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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1962 4 MedfordTbibuni ""Everyone In SoutherrTbreson u ti MaII Tribune Pubilhd Dally exceptSaturday by 33 North JjrSt Ph77J-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertitlns Maneaer GERALD T LATHAM. Bus Mir ERIC W ALLEN JR, Mns Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Teles Editor nicu a d n trWFTT Snortl Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women'e Editor DALE ERICKauNircumumi pi. An Independent Newspaper Entered iecond claw matter at Medlord. Oregon under Act of Marc 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advanco. Daily and Sunday-1 year 118.00 Daily and Sunday 8 moa 10 00 Dailv and Sunday 3 moa. 500 Sunday Only One year 3 0 Single Copy (Mailed! 30c By Camel And Motor Houte. Daily and Sunday 1 year 131 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. L7 Sunday Only 1 mo. c Carrie! andVendora .Copy M ofMclal Paper of "city of "Jj Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire V. P I Telephoto Newiplcturea "MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Repreaentativer nnnrRTR At ASSOC! .rrrc nfiiM In Nw York. Chi cago Detroit. San Francisco, Lot Arigeli-s Seattle. Portland Denver. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Advertlslng NELSON N5WJPAPI PUSUSHEftS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL IDITORIAl ASCSOCftATI Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years (go. Editors and Advertisers 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1952 (Thursday) More than 40 letter to Santa Claus, written by chll dren, arrive at Medford pot office. Winter to be ushered Into Rogue valley with showers, but no snow for Christmas. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1942 (Monday) Dr. George C. Ruhl, Crater Lake National park natural ist, sworn Into United States Navy as lieutenant. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "A val ley patriot avers 'bare false hoods' are told about the weather: The current climate la not lit for even a fully clothed falsehood. "We'd Like To Do A Chronology On What Happened During The Stevenson Crisis!" Another Bloody Christmas Is Anticipated in Katanga Area By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International Washington (UP1 Another bloody Christmas season in the Congo now seems likely under the joint auspices of the United Nations and the Unit ed States. Americans busy with other matters are scarcely aware of Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or Initial for publication Is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the naht to adit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters o.lnted in this column do not necessarily rcoresent the views of the oaper; In fact the contrary Is often the ease. 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1932 (Wednesday) Medford Association of the Unemployed, totalling about 500 members, schedules pub lic dance in effort to raise funds. United State house of rep resentatives passes Collier act legalizing sale of beer con taining 3.2 per cent of alcohol. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1922 (Thursday) Ashland girl tells Portland police she witnessed murder through a knothole on a wil lamette river houseboat. Program of a meeting of the Jackson school PTA in eludes the story of Ben Hur told by Mrs. Susanne Holmes Carter, and Illustrated with "beautiful colored lantern slides" from the University of Oregon. SO YEARS AGO Dec. 19. 1912 (Saturday) County health officer rec ommends closing all Sunday schools, public Christmas en tcrtalnments and other gath erings because of outbreak of scarlet fever in Medford. Total of 1,548 perosns reg ister to vote In Medford city election: number includes 826 women registering to vote for first time. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten conact It supertax seven er eight is eieallenli live at sii Is good. 1 How large would a draw ing of a field of 8x1 2 yards be If the scale was 't inch tu a foot? 2. Docs grown dog have more or fewer teeth than an adult human? 3. What fighter was called the Manassa Mauler? 4. Who lends the money, the mortgagor or the mortga gee? 5. How many players arc there on a lacrosse team? 6. Is a numismatist Interest ed in mathematics, coins, In surance rates or wild fowl? 7. What sacrifice did Abra ham offer up to God, in place Of his son. Isaac? 8. How many obtuse angles can there be In a triangle? 9. Where is the Taj Muhal located? 10. Complete the saying, "Nothing ventured Answers: 1. 12x18 inches. 2. More dog has 42. 3. Jack Dempser. 4. Mortgagee. 