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V;;,.f - 4 HIS BEST FRIEND In this case it's a gas mask as a scout dog and his handler participate in a mock gas attack during maneuvers somewhere in Germany. The Army's highly trained dogs are so important in combat that they have their own gas masks to be worn in event of enemy attack. (Department of Defense photo from NEA Telephoto). Beauty in Twilight Br J. HUGH PRUETT Astronomer. Extension Division Oregon Tifher Education System Now that the long lummer evenings again are with us and iince there will be no appre ciable moonlight to interfere With our study for the next 10 days, we have the opportunity, if clear skies favor us, to ob serve the beauty found in the twilight or the gloaming, as the poets sometimes term it. 'Were the earth without an iry covering the condition prevailing on the moon deep flight would immediately follow unset. Twilight comes from the reflection of sunlight from the part of our atmosphere extend ing from near the earth up to 50 miles above us. Shortly after sunset we get most of the re flection" from the lower and denser sections which are quite dust-laden. This gives strong twilight. Atmosphere Too Rare - Later, as the sun sinks farther below the horizon, its rays strike only the higher thinner part. Above 50 miles the atmosphere is too rare and distant for human eyes to detect reflections from it. When the sun reaches 18 degrees below the sky line, its rays can illuminate no air un der the 50 mile limit and as tronomical twilight ends. But long before this most eyes can dectect no reflected light in the sky. Civil twilight ends when the sun is only six degrees be low the horizon. At the equator, where old Sol always sinks "straight down," twilight is shorter than any where else in the world. In our middle northern latitudes, and especially during the summer, the sun goes down at a consid erable slant northward and re quires much longer than at the equator to lose its effect on the sky. At the latitude of Van couver, B.C., during the time of the longest days, some twilight exists in the northern sky all night. Still farther north this is much more pronounced in every respect. Opposite Place of Sunset A most interesting spectacle detectable first perhaps 20 min utes after sundown is the rising of the dark twilight arc. This comes up opposite the place of sunset, so at this season is cen tered in the southeast, and is best observed when the sky is ENDS TOMORROW! PLUS 2ND Also Latest World Hatch The unusually clear. Let us watch the southeast while strong twilight still fills the entire sky. Soon a diffuse pinkish fringe rests on the ho rizon. Almost imperceptibly it widens and rises, assuming the shape but not the colors of a rainbow. Gradually all the space beneath the narrow curve of pink appears deep blue and very dark. This is actually the shadow of the earth on its own atmosphere". Within its bound aries all twilight tints have al ready departed and real night has arrived. Long before this arc reaches the zenith, its edge becomes con fused. When finally it touches the sunset horizon, all twilight is gone from the sky and night reigns supreme across the entire visible firmament. Convicted Murderer Requests Judgment Klamath Falls (U.FU Florin M. "Curley" Coon, convicted murderer, Friday filed with the Klamath county circuit court a petition asking for a judgment in his favor notwithstanding the verdict. Coon's attorneys asked for a new trial if the judgment were denied. A hearing on the motion will be held next week. A week-long trial brought out sordid testimony of the beating of Lily Coon following a drink ing party last Oct. Coon was found guilty of second degree murder last May 27. He was sen tenced to life imprisonment. . During , the trial, defense at torneys repeatedly moved for dismissal on grounds the indict ment failed to contain sufficient facts to constitute a crime and that the state had not proven all the allegations in the indictment. The defense also charged the state with turning the trial into a sex case. TWO REAPPOINTED Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson has reappointed Wil liam C. Oetmger and Glenn Dun can of Portland as members of the Oregon State Apprenticeship Council. Oetinger represents veteran employees and Duncan repre- I sents employees. wiuum wuet HOLDEN KELLY nUDMC MICKEY MARCH ROOXEY GREAT HIT!