cientific
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
Washington -UPD-The 1950s
gave us the H-bomb and the
first photograph of the far
side of the moon.
It gave us the Salk polio
vaccine and the first nuclear
power plants and ships.
It produced the hypersonic
airplane and the intercontin
ental ballistic missile.
With ionizing radiation it
opened new windows on the
atom and the living cell. With
rocket and radio astronomy it
opened new windows on the
universe.
The military engendered
and pre-empted many of the
fruits of science in the sixth
decade of the 20th century.
But during the Internation
al Geophysical Year, this
carriA larciria caw cripntists nf
66 nations on both sides of the
Iron Curtain peacefully en
gaged in the greatest coopera
tive venture ever undertaken
to wrest new knowledge from
the earth and its corner of
space.
First Satellites
Under the auspices of the
IGY and its successor pro
gram, International Geophysi
cal Cooperation-1959, launch
ed the first artificial satellit
es, the first sun rockets, the
first space probe to curve be
hind the moon and take a pic
ture of its erstwhile hidden
side.
While space scientists were
looking up, earth scientists
were looking down toward
the planet's unknown insides.
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These scientists, the "geophys
icists, conceived and expect to
carry out a grand scheme to
drill through the earth's crust
to its mantle, a region more
mysterious than the surface
of the moon.
While astronomers were
striving to decipher the rid
dle of the universe, other sci
entists were hunting clues to
the riddle of life.
Biologists began to under
stand the structure of the
giant molecules which are the
bricks of living matter.
They appeared to be on the
verge of creating in their lab
oratories something posses
sing, as one of them said,
"many of the attributes of
life."
One branch of science by
nuclear transmutation chang
ed the basic nature of atoms
and created new ones. Anoth
er created synthetically the
basic stuff of genes and virus
es and priis.
Could Control Evolution
The geneticists learned
enough about the hereditary
mechanisms of life to pro
claim that man could if he
would control His own evo
lution henceforth.
Biochemists discovered
means of controlling plant
growth and learned how to
transform many inedible and
once-wasted materials into
nutritious food. They learned
more about how green plants
use solar energy to turn air
and water into living tissue.
The decade ended in dis
pute over whether food pro
duction could keep pace with
human reproduction.
The brain still defied com
plete understanding. But the
mind gave up some of its se
crets. A chemical cause was
proposed for some kinds of
insanity.
Antibiotics conferreda
mixed blessing. They whip
ped some diseases but lessen
ed man's resistance to some
others.
Cancer was not conquered.
But the discovery that some
kinds of cancer are caused by
viruses was one of the dec
ade's great accomplishments.
A controversy, still not set
tled, developed over whether
cigaret smoking causes lung
cancer. Tranquilizers were
put on the market to calm
man's jangled nerves. Injec-I
tions of Salk anti-polio vac
cine became nearly as com
monplace as vaccinations
against smallpox.
The attack on diseases of
the heart advanced on many
fronts. New life-saving surgi
cal techniques were develop
ed. Drugs were found to con
trol h,i g h blood pressure.
Rheumatic heart disease "is
in a rapid decline," according
to the National Heart Insti
tute. In related fields, scientists
held out the promise of re
placing damaged or diseased
organs with healthy spare
parts from living or recently
dead persons.
Calculation Doubled
New astronomical discover
ies doubled the previously
calculated size and age of the
universe. The new science of
radio astronomy proved the
existence of spiral arms of
stars in our galaxy and found
a corona at the galaxy's heart
which emits powerful radio
signals.
Radio astronomy also dis
covered colliding galaxies
deep in space. It found evi
dence that some other galax
ies may be dividing, like giant
amoebas.
With a 600-foot radio tele
scope being built by the Nav-
Thornton Rules on
Shock Treatments
Salem (DPD A parent's
objections to the administer
ing of "shock treatment" to a
minor patient at the Oregon
State hospital would not pre
vent the hospital superinten
dent from prescribing such
treatment, according to At
torney General Robert Y.
Thornton.
Thornton said that the law
gives the Board authority to
transfer inmates from one in
stitution to another "when
ever, in the judgment of the
board, the welfare of the in
mate and the efficient admin
istration of state institutions
require the transfer."
