THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 1963
MLDIOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Birthday Cake for Robert F. Kennedy Has Three Candles
By JOHN HERBERS
United Press International
Washlngton.-lUPIi-On Robert
F. Kennedy's 37th birthday a
few weeks ago, aides took him
a cake topped with three cand
les. "Why three?" The attorney
asked.
"Each is for a branch of the
government you run," an
assistant replied.
That story, now making the
rounds in Washington, is, of
course, a distortion. Robert
Kennedy "runs" neither judi
cial, legislative nor executive
arms of the government. But
during the two years that his
brother has been president,
his influence has grown tre
mendously. He is more than adviser to
the president and administra
tor of the broad powers of the
justice department, le carries
out top-priority ignments
for the White Houw that have
no relation to his job as at
torney general.
Has Many Projects
During a typical week re
cently, the No. 2 Kennedy in
the government had these
"outside" projects underway:
-He oversaw negotiations
for the tucessful return of
1,113 Bay of Pig invasion
prisoners from Cuba.
-He flew le Brazil to tell
the president of that coun
try that the president of his
country expected some sem
blance of political and eco
nomic stability as a prere
quisite for U. S. aid,
-He brought the Amateur
Athletic union and the Na
tional Athletic association
together in an attempt to
settle a fight that has
threatened to wreck the
1964 U.S. Olympic team.
Hoffa Trial
At the same lime, he had
several balls in the air within
Justice department jurisdiction-including
the trial of
Teamsters Union President
James R. Hoffa on a conspir
acy charge at Nashville, Tenn.;
bringing of criminal contempt
charges against Mississippi
Gov. Ross Barnett, and prose
cution of the Communist Par
ly in the United States for
failure to register as an agent
of Moscow.
In the midst of one of these
busy periods, the attorney
general might be seen casual
ly emerging from his office
for a breather, clad in sweater
and slacks, in need of a hair
cut and looking like a college
student home for the week
end.
Robert Kennedy first got in
volved with outside projects
when the president appointed
him to investigate the General
Intelligence agency following
the April, 1961, Cuban inva
sion attempt. Then last year
he became more deeply in
volved in international affairs
after he and his wife, Ethel,
made a god-will trip around
the world.
Cuba and Berlin
Cuba and Berlin arc his
main interests and he has had
a hand in all U. S. moves in
volving them.
People from around the
world troop to his fifth
floor command post over
looking historic Constitution
avenue. The attorney gen
eral has a direct line to the
While House and he fre
quently puts the president
on the telephone to speak to
the visiting delegation
through a loud speaker on
his desk. It is almost like a
visit to the While House.
His office has come to re
semble a curio shop, contain
ing such items as a stuffed
tiger, a U. S. marshal's helmet
damaged in the University of
Mississippi riots, and paint
ings by his children.
Has Enemies
Robert Kennedy is not with
out his enemies. A large num
ber of them are concentrated
in the deep South where com
posing "little brother" invec
tives has come to be a favor
ite pastime. He has enough of
the New England abolitionist
strain in him to infuriate
some Old South citizens who
might tolerate h i s brother
Jack.
At the same time, the at
torney general is enough of
a politician to slay on good
terms with people like Sen.
James O. Eastland of Mis
sissippi who is both cham
pion of segregationists and
chairman of the Senate ju
diciary committee.
Dynamo of Enery
Whatever his motives, the
president's brother is a dyna
mo of energy, cast in the role
of a crusader. He gave a clue
to this in a recent speech cele
brating the 100th anniversary
of the freeing of the slaves:
"The energy which causes
people ... to strive for ful
fillment of the pledges of the
Declaration of Independence
and the Emancipation Procla
mation is essentially moral en
ergy, and it has no end."
Grange News
Phoenix Grange
During the recent meeting
of Phoenix Grange Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Martin and Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Martin were elect
ed to become members. They
were formerly of Fort Klam
ath Grange.
Most of the evening was
devoted to social activities
put on and planned by past
lecturers. There were songs
led by Vaughn Quackenbush
with Mrs. George Hartley
at the piano. Two skits on
the program were one by Mr.
and Mrs. Mervin Hixson and
the other by Mrs. Hartley,
Mrs. Lloyd I.acy and Mrs.
Quackenbush.
Dee Hendrickson, a visitor
from Central Point Grange,
recited two poems.
A tableau was acted out by
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Poe and
Mrs. Hixson. Mrs. Poe also
read an article on why we
have ritualism.
The serving committee for
the next meeting will be Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Thomas and
Merle Simmonds.
Washington fisheries pro
duce about five-ninths of the
total supply of salmon for the
United States.
Bus, Passengers
Stranded in Ditch
Newport, Ore.-UPli-A Grey,
hound bus with four passen
gers aboard was stranded for
two hours some 10 miles
north of Toledo Wednesday
after sliding into a ditch.
There were no injuries.
The driver, A. K. Landers,
Salem, said the bus lost trac
tion on Highway 20 near Pio
neer Mountain and began slid
ing backwards.
A tow truck from Newport
pulled the bus from the ditch
after about two hours.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Queen, Philip Leave lor Fiji Islands
The U. S. was without
navy from 1763 to 1789.
