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o PAG HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Oregon Fridar, October . 161 EDSON IN WASHINGTON .. 'Sorry, Hes Tied Up Riglat0Now . Him Your Messaoe" I'll Give e Hurricane Taught Value Of Insurance Sometimes Force Is There recently was brought to our atten ' tion an incident relating to the use of "force" 'by Klamath Falls policemen In arresting a drunk in a Klamath Falls bar. We do not go along with those who de plore the use of force (and possibly firearms or other weapons) by the police in carrying out their duties. We resent as much as any oth. er person those few instances of unjustified force or abuse by law enforcement officers, but we insist that they should retain the right to use of force in warranted situations. In practically every instance we have ; heard of police using force, we have been sat isfied that they were perfectly within their ' right in doing so. Occasionally, there comes a report of brutality or unlicensed abuse, but this we know to be the exception. The principle we would seek to establish is that the officer has a right to defend him self. And, in so doing, most of the time, he is defending or protecting the public, too. They One In the world, where the hard political : realists dwell, Richard M. Nixon will be very much a prospect for the 1964 Republican pres idential nomination if he wins the California governorship. They brush aside his flat 1964 disavowal. The history of United States presidential can didacies is strewn with the fragments of such pledges. "Good heavens, that's no barrier," one tough appraiser is known to have said private ly. "When the time comes, it will be the Call fornians themselves who will demand that Nixon run." , ' In a 1962 California victory they see these clear presidential advantages for him: He would get fresh political currency and status of a kind he could never get from a law office or even steady appearances on party . fund-raising platforms. He would gain a forum from which to speak out on national issues, while avoiding top-close involvement and the handicap of a specific record on matters of national 'impor tance. Mostly he would be stepping only on California toes. He would be virtually assured of com- , mand of the second largest block of delegates 80 to 00-odd at the 1964 convention. Quiet missionary work might add substantial num bers from nearby western states, many of . which voted for him in November, 1960. t No My father and 1 were burying the baseball season. Big John is a true aficionado. In front ot the television set, he makes every play, sets up every bunt, and makes all the long heaves from center to the plat. He played some second base before Uie turn of the century and he saves his bitterness for the players he likes best. , He saw the first game ever played in Yankee Stadium and, U he lives long enough, he'll see the last John has been a Yankee fan all along and nothing these days gives him the emotional sat isfaction of watching the New York American League team mop ;up the opposition. : His hair la white, his face is lean, and the blue eyes never leave the t.v. set, even if time has been called because of rain. Like most old-timers he thinks that the game has lost much In recent years. "These ballplayers," he says scornfully, "must be made of glass. Almost every time there's a close play at second, one play er writhes on the ground and the trainer comes running out, the manager, and half the team. Time la called and, when the kid fin ally nets to his feet and limps around, th crowd applauds his 'guts. 'What guls? Maris complained that the baseball writers were bothering him with questions about beating Babe Ruth's record of 60 homers. It made him nervous. Ruth was never worried about questions, or whether anyone would pitch to him or not. Many morning he showed up so hung over he could hardly see the out- O field from the plate." Gehrig never missed a game ft Eye On The Big Prize JIM BISHOP: REPORTER . . . Modern Baseball Players Match For season after season until an ill ness came along that took him away. Grover Cleveland Alexan der, on the Cards, was too old for anything but a saloon stool when he was called upon to pitch to Tony Lazzerl in the World Scries. 