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54th Year Medfokd Price 10 Cents Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1959 10 Pages ft li If CONVICTS HOLD HOSTAGES As convict William Wer ner holds Mrs. Louise Gschwend at knifepoint (left), convict Billy Joe Wright (right, facing camera), talks with local law and prison officials just prior to surrender ing. The convict pair, both trusties at San Quentin Prison, Calif., escaped to the end of the Marin Rod and Gun Club fishing pier and held Mrs. Gschwend and Doug Harrison ' (right, wearing white cap) hostage for six hours before surrendering to authorities. The two hostages were shaken but unharmed by the experience. Smol! Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Mrs. Centennial Finalists Named Portland -(DPS- Nine Oregon housewives have been select ed as finalists in the contest to name Mrs. Oregon Cen tennial. The finals will be here May 7-9. Mrs. Cleo Maletis, former Mrs. America, is chairman of the contests. The housewives named in cluded Mrs. Nancy Draper and Mrs. Frances Hand, Port land; Mrs. Dorothy Chase, Eu gene; Mrs. Rena Clark, Salem; Mrs. Jeanne Hillis, The Dalles; Mrs. Julia Jensen, Nyssa; Mrs. Emily Terrall, St. Helens; Mrs. Nina M. Vrtiska, Corvallis and Mrs. Ruth Ann White, Bend. They will compete in a con test which includes cooking, planning menus, ironing and .on the final night will be judged for poise and person ality. Prizes valued at $1500 including an air trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in June for the Mrs. America contest will go to the winner. Sometime Youll Find 'Loner' ia Animal World Complete aloneness sterns to be an unnatural state with men as well as mice; some thing not indulged in, nor tolerated for . any length of time. - This preference or necessi ty of aloneness is sometimes the lot of animals who are naturally social in their habits; animals who ordinari ly travel or live in either family groups or in herds or flocks composed of many families or individuals. When this happens, in ihe case of the higher animals, it con jures up some questions that scientists would like to have answered. Solitary Life Occasionally, but not often enough to be studied care fully, a porpoise, a highly so cial creature, will be observed "traveling alone." A few have been known to lead a solitary life; hunting, swimming and living all alone. Such a character must have been Pelorus Jack, a Risso dolphin who, for over a quar ter of a century guided ships through a narrow pass near New Zealand. Pelorus never seemed to be in company with any of his kind. He traveled alone. He was always ready when a ship's siren sounded to come and pilot the ship safe ly across Cook's Strait. Pelorus Jack after 30 years at his self - appointed task made his last appearance in November of 1916 but he left an indelible mark on the pages of natural history. His strange dedication to duty has never been explained and probably never wilL Neither is it definitely known what happened to him. He became a legend. Of all the thousands of people who knew him no one ever observed him in the company of another, dolphin. Only a Few Since then, on a few oc casions, this strange and un natural aloneness has been observed in porpoises as well as in other animals who nor mally operate in company of others of their kind. . In animal society, much of which we humans can't com pletely understand, an indi vidual may be ostracized for the violation of some rule or law by which the majority live. ! . The "aloneness" may be a punishment. He may be "hard to get along with," actually anti - social and therefore "blackballed" or relegated to a life" of aloneness by his fellows. Or more happily, perhaps he lives alone by choice. A confirmed bachelor or a grouch who prefers to live by himself considering even another of his kind an ob jectionable crowd. Even in tne scantily understood so ciety of the higher animals there conceivably may be some who impose upon them selves a voluntary exile. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) STRIKE COSTS GROWING Washington - (UPD - There were fewer strikes in 1958 than in 1957 but they were more costly in terms of the number of workers involved and total man-days lost, ac cording to a preliminary esti mate by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A post-war low of 3,400 work stoppages began in 1958. They affected 2,200, 000 workers in 1958 against 1,390,000 in 1957. Last year's strikes produced 23,500,000 man-days of idleness against 16,50,000 in 1957, the report showed. CARLOADINGS DOWN Washington (UPD Carload ings on the nation's Class I railroads declined 14.9 per cent in 1958 to 30,206,494 cars from 35,500,148 in 1957, ac cording to the Association of American Railroads. Water Pollution Support Sought Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat field has asked members of Oregon's congressional dele gation to support legislation to assume continuance of the program of federal grants to communities for sewage treat ment plants and other water pollution control facilities. He said Oregon has been a leader in the field of states engaged in promoting clean waters. In the last several years, he said," 23 water pot lution control projects have been undertaken in Oregon at a total cost of $7,700,000. The federal share has been $1,400,000. During the next three years Oregon's needs are estimated at 48 projects costing more than $14 million of which about $3 million would be federal money. Permits Issued for Homes Four building permits for erecting new residences were among those issued at city hall Wednesday, according to Medford building department records. Permits Included two to Ernest Conrad, for $11,000 houses at 2416 and 2417 Edge mont st., one to W. L. Moore for a $14,000 house at 2116 Crestbrook rd. and one to Macco Development company for a $9,000 dwelling at 2417 ObiSpo dr. Other major permits . is ued yesterday were to Mitch ell Brothers Terminal for an $8,500 addition to a commer cial building at 2790 Crater Lake highway and to Califor nia Oregon Television Inc. for a $2,000 "lean-to" at the KBES-TV station, 2000 Crater Lake highway. Earlier this week, a permit was issued to ' Karl Klinken beard for a $3,000 addition to the residence at 2116 Wood lawn dr. and to John McCar dell for a $16,000 residence at 1332 Fortune dr. and to Myers Jones for a $10,000 ad dition to the clinic at 1117 East Main st. The only soil in which min erals can be fully utilized by plants is the topsoil where organic matter and humus from decayed plants are found. HUGE BARGAIN FRIGIDAIRE 1 SHEER LOOK 9 cu. ft. REFRIGERATOR for as little as $ 1 3995 and Your 8 or 10 Year Old Refrigerator in A-l . operating condition Ha Down Payment On Approved Credit FEATURES: 9.1 Cu. Ft. Capacity Big Porcelain Enamel Glide Out Hydrator 13.2 So. Ft. of Shelf Space 37-lb. Fraeiar ' 4 Roomy Lift Off Door Shelves Frigidiira 5-yr. Warranty LEONARD ELECTRIC CO. Medford's Leading Appliance Dealer for the Past' 28 Tears 309 E. MAIN Sp 2-4427 The world's, annual produc tion oi diamonds would fill about75 bushel baskets. To attain one carat even a mod ern equipped mine must pro cess about three tons of worth less rock. House Takes Bill From Committee Salem (UPD The House for the first time this session has removed a bill from commit tee control. The measure would provide payments to certain persons injured while serving in the National Guard. Some widows of grardsmen also would benefit. The action requires a two thirds majority. The vote to take the measure from the Ways and Means .committee 42-16. It had been was in Ways and Means - since Feb. 23. The bill was sent "to the House State and Federal Af fairs Committee. EASIER GRASS-CUTTING Richmond, Ind. - (UPD - Leisure-loving Americans are go ing in more and more for power lawnmowers, according to Moto-Mower, Inc., which reports that 11 out of every 12 mowers sold in 1958 were of the power type. Avoid Tonsil Removal During Polio Season Albany N.Y., (Science Serv-ice)-Removal of tonsils and adenoids should be avoided during 'the polio season if possible. This warning, issued by Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe, commissioner of the New York State department of health here, states that even polio vaccinated individuals should take this advice. Dr. Hilleboe referred to a report by the Expert Committee on Polio- Centennial Jumping Frog Coniesf Set Pendleton -(UPD Plans are complete for a contest to de c i d e Oregon's Centennial jumping frog. The contest will be held on Main street here at 6:30 pjn. today. The winning frog will myelitis of the World Health Organization which recom mends avoidance of such op erations during polio season until scientific evidence to the contrary is accumulated. be taken to the international frog jumping contest at An gels Camp, Calif., by Pendle ton's 38-piece drum and bugle corps. The corps will make the trip with money obtained from entry fees. 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