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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1957
No. 142
Discussions Help
World Problems,
Russ, Dulles Say
Positions Clarified
On Many Questions
Washington (W Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles and
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
A. Gromyko announced jointly
Saturday night that they had
held "helpful" discussions on the
Middle East, disarmament, Eu
rope and Russo-American rela
tions. That was the highlight of a
joint communique issued follow
ing a talk at Dulles' home that
lasted nearly four hours.
As he shook hands and said
goodbye to Dulles, Gromyko
stopped to tell reporters the Jn
versation had been "useful" on
a number of problems, including
the tension-ridden Middle East,
and the disarmament stalement.
Clarify Position
He said both sides had ex
plaine and clarified their posi
tions on major topics.
Dulles, in advance of the ses
sioun, had been prepared to
warn Gromyko that Russian
arms dumping policies in the
Middle East could lead to war.
The communique said the two
had felt that a meeting "would
enable them to seek clarifica
tion of the intentions and posi
tions of their respective govern
ments on major questions of mu
tual concern."
"They believe," it added, "that
the conversation this afternoon
has been helpful in this respect.
The major topics brought up
were the Middle East, disarma
ment, the situation in Europe
and United States-Soviet con
tacts." Communique Read
The communique was read to
newsmen on Dulles' front lawn
by Assistant Secretary of State
Andrew H. Berding.
On the "situation in Europe, '
Berding said Dulles "brought up
the need for the reunification of
Germany."
"This was not, however, dis
cussed because Mr. Gromyko
said he could not accept this as
a proper subject for discussion
by him," Berding added.
Dulles was reported to have
voiced words of caution that So
viet policy in the Middle East
could lead to trouble. But the
communique gave no details on
this or any other subject discussed.
Murder Trial Planned
For Dec. 5 Hearing
Grants Pass 0P Circuit
t n J. Millard Friday set
Dec. 5 as the date of the first
degree murder trial of Felix J.
Brame. 46-year-old Grants Pass
man accused of the latai snoot
ing of hise stranged wife Marg
Tulv in
Brame had entered a plea ol
Innocent.
Dewey Wilson, member of the
Medford law firm of Duncan,
Wilsnn and Duhaime,
defense counsel for the retired
U. S. Army major, filed a writ
ten note with Judge Millard Fri
day that Brame was "insane or
mentally defective" at the time
of the alleged shooting. Wilson
also filed a demurer charging
that the' grand jury indictment
-,4nct Rrame was "faulty."
The 46-year-old woman had
been shot with a .45-caliber pis
tol.
Football
Scores
VMI 2. Klrhmoni!
Mim. 34. Hardin-Sirnrnonj T
Wvnmln I. Utah St. 19
Idaho 21. Utah
AF Academy is. Detroit 1
Mirh t. 19, fa1"-
Ohio t. 35. Vaihinstn T
Villanova II. Fla. st; 7
Dartmouth 6. Pen," ' ,
Princeton 47. Columbia
Boston col. 13,. Qnanuco MC T
Army 27. Penn st. 13
Syracuse 27. Boston 20
Cornell 20. Harvard (
Rutgers 14, Conn. 7
Frown 12. Yale 20
Holly Cross 32. Dayton
Duke 14. Maryland 0
N. Carolina 13, Navy 7
N Carolina st. 13. Clemson T
Michigan 2. Georgia 0
III. 40. Coleate 0
OSC . Northwestern 1J
Pitt. 20. USC 14
Wise. 45. Wft Va. 13
low, :n. wsc is
Minn. 21. Purdue 17
Notre Dam 2ft. Intl.
Nfb. It. Kansas St. 7
Tfnn. 1. Miss St. 9
Centre 7. Wash. Lee t
William and Marry 13. V PI T
Texas A&M 28. Missouri 0
Rice 34. Stanford 7
Tulane 20, Marquette C
Miami 13, Baylor 7
Fla. 14. Kty. 7
Virginia 28, Wake Forest 20
Furman 13. George Wash. 12
Arkansas 20, TCU 7
S. Carolina 27. Texas 21
Louisiana st. 19. Texas Tech. 14
Drake 19. N. Texas st. 6
Abilene Ch. 20. McMurray eol. 6
Cal. Tech 41. Riverside 7
Off ion 21. UCI.A 0
Chico st. 20. 'evada 1
Rep. Porter Mates
Benefits off Bill
Vast benefits which would ac
crue to the Rogue River basin
through proper development
were cited here last night by
Congressman Charles O. Porter,
sponsor of a development bill
now in Congress.
