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i oy Industry Working Like Dogs Sines Russia Launched Muttnik By FRED DANZIG United Press Correspondent New York HPi Ever since the Russians launched their Muttnik, America's toy industry has been working like a dog. Our toy makers have respond ed to the newest challenge from space with the same display of alacrity and know-how as they did last month, when suddenly confronted with Sputnik I. As a result, our own Muttnik already are orbiting around the toy counters. One item is a balloon satellite with a picture of a dog on it. An other is a sad-faced toy beagle hound who is sporting a plastic bubble space helmet and a weighted tail. The sales pitch is what accounts for the pooch's pout: "The Muttnik that can't get his tail off the ground." Work Overtime According to 12 leading manu facturers with space toys on the market, everything is a sellout. Their factories are working O overtime to meet the rocketing demand. Pre-Christmas toy buy ing patterns indicate space items already are doing business at a Davy Crockett-like pace. - Many industry officials did not think 1957 would top last year in terms of retail sales vol ume, but the spurt in space toys has given them new hope. Ben jamin Michtom, chairman of the board of the Ideal Toy Corp., recently predicted a $1,250,000, 000 volume, or 6.5 per cent more than last year. The toy manu facturers of the U.S.A., Inc., are more optimistic with an estimate of $1,500,000,000. Good Timing "What makes the toymakers especially happy is the timing of the space satellite shot in the arm. It started when Sputnik I was launched Oct. 4, giving the industry more than enough time to work up "hot" items for the traditionally "hot" Christmas trade. . In contrast, the Davy Crockett craze came in early spring of, 1954 and died in early Septem ber. It was long gone before Christmas rolled around.' Toy makers were quick on the pickup when Sputnik I began its travels. " It was only a matter of days before stores across the nation were receiving satellite launch er trucks, sky sweepers, rocket launchers, Sputnik battle sta tions, "spacenik" plastic hel mets. Sputnik balloons, space guns, and last but not least, Sputnik bubble gum. ders for the item. Immediately after Sputnik I went up, the Ideal Toy company threw open its factory at Hollis, N.Y., and rushed a satellite launcher truck into production. They worked all night Saturday and Sunday to deliver the first shipment, by taxicab, to New York department stores Monday morning. Now the plant is try ing to catch up with 200,000 or- Counsellor Is Speaker For PTA Ji r.! s- . . . you cam J$ P be sure they'll f ht admired and jgS t; used and enjoyed I for years and . f: Jean "ife-f Indoor-Outdoor .'Ijtiy 5 THERMOMETER I sL M.nnteo1 indoors bat Jy c shows both indoor sod fy - outdoor temperatures. Hsodsome gray or ivory , I ' I ease. 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M ;t ii st!ine famous - for (curate performance I m u 4iO 9 Parents and teachers, by do ing their job well, release a mar velous power for good in the children they raise and train, ac cording to Ben Schmidt, who was the speaker for the Lincoln Parent-Teacher association meet ing held November 14. Children tend to follow the ideals and standards of the parents, but teachers supplement this and help these ideals to develop, he said. Later Mr. Schmidt brought out that most people in setting up a home known less about the sub ject than those same people when they go to buy an automobile; they have studied the potential ities of the auto, but have put no study into what makes a good successful home. Mr. Schmidt has worked with children and youth for many years, being as sociated with the YMCA and other youth agencies. He also does family counselling. Mrs. Glenn Stewart reported on the membership enrollment effort made during the month of October. The Lincoln PTA mem bership is now 212 members; last year the total was 196. Mrs. Marjorie Shelton's room won an award for the largest enrollment in the lower grades with over 54 per cent of the parents joining. Miss Anna Laura Honts' room won in the upper grades with over 49 per cent of the parents enrolled. Room count for the evening was won by Mrs. Shel ton's room. A letter from the County Juv enile Advisory council, inviting the PTA members to attend the open house to be held in Decem ber for the new county detention home, was read. Roy Gilbertson, school principal, announced that Lincoln had made second place in the city schools football championships. The flag ceremony at the open ing of the meeting was presented by members of Girl Scout Troop 77, led by Mrs. Eric de Place; the invocation was given by Mrs. Ted McLain. Troop 188, with su pervision by Mrs. Ivar Hult, pro vided child care for the evening. Refreshments for the evening were provided by the fourth grade parents. 