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MEDFOHD MAIL THIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2fl. I960
Western Etanpe Opllniistlc Over 1961 Economic Growth Possibility
London-UPD-The last weeks
of 1960 skimmed some of the
cream from Western Europe's
boom, but hopes stayed strong
that 1961 would still see
economic expansion, though
at a slower pace.
Specific financial problems
still worried individual coun
tries, but for most of Europe
the bugbear of unemployment
was not one of them. Instead,
some countries gmppled with
a tight labor situation and its
Inflationary threat.
Overseas trade grew in
creasingly competitive and
Europe's flourishing auto in
dustry ran into a recession, in
part due to the advent of U.S.
compact cars and partly
through seasonal demand
patterns.
Uncertainty about future
relations between the two
European trading blocs, the
Common Market (six) and the
European Free Trade Associa
tion (Outer Seven), plagued
long-term business planning.
At the year-end the out-look
still was obscure on whether
the two groups would stay di
vided or find a joint working
arrangement.
Clouding the atmosphere,
too, were fears on the action
the new U.S. administration
would take to put its own
economic house in order, and
what the impact would be on
Western Europe of future
moves to strengthen the
dollar.
Recurring Problems
Recurring post-war prob
lems stayed with Britain. Ex
ports failed to match soaring
imports, but the government
stuck to its trade liberaliza
tion policies. Gold and dollar
reserves mounted across the
year, but were still slim and
the true rise masked by "hot
money" movements. There
was some fear that British
overseas investments, running
at some 300 million pounds
(S840 million) a year, might
prove too heavy a burden for
the country's razor-edge
economy.
For much of 1960 Prime
Minister Harold MacMillan's
vote-catching phrase "You
never had it so good" applied
to most Britons, but the gilt
was wearing thin in places at
the year's close. The warning
signals flashed a difficult
period ahead, and exporters
were expected to find foreign
markets even harder to crack.
Virtually full employment
ruled In Britain most of the
year, but tough anti-inflation
credit screws bit hardest just
when the auto industry collid-
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NO FANCY FRILLS Bing Crosby, right, mcnlalor for the 1961 tournament. He said
talks with )Iimmy Demaret during the "1960 there will be no entertainment such as
Bing Crosby Golf Tournament" at Pebble singing and dancing as in past years.
Beach, Calif. Crosby will be the chief com- (UPI Tclephoto)
Bing Crosby To Eliminate Vaudeville
Entertainment From Golf Tournament
Hollywood (UPlt Bing Cros
by decided today that show
biz and golf don't mix.
It's not that Dcr Bingle is
giving up singing or forget
ting about lowering his han
dicap. But he's discovered
that televiewers like their
golf and entertainment sep
arately. "That's why my national
pro-amateur golf tournament
next month will stick strictly
to the game, he said. "No
singing, no dancing or pretty
girls messing things up.
"In past years we put on
a show right along with the
tournament, but people didn't
like it. And I don't blame
them.
"Viewers are interested in
the contest on the links. They
want to know who's ahead
and who wins."
Sits it Out
Crosby won't play in his
own tournament, but 150
amateurs and 2U0 profession'
als will be belting the ball
around three championship
courses Monterey, Pebble
Beach and Cypress Point
come Jan, 15.
Brother Bing has landed
such celebrities as Bob Hope,
Jim Garner, Phil 'Harris,
Dean Martin, Fred MacMur
ray, Ray Molland, Desi Arnaz
and George Gobcl to play in
his 20th annual tournament
which is expected to net some
The Family Council
Keillor's Note: The Family Council consists of a JuiIko, r psychia
trist, Ihrre clergymen, three editors and a women's edilor. Kach article
Is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on prob
lems that have been dealt with by responsible nuclides and counselors.
Mrs. A. S. -I was happy in
Florida and want to return
there.
Juno S. V. - She should stay
up here near her children.
Mrs. A. S. -I'm 60 years
old and a widow. For the past
five years I lived and worked
in Florida. A few months ago
I fell ill and came North to
recuperate. I took a room
near my married children, a
son and a daughter.
Now that I'm fully recover
ed I'd like to go back, but my
daughter won't hear of it.