The Eugene Democratic rep
resentative, addressing some 60
members of the county's Dem
orcatic Social club and others
at the Medford hotel, went into
some detail as to provisions of
Rioting Students
Beat Up Militia
In Warsaw Strife
' Warsaw Police fired tear
gas shells at hundreds of rioting
students Saturday night and ar
rested some 200 persons in the
third straight night of street
violence in this tense communist
capital.
Students surged into the
streets swinging sitcks, stones
and rubber truncheons.
They beat up several militia
men who tried to restore order.
One militiaman was reported to
have been killed.
The outbreaks hit the city in
two waves, one around 8 p.m.
(11 a.m. Pst) and the second two
hours later.
Fighting broke out first in
Powfka and Wilcza streets, then
in the area of Zlota and Zgoda
streets where the militia fired
several shots over the heads of
the rioters.
Hooligons Blamed
Police blamed "zootsuit hool
igans" rather than students for
the vioence. They said hooligans,
many of them drunk, infiltrated
the student protest groups.
For the third night the
crowd's sticksand stones were
no match for the Militia's tear
gas. Riot squads cleared t h e
streets and by midnight the city
was quiet.
Earlier, security police had
dispersed small groups of mut
tering students who had assemb
led in several Warsaw squares.
For a while, it appeared that an
uneasy truce had developed.
Then hundreds' of students
swarmed to the attack again.
Increase Precautions
The authorities increased
their precautions. Some 500 mil
itiamen were sent to protect the
militia headquarters at Mostow
ski palace.
But the students, protesting
against the banning of their
outspoken newspaper, erupted
elsewhere, despite the fact that
an estimated 200 of their num
ber have been arrested as a re
sult of the rioting last night and
the night before.
The Wilcza street demonstrat
ors. dispersed, reformed in a
sullen crowd at Pozmafka street
under the watchful eyes of heav
ily-armed police. No violence
was reported from this area.
Fund Drive To Start
With Democrats Soon
First door-to-door canvassing
since the 1956 election campaign
will be conducted by Democrat
ic fund-raisers next week.
This "Dollars for Democrats"
drive is part of a nation-wide
drive, according to the official
announcement.
"Oregon's Democratic families
can expect to be called on at
their homes Monday through
Saturday," according to Oscar
Kendall of Corvallis, drive
chairman. "The drive will end
with a final report from each
Democratic county organization
to the state headquarters in
Portland Oct. 12.
"Dollars for Democrats" was
begun in 1956 as an annual Dem
ocratic fund-raising event with
the aim of financing the party
by many small contributions. It
will be held in most of the 48
states this year from Oct. 7 to
Oct. 12.
Weather
FORFCAST: Mostly cloudy to
day and Monday and showery,
snow flurries above snnn feet,
hiih todar 55. low tonight 38,
high Monday 60:
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 55
Lowest this morning 41
PREC.
To 5 p.m. Yesterday 02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
6:14 a.m.
Sunset
5:45 p.m.
Moonrise 4:36 p.m.
Moonset Monday 5:09 a.m.
Full Moon (Hunter's Moon)
Oct. 8
EVENING STARS
Saturn, low in south
west 6:53 JJ.m.
Venus, sets 7:01 p.m.
In another two weeks Venus
will be seen right below Saturn.
the bill. He said It would:
Benefits Cited
Cost some $662 Vi million.
Provide SI million, or as much
more as is needed, for develop-
ROGUE TOUR SET
A caravan tour of areas pro
posed for development under
Congressman Charles O. Por
ter's Rogue Basin bill will be
conducted Monday morning,
he reminded residents last
night. Anyone interested is in
vited to participate.
The group will gather at the
Medford hotel at 8 a.m. for a
briefing by corps of engineers
representatives, and will then
proceed to the airport where
the congressman will make a
brief aerial inspection of the
area. Following his return, the
motorcade will proceed to in
spect several of the key sites
proposed for development.
ment and preservation of recrea
tional facilities, including fish
life.
Provide irrigation for 114,
000 acres of land, 74,000 of them
irrigated for the first time, and
40,000 with supplemental irriga
tion. '
Generate 61,000 kilowatts
of power.
Prevent disastrus floods,
such as the one which caused
more than $4 million in 1955.
Have a benefit-cost ratio of
3.5 to 1 or even better, one of
the highest for any similar pro
ject in the nation.
