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FRIDAY. JANUARY 11, 1(13 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON MedforoUWTribuni "Everyone In Southern Oregon ! Til Mall Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by SS North Kir St.. Ph.Ji;i-6141 ""lhBRT w ROHL Editor HERB GRKY Advertising Manater GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mir ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mne Editor EARL H ADAMS, tliy tailor nRRV rHIPMAN Teles Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mfr An Indenendent Newspaper Entered al second class matter at Aledlord. uregon unoer aci oi Mnrch 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Rv Mall In Advance Dally and Sunday 1 year US 00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos 10 00 Dally and Sunday 3 moa 5.00 Sunday Only One year $500 Slnale Copy (Mailed I 20c Rv rniTmi And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year $21 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1.76 ' Rnnriav Onlv 1 mo. 50c Carrlei and Vendora Copy 100 Official Paper of City of (Bedford Official Paper of Jackson County United Prese International Full Leaaed Wire TJ. P 1. Tclephoto Nejtfsplcturee MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCL ATI'S nrticea In New York. Clll easo. Detroit, San Francisco. Los Angeles, oeaiua. s-ornanq Denver, NATIONAL EDITORIAL NEWSPAPf R pu1lisheks association Flight o' Time Medford jnd Jackson County History from the. files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20 30, 40 and SO years ago. School Merger Questions There seems to be little doubt that voters in the Phoenix-Talent school district and in District p inn Ml 1 lis , ' oiao win De asKeci to approve a proposal to con solidate the two districts at an election in the near future. No date has been set for such an election, nor has there been a decision that such an election will be held. But it is reasonable to assume there will be one. The Jackson county rural school board on Monday will decide whether or not to approve the proposal. No matter how the board votes, either citizens group those favoring or those opposed can file a remonstrance petition, which would result I l t? ml. . i-i , i I in an election, inis is expected to De cione soon aiter the board s decision. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 11, 1953 (Friday) District Attorney Walter Nunley, in a letter to all Jack son county law enforcement agencies, today classified gam bling with crimes against mo rality and decency, including "grave robbing." Robert R. Dickey, former deputy district attorney of Jackson county, announced to day the opening of his offices for the general practice of law. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 11, 1943 (Wednesday) Medtord employees given 10 per cent increase in pay at special meeting of city council. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: The fishing season opens May this year. Due to gas rationing piscatorial enthusiasts plan to start walking toward the river in mid-April." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 11, 1933 (Friday) Jacksonville couple and two children narrowly escape death when fire, allegedly started by an arsonist, de stroys home. Medford American Legion post starts "determined cam paign" to halt flow of "prop aganda" in the Medford News, published by Llewellyn Banks. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 11. 1923 (Saturday) Opening of Central Point schools delayed one day when "entire corps" of teachers de layed by flood waters In Wil lamette valley. Civil engineers working on irrigation project to take wa ter from Big Butte creek for Eagle Point area. 50 YEARS AGO Jan. 11, 1913 (Monday) Newly elected Jackson County Judge F. L. TouVclle slates county residents are paying too much for opcra tlon of local schools. Portland and San Francisco Railroad company files arti cles of incorporation for com' pany to construct railroad from Grants Pass to Blue Ledge copper mines. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct li superior; even or eight is eitellent; five or S' H OOOfl. 1. What llnlinn rllv ha been called the Bride of the Adriatic? 2. Do stones Brow? 3. What American writer and lecturer Inst her siffht hearing and speech at the age of nineteen months? 4. In what Virciniu rilv I the College of William and alary? S. What was P a t r I c Henry's profession? 8. What Is a rierrinser? 7. If a line of 8-point type Is 12 picas wide, what are Us dimensions In Inches? 8. Sen. Wayne Morse repre sents which state in the U.S Senate? . In what fport did Bobby Jones gain fame? 10. Which is the larger ill area - Alaska or California? Answers! I. Venice. 2. No. 3. Helen Keller. 4. Williams. burg, Va. 5. Lawyer. 6. Small pocket pistol. 