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American Scientists 'Announce First Direct Hadar Contact With Sun Stanford, Calif. -flJPD-Ameri-can scientists have made an "epochal achievement" by bouncing a radar signal off the sun, it was announced today. The feat marked the first direct radar contact with the sun in history and it is hoped the experiments will allow prediction of radio communi cation trouble caused by the sun. The experiment was carried out by Stanford scientists Prof. Von R. Eshleman, Lt. Col. Robert C. Barthle and Dr. Philip B. Gallagher at sun rise on April 7, 10, and 12, 1959. It was reported in today's issue of "Science," a profes sional journal. A radio signal was broadcast to the sun and its faint echo recorded. The delay in reporting the achievement was caused by the fact that it took electronic computers more than six months to analyze and verify the data. Prof. Eshleman said that an other series of radar impulses were shot in the sun at the autumn equinox last Septem ber, but that the computers are still working on the data and it is not yet possible to determine whether or. not these shots succeeded. Radar shots have been pre viously made to the moon and to the planet Venus and the echo recorded, but the sun shot was much more difficult - not only because of the greater distance, but because of the intense output of radio energy sent in this direction by the sun. Eshleman said the Stanford radar signal was sent out in 30-second bursts at an aver age power of 40,000 watts. The sun itself sends back 40,- 000 watts of radio energy for every square inch of its sur face. When the Stanford signal reached the sun, Eshelman said, it was only 100 watts. By the time it got back to California, it was reduced to a power of .0,000,000,000,000, 000,1 of a watt. The problem, he said, was something like lighting a match in a forest fire and try ing to measure the increase in illumination. The energy, both that of the sun itself and that of the tiny echo, was taken by ultra sensitive receivers and put on magnetic tape, turning it into sound. Then the computers listened to the tape over-and-over second-by-second, and recorded what they heard. Finally the echo was picked out-a feat Eshelman compar ed to standing at the back of the hall during the height of a roaring political convention and getting a message whis pered from the podium. But, Eshelman said, the data was analyzed with 99.- 999 per cent certainty. The scientist said that ac tually the echoes came from the surface of the sun's cor ona, about 500,000 miles out from the visible surface. The round trip for the ra dar impulse took from 16 min utes and 28 seconds to 16 min utes and 35 seconds (at 186, 000 miles per second), de pending on where the corona happened to be during.the ex periments last April. Regional Edition Medford Price 10 Cents Tribune 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1960 No. 269 JOHNS WINS AWARD George Johns (right), principal of Central Point Junior High and Elementary schools, last night received the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce's third annual Distinguished Service award. Presenting the plaque to Johns is Dr. Bruce Turner, winner of the award in 1959. See stories on page 2, second section, of today's Mail Tribune. (Knackstedt Photo) College Expresses Interest in Stadium Dr. Alex Peterson, associ ate professor of physical edu cation at Southern Oregon col lege, told a local citizens sta dium committee last night the college would use a proposed stadium if it was built in Med ford. Dr. Peterson said the col lege would play all of its home football games in the stadium and might be inter ested in using it for some of its baseball games although the baseball field at the col lege campus is adequate "at this time" for the college baseball program. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, SOC president, previously had said that the college would be in terested in using the stadium for other college functions. Curricula Expansion Dr. Peterson pointed out that expansion of the cur ricula at the college had brought in more students from the Medford area which has increased the interest of Med ford fans in the college foot hall Droeram. Lee Ragsdale, director of athletics in the Medford pub lic schools system, expressed interest of the schools in the stadium proposal and said that, although improvement of eating and dressing room fa cilities are planned at the present high school football stadium, the school would be interested in using the stadi um "when we need it." Gene Garner, a committee member, pointed out that pro fessional baseball interests were the first to come forth with an interest in the stadi um. James Fleishman, presi dent of the Northwest class B professional league, earlier had told the committee that a league franchise would be available to Medford if and when a stadium is con structed. Robert Haworth, city parks and recreation director, said his office could make use of such a facility for an expand ed recreation program. Youth