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r'JRlEtH MTDrOKD 'ORZOOrf) mail thibune
Wednesday. June 19. 1957
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NEWEST KILLER TALOS," the U. S. Navy's increased range surface-to-air guided
Missile, zooms off from launching platform to lock on a target guided by its mechanical
brain during a test at White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico. The weapon will
form major armament of the light cruiser Galveston undergoing conversion and later
to two other cruisers, the Little Rock and Oklahoma City. Talos has registered "kills"
with reliability and accuracy at distances of 25 miles.
Pickin' Pears
Newt and Notes
Frcm Camp White
Y BID HOLLINGS WORTH
Camp White writers made a
Eood showing in winning three
cash awards and two honorary
citations in the Hospitalized Vet
erans Writing Project. Notifica
tion was sent to Manager E. K.
Ricker hy Mrs. Lyman Dunn,
president, from Chicago head
quarters this week.
Howard Curry Watson re
reived $25 for second place in
the short story contest. Walter V.
Grow won two limrrick prizes
nd received $6. Earl J. Sweeney
and David Frisch were named
m the honorary awards for
limericks.
Sweeney alio received honor
able mention for his article on
rehabilitation through writing.
There were 14 Camp White con
testants this year.
Utilization of the porches of
all occupied buildings for tele
vision rooms is the new con
struction project under way. Two
of the buildings in Section 1,
arc now being equipped by the
engineering division with closed
in porches, reached outside by
a ramp at the entry way.
The porches have been ex
posed to the weather and have
been virtually unused, and the
additional solarium will provide
a special room for TV patrons.
Work is proceeding on the
theater remodeling program ac
cording to schedule. The o 1 d
stage wall has been torn away
and building will start this week
on the larger floor space. It will
extend 13 feet back of the old
wall.
ford and has had department
! store and other sales experience,
j She was postmaster at Bndge
I port in eastern Oregon before
coming to southern Oregon.
Postmaster Art Scarselh re
ceived a letter the other day.
When he opend it, he found it
j contained a newspaper clipping
. about his niece, Barbara Ewert.
' 18. a freshman in East Los
I Angeles Junior college. She was
elected Hollywood Bowl Star-
light Girl for 1957.
I Miss Eweri was recognized
for her proficiency at the piano
and in singing.
Baseball fans were somewhat
undecided Sunday whether to
go to Grants Pass to see the
home team play tnere, or to re
main for the girls Softball game
between the visiting Eugene
Chain Saw combination and the
Rogue Valley Dairy Maids.
Those who remained were fiot
disappointed in the style of play
displayed and while the Alilk
Maids gave a better exhibition
of all around playing ability, the
Eugene girls went home with the
reputation of being a strong team
I especially with the bat. They
j started off u ith a commanding
j lead in the Saturday night en
! counter, grained by consistent
j hitting.
Portland Appears
Safe From Fallout
1 Portland HI Two Reed
! college chemists indicated her?
! Tuesday that so far the Port
S land area appears to be relative
i ly safe from radio activity,
i Dr. Arthur F. Scott said the
amount of radioactivity detect
ed by a Portland air monitor
ling station has been ''insignifi-
cant."
; Dr. Arthur Livermore. a col
i league, did not comment direct
ly on this region's fall-out prob
lem, but both agreed they do
not believe that the Hanfoid.
Wash., plutonium works is ser
iously polluting the Columbia
river with radioactivity.
Dr. Livermore told a session
of the Northwest Institute of
International Relations here that
he doubted that "eating fish
from the Columbia river is any
more hazardous than breathing
the radioactivity of the air.
"Anyway," the doctor said, "I'm
going on eating them whenever
I can catch them."
H. Dewey Wilson
Reelected Head
Of Advisory Group
H. Dewey Wilson. Medford at
torney, was reelected chairman
of the Jackson county juvenile
court advisory council and ex
ecutive board Monday night at
a meeting in the circuit court
room of the courthouse.
Wayne R. W:elty of Medford
was elected vice chairman of
the advisory council and execu
tive board, and Mrs. Clarence E.
(Bonnie) Wilson of Medford was
elected seer etary-treasurer of
both groups.