7. Two inches wide! one-nlnlh Inch high. I. Oregon. 9. Golf. 10. Alaska. I CHOULD an election be called, two things should be of prime importance to the voter. ihey are: . 1. Consideration of the students involved. and whether the educational opportunities for them win be improved. 2. The economic value of such a consolida tion, and whether it will be more economical for the taxpayers of the districts involved. Ihe educational opportunities in both dis tricts now are of a high quality: about that there is really no point of disagreement. The question is whether by consolidation those opportunities ill- , i , - - woum De improved ano expanded. CTUDENTS in the Phoenix-Talent area would have the opportunity to take courses offered in the Medford district which are not now. offered there, and vice versa. Phoenix High school now otters 50 courses in academic and non-academic subjects; Medford High offers 91 courses. bach district otters courses and has plant facilities the other does not now have, but which probably, within a few years, would become part of the curricula and the plant of each district. Ihe number of courses, both academic and non-academic, now offered in each district is above the average number of courses offered in other high schools of comparable size in other uregon school districts. bhould the two districts be consolidated, it would be reasonable to assume that the educa tional opportunities for the high school students ;. it-- 11 ! i i in me uisuict wouia improve ana expana. The Preit Helicopter Loss In Vietnam Struggle Brings Arguments, Resentment to View Br PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst In South Vietnam, the weapon credited with doing the most to turn the war against the C o m m u nist Viet Cong has been the troop carrying hell' copter. It gave (over nment YfJI I billty to match I the - elusive aaeaWasVaseasssl . rich iuii aiiu was a decisive of U.S. advisors that the government forces now were inflicting casualties at a rate of five to one. Last week the Viet Cong demonstrated they were close to solving the helicopter prob lem. In what had been planned as a routine "search and clear" operation, five of the copters were shot down and L Mewsom factor In estimates Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstancts the us of a pan name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed In this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often ihe case. THE OTHER question which should be consid- dation. If the districts are consolidated, the total assessed valuation would be $61,510,644, based on valuation figures for this school year. The cost of educating children would be distributed over this valuation. It is quite feasible that, through consolidation of courses, better utilization of combined present plant facilities, and better utilization of teaching personnel, the annual increase in financinir edu cation in the two districts could be somewhat reduced. The increased need for more diversified of ferings in high school, coupled with the increased need for more classrooms on both the elementary and secondary levels each year, boosts school costs, a trend which has every indication of con tinuing indefinitely. DY GREATER utilization of facilities through a larger number of students using those facili ties, the money used in building and maintaining the plant has greater value. A greater value also is received when the number of students in a class is sufficient to justify the teacher's salary and other expenses necessary to conduct that class. Larger districts, with a greater assessed valu ation, are in a better position to provide the facili ties needed to offer courses ranging from voca tional training to college preparatory. Larger districts also are in a better position to provide the more specially trained personnel desirable for a variety of classes, including classes for "slow learners" and the more advanced student. In view of this, then, it would seem reason able to assume the proposed consolidation would be more economical over a period of years. A QUESTION often arises with the prospect of a large district: When does the district be come too large, if indeed it does, and once again becomes what may be considered uneconomical; As yet, there is no answer to this question. There are hundreds of districts in the country whose size is many times that of what the district would be if consolidated, and they are eco nomically operated. One of the major problems arising from a large district is whether the students may get lost in the crowd, ami leel leu out, unimpor tant, insignificant and fail to take an interest in their studies and school activities. THUS is an administrative problem, a problem which has been solved with considerable sue cess by various administrative procedures in