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
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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.
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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.
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Washington has doubled its
franchise and filing fees for
corporations, increased its
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tor vehicles- from $5.00 to
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$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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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pr.
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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
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