Preserve, or even improve,
the fishery resource here
through scientific management
and better fishery control.
Mail Supports
He said he has received a great
deal of mail from this area re
garding the bill, almost all of
it favorable. He says he under
stands the opposition of fisher
men, who were instrumental in
defeating a similar development'
plan in 1948, but he is convinced
that when they look at the over-
alljbenefits,'as well as the pro
tective features of the bill, tney
too will support it.
Porter stated that, as It is a
multi-purpose plan, no one spec
ial interest probably would en
tirely satisfied, but he said as
nlans develoo (and additional
federal agency studies are now
under way), he is convinced it
will have widespread support as
one of the surest guarantees for
a sound economic future for this
area, and the population and in
dustrial increases which are
bound to come.
Discounts "Rift"
Earlier, he discounted reports
of a "rift" in the Democratic
members of Oregon's Congres
sional delegation, specifically be
tween Senators Wayne L. Morse
and Richard L. Neuberger.
"None of us," he declared,
'were elected to be- 'me-too'
men. and we do have our tem
porary disagreements." But he
emphasized the five Democrats
all have the same social and po
litical aims, and work toward
them as their intelligence and
consciences indicate.
"Disagreements are the basis
of democratic government and
healthy compromise, he stated.
"When we stop disagreeing, then
is the time to worry."
Touching on the election of
James Hoffa as president of the
Teamsters union, Congressman
Porter reported he is working
on a draft of a bill which would
protect the rights of members of
union organizations while at the
same time not restricting pro
cedure so drastically as to deny
union's overall rights and pow
ers. Teamster Asks Advice
-He cited the case of a Eugene
Teamster who called him last
week, asking what other union
he and some 30 or more of his
friends could join. The congress
man said if proper procedures
are set up, such a situation of
boss rule would not arise in
democratically-run unions.
Turning to present economic
difficulties in Oregon, he point
ed out Jackson county is suffer
ing less than other areas in his
fourth district, but he empha
sized much remains to be done
to get Oregon's economy as a
whole back on its feet. One par
tial solution, he believes, would
be enactment of a bill he is spon
soring which would permit FHA
loans to be made from a fund
loaned by the Railroad Retire
ment board. It would also have
the advantage of increasing in
come to the railroad funds, he
said.
Marvin Madden, president of
the club, presided, and intro
duced a number of Democratic
office-holders and party work
ers. Larry Sheehan, chairman of
the Democratic central commit
tee, asked for cooperation in
next week's "Dollars for Demo-
i crats" fund-raising campaign.
No Launching Set
For Satellite
This Year By U.S.
ICBM Developments
Held Possibly True
Temple City, Calif. HP! The
United States will not get a sat
ellite into the air this year, Dr.
W. H. Pickering, director of the
Cal Tech Jet laboratory said
Saturday night.
The scientist said all he knew
about a possible step-up in the
U. S. satellite program was what
he read in the newspaper.
Pickering was at an Interna
tional Geophysical Year confer
ence in Washington, D.C., when
the Russians announced they had
launched their satellite. He said
there were indications the Rus
sians planned to launch a satel
lite soon but it still came as a
surprise.
Reports May Be True
Russia's ability to launch an
artificial moon so much larger
than that planned by the U. S.
indicates that the Russian's
claim of having developed an
ICBM may be true, Pickering
said.
However, he steered clear of
the science fiction aspects of the
satellite.
"You can let 'your imagina
tion run in any direction," he
said, "But there is a long way
to go before man reaches the
moon." "
Track Signal
As Pickering talked, electron
ic experts in a small basement
room of the sheriff's substation
were picking up the signal of
the satellite as it swung over
California and Arizona again.
The "beep . . . beep" of the
signal was recorded on tape for
analysis.
Pickering said he felt the Rus
sians eventually would provide
the key to the data-loaded sig
nal transmitted from the 184
pound artificial moon speeding
around the e arth at 18,000 miles
an hour. ' " """
Cal Tech scientists hoped to
determine the temperature of
outer space and cosmic ray radi
ation from the tape.
The first signal received from
the satellite was reported re
corded at 7:10 p.m. (PST) Friday
by members of the San Gab
riel Valley Radio club, a group
of "ham" operators working
with the Cal Tech lab.
There were two teams on duty
Saturday night, one here and
one on a hilltop in Flintridge,
recording as the unseen satellite
swept overhead.
They planned v to man their
stations for 24 hours a day until
the pattern of the satellite is
established.
