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tHSWtTBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Sherpas From Nepal UN Team Studying Visit at University nnM UnM tr tugene - Five Sherpas from w w w - v w WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21, 19S3 me Ml. Everest expedition paid a day-long visit to the University of Oregon recently where they met with Peace - Corps volunteers undergoing training for their assignment in Nepal. nmuiig me anerpas was Nawang Gombu, who along with James Whittaker, scaled r the top of the peak May 1. The other tour, who carried loads 27,000 feet up the moun- 1 tain, were Capt. P. Rana (of the Nepalese army), Ila Tse- rmg, Nima Tensing, Ang Dawa and Girme Dorje. Dr. James Lester, who luuuuiicu psycnoiogicat re- : search on the expedition, was apuncMnan ior tne group. A luncheon in honor of the mountain climbers was held at Carson hall, followed by a tour of the Museum of Art and an informal session with Peace Corps trainees in Moore Lounge at Bean hall. The Sherpas and Dr. Lester are on a five-week tour of the United States sponsored by the State Department and the Everest Foundation. San Francisco and Los Angeles will round out their tour, the psychologist said. Complete Reports EX-PRESIDENT DIES Montevideo, Uruguay -IUPD-Ex-President Faustino Harri son died suddenly Tuesday at the age of 63. Kuchine. Sarawak (ITU The United Nations inspec tion team seeking to deter mine if British Borneo real ly wants to be part of .vet unborn Malaysia has made it official with an announce ment that it was unable to complete its work before the scheduled birthdate-Aug. 31. U.N. spokesman Abdul Da jani said the team's exten sive field trips into Sarawak and North Borneo hinter lands would be completed on Aug. 31, but the final report would then have to be pre pared for Secretary General U Thant. Dajani said the nine-man mission would use cars, planes and speedboats to visit and talk with Sarawak's various local councils. He also announced an open door policy in that the Unit ed Nations would see any one who wishes to come for ward to give views on Ma laysia. In the meantime, the situ ation here remained tense, with developments on several fronts: Gurkha reinforcements were flown to a remote sec tion of Sarawak near the In donesian border, where a Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF A N INSURANCE broker in California sent his friends this announcement when his irrepressible 67-year-old mother graduated from college: "I announce with pleasure and re lief that my mother final ly nailed down her Bach elor of Arts degree this week. If you think it's tough putting your kids through college just try your mother!" A big chicken farmer from. Oregon went to Las Vegas one weekend and won ten thousand dollars. he ordered his wife by long1 distance, "and join me for a trip around the world." Six months later the two of them were back in. the U.S.A. and broke. "Well," sighed the farmer, "it's home to Ore gon for us, I guess." "To recoup our losses?" suggested his wife. "No," said the farmer, "to re-coop our chickens." From Charles Billings' collection of "famous last words": 1. "Liquor never affects me." 2. "If he won't dim his bright head lights, I certainly won't dim mine." 3. "I understand the Rus sians' psychology, and can tell exactly what they're going to do next." . 1963, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Feature Syndicate British patrol was ambushed Friday by terrorists. Indonesia, which said it would send 30 observers to watch the U.N.'s operation, has not been heard from since the British colonial govern ment said only two would be permitted. Two Philippine observ ers arrived in Singapore on their way to Sarawak, but said they would not leave for the British protectorate pending further instructions from Manila. The Philippines wanted to send five-man teams to Sarawak and North Borneo. Sarawak police warned that all residents would be prosecuted if they failed to report missing persons. Au thorities were concerned about scores of missing Chi nese who were believed to have crossed into Indonesian Borneo for subversive train ing. The Gurkha reinforce ments were flown into an area where terrorists recent ly attacked a party of Gur kha troops en route to inves tigate reports of bandit activity near the Indonesian border. One Gurkha was wounded in the clash. A military an nouncement said the terror ists, who were armed with shotguns and automatic wea pons, appeared to have suffer ed one casualty. The raid was the 17th allegedly made from Indonesian Borneo since last December. Indonesia has consistently opposed the formation of Ma laysia, composed of Malaya, Singapore and the British territories in Borneo. It was Indonesian and Philippine pressure that brought about the summit meeting in Ma nila two weeks ago when the agreement to have the U.N. survey the Borneo people was reached. Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Regiiter and Tribune Syndicat.. :963) Judge to Hear Plea Of Former Official Prosser, Wash. - (UPII - Judge Albert N. Bradford, Walla Walla, is expected to hear the plea of former Benton County Treasurer John Grigg, 58, Thursday on charges of mis appropriating county funds, according to Benton County Prosecutor Herb Davis. Grigg is charged with mis appropriating $548 and is free under $1,500 bond. Three earlier appearances for arraignment were continued. We're making room for even more mobile homes on our big lot. Buy now and get big savings. See the complete selection at Walker the Weeper's, Southern Oregon and Northern California's largest mobile home dealer. KIT SIERRA 55-Foot, 2 BR, center kitchen, Alaskan insu lated. Completely furnished. 