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Marffnra United Presi International Full Leaaed Wire DPI Telephoto Newiplcturea ATES Of 'ice in new cVsfrtroJt, San rr.ncl.co L Angel's oaiu. - - Denver. k PUILISHIRI "ASSOCIATION NATION A I COITOIIAl AS&bciATItfN U MemDer Calllornla Newtpaper Publlihera Assoclauon Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO Auguit I. 19S3 (Thursday) The jailing of Leiter Hur ley last July 11, when he was suffering from a fractured skull,, was an error in judg ment on the part of police officers, the city council was told last night. The Jackson county grand jury today recommended that Medford Police Chief be re nlnced "hv a man who is prop erly qualified in all respects to administer me auairs oi the department." 20 YEARS AGO ' Auautt 6. 1943 (Friday) Milk nroducers testify in demand for Drice boost. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudse Pot" column: "Ra tioning of food and gas has failed to put a crimp in me summer outdoor pastime, viz: wciner roasts on a river bank. Most of the year the weiner associates with sauerkraut and mustard. Now It is up the social ladder a bit, and is known to society editors as 'a tasty tidbit." 30 YEARS AGO a. .....4 a ia4fi mtinilawl County' judge found guilty of ballot theft by Klamath county jury in record time; Jury deliberated 12 minutes. County leaders scanned for leaders to county Judge post. 40 YEARS AGO August 6. 1923 (Monday) Churches of city and valley to hold memorial services for P'.-esident Harding. Nearly 1,000 tourists spend week end in city. in vr&DS AGO August 6, 1913 (Wednesday) Lack of sufficient binders slows cutting of Table Rock grain. Porter J. Ncff has been at Cold Hill several times lately, acting as city attorney to clear up the legal muddle that mu nicipality has been in for some time. What's Your I.Q.? kit.. ,m.( k tii eerier: even or etjht is ewelleirti tlve er Sis is good. 1. Name the U.S. Secretary of Labor. 2. Is the correct name of the South American country spelled Columbia or Colom bia? 3. If you say a girl is oscu lhi what would you mean? 4. Which state leads in the production of corn? . wmmi it. S. President was administered the oath of office by his own father? 6. In referring to Sino-Japa-nese relations to what docs Sino refer? 7. Ex-President Truman Is a member of which religious denomination? 8. King John affixed his teal to the Magna Charta in 1218; was that during the 12th or 13th century? 9. Sir Walter Raleigh died 342 years ago; did he die of old age, poisoning or by be heading? 10. Which noted actress was often referred to as "the Divine Sarah"? Answorsi 1. Wlllard Wlrts. 2. Colombia. 3. That she is kisiabla. 4, lawa. 3. Calvin Coolldgt. 8. Chineia. 7. Bap tist. I. Uth. 9. Boheiding 10. Sarah Bernhardt. I SSSNtWIr-APlt I TUESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1963 Northeastern tisvr.nl Dofl r wfwt rf the Hat Creek valley, is hours, and beauulul scenery. From Mt. Lassen to Medford, by way of Hat i 1. tt' i arf .. ,1 1 on T Tis4r. To ureeK, nignway anu 103, uava ucua 11a- hAnol AfAniimanf Til In 1 a Iro TtTlamafVl Folio T.fllcA of the Woods and the Dead Indian road, is con EirWahlv lnno-pr hut. it. is nlsn rewardinc in scen- v " -o ery, in views of countiy l.i Jil. nisiory oi me mouoc wars, aim 111 uic iguw mm i i n j i -e xT..iL-. ri: sounas ana smens oi a pan ot inuilucih jxu foraia too little known. Wa oViall rinmmont mnrp fllllv nhnut. Mt. T,as sen later. But mention tures of a recent trip may De worm wnne. WTTPTt7V FAT.T.Q tVto htof fpgfnra nf MiAl' rf UlVilUl 1 raUUU) HIV, VII1V.. VII-MV thur-Burney Falls State Park, about 50 miles southeast ol Mt. snasta i i i i-..i most spectacular waierians we nave ever seen, The river comes out of springs above the drop, and cascades over it into a churning pool of blue white water, then flows away in green and blue, AaiAn -Pi.nvi this main MTU tnrf 11 1 1 ntrioi minm falls come directly out of i. 1 1 l ml. ... ,.l DOin siaes. xne craggy siune. uie inu&aca, nuicna si .i i ii i. l ana ierns, tne trees, an JCllll.Jl Ilia Vai atf lUlMllllg WVlrll jyj,ay -wa.ww and overnight camping. Artificial Lake Britton is a iavoriie ior Doaters SPHERE is a point on Highway 299 a few miles east ot ran Kiver Mills wnere tne roaa tops a hill T .nAln'niY nrio ia mot. hr tho nlirfif fif fhft . i n i j entire soutnern ena oi urifli Mf T.siciaart