Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 18, 1957, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Texto o G0 O o G O 0 ! O mumm off m o w oli0Siiiifig ' issile Discussion Said Curiouser and Curaouser Hf X1Lr c. wilo CabSe ?r Corpoaei Sfasfcir.g'on 0P Ther is (Bji Arises in Wonderland quality (Bbout the missile discussion, at least to tnt ex tent that it be comes curious er and curious er. Dr. Werhner Von B r a u n, for example, revealed under con gressional quest! oning that orders to proceed with a major missile pro ject had not been followed up with an allotment of money with lev I I.yle c. WUso Hl-Lites ,.1N THE tiisUru M ID HALL The; first legal mention of the 'Word "Druggist" besides apothecary appears in South Carolina in 1751 in an act prohibiting any physician, (Cpptriecary, or druggist from Cemploying a slave in ths (sfcop. ipr places whin thay iaep their medicine or drugs if . . In 1765 John Morgan, a teacher of pharmacy at the University of Pennsylvania, introduced prescription writ ing to the United States, (more next wek) There are enly f mere shopping days until Chr'utf mas. You will find gifts fer everyone here. There ere socne unusual buys, tee. Use yeur Charge Flat for Christina stepping. Main 2 Central, yewr Ckerga Ptte Dreg Stere. G We t CENTRAL RIXAU BUq( guarantee template Jkvfty ana) accuracy i Hie eompoaiding of year eecters KBCJUPTION. (CtNTJUL I.IXALL DfUO anil, Central. which to get going. The proceed order came about t fortnight a so and was widely publicized. What purpose the or der and the attending publicity might have had is not evident, unless it was intended to quiet the voters' anxiety about the missile program and national se curity. Interesting, too, was a se quence of statements made by William M. Holaday, the Penta gon missile chief. A bit more than a week ago Holaday told a New York audience that the United States could put satellites into orbit, like a Sputnik, "when ever we want to." JL New Interpretation Came last Friday and Holaday appeared before the Senate Pre paredness subcommittee. Under questioning Holaday put his own interpretation on "whenever we want to." The United States couldn't put a satellite in orbit tomorrow, for example. The missile chief said it would take time to assemble the component parts of the launching missile. It developed that the only sub stance behind Holaday's brave statement in New York was that there do exist at Cape Canaveral, Fla., rockets capable of putting a satellite into orbit. Holaday's testimony seemed a bit optimistic to the questioning senators. Like the order to proceed given to Dr. Von Braun, Hola day's New York speech was part sugar pill and there is some con gressional clamor now to replace him in the missile job.Whatever may have been the motive be hind the foregoing incidents, very few if any persons would believe or suggest that there was anything other than the utmost sincerity in President Eisenhow er's best-publicized pronounce ment on the missile-satellite is sue. Apprehension Not Raised He made it on Oct. 9, five days after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik the first. To a news con ference question, the President responded that the successful launching of a Communist satel lite did not raise his apprehen sions "one iota" about national security. That became the administra tion party line, precisely fol lowed by White House spokes men thereafter until Oct. 16? when Vice President Richard M. Nixon warned in a San Fran cisco speech against a brush-off of the importance to the United States of the Sputniks. "A grim and timely reminder" of the great magnitude of the Soviet Union's scientific and in dustrial capacity, Nixon called the Sputniks. Since wars are won or lost now largely on the mea sure of scientific and Industrial capacity, Nixon's warning seem ed to possess a grave bearing on national security. Last week Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin chief of Army, research, gave the senators a professional soldier's judgment. He said the launching of Sputnik I was "per haps the most significant mili tary thing in our time." The voters will suck no sugar off of that one. They may, even, be tiring of sweets.. NOISY THING New York (IB Fred Clark of Xenia, Ohio, heard an alarm ing buzzing sound coming from his suitcase today and called police. Bomb squad detectives rushed to the Roosevelt hotel where Clark was staying and took the suitcase to the roof. In side they found a battery-operated, vibrating clothes brush humming away. SANTA EXONERATED Sterling, 111. OP) Santa Claus, blamed at first for caus ing a $100,000 fire in Kline's Department store, didn't start it after all, the fire department said Tuesday. Fire Chief Rich ard Nicol said faulty lighting, not a mechanical St. Nick, was responsible for the fire. i '"",n 7i A ,&&rk $ 5 em pf CM ft IKE ARRIVES FOR NATO MEET President Eisenhower (left, front) delivers speech on arrival at Paris' Orly Airfield to attend NATO summit conference. Looking on are French Premier Felix Gaillard (left) and French President Rene Coty (right). 1 1 at Woisfiold's Tho "TAPER TRIM o D BAY TRIAL jr j 14-INCH PORTABLE IN LIMITED NUMBER 1 I 1111(51 Mt' " PAY $ijo per "Jm 17 lbs. . . . wit new O 'mallar-thenHill leek." AUtHT COMTtAST VIEWING IN SUBURBAN AZIAS WITH MO PICTURE INTERFERENCE nn IN tlPPICULT NEIGHBORHOODS. J?aey-$ie tests prevt Westinghouse superiority . . . Ms all Mie feature, pewer end performance etaftilUaweeiwelel "Tupar-Trim" StyKnf . . . Westinghouse is designed for functional beauty. 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The position involves respon sibility on a state-wide basis for all operational aspects of exist ing highways such as transporta tion permits, communication and maintenance. Stephenson will direct and coordinate the activ ities of several division chiefs in charge of various engineering sections. The largest of these is the maintenance division consist ing of 1,700 employees. Stephenson is a registered pro fessional engineer and a grad uate in civil engineering from Oregon State college. He first went to work for the depart ment in 1919 as a structural in spector and successively held the positions of resident bridge en gineer, bridge construction en gineer, assistant bridge engineer and bridge engineer, which posi tion he held prior to his recent appointment. Military Leave During World War II, Stephen- Chickens Drink More Water in Hot Weather Columbia, Mo. OP) Chick ens, like people, drink more wa ter in hot weather and eat less food. Agricultural scientists at a meeting here recently disclosed they have discovered this fact about chickens in studies they conducted on hens. At 94 degrees the hens drank 50 per cent more water than they did at 65 degrees. They also drop ped their laying rate to 57 per cent of normal at the high temperature. Wetsf WHY AND WHEREFORE Columbia, S. C. W Mich ael V. Farren told a judge Tues day he tried to saw his way out of the state penitentiary so he could complain to a judge about not having a lawyer when he was convicted of armed robbery last year. Although he had a lawyer this time, the judge sen tenced him to two additional years imprisonment for attempt ed escape. a. 4 a -eat s-- -a & e 4 o e e 4 o - - son was given military leave by the department to work with a group of scientists attached to the Army to assist the armed forces in planning the invasion of Japan. The work involved in telligence activities in preparing detailed engineering reports on the types of all major roads and bridges in Japan, and building materials available after in vasion. Among other projects, Stephenson devised the highway numbering system for the entire Japanese Empire. Following the war, Stephenson was transferred by the assistant secretary of war to join a select group of engineers surveying the rehabilitation needs of the Philip pines' highway system. He re turned to the highway depart ment following the completion of this project. W. W. Stiffler, present assist ant state highway engineer, is retiring on a voluntary basis on Dec. 31, completing 36 years with the highway department. Approximately 350 highway em ployees from various points in the state are expected to attend a farewell banquet honoring Stiffler Dec. 19 in Salem. FIVE FLEE SMOG Santa Cruz, Calif. 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