1 He threw three low and away and fanned the kid. Today, it's all home runs. My father doesn't believe that the bail Is any livelier than in the old days. The deluge of homers Is due to the fact that the crowd comes to sec home runs. It's the big payoff and every anemic player who learns to pull the ball down the line 320 feet is a killer. Mantle is my father's big dis appointment. No matter how well Mickey does, my father says: "He can do bctler. Ho's potentially greater than any ballplayer 1 ever saw, if he ever learns to stop day dreaming. He has no drive. Maris is not a good hitter, in spite of all the homers he hits." We sat all afternoon at our pri vate wake. "What ever became ot the place hitter?" he said, shaking his head. "Ty Cobb and. in recent years, Don M'icllor used to get up to the plate and look for hole in the infield and drill a ball through It like a pool play er aiming for a pocket. "Today, they drag themselves to the plate as though nobody loves them, and then they stand there pulling on the cap, digging small gfaves with their cleats, rubbing their eyes, and, If you wait long enough, they will lift the bat and waggle it. Sickcninj." What about the pitchers? I said. 'He snorted. There are no pitch ers, he said. There are throw ers. Fast throwers and junk throw era. A pitcher Is a man with aa. arm, a mind, and courage. "Thr Needed have the right and the duty to discipline or exert control over a person who is showing some disrespect or outright disregard for law and those who represent the law. It is unfortunate if a suspect has to be wounded or hurt before he is subdued, but this is certainly preferable to allowing any suspect to intimidate police officers and then to run free. The police cannot maintain law and order if they do not have the force to back up their authority. After all, the persons whom the po lice are called upon to arrest are not always susceptible to the blandishments of reason and good sense. It is Important, too, that the community and the superiors of our law enforcement people back police officers in cases in which they have used force where that was the only way they could fulfill their duties. After all, it is the community, first of all, that the of ficers are protecting. Reasonable focus on his Sacramento job would provide him with a perfect excuse to avoid 1964 presidential primary competition. If the other leaders then should plunge the GOP into shattering combat, Nixon would be ready on the sidelines, untouched, the cen ter man perhaps able to draw party factions . together.- It can be said unequivocally that this as pect of 1964 strategy has not escaped the thinking of Nixon and his close associates. There is no question that some of these points have their darker reverse side. California's immense problems will de mand heavy attention. And even though in mid-1963 it will become the nation's most populous state, it suffers the drawback of great distance from the big policy-making centers in Washington and New York. California lead ers often take rueful note of this. Then, too, the waiting game Nixon must play has its dangers. If New York's Gov. Nel son Rockefeller or Arizona's Sen. Barry Gold water should run up a victory string in the primaries, Nixon would have no course but to sit 1964 out or jump in belatedly on an un equal footing. Nixon is moving, say the professionals, in the way he must to keep the big prize in sight. But none envies him the difficult maneuvers' he must make, first to capture his "California base," and then to use it well for the contests that lie beyond. ' Old Timers last one 1 saw was Sal Maglie. He had the moxle to throw a wide curve on a three and two count with the bags loaded. "You know anybody who docs that today? Whitcy Ford Is the lop pitcher and he's gone by the seventh Inning. He's good for half a game. In other Hays and I don't mean away back when I was playing ballplayers sat up half the night studying baseball. "I knew Eddie Mayo ot the Tig ers personally. He wasn't the greatest, but he was good enough to Inst. Eddie would read the eve ning paper and then sit and in vent plays, or repluy ones which hadn't turned out right. Willie Mays was the only man I ever saw whom study would hurt. He had so much natural baseball in him that any coaching at all would make him less of a player. Eddie Slanky had more courage and less talent than anyone else in the majors. "DiMaggio was so good that, even when he was taped up from the stomach to the chest, they wouldn't leave him off the lineup. He played, sick or well, and he never complained. Pitchers? Well, give me a few like Spahn and Feller and Roberts and Rufiing and Hubbcll and Pennock. Pierce was another good man. "The record book only tells half the story. You have to see how these men handled them selves in dangerous situations. To day, they ca", a meeting of the board of directors before Ihey throw the ball." My mother neveiO cared for baseball. She ud to holler at my father when the game was on. She died four years ago. Now he wishes she wjj