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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the tiles of Thii
Mail Tribun. 10, 20. 30. 40
and 50 vears ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 29, 1952 (Friday)
Some of the names on peti
tions for the nomination of
Gene R. Brantley, 338 Mae st.,
as an Independent candidate
for county Judge, were forged,
according to district attorney
Paul Haviland. .
Mrs. Joe O. Killingsworth,
.. - j ., inni Medford.
awarded grand prize of $10,-
010 in recent cumrai
sored by the Wesson Oil and
Snowdrift Sales company.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 29. 1942 (Saturday)
Jury is empaneled to In
spect the areas Involved in
condemnation proceedings in
volving land near Camp
White. , ,
From Arthur Perry s "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
cooks of the Eagle Point
Grange stuffed a platoon of
Camp White soldiers full of
fried chicken and pumpkin
pie vcslerdav and their own
menfolks had to eat with the
kids at the second table.",
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 29, 1932 (Monday)
City council votes to spend
$2,000 for repairs to old city
hall "to fix it like it was be
fore wc moved in;" plans
made to move into old court
house at Sixth and Central,
which is to be vacated tomor
row. Mr. and Mrs. S. Childers,
531 Spencer si., observe 00th
wedding anniversary.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 29. 1922 (Tuesday)
State Highway Engineer
Herbert Nuiin admits com
nhiints aoainst Medford-Agatc
rd. are legitimate but adds
that new road will be one of
state's best dirt roads when
newness wears off.
Gov. Ben Olcott and many
stale officials arrive in Mod
ford en route to Crater Lake
and eastern Oregon.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 29. 1912 (Thursday)
Equal suffragists plan rally
picnic at Ashland Chatauqua.
Must popular superstitions
Indicate long, hard and wet
winter this year.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina or ten correct It superior;
taven or eight it excellent; five or
fix il good.
1. In communication ter
minology, what is a P.B.X.?
2. Is the Secretnry of the
Navy, or Chief of Naval Oper
ations (Naval Officer) the com
mander in chief ot the Navy?
3. What is t lie simplest for
mula for finding the total sur
face area of a cube?
4. What is the prevailing re
ligion in Pakistan?
5. Is the carotid artery In
the arm. neck, or thigh?
H. Is Percheron a name of
breed of rattle, swine, horses,
or sheep?
7. Lake Mead is the lake
formed behind what great
dam?
8. Aluminum is the most
abundant metallic element in
the earth; true or false?
0. Supply the name of an
animal in the phrase, "The
March ?
10. Do you connect the
name Henry Mancini with
baseball, painting, music or
golf?
Aniweri: 1. Privala branch
exchange (telephone switch
board). 2. Neither, !h preil
denl, 3. Square on aide and
multiply by six, 4. Mohamme
daniim. 5. Neck. 6. Horses.
7. Boulder or Hoovar dam.
8. Trua. 9. Har. 10. Music.
I nO NEWSPAPER
Downtown
The editorial in this
ed by u.H.B., aroused a certain amount ol ani
mated controversy.
Three (at last count) downtown merchants
cancelled their advertising in the Mail Tribune.
G.H.B. was completely overwhelmed when, on
Monday, a bouquet of purple roses was de
livered to him in congratulations on the editorial.
Various members of the staff heard the piece
roundly damned and strongly acclaimed.
The editorial itself, for those who missed it,
offered certain criticisms of Medford's downtown
merchants as a group (without, perhaps wrongly,
pointing out that there are obvious exceptions),
and then offering what was hoped were construc
tive suggestions.
IT IS a fact that some downtown merchants,
perhaps many, are in difficulty. These diffi
culties stem from many things (and among them
is the fact that rents in the area, in some cases,
are far too high to be justified).
There are other reasons, however, and the
same pattern is showing
community throughout the nation.
Sunday's editorial might also have pointed out
that the merchants have, in some instances, done
exactly what G.H.B. suggested in the way of
parking space (Park & Shop has proven quite
successful here), of store modernization, of ag
gressive merchandising, of training efficient and
courteous staffs.
But you can't tell the whole story in one
editorial, and that piece was designed to make a
point namely, that a combination of coopera
tion, self-help, and imagination among the mer
chants themselves can solve practically any prob
lem they have.
MOW the fact is that everyone in Jackson coun-
' ty has a stake m the welfare of downtown.
