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.0 O MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdfori, Or. I " . - I - 1 ; r J-- ' "' 1 i' ' " ' (v I Ui 1 1 t if.; t x - k S if t ' 1 uj: L:r l I I ' - ' 1 . I -w V wm Ptrlil J . Inrr i - La - 'j&. ', , - - t i t j ' BREACH OF ETIQUETTE President Eisenhower, In a severe breach of British royal fanily protocol, takes Queen Elizabeth's elbow to assist ker down steps of plat form after ceremonies opening the St. Lawrence Seaway at Montreal. British etiquette 'dictates that the person of the queen is never to be touched Ij any other person . in public Maybe Ike will be forgiven. SB A Plans To Hold Public Hearings on Timber Program Br A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington-The Small Bus iness Administration has scheduled public hearings in Oregon Aug. 26-27 to allow . i local uimoer i i i i industry of ficials to say what they think ' of the small timber I operator's sale I program, r The hearings a. Kobt. smitt will be held In the Department of Interior auditorium, Portland, from 9:30 to 4:30 each day. ; SB A's timber set-aside pro gram was established as result of an amendment to the per manent small business act passed last year. The amend ment was sponsored by Ore gon Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger and others. Under this amendment, SBA was charged with making certain small business got a share of the government's tim ber market. Agreements were sub sequently worked out between SBA and the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Mannge ment. SBA announced last week that it will assign rep resentatives to cover major timber sales activities of the two federal timber agencies. Joint Determination SBA will make joint de terminations covering small business set-asides after re viewing the cutting program and the yearly sales plan with the forest supervisor or dis trict manager of the national forest or O&C lands. When the timber is adver tised for sale by either of the two agencies, conditions of the set-asides for small busi-1 ness firms will be stated. Under SBA size standards, a company is considered small business for sale of government-owned timber, if it is primarily engaged in the log ging or forest products indus try; is independently owned and operated; is not dominant in its field of operation, and with its affiliates employs not more than 100 persons. Certain Limitations SBA said its classification also states that "any concern which submits bids or offers for the purchase of government-owned timber in its own name but which proposes to resell such timber in the form of logs, bolts, plywood, or similar products, is a small business concern only when (1) it is small within the mean ing of SBA's size definitions; and (2) in the case of govern- HOT WEATHER HAZARD New York-OB-The Bronx Zoo announced Monday that it's acquired a new animal, but can't bring it here until the weajteer becomes more clement. (ar one thins, the Takin, a Burmese rarity some Kin i XL I where between a goat and an antelope, can't stand hot weather. For another, said the zoo, the Takin smells pretty awful in any weather, but especially when it's hot. Tuesday, June If 19 ment sales reserved for or in- v o 1 v i n g the preferential treatment of small businesses, such purchase may not be fi nanced byf or through a busi ness, which is not small within the meaning of SBA's size standards." Western Forest Industries, among others, has opposed the small business set-aside pro gram. Newspapers Can Help or Hinder, Thornton States Salt Lake City-flJPD-News-papers can help or hinder suc cessful prosecutions, and in the Portland vice investiga tion they did both, Oregon Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said at the Western Regional Attorneys General conference at Salt Lake City Monday. Thornton told the group that "much valuable informa tion . on the underworld's methods of opperation and on how to combat vice and rack eteering had resulted from this case" and similar cases in oth er states. Thornton said that in cases involving vice, racketeering or official misconduct, docu mentary evidence was best "as in the DaVe Beck case in Seattle and the Hodge scandal in Illinois." Evidence in Advance He said that if "you must rely on oral -testimony, the most successful method is to gather your evidence in ad vance and undercover by in filtrating one or more depend able witnesses-persons who are not subject to character attack-inside the situation if at all possible." He said that once the case becomes noised throughout the underworld and "plastered all over the press, radio, and television . . . your, chances of gathering the evidence and obtaining a conviction are virtually nil." Thornton talked to attorneys general from 12 Western states and Hawaii. SIX LESSONS IN LAW London - (UPD - judge R. . Seaton released 15 -year -old Robert Suckling to his father Monday for administration of "six of the best" , as punish ment for shop-breaking. "If the job is done properly, he will have to do his work standing up," Judge Seaton admonished the father. BRILL . . METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work 'Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 The Inquiring Mind Tkis series of articles, on many different subjects, results from work by senior students at the school of journalism at the University