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History from th files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
ind 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 14, 1952 (Thursday)
Sheldon Sackett, publisher
of the Coos Bay Times and
owner of three radio stations,
announces he plans to file for
television outlet in Medford.
Call letters will be KMTV,
Channel 4, V11F.
W. B. Tucker, Jackson coun
ty agriculture agent, has been
designated clerk of the Paci
fic International Hereford
show to be held Oct. 4-11 in
Portland.
20 YEAHS AGO
Aug. 14, 1942 (Fridny)
i.-f ;,au.H tnnnn civilians
attend reactivation ceremon-
Irs for 91st division at Camp
White; division selects "Pow
der River Lei 'er Buck" as
battle cry.
From Arthur Perry's "Yp
Smudge Pot," column: "The
wood for fuel situation Is be
coming so acute in this gen
eral area, it is feared there
will be no woodpiles for kids
to tip over come Halloween
and politicians will have to
quit alleging there is a color
ed gentleman in one of them. '
30 YEAR3AGO
Aug. 14. 1932 (Sunday)
John Douglas perry. iiogue
River, is chosen by the Modi-1
BrtaTTcl
Britain io tonnuLi spiu.il
SCttlCO HI III!" ililiiv in.Ti.i -,
tute tor ivionicai ncsoaicii.
An extensive remodeling
program begins at the Med
ford hotel.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 14. 1922 (Monday)
President Harding angered,
lifts embargo on Southern Pa
cific freight shipments; local
fruit men acain allowed to ,
ship to canneries in Salem and !
California I
L
SO YEARS AGO I
A7,1,4i9121W!,dne,1,V,,, ;
Ashland men object to the,
building of a new near Creek !
nrioge in nieoioia aim an-
nounee ...a u.e.v may sue , .ro,,.,,.,, ( '. , ,Sf.
contractor fur removing llie;
old bridge without approval, j
The Elk Creek hatchery an- i
nounces that more than 10'
million salmon eggs, 1 1 mil
lion rainbow troul eggs and
lOO.ntK) cullhroal trout eggs
were hatched and liberated m
Ihe Rogue river this year.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct it superior;
even or eight it eicellcnt; five or
lis ii good.
1. Is Fictz-Monn a method
nf making steel pipe, con
crete, cheese or fencing?
2. Is the use of private au
tomobiles prohibited in Ber
muda' 3. Wellington is most fa
mous for his victory where.'
4. Beaufort's scale indi
cates the temperature of the
atmosphere, weight of pre-'.,
iht of pre-',,
strenslh of
einus stooes or strensth of
wind''
5. What is the name for the
greal vein in Ihe neck'
8. What is Thespian signifi
cant of?
7. How do Manx eats dif
fer from other eats"
8. The. motto, "mountain
errs are always free" belongs
lo which state, known as the
'Coal Bin of Ihe World?"
!) What is the plural of cup
full" 10. Is the Amazon river in
Africa, South America. Eu
rope, or Asia"
Answers: 1. Pipe. 2. No.
3. Waterloo. 4. Strength ol
wind. 5. Jugular vein, 6. Ac
fori. 1. They have no tails,
t. West Virginia. 9. Cupfulls.
10. South America.
TUESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1982
Moore Hamilton
In every community
more of themselves into public service than any
one needs to expect.
These are the ones who give of themselves for
the public welfare, expecting in return only the
reward that comes with knowing one has done
one's part and a good bit more.
Such a man was Moore Hamilton, who died
Saturday at the untimely age of 58.
Newsman, legislator, postmaster, civic work
er, father, friend; Moore Hamilton was all of
these and a good bit more.
"THE work done, usually quietly and without
fanfare, by men such as Moore Hamilton, is
often too little noted, but it is what makes a com
munity more than just an assembly of people.
Both by public service and by example, the
Moore Hamiltons of the world provide the ce
ment that holds society together men of good
will whose unassuming friendliness is the leaven
in a world far too often bleak and humorless.
Medford has lost a citizen, friend, and public
servant of the first rank E.A.
How High Is Up?
How high is up?
The old children's riddle takes on new mean
ing in these early days of space exploration.
Actually, for centuries the common law, based
on Roman and medieval precedent, has held that
a man's ownership of property extends into the
space above it without
mi . .1
l nat was line, in tne ciays wnen tne oniy cus-;
mites tn arise mil. nf this theorv would involve I
such things as the ownership of apples on branch
es bending over a property line.
