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MA ft n r to Dirt Earth O 1mm i u mm (DWS Accomplishment' Of Moon Shot Shown in Dots What was the magnitude of the Russians accomplishment in sending a "space labora tory" around the moon? Some conception may be obtained from the representa tion of the earth, as the black circle in the - box directly above, and that of the moon, as the small dot in the bot tom right-hand corner of this page. o , The sizes of the "earth" dot ; and the "moon" dot, and the distance between them, are rough approximations of the relative sizes of the two bodies and. their distance apart. Distance Varies The earth is just under 8,000 miles in diameter; the moon just over, 2,000 miles. .The distance between the two averages 238,857, but varies from a minimum of 216,420 miles to a maximum of 252,710 miles. The distance I represented on this page is about the average distance, Complicating any moon shot- is the fact that the earth spins on its own axis once each 24 hours, and at the same time the moon is cir cling the earth once each 27- pius days. Both, of course, are in orbit around the sun, Orbit Not Circle Still a further complication is the fact that the moon's orbit is not a circle, but is an elipse-an irregular, serpen tine one with the concave side of the serpentine toward the sun. One writer has compared a moon shot with a man riding in a merry-go-round on top of a moving train, using an air rifle in an attempt to hit a rubber ball swinging on the end of a string around a small boy's head a half-mile away. They said it couldn't done. ,' , be Lunik III Said -Still Moving Away ; Moscow-RJPD-jRussia report ed today that its Lunik III was 78,293 miles from the moon and 248,558 miles from the earth, and still moving away from both planets. ' The official Tass news ag ency said the Soviet "inter planetary station" is "contin uing to move strictly on the set orbit" planned for it. - This meant that the Russian rocket was continuing its flight further into space, with Tass adding that it would reach a maximum distance from earth of about 282,000 miles on Oct. 10. v "Later, on, the ; interplane tary station will begin to ap proach the earth and will pass it on Oct. 18 in a north-south direction,"'Tass said. ParkSuperinlendenf Arrives in Medford Otto M. Brown, former chief park ranger at Yellow stone National park, has as sumed duties as superintend ent of Crater Lake National "park. Brown arrived irr Medford late last week, and,, began work Monday. He replaces Thomas Williams, ; who was transferred to the regional of fice in Santa Fe, NJV1. The new superintendent at tended the'University of Cali fornia and entered the nation al park service in 1927 as a seasonal park ranger at the Yosemite National park in California. " Between 1946 and 1952, Brown was chief park ranger at Olympic National park, Washington, and was promot ed to Yellowstone National park chief ranger, in 1952. - Charges of Speeding Against Groener Dropped Salem-flJPD-Marion - County Circuit Judge George Dun can Tuesday dismissed a speeding case against State Sen. Richard Groener (D-Mil-waukie). Groener had appealed a conviction .in Woodburn jus tice court last Oct. 16 where he was found guilty of violat ing the basic rule by going 65 miles per hour in a 45-mile-zone. .. : v Other Factors , Judge - Duncan said other factors besides speed enter into the basic rule. ; Two other cases involving Groener are pending and are no yet set for trial. Employment Hits High Level During September in Area ; Some Openings Are Unfilled in Area t Local employment hit a "very high level," perhaps the highest in history, during Sep tember w"ien mtny local busi nesses including the fruit in dustry reached the annual peak of activity, according to John J. Patton, manager of the Medford state employ ment office. Patton said "job. seekers were scarce and many job openings, requiring specific experience, remained unfilled due to the lack of qualified applicants." Unfilled requests for pear pickers, he said, reached the highest number since World War II because of a great de crease in the number of mi grants who usually do such work. The reduction appears to have been caused by work now available in almost all parts of the country, he added. End of Season ' Patton said the end of the fruit season will probably not materially increase the num ber of local workers available for other jobs. "This is be cause the proportion of local men employed in this harvest is small and most of the local women leave the labor mar ket at the end of the packing season and do not seek other employment," Patton said. The next demand for help in the fruit industry will.be for tree pruners in the orch ards and for various occupa tions in gift box packing, he noted. ' "There is, at present, no indication of much slackening of local employment unless severe weather'' causes shut downs in the lumber indus try," Patton said. Steel Strike . The steel strike- has had little effect on local employ ment up to the present, but if it continues, it can cause some unemployment -later, the lo cal manager noted. In the tast, Patton-said, the factor . having the greatest effect on local unemployment has been the amount of severe winter weather experienced in the mountains. Such con ditions 'can cause a general shutdown in logging oper ations, which is soon followed by log shortages in the saw mills. -"This type shutdown can occur without regard to the prevailing economic condi tions,".he said. In general, Patton added, the employment outlook for the next 60 days is good. , Howard Prairie Roads Are Toured Jackson County Judge Earl Miller, Commissioner Chester Wendt and County Road En gineer Paul Rynning Tuesday toured road projects in the Howard Prairie area. Commissioner Wendt re ported that the group inspect ed IVi mile stretch of new road which, had recently been graded and graveled and another stretch for . which, clearing work was getting un der way. ' ' ,' Wendt explained that the first stretch of road is to re place the present road, which will be submerged " when- Howard Prairie reservoir is filled. ' United Nations, N. Y. -flJPD- Saudi Arabian Minister of State Ahmad Shukairy was threatened with death by an anonymous telephone caller today unless he "stops this campaign against Isreal," the Saudi U.N. delegation re ported. One is a circut court appeal involving a charge that he was going 70 miles an hour in a school zone north of here last April. The other is a city of Sal em complaint that he made an improper turn. Critical of Charge Groener was critical of the Salem charge, stating "this is the first time in history that a legislator has been brought back to face a city traffic charge." During leigslative sessions, lawmakers . have immunity from arrest until the session is over. J ,;, t, J j KEN YON J. SCUDDER JUDGE RALPH HOLM AN Study Institute Speakers .. Agency to Assist Delinquency, Fight Suggested in Talk The establishment of a state agency to reinforce the fights against juveline delinquency being waged by , cities and counties was suggested here today by the president of the Oregon Juvenile Council. . The president, Ronald E. McKenzie, Portland, spoke to OJC conference delegates in the 4 Jackson county court house auditorium this morn ing to open the council's three-day annual session. "For years now," McKen zie said, "the Oregon Juvenile Council has unofficially acted in the capacity of a state agency in many instances." He explained that the official agency he proposed would serve as a consultant,, would assist in forming new local services, would assist in train ing programs, would be avail- Three Students Semifina lists in '-'Three-high-school students from Jackson county have been named semifinalists in the 71959-60 National Merit Scholarship competition, it was announced today. They, are Paul W. Alley and Wayne F. Covington, both of Ashland High school, and Douglas E. Kliever, Medford High school. They- are among 10,000 of the highest scorers on the scholarship " qualifying test, ' which was given in more than I4,auu nign scnoois tnrougn- out the country las spring. More than 555,000 students took the first tests. . The 10,000 semifinalists are the highest scorers in each state, prorated according to state population. Another Test Set Semifinalists will take an other test Dec. 5, the scholas tic aptitude test of the college entrance examination board, which will determine the fin alists on the basis of high score. : The finalists will be eligible for scholarship awards spon sored by some 100 business and industrial organizations, professional societies, founda tions, individuals and the Na tional Merit Scholarship Cor poration itself, which con ducts the tests. Winners of. the final test will be announced about May 1, ,1960. Each finalist will re ceive a certificate of merit, and all colleges and universi ties will be . notified. Each Merit Scholarship is a four year award covering under graduate college years, and carries a stipend tailored to the need of the individual winner. ' Karen Carpenter, a Med ford resident now in Arizona, was also among the" semi finalists. She is a student at Verde ; Valley High school, Sedona, Ariz.. Los Angeles Carole Tregoff, . ?2, and her lover, Dr. R. Bernard Finch, today were indicted by the county Grand Jury for their "murder for hire" plot to kill the sur geon's -wife. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness tonight. Thickening cloudiness Thursday with rain late in day. I.ow tonight 38. High Thursday Temp. Highest Yesterday e Lowest this Morning 34 Free, to is ajn. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ... 5:44 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow J'8:13 a.m. The Moon sets .. 