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ooper To Be Honored at White House Reception Tuesday Washtngton-dJPIt-The White the Air Force Jet transports normally assigned to the Formal honors will be paid come involved no problem of overexhaustion on Cooper's part. He said the White House Just wanted "to give him a day of rest before he comes here." Plans for a parade through Washington and an appear ance by the astronaut before a joint session of Congress were being worked out by NASA officials, congressional lead ers and the city officials. In discussing the 24-hour delay in the Washington trib ute to Cooper, Salinger said veloped automatic control Acting with the same promptness, the House and Senate passed by standing ovation, resolutions of con In his brief phone conversa President said: "We are proud House announced today that a Washington reception for as tronaut L. Gordon Cooper, originally planned for Mon day, had been put off until Tuesday to give the 22-orbit pilot "some breathing time." Press Secretary Pierre Sal inger said the astronaut would be received by the President with full military honors in the White House rose garden Tuesday. Kennedy will send one of Cooper by Congress as well as the White House. On arrival here at the el lipse, the Cooper family will motor to the south grounds of the White House where the President will present him the National Aeronautics and Space Agency Distinguished Service Medal. The same dec oration was awarded Cooper's predecessors in space among the Mercury astronauts. Salinger said the one-day delay in the Washington wel that after reexamination of the astronaut's schedule, gov ernment officials felt that it was "Just too tight." NASA and the White House felt he should .have some "breathing time)" Salinger added. A far more spontaneous tribute to Cooper's heroism and skill was evidenced late Thursday when Kennedy and millions of other Americans kept a prayerful vigil as the astronaut's space capsule de trouble. "This was one of the vic tories for the human spirit to day," Kennedy told a nation wide television audience short ly after Cooper's safe landing. Within minutes after Coop er was plucked from the Pa cific and brought aboard the USS Kearsarge the Chief Executive delivered his per sonal congratulations to the astronaut for making the most hazardous and longest U.S. space flight. tion with Kennedy, the as tronaut remarked: "Thank you, sir. It was a good flight. I enjoyed it." Kennedy, who followed Cooper's re entry progress through the crucial closing stages, also called Mrs. Coop er at Houston, Tex., to con gratulate her. Speaking of the Coopers in his television remarks, the of both of them and, indeed, we take the greatest satisfac tion as Americans in this ex traordlnary feat." White House to Cape Canav eral, Fla., to pick up Cooper and his family Tuesday morn ing. They will land at An drews Air Force Base, Md then travel by helicopter to the ellipse Just south of the White House gardens. Salinger said Cooper will meet a previously set schedule for a news conference at Cape Canaveral Sunday, then have a day of rest before coming to Washington. gratulation. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Air Force Secretary Eugene Zuckert dispatched telegrams SWIMMING POOLS $25 per month Doran Taylor, Contractor 517 Dean Drla, Grants Pass Phone 474-4521 of praise for Coopers space "3M feat. . Cooper, who in a space sense "flew by the seat of his pants" in bringing his capsule Faith 7 back to safety, re ceived the praises with laconic modesty, . . I Hearts of Americans Swell WithlStrenath in Sugar Issues Tops sn j rJ c Otherwise Mixed Stock Market rriuc vvcr vuupei a ipuwc rcui By United Press International ...American nearis swenea with Joyful pride today at the space conquering feat of as tronaut L. Gordon Cooper. "Wonderful . . . fantastic , . . tremendous , . amazing . . . terrific . . . perfect damned fine" were the words used to describe his 22.9 orbit flifiht and safe return. They waited and watched and prayed while Cooper whirled alone in his Faith 1 caDsule. A hush fell on gath erings across the land as Cooper started his re-entry Then they cheered. From the throats of more than 9,000 persons gathered in cavernous Grand Central Station in New York City burst a roar like the rocket that blasted Cooper into space. It echoed throughout the land. Perhaps a little child said it best. "I feel so happy," squeal ed Christine Louis, 10, one of the crowd in Grant Cen tral. "I'd like to visit the moon myself sometime. Her feelings were mirrored In Salt Lake City by police man Wayne Kuehne, who said: "It's still amazing. Now in time we can expect to go to the moon University of Utah geolo gist Dr. William Hewitt called it "A most amazing achieve. ment for all the people in the world," and added, "Fifty years from now his flight will look as cumbersome to us as the Wright Brothers airplane does today." In the tiny Colorado moun tain town of Carbondale