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Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday, February 23,
PRICE 10c
No, 333
riftiislli) Sagim fissile IPacft
Br JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Itained by the State Department
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 Uh The " British Embauy on the con
United Stale and Britain have fi- elusion of the historic agreement
nally signed under conditions of broken late today by the De
unusual secrecy an agreement 'fense Ministry in London. A
for establishing . Intermediate spokesman there said that offici
range missiles bases in the Brit- l statements on the signing will
ish Isles. The missiles and nuclear be issued Monday. ,
warheads are to be supplied by I In Washington, apparently in
the United Stales. ! deference to British desires to
A mysterious silence main-1 keep the operation largely un
der wrapt until it could .be pre
sented to Parliament, the State
Department declined to make any
immediate comment on the Brit
ish report of the signing..
The subject is politically explo
sive in Britain, where there is
much public reluctance to see the.
bases set up. ,
Duncan Sandya. defense minis
ter in the government of Prime
3 Helicopters Crash in
California; 6 Fliers Die
' RED BLUFF, Calif., Feh. 22 (AP)-Six- crewmen were
killed today when three huge Army helicopters crashed in
rugged Sierra foothills about 10 miles southeast of here.
Three other crewmen suffered minor injuries.
A fourth helicopter made a crash landing. None of its
icrew was hurt.
35 Champions
Are Entered
In Spelldown
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DALLAS. Ore.. Feb. 22 Thirteen-year-old
Deanne Allen, daugh
ter of Mrs. Marjorie Allen of
Route 1, Box
122, will be host
contestant at a
semi finals of
The states man
KSLM Spelling
Contest, Tues
dy sight.
Marca 4.
Deanne, who
1 1 k t a skating
and swimming.
Bvtaat ABn' was certified as
champion of the Dallas 7th and
Kb. grada by Kenneth Wait, prin
cipal of Dallas Junior High where
the semkinala will be held. Cham-
Pious of 10 other Polk County
cooom arm compete nere.
Deanne's teacher ia Mrs. Grace
Dixon. She is ia the Sth grada.
Runners-up ia spelling at Dallas
were Margaret VanOrder, daugh
ter ot Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Van
Order, m View St. Dallas., who
placed second, and Kathleen Saun
ders, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman Saunders, Route 2, Box
aou, Dallas, winner of third.Mar
garet is in the Ith grade. Kath
leea the 7th.
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Heart Drive
Climax Today
Heart Sunday fund collectors,
Identified by heart-shaped cards,
will be canvassing the county this
afternoon for the heart fund.
The national event, which will
be recognized in over 100 Oregon
cities, is the climax of a month
long drive. Most of the money ia
channeled into research.
During last year's drive, over
14.000 of the total 17,400 collected
was brought in during the Heart
Sunday event.
Col. Frank G. Forest, 6th Army
aviation officer, after a prelim
inary investigation, said he was
"fairly sure there was no colli
sion in the air," as reported
earlier. He added he was
"mystified" as to the cause of
the accidents.
Three H2lC's, part of a flight of
21 headed for Ft. Lewis, Wash,
from Ft. Riley, Kan., crashed in
to extremely inaccessibly country
a brush oak, lava rock area.
Two of the "flying bananas"
f
Gay Nineties
Rites Today at
Forest (3rove
FOREST GROVE. Ore.. Feb. 22
Minister Macmillan, is la make a
statement about the bases in Par
liament Monday.
'Fartlve Signing
The Monday schedule ' repre
sents a delay of almost a week
in making the announcement: And
the actual signing reportedly i
complisbed in a roundabout, al
most furtive way itself had been
delayed until today.
The official reason, as given in
London yesterday, was that Mae-
millan wanted to over the final
draft of the agreement before
giving his consent, la fact, the
understanding of diplomats here is
that Macmillan and Foreign Min
uter Seiwyn Lloyd decided
against injecting the inflamma
tory missiles argument into this
week's House of Commons' debate
on British foreign policy.
The missiles agreement prob
lem is a measure el the enor
mous difficulty confronting the
United States and other Allied gov.
ernments in carrying through the
NATO conference decision last
December to arm the alliance
forces with nuclear rockets.
