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-ACROSS PACIFIC Aviatrix
fired, is all (miles as she waves her mascot doll, "Dammit," on arriving at Brisbane
'Airport on Sunday. The 36-year-old housewife completed the 7, 000-mile solo flight
Across the Pacific Ocean in 51 hours 38 minutes in a twin-engined plane.
UPI Telephofo
illions Of Tiny Fibers
Orbiting
WASHINGTON CUPD Millions
of tiny copper fibers were begin
ning to disperse in a polar orbit
around the earth today as part of
a controversial Air Force commu
nications experiment.
The Air Force announced Sun
day that a canister containing the
;JJ0 million needles called dipole
;Wre dumped from a satellite
launched Thursday from Point Ar
jliiello, Calif.
; Radar sightings show the fibers,
each about one-third the diameter
Film Praised
By Official
Mrs. Julia Brown, county wel
fare officers, has recommended
Uial television viewers soe "Wed
jwsday's Child," a documentary
film on the aid to dependent chil
idren program, which Is scheduled
for viewing on KOTf, Channel 2,
beginning at 9 p m, tonight, Mon
- day.
Members of the stale depart
ment of welfare are pictured in
the film, produced by a Portland
television station In April and re
run there Sunday.
Mrs. Brown said (he motion pic-
line depicts the Hid It) dependent
children from both Ihe administra
tive and the recipient's point of
view.
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of a human hair, ore beginning
to spread. They are expected to
fan out Into a narrow ring about
the earth taking several months!
to complete the circle 40,000 miles!
in circumference and about 2,uM
miles high.
The belt will be used to bounce
radio signals back to earth over
great distances. The Air Force
said the dipole belt is practically
invulnerable to physical damage
and is especially useful in long
distance microwave communica
tlons.
Some scientists have opposed
the experiment saying It would
clutter space with trash and im
pair observations of the stars and
planets with telescoiies.
Astronomers also fear the fibers
might reflect back to earlh a con
fusing jumble of radio signals that
ordlnarly might pass into space.
Dubbed the west rord Project.
the experiment is being conducted
Hunt In Oregon Yilds
Ends On Evans' Suicide
FLORA (UPH-A hunt of near-
ly a week in the wilds of north
east Oregon ended Sunday when
slaying suspect Billy hvans, 4-1
shot and killed himself at his
cabin after wounding his cousin,
slate police reported.
Evans had been sought since
last Monday night for tlie fatal
shootings in Clarkston, Wash., nl
Mrs. May Crincr, 40, Clarkston.
and William (Jerry, 40, La
Grande.
Tlie cousin, Amos Evans, fid.
Enterprise, was wounded in Ihe
left side of his face and his con
dition was listed as critical at an
Enterprise hospital today.
Hilly Evans had been spotted
last week in the heavily timbered
area near here but searcliers lost
his (rail and many of those on
Show Dated
By Kingsley
Personnel assigned to the 2.ilh
Air Division at Tacomo. Sikane.
'Portland and Klamath Falls will
compete in a talent show staled
I (or the Kingsley Field Theatre. II
p in., Wednesday. May 15. the In
formation Office of the airfield
has reporlcd.
' Judges for the contest are Mr.
and Mrs. George Colhson or the
Ihlomalh County Chamber of
Commerce; Mrs. William Brad-
ishaw of the Civic Theatice C.niup:
V. R, Evans, presiiient of the lo
cal Musicians Union, and Rich. ml
.Green, director of K0T1 TV.
Music for accompaniment will
Iw directed by Normand foul
shivk, with choreography by Mrs.
Isa Dorah Moldovan U. Peter M
Donald is project olficer and Judy
V. Taylor is director.
There is no admission charge,
and the public is invited. There
will be 28 conteslanti competing
in 12 categories.
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for the Air Force by the Lincoln
Laboratory of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Information on the experiment
is being distributed internationally
to help world optical and radio
astronomers in making independ
ent observations. The Air Force
said it hoped some observations
could be made of the needles by a
worldwide camera network oper
ated by the Smithsonian Astro-
physical Observatory.
