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Astronomy Questions
Br J. HUGH PRUETT
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Ortgea Higher Education System
- Here, are some questions
which frequently have come to
me. Their answers will , likely
be of interest to many others.
L What !s the very bright
object in the eastern sky early,
in the evening and ' the still
brighter one in the southeast in
the dawn? : 5 ; J. - '
These have been discussed fre
quently, but for those who miss
ed the articles we can state that
the evening object is the planet
Jupiter, and the one in the morn
ing sky is the planet Venus, the
most brilliant of all planets or
. stars. ;
Eclipses in 195S r' v '
' 2. What eclipse will be visible
during 1955? - v " ' : f r
I'm sorry to give such a dis
couraging answer, but this year
will be very unspectacular for
us in regard to eclipses. Not one
will, be visible in any of the
states where this article will be
published. There is a total solir
eclipse on June 20, but this can
be seen only from the vicinity
of Southern Asia! On "Dec. 14
an annular (not annual); or ring,
-eclipse of the sun will occur in
about the same region Nov.. 29
there will be a partial lunar
eclipse, i but the moon will set
here .before the event. ,.
Some may ask, "What is an
annular solar eclipse?" Such
-'would be ' a total eclipse were
-the moon : much closer, to the
earth on the date of occurrence.
It would then hide the entire
'face, of the sun.: But at times
during a month old Luna is 30,
000 miles farther, from us than
- at others. It then looks some
what smaller and will not quite
cover the face of the sun. All
is blacked out with the excep
tion of a; narrow ring of bril-
- liant light around the,outerim
of the sun. "Annular" means
"ring." ;y-"V y: ..v..
Solar Spotldnss "
3. W,e are told that unspots
are most numerous every 11.2
years and that at such times
magnetic .' disturbances and the
aurora borealis, or n o t h e r n
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lights, are most frequent Where
are we now in the sunspot cycle?
The last maximum of solar
spottedness seems I to have oc
curred in May 1947 The time
between ' maxima is not always
11.2 years, but if this average
applies this . time, the next
should take place in 1958. Since
the fall from maximum to mini
mum is generally slower than
the rise from' minimum to max
imu, we are likely now about at
a minimum. Some days, the past
few months not a single 'spot
could be seen . by ... telescopic
means. At about the times of
maximum many spots are al
ways visible on the solar face.
4. When will brilliant Venus
again grace the evening twi
light? - - ; ; --
Not until next autumn. Venus
will be a "morning star" until
Sept 1 when it will pass be
hind the sun and get into the
evening twilight. But it will) be
a few weeks later before it can
be easily seen. It will be a nice
Christmas star next December.
Two Found Dead in
Gas Filled Motel
Salem (U.R) Two Port
land men were found dead in a
gas-filled motel, cabin in North
Salem Friday, and the coroner's
o f f i c e . ' indicated accidental
death by asphyxiation.
- : The two men" identified as
Demzel Weston, 28, and Bur
ford E. Conway, 49. N -,,.:y.
'4 Authorities said : they appar
ently had been dead more than
24 hours when found by E. B.
Gabriel, operator of the Cherry
City. cottages., .Gabriel told of
ficers the , two had registered
at the motel Wednesday and
said they planned to go to the
Silverton area Thursday to cut
wood. Their car was still there
Friday so Gabriel investigated
and found the cottage filled with
gas. from two open burners on a
stove.
Tags Needed on Trees
foMichi
Salem (U.R) Oregon nur
serymen can no longer ship na
tive plants or trees to Michigan
unless the materials bear an ex
tra ; tag available through the
State Department of Agriculture
at' Lansing, Mich., the Oregon
State Department of Agriculture
said today. ) ;
This is a special tag to label
shipments of native , stock .. as
such. Cost of the tags is nominal,
25 cents per 100. -fi
The information was received
this week by Frank McKennon,
plant division chief of the Ore-'
gon Department of Agriculture.
The Michigan "native plant" tag
is' in addition to usual nursery
permits. -; , . iV
Four Southern
Oregon Men Enlist
1 Four, southern ' Oregon," men
last week . enlisted in the Army,
according to Sfc. Warren M.
Long, Army 'recruiting station
commander. :: ; v ': : -
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: Paul Raymond Emery, son of
Cecil F.5 Emery, 513 Beatty st,
enlisted for the ordnance corps.
