THURSDAY.
U.S. Cowboys Thrill
Young Russian Actors
New York 4UPD What Rus.
sian young people want to see
in the United States today is
cowboys.
"For me it was Indians,'
said Moscow-born u e r a i a
Severn, the U.S. film execu
tive who recently shepherded
two prize-winning young Rus
sian actors across this country,
"We all wanted to run away
to America to join the
Indians."
But cowboys "lerruiuauy
romantic." said Janna Prok-
horenko, 20-year-old feminine
star of "Ballad of a Soldier,
which took top honors at San
Francisco's October film fes
tival
Janna. a slight, green-eyed
girl with a dusting of
freckles and a wealth of long
hair piled loosely on top of
her head, and her 21-year-oia
co-star, Vladimir Ivashov, en
joyed the festival, uut even
better, they agreed, was the
rodeo they saw in San Fran-
Mum's Cow Palace.
"I had heard of it, but
never saw one," Janna said in
halting English.
Moat Romantic
"It is the' most romantic
thing America has."
Severn said the first thing
he had to do when the young
stars arrived in San Francisco
was buy them cowboy outfits
-"Jeans, cowboy boots, sniris,
cowboy hats, even the pistols."
Both Janna and Vladimir,
known as Volodia, are stu
dents at the Moscow Institute
of Cinematography, where
they have an opportunity to
see a number of American
western movies and, like non
professional Russian young
people, sing American cowboy
ballads in both languages. -
Volodia dressed up in his
cowboy suit and carried his
guitar on a visit to Mills Col
lege, across . the bay. He
speaks no English, but it was
a great- day for s i n g 1 n g,
Severn said.
"Wonderful college," he
translated for Volodia. "Very
nice girls."
The young film stars also
Phoenix Students
Place High in
Speech Tourney
T)U.Atu D Vi n a n I v Utah
school placed . nine finalists
In the 28th annual speech
tournament held at Linfleld
college in McMlnnville 'last
week end.
: Of the finalists, Liz King
went on to win first place In
junior women s extemporane
ous speaking, and received
Phoenix' first trophy from
Linfleld for individual speak
ing. She also placed third
In junior women's oratory
where 105 girls competed for
the top award.
Gene Holt placed second in
men's humorous reading, and
a sophomore, Laura Griffith,
1 captured third place In wom
en's Interview. :
Other finalists were Karen
Mocabee and Shearon Poole
In women's Interview, James
Tompkins and Gene Holt in
men's Interview, and Nancy
Pettitt in women's impromptu.
More than 700 students
from 35 various high schools
throughout the state partici
pated In the three-day tourna
ment. Beit Effort
According to coach Bob
Myrick, this was Phoenix'
best effort in gaining recog
nition in individual competi
tion although all did not make
the finals. Myrick noted that
SUyton and Phoenix High
schools were the only schools
with less .than 500 enroll
ment to place students in the
finals and that each school
took hnmp nnn nf thn pnvptpH
trophies. Although the Phoe
nix debate teams won more
than half of their debates, no
one team made .the finals.
Students making the trip
were Liz King, Karen Moca
bee, Laura Griffith, Chyrl
Bowman, Shearon Poole, Pen
ny Simmonds, Barbara Gysin
Nancy Pettitt, Pat Dlederich
Gene Holt and James Tomb-
kins. The group traveled with
Ashland and Eagle Point by
bus, leaving Wednesday after
noon and returning early Sun
day morning.
Columbia Compact
Approval Doubted
Salcm-IUPD-Spcaker Robert
Duncan said Wednesday he
ioubts if the House will pass
a bill for creation of a Co
lumbia compact commission.
Duncan said the "need for
another do-nothing group does
not exist - If it ever did."
The bill he referred ho
would ratify the pending com
pact among Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Wyoming and Utah.
He said the only phase of
the compact where Oregon
might benefit would be In
flood control, but he added
he feels existing Interstate
agencies are doing as much
as thenew compact could be
expected to do.
FEBRUARY 23, 1961
tried out their jeans climbing
trees at a Napa Valley winery
and on horseback, in Golden
Gate park.
Most Comfortabl.
"Most comfortable clothes
I ever had,'" was Volodia's
judgment, although his legs
were still sore from an un
accustomed western saddle.
America, all in all, is "like
we imagined, only more so
better and bigger," said
Janna.
The Hollywood movie stu
dies both found were just
like movie studios in Moscow,
or anywhere." -
Volodia was asked whether
fellow students in Moscow
would be more impressed by
the film prize or their cowboy
costumes.
'The cowboy costume," he
answered after a moment's
thought.
He took home an extra pair
of jeans for an older brother.
Hereafter he expects to en
slave the b r o t h e r," said
Severn.
LA Plans
'Satellite'
Los Angeles -IUPH- Los An
geles' new $50 million Inter
national Airport passenger
terminal, believed by many to
be the most modern in the
world, is ncaring completion
with the first planes sched
uled to use Its facilities by
June of this year.
