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TEN MEDFOHD fOREGOm MAIL TRIBUNE Moon as International Bullseye for Future Wars Seen; Who Would Umpire? By DOC QUIGG United Presi Correspondent New York & With that 134 - pound thing wendinz a wobbly orbit over our heads like a worry-wart moon, the wave of the future seems to be beep ing toward us at a faster rate than it did in ante-Sputnik days. And ideas are spouting fast for the out-of-this-world days ahead. One of the most intriguing of these tame from an American scientist attending the recent In ternational Astronautical Con gress ih Barcelona. Why not, he suggested, make the moon an international bulls pi. e? Testi on Moon His plan was for the powers of the earth to test their hydro gen bombs on the moon, which presumably couldn't be any more fouled up than it already is with its face pocked with craters and no life showing on its bald pate. 2,471 Flu Cases Reported in State Portland IP Oregon had more cases of flu last week than in any week since the last week of December in 1943, the State Board of Health said today. There were 2171 reported cases, compared to 69 in the same week last year. The num ber of reported cases is believed to be smaller than the actual number of cases. In the last week of 1943 there were 2811 flu cases reported. The health board said only 48 rases of Asian flu have been con firmed by laboratory tests, an increase of seven in a week. Three of the cases were at the University of Oregon. Th board said that absentee reports indicated that all types of respiratory illnesses were of epidemic proportions in about half the counties of Oregon. A spokesman added, however, there was no reason for alarm. "Some of this last week may have been world seriesitis," he said. Shiny Object Passes Over San Francisco San Francisco ilP A shining object passed over San Francisco Wednesday at 5:10 a.m. p.s.t. the exact time that the rocket which launched the Russian satellite "sputnik" was sched uled to make its appearance. As observed from the United Press bureau, the object moved past the north star and almost directly overhead in a southerly direction. It was brighter than the north star or any of the stars of the big dipper, and moved out of sight to the south in about four minutes. Costs So Little Doilies a welcome addition to any household. Picture how lovely our accessories will look, set off by these. Any one of them is a handsome gift. Pattern 7359; crochet direc tions for 11-inch round, 10-inch square, 94x 14-inch oval doily. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Medford Mail Trib une. Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168. Old Chelsea Station, New York 11. N.Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS, PATTERN NUMBER. A bonus for our readers: two j FREE patterns, printed in our ; ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Book for 1957.' Plus a variety of! designs to order crochet, knit-, ting, embroidery, huck weaving, ! toys, dolls, others. Send 25 cents for your copy of this needle- ' craft book now! i i There is the hint of a sugges ' tion here that war in the future could be reduced to ai interna tional shooting match, with the ; winner being the country that ; makes the biggest moon-crater. ; Ifs a nice thought, but it won't work. Who would be the urn ; pire? Even if we got some Mar ' tian to stay on his planet and do the job. it wouldn't work. Too much danger of the loser turn ing his fire on Mars. ; A more feasible plan would ! be the use of a dead heavenly body for a dumping ground for ! radio-active atomic waste. The i disposal of this deadly poisonous stuff will pose a real problem in j the nuclear - engergetic future, i The earth and its seas can be come polluted through careless j ness. The moon if. indeed, it is l utterly lifeless would then as a dumping ground become eter- nally lifeless and as much to be ; avoided by space travelers as if j it exuded an overpowering green 4f?4$:t mMB -sSv WM ?' 11 1 f&mw lift''" 'fife ZEROING IN Scientists at Stanford Research Institute are attempting to track the Soviet earth satellite with one of the world's most powerful radar sets. Its 61-foot para blic antenna, shown here, has a field of only about three degrees, thus making a fairly accurate fix necessary be fore it can train on the artificial moon to give U. S. sci entists their first precise knowledge about the object's speed, altitude and course. Actress Faces Loss Of Adopted Infant Hollywood IP Actress Marie Wilson promised tear fully today to fight with all her might to keep a three-month-old baby girl she and her husband adopted from an unwed mother three days after birth. The actress and her husband, TV producer Bob Fallon, were served with a writ Tuesday ordering them to appear in Su perior Court Monday to show cause why they should not give up custody of the infant to the baby's attractive, 21-year-o 1 d mother. Miss Wilson explained that she and Fallon had paid for the young woman's medical ex penses and gave her S75 a month in expense money during her pregnancy. The actress said the child's mother,, identified by the county adoption bureau as Linda Lea bow, had signed an agreement consenting to the adoption. The CLEANEST Rock and Sand Makei the STRONGEST CONCRETE And We Have Both! READY MIX BEST Wednesday. October 16. 