The Air force previoulsy tried
a similar experiment using 73
pounds of Hie needles but was un
successful when they apparently
failed to spread into orbit. Fifty
pounds were used in the new ex
periment.
The dipole fibers are expected
to disappear within five years as
radiation pressure from sunlight
forces them down into altitudes otl
greater atmospheric density where
Ihcy will burn up.
the manhunt were called off.
.Stale police said the suspect
was located at his cabin .Sunday
by Amos Evans ami three others
Police said as the cousin and
Cene Heard began climbing stairs
lo the second floor a bullet grazed
Amos Evans' head and Beard
pulled him lo safely.
Scouts Hold
Mom's Day
KOT HOCK Brownie Stouts
held a special program for their
mothers after school Wednesday,
May 8, under the direction of their
leader, Mrs, Louis Chancy.
Tlie girts, wearing Brownie uni
forms for the occasion, recited
xems and sang a speii.d Moth
er's Day song. They also present
od the motliers uith the gifts they
had made. These were candle-
holders, cookie cans, and jewel
Ixtxes. decorated hy covering
can or box with clay and pressing
m.ic.irrmi into desired patterns
Alter o.tktnp, the items were
paioteil.
Refreshments doed the meet
ing. Mothers attending were Mrs.
Bud Baert, Mrs. Hubert Judd,
Mis. Orville KlifriU, Mrs. l.ar-
rie Poller, and a special gueM
Mrs. Laurence Hue, lower grade
teat her.
Course Planned
MOI ST SIIVST V - The State
Department Board of Kducation
lire ttaiiunu couisr will he held
in Mount Shasta June 17-24. un
der the instruction of Kd Bent
Tlie peace time radiation school
is 0(en lo the public without
charge. The course, totaling j
hours. Mill be held from 7 lo 10
) m in Ihe Mount Shasta Nation
al Guard Armorv.
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Santa Monica Housewife
Rests After Epoch Flight
BRISBANE, Australia 'UPI) -
Mrs. Betty Miller, 36, the Sanla
Monica, Calif., housewife who be
came the first woman to fly alone
from California to Australia, rest
ed here today in preparation for
a return flight by commercial air
liner.
Mrs. Miller wes greeted Sunday
night by about 3.000 persons who
rushed onto the runway when she
landed on the final lap on her
7,000-mile solo flight. The crowd
gathered around the twin-engined
plane and sang "For She's A Jolly
Good Fellow."
The freckle faced housewife,
tired but cheerful stepped out of
the cockpit in a pink-and-while
checkered frock.
Moments of Anxiety
She admitted to some "moments
of anxiety" when one engine start
ed to run rough after she had
passed the point of no return on
the final 780-mile flight from Nou
mea, on the island of New Cale
donia.
"f radioed the Air Traffic Con
trol Center to tell them of the
trouble but the engine kept go
ing," she said.
The Department of Civil Avia
tion at Brisbane alerted two planes
to stand by in case of emergency,
but a spokesman said this was
strictly precautionary.
"We didn't tell Mrs. Miller be
cause we did not want to alarm
her," he said.
The aviatrix had made an un
scheduled three-hour stop at Nou
mea when she ran into heavy
ncaawinus on tne llight from Suva,
Fiji.
"It was a long flight and I'm
pretty tired but I'm happy and re
lieved to be here." Mrs. Miller
said. "I wasn't really worried
Man Delays
President
LOS ANGELES I UPI I Dr.
Armand Hammer today belonged
to the exclusive club of those who
have kept the President waiting
lor several minutes on a tele
phone.
Hummer, president of Die Occi
dental Petroleum Co.. and his wife
were breakfasting Saturday morn
ing when tlie telephone rang. It
was President Kennedy.
I just want to make sure that
you are offering to donate the
Itoosevclt home and grounds at
Campobello lo the governments of
the United Stales and Canada as
memorial lo the late president
and Mrs. Koosevelt," Kennedy
id.
"It's a verv generous gift,"
Kennedy told Hammer, "I think
it will further strengthen the bond
of friendship between the t w o
countries."
