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Hislory from tha files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 19, 19S1 (Monday)
Aerial photography, a new
wrinkle in properly assess
ment, will be tried in Jackson
county this summer if present
plans are completed.
Road tests on Medford's new
aerial ladder fire truck were
successfully completed last
week, according to City Su
perintendent Vernon Thorpe.
20 YEARS AGO
March 19. 1941 (Wednesday)
The city of Medford has
called for a public hearing on
a new sewer project to be fi
nanced with WPA funds.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
lr-tfUtuture nnlv nassed 911
This is line work.
and only sill too many, ine
session lasted 62 days, a bet
ter record for pondering tha
ncfohlisliprl hv Esnee socllo
crews engaged in fixing Main
Stem crossings. '
30 YEARS AGO
March 19, 1931 (Thursday)
Mayor Wilson has launched
a program to stamp out care
less driving on Medford
streets.
Roseburg has definitely
been selected as the site for
a new Veterans hospital, it
was learned here today.
40 YEARS AGO
March 19, 1921 (Saturday)
There is a shortage of dress
ed hens in the area since the
unusually good egg-laying sea
son has made farmers hesitant
to slaughter their hens.
The local hay crop is now
nearly equal In valut to the
pear crop.
SO YEARS AGO
March 19. 1911 (Sunday)
Police Chief Hittson has In
structed his officers to enforce
the law which requires that
vehicles drive on the right
hand side of the street.
Central Point voters yester
day approved to change the
name of their town from
"town" to "city."
What's Your I.Q.?
Nint or ten correct ti superior
seven or eight It excellent; tivt or
lix is good.
1. The seed for most West
Const oysters are Imnorlcd
from Japan; true or false?
2. Literally translated, the
title Messiah means what?
3. Was the author of "The
Canterbury Tales" Long
fellow. Chaucer, or Mark
Twain?
4. With what sport do you
Associate the names of Sam
Snead, Lew Worsham and
Bobby Locke?
5. Did President Kennedy
place his private wealth In an
Irrevocable trust fund, In his
father's control or In govern
ment bonds?
8. In normal times, which
country other than China, Is
the largest consumer of tea?
7. Which amendment of the
U.S. Constitution authorizes
the levying of Income lax?
8. What 1 the name of the
Sur-con General of the Unit
ed Slates?
1). Where Is the famous
."Flirtation Walk"?
10. In Army slang, what Is
a'.'ov'lnll?
Unsworn 1. True. 1. An
rtJin'od. S. Chancer. 4. Golf.
. Gv'i bonds S. Grtat Brl
ilia. 7. Ilia. t. Dr. Luthtr L.
Tarry, t Waal Polrtl, NY. 10.
SooobjJ LWuaanaai
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SUNDAY. MARCH 19. 1961
Spotlight Back on U.N.
The spotlight has shifted back to the United
Nations General Assembly, but the drama has
been shorn of most of its stars. Widely billed in
advance as the "Summit Session" of the As
sembly because so many chiefs of government
were in attendance, the session was on dead
center when recessed two and a half months ago.
And the stars had long since departed.
Nevertheless, it had been quite a show while
it lasted, and the undoubted star of stars was
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev, who demonstrated
remarkable versatility in shifting from low com
edy to heroics to shoe-thumping villainy during
the 25 days he spent in New York as chairman
of the Soviet delegation. And he received loyal
support from the Communist Party leaders of all
the satellite states.
The drama, it will be remembered, was not
confined to the U.N. stage. Khrushchev almost
seemed to carry the limelight with him, whether
his motorcade was sweeping up to Harlem for a
surprise call on Fidel Castro at the Hotel Theresa,
or he was haranguing reporters and shouting,
inexplicably, "Down with Gromyko" from the
balcony of the Soviet headquarters on Park Ave
nue, or exchanging quips and insults in street
interviews.
DRESIDENT Eisenhower addressed the As-
sembly on Sept. 22, presenting an American
program to settle world problems through the
U.N. Even Khrushchev called the speech "con
ciliatory." But for the most part, President Eisen
hower remained in Washington.