- News A Color Cartoon j Sky! Tuesday! Boy Awaits Circus With Good Reason Hell See Mother Seven-year-old Charles Grady, who lives with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Higdon, Fern Valley rd., is looking forward to the arrival June 16 of Clyde Beatty's circus with more than usual interest, even for a boy his age. It means he will have a visit CHj Could Assume Grady, who travels with the circus, and then a week with his mother as the circus continues on its circuit. She is downtown ticket seller for the organization. Long With Circus Mrs. Grady, the former Miss Golda Higdon, is the widow of the late Ed Grady, and for 10 years the couple traveled to gether with the bigtops. They both did various circus jobs, and her favorite was showing the gaited horses. .She also did a great deal of trapeze ' work which she learned after touring with the shows. Her husband died about IVi years ago and she rejoined the circus this year af ter an absence from performing. She was graduated from Med ford High school and was a mem ber of the first graduating class from the present building on South Oakdale ave., which was in the 1930s. She also attended Washington grade school and Medford Junior high school. Occasionally Lived Here The Gradys occasionally lived in the valley throughout the winter months. A family dinner with some of ine circus statf as guests is planned at the home of Mrs. Grady's brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr and Mrs. W. S. Rose on Janriey lane. Another sister, Mrs. -J. C. (Bill) -Cox, the for mer Miss Deah Higdon, recently returned here to live from Eu gene. Mrs. Grady and Mrs. Cox be gan circus life together with the Al G. Barnes show but Mrs, Cox left the work after travel ling for a year. Russell Wants On Military Reserve Setup Washington (U.R) Chair man Richard B. Russell (D-Ga ) of the Senate Armed Services committee said Saturday he is willing to have the Senate launch another military reserve bill if assurances are given that the House will act on it. Because the Senate has ap proved military training mea sures in past years only to see them die in the House, Russell has . waited this year for the House to act. A compulsory reserve bill was approved recently by the House Armed Services committee, but it was stalled on the House floor by adoption of an amendment to outlaw segregation in Na tional Guard units. This action converted southern backers of the bill into opponents. Ike Issues Appeal President Eisenhower has since appealed to the Senate to revive the bill, and Senate lead ers have made soundings on ways to salvage it. Administra tion pressure has developed to attach the reserve program to the draft extension bill, on scheduled to act Monday. It completed hearings Friday on the bill to extend the draft for four years. Russell told reporters Satur day however, that he is opposed to combining the bills. He said the draft measure, already pas sed by the House must be enact- MEDFORD - Co. Fairgrounds ONE DAY ONLY AFT: NITE 2:30 & t p.m. Allied Veterans Csundl i;i n of) (rgk GmmsI Admission and RMrv4 Chair Tickets on Sale Circus Day Only el CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main A Central 21X3 UNRESERVED SEATS EACH PERFORMANCE BABY SITTER While dad helps raise the big top of the Clyde Beatty Circus, mom takes junior for a walk. These elephants are part of the three herds of the Clyde Beatty Circus, coming to Medford next Thursday under sponsorship of the Allied Veterans Council. Among the top performers will be Clyde Beatty, Hugo Zacchini and the Great Lenares. Tents will be erected at the county fairgrounds for performances at 2:30 and 8 p.m. Scheele Says. Theory Behind Polio May Be Used To Fight Washington (U.R) Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele feels there is "good reason to believe" that the theory behind the Salk polio vaccine can be used in developing vaccines against other diseases. Aides said diseases' which might be so conquered are com mon colds, influenza, virus pneu monia, measles and even cancer. Scheele made his prediction at a two-hour news conference cal led Friday to discuss the Public Health Service's massive report House Action ed by June 30 when the present law expires The Senate could not move a reserve bill, he said, without committee hearings, which would mean that this part of the military manpower program could not be enacted before June 30. Russell said he has no objec tion to the "Senate launching a separate bill, but that there is no reason why the House com mittee cannot make a fresh start on its own. There is virtually no chance that a reserve bill carrying an anti-segregation amendment can be passed. Hence, any second at tempt in the House would s sume that House leaders could muster the votes to defeat the amendment or could sustain a House-Senate conference com mittee which might knock it out. Flight Maneuvers Set Over