MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1961
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PROVEN CAPABILITY-The U.S. has estab
lished a proven capability to maintain mis
crosecond surveillance over a space ship
hurtling around the earth at 600,000 yards-per-minute,
it was announced in Palo Alto
Calif., late last week. Details of this ability
to locate and track, 2,500 miles from earth,
a man-made needle In a haystack of space
were divulged by Phico Corporation. The
Letter Sent Mayor
Regarding Benches;
Text of Veto Given
The Crater Lions club sent
a letter on Jan. 11 to Mayor
John W. Snider of Medford,
In which the club set forth
its reasons for backing a pro
posal to place bus waiting
benches on city streets.
The letter was dated two
days prior to the mayor's ex
ecutive veto of a city ordin
ance providing for bus wait
ing benches. The veto over
rules the city council's 6 to 2
decision favoring the ordin
ance. It would take a two-thirds
majority of the council to pass
the ordinance over the may
or's veto.
In its letter to the mayor,
the Crater Lions club contend
ed that there is a definite need
for bus waiting benches in
the city, and noted that such
cities as Portland, Salem,
Springfield, Albany and Cor
vallis have such benches.
Approximately 100 benches
would have been installed
along city bus routes, accord
ing to the club. Benches bear
ing advertising would be
placed only in commerical and
industrial areas. No benches
bearing advertising would be
placed in an area bounded by
Riverside ave., Grape St.,
Ninth St. and Fourth st.
The club also pointed out
that no benches would be
placed on property without
the property owner's approv
al. The Crater Lions club would
have sold the advertising and
collected all net profits from
the venture. The Crater Bench
company, operated by Die
Walsh, would have provided
for the installation, location
and maintenance of the bench
es. The club's letter also stated:
"All proceeds will be expend
ed bv the Crater Lions cluo
within the area of parks and
recreation as it deems proper,
and within the area of city
betterment and youth activi
ties within the city of Medford."
To Lighten the Burden
in Time of Sorrow
Our understanding counsel and quiet com
petence are a source of deep comfort to
the family, who can leave every detail of
the funeral service to us with full confidence.
veil of secrecy was lifted after two years of
development in 19 Discoverer flights. Draw
ing shows how communications and control
system works as satellite orbits earth. Per
sonnel at stations monitor what is happen
ing along flight path and critical informa
tion is flashed back to test center. When
necessary, the stations issue corrective com
mands.
Taxpayers Would
Receive Lillle
Benefit in Plan
Editor's Note-On Jan. 13,
Mayor John W. Snider of
Medford vetoed a city coun
cil ordinance that would
have provided for the instal
lation of bus waiting bench
es on city streets. The text
of the mayor's veto message
follows:
As provided for by sections
15 and 24 of the Medford city
charter, I do hereby veto
Council Bill 7892, relating to
the execution of a one year
franchise with Die Walsh, do
ing business as the Crater
Bench company, for the con
struction, erection and main
tenance of benches for the
free use and accommodation
of persons awaiting transpor
tation.
Although I believe in the
comfort and convenience af
forded by well placed street
benches, I cannot in good con
science approve of the use of
commerical advertising to at
tain them.
I respect the proponents of
the plan for their desire to do
a community service, but I
must disapprove of the pro
portionately small amount of
revenue that would accrue to
the direct benefit of Medford
taxpayers.
In the past we have reject
ed offers to sell advertising
soace on parking meters. By
resisting these and other of
fers we have preserved the
dignity of a city that has gain
ed a reputation for being
something special.
It is mv intention to donate
the first bench, without any
advertising or inscription, in
memory of my father. I want
to encourage others to join me
in providing benches for the
use of all who would find rest
and comfort in their use.
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uneral Home
SPACIOUS PARKING LOT
(UPI Telephoto)
Complex Outfit
Returns Capsules
To Pacific Field
Palo Alto, Calif. (UPD - A
complex system of electronic
equipment, scattered over the
Pacific ocean, has been de
scribed as the Air Force de
classified information on how
it was able to capture space
born capsules from Discover
er satellites.
At the heart of the elec
tronic and computing system
which times and directs the
satellites is a communications
and control system developed
by Philco Corp.'s Western De
velopment laboratories here.
Tracking and monitoring by
instruments starts when the
Discoverer and its rocket
leave the launching pad at
Vandenberg Air Force base
in southern California. Simul
taneously, the system is ready
to issue commands to the sat
ellite from the Air Force Sat
ellite Test center at nearby
Sunnyvale, Calif., operated by
the 6594th Test wing.
Special-Purpose Computer
With the aid of a special-
purpose computer, the sys
tems controls the precise time
for igniting and cut-off of the
missile's second stage. Then
it regulates the burning time
of the rocket engine to place
the missile into proper orbit.