Beast by Moscow
Moscow radio broadcast today a
speech "by Marshal Rodion Malin
ovsky, defense minister, asserting
that the Soviet Union already has
equipped its armed forces - with
missiles of very long range ca
pable of delivering hydrogen war
heads anywhere in the world.
carrying crews of three each ! - Th. wi , b.,k., ciw,! The U.S.-Briiish missiles agree-
burned.
Crewmen Escape
A third overturned but the three
crewmen escaped with Vninor in
juries. Names of all crew members in
volved were withheld.
Maj. David Brooks. 6th Army
press officer, said the helicopters,
flying in flights of seven, had
taken off from Chico. about 40
miles southeast of Red Bluff, and
ran into a fog bank
Brooks said they were flying at
between 200 and 100 feet with
visibility about 1H miles.
Of the six killed, tour were war
rant officers and two enlisted
men. Their bodies were taken to
a local, mortuary.
The bodies were removed by
other hencoptflrir
nilot nart fnr lh nlher
Ballad Contest and Gay Nineties j Atlantic Allies who will take mis
Festival here will open tomorrow siles, as France and Turkey are
Rep. Porter
Backs Holmes
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 1
Rep. Porter (D-Ortl today en
dorsed Oregon Gov. Rebe r
Holmes in his bid for re-election.
Porter's stand was expressed in
a letter to W. T. Toomey, secre
tary of. a committee backing the
candidacy of Lew Wallace for the
Democratic gubernatorial Domina
tion. ,
Toomey had asked Porter
whether he would remain neutral
during the primaries.
'Where I have no . particular
preference I shall express none.
Porter said in a letter. "However,
among the candidates for the gu
bernatorisj nomination, there is no
question Tn my mind about my
preference. I prefer Bob Holmes."
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Three Die in
Road Smash
CRESCENT CITY, Calif., Feb
22 Three persona were killed
today as their automobile and
logging truck collided on a curve
on U. S. 101 about IS miles south
of Crescent City.
They were Harding H. Sullivan,
37, of Fortune, Calif., and Mar
guerite Olsen, 54, and William J
Belair, 51, both of Toppenish,
Wash.
They had attended the funeral
for Sullivan's wife yesterday at
Fortuna and were beading for
Toppenish.
The truck driver, Russell Moon
of Klama, Calif., escaped serious
injury.
Negro Girl Enrolls
NEW YORK. Feb. 22 -Min-
niejean Brown, 16-year-old Negro
girl expelled from Integrated Cen
tral High School in Little Rock,
arrived today to enroll in a pri
vate interracial school.
Assault on Wife Arranged
'To Make Hero of Husband'
CHICAGO, Feb. 22 v-A 3S-year-old
man told police today he
was hired to assault a woman
in a scheme to make her husband
appear heroic. '
But, said "Arthur Banks, the
"here" double-crossed him and
turned, him over to police.
The husband. Dayton Jay De
ri rici, a, a truck driver, and his
wife, Ruby, are white. Banks is
.Negre. , ':.,
Detective William Weichbrodt
said Banks gave this account:
He met Dedrick in a tavern on
South State .Street yesterday and
Dedrick gav'eihj.m S3 to assault
Mrs. Dedrick.
They went to Dedrick's West
Side apartment where Dedrick let
him in and left.
aUnks hid la the bathroom.
Ick
when she stepped into the bath
room. Banks struck her and be
gan to rip her clothing.
Then Dedrick burst Into the
apartment and leaped on Banks.
Banks, fled. ,
The police took up the account
from that point.
They said Dedrick, with the aid
of two neighbors, grabbed Banks
in a hallway of the apartment
building. Dedrick, who called
police, was regarded as the hero
of the incident.
Steve" Donvas, a bartender at
the saloon on South State Street.
told police he had seen Banks and
iseoncK taiKini- mere.
Police said they planned a lie
detector test for Dedrick.
He and Banks were held with
out charge. -
with a huge square dance.
Some. 800 to 1,000 square danc
ers from throughout the state
have been invited.
The quartet singing contest will
begin Thursday. Twenty -nine
men's groups have entered. Nine
quartets will compete in the
women's division.
expected to do.