most of the 612 inhabitants staged a parade on Main st. to cele brate the flight of the man they consider a hometown hero. The Cooper family owns a ranch near Carbondale. At Denver, Gov. John A. Love sent Cooper a telegram with an Invitation to a west- ern welcome. "We want to show our great admiration for you and your courageous family i soon a; you can return home Love snid. In San Francisco, hotel em ployee Bernard Burke called it "a damned fine Job. We should be proud of him, es pecially the way he brought in his capsule all by himself." Prayer and applause for Cooper broke up the Thurs day afternoon session of the Oregon House of Representa tives in Salem. House mem bers stood in silent prayer when word came that Cooper would have to use manual control to re-enter the earth's atmosphere Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield issued the following . state ment: "Each of these flights, even though they lose some of their luster as they become more frequent, is another milestone along the path of man's conquest of space. "It brings the day closer when we will land on other planets. We Join in the con gratulations to the whole team which made up this mission and to Mr. Cooper as their symbol Foreign Briefs SUKARNO ORDERS PRESS COOPERATION Jakarta, Indontsia-WD-Prasidtnf Sukarno has issued a decree requiring all newspapers and periodicals to support and promote the government ideology or face loss of ihair licenses. The decree authorises the Minister of Information to carry out its implementation. . i INDIAN GROUP TAKES OVER BRITISH PAPER ' New DelhMIPIWThe last Brltlsh-owned newspaper in India will be taken over by a group controlled by Indian capital. It was announced today. The Statesman, published In Calcutta and New Delhi, aid a board of trustees hid been selected to make sure the newspaper retains Its long-ettabllihed political independence. INTERNATIONAL AIR FARES DIBCUSSED Hamilton, Bermuda-rtlPII-Memberi of the International Air Transport association planned to meet here today for me second lime in an eilori to solve a controversy over Internationa air fares. Mountain Trails in Area Still Blocked By Snow, FS Reports Many roads are open for recreation this week end but many mountain trails are still blocked by snow as are num erous campgrounds in me Rogue River National forest, the forest supervisors office reported today. There is snow at an eleva tion of 4,800 feet on the Butte Falls Ranger district. Willow lake is open, but trails are still covered by snow. All low elevation roads are open. Fish Lake road east of Willow lake is under construction and rough in places. There is heavy logging traffic on the Lodgepole road. Whiskey Springs and Four Bit Creek campgrounds are orien but all others on the Butte Falls Ranger district are snow bound. The snow elevation is high er in the Applegate country, 5,000 feet. The Squaw lake DOWNTOWN OPEN TONITE 'TIL 9 Sixth and Central Friday & Saturday Specials Open Friday and Monday Nltei til 9 LADIES COTTON DUSTERS Glamorous fashions. So expensive looking! but look at our low price. High style, piping and lace trim, floral and solid colors. Sizes 12 to 18....... $11 76 CURTAIN PANELS 4$ Smudging It over-Fix up your windows, limited quantities Hurry, while they last, 77c values. ZIPPER BAG 88 plus 2-tona utility big of haivy rubbtrlied cn. 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Snow, at an elevation of 4,800, Is melting rapidly. Beckie's cafe is open 7 days a week from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m, Rooms, cabins, fishing supplies, gasoline are avail able. Forest roads are blocked at some points due to snow and fallen timber. The river trail In the vicinity of Union Creek Is being repaired. Campgrounds open are Wood ruff, Natural Bridge, Fare well Bend, and the north side of Union Creek for limited use. There are no campgrounds open on the Prospect district and no trail maintenance work has been done. Most of the main roads are open at the lower elevations and heavy log truck traffic is reported on the Woodruff and Abbott Creek roads during week days. Fishing is better at Union Creek. Angling at Prospect is 1 New York-IUPII-Strength in sugar issues featured an other Naturalist Named At Crater Lake Park Richard M. Brown ha: been desigatned chief park natural ist for Crater Lake National park. Superintendent W. Ward Yeager has announced, Brown comes to the park from Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Calif., where he also was chief park naturalist. Prevlousy, he serv ed with the National Park Service seasonably as a park naturalist and then perma nent as assistant park natur alist, both at Crater Lake Na tional park. Brown attended ban Diego State . college, San Diego, Calif., for the fall semester, 1043, before enlisting in the United States Naval Reserve. Upon being discharged in 1048, he returned to San Diego State college for two years and then transferred to Pomona college, Claremont, Calif., receiving