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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Railroad Wants Sale To Sante Fe San Francisco - IUPU - The board of directors of the Western Pacific railway voted Monday to sell the railroad to the Santa Fe and reaffirmed Its opposition to a bid by the Southern Pacific to obtain the line. The sale is subject to ap proval by the interstate com merce commission. Santa Fe, which owns 20 per cent of W ester gt Pacific stock, applied Oct. 25 for a controlling interest - offering one and a quarter shares of its own stock for one share of WP. Southern Pacific, which owns 10 per cent of WP, of fered to buy the railroad Oct. 10. SP offered a one-for-one stock exchange. The Western Pacific board said its reasons for Monday's action included: -The Santa Fe offer of VA shares of its stock for 1 share of Western Pacific is fair and reasonable from the Western Pacific shareholders' view point, both as to the value of shares and also the increased dividend that would be re ceived. -Assure the perpetuation of efficient competitive east-west rail service in the territory of California, Nevada and Utah now served by Western Paci fic, and particularly with our transcontinental eastern con nections at Salt Lake City. Assure Competition -Assure continuation of through north-south efficient competitive rail service via Santa Fe-Western Pacific and Great Northern, via the inside gateway. -Provide stronger, more dynamic and more competi tive service in the West, par ticularly in the San Francis co Bay area, the Santa Clara valley and the Sacramento valley; and -Permit substantial econo mies that could be achieved through joint action of Santa Fe and Western Pacific, while additionally maintaining the opportunity for economics be tween the Western Pacific and the Southern Pacific. Bomber Crash Fatal to Five Lockbourne, Ohio (UPD An Air Force B47 jet bomber crashed on take-off at Lock bourne Air Force Base early today, killing all five crew members aboard. A spokesman for the base, located about 15 miles south east of Columbus, said the plane was bound for a routine training mission and carried no nuclear weapons. Witnesses said the plane seemed to explode "in a ball of fire" while taking off about 2:05 a.m. EST. Flames from the burning plane shot 100 feet into the air, but base firemen extinguished the blaze within an hour. Names of the victims were withheld pending notification of next of kin. The plane was 50 feet off the ground when the right wing dipped and touched ground, the Air Force said. The plane exploded on im pact but Air Force experts hoped to reassemble the pieces to try to find out what caused the accident. REFUGEE AUTHOR DIES Oerebro, Sweden -IUPU- Es thonian refugee author Au gust Gailit, 69, whose many works included "The Father land" and "Toomas Niper naadi," died Monday after a long illiness. Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan HAVE YOU VOTED? Good citizenship de mands that you VOTE. Don't let anything in terfere with the exer cise of this privilege. Fred R., Brennan, C.I.A. MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE SP 3-7343 27 North Holly Street 'mtmir3mrmmmuM&9mmtm is?orrrBSTOWMsiemi"ii -jrry Art??? it v.. 1 ... rA :ct 111 Mf ARRIVES AT UN Congolese Foreign Min ister Justin Bomboko, left, looks on as Con go President Kasavubu answers newsmen's questions during a press conference follow ing the latter's arrival at New York. Kas- avuDu was reported prepared to denounce the UN for alleged "aggressions" in the new African republic when he goes before the General Assembly later today. (UPI Telcpholo) 'i y lor ifSfi'i iHirVtty BOMB EXAMINED Postal inspector Frank Fish examines a small bomb wlncn was founa in xne San Diego posi office addressed to Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The find im mediately caused the Post Office in Washington to "realert" its branches throughout the country to examine closely any packages addressed to the presidential candidates and their runnin'g mates. An investigation was under way to learn the identity of the anoymous mailer of the package. (UPI Telcpholo) To guarantee the same amount of batter for each muffin or cupcake, use an ice cream scoop when filling the cake pans. If you are going to sew light-colored fabrics, first dust your hands with cornstarch to absorb the perspiration and keep the material clean. Chance for Early Miscarriages May Be Much Greater San Francisco - . (Science Service) - The chance for mis carriage is much greater in the early weeks of pregnancy than some previous reports have shown, two scientists from the University of California, Berk