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j wwiiiii.iiPi, y Approach of Spring Hastens Research by U S. in Antarctic .". Washington - Spring is coming to the world's coldest laboratory Antarctica. The sun's return quickens scien tific activity. Though the International Geophysical Year has passed, exploration of the bleak.o frigid continent goeson. TJe TTni Cotta T&.-rm four stations on a yearound11 waters of McMurdo Sound basis, and durir the 1959-60 season will mount its fifth consecutive Operation Deep Freeze in suppoig of Amer ican research. The National Science Foundation, vfloich adminsters the U.S. AntarSti? Research Program, will e?n phasize geologypcartogrJjphy, and biology during the com ing summer) o cuuujjs ujevia mtiuue i average elevation is more study of the Adelie penguip,9than)a mue above sea level Pending projects include a one of two species thafe in . habit the edge of theaontin ent, and an expedition kito ; the little-known wars of the Bellingshausen and Amiflid- sen Seas. No Plffe More Hostile Little by little, adventurous scientists andechnicians are unlocking the secrets of a vast land nearly twice tha size of the United States. OPfi? penguins, sejls, st birds, small lichens, -anosses. firJM s algae live there by choic No otner region gn earth is colder or more hostilayto man. At the Styiet Union's Vq&- ; tok IGY ' station, sgentts have recorded the planet's ' lowest temperature 12$.8 'degrees. Antr&ica strfts most of the world's ioe at ; some places & is 14 j)00 feat tnick. . e Itl winter the entir con tinent feels the lash of winL The world's breeziest spot? is Commonwealth Bay, where coM. air from tfie ice pla-4 teau strikes witha Scream- -Ing, tearing force of 200 milos hour. The ltarcticQs not wifti- ' "out surprises and paradoxes. Little snjw seems to fall aow except in warmr areas on the coasts. During the winter that Antarctic veteran Paul "A. Siple and 17 otbjr Amer icans manned an IGY station Cat the South Pole, they meas ured only six inches of new fall.. . . In midsummer the Pole re- ceives more sunlight than any place on earth. About 95 per- - cent Is reflected however, so the "bottom of the wo$dre mains exceedingly icy. ; . This was not always the I 1 Lar9 s,ze Head, II J Fresh Tender J J roccoi Iff I Florida Red Sweet, Tasty . - I PomegraoaJes If N. 2 Klamath " ' I I hi ate I 1 1 29 case. Some 300 miles from the Pole, an exploratory party has found petrified trees, leaf fossils, seashells, and coal obeds sure signs that Antarc tica was once a lush, green continent. An active volcano, 13,200- foot Mount Erebus, overlooks where the Navy maintains an important aft- faciSty. In a section of Marie Byrd Land, t$e ice sheet is strewn with volcanic rocks, but there are no othgr signs of recent vol canic activity. CooliSHBt Depressed by Snow Though the 0tremendous bujden of ice and snow has 49pres$ed the continent, the elevation is more the- highest in the world. The South Pole station rests upon 8,300 feet of snow and 900 cc& solid reck. Much of Antarctica is a fcaturaless waste oPsnow and ica, fissured and splitting into glacial tongues at the edges Some glacial tongues were formed thousands of years ego, bu they are held to the nerent riacier by hingelike ice formations that crack and freeze over and. over again. o An Ice prison several hun dred miles wide forms about tha continent in winter. When summer returns the ice breaks up, leaving areas of open wa ter on Antarctica's edge. At present the Antarctic re mains a man's world. Several Cornea have visited the frozen continent, but none has ever At foot on the South Pole. Pound Preserved By Radiafiofi Eaten Washington (Science Serv ice) - Thirteen people ate food preserved by radiation sterili zation for 15 days with no ill effects, the U.S. Army Medi cal Nutrition Laboratory" has reported here. In fact, the subjects said everything but th orange Juice and the string beans tasted as good as food preserved by freezing. Irradiation produced few caloric and nutrient changes rln the foods, which included nfeats, vegetables, fruits and a cereal. A copy of the full 28-page report, PB 151152, on ttye food study can be obtain ed for 75 cents from the Office of . Technical ' Services, U. S. Eepartmit of -Com m e r c e, Washington 25, D.C. PLUFFO SHORTENING B 8 ' i FRIGHTENED Apparently a little frightened by all the confusion after arriving on the Liner Berlin at New York, Robert Sarmany, 16 months old, of Toronto, Canada,' sits on his baggage and cries. The boy and his parents returned from a visit to Robert's grandparents in Hanover, Germany. (UPI Telephoto) Seattle Housewife Uses Iron To Chase Intruder ' Seattte-OIPD-Mrs. Dorothy E. McKenzie looked up from her ironing Tuesday night and stared into the muzzle' of a blue-black automatic aimed directly at her. "Hold' it. Stay right there," said the man leveling the weapon,' his head covered by a stocking. Squeezes the Trigger For a minute or so, he stood there, unmoving, saying nothing. Then he squeezed the trigger. There was a click. Another click. " Mrs. McKenzie reacted then. she had, the iron. It struck the intruder in his rib section. Turning to escape, the hooded man slipped on a scatter rug, got up, made the door fell again as he leaped down the stairs to the back yard. The 27-year-old woman, were asleep in an upstairs bedroom, telephoned the King county sheriff's office. She repeated her night-marish yarn to them. - - Assailant Not Known Mrs. McKenzie said she knows of no one who disliked her, or her hospitalized husband, enough to. threaten her. . Shortly after the deputies McKenzie picked it up. "Well, well," a man's voice ... I .