1957 ' cheese odor. ' Off limits to tour ; ists" would be its inter-stellar highway warning, and its only I visitors would be the lead-shield-j ed workers on the space garbage ; scows from earth. Travel to Planets ' ; Of course, you can say that the enthusiasts among the rock- etry scientists can't be serious when they talk of human space travel between planets, and of : course that's what people said '. about Columbus and Magellan in their time. "Reaching for the i moon"' may be'.ome an obsolete and meaningless saying before I the century's end. Meantime life whirls along ; lightly, and today a fellow earth I ling who works in our office skipped in to work whistling a j peculiar little melody that con- stantly repeated a refrain: three monotone beep-like notes follow ! ed by a wolf whistle. To those who stared curiously : at him he explained: "that's Sputnik, going by Venus." Beef Commission Favored at Meeting Portland flPi Formation of an Oregon Beef commission to promote sale of the product was favored Tuesday at the first of 17 meetings to be held through out the state. Another meeting was sched uled in Tillamook today. Robert J. Steward, director of the State Department of Agri culture and George Russell of Vale, president of the Oregon Cattlemen' s association, were among those speaking here on Tuesday. Rep. Shirley Field of Port land, who said she also was a beef producer, was the only op ponent of a commission at the hearing. She said beef producers needed help and promotion and suggested that as an alternate to a commission all persons in the industry, including transporta tion, packaging, freezing and slaughter, share cost of such a promotion. Always GOOD! V 'V fit ftY X t- A I ( runt li'l OI Re-woshed "Rocky" bv LININGER'S BY TEST Phone: SPring 2-5336 SPring 2-5897 MUrdock 5-8121 PACKARD SPORTS CAR The Studebaker-Packard corpora tion recently announced a new line of Packards, a sports model called the Hawk. The car has canted tail fins, impression of a spare wheel mounted on the rear deck, leather-finished inte rior, tachometer on the dashboard equipment panel and a su percharged 275 horsepower V-8 type engine. The car is being sold locally by De Leigh motors. 134 South Riverside ave. Light Plane Crash Kills One, Hurts One Fairfield, Idaho HP) A light plane crashed while trying to land on a mountain road yes terday, killing one man and seriously injuring another. Camas County Sheriff Allen Lawson identified the dead man as Keith Walton, about 30, of Sun Valley, Calif., Teddy J. Kerr, 35, Berkeley, Calif., was taken to Magic Valley Memorial hospital at Twin Falls in serious condition. The plane evidently tried to land on a road near Couch Sum mit, 10 miles north of here, ac cording to the sheriff. He said Walton, whose body was found pinned in an upright position at the controls, evidently was the pilot. R. 207 California Red Caps Granted Rate Increase San Francisco XP Starting next month California railroad passengers will be charged 25 cents for each bag carried by a red cap. The going rate for red cap "tips" is 15 cents. The State Public Utilities com mission decided yesterday to grant the rate increase for in trastate travel. The 25-cent rate already applies on inter-state commerce. The commission, which has not granted a rate change since 1951, ordered the new fees ef fective Nov. 4. They will affect the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads. Dead Line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m. for following day, except 10 a.m. ior wonaay; tor aunaay, noon Saturday. For the BUSINESS TRAVELER Your business -needn't stand still while you travel. 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This is important for farm units of the size in the Rogue valley area, he added. To be eligible for a loan, a farmer must own the land and be receiving a substantial gross income from it. It must also be a farm and not a rural resi dence. FHA does not compete with private lenders but if an appli cant is unable to obtain the credit from other sources under rates which fit his income, he is then eligible for the assistance, Denney said. The loans are repayable up to 33 years at 4- per cent interest and are secured by a mortgage on the farm. Farmers interested in the pro gram should contact the local office at room nine, Manchel building. Grants Pass, or post office box 311, Grants Pass. Applications Being Taken for CS Positions The United States civil service commission has announced that applications are now being re ceived for oceanographer, for ester and research psychologist. Additional information and application blanks may be ob tained from Chester W. 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