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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) 2 Vy;,'JJi;S( END OF A RECORD FLIGHT Unidentified children examine a giant plastic balloon which came to rest in a cedar swamp near Hermansville, Mich, after soaring more than 16 miles above the earth. The balloon carried two Navy scientists, LCDR. M. L. Lewis and Comdr. Malcolm D. Ross across three states in a hush-hush space exploration flight. Called "Strato-Lab High No. 2," the flight was kept a secret until after its ascension from an open pit iron mine at Crosby, Minn. Peak height of the flight was 86,000-feet. The gondola and crew landed unharmed. Local Initiative Urged on Members Of Cities League Portland HP) Less reliance on state and federal help and more use of local Initiative to get things done was urged by Mayor Norris Poulson of Los Angeles Tuesday at the League of Oregon Cities convention here. Poulson was ill and unable to attend but his prepared ad dress was read by Richard Car penter, a California League ex ecutive. Poulson, a former resident of Baker, Ore., said in the address that the era of looking to the federal government for "all good things is about over." Should Convert Land ' He said that a successful may or cannot succeed if "he is mere ly a figurehead." As a possible means of raising money he suggested converting some "white elephant" public land to private de-elopment and thus the tax rolls. He also said a sales tax was a "convenient way to get thousands of citizens and tourists who otherwise do no pay for ser-ices to share in the cost." Mayor Ben West of Nashville, Tenn., was a visitor at the con vention. On the integration sub ject he said he believed in the peoples' right to take sides on classroom integration but insist ed that law and order rule. Must Weigh Security Against Radiation San Francisco HP An Am erican atomic scientist warned Tuesday that the nation's secur ity must be balanced against the effects of radiation in determin ing whether testing of nuclear weapons should continue. Wright H. Langham, a scien tist at the Los Alamos. N.M., test center, made his statement at the closing session of the Ra diological Health institute. Langham said the biological effects of radiation are "adequate to dispel an attitude of gloom and doom." but not sufficient to permit "plunging ahead reck lessly and without worry into all aspects of nuclear technology." Here's the tire With tkel 2!f$(l traction ifSpili1, wintsr r MAIL TRIBUNE Montana Buried Under Snowfall By UNITED PRESS The season's first major snow storm buried Montana under a foot of snow and dumper light er amounts across the Northern Plains. Forecasters predicted more snow today in the Rockies south to Colorado and northeastward through Nebraska, the Dak'otas and into the Northwestern Great Lakes. The snow blew in on a cold air wave that dropped tempera tures to near zero in parts of the Northern Plains. The coldest reading reported early today was 4 above zero at Lewiston, Mont. Montana was hardest hit by the storm, which deposited an average of one foot of snow throughout the state. The ac cumulation was expected to reach as much as 20 inches at higher elevations. Highway crews kept roads open, but chains were required to ne gotiate mountain passes. The storm caught as many as 500 hunters in the Benchmark area near Augusta, Mont., north of Helena, but Sheriff Dave Mid dlemas said roads were in "good shape" and the men were abl to leave the area without any trouble. About 18 inches of snow fell on the Bryce Canyon area, and lesser amounts blanketed por tions of the Dakotas, Wyoming and Northwest Nebraska Tues day. Weathermen warned highway travelers and cattle ranchers in the plains states to take precau tions in view of the additional snowfall predicted for today. Verdict Returned in Deer Hunting Death Bend HP) A Deschutes county coroner's jury has re turned a finding of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the hunting accident death of Emerie E. McKinley, 45, Port land, near here last week end. District Judge Joe Thalhofer said a warrant would be issued against Clarence F. Draheim of Monmouth. He told the jury "When I fired the shot I thought I was shooting at a deer and I am not yet sure." designed especially for B.F.Goodrich NEW NYLON TRAILMAKER WINTER TBKH lets yes GO-GO-GO through Ice, mod and snow 2for 2 ONLY am i oo ONLY Am DOWN DICK FANGER'S efM&fr SP 2-5868 1760 North Riverside Wednesday. October 23, 1957 Souvenir Hunters Strip Balloon of Valuable Works Hermansville, Mich. (IP) The Navy was at odds today with state and county police over who was supposed to guard a giant research balloon which i landed in an "inaccessible swamp near here and was quickly stripped of much of its valuable equipment by souven ir hunters. The Navy fired the opening salvo Tuesday with a statement that the big gondola was sup posed to have been guarded by highway patrolmen and sher iff's officers. State police at nearby Iron Mountain said they "had two cars out there but no one said anything to us about guarding the balloon." The balloon carrying two Navy scientists, landed in a ced ar swamp after soaring across three states and more