Eugene Area
Crash Kills
Two, Persons
EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 22 U -Two
persons from Vancouver, B.
C, were killed and three others
were injured in a headon collision
between two automobiles north of
here today.
Dead are George T. Riley and
Elizabeth D. Baristow. Theiriges
were not available.
Injured in the accident were:
Bernice Alice Albrough, believed
to be from Vancouver; Riley
Robert Everett, .35, Long Beach,
Wash., and Harvey' Ross Kuhns,
39, also of Long Beach.
State police said the two cars.
one driven by Riley and the other
by Everett, collided near the Har
risburg Bridge, 10 miles north of
here on U.S. Highway 99.
The two victims were Oregon's
19th and 30th traffic victims of
the month and the 50th and 51st
for the year, according to the
Associated Press tabulation. i
Top Democrats Get Heads Together
Riots Mark
Proclamation
Of Arab Union
CAIRO. Feb. 22 (-Gamal Ab
del Nasser, once little known offi
cer in the Egyptian army, became
president of the United Arab Re
public today with almost absolute
power over 27 million people in
Syria and Egypt.
Nasser told a cheering crowd
of 500,000 persons in Cairo's Re
public Square that the republic is
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 Former President Truman and Adlal Stevenson, twice Democratic
candidate for President, get their heads together at a Democratic fudd-raislng dinner to
nlghL The occasion marked the sendoff for the 195S congressional campaign. Party
bigwigs were on hand to hear both Truman and Stevenson whale away at Republicans.
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Harry, Adlai
Rip Into Ike
For Slump
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 UB -
Harry S. Truman and Adlai E.
i: IV '.' wl S1Z -r " 'tainted with faUure and responsi
U.A.R. as the protector of all
Arabs.
There was near panic and al
most a stampede fn the square
as the broad-shouldered Egyptian
leader stepped outside Abdin Pal
ace. Women became hysterial,
and police beat back the over-en
thusiastic with belts and ropes.
In Damascus, capital of Syria,
cheering mobs streamed Into the
streets, and native horsemen gal
loped through the capital waving
swords and shields.
Nasser was presented to the
Cairo throng as the first president
of the U.A.R. This followed an
nouncements here and in Damas
cus that yesterday's plebiscites
had approved almost unanimous
ly the merger of the two Arab
states with Nasser , as president
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home and sagging confidence
abroad.
Hundred on hundreds of party
partisans, assembled from over
the nation, roared approval as the
pair of veteran Democratic war
horses jumped to the political fir
ing line.
This was the start of the 1956
campaign to strengthen the Dem
ocratic grip on Congress in next
fall's elections.
Truman accused the Eisenhow
er administration of .imposing five
years of "economic misrule" on
the nation. The result, said the
peppery former President, has
been a "Republican recession" in
this country and a "crisis of confi
dence" overseas. .
Stevenson, who tried twice for
the White House and fell short,
slashed at the Republican record
as "stained by heavy failure in
many areas." He. too. singled out
what he termed declining econom
ic and military strength and "the
loss of confidence in us abroad."
And, in a preview of what the
country can expect from the Dem
ocrats in the upcoming campaign,
this same theme throbbed through
speeches of other party spokes
men such men as House Speak
er Sam Rayburn and Senate Lead
er Lyndon Johnson, a pair of
Texans.
Mystery Bond Sender
Revealed as Ex-Debtor
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Feb. 22 (AP)-Ben Deckroi, a re
tired Oregon hotel operator, last month received three U.S.
savings bonds made out to him from an anonymous sender.
The Associated Press news and wirephoto networks carried
the story and his picture.
Today Decious received from Portland, Ore., three 120 bills
and this anonymous note:
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Help Schools
Jefferson
Man Seeks
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Judg
"Since I saw your picture in the
paper last month and have your
address I can send you the money
that I owed you for some time.
This is not quite all, but I will
send the rest later, as ' soon as
it is possible."
The bonds came from Salem,
Ore.
Decious said he loaned "thou
sands of dollars to friends, ac
quaintances or just people in
trouble" when he was in the hotel
business in La Grande, Ore., and
the money probably came from
one of them.