TODAY, with space hardware whirling around
the earth in increasing numbers, "ownership"
of space takes on a different aspect.
Maritime law has held, variously, that a three
mile limit, or a twelve-mile limit, are the boun-
i , 1
uauua ui iitiiniiicii wvci
yet established a three-mile, or 100-mile, or what-
ever, limit in the ocean ol space.
As a matter of fact, mankind is still muddled
in his thinking as to space age nomenclature. We
refer glibly to "outer space," when in reality
what we are talking about is barely the edge of
earth's atmosphere. We have not yet stretched
our minds sufficiently to grasp the immensity of
space within our own solar system, let alone inter-
ptclkll
or inter-galactic space. b.A.
Coast vs.
Would yOll travel a
to see some ol the most spectacular coastline in
the world? Yes.
Would you travel a couple of hundred miles
to see a highway lined with billboards? No.
That in essence is the crux of a dispute down
along the Oregon coast, where the new Scenic
Area Commission has proposed to establish sce
nic strins to preserve some of Oretron's most
be.ultjfu, views frQm billboiircl encroachment.
Some of the area's businessmen, however, are!1? " f.
V, sight, brain or hands and feet,
ujijiudi. u tu ruui Clll WlUV.1,
, ,,... , u.,.,.i. thorn mrmirvl:i v
TPIIEIR opposition is,
the best interests of
you and me and the tourists but also against 1
their own best interests.
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When we uo to the coast it is to emoy Nature s
lullull WOl K, 1101 inai Ol I
side tile retaliations still permit sufficient ad-
.: 1 -Hi i . ir : .1 .1..
Vt'l-tismtf billboards to publicize the area S atti ac-
tions and the tolll ist Service enterprises.
It SOUllds to US as though the !rO-ljiltl)();ircl
, . . , i 1 .
ad vocates along the coast are simply begging to
nave men llOSf'S Clll Oil
. . .
I'OUl'ageilieiU It) CMaiiUM!
save the SCelllM'V. lvA.
EI
A motion picture entitled "El Cid" will be
shown in Medford starting this week. It was our
mixed pleasure and pain to have seen it a month
ago in Portland.
It is one of the finest films we have ever seen.
It is one of the worst films we have ever seen.
The pageantry, the costuming, the musical
sound track, the sccnerv. the battles, the color
all these are outstanding, ami are as stimulating
as anything vou are apt to see in manv a long
hour of llollywoo.l-produeed dreariness: '
ticulailv the dialogue,
. ,- , " I
r- i i -.ill'" l,,u anrnui'll l.i ine ms
l'10 f"la' -'l'". 1U)l "'' 111 eXCIUCUltingly bad ones. We are loath to re-
U1L 1 mal SCCUC, al f 1UU tllll.V 111 CXC1 UCiaUllg IV O.tll
taste, hut are so corny as
real as to he outrageous,
he grotesque.
If your mental screening eipapment is up to
the task of filtering out the
ing the breathtaking spectacle, it mav be that vou
u-i'll nninv I In. film ' '
r.. .. l i : ... l .. l.
bin oe cauiimicu anoiu uie iinai scene, w neie
a dead-as-a-tloornail Cid, propped up and strap-
, . i i i ii . ,i .
ped to a horse, smgle-handly routes the enemy
hordes and then gallops back to the castle where
his dewev-evetl w ife awaits. The dawning sun
, '. ,.. . , .
casis in i i nun mi mini
light, a halo of sanctity, a spiritual promisf
immortality.
We almost lost our dinner. E.A.
there are men who put
limit.
l I .1 1 1
i. tj i i
cignty. jjlu nu unt naa
Billboards
COliplc of hundred miles
(Hill U V j.l UL1. c-mi,!; Ultll.
to us, not only tii Inst
the travelling public
OSUT aim lVUMSei . i('-!
lO spile UK'll laces. 1 lie
c , , ,,lv,,n ;
. . . i , i
till' iiiiLt'CLi
Ml iM mm
Cid
however, and the acting, anil par-
and most particularly"'1'1, ','!"" fa""lv
i. i lin ' altenlion t.
to he laughable, so un
and so contrived as to
evewash while absorb
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;i gificmng nimuie in
(if
)
"I Love My Wife,
COMMUNICATIONS
tellers to the Editor must bear the
although under certain circumstances
for publication is permissible. The
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is oftoi the case.
