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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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