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AKSOC1- ittg ntiirm In New Vork. Chi cago Detroit. Sin francisco. Los Angelaa SeatUe. Portland Denver. 0 NIW$AM (IjkTIONAl EDITORIAL Memoer California Newspaper Publishers AitoclaUon Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tna files of The Mill Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Nov. 7, 1953 (Saturday) A chinook wind warmed the Rogue valley yesterday. Two Medford men, John J. Patterson and Robert D. Church, received the highest award which Crater Lake Council, Boy Scouts of America, can present to persons in the Scout program. ) 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 7, 1M3 (Sunday) Mrs. Clara Phipps, 74, long time resident of Medford, dies in local hospital. Claude Haggard scheduled to speak on "Supervisors of War Production" at meeting of Med. ford Toastmasters Club. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 7. 1931 (Tuesday) Ken Denman leaves Medford la attend Oregon-Oregon state footbi'l game in Portland. Southern Oregon Brewing Company, Medford, receives fed eral license to manufacture pil sener beer. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 7, 1933 (Wednesday) Large crowd attending laying of cornerstone for new Wimer school, to serve combined Wi mer, Pine Grove, Mayes Creek and Bybee Springs school dis trict; speakers include Mrs. S. H. Carter, county superintend ent. SO YEARS AGO . Nov. 7, 1913 (Friday) Professor P. J. 0'Gara, Jack son County, ' instructs Medford school children in the planting and care of roses. Carload of machinery, to be used In prospecting for gold in ' Jackson Creek bed, arrives in Medford. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten ca-.rtct It supeiler; seven er tight ii eictlltnt; (In er Hi ii eood. 1. Which is the only bird that can drink water without throw ing its head back? 2. According to the Bible which was the elder son of Adam and Eve Cain or Abel? 3. Which of these is the cap- lltal of Canada Montreal, OUa wa, or Quebec? 4. Who wrote the poem, "The Shooting of Dan McGrow ? S. Was Alger Hiss convicted of perjury, Communist subver- aion or treason .' ' . Would you think that more money is spent annually for hunting or fishing licenses: 7. Is the city of Cleveland Ohio, situated on Lake Michi gan, Lake Erie or Lake Supe nor? 8. Harriet Beccber Stowe is the name of the author of what famous book of about a century SCO? 9. Name the patriotic hymn that begins "Oh Beautiful for unaelous skies . . ." 10. Would you guess that the adding machine was invented by a rronenman, cngusnman Chinaman or American.' Answers: 1. Pigeon. 2. Cain, 3, Ottawa. 4. Robert W. Service, .1. Perjury. 6. Hunting. 7. Erie, I. "llucle Tom f Cabin." "America. The Beautiful." 10. Frenchman (Pascal). i it Ainr- LataM Frtsu,u,H," W-Xl0eiATI6M THURSDAY. NOVEMBER I. 1963 Irrigation and Controversy What is it about irrigation districts that ap pears to invite controversy? Whatever it is, it has, in recent years, shaken two local districts to their foundations the Eagle Point Irrigation was embroiled in a Jong series of altercations with a water user, and the Medford Irrigation District, which is now plagued by open feuding between members of its We sat in on an MID directors meeting for about three hours Tuesday afternoon, and were forcibly reminded of a group of third-graders playing a vociferous game of "You did ! ! "I didn't!!" It was difficult to believe that a group of crown, presumably mature, men of good will, had let themselves be led so far down the path of infantile acrimony. IF THIS were a meeting of officers of a civic 1 or fraternal group, scout patrol leaders, it be more a case tor amusement than concern. But this is a quarter-of-a-million-dolars-a- year organization, spending public funds, and responsible for providing water and service to a large segment of the a result, it s no laughing It probaby would take lawyers several months and sources of the controversy, but on the sur face, it appears to consist chiefy of two things A clash of personalities, aaminisu aiive acuities .1 i. t: Jack Hoffbuhr. LIOFFBUHR has been 1 ployed executive years. He is a leader in his profession. He handled many of the details of the long pro cedures which led up to the rehabilitation of the uicuius water uitanuuuun system, ne was neijj- ful in gaining approval for the now-completed Talent project, and for the recently-authorized Rogue Basin project. , Only within the past year have his abilities been publicly questioned. Involved, chiefly, is the propriety of certain relatively minor expendi tures made on behalf of the district (all of them, it now appears, with board approval), and some other alleged administrative deficiencies. He is strongly defended by two board mem bers, Chairman Albert Hueners, and J. C. Cam eron. Director Paul Culbertson has been critical of Hoffbuhr. So has a former employee of the district. IE HAVE no way of