frt fl-A Willi 1TX be XJCliTIOVll lyU lyll UIIU PJUMUii the north. Nowhere else, we believe, is there quite such a spectacular view of both mountains looming up, dominating all those in between. Mt. Lassen, we learned, is the southernmost is a sharp break between of the Cascades, ana tne gi-anite iormations oi the Sierra Nevada. . All of the northeastern corner of California kn Vim-la fni'im w frrev if n f no Tt ia a nlaa QQtl t. iiau uccii tcua iuvuiuia uai c ivujmiiv but somewhat desolate area, ranging from high J i i- i U....U t. mil tivated fields. LAVA BEDS National Monument, is a far-too-little-known area with the multiiile interest of recent volcanic activity, caves, cinuer euiies, cuiiiiueya auu uuici icaiuico, i i i ana oi nisiory. Tf nrao Viai-n iViat trio fought his last and losing battle in defense of his homeland, and the. right of his people to remain, I G01Qly411jr tllC C1IV1 UQvUlllllV UI VV uvvvivim. A visit to his lava-castle stronghold, where he i i pfi i l 1. oh lougni on overwneiming icirin : . 1 XOIatf ailU 1UIU) JO ItlVJIIC V Jl lil WIV yi 'o vii marked trail leads thiough the stronghold, and it is punctuated with informative signs. m A WELL-EQUIPPED camp is located near the Monument headquarters and one young sum mer ranger assured us that no snakes had been a.l 1. II r 111 seen in the camping area ior two years, w e 11 take his word for it, although it has the look of 1 A. amke countiy mi Ke country. TUn inmnn n f eU,iAfA in mid-summer it must get il.- -1 was warm tne aay we were mere, uul a uieez-c lliaUC tllillio bUVIV All viv wiiwuvi The little museum at Monument headquarters is a jewel well laid out, thoughtfully set up, informative and most interesting, both from geo- lnrrin anrl Viistnrin nmiPfts. Rnt.h hfiadniiailera and caves in the park. Others .1 t 1 . s are available at no cost One hopes that the ,1. . . ?11 1. - ; tne Monument win De lmpruveu buuii. DIRECTLY adjoining the Monument on the north is the Tulelake game refuge, operated Vi iVio Tl Q Vicli anrl Wilrllifn Sorvif'P a vast Ujf MIC . V I . i loll 11 1 V I ' ' i.vi.iiv w-. t ' - " expanse of marsh, meadow and lake, lying in lusn conuasi tu me naiMi aim luiuiuuui iauu r- o wi tf tVA lo,i Knrlc ov.ajrc ui tiic icici utvio. . Coming north, one sees more evidence of fer tile farmlands, with thousands of acres of barley, onions and potatoes. It is prosperous-looking. As we drove northwest toward Klamath Falls, the country began to look more familiar, with the Cascades creeping closer, and Mt. Shasta kiffiiiv fVr.i-.i irnct 1 n ci it h wncf in tinllth rTl'ic huge beacon of a mountain is one of the most spectacular sights in tne from many points both in THE attractive boulevard along the west side of Klamath lake, leading toward Lake of the Woods, is dotted with homes, and it is narrow and winding. As the eastern anchor of the new trans-Cascade highway, it will need some widen ing, if not eventual replacement, if it is to serve heavy traffic. As soon as the road gets out of the residential area, however, it is excellent all the way to the lake. The new cutoff, which will go from the north end of the lake down near Fish Lake to Browns boro and Eagle Point, has been cut through, but is not yet ready for grading or paving at the lake junction. When completed, it will cut many minutes from the Medford-Klamath Falls trip. The Dead Indian road is a familiar drive, and as the valley floor came in view, so came another familiar sight. The Family Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare put it in two sighed words "Smog again." E.A. California Mf QViucfg lVTP.1niii'1 onrl a drive of less than five . it ! new to us, in the exciting 1 J iL n!U i nrl of some of the other fea (tne cicyj, is one oi me n i .. fissures in the rock on iU -n.nnnr. t J An mane it a signt to see. ana water anieia. ii. i ,1 nr tne c-ascaue mountains, arilltVl and Mt SVltJctQ the volcanic structures including lava beds, faWnrl P.antain 3aoc nuinueis ui uuupa in iL i.U V..: A ofnll ivt lAOl'f Vvir 1 1 1 It 1 lift TO Kilt fearfully hot. The sun IL.... U..i. U..a.pa are nearby, and lanterns 1 1 ior speiunKers. dusty, unpaved roads to 1 woria, ana is visioie Oregon and California. MEDFORD ,coNGas "Tt HOT BIT EMOTIONAL ABOUT A TCSTBUWEATY think before you ratify; AH THE MILITARY! 