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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1961 A 5 Try and -By BENNETT CERF- TDEATRICE LILLIE managed to remember she was a pun-- ster, too, even when a waiter spilled a whole cup of corree on her costly new evening gown. "Go," Miss Lillie , told the crestfallen servi- tor, "and never darken, my Dior again." Rocky Graziano, ex-mld-dleweight champ, was asked in a TV interview, "Were you ever afraid of an op ponent?" The great man pondered momentarily, then blurted, "Naw, I was too stupid!" Later Rocky in sisted that he once sent Sugar Ray Robinson reel ing to the mat "He tripped over me," explained Rocky. A pair of newlyweds walked arm in arm to their mailbox on the first of the month. "Look, darling," cooed the bride estaticaily. "Our first bills!" A Boston book reviewer dismissed a fourth-rate detective yarn as "thud and blunder." v , V Slogan of Vicks' watch repair shop in Jamestown: "VICKS' FICKS SICK TICKS." O by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This is written in Washing ton an hour or so after Presi dent Kennedy's address to the members of the American So ciety of Newspaper Editors, gathered here for its annual convention. The President had been scheduled to attend the entire luncheon, but because of the growing tension of the 'Cuban I situation this was impossible today. He had too much else to do. He arrived at 2 p.m., after the meal was over, de livered his brief address which, of course, has been read by everybody, and so doesn't need to be gone into here - and left immediately. AS is always the case at Presidential a p pearances, e 1 a b orate security arrange ments had been made. Ad mission was limited. rigidly to ticket holders. Secret service agents mingled with the edi tors and their guests. At our table, and presum ably at all the others, there was a stranger. He wore no badge. He sat with his back to the speakers' table, so that he could scan the room to the rear. He didn't enter into the small talk. His eyes roved the room. It was quickly noted by his next neighbor that he wore a businesslike .gun in a holster at his belt. . The point is that no chances must be taken with the Presi dent's safety. 1 IN the vast Presidential Room of the Statler Hotel (now the Statler-Hilton), which in the past several decades has been the scene of so many formal affairs of state, the head table occupied all of one side, and was on a dias, some three feet above the level of the main floor. Here the dignitaries, including Vice President Johnson, sat. At the rear of the great room were the TV staffs and their apparatus. The camera men spent the time fiddling with their lenses, focusing them with meticulous care on the speaker's podium. At the extreme rear was the Marine Band, standing at ease Be side one of the TV cameras was a bandsman who served as a lookout. As the hands of the clock touched two, the bandsman beside the TV camera raised a hand in which was clutched a white handkerchief. At the signal the band crashed into Hail to the Chief. The door opened and the Presidential party entered. The guests stood up. The party moved down -the head table, and the President took his seat. EMPHASIZING the gravity of the Cuban news on that morning, no time was wasted. The President arose and began his address. He read it, of course - and his reading was impressive. His tone was grave, and his words were serious. The manu A Quarter of a Century ... Sounds like a long time, doesn't it? That's how long we have served this community, and tried to do our best, too. We have been happy here among so many friends. The stay seems so brief. We shall continue to give of our best, always. LITWILLER'S FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave. Ashlan Dial MU 5-4541 Ashland's Leading Funeral Stop Me script lay before him. Through a narrow space below the podium, one could note that he held a finger on each line so that he might not per chance lose his place. He was speaking not mere- ly to the newspapers' editors, He was speaking to the world at large and in particular to one Nikita Khrushchev, to whom he was saying that this nation will FIGHT, if it has to, to keep the Western Hemi sphere free of communist en slavement. As he finished, the audience broke into applause, which the President acknowledged gracefully. He and his party then departed, while the band played the Washington Post March. TN 1948, this same society of A editors listened to President Harry Truman who with obvious boredom read an ad dress prepared by a ghost writer, while his hearers yawned - and then1 H.S.T. threw away his manuscript and launched into one of his characteristic give 'em hell speeches, and his audience 11UW1CU Willi