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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, July 31. 1955
Decision to Launch First
Marks (Opening off Space
Satellite
f ravel to Man
Editor's not: Willy Lt 1 one of
th nation's best-known authorities on
the subject of interplanetary travel.
His book. "Rocket Missiles and Space
Travel." Is considered the standard
work on the subject. He born in
Germany and was one of the founders
of the German Society lor space
travel. He has been a I'nited States
citizen for more than 10 years. In the
following dispatch Ley analyzes the
significance of the Washington an
nouncement on plans for a satellite.
By WILLY LEY
At Told To United Preit
Highlands. N. J. (U.P) The
decision to lauch the first arti
ficial unmanned satellite opens
the age of space travel to man.
The satellite announced Fri
day is likely to be small and
comparatively simple and will
be launched in such a way that
it won't last long. But, it will
be the first step into space and
will be followed by more just
Subcommittee to
Give Own Verdict
In Talbott Case
Washington (U.R) Chairman
John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) said
Saturday the Senate Investigat
ing subcommittee "in due time
will render its own verdict on
the propriety of Air Secretary
Harold E. Talbot's outside busi
ness activities.
He said the subcommittee will
not hurry its report and in
dicated it will not be issued until
after President Eisenhower has
announced his decision about
firing or keeping Talbott.
Talbott has flatly denied he
plans to resign. He made that
statement Friday night after sev
eral influential Republican sen
ators said his departure was "im
minent."
Some Disagreement Seen
McClellan declined to say
whether he expects the subcom
mittee to make a favorable or
unfavorable report. He said
there is likely to be "some dis
agreement" among subcommit
tee members.
The Arkansas Democrat point
ed out that President Eisenhower
already has a complete transcript
of the subcommittee's hearings
on Talbott's association with the
Paul B. Mulligan Management
Engineering firm, of New York.
Mr. Eisenhower has said he will
make a personal study of the
record and then decide whether
Talbott violated a proper stand
ard of ethics by drumming up
business for the Mulligan firm
from his Pentagon office.
as the first airplane led to more
and bigger airplanes.
The second satellite will no
doubt be bigger, more elaborate
and longer-lasting. The third or
fourth may well carry a televi
sion camera to show us what the
planet earth looks like when
seen from space.
By that time, a man-carrying
rocket ship will be launched in
to an orbit around the earth and
after that engineers will begin
to plan manned space stations.
Known Since 1925
Rocket experts have known
since 1925, when there were
very few such experts, that an
artificial satellite was a tecn-
nological possibility but needed
the development of large liquid
fuel rockets to become reality
In principle, the problem is
not very difficult. If a rocket, or
missile, is moving outside earth's
atmosphere with the velocity of
four and one-half miles per sec
ond, about three times as fast as
the fastest missile has accomp
lished so far, it will not return
to the ground.
It is by no means outside the
earth's gravity but the speed of
the missile and the gravitational
pull of the earth, will balance
each other. The curve described
by the missile and the surface of
the earth-will form two concen
tric circles.
Not Closed Circle
Only if the missile is placed
at a height where there is still
a small amount of air resistance
left, would it lose both speed
and altitude. In other words its
orbit will not be a closed circle
but a tight spiral and when it
reaches sufficiently dense layers
of the atmosphere it will burn
up like a falling star.
To put a missile into such an
orbit will need what rocket en
gineers call a three-stage rocket,
which means a rocket consisting
of three sections all independ
ently powered. As the fuel sup
ply of the first stage becomes
exhausted the second stage will
take over, leaving the burned
out first stage behind. A minute
or so later the same performance
will be repeated by a third stage
which will leave the second stage
behind. Only the third stage will
reach space, the first two will
fall to the ground or more pre
cisely into the ocean where they
will do no harm.