Indeed there was some criticism that the
United States was missing a diplomatic oppor
tunity while Khrushchev was playing the. host for
neutralists and even greeting U.N. Secretary Gen.
Dag Hammarskjold and U.S. Delegate James J.
Wadsworth at his private reception with sort
of bear-hug Castro received in public.
There was no confrontation between the
President and Khrushchev, Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan of Great Britain acting as prin
cipal go-between. Jke did meet with the neutral
ists Nehru and Nasser in New York, Sept. 26, and
afterward had brief talks with Canadian Prime
Minister Diefenbaker, Cambodian Premier Noro
dom Sihanouk, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of
Morocco, and Ethiopian Deputy Premier Aklilou
Abde Wold. Subsequently, in Washington he re
ceived President Sukarno of Indonesia and King
Hussein of Jordan.
ANDREI A. Gromyko leads the Soviet delega
fir,M of tVio vnaiiinarl cnocinn Rnf rhur. rlnncn't
necessarily rule out a
Khrush. On Feb. 27 the
time heard speculation
ntfpnrl i.hp vpnpwpfl AsKPinh v spssinn when hlfrh
ly edited films of two
1 ni'nca fnnfoi'onf'fia U'prp
vision.
Commented an American correspondent: "It
would be unusual if such
the public's mind unless it
As for President Kennedy, it was reported
early, last month that he would make a major
address and practice his own brand of personal
diplomacy at the U.N. Castro? No word yet, but
a "Cuba will go to the U.N." speech of Feb. 13
sounded as if the Cuban who went would be
Fidel. E.R.R.
Jubilee For Camp Fire Girls
Wohelo is a special watchword for some
600,000 American girls and for more than 4
million women who have participated in the
program of Lamp 1' ire
symbolically descriptive; it's composed of the
first two letters of "work," "health," and "love."
Since last November the Camp 1 ire Girls have
been celebrating their 50th anniversary. The or
ganization was founded in 1910 by Dr. and Mrs.
Luther H. Gulick and a group of their fellow
educators and was incorporated two years later.
Gulick was founder of the National Playground
Association, or, as it has since, become, the Na
tional Recreation Association.
THE golden jubilee began with a national con-
vention in New York, at which time Camp
Fire Girls were honored with the issuance of a
U.S. postage stamp bearing their insigne of cross
ed logs and flame. During January groups
throughout the country got together for "thank-the-comnuinity"
pot-luck suppers.
The rami) fire program is a good deal like
that of Scouting, and it's perhaps significant that
the Boy and Girl Scout associations got started
at about the same time. Among the Gulicks' as
sociates in starting Camp Fire Girls were two
pioneers of Scouting, Ernest Thompson Seton
and Daniel Carter (Uncle Dan) Beard.
pAIMP Fire is open to girls of all races, religions,
and economic backgrounds. Groups are kept
small; 20 is the usual limit for Blue Birds and
Camp Fire groups, U0 for Horizon Clubs. National
dues are only $ 1 a year.
Part of the "law" of Camp Fire Girls may
seem inordinately stern: "Glorify Work." But,
with what appears to be a characteristic balance,
this admonition is followed immediately by the
simple phrase: "Be Happy." K. R. R.
Rocky's Daughter To
New York dim-Mary Clark
Rockefeller, 22-year-old
daughter of Gov. and Mrs.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, was to
marry her society beau, Wil
liam Justice Strawbridge, Jr.,
today in Riverside church.
Miss Rockefeller, who works
in tha alate Civil Defense com
return engagement for
Soviet public for the first
that the Premier might
of President Kennedy's
ulmun in thorn fin t.plp-
an idea were put into
were going to happen."
Girls, Inc. lhe word is
Wed Boyfriend
mission as assistant rooiiliiia
tor (or women's activities. Is
a granddaughter of the late
Joint 11. Rockefeller, Jr.
Strawbridge, 24. a Navy He
serve ensign now on active
duty, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs, William Justice Straw
bridge of Havei lord, ra.