The Mail Tribune, more than most, shares in this
stake. And when we offer criticisms-it is because
we are concerned, and hopeful that more-or-less
detached suggestions will prove helpful in the
long run, however hurtful they may be at the
moment.
We think that Medford is a splendid town,
that it is in no immediate
to blight and decadence, that it is going to grow
and prosper.
But there are definite signs, as Mayor Snider
remarked, that it is in a period of transition.
There are, no question about it, vacant stores.
There are, no question about it, discomforting
signs.
"THE immediate question is whether the down-
town merchants (and landlords) should seek
help from the city itself, in the way of off-street
parking, or relief from provisions of the fire code.
The long-range question is what they are go
incr to do for themselves, for no citv is coiner to
subsidize any considerable segment of its busi
ness community indefinitely.
We see these encouraging signs :
The tree program, which is now beginning
to pay big dividends in attractiveness.
the imaginative use
awnings in two places, which makes shopping so
much pleasanter.
The forthcoming sidewalk sale, which, if it
offers genuine bargains, will do much to restore
confidence in the area.
The spread, and use, of Park & Shop.
Finally and perhaps most important of:
all the fact that such violent reaction set in to!
G.H.B.'s editorial, which means that people arel
thinking; and if people think and then act, things
get done.
THE same ferment is
T Mnl'tVl l?,i,l (
All 111 I'lJilll, CCl I II III lllU 1 1 I t. I V. llCtllto
have gone to the city council and gotten them to
abolish parking meters as several letters to the
editor here have suggested. (The same has been
done in the Hollywood district of east Portland;
Roseburg is removing many meters, and Myrtle
Point recently removed all on its streets.)
Une and two hour parking zones will be sub
stituted for the meters.
ponce in the course of their regular duties, but
no special meter officers will be employed.
The merchants, themselves, will provide ad
ditional off-street parking areas. A committee
has proposed merchants assess themselves $1
per employee per month for this.
piIE Bend Bulletin comments:
"The biggest argument In favor ot meters has not
been revenue produced, but rather thai they keep
downtown employees and merchants from hogging
parking spots.
"But policing these 'all-day' parkcis would not
seem to be too difficult a task.
"Bend has a reputation as a very hospitable
town . . . But, with the rerouting of U.S. 97 on Third
Street instead of the downtown area iMedford renders
make It 'U.S. fill on the freeway viaduct' Instead of
the downtown area), Bend must strengthen this reputa
tion if it Is to continue to woo tourists at the present
rate.
"Removing of parking melers might be a strong
step in that direction. Both city officials and Cham
ber directors should keep a close watch on the North
Bend plan.
"Parking meters are a necessary evil In large
cities. But in the friendly, non-metropolitan communi
ties, their value may be limited."
This may or may not be an idea adaptable
to Medford's situation.
But this is by way of remarking that there is
no one solution to the problems faced by the
community of Medford's downtown. There are
many, and each should be explored.
Constructive criticism and suggestions, we
like to believe, can be a help, rather than a
hindrance, in finding them. E.A.
in Ferment
space last Sunday, sign
up in community after
clanger of succumbing
ot permanent sidewalk
taking place elsewhere.
v.,m,,l fl, .l,nlo
They will be patroled by
"I Sure Miss
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer,
although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
submitted for oublication 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 often the case.
Two Letters
To the Editor: I herewith
submit two letters without
comment.
David Frisch,
P. O. Box 292,
While City, Ore.
-O-
Dear Mr. Frisch: Supple
menting my letter of July 23,
I enclose a further report
from the Chief Medical Direc
tor of the Veterans Adminis
tration. The views expressed In the
report are those which have
been held by the Veterans Ad
ministration for many years.
I sh.Ul continue to keep in
close touch with this situation
but in fairness and frankness,
I cannot offer any real en
couragement at this time.
"Wayne Morse,
United States Senate,
Washington, D.C.
--
Dear Senator Morse: This is
in reply to your letter of July
23rd concerning the possibil
ity of establishing a hospital
at White City, Oregon.
There is no new basis to
support the establishment of a
hospital as part of our White
City facility.
The lack of a medical col
lege with which a hospital
could affiliate is a major de
terrent. Experience has prov
en the value of locating our
hospitals adjacent to medical
schools.
The combined waiting list
for our hospitals at Portland
and Vancouver averaged 105
for the past fiscal year; and
92 for the previous year. This
is in line with our overall
waiting list for medical and
surgical beds throughout the
system. All those on the wait
ing list are non-service con
nected cases.
