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TWTLVZ MEDFORD (OREGON) Commercial Air Crash Off Biak Recalls Tragic Incident By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York W The tragedy of a commerical air crash off Biak brought the name of that coral-fringed bit of equatorial island back into the news for the first time since the spring Sex Determination Algebraic Summation Of Several Factors By DELOS SMITH United Preia Science Editor New York, (in A scientific view on sex follows: "Sex Is the overall state of body and mind by which the individual con forms to the male or the fe male standards of normality in the named sex - determin ing factors. "It is an al gebraic lum mation of Oelos Smith these factors in which no one factor super sedes the others. In other words there Is no single conclusive fac tor. "Every individual we know is a mixture of characteristics of the male and female, and it is the algebraic sum or preponder ance of all these factors that de termines sex, and not any one of them." The speaker was Dr. Joseph H. Kiefer of the University of Illinois, who was lecturing a medical audience. Names Sex Factors The "sex-determining factors" he named were: "First and most basic" is the pattern of the chromosomes in all body cells. These patterns are either "XX" and female or "XY" and male. It used to be thought that these patterns al ways were of the sex the in dividual appeared to be. Recent ly it has been shown that this is not always so." w M orvthis famous play wear while there's plenty of hot weather ahead. Mann's is cutting Vz off these wonderful White Stag co-ordinates. Clam diggers Little boy shorts Calfskinner Top master blouse Bermuda shorts Motor pants Jib shorts Sweat shjrt Deck trousers Cool breezer blouse Jib Jamaica shorts Midshipman jacket Strap ring sportser Soft line bra Back wrap skirt Vs off on Calfskinners Clipper T-shirts White Stag Slacks for Men Dacron blend for wash 'n wear f Reg. 8.95, sizes 30-42 - NOW MAIL TRIBUNE During World War II of 1944, when it was a World War II batleyround. It was, during the war, a place of tragedy also. It was the scent of bitter fighting for a time be tween American and Japanese troops. I remember it part par ticularly for a tiny-scale tragedy Next in importance is the na ture of sexual glands. "For many years," continued Dr. Kie fer, "this was considered the best indicator of the true sex, but is now found unreliable. Then come the chemical pat terns of the hormones of the other glands of internal secre tion. He pointed out that horm ones from glands other than the sexual "can drastically alter the development of sex features. Next in his list was "the most obvious." Uncertain Cases Finally is the mind "pattern." This pattern "is influenced by the hormonal pattern as well as by the upbringing and experi ence of the individual, but is an uncertain guide as to true sex." He was concerned for the few in whom, at birth, there was un certainty. With the 'inter-sexed," the determination of "true sex" "should be done as early in life as possible. This would seem axiomatic, yet not everyone agrees with this idea." He advocated "through and comprehensive study" to esta blish the status of the inter-sexed in the five "sex determining factors." This study would estab lish true sex; "medical, surgical, and social corrective measures" would follow. "This," he said, "will allow the patient to develop normally or very near normally physical ly, socially, and psychically, and will prevent the lifetime malad justments and tragedies that fill the historical works on the sub ject." O f REG. 4.95 3.95 5.95 4.95 4.95 6.95 3.95 2.98 5.95 3.95 5.95 6.95 jacket 7.95 2.93 6.95 children and subteens REG. 2.98 1.98 1.99 1.32 . 3-6X ...3-6X TrldaT. Julr 1957 during the U.S. invasion because it was there I could have saved a human life and did not. Biak is a steamy-hot concen tration of jungle, brush, cliffs, and swamp just 50 miles south of the equator near the northwest end of New Guinea. At first gray of dawn on May 27 our shelling and bombing of the shore began. Its intensity soon obscured the coastline with a curtain of smoke and dust. Coastline Not Visible Perhaps because the coastline was not visible, our troop-hauling ships mistakenly took posi tion two miles west of the desig nated landing beaches. The first wave of tracked landing vehicles that crawled across the green coral through the smoke dis covered the error when they found themselves in a mangrove swamp. Our ships were ordered to move to the proper position. The ship on which I was riding as a reporter got underway with one solider still hanging at the bottom of the rope landing net from which he had been about to drop into a waiting landing vehicle. The landing craft itself swung out along our side, trying to keep abreast of us. The soldier wos weighted with a heavy pack, his gun, and am muntion. The strength in his hands gave out. When I first saw him, he was dropping into the water. He came slowly down the length of the ship, pawing the rolling, slick green water desperately against the weight that kept pulling his head back and down under. Victim Goes Unseen Those of us at the rail on deck presumed the landing craft which was almost at his side would pick him up quickly. Any one of us could have vaulted over the side of the ship and helped him keep afloat. But somehow the two-man crew of the landing craft failed to see him. While scores of men shouted frantically at the craft through the bombardment noise, he bobbed quickly astern. The craft suddenly spotted him and raced after him. As his head started under, it reached Vi OFF 3.30 2.64 3.97 3.30 3.30 4.63 2.64 1.99 3.97 2.64 3.97 4.63 5.30 1.99 4.63 REG 3.98 2.98 2.98 2.65 1.99 1.99 7-14 7-14 Sub-teens Cairo Building' Cave-in Kills 40 Cairo HP More than 40 per sons, including a bride in her ; white wedding dress, were killed Thursday night when the top floor of an old house caved in and sent the walls crashing down on more than 200 guests. Police said early today anoth er 45 persons had been taken to hospitals with serious injuries and that they feared rescue crows would find additional bod ies in the debris. Fire and police brigades were still hauling dead and injured from the rubble early today and police said they feared addition al victims were still in the ruins. The.building, situated off an alley in the Darb El Ahmar quarter near Saladin's Citadel, collapsed shortly before mid night while the bride and bride groom were gaily celebrating their marriage. The walls buckled without warning, the top floor caved in and the house collapsed as if it were made of cards. Dulles on Official Visit To Canada Washington HP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flew to Canada today for a week end get-acquainted visit with John G. Diefenbaker, its new prime minister. The visit to Ottawa will be Dulles' first official trip to Canada in almost two years. However, he has vacationed several times at his private Duck Island hideaway on the Cana dian side of Lake Ontario. 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