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2B Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Thur., Jul21, 1955 'Seawolf Heralds Navy's Accelerated Atomic Sub Program (Picture, Page 1) By ELTON C. FAY Of Tht (delated f'ttH 9 GROTO.V, Conn. W The Nsvy's second atomic submarine the 'long, lean deadly iller named .Scawolt went down the waya to the sc Thursday. Mrs. Sterling Cole, wife of a New York congressman, chris tened the hlp, but mimed hit-' ting the bow wltfl tht traditional , bottle of champagne. Mrs. Cole turned for an Instant to: speak to John Jay Hopkins, president and chairman of Gen eral 'Dynamics Co., as he pressed a button releasing the great steel hull. In that instant, the Seawolf slipped awlftly out of reach of Mrs. Cole's arm. She hurled the bottle at the receding bow, hut it missed again and broke in foam on a portion of the launching machinery. SECOND BOTTLE But the Navy, always ready for such untoward happenings, had a ;aeeond bottle of champaagne, attached to a line, on the deck. As the Seawolf raced down the ways, a man aboard the sub marine cracked a second bottle on the bow. And so the Seawolf got her chirstening, after all. Three hours earlier, the keel of a third atomic submarine, as yet unnamed, was laid in a cere mony attended by a relatively few officials. The fact was unknown to most of the audience of 28,000 attend ing the launching. Their ' first word came when Navy Secretary Thomas interpolated into his pre pared speech the brief remarq that "the keel of a third submar ine was laid at an earlier hour this morning on an adjacent way, without pomp or ceremony." , The 3,000-ton Seawolf Is a trimmer, sleeker ship than the Nautilus. Unlike the bulbous snout of the Nautilus, the Sea wolf hai a sharp bow. MANY OTHERS In hit speech, Thomas said the Navy, with eight atomic subma rines already authorized, hopes Logger Dies While at Work A Springfield logger, Otis Jones, Bl, 4130 E. Main St., died suddenly Wednesday afternoon v Mle working at a Roseboro Log ging Co. operation cast of Finn Rock.. Coronr Fred Buell said Thurs day the cause of death had not yet been determined. He said Jones had been sawing a log into sections and had stopped to rest when he suddenly fell to the ground. Buell aaid an autopsy had been held Thursday morning and the autopsy surgeon was continuing his investigation in an effort to learn the reason for Jones' death. He said a heart attack ap parently was not responsible. The body wa? taken to the Bartholomow-Buell Chapel in Springfield. Jones is survived by the widow, Mrs. Jessie Jones, and four children. Ground Observers Schedule Potluck Plans were started at Eugene Observer Corps headquarters Tuesday for a comhinatmn pot luck and award presentation late in August in the Veteran s Me morial Bldg. dining room. Attending the planning session were officers and board mem bers, including Mrs. MarJorie,wal(,r imripr pressure. The Sea Bassett, president of the Eugene 'u.if wlu ,15C a form oi liquid (.OC, and Louis Borde, atipcr- mo,8 (nr the hcat lr,ns(er. The X ?,,r' r C"'?' 1Iar(ii' "nd Ml'- Natilus reactor is called the ther Mlldred Russell were assigned to or mv neutron tvpe. The the food committee. Seawolf will use an "inlermerii- ate" reactor where the speed of Car Hits Girl Rose Ann Carpenter. 10, of 8! structure of the reastor is re Jefferson St., was treated at (lu''d' T'rhsps making for a Sacred Hcjrt Hospital Wednes- in,ore "icient, more easily main day evenin for bruises received '"mfd atomic furnace. when she was struck by a. car. drjven by William I. Latham, 57, Pnilf in Pnnrco 1272 Sunnysiilc Dr. The accident 1 UUI 111 uu,c occurred in the tliwt in front of! Four residents the girl's home. Latham told po-!re 'nHcd this summer in the lice tie was unable to a'void hit- "s,m -Sur' ,nd s,ud'" P"Krm tin the girl when she stepped;"' Ino .V"""". ' .' film behind a parked ca No cnatigns were isssued. , Roses Fr6m Roses m he Onion Editor's atten tion has been called to a strany looking rlustrf of deep pink roj on the 'i liam Oaks' property on Lo. Creek Rd. The cluster of thstjn roses Is ft full btoom with each blossom about tv iiufesln & djanthter, but tht. odd part Is that buds are now growing from the centij of each. Stems hoe pushd through the center of each 9loom, and buds are attached to each. (f. to build many others "in rapid succession thereafter." ' Thomas referred to- congres sional action this year In approv ing four additional atomic-driven submarines and added: "This means that this fiscal 'year the Navy will have eight nuclear-powered submarine! in be ing or under construction and, in rapid succession thereafter, many othnrs. "Of course, our future plans will include nuclear-powered ves sels of cider types." He said he is insuring that the earliest and maximum" at tention be given to development of atomic power not only for sur face ships but for naval aircraft. Particular, careful attention is being given to nuclear powered seaplanes," he said. Indicating a belief that Russia so far has produced no nuclear submarine, Thomas told his audi