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J t r; Mi 4 A St ft7 HARRY CHIFMAKL Tale tMUt RICHARD JIWETT. iporu M ! OUVg SlARCTiKRWom.n'i Slllo. DMJl IR1CKQN, grculiBQBjM! FRIDAY. JUNE 21. l3 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON EMnnii r Mall In Advance ,.. Dailv and Sund.r moa MflO nliit nH Sunday 4 mod s unda Omy-jear y C. r.-And iiotir Rta. "Wlli and aunday-l aar Wl-OO Dally and Runday I nflai 1.7a 5."." ZZFCZLSSi Cany 100 0. TalaplfP'""' ATtl Of Meat in nw . -j-" Detroit an f"""'?".0! i"? Anitlva Saattla, rr! tton'-ar. ' NIWSPAMI ruiuiNiii (lATAl I0ITOIIM Mcmnar California Nawipapar PubUahara Association Flight o' Time MadW and Uckton Counjy History from the ! o The Mall Tribun 10, 20, 30, 40 nd 50 vain ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 21, 193 (Sunday) The election yesterday, In Phoenix, on $12,700.14 oyer the constitutional nmiwu nassed by a H-vote mirii, according to Mrs. Olive Kicn ards, city recorder; the ' vote was 43 for and z s-ainai, higher total than last year. Westlnghouse Electric Sup ply company was opened yes terday In a new location at 1233 Court St., according to Jack Morcland, branch man ager, who moved to Mcdford ii. week: former location was at 38 North Bartlett it. Brief View of Colorado The Mail Tribune's city editor, Earl H. Adams, visited Denver just under two months ago, and found the surrounding countryside in the grip of a hostile drouth. The land was parched, he re ported, the fields brown, the streams and rivers dry or low. Today the situation is reversed. There is al most too much water. Several counties have been declared disaster areas because of flooding and high water brought by cloudbursts of last week end. Reservoirs are full or almost full. Streams are full to overflowing, fields are -green, or, where plowed, show gleams of water between the furrows wnen tne 6un siriKes. . . THE fertile, level land between Denver and the swift rise of the Rockies is lush, and at almost every farm a pond stores water lor later use. And water is the life-blood of the Rocky Mountain Empire. Without it, little can be done. And todav Coloradans are happier, despite the major damage by the opening heavens, that brought four' inches of rain in some areas in just a lew nours, ana wnicn, in puruuna in huuui Denver, piled egg-sized hail four feet deep within minutes. A number of highway underpasses were filled with water ranging from three or lour leet deep up to 15 and 20. IT HAS been years since we had visited Denver before last week end, and our memories of it were vague. And we saw little enough of it as we passed through it twice, quickly, en route to ana irom Wyoming. , But what we did see intrigued us. It is a beautiful city of wide, tree-lined streets, of parks, and of solidly-built brick homes. (We learned that an early-day city ordinance required brick or masonry construction only to the consider able advantage of certain members of the city council, who were brick manufacturers or deal ers.) Despite the origin, however, the overall effect is one of spaciousness, taste and beauty. "Frightfully Sorry, Really" fXCFUMO Queen Frederika Seen Cause of Crisis , In Greek Government; Elections Slated By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foraign News Analyit Just as fictional detectives are advised to seek out the woman in the case, some poli tical sleuths thought they had found her this week in the back ground of the downfall o f Greek Pre micr Constan tine Caraman lis. Although King Paul had served as front man, they de cided, the woman In the case. and the cause of it all, was headstrong Queen Fredrika. The reason seemed petty, certainly not enough to bring down a government which in eiaht years had brought both stability and a measure of prosperity to Greece. Ostensibly it was King Paul's determination to car ry out scheduled July state ... Communications ... Lditars to th Editor must bear thd name and addrau of th wrltar, although under certain circumstances the uia of a pen nama or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves lha right to edit all letters with 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 paperi in fact the contrary is often the case. M f UwtVtV KiO , ,'. , f. U June 21, 1143 (Monday) Jackson county taxable values decline $281,020. From Arthur Perry ! "Ya Smudge Pot" column: "Sum mer arrived yea, at 4:13 p.m. and was conspicuous by Its absence. It was too cold for any member of the fair sex to wear her summer furs." 30 YEARS AGO June 21. 1933 (Wednesday) County Jailer, charged with ballot theft, to go on trial next. Clark Gablue, movie star, goes fishing in the Rogue. 40 YEARS AGO June 21. 