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o 12 C Area Organizers Named for Great Decisions Groups Area organizers of infor mal discussion groups as part of the county and state-wide "Great Decisions program starting Feb. 5 have been named in six Jackson county communities, according to John McLoughlin, county extension agent. Those named are Mrs. Har lan Bos worth, Applagatc; Fred Roy Neel, Ashland; Wil liam L. Smith, Central Point; Mrs. Ogden Kellogg, Gold Hill; Mrs. Donald E. Walters, Mcdford, and Gerald Gardner, Prospect. Mrs. Leon Hoag, chairman - of the Jackson county Great Decisions discussion group or' ganization committee, said she expects to name organizers for other areas in the near future. Great Decisions is an eight' week program which will fo cus attention and provide background facts on eight key foreign policy issues. The core of the community programs, she noted, will be informal discussion groups. 275 Participate Last year in Jackson coun ty, there were 22 groups with about 275 persons participat ing in the program. More are - expected to participate in the 1961 decisions program, Mrs. Hoag emphasized that no special training is neces sary to organize or partici pate in the discussion groups. The primary objective, she added, is to allow every citi zen to inform himself and to express his opinions on for eign policy to Congress and the state department. Special materials developed by the Foreign Policy asso ciation provide facts, back ground and policy alternatives for discussion groups. , Interested persons may ob tain additional information from their respective area or ganizers, or from the Jackson county extension office in the courthouse. THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Reports Indicate More Groups Will Participate in Program Carvallis-Thousands of Ore- gonians will join their friends and neighbors each week from Feb. 5 through March 31 to discuss key issues in American foreign policy un der the annual nationwide "Great Decisions" program. Early reports indicate that more Oregon Great Decisions study groups are being form ed this year than in I960, when about 6,000 pel sons dis cussed current topics in more than 400 groups, according to cochairman Mrs. Mabel Mack, assistant director of the Oregon State college agricul tural extension service. The discussion program also is carried by high school so cial studies classes. Last year, about 60 schools throughout the state participated. Great Decisions discussion groups give participants an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of current for eign affairs. Small, informal discussion groups are the heart of the program. Indi viduals in the groups form their own opinions on U.S. foreign policy and fill out ballots to report their opin ions to policymakers in Wash ington, D.C. In addition to groups form ed specifically to discuss the Great Decisions topics, many ready-made organizations will talk over the eight topics at their regular meetings during the next two months. Such groups Include church es and religious groups, civic organizations, PTA groups, fraternal organizations, busi ness, labor, and professional associations, women's clubs, military organizations, people In hospitals, offices, plants and factories, social groups, and families. Discussion topics for the study of foreign policy in clude: Deadlock over Ger many, Soviet Challenge and World Leadership, France and Western Unity, Japan-Future of an Ally, South Africa and an Explosive Continent, the Americas in Jeopardy, Arms and Survival, and Blueprints for the World Economy. A set of fact sheets giving background information on each topic is prepared by the Foreign Policy association (FPA), nonpartisan education al agency. The fact sheets are made available to all partici pants through local county distribution chairmen. Special features will be de veloped by Oregon newspa pers, television and radio sta tions to supplement informa tion in fact sheets. Anyone interested in ob taining study materials or joining small neighborhood discussion groups should see the County Great Decision chairman or local county ex tension agent. County Great Decisions councils currently are being reactivated throughout the slate to help organize the 1961 program and make study ma terials available to discussion groups. Mrs. Mack explained that each study group organ izes and runs itself, but can look to the county council for help. The 1961 Great Decisions stale executive committee is headed up by Mrs. Mack and Dr. Charles Dean, head of cor respondence study for the gen eral extension