10:s5 p.m. tonight and rides low. First Quarter Thursday night VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets 7:21 p.m. Saturn, below the Moon. Venus, low in east 3:34 a.m. (The star now seen right above Venus is Regulus) Scholarship Tests able for interpreting various programs and would serve as a link between individual lo cal agencies. Would Like Study : . " i"This," he said, "is a pro ject I should like to see the council do some study on, and possibly initiate into the legis lative mill during the 4 next lawmaking session." ' Other speakers at the Coun cil conference today include Newberg Mayor George Lay-: man, former chairman of the House of Representatives ju diciary committee, who spoke this morning on "State Legis lation for Youth," and Dr. Ca milla Anderson, psychiatrist at Oregon State hospital, Sa lem, who spoke at a luncheon this noon. , Study Institute At the Oregon Study Insti tute for Juvenile Needs con ference Friday, Kenyon J. Scudder, director of field ser vices for the Osborne associa tion, Balboa Island, Calif., will speak 'on "Delinquency Can Be Checked." Also speaking at the Insti tute's conference will be Judge Ralph Holman of Clackamas county juvenile courts who wilT discuss Ore-f gon's New Juvenile Code Workshops were scheduled this afternoon in the Oregon Juvenile Council conference. The four panels were to dis cuss the new juvenile code. Six panel discussions a r e scheduled tomorrow after noon on subjects ranging from an interstate compact to school-court problems. Tomor row's workshop panels will discuss subjects presented at the Thursday morning ses sion. -Thursday Speakers Speakers tomorrow include Ray Reese of the Oregon State Public Welfare commission; Lyle Mullin, Multnomah coun ty juvenile court counselor; Dr Raymond Lowe of the University of Oregon; and Eric Allen Jr., managing edi tor of 'the Medford Mail The Oregon Juvenile Coun Tribune. cil is an organization com posed of professional workers in all areas of youth work. The Oregon Study Institute for Juvenile Needs is made up of interested . citfeens, many of them serving on advisory councils to juvenile court. About 150 persons are ex pected to register for the meetings. V "The Disarmament Talk Sure Has Panicked The , Boy s Upstairs" Copy l is Haifield Accuses Porter ff 'Bamboozling Blackmail Governor Raps Try To Put Him On Witness Chair Park Service Report Finds Disfavor ' ; Salem. - (UPD - Gov.- Mark Hatfield today accused Con gressman Charles Porter (D Ore.) of using "bamboozling blackmail" to put him on a witness chair in the contro versy over a proposed Dunes National Park on the Oregon Coast. . Porter, a sponsor of legisla tion creating the park, threat ened to call off hearings until Hatfield clarified his position on the park. The governor said he had just received a National Park Service report which suggests moving Highway 101 inland at a cost of from $14 to $30 route through the dunes be tween Florence and Reeds port. Other Areas Desperate Hatfield said a considerable part of this money would be state funds. "I cannot subscribe to that part of the report which would take highway " funds away from priority projects like Highway 42 and other areas where the money is des perately needed," he said. The governor' continued: "Much distortion has been made of my statement about recreation in piles of shifting sand. While I recognize the aesthetic value of piles of sand as viewed from a distance, I think most everyone will agree that if it takes a sand , buggy to maneuver some of the areas now there won t be many people equipped to be on the sands." Vegetation Needed He said the dunes would havete be- -stabilized- - with- vegetation before it , would have value for anything .be sides sight - seeing, painting, photography and the like. The Park Service Advisory Committee favors the pro posed park, although the In terior Department has not officially announced its stand. Hatfield previously said he would prefer a park farther north in the Clatsop, county area. -(See story on Page 11.) Federal District Court Recesses : One case was heard Tues day during the new term of federal court at the post office building here. U.S. District Judge William East ruled in favor of . the plaintiff in a case' tried with out jury. Following the opin ion the court was recessed until Oct. 13. The case heard Tuesday was brought by Mr. and Mrs, Gedrge Roberts, 1815 Crown ave., requesting a refund on federal income taxes paid, by them to the U.S. department of internal revenue during 1952. hlf i5, Tlw Pulitzer PtiDuinint Co. U. Louis Pott Doealca ' . Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages - MEDFORD, ORE., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, TWINS SEPARTED The Stubblefield Sia- : Tuesday. Doctors gave them a good chance mese twins of Parma, Idaho, underwent for survival when their condition was pro-' surgery ior seprauon in xne Oregon. Medical School hospital in Portland Of Heart Attack In Rome Clinic R om e - (UPD - Hollywood singer and actor Mario Lanza died in a Rome clinic today of a heart attack. He was 38. Lanza, whose mighty voice transformed him from a piano-mover into a Hollywood star, had been suffering for some time from heart trouble and the complication of phle bitis in the right leg. Lanza was born in Philadel phia,. His real-name-. was Al fred Arnold Caccoza and he early showed a passionate in terest in music. - Lanza lived on and off in Italy where his booming voice and fondness for