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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
TUESDAY, J ANUAR'
III I Ml
28, 1958
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FRANK JENKINS
Editor
BILL JENKINS
Managing Editor
FLOYD WYNNE
City Editor
Exchange
By BILL JENKINS
Progress is being made!
After years and years of work
the United States and Russia have
agreed, in principle, to speed up
the exchange of persons, movies
and radio and television programs.
After using up the better part of
4,500 words in a brief explaining
the situation the government goes
ahead to do a little cautious back
watering with the statement that
those broadcasts dealing with "in
ternational political problems" had
been agreed on "in principle only
and final agreement shall be made
at the working level."
This, when interpreted, means
that if the boss thinks he can re
lease a program without endanger
ing his job he will do so. Other
wise the whole shebongus will end
up on the scrap heap along with
Wilson's peace plan, the UN and
the peace pact between Sitting
Bull and Custer.
In a "letter of understanding"
from the VIP on our side it was
pointed out that either side could
veto a program, which would be
viewed in advance, if such broad
cast "did not contribute to theta luxuries. ! r
betterment of relations." f'V
With that final little eight word
statement the planners pretty well
nullified any progress that might
have been made in the prcceed
ing 4,492 words.
From what I have seen of tele
vision in this country it is in
possible to get two people to agree'
that a program was any good.
' much less bettering relationships,
not to mention two nations as fan
apart in viewpoints as the U.S.'
and Russia.
In fact, after some of the pro
grams that have been inflicted on
the audience such an exchange
might be a greater threat to global
war than the guided missile.
I suppose that there isn't really
much we can do about it since
the captive audience to which TV
caters is captive through choice
and once a sheep always a sheep.
But it does seem that we could
find some other and more reason
able approach to the situation.
Like a big slick.
Even if wo are to assume that
such exchange programs would be
limited to the higher level of pol
itics and such I can't see Uiat we
are going to win scores of friends
on the Steppes and in Outer Si
beria by giving them a blow by
blow description of the time of the
big wind, such as the political
conventions in 1956. It takes a pret-
ly strong American to sit through i
such an inane display of mass
idiocy as a Republican or Demo
cratic convention. Think what it
might do to the untrained Russian
mind.
The outlook is glum indeed.
Over In Yamhill County the offi
cials are considering legislation
which would make it illegal for
dogs to run loose. As it stands
now a state law requires that a
dog wear a collar and license at
all times. This is about as ridicu-
lous as saying that humans had to!
wear their neckties all the time,
but then no one ever accused law
makers of using good sense.
It seems to me that in this free
and enlightened country we might
at least bend a little in our hostil
ity toward everything and give
man's best friend a break.
Storms tear up more lawns and
gardens than dogs do and yet we
don't pass a law against frost.
I think tho dogs are taking the
short end of the deal.
In closing, since we are
on the general subjects of gripes
anyway, let us mention the out
raged squeal of fighting rage that
came from Sen. Margaret Chase
Smith of Maine the other day.
Senator Smith wants to know, in
her unreasonable feminine wav.
why Idaho potatoes arc being
served at Air Force bases situated
in the heart of Maine's potato In
dustry? In the face of such a protest 1
guess all others just fade away
into nothing.
The Air Force, alter trying hi
tilely to by the blame, on ihe
Quartermaster Corps, .'Vhrujfged
and said, probably in a helpless
manner, that they didn't ktiovr Why
it was so hut they woulcj. certainly
look into it.
Whichever way they jump they
are going to find themselves knee
deep in fat if not fire. ,
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By FLOYD L. WYNNE
Running a goernment. a busi
ness or a household are much the!
urn in ome respects.
If you spend more than you lake
In, you run yourself in debt, and
when you have spent more than
you can afford and have yourself
in deb!, you find yourself Muring
bankruptcy m the eye.
When that lime comes you find
that you have to do without some-
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thing. You htivo to start cutting
the budget somewhere, and the
knife almost always falls on the
items classified as luxuries rather
than necessities.
We cut out the items that are
nice to have, but are not neces-
sary to our continued existence.
ncic u.ui h'"". in
almost all phases of our govern-
ment.
federally, we have a national
debt that is on the threshold of
21)0 billion dollars, and the total
value of all (he things we possess
in the United States is just over
that figure.
