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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.
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PLANNING
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STATE WPUIATION
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"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!"
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