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TEN MEDFCmD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, October 8, 1957 Study clenfis!s elective Hearing, Use Hath Formulas By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York OF) Science has worked out plausible mathe matics to explain a mechanical marvel which all of us carry around in our heads. The figur ing will be proved, however, only when science is able to con struct a mechanical brain which can listen either to its left "ear" or its right one or to both and make something out of what ever it hears. The new mathematics repre sent an advance toward a solu tion of "the cocktail party prob lems" which has fascinated phy sical scientists for some years. The puzzle is this: How in the world can anyone listen intelli gently to only one voice with one ear or both while both his ars are being assailed by many voices, loud, soft, near and far? Independent Mechanisms Mathematically it is demon strated that each ear has an in dependent mechanism which permits it to relate all the var ious sounds which enter it any one sound to all and any of the other sounds. With such a me chanism, either or both ears can select any sound or sounds it wishes to let in. Those admitted sounds are then passed on to a central me chanism which has to relate what the left ear hears with what the right ear has picked up and make something of the mess of sounds, which is a very neat trick that all of us perform without ever drawing a long breath over it. -What comes out of this second mechanism is passed on to third, and one which still stubbornly defies mathematics and is one of the toughest problems which must be solved before there can be a true mechanical brain. This is the mechanism of judging not only judging where the sounds come from and what they mean but also judging whether they are worth listen ing to. The mathematics are those of Drs. Bruce Sayers and E. Colin Cherry of the University of Lon don, contributed to the Acous tical Society of America. Cherry is a veteran worker at the prob lem of explaining scientifically how our brains can tell the di rection a sound is coming from when we're hearing it with two ears and how our brains can "pull apart" two persons who are speaking at once. Previously he had demon strated that there is a "fusion" process going on in our heads. Only if our two ears are hearing the same sound, it is possible for us to tell where the sound is coming from and how far away it is. He had proved that when both ears hear the same sound, the listener can't possibly separate the sensations of one ear from those of the other the "fusion" is that complete. If he listens to one speaker with one ear and to another speaker with the other, he can't possibly under stand both at the same time, but he can understand one of the other or one after the other. When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAUEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE SP 2-6779 LOB3Y HOTEL JACKSON Parking Lot Mishap Injures Medford Man Ashland Melvin M. Taylor, 1107 South Oak st., was slightly injured by a car driven by a 17-year-old boy in the Teen-Age club's parking lot early Sunday morning, according to state po lice. State police said the 17-year-old driver and his companion, a 17-year-old girl, were arrested on charges of being minors in possession of liquor. Both were on probation at the time of their arrest, state police said. State police said Taylor was taken to Ashland General hos pital where he was treated for a sprained ankle and had x-rays taken before being released. Hos pital officials said Taylor suf fered minor injuries. State Police said Taylor was pinned between the rear bumper of the 17-year-old's car and the left door of a pickup truck driven by Darlene Joy Lorenz, 267 Eighth st., when the youth suddenly backed his car with out giving Taylor warning. Griffin Creek Plans Rink Party For School First skating party of the year for Griffin Creek school will be given Thursday in the Ashland skating rink, according to Myr na S. Frink, principal. Busses will leave the school promptly at 6:30 p.m., she said. The rink has been rented for 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. All parents are asked to pick up their children when the party returns to the school at 9:40 p.m. or earlier. The party is limited to fourth fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Regular drivers will take the busses to Ashland and the group will have faculty sup ervision, the principal said. Fall Citizen Classes To Start Thursday Here Crater Lake chapter, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, announced today the annual fall citizenship classes will begin Thursday, Oct. 10. Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, chapter member, will conduct the classes at her home, 308 North Ivy street. Two classes will be held, one afternoon and one evening. First session of the afternoon class will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, and the evening class will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Necessary materials will be provided by the chapter. ENJOY SMOOTHER COMFORT, EXTRA DEPENDABILITY ON UNITED-WE RADAR LINE Life: $r&m fw J$CV wF Hk iWl Read what Captain H. L Baird has to lay about radar. "Consider this the next time you travel: Not only does United offer fast, frequent service to 80 major cities coast to coast and to Hawaii, but virtually every United Mainliner is equipped with weather mapping radar. This means your pilot is able to 'see as much as 150 miles ahead, through all kinds of weather. He can choose the smoothest course, avoiding areas of turbulence, and get you to your destination comfortably and on time." San Francisco Los Angeles "All the East" United serves 80 cities coast to coast CALL SPring 36232 or your travel agent WORLD'S LARGEST Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- THE PSYCHIATRIST at an Army base was having a hard time classifying an oddball caught in the draft until he ex tracted the admission that the draftee never went out with girls. "Aha,' nodded the psychiatrist "You don't like women, is that it?" "On the contrary," the draftee assured him. "I sure like women. That's why my wife won't let me take oat girisT Another new GI, on his first evening in carnp, was handed a knife and a big sack of potatoes, and was told by the sergeant, "Peel away." "They told me," grumbled the recruit, "that the 1957-modeI Army had potato-peeling machines." "So they have," nodded the grinning sarge, "and you're the latest modeL" A persistent personality staggered into the bar and demanded, "Give me the usual" So the bouncer threw him out. 1957. by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Quotas From the lews ' By UNITED PRESS Cambridge, Mass. Navy scientist N. Whitney Matthews, on the prospective launching of an American satellite: "We have tested several kinds of satellites extensively. Several of these, when subjected to tests of vibration, vacuum and other severe shocks far greater than anticipated in the actual launching, withstood the tests successfully." - Milwaukee Brave pitcher Lew Burdetie. on his second vic tory over the New York, Yankees: "Monday's win over the Yankees wasn't as much of a novelty as that first one but don't go getting the idea I was bored." Union, S.C. State Rep. John Calhoun Hart, confirming that the Union county state legislative delegation has authorized the purchase of machine guns and ammunition for the sheriff's de partment to forcibly oppose school integration: We will have a lot of integrated cemeteries in South Carolina a long time before we have integrated schools." Moscow Moscow radio, disclosing the Soviet explosion of a new design" hydrogen warhead: "In the interests of the safety of the population and partici pants in the lest, the explosion took place at a great height. The test was successful. Seattle, Wash. Charles S. Purdell, attorney for retiring team sters president Daye Beck and his son, Dave Jr., in successfully requesting continuances of their grand larceny trials: A trial at this time would necessarily be conducted in a feel ing of extreme bitterness and hostility toward both defendants." Russian Satellite Seen Great Service To U.S. Capitalism By ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor New York (TP) Russia, in the ecstasy of triumph in being the first to launch a man-made sat ellite, may have done capitalism its greatest service, some Wall Street experts believed today. Not that the financial district regarded the man-made moon as having any great economic sig nificance in itself, but many in the street felt it would unite the free world in a new scientific Influenza Tops Listing Of Cases For County Influenza topped the list of communicable diseases reported in the county for the week end ing Oct. 4, according to the Jack son county department of health. Thirty-eight cases were report ed, 10 in Medford, 20 from Phoenix, and eight in Shady Cove. Measles were runner-up dur ing the week with Prospect re porting 12 cases plus two of German measles, Shady Cove, one case, and Medford, one. Other communicable diseases reported included trench mouth, 1 in Gold Hill: infectious hepa titis, 1 in Medford; impetigo, 7 in Shady Cove, 1, Ashland, and 1, Central Point; and strep throat, 1 in Medford. Tri-Hi-Y Girls Meet For First Gathering First Tri-Hi-Y meeting of the year was held by the junior class Wednesday, it was report ed Monday. Twenty-one girls at tended. Ceremony and publicity com mittees were formed with Ruth Schroeder chairman of the first and Shirley Lilly of the second As part of the evening's pro gram Carolyn Spike on "What Tri-Hi-Y Means to Me," and Herb Partridge, YMCA official, spoke on "Tri-Hi-Y, An Interna tional and National Movement. The organization's next meet ing will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA. Officers will be elected. drive to outdo the Soviet achive ment. It would dramatize the missile project. Getting such a moon into the stratosphere, it was believed, may have been accomplished with an intercontinental ballistic missile which in itself represents a menace to world safety. Would Seek Supremacy Hence, the financial experts concluded that this event would set off a new drive by the U.S and other nations of the Free World to rush perfection of a missile of similar or even greater scope. Such a program, it was felt, would involve spending vastly more money for defense. It could mean the end of the Washington