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.
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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.
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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.
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