MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1963
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United Press International were so poor they could hardly
LONDON (UP1) Once up- afford haircuts.
on a time there were four little The Beatles got their kicks by
Beatles cho lived near the Mer-1 playing strange, noisy music in
Visitors Discover
Language Barrier
At Cape Canaveral
BEATLES ARE CRAZE Fringe - topped
George Harrison (L) and Paul McCartney
strum it out for youthful admirers in this
photo taken in Manchester. The two are
members of the four "Beatles," No. 1 ex
ponents of beat craze sweeping the British
Isles. (UPI)
Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
CcpyrlfHt, Hill SynJicu, Inc.
Holla Trial May
Be Next Year
Man and Space
BENEFITS FROM SOVIET WHEAT SALE
Now that the ground rules finally have been set for sales and
shiDments of U. S. wheal to the Soviet bloc, let's assume the
Kremlin follows through and buys the limit of 4 million long tons
President Kennedy has authorized for sale. What would this
deal mean to our wheat economy in particular and the U. S
economy in general?
Far. far more than most Americans realize, says Erwin E.
Kelm, president of Cargill, Inc., of Minenapolis, largest grain
merchant in this country and the corporation which made the
first sale of 100,000 tons of wheat to Hungary last Friday. In
fact, some of the economic benefits which Kelm sees stemming
directly from these sales may well startle even top experts on
wheat and foreign trade, speciiicany:
Benefit: While this one deal would increase our total wheat
exports over 1962 by less than 28 per cent, it would more man
double our dollar sales of wheat compared with last year.
Explanation: In recent years 70 to 75 per cent of all our wheat
exports have been so-called give-away sales. We have been sell
ing wheat through normal commercial channels to foreign buyers,
but permitting the countries to pay for their purchases in their
own "soft" currencies.
Our government has been accepting these soft currencies
of such underdeveloped countries as India, Pakistan, Indonesia
-and then has been paying the U. S. exporters in dollars.
"The true value of the soft currencies our government has
accumulated from these concessional sales probably amounts
to only 12 cents to 15 cents on the dollar," Kelm points out. "The
huge qualities of these currencies our government holds down
have been little value to us."
R,it ihp wheat beine sold to Russia and the Soviet bloc is to be
paid for in gold and hard cash. The sale of 4 million long tons
would increase our dollar earnings from wheat by over $250
million, more than 100 per cent above 1962's earnings.
Benefit: This $250 million increase in our dollar earnings would
slash the gap between what we earn abroad and what we spend
abroad by at least 10 per cent - thereby significantly reducing
the dangerous deficit in our balance of payments.
Explanation: This deficit is now running at an annual rate of
$2 billion, down from the near-catastrophic rate of earlier this
year, but still large enough to pose a relentless threat to our
dollar. The benefit of an increase in our dollar earnings of $250
million is obvious.
Benefit: This one sale would "radically change" our entire
domestic wheat picture virtually eliminate our wheat surplus
and actually reduce our reserve to only a "prudent" level.
Explanation: The Agriculture Dept. has just predicted that on
next June 30, our wheat carryover will be no more than 725
million bushels, "a scant 125 million bushels over wnat tne De
partment considers a prudent reserve," says Kelm. The Cargill
president believes Kennedy's 4 million ton ceiling on Russian
sales "reflects a concern that our stocks yesterday regarded
as burdensome and costly - might suddenly be reduced below
the level of a safe reserve."
Benefit: The export of this wheat would allow a cut in our
domestic budget spending of around $225 million this fiscal year
and of another $30 million in the next fiscal year.
Explanation: As the government's wheat surplus disappears,
the costs of storing the grain will shrink. The $225 million saving
is an official estimate of the Dept. of Agriculture.
Benefit: The elimination of the wheat surplus and the present
high world prices for wheat will give us an extraordinary oppor
tunity to work out a reasonable program to solve our chronic
wheat problem.
Explanation: Not in years have we had so favorable a surplus-price
background against which to agree on a transition
program acceptable to all of us wheat producers, consumers,
taxpayers.
As a company vitally involved in the Soviet transactions, Car
till nronerlv refuses to comment on the wheat decision or Its
enormous political implications. But, says Kelm flatly, "the eco
nomics of the sales are sound" and he's certainly documenting
his view.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD
The jury tampering trial for
Teamsters President James R.
Hoffa may not be held here un
til after the first of the year.
Federal Judge Frank Gray
Jr., said Wednesday he would
set the trial "as soon as I can
get around to it," but indica
tions were it probably would be
after the Christmas holidays.
