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o o o O; o o o Satellite Launching To Require Largest Rocket Yet Put To Use Evanston, 111. (UP.) launching of a tiny satellite weighing no more than lOO Jjbunds will require a multi s:age rocket larger than any yet fcred, a rocket fuel expert said today. Dr. Noah S. Davis Jr., said the rocket will have to be larg er than the combined WAC Cor poral and V-2 launched at White Sands, N.M., In mankind's closest approach yet to outer space. Davis, liquid fuels specialist of the Buffalo Electro-Chemical Oco., is one of the nation's top socket scientists attending a symposium on gas dynamics sponsored by the American Rock et society at Northwestern Uni versity. Problems Licked He said most of the technical problems in launching the pro posed satellite already have been licked. "It's mostly a question of man power, materials and money," he said. The satellite would circle the earth at an altitude of about 250 miles, he said, and this height already has been attained by the two-stage White Sands rocket. Another stage would be -required, he said, to launch the satellite proper on its orbital course around the earth. James J. Harford, executive secretary of the Rocket society, The i said rockets have been traced back to 1200 A.D., when they supposedly were invented and were first used as a military weapon in 1232. Justice Department Gets Best Graduates Washington (U.P.) The jus tice department is going to in crease its recruitment of law graduates in its "get-the-best" program. Under the program, started last year by attorney-general Herbert Brownell Jr., the de partment will select an addition al 15 of the nation's top-flight graduates. Last year's pick of young lawyers has met with considerable success, the depart ment announced. The recruitment program was described by Brownell as having two purposes: 1. The department wants and needs the services of young top flight lawyers. 2. The legal profession as a whole will benefit by the train ing of the young lawyers should they eventually leave govern ment service. The attorneys, who are recom mended by their deans, will par ticipate in a five-day orientation course in department procedure before being given a legal position. News of the development spread quickly to Europe, Har ford said, where they were com monly used as fireworks and as a "strictly unreliable" weapon. But, for a while, he said, it seem ed as if the rocket might replace the cannon. Then improvements in artillery rendered the rocket obsolete. Spectacular Comeback Not until World War II, he said, did the rocket make a spec tacular comeback in the form of the German V-2 and the Am erican bangalore torpedo, or ba zooka. Davis and Harford . said the United States lost the lead to Germany in rocket development before and during World War II despite the fact an American, the late Robert Goddard, open ed up the field of modern rock et research with experiments that begun in World War I. Goddard showed that rockets could be used to carry scientific instruments to altitudes never before reached. FIVE BY FIVE South Bend, Ind. CU.P.) At 5:55 p.m. on the fifth day of the fifth month of 1955, Car 5 of the South Bend, police depart ment received a call to 555 Ostemo Place to "see the com plainant." Five minutes later, the two patrolmen in the car re ported they could find no such address. John Earl Spker Sought by Sister The Medford police depart ment received a long-distance call early this morning from Mrs. Hazel Millie Polm, 441 Brownie st, McFarland, Calif., asking for help in locating" her brother, John Earl Spicer. Mrs. Polm called at about 6:30 a.m. and stated that there was a serious illness in the family, po lice said. She added that Spicer was believed to be working in the fruit near Medford and was driving a yellow, 1948 - model convertible. Anyone having information of the whereabouts of Spicer is re quested to contact the Medford police department immediately. GRANGE Gold Hill Grange The regular meeting of the Gold Hill Grange was called to order by Master Herman Kamp ing. There was very little business to be taken care of, as so many members were interested in the two fairs being held at the time. Owing to the dry condition at Roxy Ann, it was decided to hold the picnic in Lithia park in Ashland. The next serving committee will be the Ferd Jones and the Gabys. CONTRIBUTIONS ASKED Stuttgart, Germany (U.P.) The American Red Cross in Eu rope asked Americans living abroad Monday to contribute to relief funds for victims of the severe floods in the northeastern United States. Bell's Pie-Trial Hearing Under Way San Francisco (U.P.) An Army colonel was conducting a pre-trial hearing today on the possible court martial of Otho G. Bell of Hillsboro, Miss., one of three American turncoats who returned from Communist China recently. The hearing, presided over by Col. Bethuel M. Kitchen, opened Monday. Kitchen declined to say how long he expected the pro ceeding to take. Kitchen said he will present his f ipdings to Lt. Robert Young, commander of the Sixth Army here, and Young will determine whether Bell must face a court martial. A Sixth Army spokesman said the record of the hearing would be withheld until Kitchen has made his report to Young. The other turncoats are William Co wart, 22, of Dlton, Ga., and Lewis Griggs, 22, Jacksonville, Tex. Cowart's pre-trial hearing has been set for Aug. 25 but no date has been set for Grigg's appearance. The three, all former corpor als, have been dishonorably dis charged from the Army. They are being held at the Fort Baker stockade across the bay in Marin county. Lima, Peru (U.R) The wife of President Manuel Odria of Peru left for the United States Monday for medical treatment. The nature of her illness was not disclosed. Tuesday, August 23, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUWI UYBg Wrong Interpretation Relieves Defendant Ogden, Utah (U.P.) After many years as a district court judge, John Hendricks thought he had become practically im mune to shock. That is, until one time he fin ished giving a divorce defendant a sharp lecture and ended with: "So, I've decided to award your wife $50 per month." . The defendant's face was cov ered with a broad smile as he an swered enthusiastically: "Gee, thanks a lot, Judge, and I'll try to slip her a few bucks myself now and then." BODIES RECOVERED Barranquilla, Colombia (U.R) The bodies of seven of the 20 persons who drowned when a motorboat capsized in the Mag dalena river were recovered Monday. Ten other passengers escaped alive. 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