economy move, a new debt ceil ing, a resumption of spending in the aircraft plants lately hit by government cutbacks in pay ments. An all-out drive to produce an intercontinental ballistic mis sile and the vast cost involved could restimulate the inflation ary forces to the point where Federal Reserve pressure would be inadequate to stem the tide, it was felt. But coming at a time when business generally was cutting back somewhat on new plant expansion and inventory accum ulation, the move could rein- vigorate the whole economy in a healthy resumption of the ad vance. Means New Spurts As a result, many felt that here was the one factor which hadn't been reckoned with for the 1958 economic life. What had been considered a drab out look, a high economy without a zoom, could be turned into a new spurt which could make previ ous record years look small. And if that were the case, the market men felt that stocks easily could zoom to new highs on big volume. All this doesn't mean that Wall street is war-minded. War is considered a stock market deterrent. But big boosts in government spending and the vast use of raw materials that might be in volved in a giant missile pro gram would be considered high ly bullish, according to market experts. Claude A. Lewis, D.M.D. ANNOUNCES the OPENING of His NEW DENTAL OFFICES at 545 Pine St. - Central Point Phone NO 4-1525 for Appointment Electronic Industry Predicted For Valley One or more electronic plants will be operating within the Rogue Valley area by one year from now, according to William J. Williams at a chamber of com merce roundtable meeting yes terday noon. Williams, who is head of the committee to look into bringing new industry into the Rogue Valley, said that he and his com mittee have been "wooing" sev eral firms into looking at the valley area for construction of new plants. He told of the size of the new industry and said the government's decentralization of vital industries would be a help ful factor in bringing such a plant to Medford. Other reports of chamber ac tivities at the meeting were Russ Jamison who told members that public relations was both an ex terior and interior job that re quired full time. Ron Gandee told members that tourists were Oregon's third most important industry and what the Jackson county chamber is doing for pro motion, Frank Van Dyke who reported on governmental oper ations and .told members of the unfair state tax system" and Dwight Houghton who gave members a brief history of the chamber and how it is financed. Jackson county chamber of commerce president Miller Hug gins led the reports with a 'short speech on coming activities and told members that new ideas were needed. PROFESSOR DIES New York (IP) Dr. Jeku- thiel Ginsburg, 68, professor of mathematics and director of the Institute of Mathematics at Ye- shiva University, died Monday of a heart attack. New York HP) Stephen O'Sullivan, 65, who, under the name of Roy Stever, toured the Keith Circuit as a dancer, died Monday. New York HP1 Horace J. Parmalee, 68, a concert manager and vice-president of Columbia Artists Management, Inc., died Monday. ji..! urn mi immm win im m ivm;- n"1 m',m,mS'j&tf'B Parents! Your Junior Fire Marshals want you on their team! Your school age youngster will soon be coming home with a Home Inspection Report to make out. Its part of a Fire Prevention Week campaign to make our homes safer. And you'H have an opportunity to take part with your child in a worthwhile community project, the Junior Fire Marshal Program. As your local Hartford Agency, we are happy to cooperate with the Hartford Fire Insurance Company in sponsoring Junior Fire Marshal activities here. More than three million boys and girls throughout the nation are participating, this year. And the program has the unreserved endorsement of teachers, fire officials and civic organizations. Won't you join the children - and us - to help make our community a safer one to live in? Opening Dec. 1 BARKER-HART AGENCY. 617 East Main St. Medford CHRIS BARKER AGENCY 319 E. Pine St. Central Point, Oregon Phone NO 4-1163 , . , Sgpjpji' "'i'iK- How telephone men fight metal-eating winds Tony Gurnari and Vic Sculatti (left and right above) are part of a telephone metal testing team. They're prying open what we call a terminal box. It's like the one to which telephone wires from your house are connected But this one is frozen shut by a hungry metal-eater called corrosion. Corrosion can be caused by salt-laden wind, fog or ocean spray. It can rust, pit ' or crack tough metals. So we test to find metals that are economical to use yet resist corrosion. Telephone men also study other destroyers like wood rot, insects and even gnawing animals. By controlling such de stroyers, we save thousands of dollars worth of equipment each year. fdtjfewc?si'i tsL 'r? V' " At the test site, Tony and Vic are at work learning new facts about corrosion by exposing metals to ocean winds and other elements. Their tests are part of our Working together to serve you better .... effort to lengthen the life of every kind of equipment serving your phone. At the same time these teste help as keep your service dependable, The men and women of ) Pacific Telephone in Medford Veuf buiinMi efficai 131 N. Bartlttt Si., SPring 2-6101
