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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1959)
D'ttb F " "Vj hsu fi J WEARING A BROAD BRIMMED skimmer, Sir Winston Churchill, front left, and Aristotle Onassis motor through the Greek countryside, accompanied by Mrs. Tina Onas sis, rear left, and Sir .Winston's daughter, Mrs. Duncan Sandy's. They're bound for New Delphi to visit ruins. Three Cars Crash Due to Deer in Road A deer on Highway 99 just south of Talent last night caused a three-car accident that caused considerable dam age to two cars and minor in juries to three people, accord ing to the state police. Police said that Edwin . Christensen, 16, of 178 Wi nema Way, Medf ord, was driv ing north on Highway 99 and in -swerving to avoid a deer crossed over to the southbound side of the road. A passenger in his car, Dale A. Barnard, .15, of 1375 Or chard Home lane, Medford, suffered a cut on . his fore head, police said, and drivers of the other two cars involved suffered minor injuries. Mary Jane Hamilton, 20, of 824 Beal lane, Medford, had cuts and bruises and E. Jane Anderson, 220 Fourth st., Ashland, complained of a hurt neck, police said. ' The Christensen and Hamil ton cars had to be towed away. Possibility of Radioactive Wastes in Sea Said Harmless Grange Hews Central Point John Caster will be in charge of the lecturer's pro gram for the regular grange meeting of Central Point grange ony Friday, Aug. 7, Caster is, on of the young grangers and a F.F.A. boy, also active in the 4-H club program. Mrs. Edwin Geb hard is in charge of the dis play table and will have an exhibit of old laces and embroidery. By RALPH SEGMAN ' Science Service Staff Writer Washington The possibil ity that radioactive wastes, dumped in coastal waters, might harm human beings or fish is almost non-existent, according to an Atomic Ener gy commission biologist. He said'.scientific evidence gathered by the AEC supports the contention that it is "prac tically ridiculous" to expect genetic damage to result from radiations emitted by mater ials in the steel and concrete disposal drums. Last week at a Joint Con gressional committee on Atom ic Energy hearing, the ques tion of harmful biological ef fects arose and set off a brief display of polemics. Sen. John O. Pastore (D.-R.I.) demanded to know if the radioactivity contained in one drum is dangerous. Negative Response The ' question brought a negative response from Dr. Joseph A. Lieberman, AEC's chief of environmental and sanitary engineering who qualified his answer with the information that he' had not done the biological studies in volved and therefore was not qualified to give the commit tee scientific backing for his opinion. Studies on' the problem have been completed or are now in progress at labora tories of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Univer sity of Washington, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu tion, and elsewhere, Science Service learned from Dr. I. E. Wallen, AEC Division of Bi ology and Medicine. . The results, Dr. Wallen said, were negative for amounts of radioactivity equivalent to those contained in disposal drums. The first detectible genetic damage was found after fish were irradi ated with 25 roentgens of hard X-rays. Radioactivity Lessens AEC has estimated that the drums, when first sunk, emit anywhere from one-hundredth to one roentgen an hour. The radioactivity less ens, however, gradually for some isotopes and rapidly for others, becoming less likely to produce damage. Much of the waste consists of tritium, Dr. Wallin said, and its beta radiations are so weak they cannot penetrate human skin. -He said that an extremely important reason why he be lieves the danger can be min imized is in the nature of the disposed wastes. Much of it consists of iron piping, broken glass, filter paper, and dis carded coveralls. Should a drum, break open, he said, you could hardly expect a fish to make a meal of broken glass and coveralls. " In addition, the quantities of radioactive materials are so small that even if a fish somehow got into a waste drum it would have to stay in the confines for quite a long time before it would be ex posed to the slightest proba bility of genetic damage, Dr. Wallen said. A more remote probability, mm H61 m o OPEN 'MONDAY EVES 'TIL 9 P.U. O . . . WITH BETTER BARGAINS! Girls' - Girls', Anklets Car Coats . Made of sanforized poplin in sizes 4 to Heavy soft-spun cotton anklets with 12. Grilled -lining. 