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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TuMdav. June 12, 195S ; " 7Z 1 la. - i i i i - I i it rl . . , , STRICKEN DURING NIGHT with intastinal inflammation after attending press photog raphers' dinner. President Eisenhower is taken by ambulance to Walter Reed Hospital. Mrs. Eisenhower, accompanied by son. Major John Eisenhower, is entering hospital Smiling picture of President was made at dinner. (International Soundphoto) Astrolabes Guided Early Voyagers Into the Unknown Washington In S c o Hand's j on sun and stars and found their Dudhope museum in Dundee ships' latitude. Astrolabes, the . . .-c. ;i,. 'first scientific instruments for rests a curious brass disk, eight . position-finding on trackless inches across, engraved witnsea5 made possible the first numbers near its rim, and fitted ; great voyages of the age of ex with a movable pointer. ploration. The device is a mariner's as- j Pointer to the Heareni trolabe. It bears the date 1555, In simplest form the astrolabe recently authenticated by ex-1 was a suspended disk or circle ports. Believed to be a relic ol . " meiai or wooa. t-ivoting ai its the Spanish Armada, wrecked on the coasts of Britain and Ireland, it holds claim as the oldest navi gational instrument in existence center, the pointer swung up or down. By aiming along the pointer, the mariner determined elevation of the sun or a star. With similar instruments, I and thus could compute his dis- from the heaving decks of cara vels and galleons, vasco de Ga ma. Christopher Columbus, and other daring navigators sighted Singing Stylist 'Arrives'; Youths Take Clothing New York (U.P.) Comedians are starting to make jokes about Elvis Presley and his "rip-'em-up style of singing. Someone chalked this note on a New York sidewalk recently "Elvis Presley, Go Home." In short, Presley has arrived. Wherever he appears, scream ing crowds of teen-age girls , Srea number of astrologers make his entrances and exits a I 'here. "They have their astro test of strength, and the young labes- he wrote, "upon which rock-n-roll hillbilly, or "rock- "e described the planetary signs, billy." invariably ends up minus the hours, and their several as- tance above or below the equa tor. - . Still used today in extremely precise instruments for measur ing the earth's surface, the prin ciple of the astrolabe was known 2,000 years ago, making it per haps the oldest scientific instru ment in the world. Its invention is sometimes credited to Hippar chus, a Greek astronomer of 150 B.C., and sometimes to Apollon ius of Perga, a century earlier. Knowledge and use of the as trolabe came down through the Dark Ages in the hands of Arabic astronomers. During the Crus ades, Saracen instruments that could take the elevation of stars and mountain summits were treasures to be sent home to Venice, Paris, or London. When Marco Polo visited the city of Kanbalu, he noted the Oregonian Sued By Teamster Head ' Portland (U.R) A libel suit demanding 300,000 in pun itive and compensatory damages was filed in Circuit Court here today against the Oregonian Publishing Co. and three others by Clyde C. Crosby, head of the Teamsters union in Oregon. The union chief also named Wallace Turner, and William Lambert, Oregonian reporters, and James Elkins Portland night life figure, as defendants in the action. Crosby claimed that an article in the newspaper published Ap ril 19 under the by-lines of Tur ner and Lambert and an editor ial the same day brought him into public scandal, ridicule and disgraced The article was one of a series published by the newspaper in which purported to be an ex pose of vice conditions in Port land. , Crosby recalled that as a re sult ot fhe Turner-Lambert teri ies he was asked by Mayor Fred L. Peterson to resign from Port land's exposition commission. The Teamsters official charged that Elkins supplied Turner and Lambert with material for their articles for the purpose of de faming Crosby. There are more than 420.000 miles of natural gas pipelines in the U. S. - Flood Waters in India Chase Many Families New Delhi. , India (U.R) More than 150,000 persons have been driven from their homes by the flood waters of the Kosi River, it was reported today. Swelled by heavy monsoon rains. India's "River of Sor rows" surged over its banks, in undating some 150 villages in the Darbhanga and Saharsa dis tricts. The river usually reaches the flood state in late July. The government rushed food and medical supplies