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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Instrument of Power FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1962 The Write-in, Relatively Neglected, Makes Voters Ballot Box Virtuosos By DICK WEST Washington - H'Pli - When my wife and I voted for the first time in our lives last Tuesday, it op- n p ur Vj for i Dewey and William Jen nings Bryan. But as we were driving to the polls, my wife remarked that the governor's race in "I've always regretted that I : was born too late to vote for Elbridge Gerry for vice presi dent in 1812, that in. I think I II write ened up whole California was more interest- j These little worlds j ing than our local contest for ?ii i o r us. n e . congress. didn't realize i "Why don't we vote in that what we had , one, too?" she suggested. i.i been missing. "Good idea." 1 said It is true that the ballot our district was rather skimpy. W e only had two congressional candidates and tltrce amend ments to vote for or against. But if a voter is energetic enough, he doesn't have to confine himself to what is on the ballot. He has at his dis posal a relatively neglected instrument of political power the write-in. The write-in can make every voter a ballot box virtu oso, enabling him to expand not only the field of candi dates but the range of of , fices as well. Originally, my wife and I only intended to write in names for President. We were torn between Tom Then we fell to musing over the fact that people are always saying they wouldn't vote for so-and-so for dog catcher. We decided it would be a nice switch to draw up a list of son-and-so's that we would vole for dogcatcher. You would be surprised how many qualified dogcatchers you can name if you put your mind to it. We believe that in a democ racy a voter should feel free to vote for dogcatcher whether it is on the ballot or not. "While I'm at it," I iold my wife, "I think I'll write in a vote for Soviet pre mier. I've always fell that it should be an elective po sition." "Splendid,'' my wife said. extras helped to make our first ballot a memorable one. And yet, when we left the polls, neither of us had a sense of complete fulfillment. I felt an emptiness over not getting to vote to admit "Shoeless Joe" Jackson to the baseball Hall of Fame. My wife was discontent over not voting an Academy Award for Nelson Eddy for his performance in "Girl of the Golden West." WEATHER PROOF ie Easy Way! r-2 KViXVSSl L? I ill Tough, vinyl covered foam . . . keeps cold out! Keeps heat in! All purpose weather strip, not harmed by weather, sun light, paint, etc. Stays flex ible. Install with thumbtacks or hammer and tacks as you prefer. Packaged in 17 ft. lengths, with thumbtacks also sold in bulk. A Fir St. I 5333 I Corner 6th and Shower Curtain Industry Sees No Business Slump New York - IUPII - How much does it cost the Ameri can housewife to keep the shower from flooding the bathroom floor? If one eliminates the homes where a glass door keeps the water in and the breezes out, about $40 million a year, ac cording to an estimate by Noel Levinc, executive vice president of Hygiene Indus tries, Inc., of New York. Levine says the exact size of the industry which pro vides shower curtains is dif ficult to estimate: there are about 40 manufacturers with a primary interest in produc ing shower curtains and kin dred fittings for the bathroom, but manufacturers of other fabric materials often have a single line of shower curtains. Color Takes Over For many years even in the best of homes of the shower curtain was a plain thing of white duck or canvas. But about the period of the late 1930s color coated materials began to come into vogue, and plastics came gradually into use, until they have be come almost uni ersal. Today most shower curtains are dec orated vinyls or decorated fab rics laminated to vinyl. The decorative possibilities of the water shield have been developed in recent years to the point where it is now a common practice to match shower curtains with towels, bath mats, waste paper bas kets in the bathroom. More than 100 different pat tern are offered by Levine's firm, and seven color combi nations. So long as bathing remains popular, and housewives have the urge to "change things around," Levine has no wor ries for the future of the industry. CAMPAIGN OPENS-Miss Martha Wyatt, Miss Oregon for 1962, officially opened the 1962 Christmas seal campaign today when she presented the first sheet of seals to Ernest Reames, White City. Reames is a former tuberculosis pa tient. Presentation was during the program "Focal Point" on KMED-TV. Education Week Offers Chance To Learn About School By DAVID NYDICK UPI Education Specialist The spotlight will be on ed ucation next week, offering parents a good opportunity to compare the quality of their schools. The nation will observe American Education Week Nov. 11-17 with the theme linked to our changing times "Educaton Meets the Chal lenge of Change." There is no other time of the year when the nation's ef forts will be so concentrated on 'creating interest and un derstanding in education. Backbone of Society Why is so much time, mon ey and concern directed to wards education? Our nation has grown to recognize that our education system is the backbone of our society. No other area has so much to of fer in terms of maintaining and improving our position at home and abroad. Education week is an op- Dorlunitv to initiate and de velop public relations pro crams. Schools in each com- munitv are directly affected by the desires of that com munity. This fact places a ma jor responsibility upon the schools and educators. The public should be aware of the purposes and needs of the schools. The community can only make intelligent deci sions when it is well in formed. 