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I" 1 Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Monday, January 4, 1954 Army Aims to Get Dozen Guided IV issile Bases in Operation by Mid - Br ELTON Cf FAY WASHINGTON (f f- The Army is driving to get about a dozen of the new Nike guided missile launching bases for antiaircraft defense into operation by midsum mer, i f 'About a half-year behind the schedule it originally hoped for, the Army at present has only one Nike installation ready. This is located at Ft. Meade, Md., for the joint defense of Washington and Baltimore. i .f Priority for the next few instal lations apparently is being given to the great metropolitan area of New York and northern New Jer- i 4 Suicide Tried 1 I ' InNotreDame Cathedral PARIS un i- A Ss-year-old Ital- an shot himself Sunday in Paris'! -famed NotreiDamp Cathedral. It was the first recorded suicide at tempt in the cathedral since it jwas built in the early 13th Cen tury, j j . i ! The Italian, identified as Lionel INatoli of Rome, fchot himself in jthe chest shortly! after the last j morning mass while standing in Iront of a statue jpf Ste. Therese, ;police said. f j t 3 As he shot echoed through the "huge cathedral, built on an island In the Seine;, several worshipers 'rushed to the young mans side and heard hart shout: I "I'm hurt!) I'm hurt! Take lie away. . .1 put the gun right on the un In but it must " have my neart, moved." He was taken to a nearby mu nicipal hospital, where attendants said he. has a chance to recover, i Police said Natpli was carrying In his pocket what seemed to be a suicide note addressed to a girl friend. i S Within two hours after the In cident, an archpriest of the cathe dral carried out the reconciliation ceremony of blessing the walls and interior of the church with holy water to reconsecrate it after such an occurrence, regarded i as a pollution. The cathedral was closed to the public during the ceremony, f If Natoli had died, the church would have had to close for three days. Five Show ! Dos Saved j In House 'Fire Five valuable Pekinese show dogs were rescued by firemen Sunday morning from a fire which badly scorched part of the first floor of the G. Don Land home at 1188 N 4th St The Lands were at church when the blaze was discovered at 10.41 a.m. by a jbasement tenant, Elmer MathesohxThe fire was spotted about the same time by Mrs, Perry Bartlemay, 415 Mar ket St, across the street from the Land home, j t Apparently starting in a sofa in one corner of the living room, the blaze charred two walls of the room and blistered paint in two adjoining! rooms. Several trophies won by Che dogs were also destroyed jn the blaze. i Fireman found four of the dogs crowded into a special en trance way for them leading from an exercise yard to the liv ing room. The fifth had taken refuge in a box further removed from the blaze. None was injur ed, i k No estimate! of damage was available Sunday but Mrs. Land said it was covered by insurance. sey, to northern aircraft manu facturing centers such as Buffalo and Seattle, the huge steel and industrial region of, Chicago and neighboring Indiana, and to some other of the mora obvious choice target areas. I Rocket Missile S The Nike named fof the Greek goddess of victory is a rocket missile which can be launched from ground emplacements and guided at supersonic speeds to in tercept and destroy an attacking aircraft. j While present plans are under stood to call for the eventual con struction. of Nike , battery sites at about 35 locations in an arc along the northern border of the. United States shortage of both equipment and trained manpower apparently has been a restraining factory Costs to Vary Total costs will vary with type of installation whether! derground - or on the surface, addition to construction costs the amount of land needed varies with the type about 24 acres for an underground installation of nine missile launchers: S acres' for surface sites with 12 launchers, The Army specifies that m choosing Nike sites tests must in clude "radar adaptability ( and masking." This; means that the area must be clear of sharply ris ing hills or high structures which would interfere 5 with directional control of the t missile by the launching crews Repeats Claim In announcing the Ft. Meade in stallation last month the Army was permitted to repeat some of is earlier statements regarding the description and performance of the Nike. Before that it has been under rigid instructions by Secre tary of Defense Wilson to say; noth ing of the program. ! And that clamp on information apparently was reimposed imme diately after the Dec. 17 announce ment .i The primary reason for this si lence apparently is based on a be lief that details, including