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THE CANADIAN RECORD, Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1960
Forceful reminder
How not to keep it quiet!
COME people never learn.
^ A few days ago a citizen who had run
afoul of the law and been financially en-
lightened called The Record office with an
urgent request that the story be "kept out of
the paper."
This is not an unusual request, and we were
about to explain, as we have many times be-
fore, that routine reporting of such cases is
the policy of the newspaper and no exceptions
are made, when this character added that he
would "make it worth our while."
Like most, newspapermen . . . and, we hope,
the vast majority of American citizens ... we
have a strong distaste for bribery, so this only
made the refusal a little more positive.
Then we were advised, with some profanity,
that "there'll be a day of reckoning" and that
it would come to vis, personally, in short order
if we continued to be uncooperative.
Well . . . we've been threatened before, and
occasionally people have carried 'em out . . .
but they've never altered the policy of the
newspaper that way.
The temptation an editor always faces, in
such cases, is to play up the story in question
out of all proportion to its original import-
ance. We're going to resist the temptation, as
we have many times before. The story will be
published . . . with no more fanfare, and no
less, than if it. had not been brought so force-
fully to our attention.
A newspaper is a medium of public informa-
tion . . . not a vehicle for settling personal
grudges or granting personal favors.
One thing everybody ought to understand,
though . . . about this and most other news-
papers ... is this:
If you want to keep something out of print
. . . unless there is a good and logical reason
for it . . . your best bet is to keep quiet about
it. The editor is human and might overlook it.
If you call it to his attention by offering
him a bribe to forget it or a beating if he
doesn't, then it's going to be awful fresh on
his mind.
U-too, Mr. Kruschev?
*«PHE DESIGNATION of the plane brought
* down by the Russians, the U-2, could
have been the expression by Kruschev when
he pointed an accusing finger at this coun-
try," writes Congressman Walter Rogers in a
pertinent comment on current international
affairs.
"It would certainly bp appropriate," he con-
tinues, "because the Russians have been do-
ing the same thing for a long time and have
been caught at it in this country and Canada.
Although their activities have not yet involved
aerial reconnaissance, so far as we know, I
feel sure that some must have gone on. We
would certainly be naive to think otherwise."
Congressman Rogers then points to a big
question mark in international law . . . whore
is the upper limit of national sovereignty?
Or, how far is up?
The Russians are screaming that the U. S.
has violated international law by violating
their territorial boundaries.
"Since a boundary line is fixed on land and
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
Canadian (Hemphill County) Texas
BEN EZZELL . Editor
TED ROGERS Foreman
Entered as second class matter December 20.
19^5, at the Postoffice at Canadian, Texas,
under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published
each Thursday afternoon at Canadian, Texas,
by Ben R. and Nancy M. Ezzell.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Hemphill and Adjoining Counties:
One Year . .. $3.50
Elsewhere $4.50 per Year
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cfihe
water, extending downward to the center of
the earth and upward to the heavens," says
the Congressman, "it would probably be in
order to call attention to the fact that Russia,
by her own admission, violated the territorial
sovereignty of this country when she placed
Sputnik in orbit. She openly claimed that this
object passed immediately over the United
States."
"So far as I know," says Rogers, "there has
not been any separation of outer space insofar
as territorial boundaries are concerned. Per-
haps Russia is operating on the theory that
the violation of territorial boundaries in the
air space above a country depends on whether
or not. you are able to shoot down the object
in such air space.
"This has not, to my knowledge, been adopt-
ed as a rule of international law, and I doubt,
that it will be . . . but Russia has never been
known to be hesitant in making rules that fit
her own conduct favorably."
Not socialists
(From the Industrial News Review)
TF SOME have their way, the predicted fed-
oral budget surplus of $4.2 billion will
disappear, and in all possibility another defi-
cit will take its place. They would spend mon-
ey in virtually limitless amounts on new or
increased welfare state and similar legisla-
tion.
They won't, however, have the support of
the nation's grassroots editors. The "American
Press" recently polled a substantial number
of weekly newspaper editors on a list of cur-
rent controversial subjects. One question asked
how they'd prefer the bulk of the budget sur-
plus to be used. The answers: To reduct na-
tional debt, 80 per cent; to increase defense
expenditures, 11 per cent; to lower taxes, 18
per cent; for greater social welfare programs,
6 per cent; for federal aid to education, 2 per
cent.
These editors have seen the gradual devel-
opment of the welfare state In this country,
and realize its destructiveness—not only to
our wealth, but to our self-reliance, independ-
ence and freedoms. And the great majority
want no more of it
If you've been admiring those handsome new metal street
markers which members of the Canadian Lions Club have
been putting up in various sections of town recently . . . and
if you'd like to have the street corner nearest you marked the
same way . . . you can do it without half trying.
Just rally your neighbors and collect four American bucks
(or chip in the four dollars yourself if you want to save that
trouble) and turn over the cash along with the name of the
street intersection you want, to see marked to Dub Adams at
the First National Bank. The Lions will do the rest.
Those markers, by the way, cost considerably more than four
dollars. Each one represents a cash outlay of about seven dol-
lars . . . and the extra three dollars-plus is coming from the
Lions Club treasury. In addition, the Lions have negotiated
with companies operating hereabout for donations of enough
pipe to provide standards for all of the town's 160-odd inter-
sections . . . and Lions Clubbers are furnishing a Jot of labor
for installation, with an assist from City of Canadian em-
ployees.
The lion's share is taken care of . . . but the Lions need your
four-dollars-per-intersection donation to finish the job. That's
not much ... if your neighborhood hasn't joined the program,
why don't YOU sec that they do so . . . NOW.
Markers have been subscribed, by the way, for only 54 inter-
sections. That leaves a hundred more to be marked,
* * * *
There's been a lot of interest locally in the Canadian Cham-
ber of Commerce "Operation Nosey" . . . the block-by-block
check-up on the census figures. As this is written, only about
half of the block captains have reported . . . and it's too early
to tell much about the totals. Our guess is, however, that this
unofficial "re-count" is only going to confirm what, the census
takers found.
We were as surprised as the next person when the first of-
ficial census totals were announced a couple of weeks ago . . .
but the pattern is being repeated all over the Southwest, ap-
parently, and Canadian is no exception. Many towns, like ours,
which exected to show only slight gains during the past ten
years are turning up with substantial losses . . . and even
those towns which have had sizeable gains in population are
finding census figures far below expectations.
Apparently projections of the census bureau itself regarding
the size of American families have been somewhat awry — at
least in these areas. Obviously, if we have as many or more
dwelling units occupied than ten years ago . . . and every
available statistic except the population count indicates that
we do have . . . then there must be a lot fewer people per
dwelling than there were. That, the census people are saying
now, is what has happened . . . we've expanded in the area we
occupy, not in numbers.
In other words, we're living higher on the hog. We have more
private rooms . . . more telephones . . . we're using far more
electricity to power our increasing conveniences . . . and we've
got more cars (but fewer children) per family than we had a
decade ago.
* * * *
Speaking of cars, a total of 1,668 motor vehicles (family
autos, trucks and pick-ups) were registered in Hemphill county
this year by the 3,123 people counted in the 1960 census. That's
a little better than two wheels per person ... so if you're walk-
ing around this area, you're very likely to walk alone.
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HMERICA is a place where it's trashy to sit
** on the porch in your undershirt . . . but
gracious living if you've got nothing on but
shorts.
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1960, newspaper, May 19, 1960; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth184005/m1/2/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.