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MONDAY. JULY 1. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOFiD. OREGON fllhrrvRaTEIBlINI """Everyone In Southern Oregon Re.di Tne Mtll Tribune"1 fubTiiheiTBiiiy except Saturday"By MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North F)tSl Ph, 7751-8141., ""ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Minuet GERALD T LATHAM. Bui Mgr BRIC W ALLBN JR.. Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETt Sport. Editor OLIVE STARCHER Woinen e Edltoi DALE ERICSSON. ClrculaUonJJgr An-" Independent" Newepepel Intered tecond class matter at Medford Oreson under Act o! Marc!) 3, 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Dally and Sunday-l year 118 00 Daily and Sunday 8 moi 10 00 Dally and Sunday 3 moe 5 00 Sunday Oniy-One year 5j00 Single Copy (Malledi iOo B ' C5 Tiel And Motor Route. Daily and sunday-l war II Dally and Sunday 1 mo 1.75 Sunday Only-1 mo. 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The gale of the historic Bar ron ranch and lease holdings near Ashlnnd for $316,875 was revealed yesterday with the filing of a contract of sale In the county clerk's oflice. 20 YFARS AGO July 1, 1943 (Thursday) Medtord construct! on reaches $456,343 in first half of year. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Boot leg whiskey Is again on the market, reports say. As in prohibition days, the Imbiber, after picking himself and his hat off the floor, announces 'It was fine!' " 30 YEARS AGO July 1, 1933 (Saturday) Two Los Angeles youths confess slaying simo police man near Grants Pass. Lawrence Tibbctt, famed baritone, to fish in Rogue river. 40 YEARS AGO July 1. 1923 (Sunday) Mill district of city threat ened by sawdust fire. Crater Lake season opens with large crowd at loose. SO YEAR AGO July 1 1913 (Tuesday) Sams Valley horse thieves arrested. Ban of professional beggars from streets urged. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nine er tan corracl It superior; even or eight It excellent) five or gig ll good. 1. Pun was the Greek god of what? 2. What is the literal mean ing of Rio dc Janeiro? 3. Complete the following saying: "Many a true word is spoken In . 4. Ml. Vernon, home George Washington, fronts on what river? 5. Nutmeg Mule Is one of the nicknames applied to which state? 6. When Corlei conquered Mexico, who was the Mexican emperor? 7. With what poem by Longfellow do you associate "the forest primeval ? 8. Which is farther south the tip ot Africa, or the ti of South America? . 9. What is the name given to i line Joining two points on the circumference of circle? 10. The term "eagle" used In what game? Answertt 1, Forests, pas. lures, flocks and shepherds. 3. River ef January. 3 " , , , Jest". 4. Potomac River. 5. Connecticut, 6 Montesuma. 7. Evangeline. S, South America. 9. Chord 10. Golf. CAUGHT ON FILM Falmouth, England - HTD Falmouth Boyg Gramma School officials said today 15. year-old Douglas Kain would be chastised for spoiling class photograph by blowing "the biggest bubble of my life" Just as the camera clicked. The Constitution in Jackson The Washington, D. C. correspondent for the Vancouver, B. C, Sun was covering the news at Jackson, Miss., recently. "Half a hundred policemen rioted here Thurs day in a club-swinging rampage of racial hate," he wrote. It was a bluntly-worded report, but an eye witness version. The correspondent, William Gait, is a Canadian and presumably objective. pjE WROTE OF the Jackson police: They charged s private home-where the front lawn and porch were jammed with chanting Ncgrocs-with their two-foot billy sticks lashing. Two of them grabbed a white professor, John Salter, by the arms and held him while a third brought a club down on his head with cracks that could be heard a block away. Others throttled Negro youths in their doorways by coming up behind them and pressing their nightsticks held at both ends back hard against their throats. And one of them gave me a vicious prod in the back that sent mc sprawling to the ground. It was a scene of naked brutality that is impossible for a Canadian to comprehend. Possibly this visitor from Canada does not fully understand the U. b. Constitution: The Judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such Inferior courts as the Congress may from lime to time estab lish . . . The Judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority , . , "IT ALL BEGAN," (wrote Gait), "with a proces- sion of 90 Negro students, each carrying an American flag, to mourn the death of assassi nated Negro leader Medgar Evcrs. Evers was shot down from ambush in the carport of his nome here early Wednesday. The citisens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citisens in the several states. "The Negro students one of the girls was only 10 years old marched two by two. It looked like a Sunday school procession from the Pearl Street African Methodist Church." Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press: or the right of the people peaceably to assembly and to petition the government lor a redress of grievances. " A BLOCK AWAY they were stopped by a po- iin f'lnl'iiii vvlm rA tVinm thou viruro all lll.. VHI'vUIII 1IU UIV VIIVIII WVJ " Vr under arrest for parading without a permit. It was immediately obvious that the police were spoiling for trouble. They began pushing the press corps of about 20 reporters off the side walks. "The captain put his battery-operated mega phone or loud hailcr directly over the ear of Claude Sitton, New York Times correspondent and ordered him off the sidewalk. The right of the people to be secure In thoir per sons, houses, papers and effects, against all unreasona ble searches and seisures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de scribing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seised. THEN POLICE EEGAN to wrench the Ameri- can flags from the students with vicious twisting motions that left many of the girls' arms bleeding from where the end of the two-foot flag sticks had gashed against their wrists. Seeing this, some of the students behind threw their flags to the ground in disgust just as police were reaching out to grab them. By this time a crowd of Negroes who had cheered the students as they burst from the church had gath ered on the front lawn and porch of a house at the corner, lheir jeers and catcalls apparently infuriated the police. They set up a chant of we want freedom, we want ircedom. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Con gress shall have power by appropriate legislation to enforce the provisions of this article. THE CAPAIN STALKED over and bellowed 1 at them with his loudspeaker. I could bare- y make out that he was telling them to stop shouting or they would be arrested for disturbing the peace. no person shall oe noia to answer lor a capital or other Infamous crime unless on a presentment or In dictment of a grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger) nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb: nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived ol life, liberty, or property without due process of law . , . "It was then that the police apparently lost their heads. Fifty of them had been driven up in canvas-covered trucks, lhey dashed for the house, their big sticks swinging. "THEY GRABBED 13-year-old Thomas Myles and began pulling him from his own porch backward by the nightstick-throttling method. Thomas 13 year old sister, Larold, tried to pull her brother back. She was clubbed to the ground. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall en Joy the right to a speedy and publia trial, by an im partial Jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which districts shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be in formed of the nature and cause of the accusation: to be confronted with the witnesses aginst hlmi to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel tor his defense. "After All, Thcie Men Are Mortal And Who Will I Be Dealing With After They're All Gone?" Foreign News: Sino-Soviet Discussions i Expected To Have Inconclusive Results By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the foreign news cables: tV Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circumstances the use of e pen name or initial for publication Is permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the rioht to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letter submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily renresent the views of tSa paper, In tact the contrary Is often the case. Arms Race To the Editor: In 19H0, President Kennedy estimated that the world nuclear stock pile contained the equivalent of 30 billion tons of TNT about 10 tons of TNT for every man, woman and child on earth. In his book. "Kill and Overkill," Dr. Ralph Lapp (atomic physicist) esti mates the U.S. stockpile (in 1HHU) at 350 tons of fusion- able material or the equiva lent of 70,000 Hiroshima bombs. At the present rate of production, according to his estimate, by 1987 the U.S. stockpile will reach 1.000 tons, equal to 200.000 Hiro shima bombs cost about $6,000 per pound or 2 billion dollars per year. What are we going to do with the stuff? Blow up the ashes? If so, we will have to make some machines to push the buttons because the peo ple will Ions since be gone. Continuing the arms race at the present rate Is sheer mad ness. It docs not give us more security: on the contrary it increases the danger. Like a forest fire the arms race cre ates Us own momentum that drives it on to the ultimate conclusion. We now have a situation in which there are two fingers on the trigger. Two fallible human beings, Kennedy and Kiirusncnev, have the power to destroy civilization. Soon we may reach a situation in which there are 13 fingers on the trigger. Don t you think it's time to consider alternatives? By using the scientific ap proach we have a chance of solving the problem before it is too late. Science cannot establish social goals, but scientific method can help us reach the ones we choose. Let us put at least as much ef fort Into finding the causes of war and to the positive means of establishing "peace with freedom," as we ao into de structive weapons. John Chitwood 032 Alta si. Medford Sino-Soviet Moscow reports say the Russians feel that if they give an inch they will have to give a mile in their talks scheduled to start this week with the Red Chinese on the ques tion of a hard or soft line toward the West. Possibly entering into Soviet thinking is the qucs- t cn of Romania. Romania. which recently sent an anv bassador back to Albania, heretofore Red