MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
SUNDAY. MAY 19. 1963
Kenya Elections First Step to Independence
By JACK ENSOLL
United Preu International
Nairobi. Kenya -(DPI)- The
erstwhile colony ol Kenya is
Britain's sole remaining pos
session on the East African
seaboard, and it won't be for
Ions.
In three-day parliamentary
elections which ended Sat
urday, it took the lirst step
to become an independent
member of the family of nations.
Kenya's area of a quarter
million square miles includes
a vast amount of arrid and
semi-desert country, one of
the reasons for its backward
ness and slow emergence into
the 20th Century. In three
fifths of the country, water
must be conserved and water
supplies developed before
there can be increased pro
duction.
Most of the six-million Afri
can-owned cattle are property
of the few pastoral tribes who
live in these areas. A decreas
ing number of Europeans also
own ranches in the drier re
gions. Story in Itself
The geography of Kenya is
almost a story in itself. It
is bounded on the east by the
Indian Ocean with a coastline
stretching from the Somalia
border in the north to Tan
ganyika, in the south. A dis
tance of almost 400 miles.
North of Kenya lies Ethio
pia: the Sudan is on its north
west, border, and to the west
are Uganda and Lake Vic
toria. From a narrow, fertile
coastal strip, the land rises
gradually through torn scrub
and Savannah to forest, which
starts 6,000 feet above sea
level. The country within
which most economic produc
tion is centered lies from
5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea
level.
Mainly Are Africans
Kenya's 7.25 million popu
lation is comprised mainly of
Africans, but they are divid
ed into over 40 different
tribes, largest of which is the
1 million strong Kikuyu.
Although classed with the
Asians and the Europeans as
immigrant races, the Arabs
who inhabit the coastal strip
have been there for many cen
turies and were among the
first traders and merchants to
arrive on the east coast of
Africa. Today they number
come 39.000.
Of the 178.000 Asians in
Kenya, about two-thirds are
Hindus and the remainder
Muslims.
The majority of Kenya's
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CONTRAST NOTED Lone Turkana herd
boy, at top, standing on rock looking toward
Cherangani mountain range in Kenya's
black semi-desert northern province, con
trasts sharply with Nairobi's modern city
square, shown in bottom picture. The first
steR toward independence for Kenya,
Great Britain's sole remaining possession on
East African seaboard, will be taken dur
ing forthcoming Parliamentary elections.
(UPI)
Chamber Directors Endorse
Extension of Eighth Street
A recommendation of the which will Drobably be let out
highway rommitlec of the' to bids later this year.
Medford Chamber of Com-j R,port, 0n Progr.i.
mercc calling lor extension of
Eighth st. to the Oak Grove
area was endorsed by the
chamber board of directors at
the recent meeting at the
Rogue Valley Country club.
The committee asked that
the chamber write the state
highway commission advocat
ing that the state proceed im
mediately to acquire the right
of way.
Object of the request, pre
sented by Chester Hubbard,
reporting for Paul Rynning,
committee chairman, is to al
leviate present and future
traffic congestion in this ex
panding area.
The possibility that Barnctt
rd. will soon be increased to
a four-lane road was reported
by Hubbard at the same ses
sion. Hubbard also gave the
board a description of the
Winnemucca to the Sea High
way development and of In
terstate 5 from Ashland to the
California border, a project
I Manager Don McNeil gave
! the board a brief resume of
progress of House Bill 1402
which, he said, exempts union
hiring halls from property
taxes. The board went on rec
ord opposing the measure.
Ray Johnson, chairman of
the retail trade committee of
the chamber, reported that
the two main objectives of his
committee are an 18 month
plan dealing with a strong
scries of promotions for great-
PLANS DELAYED
Oxnard, Calif. -(UPB- Mrs.
Julia Scott's plans to leave for
New York Thursday were de
layed by a moving van com
pany. Mrs. Scott had sold her
furniture to a family in River
side, some 200 miles away,
and her airline ticket, $1,000
in casli and personal papers
were in a drawer of a dresser
in a moving van taking it to
Riverside.
er Medford designrd to extend
the retail marketing area
throughout the valley, and the
inclusion of more retailers on
the chamber board.
Manviile Hoiscl spoke on
the activities of the Area Re
development Adminislrat ion
and contended that the agency
started out four years ago as
a temporary relief program
and is now attempting to per- i
petuato itself by expanding ;
into a permanent arm of the!
federal government. It started
with 103 so called depressed
areas or communities, Heisel
said, and now reports 1,000
cities in the depressed cate
gory. Heisel declared that he
wanted to spike reports that
the Area Redevelopment Ad
ministration was being sup
ported as a principle by the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
This, he stated, is not true.
He urged the members of the
Medford board to study the
Area Redevelopment Adminis.
tration program and be pre
pared to take action v - the
subject Mi a later meeting.
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Gov. Mark Hatfield has an
nounced the appointment of
community chairmen to coor
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the Oregon Welcome rogram.
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Medford is R. C. Ross, vice
president. First National Bank
of Oregon. E. O. Graham is
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The Governor invited all
citizens, business firms, organ
izations and community
groups to join in the Wel
come program and endeavor
to make some use of the Wel
come symbol. He particularly
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own local tourist attractions
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