J- James ; Leonard' Pans,r of
Claremore, Okla., enlisted while
visiting at the home of . relatives
here, and will join the engineer
corps.' - ""
' Frank Dennis Mooring, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter. W. -Mooring,
Jacksonville, : enlisted un
der the specific school program,
and after eight' weeks of basic
training at Ft Ord; Calif., will
enter the engineer equipment
maintenance school : at Ft Bel
voir, Va. He is a 'graduate of
Jacksonville High' school. -.-t ;i
: Charles Herman Mitchell,: son
of Everett A. Mitchell, Williams,
a prior service man who, reen
listed for the 2nd Infantry ' di
vision,' Ft Lewis, Wash., with
the rating of corporaL : v
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Planning
Oregon Voter Sale
Portland U.F5 The "grad
ual" sale of the Oregon Voter,
pocket sized weekly publication,
to Walter . W. R. May was an
nounced Saturday by. the. pub
lisher, C. C. Chapman. c
: Chapman : said that both he
and May would act -as publish
ers jointly for a while, but that
May ultimately: would take over
complete ownership.
, The 40-year-old- publication
was established by Chapman
when he came to Portland from
Chicago in 1915. ,'. -;.-'."
May is expected to take over
the manaement of the nublica-
tion Anril 30. He was former
publisher of the Oregon City
.Enterprise . courier.
Small Craft Have
Plan Disapproved
Portland U.PJ .Construc
tion.1 of a small craft haven at
Des , Moines Harbor, Wah., was
disapproved Saturday by the U,
S. Corps of Engineer here, i
:-l The recommendation for dis
approval was. forwarded to1 the
Senate' Committee on Public
Works in Washington, D. C.
3 Col. L. H. Footed division 'en
gineer, said - the , open . coastline
in the vicinity ' of Des Moine
would require costly breakwater
construction which would not
be justified ecoripmicalty.'
He said also the improvements
would, require a large local con
tribution and that promoters : in
the area . had indicated it. could
not be raised. l..-, J--
MAY COME1 HOME SOOlf Mrs. Edwin Clark, wife of Sgt
Edwin Clark of the Air Force and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James' Daily, 830 East Ninth St, ' is shown .above in a chest
respirator, in which she is allowed to spend part of her time.'
; Mrs: Clark, a Medfbrd girl who was stricken with infantile
.paralysis in' Bangor jMe.; on Labor. Day. of, last ' year,: must
; spend the remainder of her tire in a' huge iron lung. Her .
husband," shown with her in ; the photo,:" said he has been
' told by doctors that his wife' soon may" return to her home in
Medford but it will be necessary for her to live, for the time
7 being, in the "lung."; She is now confined in a hospital in .
- Oakland,Calif.,The.Jackson;,county chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has informed Clark that
when his wife returns to Medford the chapter will provide
i an iron lung,- chest respirator, rocking bed,, nursing service
and other aids which might be required. The money will
come from March of Dime funds., -, ; .. :; j. ,u ,
B i I Is i n Leg isla f u re
Salem U.R) , The Oregon
state forester has asked that the
state, forest patrol assessment
fund be allowed to keep that
percentage of its revenue that
now has to be turned over to
the general iund every year. :
, In a" bill introduced by the
House Committee on Forestry'
and Mining at request of the
forester, t the law would be
amended, to eliminate the re
quirement that a certain per
centage of the assessment fund
be put in the general fund of
state money. ! luv.i '. -
v. Salem U.PJ A Portland rep
resentative, Fred Meeks, has in
troduced a bill' in the House to
makepublic transit companies
eligible for a state gasoline tax
refund City, bus. lines have long
sought the refund to help them
solve their financial problems.
Meeks also introduced a bill
to extend the ' regulations for
trolley rbuses -in -a city , to an
area in a three-mile radius be
yond the city. .. . . .. . ; 1
' Saleni 0J.PJ A bill has been
introduced -in the House to per
mit firemen to use a blue lamp
and "i: certain - insignia ;on their
private cars for use when;they
are - on emergency duty. 5 ? t
. Saleni WJ;!)--The Oregon Seri
ate paid r tribue to two of Jts
members named first citizens in
their communities by gi v i n g
Starts
tomorrow
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them standing ovations. They
are Sen. Mark Hatfield of Sa
lem and Sen. Lowell: Steen of
Milton-Freewater.
