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7 LEONA GETS HER JOB Leona Gage, who was Miss U. S. A. for a day, poses' for her husband, Gene Ennis, with their twosons, Gene Jr., 3 (standing) and Nathan, 2. Leona, who said she lied about being married when she entered the Miss Universe contest so she could earn money for her family, is rehearsing for' her first night club appearance at the Hotel Tropicana in Las Vegas, Nev. Sea Rises, Lag To Slowly Sin Venice Vi The city of Ven ice is slowly sinking. The combined action of the in creasing sea level throughout the world and the lowering of the bocom of its famed lagoon means that isn 300 years most of Its streets will be under water, experts predict. The only way to stop the Adri atic from swallowing up Venice would be to seal off its lagoon from the open sea, but this would eventually turn the la goon into an immense marsh and mean simply another and inglor ious kind of death to the proud city. A spokesman for the Water Magistrate's office set up more than five centuries ago by the chief of the lagoon gondoliers said scientific tests show Venice Frustration Said Possible lor Fish Seattle. Wash. W The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has learned that fish, like humans, become frustrated when placed under conditions of stress and strain. The finding was the result of a series of tests made here at the Pacific Salmon Investigations laboratory. Fish biologists set up a six ' foot tank with three Chambers connected at the top. One con tained fresh water, another brackish water and the third, salt water. Three fish were placed in the fresh water and soon separated, one fish to a chamber, apparent ly paying no heed to the salinity content of each chamber. Then two other fish were introduced, and the three which had taken up residences fought violently to guard their homes, even to the extent of pulling out scales of the newcomers. The fourth and fifth fish, with no place in particular to go, flicked fins, quivered and shook in frustration. Next the five fish were placed together in a large unpartitianed pool and they quickly lost all signs of fight or frustration and behaved like model children. When a block of wood was floated on the pool, all the fish headed for the shaded spot. But in a short time, one strong salmon proved himself "king" of the school and he alone stayed under the block of wood. The fish denied the shady spot took to the corners of the pool and "shook all over," the biologists said. They appeared excited and were paler in color than a normal well-adjusted fish. French Take Toll Of Arab Guerrillas Algiers IW French troops killed, wounded or captured some 800 Arab guerrillas in the past seven days, inflicting the heaviest week's casualty toll of the three-year Algerian "war" French officials said today. They made no mention of the French casualties. The Arab losses occurred in some 200 raids carried out de spite a heat wave that pushed temperatures up to 133 degrees. The largest encounters occur red at Blida. where 98 Arabs were killed; in the Aures Moun tains, where 68 guerrillas per ished and four were captured, and in East Algeria, where thi death toll was 47, 7 l K Jm1 Pit' i oon Drops, k Venice is sinking at the rate of one foot and three inches per cen tury. This means that within three centuries the sea level had noth ing to do with the so-called "aqua alta" (high water), a sort of unpredictable tide that floods Venice now and then. Two thirds of Venice was flooded in 1951 because of the "high water," and the life of this city of 315,000 inhabitants came to a virtual standstill despite the activitiy of countless gondoliers. The Venice lagoon is sinking faster than any other points in the Adriatic Sea or the Mediter ranean, scientists say. "There is nothing to do about it" pointed out Prof. ' Augusto Polli, manager of the Italian Thalassographic (sea - recording Institute, as the first vanguards of tourists flocked through Ven ice's narrow lanes. "Venice is doomed to turn from a city of canals into a flooded city. Only after 20,000 years the phenomenon will re verse its trend and the bottom of the lagoon will start rising, but of course we will not be there to Watch Venice emering from the waters." The rising sea level is caused by the slow melting away of huge masses of ice both at the North and South Poles, Prof. Polli explained. The glaciers on the Alps and other mountain ranges are also beginning to melt, he added. The ground floors of some buildings, now flooded by the sea, were well above the lagoon level when they were built cen turies ago. ' The floor of St. Mark's Basilica, well below the level of San Marco Square is