China s only friend in the East European Communist bloc, also has just completed a new trade pact with China. Romanian news- DaDcrs have reprinted por tions of a harsh June 14 let ter from the Chinese Cen tral committee to the Soviet Central committee which even Moscow refused to publish, The speculation is that Ro mania is pressuring Moscow to adopt a more conciliatory attitude toward the Chinese Diplomatic betting is that the upcoming talks will last about 10 days with the results in conclusive. A date for an other meeting in Pckin then may be set for the next round in a lengthy scries of such discussions. now also is expected to veto the proposal that greater pow ers be given to the European Parliament. The parliament is composed of representatives of the six Common Market nations and recently voted in favor of giving itself more control over European finan cial, economic and political policies. De Gaulle always has opposed surrender of any French sovereignty to a su pranational system. State Tax To the Editor: And lo the supporters of the state in come tax bill: I had always been under the impression that all poll tic'ans were endowed with humanitarian principles, but after reading the provisions in this bill I realize how badly mistaken I was. The filing fee is especially designed to take from those who haven t and give to those who have If it won t violate political ethics, I will appreciate you giving me the names and home address of each of those who opposed this bill. Then come next election time plan, the good Lord willing to bring this fact to all of the voters in their districts even if I have to use Shanks Marcs to do so. I wonder If the sponsor of the filing fco ever knew of the deplorable conditions under which many oldsters are living. 1, personally, know many of them, one 80 year old chap gets $57 per month, a 02 year youngster $71, a couple in their 70s 87 bucks. These folks are too proud. you'd say stubborn, to accept state aid. The only things they receive free are daylight sav ing time and the privilege of paying a 6c tax per gallon on the gas they use to and from the neighborhood grocery. These will. In addition to the filing fee, have to pay from $3 to S5 for the filing out of their returns, unless others do as I intend doing, I will glad. ly and for free fill out the Another Veto President Charles dc Gaulle who already has vetoed Brit ish membership on the Euro pean Common Market and proposal that the market coun tries continue to maintain close liaison with Britain Franco-German De Gaulle Is expected to go all out this week toward appli cation of his accord with Ger man Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer for French German cooperation In an effort to win back the Initiative after President Kennedy's German visit. He will discuss with German leaders new German French moves in the light of Kennedy's decision to delay or set aside the U.S. plan for a multi-nation naval force for NATO armed with Polaris missiles. On The Farm Communist China's fall har vest will be mediocre at best, according to reports reach ing Hong Kong, too much rain has fallen in central Chi na and too little in southern China. If the southern drought continues, there will be real hardship. No famine is expected, but no surplus is likely either. The end of Chi na's import of Western grain is not in sight. ? One United Nations On the Rocks By Arthur Hoppe New York - The reason I rushed up to New York, of course, is tha. I heard the United Nations was going broke and I thought maybe I could help out. I happen to be an expert in that field and frankly I have a little soft spot in my heart for the U. N. Mainly because I think it's the only hope the world's got. So you can imagine my con cern to read where Mr. U Thant has $100 million worth of unpaid bills tucked away in his desk drawer. Primarily due to the fact the Commu- Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (ci field Enterprlsei Inc. returns of any and all old sters who care to contact me and also give them a cup of my 150 proof Java. 1 wish to ask a small favor of you When you receive next April check and while decidin: which lo buy, a new Caddy or Jet, ask yourself this ques tion, "How much of this came from the pockets of those who will have hash or stew for dinner tonight while I get fat and sassy on steak, caviar and champagne?" Claude M. Hall 2860 Placer rd. Sunny Valley, Ore. TOO SOON Doing the "right things" for children too soon is as bad as doing them too late, or not at all. This is a hard lesson fov par ent to learn- especially for those who are ambitious, in tclligent and well - educat ed, and there- fore capable B,rti. of harm i n g their children in many ex pensive ways. Artur Schnabel, whom I quoted the other day, also re marked in the same tran script: "I received a letter yesterday, stating, "I know, Mr. Schnabel.. that you are not Interested in young pian ists, but I would appreciate It If you would hear my son. He started piano lessons at the age of three.' Well, t am Prayer of Gratitude To the Editor: After the death of Pope John XXIII, I urged that all "men of good will" pray to Almighty God asking, if it be His will, that Ho guide the Cardinals to elect a new pope with the same spirit and ideals as those of John XXIII. We seem to have such a man In Pope Paul