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Late Pa First U.S. Space Girl Must Be Qualified Professional rtjj IMiki Opeims Sex Scandal feteteii raiis Washington - Hint - Tbt first American woman in ' apace will be there not be cause she is a woman, but because she la a fine astro naut or engineer or scientist. She will have qualified for space flight in competition with other professionals, male or female. At least that la the for. vent hope of the space agen cy officials who operate far removed from the pressures of politic! and publicity. The time when women will be in demand for long space voyages, because of their ex clusive biological qualifica tions, is far in the future. Planning experts say it ii safe bet that women will soar into space long before they venture into the void as pro spective mothers of genera tions born en route to explore and perhaps colonize distant planets. In the meantime, the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration Is recruiting only astronauts who are ex- SHIP AND TRAVEL... automated railway UNION PACIFIC For Inlormauea, cask Phone 773-5388 perienced jet test pilots with engineering or scientific degrees. They all happen to be males because In American society only men are trained for such roles. But this will not always be the case. Importance Will Black The sex of astronauts will not always be so important In the future as they are in this decade. But up through the Apollo landings on the moon, space flight calls for a lot of muscular endurance. It Is fact that men are stronger than women. But as space craft become roomier and physical endurance less In portant, women will become more competitive in space, In psychomotor tests, in which sheer endurance is not paramount, the two sexes are on a par, as they are in in-tellect. A considerable amount of nonsense has been written about "women's role in space." One Air Force expert wrote that any woman astro naut would have to be ex ceedingly flat-chested to wear the tight Mercury space suits. He was not giving tailors the credit due them. Women have made sweep ing statements on the sub ject, too. One solemnly told Congress that women would make better astronauts than men because they eat less, use less oxygen, stand pain and loneliness better, react quick er In an emergency, are less prone to heart attacks, and more resistant to radiation. It Is true that a normal woman consumes slightly less oxygen that a normal man of the same weight, but the difference is so slight that It could have no effect on a space mission. Much is made of woman's ability to stand the suffering of childbirth. But space flight Is not child birth, and many men have been known to per form prodigies under suffer Ing at least comparable to childbirth. . . In any case, specialists say, tolerance of pain is highly In dividual, regardless of sex. It also is true that women have a statistical edge on men when it comes to heart disease, but that is of little significance In the age group of astronauts. None of the other claims to feminine superiority are proven, scientists say. The consensus is that when the first American women go into space, It will not be be cause of their sex, but because of their qualifications. , Some women nave one strike against them. They are the women who suffer pain or loss of efficiency during Prime Minister Expected To Win Confidence Vote their menstrual cycles. But many women do not. ' According to Dr. Joseph Connor of NASA t aerospace medicine section, "the real place for women" as such will be on the 100-year-long flights In the distant future when human beings begin ex ploration of the far reaches of the solar system. On such voyages, Connor said, It would be the "second genera tion of space travelers that would conduct the observa tion and return with the data." Curfew Violation Noted by Police Four area teen-agera were taken Into custody by Med- ford police officers over the week end for curfew viola tion, according to reports. At 11:40 p.m. Saturday, a 17-year-old Jacksonville boy and a 16-year-old Medford boy were apprehended by of ficers at Riverside ave. and Maple at. About 12:30 a.m. Sunday, two 15-year-old youths from Myrtle Creek were taken Into custody at Riverside ave. and Tenth at. Municipal court appear ances will be scheduled for the youngsters. Reoional Edition Page 2A MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1063 Sixth nd Central OPEN TONITE TILL 9 MONDAY NITE SPECIALS -5:30 to 9 UNBLEACHED MUSLIN J Inch.. laV this km pria. Rai. 2. A ttrritlc valua st 5n00 afcr Charje It Jutt Arrlvadl Spatial Buy Girl's Swim Suits ltt af itylea tni caVara M .he tw U.M. Item, Viluea OUR LOW PRICE 698 WICKER HANDBAGS lif eleetian ra cIihm tram, lair. Hurry while they 1198 TO I98 J) Charge RABAR "KOOl AIR" ROOM COOLERS Guarinrme' for ant year. Cample, with water leeel ina'tierer, U cetry-eur , 29.9S Value C0OUR WITH STANO 1) II 088 BABY MA BIRD Ym ee Nch it ra talk, shlitU sue Until, (rait fit. Rat. It.tl. :r t) 95 Only . . A LOUNGING & SLUMBER PILLOWS 'earn tille.. Caraarey aer. Iiry to waih. R.fl. 2.98 New . 