O MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1959
Pollution of Sea
Water by Sewage
Not Real Problem
Berkeley, Calif. (Science
Service) - Pollution of sea
water with sewage may be
more of n aesthetic problem
than a health problem.
A British physician told
the First International Con
i rente on We-te Disposal in
the Marine Environment here
that the general public too
often tern's to blame sewage
polluted sea water for any in
testinal illness contracted at
seaside resorts.
Dr. B. Moore of the Medi
cal Research Council, Exeter,
Devon, England, cited several
instances of incorrect attrib
ution of such illness to sea
bathing. These included an
outbreak of paratyphoid
fever, lat r shown to have
been caused by ice cream, and
a widespread outbreak of
acute non-bacterial gastro
enteritis. Results of studies 'on the
isolation of salmonellae (a
group of bacteria 'ncluding
the typhoid and paratyphoid
bacilli), said Dr. Moore, indi
cate that the risk of contract
ing enteric fever or other
salmonella infections through
bathing in polluted sea water
is very slight. r
Bathing Histories
Investigation of the bath
ing histories of children liv
ing by the seaside who con
tracted poliomyelitis was also
described by Dr. Moore Here,
the findings strongly suggest
ed that a history of bathing
in cases of polio ir irrelevant,
he said.
In another repor to the
Conference the disappearance
of large kelp beds around
major sewage outfalls in the
ocean near Los Angeles and
San Diego was discussed by
K. A. Clendenning and W. J.
North of the Institute of Mar
ine Resources, University of
California, La Jollr, Calif.
The causes of this seaweed
recession are being sought in
field and laboratory studies.
The two scientists said, how
ever, that the disappearance
of kelp several miles from
the outfalls is not caused by
toxic ageits. Reduced light
penetration, on the other
hand, seems to be a- more
likely cause of the detrimen
tal effects of sewage on kelp.
Increased water turbidity
and greater random abun
dances of phy'oplankton, or
minute plant life, reduce
light penetration to deeply
immersed young kelp plants.
These then die off. But the
established kelp plants, hav
ing a surface canopy, are
better adapted for survival
in turbid water.
Egg Producers Now
Need Dealer Permits
Salem iPD The State Agri
culture Department said to
day that less than 25 egg pro
ducers have inquired about
the egg dealer permits needed
under a new law effective to
day.
The department notified
500 known producers and esti
mated that even more may
need the permit.
O. K. Beals, chief of foods
and dairies, said producers
were required to have the
permits who:
Sell to a retailer, eating
house or food manufacturer
Sell to schools and institu
tions which serve food to pa
trons.
' Sell to dairies and peddlers
who sell eggs at retail.
' Sell eggs not of their own
flock to consumers.
No producer needs a permit
of he sells eggs of his own
production to consumers on or
off his premises, if he sells
eggs to any holder of an egg
dealer's permit who grades
them or if he sells eggs out
side the state.
Road 'Rules' in
Colorado Different
Denver-d?D-"The speed on
country roads will be a secret,
and the penalty for every mile
in excess will be S10.
: This was one of the "Rules
of the Road" which governed
traffic in Colorado nearly a
half-century ago, largely due
to the activities of the Farm
ers' Anti-Automobile League,
Other rules in 1912 includ
ed:
"Autos running on country
roads at night must send up a
skyrocket every 150 yards,
wait eight minutes for the
read ahead to clear, and then
proceed with caution, blowing
the horn (or ringing a bell),
and shooting roman candles.
"In event the road is being
used by a horse and said
horse refuses to pass said
horseless carriage, the driver
of the auto will dismantle it
as quickly as possible and hide
it from view in foliage along
the road-' - j
l ' -
5?
BLACKENING 8,000 ACRES of valuable timberland, forest fire is being fought near
Yosemite National Park in Central California. This view was made from Signal Point,
three miles west of southern tip of park. Hundreds are fighting blaze.