Schoolboards Meet
Here On Monday ,
School board members of first,
second and third class districts
and members of the Jackson
county non-high board will meet
at 8 p.m. Monday, in the county
courthouse auditorium to select
a committee to plan reorganiza
tion of school districts.
Board members will select a
nine-member board and five al
ternates to fill vacancies should
any occur during the tenure of
the reorganization committee.
Alf B. Mekvold, superintend'
ent of county schools, said any
legal voter is eligible to serve on
the committee.
The Monday night meeting
should not be confused with a
meeting scheduled Thursday at
Medford High school, Mekvold
pointed out.
The Thursday night meeting
has been called by the rural
board relating to the revised tu-
ral school law. Two temporary
additional members-at-large to
the rural board will be elected
Thursday night. Glen Smith
chairman of the rural board, will
serve as chairman.
Medford Ham Hears
Medford "ham" operator
Charles Thurston reported that
he received the radio signals
from the Russian-made satellite
Friday night and watched "pips"
a.s they were recorded on a Pan
adaptor, a device similar to a
small television screen.
Thurston first picked up the
signal at about 10:45 p.m. and
continued to receive it for a pe
riod of about 4V2 minutes, while
the satellite traveled across the
sky "somewhere" to the north.
Thurston said he could not tell
its exact position, but because
the pips were stronger when his
directional antenna was pointed
due north it could be assumed
that it was orbiting over the
SOW
ificial Moon
Crosses Country
In Six Journeys
Tracking Equipment
Revamped. For Work
Washington OPI A Russian
space satellite hurtled across the
United States six times Saturday
while scientists worked rapidly
to revamp tracking systems and
plot its course.
Meantime, two reports indi
cated the artificial moon already
may be slowing down. A scien
tist of the Carnegie Institution's
observation station at Derwood,
Md., said the satellite was tak
ing 101 minutes to circle the
earth, instead of the 95 minutes
announced by Moscow. The
RCA communications research
laboratory at Riverhead, N.Y.,
calculated its speed this after
noon at 17,712 miles per hour,
compared with the Soviet-estimated
initial speed of 18,000
mph. . 1
Hasn't Slowed Down
However, Dr. John P. Hagen,
director of the U. S. Satellite
project, said, "I guarantee it
hasn't slowed down very much,
if at all."
Dr. Joseph W. Siry of the U.
S. Naval Research laboratory in
Washington, said he did not
have enough information to say
whether it is slowing down.
Siry said the Russian sphere
crossed parts of the United
States six times in the first full
day of primitive space flight.
To Pass Over Cities
He predicted it will pass over
or near these cities early Sun
day:
Boston. 12:51 a.m. (EDT): New
York, 12:52; Philadelphia and
Washington,. 12:53; Charleston,
S'. C, 12:55; Miami, 12:56.
The next pass was predicted
to beein at 2:25 a.m. (EDT) over
Miami, Fla. The combined effects
of the orbit s course and the
earth's spinning on its axis will
make this pass come from south
west to northeast.
The next daylight pass was
calculated to begin in the Bos
ton vicinity at 9:03 a.m. (EDT)
over New York at 9:04; Philadel
phia, Baltimore and Washington,
at 9:05; Charleston, 9:07 and Mi
ami 9:08.
The staff of Project Vanguard,
the U. S. satellite project, work
ed through much of Friday night
and all of Saturday to patch to
gether a network for tracking
the Russian moon. This was nec
essary because of its equipment
was not geared to the space ball's
radio beam.
Stations Make Chrfnge
Five Minitrack stations com
pleted changes necessary to put
them in operations so they
could monitor the low frequency
"beep" signals emitted by the
satellite.
The stations are at San Diego,
Calif., Ft. Stewart, Ga., Havan
na, Cuba, Quito, Ecuador, and
Lima, Peru. At the same time
amateurs and commercial and
other radio monitors sent in a
flood of reports.
An elaborate network of moni
tors will be needed to pinpoint
the satellite's position at any
time.
Officials were not worried
about their initial lack of pre
cise information on its course.
Snow Totals 74 Inches
At Crater Lake Park
Klamath Falls, Ore. (IP)
Crater Lake National Park had
7 V2 inches of new snow Friday
night, bringing the total snow
pack to 21 inches. Officials said
that was a new record for this
time nf vear.
Highway 62 was open through
the park to the rim, but chains
were advised for motorists mak
ing the trip.
northern part of the United
States. or Canada.