ence in his prepared address that they were witnessing the launch ing of the second known nuclear propulsion submarine in the en tire world." LOOK MUCH ALIKE The Nautilus and the Seawolf look much alike on the outside, but are powered with different types of atomic engines. AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said in a companion address that the land-based power plant on which the Seawolf's atomic en gines are based has "operated at full power long enough to have propelled the Seawolf on a Z.Z5U- mile, nonstop trip, fully sub merged." Thomas said the Navy has sev en different nuclear reactor proj ect studies under way. The different type reactors for the Nautilus and Seawolf, he said, "were purposely made competi tive, partly to determine which is the better power plant and partly to exploit the rapidly advancing technology of nuclear propul sion." The purpose of the seven projects, he added, is "to develop a family of reactors which will be applicable not only to submarines, but to surface ships." "The Seawolf is symbolic of the accelerating importance of nu clear power in the American Navy." he said. "We have crossed the threshold of a period of change which promises to alter the face of the Navy even more than did the changes from sail to steam and of wood to steel, com bined. ; FIRST A SUB The first A-submarine, the Nautilus, was built here at the yards of the Electric Boat Divi slon of General Dynamics Corp. where the Seawolf and the third boat are building. The Nautilus was commissioned six months ago and now has thousands of miles of operation, hundreds of dives and a long cruise to the Carib bean on her log. Official statistics on the Sea wolf show her to be about 3,000 tona displacement, 330 feet long, with a 27-foot beam. Her underwater speed is stated in the same general manner as that for the Nautilus "over 20 knots." Actual speed may range between 20 and 30 knots. The Seawolf will carry a crew of about 100, including officers. The official cost estimate of the Seawolf's hull, minus the atomic power plant, is $32,700,000. The Nautilus is estimated unofficially to have cost about 87 million dollars, including the atomic engine which accounted for ahout half the cost. PRIMARY DIFFERENCE Primary difference between the Nautilus and the Seawolf is in the type of atomic reactor. The Nautilus power plant trans fers the heat produced by fission inlo steam by using ordinary the neutrons is faster. This, in theory, means that absorption of the faster neutrons by the metal ! Those taking, pari in the '6-week summer session are Carolyn Ann j Hurrt. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Stuart VC Huril; DrVpnne Kay Link, daushter o? Mr. and Mrj. Willin E. Wels; Helen Elva Ward, .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ualton A Ward, ;4I o Eugene; and MUry Lou Walts of, Spring field. . lANE GRANGE, 8PE('F.R CRy.K Ornge-A very interesting program has been plannml ,f.- Spencer Creek Grangers Kri'ny, July 22. A student of Fortune! I nive.itv wilfeshow cUt0. gides of0i tyi' ne nras' isT,urnpe. ine prosn will start promly 8 30and all art urgently ydj won . I zt 4 M i ' ' ' -Wfil,, H-J. (flegliter-Guird photo, Wiltshire eng.) HIGH HONOR Verne Hawn of Eugene thanks Eugene Lions Club members for the welcome they gave him Tuesday night and Wednesday on his return from the. Lions international convention where he was elected international director. Local members met him with an aifto cavalcade, a fire engine and a motorcycle escort. A Wednesday luncheon was in his honor. Hawn's first board meeting will be in mid-September at Santiago, Chili. Seated in photo is Hale Thompson who accom panied Hawn to the convention. State School Superintendents End 2-Day Conference Here Election of officers and a reso lution to appoint a committee to study school district reorganiza tion highlighted the closing busi ness meeting of the Oregon Assn. of District Superintendents' annual two-day conference on the University of Oregon campus Tuesday afternoon. Ewart Jewell, superintendent of schools at Bend, was .elected as the new president. Other officers are Marion Wlnslow, superin tendent, Coos Bay, vice-president! Clyde Martin, superintend ent of public education, State De partment of Education, Salem, secretary - treasurer; and area representatives Jack Edwards, Portland; Al Neet, Myrtle Creek; and Elmer Fleming, Grants Pass. The proposal to form the com mittee to make a study of reor ganization preparatory to the next meeting of the state legis lature was made' at the Monday evening session by Floyd Light, superintendent of David Douglas Union high school. Light pointed out that school district reorgani zation is one of the most serious and pressing problems facing Oregon educators today. Two years ago a proposal for school district reorganization was voted down by the people of the state. It was Light's feeling, however, JJORLESS "FLASH" DRYING d8l A L K Y D" iPssiPAIHTS f'lljllr"! One Coat Covers wfiere It took two JfZ M r Jur J' If )yU 1 0VM l"1 'av, Money! Kl Jr'vkA 1 "o Offensive Odor when yo oppfy TZrd rfK .SSrfvNl AMD Ponfi Ory-to-Touen in 30 4i jii . J 1 V jTI n USW KSl "SpdV on Smoothly with Bruh. 1 Ti72?y I 'YlM " rf "Molds" to Sorf oee Better ... He- I Mil JjVHi ifni ? " K For " Hrlor Wofls an4 iip Stunning New Colors! ; I ' "$&i$&Vi. JT . Nw tvuMtflc Ist't roril. OiHm fort mIttglmyMOaAW i Tf Herttr, hu-tHf fin) Loyally Owned f 'J? flft rKite. 