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However, the majority (about 75 per cent) of tne world's shells are univalves or single shelled. In this group the list is long, complex and varied, and the species are less familiar to the casual visitor at the seashore. The periwinkle, cone, tooth shells, whelk, conch, and an almost endless list of others are just a few of the many varieties. Trap Door Having only one valve, the animal that lives inside must have some method of closing the opening once it has with drawn itself inside. Niture accomplished this by equip ping most univalve shells with a little trap door or opercul um, a device that is shaped the same as the opening and completely closes the door once the mollusk is inside, thereby saving the skeleton less, body from predators. You may never have notic ed, but holding a univalve shell in your hand with the top, or apex of the shell away from you, the opening will not be in the middle of the shell, but off to one side. Chances are it will be on the right side. This then, is a right-handed shell. The twist, or spiral of the whorl runs upward and from left to right. Actually, the shell is buili somewhat like a spiral stair way, turning in graceful whorls around a central axis, called a columella. When these whorls turn in the di rection of right - handedness we say the shell is dextral and the overwhelmingly ma jority of the world's shells are therefore right-handed. This holds true for both fresh and salt water varieties of mollusks; mollusks meaning soft-bodied. Exceptions In the seas and in some sec tions of tropical or semi-tro pical countries, there is at least one glaring exception to this right-handed business. The lightning shell, so-called because of the zigzag streaks of brownish color on the out side of the shell or left-handed whelk, is always left-handed. Its whorls turn in reverse, turning to the left instead of to the right; these are sinis tral, and, of course, are left handed. Because just about all uni valve shells in all of the seven ! TWA Considers 28 New Boeing Jets New York-lUPIl-Trans World j Airlines, whose financial for tunes have taken a turn for the better recently, said Tues day it is weighing the possi- bility of purchasing 28 new Boeing medium-range and long - range jet aircraft by 1970. TWA President Charles C. Tillinghast said the carrier's board of directors will meet with Boeing Company offi cials in Seattle today to dis cuss the possible purchase which could cost the airline as much as $150 million. seas are right-handed, they are accepted as the normal way a shell should develop. Any departure from this rec ognized form becomes an od dity in the minds of those only familiar with the right handed shells. So some enter prising individual, with an eye for business and the ac companying profit, introduced into foreign countries many of these left-handed shells. In lands were anything un usual is often considered in a supernatural nature, the left - handed whelk became something very significant. Some peoples of the Orient hold the left-handed whelk in reverence; they use the shell with the zigzag markings in secret riles, perhaps because it is reminiscent of the light ning or because it, being dif ferent than shells they know, is definitely left-handed. Peace Corps Volunteers Training at University Ellliene - With a hne. a At ih,. K,, , ,.f i., ,., , , . .. Y A 5 tugene - witn a hoe. a shovel and a few other simple tools, 40 Peace Corps volun teers have completed several outdoor construction projects in and around Eugene in prep aration for their stint in Nepal. The volunteers, undergoing an extensive 11-week program at the University of Oregon, have constructed roads, rede signed trails and built picnic facilities without the aid of modern power equipment or materials. "We tried to create realis tic situations which they will have to face in Nepal," ac cording to Roscoe Day, super visor of outdoor operations of the training program. "They have to learn how to solve problems using old-fashioned tools and available materials. My biggest concession was the day I gave them a handful of nails," he chucKled. Spencer's Butte was the site of a number of outdoor projects. Among them was the reclaiming of a spring for a usable water supply; building of picnic tables, latrines and cam pout shelters; and the re designing of part of a trail for older persons. At the bureau of land man-, portion of the road which hart agement s Marten Creek site on the McKenzie river, Peace Corps trainees diverted a stream, relocated and built a Pilot Lands Small Plane on Highway Poitland-IUPD-A 23-year-old pilot returned here Monday after landing his light plane on U. S. Highway 101 about 20 miles north of Hoquiam, Wash., Sunday afternoon. David Bjerke of Portland said he was forced to land his single-engine Cessna 150 on the highway when he encoun tered heavy rainstorms while on a flight from Vancouver, B. C, to Portland. He nearly ran out of fuel in attempting to detour the storms. Bjerke telephoned Execu tive Flight Services in Port land, owners of the plane, after his forced landing. Three men from the firm flew to Hoquiam, took the plane off the highway and ferried it to Hoquiam where Bjerke was waiting. been washed out. This called for building up the road and installing culverts for drain age. The project which required the greatest amount of inge nuity was at the Camp Fire Girls site in Veneta, Day said. An eroded old road had to be reconstructed for year-round use with provisions made for drainage; at one point, a bridge had to be built. The trainees are still putting the finishing touches on this proj ect. As "extra hands" for the Nepal Panchayt Development program, the Peace Corps rep resentatives will work In groups of about three, demon strating to natives what can be accomplished with avail able materials. "They will be going into a type of culture where they must rely on the skills within their g r o u p," Day said. Most of the 40 trainees are from cities, and have had lit tle outdoor experience,, proj ect director E. G. Wengert said. The outdoor training, in addition to instruction in the Nepali language, American studies and world affairs, and Nepal area studies are includ ed in the university's training program. OFF STREET PARKING So important these days. We have if for all funeral services and weddings. "To merit your continued confidence is our aim" C. M. Litwillcr New, Economy Ambulance Service, Non-Emergency for Medford! 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