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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1959
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Russia Expected To
Have Two Men in
Space by Summer
Akron. Ohio -(Science Serv
ice)- The Russians will have a
two-man satellite in orbit by
summer, Dr. Fred Singer,
physics professor at the Uni
versity of Maryland, has pre
dicted. Such an achievement would
have small military, but great
propaganda value, Dr. Singer
told the Americans for Demo
cratic Action here. To counter
act expected Soviet propa
Weather Bureaus
Plan To Measure
Discomfort Index
Washington -(Science Service)-
Many U.S. Weather Bu
reau offices will this summer
for the first time report the
"discomfort index" on an ex
perimental basis.
The discomfort index is a
combined measure of the tem
perature and relative humidi
ty. It is the weatherman's
modern version of the old say
ing, "It's not the heat, it's the
humidity."
Differinq Reaction
Although every person has
a differing reaction to the
heat and humidity, Earl C.
Thom. a Weather Bureau
climatoloeist here, has cal
culated the discomfort index
based on averages. Index
figures will enable managers
of all kinds of buildings to
judge when they should turn
on their air conditioners, and
public utilities to judge the
power load therefore re
quired. The discomfort index is the
figure 15 added to four-tenths
of the sum of the dry and wet
bulb thermometer readings.
Ordinary household thermom
eters are dry bulb instru
ments. Wet bulb ones measure
the air's ability to hold mois-1
ture.
The discomfort index
reaches 75, which many per
sons find oppressive, when the
temperature is 75 degrees
Fahrenheit and the relative
humidity is 100 per cent. It
is also 75 when the tempera
ture is 80 degrees and the rela
tive humidity 60 per cent, or
the temperature is 85 degrees
and the relative humidity 30
per cent.
Thom, who invented the
term, "discomfort i n d e x,"
estimates that in the summer
about 10 per cent of the popu
lation will be uncomfortable
even before the index reaches
70. When it passes 75, more
than half will be uncomfort
able. At 79, all persons will be
uncomfortable, and many will
be acutely miserable.
ganda after being the first to
place men in space, he urged
the U.S. to ensure before the
event that its impact will not
be misused.
Called Inevitable
This could be done, Dr.
Singer said, by informing "the
world, and especially the U.S.
public, that a manned satellite
is inevitable,' that the Russians
are likely to be first, but that
it has hardly any military
significance."
He suggested it could, how
ever, give the Russians a tre
mendous military superiority
complex that would then
create conditions ripe for
war."
The physicist called for an
intensified approach to
manned satellites by the U.S.
He said that for both psy
chological and prestige pur
poses, the U.S. should put a
man into orbit at the earliest
possible date, irrespective of
when the Russians succeed in
their efforts.
Dr. Singer suggested that
the Russians may have made
"very serious mistakes ... in
planning their ballistic missile
program." Because they laid
out their program before con
ception of the H-bomb, they
are now saddled with a rocke.t
much larger than needed to
deliver the necessary explo
sive power.
Potential To Retaliate
The great variety of mobile,
although short - range, rockets
possessed by the U.S. gives us
a virtually "indestructible po
tential to retaliate and, hope
fully, to deter."
Since the Russians cannot
hope to cripple the U.S. abili
ty to retaliate in case of at
tack, Dr. Singler said, the
situation appears to be head
ing for a stand-off. However,
these missiles cannot prevent
an attack. He said the U.S.
would have to rely on the
premise that the Russian lead
ers are "rational and logical,
and know that in event of
war, they would also be des
troyed."
Dvrno Introduces
Steelhead Bill
Salem-dTQ-A bill to make
steelhead a game fish has
been introduced in the Ore
gon Senate by Sen. Edwin
R. Durno (R-Medford) and
others. Such a bill has failed
in past sessions.
If it were to become law
commercial fishing for steel
head would be prohibited.
Washington-UPD-The Senate
has confirmed the promotion
of Rear Adm. Hyman G
Rickover, the Navy's nuclear
submarine expert, to the rank
of vice admiral.
SWTVELING HER HEAD to one side in an attempt to
avoid picture, champagne blonde Belle Ingram, 19-year-old
Roanoke, Va., beauty, is taken into custody near Las
Vegas, Nev., where police said she robbed the First Na
tional Bank of $2,000. Det. Mike Winger (1) and Det. Ray
Gubser arrested her with $1,761, much of it marked money,
in a bus headed for Reno. She fled the bank in a waiting
taxi, took the bus, but was caught at Indian Springs, Nev.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
In Flight, Terns Don't Look
To Left or Right. Bui Down
Most birds characteristical
ly fly with the head on a
more or less level line with
the body. They can and do
look to the right or left or
momentarily downward, but
usually they are looking in
the direction of their flight.
Exception to this rule is
the very interesting family of
water birds known as terns;
their bills always point down
ward. They are swift, graceful
flyers, often swerving in wide
arcs; in a flight that resembles
that of the swallow.
The terns often are found
in company with the gulls, al
though they are not related to
them in any way. But they
willingly nest together if
selection of nesting sites co
incide.
Rapid Flight
The tern's flight is very
rapid and his dives into the
water for small fish are in
variably effective. These dives
often plunge him completely
under but he reappears and
immediately launches himself
into the air again. One of his
most distinguishing marks is
the forked tail and mantle of
pale pearl blue on the white
body.
