Show Part 7 like’s Own Story: Grin and Bear It - The S< Lake Tribune Saturday October 19 By Liehty Continued From Page 1 IN AN EFFORT to limit the war to the border of Korea the United Nations forces were prohibited by political directive from firing the Yalu River — a 'prohibition: which” made " sanctuary ' of Manchurian territory Our troops along that river were not allowed to Interfere with any enemy concentrations on the north bank instituted an embargo on all States exports to North Korea a naval blockade! if tiie entire Korean United coast Air Force bombing missions against North Korean military targets and the use of "certain supporting ground units" At the same time Ambassador Warren Austin In the UN Security Council said that the United States government’s action was solely for the purpose of restoring the Republic of Korea to its “Status prior to the Invasion Later In the summer of sharp violent clashes s present policies would have to be changed and the new ones agreed to by our allies Foremost would be the proposed use of atomic weapons In this respect American views have always differed somewhat from those of some of our allies particularly the British In the light of my unwilP Ingness to accept the “status quo several other moves were considered hi the event that the Chinese Communists refused to accede to an armistice in a ' reasonable time OF COURSE there were other problems not the least of which would be thcpossl billty-o- fthe Soviet Union" entering — These possihHltie? the — Tn nuclear-war- fare fered In detail but tn order - Chinese Communists would to back up any of them have been able to do little one thing became clear: But we knew that the SoTo keep any attack from viets had atomic weapons In becoming overly costly we quantity and estimated that they”would soon explode a hydrogen device " JilL JustTry and Stop Me By Bennett Cerf There was a Ore in the kitchen of an off Broadway chop house recently but it extinguished by Manhattan's crack fire laddies Two pf the latter exited from the water-guttepremises whetf' the excitement was over with axes In their grasp The blase barber next door spotted them and observed to the customer he was shaving "They must have ordered a steak In that Joint!’’ was-speed- ily OF ALL THE Aslan targets which might be subjected to” Soviet bombing L was most concerned about the unprotected cities of Japan Soon the prospects for armistice negotiations seemed to Improve The Communists sgreed to of voluntary repatriation prisoners of war for months the biggest thorn In the side of negotiators ‘ After John Mason Brown had concluded one of his bright never-failinhob-blespeeches a little white-hairelady up to the podium to tell him how wonderful she thought he was I make bold to tell you this” she whispered “because you said you loved old ladles" “I do I do" nodded Brown his Kentucky charm working overtime "but I also adore them your age” g d d A candidate for a high state office was accused by his opponent of merely posing as a "son of very poor parents" “As a matter of fact” thundered the opponent “my adversary comes from the richest family in his county” The candidate answered calmly "It’s quite true I wasn’t bom In a log cabin But we moved to one as aoon as we could afford it” Nason on Education The next day the negotiators at Panmunjom be- -' gan dealing with the question of a final cease-firline e World reaction to progress In the armistice negotiations was universally favorable The day after the agreement to -- voluntary repatriation Prime Minister Nehru for one cabled the Secretary of State: L SHOULD like to offer my respectful congratulations to President Eisen- I Depending Upon Memory Catches Up With Student J Nason Ed D Professor of Education University of Southern California Dear Dr Nason: My son’s brilliance evident In grammar school appears to be a handicap In high school He has an her homework I dislike being a nagging mother— can exceptional EXPLAIN TO HER that skill in handwriting and the habit of planning and doing her homework on schedule are extremely important for her future success in school By Leslie you give me some suggestions? Mrs has been always able to recall an amazing number of details about past events and even memorized the Gettysburg Address in one evening his Suddenly however — high grades have dropped to D’s and Fs except in English history and band What can you suggest to help him? Mrs N H DeQueen Ark ANSWER: Causes of a sudden drop in grades are usually complicated Then as she goes through Id' r A r- - ’ is thank you for your discipline Dear Dr Nason: You advocate "firm discipline” in your column with at least the Implication that you approve of corporal punishment OUR CHILDREN le We would strongly disapprove if they were physically