some of the school districts visited by area educatoi-s on a recent trip to the east and mid-west. Each of the districts involved in the consoli dation proposal have construction and curriculum plans, plans which are to some extent being delayed. The consolidation issue should be settled soon so these plans can be completed, new buildings constructed, the educational offerings expanded, and innovations instituted to provide the best possible education for the children of the dis tricts involved. E.H.A. Proud To the Editor: Ah-Lan, our guest from outer space, has been visiting us with such fre quency that further news about him ought to appear in the Society page. He made an emergency landing at our house yesterday., because his saucer wag running low on fuel. We gave him a couple of flashlight batteries to re charge his magnetic field. Trouble was he put the bat teries on a roll, smeared them with mustard, and gulp! On only one point of eti quette was our guest unhappy with his reception here: his name is not Ah-Lan. That is the name of his home planet, which lies in the Southern Cross: originally it was Our land pronounced Ah-lan'. Before spinning off into space, he gave a rousing rendition of the Ah-Lan National Anthem, to a tune reminiscent of the Marine Hymn: From the halo of Venus and Jupiter . To the shimmer of Omega-B Ah-Lan' is the best ole planet In the whole darned galaxy. Every boy and girl in Merlin Knows my celestial pedigree, And I'm proud to spin my saucer In the lovely Rogue Valley. George W. Rode, Fluhrer Building, Medford. Frae Speech To the Editor: This is really Intended as a letter-to-lhc-ed-itor of the Mail Tribune, but there is little chance, if any, of lis being published and may bar all future F. J. Clif ford letters to the MT, for such is the cost in our fight for the right of free-speech. As many readers of the MT well know, the rules for lct-ters-to-tlie-editor as defined by the editor, "must be legal, non-libelous and in good taste." By what manner of imagination, let alone the li belous leaning, can the letter-lo-thc-edilor in Wednesday's issue be in good taste, that labels our women, 9 out of 10, with adjectives like a glullon, swinc-likc, unclean in person, sloppy in dress and house keeping, making the home a dunghill, vicious, scolds snarling canine like, slug gards in indolence and ignor ance, laziness, furious out rage, a noisy hurricane, sloth ful, cat-like, repugnant to of fers of love, thief, cheat and pilferer, a toy in uselessness, ape-like, ugly and ill-natured, no respect for others or be longings. My father, by word and belt-strap, taught us, his sons, to look on womanhood with something akin to reverence, lo never, under any circum stance, lift lethal hand on a sister of ours or any other sister. 1 will admit Pa's aim was a bit high when 1 hear the shrill laughter of women in the taverns, sucking on a cigarette and gur.ziug beer. But IhHiik goodness, they are of the very few. How the enemy will leap to the use of the above editor's error in portrayal of our re gard for the woimmhood of America? And still more hor rilylng, what clicct will such vulgar trash have on the minds of our younger gener ation? Thanks be to the station and their sponsors that makes it possible for me to lift public protest against such delama tion of our womanhood, the very heart beat of the home, the sure refuse when a child, ihe loyal mate in our flush of manhood and still our mother when wo return to the childhood of old age. F. J. Clifford. Route 2, Box 200F, Central Point, Ore. No Don Quixotes To the Editor: In relation to Bert Jenkins, "Chairman of Committee Against Un equal Justice," and his group, or any group of like nature, I, as an American citizen, would like to direct the fol lowing questions: 1. If "Freeman the child killer" was tried in a court duly established under the laws of the U.S. and State of Oregon, if a jury selected under those laws, heard the testimony, were instructed by the judge as to their duties and reached a unanimous ver dict, if the case was reviewed by a higher court and decision of the lower court upheld, if the foregoing is true, what, Sir, are you asking Gov. Hat field to do? Do you want him to perjure hjs oath of office? (He swore before God and man to uphold the laws of the State!) 2. Is it not true that the rights of an individual ac cused and Indicted for a crime against society (the state) are much better protected by so ciety and its laws than society itself is protected? I base this question on this premise: Indigents accused and indicted for a crime are furnished legal counsel by the state, paid for by the state to defend him to the utmost. I don't believe that "the Mafia" or "crime syndicate" has evpr donated finances to the state, to hire assistants for the prose cutor! 