William S. Middlclon,
M. D.. Chief Medical
Director, Department
of Medicine and
Surgery, Veterans
Administration.
Clothing the Naked
To the Editor: Hello Every
body. Through my acribbliatinns
I got a real he-enemy. He told
my other half that my belief,
about feminine styles of today
is:-l'd better not repeat it. He
has his belief and I've a right
to mine.
I still say that tiic place for
slacks Is in one's own yard or
at place of employment-not
on public streets and the only
places for beachwear is at the
beach or on a very secluded
sun porch. So to heck ntit!
I received much praise for
that article and 1 think it
"took" extremely, for I got a
message from Al 11. asking me
to knit coveralls for his pet
skunk. Since 1 no longer knit
I must turn down the job, but
who'll start a clothing factory
In Medford for domestic ani
mals? I think horses looked
ritzy in their fly nets, fancy
blankets and ear coverings of
bygone days. I don't see why
cows. pups, and kilty cats
shouldin't have shorts and
brassieres fashioned for 'em
'Twould furnish Jobs for
oodles of people who like to
work. (1 don't. 1
But pshaw! I haven't seen
any humans goggleeyed over
naked animals, hut of course-
Al is right.
Skunks should wear pants
and 1 suggest that he make
some soon, or stumer, of dou
ble plastic for Stinky.
Goodness: Isn't this summer
passing quickly? Seems only
yesterday I was planting
spring flowers, but I guess
that's the way when one
reaches life's autumn. Old
I Father Time begins autumnal
pussy-footing.
I'll be writing, but don't
get so darn mad. Mr. H. 1 do
think shorts are artistic
iMade of pretty prints and
hanging on the wall ) Ahem.
I'll bet ton aren't married.
Pearl Spackniafl,
Jacksonville, Ore.
MEDFORD MAIL
Ike . . .!"
Questions Branchfield
To the Editor: Reference
your editorial of Aug. 26 "On
Blight and Fright" which was
most unbiased and to the
point.
In the above editorial ref
erence was made to the ap
pearance of Attorney Edward
Branchfield before the City
Council in behalf of the down
town landlords in which he
opposed the passage of the
city s revised fire code and,
in which he stated that the
merchants and landlords
could not afford to install
sprinkler systems. I know of
no such protest when the
state fire marshal directed
that all nursing homes in the
city must make such installa
tions before renewal of their
licenses would be approved,
yet the nursing homes were,
and are, far less able finan
cially to make such installa
tions than the downtown land
lords. However, they are still
a part of the business inter
ests of the city and operate
under licenses issued by Uie
city.
From the above, it seems
that Mr. Branchfield is far
more interested in the down
town business than other busi
ness interests of the city. Now
that he is running for the leg
islature, I wonder, if elected,
he would follow this same
line of class legislation and
discrimination in legislative
matters?
A. J. Curry
806 West Main st.
Medford
Fro Enterprise
To the Editor: When Thom
as Jefferson said "the safety
of the Republic lies In an
educated citizenry," he evi
dently meant more than mere
scholasticism. Both his own
deeds and other things he
said bear out this Idea.
No system of enterprise will
long survive if it does not
serve the community as well
as the individual. Free enter
prise does not mean that one
can do any thing that he may
please to do without regard to
the welfare of the community.
This does not mean social
ism, but it does mean inter
dependence. No man lives
unto himself. Free enterprise
does not belong to the selfish,
the greedy, the unpatriotic,
the robber. The activities of
such will ultimately destroy
the community or bring rebel
lion and tyranny.
If Russia is ahead in
achievements today we have
no one to blame but American
citizens who refuse to live up
to the privileges of free enter
prise. Strikes, lockouts and re
fusal to bargain fairly, cou
pled with inordinate greed for
high profits have crippled our
progress more than Russia's
slave labor capabilities.
Shorter work weeks, longer
vacations and the closed shop
are not part of the Russian
system. These arc the fruits of
free enterprise, but if unre
strained by good sense and
good citizenship, these fruits
will destroy the tree that pro
duced them, kill the goose
I that laid the golden eg
If an employer holds a gun
at the head of an employee
and says, "sign or else," every
one would condemn such tac
tics. But if a labor union sets
up a picket line before a fac
tory door and says sign this
contract or else, the govern-
, ment sends a mediator to set-
j tie the matter, usually in fav-
or of the union. What makes
one right and the other
wrong?
