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ttst of five articles written by
JTarttn Caldin, tellinj of this
country's preparations to send a
man into space. In today's article,
Caiden flls or scientific prepara
tion for the flight.
By MARTft CAIDEN
(Wrglen far Uniled Prtit
International.
Copyright 1958 by UPI)
Jim Randall sits tensely in
the cockpit. The moment has
come. In a matter of minutes
he will be America's first tra
veler in outer space.
"How did I get hepe?" He
thinks. "What m I doing?
Will I ever see this earth
again?"
Jim Randall is a name
picked at random. This Jim
Randall doesn't exist and
yet he does. He is a compo
site, a true composite, of the
sort of man who will be
come, and very soon, Amer
ica's first man in space.
How did he get into that
seat? What is he doing? Will
he ever get back to earth
The answers are all before
us. We know we can put a
man into space, into orbit.
The only question Is when.
It could be tomorrow.
Will Be Right Man
Thousands of scientists and
engineers in the United States
are at this moment preparing
for "Jim Randall's" epochal
flight. When his moment does
come, he'll be the right man
for the job. He'll be prepared.
Before we sent our "Colum
busOof space" on his historic
journey, let's examine, brief
ly, the challenges he and the
brilliant men who paved the
way for kis take-off face.
There are two major
enemies. One is the simple,
basic danger of this first
flight, the danger that in a
split-second the efforts of
years could be destroyed, and
our first spaceman killed.
The second enemy is time.
It is the knowledge that Rus
sian scientists are in a crash
program to send a spaceman
out of this world before we
do.
Harrowing Journey
The initial thrust of man
away from his home planet
into space will be a harrow
ing -tourney. From the first
second of flight the pilot will
ba subject at every moment to
catastrophe. He will be pun
ished by his rocket launching;
from brutal high-gravity con
ditions he will be thrust into
total weightlessness. His fuel
tanks may explode : to con
sume him in fiery death: Once
in orbit his controls may not
function, and perhaps he will
be marooned in vacuum, to
' Scio Man Killed ,
On Mf. Jefferson
Salem (UPI) A moun
tain climber fell to his death
Sunday while climbing on
Jefferson Park glacier on Mt
Jeffefton about 65 miles east
of here, state police said.
Robert Trahan of Scio was
struck on the head by a fall
ing rock causing him to fall
several hundred feet, accord
ing to his companion, David
Neitling, Stayton. ,
- Neitling told rangers he
climbed down to Trahan's
body and that his companion
was dead. He then hiked
about 10 miles to the ranger
station where Marion County
Sheriff Denver Young was
notified.
Young and the Santiam
Mountain Rescue council
planned to set out at dawn
today to recover the body.
College Receives
Additional Bequest
Ashland Southern Oregon
college has received an addi
tional bequest of $901.80 from
the estate of the late Amelia
"Britt, Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson,
president, announced last
week The amount represents
the balance , of the bequest
from the Britt Estate to South
ern Oregon college.
' The college received a por
tion of Miss Britt's estate un
der provisions of the Britt will
and J.he new Britt Student
center on the-SOC campus
honors the pioneer family of
southern Oregon. '
.- Besides the bequest to SOC,
Miss Britt created a $50,000
scholarship fund for Jackson
ville High school students. In
addition, $25,000 was given
to the Shrine Hospital for
Crippled Children by the
Jacksonville family.
Dr. Stevenson pointed out
that the additional money
would be added to the present
Britt scholarship fund for the
use of worthy students dur-
Ing the coming academic year. I
die slowly from, lack of food,
water and air. His ship may
be struck by a hurtling me
teor, and he may die horribly
as air and body fluids ex
plode outward. If his return
to atmosphere is not perfect,
he may be crushed by de
celeration forces. Too swift a
return may incinerate him
from friction with the thick
ening air.
Many More Dangers
These dangers, and many
more, must be overcome by
a single pilot. A man who is
physically perfect, whose
nerves are sound. This is the
man I am calling Jim Ran
dall. He was selected from
the ranks of Air Force test
pilots. He is about 28 or 29
years old, with thousands of
hours flying experience in
jets and rocket aircraft. He is
a capable mathematician, an
expert navigator. He is a vetr
eran of many demanding
flights with experimental,
tricky airplanes. Most impor
tant: he wants to make that
flight, to accept all the dan
gers. And if we are to be suc
cessful in our critical war for
outers pace, he must make
that flight soon.