of Oregon. Each is a con densed version of a full-length thesis written as partial requirement for graduation at the school. SOLVING NATIONAL PARK PROBLEM By Don Jepsen On July 1, 1956, the Na tional Park Service launched Mission 66, a 10-year improve ment program designed to res cue the 29 national parks from the abuses of overcrowd ing. By 1966, the golden anni versary of the Service (hence the name) it is hoped that enough visitor facilities will have been developed to han dle an estimated 80 million tourists expected by then. This includes new lodges, campsites, trailer courts and administration buildings as well as improvements in the existing facilities such as roads and trails. New visitor centers will be developed to better educate the visiting tourist and make his stay more enjoyable and informa tive. Sorely Needed A program of this type was sorely needed. Since the end of World War H, park visita tion has leaped steadily up ward until by 1957 over 59 million persons were crowd ing into areas equipped to handle less than half their number. A harassed under staffed corps of park rangers not only became responsible for the education of these hordes of tourists but ' had added to their instructional and light maintenance, duties the added burdens of law en forcement, direction of traffic-even the cleaning of la trines. Accommodations were badly overcrowded while im provements and expansion by private enterprise were al most nil. The more unscrupu lous concessionaries began taking advantage of the de mand for food and lodgings by raising their prices to a level which would be laughed at outside park boundaries. Herbert Maier, assistant re gional Park Service director of Region 5 in San Francisco summed up the problem of overcrowding and deteriora tion of park facilities: Long Ignored "First we had to arrive at as realistic a visitation figure as possible in order to get a program such as Mission 66 formulated, approved, and into action. If two things were static-cost and visitation -then there would be no prob lem. But they're not and that's a fact which we have ignored for so many years, while our park system kept getting worse and worse." Maier continued, "The tra vel curve has always been our best justification for appropri-ations-whether we got them or not. Now we are going to project that curve through Mission 66 . . i and our appro priation will always be com mensurate with our increased visitation or planned increase of visitation - that we know now." Wilderness Question The Mission 66 expansion program gave rise to another vital question which needed to be worked out by the serv ice - wilderness preservation. The National Park Service credo 'is "preservation with use." How much preservation (in a wilderness state) to how much use has never been spe cifically designated. It goes all the way back to 1872 when our first rational park, Yel lowstone in Wyoming, was formed. Although the point was not specifically defined then; it was nevertheless un derstood that the park was to remain essentially a wilder ness, with a reasonable amount of accommmodations and other improvements to be constructed for the comfort of visitors. Yellowstone had a stormy history; an area of lesser significance might not have survived the test. Today all the parks are governed by the rules first formulated for Yellowstone. In 1916 when the National Park Service was formed the wilderness factor was defined a little more specifically in the act that created this body: " . i . (exists) to con serve the scenery and the na tural and historic objects and the wild life therein ... to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such means as HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD . SERVICE McAndrews at Court Phone SP 3-9068 will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." Therefore a pro gram of expansion had t6 be kept within certain limits in order to maintain the park system in a predominantly wilderness state. In Third Year Mission 66 is nearing com pletion of its third year. Through the program Park Service officials have fought to relieve some of the conges tion in parks like Yosemite in California, Great Smoky in North Carolina and Yellow stone. Included in plans for Mission 66 is the eventual re location of facilities connect ed with administration outside park boundaries. This would include such things as incin erators, some administration buildings, warehouses and other facilities necessary to maintain tfee parks. A large section of ground has been purchased just outside the Arch Rock entrance to Yose mite, and eventually all facili ties not essential for tourist accommodation will be moved here. In some parks plans are being made to move even the visitor facilities either to less scenic areas or completely outside park boundaries. This is true in both Mt. Rainier park in Washington ; and Rocky Mountain park in Colo rado. At a Mission 66 Advisory committee meeting in San Francisco, in October, 1958, a report was issued reaffirm ing the preservation of the parks as the prime concern of the Mission 66 program: " . . . we must specifically empha size . . . that Mission 66 is aimed primarily at protection and at preservation." No Sacrifice Seen , The report went on to say that it was possible to handle increasing numbers of visitors "within "the forecasts of our lifetime" without sacrificing