If the pictures of the full
moon were emblazoned with
dollar signs or bikini clad
maidens lolling on Hawaiian
type beaches, you could bet
your bottom dollar that Amer-
icans would be the first to (tet
there. If any one suggested a
slow down. Jimmy Hoffa and
George Meany, with Walter
Reuther in the background,
would join hands to tar and
feather the ingrate and toss
him over the Berlin Wai.
In spile of political promises
T"
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Kremlin Continues Firm Control of
East German Communist Actions
By K. C. THALER
United Press International
London-IUPD-The Kremlin
apparently continues to main
tain firm control over Com
munist action in Berlin
while officially renouncing
responsibility for the city.
Whatever the tactical moves
against the West, Moscow is
keeping a solid grip on East
German Communist Party
boss Walter Ulbricht and his
aides.
The signs are that Premier
Nikita Khrushchev does not
want to give Ulbricht a free
hand for action that could
spark off a military clash with
the West and erupt into World
War III.
May Go To Brink
Khrushchev, the best avail
able assessments say, may go
to the brink, but he is afraid
of a war which would destroy
much of what Russia has
achieved and possibly even
communism Itself.
The heightened tension in
Berlin has all the markings
of a major Communist pro
bing operation into Allied
strength.
Provocations and trouble
tormented at the wall and
elsewhere seem to be part of
a calculated strategy to de
termine just how much the
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
c- Field Enterprises Inc.
DEFINITION
The continuing "disarma
ment talks" between the So
viet Union and the West in
which both
sides use the
same words
to mean much
different
thing s re
mind me of a
story that's so
old it is prob
ably new by
now. Once, a
long time ago,
professor visited
Scotland to teach. As a rib,
the students told him there
was a noted sage in the city
who was much smarter than
the professor. He was so
smart, in fact, that the pro
fessor didn't even have to
talk to him sign language
would suffice.
Then the students hunted
up an ignorant, one-eyed
butcher, and told him the pro
fessor wanted to see him and
find out if the butcher were
really the most ignorant man
in Scotland, by giving him a
test in sign language. Highly
insulted, the butcher angrily
agreed to the meeting.
When the professor met
the man whom he thought
was a distinguished savant,
he immediately held up one
finger; the butcher prompt
ly held up two fingers. The
professor held up three of
his fingers; the butcher, his
clenched fist. The profes
sor displayed an orange;
the butcher a dry crust of
bread.
The professor was delight
ed at the man's genius.
"When I said there was
one God," he exclaimed,
"this man replied that
there were Father and Son.
When I declared faith in
the Trinity, he as strongly
asserted the Unity. When I
said the earth is as round
as an orange, he replied
that bread was the staff of
life."
The butcher was equally
delighted with tne encoun
ter. "I showed up his insults,"
he chortled. "When he held
up one finger, snenring that
I had but one eye, I told
him I could see moro clear
ly with one that ha could
with two,
"When the professor said
we only have three eyes be
tween us, I made a fist to
warn him that if he kept
on insulting me, I'd paste
him in the jaw. When he
held up his orange, imply
ing that w couldn't grow
such fruit in Scotland, I an
swered that we didn't care
for that, so long as w have
plenty of good rye bread."
Today, instead of sign lan
guage, we and our antagon
ists are using words like
"peace" and "freedom" and
"disarmament" to signify to
tally disparate ideas. The di
alog between East and West
can be neither meaningful nor
fruitful until we can agree
on the concepts we are dis
agreeing about. The delicate
and difficult art of defini
tion has been lost in a sea
of sloganeering.
or propaganda talks or sena
torial filibusters, what we
need is a citizenry aroused
and determined to roll up
sleeves and get on with the
job. The safety of the Repub
lic still lies in a morally ma
ture and educated citizenry.
L. G Weaver
301 Haven st.
Medford. Ore.
Herri
i Spanish
West is prepared to take and
whether it can be intimidated
to withdraw.
According t o dispatches
from Moscow from Allied dip
lomats, the Kremlin has been
devoting much time and
thought in recent weeks to the
Berlin situation and the over
all German problem.
Khrushchev i s believed
under pressure from his East
German allies, and he stands
committed to a Berlin settle
ment, having put off his dead
line repeatedly in the face of
New York
For Candidates Against GOP
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press International
Washington - IUPII - In their
search for candidates this
year. New York Democrats
look as bewildered as the
stranger hunting for the right
subway train in the catacombs
under Times Square.