Elected to three-year terms
on the evecutive board were
Mrs. Lawrence W. B u o nocore
and James V. McGoodwin, both
of Medford. Other members are
Dr. Frederick Trost, Ashland;
Mrs. Maude House, Phoenix:
C. W. Abbott. Central Point; and
Mrs. Henry Padgham, Mrs. C. I.
Drummond, Kenneth McHngh
and Mrs Una B. Inch, all of Med
ford. Report on Budget
A report of the county budget
hearing was given and the group
endorsed requests made on be
half of the juvenile department.
Those attending also said the in
creased budget indicated for the
department in 1957-58 is just
ified. It was reported that the
department handled 683 cases in
1956 as compared with 344 in
1954.
Progress reports were made
on the juvenile detention home
construction. The building is ex
pected to be completed in Sept
ember. The program for next
year also was discussed at the
meeting. Next regular meeting
will be held Monday. Sept. 15,
although special meetings may
be called in the meantime.
Women 'Poisoned'
By Bathing Suits
New York IP Two cases of
women being "poisoned"' by
their bathing suits in the cur
I rent heat wave have been re
! ported to the New York Health
Department.
A department spokesman said
the Health Department's poison
i control center had been asked
; for advice by doctors treating
: the women.
' He said the women had been
j wearing the suits to keep cool
I at home and had broken out in
i rashes soon after they put
I them on.
I The rashes were traced to al
! lergies to moth balls in which
: the suits had been stored during
the w inter, the spokesman said.
He advised rinsing bathing suits
j after taking them out of storage.
Self-Expression!
The uniforms worn by the
Camp White baseball taam are
a donation of the Oregon Elks as-1
sociation. The BPOE also has
furnished a shipment of leather
nd buckskin for the hobby
craftsmen in this particular line.
Engineer Officer B. R. Sims
nd Mrs. Suns are heading south
east on an extended vacation
trip that wil lake them as far
Cuba, returning by way of
New Orleans.
With stooovers arranged in St.
Louis. Atlanta and in Florida. '
thev plan to be away nearly
three weeks
Miss Grace Stuhr. chief nurse,
has announced that Mrs. Mabel
Day and Mrs. Mary Guy, of the
nursing staff, attended a work
shop conference on "More Crea
tive Nursing" held at Roseburg
VA hospital recently.
Nurses attending the four day
institute at Southern Oregon col
We. Ashland, were Mrs. Vega
Burns and Mrs. Christine Bates.
The fue month period be
tween April and October shows
the lowest sick call report, ac
cording to the annual review of
medical activities for the domi
ciliary. The daily average for the year
is 63. wuii about 15 per cent
(ewer. men requiring medical at
tention during May, June. July.
August and September. Last
ear. October was hish month
with 1.744 visits to the doctors.
Difficulties Remain
On Soviet Satellites
Moscow 'IP A leading
Soviet scientist said the Soviet
Union still has many technical
difficulties to solve before her
artificial earth satellite can be
completed.
Academician Yevgeni Fedo
rov said Tuesday that the So
viet scientists will "surely over
come" the difficulties and the
satellite would be launched dur
ing the geophysical year which
begins July 1. He refused to
speculate on a target date al
though Alexander Nesmeyanov.
president of the Academy of
Sciences said it would be within
"several months."
VAVS birthday parties for
members, held each month, were
sponsored thus far this year as
follows:
January-An.crican Gold Star
Mothers: Fcbruary-DAV Auxili
ary of Medford and Grants Pass:
March-YFW Auxiliary: April
American Legion A u x i 1 i a ry;
May-American Red Cross: June
Navy Mothers Club
Mrs. Edna Brassfield has been
appointed retail clerk in the can
teen store.
Mrs. Bra.-sfse'.d lives in Med-
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Interior May Move
Northwest Office
Washington 'IT The Inter
ior department indicated today
that it may move its Northwest
regional office for commercial
fisheries from Portland, Ore., to
Seattle as part of its reorgani
zation of the Fish and Wildlife
service.
But officials said that of the
100 or so employees now in the
Portland office, 10 or fewer
would be asked to transfer to
Seattle. The remaining office
will be retained for the bureau
of sport fisheries and wildlife
The move hinges on whether
Congress provides S176.000 to
set up four new regional offices.
