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.
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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 - -
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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