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7 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY, APRIL 30. 1981 Helicopters Could Remove Diseased Trees From Nation's Forests THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA ' . , Nixon's Trip, Cooper's Cancer, Marriage Mixup Are Top News By United Press International former vice r resident 'Richard M. Nixon scheduled an 11-day trip which will in clude several speeches, among ;them three Republican fund raising addresses. . ' I Nixon's Los Angeles office eaid his trip would take him .to his home in Washington and to Greensville, S.C., for a private ' dinner with James Byrnes, former Secretary ' of iState. ... ",-; He was -to address a pub lisher's dinner in New York, then fly to Chicago to speak tit lattt wmC mi MOTHER'S RING "ZTZ't. -. i..:-'.;. lenrfi f 14K gld llgnify folhtr and MoJhtr ... tirtftsttntt lBnify cMM Watch Molhtr'i fact light up with oy as ih s this ring that's htrs olont . ..tolling: tha precious story of htr very . own family I Gold bands (whit or ytllow) representing her hut band end herself -are joined together by the stone of the month of each child . . . a gift ' she'll show with pride, cherish olwaysl Don't deloy. As rings or cuilom-mode, they must be Ordered In odvonce. 1 On child . $35.00- . ' ! Two chlldrto $30.00 ' Thre children $35.00 ' ' '. loch oddfHonol child . $ 5.00. frrtftrtk ' (Mm ml JEWEL HOUSE 4 103 North Central Acrsu From Penney'l ' to a Republican citizens' rally. His itinerary also included Des Moines, Iowa; Detroit, and Columbus, Ohio. Nixon was scheduled to re turn to the West Coast by way of San Francisco, where he will visit friends before re turning . to . southern Califor nia. - In Hollywood, a veteran mo tion picture actor lay gravely ill with cancer . . . and anoth er actor's ex-wife claimed he had married again. ', Film Star Gary Cooper's condition in his fight against "advanced cancer" was re ported to. have taken a turn for the worse, giving his phy sician and family reasons for "grave concern."., Cooper's spirits were lifted when he received a personal message from Queen Elizabeth offering her best wishes. Pres ident Kennedy had talked to him on the telephone. earlier. In an announcement, Dr. Rex. Kennamer. reported that Cooper "has been greatly com forted by the interest, good wishes--and blessings' of his friends :th r ou gh o il t r the world.'? ... , . . In Santa Monica,' Actress Anna Kashfi said that her ex husband Marlon Brando told her he is. married to Mexican Star Movita and is the father :of a nine-months-old son. "Marlon told me weeks ago that he was secretly married to Movita and that they had a baby." Miss Kashfi said, "He also asked for my help, saying he was going to get a divorce from her. Marlon wanted to know if I would al low his new baby to visit with our son. Devi. I told him I would have to think it over." , Elsewhere, there were these developments: Roblllard: Alexander Robil- lard, the first minor executed in California in 17 years, died in the San Quentln gas cham ber for ' killing a policeman, Roblllard, -20, was white-faced but calm as he was led into the green, eight-sided steel and glass chamber after tell ing warden Fred Dickson he would try to die like a man. Roblllard was convicted for shooting patrolman Gene Do ran of .Hillsborough, Calif., on Aug. 5. 1959, Bomber: A nimble five foot, six inch co-pilot was credited with saving an $8 million B52 jet bomber. Officials at Beale Morse Outlines Forest Program Before Senate Air - Force base near Marys ville said that on a recent take off the bomber s mam land ing gear failed to go into nor mal, retracted position. The pilot feared the plane's mas sive wheels would collapse if he attempted to land. - Lit. George D.: Helvie,"' 25,' Tur lock, Calif., crawled into the open wheel wells and inserted safety lock pins to insure that the - gears stayed in position upon landing. Helvie worked his way across the bomb bay to reach the first wheel well at a time when the plane was traveling 200 mph at 1 8,000 feet; ' -.' '- H' 1 . ; '" Sinclair: Mrs. Mary Craig Sinclair,' 78, author and wife of Pulitzer prize-winning nov elist Upton Sinclair, died in Pasadena of a heart ailment. Mrs. Sinclair's book; ' "South ern Belle: The Personal Story of a Crusader's . Wife." was published in 1957; 'Her hus band ran unsuccessfully ! for governor" of California ' in 1911. - - : ': Cooley:1 Spade : Cooley; for mer "King of Western Swing," was' arraigned in Bakersfield on a murder indictment in the death of his' wife, Ella. Mae, 35. The arraignment was con tinued until May 10, the time for Cooley to enter his plea. Cooley's .- daughter, Melody, 14, had testified at a coroner's inquest earlier that she saw her father beat her mother April 3. Mrs. Cooley died the same day. Traffic: "I never 4 want to drive a car in California again," pouted' traffic - ticket king Herman Abrams when sentenced in Los Angeles to two years in jail. "I have news for you," replied Municipal Judge Byron J. Walters. "You're not going to get a chance to.". Abrams, 69-year- old retired postal worker who said he had been given some 430 traffic 1 citations .in 42 years of driving, was convict ed by a jury of 13 violations He also was fined $500.;., BIDS INVITED Portland UPD . Invitations for bids for the first construc tion work in connection, with the $72,300,000 Green Peter and Foster Reservoirs Project have been issued by the Port land U.S. Army Engineer District. The project is on the Middle and South . San tianv rivers. . ' - : i tec- .,tfa A COMPLETE CARLOAD OF NEW WurliIzer Pianos e ao Or - . w-ar 1.