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Television Now Playing By FREDERICK H. TREESH United Ptu International On Nov. 12, 1960 - Tile tirst Monday alter the presidential election-President-elect John F. Kennedy reflected on his narrow victory over Vice President Richard M. Nixon. "It was TV more than any thing else that turned the tide," Kennedy said. Whether or not his lour television debates with Nixon made all the difference in Kennedy's cliff-hanging vic tory in 1960, they did revolu tionize political campaigning in the United States. That much is apparent midway through the 1962 campaign. In past presidential cam paigns, candidates traveled about the land shaking hands - a few hundred here, a few thousand there. The personal contact was limited. But in his Pulitzer prize winning book, "The Making of the President 1960," Theo dore H. White said the Kennedy-Nixon debates "general ized this tribal sense of par ticipation, this emotional judgment of the leader, from the few to the multitudes." Kennedy Had Edge Estimates of how many Americans saw one or more of the televised debates rang ed from 85 million to 120 mil lion. Professional pollsters agreed generally that Kenne dy had the edge in the de bates. He won the election by a scant 112,000 votes. Today, television is playing a major role in hotly contest ed races for governor and sen ator across the land. The vac uum tube is weighing as heav ily as the soap box in some rural county elections. Nixon vs. Brown in Califor nia . . . McCormack vs. Ken nedy in Massachusetts . . . R o m n e y vs. Swainson in Michigan . . . Javits vs. Don ovan in New Ybrk. These are some of the key 1962 races in which television has played or will play a part. In some other contests, fail ure to debate has become an important issue. Revoluiion Taking Place Massachusetts Republican State Chairman Philip K. Al len said of television debates and political messages: 'T think that there is a revo lution taking place in the heart of politics. In the old days you had a man who stood on a stump in the village and talked to people. It is impossi ble now to reach the people. "If you shook hands for 24 hours for the six weeks of the campaign you couldn't shake hands with more than about Scientist Points To Change in Views On Heart Attacks BY DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York-IUPIl-The next big statistical search for the circumstances of life which favor heart f "iV auacKS snouiu t yfjik " concent rate on the Dsvcho- logical and temperament -al, in the view of the scien tist who made the newest such, search j The statis tics gathered and analyzed Dclot smith by Dr. Arnold Brown exon erated the high-fat diet as a predisposing c i r c umstance. His statistics also exonerated alcohol, strenuous play and the long work day-and week. But they pointed at "psycho logical and temperamental factors." These factors were com monly seen in persons who are called "worriers" and in persons who have earned reputations of not being "good mixer." However, Brown found flaws in his evidence and he hoped other scien tists would pin the factors down statistically. Test in England There have been studies which indicated the high-fat diet, excessive ambition, lack of exercise, and cigarettte smoking as predisposing to ward heart attacks. Brown conducted this newest one in Chishire county, tngiano! where he is chief health officer. The statistical results show ed a significantly lessened death rate, from all causes, EAGLE DENTS PLANE Moscow -a?!- An aggres sive eagle flying at an alti tude of nearly S.000 feet put a dent in the (uelge of a twin ensine liyushin airplane, Mos cow Radio said Wednesday night It said the pilot was flying lear Rwtiv wiien he saw two faults flying directly at ..he auplsne. Ht on:ed fharply. avoiding Jne lug't. but .r other cmhed irto ;r.e plar.t'i fjeig. 