site lo cation can be kept secret in most cases even though many of the sites will be within public ; view. A secondary reason appeared to be related to an inter-service; situa tion. Accuracy Cited The Army officially claims the Nike, with its electronic brain and eye and supersonic speed can out maneuver any known type of bomber or fighter. Unofficially, there are contentions that it is so accurate and deadly that its rate of effectiveness is hits for two out of three missiles fired. j In connection with last month's announcement, an official I Army picture of a test shot against a remote-controlled BIT bomber was exhibited. The B17 was the original heavy bomber used in World War II. with a cruising speed of about 200 miles per hour and a top speed of about 250. v ' Some Air Force experts contend privately that the Nike has not been pitted against modern jet air-; craft under combat-bke conditions. Thev want to be shown what the Nike can do against measures which an enemy would Jbe expect ed to use in a jet-propelled air raid, including- the utilization of counterradar devices. j These embrace a wide variety of "jamming" and other techniques, among them metallic "snow" to confuse the searching radar beam of a missile. ' Ships After Collision at Sea i r A ' 3 f " V v ..-,. I I f i A 1 1 5AN FRANCISCO The freighter Colorad3 (right), iU bow bashed In after colliding with another j freighter, the Permanente Silverbow (left) it shown tied np to a San fYancisco pier fouowing crun t off northern California coast last Friday evening. (AP wirepnow to ine AUtesman) ; 1954 to Help Secure Peace, ! Dulles Says Tax Agents to -Tour Valley Tax agens will be at key points in the inid-Willamette val-ley-this week f and next to assist farmers with .the filing of their forms 1040ESJ declaration of esti 'mated tax for the calendar year 1954. l The schedule includes:' Linn County Lebanon, city . hall, Jan.5 6; Scio, post office building, Jan.7; Albany, 231 post office building, Jan. 11-15.: Marion County Silverton, City hall, Jan. 4; Mt AngeL City Hall, Jan.- 5; Woodburn, City HalL Jan. 8; j Salem, post office building, JanJ 4-15. Polk County Monmouth, City Hall, Jan. 6; Independence, First National Bank, Jan. 7; Dal las, Auditor'! office. City Hall, Jan. 7-8; Newberg, City HalL Jan. li- i i Death Claims Mrs. Edison,) 68, Silverton Statesman Newt tervlc SILVERTON Mrs. Nina May Edisdn, 68, life-long resident of this community, died Sunday night at a Silverton hospital where she had been confined for the past two months. ; i The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Humphreys, early pio neers of Oregon, Mrs. Edison was born Aug. 11, 1883 near Silver- ton, f She is survived by her widower, Joseph Edison, Silverton; sons, Howard Edison, Anchorage, Alas ka, and Charles Edison, San Bernardino. Calif brother, John Humphreys, Salem; four grand children and four great grand children. S Funeral services will be an nounced later by the Ekman Fu neral Chapel, Silverton. I Two-Car Collision 5 Causes Minor Damage - A two-car I collision at the in? tersectlon of Marion and Capitol Streets Sunday night caused min or damage to the twd vehicles but no injuries, city police re ported, j Drivers were loenutlea as "Wright Ralph NoeL Chemawa, and Roy Elmo Simmons, 605 Church St Both cars were head ed north on Capitol Street, police aid- Two Airmen Await Rescue At 50-Below ! NEW YORK un Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said Sunday night the nation can have Confidence the new year "will make peace and justice more se cure." Dulles was one of a number of leaders of government, labor and industry heard in recorded inter views on a special hour-long radio broadcast sponsored by Newsweek magazine over ine American Broadcasting Company network. Also interviewed about pros pects for 1954 were West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer; Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. John E. Hull, United Na tions commander in Korea; and Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, su preme Allied commander in Eu rope. Dulles said that during the past year "our society of freedom has gained the moral initiative over the forces of reaction. He! predicted that Soviet agree ment to talks with the Western powers "may mean a recession in the horror of atomic warfare,' and said that "the unification of Europe becomes at long last possibility." -More Difficult' Gruenther. however, predicted that "the period ahead will be more difficult" in. maintaining Western unity, adding: , "The Soviet peace offensive - is very, very clever, and there is also developing a tendency on our part to relax. The financial bur dens of defense are becoming heavy. "Moreover, the element of fear