Rules Listed for Safe Conduct
In Lightning, Thunder Storms
Washington-(UPD-This is the
season of thunder and light
ning, and the National Bureau
of Standards hopes you know
the rules for not getting hit.
As prepared by the bureau's
codes and safety standards
section, here they are:
A. Do not go out or stay
out during thunderstorms if
you don't have to. Stay inside
"where it is dry, preferably
away from fireplaces, stoves,
and other metal objects."
B. If you have a choice of
shelter, choose (in the follow
ing order) large metal or
metal-frame buildings, build
ings protected against light
ning, and, in the case of un
protected buildings, large ones
rather than small.
C. If you can't avoid being
out of doors, keep away from
small sheds or buildings in an
exposed location, and from
isolated trees, wire fences,
hilltops, and wide open spaces.
Safest Spots
D. Seek shelter in a cave,
a depression in the ground,
a deep valley orcanyon, the
foot of a steep or overhang
ing cliff, dense woods, or a
grove of trees.
Getting down to cases:
"What should golfers and
other people do in thunder
storms? Get indoors if you
can. Automobiles, if metal
topped, are generally safe.
Boats, especially sailboats, are
not, unless adequate ground
ing is provided for masts and
stays by conductors with un
derwater terminals.
"And it's well fcr swim
. mers to come out of the
water."
Northeast Portland
Residents Startled
Portland DPD A noise sim
ilar to a sonic boom was re-
ported in northeast Portland
- shortly, after 1 a.m. today.
Police said some residents
who telephoned thought it
might have been an earth
quake. The Portland air base
said none of its jet planes
was in the air. It was possible
other jet- planes could have
been in the area. Sonic booms
; are created .when jets- pass
through the sound barrier.
The Cullinan diamond weigh
ed 1.3 pounds when found in
South Africa in 1905. ,
Home owners, according to
the bureau, should discourage
rats and mice from building
nests in the attic. A vagrant
lightning bolt "finds such a
nest as good as tinder."
These rules, the bureau
said, were worked out by
John A. Dickinson of the
safety section who has been
studying lightning and other
hazards for 40 years.
Theories Tested
He builds artificial rat nests
of cotton, installs them in
simulated attics, and calls
down artificial million-volt
lightning bolts "from an arti
ficial cloud made of alumi
num rod." Instantaneous pho
tographs show the results,
usually disastrous.
Dickinson has concluded
among .other things that:
-Lightning rods are fine if
they provide a means by
which a bolt "may enter or
leave the earth without pass
ing through non-conducting
parts of the house such as
wood, brick, tile, or concrete."
It's when lightning hits a non
conductor that it rips things
up.
-Occupants of the modern
low, ranch-type house may
feel relatively safe from light
ning unless the house is the
highest thing in an open
space.
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P&RIM Mrs. Ida, Jarrell, " Superintendent of Public
Schools' in Atlanta, Ga., bites her lip as she emerges from
Federal court room during trial of a suit brought to end
racial segregation in Atlanta schools. The two-judge
court had ruled that segregation was unconstitutional,
but had not yet specified any date for integration. ,
List of Events
Announced lor
Rose Festival
Portland (UPD Schedule of
Rose Festival events for
Wednesday.
11 ajn. to midnight, festival
center at South Park blocks
open.
12:15 p jn., Junior Court at
Portland Women's Forum
luncheon.
1:30 p.m. to 4 pjn., visiting
hours aboard Canadian ships
at the seawall.
2 pjn. Five U.S. Navy ships
arrive. ;
8 p.m., Queen selection and
coronation in Multnomah sta
dium. Thursday:
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 ajri., vis
iting hours aboard U.S. Navy
ships at seawall.
9:45 p.m., Royal court ar
rives at Veterans hospital,
Wheelchair parade. -
11 ajn. to midnight, festi
val center in South Park
blocks open.
-11:30 ajn., Royal court
knighting ceremony at Festi
val Center.
12 noon, Junior court, Wom
en's Ad Club luncheon at Ben
son hotel.
12:30 p.m., Royal court
opens Rose Show at the Ma
onic Temple.
1 p jn. to 4:30 p.m., visiting
hours aboard Navy ships.
1 p.m., model sailboat regat
ta at Westmoreland pool.
1:30 to 4 p.m., visiting hours
aboard Canadian ships.
Flagship Arrives
2 pjn., Rose Festival flag
ship USS Helena arrives at
seawall foot of Southwest
Washington st.
2 to 5 pjn., Kiddies Day at
Festival center, all rides 10
cents. .
2:15 p.m., Royal court at
Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children.
2:30 p.m., Four more U.S:
Navy ships arrive at seawall.