5. Twelve. 6. Coins. 7. A ram. t. Only one. 9. Agra, India. 10. ". . , nothing gained." 1 Many of the recent criticisms of television programming have centered around the role of the sponsor. Unlike newspapers or magazines, a major TV sponsor buys a particular program, and nor mally is in a position to exert considerable edl tonal control over the content 01 the program Advertisers in newspapers and magazines however, only buy space, not content. Thus the printed media are far better able to resist any advertiser pressures there may De. And. despite some rather widespread impreS' sions to the contrary, most of them do just that, THE New York Herald Tribune recently pub- lished an interview with Bob Stein, editor of Redbook magazine, in which he had some thoughtful things to say about the relationships of editors and advertisers. In part, he was quoted thus: "What an advertiser buys primarily Is your ac ceptance by your readers, it's the job of the editor to establish a policy that attracts the kind of reader he wants. When he gets that, the smart advertiser will recognize it as a place where he can sell his goods. "If you work from the other end trying to attract advertisers before you've got an editorial product all you're doing Is creating false values. It's a sign of weakness and proof that your editorial policy was un sound in the first place. It's like asking for the ap plause before you've put on your act. "In most instances, whatever advertising pressure exists only In the editor's mind. Advertising 'pres sure' Is an easy excuse for incompetent editors and reflects the basic uncertainty of the editorial approach of a publication. "If you publish something critical of an adver tiser's product or his industry just to stir your readers up, then the advertiser has a right to be upset. "But, if your criticisms are based on good report ing and serve the readers' best Interests, then you should print it. "Some advertisers may not like It, but the most reputable and best advertisers will recognize that what you're saying is valid. Even though they may not support you overtly in a situation like this, they, too are interested In higher standards for their industry." 'T'HE problems of newspapers and magazines are not. of course, identical. But they are far more similar to each other than they are to those of the broadcast media, which in most cases offer entertainment far more than they do re porting, commenting, or editorializing, and in which specific programs are at the editorial mercy of the sponsors. Mr. Stein points out that he meets reguiany with his advertising salesmen, and adds : "The contact between us is perfectly healthy. They realize that there is no question of advertising in fluence on editorial, so we don't have to erect false barriers between us. "There's a big line between this kind of cooperation and having advertising salesmen making editorial suggestions. An editor has to set his own standards and stick with them." "PHIS is the sort of friendly and cooperative, yet aloof, relationship which exists on this news paper, and on most other good ones. It is a healthy one. Ut this ootn editorial and advertising departments are convinced. If television could develop a similar relation ship, and end sponsor-domination of specific programs, we feci it would take a long step to ward the independence and editorial integrity which most papers and magazines take tor grant ed, and which have been displayed on television occasionally, but too infrequently. b.A. School Bond Voting Voters in the Salem school district the other day did an unsual thing; or rather, two unusual things. First they went to the polls in unprecedented numbers for school elections, which usually draw a minimum of people. Secondly, they approved a $3,000,000 bond issue for the construction of a new high school ; not only approved it, but did so by a margin of almost 5 to 1. Thus, if the Salem experience is any criterion, one can be confident that people still will support their schools provided they are convinced that the new expenditure is needed. THE day is fast approaching when voters in the 1 if C.L..W.I .!;.,;.. i,-;n V,.i.- t,-. tn.il-n o bor and all the scientific son mi-lliwiu niiiiiii .ii.