New Measurement to
Planned With Radio Telescope
By ANN EWING
Science Service Astronomy
Writer
Washington Within two
years, man will know accu
rately for the first time the
distance to the sun. This dis
tance, some 93,000,000 miles,
must be known with much
greater reliability than now
before space vehicles can be
sent on trips to planets with
any assurance of a successful
orbit or landing.
To make the most accurate
determination to date of the
sun's distance, a radio tele
scope with especially designed
receiving equipment will tune
in on the radio waves ab
sorbed by neutral hydrogen
in interstellar clouds.
The experiment, proposed
Bison, Other Animals
Once Roamed in Iraq
Bloomfield. Hills, Mich, ancient docunv nts reporting
fScience Service)-Iraa. the ! hunts in which hundreds of
legendary Garden of Eden,
was once the home where the
bisonand elephant, rhinoc-
eras and lion roamed. Man,
however, has played a bloody
role in destroying the rich
animal-life of the country. .
An inventory of Iraq ani
mals is now available that
identifies local animals as far
back as 25,000 years ago.
How man has virtually ex
terminated the animal popu
lation in Iraq is told by Dr,
Robert T. Hatt, director of
the Cranbrook Institute of
Sci ;nce here.
Royal hn-ts, "great game
drives with enormous slaugh
ter," were characteristic of
the earlier years. There are
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Robert O. Grebb, improper muf
fler. $15.
Burt E Craven, no operator's li
cense, S10.
Walter W. Miller, improper
brakes. S10.
. Kenneth D. Van Ausdall, racing
on highway. S55.
Doyle T. Hodges, failure to make
traffic stop. $10.
Myrtle R. Davis, no operator's
license, $10.
William H. Wall, dumping rub
bish. $30.
Elizabeth R. Morton, inadequate
brakes, $6.
Richard G. Phair Jr violation of
the basic rule, slo.
Gary L. Beach, failure to make
traffic stoD. $10.
Russell B. Jackson, drunk on
public highway. S30.
Thomas J. Oakes, overload, $117.
carol McKeown, failure to -aim
lights. $7.50
Benjamin W. Peck, failure to dim
lights. $7.50.
Clifton G. Beyder, insufficient
brakes. Slo.
Chauncey R. Beck, overweight,
$15.
Don R. Shugart, no PUC permit,
$15.
Jack H. McCandliss, drunk in
public place, S30.
Don C. Sterrett, overload, S360.
David D. Legg, overload, $105,
?izo. siui: overweignt, 515.
Donald W. Ellis, failure to make
traffic stop, S10.
Jimmy L. Twedell, violation of
tne Dasic rule. sia.
Gerald R. Kime, no mud guards,
$10.
Gerald D. Couch, drunk in pub
lic, $30.
Jack D. Hendrickson, no safety
chains, $15.
Glenn L. Riggs, no muffler, $15.
Aiirea J. Kay, overload, $10.
Otto K. Pfahler, failure to make
traffic stop, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Lon W. Young, no operator's li
cense. S10.
Lawrence B. Patterson, improper
lane change. $15.
Frank E. Morris, failure to make
traffic stop. $15.
Garl G. Dusenberg, drunk on
public highway. $30.
Chester I. Kezer, drunk on pub-
ui: lugnway, sou.
Calvin H. Pfaff, failure to make
traffic stop. $10.
Michael E. Burke, 1112 Biddle
rd, Medford. driving under the in
fluence of intoxicating liquor, $255.
corneiius f. .Reynolds, disorder
ly conauci. so. .
virgii nelson, disorderly con
duct, 530.
Gordon B. Allen, disorderly con
duct, $5.
CIRCUIT COURT
Eleanor L. Bromlev vs. Robert
E Bromley, divorce decree.
Mabel E. Osburn vs. James If.
Osburn, divorce decree.
Alice C. Casebier vs. Loran W.
Casebier. divorce decree.