Lookout Point Portland (U.R) F-89 Scor pions of the 497th Fighter Inter ceptor Squadron will conduct flight maneuvers over Lookout Point dam just preceding the of ficial dedication program Sat urday, June 25, Lt. Col. Julian Crow, squadron commander, said yesterday. The air show will be followed immediately by the dedication ceremonies at which George H. Roderick, assistant secretary of the Army, will speak. CLYDE BEATTY IN PERSON THUR. EXTRA ATTRACTION Doug Aurry, "Singing Cowboy"- in person and His Congress of WILD WEST ROPERS AND RIDERS $1.35 to President Eisenhower on Salk vaccine program. The re port admitted original federal safety standards for the vaccine "had failed." On-The-Spot Check Scheele disclosed that six sci entists are being assigned to keep a continuous on-the-spot check of all six manufacturers of the Salk vaccine to make sure they live up to stringent new safety tests ordered by the government. Scheele refused to get into an argument with Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, who charged in New York the report on the Salk vaccine was an incomplete version of "what Education Conference To Open Wednesday Salem U.R) The governor's conference on education will be held here next Wednesday and Thursday and will be open to the public. The opening session will be held in the House chamber at the capitol, with former Senate President Eugene E. Marsh of McMinhville presiding. Gov. Paul L. Patterson will deliver the opening address. Dr. R. E. Lieuallen will speak on "what should our schools ac complish?" and Sen. Robert D. Holmes of Gearhart will speak on "how can we organize our school system most efficiently and economically?" An all-day session will be held at South Salem high school Thursday. CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 12:45 P.M. 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"We've given you every op portunity to explain but you failed to do so," McClellan told the Polish-born Chicagoan who has manufactured military caps for the government. May Resume Probe ' McClellan adjourned the hear ings and said subsequent inves tigation would determine wheth er they will be resumed. Saturday's session also was marked by: 1. Testimony by Carmine Bel lino, subcommittee accountant, that Lev had funds totaling $1,403,245 available to him. in 1952 and 1953 and that, Lev per sonally had used $213,924.08 in those two years. Vaccine for Other Ills has been fransnirine O'Connor said the public will be able to form an "intelligent" conclusion only when it has heard Dr. Jonas E. Salk's version of the vaccine story. He did not indicate when Salk, developer of the vaccine, would give this version . Scheele agreed the govern ment's report was incomplete about vaccine produced by Cut ter Laboratories, as stated by O' Connor. The surgeon general said this was because the gov ernment has not completed its investigation of polio cases among children inoculated with Cutter vaccine. When the University of Pitts- Durgn wnere aaiK works was asked to comment on the Public Health Service report, a spokes man referred to Salk's statement earlier this week to the Ameri can Medical Assn. convention. At that time, he said his orig inal testing methods are "sound." He said what is required in the manufacturing process is a "clo ser approximation in practice" to his tests. (See Story on Page 1) ifQIj TODAY! JS: MMIIVT1A IIWrilTITf 1 5 ' MEDFORD (OREGON) 1 PLEADING with Senate prob ers, Harry Lev, Chicago cap king accused of bribing federal per sonnel, testifies his- personal dealings with government girl were too "embarrassing" to mention. flnternntinnal) 2. Repeated statements by Lev that "he could not remember what use he made of large cash .withdrawals and repeated prom ises that he would check ana suddIv the committee a sworn statement to explain them. 3. McClellan's assertion, in connection with an $8000 with drawal, that Lev had had six weeks since Bellino auestioned him about it and still had not produced an explanation. 3. A vehement denial by Lev ("I deny it 1000 per cent") that he had paid $5000 to Capt. Ray mond Wool, Air Force procur ment officer, a few days after the $8000 withdrawal in June, 1953. Court martial charges were filed against Wool this week. After bringing out that Lev cashed checks totaling $10,000 late in June, 1953, and then went to New York, McClellan read an excerpt from the diary of Leon M. Levy, a New York ASHLAND CHIEF VICTOR MATURE SUZANBALL JOHN LUND M A7 TRIBU1CE TH1RTEETT garment-maker. The diary said. Lev handed $5000 to Mrs. Wool, after her husband had refused $1000. . 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