Klamath Basin Residents Will See Eclipse Of Sun
jllKRALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
The first major solar eclipse
visible in the United States since
April 28, ViZl will be on display
to residents of the Klamath Bas
in about noon Saturday, but peo
ple would be wise to let the
phenomenon pass unnoticed.
The word of caution is from
the National Society for the Pre
vention of Blindness which states
that viewing the spectacle through
smoked glass, exposed photo
graphic negatives or colored bot
tles can result in incurable burns
of the eye retina from infra
red rays of the sun. :
Dr. John Ferree, executive di
rector of the national society,
warned that there is no safe meth
od of looking directly into the
eclipse without risking incurable
eye burns.
"Normally, the sun is much too
bright for a person to view di-
Nixon Blasts
"Concessions
In Test Ban
FRANKFURT, Germany UP1
Former Vice President Rich-
aid M. Nixon Tuesday said any
further Western concessions in nu
clear test ban talks would be a
victory for communism."
Nixon, on an extended vacation
tour with his family, told United
Press International, I leel we
have made quite sufficient con
cessions on a nuclear test ban
treaty."
"If we make any further con
cessions in Moscow, the treaty
would be a victory for commu
nism," Nixon said, referring to
the Anglo-American talks going
on now with the Soviet Union.
"On the other hand, if we en
ter the discussions hard-headed
and with a realistic understand
ing of Soviet-aims, we may very
well achieve an acceptable
treaty," the defeated 1960 GOP
candidate for president said.
Discusses Presidential Race
Nixon, accompanied by his wife
and two daughters and friends,
also discussed the coming 1964
presidential race.
"I should have something to
say in about three months. If
you say anything now you put
yourself out on a limb. All those
who will be candidates will have
to declare themselves within
three months and then I'll be
able to throw my support to the
man I believe can do the best
job," Nixon said.
"I definitely will not declare
myself a candidate," he said.
Nixon, pausing in Frankfurt on
a hop from Switzerland to Hun
gary, spoke about New York Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller's charges
that extreme right-wingers hope
to gain control of the Republican
party.
"Can Make Trouble"
"It's true that the extreme
right wing the nuts or the
kooks as we call them in Califor
niacan make plenty of trouble
for us as they did for me in
California," Nixon said, referring
apparently to his unsuccessful bid
for the California governorship
last year.
Nixon said the GOP's extreme
right wing is "potent, noisy and
well-financed, but I do not think
they' will dominate the conven
tion," in which the GOP will
pick its presidential candidate
next year.
Nixon said it is true that "the
extreme right wing is behind
Sen. Barry Goldwaler n o w.
But I do not think he is one of
( them. And I am sure he must
regard them as a liability just
as I do."
Some extreme right-wingers re
gard the Republican senator from
Arizona as "too liberal" Nixon
said.
rectly. But during an eclipse
enough light is blocked out to
permit easy observation," he said.
This is when the ravs do their
damage unnoticed, because the
retina is not sensitive to pain,"
he concluded.
When the burn is serious
enough to scar that small por
tion of the retina where the rays
were locusea, no treatment can
cure it," he warned. The scar
causes a defect of vision which
may show up as a dark spot on
whatever the eye is observinn
at the time.
Dr. William Shackelford, nresi.
dent of the Oregon Ootomelric
Association, advised potential ob
servers that their "best bet is to
read about the eclipse alter it
happens."
But Dr. Seth Kerron. Klamath
County Health Officer, said that
the eclipse may be viewed safely
imuugn smonea glass tor several
seconds at a time. He emnha.
sized the importance of observ
ing the stellar attraction for only
a moment or two at a time and
stated that two pecks should be
sufficient.
The celestial show is sched
uled to start 11:04 a.m. .and will
reach its peak at 1:28 pn. when
the moon will eclipse about 55
the sun's surface will be cov
ered.
A safe method of observing the
eclipse has been advanced by
the Washington State Medical As
sociation and consists of punch
ing a hole in a card to project
tlie sun's image on a screen.
per cent or tnc sun s surface. As
we moon passes between the
earth and the sun the Klamath
Basin will emerge into a oerinH
m pseuao twilight by 4:07 p.m.
u win De au over.
Meanwhile, a 60-mile path ex
tending from Anchorage. Alaska
across Canada to the east coast
ot Maine will be in total dark
ness during the incident. By 4:07
p.m. u wiu De all over.
The amount of shielding of the
sun's rays will be lessened at
various distances to either side
of the eclipse, but even as far
south as Mexico City 7.6 per cent
Charles Martin
Finishes Course
varies E. Martin, Route 3.
Box 426, who is affiliated with
Oregon Technical Institute, is one
of 650 registered medical tech.
nologists who received latest ad
vances in laboratory teehniouos
at the 25th annual convention of
the American Medical Technolo
gists at Norfolk, Va., late last
month.