to the flood-stricken areas. Veterans Reminded Of Educational Aid . Salem (U.R) Oregon war veterans returning to summer school this week and next were reminded today of their possible entitlement to state educational aid benefits. Raymond E. Pettey. educa tional officer for the State De partment of Veterans' Affairs, said eligible veterans should ap ply for their state benefits when they register in school. Pettey also warned World War II veterans that Dec. 31 is the last day they may start schooling under the state pro gram. There is no deadline for Korean veterans. Four Persons Hurt In Portland Fire Portland (U.R) Three fire men and a service station op erator suffered burns when fire destroyed a service station here today. Jack Scherer, 38. one of the partners in the station, suffered second-degree burns about the face and hands. His partner. Glen Wright, said Scherer had driven a car onto the lube rack when the engine backfired, set- ' ting accumulated grease and oil ablaze. Three firemen suffered minor burns fighting the blaze which engulfed the structure in a mat ter of minutes. Damage was es timated at $20,000. . Second Meat Inspection Program Nearing End Salem (U.R) The State Agri culture Department's second pilot meat inspection program in 11 plants in Marion, Polk, Yamhill and Washington coun ties will end Thursday. Dr. Rolla Sexauer, supervisor of the field program, said the second round should determine if sanitary standards required during the first round have been maintained. Next week inspectors will move into Columbia. Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, Sexau er said. Youth Grabs Branches . To Save Self in Fall Salem (U.R) A 10-year-old Salem boy was saved from drowning yesterday by grabbing low-hanging branches as he was swept from his feet in swift-running Mill creek. stepped into a hole and lost his j tnls year' balance. His shouts while cling ing to the limbs brought Mar garet Slater and Alyce Robert son who rescued him unharmed. 15 Cents Per Pound For Strawberries Salem -U.R) Prices of 15 cents a pound were quoted today to Willamette valley strawberry growers following a 3-cent break in the California market. Independent Salem area growers had opened early this month with 16-cent prices. A year ago a price of 15V4 cents held through the season. Independent processors said there was a good deal of confu sion as a result of the California price decline and growers vere warned that all berries would be received subject to "price change." Processors said they didn't think the lower prices would change the agreed picking prices Beauty Contest Would Be Disgrace To Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan (U.R) The wife of Pakistan's . president bowed to centuries old custom Monday night and asked that the country's first nationwide beauty contest be cancelled. Begum Iskander Mirza said the holding of a contest to pick Ralph Morgan, Veteran Actor, Taken by Death New York (U.R) Ralph Mor gan, 72, veteran actor of stage and screen, died at his home late Monday after an illness of 2' 2 years, it was announced to day. He was a brother of actor Frank Morgan who- died seven years ago. Collision Fatal Near Sweet Home Sweet Home (U.R) Mrs. Myrtle Horan, 35, Sweet Home, was killed near here early today when a car driven by her young son crashed into an empty log truck. Five other occupants of the Horan car were hospitalized, in cluding the driver, 16-year-old Leonard E. Horan; Helen Horan, 14, and May Horan, 11; David Payne, 14, and Jack Payne, 15, both of Foster, Ore., Harold R. Wodtli, . Sweet Home, driver of the truck, ap parently was unhurt. Police said the accident occurred on the South Santiam highway when the truck made a left turn into a service station and collided with the Horan car. Leonard Horan was transfer red from Langmack hospital in Sweet Home to a Eugene hospit al for treatment of a fractured skull and a crushed hip. Hospit al attendants said his condition was "very serious." The other injured youngsters were in less serious condition. SOC Gymnasium Plans Approved Portland (U.R) The State Board of Higher Education to day approved' final plans for a physical education building at Southern Oregon College, in Ashland. The board called for bids for 11 a.m. June 19. In the first call, bids all were rejected as too high and the plans were revis ed. If a satisfactory bid is receiv ed in the second call the State Emergency Board will be asked to release $450,000 for the pro ject. The board authorized