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LJL WtDNtbDAY. t tbHUARY 27. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON til Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Ceeyriiht, Hill Syndicate, Inc. Edlior't nott: Sylvia Porter ii on vacation. During htr absence column by Ralph McGill ii being lubilituted. McGill ii currently on lour of Airican nalioni, about which ha it writing. Grants Pass Youth Reports on Trip to Europe Under Program (Edilor'i notes Thit u tha first in a leriei of report! from Chuck Moora, Granti Pau, who it now in Lon don under tha Lewie and Clark collaga axchanga stu dent program. Tha eeriei of raporli will ba written in a diary-style.) THE TIDES OF HISTORY West Africa Outside Dakar there is a small seashore cafe conducted by a Frenchman and his wife. It is famous for its langoustca, or small lobsters, served cold with mayon naise. The owner was apologetic. The cook was outside praying and there would be a slight delay. The waiter, too, was praying. This would not have mattered as the owner himself could take orders. But the cook would lose face if the owner had to take over the kitchen. So, we waited. Outside, on mats, the cook and waiter side by side, were facing eastward in prayer. They alternately kneeled and bowed their head to the mat, and then stood and silently called upon God to hear them. Moslems pray live times per day. There ii nothing more fascinating than coming upon ridences of ancient tides of history. The old trade routes along which passed salt, amber, spices, gold, slaves, and the perfumes of Arabf brought change with them. It was inevitable that religion would come with trade. Long before the establishment of Christianity and Islam, two routes led out of tha upper Nile Valley, moving westward and southward into Africa. Christianity spread from Egypt to Nubia in the sixth century. By the seventh, it was strong enough to resist the southward pressure of Islam for about four centuries. It was the camel, not the wheel, that brought migration and change. People on the edge of deserts or in heavily wood ed regions understandably did not think in terms of wheels when they considered transport. The camel was the answer to arid desertlike country and, finally, to the Sahara itself. The Romans conquered Carthage in the second century B.C. The empire spread itself along that side of the Mcdilcr ranean we now call North Africa. Alexandria became a great center of Christianity. Neither Rome nor Carthage was able to reach beyond the desert. But some of the nomadic tribes were moving southward and westward. As the Roman empire decayed, the way was opened for the Islamic migra tion. It Is recorded that the first Moslem Arabs entered Egypt In A.D. 639. By the end of the seventh century they had overrun all Africa north of the Sahara and had mounted in vasions of southern Europe. Historians believe that a major motivation of the pressure southward and westward was that of population. The Sudan became Moslem. Traders spread from it. After the collapse of Byzantine power there was nothing to check Islam. The faith proved easy for Sub-Saharan Africans to assimilate. It did not interfere to any great extent with tribal culture or custom. It allowed a plurality of wives. It required prayer and faith and it promised paradise. There was a mysticism about it which appealed par ticularly to normadic peoples. It did not conflict, even, with animism tha belief thai all natural objects and lht universe have a soul. This advantage endures into our own day. Old cultures are difficult to upset. (There are African Christians who see no conflict in possessing two or three wives, one married in Christian rites and another one or two by tribal law.) February was the month of Ramadan celebration of the dictation of the Koran to Mahomet. For 30 days no Moslem eats or drinks from sunrise to sunset. The effect on the economy is severe. Since much of each night is given over to prayer and eating, the devout are not too active by day. They tire badly. Many Moslems believe that urban and In dustrial societies will bring about a reform in Islamic prac tices. (Ramadan it not unlike the severe Lenten fasting period of the early church.) But none thinks there will be any lessening of the appeal of Islam. Some see it gaining now at the expense of Christianity, but no exact figures exist from which to make a Judgment. By CHUCK MOORE Feb. 8: Portland Union ! lion Passports in hand, my trav ellng partner, Norman Schles- ser, and I boarded our Dome liner coach. After goodbyes to our families had been said our thoujjhts turned to fu lure problems, foremost on Norm's mind was meeting the 44-pound luggage limit for the oceanic crossing. I offered to help by relieving him of an extra pound; but since it was a British bank note, he declined to accept my jffor. Later a good omen for