3. If, in your opinion, some laws need clarification,, or amendment, wouldn't it make more sense to make your wishes and ideas known to our legislature than the Gov ernor? You can't prevent a flood by building a dam at the lower end of the river. Let's keep representative government, the American system, the Bill of Rights, and the. Constitution, always safe from mob rule or hysterical pressure. Let the wheels of justice smoothly roll. Instead of joining a group of anarchists led by some Don Quixote, rather let us study, weigh, discuss, argue, and reason, then vote for the men and laws which will insure liberty and justice for all. Tim J. Horn Box 140 White City, Ore. Assumptions To the Editor: Mr. Cuddy In his letter about birth control makes several uncharitable and illogical assumptions: First, the assumption that the ad was published solely for a few worldly dollars re ward. Second, that Steinbeck was referring to birth - control methods when he talked of man s assumed lordship. Could he not have been referring to the H-bomb? Third, that England's de clining prestige was roused by their vote for birth control. (Name on flip) White City. Ore. No Other Way? To the Editor. It sure beats me. Employers and employees - or should we say manage ment and labor unions - just cannot agree on wages and fringe benefits, until both sides have suffered heavy losses and the public great inconveni ence. Then they see the light. But dozens of other disputes, seemingly, cannot be settled any other way David Frisch P.O. Box 2SVJ White City. Ore. No Plcturo To the Editor: If the story of Mr. AH-LAN is so true, why didn't some one think to take picture of him and the space craft? Mrs. Don Swank, Agate St., Medford Invitation To the Editor: My wife and I are keenly interested in the exploits of one, A-LAN, an extra - terrestrial gentleman who will offer anyone a buggy ride in his 8000-mile-an-hour jalopy or accept anyone's gra cious invitation to dinner. So keen is this interest that we offer, herewith, an invita tion to this "way-out gentle man to dine with us at a local restaurant of his choice at 6 p.m. on our wedding anniver sary, Feb. 12, (which is also Honest Abe Lincoln's birth day), so that we may glean a better understanding of his civilization on Mars (of course and, lo - whatever happened to the Lost Continent of At lantis? These questions, among a few others on the agenda, have kept us "earth bound" vegetables in the dark for a few thousand years or so. Now, since this affair is ex pected to expand to monu mental proportions, everyone, mayors, councilmen, ward men, congressmen, labor lead ers, businessmen, chief exec utives, kings, queens, ex kings, ex-queens, emperors, and even premiers are invited to attend (provided you all pay for your meals). However, my wife and I will furnish the meal for A-LAN ourselves as we under stand that his "tastes" are dif ferent from most of the rest of us. We have no candles or chandeliers but we will fix him a late of delicious 10, 50 and 100 watt bulbs-a sort of "light" lunch you know. Marvin and Sharon Taylor, 145'i South Grape st., Medford. All Right Tn the Editor: Now that "Good Resolutions" season is past I can relax and begin breaking- mine. I analyzed my penmanship the other day and found out that I often start things that I fail to finish, as if I weren't hep to that already! Thanks for all the calls ask ing me lo write oftcner and for the two who called me an Angel. That's a laugh for the Jaybirds! 1 always did think people misunderstood me. Truth. is. folks-I'm a mcanie. I took drama down at the Senior Activity Center's classes last year, and learned to act. so if you see me look ing like Topsy or some other good actress, just do not De lieve me. "Little dabs of powder, lit tle gobs of paint, makes an ugly creature look like what she ainl." Unquote, or some thing. I can take a few steps with out my cane now and I've been down lo see my beloved Fifty Plus group, so hold up on flowers, gifts and get-well cards. Also, my refrigerator is full of cake, cookies, pies and fruit. Thanks, and 1 love you, but I can't use any more. I'll be all right in my way but I do not "weigh" as much as I did. Thank goodness! Affectionately. Pearl Spackman, P. O. Box 33, Jacksonville, Ore. Lively Start To the Editor: I was pleased to read in communications the letter from the Petersons and Dowsons on route 4. The "ap parition'' they saw is not new to me. The character from outer space is not AH LAN. but is the easterner's way of pronouncing "ARLAN." H I s full name is ARLAN RICH ARD TRACY. This is the same Dick Tracy who has been fly ing around in a space coupe which operates on magnetic energy and is sometimes used to catch law breakers. Of course, he is in disguise and wears a fancy set of diamond i nine others were hit by ground fire Three