1923 (Thursday) Continued rain causes Ash land district cherries to crack. Price of sugar drops 20 cents per hundred as canning season ncars. SO YEARS AGO ', June 21. 1113 (Saturday) Plank crossing at S. P tracks being torn up, to be replaced with asphalt. Youth, refused license to marry 15-year-old girl, trios suicide. What's Your I.Q.? Nina at ten carted b Mperiefj aavaa at alaht la aualtafiti ttva all M tad. 1. Who succeeded Neville Chamberlain as Prime Min ister pf Great Britain? 2. Do shamrocks have three, four, or five leaflets? 3. January 1st Is observed as a legal holiday in all states; true or false? 4. If an actor wore mutton chops, would that be apals, side-whiskers, or a swallow tail coat? 5. The Uffrail is the bul warks around what part of ship? 6. On which denomination of U.S. currency la depicted a likeness of F. D. Roosevelt? 7. Feathers of what color denote cowardice? 8. Cashmere l the soft wool t a type of sheep, goat, or rabbit? 0. Who la the Supreme Be ing ot the Mohammedans? 10. What la the blrthstone for January? A a s w a t s i 1. Wlnitoa Churchill, t. Three. 1. True. 4. Side whisker. I. Stera. I. Dime. 7. While. I. Oeat. I Allah. 10. Garnet. - THIS effect does not, however, necessarily ex- tend , to civic, political, educational or jour nalistic affairs. During a couple of late-night discussions with friends both new and old, who are familiar with the Colorado picture, we were told that all is not sweetness and light in the mile-high state. The University of Colorado at Boulder is in I turmoil; with its President, Quigg Newton, a for tnt Denver -mayor, on the way out; Nwittv legUla- twvaj ftppropnnionB inadequate iov ue Univer sity's needs, and with politics entering most of the University's affairs, one way or another. Perhaps we don't realize how lucky we are in Oregon. IN OREGON, a majority of the newspapers, de- spite disagreements on other matters, support education and educational excellence at all lev els. In Colorado, we were told, such support is the exception rather than the rule. Nor are Colorado's papers noted for editorial independence, vigor or courage. A major excep- Unn in Ui i nn...,i T 1 .. Ji .1.1 r nvjn au una io vvi o uuumai, h mi wet'Kiy paper that speaks out on any matter that may be of concern to its strong-minded and individualistic founder and editor, Gene Cervi. Journalistically speaking, the Denver Post dominates not only Colorado but the rest of the Rocky Mountain area. The Rocky Mountain News comes next, although it is no match for the rich Post, which still features the gee-whizz type of makeup that cave it its reputation in (ho vnnw journalism days of Bonfils and Tamilian. THE POST, under the present leadership of E. Palmer (Ep) Hoyt, formerly of the Portland Oregonian during its best days, is a vast improve ment over the earlier sensationalism. But the paper, in our view, does not measure up to the better metropolitan papers of the nation, even yet We had little opportunity to spo anv nf tho small-town papers of the state, which, in Oregon, are the backbone of responsible journalism. But friends in whose judgment we trust were far from enthusiastic. It is our conviction that without independent papers, which report the issues of the day, com ment upon them, and invite the comments of oth ers, no state can maintain a healthy political iiiiuuie. Ab r UK the rest of Colorado, our observations were confined to lookintr out tho winrlnwa of airplanes, but it is no exaggeration to say that uiurauu is one oi me mosi beautiful states in the nation. The high peaks of the Rockies, eternally snow-vlad, with jairired. iuttinrr rocks anrl sniroa plunging deep valleys, sheer cliffs and long slopes of rock slidesthese are among the most dra matic and spectacular mountains in the world. The slopes somewhat lower but still nearly two miles above sea level are covered with mile after mile of virgin forests, untouched by chain- aw8. id-naps u is me quality of the lumber, or its inaccessibility, or some other reason, but the high foi-ests of Colorado retain their untouched beauty. Colorado is magnificent. But it has it. nrnli lems, too, most of them of human manufacture. tven tne mile-high city has smog. E.A. Two Words To the Editor: And to Lydia Burnham and others of like views: There are two words of scripture I would reconv mend for study and contem plation. The first is found in Ps. 14.1 Bnd Ps. 53:1, "The fool says In his heart, 'There is no God.' " Today approximately one billion people are under the heels, the whips, the guns of murderous tyrants who say there is no Cod. Is it a coinci dence? The second word is found In Jno. 10:38. "Even if you believe not my words, believe me for the very works' sake." For nearly 20 centuries the followers of