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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Washington CorrespondentOffersCrystal Ball Look Toward Events for Coming Year
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Editor'! not: One again
A. Robert Smith, our Waih
ington corripondnt. with
the bandit of 20-20 hind
sight, takes a far-sighted
glance into his slightly
cracked crystal ball to oi
ler a tongu-in-chk fore
cast of 1963 events.
January - An Oregon Stale
university professor finds Or
egon's storms and earth trem
ors In late
1962 were
caused by a
ground swell
of cold anger
at the grass
roots concern
i n g Cuba,
which encoun
tered a heavy
and thick
blanket of hot
air from politicians, resulting
in terrific turbulance
President urges new era of
bipartisanship for peace, of
fers Sen. Barry Goldwaler
ambassadorship to Katanga.
Sen. Everett Dirkscn agrees
and suggests a purple heart
for Adlai Stevenson. Mark
Hatfield, offering his theories
on coexistence, says: "Wayne
Morse and I have had a bi
partisan policy for a year to
cooperate against such threats
to our peace as Sigfricd Un
ander." Congress receives new Ken
nedy budget of $99.9 billion.
Ten Oregon chambers of
commerce telegraph Senators
Morse and Neuberger to op
pose wild Democratic spend
ing, but to be sure and in
crease federal payrolls in Or
egon.
February - Attorney Gen
eral Bobby Kennedy asks
M-TS-w- ?
ICY AFTERMATH A firemen is covered with ice after
battling a fire at a lumber yard in Providence, R.I., in sub
zero weather. (UPI)
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Raglirer and Tribune
Syndicate, 19631
Horntail Insect Drills Hole
In Tree Wood to 'Lay' Eggs
The adornment of a horn
Is usually on an animal's front
end, cither on the head or
the snout. That's the conven
tional place to have one, but
the "horntail" insect has his
or hers on the posterior or
tail, and it is a useful object.
There arc those who claim
to have seen a snake with a
horn on the tail but if there
is such a thing it has so fur
cscipcd scientific observa
tion. But anything is possi
ble in the world of Insects
and the horntail Insect is
rightly named, for that's
where the horn is located.
The horntail Insect Is close
ly related .to the sawfly ex
cept that the fly possesses a
suw instead of a horn. And
stranger still, the horn is
present on both sexes of the
hot-mails.
Interesting History
The life history of the
horntail reads even more in
terestingly than a chapter in
Arabian Nights. Mrs. Horn
tail, feeling the urge to de
posit her eggs, drills a hole
In the solid wood of a tree
or a fallen log. Ordinarily
wo think of a drill as a turn
ing rod with a cutting point
chewing its way into wood or
inetnl and accompanied by
considerable noise, but the
hmnlHil insect drills without
the .slightest audible sound.
She bores a hole neverthe
less, .is much as a half or
throe quarters of an inch into
solid wood.
Once the opening is made
she deposits an egg Even the
ci!gs she lays arc "sharp."
that is they are oval but
pointed on one end: she can
Just about drive the sharp
end of the egg into the hole
she has bored. There's a very
good reason, too, why the
res is pointed and placed Into
the wood, for as soon as the
egg hatches the larvae Is
headed in the right direction,
deeper into solid wood.
Arrivnng at the preferred
depth the larva, now a gray
ish white grub, builds about
Itself a coccoon of dirty silk
A considerable amount of
sawdust is mixed with the
silk, sawdust left over from
the drilling. Both adult horn
tail. as well as horntail larva,
are expert drillers; it's part of
their lifework.
Larca Inside
Once the cocoon Is finish
ed - and by now the larva Is
deep Inside the tree - It goes
into its transforming sleep to
awaken as an adult hornfly.
Of course as soon as it is
strong enough it drills an
other luitiiel (this time toward
the outside world) and enters
it as an adult horntail. Boring
into the wood of the tree and
out of the tree again pretty
well Justifies the common
name of "wood borer."
The larva of the horntail
has an enemy that can reach
it even if it is buried in solid
wood: a species of wasp
which also has a very long
tail, or more correctly an egg
laying ovipositor, that can
probe into the wood. She
tries, and often succeeds, in
laying one of her own eggs
in the body of the horntail
larva. If this happens the
horntail larva "has had it."
