Chapel Built With Aid of Helicopter
Dedicated To Men Who Died on Mountain
B? HERBERT G. SPENCER
' United Pratt International
Atop Mt. Grignone, Italy-
(CPD-A chapel dedicated to the
daring men who climb moun
tains rises out of the snow
of this 8,000-foot Alpine peak,
thanks to the daring of a
- group of mountain-hopping
American airmen.
The aluminum and glass
"chapel was assembled on the
'wind-swept peak by Italian
.mountaineers from prefabri
cated sections brought up
from the valley below by U.S
"Army helicopters.
. This is not a difficult peak
by Alpine standards. There is
a mule trail up one side and
a lodge at the top.
'Steep Sides
But the steep sides are pop
ular among Alpinists from
"Milan, some 65 miles away,
for close-to-home climbing ex-
"ercise-and mbrt than one
"mountaineer has lost his life
'on the rocks of Mt. Grignone.
- When the Alpine Club of
Milan decided to build a chap
el as a memorial to those who
had lost their lives on the
-peak, they realized it would
take many months to haul
"materials to the top by mule-
back.
" Then someone thought of
the helicopters of the 202nd
"Aviation Company, a U. &.
Army unit attached to NATO
forces under the Southern
"European Task Force which
has its headquarters in ver
; ona.
The helicopter company had
extensive mountain-flying ex
perience, dropping Italian Al
pine troops on peaks during
' war games.
. Asked If Could Fly
Milan alpiners asked Maj.
Gen. John P. Daley if his men
could fly prefabricated sec
tions of the chaDel to the top
of the peak, where climbers
would assemble the hut.
The U.S. helicopter pilots
flew up to the peak for a look
and the answer came back:
Can do.
The first construction car
go flights, three in one day,
wer undertaken early in Oc
tober. A helicopter churned
through the crisp autumn air
from the valley floor with
materials for the foundation
and frame of the chapel sus
pended by cables beneath the
craft. Hovering over the peak,
the helicopter lowered the
materials gently to waiting
workmen.
Then, in mid-November,
came the difficult part of the
operation.
Snow Covered Peak
Snow already covered the
peak. Harsh winds whipped
the summit. Clouds and snow
fog blanketed the mountain
much of the time.
An H-34 light cargo heli
copter piloted by Chief War
rant Officers Jack W. Mc
Keever of Ogden, Utah, and
Desmon Burnette of Danville,
Va., flew up to the valley
where workmen and mater
ials waited.
The helicopter had to sus
pend operations several times
because of bad weather. Fi
nally, it was able to reach the
- xi i! a :
pea.K uiree nines, uute iu air
lift workmen to receive the
materials, once with prefab-
This time the cargo includ
ed fragile crated glass sec
tions for the chapel, which
had to be lowered gently onto
the rocks and snow near the
. site.
Wash from Blades
i. lie wasu uvin Lue neiiLup
- ter blades sent snow flurries
rm i M at t l :
. from the peak into the pilots'
" line of vision, making the fin
al trips more hazardous.
Crewmen Gerald D. Bickford
!of Nassau, N.Y., and Job M.
.Christopher of Paris, Texas,
-stood in the craft's rear sec
tions shouting instructions to
'.the pilots.
"It was pretty touchy for
- a while," McKeever said. "At
one time we were so close to
'the edge of the peak all I
could see was 8,000 feet of
nothing when I looked down
The airlift was completed
without incident, however,
and on Nov. 15 members of
the Alpine Club, as well as
.the villagers of Pasturo far
down the mountainside, hiked
up to attend dedication of the
', chapel.
Some . 6,000 climbers and
hikers are expected to wor
ship at the chapel each year.
Men's Heads Said
Getting Larger
New York-lTD-The nation
al Cap and Cloth Hat Insti
tute reports that the heads
of American men are getting
bigger.
Twenty years ago the av
erage man's head size was
6Ts, according to the insti
tute. Nowadays, most of the
headwear purchased is IV
and larger.
Medical authorities attrib
ute the trend toward bigger
heads to the general physical
growth of Americans as they
take advantage of health and
nutrition developments.
i
LOWERS SUPPLY A U.S. Army hell- is being erected by members of the Alpine
copter hovers above the lodge at the sum- club of Milan as a memorial to climbers
mit of Italy's Mt. Grignone after lowering who have lost their lives on Mt. Grignone.
a supply of building material to workmen
on the peak. The aluminum and glass chapel (UPI Telephoto)
The Family Council
Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen," a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers
Each article is a summary of an actual rase history. The Council reports
on problems that have been dealt wife by responsible agenclea and
counselors.
Mrs. J. L. Nancy should
go out to work.
Nancy K. - The ' children
need me.
Mrs. J. L.-I am trying to
help Nancy, who lost her hus
band in an accident several
months ago.