his bachelor of arts degree from that in stitution in 19S0. He subsequently attended Harvard university for two years, obtaining a master of arts degree there in 1952, the University of Michigan for four years, working toward a Ph. D, degree, and San Fran cisco State college. Evaporator Sysfems New Industrial Tool New Orleans - (UPD - More than 25 million gallons of sea or brackish water are con verted to fresh water through out the world every day by use of flash evaporator sys tems, it was estimated at the recent annual meeting of the American Institute of Chem ical Engineers. "This new Industrial tool will allow more flexibility in chemical plant designs and make available more plant sites which were at one time considered 'water poor'," said R. A. Baker Jr., of Westing house Electric corporation, Philadelphia. wise narrowly mixed stock market today. Cains in the sugar group have reflected a series of boosts in the price of refined sugar. Holly and Amalaga mated paced the sugar lead' ers. Du Pont and Rohm & Haas rose about a point apiece in the chemicals. Steels were mixed but Chrysler rose roughly 1 in a steady auto section. Oils weakened fea turing General American and Amerada off nearly a point eacn. listed as fair, and fair to good in Willow lake. All streams in the Butte Falls area are still too high. There are no reports from the Applegate section. Pure PAINT Logic For the past 27 months, we have run a series of paint advertisements in this newspaper. Thousands of Medford residents have saved up to 50 on their paint purchases during these sales. We are pleated to report that we have made ar rangements to continue these unusual paint values. This store is a direct factory outlet for the West's largest independent paint arid paint sundry manu facturers. Our profit margin is less than one;hal that of most paint outlets. This low profit, plus our belter buying power due to our huge paint volume and weekly full truck load shipments, enables us to undersell others and save you many dollars. That Is why wa say In our ads: "Bruce Bauer lumber outsells all paint dealers because Bruce Bauer lumber under sells." Our stores have many famous paint brands for your selection. We are now offering or have recently offered such major brands as Crosby, Glidden, Gen eral, Continental Skyline, Manning-Mitchell, Spred, Wondersheen and Deft, all at savings up to 50 of the normal retail price. Both our Shake Paint and Interior latex are $4.44 per gallon, or 2 gallons for $5.98. We ask you to compare our paint and prices wilh similar products for which you would pay $6.00 to $8.00 per gallon. Some of our local competitors have attempted to match our prices for weekend sales, grand openings, etc. These art our regular prices as long as our manufacturers will allow us to save you money. If you are not already a customer of ours, we sincerely Invite you to coma In and see our talented paint and color experts. Our color machine offers 1440 colors In every type of paint. BRUCE BAUER LUMBER CO. 765 So. Riverside - Medford DOW JONES AVERAGES New York-fflPU-Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 722.84, off 1.50; 20 railroads 168.17. up 0.27; IS utilities 140.89, eff 0.52; and 65 stocks 257.26. eff 0.42. Sales Thursday were about 5.64 million shares com pared with 5.65 million shares Wednesday. Thursday's stocks: Alum Co Am prices in selected American Air Llnei m 1 American Can 45 1'. American Motora ... lgi! A T Si T jjjaj American Tobacco 3oi Anaconda Copper . 501! Armco 5 s; Steel . American Standard Benoix con Bethlehem Boeine Air Brunswick Caterpitler Corp Chrysler Corp ...... Coca Cola ..... C. B. S .. Columbia Gaa .. IS'.; .... S3V, .. sin ... 36 ;, .... 15'i 4i',i S6ti 65 ',' 54 U 291, Continental Can 48',i Crown Zellerbach 55 Crucible Steel .... 20 ti CurUit Wright 23 Dow Chemical 65 Du Pont 252 v4 Eastman Kodak 113 Firestone ... , .. 36 ti Ford 49 General Electric 8H General Foods 82 '4 General Motora 71l,t General Portland Cement .... 22 'a Greyhound 413. Gulf Oil 45?, Homestake '. 48 Idaho Power 34. I.B.M 470 Johns Manvllle 483,i , VB'.s . 56 . 20 . 87 . ! 38 '', . 37!, . 471, . 19 i . 52 . 47 !i . 33 V, . 47 H . 16i . . 32 U . 78 . 65 . 44 . S6ft Kennecott Copper iocKneea Aircraft . Martin Merck ... Montana Power Montgomery Ward National Biscuit New York Central Northern Natural Gaa ., Northern PacUic .... Pac Gas Elec ........ Penney J. c. ........ Penn BR Perma Cement Phillips . Procter & Gamble Radio Corporation ....... Richfield Oil Safeway Santa Fe sears Shell OH Soconv Mobil nil Southern Co Southern Pacific Sperry Rand Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N. J Stokley Van Camp Sun Mines Texas Co .. Texas Gulf Sulfur Texas Pacific Land Trust . inioxoi . 29 , 88 , , 42 H . 66' , . 54 T, , 341, 13 li , 84 , 57 65 19 ... 16 ... 64 Trans America Trans World Air . Trl-Contlnental ..... union carbide 25 j .. 52 .. 18 .. 47'i 1113'. 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