knowing who is right I " and who is wrong in this impasse. But we do know that the present split on the board makes it almost impossible to conduct the dis trict's affairs in an orderly and proper manner, While the board did business Tuesday, much up with profitless debate found itself unable to agree on the merits of an audit of funds paid to district personnel over the past year, a report which on the face of it would appear to clear the administration of any mis- or malfeasance. Since they could not to the extent of asking spected water-user of the district, to examine the audit and to make recommendations as to its dis position whether it whether further studies should be conducted. T IS APT to be a thankless chore for Nieder meyer. He is almost bound to offend one side or the other, no matter what sort of a report ana recommendation he the man, we would be inclined to trust him and his judgment m this matter. So, apparently, at east m advance, would If he finds it possible to go further than a simple examination of the causes (and, perhaps, cures) for the am mony which has existed, he will be doing a scrv- ice to all concerned. Perhaps this is too is evident that something THE SITUATION is further complicated by noxt. Tiifwrlnv's plnotinn. ?n which Hiionnre is seeking reelection to by Wilton White. Observers believe that if Hueners is retained in office, present policies will be continued. If White cleleats him, it of Hoffbuhr's employment with the district. 1 hus, more is at stake than m an ordinary district election. It is apt to mean the continu ation or end of a man's professional career. And, for a man who has labored long and hard for the district, this is a serious decision to have to make. IT IS NOT a happy situation. In our opinion, it could be solved if all concerned agreed to set personalities aside, put all the cards on the table, and actively and co operatively seek solutions. Unfortunately, it is doubtful that this could be accomplished, under present circumstances. Things have gone too far, too many harsh words have passed (on both sides), too many others have become embroiled too many feelings have It is too bad that a public business without such controversies. But they seem to to time. And particularly in District, which recently board. or even a group of Boy would matter little ana valley s agriculture. As matter. a team of Philadelphia to dig out all the seeds and a dispute over the j ci i ir oi oecretaiy-ivAanaeei the district's chief em- for more than a dozen manage to transact some of the time was taken and argument. It also agree, they compromised John Niedermeyer, a re should be approved, or of the district's affairs makes. But knowing the board members. the audit, and determine much to hope for. But it of the sort is called for. w the board, and is opposed could well mean the end in the controversy, and been hurt. grown men can't conduct be inevitable, from time irrigation districts. E. A CAMMJ. Uctuu stmt ' TODAY" "A COMMUNIST. SPTAK5' SiSS3ft&i9K.f&ieic.iBe... rft'imiv 4t WW I l--"" x's r r S 1 it it ". . . and they wauled to ban Commie speakers because thev thought we might be influenced they've got to be kidding!" BLOOD ON OUR HANDS? WASHINGTON - The Ameri can role in the bloodstained but purgative coup d'etat in Vict Nam is a subject demand ing serious inquiry, if only be cause so much bosh is sure to be talked about it unless the real facts arc understood. Beginning, then, at the begin ning, the American government was of course aware that the leaders of the Vietnamese army were talking with one another about ways and means of dis placing President Ngo Dinh Diem. Indeed, there was no way to avoid being aware of this. As long as two months aco when this reporter was in Sai, gon, he was taken into the confi dence of one of the most active organizers of the coup. This member of the junta listed the other generals who had placed themselves under the leadrship of Gen. Duong Van Minn; he said the coup would come soon; and he actually asked that the information be transmitted at once to Ambassador Henry uabot Lodge. , rVHE INCIDENT has no im portance, except as an in dicator of tne way information about tne intentions or the Junta reached the U. S. Embassy in Saigon from many different sources. In recent weeks, the initial trickle of warnings and reports swelled to flood propor tions. ' Long before the coup d'etat occurred, therefore, it was quite clear there was trouble ahead. The expectation of early trouble In fact led Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to send his personal plane to Saigon, so that Ambassador Lodge could make his planned visit to Washington without the extra days away from his post re quired for travel by the com mercial airlines. That simple fact in turn re veals another aspect of the story. While aware that trouble was brewing, the U. S. govern ment was in no sense a patty to the preparations for the coup. Otherwise, the plan would never have been made for the Lodge trip to Washington, which was so abruptly forestalled when the coup took place. ITNTIL THE very eve of the coup d'etat, moreover. Ambassador L o d e e continued his fruitless effort to persuade President Diem to set his house in order. His last attempt was made on bunday, Oct. 27, when Diem invited Loclgo to join him on a visit of inspection in the countryside. The long day with Diem gave the Ambassador the opportunity to discuss both the state of af fairs in Viet Nam, and its ef fects on V. S.