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Dazding Signs on Gay White Way Have Counterparts in All Parts of the World Ey FRED DANZIG Ur.ited Press Corresponcer.t ( , ,, ;. r: t - p . S I -The drtzzh.na 3 York's ve k-r.foik all sppr'br;: .a ron.p cii- Brofid- if h'.ilij n:st:f,r of ?'rp p:sr.5 and rr. ' Ti.t v. n r.-jr f.r 41,i f package." said co i:. par.;.' prid'-r ' Iceland 'Air Cooled' ;j r:ii or. caf o :.ore o a a'. prod, from a torn- rand n o:ie. Ti:: f s .Square, rr ;.r.y a;i pronjcra oy kr.-.f. S'rau Sin Corp.. have 'v. -.oki.r.jj brother - under - the rf'in i.-: of our big cities ar;d in fr:2n lands as well. "I:.? Artkrft people recently f.r::-::f-d a briiht marquee for a ho'r-I in Curacao. Netherlands a theatre in Boaot. Colombia, and a marque for Loew s, Cal cu?a, India. V.'hen candy company in Ron I'aly. wanted a big sign, tiit- local cjn maker wrote to An''iT t; a .En for a : tre ;n Icria: cooif d "' Starr also mf'n'.s ocean are handy f cians. are!.: and drill pr A' The ze -r ret ?, li: 5S ''P'-ra'.o: g.a?- blowers. engravers. rr.-i'.r. sheet metal workers and st'.-f pie- j jacks have b'Jilt pr-su:'e "a.ir.-j for Air Force rran truck-, wide screens for outdoor thea'er-. : arid a modernistic bell tower for : the Massachusetts Institute ot ; Technology at Cambridge. No. j jod is too big or too small. Art-1 kraft also dors gold leaf letter ing on office doors. But it's those sign-, or ' ,-pec- Artkraft for ad'-irr on building taculars" bordering Times Program to Observe Moons Described by Fay Bentley Br FAY B ANTLEY "Of all sa.i words from tongi. or pen Tr.e saddest are these; It might have been" realisti cally wrote the poet. This state ly er.t ;s just as true today as when the poem was new, even in rraters concerning artificial earfi satellites. A" announcement contained in " Bulletin No. 4 for Visual Ob servers of Satellites" issued by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory last December, read as follows: "A Hundred MOON WATCH Stations Ready for December 8th Alert." Shortly before the date set fir the i:rst MOON WATCH Came another announcement! fro,- the Smithsonian Astro p'nsual Observatory, "MOON-! WATCH Alert Postponed from! reremher 8, 1956, to Spring, ! 1D57." j Explanalion Offered The explanation offered be seen only at evening or morn ing twilight, when the sun snines on the satellite and the observer is in shadow. On Friday evening. May 17. 1957. 75 MOON WATCH stations in the United States took part in the first nationwide test alert There was a turn-out of more than 1200 MOON WATCH ob servers, in spite of unfavorable weather conditions. Less than 20 stations observed under clear skies. Leaders reported to headquar ters in Cambridge. Mass., that the alert had served to greatly increase interest in the visual observing program. ; q iare ::a . z- ' most o: X'tp a -' r.'.'.n. Th -tee! skeletons -.:p-;:or.::g thc-o enormous si.;::? i'c:-. i.xe the framework i , i . f) f - bi i i d ir. 2 -. r: r-'f-r ho.1.' bi ti:e ?:2n or ' (.'-.!'.'. ti ry all r.av nne ' . .:. !: i r.:r:v. ;-r.p!.c''.y. S'..rr --lid t.-.ey can bear only a radf mark f,:.d the brand name, to t.-.ak" a quick impression. T c p: for re animation that must ' ca'rii eye. ail else is gingcr i j : ,i ' Liquor Next lo Aspirin PU,.::.z a sign can be tricky. Years ?go. a company made the .' .! :.-ta!-:e of placing a liquor sign :.::'. to a sign for aspirin. T:.;. 're more careful now. R'-ccr.tiy. Artkraft installed a sizn a. Times Square for a Las. Yenas gambling club. An auto-j matieally-uperated roulette wheel was the feature. Some j gamblers on the street below usi d to bet on the play of the w!' e i. The Artkraft company traces; itself back to 1897. When it was! the Ben Strauss Sign company j located over Gentleman Jim Corbett's saloon and specializ-i ing in window lettering. In 1910. a young blacksmith named Jacob Starr went to work for Strauss, who was then doing electrical signs. Starr launched his own company, Artkraft. in 1923 and in 1937, merged with Strauss. Jake Starr, now 61, still is ac tive. His son Mel is called presi dent while he is called "Boss-: man." "Titles don't mean much around here." Jake explained, j Democrat Caucus Agrees on Backing Of Tax Reduction ! Monday, October 21, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE tended b v 2 crats of the resen tati unanimous! v T A caucus a ' of the 35 Demo tate house of rep res here Sunday agreed that a 10 per cent across-the-board cut in state income taxes would be sup ported at the special session of the Legislature opening Monday. Oct. 28. The caucus also agreed to an increase of S10 per census per school child to the basic school fund annually. Speaker of the house Pat Dooley announced that all house committees of the regular 1957 session had expired and new committee members would be appointed by him after the special session opens. New Faces Possible He indicated that many of the members of the regular session committees would be reappoint ed, but said it was possible that some new faces would be seen on the few committees to be named for the special session. The caucus agreed to a strong rules committee through which all bills must be submitted be fore introduction. Through this committee, it is hoped to keep out all bills other than those dealing with the taxation mat ters. A half dozen Democratic mem bers of the Senate, including chamber president Boy Over hulse. sat in on the caucus but took no part in it. The Demo cratic senators had previously met Sunday morning in Port- Fair May Attract National Attention The Southern Oregon Safetv J Fair, scheduled for Nov. 16. is j expected to attract national at was ! tention, according to officials of hecaue of the large number of i the sponsoring organization ne voluntrer observing stations Medford Safety Council, ihat are being organized at pre-! Tne alr- planned for the new serf." The announcement also j National Guard armory, i; coa s'aiei that the alert would take sidered an experiment in safety plaie in the early spring of ecmcauon. ine idea ot present- 157. the exact date to be pub lished lar. What is a satellite? A satellite is any body that constantly trae!s around a larger body. The moon is a satellite of our plane?. The earth is a satellite cf the sun. The earth satellite program is a part of an unprecedented study of the earth and its atmosphere carries j, rjv scientific institu ing the safety story in the form of an exposition of safety de vices, displays and demonstra tions is not completely new. However, the public sponsorship and participation features are considered new, according to the spokesmen for the event. "The state and national safety groups are anxious to discover if the southern Orrgon event Fred acMurray. Jane Russell. will secure needed public sup- tion"? rf iitprna tional imnortanre I Port." according to Myron Tcr- an the leading geophysicists of i Pining, general chairman of tiie Holen Hayes and Marie McDon the world. iGeophvsicists are in-! Safety Fair. "If it is successful 1 aid. teres-el in the way electricity, i tne idea may ue adopted by : Some, like Hope, go tnrough ... -j i "'! other areas in the nation" licensed agencies. They run the ff,.t .arthi cnarge will te made exlu- icasi riK ot complications. ine ! "" ".- ...u.c Pn-i. iu bitors Tbe event will li fcn comedian and his wife adoDted , everyone. Fallon said. Miss ll- AND IT FLIES Chicago IP The St. Rita High School aviation class de signed and built a single-seat sport plane that '-flies beautiful- j land. ly." according to the class in-j Much of the time consumed structor. ex-World War II flight I in the all-afternoon caucus was engineer Robert D. Blacker. The ! devoted to organizational mat-fuil-sied plane now is stored at I ters pertaining to the special Lew College, Lockport, 111. I session. Dooley said. Marie Wilson Adoption Tiff Stirs Other Stars' Pangs By VERNON SCOTT "The laws of California pro-, United Press Writer j tect adoptive parents to a much ; Hollywood When Marie : greater degree when they adopt Wilson gave up the 3 1 2-month-i through an agency ."said the di old baby she hoped to adopt j rector of one of the state's larg est adoption organizations. Red Tape Feared "Many movie stars