Scientists Prepare for Tuesday Launching of Balloon Satellite
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Hiroshima Bombing
Japanese Woman
Recalls Searing
Heat of Explosion
" Hlroshima-(UPD-Mrs. Yuriko
Fuilta was six-tenths of a
mile from the center of the
atom bomb when it exploded
over Hiroshima 15 years ago.
She was then a 13-year-old
Birl.
The searing heat melted the
skin on her left arm. Her
face, left leg and left side of
her body also received burns,
She bears the scars today and
wears a small white bandage
over her left elbow, which
was also injured on that day.
Mrs. Fujila was sitting in
the Atomic Bomb Hospital a
few-' days ago waiting to be
examined. Around her were
some 35 others old men and
women, a few mddle aged per
sons; and some younger men
and women.
One of them was Hideo
Nakamtsu, 26, who was a mile
and a half from the center
of the bomb. Both his legs
and arms were burned. His
legs were disfigured. His left
arm is undersized from the
severe burns he received.
Recalls Bombing
Mrs. Fujita recalled the mo
ment the bomb fell 15 years
ago when she was at work in
Hiroshima.
"I was working in a field
picking weeds when the bomb
exploded," she said.
"Suddenly I saw a flash
and I fell down from the im
pact of the blast. I was knock
ed unconscious.
"My left arm was burned
by the heat and my whole
body was scorched. Also the
left side of my face ached.
"After five minutes I got
up and began walking. The
skin had peeled off my arm
and blisters came out. Around
me. I., saw hundreds of people
half conscious. Many were
badly hurt and crying. Some
died soon after.
"Luckily for me my family
had moved to the country
many months before. I walked
to the nearest hill nnd saw
the railroad station burning.
About 10 of my school mates
were killed that day.
"When I got back home my
mother squeezed the juice
from potatoes and cucumbers
to cool my body. For two days
I felt dizzy.
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"Since then I have been to
the Atomic Bomb Hospital
many times and also to the
Atomic Bomb Casualty Com
mission for examination."
She said that two years ago
she married a man who was
not from Hiroshima.
"Thankfully for me, he did
not attach a stigma to my
being hurt from the bomb,
Then I became pregnant.
"At times I thought about
the baby and was a bit melnn
choly while pregnant. But I
got assurances from doctors
that my baby had the best
chance of being normal.
"Six months ago my baby
was born. I was so happy
when it was normal in every
way. We named her Konomi
(seed) of tree."
Mrs. Fujila said, "I pray
there are no more atom bombs
used. I hope men are wise
enough not to use them."
Forest Engineer
To Be Transferred
Yreka - Supervisor Charles
Yates of the Klamath National
forest today announced the
transfer of James R. Pratlcy,
forest engineer, to the Stani
slaus National forest. Pratlcy
will be stationed in Sonora,
Calif.
Pratley came to the Klam
ath forest In 1949 as a civil
engineer and worked his way
up through the ranks to the
forest engineer position in
1956. He has worked in this
position until the present
time.
Successor to Pratley will be
Edward R, Jereb, forest engi
neer on the Sawtooth National
forest, Twin Falls, Idaho.
Jereb, his wife Marian, and
their four boys, will move to
Yreka in Ihe early part of
September. Jereb transferred
to the forest service from the
U.S. Geological Suvey in
1952. Since then he worked
on the Boise, Idaho, National
forest, and the Bridger Na
tional forest, in Wyoming un
til 1956 when he was trans
ferred to the Sawtooth.
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OFF TO RUSSIA Mr. and
Va., parents of U2 pilot Francis Powers, are shown on the
first lap of their trip to Moscow for their son's trial on
espionage charges. The Powers were to arrive in Washington
today and will leave for Russia later in the week.
Stocks in
Course in
Hour of Dealings
New York - IUPII - Stocks
ifocred a narrowly mixed
rnnrsp in moderately active
first hour dealings today.
Steels and chemicals ran
into some earlv selling and
were weakest, while electron
ics, aircrafts and druss scor
ed the widest gains.
Aulns made little change.
Chrysler had recovered most
of its opening loss of 14 by
the end of the first hour. Ford
was easier.