I never put 0 key in the door
for IS years and we had n reputa
tion for never turning a person
down who asked for a meal."
The bond story inf wirephoto
brought Decious several letters
including one from a cavalry
buddy with whom he served in
World War I.
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A black eye doesn't keep Scott Thompson, 4, from appreclaty
Ing a urge purple Iris at the neighboring Curt Ruecker
home, 3440 Neef Ave. The iris testifies to present mild
weather in the valley and the black eye to a bump from
a baby brothef i crib, (Statesman Photo.) t
Fraternity at
OSC Curbed
CORVALLIS, Feb. 22 (A-Sigma
Chi Fraternity at Oregon State
College has been placed on social
probation for the 'rest of the year
by the college Interfratetnity
Council.
The edict, which bars the fra
ternity from holding social events,
stems from a Monday night dis
turbance involving water fights,
vegetable tossing and the dis
charge of fireworks.
Other fraternities involved were
Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta,
Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Gamma
Rho and Theta Chi. The council
voted 21 -t after an investigation to
place Sigma Chi oh probation. The
council said that organisation was
primarily responsible for the disturbance.
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Weathermen
Say Clouds
Mostly cloudy conditions are ex
pected in the Salem area with a
few showers today, U.S. weather
men at McNary Field said Satur
day night. Temperatures will range
from 56 to 40 degrees, they added.
Skiing at Hoodoo Bowl today is
expected to be fair. There was
no new snow early this morning.
Timberline and Government Camp
reported skiing there would be
poor with wet snow packed and
no new snow.
Associated Press said Northern
Oregon beaches would have rain
and periods of partial clearing
today.
Strike May
Ground All
UAL Planes
A strike threatened by United
Air Lines' 1.000 mechanics, ramp
workers and kitchen employes
would ground all UAL planes in a
matter of hours, Edward Lambert.
Salem UAL station agent, said
Saturday.
Air Transport Workers Lodge 141
at San Francisco announced
Saturday that its union members
from Honolulu to Boston will walk
off their jobs next Sunday,
Associated Press reported,
Lambert said a 1 strike by
mechanics would affect the Salem
station immediately, ,as they are
required to inspect 'and service
the planes before every takeoff at
a flight terminal point.
ATW President J. Reeves in
San Francisco said union members
voted 3,221 to 399 in favor of a
walkout after five months of wage
negotiations. He said the strike
is set for 10 a.m. March 2.
Fourth Arson
Suspect Held
Stataaana Naws Sarvtce
DALLAS. Ore., Feb. 22
fourth suspect wanted by
A
Polk
Ex-Governor Dies
ST. AUGUSTINE, FIs.. Feb. 22
Uh Former Gov. John W. Martin
died tonight. He was 73.
Number of Parking
Tickets Average
Despite Crowds
Salem police said that an av
erage number of parking tickets
was issued Saturday despite large
crowds attending Washington's
Birthday sales and confusion over
new holiday parking regulations.
Aa average is about 100 a day.
the added.
A new ordinance adopted last
year removed Washington's Birth
day and several other "holidays"
from the list of free parking daya.
The only days on which meter
coins are not required are Sundays,
Jan. 1, July 4. Memorial Day,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
Interim Committee's Action Aimed
At Reducing Property Tax in State"
Steps were taken here Saturday toward recommendation
of a state sales tax to support education. ' ' J :;
At a windup of a two-day meeting of the legislative interim
tax committee, Chairman Walter J. Pearson, Democratic sena
tor from Portland, paved the way fnr a study of such a tat
by naming a special sub-committee. Actually a sales tax to
support education is Pearson s r
plan to lighten the tax load on
property. 1
Picked as chairman of the sales
Ltax committee was Sen. Philip B.
Lowry (R-Medford). Other mem
bers are Pearson, Sen. Rudie Wil-
helm (R-Portland) and Reps. R. E.
Schedeen D-Gresham. Clarence
Barton D-Coquille. and John Ker-
bow, (D-Klamath Falls).
Of the sales tax committee, all
but Barton and Kerbow are re
portedly in sympathy with such a
tax if it should serve to ease prop
erty tax.