the protection and preserva tion of the basic resource, wil derness. v An integral part of Mission 66 is a plan for "encouraging public and private agencies to develop other recreation areas to take the pressure off exist ing National Park Service areas." This has led to the for mation of a Division of Recre a t i o n Resources Planning within the Service to analyze and evaluate proposals to in clude new areas in the park system as well as to encour age state and local authori ties to develop areas for recre ation on a state and county level. Such areas in the park sys tem would not be included as national parks, but as nation al recreation areas. The basic distinction is that in the recre tion areas the emphasis would be on commercial recreation development as opposed to wilderness preservation. An outstanding example right now is the proposed Oregon Coast National Seashore Rec reation area between Flor ence and Reedsport, plus a portion north of this encom passing the Sea Lion calves. The proposal for the Oregon area is currently the center of controversy, but a state ment by President Eisenhow er that the Service should go slow on the acquisition of new land until it can shape up present service areas with the Mission 66 program may post pone development of the coast area for a year or more. Wilderness Bill , As the Park Service was so lidifying policy and moving ahead with its program, Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minne sota introduced a Wilderness bill on the floor of the Senate. Humphrey's bill-The Nation al Wilderness Preservation SPECIAL SUMMER TYPEWRITING GLASS 8:00 to 11:00 A.M. Monday , thru Friday 8 Weeks July 6 to Aog. 28 REGISTER NOW Enrollment Is Limited ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 40-42 N. RIVERSIDE SP 3-4264 Medford Magazine Reviews Klamath Falls Past The history of Klamath Falls is reviewed in the July issue of the Forestry Digest, national forest industry news magazine. The article -states that the city was founded as a wagon train settlement in 1867 nam ed Linkville during an era of Indian massacres and stage coach holdups. The first saw mill was reported to have moved to the county in 1863 from the gold diggings at Jacksonville. The article heralded ' the move as the beginning of the forest industry which accounts for 85 per cent of the county's manufacturing and processing activity. The Digest article says the Klamath Basin has one of the nation's richest timber re sources. Act-is a plan to place con tinuous areas of 5,000 acres and more of roadless lands in a "wilderness vault" so to speak. The areas would re main roadless and devoid of any commercial development or exploitation of any kind, even down to an inconspicu ous tool shed. It would take an act of Congress or in some cases the consent of the Presi dent to open the portions in cluded within the system. Portions of 23 national parks, along with other wil derness areas outside of Serv ice jurisdiction, would tenta tively qualify for inclusion within the wilderness system. As could be expected, conser vation groups are unanimous ly in favor of the hill, but there is some opposition from the Service as to the "division of authority" which would be created if the 'agency (as yet unnamed) were to govern the lands within park boundaries. Maier said, "Where would the wilderness agency be placed? How can they administer the land when they don't even have title to it? You would be establishing an agency which has na title whatsoever to the wilderness it would govern." The Service would continue to administer the land; the only change would , be that there could be no construc tion or roadbuilding within these areas except by art act of Congress. All that, is need ed now for such construction is permission from the Secre tary of the Interior. Effects Unresolved How this bill would affect the Mission 66 program re mains to be seen. The Senate Interior committee is expect ed to decide soon whether the bill should be sent to the floor for a vote. Backers of the bill call it a "now or never" proposition. The Wil derness Preservation act is loaded with compromises, in cluding one . being discussed by the senate interior commit tee to require congressional approval before any land could be put in the wilderness system. This would let the strongest enemies of the bill, the commercial interests, have their say on every bit of land to be included. The measure is given a 50-50 chance, even with the deluge of conserva tion support. Whether the bill passes or not, the Mission 66 program will still be completed, addi tional improvement programs will be launched, and the tourists will continue to come. The national parks have fi nally come out of their major slump and adequate funds- are currently being provided to execute a sound planning and development program for the most valuable real estate in America. Tells What Can Be Done About Bearlnc Loss After all the fancy phrases and the high-powered syllables about hear ing aids that have been directed to the hard-of-hearing, we think youTl be ready for a few simple, direct words of truth. We offer you a free booklet entitled "True Facts About Beating Aids." put out by Tonemaster, world-famous manu facturers of Superior Quality Hear ing Aids. This booklet clearly and simply discusses such topics as "Can You Hear With Nothing In The Ear" and "How A Hearing Loss