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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.
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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
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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.
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Jagan campaigned tirelessly,
and in 19S7 he and the PNC
PPP were back on top.
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.
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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.
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