1198 London - UPC - Labor party leader Harold Wilson today opened an unprecedented parliamentary debate on Brit ain's sex and security scandal with a statement that evi dence of a "sordid under world network" had shocked the nation's moral conscience. Prime Minister Harold Mac millan, fighting for his polit ical life, was cheered by the Conservative members as he entered the chamber, but the ovation appeared to be less enthusiastic than usual. Expected To Win Macmlllan is expected to win a vote of confidence after the confessions and resigna tion of War Minister John Profumo, but it appeared likely he would quit after the furor caused by the scandal dies down. Virtually all political ob servers and newspapers agreed the Conservative party leader had sufficient support for a House of Commons vote of confidence that would save his government from collapse. The 69-year-old "Unflappa ble Mac" himself was report ed confident of victory on what the Daily Herald called the day of reckoning." Macmillan's political career was at stake as well as the tone of the Atlantic alliance. To a large extent the outcome rested on Macmillan's speech declaring he acted with the utmost honor and Integrity In the affair. The Labortes said they would concentrate on the se curity consideration rather than the moral aspects of the scandal. - The prime minister's cab inet ministers, despite earlier reports of a possible revolt, pledged their support, and Macmillan's lieutenants spent the week end and this morn ing muffling the party's rank and file members of parlia ment. The scandal which brought on the crucial debate started 11 days ago when War Min ister jonn worumo, 48, re signed after admitting he lied Commons about his rela tionshtp with redhalred Chris tine Keeler, a 21-year-old party gtrl. - Profumo told the House March 22 there was nothna improper about his friendship with Miss Keeler, but it turn ed out he was having an il licit love affair with her. Sacurity Involved The Profumo affair took on security implications when it was disclosed that Miss Keel er also was the mistress of Soviet assistant and naval at tache Eugene Ivanov during the time she and Profumo, a married man, were meeting. This disclosure led to de mands by the opposition La bor party for the Commons debate. - Most political observers felt a vote of confidence would be only a temporary respite for Macmlllan and that he would have to step down un der party and public pres sures some time this summer. Women Around World Hail Fete of Russian Cosmonette in Space Flight By United Pre. International London-HJHi-Women around the world led the salutes to day to their new champion- Russia's Valentin Teresh- kova, the first female in space. ' Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent a message to Soviet Pres ident Leonid Brezhnev con veying her "very warm con gratuiations" to the pioneer cosmonette. In Amsterdam, Fanny Blakers-Koen, the gold medal winning "flying housewife" of the 1949 Olympics, said: "Women can do great things just as well as men. That is nothing new. Of course, space wai a man's domain up to now and therefore it seems wonderful ... I admire that Russian girl. I think she is great." In Frankfurt, Germany, seamstress Emma Groth, 62, said "Valentine has shown that women can do anything a man can do. She has proven that we women also have the stuff and courage." In Copenhagen, television weather girl Anne Jerichou said she welcomed the cos moentte'a feat after the Lon don scandal over Christine Keeler. "It looks of If Valentina is going to be the woman face- saver after the recent adven tures of a more down-to-earth female," she said. Newspapers t h r o u g hout Europe hailed the Soviet feat of placing a woman in orbit along with male cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valery F. Bykovsky, 28. "To the millions of under privileged women of the world, she is a soaring symobl of feminine emancipation," said London Daily Express writer Chapman Pincher. American's reaction to the Soviet woman-in-space ranged from amusement to annoy ance - depending whether viewed from the male or dis taff perspective. They joked about it at Cape Canaveral, with variations on the usual wheeze about women drivers. Lt. Gen. Leighton I. Davis, commander of the U. S. Mis sile Test Center, Cape Canav eral, Fla., said, "at the risk of d r a w 1 n the ire of the feminine people, I think this is merely a publicity stunt." Mrs. Philip Hart, wife of Michigan's Democratic sen ator and a qualified pilot who has passed astronaut physical examinations, said in Wash ington. "I'm more annoyed at the feat than I am impressed." Saigon, Viet Nam-WPD-One youth was killed and 100 per sons injured Sunday during a religious riot in which police used truncheons, teargas and pistols to disperse more than 400 Buddhist students. The riot broke out when 10,000 Buddhist men and women gathered for the funeral of a Buddhist priest Charge It and Til Three Drivers Cited by Police Three drivers were cited by Medford city police after In vestigation of four vehicle ac cidents in the city over the week end. Two slight Injuries were reported, but hospitali zation was not necessary In either case, officers said. Sandra Jeanne Reynolds, 16, Dunsmuir, Calif., was cit ed for making an Improper left turn after her car collid ed with a vehicle operated hy William Arthur O Mara, 49, of 2424 Edgcmont dr . about 7:13 p.m. Saturday at River side ave. and Alice St. A pas senger in tlie Reynolds car. Roberta Reynolds. 