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2 D SUNUAV. SEPTEMBER 15. 1963 MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON THE WEEK IN CALIFOR NIA FREE DRIVER Firemen work to free Thomas the home with such impact that it knocked the Hcnning, 24, a North Hollywood trucker who house from its foundation. According to police was pinned inside the crashed cab of his truck the truck, driving down a slight grade, veered for more than two hours Friday after it smash- off the roadway after the brakes failed. Hen- ed into a hillside home in Beverly Hills, Calif, ning is in serious condition at UCLA medical The vehicle, laden with decomposed granite, hit center. (UP1) FINGERS OF LIGHTNING Brilliant fingers storms to hit the region in many years. This of lightning illuminated the central California picture, made by Sam Vestal of the Watson coast at Monterey Bay near Walsonville, Calif., ville Registcr-Paiaronian, shows the display in late last week, in one of the most spectacular night skies. (UP1) Man Still Boss In Making Space Trips LOS ANGELES (UPI) - The man Is more important than the machine in space flight. That's the conclusion of prominent space engineer in commenting on the nignly snc sessful project Mercury and (he forthcoming Project Gemini next step on the ladder to the moon. Project Mercury ended with this impressive record: number of orbital flights, four; miles of outer space traveled 80:1,402 or a little more than 35 times around the world; time in orbit, 53 hours, 23 minutes. Now the National Aeronautics and Space administration and the aerospace industry are teaming up again for Project Gemini, two men in space for two weeks. New Frontiers, a magazine published by Garrett - AiHe scarch, builder of life support or environmental control sys tems for Ihe space vehicles, ask ed It. C. Nelson, engineer in charge of the Gemini system project, what was learned (mm Project Mercury that would aid in the Gemini (lights. Man Important "From our poinl o( view, there's one important thing we learned from Mercury," Nelson said. "Thai's about the man. He has shown that a well-trained 'test pilot' who can think, ad just, repair and act, is more de sirable than the most sophisti- caled, automatic equipment yet designed. "As a result Ihe Gemini en virnnmcntal control system will have less automatic control, more manual operation. By re ducing the complexity of the system, we will increase relia bility. Since Ihe Gemini astro nauts will have 'time on their hands' to think and act during their two week mission, less au tomation is required." System Unchanged New Frontiers said that in Project Gemini, man's require ments for survival will basically be the same. Thus Ihe (unction of the life support system re mains unchanged to provide two astronauts a safe and com fortable atmosphere (or t w o weeks in space. The system will provide fresh JEWS HOT JERUSALEM (Israeli Sector) (DPI) Truncheon - swinging police Saturday dispersed doz ens o( rioting Jewish students who threw stones at cars in a protest over desecration ot Ihe Sabbath. NEW ENGLANDI'.RS M.AM El) CLEVELAND, Ohio (Uri) - Former President Harrv S Truman blamed "Boston and New England demagogues" in a talk Saturday night (or stir ring up the civil rights dispute in the nation. oxygen, cabin and suit prossuri- zation, heat 8nd moisture con trol and toxic gas removal. Based on Mercury experience, however, a number of improve ments have been made in Ihe system for greater reliability, more compactness and lighter weight. Chief among these, the publication said, are Ihe storage of oxygen under pressure in a state halfway between a gas and a liquid and a series of heat ex changers devices similar to a car radiator to .cool the cap sule by radiating heat into space. Fall Pleat Story Try and Stop Me By DENNETT CERF- rN MADISON AVENUE, a lady patient descended Upon " society dentist Pullman's office for the fifth time to command him to grind down her false teeth again. "I tell you iney don't fit," she insisted. "Okay," said Dr. Pullman reluctantly. "I'll do it one last time. But by every test, they should fit your mouth perfectly as they are." "Who said anything about my mouth?" snap ped the lady. "They don't fit in the glass." ... A aour-looking gent push ed W way Into a roadside tavern, lending' on a chain a huge, twelve-foot liti gator. "Do you nerve dumen In this joint?" he demsJided. "Certainly," luiirt the proprietor. "Men women they're all welcome here, to long as thev psy cash." "Good," aid the sour-looklnjt one. "Sens me a ham burger, and erve my alligator a dame." Ingenious and persevering fellows, these post office authorities' One of them, according to Bill Kesther, una upon a letter ad dressed to: Wood, Mr. Mass. i i pinmt aid correctly delivered It to. Mr. Underwood, Andover, .Mass. 0 IBM, by Btnnttt Cerf. DlttrltmtM ty Klnr rhirn HyfiAfat MP (Jill 9055 IIP SIZES 10-18 Speculation About Condition Of Senator Engie Mounting J T VKK'4 t ', AXl y f ! L -t- h t fur ' .', Jl By United Press International Speculation mounted concern ing the illness of Sen. Clair Engie (D-Calif.), with some sources slating that the veteran congressman