Lois Mane Kellv v. Shirlev Rnv
Kelly, divorce decree.
Evelyn Taylor vs. Lester Leon
Taylor, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Allan Leigh Budd. Claremont.
Calif., and Shirley Ellen Stafford,
1914 Westerlund St.. Medford.
Michael Storm-Kadean Johnson
130 Hargadine ave ant. 2. Ashland.
and Suzanne Lela Johanspn 24
Myrtle st.. Medford.
Calvin Merton Dixon, and Bettv
Mae James, both San Jose, Calif.
Raymond Leon Young, 211 Port
land ave Medford, and Betty Ja-
nete Gnschkowsky. 1277 Iowa st
Ashland.
A 12-month count showed
that a record 7,118 ocean
going vessels visited Amster
dam, the Netherlands.
by astronomers at Yale uni
versity, will be made using
the Naval Research Labora
tory's 84-foot radio telescope
located at Maryland Point Ob
servatory, some 50 miles south
of here.
Astronomical Unit
Astronomers call the dis
tance to the sun the astron
omical unit. It establishes the
basic scale of the solar system
and is fundamental to space
technology as well as astron
omy.
The initial velocity of a
rocket departing from earth
must be changed from con
ventional units into a velocity
in astronomical units per
second in order to permit
calculation of the gravitation
al orbit beyond the immediate
lions and wild bulls were
taken along with elephants by
the dozen, ostrichs, giraffes
and onagp - or wild asses.
The development of the
great city-states and the in
troduction of riding horses
and chariots further influ
enced the decline in wildlife,
Dr. Hatt oints out.
Today automobiles and
hunters equipped with guns
-even machine guns are used
-give gazelles and other des
ert animals little chance for
survival, he warns. Species
now threatened with extinc
tion include the bear, leopard,
cheetah", wild sheep and goat,
roe deer, gazelle, badger,
marten and squirrel.
"At present in Irq all
game is hard put to find food
or refuge, ' Dr. Hatt says. . . .
"Public opinion in Iraq is not
yet ready Ao support effec
tive protection and indeed,
where the human population
pressure 1 . so great, there is
little chance to give adequate
protection through establish
ment of preserves. Neither
the mountains nor the open
desserts can be effectively pa
trolled." Approximately 100 species,
living and extinct, are de
scribed by Dr. Hatt in his re
port "The Mammals of Iraq"
published by the Museum of
Zoology, Univr-sity of Michi
gan. He spent several months
in the country, studying its
wildlife.
Grants Pass Woman
To Be Committed
Grants Pass - (UPD - Circuit
Judge James M. Main ruled
today that Frances Irene Mc
Curdy, 49, is to be re-committed
to the Oregon State hos
pital in Salem.
The judge ruled she was
unable to aid in her own de
fense of a first degree murder
charge against her in connec
tion with the slayings of her
son and daughter in a local
motel in 1948.
Judge Main's action was
based on unanimous agree
ment of three psychiatrists.
Mrs. McCurdy was arested
in Portland two days after the
bodies of her children, Pame
la, 11, and Paul, 9, were found
in the motel. She was sent to
the state hospital in Novem
ber of 1948 anC was released
this year.
Oregon City Man Dies
Of Alcoholic Poison
Honolulu (UPD The Navy
disclosed Tuesday that Engine-
man 3C Russell Dahl, 32, of
Oregon City, Ore., died from
acute alcoholic poisoning
Monday.
Dahl was stricken aboard
the Destroyer USS Sturdevant
in Pearl Harbor. The Navy
launched an investigation into
his death. His survivors in
clude his widow Rachel, of
Oregon City.
CANNONFALL SPORT
Busksport Me. -(UPD Skin-
diving members of the Blue
Continent Explorers' club
have a ne wsport: hunting for
cannonballs buried in the mud
of Penobscot river off historic
Fort Knox here.
Sun Being
vicinity of the earth. Thus an
exact distance for the astro
nomical unit is not needed
for lunar probes.