us ually the first to be flooded when the tidal "high water" flows through Venice. But when the 11-century-old church possibly second only to St. Peter's in Rome in its unbe lievable richness was built in 832, builders claimed it was "safe and free from the danger of the waves," a prediction which will be proved false with in a few centuries unless a spe cial dam is built around the church to protect it. . The Venice lagoon has three mouths, through which clear sea water flows in and out four times a day. Scientists said that the tide ebbs from the lagoon at a speed of six feet, eight inches per second, much faster than it flows in. "Our lagoon is the life of Ven ice, and the tide is its blood," a Venetian expert said. "Let us suppose that the three lagoon mouths are closed by three huge dams to avoid our slow sinking. It would mean Venice's death, because the lack of tide would turn the lagoon into a huge marsh and our canals into sew ers." Experts' predictions are con firmed by a "tele-sea-meter," a sort of tide-recording apparatus set at the ground level in St. Mark's steeple, which has been recording for several decades. Cecil B. DeMille Marks 76th Birthday Hollywood (IB Vetpran movie-maker Cecil B. DeMille took time off Monday to cele brate his 76th birthday. DeMille said he is too husv tr. even think of retiring. T h producer has been making plans for the worldwide release of "The Ten Commandments" and a,lso is making a choice of mater ial from the Bible for his next film epic. Pump Demonstrates Functioning of Circulatory System Omaha TO An Omaha elec trician believes a law govern ing the flow of electrons in wires can be applied in medicine to enable doctors to help millions suffering from high blood pres sure. Harry Lobel, 47, said he al ready ha3 rigged a pump that ac curately demonstrates the func tioning of the human circulatory system. By means of controls, the device can be made to act like a sick heart, he said. Lobel has been conducting his own experiments with facilities of the Clreighton University's medical school, whose officials have given him time and en couragement. Also giving him support is the Nebraska Heart association. It has been estimated that his project, now about two years old. has cost the university about $10,000. Scientists in this country and abroad have expressed interest in Lobel's theory. They include Dr. R. W. Stacy, Ohio State Uni versity; Dr. J. E. Randall, assist ant professor at the University of Missouri school of medicine, and Dr. J. R. Womersley, St. Bartholomew's medical college, London. Dr. Pierre Moret, Centre de Cardiologie, Geneva, Switzer land, requested information from Lobel to look into the theory. Lobel, owner of the Lobel Electric Co., is college-trained and the son of an inventor. He first started working on his the ory while attending Park Col lege in Missouri. "There is a back voltage in an electrical system under certain conditions which is called im pedance," Lobel said. "There is definitely back-pressure or im pedance in a hydraulic system under certain conditions. "In an electrical system, im pedance causes a leading of the generator and lines," Label said. "In an hydraulic system, imped ance causes a strain on the pump and an increase of pressure on the tubes. "The hypothesis is that im pedance in the circulation causes a strain on the heart and high blood pressure results." H Lobel said the circulation nor mally protects itself by means of nerve controls against imped ance, but in some disorders, in cluding high blood pressure, these controls are impaired. The Omahan said he would file a patent on an instrument with which doctors can measure impedance directly. He said they could thus predict impending circulatory failure before the pa tient is in serious condition. Drs. Stacy and Randall pub lished a report in Oct., 1956, in the American Jaurnal of Phy siology in which the. re-evalu-a'ed their old experiments on blood flow and confirmed the presence of impedance in the arteries. Dr. Womersley also said he found a basis of comparison be tween the circulatory system and an electrical system. Progr ram To Enlist Young Men for Government Washington HP) Presi dent Eisenhower has set up a new program designed to enlist able young businessmen and other promising persons for ca reers in the federal govern ment. He issued an executive order creating a special committee to meet the special needs of the federal government in selection, pay and effective use of top career civil service workers. The plan originally was recommend ed by the Hoover Commission on government reorganization. It's up to you! You want your children to have a good start to wards success, whether you live or die. And it can be arranged! Call me today and let me tell you how. 