As the Discoverer swings
over the Pacific into space
beyond the South Pole, a se
ries of tracking stations
around the ocean transmit
tracking data for Sunnyvale
for evaluation. There are both
continuous evaluation of the
missile's instruments and a
final determination of its ex
act orbit.
On the satellite's next to
final lap. scientists in Sunny
vale decide the exact point
in space at which the capsule
is to be ejected. A button is
pressed at Kodak, Alaska, tell
ing the satellite what to do
and aircraft and ships are ad
vised to get into position for
the recovery attempt
At the proper instant, the
capsule is ejected. When it is
nearly 50 miles above the
earth, the Kodiak station
turns the capsule over to the
Hawaii station for the
Air
Force recovery planes.
Reduced Freight
Rates Are Possible
Portland-IUPD-A freight rate
reduction which could save :
western lumber and plywood
shippers a possible $20 million
moved a step closer to reality
with the formal approval last
week of the southern rail
roads. The rate reductions applies
to shipments from the west to
all points east of the Rocky
Mountains. The final step is
the publication by the rail
roads of a new tariff which
normally becomes effective
after 30 days. Protests may be
filed with Interstate Com
merce Commission during that
period.
Officials estimate the reduc
tion would mean freight costs
would be about 5 per cent
less.
SIMPLE ECONOMICS
London -O.PIi- Seventy agri
culture students at a dairy
farm in Lincolnshire drink
dried milk instead of milk
fresh from the farm's 50 cows.
"It may sound odd but its a
simple case of economics.'' the
farm director said Sunday, ex
plaining the dried milk is
cheaper.
Fortune Is Removed
From Speculation
By John F. Kennedy
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
Palm Beach, Fla. - (UPli -President-elect
John F. Ken
nedy has removed his person
al fortune, which may be as
large as $10 million, from the
field of speculative invest
ment for as long as he is in
the White House.
Preparing for his inaugura
tion Jan. 20 and wanting to
avoid possible conflict of in
terest although not required
by law, Kennedy recently dis
posed of all stock holdings
and reinvested the proceeds
in government bonds - fed
eral, state and municipal.
Strong Bidding
Reported At
BLM Timber Sale
Strong bidding was evident
at the oral auction timber sale
held by the Medford district
of the bureau of land manage
ment Thursday.
The four tracts contained
10,629,000 board feet located
in Jackson, Josephine and
Douglas counties. They were
sold for a total of $373,402.80.
Spalding and Son, Inc.,
Grants Pass, purchased 1,-
180,000 board feet located on
Howard creek in the Galice
area for $39,251.80. Their
high bid of $35 per thousand
board feet for the Douglas fir
exceeded the offers of H.R.
and Robert Darrow and Bate
Lumber company.
A tract containing 3,981,
000 board feet located in the
Butte Falls area was pur
chased by Medford Corpora
tion for $150,631.25. Their of
fer of $45.25 per thousand
board feet for the Douglas fir
was the highest price bid for
any species in any of the
sales. Lee Logging, Timber
Products company and Ore
gon Veneer company were the
unsuccessful bidders for this
tract.
Sardine Creek
The second Jackson county
tract was located on Sardine
creek. It contained 2,291,000
board -feet and was purchased'
by Double Dee Lumber com
pany, Central Point, for $64,
512.75. They bid $29.50 per
thousand board feet for the
Douglas fir, which was the
lowest sale price for Douglas
fir in the four sales, Lee Log
ging and Timber Products
company competed with the
successful bidder for the tract.
The last tract was pur
chased by Bate Lumber com
pany, Merlin,, in a sale in
which six bidders were com
peting. This tract of 3,177,000
board feet was located on
Snow creek in Douglas coun
ty. The high bid for the Doug
las fir was $40.50 per thous
and board feet and for the
sale was $119,007. The unsuc
cessful bidders were Stomcr
Lumber company, C and D
Lumber company, Superior
Lumber company, Southern
Oregon Plywood Inc. and
Schmidt and Crews Logging
company.
John Carnegie, district sales
officer, said that the next sale
for the Medford district is
planned Feb. 9 at which time
three tracts containing 12,
312,000 board feet appraised
for $233,711.70 will be offered
for sale. Two of these sales
are located in Jackson county
and the other in Josephine
county.
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CRATER FINANCE
135 PINE cESAl NO 4-1273
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
inger said, "The only holdings
he has today are bonds and
real estate." His direct real
estate holdings consist of his
homes in Washington and Hy
annis Port, Mass.
Annual Income - $100,000
Kennedy currently, and ap
parently for some time, der
ives $100,000 a year after tax
es from trust funds set up in
1926, 1936 and 1949 by his
father, former Ambasasdor Jo
seph P. Kennedy.
It was stated authoritative
ly, but privately, that the
President-elect receives a
gross income of about $500,
000 a year from his fortune,
of which $400,000 goes for
taxes. Assuming conservative
ly that the yield from his trust
funds and investments repre
sents a return of as much as
5 per cent, this would indi
cate an overall personal
wealth of about $10 million.