avoid agen cies because they dread the red tape involved. Some are too old to qualify. Some have unforun ate family backgrounds. There fore, they take their chances on arlonlinf thrniich nthpr n-i(an: Among those who have j friends ; doctors or lawyers." Blonde Marie Wrilson and her : TV-producer husband. Bob Fal lon would have had small chance of keeping Christine had they gone to court. "We believe that further air ing of the incident would have made a legal football of the this week, many movie stars re-j experienced pangs of fright from : their own adoption problems. j A high proportion of screen! couples have adopted children. : It's easy for them. j Their incomes are high. They! are able to provide fine homes' and educations for foster chil-l dren taken foundlings into their fam ilies are Bob Hope. Joan Craw ford. Roy Rogers and Dale Fv ans. Jack Benny, Dinah Shore erfect the earth.) To the Smithsonian Astro- pical Observatory under the i to tlle Public, according to the direction cf Dr. Fred L. hippie, j PlannmS committee. Everything an internationally known astro-! needed for the successful stag ing ol tne event is expected to be contributed by interested in dividuals and firms. Any minor expenses incurred will be paid by the State Industrial Accident commission from the budget al location for accident preven tion, it was explained. nomer. was given the task of organizing and establishing an optical tracking program for the earth satellites. Visiu&l Observing Program What is a MOONWATCH station- MOON WATCH (entire worr! always spelled with capi ta; is the code name for the visual observing program. Vast amounts of time and energy have ben given by volunteer observers throughout the United S a4ee m an effort to establish an operate MOONWATCH satellite stations. lie rrosram. s'arted in the spring of 1956. has aroused great interest among amateur as well as nroff s.-innal astronomers, and a network of MOONWATCH station operated by groups of aiert ky-watchers has been or ganized. The "lone wolf ob server hs no place in this pro gram. Kor v. haf are these people watchm-1 For any earth satel lite, artificial or natural that they may chance to see. (The Tnoon would be called a natural Safl'itP of the earth.' Plans were made to launch or e or more artificial satellites rfurin the year 1957-53 and to observe and record their raove rrents in an effort to learn more of the conditions of the air at aitif.ifs too high to be reached by rockets. This knowledge is tighly important in planning any ?y?e of space travel. j I! h.a been reported by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob- sorvatory that the first satellite will be polished metal ball. 20 j inches in diameter which will j travel at an sverage of 500 miles ! above the surface of the earth, j This artificial satellite will move j rapidly through the observer's sky. Only the meteors will travel j faster. In 10 minutes it will cross ' the United States and in 100 minutes go entirely around tne world. Sone Conspicuous None of the satellites will be conspicuous. Like the planets and noons, reflected sunlight will cause their illumination. Lare binoculars, monoculars, or telescopes must be employed and then the elusive object can The official motto of Montana, the Treasure State, is "Gold and Silver." all four of their brood. Linda, 18. Tony. 17. Nora. 11. Kelly, 10 from "the cradle" in Il linois. But most stars refuse to be quoted on their adoptions or ev en lo discuss them off the rec- son was so upset, she said, "I don't even want to think about adopting again. They ought to change the laws." The US. Army's expenditures from 1789-91 were S633.000. By ord not through fear of distur-; 1792. they were S2. 500. 000. In bing the children, but as a safe-; 1919 they jumped to nearly nine guard to protect themselves ; million, and in 1954 reached al from "natural parents." i most S50 billion. X rv 'tfstt-J-V -u ai r jv.-- r it 1 -Vl. 4 if 4 m fesilS -.rf V -"-w ''fi:-'i'ij'- - ' i lri-fcaT i Trl Raod whot Captain J. W. Keeney hai to toy about radar. 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