Jesus have been doing the works of faith in His name. Around the world where His name has gone we find schools, missions, chapels, churches, homes for orphans, the crippled, the old ones, hospitals, uplifted standards of living, mental, moral and economic. All these had their orlRln In the faith and devo tion oi the people called Chris- Now comes this van tfaas- en, cited by Lydla as having writton a factual account pur porting to show the story of Jesus Christ as a silly myth. Now, facts are supposed to be proven, or provable, or at least rendered highly proba ble and not contradicted by known truth. Where and how did Van Paascn get his "facts"? Christian scholars and authors for centuries have been seeking authentic ac counts of the life of Jesus. Has Van Paascn unearthed scrolls unknown to anyone else? Dr. Luke, beloved physi cian, wrote two of the best authenticated books of the Bible. Writers like Van Paas cn have tried in many gener ations to destroy or discredit these scriptures, but the Bible continues to be the world's best seller. aiuil oi Tarsus, known as St. Paul, the best educated, most highly trained ot the curly disciples of Jesus Christ, cites several instances of rye witnesses who saw the risen Christ, whom they recognized as the Jesus they had known. Lydia says the resurrection of Jesus was humanly impos sible. That is true, but with God all things are possible. Jesus, Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit, could not be held by death. I am sure it will be a long time before this Van Paascn will supersede Luke and Paul in the thinking ot Christian people. If Lydia should wake up In the emergency ward of a modern hospital (which I nm not wishing for her) she may find It hard to account for the service of love she will re ceive In the name of Jesus. "Believe In me for Ihc very works' sake." L. G. Weaver am Haven st. Mcdford. we will not be allowed a $600 exemption this year. Last year we were not allowed to use students as dependents. Who passed that so-called revision? According to the new tax re visions (?) we will not be al lowed to deduct the federal tax which we have already had deducted from our sal aries. I believe somewhere in the Constitution of the United States there is a passage which states quite clearly that no one can be taxed a tax upon a tax. Are residents of the state of Oregon protected by the Constitution or do we just let the state officials in Salem do as they please? If this state is so poor why not raise cigarets 4c per pack? Also raise the tax on liquors, jewelry, cosmetics, furs and all luxury items. The people who actually want these items will buy them regardless of price. The person who smokes will pay $1 a pack for cigarets if ho wanls them, if not he will quit. The same goes for all unnecessary items. I am not against any luxury Items, II I want them 1 11 buy them, providing 1 have the caah, to 1 fills slMle needs mohey- tnere are many ways to raise money besides taxing upon taxes the already overtaxed taxpayer. This letter is being sent to every representative and Con gressman who is interested in and concerned for the people of Oregon. I sincerely hope that something can be done in the future to allow the people to vote on the taxes they are to pay. This letter is being sent also to our local newspa per so that if there are any other people who wish to write to our Congressmen about this tax measure they may do so. Evelyn Thompson 2215 Hiway 66 Ashland, Ore. Tax Proittt To the Editor: Have been reading in the paper the last few days and weeks with much disgust the new state income tax revisions. As prop erty owners and taxpayers we feel that any time the legisla ture votes to raiae our taxes we should be it least permit ted to cast a vote for or against a tax raise, be It prop erty or personal taxes. Therefor this letter, asking our congressmen and repre sentatives to sec that either a special vote or at the regular voting time before any change is made in the state Income tax, it be put on a ballot for the iicople of this state to decide. After all. we do live here. According to the revisions Civil Defenaa To the Editor: The insist ence of the Administration on the establishment of fall out shelters is prompting a lot of serious thinking among many of our citizens. Just the idea that such shelters arc considered necessary is an ad mission that the heads of our government admit their feel ing of incompetence to pre vent an enemy from waging war on us whenever they wish. Under our form of republi can government, as estab lished by our Constitution, our Administration and its appointed officials are sup posed to be our first line of defense against any enemy If. as seems obvious, they ad