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MEDFOAD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. MAY II.' 1961 r Try and Stop Mo By BENNETT CERF- THE MOST DISGUSTED author in Chicago b the man who heard via the grapevine that his latest floperoo (a novel that in seven months had sold grand total ol 977 copies) had been reported "out of stock" by the publisher. A long-distance call verified the 1 news: the publisher had ' indeed sold the entire re maining stock of the book over 3000 copies to a single customerl Thebuy- ler; a fruit grower in ! South America, who pro- posed using the books $o bullet-proof his trucks against bandits! Thepub . Usher had sold him the books for 6 cents a copy net and admitted he had done better than he had expected! . , . . ... Queen Victoria was riding in the royal coach through the : streets of London when a loyal subject hurst through the cordon of police and hollered, "Keep up the good work, Vic, ol" girl!" The miscreant was hustled off, and the Queen waa heard to grumble, "That should never have been allowed to happen but It was gratifying, quite gratifying!" , . , 1961, ly Bennett Crt Distributed by Kinr restarts Syndicate ; BKnBl VTOCKlf Space Platforms To Be Used in Study of Stars Bethpage, N.Y.-HJPD-The Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration is building two.'" observatories i in -space platforms with which to study the stars. What is learned from ex periments performed by these IVi-ton Orbiting Astronomi cal Observatories is expected to contribute to man's knowl-, edfie of the makeup of the stars and planets and of space itself. Scientists believe the OAO's also may help provide a few answers to manned flight problems, although this is not their basic purpose. NASA plans to launch the first 9V4 by 6V4-foot OAO into ' a 500-mile circular orbit from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas Agena B missile vehicle in 1963., In such an orbit, the space observatory would be above much of the earth's atmos phere which previously has prevented telescopes on earth from getting a clear view of the stars. if , Grumman Aircraft ' Engi neering Corp. has displayed a model of the OAO's it is build-. ing here under the direction of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. " . - The body of the model looks like a large, eight-sided box which a Grumman spokesman said would be the observa tory's coated aluminum skin. This box has a double set of square "ears," paddles cov ered with solar cells to pro vide 350 watts of electricity to power the OAO's instruments. And it wears a sunshade a curved paddle set vertically in the center of its top to shade its "eye," a telescope aperture, zrom the sun. ". The OAO's being built on a $23 million NASA contract have another feature visible on the model "star track ers" which look like small nobs. The star trackers are part of a stabilizing system to provide enough information by television and radio mes sages for scientists on the ground to send the observa tory orders aiming It at a spe cific star or area of the sky. The space observatory would be -turned in the direction of its target by gas jets or wheels activated by these radio orders from" earth, the Grumman spokesman said. Walter Scott, Grumman's Space -Sciences Department chief,, said the stabilizing in struments would be "so sensi tive they would detect the vi bration caused by the coursing of blood . through a human body." He said these instruments would give the OAO "better pointing accuracy than that of any existing large observa tory here on earth." He com pared this accuracy with keep ing sighted on a basketball 500 miles away. The Grumman spokesman said each of the OAO's was designed as a "standardized shell into which one or could be fitted for each flight." Planned for the instruments are experiments proposed by the Goddard Center, the Smithsonian Astrophy sical Ob servatory, the University of Wisconsin, Princeton Univer sity Observatory and Harvard University.. - These institutions have sug gested experiments which would seek greater knowledge of earth-sun relationships, the proportion ' of elements in space and the temperatures, structures, lite histories and birth of stars. . Graceful Flying Swallows Are Useful: Zoologist Says They Feed on Insects Corvallls-Graceful and ex pert flying swallows are use ful birds because they feed on insects such as mosquitoes, according to Dr. Robert M. Storm, Oregon State univer sity zoology professor. Expert flying comes in Plane Wreckage Spotted From Air Salem, Ore.