-Vietnnmcse rela In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Aftermath ot the V irln.-imnsr blood bath: Mmc. Nco Dinh N'hn the umRun uaay, and her es tranged father meet in l.os An geles -where ANYTHING can happen. They have a 40-minulc visit. As he departed, Dr. Trun Van Chuong, the 65-ycar-old fa ther, told the waiting reporters: r. , . i ncrc was no need of recon ciliation. As soon as I learned of the tragic events of the past few days, my heart was very near to my daughter." DL00D is thicker than water. Misfortune la a great lev- eler, tyHAT of this weird woman ' who has (la.shed across the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, VHVV I I ro ' X I MM Matter of Fact By Joseph Afsop IO New York Herald Tribune Syndicate tions, in detail and at great length. He offered a list of modest but significant steps which Diem could take to relax the. tension in Saigon, and to improve the climate in Wash ington. Every item on the Lodge list was categorically, vetoed by Diem. Lodge then asked Diem whether he had any suggestions of his own about possible means of escape from the impasse. Diem merely gave the Ambas sador "a blank look and changed the subject," as Lodge subse quently reported. Yet on Mon day Lodge returned to the at tack with Diem s intelligent and flexible Minister of Defense, Nguyen Dinh Thuan. qiHUAN, WHO described the program pressed by Lodge on Diem as "extremely mod crate," promised to go to Diem and see whether his persuasions would have any effect. His first report was decidedly en couraging. But the second re port from Thuan, the next day, was a gloomy, final negative Diem's brother, the all-powerful and half-mad Ngo Dinh Nhu, had had his say in the interval. In short, there was no way to save Diem and Nhu from themselves. Or rather, there was only one way. It was indi cated to Secretary McNamara just just before he left Vict Nam by the able Englishman, Prof. Patrick Honey, who is the unique expert on Viet Nam with out a personal axe to grind. "You must understan d," Honey told McNamara, "that the Diem regime will surely be destroyed by a coup d'etat un- 1 e s s the u. S. government makes a ringing reasscrtion of confidence in Diem and sup port for his government as soon as you get back to Washington." -WW AX cNAMARA gave Honey's judgment to President Kennedy as his own judgment. But no reassertion of confidence in the Diem regime was pos sible, simply because the U. S. government had quite rightly lost confidence in the Diem regime. Instead of a statement ot support for Diem, therefore, the sequel of the McNamara mission was the decision to make certain aid cuts, in order to bring more pressure on Diem to put his house in order. Such arc the facts. They con stitute an interesting moral problem. On the one hand, the U. S government had foreknowledge that a coup d etat was being considered. In addition, t h e U. S. government could have forestalled the coup d etat by stultifying itself. But the U. b government refused to stultify itself. Diem refused to put his house in order. And so the coup took place. news skies like a blood-red me teor? What will become ot her? How will she wind up? One never can tell. History tells us that women can be strange characters. 'THERE was Eleanor of Aqui- I toine. She was the vivid youthful queen of saintly Louis VII of France, wedded to him at the age of 15. The marriage seemed to be going well until glamor ous, youthful, brilliant Henry II of England arrived In Paris to negotiate a treaty with Louis. Eleanor fell for him. She fell hard. She demanded and oh- tained a divorce from Louis, and promptly married Henry. OREGON Acts of Terrorism Thus Far Fail To Dim Hopes for Venezuelan Presidential Vote PHIL NEWSOM UP! Foreign News Analyst In Caracas' sprawling Mira flores, Venezuela's white house, and in the guarded interior min istry, President Romulo Betan court and his aides are prepar ing tne way for free national elections Dec. 1. The elections are to deter mine Betanourt s successor and the new congress which will take office next March. But just outside Maracaibo, Venezuela's oil capital, police pick up a young member of the f ALN, the so-called Armed Forces for National Liberation which are aligned with Fidel Castro and which are deter mined that the elections shall not take place. ine young man carries a small but powerful explosive