than 16 miles above the earth. It was launched from an open pit mine at Crosby, Minn. Theft Discovered The balloonists and a crew that followed them picked up some of the lighter equipment from the gondola and flew back to Minneapolis. The theft was discovered Tuesday when a crew went to the swamp to re trieve the gondola. The balloonists said they had picked up "a lot of important information during the space flight." But an officer said the trip would be a complete loss unless the instruments which re corded the information were re turned. The FBI was called in and appeals were broadcast over the radio asking the badger hunters to return their "souvenirs" of the space flight immediately and they would not be prosecuted. Scientists To Study Underground Blast Atomic Test Site, Nev Scientists today directed drillers in boring a hole from the top of a 700-foot Mesa to an under ground tunnel where a nuclear device exploded in September. They hope to discover what effect the blast had on the com position of the blast chamber, the heat retained in the area and the amount of radiation there. Drilling, started last week was expected to be completed in about 10 days. Up to Tuesday the drill had hit about 350 feet through the volcanic tufa rock composing the mesa. Middle-Aged Man Robs Service Station Por.tland HP) A middle aged man wearing a golfer's cap held up a service station on North-east Killingsworth street here Tuesday night and took $47 from the 18-year-old attend ant. Donald N. Bighouse, 18, who was attending the station, told police the robber put him into a restroom after taking the money from the cash register. The youth waited three minutes and then called police. San Francisco M The Navy seaplane tender USS Oys ter Bay was transferred to the Italian Navy today under terms of the Mutual Defense Treaty. 0H? MY ACHING BACK Now ! You can sret the fast relief you need from nacfrinz backache, headache and mus cular aches and pains that often cause rest less nisrhts and miserable tired-out feelings. "When these discomforts come on with over exertion or stress and strain you want relief want it fast! Another disturbance may be mild bladder irritation following wrone food and drink often setting up a restless uncomfortable feelinjr. 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The ordinance, drawn up with the assistance of planning con sultants from Redwood City, Calif., was presented to the county court by the county plan ning commission. The county court later returned the pro posed ordinance to the commis sion with instructions to revise it. The Grange, in a statement op posing the proposed ordinance, noted that it contains 160 "regu latory items, most of which re strict and harass a person en gaged in selling off a few small plots of land for building pur poses." Standards in the ordi nance, the Grange said, are too high, and can not "be met and would bring to a half all at tempts at small lot subdivision and building in this area." Objectives Desirable Some objectives of the ordi nance are desirable, such as "cor rect boundaries, well located and constructed roads, properly in stalled utilities and purchaser protection from fraud and un foreseen costs. Careful planning will help in these, matters, but planning that involves too many surveyors, abstractors, engineers, lawyers, financiers, architects, tradesmen and helpers, inspect ors and officials is expensive." The Grange statement noted HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Whiskered joke won first place in a contest for Frank O'Neill, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal photographer, who clapped these false choppers into this cocker spaniel's mouth to capture this engaging picture. CLEAN Electric Heat Radiates Warmth like the rays of the sun . . . occupants of a room in a home heated electrically are kept warm as if standing in direct sunlight . . . and no unit of heat is wasted ! Electric Heat Is Healthy Heat ... no oily soot or messy flame by-products to damage walls, drapes and furniture or to con tribute to head colds and sinus trouble . . . flJVE BETTER that the "ordinance might be practical enough for areas ad jacent to large cities where big housing projects are built, but it is a misfit in a sparsely popu lated area like Eagle Point where building tends to be of the individual or unit type that isn't dependent on the services and utilities of a city." The statement quotes sections of the proposed ordinance which it believes could not apply to areas like Eagle Point. One sec tion provides that "only those areas that can be economically serviced and maintained will de velop . . . The net result of that policy will be that only those parts of the county near enough to the larger towns to be ser viced through extension of their streets and utility systems will develop," the Grange said. Sidewalk Standards It notes the ordinance sets standards for sidewalks and roads, and that those standards are too high. Another section would limit building to only those areas that have access to city sewers. The Grange noted that rural residents do not have the finan cial backing to construct sewer systems, and that septic tanks "are the only