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I WINNING TOP HONORS in nationwide search, James L. Detwiler family, Eurbank, Calif, is named "Methodist Family of Year" by official magazine, "Together," and church's Committee on Family Life. From left: Richard, 11; Jeanette, 15; Mrs. Doro thy, Detwiler, and Douglas, 17, holding dog, Minnie Poo, a French poodle. Is That So? The hellgrammite Is not only a superb fish bait for bass especially but he is al- be sure to ask for CHEETOS o BAR-B-Q FR8TOS Ideal for Picnics or Snacks Family Cake & Cookie Co. L. S. (Stan) Tiegs, Distributor Talent Ph. 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And though they can swim forward or backward with equal ease, most of that time has been spent crawling about under stones and bur rowing in the sand. If they don't, they are quickly eaten by the hungry fish. If they do, they can prey in safety on nearly all other aquatic beings including their brothers, that are no bigger than themselves. Except for two days in their lives, they have little to worry about if they stay under the larger stones. The first day of danger is when they are hatched, five or ten days after the eggs have been laid on the underside of a bridge or other projection over the water. The hatching is at night, and as they fall into the water, fish are wait ing to seize them on the sur face. Crawls Toward Bank Those that manage to make it to the bottom instantly be gin the business cf hiding and eating. With luck, they make it to the second day of great peril. That is three years later when the hellgrammite decides the time has come to change into a fly. Once the decision is made, he crawls toward the bank. If he makes it' past the fish to the water's THUAAI CORNERS PHONE NO Crabgrass Problem Reported Severe Crabgrass is a severe prob lem in lawns this year, ac cording to Clifford B. Cordy, county horticulturalist. He said a thick turf is the best protection against a bad in fection next year. He explained that thick turf prevents crabgrass seed from germinating next year as it cannot compete with heavy grass. He mentioned that lawns should be fertilized now and again next March. One pound of ammonium nitrate to 100 square feet of lawn will be ef fective. He cautioned home owners that the fertilizer is quite strong and may burn the lawn unless it is spread evenly and well watered. edge, he crawls steadily in land for as much as 30 feet, burrows a hole in the ground or a rotten log and builds himself a pupal chamber for the final act of transportation. In the two or three weeks, provided no skunk or other predator has dug him out for a tasty meal, he emerges as a full-fledged hellgrammite or dobson fly and takes off on the last brief period of his existence. Incidentally, in the Calif ornia sierra and other parts of the west, live hellgram mites have been dug out of the beds of dried up streams that have surface water only in the rainy 6eason. (Released by McClure News paper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who send me the best true-life na ture adventure, the best na ture observation, or the best question on nature and wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous ref erence work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be con sidered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! cA Med ford Mail Tribune, Box 1069, San Francisco, Calif. 4-1511 Debate Rages Over Question of American Supremacy in First Year of Space Age Editor's note: How does the United States stack np against Russia in overall military power at the end of Year One of the Space Are? In the following dis patch. IPI military writer Charles Corddry gives authoritative an swers, gathered from extensive in terviews with top Pentagon offi cials and from personal visits to key U.S. installations in Europe and the Pacific. By CHARLES CORDDRY UPI Correspondent Washington -fDP&- U.S. mili tary power has been signifi cantly strengthened since Air Industry Gels Headaches Washington-fUPC-The dawn of the jet air travel age brings the headtaches of the used car dealer to the U.S. aviation industry. By 1960, the airlines expect to retire at least half of their 1,700-piston-enganed transport planes, replacing them with a $3 billion fleet of jets and turbo-props (jet engines hitched to conventional pro pellers). What do the ' airlines do with their outmoded piston aircraft? ' In the past, smaller airlines and foreign carriers have pro vided a ready market for sur plus aircraft disposal by American airlines. But now the smaller lines are turning to new, short-range turbo props and the foreign lines want the bigger jets, not dis carded piston-engine airliners. Many U.S. carriers have partially financed new equip ment by selling their older planes. But now, for the first time, they are going into a major replacement program with virtually no market for their unwanted aircraft. In a few cases, airlines have persuaded the jet manu facturers to accept obsolete planes as "trade-ins" adopting the time-wora tradition of the automobile business. But most carriers plan to retire their Constellations, DC-6's, DC-7's, Convairs and Martins gradu ally, hoping -to finda buyer here and there. On the threshhold of the jet age, the airlines literally are asking: "Anyone wanna buy a DC-6 with only 593,004 miles on it?" TRAIN HITS BUS Zwolle, TJie Netherlands-(DPD-Four persons were killed and seven others badly injur ed Wednesday night when a bus, making a detour over a little-used Eailway crossing, stalled and was smashed by an express train. FIGHTER PLANE CRASHES Manila -flJPD- The U. S. Air Force reported today an F-86 fighter plane crashed near Clark Air Base Wednesday night while on a routine mis sion from, the 26th Fightei Interceptor squadron. The pilot was not identified. 