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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY. ""Everyone In sSUtfn"Oreion Read! The Mill Trlbum friblished Dally except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North irSl, Ph.J7.-S141 ' ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor . ; ,1 L" V Ai4tapllain M fl I - f t-.iri fp I ATtlAM. But. MffX. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mn Editor ' EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD J EWETT. Sporu Editor OLIVE STARCHER Womene Editor , PALE ERICKSON Circulation Mr , ATTlndtpendent New-paper tillered second clain matter at Medlord. Oreeon. under Act or March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES "&.-Z. 12..AHa.v'"c,...r.i.o, Daily and Sunday rnoa 10.00 Dailv and Sunday 3 mil i-jo Sunday Only one year ea. f Slnile Copy (Mailedl ?By cirnei-And Motor oui, t Daily and Sunday 1 year S2T.00 1 Dailv and Sunday 1 mo. - Sunday Only 1 mo. so J Carrier and Vendori-Copy 100 1 rTmflal"P"per of "City of Madford 1 Official Paperof jackion county United Preii international r.til l-eaied Wire - U. P I Telephoto Newpteture -"MEMBER OK AUDIT BUREAU " OCIRCULATIONS NELSON ROBERTS ASSOCI. ATES Of'lcea In New York, Chi "aco Detroit. San Francisco. Loi Anfeles Seattle. ri" Denver. NlwlPAMa ruiiiiHits AiSOCIAflON NATION A I IOITOIAl TX7 ASCS&CiVATiyN Z) W - Flight o' Time Medlord and Jeckson County History from the tiles of The Mail Tribun. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ego. 10 YEARS AGO Dac. It, 1952 (Wednesday) Donnie Cook, 4 -year. old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cook, Is flown to Portland by Air Force rescue plane for emer gency treatment of a kidney ailment. Approximately 88.1 per cent of Medford residents own or are buying their own homes, according to recent census report. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. IS, 1942 (Saturday) Medlord High, school s "revolutionary milita r 1 z e d physical education program" featured in article entitled "Mayhem in Medford" appear ing in Time magazine. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudce Pot" column: "Stock men have started pitching $25 per day hay at steers." 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 18, 1932 (Monday) Officials of Medford school district announce proposed budget of $179,703 for coming year. . Blizzard leaves 24 Inches of now in Crater Lake National park In 22 hours, closing high ways for. winter. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. IS. 1922 (Tuesday) Efforts to gain post-season football game for Medford High school with Scott High school of Toledo, Ohio, end when Scott signs for game with Corvallis. Carl Y. Tengwald elected commander of Medford American Legion post. SO YEARS AGO Dec. 18. 1912 (Thursday) Medford city streets sanded to save horses from falls on Icy pavement. Turkeys reported tn be plentiful on local market for 25 cents a pound. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine er tea correct h tuperlei! even er eight It oicellant,- five er til it good. 1. How many faces thrrc on a cube? are 2. In the nursery rhyme ,whal did the dish run away : with? .1 The drink made from the Juice of apples is cider; what is the drink made from pears called' 4. Do trade winds always blow In the same direction? 3. How many pawns does a chess set contain? 6. How much fencing is needed to enclose field ten feet long. If It Is twice as long as it is wide? 7. How did Mohammed die? 8. What is another name for mercury? 9. In what body of water Is the Isle of Man? 10. Are hard or soft woods heller for coals in a camp fire? Answers: 1, Six, 2, The spoon. 3. Perry. 4. Yet, from east toward the Equator. S. Sixteen. 8. 30 feet. 7. He was poisoned. I. Quicksilver. I. The Irish Sea. 10. Hardwoedt, Portlandtr Appointed To Iran University Portland - OTP - Dr. Ken nelh . Livingston of Port land has been appointed medi cal educator at Shlrez uni versity fn Iran for the IT 3. Agency for International De velopment. Livingston, a neurosurgeon, will leave for Iran after jx weeks of orientation In Wash incton. D C. 4 A DECEMBER II. 1S2 Muddy The Grants Pass Courier recently asked edi torially, "Why drain the lake at Savage Rapids?" We thought it was a good question and set out to find the answer. An irrigation district official said there are five reasons why the level of the Rogue above the dam is lowered in the wintertime. They are these 1. ' To help alleviate high water during periods of flooding. 2. To permit work to be done on equipment. 3. To save wear and tear on the dam. 4. To minimize downstream muddiness and siltation. . 