Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 13, 1961, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextMe RUSSIA JUMPS AHEAD The launching by Russia of a 1,415-pound space ship toward Venus, fired on command irom a new orbiting Sputnik, put the Soviets at least 1V4 years ahead of the United States in another space race vcnture-the start of unmanned exploration of other planets In the solar system. The diagram Indicates (1) where the piggyback rocket was blasted off toward Venus, hoping to reach the vicinity of that planet (2) in late May. The latest Russian Shot Regional Edition Page At Venus Called MedfordlWTribune , 'Remarkable' rLondon (UPD Western scientists today termed the Soviet Union's piggy - back rocket shot at Venus a re- , markable achievement that may help plumb the mysteries of earth's cloud-covered sister . planet. "This venture demands 400 times as much precision as their previous shot at the moon," said Prof. Jan. H. Observatory in Holland.. ,"I am led to i believe that the Russians must have de , veloped a highly reliable sys tem of guiding a rocket while it is traveling through space." French space expert Prof. Alexandre Ananov said Soviet scientists seemed to be trying to' leap-frog space achieve- ments by "firing big space ships with room for two or three ' men far out into the solar system." Would Be Remarkable He said it appeared to him that the Russians might leave to the United States the task of putting the first man in pace close to earth. Finnish astronomy Prof. Gustaf Jaernefelt said the feat would be "most remarkable" if-the rocket ship were able to take pictures to show what kind of a surface Venus has. Prof A. C. Bernard Lovell, director of Britain's Jodrell Bank radio telescope, describ ed the shot as "fantastic." Prof. Ananev said the Ve nus project had tremendous propaganda value for the Rus sians. "If you demonstrate . y o u have the technology to put a satellite into orbit around the earth and fire a rocket off that satellite at the right mo ment, with the right trajec tory and the right velocity to hit Venus, your ability to hit any point on earth becomes all the more Impressive," he said. INCENTIVE NEEDED Norfolk, England -(UPI)-The Young Men's Friendly society today invited young women to be friendly and join the club "to attract more men." Membership of the club has sunk to ten. GET A CASH LOAN TO OUTFIT YOUR WHOLE FAMILY CITY FINANCE COMPANY 183 I. Main St. Phon.t MU. 9-5421, Ashland illi Iniiiranci aralloblt n oil loom m low group rolii Starts Congressmen Tell Impatience Delay in Progress Washington -fllfll- "Some of us, frankly, are getting a bit impatient." That was how Rep. Samuel S. Stratton (D- N.Y.) viewed the progress - or lack of It-in the first six weeks of the 87th Congress, Consideration of President Kennedy's "New Frontier' legislative program was Just about to get underway as Congress entered its seventh week today. But this probably won't be the day action starts, because congressional leaders were planning to wait a few more days to allow Republican members to return Irom across the country, w n e r e they have been making Lin coln Day speeches. Can We Afford It? Stratton, voicing his impa tience in a letter to constitu ents, said "Indeed, I wonder if the country itself can really afford such a leisurely pace." And he wasn't the only one to complain aloud to the homefolks about Inaction on Calitol Hill. Rep. August E. Capitol Hill. Rep. August E. "The legislative lull in Con gress continues. I . doubt whether the first phase of the actual lawmaking process will begin In earnest for several more weeks." The Republican members said the "no business" agree ment during their absence from the Senate and House this week would delay little If any. legislation, because nothing was ready for floor action. Congress convened Jan. 3. Then the House bogged down in a long fight over the make' up of its rules committee. The Senate, after a brief battle over procedural rules, had to tackle confirmation of the Kennedy Cabinet and other top administration officials. Other congressional news: Russia: Ambassador to Mos cow Llewellyn E. Thompson was scheduled to brief the from the friendliest people in town Get quick cash lor overcoats to overshoes, dress suits to snow suits. Just pick up your phone, then pick up your loan. $25 to $1500 on Soaring Russian feat more than balanced the heavenly score, which shows that the U.S. has launched 33 satellites (solid line) to Russia's 11 (broken line) and has two solar probes in orbit to the USSR's one. One Russian lunar probe struck the moon head-on. It will not be until mid-1962 when the Earth and Venus will again be in favorable position for another attempt. (UPI Telephoto) Over Senate