08&fa&lU,l AUOB TIMES "I'd like to sto you carrying Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication Is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right 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 represent the views of tr paper. In fact the contrary Is often Moment of Decision To the Editor: From read. ing Mr. Oscar Jacobson's let ter of the 4th, I gather that his imagination is working overtime. It certainly is if he imagines that any information I contribute regarding the Aquarian Age is a pipedream. Anyone who is aware in the slightest degree of what is now transpiring anyone who can discern the "writing on the wall" and the "signs in the heavens" and has investi gated the matter as thorough ly as possible can testify that I suffer no delusions nor vain imaginings. There are two factions in the world; those who are still sleeping and enjoying the dream-world, and those who are awakening from it to find reality. As Paul so aptly put It "Not all shall sleep." I think il far better to be num bered among those in the lat ter category, and it is to this end that I dedicate my time and efforts now: that as many as will, may be inspired to seek the light and awaken from the "long sleep" in the darkness. I am a very busy woman. and it is not easy to find the time il takes to compose these letters. If I were not sincerely convinced that my doing so is serving an important purpose, it would be a simple matter to decide I haven't time and disregard it entirely. These teachings, if such they may be called, are not for all, for not all are ready to receive them. It is certain ly Mr. Jacobson's privilege. or anyone else's, to become crystallized in his particular set of concepts; the only ob jection is that further spirit ual light cannot enter under such circumstances. At some future time when the barriers are let down, there will be another opportunity to re ceive it. Lot s wife had made considerable progress on the path to spiritual enlightment when she "looked back" to her former concepts and be liefs, and became crystallized in them or as it says in the Book, she turned into a "pil lar of salt." Together with former thing, former concepts also shall pass away. Those per sons who cling tenaciously to the old cannot grasp the new nd evolve as our planet evolves, for they are attuned to the frequency of a past dispensation instead of to that of the new. Now is the mo ment of decision; shall we follow the path leading back to the former darkness or the path leading ahead into light? The choice is ours! Louise Wopschall Route I. Box 408 Eagle Point, Ore. Starlight Saving To the Editor: I have sent the following letter to your columnist Mr. Frank Jenkins: Dear Mr. Jenkins: Some time back a lady in Klamath Falls allegedly shot at a Klamath Falls business man who was alleged to be a lead er in the so-called "Daylight Saving Time" movement (which saves nothing now, never has saved anything, and will save nothing in the fu ture). I personally feel that, in stead of penalizing the lady, she should be voted a Gold Medal and given some les sons in marksmanship. This said "Klamath Falls businessman" would "h o w 1 like hell" if some of the log gers got him out of bed when they go to work - at daylight or earlier. He'd claim his privacy was beinu invaded, moreothan likely. Yet 1 have strong doubts he goes to work before t tic sun is quite high in the sky. It appears that the "white collar business m t n" from downtown are the only ones who favor the idiotic idea of setting the clocks, ahead. I am the oraiiitoW of MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON ihoso signs in Hiroshima!" the case. another system which should be known as "Starlite Saving Time," which consists of set ting the clock BACK one hour in summer to get TWO hours extra sleep each morning. Floyd R. McCabe Mt. Pitt Star Route Butte Falls, Ore. Unbelief a Sin? To the Editor: Oscar Jacob son says in his letter publish ed on July 28 that "unbelief is the worst sin today." Doesn't he know that some of the finest people the race has produced were unbelievers? For his enlightenment and other readers who may not know either, let me name a few of them: Thomas H. Huxley, English biologist; Johannes Brahms, German composer; Herbert Spencer, British philosopher; Percival Lowell, American astronomer; Charles Lamb, English essayist; Clarence D a r row, American lawyer; Luther Burbank, Ameri can horticulturist; Robert Burns, Scottish poet; John Bur roughs, American naturalist; Robert Ingersoll, Ameri can lawyer, writer and lecturer; Albert Einstein, noted physi cist; Thomas Edison, Ameri can inventor; Charles Stein metz, German-American elec trical engineer; Marie and Pierre Curie, French physi cists; John Adams, our second president; Thomas Jefferson, our third president. The list is endless. How could, anyone in his right mind label such wonderful people miserable sinners? It Is simply untrue that unbelief is a "sin." Such a queer no tion exists only in the minds of the religiously indoctri nated. Lydia Burnham 814 Warne st. Prescott, Ariz. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Odd note in the news: Over in "Malheur county they have found what appears to be a BENEFICIAL bug. 11HE bug's scientific name is Aroga Wehsteri, and according to the Malheur En terprise, published at Vale, it attacks ONLY sagebrush and fs harmless to beneficial plants. It is a defoliating moth, meaning that it strips the sagebrush of its leaves, and thus KILLS it. The moth, according to the Enterprise, is not a newcom er to the Malheur area, al though It is comparatively recent, according to the ento mologists who have observed it. TT WAS first noted in May of last year, and at that time about 15,000 acres were infested. But by now the moth has spread into other areas. Bob Kindschy, range and wildlife specialist with the Bureau of Land Management, says he traveled recently bet ter than 20 miles in one of the newly infested areas and estimates that at least 200 square miles are included in the infested area he saw on the trip. He says it is not presently known whether the moths will destroy ALL the sage brush, but thinks that by next spring the evidence should be fairly conclusive. IIE A il ..T DDS. cyclical, much like mice, rab bits and other forms of life on the deserts. If introduc tions could he marie in spe cific areas and clesn kill could be achieved, it ould be a boon ( Mm Westers ranges. It loutd tornmplie)! at little cost liat fnher and various ajna.re.ment ties have been U:ii i do for C lorjfj tirt ) rtl exiaaiis,") w C French Politicians Increasingly De Gaulle Will Run for Second By JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Press International Paris-fUPD-President Charles de Gaulle may run after all for a second term in 1965-at least, betting among French politicians is increasing that he will. One factor, it is thought, that might decide him to do so would be failure to patch up his disagreements with Presi dent Kennedy about nuclear policy and the future of the Western alliance. De Gaulle's seven-year term finishes at the end of 1965-two-and-a-quarter years from now. Several times recently he has dropped oblique hints that he might not run again. He has seemed to be preparing the French people for think ing about a possible successor. But he had nothing to say about this at his news confer Matter of Fact (c) Nw York Herald (Joseph Alsop will be on vacation this month - and gathering material both in this country and abroad for future columns. During his absence, top members of the New York Herald Tribune will substitute for him.) By LAURENCE BARRETT IF WE FAIL TO RATIFY Washington - So far, the argument over the limited nuclear test ban treaty has skirted perhaps the most im portant issue: what the conse quences would be If the Sen ate fails to ratify. President Kennedy says this would be a "great mis take." Mr. Harriman says it would cost this country its position of world leadership. These are understatements. It is not too much to predict that rejection of this treaty will sentence the world to con tinued imprisonment in the dungeon that is the arms race for a long, long time. Both in the Administration and in Congress there is con siderable optimism that the necessary two-thirds vote in the Senate will be achieved. Yet there is an undercurrent of opposition, rather muted for the moment, and lacking in focus. If a rallying point emerges, the treaty could be in trouble. Rejection is not the only avenue of defeat. An attempt could be made to ap pend "reservations" or even formal amendments. These could have the same effect as a negative vote. ONE wonders whether those who for various motives are searching so hard for minute flaws In the treaty have honestly considered the larger question of what fail ure to ratify would mean. If