Lewis and darks' adventur ers shot across the haze of the Columbia River Gorge. The Stonehcnge, standing ma jestically in the mist so high above the river, seemed to be sending good fortune our way. Feb. 8: Chicago wniie waiting tor our train to leave Chicago, Norm and I visited the main finan cial and business districts. Reaching the Chicago Board of Trade building, we shot up to the observation gallcrv on the 45th floor. The view was singularly unimpressive, Descending to the grain ex- Sugar V Spice Oregon Veterans Receive $67,749,180 in Benefits Portland - Oregon veterans and their families received $67,740,180 in cash benefits and services during fiscal year 1982, R. J. Novotny, manager of the Portland Vet erans Administration regional office, has announced. In Oregon, compensation for service-connected disabili ties and pension for total and p e r m a ncnt nonservlce-con-nectcd disabilities totaling $30,560,457 was paid to 33,840 living veterans. Next Weekend MARCH 3RD ' (rt It AliJ Exciting Storitt and Futures PERSONALITY! 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The remainder of cash benefits, services and other VA expenditures in Oregon during the year totaled $16, 750.970. Thriw included war orphans' educational allow ances, hospitalization, loan guarantee and direct loan pro grams, automobiles for cer tain disabled veterans, wheel chair homes for the seriously disabled, administrative costs and miscellaneous benefits. Soprano Calls Off Her Recital Debut New York - (WD - l.eonie Rysanek, the world - famous soprano, has cancelled a March 17 recital debut In New York because of the city's newspaper strike. It was announced Tuesday. Mme. Rysanek. star of the Vienna State Opera, currently is singing at the Metropolitan Opera. Paneling Will Make Kickplate for Door New York -UPP- A piece of plastic-surfaced hardboard letl over from a paneling project makes a practical kickplate for the inside of a door. 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Summer Irrigation Shortage Predicted Portland -OTP- Late reports on snow conditions in the Cas cades Indicate Oregon prob ably will have an irrigation water shortage this summer, V. T. Jack Frost, snow sur vey supervisor for the Soil Conservation Service, said to day. Me said the outlook appear ed "grim" for the farmers. Frost had forecast low water conditions at the first of the month. Another fore cast is due March 1. Frost said lie believed II would take "a remarkable se ries of winter storms" to pre vent a dry summer. AND SOME CHANGE Chilton, Kails. 17, spearing i a license. Wis. - UTIi - David was fined $45 for i sturgeon without He got part o( his (me back because the fish bore a slate conservation tag promising $10 to the fisher man returning the tag. More Comfort Wtorhej FALSE TEETH Hr U ft plfatant Wftf to oifrwi loo plftM dUcomrorV FASTMvlH, ftn Improved pnikrirr. apnnkltd tier ttid lofr plitra hold! them firmer to thftt lhv tl more nvn fortable. No gummy, gooey, plf ut or feeling It B alkaline in.'ft. eld I rtoeB not tour Chfe-ks "plate o,1r" identur bretthi Oel Ps (UTB todit ( to? drue eouaua. change, we had visions of golden fields of flowing wheat. To our aurprise, they were trading heavily in the unglamorous soybean. Boarding our new coach, we found three other Lewis and Clark pioneers. Feb. 9: This was a day for reun ion. Just as the group was boarding a new train at Springfield, Mass., Joanne Taggart (niece of Fred Ack len, Grants Pass) and Mary Twining (niece of Gen. Na than Twining) came sprint ing, baggage in hand, to make the train. They had just fin ished a two days visit to New York and Mr. Acklen's daugh ter, Linda, who is attending Mills college. It was good to see Mary again. Arriving in Brattleboro, Vt., we found ourselves in what the conductor referred to as "hick country." At the sta tion I met Richard Senior, English graduate student at Yale who is to be our British resource at orientation. He re ported that Mike Blair, the Scotch boy who worked in Grants Pass last summer un der the Oregon Junior Cham ber of Commerce work pro gram, is doing well at Yale and enjoyiVig himself im mensely. Soon we were shuttled by cars to Sanandona, place of light. Here on the old Vir ginian sheep ranch both the experimenters and the Peace Corps receive training from the txpenment in Interna tional Living's staff. Feb. 12: Approximately 72 students from Lewis and Clark, Po mona, Cornell and Fredonia were oriented during the last 2'j days. While our group is predominately composed of freshmen and sophomores, the other groups are exclusively juniors. Our orientation in cluded discussions and films on the United States, Europe, and the Experiment. Possibly the most valuable concept it introduced was the idea of constantly meeting new faces and ideas. I learned through private conversation with the Orien tation Coordinator