1 Naturally, you would not expect to learn all about edu cation and your school system in one week. Take the time to participate in one or more of the school programs. Find answers to the many questions you may have. Begin a per sonal plan to find out the com- Comfort, silence and luxury to challenge any car from anywnere There's a lot underneath the beauty of the '63 Chevrolet. Its roomy, comfortable Body by Fisher screens out noise and shock. There's instant response in a choice of 6- or 8-cylinder engines, a host of refinements to make it run and look like new longer, and plenty more that make it hard to believe it's a low-priced car. But your Chevrolet dealer can prove it! The make more people depend on JHS Chrrroirt Impola Sport Sedan tham ilt torcfue. Jct-trnoolhncn vilh tht nrir Rrl Air and Bitrnynrf! 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Place in Industry As has oflen been explain ed during the activity in the international markets for the white metal recently silver holds a place in the industrial world. Electronics goods man ufacturers; some makers of aerospace equipment; chemi cal firms, producers of house appliances, all have their j uses for it. As a result of all this de j mand. Kaplan said, industry j has been devoting more ' thought to reclaiming scran. The amount of silverbearing scrap offered to his firm for conversion and return has doubled within the past six months, he said. The owner of the scrap pays a refining and fabricating price for the reclaimed silver, less whatev er Kaplan may pay him for residue base metals. Popularity Changes He said that not long ago silver was regarded popular ly as a jewelers' metal aside from Its monetary uses - with some demand from chemistry, medicine and dentistry. But this is no longer the case. In stead, the use of it and oth er precious or rare metals in modern technologies has kept demand high and increas ed the demand for precious metal salvage. "A lot of scrap we buy to day used to be thrown away," said Kaplan, "but many com panies are now finding it prof itable to sell the metallic scrap " Hatfield Notes Death 1 0 Eleanor Roosevelt I Salem-il'Pli-Gov. Mark Hat- field said Thursday the death of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was an immense loss to all man kind." "Mrs. Roosevelt was a great humanitarian who contributed much to world understand ing," Hatfield said. TRIMS CHURCH SERVICE Spalding, England-lUPU-The Rev. Graham Jakeham said today attendance at his church has picked up marvelously since he did a little modern izing. He streamlined his service from 80 to 67 minutes. fl'l'IIE BIBLE Sl'EAKS TO YOU Sunday, 9:00 a.m. K-SHA-860 ke it ii eek'i Chrittim Scienct prograit "I Christianity Obsolete?" 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A student's educational and social growth is dependent upon his total environment which includes the school, home and community. 13 Pilots for Eastern Air Lines To Pay Penalties Washington IUPH The Fed eral Aviation Agency has an nounced it has fined 13 East ern Air Lines pilots from $300 to $000 for such violations as sleeping at the controls, read ing magazines in the cockpit and letting stewardesses fly , their planes. ; The action resulted from photographs taken by East ern flight engineers on is flights dating from May 20, ! 1959, to July 30, 1961. The ; FAA said nine captains and four copilots were involved i two of the captains being charged with more than one violation. The maximum penalty for Inattention to duty in an air liner cockpit is $1,000. FFA, in letters to the 13 pilots, said the fines were compromise penalties. It said they could accept the compromise fines which is not an admission of guilt, or ask for a hearing on the charges. The FAA said that pilots re fusing to pay the fines will face prosecution by the Just ice Department. Eastern announced earlier this week it had grounded three pilots for unannounced periods, believed to range from 10 days to two weeks. Such grounding would cost a pilot between $600 and $8110 in pay. Eastern's disciplinary action was separate from that of FAA, which meant that pi lots may be paying as much as $1,400 for their violations. The FAA declined to reveal Ihe names of the pilots fined because until they accept or reject the compromise penal ties, their cases will be con sidered still open. Muit Submit Measures Simultaneously with the let ters to the crew members, the agency ordered Eastern to submit within 30 days a pro gram Indicating "what meas ures have been taken to cor rect such a situation and for assuring constant vigilance in the cockpit." The FAA still is investigat ing about 300 photographs taken by a Trans World Air lines flight engineer aboard various TWA planes, as well as questioning 45 TWA en gineers reported to have taken other pictures. An FAA spokesman said it could be as sumed similar action would be taken against any TWA crew members found guilty after an investigation of the authenti city of the pictures and posi tive identification of the pi lots involved. SARNOFF-SATISFACTORY New York -WPH-Brig. Gen. David Sarnnff was reported in "satisfactory" condition at Roosevelt Hospital today. The 71-year-old board chairman of the Radio Corporation of America underwent surgery Thursday for removal of hit gll bladder. HOLD THAT LINE ON GOOD HEALTH WITH WALGREEN BONUS VITAMINS 50 FREE with bottle 100 MINERALS AVTIMAI VITAMINS, r m, ism i I Jit,, - WW GO! TORNADO! GO! 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