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TODAY IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS 'MAYBE FOR A VISIT, BUT I'D HATE TO LIVE 12 Ways To Bait Editors LETTERS wraE EDITOR, three colleges with amazingly modern drama departments. St. Mary's always manages to catch the current stage fancy, making good use of tri-college talent. Winona State is the first Midwest college to introduce us to the arena style of theater art. And we thank the College of Saint Teresa for encouraging the initiative and imagination of Director John Marzocco with his summer theater idea and the diversified choice of productions.

Virginia Leicht 509 Maceman Religious "view Of Mideait Situation To the Editor: It aeems to me, in regard to the Middle East crisis, so many people are more concerned what man says, than what God had said. We know, that God had promised the Jews an inheritance, even stating the boundaries of their inheritance. And we know, that through disobedience they were put in exile, over all the worfd for a punishment. And in these last days, through the mercy of God, they are draweth back to their inheritance and homeland. This is not a question what man says, but what God said, and is still effective today- Am happy to" know, that the United States has recognized Israel as a nation, and even Russia is willing to let Israel be a nation.

I ani sure that the United States did not aid Israel in the quick victory over the Arab states, but God used Israel as an instrument, -to fulfill His act. In these last days, we very likely will see more of God's strange acts, to prove to us, that He still is on the throne. My Lord, not my will, but Thine be done, should be our watchword for today. 4 Christian Thoeny Fountain City, Wis." To Your Good Health THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND A NEWSPAPER editor eflon it portray. ed as a cantankerous, ulcer-ridden person from a dyspeptic world whose only imbi tion to get YOUR name into the municipal court column, says Ken Berg, editor of the Mankato Free Tress.

But, says Ken, having observed various editors at close hand for some 23 yesrs, nothing is farther from the truth. He con. Editors are nice guys, even if we have to say so ourselves. Most are easy going and most have learned through the decades to control their tempers fairly welL Those who aren't, cr haven't, know their weaknesses and constantly renew pledges of amendment. The average editor not only likes people, he loves 'em.

He has to, or he'd go crazy In a week. PROBABLY NO ether buiineta, ob or professional calling, gives more exposure to human foibles than does the Fourth Estate. And in what other business does one hear as much of "I sure could do a better job than you if I had your Thus the editor is pretty tolerant of the complexities of the human mind, knowing full well it's difficult to look dignified while losing your head. The ornery editor wasn't born that way it's the persons who fling "red flag'1 phrases or questions at him that cause him to momentarily lose balance. SHOULD YOU choose te do liltlo "odi- tor baiting," here are some of the things to ask or request.

We guarantee results: 1. Tlease use the story as I've given it to you. We want it for our group's scrap, book." (They'll do it every time.) 2, "How come it wasn't in the paper?" (In 95 percent of the cases "it" was in the paper the reader just missed it.) 3. "You're invited and bring your camera." (The greenest cub reporter knows belter than to fall for this trap. Besides, a free rubber chicken dinner won't get you any more publicity.) 4.

"Are you busy?" (No, we just put in a 60-hour week because we like our work so well.) 5. "I know it's Sunday, but would you (We like to work on Sunday even better.) 6. "We want you to be our pub-licity chairman and (Oh no, we won't. You can grind your own ax.) 7. "My uncle is one of your big advertisers, and he'll (If he quits adver-tising it'll hurt him more than the newspaper.) 8.

"For $25 would you keep my name out of the police report?" (Sorry, we can't. If the editor gets pinched, his name will appear, too.) 9. "You should have known about it!" (No newspaper employs a mind reader. The city blows the fire whistle to alert firemen, and any newspaper needs advance notice, too.) 10 "Our publicity chairman sent you (This is the oldest dodge in the book. What this means is that she forgot to send it in.) 11.

"You used her name and not (She planned the meeting, you only attended.) 12. "The wedding was only two months ago." (So was Easter.) SUCH IS journalism. And it sure it fun if you're color-blind to red flags. Detroit Most Inte grated Big City in America Riot Sites Were Predicted By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON Are the riots in American cities the result of a preconceived plan, or do they break out spontaneously only after some-one furnishes the spark? Federal officials say they have no evidence of a conspiracy. This doesn't mean, however, that elements outside of a given city have not contributed to the outbreaks or that criminals who have no special concern with racial agitation do not use the opportunity to loot and to commit acts of vandalism.