This change from terrestrial
to astronomical units is now
in error by the same percent
age amount as the error in the
present value of the astro
nomical unit, one part in 20,
000. Using the radio telescope
information, astronomers ex
pect to find the sun's distance
to one part in 280,000, or an
accuracy of about 300 miles
in ' the distance between the
earth and sun.
Important Determinations
At present, the two most
important determinations of
the sun's distance both de
pend on observations of the
asteroid, Eros, but use differ
ent methods. The values ob
tained by the two methods
differ by 89,000 miles, an
"alarming" amount.
The radio telescope method
involves obtaining a precise
measurement of the earth's
speed in its orbit around the
sun. Using this newly determ
ined value .and standard
equations, the astronomical
unit can be found directly.
ine telescopes receiving
equipment will record the
radio waves of hydrogen
atoms in clouds in the space
between the stars that are ab
sorbing the radiation emitted
by so-called radio "stars" at
even farther distances.
At one time during a year,
the earth's orbital velocity
will be directed toward the
star. Six months later in the
earth's journey around the
sun, the earth's velocity will
be directed exactly opposite
Interstellar Cloud
The faraway interstellar
cloud of atomic hydrogen gas
will have a , velocity with re
spect to the solar system that
will remain constant for both
measurements. By taking the
difference between the
amount of the red shift in the
hydrogen lines taken at six-
month intervals, the cloud's
effect is eliminated and a pre
cise value for the earth s speed
obtained. When combined
with the time taken for the
earth to make one orbit
around the sun, the sun's dis
tance is known.
ine radio telescope mea
surements of interstellar ab
sorption may also give a bet
ter determination of the lunar
mass in the, future, Dr. Dirk
Brouwer, director of the Yale
University Observatory, and
Dr. A. E. Lilley, also of the
Observatory, reported to the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration here.
. NASA has allocated $110,-
000 to support the research,
which is also supported by
grants from the Research Cor
poration and the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation. The Naval
Research Laboratory's coop
eration is directed by Edward
F. McClain.
Sentence Imposition
Suspended by Court
Suspension for a year of a
jail sentence or a fine was
made by District Court Judge
Roy Bashaw Monday against
Jewell David Kirklin, Grants
Pass. Kirklin had pleaded
guilty to a charge of assault
and battery.
He was fined $5 court costs
but the imposition of further
punishment was suspended on
condition that he refrain from
doing anything to disturb the
peace and that he refrain
from seeing the plaintiff, Bet
ty Louise Kirklin,, his sister-in-law,
for a stipulated length
of time.
N"tre Dame de Bonsecours,
the oldest church in Montreal,
dates from 1657.
BOB and NETTIE LEWELLEN
Have Taken Over The
SIGNAL SERVICE STATION
SHADY COVE, OREGON
We Invite All Old Customers And
New Ones To Come In.
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON
'Little Kiiisey'
Hearing Expected
To End Today
Los Angeles-(UPD-The hear
ing of a teacher accused of
unprofessional conduct for
taking a "Little Kinsey" sex
survey among his teen-age
students was expected to end
today.
Cecil Cook, 38, Van Nuys
High school physiology and
math teacher, was ordered to
return today to complete his
testimony in defense of the
survey.
Cook said in the fifth day
of the hearing Tuesday that
he held the survey among his
mixed physiology t students
last January after" another
teacher had used it without
incident.
Also, Cook said, his stu
dents showed a sincere inter
est in the subject and "I think
young people should have
their honest and sincere in
quiries answered."
Could Los Credentials
Cook, suspended .from his
post in February after stu
dents complained of the sur
vey, now faces loss of his
teaching credentials if found
guilty of California board of
education charges "of unpro
fessional conduct involving
moral turpitude."
The teacher said he believ
ed the survey in which stu
dents anonymously answered
in writing intimate sex ques
tions would help the teen-agers
in setting their moral
standards.