We must begin to slice the lux
ury out of all our tux budgets.
When you begin to do that, you
begin lo touch home for many
people. When you cut staffs and
commissions, it leaves people out
of work. When you eliminate some
of the services that governments
do, you eliminate some of the
services you yourself may be en
joying. The only alternative when that
cut-down comes, as it must now.
is to decide what departments and
services are really necessary and
dispense with those you can class
.That reasoning can apply to;
federal, statf,'- county and city gov-
eroments, but mal, in itself, is not
ninnh V W .
enough.
w'. A large share' of the tax dollars
g' to schools and education. On
tfte state level,.' (hat figure is close
70 per cent-tend on the county
Bevel it is inmost 07 ner cent
ItHere, too,;tjSere must be a re-
eyeiuation ol Tliat is necessary,
4d what if luxury.
" A-'" sothnd 'basic "education in
the subjects that a student can uti
lize to make his way in life when
he leaves school, this is what
I would classify as necessity.
Many other phases of our pres
ent educational structure are de
signed altogether for social exis
tence. Certainly such things as mu
sic, athletics, driver training, shop
work, dramatics and the like are
important, but I question in my
mind whether they can be labeled
necessities.
It is not necessary, 1 eel, lo
put children In monumental struc
tures rather than functional build
ings. The emphasis must go back
to, first, the basic educational ne
cessities, and then the frill, or the
luxuries later, if we can afford
them.
A person expressed it this wav
the other day, and 1 agreed, "We
are paying too much attention to
what we're puttins the students
into, rather than to what we're
putting into the students."
Again, these things touch close
to home, but so do the tax dol
lars already being expended on
them.
It's lime to look up the long
road. It's time lo squeeze the wa
ter out of all tax-supported budg
ets and get them down to neces
sities as needed.
That appears to be the only an-1
swer to this threat of continuous-1
ly increasing governmental and
school budgets. It's cither that or
eventual bankruptcy. You must
make Hie choice.
Young Pilgrim
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK itf-A little Pilgrim
on the royal road to learning lives
in our house.
Nothing makes you more aware
of the passage of time than having
a child in your home. On one day
you have to do everything for it.
and it seems almost the very next
day it won't let you do anything
for it at all. ;,
Our daughter, Tracy Ann. now
4' years old, has reached this
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do-it-all-by-herself stage. Ten
times a day she utters her clamor
ous declaration of independence:
"I don't need any help. I can do
it myself."
i Jler statement aon its to every-
thins from ooine to the h.nhrnom
h0 buttoning her snowsuit, fromiis embarking on the largest pro-
nowine ner nose to stand me on'1"" ""'"'J' is f
tiotoo to nush the elevator button
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room the other day, I remarked:
"If you can do so much, why can't
you ,
manage
to pick up your
keep your room
clothes
ind
neat?"
"Well, after all, I'm just a little
girl," she said calmly "I can't
learn everything at once
Her sturdy self-confidence
reached a peak when, after weeks
of terrible struggle, she finally
learned to fumble a ribbon into a
bowknot, all alone. Now Tracy
spends about an hour daily prac -
ticing this womanly art.
Each success she brings to me
for approval. The other night she
suddenly pressed her cheek
against mine and exclaimed in a
kind of ecstasy:
"Oh, Daddy, isn't it fun to lie
bows?"
.My wile, francos, thinks Tracy
is remarkkably advanced because
she has also learned to tie a bow-
"not behind her back.
"U'lml'c M,i r. ii
What's the point in that?" I
asked. "Why not teach her to lie
a bow standing on her head?"
"Listen Rover." said Frances,
"don't you realize lhat from the
time a girl puts on her first
kitchen apron she has to tie a bow
behind her back every day of her
life?"
Well, isn't that just like a Wom
anask her a silly question and
she gives you a serious answer?
Tracy's other passion at the mo
ment is learning to write her
AUC's. for she can't stand the
thought she is unable to read. As
matter of fact the little
hypocrite she won't even admit
she can't. And she is gaining:
When she pretends to be reading,
she now holds the book right side
up.