'tu w.rTAncc 0 e89F?M. m0 IUhljA . - . 73 W. BROAuWAY 'Xy I7 U EUGENE? J . V 1 i w; ' HAW that sentiment is now for the needed reorganization. An amendment to include other problem areas in the committee's study failed. Wendell Van. Loan, superin tendent at Corvallis, moved that the executive committee appoint the special committees as needed to study the specific problems. That motion passed. At the closing meeting, the superintendents also resolved to encourage the state superintend ent of public instruction to call a conference to consider the place and function of the junior high school in Oregon. Prior to the closing business session, the nearly 100 superin tendents who attended the annual meeting heard a closing address by Harold Spears, superintend ent of schools in San Francisco. Spears' speech dealt mostly with questions that still face educat ors, ones which he termed "must be answered, but cannot be done by administrators alone." Spears criticized the National Education Assn. for releasing a newpaper article about a study of teacher's problems. The prob lems, in order of importance, were low pay, overcrowded class rooms and discipline. The article played up the discipline problem, but failed to relate it to the oth er two, which, he said, are causes of discipline problems. nemTeh Sard! to H0ai)e HaqringLogs. GeoTgeWi director rfif the'er. (tf-Tenn,, Atlem said hoe inland Tenter for Hearine ffldf othing that I could add to Portland Center for Hearing afid Speech, told verniers 04 the Su ?ne Kiwanis Club WodnetcSy that 0'! in every 10 merfcans has a hearejif los Leshln was the featured ap$ik er on a progranj which focused attention on the New Eugefle Hearing and Speech Center which opened several weeks ag . Several persons responsible for the founding of the new non profit center were introduced to Kiwanians. These included Mrs. Samuel, Peters, president of the Eugene Hearing Society; Mrs. Earl Byrom, Eugene Quota Club; Theo Zehrung, Scaring society treasurer; Dr. Willis B. Shepard, chairman of the board "for the new center; Duane Adderson, di rector for the center. Br. Virgil W. Samms, board member for the center, was program chair man. The center is sponsored by the Eugene Hearing Society with as sistance from the Eugene Kiwa nis Club, Welfare League and the Quota Club. Leshln, who explained opera tions of the Portland hearing center, said a hearing loss is "one of the worse handicaps" a per son can have. "When you lose your ability to communicate with your fellow men, you have lost one of the most valuable possessions in life," Leshln said. He said the cooperation of all social agencies' of a com munity are required to guaran tee that children with a hearing loss receive help. Anderson spoke briefly on the Eugene hearing center program. In operation now, the program will be expanded this fall,' he said. Eugene Woman Heads Auxiliary Mrs. Fred Schwictering of Eu gene was elected department president of the Auxiliary at the 46th annual convention of the United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary this week in Bend. She had been senior vice pres ident during the past year. Other members of the General Lawton Auxiliary of Eugene who were elected and appointed to de partmcnt offices are Mrs. John W. Gates; secretary; Mrs.' May T. Moon, treasurer; Mrs. C. C. Sin clair, conductor; and Mrs. Mar garet Holt, musician. Barth Boland of Portland was elected commander, -and Eugene men chosen officers are George Thompson, grand marshal; Fred Schwleterlng, department aide, and George Jenkins, budget com mittee member. Others from Eugene attending the convention were Dr. W. E. Buchanan, T. C. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Burnett, E. J. Raw son, Mrs. Minnie Steele and Mrs. Lillah Bertsch. Eugene was selected as the site of the 1956 convention. Adam? Balks WASHINGTON OP iftsiden-lergy Commission proved that tial assistant Sherman Adams re-! name of two key ftficials had f u9ed Thuiftlay to testify in i been deleted from a list suAjlieri senate ej:bcommiiee study of thCngreS and the pulic. Ulxon-XHll'B i-uiiuuveiay. g Tn It-ttpr to eLhairman Kefauv- the testimony of Chairman J. Sin clair Armstrong of the Securities and Exchange Commission re gnfiking postponement last moms) of SEC headings! financing of) the poster project. About the same time tie let ttr was made public, Sen. An derson (D-NMV told the Senate that "deliberate onver-up of facts about he Dixon-Yates con-' tracT had been dictated by the Biireau'of the Budget. Anderson, chairman of trie Sen ate-House Atomic Energy Com mittee, said a leteer received Thursday frotn the Atomic En- mm 32 Glasses from Dr. Robert J. 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