"I will fight to the bitter
end to prove my good inten
tions," Cook said.
"If you put off answering
young people's sincere ques
tions they soon will not look
to you for the answers," he
said.
Assigned Sex Studies
He said students asked him
what was "normal between
married couples," and he re
sponded by assigning a term
paper on mental and physical
effects of abnormal- sexual
behavior. Student" were told
to consult their parents, reli
gious leaders and library on
the matter.
The assignment of the term
papers drew fire in the hear
ing from at least one co-ed
and her parents.
Cook said the discussion of
abnormal sex problems in
class was a success and that
after the session some stu
dents went to him and said,
"that was wonderful and it
really helped me."
Cook's wife, Carole, testi
fied in the hearing conducted
by the Department of Voca
tional and Professional Stand
ards that should Cook lose his
license to teach in California
he would be welcomed to re
turn to a former teaching post
in Snowflake, Ariz. She said
the job offer came Monday
nigh., from H. A. Hendrickson,
superintendent of schools in
Snowflake.
Robert Mifchum
Tangles With Judo
Dublin - (UPD - Hollywood
he-man Robert Mitchum tan
gled with -a gimpy little Irish
man in a bar here Monday
night and wound up nursing
a cut eye and a fat lip, it was
reported today.
The Irishman turned out to
be a judo expert.
He limped up to the actor
in a Dublin pub and asked
him to sign his wife's auto
graph book. Mitchum com
plied by scrawling an unprint
able message in the book.
When the Irishman com
plained, the actor dumped his
drink over the Irishman's
head, exclaiming "Peace . . .
peace ... peace . . . mats
all I want."
The Irishman expressed a
few outspoken opinions about
Mitchum's manners and prob
able ancestry, and the strap
ping actor charged head down
like a bull. A skilfully applied
judo hold sent him flying,
and the Irishman - nobody
got his name - limped quietly
off into the night.
"Bob is inclined to chalk
it all up to experience," a
spokesman said today.
OUTSIDE JOB
Portland, Maine-(UPD-"Start
your gasoline-powered lawn
mower whenu you are out on
the lawn," is the advice of
Fire Chief Carl P. Johnson.
Johnson said that two fires
in Maine's largest city within
three months were caused by
explosions from power lawn
mowers which had been
started up inside buildings.
Radiation Safety Rules Formed
To Prevent Rare Occurrences
By DR. MARSHALL BRUCER
United Press International
Oak Ridge, Tenn. -(UPD- At
Oak Ridge, radiation safety
rules are so strict that if the
same rules were applied to
the speed of automobiles, no
scientist would be allowed to
drive faster than one-hundredth
of a mile per hour.
The precautions at all atom
ic energy plants are designed
to ' prevent such rare simul
taneous occurrences as those
which caused injury to the
eight men here.
Human error is expected
and automatic machinery cor
rects it, but human error did
not cause the accident at Oak
Ridge.
The chain of events that led
to the accident at Y-12 (the
name of the plant where the
accidental nuclear reaction oc
curred) was so long, so in
volved and so impossible that
not even the most conserva
tive safety inspector could an
ticipate it.
Murphy's Law
All engineers know Mur
phy's fifth law: If an accident
is impossible, it will eventu
ally happen. We have learned
that this law is still in effect.
The accident was short in
duration. Considerable medi
cal observation awaited these
men although, except for an
expected change in blood
counts, they seemed normal
ly healthy.
The accident was immedi
Years ago, we attempted to brew light Olympia Beer at
various locations. However, without the one priceless ingredient
our naturally perfect artesian brewing water Olympia's
distinctive good taste could not be duplicated elsewhere.
That is why, today, Olympia is brewed only at the little town
. of Tumwater . . . where this rare water flows from the earth.
"Its the Water
A free service of
THE
MEDFORD
MAIL
TRIBUNE
ately hailed journalistically,
administratively, and medi
cally as atomic energy's big
gest accident.