Various Types in Existence
There are various types of
rockets and take-off boosters in
existence right now which could
be combined into a three-stage
rocket capable of going fast
enough. The important thing,
however, is not the third stage
going into space, but the payload
carried by the third stage. This
so-called payload will be a pack
age of instruments, all of them
hooked up with an automatic
radio transmitter so that the
messages from the instruments
can be received. on the ground
even though the rocket is unmanned.
These instruments will tell the
ground station or stations to
what extent the skin of the mis
sile is heated by the sun. When
the missile enters the shadow of
the earth as it must on its revolu
tions around the planet the in
struments will report how quick
ly this skin temperature drops.
The instruments will report the
number of cosmic rays hitting
the missile and will report the
imrjact of particles of cosmic
dust. Larger meteorites are too
Five Years Given in
Beating at Hood River
Hood River (U.R) Doss
Matchen, transient harvest work
er, Friday was sentenced to five
years in the state penitentiary
on a manslaughter charge.
Matchen had pleaded guilty of
the fatal kicking of another field
hand July 9 at Hood River.
Robert Easley, 48, died in The
Dalles hospital from injuries suf
fered in a fight with other workers.
Hood River County Circuit
Judge Malcolm Wilkinson disre
garded a prosecutors recom
mendation for probation and im
posed the prison term.
rare to worry about.
Low Aim At First
At least the first of the arti
ficial satellites will be placed
low enough so that there is a
little air resistance left to slow
it down. Scientists are interested
in how quickly it slows down be
cause that is an indication of the
amount of air left at a height of
say 200 miles.
If the missile is put into an
orbit that goes over the poles
or very near the poles, its path
will be slightly disturbed by the
bulge around the equator.
where the eath is somewhat big
ger than from pole to pole. That
this will happen can be predict
ed but scientists want to know
the degree of disturbance. Know;
ing this precisely will give us
a better idea of the exact shape
of the earth.
The artificial satellite is go
ing to be a major peaceful sci
entific accomplishment, but its
main importance will be that it
will be followed by others.
And after that, in time, there
will be a manned artificial sat
ellite and eventually travel
through space.
Model Weds Millionaire
Aboard 'Cubid's Express'
5,000 Feet Over Iowa Town
Northwest Wheat Crop
Down 20 Per Cent
Spokane (U.R) Pacific North
west wheat production will be
down about 20 per cent this year
due to bad weather and lower
acreage allotments, Pete Stall-
cop, Northwest uream ueaiers
Association secretary, said in-
day.
We'll still produce more wheat
than we can use locally or in
exports equal to last year," Stall
cop said.
The Northwest wheat surplus
July 1, was 131,000,000 bushels
compared to 7,000.000 bushels
three years ago. Stallcop said the
carryoved for wheat, oats and
barley July 1 was about 166,
000,000 bushels compared to 12,
000,000 bushels three years ago.
SERIOUS EXPRESSIONS mark meeting of Air Secretary
Harold Talbott (right) and Sen. Stuart Symington (D), Mo., of
Senate group probing Talbott's private business affairs, before
committee session. Symington is ex-secretary. (International)
More than 40,000 board feet
of lumber can be sawed out of
one big Douglas fir tree growing
in California.
ANTELOPE 4-H
COMMUNITY FAIR
Wednesday, Aug. 3
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Judging in the Morning
Showmanship in the Afternoon
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It was after a delightful July
afternoon at the Brighton Beach
Race Track, followed by a swim
and then a dinner at the Man
hattan Beach Hotel that "Honey
Boy" Evans was inspired to ex
claim, "There's nothing like the
good old summer time." In the
party were Ren Shields and
ptianph Ring. The remark of
Evans gave Ren an idea for a
lyric which is that of the peren
nially popular ditty titled "In
the Good Old Summer Time."