that Lewis and Clark's group program is more successful as an experi ment than the strictly inde pendent programs of other schools. He believes it devel ops a deeper sense of obliga tion to succeed in the home stay portion of the program. He also frankly said he had hoped our freshmen abroad program would fail miserably and end all that kind of non sense. Unfortunately from his point of view, the freshmen showed very well in making their adaptations. Before we left Sanandona, everyone had weighed and reweighed their luggage. Then what , must have been hun dreds of pounds were duti fully wrapped and sent back. It is a little wonder a state of depression descended on the throng at the airport. After hours of our Juggling the scales, the baggage check hardly seemed to consider weight. Everyone was sadly considering that extra sweat er, sport .coat, or typewriter that could have gone through after all. . Feb. 13: This being my first flight in an airliner, I was anxious to visit the cockpit. After two hours before reaching Copen hagen, I made my request to the steward who relayed it to the captain. Permission was granted and received; so with camera in hand I headed foreward. After taking snap shots I spent 15 minutes watching the plane fly, the radio receive, the dials dial, and the crew eat. Feb. 15: Today and yesterday must have been "fall in love with Copenhagen" days, because that is precisely what I did. The first morning I awoke to the sound of scraping. In front of the hotel were 11 men shoveling snow from the street. Breakfast having been serv ed at the hotel, our first big "cultural challenge" was lunch. Five went to KAR on Vesterbrogade. By menu pointing we ordered different types of smorrebrod, open sandwiches. Having never seen them before, we were quite confused as to which was which when they were all placed before us on a platter. "Cultural shock" de scended on all so the waitress finally indicated each smorre brod's owner. There are at least two ways to walk through Copenhagen. One is with a group of five boys. We were weathering stares from passing eyes, but when a passing conversation contained "Yankee Boys," it was really time to get lost. I separated from the group and tried to feel Danish. Walking along the streets in my grey overcoat and cap (dress suited to a man of about 25 years h. e), it soon became apparent that no one was even noticing me. The feeling was intensely exciting. After viewing the changing of the guard at Amalienborg Slote, I joined two friends and toured the Christiansborg Slot. The guide, honestly (I like to believe), mistook me for a Dane. Finding he was wrong, there came the in sistence that I had Scanda navian ancestry. During these two days I fell in love with Danish pas try and Copenhagen. The oth ers fell in love with Danish women. The pastry was far more acccssablc. Feb. 16: Exhaustion is finally catch ing us. Most slept through Holland, Germany, and Lux enborg. It was either dark or poor sightseeing weather any way. Our steamer crossing on the channel was also nice -we slept. But at Liverpool station in London, all miraculously awoke to meet the host fam ilies. Everyone had such a warm feeling to finally be back where English is spoken, or is it? As we stepped off the train the fact I had sent my host family a picture was suddenly comforting. Out of the din rang "Chuck," and I was con fronted with Miss Seldon, who introduced me to Mr. Seldon and Doug Johnson. Then she disappeared to con tinue her duties as Experi ment District Representative while Doug and I carried my luggage to the car. Doug, I found, is to be my guide while I am with the Seldon's in London. He is 18 years old and working in the television-advertising field. Everything was so. rushed I hardly had adequate time to say goodbye to Mary as she left for Abingdom-on-Thames. Grass Pass Cavewoman Carol Thompson, was somehow tak en to Hounslow district. And so all tired experimenters found new homes, be they Victorian (as mine is), Eliza bethean, or modern. Troops Relocate Near University Washington - (l?D - Army troops in Oxford, Miss., will move from the National Guard armory and Oxford air field to field tents about a mile south of the University of Mississippi, according to the Pentagon. It said consolidation of tha troops at one location would permit a reduction c-f about 40 in the number of military personnel at Oxford. The new strength will be about 300 men remaining from mora than 20,000 troops stationed at Oxford at the height of tha integration dispute at the uni versity last fall. Complete Investment Service STOCKS BONDS MUTUAL FUNDS TAX EXEMPT SECURITIES Our recommended list of investment opportunities is available upon request. & No Oblisation FIRST CALIFORNIA COMPANY-INCORPORATED SUCCESSORS TO ZILKA SMITHER I CO. INC. 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