Gray was asked when the
trial date would be after the
U.S. Supreme Court refused to
hear arguments on a Hoffa mo
tion Tuesday, thus clearing the
way.
Hoffa had asked the high
court to review a decision in
which Gray dismissed charges
that the federal grand jury
which indicted Hoffa and six
others last May was improper
ly constituted.
"I will set the case for trial
as soon as I can get around to
it," Gray said. "It is in my ju
dicial discretion as to docketing
of the case. However, I will
study any request made by Jus
tice Department or defense attorneys."
Bv ALVIN B. WEBB Jr,
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) -
Someday perhaps 10,000 years
from new an archaeologist is
going to unearth the ancient
ruins ot cape Canaveral ana
wonder just what language the
current inhabitants spoke. A lot
of the current inhabitants are
wondering the same thing.
A language barrier has grown
ud between this space-port and
the remainder ot tne unnea
States. The barrier is clearly
defined by the Banana River,
which separates Cape Canav.
eral from the U.S. mainiana.
On the mainland side, Eng
lish is still the going thing. But
the spoken and written word at
Canaveral is a hodgepodge of
English, scientific jargon, test
pilot slang, Madison Avenueism,
corrupted idiom and verbal in
novations ginned up to in uie
occasion.
An example: "The launch
sent the three-stage vehicle, a
second-generation configuration,
on a nominal trajectory ... the
command module programmed,
staged and optimized Its atti
tude in the automatic mode-
all well within defined param-ters."
They call it "missile-ese" or
Pentagon-ese with a Southern
accent of simply "Canaveral
ese." English teachers are ap
palled. Outsiders, lacking a
handv-dandy guide to space
talk, are bewildered, cmiaren
are deliehted. esoecially when
they find out their parents have
no idea what they are talking
about.
Canaveral-ese seems to recog
nize no particular rules, except
that the more obscure a word
is and the more syllables it nas,
the better.
The word "rocket" for In-
slancp. is frowned upon. "Vehi
cle" is preferable. Besides, it
has one more syllable. As long
as the oavload be it a space
capsule or an ordinary satellite
is aiiacnea, ii iuu io tunu'
ered the "vehicle."
When it becomes necessary
to differentiate between sec
tions of the vehicle, they are
called "booster" and "space
craft." Never, never "rockets
and "satellites."
A rocket . . . er. vehicle can
not flv a normal course. It
must "Droeram through a nor
mal trajectory." By the same
token, it cannot possibly fail. It
"aborts" or "falls short of its
goal" or does any number of
other things that sidestep an
out-and-out admission of fail
ure.
Vehicles Have 'Components'
Vehicles do not have parts.
They have "components."
Spacecraft not spaceships, cap
sules or satellites do not have
sections . . . they are built in
"modules," or on a "modular
concept."
Troubles are "malfunctions."
Shapes are ' "configurations."
Methods of doing things, are
"modes."
Living daily in such a poly
syllabic puzzle palace, Canavcr
alites are beginning to let
things get a bit out of hand.
One driver recently pulled into
garage and explained to the
attendant that his automobile
was giving him troubles in the
idling mode.
A youngster told her dad that
neighboring family had bought
new car, "the 1964 configura
tion." And when another fam
ily mapped its week-end trip,
it "programmed tne mapped
course tor a visit to Miami
Beach.
a subterranean teenage hang
out called "The Cavern." Out
side, hardly anyone knew they
existed until one day they
were discovered by a young rec
ord store owner who immediate
ly became their "fairy godfath
er." Today, the Beatles their
name is a play on the word
"beat" no longer are poor.
They still need haircuts. But they
make 5,000 pounds ($14,000) a
week with three amplified gui
tars, bellowing voices and a
drum that beats hard and fast
like a human heart heading for
sudden failure.
The Beatles, who just a year
ago were making only about $50
a wee;., have turned Britain
topsy-turvy with their brand of
music, called the "Mersey
sound," the "Liverpool sound,"
beat with a drive," and "pop
with a beat.
They are the No. 1 exponents
of a sensational beat craze
sweeping the British Isles. In
Liverpool alone, 300 groups were
discovered cbnging out the new
sound to the high-pitched de
light of thousands of their young
admirers.
In recent weeks, police in
cities throughout Britain have
become engaged in almost un
controlled warfare with thou
sands of young fans of the four
Beatles guitarists John Len
non, 23; George Harrison, 21;
Paul McCartney, 21, and drum
mer Ringo Starr, 23.
At Leicester, 3,000 teen-agers
stood in line for 16 hours to buy
tickets to see the group at a
one-night stand.