VI. So I think that the least we can do is to return a prayer of hcartrolt gratitude. If polite ness is Important toward our fellow men, I think it is even more Important toward the Diety. Horace W. Thompson 3642 Hilsinger rd. Medford fines Imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. "Then police spotted Salter, 29, professor of sociology at the most-colored loutaloo southern Christian College, on the porch. You re the one we want,' said a huge policeman, grabbing the white professor. Two policemen dragged the pro- lessor from the porch ana each held one ot his arms while a third beat him over the head with his club with such force that one witness threw up in the hedge. Blood spurted from the professor s head wounds and left a large red stain on the lawn." The right of the citisens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. "I ASKED TWO policemen why they had charged the Negroes. Both gave the typical Jackson police answer by raising their clubs over their heads as if to hit me, advancing on me and snarling, 'Get back!' The same thing happened to Tony Burton, reporter of the New York News. He was beside a policeman who chuckled, 'I'd sure like to tret that one with his collar on back- wards.' pointing with hi. stick to a clergyman XX'S who was then pleading for an ambulance. 'I don t 1 of the u s. and many foreign see anvthintr tunnv about it.' said Burton. Bur- nations ton's remarks made the constable shake with rage. He raised his stick and snarled, 'Get back! Then he shouted : "We'll get you newsmen yet. Espe cially you with the blue shirt.' " Weighed By Public To the Editor: Senator Wayn Morse inserted in the Congressional Record, June 10, 19b3, many statements against patriots, some direct ed at Life Line and mc. I would like for these state ments to be known, weighed and Judged by the public. Life Line speaks for itself seven days a week and is heard on hundreds of stations which familarizes the public with its principles and mo tives. Life Line conducts monthly essay contests from which it bars entries con taining any attack on minor ity groups, charges of Com munism to the "National Council of Churches" or the educational field: criticism of labor unions or leaders, or are anti-semitic. I have never indicated in any way that "any man or woman who favors medicare, foreign aid and virtually any other social welfare measure" is an enemy of freedom. I refer the public to Catholic employees, outstanding lay men and clergy that I am not anti-Catholic. I am not anti protestant nor anti-semitic. H L H Products, food pro cessing and canning, and drugs, is well known for of Grace, comes from God People having their minds turned to all manner or re- llgious and devilish teachings Just to be in a popular fol lowing. Jesus said: r,o man can come to the rather except by Mc," and his His ministry was to bring people to uod same to this day, and to quit idolatry, inventing their own plan and expecting God to accept and approve. He does not. His plan must be honor ed so that people are not lost in their own. Many attempts to discredit the Bible resulted in the ruins we see today covered by the dust of time and the idolatry of our day will end tip in ruins caused in unbelief The Lord said all this will pass, but My word will be forever. All inventions man will return to earth like the orbital rides, and what God keeps will be kept his plan. Unbelievers, agnostics, and their kind also will vanish in the dust of time, in God' plan. Jesus said, For judgment ac come into this world that they which see not, might see, and they which see might be made blind. Who is so blind as they that see not the Lord. The Holy Bible contains God's written guarantee that his word and promises will be kept. Oscar Jacobson 33115 New Ray rd. Central" Point, Ore. fraid he has been ruined." So also have been ruined those little girls who are given "ballet" lessons before their minds, their spirits or their feet are equipped for them. And pushing a shy and reluctant boy into competi tive athletic events can have exactly the opposite effect from what the father intends that is, it can make the boy effeminate rather than virile. a I speak from experience. at least in ona area: a minor one. but still significant, in that it shows that even a thouhgtful parent, aware of a child's limitations, is nev ertheless often too eager to push. It was only by the third child that I learned differently. This was in the buying ef toys. I would invariably bring horn toys that were "too old" for the child-loo complicated, calling for more dexterity and a longer interest-span lhan the child then possessed. A great deal of money was wasted upon toys that were played with tor a few moments, and then discard ed with no interest, or quickly broken. When I analyzed my constant stu pidity in this area, it seem ed clear to me that I was expressing my own needs, not those of the child. in I was trying to push him to grow up faster, to become stronger and more skillful be fore he was ready lo or need ed to. I wanted to be "proud" of him - a most dangerous word in the parents' lcxicon which means that I wanted him to develop at a faster rate than nature Intended him to. Some gifts of elaborate, ex pensive and complicated toys, of course, are simply a par ent's way of substituting (quite