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Recommended Both rest and convalescent homes are assuming more int. portanct In the community. The functions of these homes and th need for them is explained an pas 12 of today's Mai Tribune. 58 PAGES Missile Monkey Flies Into Space in Science Cape Canaveral, Fla.-(UPD-A sturdy little monkey outfitted like a jet pilot rode a missile nose cone through space early Saturday only to be swallow ed up in the Atlantic at the end of its historic voyage, But the Army hailed the swift trip of the surprise rock et passenger named "Li'l Old Reliable," as an important contribution to a research program aimed ultimately at sending a man into space. snips and planes criss crossing the cone's impact area 1,700 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral found no trace of the wedge - shaped shunk of metal and its valu able voyager, and the search finally was called off less than six hours after the 4 a.m. launching of the Jupiter mis sile carrier. There was no indication of whether "Li'l Old Reliable" survived when the cone plung ed back into the earth's at mosphere from about 300 miles up and smashed into the ocean. It was certain, however, that the wee space traveler lived through at least 13 min utes of the 15-minute hop But something went wrong in the recovery package that should have suspended the nose cone just below the ocean's surfice and it appear ed "Li'l Old Reliable," was a goner. The little primate, weigh ing less than one pound, was the fourth living creature to Mrs. Buffington 1959 Chairman Of Heart Drive Mrs. Collier Buffington, chairman ofthe 1959 Jack son County Heart Fund drive, Dr. Oscar Heyerman, director of the Oregon Heart associa tion and hoar of the Medford Heart council, has announced. The Heart Fund drive will start Feb. 1 and continue throughout the month. It will be conducted here by the Medford Heart council and the Oregon Heart association, Mrs. Buffington said. Special events will high light the campaign, which will be climaxed on Heart Sunday, Feb. 22, when a door-to-door collection is scheduled. Mrs. Buffington has been a resident of Medford since 1951, and is a member and past president of the Junior Service League, past presi dent of the Jackson County Cowbelles, and a member of the Republican Women's club. She is a member of the Parent Teacher association and attends the Presbyterian church. Last year, $5,000 was col lected in Medford and Ash land, a major portion of which was retained in the state for research and the local heart program, Mrs. Buffington noted. Severe Storm Dixie With Heavy Snows United Press International A severe snow and ice storm rolled across Dixie from Arkansas to North Caro lina Saturday, dumping snow up to 10 inches deep and snarling traffic on ice-glazed and snow - packed highways. Snowfall throughout the Southern storm belt ranged from 10 inches at Pinebluff, Ark., to 4 inches in parts of the Texas panhandle, 3 inches at Memphis, Tenn., and Tu pelo, Miss., and two inches at Muscle Shoals and Bir mingham, Ala. Additional Snow Weathermen warned of ad ditional heavy snow across the southland as the storm swept into the Piedmont re gion of the Carolinas, headed for Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic states. Meanwhile, no relief was in sight for one of the most bit ter cold waves in recent years, which was reinforced by a dome of fresh Arctic air pouring into the Northern plains and pushed deep into Texas and the southland. Temperatures in the teens ex Me United Press full Test be shoe into space in a rock et's nose cone. Three mice were hurled aloft last summer in Air Force Thor-ables, but none were recovered. The Army kept its expert ment a closely-guarded secret until it was certain the Jupi ter had gotten off without hitch. At first officials said only that the cone carried a primate - which could have meant a human. But later it was disclosed that the cone's passenger was a male squirrel monkey, an intelligent creature native to Central and South America The Army said "Li'l Old Re liable," was given his name by doctors because he passed his preflight tests with flying colors. For his momentous voyage. the space monkey wore a hel met on his tiny head and a foam rubber pad on his chest With his knees drawn up over his stomach, Reliable sped through space in a capsule 10 inches long and 13 inches wide. The capsule was tatach ed to the back of the nose cone. Instruments were attached to the cone's passenger to transmit his heart reaction, blood pressure, breathing, pulse and voice response. The temperature and pressure in his capsule also were record ed. The capsule and its occu pant were placed in the Jupi ter cone five hours before the launching. Officials said Re liable's knees were drawn up to provide maximum resis tance to the force of gravity at blastoff. There was no attempt to put the soft, furry bright-eyed monkey into satellite orbit as Russia did with Laika the dog in Sputnik II. But the monk ey, with more human-like bio logical and anatomical make up and higher intelligence than Laika, was in this re spect the most perfect "guinea pig" yet used in space experi ments. Scientists measuring the physiological reactions of the creature to escape from the earth's atmosphere were jubi lant. They said the "signifi cant" data obtained would be invaluable in preparmg man for eventual flights