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2-Soc l)-StatMmanr Salem, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 6, 1955 Electronic Weapon 'Gives Edge' to U.S. New Device r. ; i Unveiled by 4 Planes v - . ' I- WjaMAL Ha CM auuj. SUXCH Air Leaders (Earlier Story Page 10, See. 3) CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP)- An-electronic weapon which en gineers said fives America's air defenses the edge over any invad ing enemy bombing fleet was re vealed Wednesday by the Air Force and Industrialist Howard Hughes. ; The device, including 30,000 parts, can fly interceptors auto matically from take-off to touch down and will fire rocket at the exact momeru, it was punuciy unveiled as the big Hughes Air plan Company plant here was -opened to the press for the first time. Track Down -The device, with its radar an tenna, an electronic computer and "a radar scope, enables an in tercentor to relentlessly track ' down an enemy bomber and activ ates the trigger automatically Development M the firing syi tem was made necessary, engin eers explained, because urain re actions are too slow to effectively handle swift modern fighter planes in coibat Interceptors and bombers now fly much high er and faster, than their long ' since outmoded World War II ancestors. i Every interceptor guarding the United States . and Canada1 is equipped with the deadly "auto matic marksman," Hughes said. And the marksman is equally ef fective' at night or in cloudy we ther. , : Hughes Aircraft Co., largest electronics manufacturing com pany in the . West, already has produced more than 8,000 of the firing system. ' Close to Truth Brig. Gen. J. W. Andrjw of jimwu au ituc jjmc, aixx., tnM nwcmn at th nlant -that "it would be close to the truth to Tf Qrl A Victor! say that we in the Air Force rely l'xctli ll 1 CSICU. entirely on electronics." i : - "With speeds exceeding the . supersonic, he said. tTAaT e DOT. A an i ATTACK A t .. I I ' " " ? 'I KILL CULVEH CITY, Califs Diagrams show how sew electronic fire control system unveiled Wednesday In Culver City, Calif., by the Hughes Aircraft Company seeks out and destroys enemy planes. Interceptor plane at bottom of first panel Is searching an area specified by a ground control interceptor station which has de tected a a "enemy" bomber. Second panel shows how pilot of interceptor searchlights bomber with radar and how data is fed ' to electronic computer which develops steering signals and deliv ers them to pilot's scope. Pilot flies Interceptor to put steering dot In center of reference -circle. As attack progresses, third panel, the computer automatically launches the Interceptor's armament at the precise place and time so that It will score! a hit When armament is launched an "X" appears on the acope. jAs armament hits target, panel four, interceptor automatically veers away' and up from target debris. ( AP Wirephoto Chart) t Witnesses Have Short Class Proves Memory i By JERRY STONE i Staff Writer, The Statesman "How long was the man on the premises?" . . . "How was he dressed?" . . . "Was he tall or short?" , . . Did he wear glasses?" . . . "What did he carry in his hand?".- ; Those might have been questions fired at sombody in a grey in terrogation room at police head quarters or somebody on the wit ness stand in a courtroom. Some body who might have been an j Woman Slain In Portland; eye-witness to crime of violence. Put it wasn't as grim as all that. Law Class That set of questions was . put Wednesday night to some 83 per sons at a Law for Laymen class held at North Salem High School as a part of the . Adult Education Program. Prepared by Dean Sew ard Reese of Willamette Univer sity, the questionaire aimed to prove a point that has often driven - lawyers and law enforcement oi ficers to distraction. The potat proven was that eye witnesses rarely retain in memory all they've seen. The questionaire indicated powers of observation are often blunted. Importance of Facts The test of observations was set up while Dean Reese was lecturing to the Wednesday night . group about the importance of facts in At The Theaters Today ELSINORE "THE LEFT HAND OT GOD with Humphrey Begart and Gtna Tternpy, - "THE MASTER PLAN" with Waynt Morrii. s CAPITOL "WICHITA" with Joel McCrra and Vrra Miles. i "THE BIG TIP OTT" with Richard Conta and Constance Smith. GRAND -DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE" with Dick Bogarde and Kenneth More. "INNOCENTS IN PARIS with Alaitalr Sins and Ronald Shiner. NORTH SALEM DRIVE IN THE MAGNITICINT MATA DOR' with Maureen O'Hara and Anthony Quinn. "IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA" with Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue. HOLLYWOOD "SOLDIER Or FORTUNE" with Clark Oable and Susan $ layward. CITY OF .SHADOWS" with Victor McLaflen. Cycle Police Chief Urges Rider Safety In line with the city's stepped up traffic safety campaign, Po lice Chief Clyde warren weo nesdav ; issued a reminder to bicycle riders that many traffic laws apply to them as well as motor vehicles. - i - Warren said