Dennis the Menace
'Try an' act like mb, Joey. I'm not 'fraid
Of HOWN' 'CBPT A FEW THINGS.
Matter of Fact
NIXON-MITCHELL,
NIXON-GATES
Washington-In the political
community, it is now the fash
ion to comment, whether dole
fully or gloat
ingly, on the
difficult polit
ical plight of
former Vice
President Nix
on, There is a
lot of solid
logic behind
the fashion,
too.
Aisop Nixon can-
not easily run for the Gov
ernorship of California in
1962 without solemnly prom
ising not to run for the Presi
dency in 1!)B4. If he does not
make the Gubernatorial race,
he may later suffer by com
parison with New York Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, who
should win re-election in a
walk. He has no convenient
rostrum. His title to party
leadership has been flatly and
even rather angrily rejected
by the Republican leaders of
Congress. And so it goes.
All these more or less fa
miliar points are being re
hashed again because of Nix
on's recent decision to asso
ciate himself with a Los An
geles law firm, and his simul
taneous hints that he does not
want the California Governor
ship. One point of rather
vivid interest has been wholly
overlooked, however. As one
means of keeping his political
show on the road, the former
Vice President has been quiet
ly but fairly boldly making
himself felt in certain stales.
His aim is to promote a Re
publican revival in 1 !)(J2, and
simultaneously to strengthen
himself, by backing likely
winners of key Governorships
now held by Democrats.
MIE current, hotly fought
Jl N
contest offers the most inter
esting case of this kind of
activity by Nixon. The candi
date for Governorship favor
ed by the majority of the
stale organization leaders,
Sen. Walter Jones of Bergen
Country, might well have
hoped for Nixon's backing, or
at least for his neutrality.
By the same token, no vast
amount of love has recently
been lost between Nixon and
former Secretary of Labor
James Mitchell, who is back
ed for the Governorship by
Sen. Clifford Case and other
Republicans of the progres
sive group.
Yet Nixon holh urged
Mitchell to get into the fight
for the Gubernatorial nomi
nation, and promised active
aid after Mitchell had an
nounced his candidacy. The
aid has been forthcoming, too.
Two close Nixon associates,
former Republican Chairman
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A MINOR. AUTO MISHAP brought a traffic cop on the
run. He found an irate male motorist jawing away with
the even more State female driver of the other vehicle in
volved In the accident.
The cop pulled the male
motorist aside and whis
pered sympathetically, "It
I was you, Bud, I'd set
tle hero and now. After
all it's just your word
against thousands of
hers!"
How many alar, inci
dentally, are Identified by
ono great song hit they in
troduced at some point in
their career! Ksamplea:
Kthel Merman and "I Got
Rhythm"; Kritzl SehetTand
"Kiss Mo Again"; Mary Martin and "My Heart Belongs to
Daddy"; Sophie Tucker and "Soma of These Days"; Al .lolson
and "April Showcra"; Rudy Yallee) and "Your Time la My Time."
Tlilnpt get so quiet In the summer In western TUinnls, mourns
.Toe E. Lewis, that tho Mississippi River runs only thtvt times
a week.
O 1961. by Bcaatlt Cart. DuUibutad by Klo raaluraa SjadKala
MEDFORD MAIL
By Joseph Altop
Leonard Hall and former Am
bassador to Belgium, John
Clifford Folger, have been
raising campaign funds for
Mitchell outside New Jersey.
By no coincidence at all,
Mitchell has also been the
beneficiary of Gov. Rockefel
ler's encouragement and sup
port. It now seems likely that
Mitchell will defeat Jones in
the primary and win the Gov
ernorship on election day. If
this happens, the question
will then be which friend-in-need
the Governor likes the
best.
O doubt Nixon counts on
being preferred, since a
Nixon-Mitchell ticket in 1964
would make an ideal geo
graphical combination, a s
well as placing a Republican
Catholic on the ballot for the
Vice Presidency. Geography
rules out a Rockefeller-Mitchell
ticket, so the New York
Governor must rely on Mitch
ell's feelings of kinship for a
man whose views he shares.
