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Amateurs Asked
To. Record Signal
Of Vanguard llf
Washington, (Science Serv-
lce)-An appeal to the nation's
thousands of radio "hams" to
record broadcasts from Van
guard III, which was placed
in orbit Sept. 18, has been
made by the National Acad
emy of Sciences here.
Dr. Richard W. Porter of
the space science board asked
the American Radio Relay
League to request members
to record, where convenient
and possible, radio signals
transmitted from Vanguard
III on a frequency of 108
megacycles. These tape re
cordings should be retained
at least 48 hours.
In the event a solar flare
occurs, the Academy will not
ify ARRL again, requesting
that members send in their
tapes made during that per
iod. Notification should come
within 48 hours.
To Catch Solar Flare
At a press conference held
by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
shortly after Vanguard III
was put in orbit, Dr. Porter
explained that help from ra
dio "hams" was to be re
quested "in order to broaden
the possibility of catching a
solar flare at the right time,
or catching certain parts of it
that might not be caught by
our Vanguard ground sta
tions."
Dr. Porter is chairman of
the Earth Satellite Technical
Panel of the U.S. -Internation-al
Geophysical Year program,
under which the Vanguard
III experiments were develop
ed. He indicated scientists are
particularly anxious to obtain
tape recordings of transmis
sions that show effects of any
solar flare that might occur
when the satellite is below
the Van Allen radiation belts.
54th Year
Medford
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1959
Pages 1 to 12
Phony Diploma MMs CDaSmed nOkang
Sever aD Thousand Persons Each Year
interstate and international
aspects of the bogus degree
traffic.
2. They would "place on the
record, with full congression
al immunity, a large body of
factual information about
these 'colleges,' their names
and locations, their proprie
tors and activities, and ex-
amples of the serious iir
national implications of thsr
operations." 0
- Through ths combination
of public exposure andolegtl
gctt$, tfcoeoundl beliefs,
"ther eal chance that
American degree fijgs canM
eliminated front, ie educa-
Army Helping
Ex-Sergeant To
Find Gold Cache
Fort Huachuca, Ariz. -DPD-The
Army is helping an illit
erate, disabled ex -sergeant
look for what he said was a
cache of Spanish gold worth
between $2 -and $3 million.
Robert Jones, 55, a Dallas,
Tex. Negro, said he found 100
bars of gold "stacked like
cordwood" and weighing 50
pounds each when he fell into
a hole next to a cavern in
1941 while a recruit at "ort
Huachuca.
In addition, a few boxes as
big as. wash .tubs were filled
with gold bullion, Jones
claimed. .
Might Be Right
The Army believed its
former soldier might be right,
and so did friends in Dallas
who raised $500 to finance his
trip.
For two weeks, Col. El
dridge Bacon, inspector gen
eral of the post, has directed
the search vs,th a five -man
crew, a power shovel, ca well
drilling rig and pumps. The
pumps have not been able to
get. water out of the diggings
faster than it seeps in. Bed
rock was hit at 23VS feet.
B$ Eldridge was figuring
out what kind of scientific
equipment eould be used to
tell searchers if a cavern was
under the bedrock, as Jones
said it snouy be. .
Jones said the cavern was
covered by debris from a road
building project. The site is
three miles from fort head
quarters. Jones said the room ws 32
feet below grouid and had
adobe ? life uraJlsa The gold
must hae been an old Span
ish horde and thy government
has promised him 60 p8r cent
before taxes, Jones said.
He and a friend, killed in
World War II, marked the
location. But Army authori
ties did not believe their
story. Before Jones had an
other chance to prove it, he
was sent cyerseas.
War wounds suffered in the
SSuth Pacific kept Jones hos
pitalized much of the time for
several years. And he did not
have money to go to the fort
until Dallas friends rallied.
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Correspondent
It takes from three to five
years of hard work to earn a
Ph.D. degree at a reputable
American university.
But if you aren't too choosy
about your alma mater, you
cana c q u i r e a "doctorate"
with far less trouble. All you
have to do is mail a check to
one of the numerous phony
"colleges" and "institutes"
that specialize in exchanging
spurious academic prest i g e
for real cash.