back, just to turn the set off In the middle of an exciting play. . , . Cuba Food, Drink, Luxuries Are Becoming More Scarce By MILTON CARR United Press International There is no toothpaste in so cialist Cuba and the American cola drinks taste like prune juice. Food is so scarce that waiters no longer bother with menus: it is simpler to tell the customers what is available usually fish. Fried foods are out because of the lack of lard. There is not always hot water in the luxury hotels, which now belong to the people, but there Is still gambling at night in the ho tel casinos where the new crop of players grind out their ciga rettes in the thick, imported car pets. The Eden Roc restaurant, which once served tourists steaks flown in from Kansas City, is now the Balalaika and the spe cialty of the house, "sputnik" has replaced the martini. When the Al manac By United Press International Today is Friday, Oct. 6. the 279th day of the year with 88 to follow in 1961. The moon is approaching lis new phase. The morning star Is Venus. the evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn. On this day in history: In 1955, 66 persons were killed when a United Airlines DC4 hit Medicine Bow Peak in Southern Wyoming. In 1938, the nuclear submarine Seawolf surfaced after spending 80 days submerged, thus beating the 31-day record of the Skate. While under water the Seawolf logged 14,500 miles. In, 1959, the House subcommittee on legislative oversight opened hearings on alleged rigging of tel. evislon quiz shows. A thought for today: Greek philosopher Aristotle said: "Anger can be cured by time; but hatred cannot." 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Homes and apartment buildings in the better residential sections, confiscated by the government from owners who have left the country or who owned more than one house, are occupied by coun try girls learning to sew, art stu dents and other groups brought to Havana for technical and po litical instruction. ' The once-exclusive yacht and country clubs in the Havana sub urbs are now open to the public for a 20-cent admission charge. Cuba's nationalized movie houses will show 150 Russian films this year with but few exceptions, to unenthusiastic au diences. Some audiences have shown their displeasure by quiet ly cutting up the theatre seats. At the Fox Theatre a few nights ago a sigh of appreciation rippled through the middle-class audience when a character in a French movie demanded a par ticular brand of American ciga rettes. The viewers appeared at the point of applauding, then ap parently thought better of it. American cigarettes bring $2.50 and more a package on the Cu ban black market. ( The fruit juice stands are down to lemonade and bottled drinks. Cuba recently shipped 10.000 crates of oranges to Czechoslo vakia to help pay for guns and trucks. There is no meat and little poul try in the butcher shops. Grocers' shelves are more empty than filled, but prominently displayed canned goods from Russia, Bul garia, Poland and China are not selling. Razor blades, thread and other essential items are hard to find. When American soft drink man ufacturers stopped shipping Cola syrup to Cuba, local bottlers put up a poor i imitation under the same label. Complaints about the taste are answered: Antwtr to Pnvious Puzilt 34 Mittens 42 Preposition 35 Breed ot canine Agitate 37 Llama 44 Fruit drinks 45 Desert 46 Bntish achool 47 Scandinavian 49 Unclose ipoet.) 38 Raw metal 40 Occurrence 41 Asian trouble spot IA II AIL. Et E E R I El rrrr r-rr- rrra-rr i n 17 n 1 r- a- 1 1 1 n ry LJ 1 a p pi rr h a p 1 11 a a. I I ii fi ti r- tr orsr a a sr- n u a h a a L I I I I I I I ! i "Yes, but it's Cuba!" At the Havana Airport in elab orately adorned letters hangs this sign: "Those who are not willing to . he soldiers of their country in this exceptional moment of our hlstorv. let them go! -Fidel." For more than 100,000 Cubans who openly are trying desperate ly to leave and for other uncount ed thousands who would like to go, this declaration is bitter mockery. - The government has placed every conceivable obstacle In their path short of a blanket edict against all travel from Cuba. The traveler knows that every thing he leaves his business, house, furniture; clothing, car and other possessions will be con fiscated. He is allowed to carry a mod erate supply of clothing and no money, jewelry or other valu ables. Each person is limited to a watch and a wedding ring. Gold religious medals which most Cubans wear around their necks are stripped from them at the airport or docks. Often, passen gers are forced to shed their clothing to prove they have noth ing hidden. The