activities, such as Junior Le gion baseball, also were men tioned as users. Peterson and Ragsdale were agreed that they favored con WEATHER r r f- l T- rl,rlnv a r 1 v to night with valley fog by nid night. Increasing cloudiness earlv- Saturday. Some rain likely by Saturday evening. Gusty southerly winds by Saturdav afternoon. Cooler to night with low 3S-48. High Sat urday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday j Lowest this Morning 4? Prec. to IS a.m. Today .27 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:29 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:21 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 2:35 a.m. Fl'LL MOON Feb. 12 VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, low in south cast , 5:35 a.m. Venus, rises 5:48 a.m. Mars, rises 6:24 a.m. Saturn, between Mars ind Ve nus. (Next week Venus will be between Mars and Saturn) Woman, 83, Didn't Want To Be Bother; Rides Bus for Two Days Without Food Ppnrflpton -(UPD- An elderly woman from St. Louis, Mo., didn't want to be a bother so 5he stayed on a Greyhound bus for two days without eat ing. Nellie Allen. 83, told a po liceman here Thursday night that she was blind and didn't want to cause a fuss-so during her trip from St. Louis she crete construction. Both point ed out that it should be planned with between 7,500 and 10,000 seats to prevent the facility from "being out grown before it is built." "There will be times when you will be lucky to draw 500 people to some events and then again there will be times when 10,000 seats won't be enough," Peterson said. Possible Uses Possible uses of the stadium which were brought out in discussions were outdoor con ventions, 4-H and FFA ex hibits, auto racing, boxing and wrestling, concerts, trav eling shows, service club proj ets, Easter sunrise services and other uses. . -' - Ralph James, county com missioner, told the commit tee that efforts should be turned toward securing letters from interested users of a sta dium pointing out their needs, type of construction desired and kind of facilities desired. "You should also learn whether the people of the county really want a stadium or whether it is the desire of only your group," James said Committee for Fund Named A three-member committee has been appointed to admin ister the scholarship fund pro vided by the late County Judge Frank TouVelle, Coun ty School Supt. Alf B. Mek void said today. Appelated were Frank Bash, vice president and trea surer of California Oregon Power company Sam Harbi son, Medford lawyer, and Mrs. Ben Day, wife of a Med ford lawyer and rancher. The committee yesterday considered tentative plans, procedures and policies, ref erence sources and on what basis scholarship loans will be made, Mekvold explained. Lawrence Clark, First Na tional Bank of Oregon trust officer, said it would be at least a year before any money is received from agricultural property in the TouVelle estate for scholarship pur poses. . The codicile of the late county judge and prominent Jacksonville citizen specifies that the county judge and county school superintendent shall appoint the scholarship fund committee. The money may be used for any type of education for boys. Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly, a close friend and busi ness acquaintance of the late county judge, told the com mittee that TouVelle was more interested in . helping boys who are having trouble adjusting and did not ,have the money to continue their education. didn't ask any one to help her off the bus so she could eat. And no one offered, she said. After a while she was unable to' get up because she had no strength. Officer Tony Martinez was called to assist her Thursday night when she refused to leave the bus so it could be mm Medford City Hall Searched After Call About Bomb The Medford city hall was evacuated for a half an hour this morning after city police received an anonymous tele phone call that a bomb was about to go off. A thorough search of the building revealed no bomb and the call is considered a hoax. Among those evacuated were nine inmates of the city jail. They were taken to a parking lot at Fourth and Front sts. and were kept there until the building could be thoroughly searched. Police received the first telephone call at 6:12 a.m. when the anonymous caller said, "haven't you (so and so's) figured out that there's a bomb going off in the city hall at 7 o'clock." Fire Department Called The sergeant on duty im mediately called the fire de partment which sent a truck and crew over to aid in the search. The anonymous caller tele phoned the station five more times before 7:23 a.m. saying nothing more than, "Haven't you found that bomb yet? Bet ter get looking." Not once did the caller stay on the telephone long enough for the call to be traced, al though the company was alert ed to try. While he was fairly sure that the call was a hoax, Chief of Police Charles P. Champ lin decided not to take any chances, and ordered the building completely evacuated for about a half hour. All suspicious persons around the