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nugura! Address
Washington - HOT - Follow
ing is the text of President
John F. Kennedy's inaugural
address:
'. My fellow citizens: .
' We observe today not a vic
tory of party but a celebration
of freedom - symbolizing an
end as well as a beginning
signifying renewal as well as
change. For I have sworn be
fore you and Almighty God
the same solemn oath our fore
bears prescribed nearly a
century and three quarters
ago.
. The world is very different
now. For man holds in his
mortal hands the power to
abolish all form of human
poverty and to abolish all
form of human life. And yet
the same revolutionary be
liefs for which our forebears
fought are still at issue around
the globe - the belief that the
rights of man come not from
the generosity of the state but
from the hand of God.
Heirs of Revolution
We dare not forget today
that we are the heirs of that
first revolution. Let the word
go forth from this time and
place, to friend and foe alike,
that the torch has been passed
to a new generation of Ameri
cans - born in this century,
tempered by war, disciplined
by- a cold and bitter peace,
proud of our ancient heritage
and unwilling to witness or
permit the slow undoing of
those human rights to which
this nation has always been I of mass misery, we pledge our
committed, and to which we
are committed today.
Let every nation know,
whether it wish us well or
ill, that we shall pay any
price, bear any burden, meet
any hardship, support any
friend or oppose any foe in
order to assure the survival
and succes of liberty.
This much we pledge - and
more.
Loyalty of Friends
To those old allies whose
cultural and spiritual origins
we share, we pledge the loyal
ty of faithlul friends. United
there is little we cannot do
in a host of new cooperative
ventures. Divided, there is
little we can do - for we dare
not meet a powerful challenge
at odds and split asunder.
To those new states whom
we now welcome to the ranks
of the free, we pledge our
word that one form of colo
nial control shall not have
passed merely to be replaced
by a far more iron tyranny
We shall not always expect
to find them supporting our
every view. But we shall at
ways hope to find them strong
ly supporting their own free
dom - and to remember that
in the past, those who fool
ishly sought to find power by
riding on the tiger s back In
evitably ended up inside.
To those people in the huts
and villages of half the globe
struggling to break the bonds
best efforts to help them help
themselves, for whatever pe
riod is required - not because
the Communists are doing it,
not because we seek their
votes, but because it is right.
If the free society cannot help
the many who are poor, it can
never save the few who are
rich.
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Special Pledge
To our sister republics south
of our border, we offer a spe
cial pledge - to convert our
good words into good decds
in a new alliance for progress
-to assist free men and free
governments in casting off the
chains of poverty. But this
peaceful revolution of hope
cannot become the prey of hos
tile powers. Let all our neigh
bors know that we shall join
with them to oppose aggres
sion or subversion anywhere
in the Americas. And let ev
ery other power know that
this hemisphere intends to re
main the master of its own
house.
To that world assembly of
sovereign states, the United
Nations, our last best hope in
an age where the instruments
of war have far outpaced the
instruments of peace, we re
new our pledge of support-
to prevent its becoming mere
ly a forum for invective - to
strengthen its shield of the
new and the weak - and to
enlarge the area to which its
writ may run.
Finally, to those nations
who would make themselves
our adversary, we offer not
a pledge but a request: That
both sides begin anew the
quest for peace, before the
dark powers of destruction un
leashed by science engulf all
humanity in planned or acci
dental self-destruction.
Can't Talc Comfort
We dare not tempt them
with weakness. For only when
our arms are sufficient beyond
doubt can we be certain be
yond doubt that they will nev
er be employed.
But neither can two great
and powerful groups of na
tions take comfort from their
present course - both sides
overburdened by the cost of
modern weapons, both rightly
alarmed by the steady spread
of the deadly atom, yet both
racing to alter that uncertain
balance of terror that stays
the hand of mankind's final
war.
So let us begin anew - re
membering on both sides that
civility is not a sign of weak
ness, and sincerity is always
subject to proof. Let us never
negotiate out of fear. But let
us never fear to negotiate.
Let both sides explore what
problems unite us instead of
belaboring the problems that
divide us.
Let both sides, for the first
time, formulate serious and
precise proposals for the in
spection and control of arms
and bring the absolute power
to destroy other nations under
the absolute control of all na
tions. Let Us Explore
Let both sides join to in
voke the wonders of science
instead of its terrors. Together
let us explore the stars, con
quer the deserts, eradicate di
sease, tap the ocean depths
and encourage the arts and
commerce.
Let both sides unite to heed
in all corners of the earth the
command of Isaiah - to "undo
the heavy burdens . , . and let
the oppressed go free."