punished in school SITE HAS TWO problems — -- ur y - ot 1 handwriting and procrastination She doesn't finish her tests at school because she delays getting started Her handwriting is so awful It is hard to read her numbers or letters — yet he gets A’s Last year It teeth to Eet her to was-lik- e pull-ln- are not spanked at home — we use reason Instead of force and to date It has worked satisfactorily FAILURE TO FOLLOW the required procedures such as the Completion of homework or preparation of lessons for recitation are often associated with dependence on memory and helps bring about a student’s downfall Have your son check up on himself in these matters Dear Dr Nason My eight and daughter has finished the third grade She - makes A’s in all subjects but wakes Jhem too easily ef hower for his leadership at this critical- - moment I earnestly trust that this agreement will be for peace not repeat not only In the Far East but” elsewhere (signed) Jawaharlal Nehru ©n the 17th of June President Rhee sent me a letter In which he reiterated his old argument on the fatal nature of the truce about to be signed HE EXPRESSED his grat- itude for the help that the United States had given to Korea and his letter was 'cordial but there was no doubt that he was highly emotional His attitude caused us much uneasiness The Ink was scarcely dry on all this correspondence when a bombshell exploded - g do How can we keep this from happening if education writers like you turn the calen-daback to the era of the rod? —- B Calif 'ANSWER: There Is no need to tie the hands of school people to protect your children In fact their right to use corporal punishment In' extreme cases may tend to provide protection for them IF YOUR nOME discipline has as you state worked satisfactorily you should have no fear that your children will be physically punished In school Corporal punishment In school is a last resort not used generally Get acquainted With your children's teachers and principal Show your willingness to cooperate and express your desires In the matter of corporal punishment They will respect your wishes Twenty-fiv- e thousand North Korean prisoners had somehow escaped from the stockades In which they were being held school she Will continue to get A’s and will eventually Encourage your son to struggle for understanding of materials He can do this by thinking about the subjects outside of class He should review regularly looking for major ideas in each course y NJ Set up scheduled work times and be firm On the surface It appears that dependence on memorization may be a major cause In this case ' - Colonla ANSWER: You can Insist that your daughter practice handwriting and do her homework without nagging memory y- S G - thereafter Shortly - Ehee’s government Teddlm—w— Mercury-wa- s ad- mitted complicity in the Incident This situation required Immediate action That day 1 dispatched through the State Department the following message to President Rhee: PERSISTENCE In your present course of action will make Impractical for the UN Command to continue to operate Jointly with you under the conditions which would result therefrom Unless yo uare prepared immediately and unequivocally to accept the authority of the UN Command to condu the present hostilities and bring them to a close It will be necessary to effect Accordarrangement ingly the UN commander-ln-chlehas now been authorized to “take such steps as may becolne necessary in the light of your determination - BY MID-JULIt became apparent that a truce would probably be signed In the near future The truce was signed July 27 1953 Three years of heroism frustration and bloodshed were over Excerpted from the book THE WHITE HOHSE YEARS MANDATE FOR CHANGE 1953-19O 1963 by Dwight D Elsenhower To be published by Doubleday and Company Jnc NEXT: Part 8 — The Party and Its Promises " ‘Mirror’ Reflected Epoch As ZariyT But NeverDuIl The New York Mirror-diedsuddenly It was a big paper It was In Its early years a Wild” tabloid the last of the Illiterate litter"' ateurs Some- times it picked up a quarter of a m 1 1 1 1 o n readers In one jlay and often lost t w 1 c e as many on the next I worked for Mr Bishop It for 13 years They were the exciting days One of the editors Phil Payne lost his life trying to fly the Atlantic Ocean Another one Walter Howie had one eye and it was rumored that an Irate subscriber had punched It out in Chicago A third Arthur Brisbane was so alool that it was said that he wouldn’t read the paper IT IS THE onljT paper where a murderer walked In and tried to surrender to a sports writer The writer listened to the killer and murmu r e d Imperishable prose: "This my friend Is the outdoor sports department” The Indoor sports are over there” The Mirror had good e porters: Ray Doyle Bob Gene