Italian op era , endeared ; him to the people. The portly singer often was compared to the great Enrico Caruso in his vocal virtuosity He had a tempestuous career in the United States. Critics said he had lost his voice, but he came back time after time in concerts and recordings to show that he still could sing. The tenor was born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza, the son of Antonio and Maria Lanza Cocozza. He adopted the name Mario Lanza for professional pur poses. In 1945 he married Betty Hicks and they had three chil dren, Coleen, Elissa and Da mon. ; ' During World War II Lanza served with the Army's Spec ial Services branch, entertain ing trpops as a singer. - He appeared in the armed forces productions "On The Beam" and "Winged Vic tory." . Among his pictures were "That Midnight Kiss" in 1949, "The Toast of New Orleans in 1950, "The Great Caruso in which he played the part of the famous Italian singer in 1951, "Because You're Mine" in 1952, "Student Prince" in 1954, and "Serenade" in 1956. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer fired Lanza in 1953' because oi temperament" and his for tunes dipped. He tried to make a come back on television in the fall of 1954 but he had become so weak rom dieting that his voice had to be dubbed into the. show from old records. Three Sign Up to Give Blood Oct. 13 Onlv three appointments have been made for the Red Cross Bloodmobile, which will be in Medford Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Red Cross office announced this morning. The Bloodmobile will be at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., Medford, between 1 and 6 p.m. Oct. 13. Quota for the visit is 290 pints. " Appointments may be made by calling the Red . Cross office, SPring 3-3813. The Bloodmobile will be in Ashland Wednesday, Oct. 14, between 1 . and 6 p.m., Red Cross officials said. The unit will be at Churchill hall at Southern Oregon college. university ol nounced "good" this morning. Siamese Twins Have Good Chance To Survive Surgery Portland-OJPD-A noon medical bulletin said today the con dition of the Stubblefield Siamese twins, separated in a five-hour operation -Tuesday, was still very serious and it would be "touch and go" for them for some time. Portland-flJPD - The three- month -old Stubblefield Sia mese twins, separated m a five-hour operation Tuesday, continued to show "slight im provement during the night, a hospital bulletin said today "The twins made it through the night all right," said a spokesman- at the . University of Oregon Medical school hos pital. "Their color remains good. They woke up at the proper time following sur gery, indicating they took an esthesia well." Not Yet Fed He said the girls had not yet been fed since the opera tion, and probably wouldn't be for another day. Jeanett Kim and Dennett Linn Stubblefield were in the middle of a crucial. 48-hour recovery period. If they sur vive it, surgeons said, their chances will be "immeasur ably improved" and they may be able to return to their Parma, Ida., home in about three weeks. , A. team of four surgeons, Bones Sent to Crime Laboratory The bones exhumed recent ly on Raphael Gardener's ranch ma - not "walk around" like those in the familiar spiritual, but they are certain ly being moved about quite a bit. . Jackson County Sheriff's Deputy Dean DeBerry report ed today that the bones are to join the knife found with them, at the crime detection laboratory at the University of Oregon medical school in Portland. DeBerry said it was hoped an anthropologist, among others, would check the bones to ascertain if they are those of an Indian or a white man. One observer Tuesday said the bones appeared to be those of a fairly large person. Southern Oregon college failed to produce a bone ex pert willing to undertake an analysis, DeBerry reported. Dr. Robert H- Buck, Medford pathologist, has also declined an official opinion. Officials are interested both in the maa the bones may have belonged to and in how long trey lay in the ground on Gardener's ranch above Lakecreek before his bulldozer blade dug them up. The area in. which, they were discovered appaienuy was once an Indian camping ground, according to sheriffs deputies and deputy coroners. ego Payoffs in Labor Peace Charged Washington - (UPD - Two company and two Dattery union officials were 'indicted today on charges of making illegal payoffs to keep labor peace in the plant of a big New Jersey macaroni manu facturer. 