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.
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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.
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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
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League heating or wiring contractor
of Little Rock, Ark., owner
which is believed to be over
to learn to sew. xne maciune
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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.
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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.
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