The terminal, financed by
a municipal bond issue, cov
ers 265 acres, and was de
signed with an eye to the fu
ture. The many buildings are
being constructed around the
perimeter of a 5,000-car park
ing lot that Is 14 feet below
the surface. In event of ex
pansion in years to come, it
will be only a simple matter
of adding a roof to double
the parking capacity.
Each of the major airlines
will have its own satellite
building and its own ticket
building.
Whereas the satellite system
has been used at many of the
worlds larger airports, the
airlines have done the con
struction themselves with an
obvious difference in styles.
Six satellite buildings are
included in the first construe
tion plans, with space avail
able for two additional build
ings. Each satellite building is be
ing constructed with four lev
els. Each will contain 108,000
square feet of floor space. The
public level of each, above the
ground level, will have a lob
by, restaurant, coffee shop,
cocktail lounge and gift-news
stands. It is from this floor
that passengers will board
their airplanes by means of
telescoping metal covered
ramps to give protection from
the weather and reduce jet
blast noise,
The other floors will con
tain baggage handling facili
ties, offices for airline opera
tions and rooms for crews.
Many of the major airlines,
which have their own private
clubs, will locate these in
their satellite buildings.
Each satellite will be for In
ternational flights and con
tain customs, public health
and Immigration quarters. An
other will be for the Joint use
of the regional carriers.
Each satellite building will
have its own separate ticket
ing building located at the
edge of the parking lot. From
the ticket building the satel
lite can be reached by an un
derground passageway.
Directly In the center of the
parking section stands the
$2.2 million Theme Building.
In the shape of a huge 135-
foot high parabolic arch, the
Theme Building Is symbolic of
the futuristic plan of the in
ternational terminal.
Over Half of State
Government-Owned
Washington OJPD The fed
eral government owns 51.1
per cent or 31.5 million acres
of Oregon, according to an in
ventory of federal property
by the General Services Ad
ministration released Wednes
day,
The report showed the gov
ernment owned more than
half of the property in five
states. The other four were
Alaska, Nevada, Utah and
Idaho.
Total federal land holdings
amounted to 771.5 million
acres or 33.9 per cent. Fed
eral real property, including
land, buildings and other
structures, was valued at
$46.3 million.
California ranked first and
Washington second In real
property value.
The government owned a
high of 364.5 million acres or
99.7 per cent of Alaska and
a low of 6,575 acres in Con
necticut. 6 RESERVATIONS
Tlicre are six Indlau reser
vations In South Dakila.
AGAINST TRAFFIC LIGHTS Herman
Atarams, 6D, above, was granted a new trial
in Los Angeles on the charge that he ran a
traffic light. He said he has received 430
traffic tickets In the last 42 years, some of
To Be Using New
Air Terminal
The giant steel arches used
in the building span a distance
from leg to leg large enough
to accomodate a football field.
At the 70-foot level of the
Theme Building there will be
a restaurant with an observa
tion dock 10 feet higher. Oth
er facilities in the Theme
Building will be an employee
cafeteria and central kitchens
and commissary for restau
rants located in each of the
satellite buildins. .
Nerve Center
Nerve center of the terminal
will be the 12-story Adminis
trative Building and its con
'rol tower on top. Much of the
ipaco in this building already
has been occupied by airport
administration, Federal Avia
lon Agency and control
squipment. Airport control
will be shifted to the new con
trol tower In March. This
vulldin? cost $1.4 million.
The address of the new In
ternational Airport Passenger
Terminal will be No. 1 World
Way, the name of the drive
around the parking area.
For an ultra-modern novel
ty as well as utilitarian means
of intertermlnal transporta
tion a monorail will be in
stalled around the entire per
imeter of the terminal. Passenger-carrying
cars will trav
el under a rail suspended
above road traffic between
the Theme Building and all
airline ticketing buildings.
To operate these horizontal
elevators the rider will step
aboard, drop a quarter In a
slot and push a button with
the name of the airline office
he desires. The car will leave
when he closes the door, circle
the terminal and comes to
stop at the desired building.
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MEDFORD MAIL
which he displays here. He admitted that he
just doesn't like traffic lights, sometimes
running them on purpose as a form of pro
test. (UPI Telephoto)
Relief Donations
Pass Million Mark
Washington (UP1I Officials
of the Christian Rural Over
seas Program report that do
nations to that overseas reliel
program went over the $1
million mark in 1900.
The program is a church
sponsored drive to distribute
foods to needy people abroad.
Gifts to the program in
commodities and cash came to
$1.47 million last yer, an in
crease of more than seven
per cent from 1959, and the
highest figure since 1952.
The Rev. Albert W. Far
mer, national director : of
CROP says the largest per
centage increase last year was
in Iowa. The state reported
gifts of $129,000, up 74 per
cent from 1959.
States contributing over
$100,000 last Vear also , in
cluded Kansas, Illinois, Indi
ana, and Ohio. Kansas led in
total gifts with $168,591. -
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Chef Says JFK Is Easy to Please
New York -HJPH- President
Kennedy has chosen as his
official New York City resi
dence a veritable White House
in the sky.