building were checked by police, but nothing unusual was found, they said. The city hall returned to "normal operations" at 7:30 a.m. Lt. Jack E. MacMillan said that calling in a bomb hoax is considered a felony and if the caller is apprehended he can get up to two years in the state penitentiary. Tax Group Receives Assessor's Proposal County Assessor Ray Schu macher said today he received a letter acknowledging the state interim tax committee's receipt of his proposed five point tax improvement pro gram. Victor Atiyeh, committee chairman, wrote that the pres ent state income tax was started in 1929 as a "property tax relief act." In his program, Schumach er has recommended that a new tax base be provided for operational school budgets to improve Oregon's overall tax picture and place the state in a favorable position for indus trial development. Schumacher's suggest ed five point program includes A statute limiting school taxes on property to bonding issues only; mill age limitation for all taxing districts simi lar to the state of Washing ton; enactment of a sales tax alloted to operational school fund with any additional amount needed to come from the state general fund, school tax fund to be administered at the state level and allo cated to the school districts on a school child unit based on the class of the district. Portland (UPD Dr. Roy H. Peterson, Tillamook, has been elected president of the Ore gon Veterinary Medical Asso ciation. He succeeds Dr. D. H. Jones, Roseburg. serviced during a layover. Martinez got the woman from the bus by offering her a dinner. He then took her to a hotel and made sure she was awakened for the trip this morning. Miss Allen said she was en route to Spokane to visit her sister, Mrs. Goldie Gifford. , Bonnnun sf GeNonsfratioiis fiCIQtrorts Margin in Favor Is About 4f2 to 1 For Building Plan Central Point - Patrons of School District 6C, which in cludes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley, yester day approved a $295,000 bond issue to finance construction of a building program. The vote was 517 in favor and 171 against, a margin of about 4V6 to 1. The vote by polling places was: Central Point, 370 yes, 100 no; Gold Hill, 123 yes, 38 no; and Sams Valley, 24 yes, 33 no. The building program will include an eight-room addi tion to Jewett Elementary school in Central Point, reno vation of the Central Point Junior High school library to a lunch room and construc tion of a new building to house a library, and a four room addition to Patrick school in Gold Hill. House Third Graders , The Jewett school addition will house third graders, who have been attending the Cen tral Point Elementary and Junior High school facility, making space available to re lieve overcrowded conditions at the junior high school site. Renovation of the junior high library will relieve over crowded cafeteria and lunch room facilities. The present cafeteria was built to serve about 100 students. About 500 students use it now. A new library will bring the junior high school facility to state standards. The addition to Patrick school will include a multi purpose room to eliminate transporting students to Han by school for lunch and physi cal education class requiring a gym floor. Superintendent C. A. Meyer said plans are expected to be ready in about two months with construction expected to start by May. The work is ex pected to be completed for next school year. Ashland Man Found Guilty by Jury Ashland-An Ashland muni cipal court jury of five men and one woman early this morning found Lester G. Ham ilton, 54, of 2700 East Main st., Ashland, guilty of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquors. Hamilton was fined $200 plus $5 court costs and was given a 30-day suspended jail sentence by Judge Richard C. Cottle. The jury's vote was 5-1. The trial began at 7:30 p.m., the jury retired at 11:10 p.m. and returned its verdict at 12:20 a.m. today. Hamilton was arrested on the charge by Ashland police while driving on Siskiyou blvd. last Sept. 12. He plead ed not guilty in a preliminary hearing. License for Cab Firm Is Approved Licenses to operate a sec ond taxi cab company in Med ford and a limousine service to the airport were issued by the Medford city council at its meeting last night. The council also approved plans and specifications for the 10th st. bridge and au thorized the state highway commission to call for bids. John Hill, Medford, receiv ed the council's permission to operate a taxi company which he said, will start out with four cars. An attorney representing the new company told the council that Hill will be the sole owner of the company. He said that no location for the company has yet been selected pending the council's action on his request for a license to operate. $ vssls "r M .a'w nnrim mt mm BOOKS READIED As part of a program to improve service to branch libraries, seven sets of young peoples' encyclopedias were made ready for delivery today by the Public Library of Medford and Jackson county. Extension Librarian Mrs. Ray Dick is shown above as