There are many varieties.
The Roseate Tern, with a pink
tinge on his breast, is common
on the Florida east coast.
The Arctic Tern is one of
the most traveled of all birds.
Their migration takes them
from pole to pole on long year
ly pilgrimages. It is believed
that this bird travels 3,000
miles a month in following
the sun from the Arctic to the
Antarctic and back again the
following season.
The terns are very solicitous
of a fallen comrade, hovering
for long intervals over one of
their number who has been
hurt or killed, flying away at
last reluctantly with many a
backward look. Often they
will return to the scene of the
accident several days later
and fly repeatedly over the
spot, still retaining in their
alert brains, the memory of
one who flies no more.
Nest Simple Cavity
The nest is a simple cavity
in the sand, occasionally with
a bit of seaweed for a lining,
with three greenish - white,
brown splotched eggs.
-The father tern assists in in
cubation and willingly carries
food to the nestlings. An area
of 10 square feet may have as
many as 50 nests, all the fami
lies living harmoniously to
gether. If in among them,
there is a pelican or gull, there
seems to be no objection
offered.
When they are not nesting
or feeding they can be seen
in company of "black skim
mers," one of their closest
relatives, all sitting quietly on
exposed sand flats, facing into
the wind and watching the
tide ebb away from the land.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
Balloons have been used to
support a hemispherical alum
inum building during construction.
The Family Council
Editor's not: The Fmll Council consists ot m Judge a psychiatrist,!
three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. I
Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does !
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt '
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
Debbie F. - His brother is
trying to hurt me.
, Howard F. - I can't refuse
to contribute to mother's sup
port Debbie ' F. - My husband
and I have been married three
years and have no children
yet, but we are planning to
have a family. I am working
and I have been working for
the past six years.
My husband's brother is a
bachelor and has been very
successful in business. He has
always disliked me, and I
think he is trying to hurt me
by suddenly demanding that
my husband contribute half
to the support of their widow
ed mother. He has been able
to support her on his own in
the past without taking the
smallest cut in his luxurious
style of living.
If I weren't working we
would have no. savings at all,
and the cut in my husband's
income for his mother's sup
port would be serious. I feel
that his brother has no right
to take my hard-earned money
for the support of my mother-in-law.
Howard F. - Debbie is right
in one respect. My brother
seems to be out to make life
difficult for me ever since I
got married. He has been hint
ing around for some time
about this support business al
though in the past he never
even mentioned it. Fred could
easily support three mothers
Control on Oil
Imports Ordered
By Eisenhower
Washington -IUPD- President
Eisenhower Tuesday ordered
mandatory controls on im
ports of crude, unfinished and
finished oil products.
The new order replaces a
system of voluntary import
controls which expired at mid
night last night. Domestic pro
ducers complained the volun
tary program failed and
forced them to cut back their
own production.
Imports Under Order
' Capt. ' Matthew V. Carson,
who will administer the new
program, said it provides that,
starting today, no crude or un
finished oils may be imported
into the United States unless
by authorization of the secre
tary of interior. '
Effective April 1, he said,
no finished products, includ
ing residual oil used for burn
ing, may be imported except
by government authorization.
Carson said finished prod
ducts such as gasoline and jet
fuel will be limited to 1957
levels. The program should
substantially decrease the
amount of oil and oil products
imported into this country in
the past.
Canada has five species of
hickory trees, all growing east
of Manitoba.
and still live well on his in
come - with no family to
think about.
On the other hand, I'm in
no position to refuse when he
asks me to contribute. After
all, she is my mother too and
if he weren't so wealthy I
would have had to contribute
to this support years ago.
As a result of the fact that
Fred was successful in busi
ness, I was able to get my
education without having to
worry about my mother. I just
can't give no for an answer.
The Council: Debbie's idea
that her brother-in-law is dip
ping into her pocketbook for
support of his mother is all
wrong. The opposite is true.
He has saved her pocketbook
while he undertook the full
responsibility for the mother.
Whether or not Debbie is
working and whether or not
Howard's brother is a million
aire, Howard owes a certain
responsibility to an aged par
ent. If Fred were perfectly
willing to assume the full re
sponsibility, things might be
a bit easier for Howard. But
since Fred feels otherwise,
Howard has no morally prop
er alternative to the act of
forking over his share.
We also think Debbie's and
Howard's easy evaluation of
Fred's position is objection
able. It is quite possible that
bachelor brother doesn't plan
to remain a bachelor forever
and would like to save for
his own family. It is also pos
sible that he has had business
reverses. It is also possible
that he finds necessary com
pensation for his lonely life
in his "luxurious style of liv
ing." It is also possible that
he would like to retire early
or to take an extended travel
vacation.
One more possibility is that
Fred may think it is time his
kid brother acknowledged the
fact that he has a responsibili
ty toward their mother. Fred
may have gotten tired of car
rying this burden and of re
ceiving little or no recogni
tion for the service.
Neither Debbie nor Howard
has the least right to be peev
ed on this score. Fred deserves
a word of gratitude for all he
has done until now.
(Copyright 1959,
General Features Corp.)
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