42, was slightly injured, officers said. but did not require first aid, James Wayne Lick, 27, nf 128 K re ne Way, was cited (or violation of basic rule after he lost control of his car and hit a curb at Elm and Main sts. about 11:35 p.m. Satur day. In the first ot two accidents Sunday, officers cited Joseph llolden Desmond. 66, of 423 King st., for violation of basic rule after his car collided with a vehicle operated by Doris Elaine Mott. 33, of 2020 Lotus lane, about 6:20 p.m. at Fourth st. and Riverside ave. No citations were Issued in a two-car collision about 8:40 p.m. Sunday at Stewart and Central aves. Drivers involv ed were Raymond Forest Cherry, 44. of tlTO Buena Vista ave., and Betty Jo Da vis, Ashland. A passenger in the Davis vehicle, Virginia Marie Davis, 43. was slightly Injured, according to police reports, but did not require first aid. Foreign Briefs EXPULSION OF SOUTH AFRICA FROM UN DEMANDED Gen.va-(1IPI)-A bloc of 32 African nations today d.mand.d expulsion of South Africa from the Unit.d Nations. The demand came at the 47th annual conf.r.nce of the Inter nationa! Labor Organisation as part of African protest against South African participation in that agency. South Africa was ask.d to Lave the ILO in 1961 b.causa of its racial policies, but refused. I NIXON TO MEET WITH FRANCISCO FRANCO Madrid-niPH-Former United States Vice President Rich ard Nixon will hold private talks with Generalissimo Fran cisco Franco Tuesday in Barcelona, an American Embassy spokesman said today. ROMANIAN AIRLINER CRASH KILLS 29 Budap.st, Hungary-WPD-A Romanian airlin.r crashed in Southeast Hungary Sunday, killing 29 passengers and a crew of five or six. The Sovl.t-built Uyuthin-14 was on a chartered flight from Munch to the Black Saa with a group of West German tourists. PEKING CHARGES AIR SPACE VIOLATION Tokyo-41'Plt-A Peking radio broadcast monitored here to day charged that an Indian military airplane violated Red China's air space last Friday. The broadcast said the Indian plane allegedly flew over the Tibet region. One Dead, 100 Hurt In Saigon Rioting Stocks Mixed in Moderate Trading New York - (UPD - Stocks were narrow and mixed in moderately active trading ear ly today. Chemicals were Irregular with Virginia - Carolina up more than 2, Thtokol up near ly 1, Rohm & Haas down close to 1 and Du Pont off nearly 2. Chrysler tacked on nearly 111 in an otherwise narrowly mixed auto section. Steels were firm. Barber rose close to a point in the oils and Philip Mor ris rose more than 1 in the tobacco group. Among the utilities, Houston Lighting rose nearly 1 and Panhandle fell a large fraction. Eagle Point Home Destroyed in Blaze . Eagle Point An Eagle Point home, belonging to S. II. Dye. 38 F st.. was destroy cd by tire late Sunday night firemen reported. Fire equipment from the Eagle Point station and White City were called to help ex tinguish the flames. No one was home at the time of the (ire, firemen said, and cause of the blaze has not been determined. who burned himself to death to protest alleged discrimina tion by Roman Catholic Presi dent Ngo Dinh Diem against the country'a Buddhist ma jority. The riot occurred only a tew hours after Diem signed a peace agreement worked out with Buddhist leaders during several days of negotiations. The crowd of Buddhists gathered near the Glac Minh pagoda to join the funeral procession for Thich Quang Due, the priest who made him self a human torch on a crowded street last week. Fighting started when a group of more than 400 youths began throwing shoes, san dals, rocks and bricks at the police. Police" retaliated by throw ing teargas grenades into the crowd, then charging the youths with' truncheons and shields. The police also drew their pistols and appeared to fire over the heads ot the mob. One youth was shot in the head and died later at a hos pital. Another was wounded in the leg. About SO other demonstra tors were injured. Including two Buddhist priests. Police sources said a similar number of policemen were hurt, in cluding 38 with serious in juries. The battle raged more than an hour before police were able to restore order and ar rest about 130 rioters. The peace agreement signed earlier in the day said the government would release jailed Buddhist priests and permit the Buddhists to fly their flag and spread their faith without fear of harassment. She said it only showed the U. S. "is 100 years behind in using the full a b 1 1 i t i e a of women." ' Aviatrix Jerrie Cobb, 32, who hopes to . become the United States' first woman as tronaut, said in Oklahoma City, Okla., "After three years I naa more or less Be come resigned to the fact that since we were doing nothing in this area, Russia would. The longer we wait, the farther behind we get. I'm proud that a female has made the trip, but I'm dis appointed in the nationality." SHIP IT LflSKE to et (ma Oaklaael. Saa Fran cisco, Ua Angela, aaa atrial California paint. I NSitxgeraW ri 773-7761 n oooooo o o umsm uaT? I GREEN STAMPS. O r tolas lv wigglyJ kqe a -"x ' .m OPEN DAILY 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. 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