Foreign Relations com mittee on all aspects of U.S. Russian relations. He was call ed to a closed, afternoon ses sion. Snow: Sen.' Kenneth B Keating (R-N.Y.) announced he would ask the National Aeronautics and Space admin istration and the Weather bu reau "whether we can't em ploy the tools of modern sci ence to break up some of these terrible snow storms be fore they hit." Stock Market Dips Moderately New York - (UPI) - Stocks dipped moderately today as trading dropped off in re sponse to observance of Lin coln's birthday. Alrcrafts and defense issues picked up around a point on average but must groups were down small amounts. General Electric opened 40 minutes late at 81 V4 off y on a turn-over of 40,000 shares while Westinghouse opened a minute later at 41 Vi off on 13,000 shares, Both issues have been weak In reaction to unfavorable antitrust pub licity. Combined with a loss of around 1V4 In Eastman Ko dak, the Issues depressed the Dow-Jones industrial average close to 2 points at mldmorn lng. Steels, oils and motor stocks were down small frac tions. Safes of Cartridge Pens on Increase Fort Madison, Iowa - (UPD -Cartridge fountain pen sales currently account for better than one-quarter of the entire U.S. fountain pen market in dollar volume, E. P. Reavey Jr., marketing director of W. A. Sheaffcr Pen Co., said. The cartridge pen, intro duced In 1954, has climbed to 26.25 per cent of the total fountain pen market for the first eight months of 1960 with an estimated $12 million volume predicted for 1961. Entrance Forms Are Checked by Computer New York-IUPD-The first use of a computer system with a magnetic tape memory in the processing of college entrance examinations and other na tion-wide testing programs has been announced by Radio Cor poration of America. The RCA computer system, working with an Educational Testing Service electronic scoring and transcribing ma chine, has the capability of processing 6.000 test papers an hour. LIGHT METAL Pittsburgh - Magnesium Is one of the lightest of all com mercial metals. United States Three Years Away From Venus Shot Washington -(UPD- The Uni ted States Is about three years away from matching Russia's feat of launching a spacecraft toward Venus.. Scientists said It would take this country that long to achieve the necessary rocket power to send a space probe to Venus or other planets. President Kennedy was in formed Saturday night of the Soviet launching, before it was officially announced by Moscow, and .the United States has been tracking the Russian craft. However, White House Press Secretary Pierre Salin ger said Kennedy would have no comment. This country maintained a news blackout on tracking information about the Venus shot and the 7.1-ton sputnik launched Feb. 4 The target year for sending a U.S. rocket to the vicinity of Venus or Mars is 1964. The next ideal launching period lor a shot to Venus will come late in 1962 but the United States apparently won't have sufficient rocket power for the attempt by then. American hopes for firing a reconnaissance rocket to Ve nus rest with the Saturn "su per-booster," a rocket with 1.5 million pounds of thrust. The Saturn's first stage is sched uled for a test flight later this year. WORKER ELECTROCUTED Lafayette (UPI) a 26 year-old employee of a Yam hill county municipal tele phone company was electro cuted here Friday. Swem's Annual BARGAINS GALORE IN ALL DEPTS. Come Early - Stay Late! Take Home Armloads of These TERRIFIC BARGAINS at the GREATLY REDUCED PRICES NOTICE!! More Sale Merchandise Added to Sale Tables Daily Don't Miss These New Bargains! Qlissile osts, Construction Lag Subcommittee Calls Civilian Construction Men Washington - (UPD - House investigators began an inquiry today into soaring costs and lagging construction work on launching pads lor U. S. inter continental ballistic missiles. A. House military appropria tions subcommittee called civ ilian construction officials and Air Force and Army officers behind closed doors to give an explanation. Concerned Over Costs Subcommittee sources indi cated the construction delay on the elaborate steel and ce ment missile shelters has been at least partly made up. But they said skyrocketing costs deeply concerned subcommit tee members. Rep. George Mahon (D-Tex- as) a leading Congressional military expert, told a report er the lag in getting missiles on the firing line was "a very serious element" in the edge he said Russia now holds over the United States in the ICBM field. "The missile lag," Mahon said, "now appears to be most ly in getting them in an ope rational position." Behind Timetable Though exact Information on the building lag was diffi cult to pin down, some mili tary experts believed con- struction of operational launching