Making a Choice
To the Editor: As I flipped
the switch of the radio yester
day morning a syrupy sweet
female voice that would
curdle your morning coffee
greeted me on the Sherri Fink
guvwu mi. un i
bine abortion case. The female
went " to say she would
take the chance thus proving
beyond a doubt the brain and
voice went together
Much has hrpn said nn Ihe !
topic both by the supposedly i
learned psychologist and by j
the religious fanatic who
always willing to jump on the
bandwagon, no doubt the same
ones that objected to the use
of sedation in childbirth.
hi scuauuii in coin
Those who have walked in the
shadows and have had chii
dren born blind, crippled or
retarded, know the answer
deep within their own hearts.
I know for I have walked in
the land of shadows with them
as they made their heart
breaking decisions to place
their child in that so-called
home for retarded children. I
have gone to surgery nine
times with a little boy who
was fighting for his sight, only
to lose the battle after all. I
know a woman who is unfor
tunate enough to have a fun
dus infection on her face,
inds and feet and I have
atched People slare and
whisper as she passed, for you
see civilization is a thin ve
neer and a very thin one al
thai.
Nothing is as beautiful in
all this world as a baby with
ten tiny little fingers that hold
sn tightly, and ten tiny toes.
This liny bundle from heaven
is a never ceasing miracle.
Nothing on earth is harrier to
bear than the sight of a tiny
baby deformed and destined
helpless. Yes. I know Stein-
metz was a hunchback, but
Steinmetz had hands, feet, and
-tiirt'V-i"'i
ju' , die
brain, and I don't think he
chosen this if he
choice to make. The
religious fanatic claims that
fl',us h;'s lifc;.,T'le"' may
tell me. why a still born per-
f,. i,,,bv has its own little
pun in every cemetery and is ;
n, vcr hurieri near a child or I
adult that has lived ' For those I
; who have had the misfortune :
' t have children who are
i1'''11'1. retif-cl or molfnrnn-cl. ;
; "ie sun will never be quite
! as bum f,. n.m. T,.,t(. pilt i
answers, mil each in ms own
llean would laee me met it
be had to make the choice
knowingly
to bear such a
answer would be
child. The
no, that is. unless you are
planning on opening a freak
show.
(Name nn File)
Pioneers and Posterity
To the Editor The recent
Pioneer Celebration at Jack
sonville called to mind some
thoughts on how nuieh import
ance some people attach to
their relation to noted an
cestors. Will Rogers was reported
to have said. "The trouble
with family trees is tliev are
: like potatoes, the best part
is underground " I would like
fiXu'lX
unci mirlHlr iisn iim-c atA Aie.
cant the little teii.ms And so.
we like
ones. We are loath
member that some branehes
have boroe nuts instead of
peaches, or we i:lnss over toe
rough spots
In recent stu.des in Ameri
can gcnralngv I found thai
Squire Boone came to IVnn-
syivama about
oldlT brother
17 IK witli an
and sister.
v .-m. i" m a-
ItllltlKe ...,l ... ....... J ... J II. .......
pines of ins son. n.miet. are
n,"",'l'lHI! 11,11 httie is s.ud
of his brothers and sisters
somi, w,.,h. ,,, lnil
lrs spectacui.w
A1-' ' '"" " interesting
item in a church record. It
appears thai Sonne Boone
was reprimanded hv die
Church and pum.-.ie.t by tiie
Council tor a nusrienif anor in
connection w ith a wine deal
But, Oh You Kid!"
name and address of the writer,
the use of a pen name or initial
Mail Tribune reserves the right to
No. he was not bootlegging.
The wine deal was legal. But
Squire was a little outreacn
ing and his customers were
thirsty. Squire upped I he
price a few pence above the
going rate. I wonder what our
pioneers would do with the
modern price uppers, liberal
spenders and inflationists.
No. our noted ancestor was
not a bootlegger. But this
brings us back to the potato
Pi,teh where we are reminded
tnat even the big ones usually
need a little washing to be
marie presentable.
If we Americans would re
member that the golden head
ed gods we worship have feci
of clay we would not be so
easily led astray by the glow
ing promises and schemes of
those who clamor for our sup
porting votes.
A few years ago we at
tended a Chautaqua series in
an Oregon city not too many
I miles from here. One of the
most interesting numbers was
an address by a brilliant Chi
nese gentleman name Ng Png
Chu. We will have more about
him lalcr. I hope. That word
limit. Rah.