It Is a peculiar way of life,
the young of an insect to be
locked in solid wood. It's a
good thing the horntail larva
has nothing to think with or
any rendezvous with bug cles
liny. Whatever purpose they
serve is rather obscure, un
less to prove that a horn on
cither end of a rhinoceros or
an insect can be usT-ful.
Congress to outlaw paper bal
lots and aid states to install
voting machines. Phil Roth
launches campaign to "keep
Kennedy machine out of Ore
g;n." Jcbby Davidson noted
that it was a little late but
offers to make Roth's cam
paign bipartisan. Says Bob
by: "Election results were in
doubt In too many states for
weeks. In my home state, how
ever, we knew who would
win ahead of time. My broth
ers and I find machines most
rewarding."
Oregon legislature fails to
muster quorum as many law
makers return home for "per
sonal reasons." Newsmen dis
cover the reason; new expense
account crackdown by Inter
nal Revenue has ended free
loading on lobbyists, forcing
legislators to pay their own
way. By Feb. 15 they were
broke.
Dr. Arthur Flcmming makes
non-partisan Lincoln Day din
ner speeches in Eugene, Sa
lem and Portland, claiming
Lincoln saved the Union by
stockpiling strategic materi
als. March - Moviemaker Otto
Preminger says he'll do Ho
ratio Alger life of Mark Hat
field. In Salem, the governor
denies he inspired it, says
he's flattered.
Louclla Parsons reports
that Travis Cross inspired it,
sold Preminger a scenario en
titled, "Looking Upward
the Mark Hatfield Saga," but
Preminger plans to Jazz it
up, star Elvis Presley, and
change title to "Sheik of the
Cascades. Antoinette Hat
field flies to Hollywood to
protest.
Bipartisanship blossoms in
state legislature as legislators
return to pass salary increase
bill and toss big party for
all the lobbyists who have
supported them through the
lean years. Wayne Morse and
Maurine Neuberger help Hat
field by lobbying for his in
creased tax on liquor and cig
arettes. April - JFK invites Wayne
Morse, Edith Green and Mike
Kirwan to lunch to review
budget for Oregon projects
and national aquarium. It
features Jackie's favorite reci
pe for irreconcilable politi
cians: crow currie and humble
pic. It's a bust. According to
the Sal. Evening Post, one
luncheon guest jumped to his
feet shouting: "I'm amused at
this slick attempt to get me
to compromise my principles
and eat crow." And another
declared: "Ya think I'm gonna
let this guy and that woman
blab that Kirwan ate humble
pie." The first guest demand
ed: "I want pork, and lots
of it." The other chap asked
for fish. Mrs. Green insisted
on the school lunch, and the
president double his usual bi
carbonate. May - Republican senators
emerge from secret caucus,
charge that "The White House
palace guard is drunk with
power in suppressing news.
Arthur Schlesinger is quo
ted in Life as saying the
charge is false because all
New Frontiersmen are sober
young men who at all times
can walk a straight line, which
is not only the shortest dis
tance across Bobby's swim
ming pool but the quickest
path between a secret meeting
and the president's pet jour
nalists. Back from Hollywood and
successful negotiations, Mrs.
Hatfield says Pat Boone, not
Presley, will play governor in
the movie, and he will sing
three hymns.
Congressman Waller Nor-
blad makes his first speech on
C'npitol Hill in five years in
tree planting ceremony near
Tail Memorial. The tree, a
middle-aged birch, was sent by
Portland's Arlington Club.
June - Gallup Poll shows 72
per cent of voters think presi
dential and vice presidential
candidates should have experi
ence in foreign affairs. Gov.
Nelson Hockofoller leaves on
HOUSING STARTS DIP
Washington - ilini The
Commerce department report
ed Monday that construction
of privately owned housing
units declined in November
but remained 14 per cent ! trip to Africa. Governor Horn-
above a year earlier. II esti
mated that 117,110 private
units were started in Novem
ber, compared with i:i:t,40U in
October and 1(13,000 in No
vember, 19(i
ney leaves for India and a
week of fasting, Governor
Scianton flies to Viet Nam.
Governor Hatfield subscribes
to the West Coast edition of
the New York Times
Postmaster General Day
admits new UN stamp mis
takenly shows Adlai Steven
son standing on head, orders
five million printed to avoid
making it collector's item.
Receives note from JFK: "I've
taken up stamp collecting.
Send me over a thousand of
those."
