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Esjjiat So?
(tairoQl IeR the fabulous
Brass Bazaar detwminedOto
go 1o the Pyranwis six miles
or so away, hut I got no far
ther thair lslgdCLth the
-Kile. O ,Tf
The reason was the nilonit
ter and an ichneumon. j j
T.!q nilomeWis the W
thfOnonjgter'of Egypt. "JJie
one at Cairo there are more
of them
up thft river is an
octagonal pillar sensing ufa
square well on tp islancT of
Roda, the sse,,where Mose's
was found
in xne Duirusnes.
is connected with
The VS-fell
the rivpr ThP Tto anH
of the river's rise aSd faliqS4wildle complete 30-vol
measured ot)Me pillar that is
graduated in cubits.
Why that was important is
that the Nile is thelife blood
of Egypt, and by ftmparing
its depth on a given day with
the data for other years the
q Egyptians could tell what to
expect and how to regulate
irrigation. In the . old days,
taxes were set by it, high in
a good year, low in a bad.
QUp to less than 100 years
ago it wasn t known where
the river's sotrrce was, and
toaay, Because weather re
ports along tQ Nile's 4,000-
q lie length are still rather
scanty, it continues to serve
br some much as it did in
the days of the Pharoahs
There was a somewhat
greenish cast to the water.
asked if the rather bilious
color was the origin of Nile
green d was assured it was
only a temporary condition.
The green is caused by algae
from the marshes upstream
during low water. As the wa
ter rises through the summer
it reach its peak in Sep
temberthe grefj disappears
as the algae die. O
In recent yrs, L-was told,
the maximum rise at Cairo
was 23 feetQThe maximum is
far highefi unstreirti, 32 at
Aswan Dam. 4"he reaaSn for
the difference, aQde from the
dam, js That so rrHch is drawn
off f krigatton. -
PrettyfairfFish
As I wa fished some small
) boa sailing upstream, their
triargular sftfls filled with a
(Jiorth windo a boy fishing
5 aearby anKed out a perch
it was a nrettv fair fish. sQtie.
vgiatqh the ordebf our com-?
was a disgusted look on The
youngster's face as if he had
Qraught a suckeQwhen expect
ing a trout.
3 My guide explained that he
was fishing for "bayad." I
haven't Qyet seen one, but
since it lOsaid to be witlut
scaIcs, like .-our catfwh.to
reach tiaxmum length of
three and a half feet and to
be ver,jK gcod eating, that's
what itTriay be.
The boy whistled. There
was a flurry of brownish grey
fiRS a weasel-like creature slith
ered swiftly paslus.
It was an ichneumon, the
Egyptian mongoose thaj) is
known to maTry as "Phaoah's
rat" and that is alrtrost twice
as big as the Indian variety.
This one, a pet, vas nearly
20 inches long with a tail not
much shorter. He puffed dis
dainfully at a fii and? moved
off to nose gmofti some
'stones, hunting a rat or moifte
which, withQirds and snakes
stands next to egg? among
their favorite food. O
Vmm the i1enV efftripnt
Way in vhich he worked it
was obvious why the ancient
Egyptians memorialized him
on tnr stone-ronuments as
a mouser
Absence of Crocodiles
; According To some, the ich
leumoais responsible for the
almost Total ab&ce of croco
diles frorn th Nile of lower
Egypt. EDrause ofehisove for
th.e2gs 0f birds and lizards
it li assumed that he killed off
the crocs by eating their eggs,
too.
But Nile crocodile eggs are
the hard-shell type. Very
hardgFuhermore. they are
buneQ under a foot and a
half to two feet of sand, and
since the mother crocodile
spends thereater part of the
12-week hatching period ly
ing on them, it is difficult to
see how exen the wiliest ich-
.iu L iunn.
neumon wwua gti. ucm mem.
Almost certainly the reasofi
for the crocodile's retreat up
the Nils is the higft-powered
rifleerM the exploding popu
lation ofOthe country. The
nnnnlation has naore than
doubled in the last century.