Cuban is nol permitted to buy his passage with Cuban cur rency. Tickets must be paid for in U.S. dollars and since dollars cannot be obtained legally in Cuba, money orders must come from friends or relatives, if any, outside the country. Air travelers from Cuba spend an average of a day and a half at the airport being checked. The last four hours are spent locked in a room while four Cuban offi cials scrutinize documents and add indignities. THEY SAY . . . While life remains to us. we will not cease to do what lies in our power to avert the greatest calam ity that has ever threatened man kind. B r 1 1 1 s h philosopher Bertram! Russell, leader of antinuclear bomb demonstrators, jailed for "refusing In keep the peace." We draft young people to fight wars they had no part in making. I believe we should give them a chance now to volunteer to work for peace. We old folks haven't made any howling success in ef fecting peace in the past 50 years. Rep. John J. Riley, D-S.C., on the Peace Corp. While I do nol expect a war. I'm afraid there is going to be a western withdrawal ifrom Rer lin as a result of all the maneuv ering that are going onat pres ent. I am very pessimistic. -Dr. Charles Malik of Lebanon, former president of I'.N. Gen j eral Assanbly. O O Really, don't think making . people happy makes m a fool. not m my own mind. Edwin Axe! C a r I s . wha tipped waitresses la Saa Diego with SI Mils from his M.J7S Inheritance. By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEA) - Right after Hurricane Carla hit the Tex as coast, citrus fruit farmers from three counties in the storm area flocked into Department of Agri culture field offices to take out government crop insurance poli cies, offered to them for the first time this year. Only 40 had signed up early, and they are now sitting pretty. The late-comers can of course get no insurance on losses already sustained. But Carla proved her self one of the best insurance salesladies the government has had. Crop insurance in the United States is still on an experimental basis. The idea behind it is to de velop a system so sound that it will pay its own way and make disaster relief unnecessary for farmers who experience crop fail ures from drought, flood, frost, wind, insects or diseases beyond control. By act of Congress, Department of Agriculture first offered crop insurance in 1939 with national coverage for wheat farmers. Cot ton was added in 1941. Heavy loss es sustained in 1943 caused the plan to be suspended for a year. When it was renewed in 1945. tobacco, flax and corn were added until 1948. (It was then restricted to 400 counties.) ' Gradual expansion by 100 coun ties a year was then planned. But during the Eisenhower administra tion counties were dropped, so that there was a net expansion of only 21 counties. , For the period 1948 through 1960, total premiums of $244 million were paid in and indemnities of $228 million paid out, leaving a surplus of $16 million. Last year, premiums were $18 , million and indemnities $8.8 mil lion. The idea is not to build up a big surplus, however. It is just to break even. To achieve this, the government has paid all administrative costs. This year they run $9.39 million. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman has announced that for next year's crops, insurance will be extended to 100 more coun ties in 25 states. Raisins will be added to the list of insured crops for California; ir THE DOCTOR Fluoridate Drinking aTLrw ' Water By HAROLD T. HYMAN, M.D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Q Our community water sup ply is not fluoridated. Can any thing be done in any other way lo prevent dental caries? How ef fective are fluoridated dentrifices? A You can fluoridate your own drinking water by adding 1 mg. fluoride tablet to each quart. This provides a concentration of one part per million. You may use this solution for drinking or for food preparation or infant for mulas. The daily supply needed for the prevention of dental caries will be delivered to infants and chil dren below the age of three years if they drink a pint. Older chil dren and adults require a quart. To get optimum protection, fluori dation must be carried out for seven to 12 years. As to fluoridated dentrifices, tMe is little possibility that they deliver the amount of fluoride re quired for protection. Indeed, I am of the opinion that there is little accomplished by dentrifices of any kind. Used vigorously, they only succeed in thinning protec tive enamel. They do not remove food par ticles from between the teeth as effectively as dental floss. The medications they contain ( so called bactericides, antiseptics, etc. I