which got us together initially is fading. . . Not Sufficient Strength Gruenther said, however, "that the present Earopean force could "give an excellent account of it self" in defending Europe, "al-. though we still do not have suf ficient strength to repel an all out Soviet invasion." Adenauer said the present gen eration is treading a "narrow ridge" between peace and freedom on one hand ana Donaage ana slavery on the other. The German people, he said, have taken . their stand among those struggling for the light of freedom and peace. No Arms Cutback Adm. Radford said he did not expect in 1954 "any reduction in the vast militant force of inter national Communism which con tinues to threaten the Free World." He also predicted that "hot spots would continue to occur around the world and could be serious and frequent "unless we are in a position to handle them positively and quickly." . Radford said there is no dis agreement among the nation's mil itary planners as to the import ance of air power, and added: "This nation will maintain a na tional air power that is superior to that of any other nation in the world." Gen. Hull said in the Far East there were "too many intangibles and uncertainties to permit sweep ing predictions ... "The nature and aims of the Communists make the Korean ar mistice a fragile arrangement which they, at any moment, might choose to ignore or smash." ! U.S. Cigarette Firms to Back Cancer Research By HENRIETTA LEITH ! NEW YORK ( Cigarette makers announced Sunday forma tion of a tobacco industry research committee to do their own re search on "the theory that cigar ete smoking is in some way linked with lung cancer." The committee s first move was a display advertisement for Mon day a editions of major newspa pers throughout the country, with the heading "a frank statement to cigarette smokers." The adverisement says the in dustry believes "the products we make are not injurious to health. . but adds that medical research should not be lightly dismissed "even though its results are incon clusive. . The industry committee now in cludes all but one major cigarette maker and several associations of tobacco growers. A spokesman said others may join the group later. Assistance Pledged The announcement said they have pledged "aid and assistance Italian TV Starts, Minus; Horse Op eras ROME () Not a pistol shot was heard and no horse neighed as regular television broadcasts began Sunday in Italy. The ! ac cent was heavy on art and music. ( Inaugural . programs from the Milan, Rome and Turin television stations were followed by music, sports and news. An estimated 15,000 Italian owners of television sets, on which the Italian govern ment charges an annual tax of $24. viewed the telecasts. Programs in the Milan area, where most television owners are located, have been broadcast ir regularly for the past two years. A coordinated program of 36 hours weekly from Italy's three stations. Milan, Rome and Turin, began Sunday under direction of the government-controlled radio and television organization. The 35-hour weekly programs 'generally will include five hours of drama, opera and music and iour hours of art and cultural sub jects. There will be six hours of programs especially selected for children. V News, sports, variety acts and featuM films will fill out the re maining hours. S i Most television sets in Italy are Italian-made, but under foreign licenses. Prices begin at about $300 and go up prohibitive for most Italian families. HOSPITAL INMATES DIE TOKYO W Six inmates of a mental hospital were burned to death Sunday at Ichikawa City, 10 miles east of Tokyo. Fire of unknown origin destroyed a con fine ment ward. j WINNIPEG (JPh-Two air force men, stranded on a frozen late in the Northwest Territories, waited in 50-below weather Sun day night for the Royal Canadian Air Force to speed equipment and gasoline for their rescue.! The men, identified by the air force only as Flying Officer Fischer and Lance t Corporal Dawe, aet down on an I unnamed lake Saturday after running but of fuel while on a mercy flight to pick up a sick Eskimo. The air force presumed the men were unhurt and the plane intact because a search craft; re ported spotting flares .fired into the Arctic sky earlier Sunday. The men left the Hudson Bay port of Churchill Saturday on a 400-mile flight north to the out post of Baker Lake, j The air force plans to fly a ski-equipped aircraft to the lake with fuel and engine heater Clierrians Plan, Coronation Rite Installation of the Salem Cher-' nans' King Bing and council members Is scheduled during the annual coronation ball at the Marion Hotel tonight Succeed' ing Hunt Clark as King Bing will be Ed Ran die. The formal ball will follow .the banquet and installation