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Newspaper Page Texto o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON FRII0LY. MAY 11. 19S2 0 Washington Report By William S. White (ci United Feature Syndicate CONNALLY AND JOHNSON Washington Far-right -wingism hai been stopped cold - if it ever really started - in Texas, uiharo asetcrn 1 1 absentee" ex- peris naa so long proclaim ed it to be so p o s i t i v ely rampant and so dreadfully dangerous. And Vice P resident Lyndon Johnson, a veteran oc cupant of the moderate center in the Democratic party, has gained in national prestige -thanks almost solely to his old enemies, the knee-jerk super liberals. These are the messages of national significance to be read in the afterlight of the Democratic primary in Texas. The most ultra-ultra conserva tive man among six aspirants for the gubernatorial nomin ation, Ex-Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker, finished sixth. You cannot do much worse than finish last. The next-most-ultra conservative, Marshall Formby, finished fifth. IN LEADING the field by far for the primary nomination for governor, John Connally, Johnson's political associate, Is the heavy favorite to win In the runoff and then in No- BEEFEATER BEEFEATER m the imported English Gin that doubles your martini pleasure Unequalled since 1820 a BEEFEATER GIN 4 PROOF 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS K0BRAN0 CORPORATION NEW YORK 1, N. 1 vember from Republican Jack Cox. In any case, to the vice president this, to be sure, would be a welcome success for an old friend. But here, as in so many other instances, the knee-jerk liberals man aged to overreach themselves and make it something a great deal more. When it looked that Connally would not fin ish on top, they proclaimed it as an article of unarguable truth that a defeat for him would be a repudiation for Johnson. This would have been in any event a most-debatable proposition. For Texas, like practically any other state, chooses its governor for many reasons. But the ultra lib erals, whose tireless pursuit of the vice-president is one of the political oddities of our time, have set up a standard from which they can hardly now retreat. If a loss for Con nally would have been a loss for Johnson, then the heavy victory for Connally must be a heavy victory for Johnson. NEITHER oversimplifica tion, of course, was or is an unqualified fact. But, hav ing put over the one side of the coin by shrieking so loud and long, the ultra liberals now are stuck with the other side. If a man is to be blamed for the rain, he must be given credit for the sunshine. Actually, Johnson did not "put" Connally into the race. Actually,' the vice-president was not altogether enchanted by Connally's decision to run, if only because he knew Con nally would be made, willy nilly, "Johnson's man," and because there was no assur ance whatever that this rela tively unknown young poli tician could carry the mail. Of course, once he took the plunge Connally was the most logical beneficiary from old Johnson people with whom he himself had for years dealt amiably as the vice-president's campaign manager. But It was a very long pump from that to saying that Johnson put Connally over the top. It was mainly Connally who put Connally over. AND the notion that he is "anti-liberal" and "anti administration" is another bit of knee-jerkism. He is "anti- administration" to such Amer icans for Democratic Action, which lays down the line for the faithful in such judg ments. But, for that matter, so is President Kennedy him self on occasion - according to Americans for Democratic Action. Connally did oppose or have reservations about some items in the Kennedy pro gram and recommendations, Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (e) Field Enterprises, Inc. LEVEL OF CULTURE A friend of mine wanted to know what all the fuss was about in the censoring of "T h e Tropic ffJ0mmyi nf Pan r P r." He walked into his neigh borhood cigar store, which also stocks books, and asked for a copy. "I don't carry that sort Harris of thing here," said the proprietor smugly. My friend looked at the bot tom shelf of the bookcase -on which were displayed dozens of cheap girlie maga zines and pornographic book lets. As the late Elmer Davis wrote, more than 30 years ago: "I would almost favor a censorship