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- . MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY. JANUARY 27, 1983 J ight-Week Great Decisions Program for 1963 to Start on Feb. 3 The "Great Decisions . . 1963" program will start Feb. 3 in hundreds of commu . nilics throughout the United States, with more than 300, . 000 people expected to participate. People will meet in small informal groups tu discuss eight topics concerning for eign policy issues confronting the United Stales. Informa tion on which the discussions will be based is furnished by f the Foreign Policy associa tion of New York. More than 5,000 Oregonians are expected to take part in the eight-week progmi and submit opinion ballots each week following discussion of lis tnnira. The nnlnion ballots are forwarded to the associa tion, tabulated, and forward ed to the state department in Washington, D C. Several groups in the Mcd ford area will take part in Eight Program Topics Noted By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst In the complicated and un easy world of 1963 the Unit ed States faces grave decisi ons on subjects as far ranging as world peace, the future of the Alliance for Progress, and depth of the split between the Soviet Union and Red China. In an attempt to bring these ' problems' to the greatest pos sible public attention, United Press International has called on its correspondents around the globe for an authoritative series of reports on these cris is areas. The dispatches are tied in with an annual project of the non-partisan Foreign Policy association which has set them forth as the "great de cisions 1963." The studies divide the Great Decisions of 1963 into eight ; questions. Take Part In Program Last year, more than 100 , daily newspapers throughout the United States, plus scores ' of educational and commer- ' cial TV and radio stations as- sociatcd themselves with the program. The eight topics In the : study this year are -Common Market: Blue ; print for a New Europe? -Red China and the USSR: . How Firm an Alliance? -Algeria: What Future? -Spain: End of the Franco Era? -India: Is Democracy Work . ing? -Laos and Viet Nam: South east Asia in Danger? -Alliance for Progress: New Deal for the Americas? -Peace: What Problems and : Prospects? A forward to the study notes that "such a program and such discussions would be impossible in the Soviet Union where professional propagandists dictate the party line to newspapers, magazines, film and theatri cal producers, radio and TV stations, educators and trade union centers." In its study of the Europe an Common Market, formal ly called European Economic Community, the program notes that there also are clouds on the horizon. One of them involves British hopes of joining the Common Mar ket. Two questions are in volved: One is whether Britain will be willing to agree to any sort of political union. . . a second issue is whether France really wants Britain in the Common Market at all. If Britain docs enter, then France's dream of leadership may well prove impossible to realize. . . De Gaulle. . .may suspect that Britain, with its special ties to Washington, will be a 'Trojan horse' of U.S. influence in the Europe an union." the program, loi- which infor mation kits may be obtained from Miss Voda Brover, 139 South Keeneway dr., Mcd ford, or from the county ex tension office. Miss Brover is chairman of the Great eci sions program In Jackson county. Kits may also be obtained by writing to the Oregon State Council for Great Deci sions, 8700 SW White court, Portland 25. Hal W. Schillz, Myrtle Creek, publicity chairman for the Oregon State Council for Great Decisions, pointed out tnc program had been en dorsed by President John F. Kennedy, former President Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, Dean Rusk, and other offi cials. The program str.rted in Oregon in 1955 with a rela tively few groups, and has expanded considerably since that time. Historic Institution The Foreign Policy associa tion noted that Great Deci sions has its roots in an his toric institution: the town hall meeting where in coloni al Hays Americans met to dis cuss a wide range of issues affecting their welfare, and frequently to vote on alterna tive policies. The association pointed out that foreign policy should be everyone's business. "The de cisions (the citizen's) leaders make concern him deeply: they affect his pockctbook they shape the kind of world in which he lives; they may even determine whether there is to be war or peace," the association noted. "At the same tin.c," the association continued," how the citizen feels and what he knows or doesn't know about his country's foreign policy concerns his leaders deeply. Obvious Reason Noted "One obvious reason is that if they depart too far from his views they may be voted out of office. Less obvious but not less important, public opinion has become today, as never before, a potent foreign policy factor: whether a peo ple supports, opposes- or is divided over its government's foreign policy may have a significant impact on the suc cess of that policy. "This Is not to imply that the leaders of a nation should or must follow prevailing trends of public opinion. Un der certain circumstances they may feel it is In the national interest to disregard the will, of the majority, and then it would be their duty to do so. But whether they lead their fellow citizens, walk along side them, or follow, they will, in a democracy, always be sensitive to public opin ion," the association noted. You Specify. . . ...We'll Satisfy Oakland, San Francisco, Lot Angeles and Othtr California 00Q Points. Call Jack Firigerald, 773-7761 I IAIIP Lot Armeies-Seattle LnWlllt Mo'" Express, Inc. House Fire 'Hero' Cited for Arson : Pomona,. Calif. -(UPD-A fath er of five, hailed as a hero for rescuing his children from a fire Jan. 9, will be arraigned Feb. 5 on charges of attempt ing to murder the youngsters. William Carrell, 30, was bound over to Superior Court Wednesday after a prelimi nary hearing on five counts of attempted murder and one of arson. After the fire, Carrell told investigators he set his home ablaze in an attempt to prove to his wife she was neglecting their children. He said he did not think of the youngsters, ranging in age from 19 months to 9 years, until later. in . m it is HITCHHIKER - This feather- hitchhiker, a pigeon named : Henry, rides perched atop the head of Caroline Varcl at St. ; Louis, Mo. The pigeon seems ; to have adopted the Anthony ; J. Varel family when he flew ' Into their yard Jan. 8 and ! allowed himself to be cap- turcd. Henry pecks at the : door to be let in and flies or r hitches a ride to school with ' the Varel children. 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