mit their inability to keep any enemy from attacking us . . . what have we got to lose if we select a new group of officials, loyal to America first instead of to the United Nations? Could they do worse" Would not the very fact that we did not consider fallout shelters necessary dis courage any enemy from even considering an attack on us? The answer seems obvious! Bruce Y. KlcinSmid 1719 S.E. Portola dr. G ranis Pass, Ore. of Jackson county, like to raise a few citizen should more: 1. Is the rapid increase In the budget of the mental health clinic warranted? Does the case load of the mental health clinic justify the em ployment of the present num ber of psychologists and psy chiatrists, or are these em ployed in anticipation of a future case load greatly in creased? 2. What will eventually hap pen to the quality of service given at the Juvenile Deten tion Home, if the budget does not include funds sufficient to employ qualified (social case) workers? 3. In the event that the staff at the Mental Health Clinic is not over-worked at the present time, would it be possible for them to lend part time service to the Juvenile Home? In a world where we are becoming increasingly crowd ed, and elbow room will soon be at a premium, it occurs to me that considerations in volving human relationships ahould increasingly get prior claim. We are fortunate to have a four million dollar budget. )' Clifford J. Young, Pastor, Eastwood Bap tist church, N. Keeneway at Ridge way, Medford Quattions To the Editor: It was an In teresting and Informative ex perience to attend the "Town Meeting" type of meeting which was held to give oppor tunity to hear proposals to alter the county budget, held In the newly re-decorated court room of the courthouse last Monday night. Each who attended has. 1 am sure, a new appreciation of the work of Judge Miller, the budget com mittee and the commission ers. Off-hcnd, 'twould seem that the meeting did accom plish little, as the budget was not amended. But some interesting ques tions were raised, and I, .is a visit to Great Britain against the advice of hii 58 - year old premier. But the word wis ihat the king merely was acting in support of his pretty queen who remained undaunted by the fact that on tier last visit to Britain in April left wing demonstrators had put her into undignified flight down a Mayfair Street. Queen Frederika, born a German but determinedly Greek since her marriage, long has been a figure of both praise and blame. She won the affection of Greeks with her work among Greek children during the Greek civil war, once diso beying military orders against entering a contested village where she had heard gueril las were holding a group of children. She entered th vll lage alone despite enemy gun fire. But she also won the en mity of Greek ministers who resented her intrusions Into politics and her clearly held opinion that frequently she knew better than they. But the crisis which brought down the Caramanlis government had more to it than a question of social amenities. In fact there was reason to believe that Caramanlis him self had invited the dispute as a reason to resign and force the country Into elec tions. In his own country Cara manlis long has been under (ire from liberals and leftists on charges that be rigged the 1981 elections. Outside Greece, Communist propaganda has maintained a drumbeat of charges that Greece is one of three remain ing Fascist countries in Eur ope. Both Caramanlis and the royal family have been un der mounting leftwing crit icism for the 1,000 or so po litical prisoners remaining in Greek jails 15 years after the successful fight against the Reds in the Greek civil war. . It was upon this issue that leftwingers and ban-the-bomb followers of Bertrand Rus sell put Frederika to panicky flight last April. At for himself, Caramanlis is dealing from a position of strength. His national Radical Un ion Party controls 180 of the 300 seats In Parliment, mak ing it Impossible to form a new government without his permission. He remains one of the most popular politicians In Greece and can look forward confi dently to popular endorse ment of his policies In new elections. Out of the present shakeup seemingly can come two re- In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS T IZ The news as this Is written? Here's a briefing: and Burton to wed-as soon as both can get free from existing ball-and-chains -maybe about October. It will be Liz's fifth and Burton's second. ' In San Francisco, the na tion's first Longevity Founda tion is incorporated.