5. Because "we've always done it. NUMBER five is, of course, no reason at all. Numbers 1 and 2 are valid, but would hardly seem to necessitate low water all winter long. Number 3 may or may not be valid, although how serious wear and tear would be is question able. , Number -4 is also questionable. We suspect that the real reason is that the irrigation district has little or no interest in the esthetics of the river, or in whatever recreational value it may have in the winter, and is chiefly interested in convenience, and in how "we've always done it." THUS, despite the reasons cited by the district, we are inclined to agree with the Courier. It said: "... It is ridiculous that (the lake) must be drained every fall to remain a mass of messy muddy banks, jagged scars and altogether an unsightly place when it is such a beautiful expanse in the irrigation season. When the river ebbs to its normal expanse and depth for the non-irrigation months, it's pretty much of an eyesore at the otherwise beauty spot in the summer season." We think the district needs more substantial reasons than those given for permitting the mud dy mess to remain all winter. E.A. Tough Speaking of irrigation districts, they are among the most important governmental sub divisions in this "semi-arid" part of the state, and also perhaps among the least understood units of government. The job their officials difficult and touchy one, engineering ability and know-how, but also con siderable amounts of diplomacy and political savvy, a working knowledge of the weather, ad ministrative competence, ality which can get along bosses and clients. It is our view that the well served by its irrigation district managers. e AIUCH of the credit for the approval and con struction of the Talent project troes to the managers of the valley's irrigation districts. The same is true of the successful attempt for author ization of the much larger Rogue Basin project, of the much smaller. Agate Dam project, and of the rehabilitation work. These men must see that available water is distributed equitably and fairly, must see to the maintenance and improvement of the water dis tribution systems, must contend with a rising tide of recreation-seekers. AH this adds up to a difficult, demanding job. which, in the main, has been well performed locally. E.A. Diverse Traditions Christmas is such a firmly-fixed event in the lives and habits of Americans it is a bit difficult to realize that the holiday today, with its mix ture of the religious and pagan, and its vast com mercialization, is a relatively new development. Its celebration was actually forbidden by law in colonial New England, because the Puritans believed that such activities were wholly pagan. So many differing traditions enter into Christ mas celebrations that sometimes it is difficult to sort them out. ""THERE is first, of course, the religious observ- vance the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child. Although there is considerable doubt that Dec. 25 actually is the proper day, there is no doubt of the sincerity of most Christ mas worshippers. But there are also the traditions of Turkish St. Nicholas, who, by the way of Holland and Germany, eventually became the strictly Ameri can Santa Claus; of the Yule log and mistletoe and hollv wreaths and decorated trees and was sail bowis all of them blending into a curiously homogenous type of celebration dispite the di versity of their origins. And it would seem that the commercialization is simply a logical outgrowth of these diverse tra ditions, combined with the easy affluence of the richest and most spendthrift nation on earth. THERE is a question as to whether the vast sums spent on Christmas advertising, and on the development and merchandising of an astounding variety of goods, is the result or the cause of the flood of Christmas sentiment and spending. Terhaps a little of both. Whatever and however it has become, it is America's most beloved holiday, and it is a Scrooge indeed who does not feel a little kind lier toward his fellows during its season. E.A. Mess Job do is an exceedingly and requires not only and the kind of person with a wide variety or Rogue Valley has been MEDFORD "1 Ws Afrid ThU Would Happen Some Day' ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen na.ue or initial for publication is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submiiled for publication must net exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Teener's Christmas Wish To the Editor: Dear Santa: This Christmas I don't want candy or a toy. I d like to have a gift wrap ped boy! I prefer eyes of brown but I'll take blue, Hair that's light or dark will do. Have him stand about six feet tall, Sweet, considerate, a living doll. A good sense of humor and full of romance. A real slick dresser and be able