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London - IUPU - Queen Eliz
abeth and Prince Philip fly
to the tropical Fiji Islands
today on their way to an
eight-week tour of Australia
and New Zealand.
The royal couple scheduled
two brief stops, at Vancouver,
B.C., and Honolulu on the 10,-600-mile
trip to Fiji, where
they will spend two days.
They are leaving behind a
crisis over the collapse of
Britain's effort to enter the
European Common Market
and a new surge of winter
snow, ice, freezing tempera
tures and a fuel shortage.
In Fiji, a royal banquet
awaits Elizabeth and Prince
Philip-pork, native fruits and
vegetables and the Fiji royal
drink, yanggona.
The drink, reported to look
and taste like dirty dishwa
ter, is a must for all visitors
to the islands. According to
tradition. Queen Elizabeth
cannot refuse to drink a half
coconut shell of yanggona.
From the Fijis, the Queen
and her husband will board
the royal yacht Brittania for
the 1,500-mile trip to New
Zealand. The yacht will be
their headquarters during the
tour. They plan to return to
England in March by plane
from Perth, Australia.
Dad's Week End Set
At Oregon University
Eugene- Students at the Un
iversity of Oregon are making
plans for a week end of fun
and instruction for their Dads
during the 3Kth annual Dads
Day, Feb. 22-24.
The fun will include basket
ball games, a talent show, win
ners, luncheon, and theater.
The instruction will be in the
form of science shows, cultur
al tours, classroom and lab
oratory displays, and demon
stration tours of the Library.
PIGGLY WIGGLY
New York state is second
only to California in the total
number of acres which are
devoted to vineyards.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 31, 1962
Oct. 1 2 Storm Said Worst in Nation's History in Article
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Corvallis - The Columbus
Day "Big Blow" that ripped
Oregon and the Northwest
stands as the worst wind
storm in the nation's history
in terms of forest and struc
tural destruction, the latest
issue of Weatherwise maga
zine reports in an article by
three Oregonians.
Weatherwise is published
for the American Meteorologi
cal Society. Authors of the
Fred. W. Decker, head of at
mospheric science branch,
Oreson State university: Ow
en P. Cramer, Pacific North
west Forest and Range Experi
ment station; and Byron P
H a r per, Bonnervillc Power
administration.
Forests of the West Coast
suffered their greatest disas
ter in the Oct. 12 storm with
early estimates of 5 billion
board feet of timber in con
centrated blowdowns and an
other 5 billion in intermingled
windlhrown and standing
trees that will have to be re
moved, the report notes.
Annual Log Production
This approaches the annual
log production of 13 billion
board feet in Oregon and
Washington together.
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The value of the wind
blown timocr alone amounts
to S200 million, but operators
hope to salvage much of the
loss, the article says. A tre
mendous threat exists, how
ever, in possibilities of a bark
beetle epidemic, authors warn.
Downed timber provides ideal
egg-luying and feeding areas
for the beetles that can multi
ply at a staggering rate.
No other wind storm has
caused such tremendous dam
age to forests, it is noted. The
(anions New England Hurri
cane of 1938 blew down 2.65
billion board feet of timber;
Ihe Great Olympic Blowdown
of 1921 caused timber losses
esetimalcd at 8 billion board
feet; and the December 1!I51
Northwest storm downed 9
billion board feet.
Winds were of record-ticing
proportion also in the Oct. 12
storm, when gusts of 120
knots lashed the Oregon and
Washington Coasts. Winds of
about that same force were
reported for the "big storms"
of 1880 and 1951 in the North
west. Not Storm Structure
Though dubbed a "typhoon"
and "hurricane" on account
PIGGLY WIGGLY
HEART MOTHER-Mrs. Lorraine Nieoli of Belmont, Mass.,
the world's first heart surgery patient, has been chosen as
Heart Mother of the Year by the American Heart Associa
tion. Mrs. Nicoli is shown with Dr. Robert E. Gross, who
performed her history-making operation 25 years ago in
Boston. (UP1)
Attitudes of Press
In Campaigns To Be
Discussed at Event
Eugene-A panel of politici
ans and newspapermen will
discuss the attitudes of the
press In political campaigns
at one of the featured sessions
of the 44th annual Oregon
Press Conference.
Appearing on the Feb. 15
afternoon panel will be Rob
ert Y. Thornton, attorney gen
eral of Oregon and 1962 can
didate for governor: Carl
Fisher, manager of Eugene
radio station KUGN and 1962
candidate for Congress,
Fourth District; Robert Chan
dler, publisher of the Bend
Bulletin and 1962 candidate
for Congress, Second District;
and Doug Seymour, political
editor of the Salem Capital
Journal. Charles A. Sprague.
editor of the Salem Statesman
and former governor of Ore
gon, will be moderator.
The Press Conference, spon
sored jointly by the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers associ
ation and Ihe University of
Oregon school of journalism,
will be held at the university
Feb. 15 and 16. Presiding
will be Eric W. Allen Jr.,
managing editor of the Med
ford Mail Tribune and 1962
63 conference chairman.