are not present in sufficient concentration to make any signifi cant contribution to mouth hy giene. Dependence on them and the equally useless mouthwashes, gar gles, etc., gives a false sense of security lo the user who might better devote his energies to ef fective use of dental floss. Q Of what value is the Gerson treatment lor cancer? A None. The claim that the specially devised diet i liver, fresh vegetables and fruit, chopped in a special machine costing about $150i exerts any influence what soever on the development or growth of a malignancy is as fan ciful as it is ridiculous. The ad dition of liver injections and coffee enemas to tly absurd diet makes no significant difference unless the patient happens to have an accom panying anemia of a special type. Just before his death in 1958. Dr. Gerson was suspended by the New York State Medical Society for insistence on his claim. More recently, the American Cancer So ciety reported that it "found rigated grain sorghums for Kan sas, Texas and Oklahoma; pea nuts for Virginia and North Caro lina. Potatoes and sugar beets may also be covered. Already covered are barley, beans, cotton, corn, citrus fruits, oats, peaches, rice, soybeans, to bacco, wheat. This year, 235,000 farmers in 991 counties of 38 states have taken out insurance on 330.000 crops, some farmers covering two or more. They pay premiums for protection against losses from causes beyond their own control. But lazy farmers can't collect insurance for failure to properly plant, fertilize or cultivate their crops. Premiums run from 3 per cent on tobacco to 23 or 30 per cent on high-risk crops. The average is 7.5 per cent. Tobacco premiums may run $20 a year for small tracts. Wheat premiums for larg er tracts run from $300 to $400. As a typical example of how the system works, take the case of a farmer with 60 acres in corn. Many farmers now get 60 to 70 bushels to the acre. But taking out insurance on full yield would be too expensive for the farmer, too risky for the government. So insurance is issued to cover costs. - In the case of this corn farmer, he might be insured for a yield of 30 bushels to the acre, or 1,800 bushels on his 60 acres. He then sets his own price on the amount he wishes to insure this for. It can be at any rate within reason say $1 to $2 a bush el. Say he sets the price at $1.50. On the 1,800 bushels, that would mean a $2,700 policy. The rate on corn is currently 7.5 per cent. The total premium $202.50. Now suppose that the weather or the corn borers, or both, cut the man's crop to 15 bushels to the acre, or 900 on the 60 acres. The farmer has a government guarantee on an 1,800-bushel yield, so he can collect on half of that. For 900 bushels at $1.50 a bushel, he would get $1,350. This illustrates that crop insur ance can be a good thing for the farmer, if the government ever gets the actuarial risks figured out. But there's still a lot of edu cational work to be done to con vince farmers this is good business. SAYS . . At Your Home no acceptable evidence that treat ment with the Gerson method re sults in any objective benefit in the treatment of cancer in hu mans." Q My daughter-in-law has just returned from the hospital with her first baby. She was told it is better for the baby to lie on its stomach than on its back? Is this true? Is it safe? A It is both true and safe. Ob servations made at the Episcopal Hospital of Philadelphia showed that babies who are placed face down suffer fewer diaper rashes I0 per cent i than those placed on their backs 128 per cent), de velop fewer scratch marks 120 against 27 per cent) and cry only half as long and as much. Dear Reader: Dr. Hyman ap preciates your comments and questions but regrets that the hea vy volume of his mail doesn't per mit him lo answer each individual letter or post card. However, he will comment in columns like the above upon matters of general or unusual interest. For a copy of Dr. Hyman's leaf let "What About Cancer?" send 10 cents to Dr. Hyman. care Her ald and News, Box 489, Dept. B, Radio City Station, New York 19, NY. QUESTIONS AND . ANSWERS Q How does Baltimore rank among the nation's ports? A Fourth largest. Q-Why is Cupid called "Dan Cupid"? A-Dan is an early title of honor, corresponding to master or sir. Q Which of Raphael's master pieces was not completed? A The "Transfiguration." Q How does the tax on gaso line compare with its u-tail price? A Taxes are nearly 50 per cent of the retail price. -Whlch Melton ( th, Batton had the greatest Increase in popu lation? 0 A-The South which grew in size from 24 s million in 1900 to 54 J million in o. Q Do cardinals migrate in wil ier? A-No.
