Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1962)
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MONDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1962 The Missing Years Dick West, Hooked for Life, Extends Best Anniversary Wishes To Baghdad On the Air By ELEANOR WIESE SBA To Open Field Office in Medford By DICK WEST Washington -iUPD- 1 always have been kind of g nut about Baghdad. I have never been there, but that isn tnecessary. All you have to do is read the Arabian Nights and see a couple ol old Rudolph V a 1 e n t i no movies and you're hooked wt for life. Actu ally, I'm not certain that the Valentino movies had any connection with Baghdad. But they are linked in my mem ory along with magic carpets and Ali Baba. At any rate, Baghdad is relebrating its 1,000th anni- versa ry this month, and I thought you might like In join me in wishing it a happy millennium. In truth, Baghdad is much older than that. One thousand is just as good a round num ber to use for a celebration. A pamphlet published by the Iraq Embassy hera givet the birthday of Bagh- Cupid Wins Out High Over Missouri St. Louis - (HPII - John .1. Morganthaler is no fly-by-night operator. Following is an advertise ment which he inserted in the personals column of Sunday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch, to wit: "Official flight log: Piper Comanche N5027P. Pilot in command: John J. Morgan thaler. On this date, the 9ih of December, 1962, at 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, while en route from St. Louis to Jefferson City, on a magnet ic reading of 258 degrees, at an altitude of 4,500 feet, at a po sition over New Melle, Mis souri, Miss Phyllis Ann Wal ler, 25 years old, red hair, 120 pounds, sweet, beautiful and talented, consented to be my bride; after having been given the choice of marrying me or jumping out. " Extra Work Made Easy! RENT Adding Machine Typewriter Calculator VOIGHT'S 8th & Gript 772-4100 Durante Arrested After Auto Crash Chicago - ll'PII - Comedian Jimmy Durante was arrested on three counts Sunday after his rented auto touched off a three-car collision. Police said Durante was driving on an expressway when his car struck one driven by Craig Braverton, Peekskill, N.Y. Braverton's car was shoved into one driven by Patrolman Ray Goodman. Braverton was shaken up. Durante was taken to police headquarters where he was charged with having no dri ver's license, driving too close, and damage to city property. He posted a $25 bond and said he would not appear at a booked appearance in traffic court March 14. Durante put on an im promptu show for the police men 'during the proceedings and actually spent more time posing for photographers with his hands in cuffs and signing the bond. A.D.. when it i In capital Florida To Present Operation Alphabet Tallahassee. Fla. - HOT -Florida officials have an nounced plans for Operation Alphabet a project aimed at teaching a quarter of a mil lion adults in Florida who own television sets how to read and write. School Superintendent Thomas D. Bailey said Sat urday the 1960 census reveal ed that 261,4:13 Floridians over the age of 25 couldn't read or write. Operation Alphabet will present 100 half-hour televi sion programs teaching the basic skills and will be aired on the state's educational tel evision stations and three commercial channels. dad at 762 was chosen of tht Abbasid Caliphat during the rtign of the Abu Jaafar Al-Mansur. Using an electronic com puter, which I keep handy for such purposes, I subtracted 762 from 1962 and came up with 1200. When the embassy tossed a little party in Baghdad's hon or this week, I asked one of the officials what happened to the missing 200 years. He explained that they were being overlooked in order to make the event coincide with the 1,000th anniversary of the death of Abu Yusuf Al Kindi. Baghdad's most noted philosopher. Fair enough, I say. What's a couple of centuries among friends? For thai matter, the exact date of Al-Kindi's death is noi known. One educated esti mate is 873 A.D., or 1.089 years ago, which is close enough for me. But according to an en cyclopedia I consulted, to say that Baghdad U 1.000 years old is like saying that Sophie Tucker just turned 18. The city stands on a site which has been occupied since recorded time, give or take an eon or two, and the name itself has endured for at least 4,000 years. I was unable to ascertain how Baghdad got its name, but I like to think it originat ed when a thief of Baghdad stole a camel from the son of a Persian rug peddler. "He left me holding the bag, dad," the boy explained. Be that as it may, it can be said for sure that in the last 1,000 years Baghdad has been ruled by more than 270 governments. Any city that can survive that should last forever. KMED-TV. i cussion by A round table dis air corpsmen who Just as sure as Christmas comes every year, so do new Christmas Carol." But tnP took part in atom bomb raids production to be presented 1 "n Japan as they recall their Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. experiences, on KMED-TV is a "Christmas : THE DEFENDERS. 