UCllglllft In 1953, President Eisen hower addressed the ASNE anft . ne, too read a . prepared speech, and wnen ne naa fin ished he too tossed the manu script away, stepped down from the head table dais - to 'get closer to his audience, he said - and made one of his utterly charming impromptu talks that left everybody adoring him,., as they con tinued to do throughout his two administrations. rpHEN Two years ago The, ASNE invited Fidel Castro-then new on the world horizon and a highly contro versial character to address its annual convention. In some ways he was a hit. He made his address in English. It was very broken English. Every sentence or so, he would get stuck for a word, and would either look it up him self or ask his secretary to look it up. - The job of showmanship im pressed his hearers to the point where they gave him rather vigorous applause - al though the applause was more in admiration of his nerve in tackling an address in a strange language than of what he had to say. Today this same Castro is showing up in his true colors. FINES YOUNG MOTHER , Memphis, Tenn. - (UPD - A young mother was fined $6 Tuesday for trying to drive a car while holding a small child in her lap. "In an emer gency you would not have complete control of the car," Judge William Ingram said in announcing the fine for Mrs. G. T. Tranthem, 21. Mrs. Litwiller Director Since 1935 Si C. M. Litwiller m Washington Report By William S. White (Ci United Feature Syndicate THE G.O.P. LINE Washington - Richard M. Nixon has calmly resumed his active leadership of the Re- publicaa par ty just as though that leadership had never been challenged. But the one real question for the G.O.P., as the former vice president is the first to grasp, is not who is to be boss at this juncture. For this he already is, in fact. Rather,, it is what kind of leadership me party people in Congress and in the national commit tee 'are to show to the Re publican rank and file. The actual problem now is to make the 1964 Republican presidential nomination worthwhile - to anybody. It is far too early to know which somebody this is to be. And it 4s , far too early, for Mr. Nixon to decide whether he himself will even want the designation - that year. These are the inner realities as Mr. Nixon now resumes political activity after the long holiday which began the day after his defeat last No vember by President Ken nedy. TIE is-not going back into " uniform simply in fear of his two potential rivals for control of the mind of the party, Gov. Nelson Rockefel ler of New York and Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona. For, whatever is to happen about this rivalry will, only happen much later on, in any case. The big necessity of the mo ment is for the man who heads the party at the moment to take up the obligation ol speaking for it, and most of all to determine what tone this speaking - for - it should now take. So, what the Republican line should be is now Mr. Nixon's true concern. For the time being, at least, he frank ly reports "a great deal of popular support for President Kennedy as an individual but "virtually no support" for Kennedy domestic programs. And he emphatically re fuses to "pop off" in any way about the Kennedy adminis- Strictly Personal By Sidney J. Harris (c) General Features Corp. DISTANCE NOW AN ATTITUDE OF MIND With the arrival of the jet flight age, it i& plain to see that what we call "distance is more -a psy ch o 1 o g i c a 1 matter than a g e o g r a phic one. "Near" and "far" are relative to our states of mind. Looking at an airline map en route to Dallas last Harrii month, I found it hard to be lieve that it is farther from Chicago to New York than from Chicago to Dallas. Living in Chicago, I am "facing" New York, as it were; psychologically, New York is part of my horizon, while Texas seems twice as far away. And I am sure that people in Dallas find it hard to believe that Chicago is closer to them than Mexico City. Texas "faces" Mexico, in a sense. Even though Chicago is several hundred miles clos er to Dallas, Mexico City be longs in its frame of refer ence, and Chicago does not. Chicago is vaguely "north"; Mexico City is "just across the border." This psychological "set" ac counts, in large part, for the American pupil's lamentable lack of foreign languages. On the Continent, young students learn foreign languages easi ly because they "face" other countries. True, their academ ic discipline is higher, but the psychic conditions are more favorable as well. It is interesting that, of all European countries, England is the least linguistic. Even though only 50 miles of chan nel separate England from the Continent, this narrow body of water inhibits the English from learning foreign lang