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P SUNDAY. MAY 7. 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORP, OREGON - . America's First Astronaut Successfully Completes Flight - -pi 'ncMt; ''iv:fvv V.,'c HAULED UP Aitronaut Alan Shepard If hauled up by power winch to helicopter from hli Mercury ipace capiule In the ocean 302 mllei south of Cape Canaveral, Ha., Fri day following nil lucceuful flight Into ipace. (UPITelephoto) v.-- j ijx GATHER AROUND CAPBULE Crewmen of the aircraft lng. The capiule and Shepard were taken aboard the Lake carrier, USS Lake Champlaln, gather around the Mercury Champlaln within minutes after the capsule landed in the pace capsule in which Astronaut Alan Shepard made the ocean, first historic flight by an American into space Friday morn- (UPI Telephoto) - : ,v.'.v w,!- vt,.. ,;; . Bjtf,1:?'' 7 t HOVERS OVIJt SITE Marine helicopter ' morning. The helicopter completed the pick from the USS Lake Champlaln hovers over-: up of Shepard Just a few minutes after his head as power winch lifts Astronaut Alan "space home" plunged from the heavens Shepard from his Mercury space capsule ' Into the ocean. after his voyage Into space and back Friday , (UPI Telephoto) 7 7 f if -'... READIES ROCKET An unidentified tech- Built by the Rocketdyne division of North nlclan readies an A-7 rocket engine, identl- American Aviation, the engine has a rella- eal to the one which launched Astronaut blllty record of 71 prior launching! Includ- Alan Shepard on his historic space flight lng the nation's first satellite, Explorer I. Friday, for shipment from Lot Angelea. (UPITelephoto) Teamsters, AGC Reach Agreement On Contract Terms Portland - Agreement on a three-year labor contract has been reached by representa tives of the Associated Gen eral Contractors and the Ore gon Joint council of teamsters. Wage increases, a boost in health and welfare payments and other Improvements are listed in the contract negoti ated by the AGC heavy and highway division, AGC build' ing division and the Portland Home Builders with the team sters Joint council and affiliat ed locals throughout Oregon and 514 counties of southwest Washington. According to A. H. (Bill) Harding, manager of the Port land chapter, AGC, the pact. which became effective April 1 and expires March 31, 1984 provides for wage boosts of 13 cents per hour in 1961, 10 cents per hour in 1962 and 10 cents per hour In 1963. Payments Increased In addition, payments to a health and welfare plan were increased from 7V4 cents per work man hour to 10 cents. Various classification changes and other benefits also were written Into the agreement but no change was made in the dally transportation reim bursement. Approximately 3,000 Team ster union members employed in the construction Industry are affected by the new agree ment. Harding said the contract was similar to the proposals offered by the AGC to mem bers of Operating Engineers Local 701 which also expired on March 31, and which had been in conciliation, Members of the Operating Engineers currently are voting on the AGC proposals. The Teamster contract, Harding added, is also similar to one accepted earlier this year by the Oregon State Council of Laborers. POSITIONS AVAILABLE The U. S. civil service com mission has announced that positions are now open for electronic engineer and ap praiser. Application forms may be obtained from L. B. Nelson, examiner, U. S. civil service, post office, Medford. 1 J3 T i Tl a . . -JUT iliM X 3 ' zfZK K U 1" "Zl U 1 mmmm w i rAli iiTWirnstftir fflU rr 1 1 111 imw OBVIOUSLY PLEASED Astronaut Cmdr. Alan Shepard obviously pleased with his record-making 302-mile excursion into space aboard a Mercury space capsule starts to get out of his silver-coated space suit after he was taken aboard the USS Lake Champlaln Friday. Shepard was dropped Into the ocean in sight of the big carrier by the super-accuracy of the Redstone booster rocket. (UPI Telephoto) i OVERCOME WITH EMOTION Air Force Nurse Lt. Dolores O'Hara, one of the nurses assigned to the astronauts, is over come with emotion when she sees Alan Shepard has made a successful flight through space. (UPI Telephoto) Two State Newsmen Initiated in KTA Eugene-Eric W. Allen Jr., menacing editor of the Med' ford Vail Tribune, Is one of two professional Oregon news papermen initiated as associ ate members of Kappa Tau Alpha, national honorary scholarship society in Journal ism. Allen and Robert B. Frazler, associate editor of the Eugene Register-Guard, were initiated by the society Thursday night. Also named by the honor group were four undergradu ates and five graduate stu dents. The undergraduates, all members of the senior class and the top four, tcholasti cally, in their class. Included Gary Sala, Portland; Mary Jo Stewart Hall, and Alan Hynd Ing, both of Eugene; and Jac queline LaDue, Salem. Graduate students, all with grade point averages of at lrast 3.80, include Jonathon Marshall and William Ken neth Payne, both of Eugene; Hal Basham, Wichita Falls, John Kltson, La Crosse, Wise; and Brant Ducey. Edmonton. Alberta, Canada. Speaker at the initiation banquet was Dean Nathan B. Blumberg of the school of Journalism of Montana State university, Missoula, Mont. Memorial Day Plans Are Discussed The Jackson county Veter ans Allied Council Thursday discussed plans for Memorial Day services, and elected Pat rick Graham, who represents the Disabled American Vet erans and Veterans of World War I, chairman of the cere monies. A short program is planned at the Library park in Med ford. Tentative plans include a principal speaker, band music and other activities, Graham said. Banks I. Paul, assistant manager at the White City Domiciliary, and Frank Glon ning. special services officer, attended the meeting to co ordinate the program with acUvlties at White City. Y t-ist-'.iL r i LJP i yK C-- CU r$r't. r-J h r?k '4i v.