Salinger would not discuss
Kennedy's net worth, but he
did say the President-elect
decided to sell his stocks with
out being required to do so by
law.
The federal law dealing
with conflict of interests has
hit other federal officials in
the pocketbook. Secretary of
Defense - designate Robert
S. McNamara had to get rid
of stock in the Ford Motor
company of which he was
president and he said the
transaction would represent
a potential loss of between $2
million and $3 million over
a period of years.
Joseph P. Kennedys for
tune has been estimated un
officially as between $200 and
$300 million. He began set
ting up trust funds for his
children in 1926. The trusts
are split seven ways - an
equal share for each of the
seven children of Joseph P.
and Rose Kennedy.
Booklets Review
Reapportionment
Salem - (UPD - Oregon legis
lators have been given reap
portionment "do - it-yourself"
kits by the Legislative Coun
sel committee.
The 41-page booklets re
view reapportionment in Ore
gon and suggest various ways
of going about it. The state's
last major reapportionment
of legislative districts was in
1952 - the first in 20 years.
One sure thing is that Ore
gon will continue to have 60
state ' representatives and 30
senators.
The house elections and re
apportionment committee is
headed by Rep. George An
nala (D.-Hood River).
The senate has no commit
tee to deal specifically with
reapportionment but chair
man of the senate elections
committee is Sen. Boyd Over-
hulse (D.-Madras).
HEARTENING FISH STORY
Chicago - (UPD - Chicagoans,
currently basking with most
of the nation in unscasonal
warmth, will continue to en
joy a mild winter, a commer
cial fishchrman says. Mathon
Kyritis, who annually trans
lates fish habits into weather
prophesies, said he caught
Lake Michigan perch in a
mere 90 feet of water, which
affords little protection from
the cold. "They should be 200
feet deep at this time of the
year," he said.
Williams Man Is
Determined; Gets
Sentenced to Year
Grants Pan - An "optical
illusion" wasn't the case at
all when Wilmer Miller, 43,
of William!, was sentenced
to a year in county jail and
given a $500 fine in a local
justice court, or was it?
In fact, the man just
couldn't "see" why he
should return the bifocals
he had stolen from his wife
last Dec. 2 - thus the court
action. Hit estranged wife,
Mary Evella Miller, 925 SW
H st Grants Pass, signed
a petty larceny complaint,
and heriff't deputies arrest
ed Miller Friday morning.
Local law enforcement of
ficers even pleaded with
him to settle the whole
"spectacle" by returning the
glasses before he was for
mally arretted.
Miller w a 1 determined,
however, and continued to
refuse after being tentenced
to the maximum term and
fine for petty larceny.
46 MILLION STUDENTS
Washington -IUPD- The Cen
sus Bureau reports that ap
proximately 46 million stu
dents were enrolled in Ameri
can schools and colleges last
fall.
REACTORS FOR PEACE
Moscow OJPD Russia an
nounced Sunday it will help
Indonesia build two atomic
reactors for "peaceful aims."
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Couple Returns
From Nassau Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Evans,
Medford, recently returned
from an all-expense paid va
cation to Nassau in the Ba
hamas sponsored by Electrical
Distributing, Inc., Portland,
and the Norge Sales corpora
tion. The couple, representing
E a d s Furniture company,
Medford, qualified in a recent
retail sales dealers campaign
of Norge products.
The vacationers left Port
land Jan. 10, via chartered
airlines, and returned yester
day. While in Nassau, the
dealers and their wives stay
ed at the Emerald Beach ho
tel. Featured on the trip were
deep sea fishing, swimming,
boating, dancing, night club
entertainment, and parties.
$750,000 in Gold
Bullion Stolen
Buenos Aires - (UPI) - Four
hold-up men, disguised as air
line employees, escaped with
gold bullion worth $750,000
Sunday night in a daring rob
bery at the international air
port in suburban Ezeiza.
The armed robbers, wearing
coveralls with the emblem of
Panagra Airlines, suddenly ap
peared at the customs office
where the gold bricks were be
ing checked. They overpower
ed the office head and four
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employees, then tied and
gagged them.
The robbers carried the
bricks, which weighed about
900 pounds in all, to a wait
ing vehicle and sped off. The
airport is about 18 miles
southwest of Buenos Aires.
M. B. LEONARD, JR.
Frigidaire salesman, says
My customers like Frigidaire
because they can wash every
thing from diapers to denims
cleaner and ALL fabrics safer
than ever before.
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ASKS POLITICAL ASYLUM
Sydney, Australia - lUPli -Dr.
Ryszard Stanislaw Clelin
ski, commercial consul for
Poland, asked for political
asylum Saturday rather than
return to his Communist
homeland.
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