And though the area of the
country Egypt proper is
nearlip400,000 square miles,
HELlClN DEATH
Cincinnati, Ohio (UPI)
Cfcnstruction company em
r&ovee OdeJl BlackQvas held
0 for the U. s-Omarshal's office
rnnnectftn with the
death0o5 rever?u agent fol
lowing a scume. over ciacK s
ftcoftotax troubles. A levy
haP ften Qnad against
BCfeck salary (Jot backHaxes
and he was typing to raight
eO out ijis difficulties with
the aid of agent Joseph G
Strohofer. Suddenly, Black
grabbed Strohofer by the
throat, and another tax agent
Standing near by Robert
'Maurer, 43 pulled Black
A short time later
Maurer collapsed and died.
By EUGENE BURNS
Rjnger-Naturalit
O
I its more than 22,000,000 peo
ple are crowded to the 13,
500 square miles thgjt) lie
fcjong thaCriver.
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Business Upturn
Said Due July 21
Eugene (UPI) A Min
neapolis economist predicted
here today that the nation's
business will enjoy an upturn
at 8 a.m., Monday, July 21.
Dr. Arthur R. Upgren told
theaonvention.of the Oregon
Bankers association here that
setting an end to the recession
at a precise hour was not so
humorous as it might appear.
He said that is the moment
that heavy industry would
resume work after its tradi
tional vacation period.
Dr. Upgren, consulting
economist for the First Na
tional Bank cl& Minneapolis,
said tfcat when inventory li
quidation has run its course
and nrodnrfinn is liftpd to
match fte still relatively high
consumption, the first auto
matic force for recovery
would be at work.
He commended such posi
tive economic moves as hous
ing and highway programs for
maintaining personal incomes
and supporting the rate of con
sumption.
He blamed the declining
rate of investment by busi
ness as the principal cause of
the recession.
Car Production
Off 30 Per Cent
Detroit (UPI) -'General
Motors increased its share of
auto production of GM, Ford
and Chrysler was more than
30 per cent under car-truck
building in May of -1957.
GM built 215,754 cars and
trucks in its U.S. plants in
May, compared with 269,762
year earlier. For the first
five months $f this year, GM
production is 1,199,124 com
pared with 1,509,059 last year.
Ford production in May
was 111,358 cars and trucks,
compared with ' ?92,432 in
May, 1957. For the first five
month this year, Ford has
built 607,262 units compared
with 1,023,229 last year.
Chrysler May production
was 56,411, down from 129,
396 last year. In the first five
months this year, Chrysler
built 294,594 cars and trucks,
compared with 643,631 last
year.
Chevrolet, with 601,127
units built so far, and Cadil
lac, with 64,445, eame closest
to their output of 1957. But
none of the big three car
makers is ahead of last year
in production.
Secretary Seeks
Record for Talking
Fayetteville, N. C (UPI)
A Fayetteville secretary,
shooting for $1,000 in prizes,
was still going strong early
today fn her attempt to set a
new national talking record.
And if Mrs. Lois Grant, 27,
failed in her attempt, six oth
er local women were waiting
for a crack at the jackpotof
prizes.
At 12:30 a.m., Mrs., Grant
had passed the 14-hour mark
attfl a spokesman for the tele
vision dealer who is promot
ing the contest said her voice
"is holding up fine. She's still
gppg strong and she prom
ises ne li suu De nere , ana
still talking in the morning."
Mrs. Grant began her as
sault on th, record at 7:30
a.m. (ps.t.) Monday. The pres
ent record for talking by a
woman is believed to be 26V
hours.
PHILANTHROPIST D?ES
London-1 (UPI) Sir
; Louis Sterling, philanthropist
and industrialist who was
born in New York's lower
East SideQlums, died here-on
Monday. He was 79. A natur
alized Englisman, he was
kinghted by King George VI
in 1937. During his life, he
gaye away nearly $3 million
krehanty.
Thornton To Attend
Attorneys' Conference
Salem (UPI) Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
will leave for Chicago Friday
to attend the annual confer
ence of the National Associa
tion5 of Attorneys General.
Thornton is scheduled to
address the meeting follow
ing Tuesday on the "defense
of state officers by the attorn
ey general in civil and crim
inal cases."
Grads Urged To
Work for Peace
Emmitsburg, Md. (UPI)
President Eisenhower urged
the graduating class of Mount
St. Mary's College here Mon
day to crusade or justice at
heme and abroad, and for
world peace.
The President delivered the
commencement address at the
small Roman Catholic college
for men after spending a quiet
Memorial Day week end at his
nearby Gettysburg, Pa., farm.