- mm mim CENTRAL POINT, OREGON v. Closed Every Sunday We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities Prices Effective Thursday, Friday and Saturday Only! She hurled the only weapon mother of four children who left, the telephone rang. Mrs. said. Then he hung up. PAULSEN'S . . . n n Save at Central Point's Most Complete Shopping Center! Pillsbury Nalles Beef Slew 15-oz. Tins Outstanding Effects Resulted From Yellowstone Area Quake San Francisco, (Science Service) A survey of the region of the earthquake that struck southern Montana west of Yellowstone National Park on Aug. 17, has been made by Dr. Karl V. Steinbrugge, San Francisco seismologist. It shows that the effects it produced were outstanding. Most spectacular was one of the largest landslides in the United States ever to have accompanied a historic shock, Dr. Steinbrugge found. Campers Killed The slide, composed of an estimated 35,000,000 to '50, 000,000 cubic yards of rock, killed perhaps 20 people who were camping in' the Madison River valley below. This mile long rock slide effectively damned the Madison river, and a new lake rose behind it. Nature apparently did a good job in compacting the fill which makes up the new dam. The Army Engineers complet ed a spillway across it so that the water can discharge over the top without destroy ing the "quake dam." The earthquake has been assigned the tentative magni tude of 7.1 by on authority and 7.8 by another. Wall Settled Little The man-made Hebgen dam, located about five miles up stream from "quake dam," is composed of an earth and rock fill, except that it has a full height concrete wall running along Its main axis or core wall. Th concrete core wall settled very little, but the earth and rock around it settled up to six feet and contained fissures. Subse quent examination showed that, while damaged, the data was still adequately safe. Other effects, not so spec tacular, are of considerable scientific interest. About 15 miles of continuous ground breakage north of Hebgen lake clearly implied vertical faulting, with the north .shore of Hebgen lake dropping with respect to the mountains near by. South of the lake a small amount of vertical faulting was also noted. In all, there were many breaks, and the detailed pattern is complex. Some of the surface breaks formed cliffs which have been measured at 20 feet in height; these heights were consider ably exaggerated by surface effects and should not be con sidered the amount of fault movement in the rock below. The over-all effect . of the faulting was to "tilt" the land block on jvhich Hebgen lake sits. The south shore went up Pillsbury NEW Deluxe CAKE MIXES- All Regular 35c Mixes 6 Ounce Instant Coffee Tern 0L b eight feet or more, leaving docks out of water. Conver sely, the north shore bank perhaps up to the same amount This sudden tilting of the lake bottom caused a wa ter wave which conservative ly has been reliably meas ured at three feet high in one place and undoubtedly was much higher in others. No doubt the waters of the lake "thrashed about" as was de scribed by some. Building damage was re- Ashland Zoning Ordinance Passed Ashland The revised city wide zoning ordinance for Ashland has been passed by the city council and sign into law by Mayor Richard L. Neill. The council also approved the appoinment of Robert Piercy as city street superin tendent, replacing Howard Oden. The approval of the ordi nance,, which comprises prev iously existing regulations with revisions and amend ments, followed a public hear ing. City Superintendent E. C. Biegel reported there was no opposition at the hearing. Piercy was formerly em ployed by Cherf Brothers, Sandkay and Birch, a con tractor on the Talent Irriga tion project. Oden, Biegel re ported, left the city of Ash land to become a caretaker for the Talent Irrigation dis trict. Dr. Taylor to Speak At Klamath Falls Ashland - "The Fourth Ap plegate" is the title of an ad dress to be presented by Dr. S. Taylor, chairman of the Southern Oregon college so cial science division, at the Eighth Annual Symposium of Historical Societies of north ern California and southern Oregon in Klamath Falls, which begins Friday, Oct. 2. Dr. Taylor will be accom panied by Dr. Frank D. Haines Jr., and Dr. W. M. McKinney, members of the social science teaching staff, and will pre sent his address at 10:15 a.m. Saturday in the banquet room of the Willard hotel. According to Ken McLeod, program chairman, the three day symposium will conclude Sunday morning with a num ber of field trips to historical sites in the Klamath basin. Lots of Free Parking 2 Big Lots AT THE REAR OF THE STORE! MJ.B. IFF Regular or Drip WITH BEANS Nancy's 1 5-oz. Tins 1 W " U 75 JFf-'V- f"3?J'1 fyt