which may be attached to a vi tal pipeline. It is the same type of explosive the oil companies themselves use but in the hands of the young FALN member it is intended for sabotage. Police Seize Terrorist On a street in Caracas, in terior police pick up another suspected terrorist. In his possession are found detailed plans for a bank rob bery. The plan includes the amount of money which passed through the bank on a given day, the names of cashiers and how much each is paid and how the guards are armed. Beside each name is a notation: "Friend." "Brother of cop." "He's all right." Others are described by ob scenities The . bank robbery doesn't come off and the plan to sabo tage the oil pipeline also fails. But others in the unceasing drive to throw Venezuela into chaos and eventually to trans form it into another Castro Cu ba have been more successful. The immediate goal of the FALN is to disrupt the eco nomy and to goad Venezuela's military into overthrowing the elected government and setting up a military diclatorsnip, against which the Communists could rally a revolution. Neither Plan Successful Neither plan has been success ful and the betting now is that neither will be. As Betancourt prepares to bocome the first president in Venezuelan history to turn his office over to a freely-elected successor, seven candidates have declared themselves for office. Front - runner is 57-year-old Haul Leon I, head of Betan- bringing to him as a dowry half ot bouincrn t rance. HOW did it turn out? Nnf Inn unll Henry was a great king. But he was also a philanderer. TIE; fell in love with a maid " known to history as Rosa mond the Fair. Tradition has it that he made for her a "house of wonderful working, so that no man or woman might come to her." This house was named Labryrinthus, "like unto a knot in a garden called a maze It was so intricate that Henry himself could come to it only by a thread of silk which he followed. But Eleanor was no ordinary woman. She found the "threddc of Sylkc" and followed it to the bower where, as Sir Winston Churchill tells it in his Birth of Britain, she presented the Fair Rosamond with a choice between the dagger and the poisoned cup. llosamonn chose me poisoned cup and mat was the end ot her EVIL days came finally upon Eleanor. She had a brond of wild chil dren, including the fantastic Richard the Lion Hearted and the scandalous and tricky John, who was forced by the barons to sign the Magna Charta at Runnymedo. Through it all, Eleanor stood like a rock for the good of Eng land. No task was too hard for her. She would rise in the mid dle of the night and ride alone through any pattern of danger to uphold the good of England. You never can tell about wo men, you sec. Even the Dragon Lady might reform. She has children, you know, as did Eleanor. TN conclusion, one more word 1 about Mmc. Nhu's father. In an interview In Fresno, he said the Diem government col lapsed because it was blind to realities. He went on to say: When you are isolated from the rest of the world, you arc sur rounded by admirers and flat terers who tell you only what they want you to know, and you are not able to see the truth." He concluded: "Vict Nam was ruled by a family government. Its rulers were too much inclined to choose leaders among THEIR I FRIENDS AND IN-LAWS." court's own party, Accion Dem ocratica. The party claims more than 900,000 votes out of an electorate of around three and a half million. The parly gets credit for the gov ernment program which by next March will have distribut ed land to nearly 100,000 fami lies and built close to 5,000 schools. ... Communications ... Letter, to the Editor must bear the name md eddresi 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. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letter printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper) in fact the contrary is often the case. The Politician To the Editor: Your editorial, "Birchers and Believability," contains so many false state ments it is impossible to an swer all in a short letter. How ever, let me state first that members were warned in the October bulletin to expect a campaign by Communists to de stroy the society by creating di vision among the membership. Your editorial fits in nicely with this campaign. However, it won't succeed. Mr. Rousselot stated when he was here that membership had doubled in Cal ifornia in the past seven months. The word patriotism means to stand by your country to promote its welfare. A traitor betrays his country, works for the welfare of some other coun try, or to further his own in terests at the expense of his country. Let us examine a few well known incidents in Eisen hower's career. 1. Operation sledgehammer Invading Europe through France. Churchill, Gen. Wede meycr and others wanted an in vasion up the Danube but were overruled by Stalin, Eisenhow er and others. This gave Russia Eastern Europe. See wedemey- er Reports. 