way out . . . Some instruction and regulation on building drain fields might be in order, but any blanket rule against their use (septic tanks) would be arbitrary and imprac tical." "A subdivision ordinance should be tuned to the needs of the community it serves, but ELECTRIC HEAT . . . WRAPS THE CALIFORNIA A Western Company Maloney Said Not Especially Helpful In 1954 Campaign Portland (IP Ex-District At torney William Langley of Mult nomah county said Tuesday he did not believe Thomas E. Ma loney was especially helpful in his 1954 campaign for office. Langley was testifying for the second day at Maloney's trial on a gambling conspiracy charge. He said he disapproved of Ma loney's ideas about using a sound truck and telephone calls as campaign aids. He said Ma loney was "around a lot, but that doesn't mean he was help ful." Helpful As Informer Langley testified that Maloney was helpful as an informer for his office after he was elected. He said he found Maloney'g in formation was "extremely ac curate." The former county official ad mitted that the late John Sweeney, secretary-treasurer of the Western Conference of Teamsters, once handed him a S500 check from the confer ence. Langley said he indorsed it and handed it back. He said he believed it was spent on campaign literature. Howard Lonergan, Maloney's attorney, later introduced a $2,000 check from the Western Conference of Teamsters made out to Robert D. Holmes, now governor. It also had been indorsed over for cam paign expenses to an advertis ing agency, which Langley said was a common practice. shouldn't set standards so high that it will defeat its own pur pose by stifling development" as the Grange believes the proposed ordinance will, the Grange noted. "Development should be general over the county and not limited to favored areas," the statement read. Two Sides to Issue "We realize there are two sides to this issue, and that in the areas around large cities, some such supervision of subdi vision development Is necessary. If a start' is to be made here we would prefer to see some land use zoning that would prevent the use of good agricultural land from being used for industrial and commercial purposes as is being done along Highway 99. , "Industries should be put on poorer land as at Camp White . . . where new private roads are opened up attention should be given to their location and spe cifications with a view to their becoming public roads later. Some of the basic things of the building code might be accepted since they don't have that com munity quality that makes them so hard to meet. "Since the city of Eagle Point can establish a planning board of its own and work out a sub division ordinance especially adapted to this area when it sees the need for it, we believe we'll get a more flexible, workable ordinance in that way. A thing as comprehensive and far reach ing in its effects as this proposed ordinance with the possibilities it has for descrimination against individuals and areas shouldn't be lightly or hastily assumed." YOU 'ROUND OREGON POWER COMPANY owned and operated by Western "People Murder Charged To Air Force Sergeant Portland (IP Edward Harold Conklin, 24-year-old Air Force staff sergeant, was charged with first degree murder in an indict ment returned by a Multnomah county grand jury Tuesday in connection with the fatal shoot ing of S-Sgt. Patrick A. Leary Oct. 4. Police said Conklin and Leary, both of Portland air base, had been drinking the night of the shooting, and had an argument about a woman. LECTURER DIES New York (IP) Mary Colum, 70, lecturer, author and critic, died here Tuesday of a heart at tacks. Mrs. Colum won numer ous awards for her literary crit icism and contributions to literature. An old fashioned rllilM whisky. The mild taste tells the story. ffiiB 2 " K ylfp BOURBON 86 PROOF OLD HICKORY DISTILLERS COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1953 RAMBLER Hardtop Equipped with economical overdrive practically new tire. Continental tire kit blends with tu-tone green $QQC color. Heat and music goes with it. Only 07 J LEA MOTORS 5th at Bartlett Electric Heat Is Efficient- and Economical . . . electric systems eliminate maintenance, furnace cleaning, and replacement-parts expense . . . can be installed for much jess than other heating systems . . . afford per fect room-by-room automatic temperature control. For full information about electric heat, and for counselling on your individual heating problem, call the Commercial Department of any COPCO office. This service is free to COPCO customers. LIKE A BLANKET! Nyssa Man Released On Charges of Rape Vale OP) A 12-member jury returned a verdict of innocent Tuesday night in favor of Bar tolo Chavez, 22, Nyssa, who was indicted by a grand jury here AUgust 26 on a charge of statu tory rape involving a 14-year-old Nyssa girl. Portland Woman Hurt In Trolley-Auto Crash Portland HP) Mrs. John Titz gibbon, 35, Portland, was treat ed and released from a hospital Tuesday after a Bellrose inter urban streetcar crashed into her station wagon near Wavely Country Club. Mrs. Fitzgibbon suffered a shoulder injury and face cuts. None of the passengers on the streetcar was injured. Phone SP 2-6185