The specific case involved
an inmate from LacLaren
school who was transferred to
the state hospital. The boy's
family objected to the therapy
program of the hospital.
a ffecado
al R e s e a rch laboratory in
West Virginia, astronomers
expect to peer nearly 20 times
as far into space as they can
with the 200-inch optical tele
scope at Mt. Palomar in Cali
fornia. IGY rockets with ultra vio
let eyes have provided a nev
er before seen picture of the
sun and the night sky. They
discovered in the sun's coro
na the origin of solar X-rays.
Missing Airman
May Have Died
In Tree Branches
Coos Bay (CPD An airman
whose body was never found
following a plane crash near
here 14 years ago may have
perished while caught by his
parachute in the top branches
of a giant Douglas fir tree.
Air Force authorities who
came here to check when the
chute was found by loggers in
a rugged timbered area 45
miles east of here, said the
chute may have belonged to
Sgt. Robert T. W. Neal of Los
Angeles.
Neal was aboard an Army
plane that crashed in 1945 in
the area. Of the 12 men
aboard, two died and nine
parachuted to safety. The
12th man, Neal, was never
found.
Heading for McChord
Stenciled on the chute were
the words: Sedalia Air Force
Base.
The plane that crasled was
heading for McChord Air
Force Base near Tacoma,
Wash.
Other markings and num
bers found on the chute are
being .checked through Air
Force records.
Investigating officers said
that all but one of the buckles
in the chute were still buckl
ed, indicating that Neal may
have died while dangling high
over the ground and was eat
en by birds.
The Air Force investigating
officers said they will con
tinue their search for clues
when logs in the area are removed.
Scientists designed satellite
observations which may re
veal existence of other worlds
swinging around other sons.
From what they have learn
ed of the solar system and the
universe in the past decade,
scientists now generally be
lieve that living things on a
par with human beings inhab
it hundreds of millions of oth
er planets.
In the meantime, the primi
tive first artificial satellites
have changed man's notion of
the form of his earth - it is
slightly pea r-shaped - and
have revealed and measured
zones of intense radiation
high in the earth's magnetic
field.
Seeks Bomb Control
Power-hungry man strug
gled stubbornly to make elec
tricity economically with at
omic energy and to find ways
of controlling H-bomb reac
tions for power. He contin
ued his search for means of
harnessing the sun's rays for
heat and energy. He foresaw
atom-powered craft plying in
terplanetary space by the end
of the new decade.
Scientists came up with
several different devices for
converting heat directly into
electricity without any of the
moving parts which- plague
and add to the cost of conven
tional and atomic power
plants.
These so-called thermo
electric machines are not as
yet very efficient. But they
face an assured future as pro
viders of auxiliary power for
satellites and space probes
and electricity for automatic
weather stations.
At the end of the decade
not the sky but the atom and
the cell and the depths of the
universe marked the limits of
man's curious probing.
FUEL SUPPLY
Harrisburg-There is enough
recoverable coal in Pennsyl
vania to last 250 years.
Lumber is actually becom
ing a synthetic product, fre
quently being made from
chips and scraps pressed to
gether, and the now old-fashioned
plywood is being sup
planted by a wide variety of
"densified woods" produced
under great heat and pres
sure and with the use of syn
thetic resin binders.
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Why Was Multiple Listing Service
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It was organized to answer a demand of the public
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coverage of the Medford area.
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Central Realty
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W. T. (Bill) Fasel
Wallace W. Watkins, Town & Country, chairman; Lloyd Whitney, Homefinders, assistant chairman; Mary B. Maas,
Realty, secretary. Board of directors: H. O. Martin, William Frohnmayer, Earl Heft, Martin Barnett.
Bird Watchers Spot 79 Species
DuringAnnual Holiday Count
Fifteen area bird watchers
travelling in five parties bat
tled the fog Tuesday to find
79 species of birds on the an
nual Christmas bird count.
This is only five less than
the 84 species found last year
in good weather. Four fifths
of the area covered (a 15-mile
diameter circle centering
south of Camp White) was
shrouded in fog the whole
day. Only the parties visiting
Roxy Ann and Gardiner re
servoir got out of the fog.
In spite of the difficult
weather 11 species were found
this year that were not record
ed last year including the
goshawk, barn owl, pygmy
owl, pileated woodpecker,
crow, mountain chickadee,
red-breasted nuthatch, wren-
Source of Funds
Told by Thornton
Salem (DPD The State
Emergency Board is the place
to go for expense money as
far as members of the Traffic
Court Rules Committee are
concerned, according to At
torney General Robert Y.
Thornton.
Thornton said the 1959
Legislature created the com
m i 1 1 e e and provided that
members be compensated for
expenses, but failed to ap
propriate any funds.