Although she still has trouble
with tho letters "U," "G," "V"
and x, Tracy isn't satisfied
with the hundreds of thousands of
words already available in Eng
lish. She bends the alphabet to her
own small needs to make new
words.
"What is this word. Daddy?"
she asked, pointing at a notebook
page in which she had scrawled
in big rambling letters: "P-B-F-
F-L-T-R."
"That Isn't a word. It doesn't
mean anything."
les, it does, loo, she said i
positively.
'What'.'" j
ncu-ii, she hesitated, studv-;
ing the letters, then announced i
uiumpnniuiy, it means an nlh-
gator as tall as the empire stale
buildin,
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new-grow n independence
has also shown itself in a change
of marital plans. I'nlil recently I
she had always planned on marry-1
'"S lu"r fattier, hut the other dav
sle boldly asked Mark Slump!, a
0-year-old -playmate down the hall,
"would you like lo nuurv me
Mark showed little enthusiasm
for Hie project, and when I asked,
Tracy what about her earlier pro-
gram lo wed me, she replied
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Why, Daddy, you know 1
enn I.
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louse Im growing up, but
you re growing flown. And when
I'm big enough to get married.
you 11 just bo a tiny baby bov
and I can't marry a baby."
Well, as they say, out of the
mouths of babes I There is
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to make a grownup feel helpless.
Capital llcport
By JAMES D. OLSON
The State Highway Department
mated expenditures totaling t h
. huge sum of $87 million during
I lt58, according to W. C. Williams,
State Highway Commission
In this program the State High
way Commission has approved an
anticipated expenditure of $25 mil
lion on interstate projects which in
Oregon includes Interstate High
ways 99 and 30 and for which the
I federal government pays 92 per
j cent of construction and right of
way acquisition costs.
A total of $15 million will be
expended on non-interstate proj
eels, in which the federal govern
;ment pays a portion of the cost,
mostly on repair of bridges and
other similar jobs
This compares with construction
contracts awarded in 1957 amount
ing lo $39,900,000.
In connection with the present
year's program, (he State Highway
Commission has decided to build
two stretches of concrete roadway
marking the first major concrete
constructed roads laid in Oregon
since 1956.
The entire North Jefferson junc
lion-Albany road on U.S. 99 in
Marion and Linn counties will be
of concrete and the entire extcn
sion of the Baldock Freeway from
its present northern terminus
inlo the city of Portland will be
built of concrete. Bids on both
these jobs have been called for the
February meeting of the com
mission.
While the initial cost of construe
lion of concrete roads is higher
than that of blacktop pavement
Slate Highway Engineer Williams
explained that under the federal
highway program the government
will pay i)2 per cent of the cost
of construction. Where the highway
department expects to gain is in
maintenance costs which must be
borne entirely by by the state,
Such costs on concrete highways
arc lower, Williams said, and there
fore the slate will be ahead of
the game.
During 19.58 work will begin on
the completion of the four-lane di
vided highway between Salem and
Albany and the program Will see
work initiated on extending this
section to Eugene. Two projects
arc included in the program, one
calling for expenditure of $1.7-50.000
for grade-crossing structures and
xading in Linn County and anoth
ier $2 million project, also calling
for erection of overhead crade
crossing the grading from the I.inn
County line to Judkins Point in
Lane Counlv
The Salem By-Pass route is be-
ing converted into a four lane di
.vided highway with the grading
virtually completed and the van
ous structures well under wav. The
'present vear's nrnpram e.nil f-
expendittie of $1 million for the
paving of the two additional lanes
on the by pass which is expected
to be ready for use in the late
fall.
Additional work on U.S. - High
way 99 includes oaving of the Mvr.
tie Creek-Fords Bridge section in
Douglas County at an estimated
cost of $1,037,000 and grading and
paving: building overhead struc
tut es on the Shady-Roberts Creek
section, also in Douglas County at
a cost of around S-t-10,000, and
grading and paving and structures
, on the North Grants Pass inter
'change section at a cost of $330.
two.
Considerable work is planned on
L S. 30 with scheduled grading and
paving of the Herman Creek sec
tion in Hood River at an estimated
cost of $1,815,000: construction of
! grade crossing structures and grad
! mg of V S. 30 from Ontario to the
Idaho stale line at an estimated
cost of $2,875,000: the Union Ave-nue-42nd
Avenue section of U.S.