Americans were killed and 10 others wound ed and Vietnamese casualties of 65 dead and 100 wounded made It one of the costliest debacles of the war. There were two immediate results. It 'exploded Into the open longstanding but mostly hush' ed resentment among the Americans over their rela tionship with the Vietnamese It reopened a service argu ment over the use of helicop ters in this new concept of warfare. The Army has been relying primarily on rocket -firing Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (ci Field Enterprises, Inc. NAMES AND NICKNAMES Speaking of words and names, as I was the other day, reminded me that a few months a so prssasiisa issuisj jne jjarr;s me. nage was look- i n g through Roger Price's amusing book, "What Not To Name the Ba- by. Price made the ob- s e r v a t ion, Harris which has of ten occurred to me but which I have never seen in print be fore, that different forms of the same name apply to very different sorts of persons. We have, for instance, a number of friends named Ar thur. One of them is called Art by his friends, another is called Artie, and still an other is called only Arthur. Nobody who knows them would dream of calling Art Artie or Artie Arthur. The same is true of Ed wards. Some are always Ed, others are invariably Eddie, and yet others are nothing but Edward. There are Stani and Stanleys, Walters and Wallies, Jims and Jimmies, Richards, Richiet and Dicks. It is more than habit or custom that decrees such different forms of the same name) it is, in fact, a sense of the personality one is addressing oneself to-Ariie and Arthur, for example, are quite opposed personali ties, and people recognize this in referring to them. (Parenthetically, only cas ual acquaintances call me Syd; all my close friends have always called me Sydney, or worse things, but never Syd; yet another Sydney I happen to know is always called Syd by his family and friends.) Girls' names, it seems, are not quite so flexible, but much the same psychological rules apply to them. I know four women named Patricia. One is called Pat, the second Pattie, the third Patsy, and the last only Patricia. And who would deny that Florence is a very different woman from Flo? Or that the dozen versions of Elizabeth- Liz, Beth, Betty, Betsy, Libby Buffy, and so on-do not in some real way denote a dis tinction of personality? How we treat a person's name tells a good deal about that person and our reaction to the am' bience he moves in. One of the funniest seg ments in an Elaine May and Mike Nichols recording is the part in which a brash and ig norant radio interviewer keeps referring to "Al Schweitzer. I am sure that no one in his adult lifetime has referred to Dr. Albert Schweitzer as "Al," any more than I can conceive of Dr Freud being addressed as "Siggie," even by his inti mates. And, ' reversely Ike seems impeccably right for the homespun prairie person allty of Dwight Eisenhower inlaid dentures with which he can masticate anything. even "chandeliers." Later though, he has his stomach pumped. Something may have been omitted from the story, how ever, because he always brings a bag full of money with him. This money is always left be hind when he gets into his "strange craft and disappears into the wild blue yonder." This is a trick you must be on your guard against because it you don't report this money on your income tax return you are in for plenty of trou ble. I have looked into the legal aspects of this kind of thing and if the victim can prove all these things, he can prove "entrapment'' and have it thrown out of court. One thing for sure, 1963 Is off to a lively start. Dave Redmond. Route 4, Box 393, Medford. HU-1A to protect the troop carriers. The Marines insist on jet or propeller-driven planes to protect the helicopter on the grounds that even rocket-firing choppers are sitting ducks for effective ground fire. On a trip to South Vienam last June, this correspondent heard many a bitter, though anonymous, complaint from Americans who go into com bat with the Vietnamese in a capacity to advise but not to command. Events at Apbac north of Saigon provided a horrible example. American Capt. Kenneth Good died because he tried to rally a battalion whose commander had been lost and which refused to move. A Vietnamese commander of an armed personnel car rier refused for more than an hour to cross a canal and rescue 11 American helicop ter crewmen. The Communists have boast ed they will win the war with captured American weapons and on that score there also was bad news this week. In an attack on a still-uncompleted ..fortified village, the . Communists added to their store of U.S. machine guns, rifles, -carbines and radios. U.S. advisors estimat ed that within a week, the Viet Cong had captured enough weapons to equip at least two companies. Washington