8:30 Carol" with a big difference. , p m Saturday KBES-TV. In a It's an animated cartoon ver-; droll holiday - season play sin- i titled "Grandma TNT," 62- This time Scrooge is played year-old Lillian Gish portrays by the nearsighted Mr. Maoo a sweet little old lady albeit (with the voice of Jim a bit daffy -who tries to roo Backus). Backus in his voice: a bank. characterization seeks to! HAVE GUN. WILL TRAV maintain the conception of I ki 9:30 o.m. Saturday KBES- The Small Business admin islration will open temporary offices in Medford starting I Thursday. Dec. 20, at the Red i Cross chapter house, HO llaw ! thorne ave. : John E. Home, Washington, ! D. C. SBA administrator Information regarding eligi- blily and application forms and procedures for filling them out may be obtained at the Medford office, it was noted. Purpose of Loans The purpose of the disaster surance funds will oe used, cams are expeciea to pieage reducing the amount of SBA such collateral as they have loan funds needed and appli-lnrare in a position to furnish. made the announcement after j loans is to help reslore, re Jackson and Josephine coun ties were declared disaster areas due to the Dec. 2 flood. Inquiries should be ad dressed to the field office at Medford or to the Porlland office of SBA. 921 Southwest Washington si, Portland S. Scrooge inspired previously by such noted performers as Lionel Barrymore and Basil Rathbone. The animated version re tains the seriousness and the humor as Dickens wrote it. A musical score by songwriters Jule Styne and Bob Merrill has been added which follows the spirit and mood of Dickens' story. In addition to Jim Backus, other voice characterizations are provided by Jack Cassidy, Morey Amsterdam and Les Tremayne. TV. When a cowboy and his wife, expecting their baby's birth at any moment, arrive in a cow town and are unable to find a room for the night. Paladin comes to their aid and underlines the true Christmas spirit. Chicago -HOT Manufactur ers' sales of confectionery and chocolate products were an estimated S95.1 million in Au gust of this year, 6 .jer cent above sales for August, 1961, according to William P. Mar ker!, executive director of the candy, chocolate and confec tionery institute. pair, rehabilitate anfl replace the damaged property to as near pre disasler status as pos sible. The loans are limited to homes, business and non profit organizations. Terms are geared to the borrower's ability to repay within the shortest reasonable time, but by law' may not exceed 20 years. Farmers and other agricul tural operators should contact the county acents in Medlord or Grants Pass or write di rectly to Farmers Home Ad ministration, 20ft Southwest Fifth ave., Porlland. SBA officials noted that in- SECORDS RECORDS RECORDS... All Types and Kinds They Make an Excellent Gift Come In and Browse OPEN EVERY NIGHT 'TIL 9 INCLUDING SAT., DEC. 22 BOOKS 'GIFTS' RECORDS' mum FOCAL POINT. 4 p.m. daily KMED-TV. Monday: Representatives of the Med ford Ministerian association will talk about the evening concerts and nativity scene in Old City Park. Tuesday: Al cohol education in schools will be discussed by Gordon Rainey, Portland, and Helen Thomas, Phoenix High School. Wednesday: Excerpts from a film on successful aulo sales made for national distribu tion by Digger Carlson, Med ford auto salesman, will be shown. Friday: The Crater High "Lavaliers." directed by Norman Carothers, will pre sent a Christmas concert. SIMULATE SPACE Greenbelt, Md. - IUPD - At NASA's Goddard Space Flight center here, a chunk of outer space is being brought down lo earth. Two gigantic cham bers, built by Minneapolis Honeywell, -will be able to simulate the cold, heat, light and vacuum of space so large spacecraft can be tested prop erly hefore flight. f I Downtown Medford J lib FREE GIFT WRAPPING for the man in your life o handsome collection