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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1963)
o " r- Ci .. : i .,. : v ' - . .. .... ... . . . , f -'SV . , - ! V-Avft .few MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUyR trMMsBtSfc flbAl.Wjo TUESDAY, AUGUST B. 1963 CHUTE DWARFS MEN A giant 100-foot parachute used for heavy cargo dwarfs sol diers of the 82nd Airborne Division during mass para-drops of men and equipment near Joanna, S.C., during Swift Strike III maneu vers. (UPI) Ruch, Applegafe Pre-Fair Is Held Applcgate Valley - Two novelty events, large exhibi tion of livestock, and excep tionally large attendance, characterized the 4-H pre-fair held by Ruch and Applcgate clubs at Ruch recently. Visiting 4-H members cap tured the showman champion hips for the day. Donna Hammond of Jack conville was champion beef showman; Robert Hubbard of Antelope was champion od the dairy group; Judy Frink of Central Point was best swine showman; and Jerry Hansen, Antelope, was cham pion sheep showman. Jerry Hansen also was named the round robin win ner of all champion show men when youngsters per formed with types of live stock out of their own class. The second novelty event was guessing weight of a 1, 372 pound guernsey cow in stead of the customary steer. Elvis Webb of Central Point was winner in this event. RFE JAMMING CEASES Munich, Germany - (UPll -Communist long-distance jam ming of Radio Free Europe broadcasts to Romania has virtually ended, RFE an nounced today. An RFE spokesman said jamming to other Soviet satellites continues. V Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Register and Tiibunt Syndicate, '.63) Pesli Can Bt Destroyed By Devices Other Than Poisons There are a few farsighted and wise folks working on new methods for combating animal and plant pests. The present indiscriminate spray ing of poisonous chemicals, which has been the ridiculous and dangerous practice during the past few years, has ad versely affected the health of man and wildlife. The people with the intel ligent approach to pest control are applying biological chem- ical and rrechanical methods rather than poisons. Research scientists, delving deeply into the life histories of many pests, have already made some remarkable discoveries, many of which hold promise of suc cess. Vacuum Cleaner One remarkable and rather startling method of control ling the boll weevil is a me chanical contrivance that, in actual use, has been found to assure the cotton grower freedom from this pest witlv out danger of poisoning near ly all other living things. The machine, similar to ssssssm jgfl PLYMOUTH-VALIANT DEALERS' SHOWDOWN ill! SALE!!!! PLYMOUTH BEAT 'EM AT RIVERSIDE MOW WEIL BEAT 'EM AT RETAIL! Remember that last showdown? Plymouth left Ford and Cherrolet in the dust in 8 out of 10 official tests made at Plymouth's re quest at Riverside, California. Now it's Showdown Time at your Plymouth-Valiant Dealer's. Plymouth is gunning down the league at retail. Low prices! 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Experimental fields in which the machine has been tried report an almost complete elimination of boll weevils. The research scientists did not stop there. After they de vised the cotton picking ma chine, they pressed on. By analyzing the substances in the cotton plant itself, they located a substance that, if bred back into the plants in an increased amount, would act as a natural repellent and would make any boll weevil that ate it become sick and die. Sterile Males Still intent on what other surprises they could bring to bear against the enemy of the cotton plant, they sterilized with chemicals a KrouD of male weevils and turned them loose in the cotton patch. The resultant eggs, so hopefully deposited by the female boll weevils, failed to hatch. Re sult: No boll weevils were born. Even more promising is an appetite stimulant. The boll weevil larva always attempts to make a hog of himself. Anything he likes, he eats in limitless amounts. That's one thing that makes him such a pest. So-the boys found out what flavor the little monsters go for, and they squirted it onto various materials. Whatever the stimulant was on, the weevils pitched in and hogged it down. Pulled Fast Ont So the boys pulled a fast one. They impregnated saw dust witli the chemicals. The flavor was irresistible; they ate the