Receptive to Sales Tax
.Known to be receptive to the
Mies tax are at least two of the
remaining five members of the
main tax committee. This possibly
could bring s majority vote in
favor of a sales tax recommenda
tion from the li-member main
committee.
A spur to the sales tax idea
came Saturday when Wendell Bar
nett. Brooks area fanner repre
senting the Farmers Union, urged
relief for property tax.
The Marion County F. U. is in
favor of the state bearins 75 oer
cent of the cost of school con
struction and other costs, Barnett
said.
Barnett said one source of in
creased revenue might be taxing
dividends going to out - of state
stockholders of Oregon corporations.
Capital Gala Claaae
Continued study of capital rains
taxation was approved by the in
terim committee. Confidence that
addition of a capital gains pro
vision in the Oregon tax . picture
would result in payment of more
income tax was expressed by
Pearson. He said this would re
sult through encouragement of in
vestment n Oregon.
Elimination of federal income
tax payments as a deduction la
computing Oregon . income tax
would broaden the state's income
tax base by $300 million, said
S. W. (John) Horn, chairman of
the State Tax Commission. Horn
added that it would add $17.500..
000 a year to tax revenues.
State College Deaa
A recommendation came from
Dr. Dan Poling, dean of men at
Oregon State College, asking for a
corporation excise tax exemption
for corporations owning buildings
occupied by college living groups.
These corporations, said Dr. Pol
ing, are generally alumni groups
formed to assist undergraduates
and not to make a profit.
Dr. Poling pointed out that such
corporations are an important fac
tor in housing booming student
loads at colleges.
The committee was told by Horn
that legislation is being prepared
to allow equal income tax treat
ment for out-of-state persons ear
ing income in Oregon. Such per
sons at present are not provided
some deductions allowed Oregon
residents.
1,000-Year-Old
Church Collapses
PALERMO, Sicily. Feb. 22 0-
The 1,000-year-old Church of The
Very Holy Crucifix in Palermo
collapsed today when wrecking
crews tore down an adjoining hos
pital building.
The church was unoccupied and
no one was injured. But buried in
the rubble was a valuable, silver
encrusted crucifix made in the
12th century and considered a
work of art. The crucifix gave
the church its name.
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JEFFERSON, Feb. 22 - Ralph .
Robertson, Marion County native '.,
and former Jefferson councilman,
announced today be will be a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for county Judge, -; ;
The 45-year-old Parrish Cap
farmer is the first to file for county
judge, although incumbent ; Rex
Hartley, also of Jefferson, has aa
nounced his intention of running
for the Republican nomination. ,
Robertson is a newcomer . to .
county politics, although he was
elected twice to Jefferson City' '
Council after his appointment la '
1049 to fill a vacancy.: He was a
member of that body's budget .
committee and chairman of its
streets and police committee. .
A Salem native, be attended ','
Jefferson schools and. ' Chicago i
School of Engineering, then was ,
employed by; the' State Highway
Department for 10 years before i
World War H. After Navy war
service. He became a. trucking eoa-
tractor. He bought his ISO-acre "
farm, between Jefferson and,
Turner, on which he and his wife
now make their home, about 10 '
years ago. ''.' '
He. is a member of American '
Legion Post 10 and Elks Lodge ' '
350, both jn Albany.
Planes Smash
Rebel Bases
In Indonesia
PADANG. Sumatra. Feb; S3 (It
Indonesian bombers hit : three
revolutionary strongholds in Cen
tral Sumatra and the north Cats '
bes today, knocking out tbeir com
munications. : v
The planes bombed. ' rocketed.
and strafed the radio stations and
all post, telegraph and telephone , ,
stations in this stronghold and ia
the rebel capital of Buklttingt 81 '
miles to the northwest.
(The fact this dispatch got out "
showed, however, that seme sys- ,
tern of communications with tho
outside world has been restored.) '
No casualties were reported in
the surprise half-hour morning at- .
tack by three U. S.-made . PS1
fighters , and a BO. bomber.