of masculine toiletries smartly gift boxed in sets or singles Men's Lotion . . .Talc. . . Creme Shave . . . Soap) tailored to a man's toste in sports-loving Woodhue or triple-sec sophisticated Aphrodisia the most welcome g';ts of oil... 1,50 to 10. shown here, Men's Set by Faberge 5.00 Men's lotion for of'er shave, after shower too With invisib's Tolc in a travel-wise shaker ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW, 10 p.m. Thursday KMED-TV. Bette Davis will sing the title number from her current movie, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" and joins in dances and folk songs. CLOSE-UP, 7 p.m. Friday KMED-TV. "The Unpaid and the Unsung" will examine politics at the precinct level, and the activities of volunteer workers involved in cam paigns leading up lo the Nov. 6 elections in San Francisco. The program will focus on the Republican Parly's precinct organization in that city. LEONARD BERNSTEIN, 7:30 p.m. Friday KBES-TV. "What Is Melody?" Bernstein will conduct the New York Philharmonic in works illus trating his theory thai melody is not just a tune, but can be a theme, a motive, a long melodic line or a musical phrase. Selections include the prelude to Wagner's opera, "Tristan and Isolde"; the first movement from Mozart's Sym phony No. 40 in G. Minor; Paul Hindemith's Concert Music for Strings and Brass, and the final movement of Rrahm's Symphony No. 4 in E Minor. MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, 1 1:13 p.m. Friday KBES-TV. The delightful and humorous story of a Santa Claus (Edmund Gwenn) at Maey's. Too bad most children will be in bed for this one. Jergens LOTION In Deluxe Dispenser Bottle Reg. $1.39 t PRINCESS ELECTRIC ALUMINUM-4 to 10 Cup . Hundreds of PLASTIC MODEL KITS Priced From PERCOLATOR GRIDDLE-SERVER SALAD SET PERCOLATOR CURLING RIBBON RIPPLE TIE CAROUSAL LIGHT SETS AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC - 20"xl4" DESERT GOLD 4-PIECE Reg. $3.29 Set SUNBEAM AUTOMATIC 10 Cup- Regular $29.95 6 Different Colon, 400 feet. Reg. 9Bc . OUTDOOR. IS Multiple Set. Weather Proof. Reg. $2.98 . S7.87 S14.87 S2.87 S14.87 67c . S1.87 LADIES CORDUROY SHOES 98 PAIR ONE ONLY - "Stutz Bearcat" ELECTRIC CAR $29.87 Nice Selection of Costume Jewelry DAVID BRINK LEY'S JOURNAL, R p.m. Saturday I'll KZk 4-H NEWS Eight Crazy Stiicher Marlhanne Goodwin, presi dent, called to order the De rembjr meeting of the Eight Crazy Stitchers 4-H rlub. The 4-H pledne was Riven. Each member brought, a Christmas gift, fnr a boy or girl at the Fairview home. Goals were set for the com ing year. Improvements and coals from the past year were discussed. Our next meeting will be at the horn of Suzt Lind Jan. 7. refreshments werp jirrvrd by Margaret and Marlhanne Goodwin, Suzt Ijnd, Reporter. plut lax Open Tonight and Through Saturday Until 9 p.m. YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED! Wain and Bartlett Streets Phone 772-6428 ( Telephone Workers 'Approve Contract I Portland Will West Coast i Telephone C'n. announced hPre 'Saturday that Its 1.585 em j ployces in three Western ! states have approved a new two-year contract. The workers, represented by the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers, apprnved the pact by a vo'e of 717 In 232. It will cover workers at 7.1 exrhanKes in Washington. Oregon and Cali fornia. The rontrarl provides watfe increases and more friiiite benefits including higher medical payments by the com pany, a spokesman sain, ii said it was expected In ro: the company n additional $480,000 per year. The agreement ws retro r' j e tn Dee 1 11 EL9 B lARGE EN0UGH F0R A 6-rEAR-OLDI I I M I Forward and Revert Gears. Regular $39.90 1 mmmmtmmmmmmm fjC-sf dfooIuminum I I WALKING and TALKING Rv JO I ! I 24 inch DOLL SA "W ft Chris,mas Tree I , 'JrrlA. Jr w,,h Cc,or wh"1 I ii j fttt $8" p ( A"7 If I I y Vj jjtj VA NiCe Selection I I I B SUNBEAM MULTI-COOKER 1F3 I I f j ELECTRIC FRY PAN I 7 I WKL5 Kt" It Ml I A I Youno Life Brand I fi Reg. $187 I Fi,,cd Sflft7 $34-95 a iff CHRISTMAS ?,4 JIeach ih STOCKINGS X) I TRICYCLES gf V BEAUTIFUL -y Regular $15.98 (Oi 0 NECKTIES ''Wtt HAIR iSlh II VM BRAND HI-FI 3 SPEED f 1 "trrQT SEWING RecordPlayer 1287to178? BASKETS I Jp" $1159 1 WESTGATE CENTER CAUCI TW GIFTS FOR EVERYONE t glM CHILDREN'S t GOOD SELECTION WALL PLAQUES vifc WHEEL TOYS onlv ZT DISCOUNT PRICES BOYS nd GIRLS ft fit S3 tLSj9 20" BICYCLE VZJQOMj V y yjrijrS' J WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT With Helper Wheelt yK I, r y N ''