eley, have found. Their five-year study, con ducted on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, is the first attempt to follow all pregnancies in e community over a period of years. The report shows a rate among early - reported preg nancies of 221 fetal deaths, commonly called miscarriages, per 1,000 total births, much higher than earlier studies based on medical reports have indicated. The risk of prenatal loss Is probably highest in the first weeks of pregnancy, then de clines gradually until the time of birth, their study showed, Report Findings These findings were report ed here at the American Pub lic Health association meeting by Dr. Fern E. French, biosta tistician, and Dr. Jessie M. Bierman, professor of ma ternal and child health, of the University of California's School of Public Health, Berkeley. One of the aims of the study was to identify every preg nant woman on the island of Kauai within a month after her first missed menstrual period. Some 85 per cent of all the Crop Failures in Space Ship Farms May Be Expected San Antonio (Science Serv ice) - Crop failures may be expected in interplanetary farming In the confines of a space ship just as on earth, but farm failure In space is irrevocable, Dr. Daniel I. Ar non, professor of cell physiol ogy at the University of Cali fornia, Berkeley, said here. Anion spoke at a symposi um on the Medical Biological Aspects of Energies of Space at the School of Aviation Med icine, Brooks Air Force base. Although Anion stressed the possibility of crop lailure of algae used in photosynthesis, he said that this did not indi cate that he was pessimistic about the ultimate success and value of such farming to the man in space. Can't Tak Chancel "I merely want to empha size," he told Science Serv ice, "that at the present stage of our knowledge, we cannot afford to take chances on com plete dependence on such a system in space." A photosynthetic system, theoretically, could supply man in space with the main essentials of life: food, water and oxygen. ' Arnon pointed out that crop failure would mean the death of the system and possibly the death of the astronauts that might be dependent upon it. "Until inherent biological uncertainties are removed, man must take reserve sup nlics of his life needs with him in space," Anion said. Arnon, and his associates at Berkeley, Drs. Mitsuhiro No zaki and Manuel Losada, are trying to "unravel the me chanics of photosynthesis, to break the process down to its component parts to eliminate present biological uncertain ties." Their research, still a long distance from the goal, he said, has revealed important evidence on the process of evolution of primitive plant and bacterial life as it existed hundreds of millions of years ago on earth, and the ad' vances to more complicated plant and bacteria structure and behavior, TRIES TO STRANGLE WIFE Houston, Tex. - (UP1I - Jesse Garcia, 36, told police he tried to strangle his wife in a supermarket parking lot Monday with a piece of baling wire for his own protection. "She shot me a month ago, and I wasn't going to give her another chance," Garcia said. Food Is Weighty Problem in Long Term Space Trips fetal losses occurred from the fourth through the 15th week of pregnancy, the report said. Early Losses Contrary to earlier findings based on medical records alone, the Kauai study showed that fetal losses from the fourth to the seventh week of pregnancy were as high or higher than losses in the eighth to the 15th week. The findings can be applied in the U.S. mainland, the Berkeley scientists said, be cause Hawaii has a very high health status and compares fa vorably with the other states In life expectancy at birth, proportion of women receiv ing prenatal care, and number of infants born in hospitals. Washington - (Science Serv ice) - The weight of food man needs may limit the time he can spend in space, Miss Beatrice Flnkelstein, space nu tritionist for the Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Project Mercury, told Science Service. Storage and weight, rather than nutritional content, are the major limiting factors in volved In space feeding, she said. Each pound of dry weight placed in an earth or bit requires ten pounds of propellant. An adequate supply of ready - to - eat, pre packaged foods could be stored without significant weight penalty for the several days required for a man to get to the moon and back. But food for a trip to Venus or Mars, almost a year away from the earth would impose too great a weight penalty, Miss Flnkel stein said. Not Economical "If such packaged foods are to go with men on a planetary flight, the ship will