Evans wrote the music for the
song. Blanche Ring introduced
it and popularized it in the musi
cal show "The Defender." That
was 53 years ago. The Brighton
Beach Race Track has long
passed from the scene. Its place
as a delightful spot to spend a
day in the good old summer
time has been taken by the Mon
mouth Park Race Course which
is now just a breeze from Broad
way. In fact, you can get from
Broadway and 42nd st. to Mon
mouth Park in half the time it
took the turf enthusiasts of the
yesteryear to get from that same
location to Brighton Beach.
Briefly
Where in this country Is the
finest pumpernickle made? Why,
sir, it is in Brooklyn. The best
Irish soda bread is also made in
the beautiful borough across the
bridge . . . Have you a bachel
orette daughter? Is she ever con-
INSPECTING RUSSIAN FARMS, U. S. delegation visits poultry shed on Soviet State Farm
near Moscow where experts discussed methods used in increasing output. (International)
Aboard Cupid's Express Over
Northwood, la. (U.P.) The
model and the millionaire were
married in a plane 5,000 feet
above sun-baked Northwood, la.,
Saturday.
But it was warm here too as
Marion G. Sutton, 27, Minnea
polis model, and Edward L. Wil
liams, 52, Kansas City cemetery
millionaire, exchanged vows and
elaborate diamond wedding rings
in the climax of a much-publicized
aerial marriage that cost
an estimated 25,000.
Cool in Airliner
It was cool and comfortable
in the chartered Braniff Airliner,
named "Cupid's Express" for the
flight, before the take-off from
Wold-Chamberlain Field at Min
neapolis, Minn
But it was warm in the plane
as it circled at 5,000 feet, an alti
tude selected to be sure of re
maining within the limits of
Worth county where the Justice
of the Peace who performed the
ceremony holds a license.
Justice of Peace Morris Bak-
ketun of Northwood, who has
married more than 4,000 couples
on the ground, recited a routine
wedding ritual before a back
drop of baby orchids and white
satin, 42 guests and newsmen
and photographers.
During the flight, Miss Sutton
and Williams sat on opposite
sides of the aisle accompanied,
respectively, by their bride's
maid and best man.
Spoke in Firm Voice
Miss Sutton admitted to a re
porter during the flight that she
was "a little shaky" both spoke
their "I do" in voices firm
enough to be heard over the
sound of the plane's engines and
propellers.
rings. And several more times at
the request of photographers.
Miss Sutton, who became Mrs.
Williams a moment earlier,
smiled and said "sure" to the
photographers.
Williams grinned too and said
"I don't mind a bit."
Skywriters hired for the occas-
sion were frustrated by winds
which distorted and eventually
erased their efforts to spell out
"just wed" and draw hearts in
the sky.
Kelso Woman Dies in
Wreck; Children Hurl
Longview, Wash. (U.R)
Mrs. Alberta Reams, 30, Kelso,
Wash., was fatally injured and
her two children injured Satur
day when the pickup truck in
which they were riding hit a
traffic divider in the California
Way underpass just east of here.
Injured were Richard Reams,
10, and his sisters, Virginia, 9.
They were taken to St. Johns
hospital where attendants said
they suffered broken right legs.
" Driver of the truck was J. R.
Reams, 28, the husband and
father. He was taken to St. Johns
but attendants said he suffered
no apparent injuries.
Blood Donors Fail
To Help Drain Boy
Minneapolis (U.R) The son
of an Oregon police chief who
was given blood by city police
men died Friday in University
of Minnesota hospital.
Gary Winslow, Drain, Ore.,
died following an operation to
correct a defect in his heart
wall.
Gary's father, Elmer, is chief
of police in Drain. When he ar
rived here several days ago and
learned 18 pints of blood would
be needed to keep Gary alive
during the operation in which
his heart was tied off. he didn't
know where to turn.
He contacted Inspector of De
tectives Pat Walling for advice,
Instead, he got offers of blood
from 24 policemen.
Young Prison Escapee
Seized Near Aumsville
Salem (U.R) M i 1 1 a r d Ray
mond Williams, 19, was picked
up by state police near Aums1
ville, at about 10 p.m. Friday,
some 6V2 hours after he escaped
from the state prison annex.