-iim. 111 no.,, ui .11.1 " .... ,., i vr-rtisin. mn .r. ,,rl n. M 1 . ll'l. .1 ...1 ...Ml l. 1 "fls" m,h"'"- - " "v Similar decision. W nai Hie pill PON!! Will U lias llons fr W1)r Waud be spent i started a singing commercial not vet been cumpietclv worked out, out crowded conditions in the existing high school are the handwriting on the wall, which says very plainly indeed that a new high school is going to be bacllv needed here, and before too long. The high school plans have been delayed by three fiietors. first, consideration as to whether the district should have one large high school or Prty know that smi, a world , " " ",1 , . , f , 4 cannot coexist with capital-, '"P agony is over. tWO Smaller ones; second, by trips to the east, ism We know that capitalism I In "Today's Chuckle" in the midwest, and California, to stlldV bUlldlllgS ami means war and discord and Oregonian. was this thought programs, and third, bv uncertainty concerning m"f ?" "c,no i ,i i .i ,n i . . tu . ! . .1: . ; peace wniioiii socialism, ao lite proposal lliai Uie I aiClll-I Illil'lllX IUMII UC : those who toil for Socialism merged with the JMedtord district. hach of these has tended to slow down the board's decision-making process. UOWEVliR, starting in January, the board plans to begin an arduous, stepped-up series of meetings, designed to settle the many problems which must be cleared up before the major de cisions can be made. Congo Outranks Berlin as Crisis-Point In Several Ways; Outlook Uncertain BY PHIL NEWSON UPI Foreign News Aanlyst As a world problem, the Congo Is neither so old as Berlin nor at the moment does it pre sent a compar able threat to world peace. But on at least two counts, the Congo s u r passes Berlin, Mwiom and in its re sistance to peaceful solution rivals it on a third. Berlin may be classified as primarily a four-power quar rel, only indirectly involving the United Nations as a whole. Berlin constitutes no financial burden on the U. N. In the Congo, the United Nations faces both financial and moral bankruptcy and the threat increases the longer Socialism and Peace. To the Editor: So in a crown of glass they set Wild flowers, fresh-plucked and dewy wet, Gathered on the blue hills ere the dawn Had forward into daybreak gone, And bore it to the Beggar Maid, Who by the city's gateway stayed, And set It on her flaxen hair; It burned like many jewels there . . . And they placed a green reed in her hand To make her ruler of that land. i For they said: "We are sick of many wars, Mad Gods and Monstrous Emperors, And In the Beggar Maid's pure eyes We behold the Image of Paradise, And In her gentle face and breast Brcatheth the Spirit's calm, at rest . . ." Merry Christmas! How wonderful it would be If you and I could exchange this old Yuletlde greeting in a world where there were no wars, nor Mad Gods, nor Monstrous Emperors In a world where blessed peace and concord reigned. There would be real cause for cele bration then. The Biblical verse, "Peace on earth; good will to men," would express a truth in which all mankind could rejoice and not, as it usually dors today, mere cant and commercialism. Thoughts of annihilation In a nuclear war, which now weigh like an Alp on the minds of so many people, would vanish. And all the la- Christmas Greetings To the Editor: Christmas Greetings to you and your readers. The following poem came to my hands, and because it is so good I believe that both you and readers will apprec iate it as we have done. His Name at the Top I had the nicest Christmas list. The longest one in town, Till Daddy looked at it and said, "You'll have to cut it down." I knew that what he said was true. Beyond the faintest doubt, But was amazed to hear him say, "You've left your best Friend out." And so I scanned my list again, And said, "Oh, that's not true!" But Daddy said, "His name's not there, That Friend who died for you. And then I clearly understood, Twas Jesus that he meant; For Him who should come first of all I hadn't planned a cent! I'd made a Chrismas birthday list, And left the Saviour out! But, oh, it didn't take me long To change the list about. And though I've had to drop some names Of folks I like a lot, My Lord must have the most because His name is at the top! (Author unknown) This fine little poem was sent to me from Rev. Carl Mclntire who puts The Twent ieth Century Reformation Hour on KRVC at 7:45 a. m. to 8:15 a.m. Monday through Friday. If you would like to thcar astonishing revelations as to the inner workings of Communism, and who are its aiders and abettors, tune it in. H. R. Bulman, Route 4, Box 316A, Medford Commercials To the Editor: Who said ad- their joint responsibility for the situation now developing. They were shocked a year ago when U. N. Secretary General Thant cracked down on Ka tanga. U. N. forces attacked the Katangese with the ex- planation that the Katangese were about to attack U. N. forces. There ensued a dispute as to responsibility for the fight ing. More fighting and more disputes now appear likely be cause the United States and Thant are in a position where the Katanga government is