30 In Portland estimated at $520,
000: the construction of grade
I crossing structures and paving of
j the Sundial Ranch - Rooster Rook
; section estimated to cost $1,607.
;(XH). grading and paving and struc
I lures on the Shogren-Kowena sec
tion in Wasco County, $1,400,000
'and the grading and structure on
I The kalles by - pass $2,500,000:
grading and paving and structures
on the Perry-Oro Dell section In
I nion County, $3,400,000 and grad
ing and structures on the Glover
Perry section in the same county
estimated to cost S.200.000
Contracts for grading sod con
struct ion of grade crossing on the
KI, im. nil halls by pass section o:
H' S. Highway 97 will be coulr.ict
iod early this ear. This initial proj
ect is estimated to cost $1,200,000.
In addition lo the two interstate
routes there will he projects rang
ing in oost from $200,000 to more
llun a million dollai s on secondary
si. He liighwavs. Oregon citizens
will mc pler.ij oi mad building as
soon ,is grod weather sets in.
They'll Do It Every Time
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for
24 hours ending at 4 a.m.
High Low Rain
Albuquerque 42 31
Atlanta 47 32
Bakersfield oo 47
Boise 38 36 T.
Boston 43 33 .51
Brownsville . 74 62 .07
Chicago 35 28 .06
Denver 38 17 .07
Detroit 34 32
El Cenlro 74 50
Fairbanks 2 -15
Fort Worth 60 42
Helena ,43 21
Kansas City 27
Los Angeles 68 52
Miami 68 50
Minneapolis 26 19 .01
New Orleans 58 41
New York, 42 37 T.
Oakland 57 51
Oklahoma City 48 33 T.
Phoenix 67
Pittsburgh, 35 26 .12
Red Bluff 51 48
Reno w 44 30
Salt Lake Cily 37 30 .14
Sacramento, 55 48
San Diego ' 67 52
San Francisco 58 47
Seatle 49 44 .35
Spokane 37 34 .23
Stockton 57 46
Tucson 62 38
Washington 51 37 T.
OBJECT: MATRIMONY
OSAKA, Japan (UP) The,
Osaka Housing Corp. shows fore-
sight in its planning. Concerned
over the large number of single
women in this industrial citv. it
opened today a new housing unit
lor bachelor girls right next to
four apartment houses built ex
clusively lor unmarried men.
Next on the program: Another
apartment house nearby for mar
ried couples.
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It's something to save Mother a lot of steps, Nancy
Vh.n the tclophonc man installs a new color extension est appliances you can put in a modern kitchen. Just call
phone in your kitchen, you'll begin to enjoy a new kind your telephone business office and ask about color tele-
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You can make or take calls right where you're working, so little. Only $1.25 a month after installation Color ex-
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Young Couple
HAVANA, Cuba im Tessa
Kennedy and Dominic Elwes, the
young British couple who were
foiled by her father In efforts to
marry in Britain, finally were
wed here last night, a Cuban
notary public said.
Notary Oscar Rangel said he
secretly married the 19-year-old
runaway heiress and the 26-year-old
son of a society painter at his
downtown office. He refused to
give any details.
Other source said the young
lovers planned to remain in Cuba
for some lime. They flew from
Curacao Sunday night and re
mained in seclusion.
How the two got around a re
quired two-week marriage waiting
period was not immediately ex
plained, Some persons speculated
they had posted official notice of
intention in advance of their arri
val here.
Tessa's father, a sugar mag-;
nate, obtained court writs two
months ago preventing their mar
riage in England or Scotland with
out his consent. After hiding in
Scotland, they flew to the Carib-1
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LONDON - Qien Mother
Elizabeth, blowing kfces to her
beaming family, flewjff to Mon
treal today on the fiit leg of a
trip to Australia and New Zea
land. I
She will return fc London
March 10, the first mnber of ths
royal family to have bwn around
the world. I
At the airport to ee her off
were her daughters tjeca Eliza
beth II and Princes) Margaret
and her son-in-law Pjice Philip,
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