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Venus Will Dominate SW Sky Until Late January Monday, November 25, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE By FAY BENTLEY 'The breath of the west wind bore her . Over the sounding sea, Up from the delicate foam. To wave-ringed Cyprus, her isle. And the Hours golden-wreathed Welcomed her jouously." In this quotation from one of the Homeric Hymns the ancient Greek poet is referring to Venus, whom he describes as a "Beau tiful golden goddess." According to legend, "Venus, most charming of all the god desses sprang from the foam of the sea and was carried by the wind to the Island of Cyprus. The Golden Hours welcomed her gladly and dressed her in gar ments celestial. She was then I merce and the market; Venus, presented to the deities. j goddess of love and beauty; Every god secretly hoped to i Earth; Mars, god of war; Jupi- win her for his wife, but she was ter, finally given to the great ar morer, Vulcan, although he was very homely and walked with, a limp. Southwestern Sky Dominating the southwestern sky is the brilliant namesake of the "Beautiful, golden goddess." The most beautiful planet is named in honor of the most beau tiful goddess. All of the nine known planets are named after ancient deities, but only Venus has a feminine name. The other planets have been given names in honor of th gods king of the gods; Saturn, lord of the universe; Uranus, god of the dim beginnings: Nep tune, god of the sea; and Pluto, god of the underworld. The great brillance of Venus, third brightest of the celestial bodies, is due to the dense clouds which surround it and very effectually reflect the rays of the sun. But these same clouds have also enshrouded the "goddess of love and beauty" in mystery that telescopes have been unable to penetrate. Revolves Around Sun Venus makes a revolution will be a little more than 2z times1 as bright as it appeared when it first became visible in May. After Dec. 23, Venus will dim inish in brilliance and disappear from the evening sky during the weeks it will be too near the sun for observation but is due to appear as a "morning star" some time in March. Venus is the first .star-like ob ject to appear after sunset. Its brilliant, non-twinkling light shining steadily rather low in the southwestern sky is a glor ious sight. In all the night sky ! only the moon is brighter. Reading outward from the sun j around the sun in approximately I they are Mercury, god of com- IT MOW "Speed of Light" Electronic Cooking by WESTINGHOUSE BIG Y APPLIANCE DEPT. In the Big Y Shopping Center Ph. SP 3-3052 225 days, but the rotation peri od or the length of time neces sary to make one turn on its axis is not definitely known. And al though Venus sometimes comes nearer the earth than any of the other planets our knowledge con cerning this cloud-covered world is less than the known facts about planets at greater distances. The magnitude or brilliance of Venus as viewed by earth dwellers depends upon its posi tion in relation to the sun and earth. When this planet became observable during the last part of May its magnitude was 3.4. Since that date it has been grad ually increasing in magnitude and will reach its greatest possi ble brilliance on Dec. 23, when it attains magniture 4.4. 2Vz Times As Bright This means that on Dec- 23, the "Beautiful, golden goddess" Office Away From Office Being Supplied Chicago (IP) An "office away from the office" is being supplied out-of-town customers by Rolled Steel Corp. The company has invited 25, 000 manufacturers on its mail ing list to set up temporary busi ness headquarters at the new Rolled Steel plant while travel ing through Chicago. Two modern conference rooms and complete dial telephone fa cilities are available. A recep tionist will handle all incoming calls and mail addressed to vis itors. Many customers already have taken advantage of the facilities, according to Scott F. Burton, vice president in charge of sales. Congressional Groups Penetrated by Reds, Representative Says Washington (IP) The chair man of the House Committee on Un-American Activities said Sun day night that Communists have penetrated Congressional com mittee rooms and the offices of individual Congressmen. Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) reported "a new technique of Communist penetration of gov ernment' which he said "is ex emplified by the official associa tion of an identified member of the Communist apparatus with agencies and members of the United States Congress." He did not name the commit tees or Congressmen involved. But he cited as an example of th alleged penetration the work of a Washington economist, Wil fred Lumer. Walter said Lumer had been identified by a witness or wit nesses "under oath as a member of the Communist Party and a former member of a Communist cell in the Office of Price Ad ministration," a World War II agency. He said Lumer had in voked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions about Communist , Party mem bership at a closed meeting of the committee last Wednesday. Lumer promptly denied he was - under Communist disci pline in his Congressional work. He said he had invoked the Fifth Amendment because he felt the committee "could not constitutionally inquire into my political beliefs or associations." Walter said Lumer "has been actively participating in the work of a number of Congres sional committees and has been serving as consultant and ad viser to various individual Sen ators and members of Congress since" June, 1953. Walter released a portion of Lumer's testimony in which the economist said he assisted "a member" of both the Joint House-Senate Economic commit tee and the House Small Busi ness committee. The witness did not mntion the name of the congressman. Walter said his committee in the past month has uncovered "new aspects" of Communist underground operations on the basis of "connective informa tion" supplied by Boris Morros, who worked as a counter-spy in Soviet espionage rings. GOLDEN DAYS Sioux Falls, S.D. IP! When Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Christensen observed their 50th wedding an niversary guests included Mrs. Christensen's brother and three sisters and their spouses, all of whom already had observed their wedding anniversaries. Mr. Christenson's youngest brother and his wife were also present but didn't attract much attention. They had been mar ried only 47 years. 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