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2 6 SUNDAY. APRIL IS. 1962 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON Seattle World's Fair Destined To Be Portrait of Space Age By MARTIN HEERWALD United Pr.ti Ini.rnttlon.l Seattle, Wash. - (UPD - The Seattle World's Fair it des tined to be a portrait of the Space Age, framed by the age less natural beauty of the Pa cific Northwest. The Century 21 fair, a $100 million extravaganza accent- ed heavily with science and culture, unfolds in a 74-acre Jewel box of futuristic sphires, arches and fountains silhouetted against a back- droo of snow-capped moun tains and rugged coastlines. The goal of the enterprise Is to make the world of to morrow come alive today. The fair, the first In the United States in 23 years, in tends to project its expected 10 million visitors Into the year 2,000. Success Story When the fair gates swing open April 21, it will be the climax of a seven-year suc cess story which started with a dream and ended with this city getting a new lease on life. Even after the crowds and excitement have faded, the six-month fair will have left a lasting Imprint on Seattle, the socalled "Queen city of the Northwest." As a memen to, a giant civic center with lasting cultural, recreational and sports facilities will stand in an area previously festered by slums. The last of the fair's skep tics, and there were many, became avid believers when the wrecker's ball toppled th last of the rickety slum build. ings and the gleaming fair site took shape. Born Lucky Ewcn C. Dingwall, the fair's first employee and now its general manager, believes the whole project was born under a lucky star. "We had undreamed of sue cesses, one after another," he said. "If seeing weren't be lieving, you would think all this is just a dream. Virtually everything about the fair adds to its "tomorrow motif." The fair's symbol, a 600- foot steel spire known as the Space Needle, creates an ex citing, gay moodi It is a thing to look at and a thing to climb. Its glassed-in, high speed elevators create a Space Age illusion of sudden straight-up departure from the earth. VUw Seattle The Space Needle is a place from which to scan the beauty of Seattle and its well-endow. ed horizons. A visitor can sur vey the panorama while strol ling along Us observation deck or during a leisurely meal in the Eye of the Needle restaur. ant, a circular pavllllon seat ing 290 persons and rotating In a full circle each hour. A major emphasis of the fair is on science. Five big buildings house the $10 million National Science exhibit, planned to present the facts and fun of science O MAIN S-ST UT"L I in laymen's language. It will be a graphic review of man's scientific accomplishments to date and the challenges of the I future. The National Aeronautics and Space administration (NASA) has planned its most ambitious space display ever, . '-. ;; a. r ) Tha pictures on page 1 of this saclion are of tha Se attle World's Fair. Tha photograph at tha top left is, of course, general view of the Fair grounds with the 600-foot space needle, symbol of the Fair, dominate. The space needla will feature a revolving ras t a u r a n t accommodating 260 parsons, and an obser vation deck accommodating more than that, near the top. Just under tha general view, is a picture of some of .the five arching lowers which highlight the en trance to the U. S. Science Pavilion, which is part of the 69 million federal pro gram of participation in America's Space Age World's Fair. Features of the pavilion will be a "Spacearium' which is pictured in the middle on the right aide of the page. In the Spacearium viewers may study the solar system as if from a point in outer space. The bottom on the left is an exterior photograph of the fashion pavilion at the Fair and at the bottom right is a picture of a $350, 000 water fountain. In international competi tion, two young Tokyo ar chitects won top honors with their fountain design for the Fair, Architects Hideki Shimisu, whose name translated is "Ambi tious Waters," and Knu yuki Matsushita designed a fountain utilising a multi plicity of patterns in water reaching heights of 100 feet. The night picture of the Monorail on the upper right was set up by Sylvania Elec tric Products, Inc., earlier this month. The "big shot" was photo graphed by a United Press International photographer and was made by lighting the Monorail with 200 flash lamps equal In power io 44,000 home type incandes cent lamps. The space nee dle was "painted" with light from a helicopter car rying four Sun Guns which produce 20.000 