Strangely enough, the riots which have taken place in many of the large citiei were specifically predicted nearly three months ago. The results of a survey made by "U.S. News World Report" were published last April Stv. eral members of its staff talked to national and local Negro leaders, officials and police In more than 25 cities which were listed as spots of potential trouble. THE SURVEY abowed evidences of widen-spread alarm, and friction was reported to exist not only between Negroes and whites but among people of Puerto Rican and Mexican backgrounds who feel their problems are being neglected while Negroes get aid.

As to where the riots were most likely to erupt, the magazine article at the time quoted Floyd McKissick, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, which has 200 branches in 43 states. He said: "Hardly any community in this country can call itself immune to trouble this coming summer." When asked to name the most likely trouble spots, Mr. McKissick added: "Cleveland stands out like a very sore thumb. Nearly every city in New Jersey is in bad trouble. I'd bet that New Jersey will never get through the summer without trouble.

"Among other cities, I'd name New York, Detroit, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and especially East St. Louis, Chicago, Gary, San Francisco and Oakland, Los Angles, of course, and also Washington, D.C." The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King had warned on April 16 that at least ten cities were "powder kegs" that could "explode Into racial violence this summer." He named among those cities New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, Washington and Newark.

NOBODY HAS explained why persons with known criminal records happen to be present when riots break out and why so many of them are equipped with guns which permit them to become snipers from rooftops. The problem Is one of prevention and protection. But when a city's police force is en-Urged, the cry is heard that the police are "brutal" and are enemies of the Negroes. Even Negro policemen are subject to attack. It is obvious that the federal, state and city governments have known in advance about po- -tential trouble.

They seem unable, however, to agree on what measures of restraint should be taken. IN YEARS GONE BY Ten Years Ago 1957 George Stever, son of Otto Stever, has been awarded a scholarship at the University of Minnesota where he is a student. He is enrolled as a freshman in the institute of technology. Miss Esther G. Johnson, a teacher in Winona Public Schools, is enrolled for the summer session at the University of Maine, Twenty-Five Years Ago 1942 Miss Ann Mattison, daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. P. A. Mattison, left for Custer, where she wlil visit her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs.

Frank Jackson for a month. Miss Arlene McCabe will be featured in a group of vocal numbers at the Winona Senior Municipal Band program. The band is. under the direction of Harold Edstrom. Fifty Years Ago 1917 The Ideal Transportation of which Frank J.

Fugina of this city Is president, has sold more than 600 cords of wood to the United States government, which will be shipped from the local fuel yard to Camp Douglas for use in the army kitchens. Men are being sent to work on farms daily by the Winona Association of Commerce. The biggest crops in the history of Winona County are being raised and the demand for men was never greater. Seventy-Five Years Ago 1892 Mrs. T.

J. Preece, who in Winona was always known for her advocacy and teaching of physical culture, has undertaken to give a course of lessons on this subject to the 200 teachers attending the summer school at the state university, Minneapolis. A new brass band is being organized by Mrs. Mary Huffman and at the request of some of the boys she has consented to assume direction. On Hundred Years Aqo 1867 S.

Van Winkle has moved his tailoring establishment to a more convenient location in Ford's Block. Prof. Lyman, the eminent elocutionist and humorist of St Louis, is on a visit to the and is giving occasional entertainments by the way. He is stopping in Winona on his way to St. Paul.

Would Invite Negre Families To City To the Editor: It's easy enough to be as indignant as W. F. White over the recent senseless rioting and destruction in Negro ghettos. White American ao-cicty finds it easy enough to cry, "Justice must be done" to these offenders, who have never even been accepted into this same society. Where was the cry, "Justice must be done" when in millions of instances since the beginning of Negro slavery in this country Negroes have been denied their most basic rights under the law and have suffered countless humiliations in the family of God.

While we sat on our hands the leadership of the Negro cause passed from the shaky control of the moderates to the control of extremists and hate-mongers. We should have helped fill the leadership vacuum. There were a few who com. mitted themselves to the cause of the oppressed, but it wasn't me and it wasn't you. We sat here in our nice little white city and said it didn't concern us.

