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Price Outlook
Given by OSC
For 1961 Crops
Corvallis - Prices for Ore
gon's wheat crop in 1961 will
probably stay about the same
as this year, but prices of bar
Icy, oats, and hay are likely
to be lower next fall as North
west and national supplies
build up again.
That's the way it looks right
now to Ray H. Teal, extension
seed marketing specialist at
Oregon State college. Teal re
cently completed a survey of
prices Oregon farmers might
expect next year from crops
planted this fall.
Little has happened to alter
the market picture for next
year's wheat crop, Teal said.
The government price-support
program will be the same for
the 1961 crop as this year,
with the national average
support price at least $1.78 a
bushel.
Prospects are that the na
tional carryover of wheat will
hit another new record high
next July. The 1960 crop is
a little larger than last year's
and stocks on hand July 1
reached a new high at one-and-a-third
billion bushels.
Oats To Stay High
Oregon oats and malting
barley prices probably won't
be as high next fall as this,
but feed barley prices have
a little better chance of hold
ing up, Teal thinks. Oat prices
are expected to stay above
support levels this fall due to
short supplies, since oats are
the only grain with local and
national supplies below the
1950-54 average.
And Oregon's 1960 crop of
two-row Hannchen barley of
malting quality will probably
sell at the highest prices in
several years, since the crop
of malting barley in Montana
has been badly hurt this year
by hot, dry weather.
But, these higher prices on
oats and barley are likely to
encourage larger plantings of
these grains in the year
ahead, Teal noted. This, cou
pled with lower prices on
corn and milo that could in
crease use of these two feed
grains, may start a new build
up of oat and barley stocks
next year that would lead to
lower prices.
Odds are that hay prices
will be no higher, and may be
lower, in 1961, Teal also said.
Oregon's hay crop this year
is expected to be the largest
since 1943, and another in
crease in acreage seems likely
in the year ahead.
Refrigeration
No Assurance
Of Food Safety
Madison, Wis. -Science
Service) - Immediate refriger
ation of food prepare ' in large
quantities, as for church
groups, school lunches, etc.,
does not assure safety from
food poisoning bacteria, Uni
versity of Wisconsin home
economists have found.
Researchers Maxine M c -Divitt
and Mary Hammer
found that 100-portion lots of
cornstarch pudding refriger
ated in stock pots did not
cool fast enough to prevent
the growth of food poisoning
organisms. In order to obtain
sufficient cooling to prevent
growth of and toxin produc
tion by staphylococcus aureus,
it was necessary to split the
pudding into three parts and
cool each in a wide, flat pan.
The home economists said
that to prevent bacterial
growth, food should be cooled
to less than 50 degrees Fahren
heit within four hours. But
in their tests, the internal
temperatures of pudding in
the 100-portion lots was above
50 degrees for six or seven
hours:
Prooar Sanitation
Since splitting large lots of
food and then cooling them is
not practical for most quan
tity food preparation situa
tions, it is important to keep
bacteria out of the food from
the start by practicing proper
sanitation, t h e researchers
said.
They noted that puddings
and pie fillings provide al
most perfect places for bac
teria to grow, and cases of
food poisoning have been
traced to such foods which
were contaminated during
preparation.' S t a pylococcus
aureus is one type of bacteria
which causes food poisoning.
The researchers added sta
phylococcus aureus organisms
to puddings to determine the
course of their development,
tr. 33-nnrtion lots cooled in
shallow pans, there was only
a slight amount of bacterial
growth after some hours, in
the refrigerator. But the larg
er 100-portion stock pots con
oinri about 35 times as many
oreanisms as at the start of
the refrigeration period.
Fnr 20 vears. California and
Oklahoma rivaled each other
for top position among the
nation's oil-producing states.
In 1928, Texas surpassed them
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AMBASSADOR LEAVES Russia's ambassador to The
Congo, Mikhail Yakolev, left, is shown as he left the Rus
sian embassy at Leopoldville for the last time. The Russians
closed their embassy on orders from Col. Joseph Mobutu, who
had seized control of the Congo government. At right is an
unidentified attache. (UPI Telephoto)
Emphasis on Space
Flight Claimed To
Be Still on Man
Washington (Science Serv
ice) - The rule of "Ladies
First" does not apply in out
er space, Brig. Gen. Don
Flickinger, USAF, assistant
for bioastronautics, Headquar
ters Air Research and Devel
opment Command, Andrews
Air. Force Base, told Science
Service.
The emphasis on the offi
cial U.S. program for man
ned space flight still is on
man," he said, despite re
ports that a young woman
pilot has been "tested and
qualified" as an astronaut by
a top scientist for the Nation
al Aeronautics and Space Administration.