She doesn't understand how
unhappy I am up here. Down
there I feel better In general.
I'm not afraid to venture out
on the streets in the evening
the way I am here. I can come
and go alone, without depend
ing on anyone.
My life would be much
simpler in Florida. But every
time I mention this, my
daughter makes me feel like
a deserter. My son wants mc
to do as I wish. Who's right?
June S. V. - There's no good
reason why my mother should
run 1,000 miles from her fam
ily. It would be different if
she had no comfortable place
to slay here, or if she had to
have her Florida job to sup
port herself. But my brother
and I each have a room for
her. and if she doesn't want
to stay with us, she has
enough Income from Dad's in
surance and savings to main
tain herself in a nearby apart
mcnt.
The only reason my brother
encourages Mama to leave is
he knows it won t be up to
him to run down there and
take care of- her If anything
happens. It'll be up to me.
And I'd rather have her here
where I can keep tabs on her
health and prevent any long
distance SOS's.
Regardless of Mama's
whims and fancies, It seems
to me a mother's place Is
near her family. At such a
distance, she'll be a stranger
so her grandchildren, and the
family circle will be broken.
Th Council - June should
face the fact that there comes
a time in Mama's life, when
she's entitled to pursue her
"whims and fancies." In dash
ing cold water on Mrs. S.'s
brave plans to go it alone, her
daughter seems to be thinking
more of her own needs.
Mrs. S. seems to be the
type of mother who attended
to all the musts of life con
scientiously, and now wants
to turn to the "would-likes."
While her health holds up
this is her right and June
should send her off with a
smile, a corsage and a bottle
of champaign. The cloud of
imminent illness which can
shodow any of us anywhere
is irrelevant.
Can it be thai June will
miss a free and indulgent
baby sitter? A sounding
board? A captive shoulder to
weep on? These are not valid
reasons for depriving Mis. S.
of the comfort of easy-to-takc
climate, the freedom of com
ing and going without com
ment or reproach or com
plaining escort, and the peace
of self-sufficiency.
As to estrangement from
the grandchildren and the gap
in the family circle, there are
always visits to look forward
to, and mid point rendezvous
where Mrs. S. and her chil
dren split the mileage 500
500 and meet somewhere in
teresting. However, we suggest that
Mrs. S. examine her true rea
sons for not just picking up
and going, regardless of what
her daughter says. Does she
really want to go? Is she fish
ing for reasons, or rather ex
cuses lor not going, to make it
look as though she's being re
strained from doing some
thing she doesn't want to do
anyway? If she wholehearted
ly wants to go, we advise her
to do so and continue the
discussion with June, from
Florida!
(Copyright 1960,
General Feature! Corp.)
$100.(100 for youth charities.
1 11 narrate the tourna
ment, and open the show with
one song," the Old Groanor
went on.
"We 11 haxe six or seven
cameras spotted nround the
course to pick up the leaders
as they progress.
Relaxed and good-natured
as ever, Bing said golf has
made tremendous strides as a
spectator sport during recent
years.
"Viewers want to watch
golf just as they do football
and baseball," he said. "No
frills. No fancy stuff. You
never see a baseball telecast
Interrupted for vaudeville
acts. And we're not going to
do it, either."
Bing refused to predict a
winner, but said the winning
team usually consists of a low
handicap amateur and a top
pro.
"I won't say who has the
best chance, but off his rec
ord, you gotta like Arnold
Palmer."
Photos Said To
Show Russian
Marks on Plane
New York-IUPD-Photographs
reached Now York from Laos
Wednesday showing clearly
that planes dropping supplies
to rebel forces in Laos bear
official markings of the So
viet Union.
The same markings - the
letlers C.C.C.P. (U.S.S.H. in
the Russian alphabet) were
on the wings of the Ilyushin
14 transport which fired on
an unarmed American C47
Tuesday. This was reported
by the American crew of the
C47, according lo information
reaching Washington.
Apparently definitive evi
dence of Soviet involvement
in the Laos rebellion was pro
vided In photographs taken by
Arthur J. Dommen, a staff
correspondent of United Press
International.