1J. S. Steel Eavc up a point
in the steels, Du Pont a large
fraction in the chemicals and
International Telephone 1 or
more in its group. The last
was involved in the seizure
of American interests in
Cuba by the Castro govern
ment, Norwich Pharmacal rose
more than a point in the
New York-ll)Pll-Dr. Percival
M. Symonds, 67, professor
emeritus of education at Co
lumbia University Teachers
College, died Saturday.
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drugs, IBM more than 2, and
Litton more than 1 in the elec
tronics, and Honolulu Oil
around 1V4 in the oils.
Cessna, strong along with
other aircrafts last week,
spurted more than a point,
and Lockheed added a half.
Resident Complains
On High Water Bill
Washington -IUPII- Arthur P.
Brigham dashed off a com
plaint to the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission
when his water bill for the
last month was $107 - four
times the usual amount.
It seems Brigham, of Silver
Springs, Md., read the gas
meter Instead of the water
meter when sending in his
meter report, so he was billed
for 228,000 gallons of water.
He got a corrected bill for $28.
When he isn't reading the
wrong meter, Brigham is pub
lic information officer for -that's
right - the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commis
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'Radio Mirror'
Orbit Planned
1000 Miles Up
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - tUPD
Space scientists ran final
checkouts today on a three
stage rocket ready for a new
attempt Tuesday to put a 100
foot "radio mirror" balloon
into orbit around the earth.
The balloon satellite, to be
inflated in flight, to its , in
tended orbit 1,000 miles
above the earth, is to be used
during a relatively brief life
span to bounce radio signals
off " Its ultra-thin aluminum
covering.
Initial Sttp
The shiny sphere, as long
as a 10-story building and
dubbed "Echo I," is an initial
step In experiments which
eventually could revolution
ize world communications.
A 92-foot Thor-Delta rock
et will be used in the at
tempt to launch the new U.S.
satellite.
The balloon is supposed to
bounce back to earth ultra-high-frequency
radio signals
that travel off the curved sur
face of the world in straight
lines.
Scientists believe a series
of balloon satellites circling
the globe would pave the way
for instantaneous worldwide
television and almost unlim
ited numbers of radio-tele
phone channels.
Repeai of May Shot
Tomorrow s shot will be es
sentially a repeat of an Echo
shot of last May 13 which
failed when the Thor-Delta
rocket's stabilization jets
went haywire over the At
lantic. Scientists expect the 130-
pound balloon, inflated by
powdered chemicals which
turn directly to gas, to re
main spherical and useful for
at least a week and perhaps
two.
After that, they said, the
satellite might begin to de
flate. Atmospheric drag and
solar radiation, whose effects
will be magnified by the bal
loon s great surface area, will
begin pushing it back to
earth.
Echo is known as a "pas
sive" satellite, in that there
is no radio equipment aboard
directly Involved in the re
lay of signals.
Veterans Bureau
Faces Fund Slash
Salem - 1UPD - The next
budget of the Oregon Veter
ans' Affairs department may
be sliced by $214,000. Roy
Bell, department auditor, told
the advisory committee of the
department that the new bud
get recommends 112 positions
whereas in the current bien
nium 144 positions were bud
geted. Bell said curtailment of
loan activities accounts for
much of the savings. The de
partment's budget this bien
nlum is $1.3 million,
However, If voters approve
a bond issue in November for
additional loan funds for vet
erans, the recommended bud
get will have to be revised.
As it stands, new loans to
veterans for houses and farms
will not be made until De
cember of next year.
The advisory committee
elected as its new chairman
Myrl B. Garnett, Eugene.
Two Girls Injured
Following Incident
Two persons were injured
just before midnight Sunday
when the car in which they
were riding blew out a front
tire at North Pacific highway
and Scenic ave., state police
said.
Receiving slight injuries
were Kathy Rightmler, 17,
and Irma Jean Rightmier, 15,
both of 4609 Gebhard rd.,
Grants Pass. Kathy is being
treated at Sacred Heart hospi
tal for head and leg bruises.
