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f 2 C THURSDAY. MAY 31. 1962 MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Eastern Seaboard Soon Will Ring With Hords of Cicadas Br JOHN G. WARNER Ualitd Prut International Washington - (UPB - Within lew weeks, the Eastern Sea board will ring with a mighty din sufficient to drown out the grinding of teeth in Suburbia. The countryside from Con necticut to North Carolina is about to be invaded by count less hordes of screeching bugs burrowing up from the earth, where they have lain for the past 17 years. Tnat in itself would seem to be enough to set the skin crawling. But the fact is that these bugs do no real damage to anything but peach and apple trees and the nerves of the sensitive. They are the 17-year lo custs more properly called the periodical cicada, which show up every 17 years mostly in Connecticut, Indiana, Mary land, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. . Incessant Drona Their arrival is announced by an incessant drone sugges tive of grindstones and buzz saws which a 1633 Cape Cod settler complained was a "constant yelling" enough to "deaf the hearers." A pamphlet on. the pests prepared by the Virginia Poly technic Institute Agricultural extension service says that only the males can make noise, using two "drum-like membranes" on their stom achs. Thus an old saying: "Bless ed is the cicada, for his wife has no voice." The booklet reveals that "males seem to say 'pharoah' " - a remarkably esoteric thing Kennedy Cancels Subscription To Herald Tribune New York - IUPD - President Kennedy has cancelled his subscription to the New York Herald Tribune, one of 14 newspapers delivered daily to the White House. The Herald Tribune, being replaced today on the first family's reading list by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, said editorially It hoped the Presi dent would change his mind. In a front page story head lined, "We Get a Cancellation From Washington," the news paper said: ". . . We would hope that the President has not can celled his subscription be cause of hard reporting by our greatly respected staff or because of the critical nature of our editorial page when we have disagreed with him." 'Feud' Said Tommyrot The newspaper called re ports of a "feud" between Kennedy and the Herald Trib une "tommyrot." The White House, which has been receiving 22 copies daily of the New York morn ing newspaper, did not at tribute the cancellation to the fact the newspaper often dis agrees with the administra tion. A spokesman said the President wanted to diversify his newspaper reading. The Washington Post com mented In today's editions that "the President and Mrs. Kennedy are known to have been annoyed more than once by sharp criticism and stories they believed were unfair In the Republican Herald Trib une." Ilu- White House currently subscribes to five New York newspapers - the Times, the Dally News, the Journal American, the Post and the Wall Street Journal. Reads Other Papers Other dailies which the President receives are the Chi cago Tribune, the Baltimore Sim, the Philadelphia Inquir er, the Los Angeles Times and the Nashville Tennessecan. This is in addition to the Washington newspapers - the Post, the Daily News and the Evening Star. In its comment, the Herald Tribune said "We think the President will miss a lot If he misses the Herald Tribune - and we have a feeling that somehow he will keep himself informed of the stories devel oped by our staff and the opin ions expressed on our editori al page. "Naturally, we hate to lose subscribers, any newspaper does. But most who cancel come hack. We hope the President will Instruct his as sistants to renew the While House subscriptions. And soon." RE-ENTERS HOSPITAL Washington -(UPH- Former Central Intelligence Agency Director Allen Dulles has re entered Washington Hospital Center with a recurrence of abdominal pains. He had entered the hospital Saturday and returned home Sunday. The hospital said the ailment has not yl been diagnosed. for a bug to say- "in a drawn out tone lasting several sec onds." Pussies Entomologists The mysterious life of the 17-year cicada has puzzled en tomologists, who await its coming this year with a great deal more pleasure than the average suburban citizen. Occurring only in the east ern United States, the locusts burrow under trees at birth, when they look like ants. As many as 20,000 may be be neath one tree. After 17 years - an incred ibly long time for a bug to live - they are spurred by some unknown impetus that sends every one of them tun nelling to the surface. Once there, they take the shape of the 17-year locust - slightly smaller than an or dinary locust, reddish, with an initial "W" onthe front wing. Orgy of Singing Then the males begin an orgy of singing and the fe males an orgy of egg-laying that lasts for 30 or 40 days, until they are all so worn out by singing and egg-laying that they die. The females, In laying the eggs, do the damage in or chards. The female has saw tooth blades on either side of what entomologists call her egg-layer. She cuts rows of twin pockets into the bark of young twigs, where she lays 400 to 600 eggs before she dies. i These wounds allow tree killing pests into a plant. The eggs hatch in six or sev en weeks, fall to the ground, and immediately enter' the soil through cracks at the base of the tree. They excavate a cell in the soil and suck the sap from tiny tree roots, which never seems to hurt the tree. What else they do under ground Is unknown. Presum ably they just lie there until 17 years have passed, when they start it all over again. On Blessing Noted i There is one blessing in the cicada's existence. Because it spends most