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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1960)
o O' o O 12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfoaa, Or. Monday, May 23, I960 TheyTl Do It Every Time r&EVCE ECTnrS THE CHANG ING OF UNIFORMS FOR THE COPS OP HORSECHESTER HAS ROCKS IN ttS HAT-LIKE LAST NOVEMBER" HEV, CtANCE.' WHAT AQE MXI Advance man for THE PNEUMONIA . By Jimmy llatlo Now IT'S BAl.My SPRING.- TEMPERATURE eSz-AND OUO FINEST ARE STILL COCOONED IN THEIR ARCTIC OVERCOATS" X HI.CLANCE- IW f HOW'S EVE RV LITTLE J f I j 1 Q.C I THIrJ&PHOT ENOUGH f I It .f n&gzlr "Thank and A tip up the ,,,"5 ' T ro'HOT PA-riwLMAMM.i Scientist Work Out Measuring Process for Atomic Radiation 7zi'A 1 Elmer Walter 111 Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins How Does lhe Lon Blackbird Find the Flock? There were at least a hun dred blackbirds in the flock; they were flying rapidly as if they knew exactly where they intended to go. One of the birds, "peeled off" from the flock and came sailing down to a backyard feeding station. The flock, flew on. To all appearances this lone member of the group was not in the least interested in where the flock was headed; neither were the other members con cerned with the one who left. This happens frequently, so often that most of us fail to notice anything unusual about it, In nearly every passing flock, one or more individuals will leave to alight in a tree or on a feeding tray. But when the lone one takes again to the air it is readily ob served that he, or she, will fly in the direction the flock was headed. How Does Ha Know? The unanswered question is: how does he know where to -find them? Seldom if ever does the flock fly in a straight line. Usually they deploy to the right or left or may even reverse their direction en tirely. So one day I was watching when a large flock of black birds came over. As 1 watch ed, one left the flock and came In for a landing on a tele phone wire. A minute later the bird left, flew into a back yard and picked up a crust of bread. The bird picked up the bread, flew over to a bird bath and dunked the bread in the water. Patier.'ly he sat there while the bread soaked. Then he leisurely ate the softened crust. All this time I watched, and waited, with my car ready to follow him when he left. Fortunately for me, when he flew he headed in an east erly direction. I noticed that the flock, when it left, had been headed straight south. This individual, I reasoned, was sightly mixed up, or had decided to go solo. But I went along, lie traveled about a mile before he turned and headed north. The road I was following ran out at this point; I had to resort to binoc ulars to follow with my eyes the flight of the lone traveler. With the glasses however, I could almost count the feath ers in his tail. Found Flock Again luck was with me for he didn't go far. He sailed earthward. Hurriedly I climb ed a nearby tree, and adjusted the glasses. There was the flock, right where the lone wanderer had come to earth. I believed it was the same group he had left an hour or more ago. With the chance it was not I continued the same experiment several times; the result was always the same, and some of the times I could positively identify the flock. Somehow or other by some wild reasoning, the slracgler from a flock seems to have some knowledge of the flocks' destination. Did some of Ihcm say to him when he dropped out, "See you later over by the fallen pine tree." Hardly. But by some Instinct, or seme perception, he got the neces sary information. (Released by Tha Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1960) LONG ARMS OF LAW New York -(UPII- John Mor ris, 25, decided he would have a better chance of escaping pursuers If he abandoned n stolen car and took to the hills by foot, police said. Morris leaped from the car and scrambled to the top of Rocky Pass, a slope in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. But he lost his footing and . tumbled back down, right into the arms of police. Indian Brandy Answers Purpose As Brake Fluid Pomaia, Peru - H'l'N - A Maryknoll missionary, the Rev. Richard M, Quinn, of San Jose, Calif., drove into a little Indian service sta tion for brake fluid when his brakes gave out on a dangerous mountain road. Maryknoll headquarters in New York reported today. The Indian proprietor didn't have any brake fluid, but he suggested that Fath er Quinn pour some all-purpose "pisco" Indian brandy into the brake cylinder in stead. "The brakes worked per fectly for the rest of the trip." Father Quinn said, "and I challenge anyone to show me any other hydraul ic brake fluid that can be also used for anti - freese, liniment, antiseptic and cold feet." Tule Pete Wins Calaveras Contest Angels Camp, Calif. (UPD The 33rd annual Calaveras County Frog Jumping Contest was won Sunday by a long legged critter named Tule Pete - although he fell well short of his world record effort in the qualifying round Tule Pete, owned by Brian Basacker, I), won the event by jumped 12 feet, 9'j inches. In qualifying Saturday, he leaped 17 feel, 10 inches - a full foot farther than the rec ognized world's record. Second place went to Tule Jack, owned by Brian's broth er. Tommy, 7. Tule Jack jumped 12 feett, 9' a inches. The only foreign frog to qualify for the finals was Master McGrath. owned by Stanford University student My Irs McSwiney. The English frog managed to make only eight feet, four inches Sun day. The annual event is held in honor of Mark Twain's story, "The Jumping frog of Cala veras County." There were 670 entries in this year's com petition. By ELMER C. WALZEH . UPI Financial Editor New York - OJPD - With the expanding use of atom in medicine, science, and indus try, man is becoming more and exposed to ra diation. ' There is no way as yet to immunize him from the dan gerous effects of this power ful emission of energy. IJut science nas worK ed out ways to measure it and thus protect