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Show lative in it The Herald Journal Ah, Here It Is . . . Thoughfs and Things . . Some Important Events Logan, Utah, Sunday, December 29, 1957 - More Initiative Give Up Old Buddies ? Heeded IN A DISCUSSION BEFORE a Logan service club last week, Professor Lewis Richards of Utah State University pointed out that Americans are admired more by the masses of people in foreign countries than most of us realize. As a result of a few scattered experiences or the remarks of a few foreign political figures, it is easy to assume we are not liked generally. This is not true, Professor Richards, a native of Greece, ex- THERE WAS A TIME when an agreement such as was achieved to arm European NATO countries with missiles and missile bases would have been hailed a momentous event. But at Paris it seemed almost a secondary thing, put in the shadow of the Kremlins latest propaganda plained. But if this admiration is to be sustained, as it must be, it was emphasized that our foreign policy has to be directed more toward assistance to the millions of people in the smaller countries of the world who either have recently obtained their independence or are ambitious to be free from an undesirable colonial status. It was the expressed opinion that the friendship of these millions must be maintained or they will eventually be lost to Communism. This can be done, Professor Richards said, only if we discontinue siding unquestionably with England and France without being as critical of objectionable parts of their colonial policies as we are of the policies of other world powers who attempt to force their own ideas upon other peoples. This is a different approach than is generally used in establishing foreign policy. The usual theories hold that strength can be maintained in the free world only by solidifying the power of the United States, England, France and perhaps a few other nations. The suggesion as detailed by Professor Richards points out that if we are to support the right of peoples in general to be free, then we must be critical even of our allies if they be guilty through systems of colonialism of suppressing freedom. In this way we would prove our true belief in the rights of man and would continue to serve as an ideal for the oppressed of the world. This is an interesting approach that has the desirable tenet of fairness to all as its core. Of Past Year, By Months EACH YEAR AT THIS TIME, v.e review some of the news highlights of the past 12 months in this nation and throughout the world. A sort of look at 1957s most important events. So here we go, beginning with January: 2. Gene Fullmer of Utah decisioned Sugar Ray Robinson to win middleweight title. 9. Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigned following British invasion of Egypt, pleading ill health. 10. Eisenhowers State of Union Message stressed the inflation peril . . . Harold Macmillan replaced Eden. 15. Nasser seized all Egyptian assets of British and French banks and er peace move. and unWhen even so as Germanys yielding a denauer wants to explore the Chancellor Soviet Unions proposals for peace, in spite of a long Russian record of faithlessness, it is symptomatic of a disturbing condition in the Western family of nations. France has since indicated that she, too, is interested in studying the Soviet peace offensive. No amount of fine talk about the reaffirmation of NATO unity is likely to gloss over that circumstance. According to veteran observers on the Paris 6cene, the condition results from hard-bitte- n er Ray Nelson CACHE VALLEY pretty well during 1957. HAS FARED 1. missile-satellit- can. Union. 27. Israeli Premier David withdraw troops from Egypt. leaders for a considerable time, but never more than now, have had trouble at home selling nothing but arms race talk. They feel they have to offer their peoples solid, positive peace proposals hand in hand with defensive mea2. Western s, st bust here, and year-en- d dividend checks p mailed to members of the large dollars the into Valleys economy'. pumped Natural gas installations during the summer and fall created work for scores of men and youths. Some heavy construction at Logan L D S Hospital, at Utah State University campus, and on sizeable highway projects utilized the services of many carpenters, brick-layerand other craftsmen. The fine weather conditions which continued into December favored such work. Student enrollment at the University continued an increase. And local merchants report, in general, that 1957 is ending on an encouraging note. The year has been reasonably good to Cache folks, it would seem. And there co-o- s, is no reason to feel pessimistic about 195S! Anno Domini 1958 IT SOON WITT. BE Anno Domini The Year of ur Lord 1958. It is the one thou&and, nine hundred chance which the Aland mighty has given mankind to straighten out his affairs, to establish some ideals and objectives, and to strive toward them. How well mankind has done that, year after year, only history can indicate. But it seems that each year produces some monumental headaches, some large problems, new fears and griefs. Mankind fumbles around in his mental drugstore for cures that might alienate the achs and pains and he usually overlooks the one powerful agent that can help 1953 tk.1 He might try