Speakers, Topics Noted
Outstanding speakers and
topics of special interest have
been billed for the two-day
program. These Include a dis
cussion of "The New Consti
tution and the Preps" by Hans
A. Linde, associate professor
in the university's law school
who was a member of the
Oregon Constitutional revi
sion commission.
Clark R. Mollcnhotf of Ihe
Washington Bureau of Cowlcs
Puhlicalionr, Wash I n g I o n,
D.C., will give the 1963 Allen
Memorial Address.
sneaker lor the Hiday ban
quet will be Lcilh Abbott, re
cently retired public relations
director of the Northern Divi
sion of the Southern Pacific
company. lie will talk of
"Three Decades of Conven
tions.''
George S. Turnbull, profes
sor emeritus and former dean
of the University's school of
journalism, will speak on
"Half a Cciilury of Prcsr-Jour-
nalism School Cooperation"
at the Saturday luncl.eon.
Other speakers will include
Mike Bradley, oily editor of
Ihe Corvallis Gazelle-Times;
Harry B. Hcarg, chief of Ihe
review staff of the Internal
Revenue Service. "Vi'tlnnd;
Cliff McDowell. I'aclli.. Divi
sion NewspictuiTs Manager,
United Press International,
San Francisco; Kay John
stone, Galen R Raiick, and
Dean John L. llnlleng, all of
Ihe university rehool of jour
nalism faculty.
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of Ihe cxti'cmcly high wind
speeds, the storm did not pos
sess h structure typical of
tropical storms nor did it pro
duce the torrential downpours
of such disturbances when it
passed the Oregon Coast.
Decker said.
The unique characteristics
of the storm will be studied
by meteorologists for years.
the authors added.
More than SI million dam
age was done to towers and
other equipment of the Bon
nervillc Power administration.
it was reported. Three giant
towers that will cost an aver
age of $2du,UO0 to replace
were toppled.
Storm damage to public and
provatcly owned utilities serv
ing Western Oregon is expect
ed to range between S10-S15
million. The storm interrupted
the electric power of about
500,000 families. Agriculture
suffered more than 560 mil
lion loss to buildings, damag
ed orchards, livestock, and
crops.
Total damage of the storm
is expected to run in excess
of $175 million.
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HAS VISITORS-Julic London is visited on the set of a tele
vision production in Hollywood by Bobby Troup, her composer-pianist
husband, and Kelly, their nine-mnnth-nlri
daughter. (UPI)
Board Rejects
College Request
Of Oregon City
Salem -IUPU- Oregon City's
request to continue its com
munity college program was
rejected here Wednesday by
the State Board of Education.
The Oregon City school
board currently is operating
a post-high school education
center under temporary one
year approval.
The current program ex
pires June 30.
The board said its rejection
was based on the failure to
establish a post high school
area education district in
Clackamas county.
The board also said the
present program Is serving
mainly high school students
who want technical-vocational
education.
Fails in Election
A proposal to establish a
Clackamas county area edu
cation district failed in the
May 1!IK2 election.
Dr. Edwin C. Ditto, super
intendent of Oregon City
schools, said the nearest fa
cility offering daytime post
high school courses of a simi
lar nature is in Salem.
The board suggested Ore
gon City could restructure its
program, limiting enrollment
to high school students, and
still receive state aid from
special vocational funds.
The board approved financ
ing of migrant education pro
grams during the current
school year at Nyssa and at
Monitor.
The next board meeting
was scheduled at Salem
March 5.
About one-half of
lion's largest cities
anti-noise ordinances.
the na-enforce
Moon Junkets
Given Approval
Washington - lUPI) - The
House Rules Committee Wed
nesday agreed to let members
of the Space Committee take
junkets anywhere, including
the moon.
Chairman Howard W.
Smith (D-Va.) said he guessed
it wouldn't be long before
they arranged a nice trip to
the moon, but reminded
Space Chairman George P.
Miller (D-Calif.) that the us
ual State Department bag
man would not be there to
pass out hatfuls of money.
Space was one of only five
of 20 House committees that
got the Rules Committee's
nod today for travel beyond
the United States and iis lev.
ritorics and possessions.
All the rest were told to
stay hom?, except one, Pub
lic Work3, which can stray
no further than Canada.
Heretofore, the Rules Com
mittee's efforts to limit over
seas travel have met with lit
tle success, because previous
travel curbs have applied only
to congressional tourism fin
anced by cash American dol
lars. So-called counterpart funds,
foreign currencies owned by
the United States in dozens of
countries, were freely avail
able to any traveling con
gressman, whether or not his
committee had House permis
sion to travel.
DRUNKEN DRIVER
Long Beach. Calif. - (1IPI)
Arthur E. Longman, 52, is
serving 20 days In county jail
for drunken driving. Long,
man chose jail over a S2SO
fine when he changed his D en
from innocent to guilty for
being intoxicated when he
galloped his small cart and
two ponies through a red
light and collided with a car.
woman cuts sugar cane In a
newsmen, on a tour of Cuba,
CUBAN WOHKER-A Cuban
large field near Havana. U.S.
were taken to the field to watch volunteer workers harvest
inc crop. (UPl)
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