Irma Jean was kept at Sacred
Heart overnight for observa
tion and released this morn
ing after being treated for a
large bump on her head.
State police said the car
left the highway on the right
side after the blowout, trav
eled 350 feet before stopping
on the railroad tracks. Driver
was John Aaron Andrews, 19,
of route 1, box 13, Gold Hill.
SERVICES TONIGHT
MiamMUPI) - Funeral serv
ices will be tonight for
Michael Joseph Ackerman,
veteran Miami newspictures
manager for United Press In
ternational who died Saturday
at the age of 63.
In Preparation for
Washington - IUPB - The Re
publican and Democratic pres
idential nominees begin dis
playing their political talents
in the Senate today in prep
aration for the fall election
campaigns.
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, the GOP nominee, was
ready to gavel the Senate into
session at noon e.d.t. as its
presiding officer. Seated at
a backrow desk will be Sen.
John F. Kennedy, the Demo
cratic candidate.
Nixon planned a private
breakfast meeting In his home
with two or three cabinet
members and top campaign
aides before going to his of
fice at the Capitol.
Kennedy was expected to
arrive at his Senate office
by mid-morning. , His . aides
promised to keep newsmen
well briefed on his activities
during the new session.
Repeals Legislative Program
The Democratic nominee
returned to Washington short.
ly before midnight from Hy
annis Port, Mass., where he
had been vacationing at his
summer home and mapping
campaign strategy following
his nomination.
Speaking briefly to well
wishers at the airport, Kenne
dy again called for action on
the Democrats' "must" legis
lative program including med
ical care for the aged, hous
ing, an increase in the min
imum wage, foreign aid and
aid to education,
Kennedy was asked if his
running mate, Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson, would accompa
ny him to Hawaii and Alaska
on his first campaign swing
starting about Sept. 1.
He replied that it depended
in part on the date of ground
breaking ceremonies for the
new East-West university in
Hawaii. Johnson plans to at
tend the ceremonies.
"If it is at the same time,"
Kennedy said, "I hope we will
go together."
Catholics Urged
To Pray (or
Lasting Peace
Munich, Germany-(UPI)-Pope
John XXIII urged Roman
Catholics the world over Sun
day to praj for lasting peace
and the unity of all Christian
churches.
The Pope delivered his plea
by radio and television from
Rome to the closing session of
the 37th International Eu
charistic Congress.
One million persons attend
ed a Pontifical Mass in a mea
dow here.
During distribution of Holy
Communion an unidentified
agitator fired up a rocket
which dropped Communist
leaflets attacking the govern
ment of West German Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer. Ade
nauer sat in the front row
during mass.
Communist propaganda or
gans bitterly denounced the
Congress and particularly
Francis Cardinal Spellman of
New York who Saturday de
scribed Communism as "a
wild beast of the forest . . ,
drugged with the conflict
again between freedom and
slavery."
Pope John called on people
everywhere to pray that "the
darkness of error is dispelled."
"All of you . . . mark with
anxiety the size of the cloud
of dangers which overhang
the human race, and how the
peace of nations is placed in
jeopardy," he said.
"Let us all together strive
by the ardor of our prayers
to obtain from Jesus Christ,
Prince of Peace, that he en
lighten the minds of the rulers
of states."
He prayed that God console
those unable to be present
here-an apparent reference
mainly to Catholics in Com
munist states-and called for
restoration of Christian
church unity.
House Entered While
Owner in Hospital
A house burglary occurred
at the Victor Clifford Peder
sen residence, 481 South Paci
fic highway, Grants Pass,
some time between Wednes
day and Sunday, state police
said this morning.
Thieves took a pink jewel
box containing miscellaneous
costume jewelry, a piggy
bank containing $3 to $5. En
try was made by breaking out
a window on the south side of
the house and reaching
through and turning the door
knob, officers said.
Pedersen was in the hospi
tal and returned Sunday to
find his house had been brok
en into, state police said.
Nominees Show Talents
Nixon returned Saturday
morning from Seattle, Wash.,
to complete a four-day 11,000
mile opening campaign trip
that took him to Nevada,
Southern California and Ha
waii. .
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Jack Hall, Hawaiian chief of
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