And if a beach-head of co
operation can be made In the
jungles of suspicion, let both
sides join in the next task:
Creating, not a new balance of
power, but a new world of
law, where the strong are just
and the weak secure and the
peace preserved forever.
All this will not be finished
in the first one hundred days.
Nor will it be finished in the
first one thousand days, nor
in the life of this administra
tion, nor even perhaps in our
lifetime on this planet. But let
us begin.
In your hands, my fellow
citizens, more than in mine,
will rest the final success or
failure of our course. Since
this country was founded,
each generation has been sum
moned to give testimony to its
national loyalty. The graves
of young Americans who an
swered that call encircle the
globe.
Summontd Again
Now the trumpet summons
us again - not as a call to bear
arms, Ihoimli arms vc need -not
as a call to battle, though
embattled we are - but a call
to bear the burden of a long
twilight struggle, year in and
year out, "rejoicing in hope,
patient in tribulation" - a
struggle against the common
enemies of man: Tyranny,
poverty, disease and war it
self. Can we forge against these
enemies a grand and global
alliance, north and south, east
and west, that can assure a
kind? Will you join in that
historic effort?
In the long history of the
world, only a few genera
tions have been granted the
role of defending freedom in
its hour of maximum danger.
I do not shrink from this re
sponsibility - I welcome it. I
do not believe that any of us
would' exchange places with
any other people or any other
generation. The energy, the
faith and the devotion which
we bring to this endeavor will
light our country and all who
serve it - and the glow from
that fire can truly light the
world.
Sam High Standards
And so, my fellow Ameri
cans: Ask not what your coun
try will do for you - ask what
you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the
world: Ask not what America
will do for you, but what to
gether we can do for the free
dom of man.
Finally, whether you are
citizens of America or of the
world, ask of us the same
high standards of strength and
sacrifice that we shall ask of
you. With a good conscience
our only sure reward, with
history the final judge of our
deeds, let us go forth to lead
the land we love, asking His
blessings and His help, but
knowing that here on earth
God's work must truly be our
own.
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AIRLINER CRASHES The upper photo
shows the fuselage and tail section of the
Mexican airliner which crashed on takeoff
from Idlewild airport at New York City
Thursday night during a near-blizzard. The
scene takes on a ghostly glow as floodlights
are played on the wreckage. The lower
photo spots the location of the crash, mark
ed by a star. The crash was the second in
aviation history involving a passenger-carrying
jet plane. The first was the collision
between a jet and a piston-engine plane,
marked by crosses, over New York City
Dec. 16. CUPI Telephoto)
Aspects of Proposed Stadium
Reviewed at Medford Meeting
Aspects of a proposed multi
purpose stadium at the loca
tion of the present baseball
park south of Medford were
discussed at a meeting of
about 60 Jackson county resi
dents Wednesday evening.
Although no action was
taken, a committee was or
ganized to pursue the matter
further.
Much of the discussion cen
tered around the stadium's
use as a baseball park, and
whether or not excavation is
a desirable method of con
struction. Dirt removed from
the proposed site would be
used as fill dirt in Highway
99 .freeway construction
through the area.
Former County Commis
sioner Ralph James brought
up the matter of zone variance
to make the property avail
able and it was brought out
that matter has been taken
under advisement by the plan
ning commission.
Also, reported in answer to
query by Fred Brennan,
Rotary club president, is that
the highway department can
not condemn city or county
property for barrow pit use.
The area should be made
available in the next 4wo
weeks to 30 days if it is to be
used for freeway fill, it was
mentioned in response to a
question by City Councilman
rred Robinson. McCormick
said the availability should
be known in two or three
weeks.
A. L. (Tex) Nash, who has
a gravel business, spoke of
the difficulty of contractors
getting interested in the ball
park dirt because they don't
know whether they can have
it. He stressed that the dirt
easily could be put to good
use elsewhere, even if it were
not used for the freeway.
Dr. Kenneth Baker, who
served as chairman of the
meeting, said that a deal for
the dirt must be made at
tractive to the county.
The values to the commun
ity of a stadium and the uses
to which it could be put were
brought forth in the discus
sion. "You don't want to stop
and figure Just the cost of the
project." according to Nor
man Wade, owner of Par-A-Dise
motel, Talent. "It puts
money in everybody's pocket.
Even if it docs not pay for
itself through the gate, all in
the money will make money
from it." Wade said that the
stadium has "great possibil
ities." Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi
dent of Southern Oregon col
lege, described the stadium,
as proposed, a "luxury." Yet,
he pointed out that "the val
ley hasn't seen the growth
that is coming this way" and
"this is the playground of
America."