of its life un derground, it is something of a stay-at-home and thus has not spread beyond the East ern Seaboard. In the few weeks of winged existence ev ery 17 years, its only thought is to find the nearest tree (either to eat it, or lay eggs upon it). Trees are, so far, readily available in the East so there has been no West ward migration. The appearance of this plague of locusts always caus es widespread consternation and a number of superstitions surround it. One is tifat a person stung by a 17-year locust is in dan ger of his life. Experts say, however, that the 17-year lo cust can't sting. Another superstition is that the initial "W" on the locust's wing means that war is not far off. But World War II ended 17 years ago. Bacaloff Files His Campaign Expenses Salem-aPD-Jim Bacaloff of Portland, one of five candi dates for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination beaten by Sig Unander, Portland, in the May 18 primary, spent $1,429 in his campaign, according to a report filed with the Ore gon Elections Division here. Still unfiled were the pri mary campaign expense re ports of unsuccessful GOP Senate candidates Edwin Durno, Medford; Glenn Brix ey, Corvallis, and R. F. Cook, Scotts Mills. Unander and the sixth can didate, Harold Livingston of Corvallis, filed their expense reports earlier. Administrator's Session Is Slated Portland - Educators who are planning to become school administrators or those who are already in such posts will have an opportunity to up grade their administrative training this summer in a special program offered by Portland Center of the state system of higher education's extension division. Titled "Simulated Exper ience in School Administra tion," the six-credit hour Uni versity of Oregon graduate course will run from June 11 to 29. A special non-credit course in this area will be extended by Portland Center to admin istrators in the Vancouver, Wash., ' public schools from July 2-13. The two programs depict actual administrative prob lems and situations faced by school supervisors, principals and superintendents, Partici pants study the simulated ex periences and work out ap proaches to the problems presented. RETURNS TO RUSSIA Moscow -d'PD- Soviet cos monaut Yuri Gagarin returned to Moscow Wednesday from a nine-day visit to Japan, ac cording to the Soviet news agency Tass. PIGGLY WIGGLY IstImVsI raTJl Icl'l piSl Gu3! JsTAMP&J ISTAMPtJ IsTAMPsJ IfJTAMPtiJ JTAMPJ "pSS" jgr u.s. No. i ft':', '-"Vs mm MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Commission Investigating Race Riots of February in Guiana THURSDAY, MAY 91. 1962 By LAURENCE MEREDITH . United Press International - London-Win -Whether the -Russians obtain a second toe hold in the Caribbean could depend on the findings of a -two-man commission Britain has' sent to British Guiana to investigate the race riots of last February. The riots laid much of the .business district of George town in smoking ruins and .brought a call for British troops. The commission is in Brit ish Guiana now to find out -just what happened, and why. Its findings could have a marked bearing on the fu ture of Prime Minister Ched di Jagan, an admitted Marx ist, and his American-born wife who seek to pattern the political structure of British Guiana on the theories of their friend, President Fidel Castro of Cuba. Set up by British Colonial Secretary Reginald Maudling, the commission arrived in Georgetown , May 18. It is composed of Indian D. G. Khosla, chief justice of the Punjab, and Sir Edward Asa-fu-Adjaye, former Ghana high commissioner In London. In its 200 yean of settle ment, British Guiana has been a country of much dis illusion and frequent despair. More than nine-tenths of the present half million popula tion live in a narrow coastal strip 170 miles long and 10 miles wide which lies boiow the high tide level of the muddy Caribbean. life for these people has been an endless battle be tween the persistent encroach ment of the green jungle and the chocolate - brown waters of the ocean. Unemployment Is great and social Inequality even great er. To add to their burdens the people are spiritually di vided between those of East Indian and African origin. What money there is avail able in the colony is drained away from development to maintaining the sea wall, and on irrigation. Some 67,000 of the colony's people live and work on the sugar estates where half the battle is against nature. Under the harsh conditions, the cost of sugar production is double the world price. The colony's most flourish ing industry is bauxite min ing, which goes on day and night around Mackenzie riuuLi iiiuuLi iii papra I " I IP 3TAMPJ hgTAMb (TAMPJ I Z r-i n 1 l'H I Township. But even this min eral is moving into a world position of over-supply. Fifteen years ago Cheddi Jagan, himself a product of the sugar plantations, strode on to a political scene that wai ripe for exploitation. His dramatic, underdog - directed oratory, reminiscent of Cas tro, put hope into the hearts of his depressed fellow-Ino ans on the sugar estates and caught the ears, as well, of the unemployed Africans in the towns. Now 43. Jagan was helped to an education by his many relations who worked in su gar fields. They clubbed to gether to send the young Cheddi to study dentistry in the United States. At Chica go univt-rsity he met the sleek and politically . intense Jan et Rosenberg who took the dark - eyed Guianese under her win. Both were ardent Marxists, and Janet intro duced Cheddi to her many Communist friends. Before returning o m e Cheddi married Janet and they returned to tropical Georgetown equally dedicated to the idea of throwing the, British out of the country and setting up the first state