the United States is un willing to take this very little step towards arms control, then its stated position since the end of World War II in favor of controlling the atom is a fraud. And the more re- llfHY is that NEWS? " Well, nearly a century ago John B. Bogart, city edi tor of the New York Sun, lecturing one day in the Sun's newsroom to one of his cub reporters, offered this famous definition of news: "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a MAN bites a DOG, that IS news." CO- According to the principle laid down by Editor Bogart It is certainly NEWS when a bug bites a pest like the sagebrush which has driven out the grass from so many arid Western acres and so far has defied all efforts to con trol it at a cost within eco nomic limits. Over the long years of the past, bugs- appear to have had the bad habit of biting only those things that are USEFUL to man. TEADING the headlines and " listening to the radio and watching TV, one is apt these days to arrive at the conclu sion that all news is BAD news. It isn't true. For example: In Chicago the other day, a history - making medical team composed of researchers from Peter Bent Brigham hos pital and Harvard Medical school reported that they have succesfully transplanted a kidney from DECEASED donor to YOUNG man. Whk-h ie In say: The dying nVvr ilW one of liw kufneyt to ow mn ho needed e IMn, aj t oUt full tin titatt , ith family to elTt. is $liv ),'id wtK. Thjj nays; you see. isn't all bad. ence a week ago Monday. A question was asked, but De Gaulle did not answer it. Some French commentators have taken this to mean that De Gaulle, who earlier was thought to have decided against a second term, now may be changing his mind. They pointed out that he will have about four weeks for quiet thinking about the future during his August va cation at his country home at Colombey-les-Dexu-Eglises. Age would be the main con sideration against a second term. De Gaulle is nearing 73. He will be 75 when the next pres idential election is held. If he took a second term - and few doubt he would not win hands down if he runs again he would be 82 at the end of it. That still would be some years short of West German By Joseph Alsep Tribune Syndicate cent American posture in fa vor of arms reduction and ultimate disarmament is doubly fraudulent. It must be remembered that the treaty under considera tion is essentially an Ameri can treaty, which both the Eisenhower and the Kennedy administrations Dut forward for the world to see and de sire. Were we seeking to de ceive tne world? were we, safe in the knowledge that the Russians would spurn any agree ment, merely teasing humanity? THE treaty to ban tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underground is the most modest advance possible that can still provide mean ingful progress. If we fear this, then longer strides to ward peace will frighten us senseless. Would the Russians negoti ate with us seriously again on anything else? It is diffi cult to see why they should. They could simply bask in their greatest propaganda vic tory of the cold war. The arguments against the treaty vary from sober con siderations of the military and technical implications to hysterical screams about what monsters the Russians are. The Senate must think about the former and try to be im mune from the latter. ' TiHE Republican Congression al leadership now gropes for some rational basis on which to question the treaty. It posed this choice last week: "Which will do most to preserve peace in the world, ratification of a limited treaty placing selec tive restraints on the develop ment of nuclear weapons, or a maximum up-to-the-minute defense capability so destruc tive as to prohibit attack?" (This is the same Republican leadership that thinks the de fense budget could be cut easily by a few billions.) Actually, this seemingly logical question contains holes. The treaty does not pre vent, or even seriously In hibit, continued weapons de velopment. But there is a big ger hole. The question implies that an absolute deterrent exists, or is readily obtain able. This is a delusion. There exists only the means for mu tual destruction. No new weapon is immune to a still newer defense. No defense remains impermeable for long. The choice really is between an ever -quickening contest for more devastating weapons and a glimmer of hope that the race