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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1963
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
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She Uses Eggbcater Tail
To Whip Up Nest for Eggs
Imagine a bug with an egg
beater like arrangement in the
tail section. The froghopper has
one, and in the early fall these
comical little insects are busy
shipping up a mess of bubbles
and attaching them to a weed
stem or a garden plant.-
lt will be a safe nursery for
the baby froghoppers that will
hatch from the eggs the moth
er deposits in the frothy incu
bator. The young will be cozy
and safe until they are strong
enough to break out of the
bubble - house next spring.
If you look carefully most
anywhere weeds are growing in
the fall, you should find a whit
ish colored mass of bubbles on
a weed stem. This irregular
mass of frothy material may
resemble a gob of soapsuds.
Small boys, usually unfamiliar
with the objects, call it "frog
spit" but seldom do the boys
know that small froghoppers
are hiding in the mass.
Now that you know what to
look for, when you find one,
open it up and you will find
the tiny froghoppers hiding in
their frothy castle.
And He Hops
This strange little character
is called the "froghopper" for
the best of reasons. He does
look something like a frog, a
very, very small one, and when
he decides to go anywhere, he
hops. If he is suddenly fright
ened, he actually jumps. Other
folks, especially boys that know
something of the insect's habits,
call it a "spittle-bug" because
of the frothy bubbles the bug
whips up with his rearend egg
beater. A full grown froghopper is
barely an inch in length, but
is usually fat and broad. The
body is brown or black with a
generous sprinkling of dots, bars
and dashes on the wing covers.
They are classed as sucking in
sects, and when they become
too numerous they are destruc
tive to plants. There are vari
eties that infest pine trees and
at times do considerable dam
age. When mother froghopper de
cides to lay her eggs, in order
to assure the world that next
year will also have its full com
plement of froghoppers, she se
lects a fork in a plant stem.
There she begins the frosting
for what is to be the cradle
for her offspring. She expels a
liquid from her body, which is
later whipped into a foam. Mix
ed with air, the material takes
the-form of tiny bubbles massed
tightly together. Within a few
minutes the foam hardens and
becomes almost permanent.
Forms Protection
In the center of the frothy
mass she lays an egg. During
the time of the egg's incubation,
and even after the tiny one is
hatched, the bubble mass forms
a protecting wall against cold,
rain and most enemies. Other
insects that might want to eat
the baby froghopper cannot pen
etrate the tough mass. When the
necessary strength is acquired,
the baby can force its way out.
When fleshly whipped by the
regbeater tail, the bubble looks
clean and wetly shiny, by the
time the egg is hatched, the
mass becomes gray and dirty.
That is the way it was intend
ed; it becomes inconspicuous
and is overlooked by enemies.
The baby leaves its bubbly
castle, lives for a little wnile,
and by the following fall she
(if it is a Riii froghopper) will
whip up a bubble mixture, cre
ating a bubble-berth for anoth
er generation of froghoppers.
Liquor Ad Dispute
Brings Protests
PORTLAND (UPI) - A pro
posal to relax in-state advertis
ing on 1'iuor has touched off a
wave of protest.
The Oregon Liquor Control
Commission said it has received
numerous letters objecting to a
revision of advertising rules for
alcholic beverages.
The Oregon Council on Alco
hol Problems and numerous
churches around the state have
indicated their opposition in let
ters to the Commission.
A public hearing on the pro
posal will be held here Feb. 15.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
MIAMI Cuban exile Gerardo Rivero Guesada, reacting to a
government announcement that eligible refugees who refuse to
accept resettlement to other cities will be dropped from the
Miami relief rolls:
"The only kind of relocation program the U.S. ought to carry
out is one thai puts Cubans in Army camps for training in a war
on Castro. Forget about the relief checks, just give us guns."
BLACKSBURG, Va. Virginia Polytechnic Institute President
T. Marshall Hahn announcing an end to shoe shining and brass
polishing chores of new cadets:
"The primary purpose of going to college Is to obtain an
education."
LOS ANGELES Police Chief William H. Parker, asked if his
men were following FBI agents in view of the FBI's failure to
cooperate with his department in the Frank Sinatra Jr., kidnap
ing case: '
"That's something we would not do. We're not a cloak and
dagger outfit."
WASHINGTON President Johnson speaking to a business
men's group on the progress made in abolishing racial discrimina
t'in in employment:
"We still have a long way to go."
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Many Kidnapings
Since 1932 Still
Unsolved by FBI
WASHINGTON (UPI) The entcrine the case for spvnn
kidnaping of Frank Sinatra Jr. days.
is one of four out of 678 inves- Tne oMesl unsolved kidnaping
,:.,, u r, . . ,, case on FBI records involves
tigated by the FBI s.nce 1932 abductjon , char,es MaU.
which still are unsolved.
In June, 1932, Congress
passed what is popularly known
as the Lindbergh law which had
the effect of allowing the FBI
to help investigate kidnaping
cases.
The law made it a federal
crime to transport any persons
across state lines to hold them
for ransom, reward or for any
other purpose.
Section Amended
-As originally written, the law
provided that it could be as
sumed the victim had been tak
en across a state line if no
trace of him could be found
seven days after the kidnaping.
On Aug. 6, ,1956, this section
was amended to make the
waiting period only 24 hours.
This change was made short
ly after Peter Howard Wein
berger, a one-month-old child,
was kidnaped from his home on
Long Island July 4, 1956, and
later found dead. His kidnaper
was convicted and executed.
There was some feeling at the
time that the FBI might have
been able to apprehend t h e
child's abductor more quickly if
it had not been restrained from
son of Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 27,
1936. The boy's body was found
but his abductors have never
been traced.
Suspects Cleared
The FBI has investigated and
cleared more than 25.000 sus
pects in the case but there are
more than 100 to be cleared.
The case is similar to a 19:18
one involving Peter David Lc
vine of New York, whose body
was found in a bay. In both
cases ransom was demanded
but never paid and the abduc
tor has never been located.
No ransom was demanded for
Marv Lou Olscn, who was kid
naped in San Diego Jan. 3, 1960.
Her ravaned body was found 25
miles south of the Mexican bor
der but the FBI still is seeking
her abductor.
LA GRANDE TO GET TV
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Federal Communications Com
mission (FCC) has granted a
construction permit to KTVB
Inc., for a new television sta
tion to operate on Channel 13
in La Grande, Ore.
TO WED ENTERTAINER Calharina Loddcrs, above, who won
the title of "Miss World" of 1962, is said to be planning to marry
entertainer Chubby Checkers. Miss Lodders is a native of Hol
land. (UPI)
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PAUL LEA MOTORS
12TH AND RIVERSIDE
Insured Jobless Payments Increase
SALEM (UPI) - Insured un
employment last week was up
in all areas of the stale com
pared to four weeks ago, and
in all but 10 areas compared to
a year ago, Employment Com-i
missioner David Cameron said
Thursday.
Highest rates of insured un-l
employment were at Astoria, I
13.8 per cent; Grants Pass, 10.71
per cent, McMinnville, 10.4 per!
PAnI TnloHn Ift 9 njr rent nnH I
The Dalles, 10.6 per cent, he
said. ' . . .
The lowest rate of insured un
employment, 2 per cent, was re
corded at Ontario where potato
processing and sugar beet re
fining are at peak activity.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (UPI)
Gen. and Mrs. Dwight D. Ei
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this desert resort.
William R. Daughterly, man
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President and his wife would
arrive next Wednesday and
would stay through mid May at
the $175,000 presidential cottage
on the 11th fairwav.
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recent years. Eisenhower will , King
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