flavored sawdust until their sides distended and in cidentally, they all starved to death. In the world of insects, as in the realm ot Diras, mere are many which are natural enemies of most harmful A 3 Secret Beefsssats Reveal Revolution Threat in Red China Washington-rtOT - Top-sec ret documents now in the hands of the United States Livestock Judging Teams Selected Members of the Jackson county 4-H livestock judging teams for state fair and Pa cific International were an nounced at the Central Point West Side pre-fair recently. Scores on the seven classes of livestock were added to previous practice scores, and the final selections were made. Linda Gibson and Janet Lee, West Side; Renee John son, Phoenix; Mike Elmore, Applcgate; Mary Ann Can- trail, Ruch, and Candy Gail, Gold Hill, are the top six livestock judges for 1963 with Carol Foote, Central Point; Marilyn Lathrop, Antelope, and Cathy Legler, Central Point, as alternates. Nearly 150 4-H youths and several FFA boys judged live stock at the Jackson county fairgrounds and many others came later to practice show manship with beef, dairy, swine and rabbits. Several hundred club mem bers, parents and friends were served lunch at noon during one of the largest pre-fairs ever held. Acting as judges for the day were Jack Dube, Dick Ireland, William Jeskey and Bill Bigham. Winners of pre-fair ribbons on livestock judging were Don Herzog, Marilyn Lathrop, Cathy Legler, Jim Shepherd, Alan Bray and Jim Caldwell. In the rabbit judging contest ribbons went to Doug Cor coran, Dolores Nichols, Nancy Lynch, Ron Smith, Gary Gil Patrick and Toni Nelson, SIAC Pays Two Millionth Claim Salem - lUPn - Oregon's In dustrial Accident commission has paid its two millionth claim. The state's workmen's com pensation law was passed 50 years ago July 1 and became effective a year later. It took 32 years for the first million claims to be paid but the increase in the state s bus iness and industrial growth cut the time of the second million to 17 years. The first claim was filed in July, 1914, just 24 hours after the law became effective. Only a few hazardous in dustries were covered by the law at its outset. In July of 1922, 10,182 firms were insured and the average wage per day was $1.50. There are now 39,840 firms covered and the average wage scale is $24 a day. pets. There are any number of parasites which prey on destructive bugs. There are viruses, loo, that can be introduced to kill harmful insects, infecting them with their own diseases. These approaches to the problem of pest control are in telligent more in keeping with man's often expressed claim of superior intelligence, without the use of poisonous chemicals that threaten ani mal and man alike. Dennis the Menace Hf,Ai! IM STAfffitf a SIRIHOAf SUIT CLU& CRATER LAKE MOTORS Un STEVENS SPECIAL Buy At Wholesale! '62 OLDS F-85 1715 Standard 2-Door, R&H Was $2099 NOW But. Ph. 773-7594 8th t Fir Ret. Ph. 772-7674 show that conditions were so bad in Red China during the winter of 1960-61 that there was a threat of revolution. U.S. officials said that the documents, in t h e form of journals of the Communist Chinese army, represented "one of the most important cacnes of material ever ob tained from behind the Bam boo Curtain. unc omciai saia it was "like getting a look at the dark side of the moon." Serious Shortages The documents depicted serious shortages of food and other basic needs for both the army and the general pub lic. During one period, the journals say, there were a number of "disturbances" in the area of Canton, where ci vilian members of the militia rose in protest and killed a number of Communist party members and disrupted com munications. The militiamen, who are under indirect army control, were said to have been join ed in some instances bv de fectors from the army. The documents designate the num ber of defectors with X's. There was no explanation of how many men an'X repre sented, but a State Depart ment spokesman said U. S. analysts believed each X rep resented at least 1,000 men possibly more. Regular Army Used Regular army troops ap parently were sent in to quell the uprisings and the militia was subsequently reorganized with regular army officers taking a more direct hand in controlling it. The State Department said the documents had been in U. 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