Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 12, 1962, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextLife on of Kock Quemoy Island-fflPD-Twelve Americans lead a strange and arduous life within hailing distance of the Chinese Com munist shore. They are members of the U.S. Military Assistance and Advisory Group stationed on tliis beleagured scrap of rock, 2.000 yards from lied China Their tour of duty is consider ed so tough that they are re assigned atter four months. The only exception to this rule is , the commander who currently is Army Col. Fran cis M. Clark, 4!), a burly carrot-top from West Lafayette, Ind. Col. Clark is assigned to Quemoy for a year while his wife and four children (three of them attending Purdue University, the colonel's old school) arc back in the United States. "Frankly, I don't think four months is enough for a man to learn everything here," says the colonel. "He just gets dug in and he has to leave." Hard Work Besides Col. Clark, the MAAG detachment comprises a lieutenant colonel, two ma jors and eight non-commissioned officers. During his time on Que moy, the MAAG man works hard. He rises early and is out late six days a week. "Our job is just what the name says," said the colonel. "We advise and assist, but we don't do any actfial training." At this time, for example, the group is helping the Na tionalist troops run a newly installed ammunition renova tion line. All military equipment on Quemoy is stored in the now famous underground tunnels, blasted out of rock for de fensive purposes. This creates a dampness problem. "Moisture makes ammuni tion deteriorate and In the past it was aent back to Tai wan for renovation. MAAG recommended that the reno vation be done here," said Col. Clark. Saves Tim, Money "Now we are breaking it down and remaking it right on the island. It saves us time and money because we don't have to ship it." The MAAG's daily task comprises nosing into every part of the activities of the estimated 60,000 Nationalist troops (the number has never been officially revealed) on Quemoy and making sugges tions for improvements in training and methods. Are the Chinese reluctant to take advice from the MAAG? "No. We never have any difficulty at all. If we come up with something we think might be done we always get a hearing and it's usually adopted," said Col. Clark. When the Americans' work is done at the end of the day, they go back to a large, airy building set on a pleasant grassy hillock. Like every other point on Quemoy, this is in range of Communist guns. Shelling No Worry But shelling doesn't seem to the MAAG, any more than it does anyone else on Que moy. There has been no serious bombardment for more than a year and no high explosive from the mainland since May. After dinner usually American food flown in week ly from Taiwan, but some times Chinese dishes - the U.S. contingent has a distinct ly limited choice of recrea tion. The nightly highlight is a statewide movie to which Chinese friends are often in vited. Otherwise the men read or perhaps get up a game of volleyball. There are no bars on Que moy, which has only a few, relatively primitive, villages. There are also very few girls. In the words of Col Clark, social life at night for the 12 Americans on Quemoy "screeches to a grinding halt." For Fait, Efficient Servlci fc,, 'o or from Ship It LASME DIE IN FREAK MISHAP New Delhi - (Ml - Twenty five Indians riding on top a railway car Sunday were killed when the train passed under a low bridge girder, railway authorities reported today. The accident occurred in northern India. Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Other California Point Call Jack Fitzgerald 773-7761 Off China Live Hard Scrap ft! Wiichae Year in This is a success story in the best tradition of Horatio Alger. But this is a true story and most of the 50 years involved were in Medford. It concerns a young man named Michael Beck, who left his homeland, Germany, In 1910 at the age of 16 ar rived nearly penniless in k Observes 50th Business ec akery America and set forth to make his fortune. Within two years he had worked his way across Amer ica and in mid-1012, he found himself in Tucoma, Wash. There he washed dishes and was apprenticed to a bakery. This apprenticeship was a three year plan, too slow for this ambitious man, so on Noon Edition Page 2A MedfordTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1902 