(i .le ROLLS EYES Astronaut Alan Shepard buttoned up for his 302-mile flight down rolls his eyes for a last look out of his range from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday Mercury space capsule just before he was morning. (UPITelephoto) Four Exchange Students Relate Experiences at District Event Approximately 75 people at tended the American Field service district banquet here recently. Those attending came from Grants Pass, Crescent City, Yreka, Ashland and Central Point, as well as Medford, Mrs. H. D. Christensen, dis trict AFS president, read a letter telling of the rewards to an American family that adopts a foreign student for the school year. Each of the four exchange students cur- DeLeigh Motors Submits Low Bid On County Trucks DeLeigh Motors, Medford Studebaker dealer, was ' low bidder on two county three- quarter-ton pickup trucks Fri day at net bid price of $3,531. County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt said County Engi neer Robert Carstensen would go over the specifications of each of the four bids, and make recommendations to the county court. Other firms whose bids were accepted and their bids were: Parsons Motor com pany, Medford, net bid of $3,698.50 including 300 al lowance for the two county trucks traded-ln; Crater Lake Motors, $3,646. .06, including $300 trade-Ins; Courtesy Chev rolet, Medford, net bid of $3,- 716.76; and International Har vester company, Medford, net bid of $3,725 including $325 for trade-ins. Questions Requlremenl A representative of Selby Chevrolet company, Ashland, questioned the required 10 per cent bid bond or check. He noted that his company had been selling trucks to the county for 20 years, and had a good reputation. The Selby Chevrolet com pany's bid of $3,646, including trade-ins, was not accepted since the bid bond or check had been omitted. County commissioner Wendt said the Ashland firm was not the only one complaining. County Judge Earl Miller said state law required such a bond or check be submitted with each bid. Possible Break-Entry Reported to Police A possible break and entry was reported Saturday morn ing at the Elk City market, 3338 North Pacific highway, Medford police said. The lower glass of the front door was broken out, but the lock on the door rently living in the southern Oregon northern California district with foster parents, told his Impressions of and experiences in America. Home Near Alba Miss Franca Marginl, living with the Robert Chamberlans of Grants Pass, said her home in Italy is near Alba, Med- ford's sister city. She express ed her fears of missing her twin sister, who is presently an exchange student in Illi nois, when she first thought of spending nine months in Grants Pass. Franca, as the other stu dents, now finds that tjie school year has gone much too fast. She said she would like to take her American family home with her. Del Norte High school's first exchange student, Heino rause, of Germany, said. "I like being an American big orotner. Heino has an Amer ican "sister" while he lives with the Ray Thompson fam ily of Crescent City. Trips to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento, Calif., have highlighted Heino's stay. Experiences in Medford Don Kondo, of Japan, told of h 1 s experiences on the Medford High wrestling team. Don, living with Dr. and Mrs. Fred C. Lorlsh of Medford, claimed he had lost his pass port, when the wrestling team threatened to deport him for losing another match. It was also announced that Don's art work won a gold key for out standing talent on the high school level. "Do you speak English In England?" was termed as one of the oddest questions asked of Miss Jill DuCroz since her arrival in Medford. Jill has been living with the L. C. McLaughlin family while at tending Medford High, where she has contributed to the newspaper and been an active member of the Pep club. . A fifth foreign student, Mar rie Dharmobroto of Indonesia, spoke to the group. She lives in Yreka with the Robert Stewart family. Although Yre ka is in another district of AFS, Marrie came to the ban quet and delighted the audi ence with her sense of humor. President Kennedy has call ed AFS a "terrific" program. According to the administra tion, AFS is one of the nota ble forerunners of the newly established peace corps. Explains Program Mrs. Christensen explained an explansion program pres ently being undertaken. Dur ing the present school year, there have been 1,849 stu dents from 47 countries in the United States under AFS sponsorship. By 1963, it is proposed to increase this fig ure to 5,000 students. In conjunction with the program is the AFS Ameri cans Abroad branch. Last year 966 high school students spent the summer in Europe. During the - school year of 1960-61, there have been 237 American students going to school in foreign lands. The school program is presently being emphasized by AFS. It was noted that two south ern Oregon high- school stu dents were semif inalists for the summer program. If J" Ann Johnson, Medford, and John Jeddeloh, Grants Pass, can be placed in homes in Europe, these students will be among the 1,000 American high school students partici pating this summer. Advanced Placement Program Gets Boost With $46,472 Grant Eugene T h avancea Placement in th state of Oregon has been given runner support by a new grant of $46,472 from the Fund for the Advance ment of Education. In advising Dr. Roland Bartel, associate professor of English in the Untvnnitu r Oregon and director of the Oregon Council for Advanced Placement of the grant, the Fund representative wrote "We in the Fund are happy that the program is moving along so vigorously n the state and are confident that the plans for next year will strengthen and expand the program in Oregon." The grant will h i conduct three institutes next was still ,... " locked, police said. ' and Am.V., i. . Engll,n The store owner. Dona.H J"? Am.lrl"" .hlstory be Arthur Greaves. 716 Wert 13th gon and one K '7 0re st.. Medford. said nothing in be hlld .1 Oriln c?8y Wl" the store had been bothered. versiS 8 m State unU The Institutes are expense paid sessions for high school teachers nominated by their principals and accepted by the Advanced Placement coun cil. Forty high school English teachers will be admitted to the English Institute, 30 to the History Institute, and 20 to the Biology Institute. The funds will also be used to send college and university professors Into the hlgn schools during the school yea' under a consultation program. Such consultation is oar ried out at the request of hlgn school teachers who are at tempting advanced placement work. . Both the Institutes and the consultation program, accord ing to Bartel, are deslsnatra to give the most direct help w teachers and prospective teachers of advanced plr ment courses in Oregon J nign schools.
