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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. MAY 31. 1962 0 7 1962 LAWN-BOY VALUABLE PREMIUM OFFER HILLS BROS. All Grinds 1)2 i S7C i ll CARPENTER WELCOMED - Astronaut Scott Carpenter they were honored at ceremonies at Folsom Stadium, and his wife, Rene, ride in an open convertible at the head Boulder is Carpenter's home town. (UPI) of a motorcade through downtown Boulder, Colo., after lusions Shattered Spy Defends Unorthodox Methods In Interview With Dick West By DICK WEST Washington -Ph- One re cent enchanted evening a lady at the canape table point ed across the crowded room to a bearded stra n g er stan ding by the bar. "There's some one you ought tn mppl." airt jjjltl she. "How ' so?" said I. west ne use a to be a spy," she said, "and he has written a book about his experiences. I understand that he's a fine writer but a lousy spy." Mother always told me to beware of bearded strangers, but curiosity overcame me. I n'ed my way through the I milling herd and shortly was I talking with Peter Tompkins, who interoduced himself as I the author of "A Spy in Rome. He explained that he was once a newspaper corres pondent in Italy and that during the war he spent five months behind the lines as an intelligence agent for the Office of Strategic Serv ices (OSS). As tactfully as possible, 1 mentioned what the lady had said about his being a better writer than a spy. "Actually I was a very good spy," Tompkins said. "This criticism comes from people who have never been spies themselves. They have fixed notions about how a spy should operate. "If a spy doesn't behave in the traditional manner the non-spies sneer at him even if he had excellent results." I asked Tompkins what he was supposed to have done wrong. "For one thing, I kept a diary," he said. "That is con sidered bad form. Traditional ly, a spy writes everything on a tiny slip of paper so that if he gets caught he can swallow it. "What else did you do?" I asked. "I kept copies of the dally Intelligence report s.'' he said. "Couldn't have man aged without them, A spy who destroys everything is likely to get hopelessly con fused." "Anything else?" I said. "There was a feeling back in headquarters that spies should get their information from the people we had been fighting against," Tompkins said. "I took the position that the people who had been fighting on our side were likely to be more reliable." Tompkins insisted that his unorthodox methods paid off, and for all I know they did. But he certainly shattered my illusions about spying. During the entire five months, he never once wore a cloak or carried a dagger. Population Rise Is Ahead of Hospitals I New York - lUPn - Since 1946, the increase in hospital beds in the United States has not kept pace with the rise in population, the Health Infor mation foundation reports. ; Population growth has' been 28.5 per cent while hospital beds (a hospital's way of rating patient capacity) have increased only 15.5 per cent. Tfchprp f Tf.Q hprp f Tt'q nmiztnl rlpnrf 1 1 i r -- i , mm nr-nw mm mr.rin in the bright green bottle! If ; " It m Tingling... refreshing... ' dv It IS Perfectlli3ht- , . T- - I Pepsi- NpSk tl 0 - ,f I Company ff1 1 oo , .-77 makes this Wt4Sir 'VJ - 4 new soft v;4r'l o . ' J drink- Vf that so S '- v - X - A " ' r tsso GRASS CATCHER GAS CAN & EXTRA BLADE $8.90 Valttt FDCG With the purchase of lawn-Boy Grass Catcher Mower Model 5230, 7251, 8220. Limited Time Only! HAWAIIAN PUNCH 46-oz. Cans 7 M 'Hii f I RCA Viifw Cahvr Mmv Prices Effective Thyrs., Fri. and Sat. Limit Rights Reserved LOTS OF FREE PARKING Shop And Save At Central Point's Most Complete Shopping Center New Jjiagara Spray Starch with SL-32 c maglo ironing aid 5tC Iti Mail kr i mm mm umm. RIIISO BLUE 49e '"il l yt Giant Size Box Mom's Best Egg Noodles and Beef ' And Beef 'n Potatoes Mb. Cans 451 00 Staley's Pancake and Waffle Syrup 1-faJ. Cm H39 itaoi Fifties 1 Nwuai Borden's CHEESE SLICES 8 Slice Package Pine Isle Sliced PINEAPPLE No. 2 Can in Heart Syrup 00 4:1 Carnation insTAm niin SIZI 5. r zrmff POTATOES Ne.2 tO ! 3f r o f HiMI.H y - M I Sveet, Fresh u Crisp, Tender k Medium Yellow COQrJ Carrots i ttm$ ft -4 jit '10cf3 i29e i"ii)" "i""""" Lmi ZUCGW ASH , . . -2 : 29' PDTTwlD EV rt?il XOuA BOTTLING 0 MECO-D UNDt" APPOINTMENT CEPSI-COLA COWANY, KW YOK, N.Y. o o 8