m space. Tn fact, the monkey test may have enabled man to make his initial space journey months earlier. It was a sig nificant milestone in the race to put man into space within the next three years. Monkeys have been shot in to the earth's atmosphere pre viously in test rockets, but this one .was the first to escape from the atmosphere in a space missile. Scientists receiving radioed data from the monkey report ed reactions similar to those reported by the Soviets from satellite-riding Laika. There was no significant adverse physiological changes. The shoot had only slight effect upon the breathing and heart action of the spaceman - clad Simian. Assaults tended from the Texas pan handle to Kentucky during the day Saturday. Cold wave warnings were isued for many parts of Dixie. Farmers in the Aio Grande valley of Texas lighted smudge pots to protect tender vegetable and citrus crops from the frigid air blasts. . Accidents Numerous Traffic accidents were nu merous throughout the Dixie snow belt as motorists, un accustomed to driving on ice and snow, skidded and spun on treacnerous roaas ana streets. A boy was struck and killed by an auto on ice-slicked streets of Little Rock, Ark. one of the few fatalities re ported. In Arkansas, several highways were closed by state police because of the snow caused highway conditions. Many auto and trucks were ditched and abandoned. Since the wintry onslaught opened up in the Northern plains about 12 days ago, at least 69 persons have died of weather-connected causes, in cluding 34 from fires or fur nace fumes and about 27 in traffic - - 53rd Yea? DFORD Leased Wire p. in. mi mil nn mi.mtiii.il i i. di(ii aippiw-aiK'amaiw vi,m iniw,jm.i,'i .ihh'.n-uhx nii,-iL' ', urn- a o ( SEWER PROGRESSING Work on the main along Gary st. Friday. Two more Kenwood-Grandview sewer lines, which has crews are at work in other sections of the been slowed from time to time because of , district. A crew can lay from 600 to 800 feet "tough" digging, is going pretty nearly on of sewer line a day when the going is good, schedule, according to General Contractor according to Ray Anderson, foreman of one Frank Kanehl. Pipe layers in the picture of the crews. The district includes some 18 above were installing the 8-inch cement miles of main lines and laterals. Sen- Morse Release of Sen. Wayne Morse, in a tele- gram addressed to A. Robert Smith, Washington corre spondent for the Mail Trib une, said he did not release to the press "the correspond ence between (Sen. Richard) Neuberger and myself." The telegram followed the publication of a column by Smith which appeared m Ore gon papers. The column con cerned a story in this week's Newsweek magazine in which quotations from Senator Morse's letters to Neuberger were used. Smith said Morse released the letters to the reporter from the news magazine. Senator Morse's telegram reads: Misinformed "Contrary to your "story appearing in today's (Friday's) Oregon papers, I did not re lease to the press the corre spondence between Neuberger and myself. I am sorry that some one misinformed you. I would appreciate it very much if you would proceed without delay to correct your error. "As far as I know the only people who have copies of the letters are Neuberger, t-naries Forter and myself. Porter received copies because of his involvement in the i-uuiie moore case, in some instances, Neuberger's letters to me showed that he had sent copies to other persons. In those instances, I also sent copies of my replies to the people who received Neuberg er s letters as noted on his letters. "I am at a loss -to under stand who released these let ters. I am convinced that no one in my. office would violate a trust to me by releasing the letters and I have assur ance from my office staff that no one did." Smith Saturday stuck with his story that the original "leak" in the case of the let- WEATHER FORECAST: Valley fog this morning and Monday morn ing; clearing before noon. Variable high cloudiness this afternoon and tonight, becom ing mostly could Mondav with chance of little rain. High to day 50; low tonight 30 and high Monday 45. Highest Saturday 52 Lowest Saturday 36 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:39 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:35 ajn The Moon sets . 9:27 p.m. tonight and at that time the planet, Mars, will be high in the south and the constellation, Orion, will be in the southeast. The bright star seen between Mars and Orion is Aldebaran. Denies Letters ters came from Morse's office. He declined to list, for publi cation, the names of the indi viduals who obtained the quo tations, but indicated that some of them came from Morse, and others, in reply, came from sources close to Neuberger. Bloodmobile Visit At Chapter House About 20 appointments have been made for the visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile in Medford Wednesday, Red Cross officials have announ ced. The Bloodmobile will be at the chapter house, 60 Haw thorne ave., between 1 and 5 p.m. Quota for the visit is 290 pints, for which 350 don ors are needed. The Bloodmobile will be in Shady Cove Tuesday, Dec. 16, between 2 and 5 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Quota for the Shady Cove visit is 100 pints. BUSINESS BOOMING The Medford post office has been one of the busiest spots in town this week, as thousands of people got packages and Christmas