Our second enemy is just
as real. The race to put the
first man in space is vital be
cause of the stakes involved.
The nation which first estab
lishes a capability of manned
space flight will have a tre
mendous military advantage
over the rest of the world.
The Intercontinental Ballistic
Missile, or ICBM, is not the
ultimate weapon." It has too
many weaknesses; it is barely
capable of modifying its
course in flight. Defenses are
being created to reduce its ef
fectiveness. It is a powerful
weapon, but it will never re
place manned strategic
weapons.
Need Manned Ships
We need manned spaceships
manned satellites, manned
space weapons. We nee,d them
desperately if we are to con
tinue our present superiority
in strategic striking power
over the Soviet Union. Rus
sian scientists are determined
to wrest from us the advan
tages we now enjoy with our
strategic range bombers. They
can do this only with a suc
cessful manned space pro
gram. Actually, there's little prob
lem in sending a man into
space. "We can put a man
into space any time we want
to," one scientist told me.
"There no problem with the
rockets we have today in fir
ing, a man into orbit at 18,000
miles per hour. The trick is
to bring him back alive."
The Air Force's MISS Proj
ect (Man - In - Space-Soonest)
calls for a pilot orbiting the
earth in a capsule satellite by
late 1959. This is an unrealis
tic target date, many military
leaders feel. By late 1959,
they warn, Russia may well
have launched several man
ned spaceships.
Alternate Programs
Thus our top scientists and
military planners are consid
ering alternate programs de
veloping equipment now
available, modifying it for
space flight, and moving up
by many months their target
date. The logical, choice for
this program is the North
American X-15, a rocket pow
ered research airplane. De
signed to fly faster than 4,000
MPH the X-15 can be mated
to the giant Navaho rocket
booster. T h i s combination
could send the X-15 to more
than 200 miles above the
earth, into orbit at 18,000
MPH. More important, it can
bring its pilot back safely
ARPA (Advanced Research
Projects Agency) have given
the Air Force the primary re
sponsibility for the first
manned flight into space. The
Air Force needs desperately
to accomplish this mission in
the shortest time possible. It
has several vital manned
space projects under way. In
their success lies the key to
future military superiority.
There is MISS, the beginning
of manned space stations.
There is DYNASOAR (for dy
namic soaring) which calls for
16,000 MPH manned bombers
which plunge from space to
skip" across the atmosphere
at hypersonic speeds. -There
are other, highly secret proj
ects. But they all wait for the
success of the most critical
flight ever made the launch
ing of the first man into
space.
(Next: Jim Randall Space
man.)
U.S. Consul Flies
To Rebel Stronghold
Havana (UPI) U. S.
Consul Park Wollam flew
back into the rebel-held hills
of Oriente province Saturday
presumably to answer insur
gent demands for some sort of
recognition from the United
States.
The rebel demands ap
peared to be the qnly obstacle
holding up the release of 29
kidnaped American sailors
and marines.
KILLER MANIAC CAPTURED Bearded prospector Nor
man A. Foose who wantonly shot and killed two young
sters in Cuba, N. M., lies on the ground 'after being
wounded and captured by a posse near Llaves, N. M.
Foose, once a patient in a mental hospital, was tracked
down and captured after an all-night manhunt in the
northern New Mexico mountains.
ILLINOIS VALLEY
Club Members Take Tour
BY RUTH RAUSCH
Cave Junction Members
of the Jerome Prairie Garden
club visited the valley Thurs
day, July 10, on a garden tour.
The 12 members stopped first
at the home of Mrs. Floyd
Wells to inspect the beautiful
garden Mrs. Wells developed
from virtually nothing more
than rocks.
The tour advanced to the
home of Mrs. Jack Villair
where refreshments
served on the patio.
were
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
Knight of Riverside, returning
to their home from a vaca
tion in Vancouver, stopped for
a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Wells for the week end.
The Walt Huntings, with
their guest Mrs. Dewey Kille-
brew, of San Diego and the
Whistler visited the Oregon
Caves Tuesday of this week,
staying for the nightly bonfire
entertainment following din
ner in the Chateau dining
room.