4. Price 10 Cents Tribune 1959 - No. 165-54th Year (UPI Telephoto) assisted by more than a dozen specialists, separated the ba bies where they were joined extensively at the breast bone and liver. - ' The doctor said the ba bies now have complete sets oi tunctioning organs. A ma jor danger," however," is 'pos sibly breathing difficulty caused by the tight abdominal closures. - . More Surgery Due Further surgery will be necessary later to correct hernias, but this may not be done for several years. Jeanett, the rger by ounc es, and Dennett weigh a total of 17 pounds, about double their, birth weight. They were born a month' premature, The girls had been flown here the day following their birth in Nyssa, Ore., and re-. mained under close observa tion until the operation. The parents, Mr. and Mrs James Stubblefield, were stay ing at the home of a friend or relative and refused to say with whom: They left the hos pital shortly after the opera tion and asked for privacy, according to the spokesman. James, 25, works for his brother-in-law as a beet farm er near Parma, Idaho. They have three other children, a boy and two girls ranging in age from one to four years. Damage Suit Trial Continued in Court The trial of Rogue Valley Physicians service's suit against Rosemary and Ralph Slaten, Gold Hill, was con tinued Monday to Oct. 19 by Circuit Judge James M. Main. The taking of testimony has been completed, it is under stood, but certain exhibits re main to be filed. The trial, without jury, in volves a complaint asking damages of $21,613.38 plus interest, and further asking that a mortgage on the de fendants' property be fore closed to provide money for paying off this sum. Assassin Wounds Premier of Iraq Baghdad, Iraq-flJPD-Premier Abdul Karin Kassen was shot in the shoulder by an assas sin and slightly wounded to day. But a few hours later he appeared to cheering throngs and made a recorded radio speech to assure the country he was all right. Kassen was hit as he w?.s being driven through a Bagh dad street this afternoon. An announcement issued shortly afterwards said his condition was "good." At 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily curfew was imposed on the entire city. - ; There was no information on whether the assassin had been caught. Board Expects To . o Submit Report To Ike on Thursday. Longshoremen, Shippers Wrangle Washington -DPD- A presi dential fact-finding b oaa r d held a 90-minute hearing on . the dock strike today and prepared to move quickly to pave the way for an 80-day back to work injunction. Chainman Guy Farmer said , the board expected to submit its report Thursday to Presi dent Eisenhower on the facts uncovered at today's hearing which was the first govern ment move under the Taft- Hartley law to end the seven- day' strike. May Seek Order Once the report is filed, the . President may instruct the Justice Department tcr seek a court order directing the 85,000 East and Guf Coast dock workers to return - to their jobs. Such a step is expected Friday. " The hearing was marked by a wrangle between spokes men for the International Longshoremen's a s s o ciation and the New York Shipping association over who was to blame for the paralyzing walkout. Union Ready to Talk Farmer, reminding both sides that the board could not make recommendations on settling the dispute, advised them to resume negotiations immediately. "Perhaps you are not far apart," he said after listening to statements from ILA attor ney Louis Waldman and Ai- exa Chopin, chairman of the New York employers group. 0 Waldman said the company negotiators would not resume negotiations until an injunc tion was issued or the dockers return to work voluntarily. Accusations Exchanged Both sides accused the oth er of acting irresponsibly in the strike that has tied up ports from Maine to Texas. - Although the union said it opposed use of the Taft-Hartley law, both sides assumed that an injunction' would be issued which would bring about the 80-day "cooling. off periocT. . , . ' .. Waldman, in t u r n, ac cused leaders of the long shoremen of striking illegally after signing a two-week con tract extension for members in northern ports Sept. 30. At the hearing, Chopin ac cused employers of irpespen sibility because they Would not urge southern shippers to go along with the same kind of extension agreement. Quick Settlement For Steel Fades Pittsburgh (UPD United Steel workers President David J. McDonald today sent home the union's powerful Wage Policy committee, virtually ending all chances of a quick negotiated settlement for the 85-day steel strike. The 171-member committee must approve any new con tract offer. No new negotia tions were scheduled.. McDonald, after a 20-min- ute meeting with the commit tee, charged that the steel in-0 dustry hopes the union's 500,- 000 striking workers "will be forced back to work" under the Taft-Hartley law. With the committee dis banded grovernment interven tion through the injunctive' provisions of the Taft-Hartly Act appeared the only way to bring a quick end to the walkout Nixon Will Spend Two Days in State Salem - (UPD - Vice Presi dent and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon will spend two days in Oregon during his trip here to dedicate The Dalles dam on the Columbia fiver, Gov. Mark Hatfield said today. The Nixon's plane will ar rive in Portland in time for breakfast Saturday morning and will take off immediately afterward for Th Dalles. This Small Dot 9 Q Represents Moon This small dot represents the moon, as the dfll in the upper left-hand corner0repre sents the earth. For explana tion, see story under the "earth." . - Moon O ; .. j I- " I: O O 1 o o e o O o o IT.-, V-s