W Fu" Power "1 pi - , loaded With Extras -I f Full Price $159920 p ;3 NO MONEY DOWN M v: Payments $68.98 Per Mo. ; J.R.'S WHITNEY CLDS M SfeX 415 So. Riverside ' feN 772"6209 r--4 Nov. 12,1912, he bought out the Model bakery where he worked. The purchase includ ed one horse and a delivery wagon. Little did he realize at that time, when just turning 18, lie was beginning a long ca reer as a baker. He often reminisces about his first loaf of bread. He sold it for 3'i cents. Grocers at that time sold bread at six loaves for 25 cents. Anniversary Today Beck, his family and Beck's Bakery, are celebrating a 50th anniversary in the bak ing business today. Thirty-six of these 50 years have been spent in southern Oregon. Bakeries Broker In modern business par lance, Mike Beck could be called a broker in bakeries, particularly in his early years in Washington. He bought and sold many bakeries between 1912 and 1928, in Tacoma, Bellingham, Chchalis and Coos Bay, Ore. Arriving in Medford In 192, the Becks bought the old Peerless bakery and be gan the operation he still op erates today. While owning and operating the bakery in Medford, Beck was still active as a broker in bakeries. At various limes since 1020 he has owned, op erated and sold bakeries in Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Bend, Lakeview, Redding, Calif.; Boise, Idaho; Tacoma, Wash., and Coos Bay. Today he concerns himself only Willi Klamath Falls, Boise, and the Medford oper ation, the latter being man aged by his son Alfred Beck, who is a one-third owner. Today his bakery operates 45 trucks daily in 1926 he started with two. Emil Sabol Named Union Creek Ranger Emit M. Sabol recently as sumed charge of the Union Creek district, Rogue River National forest, replacing Asa D. "Bud" Twombly, according to C. E. Brown, forest super visor. Sabol is a graduate of Mich igan State university school of forestry in 1950. He worked several seasons for the Forest service in the Lake stales and Rocky Mountain areas before receiving his initial appoint ment in 1952 on the Deschutes National forest, Bend. He was transferred to the Willamette National forest at McKenzie bridge in 1955 and promoted in 1958 to assistant ranger on the Salt Creek and Rigdon districts where he remained until his transfer to the Rogue River forest in Sep tember of this year. Sabol served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force from Feb ruary, 1942, to December, 1945. He was stationed in Eng land and attained the rank of first lieutenant. Sabol and his wife, Dorene, have three children, David, 5; Jan Renee, 3, and Patricia Ann, one month. Brown Invites JFK For Winter Vacation Sacramento (UP1I Gov. Ed mund G. Brown has invited President Kennedy to Califor nia for a winter vacation. The President told Brown he would "take it under consideration." LAUNCHES SATELLITE Point Arguello, Calif. -fllPP-A secret satellite employing an Atlas - Agena B booster combination was launched Sunday by the Air Force from this pacific missile range fa cility. No other information regarding the launch was disclosed. STAR GAZER? 3): 4- 5-10-24 31-42-74 , 1AUHUS -. APR. 21 ( MAY 21 O) 3- 6-17-1 SJo". no OC Q7l GEMINI MAY 22 JUNE 22 61-67-70 CANCfR JUNE 23 JULY 23 2- 7-16-20 '25-63-65 to LtO ffi JULY 24 AUG. 23 44-47-53-58 72-78-83-891 VIRGO Q12.15-18-32 -By CLAY R. POLLAN- M Your Daily Activity Guide JK, " According lo Ihe Sfon. " To develop message for Tuesday, read words corresponding, to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. ' 1 You 31 2 Coition! 32Advantoge 3 You 33 &ood 4 Soy 34 Willing 5 Very 35Nrs 6 Con 36 To 7 Luxury 37 You've 8 Shine 38 Promote 9 In 39 Prepared 10 Little 40 Alert 11 Your 41 The 12 It's 2To 13 Stick 43 Concerning 14 Mind 44ipena 15 To 16Tostes 17 ImpretS 18 Your 19 Higher-up 20 Tangle 21 To 22 Those 23 Be 24 Keep 25 With 26 Some 2 Surprising 28 In 29 Is 30 What UBIA SEPT. 23 OCT. 23 1- 8- 9-34rV 146-60-75 61 A 62 Arrive 63 Budget 64 And 65 0emond 66 The 67 Short 68 Port 69 In 70Triu 71 Clubl 72 Friend 73 Creative 74 Yourself SCOIPIO OCT. 24 U?