The theme of the silver anni
versary meeting was "Mediral
Technology and the American
Medical Technologist." With edu
cation being the key to AMT
progress, the scientific seminar
featured noteworthy scientists,
whose contributions to the health
of humanity have been hailed
universally.
Tlie observer then always has
his back to tlie sun and avoids
any direct exposure of his eyes.
A simple modification of this
method might be to make a
hole in one end of an open car
ton and direct the hole toward
the sun so that an image of the
sun is formed on the opposite
wall of the carton, the association
added.
There will not be another
eclipse of tlie sun visible in any
part of the United States until
1970, and not until 2017 will a
solar eclipse be visible to so
many Americans as during this
month.
Despite the infrequency of tlie
occasion, people should direct
their eyes away from the eclipse
and, if they choose, take note of
tlie occurence wlien it is depicted
later on television.
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MILES
Thursday, July 18, 1961
PAGE. 51
Committee Okays Mexican Labor
WASHINGTON IUPD - The
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wednesday approved a one-year
extension of a law under which
Mexicans can be brought into
tlie Unted States for seasonal
farm work.
The action set the stage for a
second congressional scrap this
year over continuation of the
Mexican program past its sched
uled Dec. 31 termination date.
The House earlier defeated a bill
to extend tlie program (yr. two
years without change.
The committee approved the bill
by Sens. Gordon Allott and Peter
H. Dominick, Colorado Republi
cans, on an 11-5 roll call vote.
Under the Allott-Dominick bill,
authorization for importing bra-
ecros Mexican farmhands
would continue through Dec. 31,
1964 with no change in other
terms of tlie basis bracero low.
The Kennedy administration re
commended a one-year extension
coupled with new restrictions de
signed to reduce the impact of
tlie program ot domestic workers.
Farm spokesmen urging exten
sion of the program have main
tained that many farmers in parts.
of California and some other
stales, mainly in the Southwest,
would be hit hard by a cutoff of
Mexican labor because they con
tend they could not get enough
domestic labor at critical harvest
Found Guilty
FORT SMITH, Ark. (UPD A
jury found Spec. 4 Phillip C. Dim-
ick Jr. of Jefferson, Ore., guilty
of involuntary manslaughter Tues
day in the stabbing of another
man May 31.
Dimick had faced first degree
murder charges in the slaying of
Denver Hubbard, 23, Van Burcn
Arm. Another soldier, Pfc. John P.
Meekma, testified Hubbard struck
Dimick before tlie stabbing.
Circuit Judge Paul Wolfe set
sentencing for Thursday. Dimick
could receive up to three years in
prison and a fine of $1,000.
Dimick, 20, is stationed at near
by Fort Chaffee.
and cultivating periods.
Church and labor groups have
been fighting extension of the pro
gram, asserting that the use of
Mexican labor depresses wages
and working standards for Ameri
can migratory farm workers.. .
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COMMITTEES NAMED Republican National Chair
man William E. Miller, second from left, appoints Ore
gon GOP National Committeeman Lowell Paget a
member of the Committee on Rules; National Commit
teewoman Mrs. Collis P. Moors a member of the Com-;
mittee on Arrangements; and Stato Chairman Phillip
Roth a member of tho Committee on Call for the 1 964-,
Presidential nominating convention. Miller named the:.'
Oregon officials immediately after announcing that the.;'
GOP will hold its 1964 Convention in San Francisco oii')
July 13, 1964.
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EYE CELESTIAL EXTRAVAGANZA CAUTIOUSLY Bare treat a solar eclipse- occurs July 20 and will be- visi
ble, weather permitting, all over the North American continent,' with exception of a small portion of the Pacific
coast in Mexico. Next solar eclipse visible in North America will be in 1970. Degree to which the sun will be
eclipsed depends on how close you are to the "path of totality," some 60-70 miles wide. Percentages on Newsmap
indicate amount of the sun's area apparently covered by the moon in each locality. CAUTION should be taken
in viewing the eclipse. The eye can easily be burned. DO NOT use smoked glass or field glasses. Safest way:
view eclipse on television. Map data as presented in the astronomical magazine "Sky and Telescope."
(precision built in SwiUeriand)
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Circus Today
The Kay Brothers European
Style CiPcus sponsored by the
Linkville Kiwanis Club slates two
performances today at the Klam
ath Auditorium, at 1 p.m. and
again at 8 p.m. The door will
open one hour before the shows.
General admission will be SI,
children under 12, 50 cents. Chil
dren can obtain free tickets at
any local business or from pro
fessional people.
The program features the Tan
gier Brothel's from Morocco, a
flying trapeze act, chimpanzees.
Hollywood canine rcviie, ponies,
elephants, juggling and a galaxy
of clowns.
Agreement
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia (UP1)
-Burma will ship farm products,
minerals, oil seed and other
goods to Yugoslavia In return for
motor vehicles, farm machinery,
textiles and chemical products
under a now trade agreement an
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