Obviously, such offbeat Re
publicans as Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller and Sen. Jacob K.
Javits are regarded as tough
to beat. Obviously, the New
York Democrats believe in
the old proverb that you can't
beat somebody with nobody.
So a casual reading of the
In the Day's News
By FRANK
This modern world note:
An ultra-modern inn now
under construction in the
Loop district of Chicago will
have a FRUSTRATION
ROOM in which guests can
work off their tensions by
smashing lamps and ash trays
"The remedy?"
TtHAT raises this question:
Is this TENS1UN Busi
ness something new In the
world?
Of course not.
People are just finding new
ways to work off their ten
sions. There was a time, as
oldsters will recall, when if
you got all strung up and
couldn't go to sleep you went
out on the back porch and
kicked the cat.
rPHAT, at least, was consid---
prahlv less exDensive than
going to Chicago and blowing
yourself for a room in a fancy
new inn in the Loop district
and working off your tensions
by smashing lamps and ash
trays against the wall.
RUT
Sad to sav
It's no longer possible to
work off your tensions inex
pensively by going out on the
back porch and kicking the
cat.
Why not?
There are no longer any
back porches.
THIS TENSION business is
getting a lot of play.
The Southern California
Dental association held its an
nual convention recently at
Los Angeles. Among the
speakers was a Dr. Ralph H.
Boos, a mouth specialist from
Minneapolis. He told his con
freres: "Modern Americans are
GNASHING THEIR TEETH
AWAY. They spend five to
eight minutes at mealtime
each day GRINDING their
Governor Hopes
For House Action
On Power Plant
Washington - fl'PD - Wash
ington's Gov. Albert D. Rosel
lini expressed confi d e n c e
Tuesday that the House would
reverse itself and approve a
plan for the construction of
the world's largest atomic
power plant at Hanford, Wash.
Rossellini said he was opti
mistic that the plan for local
agencies to buy waste steam
from the Atomic Energy com
mission's new plutonium
actor at Hanford would be
approved through a change of
votes bv Congressmen who
opposed the plan earlier.
Rosellini besan a round of
visits with Congressmen to
urge them r.ot to oppose the
plan, which he said would not
cost the ff ieral government a
single cent.
Pick Up Tab
"Residents of the Northwest
are prepared to pick up the
tab on this investment," he
said.
j Under the plan, the Wash
ington Public Power Supply
System would build the power
! piant.
i Rosellini said Oregon's Re
! publican Gov. Mark O. Hat
field had authorized the Wash
I ington governor to speak for
! him and had promised any
I help he could give.
The proposal was approved
by the Senate and may reach
the House floor again" some
time next week.
Western determination to
stand fast.
A decision now seems to
be ripe and current troubles
are probably the prelude to
new and more significant
Kremlin moves.
Left Door Open
Significantly, Khrushchev
so far has left the door open
for further talks with the
West, notably with President
Kennedy, before taking the
threatened ultimate step of
concluding a peace treaty
with the East German regime.
Democrats
New York papers suggests to
the distant onlooker that the
Democrats are feeling frustra
tion. This was apparent even
though Democratic- Mayor
Robert F. Wagner Jr. was re
elected last year by a plural
ity of 400,000 votes and Presi
dent Kennedy carried the en
tire state in 1960 with a ma
jority of almost 400,00. And
Rockefeller was supposed to
have been damaged by his di
vorce this year.
Trial Ballons
Trial balloons have been
floated and boomlets launched
for a variety of candidates,
JENKINS
food. Why? The food, of
course, may be a bit tough.
But most of the gnashing is
due to TENSION. It's a mo
dern phenomenon, this teeth
grinding, due to the great in
crease in worries being expe
rienced by modern man.
"Jiggle your jaw. Open your
mouth, then move your jaws
without allowing your teeth
to touch. Do it four times a
day - the last time just after
getting into bed. You'll find it
calms you down."
? ? ? ? ?
Nc
OT bad.
Still, I can't help think
ing that going out on the back
porch and kicking the cat was
more satisfying. It's too bad
the old ways are vanishing.
Tuna Fishermen
Seek Protection
From Government
Washington-diPD - A spokes
man for California tuna fish
ermen told Congress Tuesday
that the government had fail
ed to protect American fish
ermen from seizure and har
assment on the high seas.