division, state Capitol Memo State Governments Near Agreement on Columbia Bridge mi Br DOUGLAS GRIPP Salem - (DPI) - An Oregon legislator said today Wash ington and Oregon are "very close" to a com promise on the pro posed $24 mil lion Astoria Megler bridge over the Co lumbia river. State Rep. William Holm strom, nmi.iM nrinn chairman o f the House Highways Commit tee, indicated Oregon may yield on Washington's insis tence that each stale pay for its own approach tnslcad of going S0-S0. This has been a major stumbling block because Washington is cold to the idea of going half on total cost of the approaches. The reason is obvious: Oregon's approach would cost $1,575,000 and Washington's $179,000. Reason for the difference is a problem of height on the Oregon side. The bridge would fill the only remaining gap In U.S. Highway 101, which runs from Mexico to Canada. A ferry system operates at As toria but it has been pegged as inadequate. Moose Lodge Opens Membership Contest The Mcdford Moose lodge this week started a drive con test to obtain 40 new mem bers, lodge officials have an nounced. The lodge membership has been divided into two di visions, with captains named for each team. Team captains are Buddy Gilbert and Dale Willis, both of Mcdford. When 40 new members are obtained, lodge officials said, the captain whose team en rolls the greatest number of new members will be pushed in a wheelbarrow down Main St., Mcdford, by the captain of the losing team. Except for cost of the ap proaches, Holmslrom said Orgeon and Washington arc "pretty much in agreement" on other issues concerning the span. A two stale meeting to further discuss the problems is scheduled In Portland Sat urday. Oregon has pushed the project for years while Wash ington has been lukewarm. Holmslrom, Gearharl Demo crat, predicts Washington will approve necessary legislation this year. The very earliest that con struction could begin would be 1062. The bridge was first con ceived in 1034 by Astoria area residents. At that time the spall could have been built for only $6 million, In 1053 the Port of Astoria launched a new drive and a $50,000 feasibility survey was made - with Washington shar ing half the cost. Holmslrom pushed a hill In 1957 that provided $250,000 to design and engineer the project. Washington puld half of this and the study w,is made. In 1059 Holmslrom Intro duced a bill authorizing Ore gon to Issue $24 million In self-liquldiiling bonds to pay for the bridge. The hitch was Unit Wash ington had to pay half of any bridge cosls over and above the tolls collected - and for the first decade or so the bririec expects to operate in the red. The 1059 Washington leuis lalurc look no action and (he project was temporarily dead. If cost of the approaches was Inker out of the $'M mil lion. Ilolsliom said Oregon nrobcbly could bond for a total of $22 million and still gel by. Oregon would have lo pay for Its approacli out of regular state highway funds. The Idea Is that when the bridge Is paid for, Oregon and Washington would each own half and equally share the tolls. RED - FIR Slab nd Rough Blox Green Select Quality - Quick Delivery Buy Now THEY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER MARCH MEDFORD FUEL CO. Telephone 2-2111 Court & McAndgiws Stevenson Urged To Take Dynamic Leadership in UN New York -(UPD- The Amerl can Committee for Africa has urged new U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson to assume "dynamic leadership" of anti- colonialist forces in tne unuea Nations, starting with un qualified support for Algerian independence. The committee also urged a "strong" U.S. stand against Portuguese colonics in Africa and the white supremacist policies of the Union of South Africa, even at the risk of alienating these western na tions. Previous Policy Weak The committee, a private organization whose members Include leading legislators, businessmen and clergy charg ed that previous American policy toward such contro versial issues had been "wenk" and repulsive to emer gent African nations in the United Nations. "The United States suffered a disastrous political and ideological defeat in the 15lh U.N. General Assembly," said George M. Houser, the com mittee's executive director. "The American vote on crucial Issues ... is the primary cause for this loss of pres tige." The report, a copy of which was presented to Stevenson, outlined a voting record which showed the United States fre quently bucking heads with the increasingly powerful Afro - Asian group In the world body. "First and perhaps most Im portant," It said, "was the ab stention of the United