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Supreme Court Rules on Admittance of Negroes 52nd Year Price 10c Washington (U.R) The Su tained in a' short, unsigned op inion which cited its famed Medford preme Court Monday ruled that Negroes must be admitted to Gi rard College for Orphans in Philadelphia, a hitherto all-white school for boys 6 to 18. The tribunal's order was con school desegregation decision of May 17, 1954. Mosquitoi can breed In any water that stands for four or five days. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wira Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1957 Six Pages DECIDING TO QUIT after winning $192,000, Robert Strom, 10, gags it up with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Strom, be fore leaving New York TV studio. Lad's winnings are highest in quiz category. (International Soundphoto) Rocket Flight into Space Could Change Pilot's Personality Norton AFB, Calif . U.R) Sealed in a rocket-powered mis sile soaring in darkness so high the earth will look like a big moon below, tomorrow's pilot could suffer a space change af fecting his entire personality. Along with this he could ex perience a jab of terror that could unhinge his mind. These are possibilities scien tists and doctors are studying at Norton nerve center of the Air Force's flying safety program. Dr. Archie F. Zeller, chief of the '.'human factors" branch, and his associates, are concerned with pilots and their machines and stresses that can break them both. Tight Fit Whizzing along at 4,000 mph and up, the pilot may feel trapped inside his pressurized capsule, surrounded only by the nervous jerk of the needles on his instrument panel. He fits into the cockpit like a finger in a tight glove, only able to move his head and hand to steer his course. "Studies have been made of the men flying today's high speed jets," Dr. Seller said. "Some find this experience ex- j hilarating, a great peace, but some find it terrifying they are filled with anxiety." But what could bring about a "space change" in the pilot is a phenomenon called "disorienta tion." It is a loss of contact with one's surroundings and it can show up in a jet pilot as a sort of circuit breaker in his mind which causes him to make a mis take. ' For example, while the jet pi lot is landing, he may reach for the landing gear handle, but in stead suddenly pull off the power. He acts as if an unseen force tricked him into it. For the space flyer, disorien tation may have basic psycho logical effects. Dr. Zeller says that a pilot may not be the same man after flying on the fringes and into space. At great heights, he may haxe a feeling of complete detach ment from the earth, Dr. Zeller says, and earthly values may become meaningless for some pilots. Other men may seem worth little when looked down upon from the high lonesome ness of space. Could these feelings mean a permanent chan., . in the pilot's personality? Dr. Zeller ad nits they could if the pilot were subjected to space flights for long periods or many shorter periods. "It is another facet in the se lection of pilots for stability in space," Zeller says. "Some won't be able to stand it over a long period, so they must in the interests of safety be weeded out." MacLaren Escapees Caught at The Dalles The Dalles !U.R Three 16-year-old escapees from the Mac Laren School for Boys at Wood- burn were captured here Sun day night but only after police fired three shots in attempts to halt the fleeing youths. The boys were charged with auto theft. Police said the car in which they were riding when arrested had been stolen at Ore gon City. Portland (U.R) Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan told Multnomah county Demo crats Sunday that achievement of power by their party demand ed also the assumption of responsibility. Californians Must Learn To Live With Threats of Big Earthquakes Editor's note: Dr. Charles F. Richter, professor of seismology at the Cali fornia Institute of Technology, is one of the world's foremost experts on earthquakes, the volcanic convulsions or shifts In fault lines breaking the earth's crust. His Richter scale of one- to-infinity Is the recognized measure of temblor intensity. In the following dispatch, he discusses exclusively for the United Press how California must live with quakes just as other states must reconcile living with tornadoes or hurricanes. Br DR. CHARLES RICHTER Written Exclusively For the United Press Pasadena, Calif (U.R) Everyone in California has to learn to live with the threat of a great earthquake. This does not mean folded hands and a stiff upper lip. Roll ed - up sleeves are more in order. , Not much can be done about an earthquake after it happens, but there is an old half-serious answer to the common question as to how to act in an earth quake: "Stand still and count to 30; after that it doesn't matter!" i In other words, panic is worse than doing nothing. Now, before a great earthquake occurs, is the time to act not with panic but with resolution, to diminish the lisk. Except for fire, almost all loss of life and most property loss in earthquakes is due to the weakness of buildings which would never have been permit ted under any modern building code with proper enforcement. Work To Be Done In some California cities the authorities and civic organiza tions have acted to remove pro jecting and unsupported cornices and firewalls, and even to de molish old unsafe buildings. In some areas antiquated death traps are being replaced by mod ern construction; but much re mains to be done. Here and there