Nancy is 29 and has three
children, the youngest 4. Fi
nances are not a serious prob
lem because her husband, was
heavily insured and there will
be compensation from the ac
cident. In spite of this, I feel
that Nancy should go out to
work. She disagrees.
My reason is that her nerves
have been shattered by this
tragedy and she needs to go
among people. When she is
alone in the house with her
little girl she broods and
cries. When the older ones
come from school, she con
stantly yells at them. I would
help by taking care of the
children if Nancy would go to
work.
Nancy K. Mother means
well, but it just gets my goat
when she keeps telling me to
look for a job. I look like a
mess and feel worse. Even if
I tried hard, I doubt that I
could get a job. I don't think
I would even be able to type
any more.
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I know I haven't been right
with children lately, but I
think it's better for them to
have some kind of mother
than none at all. After all,
the kids have been through
quite a i shock It isn't easy
for them to do without their
father. Won't it be worse if
their mother isn't around eith
er? I know Mother thinks the
minute I get among people
I'll start going out and dating.
She has hinted already. It's
the last thing I want. My
children are everything to me.
The Council: It is a mistake
to try to help anyone suffer
ing from the first shock of a
terrible loss by offering more
than sympathy and compan
ionship. The emotions must
have a chance to build up
their own kind of scar tissue,
and no outsider can' hasten
this progress. All too often
outsiders offer the wrong kind
of help too soon and then
neglect the recovering mourn
er just at the time they could
be helpful.
Right now, the only thing
thing that seems real to Nancy
is her responsiblibilty as a
mother. Gradually she will
recognize that this reponsibil
ity extends beyond the limits
of her being present at all
times. It also involves keep
ing herself as happy as pos
sible so she'll be in the right
frame of mind to manage her
burdens.
However, Nancy should be
encouraged to get out of the
house occasionally. A job is
much too ambitious at this
stage. She may also find it a
strain being with friends, who
will naturally laugh and joke
and bring their husbands into
the activities. Probably she
would find more relief from
her problems in making an
earnest effort to learn some
thing. Perhaps she should
take a typing course to pre
pare herself for some future
job. She might also try taking
up a new skill like practical
nursing. If she has a definite
program one or two nights a
week, she will have some
thing to look forward to and
plan for. It will break the
strain and tensions of her
present existence.
Certainly Nancy can do
without hints about possible
future dating. This may come
in good time, but Mrs. J. L.
is aggravating her daughter's
wounds by bringing it up now.
She does not help Nancy by
criticizing her mourning or
by trying to force her out of
it at this early stage. The
children must now put up
with their mother's grief as
best they can. There's- no
point in making believe it
doesn't exist.
(Copyright I960,
General Features Corp.)
Boon to Nighttime
Navigators Found
San Francisco-dlPB-LuHiin-
ous radar plotters used on
commercial freighters and
tankers are proving a boon
to nightime navigators.
The "glow-in-the-lark" plot
ters eliminate the need for
bright lights which greatly
hamper night vision, accord
ing to officials of the Cali
fornia Shopping company
tanker division.
Mariners report the lumin
ous instruments allow the eye
to shift quickly from radar
scopes to plotting tables and
then out the sea ahead with
maximimum effective vision
and maximum safety in ship
operation.
Capitol Memo
From Salem
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
United Press International
Salem (DPD Secretary of
State Howell Appling St., will
announce the middle of next
month whether he will seek
election to the state's second
highest office.
He said this week he hasn't
decided for sure whether he
wants to be a candidate. The
post is for four years.
Several weeks ago Appling
indicated there is a pretty
good chance that he will run.
Top - echelon Republicans,
including the man who ap
pointed him a year ago - Gov.
Mark Hatfield - have high
hopes that he will.
Right now the field is wide
open.
Will Oregon voters pass the
referendum this year to raise
legislators' salaries from $600
a year to $2,100?
If past records are any in
dication, the answer is: No.
The $600 figure was set in
1950 by the people. The State
Supreme Court has ruled that
only the people can change it.
Since 1950, a raise request
has gone to the polls three
times and three times it has
been defeated - the last being
the most pronounced.
The referendum of 1954
failed by 79,463 votes. The
closest margin was two years
later when only 17,463 votes
killed it. But in 1958 the elec
torate sank the chances by 80,
437 - or 316,437 to 236,000.
Everything is in place for
the Democratic state platform
convention here this week
end. Delegates begin regis
tering at 8 o'clock Friday
morning.
Senior Sen. Wayne Morse
kicks the thing off at noon
that day. Although an an
nounced candidate for presi
dent, Morse vows that his
keynote will be a "party pro
gram presentation, not a cam
paign speech." Climax will be
a Saturday evening banquet
for National Chairman Paul
Butler, at $10 a plate.