And weren't we glad we didn't live in the big city with its race problems! Now it is our problem because it's all America's problem, and we'd better do more than cry "Justice must be done" for white American society. We'd better invite these Negroes to full participation in white American society or they will continue, as outsiders, not to give a darn whether the law is obeyed or not. We could and should invite some Negro families to find jobs, make homes, and raise their children in our wonderful town. What an improvement over being trapped in a degrading slum! We could begin to overcome our race prejudice by putting into action the feeling of brotherhood we wish we had towards the Negro. I'm like you I'm prejudiced to some extent against Negroes.

And I'm like you I want to obey God's rule to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And you're like me if you were trapped in an urban ghetto you'd like someone to show you the way out. There is a time for study, and time for action. The time for study was used up long, long ago. The time for action slipped by us as we dreamed away in our little valley.

Now we are faced with chaos and our choices of action get fewer and fewer. We can demand that the law take its course which it will, anyway and think' we have done our duty as citizens. We can stand on the sidelines while the rest of America struggles with this problem. Or we can get involved and do something constructive and REAL to solve this problem. I stand for a positive, constructive act and am willing to face the consequences.

Who stands with me? Mrs. James Dresser 534 Glenview Drive Happy Results From Summer Theatre To the Editor: Happy results of team spirit and group effort certainly are obvious in the work of the Winona Summer Theatre. Before this 1967 summer ends, we should say thank you to this group for its third successive season of entertaining plays. We hope this fine community co-operative program will continue each year. It was special fun attending each of the three plays again this year.

As with the usual stock company, one gets to know the actors and watch for their individual, varied characteristics. Among the many good portrayals, special compliments to Steve Andersen who handled the difficult opening spots of each play with assurance and fin-: esse; to Marcy McCann for her professional performances in "Mad Woman of Chaillot" and "Merry and to the surprisingly good dancing group, whenever it appeared. It must have been exciting for the players to have with them such real professionals as Julie Haydon, Frank Do-land, and Robert Oram. The College of Saint Teresa auditorium has ample stage with good acoustics, but it is not quite large enough for the powerful voice of Joan Pet-zka the truly beautiful "Mer-ry Widow." Winona is lucky to have By Parker and Hart WE OUR to hoot and jeer, then threw rocks at car windows. This points to one reason for the Detroit outbreak namely, the crime increase and police failure to clean it up.

Those who started the Detroit riots were the criminal element. But they spread. And Detroit police, understaffed by 500 men, were inade- quate. At first, however, it was not their fault. They were ordered not to resist looters.

The head of the Civil Rights Commission, Damon Keith, a Negro who is expected to become a federal judge, phoned the news media asking them not to publicize the riots; to give Negro leaders time to get things under control. Congressman John Conyers, a Negro, invaded the 12th Street area to urge his fellow Negroes to keep the peace. Conyers was knocked off the top of his car. Meanwhile the police stood by, still under orders not to shoot. All over town this word spread like wildfire.

It was a free license to loot. Black and white citizens alike took advantage of that license. Out of one store ten Negroes carried a safe. A policeman looked the other way. Through Sunday the looting continued.

Food, appliances, "Of course, the drawback on one committee after like the type who I By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON On May 14, this writer devoted a column to the city of Detroit and its mayor, Jerome Patrick Cavanagh, describing him as the No. 1 glamor mayor of America, now facing the fact that his wife had left him, that he had spent too much time traveling abroad, that his city had the biggest crime increase of any in the USA and that he faced a recall. The mayor vigorously de nied these points and threat ened a libel suit over the report that his wife had left him. As of this week, unfortunately, most of the above facts resulted in tragic headlines across the nation. Cavanagh sued for separate maintenance.

The police let part of the population get completely out of hand. And the city faced $200,000,000 of damages in the worst street looting in the last half century. TRAVELING over Detroit by helicopter, observers looked down on charred walls, lone chimneys, smoking ruins, a scene familiar to American bomber pilots over Germany in World War II. No one would ever have thought it could happen in America. Yet it did happen, in a city which was completely integrated, where Negroes had lucrative jobs in the auto plants, the only city in the USA sending two Negroes to Congress.

In Detroit, Negroes and whites for many years have lived side by side. Most of them owned their own homes. Walter Reuther years ago had welcomed Negroes into the United Auto Workers, making it one of the most completely integrated unions in the nation. Yet sections of this model city now lie in smoldering ruins. Why? There Is no one reply to that question; but telling the story of what happened may give the answers.

Trouble began at 5 a.m. Sunday when the police raided the "Blind Pig" in the 12th Street area. There is a 2 a.m. closing time for liquor establishments in Detroit, and the police would have been remiss had they failed to raid the Blind Pig. INSIDE THEY arrested 70 Negroes, and started to load them into three cars.