The college, which ic cele
brating its 150th anniversary,
gave Eisenhower an honorary
law degree.
The President was cited for
standing "a modern collossus
against petty aims and mean
ambition" in his efforts to
maintain the free world alli
ance. The President told the 110
members of the graduating
class that despite the closing
of America's physical fron
tiers "there are more frontiers
to explore, more crusades that
need to be waged than ever
before in our history."
He cited slum clearance ed
ucation, juvenile delinquency,
race relations and above all
"the struggle against atheistic
Communism" as areas where
American young people should
crusade."
Morse Attacks .
High Dam Defeat
Washington (UPI) Sen.
Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.) today
called defeat of 1 the Hells
Canyon' dam bill a "tragic
loss to future generations of
American boys and girls."
He said "it is but another
example of the predatory sel
fish interests of the Eisen
hower administration prevail
ing over the welfare of the
people of the country."
Morse added, "it is my pre
diction that within, 50 years.
the people of the country will
recognize the vital impor
tance of the high Hells Can
yon dam to our natural wel
fare and security and that
they will tear out the pigmy
dams which the Idaho Power
comnany has built and return
the Snake river to the nation
and to all the people."
Rhododendrons Start
To Bloom on Mt. Hood
Timberline (UPI) Mt.
Hood's own color spectacular,
a display of rhododendron
blooms, is now ready for
viewing by thousands of the
early summer motorists.
The blooms were reported
opening on the lower slopes
of the mountains Monday and
should be in full glory all the
way to Timberline by the end
of the week. They are early
this year. ,..
4-H Club News
Sam's Thumpers
Sam's Thumpers' May meet
ing was a tour of all the rab
bit members' houses. We saw
how well the rabbits were get
ting along. The June meeting
was held at Dean and Linda
Sommers' house. The meeting
was called to order by Vice
President Dean Sommer. Un
der old business we talked
about our showcase which is
half finished. In new business
we talked about pre-fair and
went into a long discussion
about showmanship. The
meeting was adjourned. Re
freshments were served by
Mrs. Sommer.
Linda Sommer,
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'Studio One7
By WILLIAM EWALD
United Press International
New York (UPI) One of
the toughest things about be
ing a TV critic is describing
shows of me
dium quality
in new ways.
So far this sea
son I've used
up mildly in
g r a t i:a t ing,
fairly pie a s
mg, moderate
ly compelling,
t o 1 erablv ar-
William Ewald r e s t ing and
passably interesting. I've also
used up other mildies like in
between, average, so-so, re
spectable, admissible, 50-50,
lukewarm and neutral.
Frankly, I've run out. And
so, all I can say about Mon
day . night's CBS-TV "Studio
One" medium quality offer
ing, "Ticket to Tahiti," is that
it was mildly" ingratiating,
fairly pleasing, moderately
compelling, tolerably arrest
ing and passably interesting.
It was also in-between, aver
age, so-so, respectable, admis
sible, 50-50, lukewarm and
neutral.
It had some plusses a
mildly ingratiating perform
ance by Franchot Tone, a
Cuban Army
Seeking Rebels
Havana (UPI) The army
has launched an "all-out
push" against rebels entrench
ed in the Maestra Mountains,
seeking to drive them into
the sea, it was reported today.
Private sources said 8,000
to 11,000 troops attacked last
Sunday along an 80-mile front
between Manzanillo and San
tiago. They reported fierce
fighting and said casualties
have been heavy on both
sides.
. A victorious advance by the
army would drive the rebels
to Oriente Province's south
coast. Naval patrols along the
coast have been reinforced
to block rebel attempts to
escape by sea, the sources
said.
The rebel radio, back on
the air after nearly two
months' silence, said Monday
that insurgent leader Fidel
Castro has "nearly 5,000 men"
holed up in the mountains
about 2V times the figure
estimated by observers in
Havana.
In HaVana. the Senate ap
proved President Fulgencio
Batista's request for a 45-day
extension of the current state
of emergency in Cuba. The
House will meet soon to con
sider the measure.
Eddie Fisher May
Undergo Surgery
Hollywood (UPI) Sing
er Eddie Fisher may undergo
an appendectomy after ful
filling a month-long engage
ment at the Tropicana Hotel
in Las Vegas. Ney., beginning
June 11, according to his doc
tor. The singer was hospitalized
at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
last Saturday. He expects to
be released today or Wednes
day. Fisher's physician said sur
gery did not appear necessary
at this time but that perhaps
it would be required later.