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But one firm is worried because it has en countered resistance to the word "Sputnik" on its toy. "Our best bet is to stick to the English lan guage and call them earth satel lites," said a field representa tive. Like wild west items, the toy industry now expects the space influence to stay with us from here oit. Said one executive: "First Crockett. Now the rocket. Where would we be without 'em?" Women's Association Of Phoenix Church To iWeef on Thursday Phoenix Women's associa tion of Phoenix Presbyterian church will meet Thursday, No vember 21, at the church at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Rex Nicodemus, vice president, will preside over a business session. A potluck luncheon will be served at noon, and a program will follow, with Mrs. C. A. Stothers in charge. Mrs. Merle Simmonds and Mrs. Joseph Beeson are luncheon chairmen. During the afternoon women will work on articles for the bazaar to be held December 6 at the church. 4 Women's Auxiliary To Meet on Friday Women's Auxiliary of St. Mark's Episcopal church will hold its monthly luncheon meet ings Friday, November 27 at 12:30 p.m. in the Parish house. Mrs. Bayard M. Getchell, Mrs. C. Weldon Kline and Mrs. W. B. Clegg will speak on "The Values of Study Groups." A discussion by members of the various study groups will follow. A nursery will be available in the Guild hall. All women of the parish are invited to attend. Government To Ask Death Penalty in Hospital Killings Reno, Nev. TP The govern ment will ask the death penalty, as prosecutor said today, for a former chief guard who stomped into a Veterans Administration hospital Monday with two guns and killed two VA officers. Another officer was critically wounded by Elza W. Eaton, 62, before he was disarmed by a fourth prospective victim. Officers said Eaton had ru signed his job as chief security officer of the hospital last March after making a series of com plaints about its administration. Assistant U.S. Attorney H. F. Ahlswede said the government will ask a first degree murder indictment which carries the penalty of death in Nevada's gas chamber on conviction unless a jury specifically states its ver dict is "without capital punish ment." Engineering Office The 6-foot, 3-inch Eaton first walked into the engineering of fice, and fired at Earl A. Lom bardi, 39, the hospital's engineer ing officer. Lombardi fell to the floor, critically wounded. Eaton pushed past his unconscious form and shot dead the assistant en gineering officer, Phillip I. Kea bles, 59. Eaton then took a self-service elevator to the second floor, and entered the office" of personnel officer Arthur R. Small, 48, and killed him. He walked back into the cor ridor and shoved the shotgun into the mid-section of assistant VA manager James R. Harrison. Harrison grabbed the barrel and the blast went harmlessly into the wall. Eaton pulled a .38 caliber pis tol from his holster. Before he could fire it, Harrison and assist ant VA attorney Newell Morese subdued him. Ahlswede said a new grand jury will be summoned to hear the case, probably on Nov. 27. In the Day's News By FRANK JSNKINS Tuesday, November 19, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE I suppose we'll have to go on i talking about &puiniKS today. The news more or less compels it. For example: "PRIK Bergaust, editor of Mis- srles and Rockets Magazine, published in Washington, says he thinks Sputnik III, with a TV camera and possibly a mon key, inside, may be fired within 10 days. Soon after this, he predicts, a giant 18-ton Russian satellite will be orbited for experimental flight studies. And, he concludes, a Soviet attempt to launch a rocket to the moon may come within a matter of weeks. IS BERGAUST pipe-dreaming? It could be. But He forecast CORRECTLY the launchings of Sputnik I and Sputnik II. limAT of a TV-carrying satel " lite? It could be of GREAT military value, because jt would give the Russians a clear view of most of the free world which they hope to conquer. What of the monkey? The purpose of the monkey would be to provide data enab ling the Russians to put MEN eventually into their earth-circl ing Sputniks. WHAT of the moon rocket? TT It's not so important. One of our top astrophysics