atlGHT MEDrORD (OREGOIT) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, September II, IS53
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REALISTIC An American airman peers from deep hole
in the desert at Stead. Air Force Base, Nev., into which
he was eonfined as part of a 17-day -course designed to
introduce him to Red brainwashing techniques. Defending
the school, the Air Force said it prepares airmen for the
terror and brutal treatment of Communist prison camps
in case of capture. .
Opposition to Pay TV
Hit as Self-interest
Washington (Special) In a
reply filed last week with the
Federal Communications Com
mission, Zenith Radio corpora
tion ripped formal comments
filed In opposition to subscription
TV by television network and
enovie theater interests.
Zenith laid stress on the fact
that the only opposition to sub
scription TV came from two en
tities, TV networks and movie
theater owners.
It charged the motive underly
ing this opposition was a selfish
desire to maintain monopolistic
control of TV programming and
motion picture exhibition, with
no regard to public benefit from
subscription TV.
Points CUed
Specifically, Zenith asserted
that CBS and NBC oppose sub
scription TV because it would
supply better TV service and
free the public from being a cap
tive audience that must watch
sponsored programs or have no
TV; would provide a new, addi
tional, and competitive source of
programs and revenue for the
broadcast industry; and would
unshackle TV stations from the
monopolistic control networks
(fow exercise over TV programs
a'nd revenues.
The reply further stated that
movie theater owners oppose
subscription TV because it would
permit the public to see new,
theater-quality motion pictures
and other box office caliber en
tertainment in the home at lower
prices and with greater conven
ience than attending the theater.
Three Thefts Reported
To Sheriff's Office
Three minor thefts were re
ported to Sheriff's officers
Thursday.
Officers are investigating the
theft of a .22 caliber pistol
valued at $70 from a car be
longing to Gerald S. Von Ting,
1853 Delta Waters rd. Von Ting
said the pistol was stolen while
his car was parked overnight at
the Rogue River Lodge.
Early Thursday morning a
call was received reporting
about $15 worth of bicycle parts
stolen from Rogue River Acad
emy. - 1
Bill Oden, Butte Falls, report
ed a break and entry at "Pen
nington's" place near Butte
Falls. Several items were said
missing from the house.
Astronomy Questions
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division
Oregon Hither Education System
Here are some questions which
are often asked me:
1. "What do you think about
flying saucers?"
It seems that these little aerial
acrobats are not attracting much
attention at present. There was a
spell a few years ago when nu-
Continued Growth
Seen for Western
Business, Industry
Portland (U.R) Expansion
of industry and business in the
western state will continue to be
based on the growing popula
tion of the area, 300 delegates
to the Western Area Develop
ment Conference were told here
Friday.
Speakers at the final day of
the session said the major manu
facturing change eventually in
the West would be the attrac
tion of plants from the east
which don't think it practical to
build here now because of the
relatively small market.
Speaking of the westward mi
gration of people, Cris Dobbins,
president of the Ideal Cement
Company, Denver, Colo., said:
"The business of satisfying the
needs and wan,ts of these people
will provide the basis for con
tinued industrial and economic
growth, probably greater than
in any other area of the conti
nental United States."
Most speakers were optimistic
about the West's expanding eco
nomy, but Robert Fratus, Oak
land, of Kaiser Aluminum and
Chemical Company, warned that
lack of cheap hydroelectric
power might force aluminum
company expansion into areas
other than the West.
Lyman Slack Planning
Appeal on NLRB Ruling
Portland U.R) Lyman
Slack, Portland automobile
dealer, Saturday said he plan
ned to appeal a National Labor
Relations board ruling that he
had been guilty of unfair labor
practices.
Examiner Martin S. Bennett
ruled that the auto firm had
illegally discharged two em
ployees and otherwise interfer
ed with the right of employees
to organize. ' ,
The two employees were dis
charged, after, the Mount Hood
local of the AFL International
Association of Machinists,
started an organizational cam
paign at the company. .
merous people were reporting
sightings. My personal opinion is
that 95 per cent of all these can
easily be explained. I have many
times been called from bed to
see one of these rare objects only
to find that it was Venus or
Jupiter or a bright star at low
altitude dancing and flashing
various colors due to atmospheric
disturbance near the horizon.
But too many reliable persons
have reported "unexplainables"
to dismiss all as imaginations. I
have long thought these are offi
cial experimentations which have
not been made public. I haven't
yet been convinced they are
space ships from other planets.