2. Eisenhower's profit from his book, Crusade in Europe was $1,000,000. But he was un willing to pay the legal income tax on this amount so he asked for and received a reduction of $450,000 from the Internal Rev enue Service. . 3. He did not write his book. It was written by a well known Communist, Joseph Fcls Barnes who has since been deported be cause of activities against our government. This also put him out of reach of Congressional investigating committees. 4. operation Keelhaul in which, after the war ended, at the rcauest of Stalin. Eisen hower returned all refugees in Western Europe to the land of their origin. I5y this act he re turned 2,000,000 men, women and children to Russia to tor ture, slave labor camps and death, thousands of these men had fought in our armies. His tory has no other record of such betrayal. 5. Our armies should and could have entered Berlin first. But Eisenhower deliberately halted his armies to enable the Russians to enter first. The Berlin situation today is the di rect result of his and Gen. Marshall's decisions. 6. Stalin rewarded him for his services by presenting him with a medal valued at $100,000. Also when he visited Moscow at Stalin s invitation his pic Strictly Personal By' Sidney J, Harris (c) Field Enterprises. Ine. I'KItSONAL PREJUDICES The most prevalent defect in society is deafness most of I us simply do not hear what peo- pie are saying beneath the words they use; and the great creative artist is not one who is wiser or better than others, but one with the keenest sense of hearing. The most potent enemy is the former friend, for he knows where all the soft spots arc located, and can strike in fallibly. It is not the harshness or the lenity of the law that makes a good state, but its certainty; it matters not how severe the laws if their enforcement is capricious, arbitrary, and un equal toward the powerful and the weak. "Virtually" is one of the most dishonest words in the language; we commonly use it when we hope to short change the truth. A child must be allowed to hate its parents from time to time without being made to feel criminally guilty about such feelings: indeed, only if a child is permitted to vent its hostilities against parents (with in reasonable limits, of course) can the child give love freely. Never to talk about one self is the ultimate in arro gance masquerading as diffi dence. Young people who resent the social order should, before they assert Iheir autonomy, keep in A leading opponent is Rafael Caldera, a 47-year-old lawyer and member of the Social Christian party which has worked in coalition with Betan court and shares credit for na tional reforms. Also In the race is Jovito Villalba of the left -of - center Democratic Republican Union. Villalba won an election in 1952 but it was nullified by former ture was taken with Stalin at the tomb of Lenin. No other person had Stalin allowed to be so favored, ine propaganda value of this picture to Stalin in the satelite countries was enormous. Read "The Politician. It is replete with documented his tory. Anna m. htreea 36 N. Peach St. Medford Spider's Web To the Editor: Your editorial, Booze and Control": Hard to control the web while the spi ders run loose. According to the FBI, 60 per cent of all crime is liquor involved, the aggre gate cost $22,000,000,000 a year, this would make liquor's share $13,200,000,000. Federal, state and municipal taxes are $4,000,- 000,000, thus for each dollar re ceived, $3.30 was spent on crime caused by liquor. This is only cost in dollars. Think of the 24,000 dead bodies left along our highways, and the million injured, property dam age, broken homes; hungry, beaten children as I experi enced as a boy, 6,000,000 alco holics. We will bury 350,000 this year, while 425,000 new ones take their place. The people want this, they voted it, they can vote it out any time they choose as they did Lthe lax. According to our great medi cal men, lung cancer was almost nonexistent 30 years ago. This year over 40,000 will die from it. A million teen-agers alive today will die of lung cancer before they are 70 as a result of cigarette smoking, a disease self inflicted, a deliberate form of suicide. Said Dr. Ochsner, a bullet is quicker, cheaper and much less painful than lung cancer. The death rate from all causes is 105 per cent higher among cigarette smokers than nonsmokcrs, while the death rate from lung cancer is 800 per cent higher. The latest court decisions are, no damages because of cigarette cancer deaths. The people have been warned by the medical profession that cigarettes are one of our greatest killers, and they who use them do so at their own peril. Liquor and tobacco are the two most deadly killers the peo ple ever met on the battle front. They leave more dead, crippled and insane than any human en emy we ever met, or all dis eases put toether. We don't only tolerate them, we love them and refuse to give them