Signal Clear
Thurston reported that the
signal was clear and that there
was a pronounced "fading in'
and "fading out" of the pips
when the satellite came into 'nd
left his radio ranee. The pips oc
curred at the rate of about two
per second and had a two-toned
sound.
Thurston picked up the signal
again at 12:17 a.m., approxim
ately an hour and 35 minutes
from the time he first received
it, which is reported to be the
orbit interval. This time it was
audible for about four minutes,
but the signal seemed to "peak",
SAY
"How Can You Doubt
ST"
urch To
I
Against Communists
Vatican City (IP) Pope
Pius XII said Saturday night the
Roman Catholic church will bat
tle atheistic Communism to the
bitter end, using "the weapons
of Christ."
"The church of Christ does
not dream of abandoning the
terrain to its declared enemy
atheistic Communism, without a
fight," the pontiff said in a ma
jor speech to 2,500 delegates of
Purchase Of Lots
Approved By City
Purchase of two lots and an
nouncement of the Public Utili
ties Commission hearing results
on the Eighth st. grade crossing
were authorized by the city
council at last Thursday eve
ning's meet.
Robert A. Duff, city manager.
said both projects would fall un
der the city's arterial street pro
gram. The two lots to be purchased
are owned by Mrs. Lola B. Ro
ney. The lots are required by
the city to extend 10th st. from
Riverside and across Bear Creek.
Price of the two lots was listed
at $12,500.
Duff reported to the council
that the PUC had ruled the
Southern Pacific must prepare
the tracks and roadbed for street
construction at Eighth st.
Though the city will pay the
cost of installation, signal cross
ing lights will be installed by
the SP who will then maintain
them, according to the commis
sion reports.
The city is to bear all other
costs of construction of the grade
crossing which is due to become
a one-way couplet in the city's
arterial street program.
Apointmenls Slow
For Blood Drawing
Only 25 appointments had
been made by Saturday for the
Red Cross Bloodmobile visit Fri
day noon, Red Cross officials re
ported. The Bloodmobile will be
at the new Red Cross building on
Hawthorne st. Wednesday, be
tween 1 and 6 p.m.
A total of 350 donors are need
ed to fill the 290-pint quota,
officials said. Walk-in donors
will be welcome, they added. Ap
pointments may be made by tel
ephoning the Red Cross office
at SPring 3-3813. .
Satellite Beeping
or reach its strongest point, more
rapidly than it did the first time.
Little Interference
At the time he was receiving,
outside radio interference was
at a minimum, Thurston said,
and other attempts during day
light hours Saturday were not
so' successful, although faint
pulsing could be heard. The sig
nal during the day was not
strong enough to register on the
Panadaptor.
Thurston, who owns Medford
Radio Service at 19 North Fir
st., has no more than standard
amateur radio equipment. He
said any of the "ham" operators
in this area should be able to re
ceive the signal, which he
My Good Intentions?'"
Battle
the congress of the lay apos-
tolate. He stressed the need for
them to enter the entertainmnt
and publication fields to spread
"Christian principles. '
The 81-year-old pope drove
to Vatican City from his sum
mer residence at Castel Gandolfo
outside Rome for the audience
in St. Peter's basilica.
Yields To Advisers ,
Yielding to his advisers, the
pontiff read only the introduc
tion and conclusion of his 5,000
word address in order to con
serve big strength. The full text
was circulated later among' the
delegates. As it was, the pope
spoke for 30 minutes, and at the
end issued greetings to delegates
from many of the 92 nations rep
resented in their native langu
ages. Two Main Functions ' t-
. The pope said the lay aposto
late had two main functions: to
conserve and conquer in the
name of God.
"The church has urgent need
of both at the, present moment,"
he said.
"To put it clearly, the church
of Christ does not dream of
abandoning the terrain to its de
clared enemy, atheistic Commu
nism, without a fight.
"This combat will be carried
through to the end, but with the
weapons of Christ."
In outlining the way: The lay
apostolate in effect, lay prop
agandists for the church can
make their influence felt on so
cial life, the pope stressed the
need for elevating th tone of
television, films, newspapers and
books.
Sports Bulletins
Ashland Linfield college
edged SOC here Saturday
night by a 14 to 9 count. A
the final gun, SOC held a first
and goal to go on the Linfield
' three yardmarker.
Houston, Tex. (uV Rice
Institute's man-under duo of
King Hill and Frank Ryan
ran and passed the Owls to a
34-7 victory over flashy Stan
ford before a home . debut
crowd of 54,000 fans in,. Rice
stadium Saturday night.