cards into the mail for early delivery. Many buy postage stamps by the sheet, like Medford resident Miss Teresa Dailey, above. Fsak activity for outgoing mail will occur Monday and MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1958 Police Discover Pinball Payoff On Front Street A waitress was arrested at the Chungking Inn, 28 North Front st., early Saturday morning and a pinball ma chine was confiscated on charges of . paying off illegal ly, according to city police. Louella Lee Browne, 106 Vilas rd., Central Point was arrested by city police and taken to the Jackson county jail where she was released later on bail. A woman called the police station Friday afternoon to complain her brother was spending all his money on a pinball machine at the Chung king Inn instead of taking it home to his family, city po lice said. She charged that the machine was paying off. A police officer in plain clothes played the machine and was paid off on several games it was reported. Following the arrest the machine was confiscated and taken to the county sheriff's office. '&V ? 'I '.t ' J" - - - j Tuesday of this coming week, according to Medford postmaster Moore Hamilton, who assured residents that anything posted on these days will reach its destination by Christmas. The Medford post office will be open again next aturday afternoon, Ham ilton said. Slate Approves Highway, Bridge Fund Allocations Local Freeway Work Gets Over $4 Million Salem - (UPD - The state highway commission Friday approved allocation of $66, 200,000 of federal and state funds for highway and bridge construction and right-of-way purchase in the fiscal year be ginning next July 1. The allocation provides $43,850,000 for interstate highways; $3,025,000 for ur ban projects; $11,365,000 for primary highways, $3,980,000 for secondary highways and $3,980,000 for county second ary highways. A total - of $4,015,000 in highway construction projects for Jackson county is among the allocations. These projects comprise Sections of Highway 99 to be built as part of the freeway project. pecifically allocated are $1,500,000 for structures on 9.2 miles of the Grants Pass Rogue River section; $1,200, 000 for grading 5.9 miles of the Evans Creek-Rock Point section; and $1,315,000 for grading and structures in the Medford section. Western Sources Say Red Proposals Are Unsatisfactory Geneva -(UPD Russia's lat est proposals to the deadlock ed Conference on Prevention of Surprise Attack failed yes terday to satisfy western sources, who predicted the talks would break off this week. The sources said the Com munists' seven-page "techni cal" outline for a ground and aerial inspection system for Warsaw pact, Baghdad pact and NATO nations appeared too closely linked to political questions to merit discussion at the present meeting. They said it failed to pro vide a solution to the 5-week- cld deadlock which has stall ed the talks. Pin Blame Soviet propaganda outlets said western stubborness caused the deadlock. Observ ers said the Russians appar ently were. seeking to pin the blame on the West if the talks break down completely. The sources said the dele gates undoubtedly would ad journ the conference in the middle of this week . for the Christmas holidays and that chances for resumption of the talks would , depend upon a new diplomatic exchange be tween Moscow and Washing ton. Making Progress The Conference on Prohibi tion of Nuclear Weapons Tests, which was in recess yesterday, appeared to be Price Tribune United Press 'Nah, You Ain't Got Enough Edjicashun To Vote" making progress toward crea' tion of an organization to su pervise a test ban treaty. The United States, Britain and Russia agreed Friday to the composition of the trol organization. It would have a control a detection and identification network, a conference of par ties to the treaty and an ad ministrator. COLLEGE SCORES Illinois 85, College of the Pacific 67 Kentucky 76, St. Louis 57 Georgia 76, South Caro lina 72 Iowa 75. Texas Tech 73 Princeton 86, Navy 64 Indiana 87, Missouri 72 Rice 64, Louisiana Slate 56 Tulane 61, Texas 51 Pennsylvania 75, Army 73 Niagara 63, Fordham 52 Ohio State 81, Butler 69 Wisconsin 56, Notre Dame 54 Minnesota 78, Nebraska 57 Syracuse 71, Canisius 70 Harvard 72. MIT 56 County Chamber Objects To Wilderness Measure The Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce has gone on record opposing Senate Bill 4028 which would establish an estimated 55 million acres of forest lands as wilderness area. In a resolution passed last week, the chamber asked that the Oregon delegation to Congress be requested to use its best efforts to secure de feat of the proposed legisla tion. The proposal provides for the automatic classification as wilderness areas about 55 mil lion acres of forests, many of them in Jackson county coun ty, the Chamber noted. This would "prohibit the develop ment of these acres for water and power purposes, as recrea tion areas and as forest sound ly managed on a sustained yield basis." Resolution Quoted The resolution, in part, reads "the desirability is rec ognized of classifying on a selective basis certain areas of our national forests as wilderness areas, but it is felt that there is already a substantial amount of federal land so classified and Senate Bill 4028 indiscriminately and non-selectively so classifies a great many arces of federal land which meet a mechanical