Report By William S. White (c) United Feature Syndicate CONGRESS OF DECISION Washington - The trees are blocking a clear view of the forest to many as the second ? and critical uemQtis u t con gress of President Ken nedy's admin istration now begins to write its long story. The presi dent's real wbtu prootcm con cerning that congress is not defined by what so many are talking about-his social legis lative requests, medicare, ur ban subsidies and so on. Most of these programs quite likely will be denied to him; in any case, the central and crucial issue for the pres ident at this half-way mark in his first term is something altogether different and far bigger. THIS central and crucial is sue is posed in a single great question: can this man whose stand-up victory in Cuba has given him ultimate leadership of the Western World now deal with congress with such wisdom as to main tain that true national unity upon which such ultimate leadership must rest? In his conduct of foreign af fairs, the president, after a shaky start in the failure of Klimko Installed Association Head Edward J. Klimko was in stalled 1963 president of the Southern Oregon Photogra phic association at a recent meeting of the association. Other officers installed by Ray Lamberg, past president, are Gerald E. Wallam, vice president; Margaret M. Ling, secretary; Norman E. Kinche loe, treasurer, and Howard F. Lind, Charles A. (Bud) Par lier, Al Lundquist, John N. Winton and James Simonson, members of the board. Klimko received a trophy award from Maynard M. Legacy, print and competition chairman, and Mrs. Helen B. Stephenson received the color slide division trophy. Klimko also received the black and while division trophy for the highest number of points ac cumulated in the 1962 compe titions. Mrs. Vemetta Braincrd was appointed program chairman at the first 1963 meeting. Mrs. Francis Johnson and June Hoefft were named hostesses for February, March and April. Lind announced that- the next competition will be held March 4 with the subject "Winter Theme." It will be open to all members in black and white salon prints and color slide divisions. the ill-supported Cuban in vasion of 1961, has turned most of the time to a sound approach based upon tradi tional, common-sense values. Most of the time - with only one or two exceptions - he has refused to let the dream ers of talky-talk divert him from a candid philosophy in the cold war in which his fin al trust has been put in hon orable force for the honorable objective of national safety. In his conduct of domestic affairs, however, he has been forever torn between his own recognition of the moderate mood of the country and the ceaseless clamors of his left wing for immoderate -innovations desired primarily by ur ban pressure groups. T'HE essential question be fore him - and one which he must answer before this congress has run its course is whether in these affairs he is going to come down finally on the side of moderation or immoderation. Politics is nev er in simple blacks and whites; and the pull upon him from the immoderate side is understandable. After all, if one climactic factor may be said to have elected him in the first place, it was the massive support oi the urban centers and blocs. Against all this, however, is the supreme fact that con gress is simply not going to follow immoderate White House leadership. The simple reason is that the country doesn't want it any more now than it has wanted it at any time during the last 10 years. Thus if the president adopts the immoderate domestic line, in an effort to please the ur ban voting blocs for his cam paign of 1964, he will run into insoluble difficulties. He will lose much of his old fair ly general influence with congres. He will inevitably compromise his leadership on what really matters-the cold war. AND he might even find him- self at length in the posi tion of President Harry S. Truman at the end of the '40s and the beginning of the '50s. Mr. Truman was in fact a notably responsible cold war leader. But on domestic mat ters he allowed himself to be persuaded into so extreme a line that he suffered a col lapse of his moral authority over congress and, finally, even over his own party. His unexpected victory in 1948, which was perhaps more due to the political weakness of his Republican opponent, Thomas E. Dewey, than to his own strength, did not alter the fact that in the domestic sense his presidency was headed for destruction. Mr. Kennedy's first con gress was one of trial and ex ploration; for him, this second Kennedy congress is truly congress of decision. STATE PLANNING COMMISSION STATE WPUIATION K i "Gentlemen, there's one way we can ha.lt this mm migration ef residents to California let's build a wall around the state and post armed guards at exit points!" .1