uages. An island nation rarely bothers to learn anyone else's language; and what is the United States but a large island, separated by 3,000 miles of water from its par ent culture? Even 50 miles have made the British insu lar. You may recollect the famous deadpan headline in the London Times many years ago: "Storm Rocks Channel; Continent Isolated." Perhaps the most import tration's grave foreign policy problems. . rpHIS summary by the man who so nearly became president is arresting in two ways. It is renewed proof that Mr. Nixon is an undoubted political pro. For only a true pro will concede what is ob vious to his opposition and thus use obvious candor to gain maximum credit for the rest of what he intends to say in this case that while a Democratic president is popu lar his program isn't. And it is plain notice to all other Republicans, in Congress and the national committee, that the G.O.P. headman is' not going to allow his party to be committed to mere par tisan attacks on the Kennedy presidency in foreign affairs in a time of danger to the country itself. It is a reasonable forecast, therefore, that Mr. Nixon in his forthcoming series of speeches will hit Mr. Kennedy hard only on domestic issues. These happen to be the only issues in which he is objec tively open to criticism. And they are also the only issues on which a national party leader can rightly be as par tisan as he may choose. IT is also a reasonble fore cast" that Mr. Nixon's line will shortly become the gen eral G.O.P. line. Actually, he will find himself in much the position occupied by the Dem ocratic congressional leaders all during" the Eisenhower Nixon administration. Though incessantly pushed by ultra liberal Democrats to "get tough with Eisenhower," they rightly refused to do this on world affairs. Mr. Nixon will hear from ultra-conservative Republicans demands that he "get tough with Kennedy," particularly as to administra tion policy in Cuba. But Mr. Nixon, whose high sense of public responsibility was fully shown during the last campaign, is no more likely to succumb to this kind of pressure than were the equally adult Democrats in their time in opposition. He knows now what they knew then: when it is the country itself that is in trouble every politician entitled to call him self a leader has the obliga tion not to seek petty advan tage of that country's trou bles. ant revolution of our mid century is the revolution in the concept of distance.. We have, in a few years, already ceased thinking in terms of "miles," and think now in terms of hours or minutes. The original 13 American colonies 7Were much farther apart than the entire world is today; it took ten times as long to get from Rhode Island to Virginia as it now does to get from Washington to Mos cow. But psychologically we have not yet felt this shrink age; our frame of reference remains local rather than global - except when we per mit ourselves uneasy thoughts of war. Space and time, Einstein taught us, are relative con cepts. That lesson may turn out to be more crucial for our survival than anything in the history books. BUYERS SELLERS VETERANS Order your prelimin ary title report from Jackson County's newest and most Complete Title Insurance and . Escrow Service CRATER TITLE INSURANCE CO "Home-Owned" 510 W. 6th -SP 2-5264 OLD SEWING MACHINE Patricia Ray Ferguson, 6, grand daughter of Mrs. A. J. Maron of this old sewing machine 140 years old. is startinK early still works perfectly, making is no bobbin beneath the machine, but it has a noon wmcn catches the thread. Airport Use Shows Increase in March The number of airplanes using Medford's municipal airport during March showed a substantial increase over the number using the airport in March, 1960, but passenger traffic showed a slight de crease, according to Airport Manager Gil Gutjahr's month ly report. A total of ' 5,449 landings or take-offs were made from the airport during March, includ ing 728 commercial air-carrier flights, 4,673 civil flights and 48 military flights. In February, there' were 3,719 fights recorded, and dur ing March 1960, there were 4,415. Commercial aircraft facili tated 4,225 passengers at the airport last month, compared to 3,410 the previous month, and 4,728 during March, 1980. Air express last month, 2, 307 pounds, was up over the same period a year ago, 2,281 pounds; but, air freight, 12, 250 pounds, was down from a year ago, 15,993 pounds. The airport collected $18,- 718 in revenue last month, which included $15,000 from the sale of dirt to the state highway commission:. Some S670 in landing fees were col lected. BANDITS KILL 16 Neiva, Colombia Bandits shot up a rural bus near here Tuesday, killing 16 persons and wounding everyone else aboard, it was reported today. The dead included" five men, six. women and five children. If you're building or remodelling heat'on-time . you con install a modern electric heating system (ol your choice) now pay later I nothing down . . and a little as $10.00 a month will put the most modern ol healing systems in your home; lor details, call your lavorite CalOre Electrical league Electrical League heating or wiring contractor of Little Rock, Ark., owner which is believed to be over to learn to sew. xne maciune a beautiful chain stitch. There (UPI Telephoto) Court Records DISTRICT COURT Grant W. Davis, obstructed Vis ion. $10. Arthur W. Chlpman, no safety chain. 