Slates on the resolution entitled 'dec laration on the granting of independence to colonial coun tries and peoples . No Opposing Votes The resolution, a comprom ise from one originally intro duced by Hie Soviet Union, passed the general assembly Willi a lotal of nine absten tions but no opposing votes. The committee cited com ments from various African lenders at the United Nations which generally concluded: 'Americans are good people . , but I don't like your coun try's foreign policy." G00P MUSIC IS BACH by the maestro MITCH MILLER system of higher education, Eugene, cochairmen. Others on the committee in clude William R. Campbell, FPA western regional direc tor, San Francisco, Calif.; Gloria Chandler, educational program director, KGW-TV, Portland; Prof. Karlin Capper-Johnson, president of the United Nations Association of Oregon, Portland; Eloise Eb ert, Oregon state library, Sa lem; Dr. Benjamin L. Sim mons, director of curriculum and publications, state depart ment of education, Salem; the Rev. George Dick, executive director, Oregon Council of Churches, Portland; Mrs. Dwight Burch, Oregon Con gress of Parents and Teach ers, Coos Bay; and E. K. Mac Coll, president, World Affairs Council; Portland. In Oregon, Great Decisions is sponsored by the OSC co operative extension service, the general extension divi sion, Oregon United Nations association, state library, state department of e d u c a t ion, KGW-TV, The Oregonian, and other stale organizations. Deadline Nearsfor Furnishing Forms Portland - Jan. 31 is the deadline for employers in Or egon to furnish their em ployees with statements of Federal income and social se curity taxes withheld from their wages during 1960. The reminder was issued for the benefit of those employers who have not already done so, according to A. G. Erickson, district director of the Inter nal Revenue Service for Ore gon. Most empolyers, he said, al ready have given their em ployees copies of the W-2 form, one of which must be attached to the Federal in come tax return filed by the employee reporting income received during 1960. RETURNS FROM KOREA Yreka - MSgt. William I. Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Robinson, Yreka, re turned last week from a 13 month tour of duty in Korea. Sergeant Robinson spent a few days with his wife and parents in Yreka. He will be stationed at Ft. Bragg, N.C. Kennedy Holds Own With After-Dinner Jokesters Washington (UPD President Kennedy has proved he can hold his own in the fast league of after-dinner joke sters. The new President got a bigger laugh than comedian Bob Hope at the annual din ner of the Alfalfa club, a Washington social organiza tion of business and political leaders. Kennedy was the honored guest at the affair at the Statler Hotel where Clark Clifford, who served as his liaison man with the Eisen hower administration, was "nominated" for president of the United States in a mock convention. Hope, who served as toast master and made the principal RETURNS Marine Pfc. Larry L. Norcd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Nored, 125 North Columbus ave., Mcdford, returned re cently to the El Toro Marine Air station, Santa Ana, Calif., after two week's of photo and electronic reconnaissance ma neuvers at an auxiliary air station, Yuma, Ariz. nominating speech, predicted a great future for Clifford "filling in divots on the White IJouse lawn." . Clifford, in his acceptance speech, pledged lo fight for issues up and down the land, adding: "And when I finish, my friends, the so-called 'new frontier' will be back where it started - in a saloon in Las Vegas." But it ' remained for Ken nedy to top them all. He said he wanted to give Clifford - some advice if he intended to try for the presidency. Kennedy's Quip For example, he said, Clif ford would have lo accept criticism as he, himself, had been criticized for naming his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, as attorney general. "I don't see what is wrong about giving him a little legal experience before he goes out and practices law," Kennedy quipped, and the crowd roared. kidney 'n meat liver 'n meat chicken meaty mix chopped fish . i V !! , ' " - : : V Your January 29th Family Weekly . answers "why?" with MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE "MEDFORD'S FINEST MEATS SINCE 1940" "Choice" Aged 30 Days PRIME RIB Well trimmed of excess bona and fat. Prepared for easy carving before weighing. (o) PURE PORK Sausage 21 lbs. ST fnV P (QV (0V (gjg Our own sausage. It's the very best. Don't compare with cheaper brands. 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