The Illinois Valley Grange
will hold their annual picnic
at Grayback the last Sunday
in July.
The Don Holtens of Cres-
Western Air Lines,
Pilots in Request
Los Angeles (UPI) Ap
pointment of a third member
of an arbitration commission
to settle unresolved wage
questions was sought today
by West Air Lines and the
Air Lines Pilots association.
A joint request by the com
pany and union for the com
missioner was forwarded Sun
day to the National Mediation
board. Both sides have agreed
to abide by the commission's
decision, due in 30 days.
Pilots of the airline went
back to work in June after
the longest complete shut
down of a commercial airline
in the nation's history. West
ern was grounded for more
than three months.
Auto Contract
Talks Resume
Detroit (UPI) Auto con
tract negotiations involving a
half-million workers at Gen
eral Motors, Ford and Chrys
ler resumed today following
a two-weeks recess.
GM and United AutoWork-
ers spokesmen told reporters
when the recess at GM start
ed July 2 that they had
reached agreement on only
five secondary "non-economic"
issues since bargaining
started March 25. .
Major issues of wages, un
employment benefits, pen
sions and job transfer protec
tion still remain to be settled.
Lehi IV Again Tries
To Float to Hawaii
San Pedro (UPI) The
Redeemer of Israel," a 35-
foot fishing boat, made its way
out into the Pacific today,
towing the raft Lehi IV and its
five-man crew.
Skipper DeVere Baker's
newest attempt to float to the
Hawaiian Islands, foiled three
times before by bad weather
and various accidents, began
Sunday,
cent City and the Jim Londons
of Kerby were dinner guests
of Mrs. London s parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Lester Mathes, in
Central Point, Tuesday eve
ning.
Mrs. Kenneth Caldwell's
cousin, Edward Hart, and his
wife and daughter, Joan, and
Joan s friend, Jo Ellen Rish,
all of Williamston, Mich.,
were visitors at the Caldwells
for three days this week.
George McClure, acting as
agent for several local people,
is in eastern Oregon prospect
ing for uranium. He expects
to be gone about two months.
.jay xennei oi tier by is
home from Portland where he
underwent surgery at the Vet
erans' hospital. He will re
turn for a second eye opera
tion August 4.
As a result of several work
days, the Cave Junction Com
munity church now has
fence on top of the retaining
wall along the north side of
the church.
Visitors at the Alton Sow-
ells this past week were Mrs,
Sowell's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Rossiter of Arcada.
Calif., and sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McDoll and
daughter, Darlene, of Eureka
The Marion and Albert Ros
siter families of Grants Pass
joined the family gathering
for the holiday week end.
The Chod Hoovers and Ar-
dene, Arlene and Charles; the
Jim Londons and Danny and
Roger; the Don Holtens and
Mike Sowell camped and pic
nicked at the falls on the Illi
nois river above Kerby Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hagen
of Riverside, Calif., life long
friends of Floyd Wells, who
Stopped for a few days with
the Wells on their way to Alas
ka,, sent word back that the
trip", to Fairbanks by car took
them 12 days.
They were in Fairbanks on
the day Alaska became a
state and shared in the cele
brations. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Glines of
Oceanlake and Mrs. Glines'
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Clinton Lewis, were
in the valley for the holiday
week end visiting Gilnes'
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Holmes.
The Paul Glines were house
guests of the Jack Villairs, oc
cupying the Villairs' Eiffel
Tower guest house.
On Saturday evening of the
week end the group were din
ner guests of the Harry Hart
wells. The Harry Hartwells have
with them for a fortnight their
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hartwell, Gregory and
Wayne from South Gate,
Calif.
The party had a barbecue
picnic at Grayback parK
Thursday evening and plan a
fishing trip to Gold Beach for
the week end.
Chod Hoover, Jim and Pat
London and Danny and Mrs.
Hal Mohr of Grants Pass were
on a two day camping trip to
Baby Foot lake and Onion
camp by horseback. The party
stopped at Canyon peak look
out where Mrs. Mohr's hus
band is stationed for the sum
mer,
Trade Commission Checks Fur,
Wool Garments for Labels
By LOUIS CASSELS
'United Press International
Washington (UPI) There
is one thing worse than hav
ing to buy your own vicuna
coat. That's paying for vicuna
and not getting it.
