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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Ore. Fridav. October 23, 1960 9 AGE S A Bly Parent-Teachers Hold Meet BLY A varied program aw ait-club members, won first place at "1 !!!0SS,who altendcd a meeti"e the Klamath County 4-H Club of the Bly Parent-Teacher Assoei-1 .. . j linn hork Fair. Billie Morgan received a William Pohll talked briefly of .-H uub work and exhibited second place award. Murphy and O'NeU also won second place rib- display of ribbons and a chart bons at the state fair this year. with sketched characters con structed by Jim Watts, a mem ber of Gearheart 4-H Beef Club. The ribbons were won by club members. 'Champion ribbon for the club The display also contained a blue ribbon awarded Marian Cline for her black Angus steer. Pohll introduced Lorna Rentle, Mrs. Archie Mitchell, mission ary from Viet Nam, spoke of changes she has noticed in this country after five years abroad. Watts won a grand She closed the meeting with a poem and a prayer. Refreshments were served by Avis Little, Geneva Morgan, Don na Pratt and Annie Patzke. Par ents visited their youngsters Earth, Stars and Man (6) Age of the Earth club secretary. She related the . classrooms and visited with their club's activities and explained its teachers. projects. Harry McCoy, 4-H Forestry Club leader, spoke of his group's accomplishments. He introduced his co - leader, Earl Fishburn, range conservationist. . Jon Murphy and Jack O'Neil, Art Museum Names Chief 2 DAY Service V f IWiOln CHAD 704 MAIN ST and TOWHACOUNTIV ' I PORTLAND (AP) ; - Mrs. Ra chael Griffin is the new curator of the Portland Art Museum, suc ceeding Francis J. Newton who was moved up to director last spring. Mrs. Griffin, a graduate of the University of Oregon, has been on the museum staff since 1950. Lariat Beauty Lounge 3616 Summers Lane ANNOUNCES THAT JANE GRUBB HAS JOINED BETTY MEYER To Bring You The Latest Techniques In Styling, Cutting, & Permanent Waving. Evenings By Appointment Phone TU 2-5777 THREE EARLY MEASURING METHODS THE EARTH -HOW OLD ? RUTH ER FORDS URANIUM -700 TUB ATOMIC METHOD by Don Oakley and John Lane A MOLTEN WORLD: 20-40 MILLION YEARS. ASALTVSEA: 90-90 MILLION YEARS. A STRATIFIED CRUST". 0O MILLION YEARS MILLION YEARS. In the 17th century, Archbishop Usshcr of Ireland, set the date for the beginning of the world at 4004 B.C. Another Biblical scholar further refined it to 9 a.m., October 23, of the same year. Pious men felt that the matter was closed, but students of the earth were un convinced. Now, 300 years later, the real answer seems to have been found. In the 19th century, attempts were made to deduce the age of the earth by estimating the amount of salt that had washed into the oceans and by measuring the thickness of sedimentary rocks. In 1897, however, the British physicist Lord Kelvin, assuming that the earth had begun as a molten ball, arrived at the figure of 20 to 40 rmllion years as the time needed B0LTW00DS LEAD -2.2 BILLION YEARS. for it to cool to its present temperature. Geologists felt that this was too low, but had no way of disproving it. Chemists and physicists came to the rescue. Near the turn of the century, the phenomenon of radio activity was discovered. In 1902, a young New Zealander, Ernest Rutherford, announced that radioactivity was the spontaneous changing of certain atoms into wholly different atoms at a steady rate. This gave a new way to measure the age of minerals and the earth of which they were a part. His figure of 700 million years as the age of a chunk of uranium shook all the previous ideas. But by 1906 this age had been trebled. Chemist B. B. Boltwood of Yale discovered that uranium decays into ordinary lead. He meas- Man Held As Justice Fugitive John Lee Copeland, 27, 4209deputies Wednesday for running a Frieda Street, is being held in stop sign and given a $7.50 fine the county jail as a fugitive from Thursday in district court. He M justice. wanted in Bakarsfielrl. California. He was picked up by sheritf'sjon a non-support charge. ured the lead content of a sample of rock and found it to be over two billion years old. Scientists have since found numerous other similar "rock clocks" and have doubled the figure again. New information has come in a dramatic way. Meteorites, possibly fragments of a former planet, have been measured at 4.5 billion years. Since they were probably created at the same lime as the earth, they imply that the earth is at least that old. It is against this tremendous background that the search for the origin of life goes on. The story now turns to the paleontologists and biologists the cosmic detectives who study the record of living things. NEXT: Fossils and Fancies Foul-up Delayed High way Construction Work In Ohio TPMCrrtAT IN HANDY HALF-PINT CUPS FROM YOUR DEALER OR ROUTE MAH... Editors Note A million-dollar road failure, a grand jury investi gation, and an administrative mixup these are an unfortunate byproduct in some states of the vast program to build a S-ll-bil-lion network of superhighways. They are examined in this third of a four-part series on progress and problems of the project. By BEM PRICE AP StafI Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Some of the problems encountered in the nation's huge highway construc tion program may be illustrated by a look at experiences in New Mexico, Missouri and Ohio. New Mexico has had a series of investigations and scandals, ncluding a $l-million road failure. In submitting claims to the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads for re imbursement, the slates paper work was deemed so inadequate that the federal government withholding payments of nearly $6 million. In Missouri, a federal grand jury at St. Louis has begun an inciuirv into alleged collusion among suppliers of highway steel. The investigation followed com plaints from contractors that cer tain steel suppliers retused to bio ed: "Contractors who object to finder any pressure, that he w as state-employed project engineer I demoted because of his "inability decisions carry their appeals di-to supervise construction prop rect to the highway commission erly." or chief engineer and people at j Adams built the road at Lords- the top have often overruled the burg, N.M., which is now classed SATURDAY ONLY misses' run-proof rayon acetate briefs smooth fitting long wearing . cut for comfort Limit 3 pair HO j jj Pair 1 DAY ONLY! A delight to wear in any weather, but especially now when you want the briefest kind of comfort! An added bonus . . . this low price that makes stocking up just good common sense. White in sizes S-M-L. For fait, convenient shopping ust lav "Chorgt it" on Seers revolving CHARGt ACCOUNT. 'tiilk. ( :lm I I against each other and that prices appeared to be rigged. Nine com panies are involved. In Ohio, the construction pro gram under its present director, Everett Preston, seems to be leveling out toward an orderly $300 million-a-year business but it was not always quite so orderly. When Preston took office in February 1959, he discovered that the previous administration had let 21 last-minute highway "con tracts. He discovered also that the contractors couldn't go to work because the stale had failed to acquire rights-of-way. Work was delayed three to six months. No one has yet analyzed whether the land for these 21 projects cost more than it would have cost under normal proce dures. Like many states, Ohio also has a land problem. Right now there are over 1,000 cases pending in court. Under the previous admin istration, the state made offers to purchase land on a take-it-or-i leave-it basis. Many land owners left it and went to court where juries have proved generous. I Another factor apparently has complicated. Ohio's land problem. Hay J. Gla.e, Highway Depart ment attorney, said in an inter view some evidence exists that a few attorneys had been soliciting land suits from disgruntled own ers. Glaze added, however, that the solicitation a violation of Ameri can Bar Association canons was done so subtly it would be almost impossible to prove. 1 Some Ohioans are still grumb ling over the 11-month delay in opening a leg of the Interstate route between Columbus and Cleveland. The delay has been at tributed to a contracting firm which was overextended finan-j cially but was nevertheless pcr mitled to complete the work. In New Mexico, a wide variety of problems arose. It has had a Sl-million road failure. At least four other roads in the state are what the engineers call in a state of distress. The Stale Highway Department is not under civil service and, therefore, there is little job secu rity. Who gels what job is often a matter of politics. Over the past 10 years there have been 61 occu pants in the department's 11 lop appointive jobs. On July 15, 1939. L. D. Wilson resigned as chief engineer, com plaining the highway commission ers had asked him to "do tilings bordering on the dishonest." Wil son, now in Alaska, has offered to testify under oath. A state legislative committeei.Iack Adams for extra work per- hired the management consultant formed. Jordan said he didn't firm of Booz-Allen and Hamilton think Adams was entitled to the of San Francisco to study the money. highway department, Among other things, it report- The present chief engineer, D.B. Dixon, says Jordan was not put project engineers. On July 24, 1959, Commissioner H. E. Leonard requested the transfer of an assistant district engineer, John Roberts, from Al buquerque. Wilson, then chief en gineer, said the transfer was made because Roberts was too tough on contractors. Leonard de nied this. Last August, Paris Jordan, as sistant district engineer at Ros well, resigned rather than accept a demotion. He said he had been put under pressure to approve payment of $6,000 to contractor new ann heautifnl f ! munificent MagnOVOX television with expanded 23" screen m jj.su iiiiiimniiiiwiiH i ' ""' T If ? l & fj The Telerami s as a failure. On this project, the federal government is withholding payment of more than $200,000 un til the road is brought up to fed eral standards. The state has paid Adams in full. Involved was a $1,0)111.000 con tracta stretch of four-lane high way running nearly 4'j miles through the town of Lordshurg which began settling, cracking, and developing potholes belore it was half completed in 1958. Con crete sidewalks, gutters and curbs settled or buckled. The state estimates another $477,000 will be needed lo put the road in shape. (The federal gov eminent says a highway should lie trouble-free for 20 years with normal maintenance.) There were other headaches on New Mexico's part of the big high way program. Stretches of U.S. 85 at Belen and Glorieta suffered early loss of stone chips mixed into the top coat lo provide trac tion. Slick pavement resulted. Projects at Santa Rosa and Top of The World, near Grants, have developed cracks and potholes. Those roads are less than three years old. Some New Mexico roads are so slick that speed lim its are reduced in wet weather. 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