L. G. Weaver,
301 Haven st.,
Medford.
Dogs and Cats
To Ihe Editor: What has
happened to the time when
a dog was man's best friend?
Nowadays dogs are the
nearest neighbor's worst en
emy. A dog is a fine animal
if you'll keep him home where
he belongs.
The woes I've suffered from
cats and dogs no tongue can I
tell my blood pressure boils !
every time 1 think of these
mangy curs. I can t stop think
ing about them as the people
won't keep them home.
Although I am not an ama
turc, these public nuisances a
person has to put up with on
one's own property, makes
nie swear fearfully.
Cats and dogs have caused
a poisionous hate filling my
heart with revenge when I
sec them coming toward my
house, their tongues hanging
out and panting like they hart
come miles just to reach my
property. I hope tliev bring
along with them their' funeral
contractors for 1 have a thun-
di-rinu lender when 1 see
them arriving
rhe do(,s .imc jlis( to do
dirty work and scratch up my
fmvc
bed.s. The eats come
at night and do their courting
under my windows.
Makes me sic'- to see peo
ple mauling all over these
meanaeing. public nuisances
with idolatry love, baby tnlk
ine. rubbing noses and kiss
iog behind their ears all the
while they arc breathing the
staunchy. seenty. breath of
lliese flea bearing animal
Some of
these nice people
even eat al trie same
al the same table
willi their beautiful flufty
eat. or their liille lap rianc
ing dog. spending precious
hours watching every move,
they make wtlh ooh's and
aah's. What do they hope to
accomplish'.'
I'm with Pearl of Jackson
ville. I'd rather collect horse
manure. It at least serves
some purpose.
E, Dvkes
!' O. Box 53
Eagle Point. Ore.
Aladdin's Magical Lamp
l'o the Editor We w ish to
rail attention to the Souvenir
Brochure of the J;u ksoriv ille
(.old Hush Jubilee spi-iisio'ed
by the l.ions etun Appe.i' ing
on the hack cover is an em
line map showing le.nlie.g
highways marked with cities
ami tow ns o! tile county What
appealed to us was the gold
pan as a teeptaeie at Jackson
ville, the lat-'e circle as the
handle at Medlord; top center
outline at Central Toint; vvrh
a long poinud shaetd spout
(or (..old Hit, The (our iMie
represent the r:U:rt out'.int'
ot l!ir iiMru'Ti; s .tn'.iqur t il
lit nip with throe b'-ro.i(i a '!
hudm: to buried troftirc nt
the b.ie of Aladdin j nai:
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
European
Setback, But Have Not Been Abandoned
By K. C. THALER
United Prest International
London -IUPH- The ambi
tious plan for sweeping Euro
pean unification has suffered
a severe setback. But it has
not been abandoned.
Britain, rebuked by her
European allies earlier this
month, has swallowed her
pride. The Conservative gov
ernment of Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan has decid
ed to resume negotiations for
entry into the Common Mar
ket next fall.
Her intention remains to
secure membership in the six
member European alignment
of France, West Germany,
Italy, Belgium, the Nether
lands and Luxembourg, while
staill maintaining her special
ties with the' commonwealth.
The United States strongly
favors an integrated Europe,
with Britain as a part of it.
If the plan comes off, Eu
rope would represent a uni
fied market of more than 200
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c Field Enterprises Inc.
MOTIVES
Why do people enter cer
tain professions or occupa
tions? Sometimes because of
1 o v e - b u t
i" 1 sometimes, I
V I Jin forced to
yi to think, for
? less worthy
motives.
-. I remember
.'I an intern in a
- . hospital some
J years ago told
mn that lio
-iiv-
turi nearly flunk
ed his oral exams. One of the
standard questions the board
asked him was, "Why did you
decide to become a doctor?"
He knew that the official
answer had something to do
with "service toward human
ity" and all that sort of cant;
but, drawing a deep breath,
he decided to be perfectly can
did, and replied
Because
I'm short, and I want people
to look up to me."
