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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Oct. 11, 1959 JJ . ft 7 ' ' JL 1 . !' w ' vi- BIG MACHINE This huge over-snow ve hicle, one of two built by Tucker Sno-Cat . corporation, Medford, will carry apparatus that will be used by scientists in a forth coming Antarctic research expedition. Em mett Tucker Sr., at right, is shown with 9 - ' Wayne Sonntag, . logistics officer for the AntaVctic Research Program, who was here last week to take delivery of the Sno-Cats. The machines were moved by truck from the factory to the railroad loading ramp in downtown Medford. ! v.?: 1 . ( X SNO-CATS SHIPPED Going over last min- vehicles, sitting on a flatcar in the back ute details upon delivery of two special ground, are the biggest ever built by the Sno-Cats, above, are Emmett Tucker Jr.,. Tucker corporation. They are powered by left, and Wayne Sonntag of the Antarctic 200 horsepower diesel engines. Research program, Madison, Wis. The two . . . , Portland Woman Killed in Wreck Government Camp (DPD - A Portland woman was killed and her husband injured in a one car accident on Highway 26 some 10 miles east of here Friday night. The victim was identified as Mrs. Mayme Katherine Beckman, 38. Police said a pickup driven by her husband, Elmer August 'Beckman, 39, overturned. She was pinned under the vehicle. A son, 14 -year -old Dale Beckman,' was thrown clear and was not seriously injured, according to attendants Gresham hospital. at PARTY POSTPONED ; Tokyo (UPD - Palace officials said that the imperial garden party has been postponed from Nov. 9 until the spring because of the emperor's deep concern for the thousands of Japanese left homeless by ty phoon Vera. The party usual ly draws 2,000 guests, includ ing members of the foreign diplomatic corps. Rep. Porter Raps Foreign Policy Portland -(UPD- Rep. Charles O. Porter " D-OreJ told the Portland City club Friday that American foreign policy is out of step as far as Red China is concerned. He said there should be more communica tion between this country and th Communist Chinese. At the same time he said U.S. foreign policy has been too kind to too many dic tators." GROVELAND VISITORS WE LCOME a 3 O in Giant Sno-Cats to Be Used For Antarctic Expedition A pair of giant over-snow vehicles, built and equipped especially lor scientific re search in the Antarctic, were shipped from Medford Friday by Tucker Sub-Cat corporation. The machines, the largest and most powerful ever turn ed out by the Tucker firm, will carry inen and equip ment on prolonged traverses of the Antarctic continent during the 1960-61 "warm" season and later expeditions. Scientists, will live and work in the self-sustaining units for months at a time while taking seismic deter minations, data of the earth's magnetic field and ice depth measurements in the area of the south pole. Receives Delivery Here last week to receive delivery of the Sno-Cats was Wayne Sonntag of the Uni versity of Wisconsin, logistics officer for the Antarctic Re search program, which will be working with funds .. ac quired through a National Science Foundation grant. Three Accidents in Area ate Police Reported By St, State police reported three vehicle accidents Friday m which one driver was injured. Melvin Howard Franklin, 19, of 6119 Table Rock rd., suffered cuts on his face and hands when his car went over a bank near Medford Meat company on Table Rock rd. Friday afternoon, state police said. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital where he was treated and released. Franklin's car was attempt ing to pass another car when an oncoming car forced him to slow down, causing him to lose' control of the car. The car went over the bank on the west side of the road, police said. , - State police found a car in a ditch near the Butte Falls city limits Friday night but were unable to find the driv er. Officers said he was prob ably, taken to the hospital or to a doctor by a passing motor ist. ' ". ' ' '-:y '-.r. A car driven by Demeter Kelly, 68, of 485 Island high way, Victoria, B.C., struck the rear of a oil tanker truck Fri day afternoon on the High way 99 south of Medford. The truck, driven by Bert Julius Staats Jr., 43, of 702 Park St., Medford, signalled to and had stopped because of traffic. See the new chapel now being constructed Memorial Park, 605 Highland Drive SISKIYOU FUNERAL SERVICE (One Call) ! MANAGER SP 2-548a o Medford; Oregon JOE HIGHLAND DRIVE Education Group To Meet at SOC Ashland - Southern Oregoti college will be host for the fall conference of the Student Oregon Education association, Oct. 16 and 17, Preston Butcher, state president, has announced. Mrs. Maxine Smith, state president of the Oregon Edu cation association will be fea tured speaker. She will speak on "It's Our Profession," which also is the theme for the conference. Jim McDonald, past presi dent of the Student National Education association, will ad dress, the opening session on "This Far We Have Come." The Friday" evening pro gram will be devoted to study group discussions and meet ings of presidents of Oregon's 16 teacher college OSEA chapters. Discussion leaders will in clude Barbara Davis, Oregon