u.iSi-'-Ew..' :.:; - 'r - - - il - markably slight, considering the geologic and seismic evi dences of a very strong shock. A number of log cabins as well as hollow unit masonry structures were within yards of the fault scarps, and these in general were not seriously damaged when not directly astride the scarp. Buildings across the fault were, of course, ruined. Masonry chim neys were generally, but not universally damagasd or de stroyed. Some of the log cabins shifted on their found ations, but rarely did they go off their foundations. Some loj buildings, located near the lake shore where lurching oc curred, had broken concrete foundations. Masonry veneer fell from some buildings. Bridges located in poor ground areas swung back and forth; in one case it swung at least 15 inches. This violent motion damaged the rein forced concrete supporting beams of several bridges. Predicting future earth quakes as to time, location, and intensity is, at present, impossible. The entire region is geologically young, and destructive earthquakes hav occurred in nearby regions. Cerftainly we may expect more shocks in Montana in future years. Undoubtedly this earth quake was a "relieving" shock in the sense that ac cumulated strain was releas ed. If this shock follows the patterns of other western American shocks, we may ex pect a great number of after shocks for a year or more, with their epicenters varying from the original epicenter. Some of these aftershocks could be of damaging intens ity and represent a real life hazard. Graduate Work in Plastics Off ered Princeton, N. J. (Science Service) - A unique program of graduate work in plastics is being offered at Princeton University here. Instruction covers basic theory and properties, evalu ation, production, fabrication, design and application of ma terials, as well as the chemis try of plastics. The program, which in cludes lecture and laboratory classes and contact with in dustrial plastics plants, .leads to the degree of Master of Science in Engineering. Fel lowships with stipends of from $1,500 to $2,100 plus tuition and fees are available. I Frtih Quality 1 I I I A U. Center CH-S fyfi I ? d) Lumberjack TOOK Nalley's 22 01. Size Wt jar.. Mined-Out Areas For Underground Shelters Seen Bedford Springs, Pa. -(Science Service)- Conversion of mined-out areas to under ground shelters for industrial plants and living accommoda tions for employees and their families was urged here today. This would not only serve as a major protection agaiiftt fallout in the event of a nu clear attack, but might even deter anoenemy from making such an attack, an industrialist told the Society of Mining En gineers of the American In stitute of Mining, Metallurgi cal aijd Petroleum Engineers. Achieyemenis Told Russell W. Hunt, president of the Southwest Lime Com pany, described his company's achievements at its Neosho, Mo., mine, where a two-year reconstruction job has made 600,000 square feet available as a strategic st.nraff conter The work gas planned, he said ' to provide emergency shelter for the employees and their families, a well as most of the community. Humidity control, exhaust fans, and a reservoir and cep well waterohave been provid ed at Neosho. Eight-inch rein forced concrete division waBs are equipped wh approved doors. Walls and ceiling are white to give maximum light ing nd to improjg appear ance. G - Commenting on his com pany's coopeifction with he I Defense Department, Hunt said preliminary investiga tions indicate that a small sub sidy of the mining industry would make it possible to bfive underground space created "very cheaply." The subsidy might be thej additional cost pv squarafoot of underground mining ever open quarry mining, hp suffr gested. This should be suffi cient to change 20 per cent to 30 per cent of open quarry ing to underground o aera tions. . In any event, he said, the Hale Joaathao Appbo VELAAAQT PHONE P 3-6756 19 15 1? A M If Sooqf SfcQP Roan ctf CttfUBT 9 Arnold Lase fi OHto tsfltf 0 dacgsonville TASTY BBAMB - Filler Paoer n Value e9 Company Develops Stronger Firebrick New York (Science Service) - A stronger and improved insulating firebrick said to be lighter and lower in thermal conductivity than any other available firebrick has been developed by the Babcock & Wilcox Company here. The firebrick meets the rugrjd re quirements of furnace Guild ers and operators in - the metals, structural clay," petro leum, chemical and glass in dustries. Its clean surface af fords a good bond when lav ed up in a wall because the mortar holds tightly. , The brick can be tailor-cu drill ed or shaped as desiredf elim inating the need for costly special shapes and delays in volved jn obtaining them, q maximum probable cost in volved: in starting a program of underground facilities is small and "it is important to get feel, as soon as possible, to see how successful a large program might be." Attention! f3 Garage Owners w II vi J Strvicct W Have Two VSS&HJ&lgf DAVIDSON Tfere Wheelers for Sale . $395.00 Cjfob (hnfer 830 Mo. Pifie Whiter ftwnvpa Apples ORCHARDS 4 A.B. - 6:3 B ffl. Gvejry Day MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Or. Thursday, Oct. 1, 159 200 Sheets Z)L(P)C o Q o