to dance. I want my guy near IS or 17. Loves sports and on the basketball team. The guy of my dreams is real neat. Hope my wishes aren't too hard to meet. But what I've described is my ideal. Oh - and Santa, make sure he is real! A Lonely Teen (Name on File) Central Point, Ore. Who's Confuted? To the Editor: Well, Mr. Jenny, here I am, one of the repeaters, reflecting the same appearance with Insane fear. After translating your know how in journalism, and the "key" words, I decided you feel you have us "nuts all in one shell." Guess I'm a crazy idiot, too stupid, and ignorant to shut up. because you have spoken. When you arrived in Med ford the red carpet was put out for you. Twenty years ago, when I arrived there also was a red carpet laid out for all of us, only it was soaked with blood from the boys that were fight ing overseas, with death, broken bodies and minds (Camp White is a good ex ample). So these boys didn't die in vain, and for those that are living with broken bodies, and spirit, I'll keep writing. As far as confusing the two (chlorinatinn or fluoridation), I know they are Halosens (salt form), and belong to the same group according to the periodic law. Fluorine is more poisonous than chlorine. Now, I could be wrong, and I hope I am. But. Isn't the main issue to make the people believe the water is contami nated, so when election comes around they'll vole for fluoii dalion? What ever happened to the theory that when water runs so msny feet it purifies itself? We do have a spring, don't we? After fluoridation went down, chlorinaijon rushed 'n neatly packed, and labeled "mandatory." Mrs. Irma Henderson 729 Dakota ave. Medford. For and Against To the Editor: Recently we have had two interesting com munications concerning agin ners and other. James K. Shafer and Arnold E. Jenny voice some interesting paral lels and divergencies As Shafer says our different opinions make us all aginners. Both gentlemen seem to be both for and again.it certain things. For Instance, nudinn is right for some folks and wrong for others. Patty Johnson save men have to wear pants to hide knobby knees and hairy legs: ladies with beautiful nether extremities may Justifiably reveal more or lew, usually more, and still be a lady. Even so, a female human be ing, showing a rumble seat construction that would do Justice to a beef sieer. is ot a good argument for nudum And the sme goes for a male middle age paunch topping t pair of hairy pipe stems. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREOOM Also, the two scribes agree they do not smoke. Of course, that makes them both Chris tians. Seriously however, re fraining from these or some other of the so called small vices does not make a Chris tian, but Christians are less likely to fall a prey to lung cancer or heart failure in duced by the practice. As for the aginners; May the Lord have pity on the weak and flacid worm that has not the back bone or moral grit to be against the evils of his time. Whether you agree or disagree with the aglnner, he is fighting against what he believes is a great evil of his day. An history reveals there is the Tory who worships the Status Quo and is therefore against the aginner. The pages of history also reveal a long list of great men and women who were aginners. To list a few: Moses. Elijah, Jesus, Luther, Wesley, Dickens, Pat rick Henry, George Washing ton and his Rebels, Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, W. J. Bryan and more. These were all agin ners fighting the evils of their day. Of course where there are aginners there are Tories to oppose them. By police power, hy perseuction, by torture or death, the Tories ha e tried to kill the movements spon sored by the aginners. Many times that generation passed away while the issue was still in doubt. But history has a strange way of some times righting a lost cause. Fre quently the very statues or monuments erected by the Tories to honor their heroes of the Status Quo, are pulled down by the next generation to be cast Into guns or Lib erty Bells to celebrate the victory of the aginners. So, call us aginners if you wish. We may be travelling in a glorious company. You cannot be seriously for some thing without being against its opposite. L. G. Weaver, 301 Haven St., Medford Humane Education To the Editor: Through edu cation and daily contact with our environment, certain civic and moral standards are set to live by. These customs or rules are flexible to a degree, but in general, there is main tained a more or less stable margin of obligation to our society. Of all the subjects taught. none is more ignored than the humane treatment of our animal friends. I'm sure it is from a lack of humane education that many of these cruelties exist. For