re sisting U. N. order to align itself with the Central Congo government, or else. Ignored By Americans Americans weren't looking or listening when the Ka tanaga fighting began in De cember, 1961. They should alert themselves now to fol low the blood letting from its start. Also to keep themselves informed of the impact of their country's Congo policies in the Congo, itself. Newsmen on the scene In Katanaga should be ready to report accurately who starts the shooting this time and who is hit. For example, there was dispute during last De cember's fighting whether the U.N. artillery and airplanes did or did not bomb hospitals. civilian concentrations and such non-military objectives. The shooting began on Dec. 5. The file of day to dav events in this U.S.-U.N. effort to impose the boons of peace and stability on the Katan gese relates, for Dec. 14, as follows: 'U.N. forces continued mor- lor bombardment of Katangan position in the center of Elisa bethvllle (capital of Katanga). Newsmen reported from Elisa bethville that many of the U.N.'s mortar shells had fal len on the Prince LeoDold Hospital and other non-military buildings; the London Daily Telegraph reported that U.N. jets had strafed a hos- pital in Shinkolobwe, near Elisabethville. killing three African children and wound ing 13 women. U.N. jets straf ed Katanaga troop concentra tions south of the city, in the rienia townshm area sM in be their military headquar ters. U.S. Backed Attack This was one day of war fare of several, all conducted with the formal approval of the United States and lartv paid for by American taxpay- .-. iwnnray anministration foreign policy is so closely tied to the United Nations that it is difficult to lliripp whether Secretary General Thant or Secretary of State Dran Rusk is the man to de cide whether there shall be another Christmas season of success eludes U. N. efforts to restore Congo peace and unity. In both, the United States is heavily involved. As it has for many months, the key to the present Congo crir' rests with a husky, gen ial man who for more than two years successfully has resisted pressure designed to force him to restore his sepa ratist state to the authority of the Congolese central government. He 1 1 President , Moise Tshombe of Kataga province who announced secession from the republic on the Con go in the opening days of Con golese independence and has been able to maintain himself and his private army since, largely with revenues from the Haute Miniere copper mining company, As for the United Nations, first under the leadership of the late Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and now under U Thant, it has become ever more deeply committed to the premise that Tshombe must be forced to surrender. Tshombe obviously is not without friends and support ers. When Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak and President Kennedy an nounced a determination to do something about Tshombe, Belgian settlers in his capital of Elisabethville responded with a barrage of rotten veg etables against the Belgian consulate and U. N. vehicles. The Haute Miniere, whose tax returns of some $40 to $50 million a year have been Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c- Field Enterprises Inc. on tusks that enhance human j that gets to be awfully tire lir nnrl rpHm-A nr piul nnin some and. sure enouflh. all the and suffering: . . . snent on bright boys follow suit. Not i bl"d letting in Katanga tasks to extend the horizons I only do they afflict listeners! ' "reasonably clear, how of knowledge, thus opening j with that outrage, but repeat, j cvcr' ,1",t without the support the door for the use of gnu-; repeat, repeat their 'messag-! of c Kennedy adtninistia uine wisdom in the conduct ' (and what long com- ,,on' Thant would hesitate of human affairs. mrrcialsl until the only thing j lonK before ordering his U.N We, in the Socialist Labor lrft for the listener to do is truly work for peace and for the preservation of the hu man race under ennobling conditions. Only In the camp of Socialism is peace a goal earnestly and diligently pur sued with all of the intelli gence at the command of the race. We of the Socialist Labor Party invite you as we .. ,11 i ill , , , imvr iiiiti-n imiuKm nil hen thev are, the board would be well ad-: .,. (or n,orP ., 7u VCars i vised to make its plans luiown as widely as pos-mo study our program for the M, ..1.1 , I I il sinie, ami tne reasons oeninu me various decisions that have been made. Then, if the voters are convinced that the planning has been soundly and wisely done, with every effort made to obtain the maximum value per dollar spent, we would predict