WANTS CITIZENSHIP
Washington (UPI)
Rep. Francis E. Walter (D
Pa.), says actress Olivia de
Havilland has requested spec
to save her U. S. citizenship.
The star, who has lived in
Paris since 1955, would lose
her citizenship in two years
under present law. Walter has
introduced a bill which would
exempt Miss de Havilland
from a provision of the Mc-Carran-Walter
Immigration
act that revokes the citizen
ship of naturalized Americans
who Jive abroad continuously
for more than five years.
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Offering
fairly pleasing one by James
M a c A r t h u r, a moderately
compelling one by Kim Hunt
er and a tolerably arresting
one by Olive Sturgess. "
It also had the bones of
a passably interesting plot:
the father who has reached
the middle of the journey and
who suspects his blood is not
merely tired, but asleep, and
yearns to shuck. his responsi
bilities and sail "for Tahiti or
Chavez Ravine or some re
mote spot like that there: the
son, young, married, in debt,
restless, spoiled, who is sad
dled with a young wife who
also is married, in debt, rest
less, etc.
But its neatly packaged lit
tle ending in which father
and son and son's wife and
father's girl-friend all "con
gealed in one grand and gooey
gob of togetherness was ab
surd, what is sometimes call
ed "Deus ex machina," which
I might freely translate as
"Gob (sic) out of a machine,"
but I wouldn't dare..
Summing it all up, I would
say "Ticket to Tahiti" was
one of the those in-between
efforts, average, so-so . . . aw,
you finish it yourself.
Short Shots: Arthur God
frey's CBS - TV "Talent
Scouts' had three performers
of quality Monday night, and
for a change, I thought his
audience showed good sense
in its choice of the winner
singer Leslie Scott . . . Von
nie Nardoff, who upped her
winnings to an all-time TV
quiz high of $237,000 on
NBC - TV's "Twenty One"
Monday night, indicated all
her friends want her to quit,
but I'm all for her staying on
forever she's the only really
bright spot left on Monday
TV.
The Channel Swim: CBS
TV's Patti Page will undergo
a tonsillectomy after her last
"Big Record" show of the
season on June 11.
Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Lor
en, Bill Holden and Jacques
Tati are among those who'll
appear on film on CBS-TV's
"Ed Sullivan Show" June 15
the entire program will cen
ter 'around the Brussels
World's Fair.
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Little Rock Opens
Suit To Suspend
School Integration
Little Rock, Ark. (UPI)
A hearing which could result
in suspension of integration
at Little Rock Centra High
school and other schools here
until January of 1961 opened
in Little Rock today with ap
proximately 15 witnesses
schedueld to be called.
The Little Rock School
Board was to present its rea
sons for asking Federal Dis
trict Court for a three-year
delay in its gradual school in
tegration plan.
The witnesses will present
a "cross-section" of the per
sons involved, according to
one school official.
Judge Harry J. Lemley, of
Hope, Ark., will hear the
case. He-estimated it would
take the board two days to
present its case for asking the
delay. -,''
Negroes To 'Sit Back'
Wiley 'Branton, of Pine
Bluff, Ark., a Negro attorney,
said attorneys for the Negro
children who started the orig
inal suit to integrate Feb. 8,
1956, would not know how
many witnesses they might
call until the board gave its
case.
"Since ,the burden is on
them, we'r going to sit back
at first," Branton said. He
said he' "doubts seriously"
whether Gov. Orval E. Faubus
would take any part in the
case.
He pointed out Faubus is
still prevented by injunction
from doing anything to pre
vent integration. Faubus told
newsmen last week he would
not take part. .
VERDICT OF MURDER
Hamilton, Ohio (UPI)
A jury of nine women and
three men found Shirley Ed
ward Campbell, 22, guilty of
first degree murder Monday
night in the slaying of a Ne
gro student nurse. Campbell
was tried on charges of push
ing the nurs, Syl vesta Andy,
20, of Piqua, Ohio, from the
roof of a five-story hospital.
He earlier had confessed he
pushed her because she re
sisted his advances. Later he
repudiated the confession.
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