Fowler Dan Parker Jimmy Whittaker Jack Lait Arthur Pegler John McNulty Sam Boal Hettle Cattell It was the only place where the local loan shark was more Important than the boss When he walked In men stood with bowed heads Con-sidin- Once one of the staff bought a race horse He ran three times Each time everyone bet the rent money on - him - and - each time he lost After the third loss the owner led the horse down East 45th Street tied him to a hydrant and yelled "H e ’ s u p remorsefully: ‘ -- yours” BRISBANE once brought In two women woodchoppers from the West and we were ordered to promote them as examples of healthy American womanhood I took a look and figured they could also be promoted as healthy examples of manhood The editor got mad and said that any American should be proud to marry either one of them One of us was Judge of American hood' a ME HADA'tclegtaph£dl-to- The- - yity "AT Steppe namefor OTnfeR forms of I asked him If these dren lacked nicotine printer’' ink m a m jba x A PICA occurs also In adults ‘ g habit The cause parents or be- persists cornstarch” " In so m e Instances poor diet is xespon-sihl- c MOTHERS WHO come from localities where clay or starch eating Ls the thing to do will follow suit when pregnant The children of these women may also indulge and pica was especially prevalent among children In the region of the District of Columbia whose mothers came from communities where starch eating was common chil- do not pay Pregnant womerin some areas often eat clay and clay supplies the missing Iron and calcium whereas cornstarch contributes calories But most authm'tttor-bir-lie- ve That these strange hab-- ' its of pregnant women stem from a cultural pattern typical of certain communities Some authorities have traced these unusual tendencies to unmet emotional needs at- - mo-vie- s - There were no front steps and we didn’t see him for three months Jil the All this happened old days when the art de- partment used to spend most of Its time airbrushlng some clothes on photos of girls who were In the news It was a time of wisdom and jade and sweaty hatbands and a fin before payday A time of tossing a reference to St John or St Luke Into a sex story to keep the clerics from t complaining A TIME OF crazy contests” and exposes and breach of promise suits apd politicians who would say anything to get their names In the paper No newspaper dies without a chunk of me going with It Twenty years ago The JUr-ro- r repented Its wild youth and became sedate It began to look pale and speak cor rectly At times it sounded like a prissy old lady who has burned all the purple letters of the past It was 39 Only Jack Benny has a right to die at that age HOLLAND bulbs TUMP: TAMS PFITZERS — 10 to 12 In 25 bulbs for PYRACANTHA ' m COTONE ASTER ta'IS In TREES Plenty to cKooto from AH In gallon coot OF THE WEEK "mums” r Harvest 6int (Patented) in forOMVft bud ond bloom Woll ortablithod in tan SKYLINE LOCUST Many whit ulan RUBY LACE LOCUST ‘ 39 Ail ornamental shade In each TRIES foliofi cant Ite4 whltoo golds it 01IVE RUSSIAN 9 to 10 cm's bln 7? 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BOOKS FROM ir t 24” high tn lien cant Flant now to thoM gorgoul goldn yllow bloom oorly In Iho ipring PAX crobgrass for -- 7 next year tUfaler THIS AOlbdAA AAAAAAA-AAA4AAA-- STEER BUSH FORSYTHIA MANURE ' c ll4t Ocoerct Book eo M to f AH TIMPlI AT COTTONWOOD a bags for $349 OPEN WEEKDAYS 8 am TO 7 pm the ’ SUNDAYS AND MALI PETUNIA KlilG salt lake rmr INGH FLORAL At A m 10 pm TO 4 pm 2098 EAST 39TH SOUTH AA A A As i A— AAhlkA Os to bag ach WEEK New It on Ideal tlm forftlixa that lawn “YOUR GARDENING ANGEL” 44 EAST down the block I The says that of the 27 old Army buddies who have called on him three were actually guys he remembered A - A occurs when the dynamic characteristics of the craving are continued a bov who loved cigarette butts and an- lousy nooded "Okay” fie murmured "Write 11” SO WHITTAKER wrote: "Miss Doris Duke Is so beautiful so rich so fabulously that news yesterday that she was not en gaged to Assemblyman Lawrence Quinn stunned Broadway” It made page 3 Gang killings and one-warides’ werethe-- “ headlines Raids on love nests were even better Gladys Glad wrote a beauty column and Mark Hclllnger and Walter Winchell covered Broadway hood One represents a craving early in life and addiction to eat other who ate newspapers' grassland plains of Eurasia The term now applies to similar lands throughout the world Steppe vegetation Is ordinarily an unbroken cover of short grass one foot or less high that provides excellent natural grazing Many domestie graz-in"present-daanimals are thought to have originated on the Eurasian steppes sometimes a from pica In child- r carry-ove- cl --- rle are adults" zS' usually pears after