-. ceui " w .l. ro an1 VveOPr" f HI 1 ' 'M ' -."'; B ' i i fJ trice. $AOC00 : - - T I I Range From ' : : : , , ' FAMILY FUNS A 00 O FOR ONLY 9 for O Months on Purucker's PIANO RENTAL PLAN! Give your youngster the advantage of starting a musical education on a new piano. Fits a thrifty budget perfectly. An excellent way to test your child's musical aptitude. Rental payments may be credited to purchase, if desired. DIAL SP 3-7538 Sen. Wayne Morse Thurs day outlined in the Senate a program, which would pre serve natural growing condi tions yet allow removal of di seased and selected trees from the nation's forests. The proposal, supported and promoted by Glenn Jackson, Medford, would utilize power ful helicopters in removing ripe timber from inaccessible areas, or where the natural beauty is of prime import ance, such as national parks, wilderness areas and camping site areas. . Plans are under way, ac cording to Jackson, for the nine-ton lifting capacity Si korsky helicopter to be used in, removing 167 overripe trees in a mapped area of Ore gon : Caves National monu ment. Conventional logging in an area like Oregon caves Na tional monument, he said would be disastrous, "but se lective logging by helicopter preserves the area and re duces the damage to less than would be suffered from leav ing the overripe timber to stand there and rot.". The Oregon Caves, opera tion is an example of how helicopters could be utilized. "Removing the tree on a se lective basis by helicopter with no heavy equipment dis turbing v ground conditions, leaving a partial growing stock on the ground, will aid in the solution of the brush problem, will ' reduce ' the amount of land taken up by road systems, eliminate, ero sion; reduce silting of' our streams, and eliminate some of our flood control prob lems," Jackson said. In addition to this," he added, "the multiple purpose use of public lands envisions a sizaeable increase in recrea tional use. Certainly conven tional logging methods do not add to the aesthetic beauty or use from a recreational stand point. Lack of comparable damage from logging opera tions by helicopter will pre serve much of this aesthetic value.". .Jackson, after watching a helicopter demo nstration more than a year ago, be came convinced of the possi bilities of using helicopters in logging, and started studying the idea to prove it was finan cially sound. He, conferred with - Carrol Brown, supervisor, of Rogue. River National forest,, about the soundness of such a plan financially.. The forest service prepared two sets of figures comparing helicopter logging with conventional logging methods. ' One set of figures was used with the defense department assuming the depreciation costs of the helicopters, and the other with the logging op erations carrying depreciation costs. The figures showed that even with a $369.46 an hour operation cost for the hell copter, airborne logging would cost $35.57 a thousand board feet at the mill. Conventional- logging, in cluding road building as well as slash disposal, figured out to $35.47 a thousand board feet at the mill. The heli copter cost included bucking and falling needed to com plete the airborne operation. Jackson said the Helicopter cost was computed on a basis of using the machines 1,000 hours a year. If this were in creased to 1,500 hours, the cost of logging by helicopter would be reduced to $32.81 a thousand board feet with the defense department assuming depreciation costs In return for the defense department's assumption of depreciation costs, the depart ment would have priority on the helicopter's service for tactical purposes when needed. . Jackson said he has been concerned with the future of the state's forests, and the flood control and erosion prob lems resulting from clear-cut, side hill logging. , "The timber is there, much of it going rotten, harboring disease and creating fire or snag hazards," he said. "The only practical way of getting it out is to lift it out by air." Jackson pointed out that the prime need is to preserve the natural growing conditions. Cat or high-lead logging would be disastrous in many of these areas, either by des troying the aesthetic values, creating brush growth prob lems that stifle timber repro duction or by setting off flood control and erosion problems that are costly to check," he said. Helicopters, he said, could be used in fire control. "The high lift helicopter is particu larly important because of the large quantity of water or fire deterrent material which can be delivered to the spe cific spot , where it is re quired," he said. .' Jackson said he found that the type helicopter desirable for such work is already on order. Two of them are for the West German government and a third would be avail able for the experiment in Oregon Caves National monument. . Logging by helicopter may start in the spring of 1962. A preliminary agreement has been reached between the forest service, the defense de partment and Siskorsky Heli copter, and it Is planned to have funds for the experiment in the 1962 federal budget, Two Are Injured ; In Valley Accident Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ray mond Withish, route 4,: box 471, Medford, were taken to a local hospital Friday night after their car failed to make a curve near the intersection of Griffin Creek and South Stage rds,, according to state police. , , , They were reported in good condition Saturday. Whitish, 46, the driver, has possible neck injuries, and his wife and passenger, Minnie Whit ish, 55, is being treated for cuts and bruises. Earlier Friday, minor dam age occurred to two cars on Highway 99 near Rogue River, state police said. A car driven ' by Elmer Rocky Robison, 38, Roseburg, attempted to pass a logging truck as the car. ahead of it driven by Wayman Pilcher, 38, routa-1,' box 416, Gold Hill, started to make a-left turn. ' ' White City Club Views Slide Show White City - Rafe L. An ders of the Oregon state police presented a program of col ored slides and commentary at a recent meeting of the White City Fisherman's club. Anders displayed a se quence of slides from the nat ural bridge on the Rogue river to the Pacific ocean. Pictures included the Rogue river at flood waters, indicating the damage that flood water can do. , Also shown were scenes of Crater lake, Miller lake, Odell lake, Gold lake, Willow lake, Squaw lake, Fish lake, and other fishing spots in southern Oregon. Included were pic tures of deer, elk, bear, sheep, and Kodiak bear in Alaska. Members of the club ex pressed their appreciation for the officer's program, and not ed that it was "an exception ally fine gesture" for Anders to contribute to the entertain ment of the domiciliary fishermen. TERM ORIGINATES WOODEN CLOCKS Earliest recorded mention Early American timepieces of Indian summer is 1794. I were made entirely of wood. 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