Portland, Ore. r-(IP) The
University of Oregon's driving
Ducks, led by helfback Jim
my Shanley and quarterback
Jack Crabtree, whipped the
UCLA Bruins 21-0 with a sur
prising display of brilliant
running and passing on a wet
field before 16.322 fans in
Multnomah stadium Saturday
night.
brought in at 20.005 megacycles
His station, W7BEG, is located
at his home at 1641 Ridgeway,
Medford.
Medford amateur operator
Ken Knackstedt initiated an al
ert of all local "hams" in this
area Friday when news of the
launching of the Russian satel
lite was received. Besides the
fascination of hearing signals
from the outer space station,
practice in tracking the satellite
is good training for radio ama
teurs, who may. at times, be
called upon to supplement regu
lar tracking stations when the
United States launches its own
satellites, Knackstedt said.
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Satellite Hailed
As Soviet Triumph
With More Planned
To Mark Revolution
With Announcement
Moscow (W Soviet 'scientists
who carried man into the age
of space flight Saturday set their
goal as the moon "in a few
years."
Radio Moscow, in a domestic
broadcast beamed also to the
western world, hailed the launch
ing of the Soviet satellite Friday
as a "triumph of the Soviet
regime," but concentrated on
feats yet to come in the conquer
ing of outer space.
Prof. Kirill Stanyukovich, a
Soviet expert in jet propulsion
and member of the interdepart
mental commission of interplane
tary communications, was quot-
Russia's earth satellite is a
demeonstration that Soviet
government-subsidized educa
tion makes full use of its tal
ent, and has 'again outstripped
us" in a technical advance.
Congressman Charles O. Por
ter of this district declared
last nighty t
He said the devolepment
lends urgency to education for
the especially gifted young
people in this country, and for
ma kin use of our human re
sources. He said he is spon
soring a bill which would pro
vide a minimum sum of $100,
000 for initial work on a
"crash program" for govern
ment leadership in developing
special educational opportuni
ties for young people with par
ticular gifts and talents.
ed as saying that the launching
of the 22.8-inch, 184-pound
sphere jnta -an., orbit 560 -miles
above the earth was but the first
step in the campaign to reach
the moon.
Prof. Ivan Petrovsky, presi
dent of the Moscow university,
said interplanetary voyages in
deed were becoming a reality.
Predict - Announcement
, Observers in Moscow predict
ed the Soviets would make more
startling announcements . in the
field of science in connection
with the forthcoming 40th an
niversary of the Russian revolu
tion this month.
- Soviet authorities gave credit
to the theories drawn up 60
years ago by 19th century Rus
sian visionary Konstantin Tsiul
kovsky and hailed him as the
"father" of space flight.
Its speed could be better vis
ualized by the Moscow announce
ment that at 12:30 p.m. E.D.T.
it was due over Detroit. One
minute later, it was due over
Washington, D.C.
The radio said as of 1:46 a.m.,
Moscow time 9:46 p.m. PST
Friday the satellite had circled,
the earth, a shining, radio-laden
metal globe twice the size of
a , basketball, six and a half
times.
Makes Steady Beep
A steady "beep" emitted from
its radio equipment, picked up
by amateur radio stations,
"moonwatcher" listening posts
established for the 1957-58 inter
national geophysicaly ear, and
the big commerical radio stations
the world over.
The signal appeared faint in
some areas, strong in others.
They were coming to earth on
microwave frequencies of 20.005
and 40.002 megacycles.
(How long it would stay in its
orbit was a problem that had
western scientists guessing. Some
said two to three weeks. Others
said it could stay up years.)
When it slows down and sinks
into the earth's atmosphere, it
will burn like a cinder and
vanish having performed its
work in giving man his first
tantalizing glimpse, through its
electronic signals, of space.
Youngster Hit By Car,
Complains Of Injuries
Carl Oscar Edwards, 10, of
15V4 Genessee st., was taken
to Sacred Heart hospital by city
police after he complained of
back injuries resulting from a
car accident, according to city
police Saturday 'night.
Police said the youth was ex
amined and x-rays taken before
he was released. The Edwards
boy was a passenger in a car
driven by Coniglia M. Edwards,
15V Genessee st., which col
lided with., another car driven
by Larry 'Kenneth Nolte, 335
North Ivy st., according to po
lice. Police records show the acci
dent took place about 5:51 p.m.
at the intersection of Fifth and
Bartlett sts.
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