those who are ex posed in the course of their occupations. And this measuring pro cess has produced a new in dustry that already has risen to a rate of $100 million a year - and still is growing. Man can live with radia tion." says David H. Cogan, chairman and president of Victoreen Instrument Co. of Cleveland, a pioneer in in struments for measuring ra diation. Peaceful Use "He can go ahead with the peaceful use of the atom as long as he takes meaesures to protect himself." Cogan's company develops and manufactures a large va riety of supersensitive moni toring devices for use wher ever atoms are at work. These devices measure ra diation in air and water and sound alarms when there are excesses so that corrective measures can be taken. Water radiation is one of the big problems. Recently, the Milwaukee Company, invest ment company underwriters, in a treatise on water prob lems, noted that one teaspoon of strontium 90 radioactive waste requires about 2,500,000 gallons of water to provide safe dilution. Radioactive substances in water can be removed through the use of certain water soft ening processes. The job is to detect the radiation a func tion of the Victoreen instru ments. This company also makes device called a personal dosimeter which measures and records personal expo sure to radiation. Button Size Specially Electronics Devel opment Corp. of Syo'sscl, N.Y.. has developed n dosimeter the size of a button. This instru ment provides a permanent record of accumulated exposure. H. Rurnwll Cemmer, presi dent of Specialty Electronic!. reports thousands of persona now wearing these dosimeter badges. "They will soon be a re quirement for thousands more as peaceful use of radioactivi ty increase in medical and scientific fields and in indus try." he says. Cammer points out that the dosimeter provides a lifetime log of radiation to which the wearer has been exposed. His company has devised instru ments to read these dosi meters. Periodic readings reveal the radiation to which the wearer has been exposed. When one has been ex posed to more radiation than the body can tolerate, the re sults could be disastrous," says Cammer. Check Exposure "But by constant checking, over-exposure can be prevent ed, or, if it has occurred, suc cessful medical treatment possible in many cases, pro vided quick action is taken. f ollowing Victoreen s pio neering in measuring devices, about 100 other companies have entered the field of measuring radiation. Among Victoreen's installa lions are two monitors to safe guard Philadelphia's water supply, several in atomic sub marines, and electric generat ing plants. Portable models LIFETIME HOSPITALIZATION FOR THE SENIOR ADULT (THE PERSON AGE 60 OR OVER) r New for senior adults hospitalization and sur gical expense protection is available through The Travelers! This protec tion it guaranteed re newable during the life time of the individual. There is no yearly limit to the number of hos pital confinemenls. Alto pays hospital charges for out-patient caro and treatment. You can receive all the information on this important protection from . . Don Shrthos, insuror 100S East Main Medford act Phone 1 YOUR M JtfJnt SP 3-6658 blZiX" Society Attempting To Locate Teacher Members of Omega chap ter, Delta Kappa Gamma So ciety, are attempting to locate a Miss Ella Parks, formerly of Ruch, who was the first school teacher at the Sucker Creek school in Josephine county. The Society is cooperating with the Josephine County Community enterprise to pre serve the log schoolhouse. It has been dismantled and the logs have been moved to the site of the Kerbyville mu scum, Kerby. The first "school raising" was held by the group May 15. Later this summer a dedi cation service will be held at which time the Society would like to honor Miss Parks. Persons knowing Miss Parks or her whereabouts are asked to contact Mrs. Arthur Cribb Madroak, Star route north, Kerby. Court Records MUNICIPAL COl ttT Judith R SniRler. drfrrtlve equipment. fi Lillian Kvclyn Bingham, display ed expired pin tea, S3. 50. Patrick Enrl Orndy, excessive noise, SO, Donald M Ohleneai, disobeyed trnffic signal, $11. 1'atrick Karl Ciradv, no opera tor license in possession. 51 1 Peter John Gilla. disobeyed traffic aien. Stt Manual Aquon Floret, disobeyed traffic MRiial, $11. Marie I .muse Lockwood. viola tion of hasic rule. $11. Ray Alexander Daniels, disobey ed traffic Mitri. $fi. Gordon Wavne Fleming, viola tion of baste rule, $11 Rudolph Joseph Tetreault, im proper iett turn. Sfi 1 Imd Paul Chadd. failed to yield FiRht of way, accident, $2ft. Kenneth Joe lloushton, viola tlon of baste rule. $11. Paul I-oren IcCjuade, no opera tor license in possession. 51 1. Jerry Wayne hnulh, violation of ba.nr rule. ill. Robert Clyde Logan, failed to yield riaiht of wav, 2fi Ralph ('. Cnrmichael, disobeyed traffic stun, $ti. Karl Pierce Shirley, disobeyed ir.ii tic sii:n;ii. 911. Wavne Vincent Stine. displayed expired plates, si costs. It m Maree Williams, following too close, accmeni, William Maurice OcRusha, viola tion of basic rule, $11. Margaret Flane Griffith, no op era tor . license in pns session. $1 1; di.soheyed traffic sign. $ft. Carl Hamilton Skyrman. display ed expired plates. Sft. Larrv Lee Rerteau, violation of basic rule. $11. Daniel Dean Eddy, excessive none. $(t Thomas H Semple. no operator's license in possession. o; no v hide registration plates displayed. $. PUBLISHER DIES Cleveland. Ohio -ATP- Irv ing B. llexter, 62, president and founder of the Industrial Publishing Co , the nation's fifth largest trade magazine publishing firm, died Sunday. arc used in laboratories, hos pital!, and industrial planU. Canty Man Killed In Pung of Auto Callea Soohomor j horned 'Miss tugminf plunged over a 15-foot em bankment on the New Era hill south of here early today, killing Carl F. Schaarschmidt, 30, Canby. died a few moments after ar- j Eugene - WD rival at local hospital. 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