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Anniversary of Record Balloon Flight Recalls 'Memorable' Radio Broadcast Br HARMON W. NICHOLS United Press Staff Writer Washington (U.R) Tomor row is the 20th anniversary of the ascension of a balloon more than 13 miles above the Earth. The big bubble was called Ex plorer II. Another reporter and I were on hand for an even more dramatic performance by a sis ter balloon, Explorer I, on July 23. the year before. Robert M. Yoder, then with the A. P. and now a well-known magazine writer, and I were as signed to cover what was adver tised as the first "heaven to Earth broadcast." Capts. Albert W. Stevens, Orvil A. Anderson and Maj. William E. Kepner were to hit for up high on a project sponsored by the U. S. Army Air Corps and the Na tional Geographic Society, with a national network cooperating. The idea was for an announc er to make contact with the bal loon and let the world know how it felt to be 11 miles up in the sair the nearest man had ever come to the stars. Bob and I sat around in the network outlet in Chicago and chewed on pretzels and nipped into hookers of the free network crick water. Contact Attempted The engineer and the an nouncer worked as a team to try to contact the men in the bal loon. "Capt. Stevens, Capt. Ander eon, Maj. Kepner, are you there? America is waiting." America sure was. Finally the announcer got through. "Is this Capt. Anderson? Capt.J Stevens? ' A voice replied. It never was established which of the cap 608 East Main Phone 2-6305 STORE HOURS: Week Days 8:00 A.SH. to 7 P.M. - Closed Sundays Free Delivery! Free Parking! Park Free in our large parking Lot at Union Station U.S. D.A. Choice Grade STEAKS BONELESS T-ione TopS SWISS STEAK - SLICED BACON 2 Pound Package nAflEir AlfCTEDC Medium riWM IV v llfUITE fTAn TIIMA Chunk Will IE JIAK I UNA COFFEE KELL KLEENEX APPLES WASHINGTON DELICIOUS BANANAS OP POTATO SQUASH ES SH Just Phone 2-6805 and Give Us You Can Be Sure You Will Get the tains had answered! "Yes, sir!" The balloon at that point was 11 miles over the Earth. "Will you say a few words, captain?" The captain, which ever one, snapped back on the coast to coast hookup: "You're right, I'll say a few words. Here we are over 11 miles up from a safe landing. We just noted a rip in the bottom of the balloon. We are hanging by a thread, and you ask me to say a few words! I'll have a lot more to say if we ever get out of this mess." Contact Made The air was blue. The engi neer fought frantically for the cut off switch, which eventually he found. Bob looked at me and I looked at Bob. "How are we gonna handle this one?" Well, after millions had heard the exchange, we handled it as best we could. Delicately to fit family newspapers. The crew on Explorer I made it down safely riding the big bag to solid ground like a giant parachute. On Nov. 11 a year later the Dog on Hood Was Last Straw Gravesend, England (U.R) Farmer Leslie Woodward, 52, was acquitted Wednesday of a reckless driving charge filed by a police inspector who found 14 women riding in Woodward's "land rover." But the judge fined Wood ward five pounds ($14) for letting a dog ride on the hood. I 11 1! Charge Accounts for Your Convenience! NORTHERN STAMPS FOR YOUR SAYINGS! top srs? r 'tar w . teaks Ib.89c irloin Steak 1 Jl L&1J and small FANCY HANDS U.S. No. I FANCY BANANA THE EASY same two captains tried it again and rose more than 13 miles above the Black Hills. Again they talked. Everything was fine that day. Tomorrow, ceremonies in the cliff-cupped stratobowl near Rapid City, S. D., will commem orate the second flight. Their record 13 miles since has been bettered in height by pilotless rockets, but never by a human crew. RUSSIAN PARTY TIME The annual Russian Embassy party in Washington, D. C, celebrating the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917, saw hundreds of international figures on hand. Above, Soviet Ambassador and Mme. Georgi Zaroubin (right) greet Israeli Ambas sador and Mrs. Abba Eban. rs R3& pif rsa V. WZf J " Guaranteed Pint 7V Style Can J J 2 lbs. $1.97 LARGE BOXES 33 211 2 lbs. 25 WAY Your Order! BEST in Town! I 10 lb bags 35' Longshoreman Cleared In Death of Iredale Portland U.P.) A long shoreman was. cleared by the Multnomah county grand jury yesterday in connection with the death of Verne D. Iredale, 26, Vancouver, Wash., during an altercation Monday. The grand jury determined that David O. Elliott, 39, acted in self defense in striking Ire dale, who died of a brain hemorrhage. at Sheep Production Contest Blanks Here Entry blanks for the Oregon Sheep Production contest spon sored by the Oregon Purebred Sheep Breeders association in cooperation with the extension service, are being sent to Jack son county sheep raisers, Earl Jossy, extension agent has an nounced. The purpose of the contest i is to locate and recognize com- I mercial ewe flocks which are efficient in production of lambs and wool and to encourage great er participation in production practices so raisers may have a greater profit from sheep rais