instance, many a person who abandons an animal along a highway or country road might reason that these pets would be adopted by neighboring farms and thus given homes. How ever, this, too. often, is not the case. Instead, these crea ture.", bewildered and con fused, ere left to fend for themselves. Every day scores of these cases come into our humane societies and county pounds. Others remain out in a world in which they cannot live healthy and happy lives with out assistance from us. Some come in diseased and hurt, others so emaciated and weak lhat they can barely stand. In the naive of com mon decency we surely owe ! them more than this I'm con-ileal vlnced much of this could be' righted hv prooer education The other liiv, a puppvi which had been literally j thrown from a moving t-l hide, was brouzht Into the humane society. People come in trying to get rauv to train the Earth Its surface tern-! onautics and Space Admini their hounds with, of course j perature j a sizzling 600 de-lstration are ready to reveal without success. Then therejgrees much too hot for I what Mariner told them. British, Despite Loss Power, Still Retain Responsibilities By PHIL NEWSOM UPI rereign News Analyst When former Secretary of State Dean Acheson asserted that Britain's role as a great world power was "about played o u t," he drew a roar of pre tests from London. From the standpoint of empire, Ache ion had a point. And LSSJ ewtoBj whether, as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said, Ache son was misunderstanding the role of Britain and the com monwealth, could be a matter for debate. While Albion may have lost most of his empire, he occa sionally shows that he has a bite as well as a roar. One such time came in swift British military reaction when the Yemen revolt threat ened to spread into the Aden are cases of extreme cruelty, such as dogs on very short chains, left for days with neither food, water oi proper shelter, and of course, no op portunity for exercise. Bring your unwanted pets to the local humane society. The address is 2902 Table Rock Road (telephone is 664 2406). We will be happy to show you our facilities and give you pamphlets on prop er care of your pels. Our ad mitting hours for visitors are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. At other times, pets can be brought and deposited in the self service cages whenever con venient. Charles "Chuck" Irion, Humane Officer, 2902 Table Rock rd., Medford Christmas Story To the Editor: Every Christ mas my husband and I re mind our children of the real meaning of this the greatest of all holidays. In the rush of getting all the gifts bought and wrapped it is easy to for get why we have this celebra tion and therefore it was heart warming for us to find the following story In the type writer one day. It was writ ten by our eight year old daughter. We would like to share it with all those who find themselves too busy to remember the hirth of Christ. "Now it is Christmas time all over the world. We cele brate Christmas because of Jesus's birth. It is not Just toys at all. "Santa Claus is really a very nice man. Santa Claus brings toys because he loves children. ' Some people say he is a fake but he is really a man. "This is my story." Anna-Kare Morgan. We wish everyone a very lovely Christmas. inga Morgan 211 Vancouver ave. Medford. In the Day's News ly FRANK JENKINS Question: How, on this 15th day of December, 19B2, is one to sit down at a typewriter and write a piece on politics, ec onomics or what have you? It can't be done. As this is written, our Mari ner II spaceship has Just flown past Venus, some 36 million miles from us but still our nearest neighbor out in space, and in response to com mands transmitted to it from here on earth has sent back a report on what it saw as it whined by. IF YOU were listening Fri 1 day night you HEARD THE REPORT. You were not, of course, able to understand what it was saying in Its high pitched, rasping, curiously un musical voice. Nor were the listening sci entists able to give an imme diate report. The voice that we heard over radio and TV night before last will have to be fed Into computers that will translate the messages that Mariner II was sending back to us across the millions of miles of space. But, when translated, these noises are expected to pro vide us with a mass of highly precise scientific data that may solve scores of astronom- mysteries. THE bil mystery, of rourse. '"': CAN THERE BE LIFE ON VENUS' Many astronomers believe although the planet's mass and sue are much like protectorate on the south coast of the Arabian penin sula. Another and more re- Strictly Personal ly Sydney J. Htrrii ( MtltJ Inttrprlm Int. ART AND IDEALISM Watching the great Pablo Casals