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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1M3 JJ g South Africa Prosperous Although Outcast by Nations By NEIL J. SMITH United Press International JOHANNESBURG (UPI) -White South Africa is facing up to a threatening future warily but without panic. The country knows it is an outcast among the nations of the world and that governments representing two-thirds of the world's population are giving moral, and in some cases finan cial, support to underground movements dedicated to the overthrow of South Africa's white regime. South Africa is reconciled in advance to United Nations con demnation. Yet few whites out- Standard Double Bed on Way Out NEW YORK - (UPI) - The standard double bed is on the way out because Americans are growing bigger all the time. But togetherness will continue, according to bedding manufac turers, who have decided to re place the standard bed with people-sized beds. The dimensions of the double bed were established more than 100 years ago, when a six footer was a rarity. Since then, Americans, both male and fe male, have shot upward in height and weight. For instance, American soldiers today aver age an inch and a half taller and 78 pounds heavier than the doughboys of World War I. This means that many mod ern Americans must either sleep in a crouch or dangle their feet over the foot board. Obstacles Two major obstacles prevent ed bedding manufacturers from increasing the size of beds when public demand for bigger beds first became apparent. First, available accessories such as sheets, blankets and bedspreads were too small for bigger beds, and second, the average housewife dreaded the thought of wrestling with a big ger, heavier mattress. Linens and blankets for larger beds are now stocked in most department stores. The second problem has been solved by use of latex foam rubber mattresses that don't need turning, and a wide va riety of special devices, such as hinged mattresses or twin mattresses placed under one headboard. Customer acceptance of su persized bedding is growing steadily. The nation's largest mattress manufacturer reports that more than 25 per cent of sales this year are in extra sizes. Farms on Decrease, But USDA Increases NEW YORK (UPI) - While the number of farms and farm workers in the United States has dwindled considerably since 1935, the number of persons employed by the U.S. depart ment of agriculture has in creased 43 per cent, according to the Tax Foundation incor porated. There is now one USDA work er for every 28 farms in the country, compared with one em ployee for 80 farms in 1935. BUS FOR STAMPS BURLINGTON, Vt. (UPD A school bus is being purchased here not with cash, but with 3.6 million trading stamps. Ra dio Station WDOT sponsored a city-wide drive for the Sisters of Mercy at Mount Saint Mary's academy. side the country's tiny liberal minority seem distressed at the prospect and, on a superficial level life has changed little in this wealthy republic at the southern tip of Africa. The stores of the big cities are crammed with luxury goods, shopping streets and arcades, beaches and resort areas are crowded. The entire country is in the middle of a dizzy building boom, wages are rising, unem ployment dropping, immigrants are pouring in and the harbors are handling more shipping than ever before. In the sparsely populated "platteland" or the interior the farmers are as hos pitable as ever to the stranger providing he is white. Country Prosperous The entire facade of South Africa in 1963 is glossy and pros perous, as befits the 14th most important trading nation in the world. Nothing could look less like a country in trouble. South Africa is facing possibly the most serious crisis in its 300-year history. And though physically it seems little altered, there have been fundamental changes in the last few years. A stranger to South Africa searching for signs of tension and impending revolution is more likely to come up with some long familiar aspect of life in this country than with anything connected specifically with recent events. He may point to the policemen with their sidearms prominent ly displayed but South Afri can policemen have always been armed. He may note the bench es, buses, doors and entrances marked "whites only" but segregation in some form or other has been the official pol icy in South Africa for genera tions. New Attitudes There are several things that are new in South Africa, and not always evident to the visitor. African nationalism, for in stance, is now laying increasing stress on violent means to achieve its ends. This was not always so. In the days before the Sharpeville emergency of Newfoundland Points Have Humorous Names OTTAWA (UPI) -Names show a sense of humor and the Canadian island province of Newfoundland claims a record in this department. It boasts such places as Jerry's Nose, Nick's Nose Cove, Bumble Bee Bight, Ha Ha Bay, Blow-me-down, Run by-guess, Little Hooping Harbour and Jow Batt's Arm. On the sadder side, there are Gripe Point, Bad Bay, Bleak Island, Heartbreak Point, Con fusion Bay and Wreck Cove. 1960 the African nationalist movements subscribed to the Luthult policy of nonviolence. Terrorism is a comparatively new phenomenon. On the government side, the emphasis has switched from the "negative" to the "positive" side of apartheid. A few years ago the stress was on removal of blacks from white areas and on stricter ap plication of the pass laws and other discriminatory legislation. Today the talk is all of eventual independence for Banto tribal homelands (or Bantustans), Af rican election campaigns and the development of white-owned industries on the borders of Afri can areas. Emphasis Changes The change in emphasis has paralleled the rise of independ ent black Africa. It has result ed in the government finding important allies among the Af rican tribal chiefs, who do not view an anti-tribal African na tionalism with enthusiasm. Among