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Opening the regional offices will provide closer communica tion between the people of Ore gon and the units of the state system of higher education, Dr. Sherburne said. Mexican Building Inspector Suicides Mexico City (IP) A build ing inspector who had failed to detect any flaws in an apart ment house before it collapsed in last month's earthquake, kill ing 33 persons, committed sui cide in a jail cell here Monday night, police announced today. Teodoro Vega Garriga, the in spector, and other persons con nected with the construction of the building have been arrested pending investigation of charg es of negligence. The building collapse is be lieved by authorities to have been caused by defective con struction and inferior materials. The Studebaker COMMANDER Qetua A powerful, high compression V-8 drives this sedan. 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The jury, which awarded a top prize of 250,000 lire (400 dollars), included men of proven good taste, such as fashion wizard Guglielmo Battistoni, painter and art critic Renato Guttuso and tailors Gustavo Gat tinoni and Franco Gentilini. But the exhibitors belonged to a controversial school of modern, extravagant artists. Milanese painter Lucio Font ana won the contest with a "summer composition" of black and yellow splashes on a grey, blotting-paper - like background. Painter La Regina snatched the second prize with a fire-red necktie toned down with touches of green. The jury called it "a bit vivacious" but "very sexy." Women Compete A young woman painter, San drina D'Aroma, took on herself the difficult task of disproving the theory that women have' no taste in cravats. She won praise with a relatively conservative black and gray creation. Another woman, Bona de Pisis, submitted three designs, the best of which was described by a local newspaper as 'a cul ture of Protozoa in a bowl of blue water." No less drastically, the news paper said of the necktie de signed by Italo-American paint er Salvatore Meo: "He pasted a dozen gravel stones on a piece of mosaic . . . at first we thought it was an ancient fragment picked up from the courtyard of Palazzo Caffarelli" the historic build ing where the exhibition was held. Many Italians fear the neck tie business an important ex port factor will be hurt by "interference" from outside. It appears that this year's edition of the necktie contest will be followed next year by another show with A top prize as high as 1,000,000 lire (1,600 dollars). QUALITY WITH QUANTITY Springfield, 111. OPl Guess who was chosen grand champion steer at the Illinois State Fair? A 1,000-pound Hereford named "Chuby." 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The house, set on spacious grounds, will be remodeled, ac cording to Board Secretary Wil liam Ryan. Long-range mall development plans call for a new executive mansion, but Ryan said this de velopment was "far in the fu ture." Salem (IP) First steps in listing cut-over forest lands for deferred taxation under Ore gon's yield tax law are now un der way. 7 STUDENTS!! to enable you to see the fabulous KORENIAN COLLECTION Special arrangements Just bring one large Fluhrer's LITHIA HOTEL, 1:00-7:30 IS RIGHT FOR preference and purse) The Studebaker CHAMPION Qeluax Powered with Sfudeb&ker'g economical gweepstakes Six . . . handsomely, yet func tionally styled . . . the Cham pion Deluxe is a distinctive car at an attractively low budget cost. The Studebaker PRESIDENT Classic The distinguished leader of the 4-door Studebaker line, the President Classic in cludes such standard equip-' ment extras as thick piled carpeting, foam seating, 4 barrel carburetor, and safety fin brakes. This car, with its long 120H" wheel base, will grace any occasion. COlPOBATIOlf Riverside Medford, Ore. One Out of 34 Made Income Tax Mistakes Chicago (IPl One of every 34 individuals probably made mis takes in figuring his income tax; according to the Commerce Clearing House, national tax re porters. For some the mistakes will pay off, and they will receive re funds, but for others a bill will come from Uncle Sam for more tax, the firm said. If the pattern is the same as last year, more than 1,300,000 individuals made mistakes on their 1957 federal income tax returns. Most of the errors were made in the taxpayers' favor. Last year the government re funded 32 million dollars in over-payments, the group reported. ARCHITECT DIES Portland HPI Rio L. Mor in, well-known Portland archi tect, died Monday night. He was 60 years old. 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