issue of $1,000,000 in general obligation bonds for financing the Student Center building at Portland State College. Bids for the buil ding will be received by the board Aug. 3. A building fee of $8 a term will be charged to each full-time student to meet principal and in terest payments on the bond is sue. The board also granted auth ority for proceeding with con struction of the Architecture and i Allied Arts building on the Uni versity of Oregon campus on S533.500 available from legisla tive appropriations. It also or dered that the remaining $1,735, 000 appropriations for the Agri cultural and Biological Science building and the utility tunnel at Oregon State College be re leased and construction proceed. The board also said bills for a new dormitory on the Uni versity of Oregon campus would Be received July 27. Chief Joseph Dam Officially Dedicated Bridgeport, Wash. (U.R) The $160,000,000 Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia was to be dedi cated this afternoon. Dedication speaker was Har old E. Stassen. special assistant to the President. Delegations from Indian tribes in the area will take part in the ceremony. Work on the dam 15 miles downstream from Grand Coulee began seven years ago. The last ol 16 generators is scheduled to go on the line in 1958, giving the plant an output of 1,728,000 kilowatts which is second only to Grand Coulee's output. The dam's spillway is 922 feet wide. Its top is 205 feet above the river. We wish io Thank.. . tht following firmi (or theii dona nationa to the Gold Hill Juniot Dairy Show. With their intarest I the help ol many other frienda, the show wat a great tucceia. Putman Bros., Eagle Point Monarch Seed & Feed, Medford Big Y Feed & Seed, Medford Grange Co-op, Central Point ROGUE RIVER JERSEY CATTLE CLUB a Pakistani girl for the Miss Uni verse contest at Long Beach, Calif., would disgrace Pakistan in the eyes of the Islamic world. Pakistan custom decrees that women be concealed ,by veils. Births BIGGER To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 206 Cottage st., June 12, 1956. a girl, 8 pounds, at Com munity hospital. RAY To Dr. and Mrs. Eu gene, 28 Summit ave., June 11, 1956, a girl, 7I-z pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. FRANZ To Mr. and Mrs. Jack, 1504 West Main st., June 12, 1956. a girl, 81; pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. 'jig Union Pacific's iaeamit&u PORTLAND ROSE Also direct service to Boise, Salt Lake, Denver and Kansas City. Fast, Luxurious, Dependable Service Leaves Portland 9:30 p.m. Daily UNION PACIFIC GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Announces Withdrawal of the 16-acre tract of the Veteran's Administration Hospital (parcel 1) previously scheduled for sale by auction on Friday, June 15. THE AUCTION scheduled for Friday, June 15, 2 p.m. Hotel Umpqua, Roseburg will include: An 8-acre portion of the Veteran's Administration Hospital property . . . a portion of the Medford Military Reservation . . . five tracts at the Cottage Grove Reservoir, and four tracts at the Dorena Reservoir, both in Lane County. JOSEPH P. DAY, INC. Auctioneer Local Representative: Earl Wiley, Hotel Rosa Building, Roseburg. Phone: Or. 3-3401 a jacket, shirt and tie, At present, RCA Victor's re cording star has one of the top selling albums in the business. His "single" record releases are among the best-sellers in every pects. Yet seamen's astrolabes came into use relatively late, at the : dawn of the age of exploration, j They may have been known dur- j ing the time of Prince Henry the Navigator in the early 1400s. ,ilrf.l'avl8' r:..,rKTr;'n;;n;.!Th "igator Martin Bena i try and western. And he's just a growing boy of 21. When performing known to have used one about 1483. For the next two centuries. 1 seamen relied on astrolabes to Presley is , guide them safely along lines of like a steam engine. One mo ment, the fires are banked. The next moment, he's tearing up a sound-track. His legs begin to shake. He jumps. His head snaps up and down. His hair whips the air. He jiggles his leather-covered guitar like a bartender working a cocktail shaker. The Presley story began in Memphis, Tenn., when he play ed his guitar and sang for high school audiences. He enjoyed nerformine for his classmates. but figured he would do better I eeling for we(,;her latitude to land falls far below the horizon. Then as the science of navigation gradually evolved, that early star-finding instru ment gave way to cross staff, back staff, and finally