The attorney general, who
is himself a member of the
committee, said this fell in
the category of an "unforseen
circumstance" that meets the
requisites for an emergency
fund allocation.
Chairman of the committee
is Circuit Judge A. T. Good
win, Eugene.
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What About Fair Values?
A Multiple Listing Service panel of appraisers
passes on properties listed by member Companies,
and classes them as to value and rating and a
listing copy goes to all members.
Wm. Frohnmayer
Agency
Bob Hart
Harry B. Marshall
H. O. Martin Agency
Bill Wright Realty
MacKenzie Agency
tit, mountain bluebird, and
dipper.
The total number of indi
vidual birds seen, about'4,000,
was only about a fourth as
many as noted last year. This
was mainly because of the im
possibility of seeing the large"
flocks of starlings, blackbirds
and robins which were in the
area, but hidden by the fog.
This year the species that was
recorded in the greatest num
ber was the Oregon junco,
with 691.
Those taking part were
Ralph Browning, Mrs. How
ard Bush, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
J. H. Hicks, Betty Jo Hicks,
Mrs. Robert Hubbard, Dr. and
Mrs. John Reynolds, Meredith
and Jean Reynolds, Mr. and
Mrs. John McCamant, the
Rev. Thomas McCamant, Mrs.
V. A. Turpin and Tom Turpin.
The group met at the home of
the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Mc
Camant at 4:30 for coffee and
to tabulate the results.
Birds Observed
Birds observed this year
were: pied-billed grebe, 2;
great blue heron, 2; black
crowned night heron, 3; mal
lard, 28; American widgeon,
13; pintail, 8; shoveler, 4; red
head, 1; ring-necked duck, 12;
canvass-back, 17; lesser scaup,
4; ruddy duck, 32; American
merganser, 6; goshawk, 1;
Cooper's hawk, 2; red-tailed
hawk, 10; marsh hawk, 3;
sparrow hawk, 37; California
quail, 231; mountain quail, 18;
ring-necked pheasant, 39;
American coot, 158; killdeer,
54; common snipe, 6; mourn
ing dove, 112; barn owl, 1,
pygmy owl, 1; burrowing owl,
5; belted kingfisher, 4; red
shafted flicker, 64; pileated
woodpecker, 3; acorn wood
pecker, 19; Lewis' wood
pecker, 1; hairy woodpecker,
1; yellow-bellid sapsucker, 3;
downy woodpecker, 9; horned
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lark, 3; Steller's jay, 18; scrub
3 ay, 31; common crow, 3;
black-capped chickadee, 25;
mountain chickadee, 4: plain
titmouse, 11; common bushtit,
60; white-breasted nuthatch,
5; red-breasted nuthatch, 1;
brown creeper, 4; wren-tit, 2;
dipper, 1; Bewick's wren, 10;
long-billed marsh WTen, 1;
robin, 80; hermit thrush, 4;
western bluebird, 186; moun
tain bluebird, 1; Townsend's
solitaire, 3; golden-crowned
City Class Rate
Juggling Refused
Salem - (LTD - Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill j
has reaffirmed PUC policy of i
refusing to permit juggling of
city class rate zone scheduled
to meet competitive situations
arising out of movement of
business to fringe areas.
Hill denied an application
of the Oregon Draymen and
Warehousemen's Association
for proposed rates which
would apply between zones 1
and 8 in Portland. They
would have covered transpor
tation of freight arriving by
boat and which the associ
ation said "must of necessity
be cartaged from the docks to
carriers warehouses and to
newly-relocated grocers in the
Milwaukie area."
Hill said the application
would have had the effect of
"deceptively redesignat i n g"
the type of rate to be utilized.
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Friday, Jin. 1, 1960 A
kinglet, 22; ruby-crowned
kinglet, 9; water pipit, 4; ce
dar waxwing, 210; common
starling, 153; Audubon's warb
ler, 1; house sparrow, 142;
western meadow lark. 1 25;
red-winged backbird, 1; Brew
er's blackbird, 191; . brown
headed cowbird, 2; house
finch, 3; American goldfinch,
138; lesser goldfinch. 252; rufous-sided
towhee, 63; brown
towhee, 11; savannah sparrow,
103; lark sparrow, 17; Oregon
junco, 691; white-crowned
sparrow, 121; golden-crowned
sparrow, 463; fox sparrow, 3;
song sparrow, 29.
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