Blind Man Uses
Sense of Feeling
Peterborough, N.H.-4UPD-"A
blind man doesn't develop ex
tra senses after losing his
sight; he gust makes 'better
use of the ones he still has."
This is why Bob Sterling,
blinded by sharpnel during
World War II, is relied upon
for super critical inspection
of miniature ball bearings
made by New Hampshire Ball
Bearings, Inc.
By using one of his remain
ing senses, touch, Sterling
checks bearings so small that
nine of them would fit, side
by side, on one aspirin tablet.
It is a heavy repsonsibility
because these tiny, bearings
are used in gyroscopes that
keep ballistic missiles on
course or in the control sys
tem of an electronic brain.
Sterling is competing with
an elaborate and - expensive
electronic device designed to
perform the same test he does.
In some tests, Sterling is
more reliable because his sen
sitive fingers are more accur
ate and the comany depends
upon him to locate flaws too
fine for even the electronic
equipment to detect.
DEODORANT SPRAYS
Fort Worth, Tex.-IUPD-Jl..
Robinson, superintendent of
Fort Worth's new sewage dis
posal plant, Tuesday an
nounced the city will try dull:
ing odors from the plant with
deodorants from nine giant
sprayers.
MAIL TRIIUNE, MeeVere, Oi.
A Thursday, Jan. 21, 190
H.S. Conference
On SOC Campus
Friday, Saturday
Ashland - About 129 high
school students and ten coach
es will visit Southern Oregon
college, Friday and Saturday,
Jan. 29 and 30, for the twelfth
annual invitational high
school speech conference.
The public is invited to at
tend all the speaking events,
it was reported by Leon C.
Mulling, coordinator of the
conference.
Specific room assignments
for the speeches will be found
on bulletin boards in all cam
pus buildings. The rogram for
the two-day event is as fol
lows: Friday, 2 p.m., Debat
ing I; 3 p.m., Oratory I; 4 p.m.,
Impromptu I and Extempor
aneous I; Saturday, 9 a.m..
Debating II; 10 a.m., Oratory
H; 11 a-m., Radio I, Poetry
Reading I, Impromptu U, Ex
temporaneous II; 1 p.m., De
bating III; 2 p.m., Oratory
III; 3 p.m., Radio n, Poetry
Reading II, Impromptu III,
Extemporaneous III.
Students from Ashland who
will attend the conference in
clude Gerry Burns, Joan Dra
ger, Betty Duffy, Judy Eber
hart, Pete Kreisman, Bill
Lawrence, Jim Lewis, Linda
Lewis, Linda Neal, Steve
Peterson, Karen Schopf and
Glen Tabor.
Crater High will be repre
sented by Julie Ashton, John
Caster, Patsy Charles, Randy
Clark, Alice Craxton, Don
Denning, John Doherty, Ruth
Ellis, David Foote, Alvin
Kroon, Perry Le Clerc, Rich
ard Lichte, Shirley McAllis
ter, Gary More, Doyle Ne
sheim, Nathan Parrish, Nancy
Schwebs, and Darlene Tom
linson. Students from Eagle Point
will be Paul Evers, Rolf Gus
land, Jackie Hume, Joey
Hume, Aedene Jensen, Lana
McGraw, Madison Patrick,
Bill Pfeifer, and Gary Wil
liams. The Medford forensic team
includes John Alansky, Mar
cia Belknap, Bonnie Cheney,
Bill Dames, Nancy Duncan,
Vicky Enders, Jim Frake,
Joel Gregory, Sunny Gasti-
neau, Mike Higgs, Susan Hall,
Joann Johnson, Diane Lewis,
Bonnie Lawry, Ruth Mulli
gan, Mike Phillips, Delores
Smith, Martha Simpson, Suzy
Thompson and Carl Wasburn.
Phoenix will enter Barbara
Beer, Ernie Bolz, Kay De-
Mers, Rod Fowler, Barbara
Gysin, Jack Hoffbur, Jackie
Howard, Dan Lumley, Becky
McAlaster,' Eldon Mitchell,
Bill Oldham and Joyce Stock
still. Local Student
Receives Honors
Central Point - Nathan C
Douthit, 3116 Sunnyvale rd.,
Central Point, is one of 27
Harvard college senior stu
dents from the west who have
been honored for their high
scholastic achievements by be
ing awarded Harvard college
honorary scholarships, accord
ing to a release from the
university.
To receive the award Douth
it was required to maintain a
Group H standing with five
As and three Bs for the entire
academic year, 1958-59.
The student is a son of Mr.
and "Mrs. J. W. Douthit and
his father is employed at Hau
pert Tractor company.
Young Douthit was valedic
torian of his class in 1956
when he was graduated from
Crater High school and is a1
tending Harvard under a
Navy plan scholarship. He
has been majoring in history
and has taken an active part
in drama at the university.