the Dr third year of Van Dellen life Now and then the craving continues and there are theories galore as to the cause MANY OF THESE children remain healthy unless they "consume flakes of paint and develop lead poisoning Others are malnourished and sickly but the craving for starch or clay does not mean that the body Jacks the minerals found in these substances A colleague of mine was i ever in the JLrC? theory 5 of mineral deficiencies-un- til he was consulted by the" P STUDIES va us addiction among that plea anddisap-it is a regional Jhehuge-emlid-4--- 1 soap fluff from ? ob- ' jects into the mouth The mother may be a gadabout spending so little time at home that the child finds solace and gratification in eating nonedible Items rettes blankets and fur off the cat This type of ap- perverted called Is petite child and al he him to put harmful low CHARLIE Barth was a night editor who hated so the night Mary Pick-for- d got married he used a picture showing her in curls because that's the way she looked the last time he saw her - We had an assistant editor who built a house and tried to surprise his wife He led her In through the back door up the back stairs to a landlng and then start ed down!: the front steps to the living room The Mirror was never dull When a rival tabloid had picture of a woman in the electric chair The Mirror boldly photographed the photograph and put It on the back page— the sports page When a news tip blew up into nothing the city editor ordered Jim Whittaker to write the story "Write what?” "It’s no said Whittaker story”" r who was stone sober every night at 9 pm and falling down drunk at 9:10 It took months to figure out that when he stooped under his desk for a fallen piece of copy he guzzled a whole pint of gin without taking a breath Old man Pegler couldn't write on anything- - trot- - art Oliver typewriter and It cost the paper a fortune to keep It In parts Ivzy Kaplan was the photographer who greeted the Queen of Romania by asking her to sit on the ship’s rail and show a little leg tentioh-to-t- n e w s p apors A Lawrence Lewis a nephew of Gertrge Washing- ton At that time and for many years thereafter the office was filled by relatives rtf the presidents” often at the chief executive's own expense It was not until 1857 that Congress recognized the office Later at the- request of President McKinley Con- gross dignified it and provided a salary of $6000 a year — Q What kind of land is — a steppe? AS Jim Bisliop Reporter o mouth as part of their exactivities They ploratory eat dirt bug's starch ciga- Who was the first person to serve as secretary to a president of the United States? MC “All written out Truffle? Bosh! Why a man’s got his best forecasts In him after fifty!’’ pro-nwrt- everything Inheir put Q 3S: fr TIDE TASK OF the United Nations forces at that moment was still to gain time pending arrival of reinforcements and to retain the southeastern comer of the Korean Peninsula where the - -- Important port of Pusan was located GenMacArthur elected” rightly In my opinion— to fight a military campaign north of the 38th Parallel to complete the destruction of - the North Korean force p A In classical mythology” god of commerce and the market and was the protector of merchants He Was the divine herald who guided dead souls to their final resting place and was also the master thief It Is said that on the he stole day he was born ' Apollo’s herds Mercury is pictured with winged sandals winged hat and cadu-ceu- s his magic wand stiU Hvlng IF WE DECIDED upon a major new type of offensive occurred over key features as each side to improve and protect its main positions From that time on fight lng was of a localized even though bloody nature rarely over a battalion strength - “ Q What duties besides bein singer of the gods was Presi-acros- Ealing Nonedible Items: It’s Solace for Neglect l Were Mei The Jplnt Chiefs of Staff were pessimistic about the feasibility of using tactical atomic weapons on frontline positions In view of the extensive underground fortifications which the Chinese Communists had been able to construct but such weapons would obviously be effective for strategic targets In North Korea Manchuria and on the Chinese coast 1951 It meant in effect that the United States was in earnest when It committed Its soldiers to ground combat In defense of South Korea I CyWM Eventually the lines crystallized where Gen Van Fleet’s offensive had halted mostly north of the 38th Parallel feut the fact that the United States Army had been ordered Into action had a vast significance l THIS NECESSITY suggested to me by MaeArthur while Iras j " By Haskins would have to use atomic weapons v -- JJ) Dr Van Dellen Questions and Answers Bomb Korea? 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