D r . Randolph Lovelace,
chairman of NASA's Life
Science committee, the group
that participated in the selec
tion of the seven Mercury
Project astronauts, last month
named Jerrie Cobb, 28, of
Oklahoma City, Okla., as the
first woman candidate quali
fied for space duty on the
basis of tests given her at
the Lovelace Clinic in Albu
querque, N. M.
Standards Not Met
Neither the tests given Miss
Cobb, nor the period of test
ing, met the standards which
guided the selection of astro
nauts for the official U. S,
program for manned space
flight, Gen. Flickinger de
clared. "Adequate testing for
such selection takes a mat
ter of months and, of neces
sity, is far more rigorous than
that to which Miss Cobb was
exposed," he said.
On this subject, uen.
Flickinger speaks with the
voice of authority. He has a
major role in the planning of
all Air Force space projects
in which men are involved;
and he also works closely as
an adviser in NASA's Project
Mercury. He said that neither
NASA nor the military serv
ices ever contemplated in
cluding women in their se
lection of Mercury astronauts.
Medical Reasons
Women have been ruled out
of pioneer space flights for
practical as well as valid
medical reasons, Gen. Flick
inger explained. Practically,
there is the problem of de
signing and fitting a space
suit to accommodate their pe-
cular biological needs and
functions. Additional facili
ties would have to be provid
ed in the way of toilet fa
cilities, for example, in plan
ning for extended space
flights if women were to be
included in the program.
In order to determine ade
quately women's physiologi
cal and psychological resist
ance to the stresses of a space
environment, b i o m e d i cal
studies would have to be made
on hundreds of the fairer sex.
It cannot be done on the basis
of testing one or even the
dozen women now reported
to be undergoing preliminary
testing as candidates for space
at the Lovelace Clinic, Gen.
Flickinger said.
Mora Durable
The Air Force officers em
phasized that the fact that
women have not been includ
ed in the official U.S. man-in
space program did not mean
that they are less capable of
withstanding the rigors of
space environment. He gal
lantly conceded that women
are more durable than men
"for no matter what we do
to them, they live longer than
men." He explained this on
the basis that biologically
women are more resistant to
degenerative diseases than
men.
The studies now being
made at the Lovelace Clinic
on women seeking to qualify
for space flight have, how
ever, a value to "pure medi
cal science," the general said,
in that they may contribute
to knowledge that will aid in
improving man's resistance to
match that of his fairer but
stronger sex opposite.
Higher Prices
Seen for State's
Pears and Apples
Corvallis-Smaller supplies
and higher prices are fore
cast for fall and winter fresh
fruits, -especially apples and
pears, reporu. Stephen C.
Marks, Oregon State college
extension agricultural econo
mist. Estimates put the 1960 ap
ple crop at 109 million bush
els, the smallest crop since
1956. Oregon and Washing
ton expect a crop about the
same size as last year, but
eastern states are likely to run
15 per cent below 1999. Na
tionwide, the apple crop fig
ures to be 10 per cent below
last year.
Pear production through
out the United States is esti
mated about 13 per cent be
low 1959 and the 10-year av
erage, says the economist.
Oregon, one of the nation's
major pear states, is likely to
harvest 15 per cent fewer
than last year.
Northwest growers are
getting $25 a ton more for
No. 1 canning pears than last
year which may channel more
of the crop into the canning
trade, Marks believes.
Short Prune Crop
A short prune crop has hit
not only in Oregon, the prin
cipal producer of canned pur
ple plums, but in other major
producing areas of the world.
California's crop, used mostly
for dried prunes, is slightly
smaller this year.
Fewer prunes are also in
prospect in the overseas Medi
terranean area. France looks
for a 40 per cent smaller dried
pack, and Yugoslavia expects
less than half as many prunes
as last year.
Other fruit and vegetable
supplies, with a few excep
tions, are likely to be about
the same or slightly below
last year, Marks reports.
Strawberries: The 1960 froz
en pack now looks to be be
low 1959.
Tree nuts: Total supplies
should be as abundant as last
year with more walnuts and
pecans but fewer filberts and
almonds.
Vegetables: Total supplies
of canned vegetables will be
slightly smaller than last year
and market supplies of frozen
vegetables should be about
the same as last season.
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Khrushchev Said To
Have Two Speeches
Prepared for UN
Open Wide
New York - fOTD - A Health
Insurance Institute analysis of
claims paid by group health
insurers shows that 18 per
cent of all surgical claims
excluding maternity - are for
the removal of tonsils.
Most tonsillectomy patients
are between the ages of 3 and
8. The operation is more com
mon among girls than among
boys.