The Federal Trade Commis
sion has a staff of 25 full-time
sleuths whose job is to see
that you don't get gypped
when you buy a fancy wool or
fur garment.
It was these FTC detectives
who lodged mis-labeling com
plaints against Bernard Gold-
fine's mills, and sent Goldfine
in search of his friend Sher
man Adams.
Policing the wool and fur
trades is quite a task for 25
men. It involves keeping a
beady eye on the quality, la
beling, price and advertising
practices of some 65,000 man
ufacturers and 300,000 dis
tributors. The FTC men have been un
usually busy lately. During
the 1958 fiscal year, which
ended June 30, they tagged 77
firms with formal complaints
for violating the fur products
labeling act. They filed 36
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formal complaints for decep
tive label or pricing of wool.
About 90 more cases are now
pending.
Issues Warnings
Formal complaints are is
sued only in serious cases. The
FTC tries to handle minor or
unintentional infractions by
issuing an informal warning
to the offender and obtaining
his writte assurance that he'll
toe the line hereafter. About
2,500 cases were handled this
way during the past 12
months.
Harvey H. Hannah, chief of
the FTC's Wool and Fur Di
vision, readily admits that his
small staff can't catch all of
the sharp operators in the far
flung wool and fur trade.
"This is a job in which we
urgently need the public's co
operation," said Hannah in an
interview. "We are trying to
educate consumers to help us
enforce the laws Congress has
passed for their protection."
The first step in this educa
tion program, Hannah said, is
to make the public aware of
what the laws require.
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Act of 1939 says that suits,
blankets and other woolen
goods must bear labels which
accurately describe the "fiber
content" of the product in
plain English. For example:
60 per cent wool, 30 per cent
rayon, 10 per cent cotton."
Must Be Identified
Re - used or re - processed
wool must be clearly identi
fied. When "specialty fibers"
like vicuna, cashmere, mohair
and alpaca are used in a gar
ment, the precise percentage
must be shown on the label.
Exaggerating the amount
of specialty fibers in a product
is one of the commonest viola
tions. Hannah said consumers
should be suspicious anytime
they are offered garments pur
portedly containing expensive
fibers like cashmere or vi
cuna "at ridiculously low
prices."
Another common violation
is failing to identify re-used
wool. Hannah offered this tip
to buyers: "The fabric of re
claimed wool is very weak. If
you put your fingers on either
side of the material and
work them back and forth you
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Collapse of Bridge
Corvallis (UPI) David F.
Lister, 68, of Summit, was
killed Sunday afternoon
when a bridge collapsed
while he was driving a trac
tor and hay bailer across it.
The accident occurred on a
private wooden bridge about
two miles north of Summit, a
community located northwest
of Corvallis.
can put a hole right through
it."
When the traditional "Aug
ust fur sales" get underway
next month, Hannah said, you
can be reasonably confident
that no one will try to sell you
a "mink" coat that really
came from a muskrat. That
kind of flagrant mis-labeling
of fur has virtually disap
peared since the labeling act
took effect in 1952.
Prior to that law", the pelt
of the lowly rabbit was mar
keted under 96 different fancy
labels, including "Australian
seal," "Baltic lion," and "Bel
gian beaver." Today all furs
must be labeled with the plain
English name of the animals
from which they come. Rab
bit, deprived of its "elegant
pseudonyms, has virtually dis
appeared from fur shops.
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The two machines plunged
about 20 feet into Marys riv
er when the structure gave
way. ,
Lister ws pinned under
the tractor in about four feet
o water, Benton County Dep
uty Sheriff Ed Reem re
ported. Death was due to crushed
chest, "Reem said. He said
there would be a coroner's
inquest, however.
Body of Second
Portland Girl Found
Kelso, Wash. (UPI) Th
body of the second of two
Portland sisters who drowned
in the Columbia river July 6
off Sauvies island at Port
land was recovered Saturday
in the river Vt miles north
of Wotdland, the Cowlitz
county coroner's office re
ported. The victim was Connie
Scroggins, 11. Connie and
her older sister, Shelba Ann,
15, drowned when they
slipped into a mud hole and
were swept away by an un
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