Another raid silenced the radio
station at Menado. rebel .capital a
in the north Celebes, where mili
tary leaders have declared their '
support for the revolutionary xe- .,
gime proclaimed tern a week' ago. ,
A government spokesman today
set the stage tor a showdown with -
declaration that the Central'
Sumatran rebels must surrender -as
a prelude to any negotiations.
Ganis Harsono of the Foreign . i
Ministry said the central govern
ment hopes the people of Central ;
Sumatra and North Celebes will 1
revolt against the young rebel
officers and the Padang govern
ment they formed Feb. IS. & s k
But he declared President ' So- V
karno wiU not dear with the rebela v.
on questions of autonomy for the
outer islands and more even dis
tribution of revenues unless the ,
leaders yield in total surrender.
Range of Over 6,000 Miles
Revealed for Snark Missilb
By VERN HAUGLAND
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 i
Manufacturers' of the Northrop
Snark guided missile said today
the weapon now has a range of
more than 6.300 miles. It here-
Ike Press Aide Riled by Newsmen's
Questions of Presidents Trip West
THOMASVILLE, Ga.. Feb. 22 up of the board chairman of Frank-
President Eisenhower will trav-; fort Distilleries.
el in his air force plane to the
Far west tomorrow to take his
wife and two other women to a
swank beauty resort at Phoenix,
Ariz.
The President, ending his South
land vacation in the v morning.
County aheriff's office in connec- j Plan , be on the ground at
tion with setting of several recent I Phoenix only about eight .hours,
fires near here was apprehended ! ,-eBdt nave ainne wi,h
In Tucson. Aril., Saturday, state J r LdX, at the resort
police said. Thev identified thelM,in ,chMC Farm operated by
man as Dale Gilmore of Falls ' manufacturer El.rabeth
mum uirn iiy overnigni uaca to
Washington. . '
Mrs. Eisenhower will be accom
panied by her slater, Mrs. Gordon
Moore of Washington, and Mrs.
Ellla D. Slater of New York, wife
City.
Three other persons have been
charged with second-degree arson
in the case involving three houses
damaged by lira.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty reacted angrily
when one reporter asked what
"justification" Hagerty could offer
for use of Eisenhower's private
plane, Columbine III, for the long
flight to Phoenix and back to
Washington by that route.
Hagerty declined to comment on
that, He flared again a moment
later when another newsman
asked why the , President had de
cided to go to Phoenix, instead of
Hying directly back to Washington
and letting Mrs. Eisenhower trav
el on to Arizona.
"I think when the President of
the United States wants to go any
place with hi wife, that ia bis,
business and nobody else's," the
press secretary retorted.
The reporter, Laurence Burd of
the Chicago Tribune, then said he
thought he had every right to ask
the question.
"Well, there's tho answer,"
Hagerty shot back. "And when he
(Eisenhower) has to account for
that, I think you are getting a
little out of bounds on your ques
tions." Hagerty said Mrs. Eisenhower
is going to the fashionable Arden
resort for some sun and rest.
Asked whether the First lady is
planning any beauty treatments at
the Phoenix resort, Hagerty'
snapped:
"l don't think aha seed any." ,
credited with
tofore has been
$.000 miles.
Able to cruise far 10 hours at
almost the speed of sound, the -Snark
was described as the only -current
weapon capable of low
altitude attack upon virtually any V
target in Soviet Russia.
A powerful tool for "massive
intercontinental deterrent" pur
poses waa the way Northrup Vice
President John R. Alison of Los f
Angeles described it. ,
New or little known facts about':
the pilotless bomber were brought
out by Alison and other Northrop '
aircraft officials at a briefing here
designed to correct what they
said waa widespread misunder
standing of the Snark'i mission
and performance.
They said a new electronic de- "
rice, specially installed on the J
Snark, can trick enemy radar in-
to mistaking the fighter-size mis- ;
site for the largest of. the: jet !
bombers. Thus Snarks can be t
flown ahead of a B52 bomber at !
tack as decoys to cut down ene- s
my Interception of U. I. strategic
bombers. . V' t ,
A big load carrier, they said
the Snark can plunge a large
thermonuclear warhead Into e"e :
my target with "truly arri-f ;
accuracy." j