conduct a chamber or chestra in a Bach suite (in the closed televi sion - circuit program for the National Cultural Cen- t e r last month), I was fore i b 1 y re minded again that the world of performers Harris ana artists is in many ways a model of what the outer world ought to be. collectivism. Despite the back-bltlng and envy and childishness of so many performers, there is an immense respect for talent and ability, skill and disci pline, imagination and inter pretation. The world of the artist is supremely the world of the individual; compared to it, business and trade (which use the word "individualism" too often as a synonym for mak ing more money without re straint) are impersonal and anti-individualistic. The mod ern corporation, indeed, is a. prime example of high-level cellectivism. In the arts, a man er woman is judged solely and wholly by what he can ds and how well he can do it. There is a true democracy of merit, whieh means that there is also a true aristoc racy made up of those who have proved them selves as individuals, re gardless of their biek greund. their national orig in, their private fallings. The veneration given to Casals by his fellow musi cians is a moving example of what the entire human family was meant to be. This dumpy, bald, hobbling, ailing eld man, without money, without power, without even a country of his own, commands the ut most respect of artists throughout the world be cause of his vast ability and his fierce dedication to the highest goals of his craft. What an artist (if he is really an artist) wants to be is the best not the big gest or the rici.est or the most famous. His end is a value net a commodity; and true civilisation can survive only when we piece values above commodities. The least practical, and most de structive, thing a society can do is to enshrine the practical above the "ideal istic." What Is immensely appeal ing, in a deep human sense, about the arts is that they re main one of the few areas in which true individualism can flourish; in which the creator and the performer is a per son directly communicating with other persons; in which his ancestors, language, con nections, and superficial traits are totally subordinated to his professional skill. A state which cannot pro duce and sustain such art is doomed, however tall Its buildings or powerful its ar maments; and both "democ racy" and individualism" can be measured by the ways in which those who are gifted In other areas shape their lives to give fuller expression to the higher parts of their na ture, and not merely to the appetitive part we share with all animals. life as we know it. But, these scientists add. the tempera ture readings by instruments here on earth may come from an electronically charged ion osphere far above what AP PEARS at this distance to be the surface of Venus The planet's TRUE surface, these scientists theorize, COULD be a lush jungle, a wind-swept desert, a bound less ocean or a furnace. The a ,rm Mariner when un- raveled, mav solve this Fut ile. That is why this moment is such an exciting moment. I 'TODAY'S big question: When will we know what ! Mariner II was reporting Fri day night when we heard its voice coming to us over the air w aves? The answer seems to be that we will know whenever the scientists of the National Aer- of Empire cent example, came when Britain rushed tough Gurkha troops and commandos into revolt-threatened Brunei and Sarawak on the northwest coast of Borneo, half a world away from London. True, compared to the epic stands of empire these were piddling actions. This was not the thin red line of Rudyard Kipling, nor yet the British charge against the whirling dervishes of the Sudan as once described by war correspondent Winston Churchill. But in a changing world Britain still has and maintains its global commitments. Brunei, a sultanate under British protection, and Sara wak and British North Bor neo, crown colonies, together make up the northern portion of the island of Borneo. The remainder is held by Indo nesia. At various times, both the Philippines and Indonesia have laid claim to the British held portions. Denying the legitimacy of both claims, Britain intends that eventually North Borneo, Matter of Fact 1 Joseph Altop (el New York Herald Tribune Syndicate THE COMING RUPTURE Paris The Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists are now quite clearly on the very brink of a final, open rupture which will split the world Com- ring camps. The West ern experts on Communist af fairs, once so unanimous that nothing of the sort would ever happen, are now nearly as unanimous that the final rupture can hardly be avoided. The stages in the macabre, wordy but crucially significant Journey towards the brink of rupture