experts (astrophysics is the science that deals principally with the con stitution of the celestial bodies, stars, planets and such) says we could toss a rocket to the moon more or less any time if we chose. But, he says, it wouldn't be of much military value. Its chief value, he thinks, would lie in using the moon as a testing ground for nuclear bombs. By using . the moon (in stead of the Nevada desert) we wouldn't be bothered by radio active fallout. McLEOD HEC Elects New Officers By CAROLINE L. HARDING McLeod Women of the Home Economics club met at the home Value of O&C Timber Declines $1 Million Portland (1PI Value of tim ber sold off O and C lands in Oregon July through October of this year slumped more than one million dollars from the first four months of the fiscal year. Virgil T. Heath, Oregon super visor for the bureau of land man agement, said 'volume of sales was also off about 10 million board feet. Accounting Chief to Move to New Office Salem P) Robert K. Wood, chief of the accounting systems section for the Department of Finance and Administration, will transfer next month to the sec retary of state's office as an ac counts executive. Secretary of State Mark Hat field said Wood's appointment was a step in modernizing his accounting division. of Mrs. Oscar Hanson Hansen Thursday, Nov. 14, to elect of ficers for the coming year. Those elected were chairman, Mrs. Ann Moorehead; vice chairman, Mrs. Rudella Mykle by; secretary, Mrs. Dorothy Tackstein and treasurer, Mrs. Mabel " Hausen. A luncheon was held with Mrs. Harold Barger Barber as co-hostess. Mrs. Christine Dobbyn of Cottage Grove, Ore., is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Chap man and family. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Carlton have returned to their home after spending several weeks in San Jose, Calif. Quite a few Gange members turned out to cut and saw up logs that Arnold Ragsdale left for the winter's wood supply at Upper Rogue Grange on Nov. 15. . Mr. and Mrs. John Axtell and daughter, of Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Nelson and son, of Ashland, were dinner guests at "Folding Hills" ranch Sun day, Nov. 17. B UT Enough of the Russians. Let's talk about US. fYUR AIR force scientists (a lot " of whom are concentrated down in New Mexico) have just let go with a cautious statement to the effect that they believe" they may have found a DE FENSE AGAINST THE INTER CONTINENTAL B A L L I S TIC MISSILE. An air force spokesman says in Albuquerque the defense in volves TOUCHING OFF A NU CLEAR EXPLOSION IN OUTER SPACE while the attacking en emy missiles are traveling above "the earth's atmosphere. rriHAT is to say: -- It isn't enough just to send a missile against an enemy. If it is to do its dastardly -job, it must be EXPLODED at just the right distance from its target to do the most damage. If the Russians can find a way to explode their missiles at just the right time, why can't we find a way to explode the things BEFORE THEY GET HERE? That's what the air force says it's working on. 17'EEP this in mind: A-Ever since warfare began, new OFFENSIVE weapons have stimulated the invention and production of new DEFENSIVE weapons to counter them. Almost half of the 2,700,000 tourists who traveled to Spain last year arrived by car. - ' I MADE FOR EACH OTHER! Tang and lettuce . . . Tang and tomatoes . . . Tang and apples . . . Tang and all of the garden-fresh fruits and vegetables you enjoy in salads are made far each other! Tang is perfect for seafoods, too! A touch of Tang in a salad as a dip or garnish captures the sparkling savor of the sea. Make your salads sing tonight with the cool refreshing fla vor of Tang! For luncheon lift, try Tang on sandwiches, too! 1 New Drug Beneficial In Young TB Cases Isoniazid, an antituberculosis drug, proved that it slowed or stopped complications arising from TB in children, it was re vealed in a national survey re cently conducted by the U.S. Public Health service, according to Dr. Edwin L. Kendig Jr., of Richmond, Va. Dr. Kendig addressed a group of physicians at the University of Oregon medical school during a meeting of the Pacific North west chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Pacific Northwest Trudeau Society. Research for drugs to control and finally, eradicate TB is paid for by a small percentage of Christmas seal funds. This money is contributed by the community to guard itself against the debili tating financial and medical aspects of this major disease, it was explained. 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