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Counly Bank Debits Exceed $100 Million Banks in Jackson, Josephine and Curry county area report ed June debits totaling $100, 550,794, or 36 per cent above the same month last year. The bureau of business re-reach- in Eugene, which col lects bank debit figures monthly, reported that the 185 Oregon banks had a June total of $1,967,062,369. The total was 16.2 per cent above June, 1958, and 3.5 per cent above May of this year. The debits, which . are re garded as good indicators of current business activity, rep resent the dollar valire of checks drawn against deposit accounts of individuals and business firms. Two Lumber Firms Combine in Ashland Ashland Articles of incor por tion have been filed in Salem for the Rogue-Oregon Lumber company of Ashland. They will combine the Walt Bosshard Lumber company and Burke and Pace Lumber Sales. Bosshard, corporation secre tary, and Clyde E. Dickerson have been partners in the Bosshard firm. : Bobby D. Burke is the new partner. " The incorporation adds a trucking division to the wholesale company of Boss hard Lumber, a spokesman explained. All three partners have been in business in Ashland the past eight years. Minor Earthquake Felt in Portland Portland (UPD A minor earthquake jarred" Portland just before . 4 p.m. Tuesday but no damage or injuries were reported. Many residents reported the tremor shook their homes and desks slid, pictures and "all clocks moved and dishes rattled. Telephone switchboards at police, newspaper and radio station offices were jammed with calls. One woman said "it felt like the house was going to move off the founda tion." . At the University of Wash ington in Seattle, seismolo gists said the earthquake was noted here at 3:53 p.m. but it was so slight no reading could be made. It was centered about 135 miles from Seattle and was a small local shock, they said. Oregon State college seis mologist H. R. Vinyard re ported the shock was record ed on instruments in Corval lis at 3:53 p.m. also. He said it was a slight shock. Two Smokejumpers Killed in Crash l Lewiston, Idaho - (UPD - Two forest service smoke jumpers were killed yesterday when a forest service plane crashed in northern Idaho. Three other men, including the pilot, were severely burned in the crash. The dead have been identi fied as Gary Williams, 23, of West Valley, N. Y., and John A. Rolf, 25, of Buchanan, N.Y. The plane crashed while trying to land near the Moose Creek ranger station. The pilot said a gust of wind blew the craft into the trees. Maryhill School Destroyed by Fire Maryhill, Was h. (UPD A schoolhouse and other struc tures were destroyed by fire here Tuesday that apparently started in a packing shed. No one was reported hurt. The flames spread to the schoolhouse and two -cabins. Maryhill is a Columbia river town across" from Biggs- Ore. Fire equipment was sum moned from Dallesport, Gold endale and Centerville to help the Maryhill Fire District contain the flames. Strong winds fanned the blaze. The Maryhill school was 67 years old. , Ontario counted about 18 million tourists in one year. CALLING special meeting, President Eisenhower tells newsmen he and Soviet Pre mier Khrushchev will ex change visits this fall. Oregon Projects Recommended Washington- (UPD - The Sen ate Interior committee yester day sent to the upper cham ber with recommendations for passage bills . authorizing two Oregon reclamation proj ects. On motion of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) the committee unanimously ap proved construction of Bully Creek dam and reservoir in Malheur 'county. It also approved a bill which provides for modifica tion of the Crooked River project near Prineville. The latter measure will permit eventual irrigation of an ad ditional 2,000 acres. The Bully Creek dam pro posal already has passed the House and Neuberger said Senate action is indicated. It will provide supplemental water for about 3,000 acres in the Vale irrigation project and improve flood control fa cilities in the Malheur river drainage. An enlarged canal and pumping facilities are provid ed under the .bill modifying the Crooked River project au thorization. This action is necessary, Neuberger said, because the bureau of recla mation is expected to call soon for construction bids and the change will make possible savings of about $200,000 on the project. About four million Ameri cans play the guitar. Astronomical Show Set During Month of August By ANN EWING Science Service Astronomy Writer -Washington - August brings a good astronomical show, in cluding the Perseid meteor! shower. During the first part of August, and particularly on or about the twelfth, you may see one of these shooting "stars" flash across the sky as often as 50 times in an Jiour. The moving light trail is caused by a piece of cosmic debris not larger than a pin head that slams into the earth's atmosphere. Some 50 to 60 miles