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Good Families Far Outweigh Bad
Gilmanton. N. H. (U.R) Sue-1 Press here where Dr. Zimmer
cessful families are those that ! man resides. They are working
flock together with birds of the! on the final draft of their latest
same feather. I book on family life which is ex-
And, despite wars, depressions pected to be published early
juvenile delinquency and in- next year. They co-authored an
creasing urban life, good fam- earlier volume," Marriage In The
ilies far outweigh bad families in Family." Their present study is
America today. being financed by the Ford Foun-
These findings come from a ; dation.
Harvard Protestant scientist i The study involved six large
and a Jesuit priest who collabo
rated in a survey of 6,000 rep
resentee families.
"Good families in America
art like the adage 'bird of a
feather flock together' in their
reciprocal relationships to pro
tect the best of family life," said
Father Lucius F. Cervantes,
S. J., of Denver. Colo.
And in another way. Dr. Carle
C. Zimmerman, profespor of so
ciology at Harvard, said "People
who are trying to do the richt
thing family-wise and are afraid
of trouble for their children try
to flock with people who are
better." '
The priest and the scientist j
gave their findings to the United I
Mystery of Life on Mars
May Never Be
By
F. VAN SCHOIACK BENTLEY
"Is there really life on Mars?"
students often inquire. This
question is almost as old as the
study of astronomy.
Well, what about it? Nobody
knows. Mars has seasons about
t,wice as long as ours; some wa
ter, but much less than we have;
a type of vegetation and an at
mosphere much "thinner" than
the air surrounding the earth.
Life as we know it could exist,
but by our standards it would
be a rugged type of living. How
ever, astronomers are hoping to
obtain much important data on
this "sixty-four dollar question"
during 1956. There is even a
possibility of settling the matter.
Close. Approach Due
On Sept. 7. 1956, Mara will
Three Log Trucks
Involved in Two
Collisions Friday
Three logging trucks were in
volved in two separate collisions
reported by state police Friday.
At 12:57 p.m. the state police
said log trucks driven by Clyde
Norman Caton and Elwell Hakes,
both of Ashland, collided on
Highway 99 at the intersection
of Valley View rd. Damage was
done to both trucks, but the
"drivers were uninjured.
Caton was cited for failure to
yield the right of way.
At 1:30 p.m. the same day, a
log truck driven by Samuel
Dean Evensizer, 30, route 1, box
152-A, Rogue River, struck the
rear of a car driven by Molly
Waldorf Gatliff, 77, of Eureka,
Calif., police reported.
The accident occurred north of
the Rogue Riviera lodge on
Highway 99. State police said
the Gatliff sedan had slowed to
a near stop when Evensizer's
truck rounded the corner. He
put on his brakes, skidding al
most to a stop, but struck the
rear bumper of the car with the
truck's right fuel tank, the report
said. Evensizer was cited for fol
lowing too close.
YMCA Theft Solved;
Admitted by Boys
Theft of two wrist watches and
$1.13 in cash from YMCA men's
lockers Aug. 20 was solved Fri
day with the arrest of four juv
nile boys, according to city po
lice. Three of the boys were 13 and
the other 14 years of age. They
admitted in written statements
that they stole the money and
watches, total value about $26,
from the men's lockers of the
YMCA.
The boys were released to
their parents and ordered to ap
pear in juvenile court.
The original complaint of the
theft was made by Walter Eston
Humphrey, route 2, box 417,
Medford, on Aug. 20. He report
ed the items were taken between
3 and 5 p.m. that day.
Driver Dozes Off;
Car Leaves Highway
A one-car accident at 1 a.m.
Saturday morning caused minor
damages to the car when the
driver dozed off while traveling
along Highway 99, state police
reported.
John R. Alexandro. 22. Grants
Pass, was the driver. Officers
said he was driving south on
Highway 99 near Foots creek
wnen ne aozea mi ana uie tar
went onto the shoulder. Alpxan-'
dro attempted to get the vehicle
, back on the highway, but the
rear end struck a concrete block
at the entrance to a driveway at
the C. J. Montag residence.