may slow to a more rational pace. IN EVALUATING the debate that is to come, it would be stupid to shut one's mind to all opposition. Perhaps there is real evidence, undis closed until now, that the treaty's risks are greater than its benefits. If so, it is difficult to believe that President Ken nedy is unaware of it, or has ignored it. The skeptics urge caution and objectivity. One would do well to be cautious and ob jective in considering criti cism by scientists who think that, because they have built great engines of war. these engines must be kept ever primed at mankind's head, and the criticism by profes sional anti-Communists. One would also do well to be skep tical of politicians who have their eye on Election Day next year and who know thai if the treaty is ratified and proves successful. President Kennedy will reap great po litical benefits. Finally, the 100 judges In the Scnata must know that their votes on this issue will t remembered for a long Ieri time. IAr AttOUNCED . IxMiinations for civil serv ! ltions have been an outcrd for air commander (pilot) and in electrical engi neering. Additional informa tion may be obtained at the Medford post office. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who is 87. But Madame Yvonne de Gaulle is known to feel that he has earned retirement and that 75 would be a fair age at which to take it. De Gaulle was reported earlier to have taken the same view. Aides said he had planned to run aeain only if he felt France needed him in an emergency - that is, in case of a grave international crisis or if it appeared that a summit meeting likely to lead up to a general cold war settlement was in sight. Now, De Gaulle is said to be having second thoughts about what constitutes an "emergency." It is suggested that he may not want to pull out until he Strictly Personal By Sydney (c) Field Enterprises, inc. RITES OF PASSAGE Writing about the young people riding around in their white convertible, as I did recently, reminded me of an other incident on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday. It was 1:30 in the m o r n ing, and I was parked in my car near the main inter section of the little town in which I spend my summers. I was waiting for a passen ger due to arrive on an out- of-town bus. During the half-hour I sat there, dozens of automobiles whizzed by me. Almost all of them were filled with teen age boys, circling the town noisily, cutting corners sharp ly, and pretending to them selves that they were having a wild time. It called to mind what an American anthropologist said recently about the "rites of passage. ' In older times, young men were given op portunities to prove their manhood, their courage or skill, by performing certain difficult rituals that the eld ers of the tribe had prepared for them. If they "passed," they were declared to be men. We have no such line of demarcation in our modern industrial socitiy - and so the automobile has become, in its synthetic way, the symbol of the riles of pas sage. The boys whissing around the corners, brakes screeching and rubber burn ing, war (in a wistful and unsatisfying way) trying to demonstrate their manhood. As the anthropologist re marked, a good deal of what passes for "delin quency" in contemporary Editorial Comment Here's How We Got So Pretty A group of Medford citizens, known as the Medford Capital Improvements Committee, visited Eugene recently to see our civic center. They were impressed, both with the center, and with the community effort that made it pos sible. Around the state a number of citizens are trying to set up a state-wide committee to encourage the beautifica tion of cities. A landscape architect advised the group, "Eugene is becoming such a good example of pride in civic appearance, it would be interesting to know what has brought it about." People brought it about. Dedicated people who cared kept the flame alive. The Century Fund and the Gateways group never let the idea of civic beauty die. The big im petus came when a group of architects organized themselves as Architects Collaborative and presented their dream for a civic center. It was a low-key presentation. They didn't urge that old buildings be torn down and new ones estab lished all at once. Their rule was, "When you have to re build, rebuild here." The "here" was the general area of today's civic center. There was, of