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Sam the Monkey Proves Capability Of Man Into Space Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD America's seven astronauts will ride to the fringes of space next year aboard rock ets equipped with emergency escape equipment similar to that tested by Sam the mon key. The equipment is designed to shoot the astronaut and his capsule to a safe distance in case something goes wrong FORGETFUL Bridlington, England (UPD - Bridlington police broke into a house here Sunday after its vacationing occupants tele phoned long distance and re quested that someone turn off their electric blanket. Flowers-in-Filet Valentine-pretty! Roses, tu lips, pansies - even a butterfly -stands out against lacy mesh. Elegant accent for a chair, buffet, or as scarf ends. Pat tern 7334: chart, crochet direc tions, chair back 16xl2V2 inch es; armrest 6x12, in No. 50 cotton. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS 1 (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Med ford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. 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Trowbridge & Flynn 214 West Main Phone SP 3-6241 with the rocket booster at blast-off and get him back in Sam's after-test condition -"alive and kicking." The Project Mercury test flight program from the Cape will begin next spring with animals and then men riding atop short-distance Redstone missiles, and will climax in late 1960 or early the follow ing year with an attempt to put 'an astronaut into orbit with an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile. Eight Redstone Planned The Chrysler Corp. is un der a contract to deliver eight Redstones to the National Aeronautics and Space admin istration's Mercury program. It was understood that mon keys and dogs would ride in the first four. Astronauts will be aboard the other four. Initially, the men will trav el about 200 miles or less down the Atlantic missile range in Mercury capsules aboard the Redstone, one of the nation's most reliable bal listic missiles. Then will come longer-distance hops aboard the 75-foot-tall Atlas. NASA's timetable for launching men aboard Red stones begins about next spring. Late summer should see astronauts aboard Atlas es, if all goes well. Safety for the astronaut has been emphasized as a prime objective in the Mercury pro gram, and that's where Sam and his 55-mile-high rocket flight from Wallops Island, Va., fitted into the picture. When his capsule reached an altitude of 20 miles, an es cape rocket mounted on a 14 foot tower above it ignited and lifted the capsule clear of the booster. Big Forward Step The safe trip by the little Rhesus monkey marked one of the biggest forward steps for the program since the "Big Joe" capsule itself suc cessfully underwent a gruel ing test aboard an Atlas launched from Cape Canav eral last September. That shot, unmanned, show ed an astronaut could have survived the plunge back through the atmosphere and into the ocean if, for some reason, something went awry in mid-flight. Sam's trip showed the man could have gotten away safely if his booster rocket malfunctioned at the beginning. The third phase of this safety program is aimed at proving the man and his cap sule could drop from the edge of space, through the blazing heat of re-entry into the at mosphere and be recovered safely. When the problems of safe ty have been ironed out to the point where the astronauts will face no more danger than a test pilot trying out a new plane, then America will be ready to send one of its citi zens into space, according to NASA. 17A Vr r-V-' r'-1.- MONKEY REMOVED Sam the monkey is lifted from the biopack in which he rode 200 miles in a Project Mercury type capsule out over the Atlantic. The capsule, similar to that in which a human astronaut will orbit around the earth, was launched from Wallops Island, Va., on a Little Joe boost er. The monkey was in good condition after the test. (UPI Telephoto) Oregon's Tax Picture Brighter In Past Two Years Salem Oregon's tax pic ture has brightened consider ably during the past two years in relationship to other states, according to figures released by the State Tax Commission. Releases from Federal Cen sus figures for 1957 previous ly showed Oregon to be high est among 11 western states in the amount of taxes paid on each $1,000 of personal in come. Statistics compiled by the Commission from later census reports show that Ore gon now ranks seventh. The amount decreased from $103. 27 to $98.11. ' ' Among the western States, California is third with $100. 