! Standard Increases
Gasoline, Oil Prices
Portland itPi Another hike
in gasoline and heating oil
prices was foreseen today after
Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia announced a .3 cent per
gallon price boost on regular
and premium gasoline and on
diesel and heating oil.
The increases were effective
at midnight.
Other major oil companies
had not announced hikes but
sources indicated it was likely
thev would follow suit.
Uncoupled Cars
Hit Passenger Train
Grants, N.M. W The last
four cars of a moving Santa Fe
Railroad streamliner became un
coupled near here Tuesday night
and crashed into the remaining
section of the passenger train.
Railroad officials said about
30 persons were "shaken up"
and that one unidentified per
son was "seriously injured."
The Santa Fe spokesmen said
the last four cars were detached
when tie plates along the line
flew up, severing a coupling be
tween the remaining cars. They
said momentum carried the de
tached cars into the rear of the
streamliner, the El Capitan.
It was en route from Chicago
to Los Angeles. The train pro
ceeded to Gallup. N.M., after
the accident for repairs.
APPARENT SUICIDE Wil
liam K. Sherwood, 41, Stan
ford University research
scientist died "an apparent
suicide," two days before he
was to appear in San Fran
cisco before a House com
mittee investigating Com
munist "intellectual" infil
tration. Mr. Sherwood lived
in Pacific Grove, Calif.
Directors Named for Nickel Corporation
Cave Junction Directors of
the newly formed Nickel Corp
oration of America, were an
nounced last week by Edward
N. White, president of the New
Delhi Mines, Ltd., Toronto, Can
ada. White is president of the com
pany, while John H. White, pres
ident of Chemical and Metal
lurgical Enterprises. Inc., Salt
Lake City, is vice president. The
Toronto and Utah firms own the
new corporation jointly on a 50
50 basis. It has been formed to
, explore and develop nickel de-
posits in the Illinois Valley.
Other directors are H. H. Hel
Jler, Albert S. Perry and Clark
Campbell, all of Toronto; John
Hopkins of Salt Lake City and
j Bruce Manley, of Medford.
Two Grants Pass drilling out-
fits have received contracts to
I continue drilling in the nickel
I exploration work on Woodcock
! and Eight Dollar mountains,
j Both companies are operating
I two crews.
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1 FORMER EDITOR DIES
: London (U P.) Tom Clarke.
73. former editor of the Liberal
News Chronicle and who repre
I sented several American news
! papers during the Russo-Japa
nese war. died Tuesday.
PHYSICIST DIES
Branford. Conn T
Lawrence T. Fairhall.
Dr.
63. a ;
physicist who retired in 1951
as scientist director of the Na
tional Institute of Health of the!
U. S. Public Health Service. I
died Monday.
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Trtankt to rfi miracle of froren foods mkJ prepared mixes, the modern
housewife can bake a cherry pie or concoct a whole meal "quick as a
cat can wink ita eve."
Bui nAaf iem tht Jo with Ihe time the. nova ? Just takei care of thret or
four kids, makes slip-coveri and drapes, acts as family chauffeur and
nurse, does the washing and ironing, entertain her husband's boM,
probably helps out at the local hospital or maybe sent 5 as Den Mother
for ten husky, unruly Cub Scouts.
And sht ion ntn mart! Chances are ihe acts as family purchasing agent
and bookkeeper. And her family's financial standing depends as much
upon her ability to budget and save money as it does on her husband's
ability to earn it.
That's why to many women today are helping their hubands jrt started
on a regular savings program in U.S. Series E Savings Bonds. Everybody
wanls to save, but modern women face the fact that few people can do it
on a hit or miss basis. The secret of saving is rystem, and one of the
easiest svstems to follow is for the family breadwinner to buy Bonds
through the Payroll Savings Plan. Once a wage earner sizns up for this
plan where he works, his money is automatically saved for him in snfe
and sure U.S. Savings Bonds.
Helper familv win financial security by encouraging your husband to
join the Pavroll Savings Plan or invest in Bonds regularly where he
banks. He'll thank vou for it tomorrow!
PART OF EVERT AMERICAN'S
SAVINGS BELONGS IN
U. S. SAVINGS BONDS
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