was suffering from a malignant brain tumor which left him unable to speak and partially paralyzed. Persons close to the senator said he was "in very bad shape." This resulted in breaking the official silence surrounding the case with a statement from his office saying his condition was not critical. The 51-ycar-old senator, who underwent brain surgery Sept. 24, was a patient at the U. S. Naval hospital in Bethcsda, Md., near Washington, D. C. Meanwhile, in California, spec ulation for a possible successor to the senator centered around some of the slate's leading poli ticians. Names most frequently mentioned for the Democratic nomination were Alty. Gen. Stanley Mosk, and Controller Alan Cranston. On the Republi can side, one GOP source said "We don't really have a leading candidate at this poinl." Meanwhile, there were these developments: Fires: At least two major fires broke out in the Los An geles area, causing' all but one of Ihe mads to be closed in Griffith Park. The blazes in the sprawling park raged in 100- degrce southern California heat, and authorities said that at least one was the work of an arsonist. Smog: Besides fires, soulhern California also had smog prob lems. A first si age smog alert was called for the third succes sive day when the ozone con tent reached .51 parts per mil lion parts of air in the Burbank area. It was the first time since 1!I56 smog that alerts were call ed in three days in succession Killings: A suburban house wife apparently shot and killed her husband and ex-husband, Vacaville police said, then died "a victim of her own plot" when her house exploded. Police told the bizarre slory, pieced to gether from evidence found in the debris after the blast and from interviews with neighbors of Air Force T. Sgt. Pedro Mon tano, 35, and his wife, Georgia, 38. Montano's body was found under a pile of burned sheets in the bedroom. The body of the ex-husband, Henry H. White, 45, Brentwood, was in the shattered house. Both were shot in the head. Draft: President Kennedy's or der to halt drafting of married men was expected to result in the trimming of California's draft pool by about 15,000. Ken neth Leitch, state selective serv ice director, said the order may cause California to reach down to 21-year-olds. He said the local boards had been meeting monthly draft quotas with 22 and 23-year-olds. He noted Cali fornia would contribute 90!) j draftees in September and 1,261 in uciuuer unuur uik picaent quota. Murder: A murder complaint was issued charging Melvin E. Jackson, 2R, of Los Angeles, who professes belief in the black muslim movement, with the de capitation of his pregnant wife and two young children. Los An geles police said Jackson con fessed that he cut off the heads of his wife, Evet, 23, and their two children, Miles, 4, and Kim, 2. Officers said Jackson told them: "They are Negroes, they are my enemies. I am a black man and they are not." Crusade: More than 170,000 persons turned out in Los Ange les to hear evangelist Billy Gra ham describe the city as moral ly impoverished. Graham spoke at the Memorial Coliseum while winding up a 21-session southern California tour. Meanwhile, in nearby Pasadena, a gathering of 118,447 closed the eight-day In ternational Assembly of Jeho vah's Witnesses at the Rose Bowl. Fatal: A three-vehicle smash up on U. S. 40 near Vacaville killed four persons and injured five members of one family. The dead were Amos S. Men ninger, 77, of Redding; his wife, Emma H., 70; Robert C. Eng lish, 58, of Martinez, and Dennis S. Williamson, 17, of La Mesa. Christopher: Mayor George Christopher cancelled his annual dinner for San Francisco's diplo matic corps with a most undip lomatic blast at the so-called "dean" of the corps. The mayor gave as his reason for canceling the affair the "adamant atti tude" of Venezuelan Consul Gen eral Fernando Contreras toward a traffic ticket given to one of his consular colleagues earlier this year. The traffic ticket was given last May to the Argentine Consul General Jorge Avellane da for running a stop sign. Avel lancda refused to sign the ticket and he was taken to the police station at gunpoint. Christopher later apologized but Contreras made additional demands. Court: The Third District Court of Appeal ruled in Sacra mento that a pharmacist cannot rely on the doctor-patient rela tionship to withhold essential in formation from a court. The rul ing resulted from a child cus tody case in Stockton. A ,1 7 EJECTED BY FORCE A bearded spectator in Washington. The committee is investigating is about to be ejected from the House Un- the visit of 50 American students to Cuba this American Activities Committee hearing room summer despite a State Department ban. (UPI) Gay Threesome S Toss those gay pillows on children's beds, or use in play room for color, comfort. Gentle lion, playful pup, sleepy kitty- pillows for tots. Two pieces plus ears. Pattern 74(111: (ace transfers; pattern; 8':xl0-inch pillows. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (coins) (or this pattern add 15 cents (or each pattern (or (irst-class. mailing and special handling. 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