- Among its projects will be researcn on long - term storage ana transplantation of such vital organs as the heart, kidney, liver and bone marrow. Ihe idea? When something essen tial begins to wear out, you'll go to the shop and have a new part installed. In London, Former war Minister Profumo, whose af fair with a red-headed call girl nearly brought down the Brit ish government, returns to London-his wife on his arm and "profound remorse in his Prophecy To the Editor: Someone asked Evangelist Mr. Gra ham the question: "Will life go on in Heaven as it does here?" His answer: "No." My answer: "Yes, in substance." He points out this Earth will be celestialized and there will be no marriage in heav en, which is correct. In the first place, we will have 1000 years of peace and rest from the control Lucifer is having now. Then we will have the opportunity to pre pare ourselves for our lives in Heaven. When our Savior was chosen to atone for Adam's transgression, we were also Riven the plan of salavation that Jesus brought in its full ness, including the Holy Mel- chisedic Priesthood that he conferred upon his Apostles in the churches he establish cd. He said to Peter: "And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven (the priesthood) and whatso ever thou shalt bind on Earth shall be bound In Heaven." After the First Resurrec tion in the Millennium we shall build houses and inhabit them and plant vineyards and gardens and eat the fruit of them. There could be no ob ject in this if the family unit would not continue in the life to come as it is here. Here we will also build the Temple that Jesus will come to when he comes to be the King of Kings. John also saw a river of pure water flow ing out of the Throne of God and the Lamb. And there would be trees on either side of the river bearing 12 man ner of fruit and yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves would be for the heal ing of the Nations. Ezckicl also verifies this prophecy. Isaiah continues: "And the sucking child shall play on the hole ot the asp. And the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice den." Will not then the tears cf the mother who had lost her child by death In his life be wiped away by the Lord? At the end of the Millen nium John testifies this Earth will be celestialized and be come as it were a Sea ot Gla& mingled with fire. And it will then take its place among the stars we see In the firmament. John F. Peterson 811 South Holly st. Medford. Religion In Schools ' To the Editor: Last night the news stated that the Su preme Court had reaffirmed its finding of last year in re gard religion in schools. On this I join with Justice Potter Stewart and all others dissenting. I take the stand that until the Supreme Court finds the First amendment to the Constitution to be uncon stitutional it has no business making any ruling for or against on this subject. I base my contention upon what I and many others con sider a liberal intepretation of the wording of said amend ment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment of religion, or prohibit ing the free exercise thereof." In this wording I interpret the word Congress to mean the Government or any law making body thereof. If this point be well taken the Su preme Court has exceeded its authority, in that the Court is an arm of the Government. It is my further contention that religion, however lightly taught in any school, becomes the province of the principal, superintendent or the school board, as the local school laws define and should be treated as any other subject of the curriculum. I recognize that controver sial nature of the subject in dicates that its teaching be in a manner least offensive to the pupils and the Church to which they may adhere. I can. not see where harm or em barrassment can come ot teaching of the Lord's Prayer or the Golden Rule or other basic fundamentals since they are included in most religions, Christian, Mohammcdism Buddhism and many others both past and prsent. My past experience, and I have attended schools where the students were of mixed religious beliefs, has never shown detrimental effect from such teachings. To say that because a few take exception to non-sectari an, basic teaching of religion, it should be excluded, is no more reasonable than to ex clude any other of the regular subjects because some do not want them, for whatever rea ion, and would be very much contrary to the established custom of majority rule. If the Supreme Court gets away with this, watch out Free Press, Free Speech and many other Freedoms of which wa havt too few left. C. R. Burrill M4' Cherry st. Central Point, Or. heart." (Wh;.