3- WitMKh M'e. t- i V . i S ri i i 111 I . I ! I J ADDS NEW DIMENSION-Television is adding a new di mension in political campaigning with candidate-debates. It went nationwide first in 1960 with Nixon-Kennedy. Shown here before television cameras during the Oct. 21, 5 per cent of the voters. Therefore, there must be some other medium, like television, to bring the candidates into the living room." Appear Before Cameras Nixon, now running for governor of California, and Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, the incumbent seeking reelection, appeared before the television cameras in San Francisco Oct. 1 at the United Press Inter national Conference of Edi tors and Publishers. It was their only scheduled joint ap pearance on television. Outside the California gu bernatorial race, the general rule has been that incumbents avoid debates while the chal lengers demand them. The office-holders believe that de bating gives their lesser known opponents valuable ex posure to the voters. An exception cropped up in the race for state superintend ent of public instruction, a non-partisan oifice. C a n d i dates Ralph Richardson and Max Rafferty have appeared together frequently - on the among those whose work in volved walking or who en gaged in leisurely gardening. This applied also to farmers and other outdoor workers in rural settings. The death rate was signi ficantly higher among sit down workers, such as clerks, but the study showed that executive responsibility in sit-down office-work did not increase the liability for heart attack-statistically. Other Results Cigarette smokers showed a somewhat higher liability than non-smokers, but pipe smokers didn't. On the other hand, coffee drinkers had less liability than tea drinkers. Overweight, particularly among manual laborers, was a statistically significant fac tor in heart attacks. So was heredity. Brown thought his evi dence incriminating psycho logical and temperamental factors was "suspicion," as impressive as it was. The evi dence came from the impres sions the living had of 'hem selves and the impressions relatives and friends had of the dead. That is subjective evidence and is challcngablc. Nevertheless, "a pattern does emerge," Brown said. "Psychological factors mav influence the death rate," and he hoped the next statistical investigators would produce hard facts concern ing them. GLASSES ON CREDIT! Jrt" Graar) Stamps COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. Mcdford iHoppmg Ccnttr t 1 i i V ! t ( 1 7 fiiMiiAiiaWttel same platform and on televi sion. Starts Campaign (During one of the debates, Rafferty said that another man, San Diego County School Superintendent Dr. Cecil liar ified than he. Hardesty, fin ishing third in the spring pri mary. The outcome of Ruffer ty's televised comment was that Hardesty launched a write-in campaign, saying he's been "swamped" with offers of money and support.) President Kennedy's broth er, Edward M. (Teddy) Ken nedy, and Edward J. (Eddie) McCormack, nephew of the speaker of the house, threw some hard verbal punches during two hour-long televi sion debates that highlighted their campaign for the Demo cratic senatorial nomination in Massachusetts. The debates were headline-catchers across the nation. The combatants for the Re publican senatorial nomina tion - George Cabot Lodge and Rep. Laurance Curtis -also squared off on television to give Massachusetts voters a three - ring political circus right in their own living rooms. Kennedy and Lodge - two magic names in Massachusetts - won the nominations and face each other in November. They haven't announced plans to skirmish on television. Have Three Planned Republican former auto maker George Romncy and in cumbent Democratic Gov George Swainson submitted to "lIIUlifHiYK'! BREAD HAS EVERYTHING" MEDKORD fv - 1 '? I " III f I 1 I I. " i 14 ,-nww : .- ; 1960, encounter in New York Richard Nixon, Republican, right, Democrat. (UPI) the television test Tuesday in their important, free-swinging race for Michigan's state house. Romney and Swainson have throe television debates planned before the voters de clare a winner Nov. 6. Romney. a possibility for the ' Republican presidential nomination in 1964 if he wins big. sought debates eagerly. New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, another poten tial contender for the 1964 GOP presidential nomination, is adhering to the rule of thumb: Don't debate if you're the incumbent. Rockefeller's relatively little-known oppo nent, former U. S. Attorney Robert A. Morgenthau is clam oring for debates. Republican Sen. Jacob Javits is accomo dating his Democratic chal lenger. James Donovan, in a New York City telecast next week. Smoke Was Hotter The smoke was hotter than t h e fire in Pennsylvania where the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor have been at swords' point since the May primary on the subject of television de bates. Richard Dilworlh, for mer Democratic mayor of Philadelphia, and Republican Rep. William W. Scranton fi nally debated Sept. 17. The exchange was tame compared lo their off-camera ' barbs about each other's willingness to debate. Dilworlh is bucking for a scries of debates. He's signed up for television time in Scranton's hometown, Scran- THF RFAl RREAD! MAIL. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, mportant are the then Vice President and John F. Kennedy, at ton, Pa., Oct. 20 and swears he'll debate an empty chair if the Republican fails to show up. Also in Pennsylvania, U.S. Sen. Joseph S. Clark is crying "chicken because his Repub lican opponent. Rep. James Van Zandt, won't Ueoatc. Van! Zandt says his record in Con gress speaks for itself. Being Sniped At Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois, the silver-tongued chief of the senate Republi cans, and Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin, the GOP's senior citizens in the senate, are be ing sniped at constantly by their Democratic opponents for refusing a big screen de bate. An orator of note, Dirksen is leaving his Democratic ri val, Sidney R, Yates, to his own devices in getting an au dience. Wiley, 78, said he won't lend the prestige of his long tenure to a debate with much-younger Democratic Gov. Gaylor Nelson, who's running for the senate. The Democrats say Wiley is afraid REGULAR .99 mora mm to 0HtrtKmp OREGON Role in Political Campaigns he'll look too aged on televi sion. Wisconsin's gubernatorial candidates, Republican Philip Kuchn and Democrat John Reynolds, agree they want a debate but they can't come to terms on a format. In Georgia, where winning the Democratic gubernatorial nomination means occupying the statchouse, the fireworks came during the primary cam paign. Challenger Carl Sand ers, a state senator, took a cue Jrom incumbent Marvin Grif fin's refusal to debate. Before a statewide audience in the closing stages of the cam paign, Sanders held a mock debate, posing questions to an empty chair labeled "Griffin." Buy Television Time Sanders and his supporters bought more than $150,000 worth of television lime and he appeared on at least 10 half-hour programs on every station in Georgia. Sanders even appeared on telecasts from Chattanooga, Tcnn., and Jacksonville, Fla., which cov er border areas of Georgia. Sanders won the primary. Television is a big thing in Georgia politics, even down to the county level. New jersey's gubernatorial contest was the first big state house election after the now fabled Nixon-Kennedy debat es. If the debates were a dis aster for Nixon, failure to de bate was equally damaging for former Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, who lost to Democrat Richard J. Hughes. Said the Republican state committee after the votes were counted last November: Refusal Helps Defeat "There is no question that Mitchell's refusal to debate Hughes helped in his defeat." Newark, N.J., had a com mercial television station dur ing the Hughes-Mitchell cam. paign but now there are none within New Jersey. Virginia's sixth congression al district, around Roanoke, is the scene of a hot debate con troversy. Republican Incum bent Rep. Richard H. Poff is sued a blanket invitation to debate any Democratic chal lenger. John P. Wheeler, dean of faculty and political science professor at Hollins college, was nominated and eagerly invited debate. Poff agreed, but said he did not have tele vision debates in mind. After a much - publicized controversy on the style and formal of their meeting, Poff and Wheeler went into their first duel Tuesday night be fore a civic group, televised by a Roanoke station. One IN THE MEDFORD ALSO STORES IN: Eugene, Klamath Falls, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1962 1 r other of the seven Poff-Whecl-er meetings will be televised. Lausche-Briley Debate Ohio's Democratic Sen. Frank J. Lausche and Repub lican challenger John M. Bri ley debated over a Cleveland television station. Gov. Mich ael Disalle and his Republican opponent, state auditor James A. Rhodes, will duel over the same medium Nov. 3. Face-lo-face television de bating has been used sparing ly in Florida, but in the Ninth Congressional District in CHRYSTAL MEATS The House of Personal Service 4th and Fir Phone 772-7315 Baby Beef Liver t29c T-Bone Steaks E:95c Top Sirloins.- t$l09 Cube Steaks z 5 sl Franks ssr.:- 39c Special - Thurs., Klamath Fed LOCKER CUT - WRAPPED - QUICK FROZEN - FREE 25 ibs. 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