ing. , . , - Colombian Party Chief Fined on Libel Charge Bogota, Colombia' (U.R) Augustin E. Caceres, opposition Liberal Party leader, was sen tenced Wednesday to pay a $4,000 fine for libel against Roman Catholic Father Romu aldo Irigoras. Caceres, former president of the House . of Representatives, wrote an open letter to Father Irigoras, which was read during a news broadcast over a local radio station. The priest sued, al leging that the letter was libel ous and offensive. r Jean Nicolet, the French ex plorer, believed he had found a new gateway to China when he passed through Michigan's Straits of Mackinac in 1633 and stepped from his canoe garbed in flowing Mandarin robes to impress any wealthy orientals in the area. ee your slides with both eyes with the NEW Bi-Len.s 35 single slide viewer Yes, with new Bi-Lens "35" you can view your 35mm and Bantam slides naturally, correctly, comfortably... with both eyes ! No more eyestrain, distortion or disturbing objects . . . you see only the picture, in magnifi cent perfection. 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He said floor space in the building would be about 15,000 by 20,000 square feet. Plans call for the building to serve Army reservists in part of southeast Portland. Smooth Talker Sells Space in Police Lot Oklahoma Cily U.R) A smooth talking swindler sold parking space at 50 cents per car lo 50 motorists in the police station parking lot. He vanished before any policeman checked the park ing lot directly in front of the police station. Start Saving Two Ways Shop Oakdale for Quality Get Valuable Premiums Free With Northern Stamps Golden Delicious ADples-b,25c announcing SIB S SHOE! T HMMEL HAEvlS (SKSOiJB BEEF Upton's SHERBET MIX Pkgs SWIFT BROOKFIELD NEW pounds Games Dog Food Open Week Days 8 'Till 8 Sunday-10 'Till 6 Thursday, November 10, 195S West Coast Business, Civic Leaders Meet With Japanese Yokohama, Japan U.R) Civic and business leaders from 14 American West Coast cities met today with leaders of 33 Japanese cities in the third an nual mayors' conference. Ninety - two American and Japanese attended the opening session held in the flag-draped New . Grand hotel. Speakers pledged their determination to build a bridge of peace and trade across the Pacific. Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu said he was "delighted" during his visit to the United States in August to see for himself the "friendly re lations and amity" existing be tween America and Japan. Future Intertwined Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoy ama, who did not attend the ceremony, sent a message in which he said he was "firmly convinced that the future of Japan and the United States is intertwined" and that the two nations must understand each other. "It is both promising and sig nificant," he said, "that the rep resentatives of these two like minded free nations should get together to discuss concrete measures for the development of mutual trade, commerce and industry, agriculture, city ad ministration and enhancement of friendship and amity." Mayor Allan Pomeroy of Se attle spoke as head of the U. S delegation which also included the mayors of Eugene, Ore., Honolulu, Sacramento, Rich mond, San Diego, Long Beach CUCUMBERS Field Grown TURNIPS and RUTABAGAS Tomatoes 2 25e hm TEAKS BIBS Frostee .25 Ch 4 PAK 8? M llliniMMIIIIMMMMiMtMMIMM and Hollister, Calif. Pomeroy pointed out that Japan-U. S. trade was a very important aspect of the confer ence. "I do not forget," he said, "that this conference has import ant commercial objectives. Much benefit to both Japan and the United States has resulted from our previous mutual - efforts. Much will come from our pres ent endeavors." The Seattle mayor pointed out, however, that trade relay tions are not enough to insure peace between nations. "There must be something more," he said, "because we cannot forget that the great com mercial nations of Great Britain and Germany have not kept the peace (World Wars I and II) al though each was the other's larg est and best customer." Pomeroy said that when U. S. delegates to the conference "sit with you at the conference table during these sessions, it will be as mayors and businessmen to gether not just as Japanese and Americans but together, study ing common problems, the an swer to which can well mean better lives for the citizens of our respective cities." Milwaukee (U.R) An at torney asked to have his case placed at the head of the court calendar and gave as his reason, "I have to catch a train for Washington Park to see the races." Judge Thaddeus J. Pruss replied, "I'll do it because of your disarming frankness." ea. lb. this week's U.S.D.A. Choice U.S.D.A. Choice Wh.le.rPart No Cereal Standby Peas 303 Cans Bonfire TALL CAN See eur display for Christmas Gift Ideas with Gaines labels 6 CANS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE N5NE Ex-Medford Man Named Weser Store Manager Richard A. Wright, a former resident of Medford, has been named manager of the J. C. 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