Returning to the present,
clear signs of Nixon activity
are also disccrnable in polit
ically crucial Pennsylvania.
Here he has made efforts to
persuade former Secretary of
the Navy Thomas Gates to
run for Governor or Senator,
and preferably the former.
Gates is now weighing the
choice between an important
bank presidency and the more
exciting but less remunerative
task of seeking the Pennsyl
vania Senate seat now held
by Joseph Clark. But he has
ruled out the Governorship.
Hence another intervention
by Nixon, this time to urge
Rep. Scranlon of Scranlon,
Pa., to seek the Governorship,
is a good possibility,
.
rPHE Pennsylvania and New
Jersey cases are enough to
show the general style and
aim of these behind-the-scenes
labors of the former Vice
President's. But they by no
means complete the list of
states where he may well seek
to exercise his party leader
ship. In Michigan, for instance,
Nixon tried last time to get
(lie president of American
Motors, George Romney, to
become a candidate for the
Governorship. That effort was
a failure, although Romney
came within an ace of stand
ing for the Senate.
Romney is now telling his
friends he will not be a can
didate for any office in 1962.
But in view of the Republican
disarray in Michigan and the
importance of the slate, an
other Nixon plea to Romney
can probably be expected.
In sum, Nixon may seem to
be on the sidelines for the
moment, but this appearance
is deceptive,
(c) 1961 Now York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Offers Suggestion
To the Editor: To whom It
may concern: In view of the
objections of many of our
county's residents to the re
moval of the Pacific and East
ern Railway tracks, currently
used by Medford Corporation
for hauling logs from Butte
Falls to Medford, may I make
a suggestion? That is, that
Jackson county and any other
individuals, who may be in
terested, purchase right of
way, rolling stock, rails, etc..
and operate this railway as a
common carrier and take such
action as is necessary to ex
tend same to Ogdcn, Utah, to
connect with Union Pacific.
Jackson county should own
a controlling interest in the
venture and remaining stock
should be sold to any inter
ested persons. I am sure ail in
terested parties could make a
profit on the investment.
How much capital would be
necessary, is, of course, a
question I am unable to an
swer, but it seems to me that,
if common carriers such as
Southern Pacific, Great North
ern, Santa Fe and other rail
ways can make a profit, the
same could be true for the
people of Jackson county.
A special election should be
called to determine if the peo
ple of Jackson county would
favor negotiating for control
of same.
Naturally, Medford Corpor
ation would provide a consid
erable bit of the business but
any others who were logging
in the Butte Falls area or
points between Medford and
Klamath Falls would be elig
ible to have their logs hauled
to Medford or Klamath Falls
or way points.
This approach to the prob
lem would also take a great
deal of truck traffic off our
highways.
My suggestions may be ridi
culed by some but they should
be O.K. Anyone with objec
tions is welcome to answer,
I'm very much interested in
the idea, both pro and con,
Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Star route,
Butte Falls, Ore.
Discrepancy of Views
To the Editor: It seems a
shame there is a discrepancy
between the views of Episco
pal Bishop Pike of California
as told in E. A.'s column and
of T. M. Sletlen, Rogue River.
Mr.- Sletton seems to misun
derstand the Bishop, who says
much of the Bible Is commun
icated by myth. Mr. Sletton
does not note that Bishop Pike
strengthens his statement and
corroborates the Bible when
he says ". . . myth-not in the
sense of an untrue fable, but
in the sense of a form used to
express complicated and diffi
cult truth." What better way
to show that he stands for the
Bible?
Jesus used the term para
ble, rather than myth, which
the dictionary says is a fic
titious term from which a
spiritual truth is drawn. What
docs the Bible leach, primar
ily? Is is not the things of the
spirit, which are unseen and
difficult to get into concrete
form?
Every Sunday school child
learns that Jesus comes into
the heart. Is this literal? We
arc sure Mr. Sletton believes
it isn't. It is a thing of the
Spirit, and how else could it
be put into words? The Bishop
would call it myth, no doubt.