Destroys Your Personality." Also, what can be done to your own individual hearing loss tests that can be made to help correct hear ing loss, and how self-confidence and enjoyment of life can be re stored to you. You hard-of-hearing people MUST read, this booklet you owe it to yourself, to your fam ily and friends. If you want the unvarnished facte about what hear ing aids can or cannot do write today to Tonemaster, Box MO, 128 South Monroe, Peoria, Illinois, for your free booklet, "True Facts About Hearing Aids." t . , Tonemaster Box MO, 128 South Monroe ' Peoria, Illinois I Please rush free booklet, "True I j Facts About Bearing Aids." J I Name . I I Address I City , State . I T BOOKLET j ll.S5 RIVIAL$ I tiVjjl THE TRUTH I M ABOUT I PJL HEARING J j llilliill -- H-BOMB WITNESS Eugene J. Quindlin, of the Office of Civil Defense, testifies at congressional hearing on probable effects of an H-bomb war between the U. S. and Russia. Quindlin told the subcommittee that in the event of such a war, an estimated 48,900,000 Americans would die of blast, fire, or poisonous radiation. Another witness, James Neal, a Michigan geneticist, told the con gressmen that radiation-caused mutations could produce up to a billion defective births in the U. S. and over the next 30 generations. Fat, Thin Said To Get Same Message On Intake of Food (Editor's note: Following is the second of four dispatches on over weight.) By PATRICIA McCORMACK UPI Correspondent New York (UPD Why is it that some lucky persons can go through life 'eating like a horse" and never get fat? The answer to that question, when it comes, can do much to crack the mystery surround ing the fat of the land. Science reasons that the persons who stay thin, though enormous of appetite, must have some kind of marvelous internal regulator in their brains. It automatically bal ances food intake and energy output. In "fats" and "thins," the eating urge is in respnse to some kind of message flashing through the brains- switch board. Same Message Everybody gets the same message. But, it is interpreted differently. And some get it more frequently than others. i Research with laboratory mice has demonstrated that a tiny cluster of cells in the so called "old brain" hypotha lamus controls the urge to eat maintaining a balance between intake of energy pro ducing units, calories, and out put, activity that burns calo ries. When a certain part of the hypothalamus of one mouse was injured, the animal ate in cessantly and grew enormous ly fat. SURPRISE YOUR TASTE with 4 bone-chilling drink ideas from Canada Dry! Moscow Mule with Ginger Ale: Squeeze one-half lime in tall glass, 2 ozs. Vodka, ice cubes, fill with Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Serve in mug. Canada Dry Ginger Ale't subtle flavpr makes it taste better ... the exclusive bubbles make you feel better tomorrow! 3'. Gin Buck with Ginger Ale: Juice of lemon in highball glass. 2 ozs. Gin 2 cubes ice fill with Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Light, dry-Canada Dry Ginger Ale makes any tall drink taste better sparkle longer. The delectable flavor never dominates. PEPSI A different part of the "old brain" was injured in another mouse. The animal refused to eat even when food was placed in its mouth. . During the experiments, it is believed the appetite-control center of the brain was manipulated. The - center is called "the appestat" to em phasize its resemblance to a thermostat used to turn a fur nace on and off. But hoW does the appestat turn appetite on and off? One theory holds that we eat for calories and then stop when enough energy has been taken in. Eai To Keep Warm A thermostatic theory pro poses that we eat to keep warm and feel satiated when food assimilation brings a rise in total body heat production. The most widely accepted theory is the glucostatic the ory of Dr. Jean Mayer and as sociates at Harvard Univer sity. It holds that appetite sig nals in the brain are turned on and off by fluctuating levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Low blood sugar, according to this theory, brings hunger; high blood sugar, raised by food intake, brings satiation. The nature of messages fed into the appestat may cause it to produce a wrong answer. Wrong messages are believed to be at .the root of compul sive eating. (Next: The "Night-Raiders" and others.) )CanaM( - COLA BOTTLING Gold Possession Brings Contidion Portland - (UPD - A federal court jury Monday night con victed two men of illegally possessing S20.000 in gold bullion. The defendants were Glen Earl Adkinson, 90, a timber buyer from Roseville, Calif., and Thomas Henry Hunsaker, 54, a used car dealer from Salt Lake City. The jury returned the guil ty verdict after 45 minutes deliberation, but the two men will be sentenced later. Maxi mum term for the offense is five years in prison. The two men had the bul lion in their possession when they were arrested here May 3, 1958. 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We have photo - lithographed copies of the Table Rock Sen tinel of Jacksonville, for May 24 1856. MOST INTERESTING. At your news stand or Drug Store; or send us 25c and a copy will be mailed you. ' (News Stands, Drug Stores, Mar kets, Book Stores, we will leave stocks of the above on consign ment if you will call us at SPring 2-7774.) Jourri jrint Sho ' 702 S. Gge MTorg - O 77c adult sizes S.-.8 0