However they did not get them loaded fast enough, and a crowd of pimps and prostitutes gathered. They began THE WIZARD OF ID furs, clothing, firearms, all were carried away by the armful or the truckload. Drug stores and liquor stores were broken open. Looters got drunk on gin and hopped up on drugs. FINALLY, late Sunday evening, the National Guard was ordered in.

But there was another delay of three hours. Meanwhile the looting continued. And during the Sunday night it spread to the east side, and a day later to Pontiac and surrounding cities. Like a prairie fire it spread. 'l One committee representing 191 groceries told its All white, they had been wiped out.

They had not been able to get insurance in that part of town. One man told how he had worked seven days a week for 24 years, saved up $28,000. Now all was gone. There was' a total of 714 reported fires. Early Monday morning a woman called the fire department, beseeching them to come to her home.

She said it was on fire. The department responded to her entreaties. The fire engines ran into a deadly crossfire of shooting. It was a trap. The firemen had to abandon two of their trucks.

to tweeds is you wind up another because you look gets things done." 6Xr, it i It Eye Turns Out Trouble By J. G. MOLNER, M. D. Dear Molner: My problem is with my 3-year- old daughter.

One of her eyes turns out when, she stares, or even looks direc-tly at me. My husband says it isn't anything to be. con- cerned about, but it worries me. I have a son, 13, almost sightless in his right eye 1 but with 3020 vision in the other. Do I have reason to be concerned? Mrs? N.C.

Yes, you decidely do have reason to be concerned. Your daughter apparently has a defect in the muscles, or muscle balance, of the eyes. One of the serious' re-! suits of this type of defect is that when the eyes do not focus correctly, a person will see a double image. Nature rebels at the confusion. Grad-' ually the person begins to use the one eye and not the other and eventually much or all of the sight of the unused eye is lost.

Therefore the defect should be corrected as early as possible. Surgery may be re-; quired, but this is not a serious procedure. The decision, naturally, should be in the hands of a specialist. Some weeks ago I answered a somewhat similar question, although by no stretch of the imagination as urgent as this, one today. It involved a mother who was told by others that her child's eye turned The mother herself could not detect it.

I felt that it might be well to wait to see whether, there was really a defect. Several physicians specializing in ophthalmology urged' that I reconsider the answer. Imbalance, they told me, can at times appear to be very slight yet still cause loss of the use of an eye. That is, if you are inside looking out if you are the child with the muscle balance defect even a rather small error in focussing the eyes can cause a blurring, or cause double vision, and the tendency to begin using only one eye. Therefore I withdraw that earlier answer, and suggest that any child be examined if there is any indication that one eye does not coordinate with the other, regardless of whether the eye turns inward, outward, or in any other direction.

This does not apply, of course, to infants whose eyes do not track well at birth. It takes a bit of time for the baby to learn to use both eyes to look at something. If, after those early months, the eyes do not focus properly, then have the child examined. If treatment is necessary, the sooner the better. I Time To Become Good Outdoor Citizen ARRESTS FOR litterbugging bocomo more common each weekend and will increase as the picnic and lingering outdoor season increases in popularity, A dozen partie were arrested along the river during thj past weekend.

The impression still prevails that river banks belong to no one and nobody cares about keeping them sanitary and clean. It is all right to throw an unwanted fish in the weeds; the remains of the lunch, or empty beer containers, they seem to think. But those days are gone. Today, with the big increase in outdoor facilities, sanitation is important and the states and fed eral government have laws and regulations covering litterbugging and men to enforce them. Beyond the health factor, the cost is also important.

The federal government has racers patrolling the Wild life Refuge area; the highway patrol enforces the litU bug regulation as part of its duties; game wardens and sheriff deputies regularly make arrests for litterbugging. Collecting litter costs the highway department, vast sums annually. If the thought could be conveyed to the public that each one of us is part owner of the outdoors and the same care to keep it clean should be exercised as we do to our own yard, a great forward step would be made. Keep the outdoors clean and beautiful. Be a good outdoor citizen.

WINONA DAILY NEWS An Independent Newspaper Established H55 W. F. Whiti G. R. Closwat C.

E. Linden Publisher Exec. Director Business Mgr. and Editor Adv. Director Adoi.ph Bremes Gordon Holts A.

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