course, opposition. Some people are just naturally aginers. The old arguments, ranging from social ism to sentiment, were dredged up. Voters refused to put the library in the civic center complex, where it ought to be, and put it out on the edge of the business section in stead. But the dreamers didn't give up. The gloomy, stuify old courthouse came down. So did that funny old jail. In their place arose the county's first contributions to the civic center. Other units of govern ment got the idea. The park blocks area, only recently an area of scruffy back doors and unpainted buildings be came something to be proud of. Businessmen began to paint up and fix up. Following the county's lead, the U.S. National Bank had its new building built to blend in with the county structures. A few more old piles were torn down, in the case of the Hoffman Hotel, burned down. That part of town looks 100 per cent better than it did 10 vears ago this despite that awful sign on the otherwise beautiful Equitable Building. There are indications that clashing decor is "out " Presenting a good appearance has become the thing to do. Take any neighborhood of run-down homes. Let one family move in and start painting and cutting the grass. Soon the people next door are shamed in to it. Then others start, a blighted neighborhood becomes attractive and charming. But thLs does take imagination and leadership. Somebody has to be first. The imagination, in the case of downtown, was furnished by Architects Collaborative, the leadership by state and local government. Not that we're done. The parking problem remains, and it must be solved. However, the county has proved that parking lots need not be ugly. With imagination Eurene can ameliorate the parking problem and still make the town look better. Eugene businessmen have been most cooperative in planting trees, in landscaping, in painting Thev like the way the town looks, too. And they also know that if they don't work hard to make downtown attractive, the drift to the outlying business centers will be hastened, to their own detriment and at the expense of those who will have to pay for the shift in property valuation. q Eugene Rfcfcter-Guard. Bet Term is sure that France's nuclear striking force is fully ready for action. It also is being suggested that with the future of the) Western Alliance, the Euro pean Common Market and a politically united Europe still so uncertain, De Gaulle might feel reluctant to give up. Amid all this speculation, no obvious successor yet has appeared. De Gaulle, himself, is said to favor Premier Georges Pompidou, a 52-year-old former house of Roths child banker. De Gaulle's first prima minister, Michel Debre, is said also to have presidential am bitions. But De Gaulle, himself, may have the final word after all by deciding to be his own suc cessor. J. Harris life is an ineffectual effort to create soma rites of pass age by the boys themselves. Society sets no tasks for them, so Ihey try to make their own standards of vir ility. But this does not, and cannot, gratify them in any deep, lasting and confirma tory way. It does not re ceive the approval of tha "tribe," and, more impor tant, it actually proves nothing - for any idiot can drive a car with reckless abandon. In trying to prove their manhood in this falsa way. they actually become more juvenile than ever in the eyes of society. The puberty rites and the rites of passage that obtained in less sophisticated societies served a very real purpose, both socially and psychologic ally. The boys had something to look forward to, and tha tests were actually meaning ful, for it took dexterity and courage and endurance to qualify. Most of all, it bound the youths to the manhood of the tribe. Juvenile delinquency, in various forms, ' is spreading throughout the civilized world - even in countries which had no such phenomenon until ti e present generation. There 3 a vast resentment and rebel lion against the pannns nf Iho adult world, and the teen-, ager forms a sub-culture that if often threatening to the ' continuity and stability of tlia social order. We are not tackling t h ia nrnhlnm in anv cancilila iipsit. indeed, we do not even un derstand its dynamics. As Paul Goodman points out, in. his book, Growing Up Ab surd." unless we give voun li sters something meaningful to do, they will find a mean- inn in tMnlpnio ilcolf t o 00 O pt