- the remorse? He got caught.) IN SAN FRANCISCO, after paying an expert $55,000 to make a study, they get the sickening news that the Can dlestick Park wind that makes life miserable for the fans can't be done away with. The best that can be done is to CHANGE IT and ' make it blow from another direction. And. In Washington, it , is re vealed that approximately 10,- 000 one-dollar bills containing mismatched serial numbers have been printed and sent into circulation. The error is apparently one of the worst in the "almost impeccable" his tory of the Bureau of Engrav ing and Printing. The heck of it is that they can't be sold at high prices to collectqrs-aa were the stamps that goj bungled a while back. QJHUCKSl Let's talk about outer space.. . As this is written, Russian Cosmonaut Bykovsky is in his fifth day out there. , He has traveled somewhat more than 1,800,000 miles. His dimpled space comrade has traveled about half that far. - The moon's average dis tance from the earth is 238,- 000 miles (At its perigee, or nearest point, it is 221,000 miles off. At its apogee, or farthest point, it is 253,000 miles away.) At its average distance, the round trip to the moon would be about 476,000 miles. So Bykovsky has traveled the rough equivalent of - four round trips to the moon. Which is to say, he is the world's top traveler from the standpoint of distance. There was a time when a round-the-world traveler was SOMEBODY. Those days are gone where the woodbine twineth. What s a mere 25,000 miles in this age? ONE of tne most interesting superstitions about the moon concerns its supposed effect on insanity. Our word LUNACY comes from the Lat in word LUNA, meaning moon. Lunatics once were sup posed to have become Insane from gazing at the moon. It sounds reasonable.. Maybe that's how these lun atics who are proposing to spend 840 BILLION to put a man on the moon got that way. suits. Queen Frederika will get permission to make the) state visit to Britain. And Caramanlis will be able to stifle his critics through a new mandate. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris , ' (c Held BnterprlMi, Ine. Mr t i PRAISE AND BLAME ' Looking through the SDrin issue of the "Antioch Review." I ran across a reference in one article to "what nama Ulysses assum ed when ha went among the women.' Upon reading this, I prompt ly inserted a sheet of paper in my. tvne. SUM writer anrl arf. dressed a brisk admonitory note to the editor of the maga. zine, informing him that it was Achilles, rather Ulysses, that the author meant. I mailed the lotto,. r just as promptly. Shortly afterwards h pleasant thought occurred to me that this was exactly tha kind of reaction I most dislike m many of my own readers. They will write: "I have en. joyed your column for many years, but in the issue of so-and-so you quoted Montaigna wueii you meant Pascal , . ." Certainly, errors should be called to one's attention but did I ever take pen in hand to tell the editor of the "Antioch Review" how much I enjoyed the essay on pesiiiviitie philosophy, or existential fiction, or lha short story I read- with much pleasure? 1 No, I did not. I patiently waited until I caught a hasty author and a careless editor in a minor error -and then I pounced with my superior knowledge, to make them feel that here was a reader who could not be found napping. , That we are motivated by negative rather than by pos itive forces is on of tha most discouraging aspects of lha human animal. W will not lift pen to praise a .-, writer who has gratified us for years, but the moment we disagree, or are rubbed the wrong way, or detect an error of fact (which may very well be typographical), we rush pell-mell to tha desk and send off a snide little note, as I did to th magazine editor. The pleasure of putting someone else down is one we are enormously reluctant vo relinquish. Some personalities are so distorted, in fact, that they can identify themselves only in terms of what they dislike and feel superior to: all bigotry, at bottom, is a way of pushing some group into the muck and exclaiming how dirty they are! Appreciation, freely given, is one of the outstanding marks of a generous charac ter. I am not talking about compliments, which are social in nature and exist on a .quid pro quo basis - but about a voluntary expression of .grat itude for pleasures we normal' ly take for granted. Only when the pleasure stops for a moment, or reverses itself, are we prompted to react in a negative manner. Whether it was Ulysses or Achilles or Ajax made abso lutcly no difference to the author's point. What made a difference was my alacrity in pointing the finger of blame, and my inertia in pen ning the praiseful note I should have written ma'.iy months ago. BOLLYWOOD PREMIERE WEft, JUNE 132 4L KUNLtM M o, VIS "Bacchanals, orgies, dancing girls it's dacadtnt but. net necMtarlty obaetn. To pay an actress S10 million ier en movie, that's obcenl" A