unconsciously) material things for genuine love and understanding. But, this apart, most gifts of this kind represent a parent's impa tience with the child's leisure ly development, and say, in effect, "Hurry and get bigger so that you can do more things that I may brag about." Recognizing, and accepting, a child's own tempo of growth is difficult for parents who have set high goals for them selves and their offspring. The somewhat neglectful, or slothful parent, perhaps docs not do as much damage to the child as the parent who buys a piano for a 3-year-old. nists won't cough up their share for the U. N.'s peace keeping work in the Congo and in the Middle East. Oh, I could visualize the sor ry scene that undoubtedly awaited me: the mob of an gry creditors banging on tha glass doors, all that nice fur niture repossessed, the lights and gas turned off and Mr. Thant sneaking out the back door to duck the process-serv ers. . And I figured he could uss some good, solid, American advice. Like: "Give them a little on account and promise them the rest a week from Tuesday." But it wasn't that way at all. The flags were still fly Ing bravely and there wasn't a crack in the plaster nor a frayed cuff to be seen. True, the U.N. docs have a stack ot unpaid bills this high. But. like the most of us in such circumstances, it's putting up an awtuuy good front. Not that there aren't signs visible to the trained observ er that the U. N. is desper. atcly trying to raise money. There are such signs, for ex ample, in the . Delegates' Lounge where we ace news men ferret out stories. Tha price of a martini has gona up from 65 to 75 cents. But I'm not complaining. What's a dime, I say, if it leads to world peace. Indeed, I was sitting there sipping my contribution when I got to chatting with a U. N. financial expert who seemed awfully happy. Soberly hap py, ana i asKea him why. "Well," he said, "I think we've turned the corner in this financial crisis. The Communist bloc's held out solidly against paying their assessments for Ihc Congo and the Middle East, claiming tlia while thing was a plot by the West. "But the U.S. has wisely kept pretty quiet. And now the pressure's being put on Russia by the Latin Ameri cans and the Afro-Asian" bloc. You'll notice that the resolu tions favoring payment of assessments are being intro duced and passed overwhelm ingly by all the small nations. They've become genuinely worried. And if the Commu nists want to keep any friends in Africa, Asia and South America they're eventually going to have to go along. Right now, they're in a-very tight bind." Well, this cautions optimism is what most people around the U. N. seem to be exuding these days. And while I-don't understand high finances or the ins and outs of U. N. politics. I think they're right. t think what they're really saying, complexities aside, is that the United Nations wUl endure because the little peo ple of the world want it to en dure. And I have -'implicit faith in that. Of course, I will meanwhiia do what I can to help. In fact, I'm proud to report, I now have only 999,099,999 mar tinis to go to achieve a lasting peace. It's a perfect crusade. If I'm wrong about the U.N. and the world blows up,' at least I'll die happy. "The scene of brutality was too much for the children's mother. . . . She began screaming hys terically and was also either beaten or pushed 10 me ground. " Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive 4 11. L. Hunt 1074 Main st. Dallas 1, Texas No state shell make or enforce a law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citisens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or properly without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Bible To Bible the Editor: Yes, the is true. The learning of God's creation and His plan serves all people, to know there is no latitude fur wandering away from it. Too often people, minis ters and doorbell ringers. "Later that day Burton turned up in a white thr and shut, sun glasses and a new straw hat. 1 ou d i print shops, using some Bible never recognize him. ; vcrse ,raP in attempt You'd never recognize the Constitution either. I ..f, p,"nfoliowing imo u. .). in me Lrewision (Hia.) Morning lrioune.i The resurrection. One Marshal To the Editor: One fellow has noted that now. with so many skindiver programs on TV, the fare has boiled down, essentially, to Flippers, Flap pers and Giddyappers. Some serious consideration was given to advocating live ammunition for the latter, thus injecting realism, while elminating the slower or,C3. However, '.hat idea had to be abandoned, when it was pointed out that this would, inevitably leave a clear field to one tall marshal of a mid western town. Few of us could stand that, cither. H. W. Robertson 103 North Central ave. Medford. DOESN'T LIKE IT Leamington, England -1'PI-A judge at a music festival here lat week end gave each competitor a note with his opinion of his singing at the end of his performance. One singer gave it right back. Bob Wclford, a 28-year-old tenor, took his note, scanned it, then tore it to pieces, and threw it in the judge's face. I HOUR mm FAPJ on TAP P "Ike thinks It's nuts, you snd I think it's nuts, but they don't think it's nuts to send a man to the moon-i that's the kind of cooperation you can axpeci from Communists!" nd Gift I