It is the 35th floor duplex
suite of the exclusive Carlyle
Hotel, where heads of state,
monarchs. and the cream of
international society check in
and out as frequently as the
everyday visitors.
The Carlyle's setting on a
fashionable avenue dotted
with art galleries and chic
shops can rival any in Paris.
Its sweeping view of central
Park is one of the finest in
New York.
The Presidential Suite, car
peted in beige and decorated
with Louis XV furniture and
paintings by Degas, Pissarro
and Murrillo, is at the top
of the hotel tower. From its
terrace or picture windows
the President can see west
to New Jersey, east over the
United Nations Building to
Long Island and south to the
tip of Manhattan.
Both former President Tru
man and Indian Premier Ja-
waharlal Nehru have occupied
the elegant apartment before
Kennedy was elected and des
ignated it as his New York
residence. The very select ho
tel guests took in stride pres
ence of the former. But the
arrival of the younger and
more glamorous President
with, of course, the Secret
Service caused a stir in the
usually subdued 18th Century
surroundings and raised the
blood pressure particularly of
the manager, chef and head of
room service, who are most
directly involved in serving
the President.
Chef Ernest Didier, former
ly of the Hotel Crillon in
Paris, said in an interview
in his . glass-enclosed office
which commands an unob
structed view of the kitchen,
that "your President Kennedy
is one of the easiest persons
to feed-not like the presidents
of France."
"When he decided to stay
Tiere Iwas told to remember
that he came from Boston and
that he liked simple American-styled
food." ,
So Didier laid in a supply
of every Massachusetts spe-
cialty available, ranging "from
bay scallops to Boston baked
beans.
"But the President pre
ferred lamb chops and mashed
potatoes-he is crazy about
them," said the chef to whom
heads of state, princes and
kings are as commonplace as
everyday customers.
v "He also likes chicken the
way it is done in Boston-very,
very dry with celery stuffing."
He stressed the . "very, very
dry."
It is Didier's chore to per
sonally supervise and taste
every morsel of food that is
sent up to suite 34-B.
"This is primarily for se
curity, but I consider it a
special privilege.
"The President, orders from
the menu and eats well be
cause he gets exactly what
he wants. Your Mr. Truman
(also a Carlyle regular) did
not eat very much."
On a recent departure one
of the President's aides car
ried a thermos bottle and
paper box which had been de
livered upstairs from the
kitchen.
The chef was asked wheth-
Plasterers Union
Refuses Pay Hike
Los Angeles -flJPD- A local
plasterers union kicked off
what it hopes will turn into a
nationwide anti-inflation move
by turning down a wage in
crease. Local 2 of the AFL-CIO
union, by a majority vote of
ils 1,376 members, passed up
a 12.5-cent hourly wage in
crease to support President
Kennedy's campaign to stop
inflation - and to set an ex
ample for other unions and
businesses across the country.
"I hope some others will
follow through," President
Burt Chapman said today.
Under terms of a two-year
contract with Southern Cali
fornia contractors, the pay in
crease was due to go into
effect May 1. Chapman said
the members generally felt
their present wage of $4.25
an hour was sufficient.
er the box contained sand-
wiches,
"Sandwiches?" he gasped in
dismay. He adjusted his cap
while he regained his com
posure. "I would not prepare a
luncheon of sandwiches for
the President of the United
States. In that box was cream
of chicken soup, double lamb
chops, mashed potatoes and
string beans and a little angel
cake. I made it specially be
cause it is one of his favorite
desserts."
The luncheon was prepared
to be eaten on the flight back
to Washington because the
President's private plane,
"The Caroline," has no cater
ing facilities.
The man who serves what
Didier lovingly prepares Is
the head of room service, Mr.
Eric.
He said the President was
easy to please and that he
usually expressed delight after
his meals-with one slight ex
ception. "The other day the Presi
dent ordered poached eggs for
breakfast. He was on the tele
phone when they arrived and
so they were slightly, hard
when he ate them. The follow
ing morning when he saw his
eggs he smiled and asked, 'Are
MAKE IT A
WEEKEND
Pick up
an Extra
Carton
they soft?' He likes them done
only about SV4 minutes." ,
Eric said breakfast, always
is served at 9 a.m. in the liv
ing room. Luncheon, he said,
was served on the fruit wood
table in the dining room on
a special silver service. The
dining room is dominated by 1
a Degas sketch, the living
room by ' a painting by Ca
mille Pissarro.
"The President eats very
quickly," he said.
. So far the only concession
the President has made to
the culinary artistry of master-
chef Didier is to order
onion soup with dinner. His
preference after this is usually
either la'mb or chicken. Ken
nedy leaves the choice of wine
to Eric but he thoughtfully
tastes it and usually expresses
his approval. '
Luncheon usually is at 1:30
p.m. and dinner anytime after
8 p.m. !
At the guest's' request Eric
has stocked the refrigerator
with gingerale, milk and fresh
orange juice and the bar with
one bottle each of scotch,
bourbon and gin.
A bottle of champagne sent
by a friend was still unopened
when the President left after
one of his most recent visits.
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