for having the Christmas scene on the Mall A similar letter sent to the Portland office of the General Services Administration at the Pioneer Post Office drew this reply: "We do not plan on rescinding our permit." Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan i t f Fred R. Brennan, C.I.A. Mrs. Giroud B. Davidson, Office Manager for Med ford Insurance Agency, has earned ihe professional designation of Certified In surance Agent, being one of the six successful candi dates in a class of twenty seven. This is the only agency in Medford staffed with two "Certified Insur ance Agents." cerned, as well as all living things, it might be better if, instead of being positive and negative, ions were male and female. That way the bad ions could be so interested in the good ions that the positive ones would never exert a de pressing influence on anyone. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1960) University Named In Vacation Suit Portland-dJPD-A suit charg ing the University of Oregon with failure to grant adequate vacation time to a carpenter will be filed within two weeks in Marion County Circuit Court, the Oregon State Em ployees Association has an nounced. Darryl Storm, OSEA presi dent, called the suit a test case and said its outcome would affect about 18 other persons. The controversy involves journeyman carpenter Delbert Wilson, 44, who applied for a third week of vacation on the basis of 10 years of uni versity service. The school de nied the request on grounds that Wilson's pay scale ex ceeded his civil service classi fication. Following an opinion by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton, the Civil Service Commission upheld the university. Wednesday: code is "read.1 How the DNA PGE To Relocate Cove Palisades Salem - HJPI) - The Oregon Highway Commission Monday approved an agreement with Portland General Electric Co. whereby the company will re locate Cove Palisades state park in Central Oregon at a cost of $350,000. The park will be flooded by PGE's proposed Round Butte dam. The new park site is on higher ground nearby between the Crooked and Deschutes rivers. 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