It was a close thing, he
told me; ihe examiners were
puzzled, hurt and shocked -and
he squeaked by only af
ter reassuring them that his
motives included loftier
ones as well. Yet there can
be no doubt that the desire
to play God is a strong fac
tor in making such a decis
ion. I am convinced that a dis
like and contempt of wom
en prompts a certain type
of man to become a dress
designer. Much of women's
fashions seem almost a con
spiracy against their femi
ninity, a way of humiliating
them and making them pay
through the nose for the ex
perience. And it seems evident that
a lot of what passes for
"Style" is a ruthless and
purposeful exploitation of
the women's masochistic de
sires; else why would so
many women rush to don
ridiculous ar.d unilaitering
costumes? It is impossible
to threaten or bludgeon a
man into wearing clothes
he deems either uncomfort
able or unfitting to his mas
culinity. With a few exceptions,
however, male designers of
women's clothes seem to be
expressing their repugnance
for the female shape. And tiie
fashion models employed by
t h e m are scarecrow carica
tures of women, with no hips,
no breasts, no buttocks. They
arc simply animated wire
hangers.
Looking through a maga-
7inf tlln filh.-.r .J-,.- tn f-,t I I
u-i sir-,.,1.- h,. ;,' ,i. .-. '.
n1rnl for !l1' telephone com-
h""-. i'his a jnnng worn
an cavorting on the beach
with her children. What slop
ped me was just the natural
ness of the woman - she was
half-turned toward us. mri
she actually had a broad rear
end. like most women who
have borne children. This was
the first model I had seen in
years who resenibeld a real
person.
In my ou n profession, also,
it seems clear to mi. that the
people who become critics
are the most critical-minded;
ihey seek tile job not so much
because they love lhe an as
because they hav e an analytic
and destructive turn of mind.
and enjoy playing indue, jury
and exerutmner. Having been
a orama critic for 15 years. I
i" not rxemp in. self from
t h i s bar-h uidgmen!; but.
knwtng it. 1 try tn temper
it in practice j
sonviitf .
Orr.
ier by
rs h.Jvo
stares '
a P'.c-
nhsmed s.i:r.t- (
Anuvay. ir : t p!
U: Sown F.e
McdM:d
Unificaton
million people - an incompar
ably better match for Russia
than in her divided state and,
together with the United
States, a powerful barrier
against the Reds.
But whether the plan will
come off now remains a big
ger question mark than ever.
France is the chief oppon
ent, obstensibly for economic
reasons, fearing that once the
door is opened to Common
wealth produce her own Euro
pean agricultural markets
would be swamped.
But political considerations
seem an equally powerful
reason behind France's tough
ening stand.
President Charles de Gaulle
to all appearances dreams of
a Europe led by a revitalized
France, strong enough to
stand on its own feet inde
pendent of the United States.
He is believed to consider
Britain a dangerous challeng
er to French leadership, once
she is a member of the Euro
pean club.
With Britain in Europe he
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Soviet Russia has put its
third and fourth man into
space.
A Moscow dispatch says:
"Some experts here have in
dicated that they might stav
up for a WEEK OR MORE if
all goes well."
We're all hoping. I'm sure,
that all will go well. Not only
are we concerned with the
welfare of the cosmonauts. If
men can stay out in space for
a week and come back safe
and sound, it will go a long
way toward proving that men
can stay out in space LONG
ER perhaps long enough
to reach other planets and
COME BACK to tell the tale.
rPHE first launching had a
curious accompaniment.
A few hours after the Rus
sian cosmonaut had taken off
on his momentous journey,
the Soviet government issued
an OFFICIAL appeal to t h e
United States "not to jeopar-
: tlize the safety" of the Russian
spaceman by any high altitude
nuclear tests.
The U. S. government had
already announced, some time:'""'1 "", " V fc!
that it would make no
high altitude nuclear tests
without giving the world a
warning at least four days in
advance of the test. II is ap
parent to anyone that the
United States could make no
worse blunder than to fire off
a high altitude nuclear mis
sile while the Russian cosmo
naut was in orbit.
A blooper like that would
lose us the sympathy of the
ENTIRE WORLD. The Krem
lin must know that under no
circumstances could we afford
to do such a thing.
CO-
Why the appeal?
I suppose the answer is that
nobody knows why commu
nists do the things they do.
CPEAKING of weird propos-
al
they aren't confined
I., ii.. n
,r .,', ', ' : ! Vandenberg sprawls for thou-
.nVuTPa7chaLhd;si,nds of ac.rcs. .
ington
The U n i t e d S t a t e , ha, I IT,.POES NO,T' at firsl' '""k
limit-In a n,j 7 . ,
elevilion nu.Prtab
hopes, will help to brine edu-
cation lo under H,inj
countries The rii,t, ,.r
the project is the Agency for!