to live in the Christian spirit during this new' Year of Our Lord. It might help him to solve his manifold problems. He's tried about every other remedy on the shelf. WASHINGTON They know the danger of concessions to Russia. They dont want to turn over their freedom to the ruthless men of Moscow. But they are plainly disappointed in what they' see as the lack of American leadership for peace. Their criticisms make the point that our policy dwells too heavily upon armament and not enough on constructive programs for lasting peace and the gradual uplift of all peoples toward a better life. They feel we spend most of our time reacting to other countries ideas instead of offering imaginative notions of our People never Rcem to mind a person who has a mind that minds its own buci- QCS3 NEWS NOTEBOOK old friend, hadnt seen the Vice Presifor a year, approached him luncheon the other day and Dick, now I know where WASHINGTON-- An who dent at a said, all this talk comes from about how you have matured recently. Knowing his old pal was a jokester, the V.P. said cautiously, Okay, FU bite. Whats the 14. King Hussein of her where answered. j Larger View i Greatest Man Of Century; What U.S. May Soon Learn i 1 ahaa' s'why'wefmd m-in- a eisenhower president t0 makc anlher quu-- raay llJ'e w.uf'thc laPta inch'd sneaky California grape growers don't stop picking on the French wine makers. other night these Californians rpPpated heir ,faPor'te slhunt j and serving unlabcied California wines to a group of expert tasters, asking them to tell which were the domestic and which the imported wmes. As alwavs happens in these sessions, when the scores weie added up. the experts Wjth the irrefut- wpre confron,P able evidence that they could not French from the California a ; group of red-face- d IN A SPECLAL bhSblON last month the Oregon legislature was confronted with two quite unusual problems treas-ltcury surplus and tax reduction. The attack on the 74 million dollar surplus estimated for next June was started by reducing the state income tax 20 per cent. Then an appropriation of five million dollars was made to the basic school fund, suggesing that property taxes might go down. With this as a starter, no doubt Oregon will find, as Utah did last year, that the elimination of a surplus is a relatively easy task. A closer study of the means used to accumulate such a huge sum in the state coffers would have to be made before too Ni,lor1, or Oilman. Nicml & r.uthn-.amuch could be said about this particular! instance. But all of us will have to admit scr.scniPTioN plates f'"Her that the condition of wondering what to ... otr Ve do to get rid of excess dollars in any divi- - " 'e.n mI'trior t e 1,1 " ion of government i.s unique m these da vs 'Ti'f'v1' ' ll our- - splNes alTiving at parties just as t10y re breaking lip. iiis pietty wife explains that llie onc time lpfl real earlv to try to get there on time they got J0st ;n the town's traffic cir- ccs an;j never made it at all. t ' i.:;.. Itr. Nteisen came into it it was still young. I am glad that I am still around, and 0nly hope tbat 1 may be flowed to staj to see it grow much older, There has never been a century in history so filled with humani Willie u!": ' o THE GREATEST MW of our is an old man, a brilliant 1958 WILL SEE ALL sorts of American reactions to the new knowledge of Russian progress, The first impulse was to pour an additional four or five billion dollars into research and velopmcnt. It is an easy answer for a Washington wizard grown used to shuffling billions around llke pennies. Since we are ready spending much more on defense than any other nation n tbe world, it may occur to someone lo take a closer look at the way the money is being spent. Some military minds are still thinking in terms of the Age of musician, writer, and philosoph- er, who is spending his last years ministering to the diseases of black natives in the African e gle. He will die soon and it is doubtful whether anvone will raise a monument to him. The Napoleon. .biggest monuments erected in our century have been those to 1958 MY ALSO SEE a new apStalin, the cruelest man of our proach to Russia. At least it will show to what degree there is fluid and imagiMUv e thinking truly consistent Christian of our1 ' in our policy making. Whether century. Stalin's fame was won American leaders will admit it or bv his having mastered millions not, the policy of containment of s of men by methods of the mot Russia has outlived its cruelty. This shows ness. And. despite the assurances something of wheie the values lie of Mr. Dulles, a serious revolt is ui our time But our age is not in the making in NATO. Should alone in this When in Paris we negotiate with Rusia? Of compare the magnificent tomb of course we should. Again and Napoleon with the mean, neglect- - again and endlessly. What is the ed graves of some of France's alternative? jun-not- useful-barbaiou- WILL NOT BE a year of settled peace and calm. Can you remember a year which was? Sure it is, though, that it will be 1958 Sugar Ray Robinson regained the middleweight title by knocking out Gene Fullmer in New York. 2. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin died of a liver ailment. 4. Iron Liege beat Gallant Man in the Kentucky Derby. 8. Basso Ezio Pinza died at 65. 