she prepared to pack the books into boxes. Branch libraries getting De Gaulle Begins Purge of Officers; Defense Head Paris-(UPD-President Charles de Gaulle today named a tough paratrooper to the all important post of minister of defense in his semi-dictatorial government. He fired two key men and brought in three in the beginning of a purge reaching into both the govern ment and the army. Strongman Sacked Sacked were Jacques Sous telle, former Algerian strong man whose ties with de Gaulle go back 20 years to the Free French days of World War II, and Bernard Cornut-Gentille, post and telegraph minister. In were Pierre Messmer, 43, a tough paratroop officer who supports de Gaulle's plans for Algeria; Jean Foyer and Louis Terrenoire. Within the new Cabinet, jobs were scrambled and two men were appointed ministers delegate attached directly to Premier Michel Debre's of fice. This was an obvious move to bolster the top echelon of the Cabinet to work more ef fectively with the semi-dictatorial powers Parliament voted de Gaulle earlier this week. Played Major Role Soustelle, 48, played a ma jor role 19 months ago in the Algerian settler revolt which catapulted de Gaulle to powir, but he could not go along with self-determination for Alge ria. He admitted to newsmen to day after the announcement he had been dismissed be Policeman Looks In Mirror; Backs Into Power Pole A Medford city police man looked in Ihe rear view mirror, ihe side view mir ror, put his patrol car in reverse and backed square ly into a telephone pole. Officer Garnet Alfred Slollenburg, 2005 East Main St.. told fellow officers who investigated the accident, ihat he was not able to see ihe pole because his vision was obstructed by a blind spot io ihe rear of ihe ve hicle. Only slight damage was done io ihe patrol car, po lice said. The accident occurred as Stoltenburg was backing his car into a parking space on a parking lot to the rear of the police station. 'Approve cause of "the attachment I shall always have, against all opposition, to the cause of French Algeria." He had been administrator for the Sahara and the French overseas terri tories and as such was closely connected with the Sahara oil and atomic programs. Lithia Motors Gets Contract The Jackson county court yesterday accepted the $11, 525 bid of Lithia Motors, Ash land, for five sheriff's cars. Court members and Sheriff Joe Walsh reviewed the eight bids and specifications yester day that were received Wed nesday. The Ashland firm's bid was for two-door six-passenger Plymouth sedans, pursuit spe city, and included 20 per cent discount for parts and labor. Delivery will be made in 30 days. According to Walsh the cars will be painted an off-white with the sheriff's department emblem on both sides. Other bids received Wednes day were from Dick Knight company, Medford, $11,752.75 for Plymouth Patroller Spe cial V-8's and $11,989.60 for pursuit specials; Crater Lake Motors, five Ford Fairlanes, $12,545 with 25 per cent dis count for parts only; Skinner Buick, Medford, five La Sabre, two-doors sedans, $12, 561.70 with 25 per cent dis count for both parts and la bor. Also Jim Busch Ford Sales, Ashland, Ford Fairlanes, $12, 934; Courtesy Chevrolet, Med ford, two-door passenger se dans, $12,875 with 40 per cent discount on parts only; Par sons Motors, Medford, Dodge Dart pursuit, $12,173.75 with 25 per cent discount on all parts; and Selby Chevrolet, Ashland, $12,907.85 with 10 per cent discount on labor and 25 per cent discount on parts. Slight Decline Noted In Lumber Prices Portland-TOPB-A slight de cline in lumber prices during the past two weeks was re ported today by Crow's Lum ber Market News Service. Most of the loss came in the green fir segment the encylopedias will be Eagle Point, Cen tral Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Talent and Butte Falls. One set will remain at the Medford library. Although delivery began today, some of the sets may not be sent out for a day or so, according to Librarian Omar Bacon. Haffiled Not To Push for Oregon GOP Convention Salem -(UPD- Gov. Mark Hat field said Thursday he has no intention of recommending that the Oregon Republican party call a state platform convention as the Democrats have done. State Democrats called upon the Oregon GOP to have a convention to "publicly de bate the issues." The state wide Democratic convention was held in Salem last Friday and Saturday. Cites Administration Hatfield said the record of "my administration should be used as a measurement, not promises." Also, Republican "workshops" are now being held in parts of the' state, he said. The governor answered questions put to him at a Lions Club luncheon by a Salem news panel made up of Glenn Cushman of the Capi tal Journal; Bob Morris of ra dio station KSLM; Al Bauer of station KBZY, and Bob Gangware of the Oregon Statesman. Says Was 'Facetious' As for selling the State office building in Portland, Hatfield said "I may have been somewhat facetious in suggesting that." He said again that head quarters of major state agen cies, however, should be