Recently ne transfer red
from NROTC to Marine corps
training and upon graduation
from the university next June
will be commissioned a secqnd
lieutenant in the Marine corps
and report to the corps base
at Quantico, Va., for active
service.
Vitamin A Diet
For Chicks Studied
. ,
Manhattan, Kans. - (Science
Service) - Alfalfa meal may
be used as the only source of
vitamin A for poultry, studies
at Kansas State university
here indicate. In one test,
chicks whose body stores of
vitamin A had been depleted
gained three pounds or more
between the second and ninth
weeks using carotene in alfal
fa meal as the sole source of
vitamin A. Other chicks, also
depleted of body vitamin A
stores, received carotene in
alfalfa meal as the only source
of vitamin A throughout per
iods of growth plus a full
year, of egg production. Those
receiving only 1,500 units to
a pound of feed had an egg
production rate of 49 per cent
for the year. Those receiving
2,000 units starting at 18
weeks had a 7-month egg pro
duction rate of 65 per cent.
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CHECK SNOW - Members of the U.S. Navy area will handle about 12,000 cars and con
snow compaction team check the snow sur- sists of compacted snow mixed with saw
rounding their area in preparation for the dust. At left can be seen Squaw Peak.
VIII Olympic Winter games at Squaw Val
ley, Calif. The specially prepared parking (UPI Telephoto)
Stock Market Regarded by Wall
Street As
By ELMER C. WALZER
UPI Financial Editor
New York-(UPD-Wall Street
regards the stock market as
a business barometer and
hence is keeping a close tab
on it to determine a change
in trend that migh precede
a business dip.
The financial district re
calls how the market fell in
advance of the recession of
1957-1958 and how it rallied
long before the business dip
had touched bottom in April
of 1958 to anticipate a re
covery movement.
According to Miron Nac
manie, analyst for Green, El
lis & Anderson, the year
1960 will be a good year,
"but its rate of growth may
not be as good as last. We
are, after all, in a later stage
of cyclical expension. Recent
profit-taking could be a di
rect consequence of this real
ization." Sound Economy to Prevail
He believes a basically
sound economy will probably
work against any deep-seated
market correction in the
months ahead.
"But," he adds, "there's
nothing that says it has to
propel stocks higher thaii they
are now. Don't forget that
earnings of each share on the
big board rose 60 per cent
between the market peaks of
1949 and 1959 while prices
went up 292 per cent."
Nacmanie sees a record
high in steel production in
1960 with most of the com
panies having no trouble
doubling their estimated 1959
earnings.
He sees good business ahead
for the truck producers with
trucks taking big chunks of
the nation's transportation
business. Passenger care out
put of close to seven million
units would turn 1960 into
the second best year for that
industry, he notes.
Chemicals appear to be
heading higher, aided by plas
tic which had a wide growth
in 1959, he says. He finds
drugs looking like chemicals.
Oil Fulure Bright
And he has some good
things to say about the oil
industry and feels that this
year will see generally high
er earnings and even a num
ber of dividend increases for
the industry.
"In the two years after the
1949 recession," he says, "en
ergy demand rose an average
of 11 per cent. During the
same period following the
1954 recession it rose 10 per
cent. But so far the come
back in demand from the
latest recession, has been at a
rate only about half as good.
"The steel strike was a de
pressing factor, leaving lots
of pent-up demand. That's
why as much as a 6 per cent
.'
, f . r
,
Business Barometer
increase in petroleum demand
is being predicted by indus
try sources for 1960."
He looks for a good per
formance from companies
making electric appliances,
electronic equipment, radio
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and TV sets, household fur
nishings, and from copper
miners.
Residential housing starts
will be off about 10 per cent,
he estimates, "but this should
be offset by other types of
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Federal Funds Said
Needed for Growers
Washington - (UPD - ReD.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.)
said Wednesday Kenneth W.
Sawyer, Fanners Home Ad
ministration director for Ore
gon, believed federal emer
gency loans were needed by
Oregon cranberry growers.
bucn loans already have
been authorized for some
other cranberry -producing
states.
Porter said Sawyer would
confer week after next with
growers in Coos countv
where most of Oregon"s cran
berries are raised. A final de
cision on making emergency
loans for Oregon will be de
ferred until then.
Porter said the Oreeon situ
ation was misunderstood in
the Washington, D.C. FHA of
fice. Apparently, he said,
some growers thought the
loan program would interfere
with possible indemnity legis
lation. Porter said in his opin
ion this was "negligible."
The cranberry growers suf
fered losses after a govern
ment report before Thanks
giving that a weed-killer used
on some berries had produced
cancer m laboratory rats.
construction, particularly in
dustrial outlays for new plant
and equipment."
He estimates corporation
profits around $27 billion,
some 13 per cent ahead of
last year.
He indicates that the mar
ket's recent selloff seems ex
cessive beside the near-term
business picture now taking
form.
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