Inhabitants Likely
2. "Is it likely that other
bodies in the universe besides
the earth are inhabited by intel
ligent beings?" '
It seems to me to be quite like
ly. All the stars are suns, but so
distant we have no means of
knowing whether they have
planets revolving around them
as has our sun. But it seems un
reasonable that out of the bil
lions and trillions of suns, ours
would be the only one surround
ed by planets. And it would be
strange that out of almost count
less worlds, our earth would be
the only one inhabited. The earth
is no longer considered the cen
ter of the universe. Just because
we happen to live on it is no
reason to think it is favored
above all worlds.
No Life on Moon
3. "Does it seem possible that
life may exist on the moon?"
It is generally believed that
the moon is an absolutely dead
body. Being so near the earth,
our telescopes can see the details
of its mountainous surface quite
distinctly. These seems to be no
air or water on the lunar surface,
therefore life such as we know
could not exist there. Occasion
ally some observer has reported
a variation in coloration on the
floor of some crater.
4. "What is the difference be
tween a comet and a meteor?"
Persons reporting a bright me
teor sometimes call it 'a comet.
The two are similar in that they
appear in the sky and often have
long tails. A comet appears sta
tionary among the stars at the
instant one is looking at it, and
may be visible for weeks or
months before distance takes it
beyond our sight. A meteor
moves swiftly across the heavens
and is gone within a few seconds
Actually the two objects have
little resemblance. A comet is
usually many millions of miles
from the earth and its tail is mil
lions of miles long. A meteor is
a relatively small object, heated
to incandescence by friction
within our atmosphere at heights
of from 20 to 70 miles above the
earth's surface.
Long-Haul Truckersl
Granted Rate Hikes
Portland (U.R) Oregon's
long-haul truckers were granted
rate increases ranging up to six
per cent on intra-state freight
in an, order Friday by Charles
H. Heltzel, public utilities com
missioner. Heltzel said the order, effec
tive Sept. 16, was designed to
offset wage increases won by
AFL teamsters in a 25 day strike
which ended June 13.
Increases affect mainly small
shipments which shippers say
are most time consuming.
The order brings rates within
Oregon into line with interstate
rates filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission. They are
also in line with rates granted
recently in Washington by the
ICC and the Washington Public
Service Commission.
BACK TO SCHOOL
with vtNSSy
Home Foreclosure in
Springfield Sought
Portland (U.R) Petitions
seeking foreclosure on 68 houses
owned by Springfield Homes of
Springfield were brought here
Friday by the Federal National
Mortgage association, a govern
ment corporation which holds
the mortgages.
The houses are part of a 140
home project. They were unsold
and were being rented ,out by
the company.
Dewey Palmer, FNMA attor
ney, said original mortgages on
the houses were about $8,100
each. He said the balance was
now about $7,000 each.
The Springfield project was
the second big Oregon housing
project against which foreclos
ure petitions have been filed.
Palmer foreclosed on more than
100 homes owned by Roseburg
Homes Inc., in Roseburg.
LUCKY MOPPET
Middletown, Conn. (U.R)
Two-year-old Mari-Jo Rawlinitis
climbed into the family automo
bile and released the hand brake.
The car careened down a hill,
missed several other cars, swerv
ed off the road, crossed a lawn
and hit a parked auto.. Both ve
hicles were wrecked. Mari-Jo
was unhurt.
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THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE MAIL TRIBUNE, WEEK OF JULY 10, 1955.
Below are listed 20 incomplete sentences. Complete each sentence by selecting one of the five state
ments below it and write the number of the statement in the space provided.
1. Siskiyou County, our neighbor to the south, has been experi
encing .
1. The worst water shortage in years. 2. The worst drought in
years. 3. The best alfalfa crop in 5 years. 4. More forest fires
than last year. 5. More road building than 'ever before.
2. The Medford Furniture Store fire topped dollars.
1. $50,000 2. $150,000 3. $100,000 4. $200,000
5. None of these.
3. Plans are in the offing to hold a centennial celebration at Port
land during the year of .
1. 1958 2. 1959 3. 1960 4. 1961 5. 1962 .
4. In addition to the Shakespearean plays presented in Ashland this
year, the , which began in 1 952 is being expanded.
