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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1961 World Almanac Includes Two Major Domestic Events-Election, Census Bv HARRY H1HSPH s New York - Two major domestic events of 1960 - the presidential election and the Decennial census - give spe cial importance to the World Almanac and Book of Facts tor 1961. i In accordance with its cus tom of nearly 80 years, the World Almanac publishes comprehensive returns from all the states, with the latest figures tabulated by counties and compared with the re turns of the election of 1936. It also gives the totals for all parties in elections since 1900, r tils ' Jt 4 .j -Y w PROTECTS EYES-Taking no chances that the glaring ice and snow will damage her attractive eyes, Sandy Cooper, 16,' of Hyannis, Mass., make use of a pair of snow glasses foaned by a friend. This pair of goggles had seen previous service on an Antarctic expedition. (UPI Telephoto) OF SMITH & MEN Bv Jac k Smith LV- fc) I960 Times-Mirror Syndicate Some of the more creative PTA groups I have noticed lately are evolving a new art form in the field of interpre tive dancing. Close study suggests that what they have done is to borrow from certain folk rituals of the past and re phrase them in PTA terms. In this way they have achieved a style which might be called PTA neo-baroque, if that voluptuous expression of the arts may be said to em brace the dance. . My interest in this move ment arises, of course, from my. personal observation of the Susan B. Anthony Junior High School group, of which my wife is premiere danseuse. ; Her bold little terpsichore an ensemble has already at tempted the Can Can and the Charleston, and, I fear, is about to experiment with one or two of the sensuous novel ties introduced into this coun try, by Les Ballets Africains de.la Republique de Guinee. '.. Their success with the Can Can, perhaps, has encouraged the Susan B. dancers to ven ture into even more difficult fields. I happened to catch their performance of this spirited French classic and remember noting at the time that I was impressed by their Vigor and abandon. One of our boys, I believe, complained that none of the ladies kicked high enough even to show their garters. I noticed this myself. However, many of these dancers had spent the morning at the laundromat. As a group, also, they don't get to sleep as late as the girls in the Folies Ber-gere. The Charleston was quite another matter. I don t be lieve this particular PTA chapter was ready yet for the subtleties of this wild little domestic classic. From talking with a num ber of the junior high stu dents, I found a disappoint ment in the group s Charles ton. It was generally felt that, while some of the steps seem ed authentic enough, the ladies had failed to under score the social attitudes of the lost generation. . Ihey dian t kick enough," was the way one of the neigh bor boys, a B student I be lieve, summed it up. In the purely commercial sense, of course, the Charles ton was a success. The PTA Faculty show it was in netted enough to paint the women teachers' powder room and put up curtains. Maybe I was imprudent in taking my wife to the Bilt more the other night to see the African Ballet. This was a primitive and exciting folk art. It enflamed the senses. When we got home, she took off her shoes and began tracing an intricate little pat tern on the rug, chanting like a witch doctor. "What do you think you're doing?" Tasked. "It's Les Rois de la Jungle," she said. "Remember? Where the panthers are .tyrannizing the other animals and ruling as queens of the jungle?" She seems to think the Su san B. Anthony troupe can have the thing in shape by spring. I don't care what they do, but as long as the Police Com mission is around, they're going to have to wear brassieres. NEW COMMISSIONERS Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield has named three new members to the Port of Portland commission and re appointed two others. New members are Harold S. Hirsch; president of White Stag Manufacturing Co.; Rob ert B. Wilson, president of Warm Springs Lumber Co.; and Erling E. Jacobsen, Ore gon manager of Firemen's Insurance Co. and the results in contests for members of Congress and gov ernors of the states. The second valuable feature of the World Almanac for 1961 is the report of the De cennial census, published for the first time in history in the same year of the Big Count because the bureau of the census is able to use new tabulating machinery. The population reports of this an nual always have been the most comprehensive of a n y encyclopedia of its size. Prove Most Useful The new volume presents not only the population of states and cities, but of met ropolitan areas, and in two sections that have been proved most useful it publishes the 1960 population of places over 2,500 population, compared with their figures for 1950. to demonstrate the tremendous expansion of the country. Also there is a list of places by states and counties, includ ing the land area of the coun ties. These reports disclose the great growth of such states as California, Texas and Illinois, the march of the cities into suburban areas and the incor poration of many new towns and villages. While the presidential elec tion returns and the census reports give historic impor tance to the World Almanac, me new volume is just as comprehensive in giving a complete picture of the tur moil in foreign countries and tne relation of the United States thereto. The rise of new republics in Africa the open hostility of Cuba to the United States, tne intrusion of the Soviet Union in the Congo, Algeria ana Cuba, the attempts of Khrushchev to dominate the United Nations and world af fairs, are recorded fully. Here, too, is an account of the shooting down of the American plane over Russia and the trial of Powers for espionage, the wrecking of the summit conference in Par is, and many foreign matters of direct influence on the pol icies ot the United States. To record the events of such a crowded year within one handy volume is the particular task of the World Almanac, which offers many other rec ords, such as full reports on the World Series in baseball and other baseball games, of the summer Olympic games in Rome, and the winter contest in Squaw Valley, of records also In all major sports. Sections on schools and col leges, with a full roster of the latter, and on religious activi ties of the nation, are brought up to date. So too are the work of Congress, the accomplish ments of nuclear and other sciences, the latest research in medicine, and the astro nomical phenomena. The World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1961, now in its 76th year, is published by the New York World-Telegram and Sun, 896 pages, in two formats, paperbound and clothbound. Judge in Running For Appeals Court Portland - (UPD - Federal Judge Gus J. Solomon said Saturday he was In the run ning for a position on the 9th circuit court of appeals at San Francisco. Solomon, appointed to U.S district court here in 1949, said he was a candidate for the post created last month by the retirement of the court's chief judge, Albert Lee Stephens. Solomon, currently chief judge on the Oregon court, was in private law practice for about 20 years before be ing appointed to his federal post by Former President Truman. Oregon has not been repre sented on the 9th circuit court of appeals since the death of James Alger Fee in 1959. 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