Prison officials said the youth
apparently "bailed out" of a
work detail truck as it return
ed to the annex. Williams was
serving a 2 -year sentence
from Deschutes county for lar
ceny of livestock.
Russian Farmers
On Nebraska Tour,
Swelter in Heat
Wahoo. Neb. U.R) Wilt
ing Russian farm leaders rod
through powder-dry Nebraska
back country Saturday as heat
forced two of the visitors to qui
temporarily.
The Russians, travelling m
near loo degree remperaiiuo,
rode over dust-filled gravel
roads south of here to visit a
1,900 acre watershed.
Two of the visitors returned
to their air-conditioned hotel
rooms in Omaha.
Delegation Leader Vladimir
V.Matskevich and Aleksandr
Tulipnikov, the only English-
speaking members of the group,
cut short their visit here be
cause of the heat. They were to
rest in Omaha briefly.
The Russians have had noth
ing but not, sticKy weamer
since they began their tour two
weeks ago.
In addition to the watershed
tour, the Russians, dressed cas
ually, visited the 500-acre W. A.
Steavenson farm and a bull stud
farm owned by the Nebraska
Daily Breeds association, on a
co-operative basis.
Soil Conservation Technician
Bill Ralston guided the Rus
sians through the watershed, a
land treatment program featur
ing the use of small dams. Built
by matching federal, state and
local funds, the watershed is
one of 62 similar projects
throughout the nation.
Of chief interest to the Rus
sians was the costs involved in
construction. They asked point
ed questions about each dam
Oregon, Tennessee and Utah
have become steel making states
since the beginning of World
War II.
Fourteen of the states now
have an annual steel production
capacity in excess of 1,500,000
tons.
The attorney general became
a member of the cabinet in about
They kissed after exchanging 1814.
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cerned about the possibility of
not securing a husband? Tell
her not to worry. There are in
the United States over 17,000
000 men of marrying age who
are still unmarried.
Sidelights
Note Gene Kelly referred to
as "the world s greatest mod
ern dancer." I'll take Fred As-
taire for that title. I believe
George Tapps is as good a dancer
as Kelly . . . Mr. and Mrs. Mich
ael O'Hara of Bangor, County
Down, Ireland, have eight sons,
all of whom are priests. If that
isn't the record for number of
priests in the same family, what
is?
Horses and Women
How is your wife's figure
adapted to the ready to wear
purchase of attire? Where was
the dress she is wearing today
made? Probably somewhere on
or near Seventh ave and 36th
st., Manhattan. In that compara
tively small section of Seventh
ave., known as the garment cen
ter, are made three out of every
four gowns worn by women of
this country. By ihe way, have
you a young daughter who has
some artistic talent? Give a
thought to having her study to
be a dress designer. A good dress
designer can now earn up to
$50,000 a year in New York.
Recorder
Now available' is a recorder
so small it can be concealed in
a pocket. Microphone for this
recorder is concealed in a wrist
watch. The machine makes a
complete recording of all con
versations in which the posses
sor participates. So once more,
sir, I urge you to be guarded in
what you say. You can never tell
nowadays when your conversa
tion is being recorded.
Asides
Minden, Nev., where Clark
Gable recently married Kay
Spreckles, was where Mary
Pickford divorced Owen Moore
in order to marry Douglas Fair
banks. That was 35 years ago.
Brooks Electric Files
Incorporation Articles
Salem (U.P.) Articles of in
corporation have been filed here
for Brooks Electric and Plumb
ing Co., Inc., Medford. They were
signed by Charles W. Brooks, H.
W. Brooks and J. E. Brooks.
The Brooks brothers have been
in the electrical business togeth
er here for about seven years
and for the past two years also
have been in the plumbing bus
iness. No change in policies or
management are planned.
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