July - Maurine Neuberger
finished writing new book
called "The Women Status
Seekers." Deploring discrimi
nation against women office
seekers, she rebukes JFK for
failure to appoint Edith Green
ambassador to any place, and
calls on the Democrats to
nominate a woman- for vice
president. Denying she is a
candidiatc, the senator flics to
Europe with Muffet hidden in
a bathing suit bag on her lap.
Dr. Edwin R. Durno returns
to Washington to head ami
medicare lobby. Starts by de
manding end of free medical
services for congressmen. Says
ex-congressman: "While serv
ing in Congress, I had the
benefit of a free government
physician, free pills and cut
rates at a government hos
pital. I could feel socialism
creeping up on me. I don't
want this to happen to Bob
Duncan much as I 'like him to
save a buck."
August - Governor decides
to try to balance stale budget
by taking advice of Howell
Appling and Howard Belton
on use of prison labor on state
jobs. Next day, clerks in of
fices of Appling and Belton
and Thornton are replaced
with convicts having office
experience - safe crackers,
forgers and embezzlers.
Appling and Belton say
they were not consulted but
have no objection "as long as
it saves money." Thornton
sues Hatfield, charging the
plan is "unconstitutional be
cause the governor is trying
to handcuff the attorney gen
eral offices."
Maurine, after a fortnight
in Paris, arrives in Nigeria
for one day inspection of
Peace Corps. Says she never
heard of Sen? Ellender and
urges ban on all billboards,
except of course, no smoking
signs.
September Pierre baiin
ger announces that presiden
tial conferences on TV will
be sponsored hereafter "by
public-service-mindcd organi
zations" to help balance fed
eral budget. NBC sells time
to U.S. Steel, but Roger
Blough won't make a pitch
for steel price increase. ABC
time Is sold to GOP National
committee, so Ev and Charlie
can interrupt JFK for "a few
words." CBS says its sponsor
will be the Teamsters Union,
hut .Mm., Hnffa will speak
only on behalf of physical fit
ness and the clean life.
Postmaster Day issues a new
Cuban freedom fighter stamp
mistakenly showing Bay ol
Pigs, then prints 10 million;
JFK drops stamp collecting.
October - A University of
Oregon professor reports hu
man motivational re s e a re h
shows secret fears or desires
can be deduced from a per
son's favorite songs. Cites ex
amples: Maurine Neuberger,
"Smoke Gets In My Eyes";
Wayne Morse, "Drink To Me
Only With Thine Ayes": Sig
Unander, "Tiger Rag"; Terry
Schrunk. "Gypsy Love Song ';
Nelson Rockefeller. Barry
Goldwatcr and Lyndon John
son. "Rocking Chair."
The new "American states
men" stamp series mistakenly
includes Nelson Rockefeller.
This time JFK drops Post
master General Day.
November - Maurine flics
home from Greenland, where
she visited an Air Force offi
cers club and won a twist con
test. "They misunderstood,"
she tells reporters in Wash
ington. "I was just trying to
keep warm."
Hatfield and Prem i n ge r
hold joint news conference
after preview of Hatfield
story. Governor thinks Pat
Boone too romantic in spots.
Preminger agrees to have Pat
put his shirt back on and sing
one more hymn.
December - The "Happy
Oregonland" Coloring book
reaches book stores for Christ
mas trade. It tells all about
the Queen of Multnomah
(color her green) who has
taken a few spills on the slip
pery steps of the royal court
(house); and the Queen of the
Dunes (color her aquamarine)
who lives in a sand castle; and
Sir Sigfried (he remains abso
lutely colorless) who has
nothing to govern anymore
but his gold reserves.
It also tells of the dashing
duke named Grcnn whom the
Queen of Multnomah tries to
banish from the court. One
night Grenn fell off his horse
into the bushes, leaving a
damsel in distress. (Color him
shocking pink). And all the
duke's men couldn't put him
back together again.
After a thriving two -day
sale, the book is banned by
the mayor and burned by the
fire chief. American Civil
Liberties Union becomes so
busy protesting the book burn
ing it hasn't time to protest
Christmas trees on Portland
State campus. Senator Morse
says, "While we must all de
fend civil liberties, especially
freedom of speech, the princi
ple that an outraged citizen
has the' right to burn bad
books is sacred. I've burned
a few books myself this past
year."
Human experience is one
year further in debt to its
leaders.
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