test but which on any selec tive basis should not be so classified; "... Each year forest fires and insect infestations are a great threat to the forest lands t 10 Cents Full Leased Wire Mmmii Medford High Choir Selected Medford High school's choir, under the direction of Lynn Sjolund, has been selected from a group of 75 applicants to be one of the performing groups at the 16th Biennial conference in Seattle, Wash., March 4-7. Attending the conference will be music educations from Oregon, "Washington, Wyom ing, Idaho and Montana as well as professional musicians UHU lUUOlV. UlOLllUUIiUia The Medford choir will pre sent a 30-minute program at the general session Saturday afternoon, March 7, Sjolund said. The choir was selected on the basis of musicianship and performance ability from tape recordings of selection and on the basis of recommendations of music educators throughout Oregon, according to Jerry L, uyrua, vocal music super visor of Medford public schools. Los Angeles -flJPD- Actor Harry (Tim) Moore, the "Kingfish" of the ', Amos N Andy television show, died yesterday. He was 70 years old. New York-UPD-The Ameri can Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals called yesterday for the use of inanimate objects rather than live animals in rocket tests into space. f in the western portion of the State of Oregon, which forest fires and insect infestations cannot be successfully pre vented nor combatted with out adequate access roads which are not present in wild erness areas; " . . . Sound economics point to the mangement of virgin timber lands on a su stained yield basis as the soundest method of gaining for the public the greatest long run advantage from the great natural resources of our forests; Primary Industries ". . . The primary industries in Jackson county . . . are based on timber utilization and a very high percentage of the commercial forest land in Jackson county is owned by ' the federal government and any policy of single pur pose use as wilderness area of any sizable portion of these lands would be extremely det rimental to the economy and development of this area by reducing allowable cuts of timber and preventing the de velopment of recreational areas, grazing areas, water power and potential mineral deposits," the resolution con tinues. The chamber noted that the proposed bill "would be of possible advantage and benefit to a relataively few people" but "in the long run be of serious detriment and disad vantage to a great marry people." Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1230 ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. No. 227 Talks Renew Ultimatum For Withdrawal From West Berlin Proposals Coincide With NATO Meeting Paris-IUPD-Russia yesterday called for a new summit con ference and renewed its ulti matum for a Western with- drawal from Berlin.- Its pro posals were timed to coincide with the arrival of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and other NATO ministers for conference in Paris on the Berlin crisis. As Dulles set to work to organize a solid Western pha lanx against Communist de signs on West Berlin, the Soviet foreign office sent joint notes to each NATO power stressing the Soviet de mands for East-West talks and acceptance of a non-agression pact and a "de-nuclearized" zone across central Europe. Sources in Moscow reported that the note called again for a summit meeting something Russia has been urgin, off and on, for more than a year. Britain has been warm to the idea. The United States has opposed it. Presumably, any such con ference would take up West Berlin and the Soviet plans to cancel four-power occupa tion agreements. Authoritative Western sources said the note repeat ed, in somewhat politer lang uage, the Soviet demand made last Thanksgiving day that the United ' States, Britain' and France withdraw from West aerlln a Berlin and that the western city be turned in to a "demilitarized free zone." In Berlin meanwhile, East German Communists party of ficials hinted the Reds would speed up their campaign to oust the Allies. The Russian note was hand ed by the Soviet foreign office in Moscow to the ambassadors of all NATO nations. Accord ing to authoritative sources the Russian note: 1. Repeated that the west ern half of Berlin must be turned into a "free city." 2. Reiterated earlier pro posals for a non-agression pact between the NATO and Com munist Warsaw pact nations. 3. Called on the West to accept the plan of Polish For eign Minister Adam Rapacki for a "de-nuclearized" zone across central Europe. 4. Proposed reduction of military forces by East and West. 5. Renewed Soviet propos als for an East-West nuclear test ban agreement. 6. Warned again of the dangers of rearming West Germany, particularly with U. S. missiles. Sports Bulletins Grants Pass 50, Marsh field 37 Klamath Falls 54, Spring field 53 Glendale 44, Roseburg JV 38 Ahead all the way, the Medford high basketball team trimmed North Bend 56 to 44 here last night. Black Tornado leads by quarters were 17 to 4, 26 to 19 and 39 to 32. Tom Youn kers. North Bend, was high scorer with 16 points. Jer ry Anderson, Medford, had 15. Ashland Shasta High of Redding, Calif., made it two straight basketball wins ov er Ashland last night by de feating the Grizzlies 59 to 39. Shasta headed 29 to 21 at halflime. Mike Farley had 19 markers for the Wolves and Bob Johnson 13 for Ashland. w few