even school buildings are in service which do not meet the present requirements for earth quake safety. Often in late years press re ports of .minor eathquakes in California have been accompan ied by statements from seismolo gists on the impending risk of a great earthquake, most prob ably on the San Andreas Fault. We- do not rush to offer such statements; the press asks for them. We have now passed a half century since the last great earthquake in Central California and a full century since the last in Southern California. There is evidence that strains in the earth have now accumulated to the point where the next great shock is not far off. It may happen while this is being written, or 10 years from now. The parts of the San Andreas Fault which shifted in 1857 and 1906 have been relatively quiet Camas, Wash. (U.R) Juan ita B. Smith, 45, Camas, was kill ed instantly when the car in which she was riding plunged over an embankment Saturday, officers reported. lately, so that the earthquake on March 22, 1957, on the great fault and close to San Francisco, was a distinct surprise. Of course this was a comparatively tiny affair; what it means in terms of the impending great earth quake no one can say. My Preferences There are several well-recognized possibilities for the loca tion of this expected great earthquake. Competent workers have rated their probabilities in differing order. My own prefer ence is: The Southern California sector of the San Andreas Fault, active in 1857, centering some where near Fort Tejon (Ed's Note: Between Los Angeles and Postal Crisis Said Blessing in Disguise Washington (U.R) Postmas ter General Arthur Summerfield said Monday that the recent pos tal "emergency has been a bless ing in disguise" because it fo cused public attention on his department's problems. "Now many more of our citi zens understand that their post office must have everyone's help if this nation, is to enjoy the postal service our people deserve and expect," Summerfield said. The postal "emergency" he referred to was caused by the recent shortage of funds to keep the Post Office Department op erating at full tilt until the be ginning of the new fiscal year July 1. When Congress was slow in giving Summerfield the funds he demanded, he began some drastic curtailments in service. The cuts were called off when Congress came through with the money. Three Rescued After Being Trapped by Tide Oceanlake, Ore. (U.R) Two men and a woman were safe Monday after being trapped by the tide on rocks off the beach here overnight. .The Coast Guard said Charles Oxley," 23, his ' wife, Caroline, both of Cornelius, and Harry Keller, 69, Hillsboro, made their way around the edge of a cliff when the tide went out early today. Senators Join To Ratify Boundary Pact Washington (U.R) Oregon and Washington senators have joined in sponsoring legislation to ratify the two-state pact for redefining the boundry between the two states long the Columbia River, Sen. Henry M. Jackson, (D-Wash.) said today. The new boundary was ap proved by both state legislatures. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way To Sell Items You No Longer Need "I'll Put 282 In Your Pocket " V . That's only to start with! While other car prices are tip $200, $500 or more, our 1957 prices are down $282 on this beautiful new Nash Ambassador Country Club. It's the biggest of the big V-8's. Biggest room. Biggest, softest coil springs on all four wheels. Biggest, most powerful engine in Nash history. NASH PRICES DOWN AS MUCH AS $2821 Don't pay hundreds of dollars more than the price of a Nash for a smaller, less powerful car. Don't take a vacation without looking at Nash, the world's finest travel car, with everything from Airliner Reclining Seats to All-Season Air Conditioning to double your vacation fun. See it! Drive it! Price it! AMERICAN MOTORS MEANS -$t MORE FOR AMERICANS m Today rmedum ft latest ouu..-- , trve, 2 S Say Join the Swing to the Travel King CLV-8 WORLD'S FINEST TRAVEL CAR Bakers field). The Central California sec tor, as in 1906, extending north and south from San Francisco. The intermediate sector, ex tending from San Juan and Hol lister southeastward to a point northeast of Paso Robles. In addition to the San An dreas fault a major earthquake might well occur on: The Hayward Fault on the east side of San Francisco Bay, or The fault in Owens Valley, where a great earthquake took place in 1872, or i The Garlock Fault In the Mo jave Desert. There are still other possibil ities; no part of California is ex empt from earthquake risk. Episcopal Diocese Sets Building Record Eugene U.R) The Oregon Diocese of the Episcopal church set an all-time building progress record during 1956, the Rt. Rev. Benjamin D Dagwell, bishop, re ported to the 69th annual con vention of the group Sunday. Projects under way are valued at more than $3 million, he said. They include the $2,500,000 Rogue Valley Memorial hospital at Medford. Other projects are a $300,000 auditorium - chapel annex at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland; new kitchens for Good Samaritan hospital at Corvallis; new church at Lebanon, a 6V2 acre site for a new group of church buildings, at Corvallis, and purchase of more property at Monmouth. Edmund L Hass Vice-Preiidtr.? Siaca Itll HOTEL MEDFORD LOBBY Phone SP 2-8379 Consult With Mr. Hass on INVESTMENT and RETIREMENT Programs Using tha Securities of . . ." Utilities Banks Insurance Industrial Investment Company Shares. Dependable Incomes of 5 to 6 Can Bo Obtained. 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