-flJPD-The wreck age of a plane, oeuevea ro be that of one which crashed on a flight from Pasco to Portland in November of 1998. was spotted from the air Wednesday.- .-.: Earl Snyder, Oregon direc tor of civil, aeronautics, said the wreckage was sighted by an Oregon Air National uuara pilot about a mile south of the Bonneville Dam. - A search party will Invest.- sate the wreckage today, ne said. i - Snyder said the plane was vciinw. the same color as that of a Beechcraft Bonanza which disappeared with Lowell Adamson, 42, and Mrs. Eloise Coontz, 31, both of Yakima, w-ih aboard. The Air National uuara niinf was takinc part in a search for a light plane pilot ed by Martin Brewer, 44, Portland, which has not been heard from since taking off from the Troutdale airport near Portland Monday. Two other persons, BreW' er's father, about 80, and Frank Cowan,. 16, also of Portland, were aboard the plane, a red and white Piper Tri-pacer. ' Search for the aircraft was to continue today. handy because they mainly feed on Insects on the wing. Since they are insect eaters, swallows are attracted to wa ter areas. . Swallows . probably spend more time in the air than any other of the perching birds. Another characteristic of the colorful and attractive swal lows is the forked tail. Mud nests of some swal low species are unsightly and that's probably the most dam aging thing a person can say about them. Dr. Storm noted. Most Prominent ' Of the seven species in Ore gon, the violet-green swallow is the most prominent and ACTRESS GETS DIVORCE Lost Angeles-ttlPO-Screen ac tress Leslie Parrlsh, 28, was granted a default divorce Wednesday from her actor husband of five years, Eric Marlow, whom, she charged with extreme cruelty. Kennedy Joined In Tax Proposal Washington -flTD An AFL CIO spokesman took sides to day with President Kennedy In favor of an administration proposal to abolish two spe cial breaks for stockholders. Stanley H. Ruttenberg, AFL. CIO research director, tola tne House Ways' and Means Com mittee in prepared testimony that tax credits for dlvldent income have been a "bonanza" for hieher income taxpayers. He said nearly 85 per cent of all American families were excluded from the benefits be cause they do not own stock- Kennedy has proposed re peal of present provisions un der which a taxpayer may deduct up to $50 of dividend income in figuring his tax and also deduct 4 per cent of all dividends over $50. A representative for the Na tional Association of Manu facturers, Dr. Harley L. Lutz, testified that repeal of the pro Visions would "deprive the re cipients of small dividend in comes of a significant meas ure of relief." . Lutz said,' in prepared re marks to the committee; that "it is not logical to deny relief to the little fellow on the ground that the man with the big income would get a rela tively larger benefit." popular. It nests in bird houses, ho!es in trees and building crevices, usually around towns. All Oregon's swallows mi grate between Mexico and South America in the winter from -August to October, de pending on the species, and return in February and March. Swallows migrate earlier than other birds and in flocks. . Tree swallows are similar in appearance to the violet green, but usually nest In tree holes; although not turning down bird houses. Bank swal lows are rarest in Oregon; but they can be found in Isolated colonies. Both the bank and rough- winged swallows nest in bur rows which they excavate In perpendicular dirt banks. Cliff swallows fasten gourd shaped mud nests under build ing eaves or overhangs of rocky cliffs. They can only nest where they can find mud of proper consistency. ' Barn swallows build a lit tle cup-shaped nest of mud and straw fastened to the braces or timbers of barns and other buildings. Purple martin swallows nest in holes of dead trees and don't use bird houses in the West as they do in the East. It may be sacrilegious to write it; but zoologists label as exaggeration the claim that cliff swallows return to San Juan Caplstrano Mission in southern California at the same hour and day each year. Trouble With Sparrows Many bird lovers have trou ble with English sparrows using bird houses planned for swallows. English sparrows usually move in because the bird house builder bored too big an entrance hole. Dr. Strom recommends making a smaller wing-like entrance., This is done by drilling a one-inch hole, and then making a one-half inch wide and long wing-like ex tension on each side at the top of the one-Inch hole. Bird houses (tor swallows) should be placed at least feet high i and i where " it's shady most of the day. 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