August Felando, general
manager of the American
Tunaboat association, San
Diego, told a house foreign
affairs subcommittee that har
assment of American tuna
fishermen by Latin American
countries had increased sharp
ly in recent months.
Felando said, as a result,
his association was opposed
to a Senate-passed bill to give
the interior secretary author
ity to impose a quota on
American fishermen in line
with yellowfin tuna conserva
tion measures recommended
by the Inter-American tropical
tuna commission.
He said the association,
which previously had support
ed the legislation, now would
oppose it unless it were
amended to place an embargo
on the sale of fish in the
United States by any country
which interferes with U.S.
fishing vessels on the high
seas.
Felando said the U.S. tuna
boat White Star was seized
Aug. 3 and the vessel and its
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
"Jl 1ARTIANS, insists Mike Connolly, can get jealous, too.
L'A He gives as an example the pin-point-headed Martiari
who kicked an IBM machine and snarled, "If I can't hava
you, nobody will" and
pulled out the plug.
Bob Sylvester tells about
an actor who played Josef
StAlin in three successive
motion picturea. "My boy
looks so much like Stalin."
boasted his agent, "that
twice In the past month
while he waa sleeping
eo-nebody moved his body."
Herb Stein a ay a the
Hollywood definition o f
roughing It Is to turn the
electric blanket down to
medium- He also heard a
aatient tell his analyst, "My wife and I are slowly drifting apart.
Doctor. Can you suggeat anything to speed It up?"
Disgusted with a stretch of wretched weather, an English poet
(who wouldn't aign hia name) dashed off Uua rhymed lament:
Oh. what a blamed uncertain thlng
This pesky weather la:
It blew and snew and then it thew
And now by jtng It friz!
C 1K3. by Bennett CerL 'Distributed br King Futures VMi,t'4
The Soviets have shown every
sign that they are still anxious
to maintain talking contacts
with the U. S.
In the past, Khrushchev has
often built up tension to pro
mote such talks and to put the
West under pressure in tha
hope of getting concessions.
He may be using the same)
technique presently, although
he has been made aware by
the Western Allies of the fact
that they remain determined
to stay in Berlin, no matter
what comes.
Looking
most of them unknown out
side New York, where the
governorship is supposed to ba
an incubator for presidential
hopefuls.
Both parties will hold their
state nominating conventions
in less than three weeks. The)
Republicans will renominate
Rockefeller and Javits.
Rockefeller Is already busy
campaigning like a candidate
running scared. If he is not
scared, he must be trying to
make an impressive showing
for the benefit of 1964 nation
al convention delegates who
will nominate a candidate for
president.
In his first try for electiva
office four years ago, Rocke
feller unhorsed then Gov.
Averell Harrirnan by soma
470,000 votes. Other Republi
cans have carried New York
with larger majorities but
1958 was generally a black
year for the Grand Old Party.
The GOP had little to cheer
about then, except Rockefel
ler's victory for liberal Repub
licanism in New York and
Sen. Barry Goldwater's vic
tory for conservative Republi
canism in Arizona.
Even Republicans who
view Rockefeller's brand ot
Republicanism with suspicion
or distaste can be impressed
by success.
Javits, seeking a second
term, was first elected to the
Senate in 1956 by a margin
of about 450,000 votes. But
he was running on a ticket
with Dwight D. Eisenhower,
who was carrying the state by
1,600,000 votes.
The Democrats must draw
comfort from the belief or
hope that the shine has worn
off Rockefeller after four
years, that the newly formed
conservative party will drain
away Republican votes. They
can also hope to come up
with candidates who will light
some fires along the county
fair circuit and will get soma
effective help from Kennedy.
6,000 Babies Said
n.r i l.. r
ueiormeu oy urug
London-IUPD-The Daily iMr
ror reported today figures
show 6,000 deformed infants
have been born throughout
the world to women who took
the tranquilizer Thalidomide.
The figures were based on
"investigations by national
health ministries," the news
paper said.
The number of deformed
infants born in England was
about 300, the report said. It
did not list figures from other
nations.
ACTING POSTMASTER
Beaverton-flJPIl - James R.
Landers, a 15-year employes
with the post office here, will
be installed as acting post
master for Beaverton Sept. 12,
Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D
Ore.) said.
13-man crew still were being
held at the Ecuadorian port of
Salinas.
Another tunaboat master
said his vessel was fired upon
off the coast of El Salvador
I and held for five days.
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