myself if I thought we could get one that would pass Aristophanes and sup press Earl Carroll; but what we would get under any po litical or police supervision would probably be a board that would pass Carroll and suppress Aristophanes." For some strange reason that only a psychiatrist could explain, police censorship has always cracked down on serious works of art, while permitting the really nasty trash to go unmolested. Our greatest playwrights and novelists have felt the cen sor's wrath, but the lewd magazines, the burleycue houses, and the cheap saloons continue to cater to depraved tastes. As far back as 1906, the play "Sappho" was suppressed in New York - because the heroine was carried upstairs by a man. Ibsen's "Ghosts" was taboo for many years. Mary Garden was prevented from appearing in "Salome." Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Pro fession" was censored in this country. Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude" was run out of Boston in 1929, along with Sean O'Casey's fine play, "Within the Gates." Lillian Hellman's first, and possibly best, drama, "The Children's Hour," was suppressed in New England. Providence ban ned Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men." Memphis knocked out Sherwood's "Idiot's Delight." Good literature has suffered even more than the stage. In one censorship wave alone. Boston removed from its book stores "Dark Laughter" by Sherwood Anderson, "What I Believe" by Bertrand Russell, as can be said for every elect ed Democratic politician in office today - including the special hero of the Texas ultra liberals, Senator Ralph Yarborough. But that seems about the size of it. "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser, "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis, "The World of William Clis stfld" by H. G. Wells, "The Sun Also Rises" by Heming way, and "Antic Hay" by Aldous Huxley. During a wave of "obscen ity" hysteria in the 1920's, U. S. customs inspectors seized as obscene such classic works as Aristophanes's "Ly sistrata" (which is included in the Great Books course), De foe's "Moll Flanders," the "Arabian Nights" in the Bur ton translation, the "Satyri con" of Petronius, Balzac's "Droll Stories," and Voltaire's "Candide." And, during my own time, the police commissioner in Chicago banned the presenta tion of Sarte's serious drama, The Respectful Prostitute." while a piece of meretricious junk like "Maid in the Ozarks" ran for years. This is the way of the censor, and the reason he must be fought: his motives may be high, but his cultural level is generally zero. Two Accidents Are Reported in City Two non-injury vehicle ac cidents occurred in Medford Wednesday, according to city police. One driver was cited. Three vehicles received minor damage, ponce said, when the brakes failed on a car driven by Patricia Jean Bigger, 35, of 308 Haven St., Medford, about 10:30 a.m. in front of 324 West Sixth st. The Bigger car struck parked vehicles registered to Robert D. Shangle, 704 West 10th st., Medford, and Harold Reith Bulman, route 1, box 316A, Medford. A citation for failure to yield the right of way was issued to Enid Colleen Wolff, 30, of 2879 Military rd., Med ford, after the vehicle she was operating collided with a car driven by Ethel Mary Nagle, , Central Point, about 6:05 p.m. at Niantic and Edwards sts., police said. Benton Budget Given Approval Corvallis - IUPII - A budget slightly under $2 million for the operation of Benton coun ty during the fiscal year 1962 63 has been approved by the county's budget committee. . The budget grants elected officials up to $50 a month pay hikes, and some employ ees as much as $60 a month more. Most employees got raises from $5 to $20 a month. The budget increases the county's tax levy by $42,850 to a total levy of $182,450. STAR GAXER0 Br clay h pollan ir w-39a 8SV44-78-& , TAUflrt Art. 21 I W MAY II FA J- 8-21 -2d OIM1M MAY 23 JUNC7! 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To develop message for Saturday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. 2Good 3 Make 4 Chongei 5 Sociable 6 Lxpiru 7 Repay S New a Plan 10 A 11 Your 12T.ue 13 Tim. 14 Or 15 Post 16 To 17 8rmg 18 Don't 19 Say 20 t-'eetingt 21 Or 22 To 23 Out 24 Anything 25 Starling 26 Nice 27 Your 28 The 29 To 30Nnr 31 Unleu 32 Fnend 33 May 34 Soueklt 3i Kindnen 36 Jealoue 37 You 38 ImpuHee. 