There are those who believe
the story of the Garden of
Eden, as Mr. Pike says, is not
Two Worlds Fail To
By ERIC SEVAREID
The jet plane has made
travel sudden transition, a
blow to the brain. One week
I was in the
cramped, grey
towns of Eng
land, where
thousands of
the educated
refuse to un
derstand that
the external
C o m m u nist
threat is dead-
S.T.r.id ,y re a . ,he
next week I was in the wide,
bright towns of the American
Middlewest. where thousands
of the uneducated refuse to
understand that the internal
Communist threat is really
dead.
On a street in Kansas my
host stopped his car to point
to a new office building. "He
owns that, and a lot else be
side," my host explained.
"He's got money and Influ
ence. He couldn't tell a Com
munist from Robert A. Taft,
but he's trying to got his crack
pots onto the school board and
a lot of us are worried."
"He" is the local boss of the
John Birch Society, one mani
festation of the rank, posthu
mous after-growth of McCar
thyism. now spreading its
weeds among the grass roots
in Main Street country.
"They organize in task forc
es." my host went on. "They
call school teachers and local
college professors in the mid
dle of the night and denounce
mm
literal, but to be applied spir-
itually. Whatever the inter
pretation, it was a time of
loss of the awareness of God's
presence.
Bishop Pike does not say
the Bible is a myth. He says
the Gospel is largely commun
icated by myth. So did Jesus
communicate by parables.
E.A. says the Bishop believes
that myths speak to the heart.
and understanding rather than
to a historical recounting of
events.
The Samaritan woman at
the well, St. John 4, had the
same misunderstanding when
Jesus said he would give her
living water. She told Jesus
he had nothing to draw water
with. Jesus said, ". . . but the
water that I shall give him
shall be in a well of water
springing up into everlasting
life." He meant the spirit of
God awakened within the hu
man being through believing,
repentance, and acceptance.
Jesus goes on with another
parable (myth) of explanation
when he said, "I have meat
to eat that ye know not of-lo
do the will of Him that sent
me." The Samaritan woman
and many more Samaritans
finally acknowledged Jesus as
the Saviour of the World. The
Bishop says he does not re
ject the meaning Bible myths
arc meant to communicate,
but values them.
Mrs. William Zicgler,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Only Two Words
To the Editor: I wish to ex
press my appreciation to Mrs.
Newbry, secretary and wife
to Senator L. W. Newbry, for
the booklet on House Bill No.
1569, also the Quick Facts
pamphlet about HB 1569
the use of trading stamps.
Then, too, my friends, and
myself, wish to thank Mrs.
V. S. for taking the time and
trouble for the information
she gave on the subject.
B. H. does not have to
accept the stamps in the
first place - that would
solve all your problems. You
only have two words to say to
the clerk or attendant, "no
thanks." I'm sure no one has
or will force the stamps on
you.
The heading on the pam
phlet Quick Facts about HB
1569 is: A bill to regulate the
use of trading stamps; not
prohibit them. Now, on the
very back in real dark print
and very last part states: HB
1569 would permit stamps
but would eliminate the evils
that have developed in the
industry in the absence of
regulation.
Says the Oregon Business
Council: "If the stamp com
panies will not accept this
reasonable regulation of their
business practice, the alterna
live is to completely elimi
nate trading stamps."
Mrs. Irma Henderson
729 Dakota Ave.
Medford, Ore.
Seeks Answer
To the. Editor: In some of
the smaller streams in Alaska,
I have had the opportunity
to watch salmon spawn. I
have also seen the male fer
tilize the roe. I have watched
the female die after spawn
ing; die so slowly, that the
flesh decays and falls off in
chunks, exposing the bones,
yet the fish was alive and
struggled against the current,
up stream.
I have also read with in
terest the discussion about
them as Communists. They re
cruit kids as spies to take
down classroom remarks of
their teachers. They plant peo
ple in public lectures to ask
loaded questions. They try to
get their idiotic films and
maps used in the high schools.
