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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1954)
fc ? :J1jBI I i i GRACE tUTMEIlAf. I i r CHURCH ' ""w I : ; ilia, iNS, . A t J j IB -1vt' w- Id IS TH AVE. E. S WILSON JR. HIGH ' , t, 1 1 A i , 1 ! A El I p li 1! y -1 5 I - : . ' ' L 40 TM AVE J No . Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Wed., July 21, 1954 A - -aaata Air Force Radios Draw Criticism WASHINGTON w House subcommittee reported Wednes day the Air Force ordered more than 100 million dollars worth of radio sets of an "untested model" which thus far has been "so un reliable as to be of no practical use." Some of the orders have since been cancelled. The sharply critical report said that "during some periods of the Korean crisis numerous Air Force aircraft were without lons- range radio equipment" because of Air Force reliance on the un tested model. The report was filed by a sub committee on military operations headed by Rep. Rtehlman (It NY) and approved by the full Government Operations Committee. GENE VOTERS ALSO will have to pass on whether Hions of Bethel and the W. 11th Ave. section should lome part of the city. Polling places and the ward fiiopions Praised j tn-Gen. Maxwell D. Br, commander of U.N. kd Iroops in Korea, Wcdncs- I praised the record of the pian battalion in a congrat- my message on the birthday 7 of Emperor Halle Selassie. llSTER GUARD WANT ADS BRING RKSULTS General Paints EXTERIOR A Great Pair Bethel Topic Of Discussions With the annexation election for Bethel scheduled for Friday, there still are three discussion meetings to go. Two of them are Wednesday night. The Lane County Fellowship for Civic Unity is sponsoring a forum at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Unitarian Church, 11th Ave. and Ferry St. Panel members will be Howard Buford, planning consultant; Dr. A. Triolo, county health officer; The Rev. Herman Riley; and Councilman Ray Sieg enthaler. The main topic will be the affect of the annexation upon the W. 1 !th Ave. section which is joined to Bethel in the annexa tion area. The other two meetings are sponsored by the Bethel group which favors incorporation as a (separate city (rather than join ling Eugene. I Their meetings, which will have speakers for their side as well as representatives of the pro-annexation group, will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday nights in Willamette High School. (Wiltshire engraving) divisions are shown in the above map. (Bethel map on Page 12A.) Atomic Bill Action Pushed WASHINGTON W) Maioritv Leader Knowland (Calif) called Wednesday for an around-the-clock session of the Senate, if necessary, to complete action on atomic legislation. He punctuated his statement by directing the sergeant-at-arms to haul in cots from nearby cloakrooms and" corridors for possible use. "We're not going to have one or two votes. We're going to fin ish this bill if we have to stay all night to do it," Knowland said as the Senate began its eighth day of debate on the atom ic bill. ODDonents of President Eisen hower's directive to the Atomic Enerev Commission to sign contract with a private utility erouD to supply power in tne Tennessee Valley Authorit-- 1" informally agreed to a test vote on this key issue at a mtiJiini late Tuesday night. Sheet Metal Workers Continue Picket Lines Striking sheet metal workers continued (heir picket lines Wed nesday at sheet metal shops in the Eugene - Springfield area. following a breakdown in nego tiations Tuesday. The chief issue in the riisnute centered on whether yearly con tracts should expire July 1, as they have in the past, or on Jan. 1, as me contractors are asking The union said ahnut fin mpn are on strike. Management esti mated the number at 35. CURFEW IMPOSED BOMBAY in Bombay author ities imposed a dust-to-dawn cur few Wednesday after pitched street battles between police and rioting students in which 125 per sons were injured. A policeman was reported killed. The subcommittee said the Air Force first contracted with the Radio Corp. of America in December 1950 for 307 "revolu tionary" long-range combination receiving-sending sets although the sets were still unproven. CONTRACT EXPANDED This contract later was ex panded to call for 3,900 sets for spare parts at an estimated price 54 million dollars, the subcom mittee said. As of last June 30, approximately 790 sets had been delivered. And, the subcommit tee said, the Air Force now esti mates that required redesigning will run the costs under this contract to 71 millions. The subcommittee said despite serious and obvious defects in the sets, the Air Force entered into a second contract in April 1953 for 1,843 more sets at an estimated price of 38 million dol lars. This second contract was cancelled three weeks ago. UNJUSTIFIABLE The congressmen said they would not criticize limited pur chase of an untested model, to try to supply armed forces with the best of equipment. But they call ed the size of the first contract, and especially the letting of a second contract, "completely un justifiable." The subcommittee said the Air Force went into the second con tract "when there were tested commercial sets of advanced de sign available at a fraction of the cost." The subcommittee recommend ed a complete re-study of con tracts for the long-range sets, and a similar study of other con tracts for short-range sets includ ing a new RCA-developed model. this engagement ring with large, blazing center diamond flanked by smaller brilliant cuts in harmony with the ones that stud the wedding band. A charming and brilliant twosome - wonderfully effective in eighteen karat white gold. 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