He added that a sladium
would have its "virtues and
its values." As titular head
of the college. Stevenson said,
"We will undoubtedly play
gnmos in this area in the fu
ture . , . We could use It (the
stadium) for seferal different
kinds of occasions. The col
lege has an athletic policy
committee which decides on
wher games could be
played "
Lf Kagsdalc, delegate at
the meeting for the Medford
school district, said the school
board was taking a position
of neutrality and does not
wish to take a stand on the
proposal until it gets farther
along.
He said that at present,
Medford's only use of the
facility projected would be
for a couple of games a year
for which the school's stadium
would not hold the crowd.
He indicated that improve
ments are needed to improve
facilities at the high school
stadium and that the board
could not let the current pro
posal interfere with its plans.
Exact time is not known, but
it is estimated a second high
school will be needed here by
1964 or 1965, Ragsdale re
ported. Only use of a county sta
dium here by Crater High
school would be for football,
according to C. A. Meyer,
superintendent of District 6
schools. The stadium at Cen
tral Point is inadequate,
Meyer indicated that a num
ber of questions would have
to be answered before Dis
trict 6 officials would make
up their minds on stadium
use.
Professional baseball pays
its own way through its leases
and own operation of a park,
Jim Fleishman, Portland,
president of the Class B North
west league, emphasized in re
sponse to a question on
whether this area would be
able to support guarantees
asked by teams to play here.
He said that pro football
might ask guarantees.
Queried on what assurance
there is that people in base
ball want to use a stadium
here, Fleishman spoke of the
strength being gained by
minor leagues, the grants of
funds to minors by major
leagues and the movement to
the west coast of major league
baseball.
He stated that all six teams
in the Northwest league are
supported or semi-supported
by major league organiza
tions. "Hub" Kittle, general man
ager of the Yakima Bears
baseball club, informed the
group that the representatives
of the whole NWL voted to
have the two men come to
Medford. This community
would be a tremendous addi
tion to the league, Kittle re
marked. He mentioned of the
interest of Don McShane, a
Baltimore Oriole scout in op
eration here.
At Yakima, Kittle reported,
the Bears rent and maintain
the stadium in the summer
months through mutual agree
ment with the school board.
The park was built by the
city and deeded to the school
board.
It is used for high school
and junior college baseball
and football and for Ameri
can Legion and other junior
baseball games and programs.
Horse shows and band con
certs have been staged in the
park. It is used for Shrine
events and for every sporting
activity in the valley, accord
ing to Kittle.
Fleishman said that the
matter of a television black
out of major league baseball
games would not be a problem
because NWL games are
played at night when the
major league games are not
i being aired.
Information on the cost of
the proposed stadium means
of amortization, projected rev
enue and where the money
will come from to build the
stadium, was requested by
William Briggs, Ashland at
torney. John Welsbrod, Medford,
who has been actively promot
ing the proposal, answered
that the money has not been
available to go into the en
gineering but that study has
been made by people of the
area and that some fairly ac
curate information has been
obtained.
The realtor mentioned that
the 15,000 seats in the exca
vation could be built first for
about $75,000 (at $5 per seat)
with the other 5,000 to be
added two or three years
later.
Parking area for some 1,000
cars could be done the first
year with the rest of the area
graded but not blacktopped,
he said. This would cost some
$35,000, making a total of
$115,000. Weisbrod listed a
cost of $50,000 to $60,000 for
lighting also to be spent in
the first year following ex
cavation. The information which has
been obtained has been fac
tual, Weibrod stated, and
$1,500. to $2,000 is needed to
be spent to get more accurate
plans.
Ground level at the ball
park site is 35 to 45 feet above
creek level and drainage can
be taken care of by gravity,
those attending the dinner
meeting were told. For the
barrow operation a contractor
would have to dig a ditch to
the creek to provide drainage.
Weisbrod said that a sta
dium would be a shot in the
arm for industry, something
that would help attract and
keep employees as a place in
the area to entertain people
that work in the factories.
Kittle mentioned that with
a stadium and a pro baseball
team here, motels would get
real revenue during baseball
season and pointed to the
money from players salaries
and expenses and administra
tive expenses that would be
spent in the area. "It's fabu
lous what it (baseball) would
do for your community from
an entertainment standpoint,"
Kittle said.
The Yakima baseball man
brought out that the stadium
in the Washington city is in
adequate and not new. He ex
pressed the belief that activ
ities there would attract more
people there if there was a
new park.
Yakima, he indicated, is in
much the same situation as
this area in its desire for a
large stadium but it does not
have a site.
Those attending the steak
dinner were guests of Henry
Fong, owner of Kim's. They
represented a cross section of
community Interests.
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Car Coat Sale
Only 6.99. Also an outstanding group
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Sale of Blairmoor Cardigans
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