International nrvrl.inmeni. I
which signed a contract in i
June for the sets
Last week. Dr. Gerald F.
Winfielri. chief of the organi
zation's communications re
sources division, described the
project to a house of repre-
senlatives subcommittee. He
told the committee's members
"'at in 80 countries now
ceiving U. S. foreign aid there
arc 250 million children not
in schools and 500 million
adults.
The objective of the educa
tional television plan, he ex
plained, is to teach these peo
ple agricultural methods,
home-making and other sub
jects designed to raise their
standard nf living, They
would learn all this-, he said,
by watching their TV sets.
THE members of the subcom-
mittce took a dim view of
the proieet. One of them point
ed out that in these countries
there is an acute shortage of
electricity. Without el
ectrici-
ty. lie asked, how- would these
people be able to make use
of their television sets
Dr. Winfield had an answer.
The sets, he s u g e e s t e ri.
coci.d be powered by
little children p l a y
1 n c. on merry- g o-
rounds:
VT THIS point. Rep. Tortcr
Harriv -hairman nf lb,
Hardy, chairman of the
subcommittee, broke in to say
"That's the biggest piece of
foolishness I've seen in my
time '
I ir sure we can all acrec
with him
Plans Suffer Bad
apparently feels the United
States also would retain its in
fluence on the continent. Brit
ain is a firm backer of NATO
and of the Atlantic alignment
with the United States.
This is why some diploma
tic observers fear Britain's
chances for entry into the
Common Market remain slender.
Matter of Fact
Icl New York Herald
By DAVID WISE
Joseph Alsop is on vaca
tion. During his absence his
column will be written by
reporters expert in national
and international affairs.)
THE BELL OF HIROSHIMA
Washington - In Hiroshima
a few davs ago. a girl named
Junko Matsuoka tolled the
"peace bell" during ceremon
ies reminding the world of
another day in August 17 sum
mers ago.
The atomic age is the only
one Miss Matsuoka has
known, for she was but a few
months old when the flames
and horror came and took the
lives of her parents and 78,
000 others. During the recent
ceremonies at Hiroshima, the
names of those who have died
in the past year from the ef-
fects of that blast 17 years
agu were piaceu iiisiue a sioot- j
memorial arch. There were j
125 names on the list.
Not unrelated to the tolling
of the bell in Hiroshima was
the explosion by the Soviet
Union of an atomic weapon on
the island of Novaya Zemlya,
the start of a new lest scries.
The first blast was estimated
at equal to 40 million tons of
TNT. The bomb that exploded
in Hiroshima was equal to 20
thousand tons.
In Geneva, this August, the
lost-ban negotiators for East
and West are sparring again,
as they have since 1958. They
have hot made much progress.
On Johnston Island, the Unit
ed Slates is repairing a
uiuncoing pan inai may DeimniH Ho h..riiir,n
used to set off a high-altitude
nuclear blast.
A a unci- .u I i .
GAINST this background,
.1 might be an appropriate
Miss Matsuoka's parents was
dropped by a lumbering plane
called the "Enola Gay." To.
day, both sides have missiles.
Yet, 'a missile in the ab
stract does not mean much. It
must be seen to be believed. A
TV screen fails to convey its
awsomeness. But how many
people have ever actuanv
SEEN an intercontinental bal
listic missile?
Last spring, on a trip to
California, those of us who
cover Ihe White House had a
chance to see the latest and
best in United States missiles,
during a tour by President
Kennedy of Vandenberg Air
Force base.
It was late in the after
noon when we arrived, and
the sun was hanging low over
the Pacific. The sky was clear,
and the sparkling water
lilnrinrt acajou the chnrn
iThoro iw nu r..i
i "' ""'"
j line a missiic oase. 1 lie un-
eJduIaUng srcc hm. r0 gcnt.
I ly upward from the sea. al -
uniiinoi uees. ii migni'.'vrai sea at i.vura lam.
! be a l-olf course, or an Eng-
11 ntd,"-c-rePl 'r- nere
a,ld hcrc- a R'impse of a
strange-looking blockhouse, a New York. Chicago and Dc
slab of concrete, or a gantry j troit. and its men, women and
which give the place an un- children.
earthly feeling, as it an out- That is Ihe measure of how
sider had suddenly landed on far man has progressed in tha
the moon. j vear of our Lord, 1962. There-
The visit began with the fir-
inS of an Atlas missile lor the
resident. The voice of the
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
4 TYPEWRITER concern received this unusual complain!
- recently: "Gentlemen: Several bays ago I dought one ol
your poruicne typewriters. As
"D' are interchangeb. 1
I was very calm about this
I at first, dm the longer !