State college; Bruce Richards, Portland State; Dwayne Ste vanus, Cascade college; Geor gia Ferguson, Willamette uni versity; Jim Ruder, Lewis and Clark college; Heatherlynn Campbell, Pacific University; Fred Wilbur, University of Oregon; Jean Reif enrath, Marylhurst college; and Syd ney Steinbock, Oregon Col lege-of Education. - mm a j. WHEEL CHAIRS 0S no Jfv. t -1UGGEB fljg HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 E. MAIN PH. SP 3-5345 Open Sundays & Holidays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wafkdiyi 8 JO a.m. to 10 p.m. The 40-ton vehicles will pull four or five sets of Rollit fuel transports (enormous tir es that hold 1,000 gallons of fuel each) to eliminate the need of having it" brought in by air. Rations and other sup plies will be carried within the snow machines them selves. , Construction of the big Sno Cats called for redesigning nearly every part to make them bigger and huskier, the Tuckers said, and meeting the particular specifications pre sented a number of problems. A stripped pilot model, built last year, had been thoroughly tested for mechanical opera tion before the order for the two machines was confirmed, but special fittings in the cab construction had to be started from scratch. The two ma chines were completed in 10 weeks' time. Tracks Wider The tracks of the big Sno Cats are one-third wider than previous models built at the factory and measure 10 feet in length. The engines are su percharged 200 horsepower Cummins diesels, mounted in side the cab compartment for accessibility. As in other Sno Cats, a special hydraulic sys tem provides power steering in the two sets of pontoons. The metal "skin" of the ma chines is painted black to ab sorb heat from the sun, while two heaters, one with an out put of 30,000 BTU's and one of 15,000 BTU's, operating on diesel fuel, will provide com fortable - temperatures inside even in the coldest weather. The walls are insulated to keep heat in. The interiors of the cabs are finished in painted hard board and storage cabinets and cupboards are of var nished mahogany, veneer. All counter tops are covered with formica. One machine will carry the scientific paraphernalia, radio equipment, seismograph and other instruments, while the second houses a kitchen or galley, and will serve more as living quarters. The six or seven men-will sleep in both machines. On the inside, the units re semble a good-sized trailer house, - the cabs themselves measuring 8 feet wide, 23 feet long and 6 feet high. Bunk beds fold out of the way when not in use. One of the "custom" fix tures built into laboratory unit is a lowering device for the seismograph, which drops out through a hole in the floor, making it possible to take readings without leaving the cab. Escape hatches, made of double-pane glass, also serve as skylights and are located fore and aft in case either end of the machine drops into a crevice. The principle of the big ma chines is identical to the four smaller Tucker Sno-Cats which the Sir Vivian Fuchs party used to cross the Antarc tic continent last year. Mem bers of the Tucker corporation feel the big Sno-Cats will even out-perform the smaller mod els in the rugged, frozen terrain. Medford Man Treated For Shot Wounds . Leslie Leon Croucher, 45, of 414 Berrydale ave., Med ford, was treated by a local doctor Saturday morning for bird-shot wounds on his face, state police said. The -pellets .came from the 12- gauge shotgun of Crouch er's son, Edward Gene Croucher, 24, of 1515 Bryant St., state police said. The two men were hunting east of the Crater Lake highway and south of. Camp White. The senior Croucher was crouched down in tall grass when a bird was flushed and he raised up in the line of fire. Lecturer Slated at Unity Center Here Sune Richards, photographer-lecturer, will show her original colored photo-paintings of the "disciples" and speak on her 10-year search for them at the Unity Center of Medford, 995 South Oak dale ave., Monday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Richards' portrait se ries first appeared in "To gether" magazine in October, 1957, and the following year won for her a special citation from the Professional Photog raphers of America. " Mrs. Richards photographed various men she saw then transposed the print onto spe cial paper. This was then col ored with a brush with opaque oils to give it mellow tones. Before photographing the various men, Mrs. Rich ards did extensive research on each disciple for a more ac curate portrayal of him. The speaker is a graduate of the ministerial training pro grams of the Unity School of Christianity at Lee's Summit, Mo. The program is open to the public. , Tokyo - (CPU - Tokyo wives who quarrel with their husbands soon will no longer have to pack up and go home to mother. The Metropolitan Welfare bureau disclosed it Is planning to put up a building to house angry wives until their domestic quarrels are patched up. FLAG IN CENTER Belle Forche, S. D. (UPD-The American flag was planted Saturday on the new geo graphical center of the United States, about 20 . miles, north of this community near the South Dakota-Wyoming bor der. 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