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America's First Astronaut Successfully Completes Flight
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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
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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"
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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.