18. Benny Hooper Jr. was rescued from well at Manorville, N.Y., after effort. 21. Cabinet of French Premier Guy Mollet resigned Tornadoes swept Missouri. 28. U.S. set off first Nevada blast in spring nuclear test series. Dodgers and Giants received League approval to move West. 29. Treasury Secretary George Humphrey resigned; Robert Anderson was appointed as successor. 24-ho- ur .... JUNE 4. U. S. Agreed to allow Japanese court trial for GI William S. Girard on manslaughter charge. 19. U.N. report indicted Russia for crushing Hun- garians. 28. Hurricane Audrey ripped Louisiana, killing 275 and injuring hundreds. JULY I. Mayflower H arrived in New York. 3. Kremlin shakeup ousted veteran leader V. M. Molotov, G.M. Malenkov and L. M. Kaganovich in victory for Khrushchev. II. The Aga Khan died in Geneva at 79. Prince Karim Khan, Harvard student, named his successor. AUGUST Eisenhower underwent surgery at Walter Reed Hospital. 12. Seventy-nin- e died when plane carrying Canadian war veterans and their wives crashed near Quebec. 20. James R. Hoffa began testimony before Senate labor hearings. Maj. David G. Simons lands after 32 hours in a balloon at record 100,000 foot altitude. 27. William Proxmire won Senate seat in Democratic upset in Wisconsin. SEPTEMBER 4. National Guard barred Negro high school students in Little Rock under orders from Gov. Orval Fau-bu6. Mrs. s. 14. Ike and Fabus conferred at Newport, and Fau-bu- s assured Ike he would obey integration order. 24. Ike sent 1000 paratroopers into Little Rock and federalized Arkansas National Guard. OCTOBER Russia launched worlds first earth satellite . . . James R. Hoffa was elected president of Teamsters. 10. Russia was warned that U.S. will defend Turkey if attacked. Braves won the World Series in seventh 4. game, 5-- 0. II of Britain and Prince Philip arrive in North America for visits in Canada and United States. 26. Marshal Georgi Zhukov was fired as Soviet defense minister. 12. Queen Elizabeth NOVEMBER Russians shot a half-ton- e earth satellite into orbit, containing space dog Laika. 7. Eisenhower named MIT head Dr. James R. Killian U.S. science coordinator. 9. stratocruiser lost in Pacific with 44 aboard. 26. President Eisenhower had cerebral occlusion, or mild stroke. He recovered rapidly. 3. Pan-Americ- DECEMBER interesting To 1. U.N. Refire ASHING ION r.1 William J. Kelly reHres Tuesriav as messenger to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Negro, Kelly, a went to woik for the State De-ptment 59 veai s ago as to Seeetai.v of bate Robeit Lansing, Dulles ur.de. W America was so blessed with natural resources, and with the protective barriers of the oceans, s iso that our country was able to develop with amazing speed into i4tK) a nation of g;rat material J6 s a lcsiili lnif-- t Ame.i- g yo 'cans came to believe that Amen-- ' pros-pxiit- V j. pro-Egypti- MAY ' relatively entered this field of decoration. Those who have erected outdoe" lighting have done a creditable job but the number has been too small to create an overall effect. Tn rnninmnit ipa this nnrt nf .. Christmas has grown to tne extent that both from within the city and from a number of miles around look forward; to driving through residential areas and; enjoying the colorful displays. Without exception those who expend the effort to install these displays are repaid many times over in personal pleasure. If more Of US would make a mental now to plan this kind Of an activity next December, Logans seasonal beauty W OUld be enhanced greath . Mid- 1. the Youre getting bald, friend explained. V.P. Nixon promptly went to a morror and top-levadmitted that sure enough, his once thick, black curly hair was the Philippine military attache Baker Priest and Former French getting very thin in front. Capt. Ralph Pargas, is a world Premier Camille Chautemps. traveler who has carved her Credit for the whole idea goes initials on monuments ranging to Mary Stuart Price, Washing tary attache, was complaining at from the Sph.vnx to the Eiffel ten debutante social advisor. a cocktail party that she couldn't get any of the British diplomats into a conversation. ,.j "They're just too reserved, she told a friend. In fact, some Glow of them act like they don't know how to talk." Embarrassed, the friend whispCHRISTMAS IS A BEAUTIFUL sea- ered that Sir Edgar Whitehead, the and son in almost any area surely British embassy official, was weeks just passed and the same ones in standing right beside them. preceding years were times of beauty in Senora Miranda quickly apologized to Sir Edgar but added: Cache Valley. leans were possessed of special By M. L. NIELSEN I wish you had said something WITH 1958 ABOUT to burst talents or skills or abilities not However, one facet of the season that instead of just standing there upon us, I feel inclined to Join shared by other people, epecial- are ly in the fields of science and the society of those who could be given added attention with rela- eavesdropping. dear lady," Sir Edgar taking stock of the present or technology. Most Americans did My cost and little yet produce great answered, I was not eavesdroptively casting a baleful eye at the not know or simply ignored additional pleasure to everyone concerned ping. Youve been standing in future. No one has asked me to the fact that many of the new is outdoor residential lighting. front