Maybe It's hard these days to
get a man smeared in Wash
ington or even in Hollywood,
but in a small city like ;V'j
where people live awfully
close together, it can still be
done."
The maps show every coun
try in the world in the color
red, except a few such as
Spain, Portugal and the Do
minican Republic. All the neu
tralist nations, all those like
Britain or Sweden with anv
degree of public ownership
are Red.
These are the people who
think of Chief Juslice Earl
Warren as a Communist, of so
cial security, income taxes
and minimum wage laws as
planned stages to Communism.
...
This phenomenon is not
that most frightening of all
things, ignorance empowered,
as was McCarthyism; it can
hardly make a dent in the col
lective sanity of any large and
sophisticated community. But
it is beginning to strain the
nerves of intellectual leaders
in the middle cities that pos
sess the social evils of the
great cities and none of the
simple virtues of the small
town. The soil was always
prepared for Main Street Mc
Carthyism, for these are the
IPOTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
Almost every time the state
legislature convenes, some
group or organization gets the
idea that daylight saving time
really saves time.
Despite the fact that a state
wide daylight saving time pro
posal was defeated in last
November's general election,
a bill has been introduced
into the house which would
allow local option daylight
saving time.
Local option allows, by
unla arw rniinlv. ritv or Oth
er political subdivision of the
state to operate its clocks an
hour ahead of standard lime.
Althnuoh nnl nrobable. sev-
eral possible complications
could result:
Residents of the Medford
cnlmnl district COUld VOte in
daylight saving lime, but the
official time in the cny oi
Medford would remain stan
dard.
Or suppose residents of
vii, ritv Watpr district wanted
daylight saving time. They
could have it by approving it
l an nlnrtinn. Vet. the rest of
the valley would remain on
standard time.
Rural fire protection dis
trict residents could do the
same thing, or anyone of Jack
s o n county's incorporated
areas, or the county residents
could approve it, and the cit
ies could still remain on stand
ard time.
See what we mean?
If passed, it would only add
confusion to - ah - ah - a
timely situation.
A state of utter confusion
would have been just as well!!
What really tops tho day
light saving lima proposal
is tha second lection of tha
bill:
' "This act being necessary
for tha immediate preserva
tion of tha public paace,
health and safety, an emer
gency it declared to exist,
and this act shall take effect
upon its passage."
Glancing over a reporter's
shoulders the other day, we
noticed the following type
written on a sheet of paper
only the following, and noth
ing more.
"Nothing has been final
ized." It is a ray of hope that per
haps legislators will read be
tween the lines before taking
action on the proposed day
light saving time bill.
The vernal equinox this
year on lhe Pacific coast is
at 32 minuiea after noon to
morrow. Theoretically, we can ex
pect warmer days, balmy
evenings, taller grass, more
weeds.
high dams. It seems that there
will always be the problem
of fish ladders, to allow the
salmon to get up stream to
spawn. The higher the ladder,
the greater the problem.
I have never seen a fish
ladder, so maybe I should
keep still, but, I have read
where they have stationed fish
counters at some of these lad
ders to count the fish that suc
cessfully negotiate the lad
ders. My question is. do they also
have fish counters to count the
number of salmon that fail to
negotiate the ladder and what
eventually happens to these
fish?
"Malemute Slim",
White City, Ore.
Understand Threat
centers where "they" means
the government in Washing
ton - alien, far away, always
threatening the nest-eggs long
"scrimped and saved" for.