Hammer then asked Kennedy If
he would like to hear the telegram
he had sent to Hep. James Koose
velt, D-Calif., son of the late pres
ident, conlirming the gilt.
Tlie President said he would.
But Hammer couldn't find it for
several minutes. When he finally
returned his wife scolded him:
"Do you realize you've kept the
President of Ihe United Stales
waiting while you went for tho
telegram?"
But Hammer said the President
didn't seem tn mind.
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pink, beige, blue, turquoise, sues 6-18.
How docs LaPomte s do it!
about the engine trouble. It didn't
take long to rectify itself.
"The only time I was really
worried was on the flight from
Honolulu. 1 had to be over that
ocean station halfway to Honolulu
in 10 hours or turn back. I made
it in 9! hours. ,
Phones Husband
Tlie first thing tlie aviatrix did
when she got to her hotel here
Reds Order Expulsion
Of Espionage Figures
MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet
Union today ordered the expulsion
of one American and one British
diplomat for alleged complicity in
the espionage case that resulted
in a death sentence for a Soviet
official and imprisonment for
Chambers
Plan Meet
At Shasta
MOUNT SHASTA - President
David E. Otis of the Mount Shas
ta Chamber of Commerce, at a
regular meeting May 9, informed
the members that the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce on a good
will tour, will join the local cham
ber at its next meeting May 23.
Weed and Dunsmuir chambers
have also been invited to at
tend. Otis advised the members that
Ihe Ski Bowl Corporation had
withdrawn its suprt from the
information booth, which puts an
additional financial burden on the
chamber and the Hotel-Motel As
sociation. The three groups have
jointly sponsored and financed the
booth. Mrs. Jeannette Dahlquist,
chamber secretary, was instructed
to write letters to Robert Vaughn,
Ski Bowl manager, and the presi
dent of tlie board of directors of
the Ski Bowl protesting the action
taken. The booth has been a go
ing business activity and may
have to be closed unless financial I
support is forthcoming. I
In other business, the special
events committee reported that
over 200 people will be in Mount
Shasta June 10-21 for the conven
tion of airport commissioners and
executives, an. I plans for lunches.
dinners, and entertainment were
discussed. Ray Chinea gave a re
port on the July 4th committees'
work, slating the Lions Club will
buy the fireworks to he sold from
booth to Hie public. Frank
Melo announced the ambulance
project was at standstill for the
present, but he would have further
detaus for discussion at a later
date Bob Honors said a sign ad
vertising Siskiyou County was lo
be erecled at Winters soon.
Rogers and Otis reported on the
last meeting of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce held in
Dunsmuir. They told tlw group
there should be closer cooperation
of cities within the counly and
that things must be done in a
democratic way to produce an ef
fective organization to take ad
vantage of the slate's economic
growth.
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was talk hy telephone with her
husband. Charles, in Santa Moni
ca. It was he who taught her to
fly.
Mrs. Miller left Oakland. Calif.
April 30. Total elapsed flying time
for the trip was 31 hours. 38 nun
tiles. He said she planned to rest
in Brisbane for a few days before
taking a commercial flight home
via Sydney.
British businessman.
In a note delivered to Ihe U.S.
Embassy, the Soviet Union also
declared three former embassy
members allegedly implicated in
the case persona non grata (un
welcome!
Similar action was taken in re
spect to four former members of
the British Embassy here.
The American ordered expelled
is embassy Security Officer Hugh
Montgomery. 39. Springfield,
Mass. He is the only American
named in the Soviet note still as
signed to Moscow. The others
had been expelled or transferred
earlier.
A U. S. Embassy spokesman
said that "while the embassy in
way accepts any allegations
that any officers have behaved
manner incompatible with
their official standards, it can on
ly accede lo the U.S.S.R. govern
ment decision not to permit Mont
gomery to resume his position
here."
The British official ordered to
leave is embassy Second Secre
tary Ocrvase Cowcll. His wife.
Pamela, also was named in the
note. The other Britons already
had left Moscow
Th. Kvit nnt. r.
two days after former Soviet
scientific official Oleg Pcnkovsky,
43, was sentenced to be shot by a
firing squad for passing secrets
to an Anglo-American spy ring.