above the surface, the meteor begins to glow as Jacoby Team Wins Ninth Match Today CHICAGO-(DPD-The Oswald Jacoby team won their ninth straight match early today to take the national masters team of four championship of , the American Contract Bridge League's 31st annual summer tournament. The " acoby team, in dra matic finish, defeated a team led by Richar " Freeman, by two international match points. The victory in the masters event gave the new titlehold ers the righ to represent the United States in the World Bridge Olympiad in Rome in 1960. - .. Jacoby and his teammates, Victor Mitchell, Ltorton Ribi riow,: William Grieve, all of New Yoi, and Ira Rubin, Los Angeles, roared back from a four-point deficit at the 35th deal. Ontario Hospital Opens New Wing Ontario.'Qre. - (UPD - Next Monday , patients will be moved into the new one mil lion dollsfr wing of Holy Ros ary hospital here. Sister Mary Ignatius, hospital administra tor, said Tuesday open house was scheduled from 1 to 5 pjn.'Saturday and Sunday. The 27 rooms of the new wing are air conditioned and have piped-in ' oxygen. The wing also includes five surgi cal rooms and recovery room and a central supply room. The hospital has been op erated for over five decades by the Dominican sisters. There are about one billion working people in the world today, according to estimates of the U.N. PARK FREE While shopping here in the lot directly behind our store. Get 87 More Wear... Yes, LEVI'S Double-Knee Western Jeans arc actually 87X tougher by laboratory . test! They're Sanforized, too, for easy washing end perfect fit have zipper fly and waist snap even tiny youngsters can work. Regular and Slim models 2 to A6. Husky tcV36.waist Also Levis for men in all sixes. .. Robinson Bros. VARSITY SHOP The Buds For Quality Dud Next to Pick's Apparel Medford OPEN MONDAYS TILL 9 P.M. it burns up from friction The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most reliable of the some 11 similar showers that appear at different times throughout the year. It is so called because the meteors seem to radiate from the con stellation of Perseus, a con stellation low in the north east sky. Do Not Radiate Actually, the meteors do not radiate from a point, but only appear to because of per spective. They are really mov ing through space in parallel paths, and these seem to con verge in the distance, like the parellel tracks of a railroad. Among the other sky won ders visible in August are the two . bright planets, Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter, in the southwest in the constellation of Libra, the scales, is the most brilliant heavenly object to be seen after Venus has set in the west shortly after sunset. Saturn, farther to the left, is in the constellation of Sagit tarius, the archer. Besides these two bright evening planets, there are five bright stars visible. These are the reddish-hued Antares, also in the southwest, in the con stellation ; of Scorpius, the scorpidn; Vega, high overhead in Lyra, the lyre; Arcturus, in the west;' Deneb, nearly overhead aria a little to'' the north, and Altair, high in the southeast. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. ' C Wednesday, Aug. S, 1S 3 Teen-Ager Killed In Portland Crash: Portland - (UPD - One person was fatally injured and six others -hospitalized yesterday afternoon in a one-vehicle" ac cident in southeast Portland. Dead on arrival at Provi dence hospital ' was Nancy Ford, 18, Portland. Six other teen-agers, all from Portland, suffered un determined injuries. They are James Lind, 16, Kathleen An derson, 14; Arlene Smith, 15; Mike Beerbower, 15; Gerald Morris, 16; and" Richard Cheney, 18. Police said the vehicle crashed into a pole. Man Bound Oyer io Grand Jury Tuesday Carrol Gene Zachary, 24, of 819 Taylor st., was bound over to the grand jury by dis trict court Tuesday afternoon following a preliminary hear ing on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. He was arrested by Sher iffs oficers Sunday at Jack sonville for allegedly threat ening Special Deputy Lonnie L. Varner with a pistol. . Zachary was lodged in county jail on $1,500 bail. - LEVI'S CASUALS present the style that's sweeping the countryl 1 . I BACK 1 FLAPS Straight from the campus come the slim, trim lines of LEVI'S Back Flaps' tailored as only LEVI'S can tailor 'em! Narrow college cut, with plain pleatless front, squared button-down flaps on the back pockets. Take your choice of handsome wash and wear fab rics, in all the popular sportswear colors! Buy yourself a couple of pairs at your favorite store! TH( KIM LSVt'S l( IfiUTt tie 1 TNI a. . nr. OFF. d SEN9TCS CftRMCNTS MMtt OfltT ST LCTI STRKUSS CO., ft tlTTEItT ST.. SAN FftftHCISCO-i