The phenomenon is not new;
indeed, it pre-dates Joseph Mc
Carthy by m:'ny years in its
esscnl ::-irit. My own initia
tion Into the weird world
r - ;e in the mid-thirties when,
tor the purpose of a newspaper
expose in a Midwestern city. I
spent weeks in prim parlor
meetings of the "Silver
Shirts," listening to pinch
faced retired clerks, account
ants, corner merchants ex
plaining how the Communists
were about to seize the coun
try. The memory is vivid of one
elderly host leading me, with
mysterious looks, down to his
cellar to show me the food
hoard he had accumulated
against the coming siege. He
even knew the precise date -the
next October 15 - for the
nationwide Bolshevist upris
ing. Education has failed such
people, or they have failed
education. America is pre emi
nently the land of change and
any kind of change bewilders
and upsets them and they must
seek simple answers. They
cannot tell the difference be
tween a spy for the Soviets -i
the only real internal danger. '
which police specialists must:
deal with - and an old-fashion-ed
socialist or a garden vari-
eiy pragmatic liberal. They
cannot understand that their
own leaden are not conserva
And no matter where the
hands of the clock are, the
number of daylight hours
will naturally increase until
the summer solstice, or un
til 7:30 p.m. PST. June 21.
That spring is not far away
will not be doubted.
At a school board meeting
last week, the pear-shaped
conference table was decorat
ed with a daffodil and camel
lia centerpiece arranged by
administration office stall
personnel of flowers grown by
the superintendent.
...
Not too long ago, two
members of the fairer sex,
reluming from a trip north,
found themselves in soma
what of a predicament.
Their car ran out of gas, it
was night, and on a lonely
section of highway.
Starting along the high
way, they decided to accept
no help unless it was from
a truck driver. That they
got, but not without some
embarrassment.
The relief truck driver,
who had been sleeping, got
down onto the seal to see
why the truck stopped.
When one of the fairer sex
opened the truck doors there
he was-sitting in his shorts.
Result: a screech, a scram
ble. The two fair sex memberi
were taken to the next
town, however, got gat and
were taken back to their
stalled car by a stale police
man. The incident, however
didn't seem to frighten
them. They had armed
themselves with what they
could find in lhe car. One
of them armed herself with
a plastic baseball bat she
had purchased for her chil
dren so they wouldn't hurt
themselvesl
Behind the scenes:
Telcylpe machines, like alt
machines in this modern age,
need an occasional feeding.
The other afternoon, a note
of instructions to change tha
box of paper under one of tha
machines was left with one of
the junior editors. The nolo
was read, acknowledged, and
the note writer assured it
would be done.
The junior editor placed tha
note on his desk, covered it,
and forget it until the next
morning, when he noticed the
machine without one of its
vital parts.
The wire editor's only com
ment was:
"I don't mind the machina
running out of paper: it's read
ing the news off the roller
that gets me!
"It takes so much time!"
.
It's not the first time
lhat's happened, though.
But what is worse, ac
cording to our wire editor
is trying to transcribe pic
lures off the roller on the
Unifax when it runs out of
paper.
...
Some morning if you're try
ing to beat the sun over
Roxy Ann, drive along East
Main st. and watch the pheas
ant family on its morning
walk.
We appreciate them. It'.e
about the only wildlife we see
in an otherwise materialistic
week.
And the pheasants don't
care whether it's standard,
daylight saving, or Pacifie
Confusion lime!
tives but anti-Constitutional
radicals.
There is. it seems to me. a
certain inverted kinship be
tween these uneducated Amer
icans and the often highly edu
cated neutralists and unilater
al disarmers of Europe. Neith
er group comprehends the
damaging confusion it sows.
The first does not know that
the Soviets are delighted with
any movement that creates
distrust and disunity among
Americans and transfers our
attention from the real world
menace to a fictitious domes
tic menace.
The second does not know
that the Soviets are delighted
with any movement that prop
agates the misleading notion
that the Russian quarrel is
with the United States alone,
the wish-belief that Hie ,-nrM
is at peace, a peace that would
be universally serene if only
the Soviets and the Yanks -equally
dangerous - would
cease irritating it and reach
compromise on specific issues.
The European neutralists
who see a potential settlement
under every cold war issue are
doing far more damage than
the American Know-Nothing.i
who see a Communist under
every bed. The American Un
ion is not going to drift anart,
but the Western alliance can
drift apart. The cold war can
oe lost on the world scene; it
can hardly he iost on the Main
Streets of Kansas.
(Distributed 1981, by The Hall
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