39 Do 40 Be 41 Try 42 Extra 43 Someone 44 Visiting 43 troiectk 61 Neglected 62 Faoi cejle 63 Tatks 64 Wti-c to Hove 66 Hidden 67 Likely 68 Talents 69T.xkiy 70 Marten 71 Been 72 Today 73A,v 74 Ot 75 An 46 BioaonirnoVd 76 Attractive 47 Otter 77 You 48 To 49 And W Tactful 51 Dispose 52 Really 53 Girt 54 Most 55 0t 50 You 57 Not 58 Asststono 59 Tackle oO Accept (VpGocd (g)Adrcne 78 tnlaige 79Miti rlOWIvo'e 81 Skeptical 82 It 83 Money 84 Your 85GrocioustV Salt 87 Or 88 Proposition 89 Circle 90 Invitation UMA jtVT 23 '-56f,- scoerto OCT 24-Ik nov n "H fS-l!-12-?0i 29-43 80-81 VI SAGITTARIUS NOV. ncc 13-16-17-23,:- CAHMCO JAN. 10 V-iSi W-70-72 VL AOUAIfUS JAN. 21 4-14-2M0&1 45-57-62 V men FSB. 20 V1' MAR 21 C 1. t 7-inSTa p 5-35-87-90 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Cecil To Conduct High School Clinic Ashland-Dr. Herbert Cecil, chairman of the music depart ment at Southern Oregon col lege, will conduct a band clinic Saturday, May 12, at Pacific High school near Lang loih on the Oregon roast. Taking part in the clinic will be band students of the high school, and the program will include morning and afternoon rehearsals and a concert in the evening. Earlier this month Or. Cecil served as guest conductor and adjudicator at the Southwest ern Oregon District Music Festival in Reedspon, Oregon. The program at the festival included rehearsals a; d a con cert featuring an all-district honor band and adjudicating bands from Brookings, Gold Beach, Bandon, Myrtle Point, Coquille, Coos Bay, North Bend, and Reedsport. Stockholders of the Penn sylvania and the New York Central railroads vote over whelmingly to merge these two of the nation's three big gest rail systems into ONE system that will have assets of about five billion dollars, 20,000 miles of rail routes and 120,000 employees. The Pennsylvania is the na tion's No. 1 railroad. The New York Central is the nation's No. 3 railroad. The Southern Pacific (not concerned, of course, in the merger) is the nation's No. 2 railroad. The Pennsylvania's stock holders voted 84.9 per cent FOR the merger. The vote of the New York Central stock holders was 70 per cent for merging. Washington-IUPD-The House Space committee has trim med $116 million-about 3 per cent - from President Ken nedy's space program which is aimed at landing an American on the moon before 1970. Dayton, Ohio -WPU- Mayor Frank R. Somers doesn't fig ure he shortchanged the man who called and identified him self as "a taxpayer who helps pay the mayor's salary." Som ers advised the caller Dayton has 262,000 residents and add ed, "Your share is.fcss than one cent a year. Since you Ts'Vt tell me your name, I think you've already had your cent's worth." A 5 WHY this overwhelming vote to merge? The answer is quite simple. Last year the Pennsylvania showed a net profit of 3.5 MILLION dollars on an in vestment of 2.9 BILLION dollars. The New York Cen tral reported a net LOSS of 12.5 million dollars in 1961. The stockholders hope the merger will enable them to earn a better return on the money they have invested. Contract Awarded For County Tractor A contract for $47,207 in cluding a trade-in wa:. award ed to Crater Lake Machinery, Medford, for a crawler trac tor for the Jackson county roads department, according to the county court. Low bid on the tractor was submitted at $43,990, net, by Haupert Tractor company, Medford. Next lowest bid at $45,545 net, was submitted by Howard Cooper company, also of Medford. The award was made on the basis of operating costs, it was explained. However, Bud Haupert of Haupert Tractor company indicated he would protest the award, n North Portland Mill Destroyed Portland-tUPD-A three-alarm fire destroyed the Monarch Shingle Co. mill on North Portland rd. early today. Tha loss was estimated at $100,000. The cause was under inves tigation. The blaze was brought un der control after about an hour and a half, but firemen remained at the scene for sev eral more hours. The fire hoses closed off the section of North Portland rd. for a few hours, and traf fic was rerouted. MOTHER'S DAY CARDS FOR SUNDAY, MAY 13 When you care enough to send (he very bet Cwom'c 217 E- Main Onclll Medford UCCTCrtM TUniCT'f MOST IMPORTANT wejiekn mrciri J PRODUCTS, ALWAYS VANITY CASE HAIR DRYER BROOKPARK PLASTIC DINNERWARE 45 Piee. Set New smooth finish In Mellamtne Plaitic. C m 4 DO Choice of 3 Beautiful Patterns. 