have to carry about 1,300 pounds of food per man per year of flight. This is not economical with present launching re quirements," the space food expert said. The weight problem is only one of the many involved in feeding man in space .with which Miss Finkcl3tcin is con cerned. There is also the problem of feeding a man adequately and safely in a weightless en vironmcnt. This requires spec ial packaging so that food is accessible in easy-to-eat bite sizes to minimize the "danger" of crumbs. In a weightless environment, crumbs floating inside a space helmet and per haps blocking the air tubes present a real danger, Miss Flnkelstein said. Normal Diet ' If she has her way, men In space will receive a diet as close to that normally enjoyed on earth as possible. "Men in a space environ ment will have to endure a wide variety of both physical and psychological stresses. Ap petizing, tasty food will aid in reducing these stresses," the Air Force nutritionist said. For her contributions to this vital area of space research, Miss Finkclstcin has been se lected as the recipient of the McLesler Award in the field of nutrition and dietetics by the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, now meeting here. Motor Freight Request Denied Salem (UPI) A request of McCraekcn Brothers Motor Freight, Eugene, to reduce its service through Crawfords- ville and Hollcy to Sweet Home was denied Monday by Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill. The firm wanted to cut its service from three times a week to once a week. Hill said the proposed one- round trip schedule would not constitute "reasonable and adequate service" to the area. LIBRARY REOPENS Petersburg, Va. -IUPU- The Petersburg public library, closed July 6 after It became the target of Negro sit-in dem onstrators, reopened Monday on an integrated basis. One Negro took out a library card. When pinning a corsage on a dress, push a small eraser from a lead pencil over the end of the pin to keep it from sticking you. A 5 Mayan Calendar Conversion Figured London -(Science Service)- A new way of converting dates in the archaic Mayan calendar into the familiar, modern cal endar has been worked out by a U.S. astronomer. The happy coincidence of an eclipse of the sun very close to the date of the passage of the planet Venus across tha face of the sun gave Dr. Charles H. Smiley of Brown university, Providence, R. I., the conversion method. Be cause of the coincidence he was able to match the known date of such a pair of celestial events in ancient times with the date as recorded in Mayan records. Dr. Smiley reported in the British journal Nature that the correlation rests in part on the assumption that the gen erally accepted Spinden cor relation is correct within 100 years. This assumption has been confirmed by radiocar bon results. Dr. Smiley set the date 477 A.D. as the beginning of the Mayan calendar. 0ISH-mSHBR WMTED! by homemakers concerned with family health and happiness! The lady who runs your house faces a sink filled with dirty dishes, pots, and pans about one-thousand times every year if she' washes dishes the old-fashioned way I Certainly she has more useful family activities to occupy her time! an ELECTRIC DISHWASHER frees her for hundreds of hours of family fun with the flick of a switch! Electric dishwasher magic slays bacteria, too -it scalds china, silverware, and utensils in water and detergents hotter and stronger than hands can stand. An electrio dishwasher helps Tieep the whole family healthier and happior! 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Newhouse Probe Set To Continue Portland -(UPD - The special squad Investigating the Oct. 16 shotgun shooting of Orcgo nlan production manager Don ald Newhouse will be contin ued until the assailant is apprehended. The announcement was made Monday by Police Chief William J. Hilbruner. Hilbru ncr said the Investigating squad has checked into the background of close to 100 persons in connection with the shooting during the last three weeks. Newhouse was wounded Oct. 16 when s shotgun was fired through the basement window of his home. BRILL METAL WORKS Commerciil Induitriil Retidentiit Shett Metal Work Stainlais, Galvinfitd and Copptr Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONI S 2-4440 AUTO SEAT COVERS and CONVERTIBLE TOPS Inventory Reduction ALL LEATHERETTE TRIM Vnmitm quaMyl Your cfnic of smart Saran plastic or cool fiber. Includes tailored installation by Swt-FM specialists. Budget terms. 22 FULL set MottCan CONVERTIBLE TOP SPECIALS Includes new king-size rear win dow and tailored Installation. 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