that the Med ford voters would give just as resounding ap proval as did the Salem district voters. E. A. "What this country needs is a good five-second commercial." David Frisch P O. Box 2il2. White City, Ore, No Roots To the Editor: The old say ing that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is just a thing involved with ! material gain. The growth of appreciation for one's jov in the beauty of life is priceless. You may give of yourself iroops lo shoot. The day after ine snooting began last De cember, Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson told newsmen that the United States fullv sup ported U.N. action against Kutnnca. Thereafter in the Christmas spirit oi peace on earth lK Department Overseas Operations Washington - irr - In 16 A game should mean itself, and nothing else. It should not be an excuse for social con tacts, on the one hand, or a substitute for life activity, on the other. Yet it is my i m p r e s sion that the great majority o f people who play games, Harris of whatever type, do not treat the game as an end in itself - do not, in fact, truly respect it, and therefore cannot get the maxi mum enjoyment out of it. I was thinking of this while playing in a duplicate tourna ment a few weeks ago. My ob jection to most "social" bridge games is that they are merely an excuse for conversation and drinks, for chatter and canapes and "paying back" the Joneses. But my objection to ser ious tournament bridge is even more severe: these players are using the game as an outlet for their fail ures, their frustra t i o n s, lheir personal lacks and re sentments. It is a substitute almost, on rr.ight say, a narcotic for the pleasures one should be receiving from reality. This is not true of all tournament players, of course; but a distressingly high percentage of them use the game as a weapon, and not as a recreation of a high, subtle and stimulating order. Few people, in any so cial endeavor, are able to treat it at an object, de serving its own degree of respect and attention, with out making it something more or something lest than it actually it. The so cial bridge players demean the garr. by giving it no relevance, while the tourna ment playert pervert the game by giving it a rele vance totally beyond its worth. going solely to Tshombe's sup port, pleads that it is in the middle and must pay its taxes to the man who obviously is in charge. But for the United Nations and for the central govern ment premier, Cyrille Adoula, the situation daily becomes more desperate. Impatience over the con tinuing Katanga stalemate withiin the central govern ment parliament threatens to topple Adoula s government. Mounting anti-U. S. sentiment carries with it the threat that a new government would be strongly left-wing. Strongly supported by the United States, Thant now seeks to block both export and sale of Katangese pro ducts to force Tshombe to his knees. But the way is not easy. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF THERE IS ONE tough buyer in a New York firm who makes it a rule never to allow an unknown salesman into his office. Old friends get all of his business. One enterprising go getter, however, finally wore the buyer down. He had a homing pigeon de livered to the buyer's office by a Western Union messenger. Tied to the pigeon's leg was a tag which read, "If you want to know more about our product, throw ourrepre sentative out of the win dow." The stunt not only won its originator an appoint ment, but an introduc tory order in the thousands. Hugh Downs 'has revived the atory of the leopard who visited his optometrist to complain, "Every time I look at my wife, I see spots before my eyes." "What do you expect?" scoffed the optometrist "You're a leopard, aren't you?" "Of course I am," conceded the leopard, "but my wife is a zebra." Late for school the third time in one week, Ingenious little Malvinia came up with a brand-new alibi. "This time it really wasn't my fault," she told her teacher solemnly. "I was walking behind a slow dog." Sound advice to motorists from Britain's Minister of Trans port, Ernest Harpies: "Everybody on the road should drive as If the other chap is an utter fool." O 1962, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate Haffield Calls for Formal Outdoor Recreation Policy peaceful establishment of a Socialist society. You are also Invited to compare our pro gram with that of any other: Hale has no roots in a heart organization that you ever , filled with happiness. have died and 74 others have returned to the t'nited States. A total of 3, 642 corps mem- in many ways, but to truly re-1 bers now are serving abroad ccive you must have an