I2-(Sec. I)-Statesman, Salem, Ore!, Frl., May 18, '56
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Missile Range
Over Pacific
Considered
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WASHINGTON IU. The Navy
aid ThnnAav It k nuuiderlnff
etablishment of a new guided mis
sile range extending thousands ot
miles from California out into the
Pacific Ocean.
The range would match one now
operated by the Air Force lor all
the services. It extendi from Cape
rnvrl FU. 2.000 mllfS
through the Caribbean, and ulti
mately will extend beyond Ascen
sion Island, permitting missile
flights of more than 1.000 miles
out over the tout Atlantic.
A spokesman said the Navy pur
chasing office at Los Angeles is
about to award study contract,
to determine whether a range
southwest from southern Califor
nia would be practical
Mo Islands
' Since there are no islands in
that vast area, presumably picket
ships would be used to track, ob
serve and possibly help control the
experimental missile flights. -
The plans were disclosed by Rear
Adm. C. 8. Cooper, acting chief
of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics.
In a letter responding to a query
by Rep. Wilson (R-Calif).
Cooper said the Navy tor several
years has been considering a coun
terpart to the Florida Caribbean
"aifslmt the time
when our requirements for missile
testing might exceed the capabil
ities of the Air Force missile test
center."
furls ttndlea
, Cooper added that, with the re
cently increased emphasis on long
niiiu miiiilM MDeeililV Of the
ballistic type. It has "become de
sirable to make lunner suiuies
the Droblems Involved.
He said that, if the need for
: missile testing facilities continues
to develop as expected, the Bureau
mt samnantin will recommend es
tablishment of a southern Califor
nia facility. .
. A kImm lnota! would reauire
approval of the secretary of de
fense and the secretary of Navy,
he said. .
Black Admits
Espionage
ForRussia
WASHINGTON Iff - Thomas L
Mack, the Newark. N.J., chemist
who allegedly r e e r a 1 1 e d Harry
Cold into atomic spying, confessed
publicly Thursday to bis own ca
reer of espionage lor tuissia.
Black swore ha spied first be
cause be wanted to, and for nearly
10 years afterward "because of
fear" that he would be killed it he
didn't He told of having ducked a
Communist assignment to partici
pate in the 1940 assassination of
Leon Trotzky In Mexico.
Black said be still fears be may
meet a fate similar to that of Carlo
Treses, a radical he said was slain
In an office building in New York
City in January IMS. He said Tres
es was "tried In Moscow,", found
to be an "enemy of the working
class" and was "executed" by So
viet agents: ,
The portly, sandy-haired Black
was the only witness at a public
bearing before the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee.
The subcommittee, however,
placed in evidence the transcript
of testimony by another witness
who told of having helped to handle
in Moscow "thousands" of secret
U.S. documents delivered to him
by Soviet secret pollen during
World War IL
This witness, a Russian whose
Identity was discussed under the
false name of "E. Andriyve," tes
tified behind closed doors yester
day. He said the secret police had
told him it was none w his bust
ness how they obtained the "great
numbers" of documents, some ap
parently coming from the army's
. Ft. Monmouth radar laboratories.
Shifty Earth,
Sun Hamper
Radio Use
NEW YORK I - Rsdio commu
nication between America and
Northern Europe was reported
much Improved by some com
panies Thursday after two days of
intermittent blackouts attributed to
sun spots.
Conditions on some circuits were
very poor last night.
In addition, some cables between
this country and northern Europe
had periodic Interruptions for three
days, mostly between the United
States and Northers Europe.
Tho cable trouble, which also
- was reported cleared np this morn
ini. was laid to earth currents
around Newfoundland.
fchatfer'i .
NERVE
TO.IIC
far Mllef of sleeplessness and
restlessness, nervous tension.
en-oas aeadacaa ana irrita
bility. 1G0 w
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