2 Yr. Guaran- 9 I UO tee by Factory. I Not just three sizes .. . but three different kinds of cars . . . Chevrolet! PETTING farther away- " Dispatches from Hong Kong this morning report that in recent days Hong Kong po lice and British troops have rounded up thousands of recent refugees from hunger- ridden Red China and have returned them to their com munist homeland. -:lv. ----- i v ...i.m I Ur Starts ConaMrtmwd I g?- Air to 1W m $88 WHY? The answer is brutally simple. Overcrowded Hong Kong doesn't have room for them and OTHER NON-COMMUNIST NATIONS WON'T TAKE THEM. IN THE past half-dozen years, this little British crown colony (its total area Is only 397 square miles, or about the size of Klamath lake) has built some 300 multi - story apartment blocks in which to house the refugees that have run away from communism to freedom. It has resettled some 440, 000 of them, including finding jobs for them. There are still a half million of them living in board and tar paper shacks perched on hillsides, 80,000 living in similar huts built on housetops, an estimated 225, 000 living in substandard tenements - and 100,000 who sleep on sidewalks and in stairways. new i HETRECAL DIETARY FOR WEIGHT CONTROL WAFERS ft 89c POWDER ir.'T" 79c POWDER $TbT $4" LIQUID 3 flavors 4 A 6 pack, 8-oi. I iw3 UQUIDaTC79o Many Other Stylet Also Priced From $3.95 to $24.95 WITCH HAZEL Pt.39c MINERAL OIL P,33c LISTERINE ho, 69c SACCHARIN oGr 39c ALCOHOL isopropyl 19c DRISTAN DECONGESTANT ISODINE Antiseptic ... 49c ASPIRIN 100, J3c EPSOM SALTS Lb 15c Combat Hay Favor and Dust Allergies Reg. 98e 66c 24 Tablets Larger Sizes Also specialI 2 PRICE RoducttA Ciutrold Impnia SpoH Sedan (J or ground) Cket$ U Aoea i'Door Station H'affmt Cortoir Moma i-Door Stdau (background Take your pick of 34 models during CHEVY'S GOLDEN SALES JUBILEE No look-alikes here! You've got three decidedly different lindt of cars to choose from each with its own size and lizzie. The Jet-smooth Chevrolet's specialty is luxury just about everything you'd expect from an expensive car, except the expense. If you're thinking bit thriftier, there's the Chevy II with practicality to do you proud. hois of liveliness, too, for such a low, low price. Got a sporty gleam in your eye? Step right up to our Corvair for rear-engine scamper and steering that'g doggone near effortless. Conclusion: See your Chevrolet dealer now for the most versatile choice going and a beauty of a buy on your favorite. mmiim Beautiful Buying Days are here atjour local aullprized Chevrolet dealers e . e O . COUlWESr CHEVROLET All Sizes, Children's Women's Men's THONG ZORIES All Colors ,.,r AT THE end of World War II, Hong Kong's popula tion was only 600,000. It has now swollen to somewhere between three and a half and four MILLION. It's hard to take an accurate census of this fantastic ant-hill. People who live as the refugees live in Hong Kong are hard to count. llfHY Is Hong Kong doing " what It is doinc? This answer is given by the colony's officials: Hong Kong no longer has the capacity to care for the natural increase of its PRES ENT population - there were 91 ,000 more births than deaths In 1961 - and at the same time to make room for the 10,000 or more refugees who slip over the border every month. It's a tragic situation. SEND PRISONERS FOOD Washington-tlFD-The Amer ican Red Cross said Thursday it has sent food to 23 U.S. citizens being held prisoner by the Fidel Castro govern ment in Ci4a. n THE BIBLE D SPEAKS you n Sunday 9:45 a.m. K-BOY-730 kc Tku wk't Chrimm Vimrt proi'iraQ 2in FUILM For tha first time you can have your choice of either brilliant COLOR or fine BLACK - AND WHITE prints from the tame roll of film. illlln FILM DEVELOPING and PRINTING Black & White 8 49c 12 IVr 73c Color Prints Each 24c LEMONIZED CRIME SHAMPOO PORTA-FILE Holds About 800 Documents Complete with index folders, lock ond key . Keep insurance policies, receipts handy. .31 DORMEYER Hand Mixer 3 speeds does any' kitchen mixing job. pad 2M Ho Shot INSECT REPELLENT 0n whiff Mid normally paiky, in noyln Hies, mosquitoes, Chilian, rlaai, and other insects "Skram" away, and stay away. S ox. Aerosol Bomb . 85c ( DESERT "Tr ' PLOWBR DESERT FLOWER DEODORANT Keeps Underarms Dry aa a Desert. 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