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The Military Position Today Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy says that this coun try is still ahead of Russia in overfall military power "in being-in the here and now." Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says U.S. air strength "is far greater" than Russia's. The U.S. military position today is based on an immense variety of weapons, rather than any single type. The United States, authorities say, would not have moved as it did in the Middle East in July or in the Formosa Straits more recently if its military power were inferior to Rus sia's. McElroy concedes that Rus sia "probably" is ahead in de velopment of intercontinental ballistic missiles. He points out, however, that both sides are in the test stage. His aides believe neither side will get ICBM's into operational units much earlier than the other. Weapons Speed-up When Sputnik I was launched, the Defense Depart ment was cutting down to a 38-billion-dollar-a-year spend ing rate. In the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1959, the departfnent estimates it will have spent about 80 bil lion dollars. Since the first Sputnik be gan to orbit, the Pentagon has ordered both the Thor and Jupiter 1,500 - mile range missiles into production. It has stepped -up development of the Atlas intercontinental missile'. The Navy Polaris sub marine - launched missile pro gram has become a $1,300, 000,000 effort with five sub marines on order. The first of the nuclear - powered vessels is now due by 1960, probably two years ahead of earlier schedules. Construction has started, a year earlier than planned, on 3,000-mile-range radar in the far north for detection of ballistic missiles attacks. An estimated $230,000,000 has been earmarked this year for research on an anti - missile missile. The Strategic Air Com- RECORD SPOILED Sherringham, Eng. - (UPD -Pupil Roderick Saunders did not collect his perfect attend ance prize at a secondary school Wednesday. He was absent. AA O JLw ...99' S 59' v Qr. 45' Vz .69' Mft 10-oz. A IU 3las. IV ' .29' 6 o 47 mand is being spread over more bases and one-third of its bombers are kept ready for take-off in 15 minutes. Ad ditional quantities of B-58 supersonic bombers have been ordered and a contract has been placed for develop ment of a 2,000-mile-an-hour bomber, the B-70. Development work has been started on the "Dyna-Soar" combat plane, designed to be boosted out of the earth's at mosphere and to glide back. It may cost $100,000,000 per vehicle. The Air Force has speeded up work on its Minuteman solid propel' ant intercontin ental ballistic missile which, when available several years, hence, will be able to be con cealed in underground launch ing sites. A Pacific missile and Satel lite launching range, like that at Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being built. In terms of contracts placed, the American missile program has reached a level of S6.600, 000,000 a year, with ballistics missiles accounting for more than one-third. U.S., Russian Missiles Russia announced in Aug ust 1957 that it had tested a long-range rocket. About six months later the Soviet Union was known to be firing proto type intercontinental missiles at ranges of about 4,000 miles and may have tested 50 or 60 of the 4,000-mile range mis - .l . MI ..mi m mmmmtmWMWitmi siles by now. It has launched hundreds of ballistic missiles of ranges from 200 miles up to about 1,200 miles. It is believed to have operational missiles with about a 700 to 800 mile-range and may have double those ranges in less than two years. The United States has test fired 10 Atlas intercontinen tal missiles, 10 Jupiter inter mediate range missiles and 19 Thor intermediate range missiles. Probably more than half were considered fully successful. Valuable data was gained from all. The Russians, on the basis of their Sputniks, are con ceded to have more powerful rocket engines than the U.S. America's most powerful en gines produce about 165,000 pounds of thrust. Dr. Herbert York, chief scientist of the Pentagon's Advanced Re search Projects Agency, says Russia's biggest satellite "con ceivably" could have been launched with 200,000 to 300,000 pounds of thrust in its first stage. The Air Force has ordered development of a rocket with 1,000,000 pounds thrust. Other Factors , The spectacular Russian de velopments make the head lines but there are other less known but vital factors in assessing Soviet strength. The National Industrial Conference Board suggests in a pamphlet on the Russian economy that there is reason Just take coupon to your store... DOUBLE OPPORTUNITY! Yon introduce your pet to wonderful, nourishing Friskies . . . you pocket real savings doing it ! CHOICE FISH NOURISHMENT... NO STRONG FISHY ODORI Even the fussiest cats prefer Friskies! 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MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Ortgon, to doubt that "Soviet strength is as great as is suggested by successes in rockets and Sput nik." The pamphlet pointed out that Russia last year repudi ated its internal debt, scrap ped its sixth five-year plan, suffered a drop in grain pro duction, devalued the ruble for foreign visitors and had to admit waste and inefficien cy in its industrial administra tion. , As for military strength in being, Russia and her satel lites have about as many men under arms as the North At lantic Treaty powers - about six million. The NATO coun tries probably have more air craft in operational units but far fewer men in organized ground forces. Russia's chief threat at sea is her 500-sub-marine force. Otherwise, she is no match for the U.S. Navy which is rapidly expanding both its undersea and surface nuclear-powered, guided mis- Get 'non-caloric, non-fattening M.C.P. JELSWEET LIQUID SWEETNER V With purchase of 4 oz. bottle at regular price. UmlU m pr ftmffy. 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