up, even mind the shrewd observation of Chamfort: "When we cast off the yoke of public opinion, it is seldom to rise above it, but always to fall below." Dare one say it above a whisper without being labelled as hopelessly provincial 1 that it is barely possible that Paris, despite its numerous attractions, is the most over rated cily in the world? The most lacerating and in effectual passion is the jealousy that continues after love has fled; for it would deny to others what it is no longer desirous of possessing itself. No cvcnls in history arc so obscure or difficult of inter pretation as those that arc taking place right now; for the nose that is pressed up against the painting can see nothing but streaks of oil. without purpose, pattern or plan. If we can understand the al coholic as a "sufferer" rather than as a sensualist, only then can we generate enough sym pathy to help him cope with the problem; Dr. Johnson grasped the point two centur ies ago. when he commented: "He who makes a beast of him self gets rid of the pain of be ing a man." Our widespread belief that curvaceous and beautiful film stars are "love-goddesscs" is part of our national delusion of confusing the package with the product. dictator Marcos Perez Ji menez. ' Others, Including Vice Ad miral Wolfgang Larrarabal, who headed the military junta which took over after Perez Ji meoez fell, are given little chance. And the Communists none at all. They have been suspended from all political ac tivity. to save our own children from being caught in the same web. Vote out the spiders, then you can control the web. The people have the power, but not the will. It is up to them. a . E. Beverly .... 112 Geneva, Medford. Fight Fan To the Editor: Ever since Gena Tunney beat Dempsey 1 have heard and read comments to the effect that boxing was mor ibund. All this time there bava been persons who have been feeding a toxic substance to the sport in order to hasten it to an early grave. Some of tha articles have the effect of mak ing mc think that I am tha last fight fan in the world. I have written a poem about the last occurence. On Friday nights I feed my yen And watch the fights on channel ten. Now it has become our fate To view a tape three hours late.: In spite of this I m not undone So long as no one spills i . WHO WON. But that's what you . hear on - cnannel five . . They announced the winner! Man alive! Tp keep the boys from turning ine KnoD They've really started raising hob. But I decided there and then . On Friday nights I'll STAY ;' on "10" ! Pat Redmond Rt. 4 Box 393 Medford Session Views To the Editor: My personal views on the special session of the legislature called for Now U, 1963: I would like to know why it was so urgent that it be called on a national holiday. Why not three or four days earlier or one. days later? I believe it is an affront to all patriotic citizens. .' I would like to see some suc cessful businessmen called in and consulted on efficiency in the ad ministration of the state and the spending of taxpayers' monies. If $1.2 million available can be found, in one agency alone, is it not possible that much more tan be found by a close examination all the way down the line? If more taxes are actually needed, then I believe a sales tax earmarked for a special pur pose and relieving some proper ty taxes so that it would not re sult in just another added tax would be acceptable. To me the "no" vote on Oct; 15 is a clear revolt by taxpayers and will be followed up by a much closer scrutiny of all state and local agencies. . -i Herman Lee Wood ' ' 725 N. W. Second St. ' . Grants Pass Ore. APA To the Editor: Back around the turn of the century a po litical organization existed named the American Protective Association, APA for short. It bound its members to support only political candidates who were of the white race and non Catholic. When this association was formed or when it was ended I have never seen men tioned in print. I learned about it as soon as I enlisted in the U. S. Navy in the year 1902, be cause the term "APA" was often heard among the men "before the mast." The gob, when getting sore at a mate, would sing out "Aw shut your mouth you dammed APA." Certain fraternal orders did firmly believe in APA principles and urged its members to vote accordingly. Time will tell how strong the anti-Catholic, anti colored sentiment remains in the U.S.A. at the next Presi dential election. JFK has proved himself an able pilot of the ship of state, but the anlis could possibly pull a bunny out of a hat and bring about the unexpected, particularly if Rich ard Nixon were slated for GOP standard bearer in the coming convention. That is the belief of this writer. John E. Ring 10-19 W. nth St. Medford. HIGHWAY OPENS SALEM (UPI) -Opening of the easterly two miles of the Westport - Clatskanie section of the Columbia River Highway (U. S. 30) was scheduled for this afternoon. i. ;7 af-i--- ..V -...