in Salem, especially board of education and state welfare - now in Portland, and higher education, now in Eugene. Saving Lauded Hatfield lauded an expected quarter of a million dollar sav ing announced this week by Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. He said part of the saving is a carryover from programs started when Hat field himself was secretary of state but "the major part is due to Secretary Appling's own skill as an administra tor." The governor said he fell sure the state and federal gov ernment could come to terms on creation oi an Oregon dunes national park, and re iterated his stand against a sales tax, "one of the most ex pensive taxes to administer." Meat Inspection Gets Emergency Fund Salem-UPD-The State Emer gency Board today allocated $68,669 from the emergency fund to take the strain off Oregon's new compulsory meat inspection program. Flare in ufea oinids Hope Virtually Abandoned for Missing Sailors Norfolk, Va.-flJPD-Hope was all but abandoned today for five sailors thrown into the cold Atlantic when a World War II destroyer making its farewell run was rolled 65 degrees by a sudden swell. The accident severed the arm of one sailor aboard the ship, the Daly, fatally injur ing him. Ten crewmen were thrown overboard about .150 miles east of the Virginia Capes. The Daly pulled three sailors to safety shortly after the acci dent Thursday and the mer chant ship Alabama picked up two more, one of them seri ously injured with a deep gash across his buttocks. None of the missing men was from the Far West. The search continued today and a Navy spokesman said it would go on until after dark. But he admitted there was little hope. A message from the destroy er said it had been running an hour and 40 minutes at full power without incident when an "abnormal swell'1 rolled it 65 degrees to star board, hurling the 10 into the sea. men Grants Pass Man Held for Assault A Medford police officer was struck in the mouth last night by a man who later said he didn't know he was strik ing a policeman. Howard Grisel, 21, Grants Pass, is in the city jail today charged with assault and bat tery after striking Donald Lee Purcell, a city policeman. Purcell, who was off-duty at the time, told fellow offi cers he saw Grisel standing behind a car parked in front of his house at 825 West Sec ond st, and asked him what he was doing. Although Purcell was not wearing a uniform at the time, he said he told Grisel he was a policeman. Without saying anything, Grisel took a poke at Purcell but missed, however when he swung a second time he 'hit Purcell flush on the mouth, Purcell said Purcell said he thought Gri sel was a juvenile so made no attempt to fight back. He held Grisel until other officers ar rived. Grisel pleaded innocent to the assault and battery charge in municipal court this morn ing and will be tried at a later date, police said. "You The Man Who's Been Asking For Me To Step Outside?" Gunmen Spray Center of City With Bullets Havana-fljPD-Gunmen spray ed the center of Havana with tommygun bullets and stu dents battled police today in anti - Communist demonstra tions at the moment Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan was opening the So viet Exposition only a block away. Mikoyan and Cuban Presi dent Osvaldo Dorticos had just entered the Palace of Fine Arts for the exposition formalities when gunmen sped down the fashionable Prado and opened fire. Another ear ful of gunmen shot up adja cent streets. Temporary Panic There was temporary panic, but police finally calmed the crowds on the Prado. Premier Fidel Castro arrived after the shooting and the ceremonies went on. But at Jose Marti Park, three blocks away, a group of about 75 students battled police in another anti-Red riot. The students attempted to place a Cuban flag over Communist hammer and sickle wreath laid at the foot of a statue of Marti, Cuba's national hero, by Mikoyan a half hour earlier. Battle Royal Police and soldiers fired into the air to break up the attempt, ., - Pro - Communists at the scene moved in and a battle royal started. The incidents thoroughly upset the day's program. . The shooting started just as the band finished playing the Cuban and Soviet national anthems. Castro and other officials had given the Soviet leader a warm greeting when he ar rived Thursday night. (Picture on Page 2) Contractor to Pay For Not Working A contractor will have to pay the City of Medford $325 for 13 days in which he did no work on the Springbrook rd. sanitary sewer, the city council decided last night. It took the contractor, the W. H. Conrad Construction company, Medford, 60 days more than the time specified in the contract to complete the project. The council pointed out that the contractor had good reason for taking the extra time to finish the sewer line, but felt that he should reim burse the city for services rendered on those work days when he did no work at all. The sum was not selected arbitrarily, but was based on the city's estimates that it sup plies $25 worth of services per day to a contractor. v