Sunday January 23. 1858 v
H2DP0RD (OSZGOIff) MAIL T8TBUKZ VS
Five-Ycar Dovelopmont of
Oregon State Parlis Slaved
Portland U.R) The tenta
tive approval of a five year
development plan for Oregon
state parks was announced Sat
urday by the Oregon State High
way Commission.
The plan calls for the expend
iture of 13,100,000 for the devel
opment of parks and another
$3,000,000 for p then operation
during: the. next five years.. -
To Purchase 720 Acres
The commission said also - it
planned to purchase an addition-
TV, Used To Scan -Bottom
of River .
At The Dalles Dam
: , The' Dalle -1 (U.R) There
are some workers on the gov
ernment payroll her who ar
getting paid to do nothing but )
watch teUvision.
- Th programming howvr
is not th usual run- of horse -opra.
TH ' U.S. Army Corps .of
Engineers - is using ilvisioa
' cameras to inspect th bottom
of th Columbia rivr in th
enclosure - area of Th ; Dalles :
dam. ' - 1 , 1
' Lt. Col David S. Parker
said it was the first rim a
lelerision circuit, has b n
used to map lb general re
lief of th river bed by the
Portland district. ' , ',
'. , Th watertight camera uied
here is th sam on used last
, month at Grand Coul to ex
amine erosion damage at th
bas. of that, project's .spill-,
way. i . i , , " . -
: , At Grand Coulee however, -diver
was 1 used to mov - th -
camra around.' Ht xh
camera is manipulated by gear r
on a barge.
Body of Tillamook
Drowning Victim Found
Tillamook (U.R) The body
of Dallas Jay Smith, 51, of Tilla
mook, was recovered from the
Wilson river nine miles east of
here Friday by a local fisher
man. - Smith, and two unidentified
passengeri, were tossed into the
Wilson river when their skiff
capsized Wednesday,' the Coast
Guard reported. The two pass
engers managed : : to swim to
shore'.
Temporary Cut Sef
In Welfare Checks - v
; Portland (U.R) Persons on
welfare - rolls . in Multnomah
county will be getting short
checks the next two months. 1-
.The State Public Welfare
Commission so ordered the
county commission in an attempt
to, make up a . $198,000 . deficit
in their bank balance. The order
will affect; about 3,000 persons.
The action: will cost each recip
ient about $22 a month. ' '. '
Chamber Men Reach 15
Peru; Jo Go to Chile ';, :
Lima, Peru (U.R) Eighteen
members of the Portland, Ore,
Chamber of Commerce arrived
Saturday on a tour of Latin
American nations to study com
mercial' relations and possibil
ities of investments. - --Vv
The group will remain here
until next Wednesday and then
go on to Santiago, Chile. -
Seals Reported Moving '
North Off. Oregon Coast
Astoria UJ9 ' A Coast
Guard cutter crew stationed
here has - reported one of the
earliest northward movement of
seaia seen in many years.
;rThe animals migrate north an
nually to the Pribilof islands for
mating. The crew reported, sight
ing a herd with up to 300 ani
mals recently. i ' ' 1
jungle Missions Film
To Be Shown Tonight
The motion picture, : "Jungle
Indians'', produced by the Bible
institute of Los Angeles, will be
presented at 7 p. m. taken at the
Bethel Baptist . church, 11. New
town;, street. -The picture was
filmed in Peru in , sound : and
and is a documentary of mission
ary 'effort in that area of South
America. . -
, Shown are sequences . of the
practices of . head, binding, the
bird islands, the life of mission
aries and natives in the jungle,
and the use of aircraft in mod
ern missionary wor k. .
Dr. Louis T. Talbot narrates
the story. The public is invited
No admission, will' be charged,
but a free-will offering will be
taken for use in the interests of
missions.
al 720 acres to take car of in
creased use. ; ' ' "
Spokesmen for , the commis
sion said the current budget was
considerably higher than those
of past years, but was needed
because of increased use of the
recreational spots.
Increase Predicted -
The action followed a predic
tion from the State Parks Divi
sion - that - more . than 8,000,000
persons would utilize Oregon's
parks by 1960 and that attend
ance would hit 10,000,000 by
1865.
' Most expansion of the park
system is planned near the more
populated areas of the state. '
The( five year plan calls for
the expansion of 72 park areas;
development - of 12 unimproved
parks and the construction of
four new areas. " - 1
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