there have been numerous reports of bicyclists going the wrong way on one way streets and added that any caught doing so are liable to arrest The police chiei also said it seems to be a common practice for bicycle riders to run red lights and travel without lights at night Warren added that' bicyclists' compliance with traffic laws will help in the campaign -to- reduce serious accidents. War, Urged on Of f icial Sees ; No Assurance Of Tax Cut France Flies More Troops Tib Morocco 1"v i ueiinq uency Of Parents : SPOKANE UH Sunday school teachers should try to reach adults as, well as children in an effort to combat "parental delinquency," the president of the "National San day School Assn. said Wednesday. By contacting adults, said Dr. Harold W. Erickson, Rockford, 1U., "the American family life can be strengthened, thus helping to com bat parental, as well as juvenile, delinquency." Dr. Erickson spoke at the open ing session of the 10th national Sunday school convention, which WASHINGTON w A 30-year-' attracted a record first-day regis- ; old New! Yorker, arrested Wednes-1 tration , of 1,265 delegates. Minis ; day white sightseeing through the ters and laymen from the United j White House with a gun in his States. Canada ' and Hawaii are ; briefcrjt, expressed surprise when ' attending the 3-day meeting. ' told where he was. j The delegates were told there I Police who said he apparently, current trend toward return came in with a eroun of tourists, to the attitude tt at the Bible ts WASHINGTON I ' An admin istration spokesman said Wednes day that pending completion of firm federal budget estimates next January there is no assurance that income or other taxes can be cut in .1936. - I Dan T. Smith, special assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Hum phrey, Aid a House subcommittee "I can assure you there are no plans developing on a tax pro gram" and that none will be nntil the financial picture for the yar starting - next t July 1 becomes clearer. Smith said that . not "until v;e get the facts j together and lxk over the whole situation - is there any assurance there could be any tax cuts at all." The most recent official -estimates are that the government will incur a deficit of about Hi billion dollars, in the current book keeping year,! which ends next June 30. President Eisenhower's recommendations . for the 12 months following are due for sub mission to Congress in January. BAT,' Morocco U1 Franc Wednesday flew more troops to ' battle the black cloaked Berber i horsemen whose rebel raids in Morocco showed new signs of well- organized .leadership. ' Officials in Rabat, French ad-! :i4:...A :.-t -r mi '. ' said the rebels were aggressive and! the military situation was "no too brilliant" - Both sides apparently have re- ceived reinforcements and hard ,-. fighting was raging at a number of points. ; . , .French circles here estimated an attempt was being made by some -' military commander outside Mo--. rocco to unite the Riff tribes with ' the warlike Berbers of the Middle Atlas Ranges. . Man With Gun Arrested in White House ACORNS FROM THE l WITH OIL MlfcME . V' PORTLAND t An unemployed the lesal nrofession "and alti- waitress Mary Marks. 46 iied Willamette - law student Tat tudes that of the outer stratos- with a five-inch stab wound in her O'Neill, -28, had been "planted" .phre the danger of one plane ; chest early Wednesday and Irt- outside the room garbed ss z : carrying one bomb was increased "and police later took into custody V;-Mtern Union messenger. At ; greatly. We had to change our Vancouver. Wash,, man. ! the ' appointed time he stepped defense tactics." The woman was found dying on ' mt0 ne room.,n(i produced a The electronic firing system the floor of her apartment by faire teleerara for Dean Reese. with its multinl narta and 70 nnn nonce. She was dead on arrival at ' solder joints is the result. : hospital. . Using the new fighter plane . The Vancouver man Quinton technique, he explained, a com- . Robert Gault.$3 was arrested by bat "maneuver can begin as far as state policeman near The Dalles. 30 miles from the invading bomb-1 Detectives said his auto - license er. i number had been taken from a Aerial dogfighU .of past .iar are obsolete, be said, adding that el Isle Trite Haven For Taxpayer SARK, Channel Islands . (i a modern interceptor pilot "sel dom if ever sees his target " Waterpower Development Phenomenal' WASHINGTON . ' ' Develop ment of waterpower in the United States and in the entire world has been phenomenal since 1920, but U.S. developments lagged behind that of the world, the Geological burvey reported Wednesday , midst picture in the woman's possession. Gault ' has been employed by a Vancouver catering firm.. Gault denied inflicting the wound, but said he had been in the anart- ?nant that vnnir rwast,.a ' Josmh Rlewett A r.anlt trnad i epn r7 a . statement, . admitting' he had scuffled with the woman. He aid she had struck him repeatedly and that he had warned her not to do it again. He left, he said, fearing t The "messenger" did not wear that