the early quadrants and octants, forerun ners of today's sextant. Without Instruments There were far voyages made without astrolabes, of course indeed, without instruments of any kind. Polynesian and Micro nesian sailors came thousands of miles across the open Pacific in outrigger canoes, with only their sea. and 1S- stars to guide them to new land homes. Yet it was the simple circle of the astrolabe that gave the great venturers of Renaissance Europe hope of setting out across the oceans and finding their way to new worlds. by becoming an electrician. Paid For Recording To earn money for this career, Elvis became a truck driver. One day, however, the urge to make a record got the better of him and he walked into the office of the Sun Record Company, a leading independent country la bel. Elvis, an admirer of the Ink Spots" style, recorded "If I Didn't Care" at his own expense. "After that I went home and put away my guitar." he said. "I didn't touch it again until about a year later when Sam Phillips called me up and asked if I'd like to make more sides at his expense." Phillips, the 32-year-old guid ing .light behind Sun Records, took the boy into a studio and concentrated on bringing out the rnrrent Presley style. After a batch of hit records i families for Sun. Elvis tried to land a spot on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts" TV program. He was turned down. He went back to Memphis, but bv the time RCA Victor has seen the smoke and was on his trail. Six months ago. his con tract was purchased for the phe nomenal sum of S40.000. He recently passed a screen test for Paramount, and. he has been kept busy with a full schedule of night club, theatre and TV dates. All this hasn't helped him shake the fingernail biting habit. " It's all happening so fast.' he j An average wage earner in said, "that some nights I just I the U. S. today lives to an age of can't fall asleep. It scares me, 70 years as compared with 46 you know. It just scares me." years in 1909. s I DienBien Phu Angel Married in France Paris U.R) Genevieve de Galard. the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu." Monday secretly married the man she fell in love with on the Indochina battlefield. The "civil marriage took place at the Town Hall of the 12th Dis trict of Paris. The bridegroom was Capt. Jean de Heaulme, a paratrooper. Only members of the two and witnesses were present. Miss Galard wished to svoid the crowd that would have resulted if the press had known of it. However, the religious cere mony still is slated to take place Thursday in the battle-decked shrine of France's military great, the Church of Saint Louise des Invalides. The heroism , of the brunette nurse as the only woman caring for the hundreds of wounded soldiers in the doomed French fortress in Indochina catapulted her to fame. MRavavswviiaBBBBaaBBRaHMMBB'iBBaBBBBaaBaaHHaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaaaRBRaaBBBWva K '''' feSSSSS,? kl 5ssl ""' '-i,r,i,,T1 TrrV ' - ' tfliminMiMi i-tfMittniTvt'i -itiiilirir--"'rlit-i "-' 1 1 -n'-rJ- - - -- ' ... -'ititmlJkv& .... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Road tests are taken periodically by George Greenlaw and other telephone drivers. These stress safety, alertness, quick reaction, and rules of the road. Vision checks with a precision instru ment are scheduled every two years another important part of our defensive driving program. Your telephone gives you better serv ice because telephone people are trained to work safely ...which helps keep skilled people on the job to serve you. Meet George Greenlaw a safe driver. An important part of George Greenlaw's job as a telephone man is driving this installer's truck safely. And like the thousands of other telephone drivers, he took a special course in what we call "defensive driving." As a de fensive driver, it's a habit with George always to expect the unex--xted ... to put his foot on the brake at all intersections, yield the right-of-way cheerfully, and keep a sharp eye out for pedestrians. As a result, George Greenlaw and other Pacific Telephone drivers roll up millions of miles a year with one of the best safety records in the country. Safety like this pays off for telephone people and their families, of course. And for you, too. For it helps make the streets and highways safer for everyone. Pacific Telephone.- The telephone men and women of Medford work to make your telephone more useful every day Taur bunntii effica: 131 N. Sortlot St., Tal. 2-6101