open . in 38 different countries and and receptive mind and a love another 8ti2 are in training. for all creation. ' the corps said Tuesday A game, to be worth while, must be an end in itself: in this sense, it shares a char acteristic with the arts. And what is offensive about so many tournament bridge players is that (quite uncon sciously, no doubt) they are transferring to the table their I own personal dissatisfactions the ! and disrnrhantnipnts. their Thani ;r.ii. . "jpvm-up illumines ana angers Thant directly of ,t, support. I n envies. n--."r n i Perhaps the same is true of reoce Corps Reports on , all the little worlds within the big world - the horse world and the dog world and l.i, n n n.U U.,t In -. months of operations overseas. I 'iy competitive activity such four Peace Corp, volunteers1., bridce one can sre more clearly the murky motiva- Salem-IUPD-Development of formal outdoor recreation policy for Oregon was urged today by Gov. Mark Hatfield. "The economic value of outdoor recreation is of suf ficient importance that such policy is in the public in terest. "With the addition of less tangible values which are of social and moral significance, outdoor recreation is vital to the well-being of all our cit izens," Hatfield said. The governor made his comments at the first meet ing of the Oregon Outdoor Recreational council. Workable Program Hatfield told council mem bers they should be able to "develop a workable, coordi nated state-wide program to assure that our citizens have available adequate outdoor recreational opportunities." He told members "you have before you unlimited oppor tunity." Hatfield said "as we plan for public development, we must also encourage private initiative." He called for "greater rec ognition to the role which private organizations have played In the over-all outdoor recreational program." "The private sector is in a position' to play a key role in filling the outdoor recreation needs of our citizens. Much has already been done by the timber industry, private utili ties, and other segments of the economy." he said. He commented that Port land General Electric compa ny has become recognized as outstanding In the field of out door recreation. Tht Best Job He said recently Intprinr Undersecretary James Carr stated Portland General Elec tric has done the best job of any private power company in the country. Hatfield said PGE provides "a wealth of outdoor recrea tion opportunities" without charge to the public. "Not only do these facilities help agument those of public agencies, but also contribute to maintenance of our tourist industry," the governor said. He cited a public outdoor recreation policy recently adpoted by California, and said "with only a few changes this policy might well apply in Oregon." Board of Control Tells Money Needs Salem-tUPII-The Board of Control told legislators here Tuesday it needs $5 million more in the next biennium for growing patient and in mate populations and more mental health clinics. The governor's proposed S56 million budget for the Board of Control's 12 state institutions was reviewed at the second day of the three day pre-legislative fiscal con ference. J. N. Pect, the board's sec retary, said most of the in crease over the current $51 million budget would meet growth costs. The rest in cludes an increase in the num ber of mental health clinics in the state to 17. The increase also includes SSOO.000 for a separate board function, acquisition of prop erty for the Capitol Mall at Salem. The 12 institutions account ing for the bulk of the budget are three state hospitals, two homes for the retarded, blind and deaf schools, a tubercu losis hospital, two juvenile homes, and two penal institutions. tions behind the rudeness and the mthlrssness. People who play bridge without taking it seriously arc insulting a pleasurable pastime: but an even greater read or heard about. Or any1 other that you may have even, ever, dreamed of. Henry R. Korman 2H40 Garfield St. I Longvicw. Wash. I Happiness may be just a state of mind, but what a won derful state to be in. Mrs. Pauline Baker Kuk 123 Chestnut It. Medford. t I Of those who have return- .in acainst the came is to ue ed, 14 resigned. 19 were it camouflage for ones brought baik for medical I own rctaliatorv slaps against reasons and 33 have ben re-1 the world. A game that begins lirved from duty because of j to mean something else, and failures to adjust to the work J more, than itself is slowly but or the primitive living condi-j surely a corrupter of "char tions, it said. actor. .'. fv "I suppose somebody in this country will come out with an album like thit whan thay do, thoot thtmi" f n