facilities for the At las missile were about nine months behind the original timetable. They said the United States now has approximately 10 missiles ready to be fired in case of war but pointed out that under the original sched ule these were supposed to have been ready in January, 1960. The Defense Department has announced that 13 Atlas squadrons -each equipped with about 10 missiles and costing about $200 million for construction alone - are planned for 10 Air Force bas es throughout the United States. Man Charged With Assault and Battery Medford police early Sun day took Jack Maurice Shoe maker, 18, of 2070 Ridge Way, into custody on a citizen's ar rest charging him with assault and battery. In addition, police filed their own charge against Shoemaker charging-him with disorderly conduct. Shoemaker appeared in mu nicipal court with his attor ney this morning and request ed additional time in which to enter a plea. Municipal Judge Ronald Ricketts gave him un til next Friday. It .was indi cated that he would plead in nocent to both charges. He has been released on $150 bail. Doris Marie Bcnasco, a waitress at Bateman's cafe, 2392 North Pacific highway, signed the arrest complaint against Shoemaker. She charges that he slapped her in the face and broke her glasses during an argument at the cafe about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Police charged Shoemaker with disorderly conduct after he allegedly used profane lan guage in front of a police officer. EVERYTHING PRICED TO SELL Doors Open 9 A.M. Daily Use Your "Charge Plate" SALE ENDS SATURDAY, FEB. . - .... .. ...... TELEPHONE SP 2-9331 FOUNDED IN 1911 FREE PACKAGE DELIVERY WITHIN REGULAR DELIVERY ZONES Venus, Puzzle By United Press International Venus is a fog - shrouded sphere of mystery spinning through space in an orbit be tween 160 million and 26 mil lion miles from earth. Named after the Roman goddess of love, the planet has almost completely defied efforts of astronomers to probe its surface. The planet is considered of great interest because scien tists feel there is a possibility it may either sustain human life or be somewhat similar to the earth. 4 The planet is slightly small er than earth, with an esti mated diameter of 7,700 miles. It moves around the sun at an average distance of 67 mil lion miles in 225 days. The planet, like the earth, Is enveloped in an atmos phere, but unlike the earth the clouds appear to form a com plete wrapping around its sur face. Venus shines with a daz zling light because of the great intensity of the solar radiation present. This radiation is al most twice the amount of the earth's surface. The atmosphere of the plan et appears to consist mainly of carbon dioxide. For some time it was believed it contained no free oxygen or water vapor. But in 1959 a telescope sent to an altitude of about 100,000 feet indicated that both free Heart Fund Drive Appointments Made James W. Warinner, 1211 East Main St., has been named vice chairman of the current Heart Fund drive, it was an nounced by general chairman Don K. Auxier. In addition to assisting with general plans, the vice chair man will function as treasurer and have charge of direct mail solicitation. Warinner Issued a call for volunteers to help carry out plans, pointing out that a greater effort now can speed up the major breakthroughs expected by medical science in the next decade. Interested persons should contact him at SPring 3-4531. The Heart Drive official is on the staff of the First Na tional Bank of Oregon, Med ford branch, and an active member of the Medford Lions club, Toastmasters club, and the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Greeters com mittee. Other appointments made for the local drive are Mrs. James J. Mullaney, 356 Lin dero ave., special events chair man, and Mrs, Paul H. Sparso, 341 Cerritos ave., publicity chairman. WORSHIPPER KILLED Buenos Aires-IUPll-One per son was killed and several in jured Sunday when a jeep ploughed into a procession of some 2,000 Roman Catholic worshippers. The hit-and-run driver escaped. Catholic offi cials said he apparently was intoxicated. NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International V California, which in creased - its population by 5.1 million between 1950 and 1960, grew faster than any state in the nation and accounted for nearly one fifth of the country's popu lation growth. Store Wide! 18 Mystery Sphere, to Astronomers oxygen and water vapor were present, according to. Ameri can scientists. This discovery has not been completely con firmed. Scientists estimate that with free oxygen and water vapor present, Venus, because of its nearness to the sun, would be a steaming jungle. 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