He made the pictures Dec.
23 from a chartered aircraft.
His plane spotted an Ilyushin
14 air-dropping supplies over
rebel positions at Phone Hong,
40 miles north of Vientiane,
and Vang Vicng, 60 miles
north of Vientiane.
The official Soviet markings
were clearly visible.
Although the plane bore
Soviet identification marks, it
had not been established
whether Soviet pilots actually
were at the controls. ,
Bandit Yields When
Sweet Talk Starts
San Antonio, Tex.-(VPHIn-surance
man Ray Waddeli and
glass firm owner E. B. Vesler
destroyed a bandit's nerve
with kindness during a hold
up. ;
The pair talked the bandit;
out of his gun, bought him i
some groceries, gave his dogj
some food and the bandit $2.
C
ed with falling markets over
seas. Other consumer dur
ables piled up in the pipe
lines. Short-time work among
the big auto companies fil
tered through to other sectors
of industry.
British production stayed
high, but growth lost its zip.
It was feared that continued
credit curbs would mean cut
backs in industrial investment
which could cause stagnation
of growth. The outlook for
1961 was that world trade
might have dulled but was not
heading for a recession.
From Bonn, the report was
that Western Germany still
was being haunted by the old
specter of inflation at year's
end. The country enjoyed
huge gold and dollar reserves,
and industrial production
rose by 10 per cent inl 960.
But productivity advanced
only 7 per cent and wages in
creased by 11 per cent.
For every four jobs offered
in West Germany there was
only one unemployed person,
and employers complained
labor was constantly on the
move. Exports were at the
rate of $900 million monthly,
exceeding imports by $100
million. Experts in Britain
judged that the growth rate of
production in Germany was
slowing, exports were level
ing off and the price rises
loomed.
More Confidence
France reckoned 1960 had
Scots' Wine Guzzling
Threaens Crisis in
Scotch Whiskey Country
Edinburgh, Scotland-(UPI)-A crisis is brewing in Scotland
because Scotsmen are drinking more wine during the holi
day season than scotch whiskey.
"We were amazed to find that extremeiy delicate and fine
sherries were not being written off as womanly drinks,"
the magazine "Scotland" said today.
The magazine said that the traditional celebration of New
Year's Eve is dying out because Scots are whooping it up
too much at Christmas time.
"You can see it reflected in the crowds that gather in
Edinburgh and Glasgow to see the old year out . . . The
packed multitudes are dwindling, ' the magazine said. "The
prodigal sons are still in bed recovering from Christmas,
which has become more fashionable."
The magazine added, "soon the only people who gather
in the streets to sing 'Auld Lang Syne' will be the egoists
who want to be televised."
The publication gave as proof the fact that the sale of
liquor and wine are much greater before Christmas than
New Year's.
reinforced . its internal
strength and won the country
more confidence aboard. In
dustrial output fell away aft
er May. French exports
climbed through the first
seven months then fell back.
France hoped Common
Market prospects would boost
its exports while agricultural
earnings should go on the up
track. Italy planned to use its
glowing 1960 prosperity to
tackle unemployment be
tween the north and south of
the nation.
Exports stepped ahead but
could not kecD Dace with
swelling imports. But the re
port from Rome said Italy had
few anxieties on this score'
with her strong reserves and
bounding earnings from
tourism.
Few Complaints
Scandinavia had few com
plaints on how 1960 had treat
ed the region and looked for
expansion ahead. Finland
worried over how the "Outer
Seven" would hit its indus
tries and probed the possibili
ties of association with the
trading bloc.
Austria banked on her
boom running out, but feared
a wage-price spiral would
threaten its currency.
From Spain the forecast
was that 1961 would be a key
year for the nation's economy
and is stabilization and libera
lization plan. Portugal
worked on her national de
velopment plan but showed a
heavier trade deficit thro.ugh
higher imports.
Belgium readied to face
sharp tax increases to offset
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trial activity stayed high, but
exports declined. Holland's
exports tended to trail off aa
1960 ended, but it saw expan
sion and prosperity ahead in
1961, and meanwhile worked
for unity between the oppos
ing trade blocs.
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