New York - (DPI) - Com
munist sources indicated to
day that Soviet Premier Nl-
kita Khrushchev has two dil
ferent speeches ready for his
major United Nations address
one a "hard sell and tne
other an appeal to sweet
reason.
They said they had been
told that the content and tone
of the Russian leader's full
dress presentation to the Gen
eral Assembly late this week
would depend to a consider
able extent on what President
Eisenhower says when he ad
dresses the session Thursday.
Khrushchev is scheduled to
follow the President - speak
ing Thursday afternoon or
Friday.
Ticking Time Bomb
There was a feeling among
many U.N. delegates that they
might be sitting on a ticking
time bomb as they awaited
the addresses by the leaders
of the two major world pow
ers. They acknowledged that
East - West differences could
erupt even more violently in
the world forum in the wake
of the Eisenhower and Khru
shchev appearances.
The bouncy Sovie' leader so
far has been a model of af
fability, hamming it up for
photographers with Cuban
Premier Fidel Castro and
speaking only of his desire
for peaceful coexistence in a
miraculously disarmed world.
Tuesday night, during a spur-of-the-moment
visit to the
U.N. delegate's lounge, he In
dicated again he might like to
meet with Elsenh iwer. When
asked by reporters how long
he would stay here, he joking
ly replied "about two weeks
after the assembly end s.
This would keep him here al
most three months.
Positive Note
European delegates and
some from other areas are
convinced that Khrushchev
would like to pitch his U.N.
appeal on a positive note de
signed particularly to woo the
new African nations admit
ted to the world organization
Tuesday. But they doubt his
ability to do it if the President
talks tough on Berlin and re
news charges that Russia
"sabotaged" the Paris summit
conference.
United Press International
For party fare this fall, the
pig-tail set will be wearing
frocks loaded with trimming
tricks eyelet, ruffling, runch
Ing, hem flounces, tucks,
pleats, laces and hand em
froidery. For the best skirt
forward, there are flounced
petticoats. Topside extras in
clude bibs, aprons and pinafores.
Failure To Get
Space Capsule
'NASANightmare'
Washington - (Science Serv
ice! - The Air Force, in fail
ing to recover the Discoverer
XV capsule after 11 re entered
the earth's atmosphere and
plunged into the sea, has en
acted what is known around
here as "NASA's nightmare."
With a Russian man-in-space
attempt rumored to be
imminent, there are probably
some scientists over there
with the same dark dream. It
goes like this:
A manned satellite is put
into orbit. As public excite
ment mounts, the satellite
makes its rounds. Telemeter
ed data shows tho astronaut
is well.
Then comes the proud an
nouncement that the satellite
has successfully re-entered the
earth's atmosphere. The world
cheers. The satellite continues
on its long loop toward the
sea. It plunges In. Radio data
from the satellite are mud
dled. Technique Not Mastered
Planes and shl.is continue
to search for several days.
Criticism rises. The manned
capsule is not found.
The nightmare Illustrates
just this: the U.S. still has not
mastered re-entry and recov-,
ery techniques to such a level I
that recovery of a manned I
capsule would be sure. !
An explosion of the big
rocket used to put a man into
orbit used to be the big night-1
mare. But the National Aero-j
nautics and Space Adminis
tration is relatively sure of its
techniques for releasing and
recovering a lanned capsule
should the Mercury Project's
big Atlas act up on its way
to putting the capsule Into
orbit. In this case, small
rockets pull the capsule from
the Atlas and the capsule
parachutes to earth.
Enough experience has now
been gained to be relatively
sure of getting the manned
capsule into its proper orbit.
Might B Killed
But space scientists know
that a few seconds error in
the setting off of retro-rockets
to take the capsule from orbit
to earth would mean the cap
sule might miss Its target by
miles. If the capsule missed
so badly it struck land, the
astronaut might be killed. If
the missile fell In the wrong
part of the oceans, it would
float, of course, but might not
be found if its signal devices
failed. Bad weather would in
crease the difficulties.
The astronaut could crawl
out of his capsule - but where
would he go from there?
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Benson Given
Cranberry Scoop
Washington (UPI) Spokes
men for cranberry growers to
day gave Agriculture Secre
tary Ezra T. Benson a Mass-1
achusetts cranberry harvest
ing scoop as a symbol of their !
gratitude for Benson's help '
during the 1959 cranberry
scare. !
Benson, grinning, bent over j
double to sweep his office rug ,
with the scoop, shpwing how
it was used. But he agreed ;
the old-fashioned wooden!
scoop, now replaced by ma-i
chines in most cranberries
bogs, would be more useful as
a magazine rack. ;
The presentation, including.
samples of 1960-crop berries, j
was made by George Olsson.l
of Plymouth, Mass., president I
of Ocean Spray Cranberries
Inc., a cooperative marketing
organization.
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