the noise may have aroused ' glasses but many thought he had other apartment dwellers.! Somebody signed for the dean while be was speaking and he Wednesday doubled its 'tax continued iu . ipean iar anoiner seven minutes to let -memories of the messenger fade. Then came the questionaires and answers of some "eye-witnesses" reflected fairly sharp ob servation but a number apparent-. island between England and ly had given little notice to the ; France to force a man to disclose messenger" who burst Into their his bank balance and the tax but an Islander may escape the increase if he cares to by looking twice as seedy as he did Tuesday. j There is no law on- this British quoted the man as saying he just got into a line of people and didn't know where he was going. Identified as Joseph J. Nebbiai of 308 West 26th St.. New York City, the man was booked at the Metropolitan Police Central Cell Block for "investigation of carry ing a dangerous weapon." White i House guards spotted the briefcase under Nebbiai's arm as be wandered through the execu tive mansion's east wing. They be came suspicious when he did not satisfactorily answer questions about Its contents. A search of the briefcase, police said, revealed a loaded .25 calibre automatic, which Nebbiai said he kept for "self protection." : Nebbiai told police he came here three days ago to get. a patent on - i , 1: i i x wuiur lowicr. a ponce cnecs. i revealed he had been to the De-, partment of Commerce for the patent but did not show whether he had been successful. Police said the man would be held pending a query about him ' sent to New York Metropolitan : police. the infallible word of God. "The Sunday schools of America suffered one of the most barren periods in their history during the 1920s and 1930s due to an over emphasis on teaching technique to the neglect of the study of the Bible," Dr. Erickson said. Greece ves Quickly to Form New Government ATHENS, Greece W) Greece moved quickly Wednesday night to form a new government as tne na tion mourned the death of Premier Marshal Alexander Papagos. King Paul -j picked Constantine Karmanlis, communications and public works j minister under Pa pagos, to organize a cabinet. The monarch acted after receiving the previous government's resignation from Stephan wepnanopouios. for eign ministerrand deputy premier. Papagos last official act before his death Tuesday night was to name Stephanopoulos acting pre mier. - After seeing the king, Karaman lis told newsmen he would get his cabinet together by Thursday ard the ministers could be sworn in at once. ! - I jCHOOSE ITIIE LhTTATnnnm ! : Every meal on the Oak : Room menu has been carefully selected to : meet ovr high require ments for your eating satisfaction. And prices start at 90c. RememVier fn Salem it's the t HOTEL MARION june in to "Memory Tunes" j; on KSLM Mon, Wed. and Fri. I . 6:30 P. M. . : XfMUMMIHmHIIIIIHIIHtaMI JAYSON'S assessment is based on, a man a appearance. The man in disguise was In the I Until Wednesday, the tax assess- room one minute. Somebody's ment was one snuung on every zo answer was "five minutes" and pounds (14 cents on every $56) an another mainUined "10 seconds." i islander is presumea to nave. If an islanders feels he's been overtaxed he has the right to ap-! 18 States Hold Meeting on Indian Affairs Hotel Clerk Wins Second Cadillac UNION CITY. Tenn. ( IJtrht. TV BimfAtf a!! tWni tAAA ' ? . - A . a Aire buitcj hiu ma i m isai uie . rung sirucK ior tne second tune and even mentioned the color of ! pear before the island judge and the frame . swear he "J wn SANTA FE. N.M. (fl - Prob- A number thought the 26-year- ment. The judge must accept the ,ems of enforcement in ,ndian old O'Neill was 17 or thereabouts, petitioner s word. (country, plans for future termina- He stands S feet, 10 inches but At last census there were Gil tion 0f Indi&n wardships and simi- one person answered "five f eet. i resioenis now: tspcvmu, lar supjectj occupied the openini Many thought his blue jacket was y auirea. brown or green; a number pic installed capacity of waterpower j Tuesday night for John Hopgood, a ! he wore no tie pianu in me u.a. was 3z.o per , notel clerk. tured his tie as grey or blue when cent of the world total but that on Dec. 31, 1954, it was 28.1 per cent of the total. For the world as a whole, the development of waterpower in creased 564 per cent from J920 , through 1954 while the increase in the United States was about 450 t percent. "The fact that waterpower de--velopment in the United States was ' greater prior to 1920 than in other countries of the , world accounts for the different rate of increase," the suvey said. "Development in all countries Is continuing at an unprecedented rate. At one time there was a question as to where to And ' a market for power from large pro jects such as Grand Coulee (in Washington State). "Now. with wide interconnec tion, the market has outstripped thcsupply." About this time last year, Union City baseball fans gathered for the drawing for a sleek new Cadil lac, a stunt to boost baseball