& NOV. 22 43-50-62 45 Countryside 75 Today 40 ur 47 evening 48 Sharp 49 Face 50 Money 51 Beckon 52 Promised 53 With 54 Take 55Toke 56 From 57 Active 58 Long-time 59 Keep 60 Speaking 76 Post 77 Or t 78 Or 79 Social 80 Your 81 Functions 82 Moke 83 III 84 Your 85 Authority 86 Word 87 Now 88 Popularity 89 Relative 90 Appeorance Good Advcrse )Netmal SAGITTARIUS NOV. 23 DEC 22 1 23-39-49-56 Ml CAPRICORN JAN. 20 111 li m AtZ 48-64-73 AOUAUUS JAN. 21 FEB. 19 13-21-30-37 J 152-59-80-86 rncfs FEB. )jj MAR.21 54-57-6849 fll 7-79-81 A foreign Briefs AMERICAN AIRCRAFT DAMAGED IN SOUTH VIET NAM Tokyo - ItPI) - The Vietnamese Communist rebels today claimed to have shot down or damaged 11 American aircraft in South Viet Nam in the month ending Nov. S. EAST GERMANS ESCAPE FROM LABOR CAMP Berlin - IITII - Two East German youths escaped from a Communist labor camp for "political unreliables" and swam acroti border waters to freedom. West Berlin police said today. CZECH BORDER GUARD FLEES TO WEST Vienna - it I'll - A Ciech border guard fled to the west Saturday, forcing his patrol partner to cross the border with him lo avoid being shot or captured, Austrian police re ported Sunday. NORWAY TO JOIN EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET Brussels - IUI'11 - Norway reaffirmed today its intention of becoming a full member of the European Common Market as soon at possible. H rijfennt Downtown sixth and central i-m mMmfmrn li irMn mfclrer, i Vttnr'e'ii.i'te.e tririir.' tinea iitHmJ'ii eil hWri-Mtil 1 BAN BOMB MEMBER POSSESSES BOMB London - IITII - Tony Murphy, 20. a member of the ban-the-bomb "Committee for Nuclear Disarmament," wal ar rested Sunday on chargei of possessing a homemade bomb. 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Family Income Advance Hauser summarized this in formation in r recent "scien tific American" article. The latest census, he said, chows that "the educational attain ment of the average Ameri can has continued to rise, that less than half of Ihe labor force is now engaged in the production of physical goods, and that the median real fam ily income has advanced by nearly 50 per cent in Ihe dec ade from H150 to l'ltUl." "The results indicate." he said, "that the economic life of the country is now much less dependent on musele pow er and much more dependent on professional, technical and clerical skills. "This shift in emphasis from brawn to brain, dexter ity and education har opened the ranks of the labor force to women. Men arc slill en Ragrd primarily in the pro duction of goods, nut many are retiring at HIS. "Their places in the labor force, statistically, arc being taken by women engaged in white-collar and service function--." Hauler said "the education fimncs. perhaps more than any other set of data, char acterize the changing Ameri tan way of life" Children are starting lo school at an cal ler age and young people are I slaying in school "longer than ever before.'' For the whole nation the figure for "median school years completed" was 10.6 in 1940. The average adult American 25 years old had completed only 8.6 years of schooling. More College Graduate! "If the present trend con tinues," Hauser reported, "the average American will have achieved high school educa tion by 1970. College gradu ates accounted for 7.7 per cent of the adult population in 1960. up nearly 25 per cent from 1950." Hauser said that, allowing for the effects of inflation, "real family income rose by 48 per cent" between 1950 and 1960. He said "Alaska leads Ihe Union with a med ian family Income of $7,305" and "Mississippi trails at $2.aa4." The 1960 figures show great disparities in education al attainments. Jobs, and In come among different regions and between the urban and small town and rural popu lations, Hauser said. And "evidence of the rela tively disadvantageous posi tion of the nonwhitc (princi pally Negro) minority of the population recurs in every table." OOOOOO O o Y tSTABtlSHEO 1696 I GREEN o o iaglv wiggly. a OPEN DAILY 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Dundee Canned Goods Green Beans Corn Peas Tomatoes Applesauce 303 Tin . . . Mix or Match 7 m Gold Hill Elberta Freestone PEACHES Large No. 2Vi Tin for Mr.MrViifriLMr.fc O O 'vSHBtlSH0 16 I GREEN . lSTAM PS, o" O SPRECKELS Sugar Limit Please.. 10 78e SHAMROCK - Large 22!2-oz. Loaf r7 I afl tiro an JULfor b I VMM Wheat or White Maxwell House BETTY CROCKER COFFEE BISQUICK ' 49 u's' 40-"-pl 9S 23 STL V"""if"" .in. ii i i.i .in i.u W..II.HI..UU.L1, O o 'VA8llSHED 1896 1 green STAMPS, I Jello JORGENSEN'S ROGUE MAID Ice Cream Gal. 59c ASSORTED FLAVORS Reg. 3 for 32c Pkg. PURE DELIGHT Flavor's Right! 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