the 3.2 million whites the last few years have seen a decided swing to the right, particularly among the English speaking population, which num bers about 1.1 million. News naivprs and nnliticians still use the familiar old platitudes about English-Afrikaans unity, b u t for the first time in the coun try's history the platitudes have the ring of truth. This newly discovered nation al unity is a result of many fac Itors ranging from the constant Concern Expressed On Prison Escapes SALEM (UPI) The Board of Control, concerned about the number of escapes from the state prison and correctional institution, is going to take its case to the legislature. There have been 44 prison escapes since 195713 so far this year. The correctional in stitution has had 12 escapes since it opened in 1959, includ ing two this year. There have been no escapes from inside the walls during this npriori. All were from out side work details. Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. said present penal ties for escape are too weak. "Penalties should be tough enough to serve as a deter rent," Appling said. Gov. Mark Hatfield and Treasurer Howard Belton agreed. Prison Warden Clarence T. Gladden, correctional institu tion Supt. P. J. Squicr, and Pa role and Probation Director Hal Randall have been ordered to prepare a detailed report on the escapes. They were advised by J. N. Peet, board of control secre tary, that the board felt the increased number of escapes was directly related to a 1961 change in the law. Formerly, additional sentence time was required. But in 1961 the law was changed to give courts the option of requiring an additional sentence, or al lowing a concurrent sentence which would not necessarily in crease the prison stay. emigration of anti-government elements (about 112,000 white South Africans have left t h e country permanently in the last 10 years, most of them bitter opponents of the nationalist gov ernment), to the realization that the non-white world is squaring up for a final showdown with South Africa. Outlook Is New The result has been a funda mental change of outlook, even among South Africans who op pose the government. Reduced to its simplest terms, the atti tude of the average white South African is "this is my country and I am here to stay." The two main political parties, the National party and the Unit ed party, may bicker in parlia ment, but on one point they are firmly agreed: they are unalter ably opposed to the principle of one man, one vote. Between them they command the support of between 90 and 95 per cent of the white electorate. This helps explain why South Africa apparently is impervious to outside persuasion by indi viduals, governments and inter national bodies. To most white South Africans the concessions demanded by the outside world must lead to a repetition of the Congo story, with ugly over tones of terrorism. When Premier Hendrik Ver woerd told his countrymen re cently not to worry unduly at the decisions of the United Na tions, he was not whistling in the dark. He was merely ex pressing the convictions of the overwhelming majority of white South Africans. Harden Opinion The Afro-Asian boycott move ments and demonstrations against the republic in inter national bodies have further hardened public opinion. It is not only on remote farms and among Afrikaner intellec tuals and workers that one finds support for the new tough meas ures to protect the white regime. In exclusive clubs in Johannes burg, among businessmen in Durban and over tea tables in Cape Town, one is likely to hear the anti-sabotage acts being jus tified by English-speaking South Africans. The acts have to all intents and purposes placed the country on a permanent state of emer gency in the battle against black nationalism. Nor is there any sign that black nationalism is on the wane. The leaders may have fled, or been arrested or muzzled, but the banned organ izations still operated under ground. The 90-day "jail without tri al" law, the house arrest regu lations, the provision for death, sentences in cases of sabotage: all these are part of the new South Afrika. They have gone hand in hand with stepped up attacks by pro-government pol iticians on liberal minded South Africans. They form the darker side of the superficially bright picture of prosperity and prog ress. The boycott movements, inter national walkouts, and the harsh security legislation at home aro the price white South Africa must pay for its economic well being and high living standards. Annapolis Boasts Oldest State House NEW YORK (UPI) - Annap olis, Md., home of the U.S. Na val academy, also is the site of the oldest state capital build ing in daily use in the United States, says Encyclopedia Inter national. The building now being used was first erected in 1772. This state house also once served as the seat of the U.S. Congress, which met there from Nov. 26, 1783, to June 3, 1784, and it was the place where George Wash ington resigned his commission in the Continental Army. Latin Is Lauded By Kansas Attorney LAWRENCE, Kan. (UPI) -Luke White, an attorney from Covington, Ind., put in a plug for studying Latin during a re cent classical language institute at the University of Kansas. "Learning Latin is the only way to learn the English lan guage," he said. "Latin provides the power to analyze and the ability to communicate, which are important in any endeavor." POOLS POPULAR NEW YORK (UPI) - The backyard swimming pool, now owned by 310,000 families, is expected to sell at an annual rate of 270,000 by 1970. BILINGUAL NEW YORK (UPI) - If you see some very familiar adver tising but can't read it, don't worry about your eyes. Some leading advertisers are running the ads in Spanish hoping to con nect with the 6 million person Spanish - speaking consumer market in the United States, according to Chemical Week. This buyer group has an annual spending power of $6 billion. 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