along Marxist lines in South America. Helped and inspired by Jan et, Jagan plunged into poli tics with quick success. He became a power in the colony when his people's progressive party (PPP) won 18 of the 24 elected seati in the House of Assembly under a new constitution in April, 1953. He at once set about trying to turn British Guiana into a Communist-type state. Proves Too Much This proved too much for the British government, which had long been uneasy about the Jagans, and six months later Britain suspended the constitution, sent in troops, and put Cheddi and Janet in jail for six months. Until then, the Jagans had maintained their PPP as a multi-racial party. But wht-n the constitution was suspend ed in October, 1953, the Af rican leader in the PPP, Forbe Burnham, split from Jagan and formed the Peo ple's National Congress (PNC) party. The racial split in the country had long been in the background, but now it be came also political. The PPP almost fell apart, but the Ja gans rebuilt it and the PPP became mainly the Indian par ty, and the PNC the African. PIGGLY WIGGLY E"3 E2I fSm twi PIGGLY WIGGLY ran i-''vlr wv v-.- .,g. EES EES EEI m m m m Hershey's CHOCOLATE SYRUP 2 - 15c Minute Maid FROZEN LEMONADE 15c each 4 - 45c FREE! FREE! -; Kiddie Cartoons Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. : In The Big Movie Tent On Our Parking Lot! Simple Pies Half Gallon 39c Purex Bleach ..gal. jug Granulated Borene Soap For Automatic Washers C-20 Detergent Bluet at It Washes Rinso Blue 65c ..thrift package 59c ...4-lb. package 79c ..giant package 67c Controlled Suds Detergent Condensed All ,.3-lb, 10-oi. 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From 1957 onward, Jagan cried ceaselessly for indepen dence. Last year Britain again granted British. Guiana self government, with the prom ise of independence this year. In August of 1961 the coun try went quietly to the polls with the lure of Independence was just found the corner. Predictably, Jagan and his PPP won the election, gain ing 43 per cent of the votes. Dream to Come True Jagan, his dream of inde pendence seemingly about to come true, immediately set about trying to stop the col ony's economic and financial rot. In his January 31 budget this year he introduced a pay as - you - earn scheme for income tax, a compulsory savings levy of' 5 per cent of all incomes over $56 a month and a 17 per cent In crease in the duty on a wide range of imported products. The budget was bitterly re sented by much of the pop ulation. Two weeks later, on the "Black Friday" of Feb. 16, tension between the In dians and Africans in George town snapped. Riots, blood shed and arson flared through out the capital. By nightfall, most of the business district of George town was a smoking ruin with damage estimated at $20 million. Hardest hit were the shops of the Indian business men. Turns to GoTernment Jasan turned now to the k'nvernment he alwavs had fought. From behind a heavv barbed wire entanglement around his house and guard ed bv oatrollins British troops, Jagan rescinded most of his budget measures. As nrime minister he instrurtpri the governor to wire London for British troop reinforce ments to be sent immediately. There was reason, in that atmosphere, for Jagan to fear for his life. Predominantly African, Georgetown had nev er supported him. In the elec tion last August the PPP put up no candidate for George town central fearing he might be lynched. Now Jaean had to worrv not only about the African opposition, but whether he was losing his hold on his party. His strength with the Indians since the riots still is not clear. The Indians are more terrified of the African. than of Communism. Another election, many ob servers believe, might well unseat Jagan. Registration Now In Progress for Summer Program Registration is now in pro gress in Medford schools for students from fourth grade through high school who want to participate .' the summer program of instruction in band and orchestra. Classes will be offered in all strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and baton. Instructors will be John Drysdale, strings; Ron Rice,. woodwinds: Miss Bonnie Brantley, baton; and Irv Mi:. ick, brass and precussion. Mirick, supervisor of In strumental music for public schools, said semi-private les sons will be offered this sum mer in addition to large group rehearsals. Orchestra Session Two orchestra sessions are scheduled between June IS and 29 and July 16 through 27, he said. Band elates will start July 2 and end 'July 27. Baton classes will be held dur ing the same period as the band. All classes, Mirick said, will be held at the Medford High school music building. A special meeting of inter ested parents and their chil dren will be held starting at 9 a.m. June 11 to discuss the aptitude of their child for band and orchestra instru ments. The meeting will be at the high school music build ing, and is designed for stu dents who are Interested in beginning band or orchestra, he said. The summer music program also is available for college students, Mirick noted. OPEN DAIIY UNTIl 9 P.M Prices ffecliveAay 31, June 1 limit Right Reserved Gasoline Tax Objection Planned Salem 0JPD Oregon's legis. lative Interim Highway Com mittee wilf visit Olympla, Wash., In about six weeks in an effort to convince officials of Washington state to do away with Washington's new fuel tax on gasoline imported in tanks of vehicles, chairman Norman Howard (D-Portland) said Tuesday. The date for the trip in July hasn't been set. Oregon truckers have been howling about the tax, con. tending that they pay the Oregon tax, and then when their vehicles cross Into Wash. IHgton they pay another taa for the same gasoline. O O