I tneb to type with it. the
! mabber I got. If you
1 bon't bo something adout
, this bamn machine quick.
I am going to dring it to
your heabquarters. dash
bovvn your Presibcnt's
boor, and bump it on his
confounbeb besk.'
c'
who has genius for feii.l- P -n
ing with six cntus. eight
stars, ami eleven authors anl ttireetnis at the same time, iri
siste't that one number in a neve mumcal tiv .ng out m Boston b
(l.mmateil forthwith. "It s awful." he ne-l The ii iti-nr n,i .
. Pr disagree... " think." Ihey .tare.) nr.; ; , the funniest
. number in the show." Finally, the pro.) a er aiie-.ved in-m rr
; leave t!i number in w hen the snow- mme.t on to rhilsdeiphii.
i "18 USt to shut vou un ' he evnla r.l "Ti.. , .1 -
, . - ' - - l''!..'!!1 II ."'III.
lauch once
But the a-i-t;enre DID laugh. In fact, it ill but fell in th- a;s.
The nu'.ncr rushed trumrhant.y to the producer wi rien-.r.""!,
' Po you hear then howling? The producer can.e up -.
J'.epp-r ef t!-e month. H- gruv.KM. - Trey don't n,-ar. it." "
C 1X3. Seonftt Cerf. DutrlSuted by Kir.c rtur Synii-tt
The pause may help to clar
ify and smooth things. But
there are those who fear that
existing divisions may in
fact become deeper, with
France trying to sway the oth
er members and to raise the
price for British membership
beyond what Britain can af-
I ford to pay.
By Joseph Alsop
Triiiune Syndicate
man giving the countdown
floated downwind so that ha
could be clearly heard.
"Three-two - one - blastoff-'1
The huge missile, bigger than
I a lucuiiiuuve, wiucu oaa only
la second be.-ure stood gleam
ling like a silver bullet in ths
sun, belched flame and slow-
! ly roared upward. It arched
jout to sea, overhead, spewing
white fire and then was gone.
Moments later, the Air Force
announced that the Atlas had
landed on target, thousands of
miles away, near the Pacific
island of kwajelein
But only when we had gone
! further, to a windy hilltop
overlooking the sea, did tha
meaning of Vandenherg be
come clear. There, we wera
permitted to inspect the silos
that house the Minutuman, s
solid-fuel, second generation
j ,CBM ( which js L.onsidered al
most invulnerable because it
rises from the ground s Pola
ris rises from the sea.
rPHE missilemcn, the n e w
- elite corps of the Air
Force, were there - blue-uniformed
colonels in hard,
white hats. They explained
that Minulcmen were being
installed in similar under
ground silos at bases all over
!the country.
The silo, really a monster
hole in the ground, a giant
gun barrel embedded in the
earth, looked to be 20 feet
across. Its yawning mouth was
like no other sight in this
world. For out of its jaws
tain of metai tipped with an
a(omjc warncad , ,5 min.
utcs' more or lcss. il could
land in Kicv, Leningrad, or
MoscoWi to snufr out lhe ljve3
of perhaps a million men,
women, and children
After that we saw the Tilan
complex. Titans, like Minute
men, are buried below tha
ground. They musl be elevat
ed to be fired. The double
doors of the great concrete
hatches open slowly, and tha
missile rises between them,
reaching for the heavens. In
; front of the blockhouse, clean
cut young technicians in spot
less white coveralls lined up
for inspection. They might
have been working at the cor
ner service station, except
that they were the firing
team for an ICBM.
AS THE SUN slipped lower
into the ocean and the
light faded into dusk, the
wind grew cold and cut
through to the bone. But it
Was no more chilling than tha
experience of an afternoon at
Vandenberg.
There is onlv one thing
even more horrendous than
!"ar t lhe ,bla rwlhof
la M'nuteman silo. That is tha
' knowledge that they are ab-
solute v ncccssarv.
. forsomewhere in the vast
.Russian heartland, east of tha
WW
'know, and elsewhere, there
are Soviet bases with similar
missiles poised to destroy
fore, ask not for whom tha
' bell tolls in August at Hiro-
:shima.
Stop
you can
see, the "B" and tha
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