of the hors d'oeuvres for do this, but that is the advantage developments in science, especialstill the last ten minutes. Ive just of a column of ones own: ly basic concepts, were Logan city certainly contributes its been v.aiting or you t0 move So Youhaving can go on spoutig your gems coming from the old countries of share m this behalf when it decorates the j couUl get soinething to eat. of wisdom, or Europe. o streets in the business section and in ad-- ' Now it has suddenly become your little in- dition makes electricity available free of alejandro frf.rs. the new anities, to your clear to the blindest American to heart's content, that even the Russians, people charge to those who wish to install out-- ' financial attache the Argentine limited only by who a generation ago were ignor-th- e door lighting at their homes. The Logan patience, ant serfs, possess talents, skills, Chamber of Commerce has added some sc,ieduUT ne explains: and acumen of and abiliues equal to our own, incentive by conducting an annual con- n home we never went out It may now dawn upon the jour editor. I write sciousness of Americans that the test for the most attractive residential for cocktails until seven or eight 1958 never ate dinner until nine realize Chinese too are born with abili-thdisplay. However, despite these factors andton. cent-- ! tics which go far beyond the mak- are asked for the Here you who few been have'or have there Let The Lights Eisenhower Doctrine for APRIL Jordan drove out elements in his army and government in surprise coup. 15. Ike threw out first ball for chilly baseball opener. 20. Mayflower II left Plymouth, England, bound for America. 26. U. S. ordered the Sixth Fleet to Mideast, saying Communists menace Jordan. evening friends asked she had left her initials in Washington. of FIRST THING friends asked In the White I Muse I Assistant White House Press Sec- - course. she retary Ann Wheaton when she thought they would show up bet- returned from the NATO confer- - ter there than anywhere else. ence was how many new hats she WASHINGTONS most eligible bought in Paris. Didn't buy a single one, Ann young bachelors have nicknamed replied. Im saving my money themselves the Dubs as a take-of-f for a steel helmet to wear the on the Debs. Each year they next time I have to hold an throw a big holiday ball which as Vice emergency press conference by attracts such nam President Nixon, joint Chiefs of myself. O Staff Head Gen. Nathan Twining, VISITOR to Washington, Petite Marine Commandant Gen. Ranof dolph Pate, U. S. Treasurer Ivy Parado, charming sister-in-la- the French. 5. Senate approved O wine they had tasted was $2 26 Tower. Other per bottle, compared to $4.71 for BY DOUGLAS LARSEN AND JERRY BENNETT Whether our statesmen feel these judgments are merited or not, they have had to act on them. That is the meaning meetof our yielding on another when our time a at Russians the with ing governments whole aim in NATO was in a totally different direction. It is to be hoped that the hard lesson learned at Paris has not been lost upon our leaders. pfi957. agreed to n 16. President Ramon Magsaysay of Philippines was killed in a plane crash. 21. Four-da- y Bermuda conference opened between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. 29. Executive Council of AFL-CIsuspended Dave Beck from the council. Growing A Bit Bald; Time Differences Atm-n- Thought For The Day east. sures. fifty-eight- h him. Ben-Gurio- MARCH el Nothing spectacular in the way of prosperity; but something stable and reasonably opulent. There have been no major catastro-phiealthough personal tragedies and heartaches have come to a few, as such things usually do. No big industries have chosen sites within the Valley, but several existing ones have remained in good health and some even have achieved additional growth. Farm crop yields have been normal: some have exceeded a longtime average, and a couple fell a bit short. But all in all, yields have been good. Fanners feel of the price-cosqueeze continuing, course. And yet, diversified agriculture, such as that common in Cache, seems to be meeting the problems with reasonable resourcefulness. The dairy industry has continued ro- insurance companies. 16. Arturo Toscanini, 89, famed conductor died. 19. UN demanded that Israel withdraw her troops from Egypt. 20. Eisenhower and Nixon were aworn in for second terms. FEBRUARY Plane crash on Rikers Island, N.Y., killed 101 aboard within one minute of takeoff from Guardia Field. 15. Gromyko replaced Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister. 25. U.S. ordered the Sixth Fleet to Mideast, saying ings in Washington on corruption in the Teamsters two factors: e 1. Americas lag in the field has put even the sturdiest NATO leaders on the spot with their peoples. They want to talk to the Russians partly to buy time to allow us to catch up if we own. Cache Valley And 1957 -- -- ai rr Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Jordan to smooth truce crisis between Jordan and Israel. 10. Many Congressmen and other leaders began urging a crash program of rocket and satellite research and construction. 15. Dave Beck was convicted of grand larceny. 17. Eisenhower attended NATO meetings in Paris, and pronounced delibrations as successful so far as western defense is concerned. |