The block was knocked into
the driveway. Alexandro was not
hurt.
Narragansett. R.I. OJ.RI Dr.
Charles J. Fish is director of the
Narragansett Marine Laboratory.
cities, Boston, New Orleans, St.
Louis. Omaha, Denver and Los
Angeles, and two small cities,
Morgantown, W. Va., and Still
water, Okla.
They found that families try
to make a "cocoon" of social
relations about their children.
They have certain few selected
family friends who are permitted
to visit their homes over a period
of years. These family friends
are very much alike, not only in
ideals and ambitions but also
with similar backgrounds.
The two sociologists measured
backgrounds by religion, kind
red or intermarriage, region of
orgin and wealth or income. The
more the families had similar
Answered
be approximately 35,000,000
miles away from the earth. As
tronomically speaking, this is
practically in our back yard, '
and is the red planet's closest
approach to us since 1924. On
Sept. 10, the sun, earth, and j
Mars will be in a straight line
with the earth in the center plac
ing Mars in a very favorable "op-;
position" for scrutiny. These fa
vorable oppositions occur about
every 17 years.
Because the orbit or path fol
lowed by Mars is not a true cir
cle, but slightly elliptical or
elongated, the red planet's dis
tance from the earth varies from
35.000,000 to 235,000.000 miles j
and its brightness changes ac-'
cordingly. This fall a combina
tion of events gives to earth-
dwellers an unusual opportunity
for the study of our neighboring
planet: Mars reaches its point of j
nearest approach just three days
before it reaches the position as- j
tronomers call opposition. !
May Not Be Answered i
New and improved techniques
for observation coupled with the
use of new instruments may sup
ply answers to some of our age- 1
old questions concerning the
"god of war." The canal coiitro-
versy may even be settled!
This argument was started
nearly 80 years ago by an as-
tronomer. Giovanni Schiaparelli,
who said that he saw lines run- j
ning across the surface of Mars, j
Schiaparelli called these lines, j
canali, which is the Italian word j
for channels, and from this the I
"canals" on Mars originated.
Professional astronomers do
not .agree on the existence of j
these "canals." Some claim to
have seen them and others firmly j
deny their existence. No camera :
has ever photographed the "ca-
nals." i
Seek More Knowledge
Astronomers, the world over, !
have for months been using j
cameras, telescopes, spectro
scopes, and other instruments in '
a special effort to learn more of
our celestial neighbor while it is
so favorably placed for observa
tion. Anyone who has the priv- i
ilege of viewing this planet '
through a large telescope is for-1
tunate. The use of binoculars J
makes it possible to see the plan- j
et's disk. i
The diameter of Mars is about
one half the diameter of the
earth and approximately twice
the diameter of our moon. A day
on the red planet is about 37 ;
minutes longer than our day, but ;
due to the fact that Mars is far-1
ther from the sun than we are, !
a year consists of 687 days. Mars
has two tiny moons, named
Phobos and Deimos in honor of
the two sons of the god of war,
that are among the smallest of
the known heavenly bodies. !
Given Name !
This celestial body has always
attracted attention and 2,440
years before the birth of Christ i
was named the "Red Planet" by
the Chinese. The Hebrews called j
it the "Burning One." Ancient i
Romans named it "Mars" after
their god of war because its red
or ruddy color suggested blood.
Mars is now visible in the
southeast where' it rises about j
one and one-half hours after sun
set. Ther are no bright stars in 1
that part of the heavens and the
red brilliance of the non-twink-1
ling "star" dominates the south
eastern sky. It will continue to
brighten rapidly as it draws
nearer to the earth.
After Sept. 7. its briehtness
begins to fade gradually, but not
perceptibly so. until the month of
November. By the last of Decem
ber, it will be much dimmer, rise
directly overhead at sunset and
set about midnight.
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