41, Idaho eighth with S98.0I and Washington tenth with $97.13. Nationally, Oregon improv ed its standing in the same category from sixth, to six teenth. California is tenth, Idaho seventeenth and Wash ington twentieth. Slate Average Drops On a per capita basis, the state's average dropped from $200.56 to $196.80. This mov ed Oregon from sixth to 12th position nationally. California is first with '$256.94, Washing ton sixth with $209.80 and Idaho 30th with $166.74. Among the western states, Oregon is seventh. California is first, Washington fourth and Idaho 11th. There are many factors which enable Oregon to im prove its standing, the Tax Commission said. A major one, it was pointed out, is that in state after state taxes have been boosted, while in Oregon personal income tax rates are lower now than in fiscal 1957 and the rates for other Oregon state taxes re main virtually unchanged. Indicative of this trend, ac- cording to the spokesman, is that Oregon state tax collec-; tions dropped 8.2 per cent be tween 1957 and 1959, while ! in every other western state, i state tax revenues increased, j the smallest gain being 7.8 ! per cent for Utah. Among the j 4 states, only Oregon showed j decreased receipts both be- j tween 1957 and 1958 and 1958 i and 1959. On the other side of the j ledger, in California, Wash- j ington and Idaho, for exam ple, state taxes have beer) in creased considerably between 1957 and 1959. California has boosted its franchise (corporation) tax from 4 per cent to 5.5 per cent of net income, increased its personal income tax rate schedule and reduced person al exemptions, doubled its beer tax rate from 62 cents to $1.24 a barrel, and inaug urated a cigarette tax of 3 cer.ts a package. Fees Doubled Washington has doubled its franchise and filing fees for corporations, increased its basic registration fee for mo tor vehicles- from $5.00 to (Sassy? Stop Heart Gas 3 Times Faster Certified laboratory tests prove BELL-ANS tab lets neutralize? times as much stomach acidity m one minute as many leading digestive tablets. Eet BELL-ANS today for the fastest known relief.- 35c at druggists. Send postal to BELL ANS. Orangeburg. N. Y. for liberal rt sample. Plate glass floated on the surface of molten metal is said to have a better finish than that produced by grind ing and polishing it. $6.50, increased its surtax on utility gross receipts, increas ed its motor vehicle excise tax (in lieu of personal property tax) 1.5 per cent to 2 per cent of value, boosted its cigarette tax from 5 cents to 6 cents a package and added a hew tax of 25 per cent of value of other tobacco products, up ped its liquor tax from 10 per cent to 15 per cent, raised its general sales tax from 3-13 per cent to 4 pe.r cent and increased its business and occupation tax on busi ness gross receipts 10 per cent. Idaho has increased both its personal income and cor poration income taxes in 1957 and again in 1959 and raised its cigarette tax from 4 cents to 5 cents a package. Some of these increases in the other states will become effective from a collection standpoint for the first time in fiscal 1960. This fact, to gether with no change in Ore gon rates, will probably push Oregon further down in the ranks in 1959-1960, according to the Tax Commission. Famous Gaymode New Low Price on Penney's . j; - ' , J : Seamless Gaymode Sheers ; y$ ' -M v , The price is lower than ever, but the quality's might high. Delightfully sheer seamless nylons have reinforced heels and toes to assure extra long wear! Compare them for fit, wear, quality! You'll find, they're one of the best hosiery buys anywhere at Penrjey's thrifty price. Newest fashion shades. Sizes 8V2 to 11. Record Expenditures for Food Said Not Helping Farm Problem Editors note: The nation's huge wheat and corn surpluses have been widely publicized, but there's much more to the farm problem than that. In almost all phases of food production, output has been increasing faster than consumption and farmers face difficult market ing problems. This is the first of three dispatches in which UPI's farm specialist reports on the situa tion. By BERNARD BRENNER Washington - (LTD - Ameri cans are spending more money on food than ever be fore. But the flood-tide of dollars rolling into food mar kets is not solving the nation's farm problem. This is the view of one of the government's top-ranking agricultural economists, Bush rod W. Allin, chairman of the Agriculture Depart ment's Outlook and Situation Board. What's the trouble? "It is a central fact of agri cultural life . . . thaf the out- 'Radio Mirror' Satellite Slated Washington -l?D- The Unit ed States plans to launch a huge "radio mirror" satellite next spring that may pave the. way eventually for instanta neous