4:30 p.m., Navy welcoming
ceremony seawall .near the
west end of the Burnside
bridge. ,
8 p.m.-Icecapades at Cen
tennial Exposition grounds at
tended by Royal and Junior
courts.
McLEOD
Many Visitors Listed
By CAROLINE L. HARDING
McLeod-Mrs. Mayme Trego
of Beverly Hills, Calif., is a
guest of Mr., and Mrs. Bill
Miller on Rogue river near
Trail.
Bob Price of Eureka, Calif.,
has been visiting his. sister,
Mrs. Dorothy Tockstein, at
the Butte Creek Berry farm.
Mrs. Caroline Harding has
returned to her home here
after being a guest of Mn. and
Mrs. Frank Egerer and fam
ily in Eureka, Calif. ;
New Guinea, the great is
land lying north of Australia,
stretches 1,500 miles from one
end to the other.
Mrs. Eda Torrance, master
of Upper Rogue Grange, has
gone to Baker to attend the
Oregon State Grange there
which is now in session.
Mrs. Betty Hamilton and
family of Hilts, Calif., are
visiting the Kness family of
Trail. "
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sher
man of Minneapolis, Minn.,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Evers of Trail. , -. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Ranald Ax
tell have gone to Eugene to'
the District Rose convention.
' Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Gaston,
who are building a new home
on Big Butte creek, have gone
to Santa Monica, Calif., on
business. , 3
Bud Gillispie and Jimmy
Valentine are visiting their
families on a furlough. Both
men are stationed at Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
Mrs. Caroline Harding was
a - dinner guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vaughn
on Laurelhurst rd. Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Volney Oden
of Wolk creek have been
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Esten on Laurelhurst rd.
Mrs. Nate Edwards of Van
Nuys, Calif., and her mother,
Mrs. Ruth Bamesberger, of
Los Angeles are staying at
the Edward's cottages on
Butte creek. . .
Tuesday night Elk Trail
school held their completion
exercises for nine students in
the school - house. Those, re
ceiving special awards were
Susan Eastin, Randy Sikes,
and Patty Bard. Several num
bers were presented by the
school band and chorus under
the direction of Gary Mdnical.
Mrs." Daisy Olson of Baker
is spending the summer with
her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Spend
lore of Ogden, Utah, are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Gillispie.
Mrs. Jimmy Collier was in
the graduating class at South
ern Oregon college, Sunday,
May 31.
Elk Trail school held its an
nual picnic Wednesday, June
3 and 'the PTA held a short
business meeting planning the
program for the coming year.
House guest of Mrs. Nellie
Sanderson and family is her
mother, Mrs. Katherine
Bunce.
- Mr. and Mrs. Rod Perry
spent the week end of May
31 in Dayton, Ore., visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sander
son and daughter of Shady
Cove visited at the Lloyd
Beers home in East Evans
creek recently.
August Singler , of East
Evans creek is now living in
Prospect where he is employ
ed at one of the sawmills.
Word has been received
here from Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Barber who are touring
Europe that they are now in
Germany and will soon leave
for Switzerland..
Mr. and Mrs. Lennis Smith
entertained with light re
freshments at their home on
Rogue river Wednesday hon
oring their son, Larry, who
graduated with the Eagle
Point High school class.
FISHERMEN BEING HELD
Otaru, Japan -(DPIURussia is
holding 51 Japanese fisher
men for questioning in con
nection with alleged viola
tions of territorial watersotf
Southern Sakhalien, the Mar
itime Safety Office reported
today. The fishermen are crew
members of five fishing boats
seized by the Russians last
month, the office said.
FINANCIAL WRITER DIES
Montreal - (UPS - J o h n D
Tompkins, 68. a financial
writer for the New York Her
ald Tribune for 30 years, died
Monday of cancer. . '
mlilli Skill's
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RECORD-BREAKER Max Conrad gives victory salute
as he steps from his single-engine plane in Los Angeles,
after a record-breaking non-stop flight from Casablanca.
Conrad flew his small plane over the 7658-mile distance
alone, and was in the air for two days. On landing Con
rad said, "I feel fine."
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Tuesday, June 9, 1959
Woud-Be Bandits
Do Things Wrong
San Francisco - - WtfW
would-be bandits dif
thing wrong in an tt4
rob a loan office br.
Armed with toy pistol
pair ordered loan a$gti
Ben Elliott to lie on th W
-next to a holdup ftlrfe
liott sounded the alarm.
As they left, one of fch H&
dits dropped the $581 loxM
had to pick it up. W Ci
tripped his companion,' tjaafeoi
ing the latter's gHfit, fm
overlooked $2,900 lying flfcfj)
counter.:
As they fled in ft o0$)
auto, they crashed into thg)
cars, and came t$a halfcyhgl
they struck a fourth whil
headed the wing way on g
one-way street.
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