It wasn't, but the Y-12 ac
cident was unique in that it
was clean, sudden, and could
be repeated as a controlled
experiment. Therefore, we
can learn important basic
lessons.
Phrase Defined
The phrase "dangerous ac
cident" must be defined. Ra
diation is dangerous but so
are automobiles; so is aspir
ing, so is just plain everyday
living.
Every day in Oak Ridge
some secretary cuts her fin
ger on a piece of paper or a
physicist stumbles over a jan
itor's mop. These could be
"dangerous accidents." That
is why there are "emergency
rooms" in hospitals.
Oak Ridge has enough ra
diation, if used improperly,
to kill many people.
Scientists in Oak Ridge
own enough automobiles, if
used improperly, to kill many
people.
But it is more difficult to
kill people with radiation
than with automobiles even
in Oak Ridge.
Most radiation in Oak Ridge
is not dangerous. The atomic
energy industry is still one
of the safest places to work.
All our radiation safety is
built around routine, cumu
lative exposures that few but
Visitors are always welcome to the Olympia Brewing Co., Olympia,
Vacation
ENJOY EVERY VACATION MINUTE
. . but before you leave
ask for the Mail Tribune
VACATION Mi
Medford Mail Tribune
Circulation Department
Medford, Oregon
Pleas save my Mail Tribune while I am en vacation, beginning
; ... and deliver all ef them to me
when I return tl date un
certain, please call Mail Tribune when you return!
Name ... ,. .. .
Address.,
City
the experts will hear about.
To protect ourselves we
bend backwards, so far back
wards that we should be more
concerned with overemphasis
o radiation danger than with
underemphasis of radiation.
hazard.
All of us are born into and
will eventually die in a radi
active world.
We can't escape natural Ra
diation. Since we have thrived
as a biological species in this
radiation, it might be good
or at least not bad.
Fallout radiation from
atom bomb testing is of the
same order of magnitude as
natural radiation. It is a tiny
addition to our natural en
vironment. Accidental exposures are
different. They involve bil
lionfold increases over the
natural amount.
It is not surprising that we
have accidents, but it is sur-
r
PAINT WITH
IteaiiifcTcixi
V&i.:.
Jjts
-van
SERVICE
We will hold the Mail Tribune while you are on your vacation.
Each issue will be held in our office while you are away and will be
delivered to you personally by your carrier upon your return.
VACATION PAC SERVICE IS FREE!
No papers to pile up on your porch. You will be able to catch-up
on all local news and special features when you return.
When you leave on your vacation just complete this handy order
and either give it to your carrier . . . mail it . or just bring
it in to the office. WE WILL DO THE REST ...
VACATION
PAC
ORDER
Activity Slowdown
Puts on Weight
Chicago -(UPD- A University
of Pittsburgh doctor has given
some support to people who
say they don't eat any more
than usual but still gain
weight.
Dr. Robert E. Olson blames
the weight gain on a subtle
slow-down in physical activity.
He said the middle-aged
male and female unconscious
ly figure out ways to save
steps and avoid physical exer
tion and that's what adds to
their weight.
The "Lord's Prayer Rock"
stands near Bristol, Vt. It was
inscribed in 1891 as a hint to
profane teamsters urging their
horses up a nearby hill.
prising that we have so few.
If a small fraction of the
effort put into radiation pro
tection were put into general
accident protection, emergen
cy rooms in hospitals would
be deserted.
MEDFORD PAINT
and
Wallpaper Store
6th & Holly Diagonally
Across from Post Office
PHONE SP 2-9321
We Give
S&H GREEN STAMPS
9 m
Tumwater
BEER
M. XZ
- , . . ,jltnK " ' r-,"f' " '
the Water i
Wash. OIy o-ja
Complete This
Vacation-Pac
Order Today
or Phone the
Circulation
Dept.
SP 2-6141
l
BuM?