10. Dewey C. Kaylor, no operator's license, ?5. Michael G. Dusean. obstructed mux p. Hue. overload, siou. vision, $15. N Nancy J. Benson, disobeyed stop sign, $13. Virgil J. Harsh, overheitfht loud, $7.50. CIRCUIT COURT Marie Thomas vs. Joscnh Lonzo Thomas, divorce complaint, June Elinor Hess vs. Paul Alvin Hess, divorce decree. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Dale William Kin c. 147 Central avc.. Ashland, and Jacqueline May Murphy, 722 Doty at., Klamath Falls. Michael Lewis Clark. 3438 Ma- drona lane, Medford, and Martha Beth Newman Pitts, 3344 Gary si Medford. Sukarno Joins in Subversion Warning Washington - IUPI) - Presi dent Sukarno of neutralist Indonesia joined President Kennedy Tuesday in a warn Ine to new nations to be alert against subversion and impe rialism. The two men issued a joint statement shortly after Su karno paid a farewell call on Kennedy and flew in a heli copter from the White House lawn to his waiting jet trans port plane at nearby. Andrews Air Force base. His next slop is Mexico. Sukarno left Foreign Minis ter Subandrio behind to con fer with Secretary of State Dean Rusk on possible peace ful solutions to the war threatening dispute between Indonesia and the Netherlands over West New Guinea. arrange for modern electric heal! Electric heat is clean ... flameless, smokeless, odorless ... clean as electrics light V Electric heat is automatic . . . no fiddling with a furnace, no watching fuel level . . . comes on automatically when temperature says you need itl Electric heat Is safe . . . and electric heating systems are least expensive to install of all modern systems I Investigate cost of installation, cost of operation today. School News Medford High School Edited by Sandy Shugart. Staif: Warren Olson, Dave Underwood. Cindy Ander son, Jim Stiger, Leslie Van Gordon, and Nancy Housel. Juniors elected next vear's senior class officers last week. Elected were Bruce Nieder meyer, president; Dave Elm- gren, vice president; leresa Six, secretary; Joel Gregory, treasurer; and Carl Washburn, senior class representative. Also elected were four Jun ior orincesses for the iunior- senior prom. They are Sandra Bates, Vicky Enders, Judy Ayres, and Shirley Donahoo. Last Saturday, the annual Latin club banquet was held. Those attending were dress ed in typical Roman garb, The two junior highs, Hedrick and McLoughlin furnished slaves." Carl Washburn, Caesar, presided over the af fair. The "Hop History of Kool Kat Kaesar" was given by Julie Latham and Sandy Shu gart. Mike Whiniham, Linda Nash, Linda Nelson, Marty Graham, and Mike Gannon presented the play, "The Golden Ball." Sophomores have ordered their class rings from the Crown company, represented by Bob McReynolds. The rings varied in price from $13 to $28. Unlike previous class rings, these have no stones but are solid gold or silver. Recently "No Parking" signs have been placed on Melrose ave., beside the sci ence building for added safety of the students at MHS. The rapid flow of student traffic between classes has become a hazard to the students and cars traveling on Melrose ave. Remedial math test results were announced last week. Seniors who failed to pass the test with a 90 per cent or better must take the remedial course . until they can pass the exam, Juniors and sophomores are being urged to return their registration slips to their counselor as soon as possible. These slips must be signed by the student's parent or guard ian and returned to the coun selor before the student can be registered for the 1961-62 school year. Thirteen members of the Medford chapter of Future Teachers of America attended the regional convention of FTA in Klamath Falls recent ly. Keith Graves ' was elected district representative and Marsha Watson, regional his torian. POPULATION COUNT New York - It is estimated the current population of Asia is about 1,300 million persons. this spring... () 'IP1 10 DISCOUNT oR?ssAE? THIS WEEK ONLY IN REGULAR STOCKI DRESSES Cottons, silks . . . casual and dressy styles in plains and prints. 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