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. "
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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-
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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.
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DAVID BRINK LEY'S
JOURNAL, R p.m. Saturday
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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.
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Telephone Workers
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I Portland Will West Coast
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'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
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