centerbeam candlepower showing virtually every mem ber of the nation's rocket missile family. Spacearium A Spacearium, exhibited by the Boeing company, may be perhaps the most spectacular part of the science section. The Spacearium is a theater projecting a three-dimension, al, simulated spaceship ride billions of light years into space. , ' Dr. Athlelstan F. Sphllhaus. appointed by President Ken nedy to be commissioner of the science exhibit, promises VI -. '.' v-w ' . ' A j ' 1 ' ' ON TRIAL RUN With the space needle in the background, the Alweg Monorail is shown in Seattle, Wash., recently on its trial run from the site of the Seattle World's Fair to downtown Seattle. The Monorail will transport visitors to the Fair which opens next Saturday. (UPI) nothing in the fantasia of sci ence will be dull. The emphasis is on enter tainment," he said. "Our ex hibit will show that science is truly a high type of enter tainment akin to a symphony, a painting or a poem." Snhilhaus, dean of the In stitute of Technology at the University of Minnesota, is an experienced author of science books for children and, as such, he knosw how to trans late scientific jargon Into everyday terms. Theme Carried Out The tomorrow theme Is car ried out perhaps most success fully in the theme show, housed in a huge, tentlike steel and aluminum coliseum. The coliseum, designed by Se attle architect Paul Thiry, has four acres of floor space un interrupted by interior col umns. The show, with color and background music, is staged on a cloudlike arrange ment of aluminum cubes. The Boulevards of the I? I i ( The Quality Accent. .N I J A 10W PRICESy ; j : Mlm chick im 'Ili! U W BIC VALUE FEAJURES WX I wV1 mi W ORQ!' IIFET1ME LAMINATE TOPSwilh Drtl.ar t Mlrroi. ' v N Eii , S . JJ 4 Dnwir Chl hJZ-ONLY Eieluitv new itMl erunnri enl d'tr guids lyitim th tfevatsiltd )'. Mortised tnd tnMnd tvt Itrwtaan. 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Cultural exhibits also are very much in evidence. The fair features a world of fine arts, fashions of the future and a "library 21" with auto mated book checkouts and re search techniques. The fine arts exhibit, its contents borrowed from throughout the world, will feature paintings from the 12 Area Students Receive Carpenter Scholarships at UO Twelve Jackon county col lege students have been awarded scholarships from the Carpenter Foundation for the spring term, the Univer sity of Oregon, Eugene, has announced. They are: Roberta Joan Wil- lett, freshman In architecture and allied arts, received a $!)0 scholarship. She is the daugh ter of Mrs. Frances A. Wil lett, 711 Palm st., Medford. Bonnie Allingham, a sopho more in English literature, re ceived a $90 scholarship. She is the daughter of the Rev. Budget Election Set in Ashland Ashland Voters of Ash land school district will vote May 7 on exceeding the 6 per cent limitation on a proposed budget of S1.751.5S4 adopted last week by the board. The amount is $781,357 over the limitation. Two election hoards will be In charge of the polls that will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. in the Lincoln school gym nasium. Al the regular meeting, res ignations were submitted by Eleanor Culver, junior high physical education teacher; Mrs. lona Taylor, dean of girls; Mrs. Rcva Bayless. jun ior high librarian, and Mrs. Myrna Shaw, junior high home economics instructor. Three new teachers were given contracts for next year. They are Lcona Hageman, third grade at Walker school; John Maulsby. sixth grade, Bellview school, and Mrs. Elaine Berge. elementary Spanish and music instructor. Approval was given for a series of Civil Drlense classes to be taught by Warren Lo me. Ashland Civil Defense director The course of four three-hour sessions is tenta tively planned April 17 and 24 and May I and 8. The instruction is offered without chirse undrr the adult edu cation program. and Mrs. John Power, Pros pect. John Doherty, freshman in liberal arts, received a $68 scholarship. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Doherty, route 1, Gold Hill. James Russell Frake, fresh man in journalism, received a $67 scholarship. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Frake, 22 Richmond ave., Medford. Mary Frohnmaycr, fresh man in foreign language, re ceived a $67 scholarship. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Frohnmayer, 3526 Ross lane, Medford. Linda Faye Hess. 450 Lozicr lane, Medford, a freshman in physical education, received a $50 scholarship. Richard James Lichti, Old Stage rd., Medford, a fresh man in education, received a $134 scholarship. Paul Moore, 712 Crater Lake ave., Medford, a sopho more in political science, re ceived a $100 scholarship Michael David Reich, 2436 Capital st:, Medford, a sopho more in accounting, received a $120 scholarship. Linda Slessler. a sophomore in English literature, received a $90 scholarship. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Slessler, 84fi West 13th St., Medford. DcAnne Taylor, freshman in liberal arts, received a $90 scholarship. She is the daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. DeVere Taylor, 1011 Winchester ave., Medford. Phyllis A. Woods, freshman in secretarial science, receiv ed a $118 scholarship. She is the daughter of Mrs. Violet E. Woods. 435 Manzanlta St., Central Point. HELP US! W nttd clerhine . thca, rfithtl turniturt, and bffddini. W. Pick Up. HHP OTHERS! Th Salvation Army 10 N. HotlT JP.m, 1-7JJ5 Renaissance to the moment. During the six months the fair is open a constant parade of concert artists, dancers, ac tors and comedians will per form in the fair's opera house and theaters. Expact 10 Million Fair officials expect 10 mil lion or more persons to visit the fair. It needs only 7 mil lion visitors to finish in the black, and Dingwall says ad vance ticket sales "will give us our first million." He said 500,000 tickets were sold by the first of the year, and by the end of January a total of 800,000 had been sold. The full impact of what the World's Fair will mean in terms of visitors hit the Seat tle area last Christmas season. As Dingwall expressed it, "I was terrified by the notes on our Christmas cards. I think we're going to have to move into an apartment and turn the house over to our guests." Of course, Dingwall said it with an ear-to-ear grin, be cause he felt success for the fair was assured. Guests in Homas Surveys indicate about 2.5 million fairgoers will be in vited guests in Seattle - area homes. Officials estimate an other 8 million will stay in ho tels, motels, apartments, trail er courts and rooms to be rented by home owners. The area has 12,000 hotel at ' mo tel rooms and 2,500 apart ment units made available for overnight a c c o mmodations. More than 4,000 home owners have listed rooms for fair goers. In all, the area has about 3.5 million "room nights" for the 184-day fair. With an av erage of 5 persons for every 2 rooms, the capacity is about 8.5 million. The fair plans to increase hotel space by bring ing in at least one luxury ocean liner to serve as a wa terfront hotel. Housing Problem The big housing problem for the daily Seattle invasion has been given to Expo-Lodging Service, Inc., an organiza tion patterned after a service established for the Brussels fair. With 95 per cent of the area's rental space listed with this service, it is the simplest and quickest way to obtain space. The address is Expo Lodging Service, Seattle 9. To handle the traffic prob lem, fair officials are count ing heavily on the $4 million Monorail which can shuttle 10,000 persons an hour be tween the fairgrounds and downtown Seattle. The high speed trains will make the 1.2 mile trip in 96 seconds at a cost for adults of 50 cents one way or 75 cents round trip. The $2 adult and $1 child admission prices to the fair grounds cover everything but the Space Needle, the fine arts exhibit, Gayway rides and the shows in the opera house and theaters. Ride to Needle A ride to the top of the Space Needle will cost $1 for an adult, 75 cents for a child under 13. The fine arts ex hibit has a 50 cent admission charge and the rides will cost from 25 to 50 cents. Joe Gandy, who has vlr tualy abandoned a lucrative automobile business to per form the job of fair president, figures the admission price "is the best entertainment buy in the world today." "The cost of admission isn't much more than the price of an average movie nowadays," he says. "And for that price, the fair sner will have mors to see than he can handle in a day. For many, the cost of seeing the fair will be the cost of coming to Seattle. And if you can afford to travel, you can afford to travel to Seat tie." AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Reasonable Rates VALLEY AVIATION Medford Airport CALL SP 3-3338 DON 'T BUY PATIO FURNITURE Until you've seen the SELEC TION --QUALITY and LOW PRICES at Moore's Patio and Toy Shop. Here are a few ex amples: Web Folding Chaise $7.99 Folding Web Chairs $3.99 Padded Chaises !.$12.95 5-Foot Redwood Picnic Table and 2 Benches .....$9.95 Rattan Basket Chairs $3.99 Bird Bath ONLY $2.99 OPEN TODAY 1 to 4 p.m. Don't Mist It! 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