world wide television. The satellite will be an aluminum-coated, balloon, as tall as a 10-story building. Radio stations will be able to bounce signals off it to other stations thousands of miles away. Ultimately the National Aeronautics and Space ad ministration expects to put enough satellitees into orbit to create a space communica tions system for the world. This would make it possible for any community on earth to tune in on a TV broadcast from any other community. In announcing the, new Project Echo Sunday, NASA made an exception to its long standing policy of withhold ing information on such un dertakings until after they have been launched. Mazama Lodge To Reopen Soon Government Camp (UPD -Mazama lodge, destroyed by fire a year ago, will go back into service some time this week. Work was not yet complet: ed on the S60.000 Mt. Hood structure, but advance par ties of skiers were invited to rough it. The new lodge will be a little smaller than the origi nal lodge which stood for 27 years at the foot of Mt. Hood but it will accommodate more than 120 persons, a few more than the original building. Seamless Nylons put of American farms is coir tinuing to increase more rap idly than our markets are ex panding," Allin said recently in an address to Extension Service economists. Technology Gains For consumers, the giant gains v made in farm tech nology and steadily rising wages in business and indus try have brought the cost of food - in terms of the amount of work it takes to earn the cost of most food items - down to the lowest levels on record. In 1939, for instance, one hour's work by an average American factory worker would buy 8 loaves of bread, or 3.7 cans of peaches, or 1.8 pounds of round steak. In 1959, the same hour's work buys 11.3- loaves of bread, or, 6.1 can of peaches, or 2.1 pounds of round steak. The farm productivity that helped bring this situation about for consumers, how ever, has not been automatic ally translated into higher income for growers. The farmer's ability to pro duce more and more "is at the root of many of our problems of prices and incomes today, Allin said. With no letup in sight for the farm production machine, he believes that "prices and incomes will con tinue as major policy prob lems in agriculture for many years ahead." What does the record show about the farmer's reward for his part in helping the nation achieve the world's highest standard of living? Uniform Citation , Form Being Adopted Salem A new uniform traffic citation form has been adopted by the Oregon State Traffic Court Rules Commit tee, and will be sent to the State Supreme Court for an approval, according to an an nouncement by Judge A. T. Goodwin of Eugene, chairman of the committee. The Committee, which was set up by the last Legislature, is composed of key legal fig ures who are well acquainted with the state's traffic prob lems. The committee formal ized their acceptance of the form substantially as recom mended by the American Bar Association, at their regular meeting yesterday. Judge Goodwin added that it would not be advisable for local law enforcement agen cies to print more than a six months supply of their pres ent forms in anticipation of approval of the new uniform form by the State Supreme Court. oYc o pr. U JJ J Here are ,some of the an swers: Since 1949, U.S. population has risen 18.7 per cent. Total volume of food an! fiber mar keted from American farms has risen more than 23 per cent. With production booming faster than population, net farm income in 1959 will be about 17 per cent below 1949. Economists see no reason to expect 1960 to be any better than 1959. The smaller number of dol lars coming into agriculture must pay not only for the labor of farm owners but for the "wages", of a mushroom ing capital investment in agri culture. Aiscit Higher Rising land values, the cost of mechanization and the pres sure of inflation sent the value of farm productive assets from $98 billion in 1949 to more than $155 billion in 1955. Ex perts said that figure, a rough measure of the capital invest ed in agriculture, is certainly much greater today. Per-farm income has risen in recent years. But this loses much of its importance when it's measured against the fact wonderful TERRIFIC SLIP BUY! 2. ' 1 1 I llVVALTZ GOWNS! tf- I fSHIFTS! SIJp2Ss BABY DOLLS , 7 Women's beautiful Dacron and Cotton full sizes dainty lace trimmings white only. Sizes 32 to 42. SHOP PENNEY'S that farms are getting fewer and bigger. . Jricome per-farm rose about i$ per cent from 1949 to 1 958 j. while the num ber of f armsj dropped about The World's Most Wanted Barometer! 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