There are at least 200 of
these diploma rHills now func
tioning in the United States.
They take in the expression
is used avisedly - about 750,
000 "students" a year. Their
gross income is estimated at
$75,000,000 annually, and it's
nearly all clear profit since
they aren't burdened with the
expense of maintaining a fac
ulty or a campus.
Racket Shrugged Off
This racket has been flour-
ishirig for many years, and
only a few sporadic efforts
have been made to stamp it
out. Many educators who were
aware of its existence have
tended to shrug it off on the
grounds that anyone polish
eaough to buy a worthless de
gree should be allowed to go
ahead and waste his money.
An abrupt change in this
laissez-faire attitude is now
brewing. The highly respected
American Council on Educa
tion, an organization that is
fairly awash with legitimate
Ph.DjS, is girding to do battle
against the purveyors of bo
gus degrees.
The reason for the council's
concern is made clear in a
special report which it will
make public in Washington
soon.
Thousands Misled
The report discloses that
Ameriaa's. mail-order degree
factories are now . going in
big for international trade.
Through .glittering advertise
ments in foreign newspapers
and magazines, they are mis
leading thousands of students
in other, countries into be
lieving that they can get a
bona- fide correspondence
course education by scraping
up enough dollars to "enroll"
in the phony American
sdhools.
Students i n undevel o p e d
countries, who attach high
value to an American degree,
are easy targets for this kind
of fraud. So many of them
have been bilked, the council
says, that foreigners are be
ginning to "question the in
tegrity and quality of all
American education."
Many U.S. officials abroad
have reported the racket to
the state department, warning
that it is heavily damaging
American prestige in coun
tries where the United States
Worms Hunted
From Airplanes
. Washington (Science Serv
ice) - Worms that damage soy
bean crops are bein hunted
from airplanes, the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture re
ports here. Spotters in air
planes look for yellowish
areas and sparse growth in
soybean fields. These are the
signs of the cyst nematode, a
minute worm that feeds on
soybean roots. Ground crews
then examine soil samples
from the suspected areas, look
at th roots of stunted plants
for signs of the worms and
find the outer limits of infes
tations. All 26 -. major soy
bean-producing states are be
ing surveyed from-the air, the
Department of Agriculture
says. "'. " - '
'Black Bass Act To
Curb Illegal Practice
Washington (Science Serv
ice) - The growing practice by
some groups of fishermen to
net game fish unlawfully in
one state and sell them to fee
pond operators in another has
now been halted. The U.S.
Department of the Interior re
ports here that, the recent
amendment to the "Blac
Bass Act" will reinforge con
servation officials' efforts to
combat this illegal trafffc.
The new law covers also the
buying, selling ahd possegs
iri, as well as the transport
ing of the fish, and wilP thus
greatly aid the states in pro
tecting theSr fisheries resources.
Lads & Lassies
Days
TO EARN MORE
Deposits Made
by the 10th...
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Jackson County
Federal
Savings. & Loan Ass'n
126 East Main
. Medford, Oregon
is eager to win friends.
- The report points out that
it is difficult for the state
department, or any other fed
eral agency, to take effective
action against the racket. Un
der the American system, con
trol over educational institu
tions - real and phony - is a
state and local responsibility.
Tough Licensing Laws
A few states, like New
York, California, Arkansas
and Virginia, have tough
licensing laws which can be
used to crack down on di
ploma mills. But a large ma
jority of states have no effec
tive legislation on the subject,
according to the report, and
"twenty - six states have no
legal control whatever over
educational institutions grant
ing degrees."
To clean up the situation,
the council says, the basic
need is for nationwide adop
tion of uniform state legisla
tion to set minimum standards
for licensing and operation of
all institutions of higher edu
cation, particularly those that
grant degrees. The council of
state governments has already
indicated readiness to sponsor
this effort.
The council also recom
mends that a congressional
committee conduct full public
hearings on the problem next
year.
These hearings, it says,
would serve two purposes:
1. They would point up the
need for "supplementary fed
eral legislation" to cope with
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