attendance. Horace Ford, a blind man. drew It proves," said Dean Reese, "that while your eye-witnesses may be completely honest, their impressions can be considerably distorted.". Also a speaker at the class was Circuit Judge Val D. Sloper, who out a -capsule and his little girl,; talked on court systems in Ore Judy, read the name John Hjp- j gon. ' - good, the winner. ' ' At Tuesday night's drawing for Tot's Operation Success, Wealthy Indian 'Happy' I PORTLAND im Newly-rich Jasper Grant was the "happiest Indian in the world" Wednesday. The operation his money bought for Cathy Ptoense, 2, was pro X Bounced a success. . Grant will get half of $1,173,000 paid for his timber! and near Gold Beach recently. He said at the time that the first thing he would 'do was have the operation for Cathy, daughter of his friends, Mr. end Mrs. Bill . Ploense. She was operated upon Tuesday for a palate defect which prevents her from speaking properly. another Cadillac, the same Hor- Vnnimrti rioanof ace Ford milled n.if th TdtUUIIl ltdlier Ends Bee Menace ace Ford pulled out the capsule Tne same 'Judy Ford read the name the same John Hopgood. Rare Black Deer Reported Killed PORTLAND ( Men's fashion note: Even deer are i wearing charcoal black now. D. W. (Don) Martin nt Pnrtlan1 killed a black buck a greater drawn into toe interlor of the buzz rarity than a pure albino-on a;in conniption. then dispatched deer hunting trip in the Upper Wlth carbon - monoxide by attach Langell Valley, east of Klamath ing 0,8 cleaner to an automobile Falls. - texnaust. The four-pointer dressed out at SPRINGFIELD. Mass. (l When a colony, of bees attempted to usurp winter quarters in the porch of her i home Wednesday, Mrs. Henry . Turcotte rose to the occasion in novel fashion. After more conventional meas ures failed, she unlimbered her trusty vacuum cleaner. In a twink ling, the buzzing squatters were New Suntan PilV Revealed PORTLAND. Ore'. I You may be taking your suntan lotion in a capsule' instead of smearing it on I before long. opening j session Wednesday of the Gover nors' Interstate Indian Council. i Harvey Vright of Oregon, chair man of the! 18-state group, was an opening session speaker. He dis cussed the purposes, the goals and the hiStoryjof the movement in the various states which has led now present interstate organiza- Every yeor ot this time Jayson's feature a TERRIFIC TOPCOAT EVENT for tht eqrly shopper. Our first foil shipment has just arrived of finer oil wool topcoats tailored, from imported woolens and finer domestic -woolens . . . and especially priced so that you can own a better topcoat at a low, low price. ' Reg; $45 to $55 Values to the; tion. Gov John F. Simms, welcom ing the grtjup, recalled the terrific tu- it-: : impact World War n had upon cal School reported Wednesday i"S"f'd..ter ill un .. ii t;T, iC; wi dergomg a transition period as a 130 pounds. EASY WORK NEW HAVEN. Conn. (UP) First Battalion firemen had to go only across the street to put out a blaze, but that was rugged compared with the day's activi ties of the West Battalion. Its firemen just sat tight and dous ed a flaming truck' which was driven right tothe door. that 14 light-skinned volunteers who normally "burn" easily got deep suntans last summer by tak ing 8-Methoxypoolaren ' (S-MOP). However. Dr. Thomas B. Fife Patrick, professor of dermatology, and Dr. Carl E. Hopkins, associate professor of public health and pre ventive medicine, warned that the drug isn't ready for general use. The experiment indicated it must be taken in .correct dosage and with -careful exposure to the sun at first. The drug, made from the Ammi Ma jus plant which grows in the i Nile River valley, has been used for centuries to treat Fri'nl'-s who have Vitiligo, a disease mark ed by white patches on the skin, the medical school said. resultJ Simms said the main. weapon of the Indian in this modern day is the ballot and it is extremely im portant fori older Indians to follow the yungr generation's example and vote, j - ! 4 FLOODS RECEDE WICHITA FALLS, Tex. W - The WichiU River and Holliday Creek, which! together flooded 150 blocks in Wichita i Falls, were falling very slowlyj Wednesday night and few of the persons forced from their homes had returned. I Raglan Sleeves Bal Collar Famous Brand Regulars - Shorts - Longs STORE SALES INCREASE CHICAGO Iff Sears, Roebuck and Co. reported September sales ' totaled $299,180,778, up 13.2 per! cent fromk $264,271,603 in Septem- j ber. : 1954. Sales for the eight i months ended Sept. 30 totaled $2,165,833,171. up .12.6 per cent! from $1,923,136,664 in the like 1954 ' months. j SO Phone 4471 J 20 1 NOW SHOWING . OPEN C:4S -SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Cinemascope - Technicolor Clark Gable, Snsan Hayward Michael Resole . THRILLING CO-HIT ." CITY OF SHADOWS" ' : Victor McLaglea : Gates Opei 1:45 Shew at 7 MaurMn CrHara Anthony Quinn T r : .. ' ' -THE MAGNIFICENT " I daemascepf ' : AISO .; Konnoth Tby 2 RIBALD HITS! - CW W ItCNMCOiOt ; ALSO iScrewball Comedy! 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