Among those who handed over
their money at a Newcastlc-Up-
on-Tyne box-office was a girl
wrapped in a blanket. She had
lost her jeans in the stampede.
It all started late in 1961 when
Brian Epstein, 29, was intrigued
by a teen-ager who came into
his Liverpool record store ask
ing persistently for "Beatle
records. Epstein now recalls:
l didn t realize tney were a
Liverpool bunch of boys, so I
started writing around to find
out about them and found they
had made a record in Germany.
"Then suddenly I heard that
they were actually playing in a
small club called "The Cavern'
near my shop. I went down
there one day."
"Their hair was untidy ter
ribly long," he said. "They wore
jeans and leather jackets. But
I like their sound."
Epstein smartened the Beat
les up, trimmed their hair and
got a major record company
to send an expert to Liverpool
to hear them. No success.
Next Epstein brought them to
London, again without success.
He hawked their tapes and fin
ally "contact" was made with
electrical and musical indus
tries (EMI). The Beatles were
offered a recording contract.
"The Sound" was on its way.
They'll Do It Every Time
. By Jimmy Hatlo
Fop was irked .about daughter
grenadine 6eimg so popular and
on the oo all the tia1e
OUT AGAIN? SHE'S -" J HERE, PAPA YOU X5
--J NEVER HOME SINCE Y 7 HOLD LITTLE DAMPER-
SHE STARTED DATINo.' J I'VE COT TO DO AW NAILS-J
Siga GALLIVANTING OFF SEI0LI7Z IS HAVING SOME lZSa&P'
EVERY NIGHT.' YOU'D rH-i " V FRIENDS OVER TO PLAY Stg&fTyii :-
(Pj THINK SHE OIONT I p9l'wl - CARDS- j S "SK
pl lip
Well, GRENADINE GOT MARRIED
AND SHE3 SURE PUTTING HER TIME
IN AROUND THE HOUSE NOW-
Regulatory
Overlap Watched
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee Wednesday recommended
that no funds made available to
the Federal Power Commission
be used to establish regulatory
authority over REA coopera
tives until Congress has acted
on pending legislation.
The committee unanimously
approved a report by Sen. War
ren G. Magnuson, D-Wash.. on
the Independent Offices Appro
priations bill.
Maenuson's report said that
the FPC has not asserted gen
eral jurisdiction over REA co
operatives during the 27 years
that have passed since passage
of the law establishing the Ru
ral Electrification Administra
tion. The report said recent at
tempts by the FPC to assert
such authority has raised seri
ous legal questions.
"It is the committee's opin
ion that any new assertion of
federal regulatory authority, es
pecially as it conflicts with, or
overlaps the field of another
federal agency, should be a
matter for consideration by Con
gress," the report added.
BREWERY RULE
OLYMPIA, Wash. (UPI) -Breweries
must have permis
sion of the state liquor control
board before they can change
the size of their bottles and
cans for sale in Washington
state.
Ohio Schools
Closed by Snow
By United Press International
Drifting snow clogged roads
and closed schools in parts of
Ohio today. A cold snap
dropped temperatures as much
as mi rleffi-ees in Florida and
covered the central citrus belt
with frost.
rv,lrf rains sweDt Illinois, Wis
consin and Michigan during the
night.
Schools were closed in Kirt
land, Ohio, and motorists were
stranded along the Lakeland
Fropwav and Interstate 90 in
northern Ohio.
More than one foot of snow
fell along the southern shore of
Lake Erie Wednesday and up
to 4 more inches were expect-
InHav.
Up to 18 inches of snow has
fallen since Monday along the
Wisrnnsin-uDDer Michigan bor
der. Saginaw, Mich., reported
nearly a half inch of rain dur
ins the night. Glenview, Ill-
had .30 inch and O'Hare Inter
national Airport at Chicago had
.15 inch. ,
The weather bureau said the
frost in Florida was not ex
pected to damage crops.
Kogap Purchases
TimberNearAshland
Koeao Manufacturing Co. of
Merifnrrt was hieh bidder Tues
day for 4.360,000 board feet ot
National Forest umoer in inc
Ice Box Canal area, Ashland
Ranger District, Rogue River
National Forest.
Forest Supervisor C. E. Brown
reported the high bid totaled
$139,110, compared to the For
est Service appraised price of
$106,901.50.
Next high bidder in the oral
auction for the timber was Med
ford Corporation.
The timber in the unit consist
ed of 2.835,000 board feet of
Douglas-fir and pines bid al
$41 per thousand board feet,
1.525.000 board feet of white fir
and other species bid at $15 per
I thousand board feet.
Wry i.-'i, ,
- r ZmUgrn- ri mi
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