of offi cers. Installing officer will be Judge Rex Kimmell with Dr. O. A. Olson acting as grand mar ihalL GUIANA LEFTIST TdURS KARACHI, Pakistan uB-Cheddi Jagan, ousted leftist Prime Min ister of British Guiana, reached Pakistan Sunday to "seek support of the Pakistan people and gov ernment for our national strug Driver Gted ! ' i After Wreck to the research effort into all phases of tobacco use and health, including financial aid in 'addition to funds already being contributed by individual companies lor med ical research. Noting that some scientists have questioned the significance i of re cent experiments on lung cancer, and satistics which purport to link it with cigarette smoking, the committee s advertisement conun inued: ! Regardless of the record of the past, the fact that cigarette! smok ing today should even be suspected as a cause of a serious disease is a matter of deep concern to. us." i Recognize Concern j Saying the committee is. the in dustry's answer to questions about "what we are doing to meet the public's concern," he advertise ment continued: ! "In charge of the research ac tivities of the committee iwill be a scientist of unimpeachable in tegrity and national repute. In ad dition there will be an advisory board of scientists disinterested in the cigarette industry. A roup of distinguished men from medicine, science and education will be in vited to serve on this board. These scientists will advise the commit tee on is research activities." There have been reports" in re cent years of a possible ilink be tween cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Strong Statement These reached a peak during the past few months as several scien tists issued the strongest state ments so far on the subject For example. Dr. Alon iOchsner, head of surgery at Tulane Univer sity Medical School in New Orle ans, recently said experiments prove tar from cigarette smoke has "a cancer-producing factor." He added that the male popula tion of the country mighti be "dec imated by cancer of the lung in another 50 years," if j cigarette smoking continues to increase and the factor is not removed. : Others Disagree Other scientists have stid there is no proof of the link in recent experiments. j Stocks of cigarette manufactur ing firms have been affected by the lung-cancer furore, and in dividual companies have issued statements, discounting; the re search, while others announced in dividual support of research on the subject. j Statistics have indicated that he increase in cigarete smoking and he increase in lung .cancer in men have followed the same pat tern. I The industry committee : state ment said such statistics "could apply with equal force to any one of many other aspects of modern life," adding: J ! "Indeed the validity of the statistics themselves is questioned by numerous scienists." Oregon Youth Admits fbng List of Thefts DENVER (A Police! said Sun day a handsome lft-year-old Ore son youth has admitted a series of car thefts, burglaries j and hold ops that took bun, through more than half a dozen states. They said Edwin (Bud) Koch, 18, of Springfield, Ore.; was ar rested here Saturday while trying to hitchhike out t of town. : Officers said the dark-haired teen-ager told them he was leav Ing Denver in disgust for having committed two burglaries of the game restaurant and getting only so ana some 100a. - :. They said Koch old 'this story He said he stole a car last August at Springfield J and drove to Sheridan, Wyo. where he aban doned it and stole another. Next, he drove to St. Paul, Minn., where he was arrested after disposing of the vehicle. ? Minnesota officers returned' him to Springfield as a runaway. Koch aid be twice burglarized a Spring field grocery, netting S150 on the two crimes. With a couple of friends not Identified,- the youth said he helped i blow a safe in a Eugene, Ore., liquor store, getting $3000. . . ! Later, he said he stole a car and, stuck up a Eugene filling sta tion of 140. He drove to Las Vegas, Nev., stuck up a theater and got $52. : r I In a Christmas Day holdup of a Salt Lake City service station, Koch said he got $30. He then came to Denver, where he said he burglarized the restaurant. -i- 101-Year-Old Woman Dies I At Portland PORTLAND UPi Mrs. Isam White, whose lifetime almost spans that of Portland, died at a hospital here Sunday. She was 101. Born in New York Ciy April 18. 1852. the youngest of 19 chil dren, she came to Portland jwith her parents at the age of 6. The city of Portland was incorporated seven years earuer. Her husband, a pioneer Portland merchant, died many years ago. In earlier years she- was a lead ing social figure. Survivors include four nephews and two nieces. 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