are well worth summarizing. First, the Chinese were vi ciously denounced but not by name at the Bulgarian and Hungarian party congress es. They responded with equally vicious denunciations of the Soviets not by name to which they added that Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, then about to be received in Moscow with open arms, was a "traitor." ! Second, the denunciations of the Chinese continued at the Italian and Chechoslovak ian party congresses; but now they were openly named, both by the Czech parly boss An tonin Novotny and some of the Italians. These speeches naming the Chinese were then printed in Moscow, thus put ting the Soviet man in the street on notice of the depth of the trouble. Third, the attack on the Chinese was continued with mounting vigor by Khrush chev himself, in the presence of the "traitor" Tito, at the recent session of the Supreme Soviet. In part, Khrushchev said his say about the Chinese by talking about the Alba nians. . a lHRUSHCHEV added to this passage of his speech, however, that the Albanians were like nasty little boys who took money from even nastier grown men who thought it a good joke for the boys to shout dirty words at respectable people. He also twitted the Chinese bv name for permitting "fragments of imperialism" to "remain in tact" at Hong Kong and Ma cao. The Supreme Soviet heard shots directed at the Chinese from subsequent speakers, and it was further edified hy an "Thal'i rleM, dear. Take ltst anel put Tits back en . put Cestre en the gift lilt tf-vji PT. move" ri. . lr 1 into two war- aTine and Sarawak and Brunei shall be joined with Singapore a nil Malaysia which would be an independent member of the commonwealth of nations. It was to prevent establish ment of this federation that early this month a revolt broke out In Brunei and spread quickly to Sarawak. Self-proclaimed leader of the revolt was a man named A. M. Azahari, leader of the dominant People's party which is aligned with pro. Communists in Singapore and reportedly receives heavy fi nancial aid from Red China. Oil makes Brunei . the) wealthiest of the Borneo ter ritories. It has no personal income tax and interest from investments pays most of the government's expenses. There are free schools, free medical benefits and old age pensions for all. Rebel leader Azahari, beat en this time, professes to want an autonomous Borneo state linked loosely with a Malay sian union. For the British it is a problem of accomplish ing peaceful evolution in act vance of violent revolution. address from the "traitor" Tito. The Chinese thereupon replied by openly publishing a secret inter-party letter to the Czech party congress, bit terly complaining about the attacks on them and on the Albanians, and angrily de manding a world meeting of Communist leaders from all countries. There is no likelihood that the Soviets will agree to such a meeting. The Chinese want it, solely because It would serve to show they have some support, from the North Ko reans, perhaps from the North Vietnamese, and from certain Communist parties in the free half of the world, in Latin America and elsewhere. The precise pattern of the next stage of this ferocious slanging match is in fact far from clear. It is abundantly clear, however, that plaster ing over the cracks once again has become all but impossible. The relationship cannot be im proved except by the surren der of one of the two disput ants. And since such a sur render is highly unlikely, the relationship is almost bound to deteriorate still further. Hence the predictions of final rupture. i TN THESE circumstances, it begins tb be needful to ask what the consequences of a final rupture may be. For the Chinese, one consequence will be increased economic diffi culties; lor the Soviets will almost certainly cut off their crucial oil shipments to China. Another consequence for the Chinese will be their total liberation from any slight re straining influence from Mos cow. Depending on the degree of megalomania in Peking, this can have pretty dramatic results in Korea, In Viet Nam. and elsewhere along China's borders. In Moscow, meanwhile, sev erence of the last link with Peking will almost surely mean a much stronger drift towards "revisionism" the more pragmatic, less repres sive Communism the Chinese hate so much. Overall, this vast develop ment will also mean great op portunities and perhaps seri ous challenges for the West. That fact, in turn, makes it all the more regrettable that the West's annual NATO rally here was not more fruitful and constructive and there fore more worth writing about. A meeting that is mere ly more cordial than its pred ecessor is hardly good enough. Mae eff the Chriitma-ear . . whs? ... eh, yeu'd better . . . I"