His British accomplice, Greville
Wynne. 42, was sentenced to eight
years deprivation of liberty.
Players Club
To Install
The Players Club will install
officers for 1063-64 on Wednesday,
May 15. at 7:30 p.m. in the Amer
ican Legion Hall.
Mrs. Dorothy Neet will install
Julia Williams, president: Ethel
Fairall, vice president: Helcne
Merryman, secretary-treasurer;
Betty Allen, remembrance chair
man and Kathryn Amberg, host
ess chairman.
Bridge and pinochle will be
played.
Gladys Vcnnant. Nellie Thomp
son and Marge. Crowder will be
on tlie refreshment committee.
This will be the last meeting
until fall. Members are urged to
attend.
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GUERRILLAS CAPTURED Vietnamese government soldiers, left, interrogate Viet
Cong guerrillas who were captured during a recent operation. After assault on the
outpost of Bien Nhi, in which government troops lost men and weapons, government
forces launched a larqe-scale counterattack and recaptured much lost equipment.
UPI Telephoto
Teams Note
Progress
On Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (UPD
Two teams of American mi
taineers were reported making
steady progress today in their un
precedented attempt to climb Mt.
Everest from two different direc
tions and meet on the summit.
Radio reports from the base
camp of the U.S. Everest expedi
tion said Dr. William Unsoeld, 36,
Heliv.r-dlCorvallis, Ore., and Dr. Thomas
F. Hornbein, 32, San Diego, had
reached Camp Three on the un
explored west ridge of the 29,028
foot peak, tallest in the world.
Barry C. Bishop, 30, Washing
Ion. DC, and Luther G. Gerslad,
28, Eugene, Ore., were reported to
have reached Camp One on the
traditional route through the South
Col (pass).
The two teams hoped to rendez
vous at the top May 21, according
to the radioed reports.
If both teams meet at the sum
mit, they plan to return together
down the south col route. If they
fail lo make contact, however,
each w ill return the way it came.
One expedition member, James
W. Whittaker, 32, Redmond.
Wash., became the first American
lo scale Mt. Everest May 1, when
he reached the top with Nepalesc
Sherpa guide Nowang Gomhu.
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Weather
Temperatures during the 24
hours ending at 4 a.m. PDT to
day.
High
58
Low
38
42
40
36
Astoria
Baker 57
Brookings 60
Medford 60
New port 55
N. Bend 60 43
Pendleton 64 47
Portland 59 37
Redmond 60 33
Salem 61 37
The Dalles 64 40
Chicago 56 52
Los Angeles 75 56
New York 64 46
San Fran. 61 51
Washington 63 47
Portland-Vancouver, Willamette
Valley: Mostly fair; highs 60-65;
low 37-45,
Western Oregon: Partly cloudy;
highs 55-65; lows 40-48.
Eastern Oregon: Partly cloudy;
highs 58-68; lows 30-45.
Tatoosh to Blanco: Winds south
18 becoming west late today;
partly cloudy.
The Dalles and Hood River:
Mostly fair through Tuesday:
temperature range 37 - 70; winds
light, variable.
Bend: Mostly fair: highs 60-65;
lows 32-37; local spots of frost.
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Baker and La Grande: Clearing
tonight, mostly fair Tuesday;
highs 60-68; low tonight 32-37.
Vancouver River reading 11.0,
down 1.2, falling stage.
Five-Day Weather
Western Oregon: Highs 56-66
and lows 38-45; near normal rain,
mostly Wednesday and late in
week.
Eastern Oregon: Highs 60 - ;o
and lows 34-35; scattered showers
about Wednesday and near end
of week.
TOOTHLESS AND HELPLESS
TORONTO (UPII-A traffic cop
stood by helplessly at a busy in
tersection here Thursday as a
traffic jam loomed.
The reason? He couldn't blow
his whistle.
Hie policeman had had several
teeth removed and was unable to
pucker his lips. Another policeman
took over and a tralfic snarl was
averted.
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