MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Sunday, Oct. 11, 1959
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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. -
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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. The nation's center was
moved westward by the ad
mission of Hawaii to the
Union.
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