1. Sale of refreshments. 2. Presentation of souvenirs. 3. Mu
sic program. 4. Display of Elizabethan costumes. 5. Lectures
on Elizabethan culture.
5. Roy Tatum, who has been the football coach at Eastern College
, of Education has accepted the post of line coach at .
- " 1 . University of Idaho. 2. University of Portland. 3. Gonzaga
University. 4. University of Colorado. 5. University of Ari
zona. 6. At least one other city in the U. S. besides Ashland celebrates
an annual Shakespearean Festival. That city is
1. Rome, Georgia. 2. Athens, North Carolina. 3, Ithica, New
York. 4. Stamford, Connecticut. 5. Erie, P ennsylvania.
7. The only two real leaders at the Geneva conference were .
1. Eisenhower and Eden. 2. Eisenhower and Bulganj. .3. Eis
enhower and Churchill. 4. Eisenhower and Faures. 5. Eisen
hower and Malenkov. !
8. Actor, Clark Gable's new bride is the former
1. Barbara Hutton. 2. Gloria Vanderbilt. 3. Kay Williams.
4. Jean Simmons. 5. Michael Andree.
9. First baseman, Jack Cooney is the new player manager of the
Cheney Studs. He replaces . '
1. Bill Askwith. Tex Gatlin. 3. Clarence Mellbye. 4. Tony
Trabert. 5. Alva Perkins.
1 0. The first to be born In captivity has just arrived at
the Bronx Zoo in New York.
1. King Cobra. 2. Duck Billed Platypus. 3. Armadillo. 4.
Aardvark. 5. Zoophyte.
11. The new chairman of the Medford School Board is .
1. Mrs. Lucile Brock. 2. Otto Ewaldson. 3. E. H. Hed
rick. 4. Edward Branchfield. 5. Rebecca Jensen.
1 2. Michaela Denis, the London blond, known as the "white goddess"
to some African tribes has stated that she would like nothing bet
ter than to have the head of hung on her living room
wall.
I. A "muganga". 2. A Matusow. 3. An Iguana. 4. A
safari. 5. Ernest Hemingway.
13. Dedication of the new Air Force Academy took place on July
I I . It's permanent site will be at .
1. Colorado Springs. 2. Denver. 3. Hamilton Air Force
Base. 4. Lowry Air Force Base. 5.- Kelly Field.
14. Mrs. John Madigan, an Akron, Ohio, grandmother, has become
famous overnight due to her .
1. Winning a large sum of money on a TV show. 2. Non
stop flight around the world. 3. Finding a uranium deposit
in Canada. 4. Sitting on top of a flag pole for 123 consecu
tive days. 5. Being the first woman to fly a jet plane.'
1 5. State Senator Phillip Lowry has demanded a hearing by the Public
Utilities Commissioner on the proposed . '
1. Ban of logging trucks o use the highways on Saturday.
2. Abandonment of the S.P. passenger service north from Ash
land. 3. Expansion of ODPCO's facilities in the Klamath basin.
4.' Additional weight allowance for trucks. 5. Increase in
telephone rates.
The Mau Mau cult, after three years of provoking terrorism, is
on it's way out in
1. India. 2. Pakistan. 3. Korea. 4. Africa. 5. Egypt.
Leases for 12,000 acres in Jackson County have recently been
acquired for the purpose of exploration for
1 . Radio active materials ' 2. New tree plantings. 3. Fos
sils and Indian relics. 4. Additional farm crops. - 5. Oil.
July 13 saw perfect weather for most of the nation, bur in
Europe a freak heat wave took a heavy toll of lives. Deaths were
not directly caused by the heat but from
1 . Lightning. 2. Drownings. 3. Floods. " 4. Automobile ,
accidents. 5. Tornadoes. ' . . '
The county health officer warned parents this week to keep)
their children from wading in Bear Creek. The main reason for
this warning is due to .
1 . High incidence of polio which may be contracted from dirty
water. 2. Children cutting themselves on broken glass and
cans.. 3. The sewage that is dumped in the water may causa
disease. 4. Water is not good for children. 5. It bothers tha
residents along the creek.
20. The Treasury department collected more than $11,000,000 In
additional revenue during the first half of 1955 from .
1. Fines from convicted tax evaders. 2. More strict tariff
regulations. . 3. Sale of government owned forest ands. 4.
Sales of confiscated enemy property of World War II. 5. Rais
ing the gasoline tax.
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Contest Judges Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon. Date
1955
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