THE CAPITAL jOUfeNATJ
Salem, Oregon, Friday, April 26, 195T v.
Crossfield Picked to Pilot
4,000 MPH Rocket Ship X15
May Be First to Fly 4,000 MPH
By HERBERT D. WILHOIT
LOS ANGELES uB-A pUot who
looks more like a banker than a
pace man may be the first human
to fly 4,000 m.p.h.
Scott Crossficld, 35, was named
yesterday to pilot the rocket-pow
ered North American X15 on its
maiden flight next year.
Almost anybody would take this
conservatively dressed. 150-pound
family man for a quietly confident
businessman or an aeronautical
engineer, which he is.
He is the man who first flew
twice the speed of sound 1,327
m.p.h. in the Douglas Skyrocket
in November 1953 and he is
the man who may pilot the X15
higher and faster than any other
manned aircraft. The Pentagon In
Washington has said the X1S may
achieve such unbelievable marks
as 4,000 m.p.h. and 200,000 feet
altitude.
"This is my business, my life
work," Crossfield said matter-of-
factly when newsmen asked how
he felt about approaching this
project.
"The X1S is a flying research
laboratory. It is simply an exten
(ion of the designs and accom
plishments of the XI, X2 and X3
series.
"There is no concept that re
quires a superhuman to fly this
aircraft. There is no extreme re
quirement on the pilot. I will re
quire no 'training as sucn. I am
living with this aircraft, from the
concept through the drawing
boards, the mockup, the actual
construction, the testing and, fin
ally, the flight.
. "This thing will not be a piece
of. cake, of course. But the whole
project is developed step by step
so that there will be no unknown
phenomena.
Many of Crossficld's own ideas
are being engineered into the X15.
It', is being fabricated by North
American and ils liquid propel
lant rocket engine will he built by
Reaction Tors, Inc., Denville, N.J.
Nearly all of its details are security-secret.
,
Presumably it will be dropped
from a mother plane over Ed
wards Air Force Base, Calif., as
were the XI and X2 research
speedsters which ran the records
up to better than 2,200 m.p.h. and
90,000 feet altitude.
"Froni ' the pilot's standpoint,"
Crossfield said, "we arc not re
stricted lo your theoretical 4,000
m.p.h. and 200,000 feet. Mechanic
ally, we can put a pilot at any
altitude and speed we want,"
He said he was permitted lo dis
close that the X1S will have "bet
tor emergency (bailout) provisions
for the pilot lhan any previous
rocket aircrall."
Asked what his wife thouchl
about the X15 project, Crossfield
laughed and said: "1 never asked
her,". .
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Unacceptable,
Israel Terms
Suez Formula
JERUSALEM Ul A Foreign
Ministry official said Friday the
new Egyptian Suez plan is unac
ceptable to Israel.
He said freedom of passage
through the canal is vital to Is
rael and "we shall vigilantly pur
sue the securing of this inalien
able right."
The spokesman reiterated that
Israel intends to try to send a
test ship through Suez but that it
is a question of timing. He said
Israel has no Intention of sending
a test ship before details of oper
ating the waterway are clarified
or while negotiations were under
way.
92,000-FEET TEST
Balloon Preview of
High Bailout Slated
By WILLIAM B. HARWOOD
BALTIMORE uB A preview of
the Air Force's next high-altitude
bailout attempt will be staged
next week at New Brighton,
Minn., with a balloon flight to
92,000 feet. .
But instead of men, the gondola
will carry a manikin whose joints
are made to simulate the joints of
the human skeleton.
If next week's test is successful,
the gondola will be manned for
actual bailout, experiments this
summer at the Air Research and
Development Command's Alama
gordo, N.M., development center.
The current bailout altitude rec
ord is 45,200 feet.
For the unmanned test, a giant
plastic balloon will raise the gon
dola to the test altitude more
than 16 miles up.
At 92,000 feet, the balloon will
be cut loose and a 14-foot stabi
lization chute will open on the
gondola. This will not slow its
descent to any appreciable extent
at that high altitude and the gon
dola will free fall together to 20,
000 feet. At that altitude, the
strapped-down passenger will cut
loose the small chute and a 64
foot cargo parachute will open on
the gondola. Since the dummy
can't do it, these two actions will
Scouts Display Skills
PORTLAND UB Boy Scouts
will hold their annual Krafsho at
the Pacific International Live
stock Pavilion here Friday night
and Saturday.
Some 10,000 Scouts will fill 340
booths with demonstrations of
scouting skills.
be performed automatically by
present mechanisms in next
week s tests.
After the New Brighton test
flight, the gondola will be trans
ported to the Wright Air Devel
opment Center, Dayton, Ohio,
where four volunteers for the sum
mer tests will simulate the ascent
and subsequent descent in an alti
tude chamber. They will try for a
maximum altitude of 92,000 feet.
The four volunteers are Capt.
Harry P. Nielson. project officer:
Capt. Harry Collins,-1st Lt. Austin
w. turner and M.Sgt. George A,
Post, all members of WADC's
Aero Medical Laboratory.
Red China Won't
Ban Rival Parties
HONG KONG I Red China
Friday promised its non-Communist
parties they would be able to
continue in existence "for a very
long time."
The "long-term coexistence of
all democratic parties in China is
a fundamental policy of the Chi
nese Communist Party, not a tem
porary expedient," said the offi
cial Peiping Peoples' Daily in a
policy statement.
Israel to Free Spy
JERUSALEM Ul Israeli
authorities said Friday Mary
Frances Hagan, 29, of Hunting
ton, W.Va., will be released from
prison Sunday and will leave im
mediately for the United Mates
She was convicted last October
of spying for Syria and sentenced
to one year in prison.
A LENGTHY "VISIT'
CHICAGO (UP) Anthony Mo
Gauley, 55, is convinced his wifa
is never coming back. McGauley
sued for divorce Thursday on the
ground that he has waited long
enough for the return of his bride
who never came hack fr"n a
"visit" to Scotland 29 years ago. ,
LEGALS
ADVERTISEMENT FOB BIDS
Sealed proposals for "Grading and
Graveling" will be received by the
Marion County Court. Room 110
Courthouse, Salem, Oregon, until 10:0O
A.M. on the 13th day ol May, 1957,
and then will be publicly opened and
read.
The work consists of S.21 mllei of
grading, graveling and draining of
County Road No. 40S. Plans and spec
ifications may be obtained from th.
Office of the County Engineer, Court
house, Salem, Oregon. Bids must b
accompanied by a bid bond or certi
fied check for 10 of the amount of
the bid and bidders must be pre
qualified in accordance with the laws
of Oregon.
The County reserves the right to '
reject any or all bids.
MARION COUNTY COURT
Adv. Apr. 22,26,29 & May
Open: May 13
LOS ANGELES Test pilot Scott Crossficld talks with
newsmen yesterday after he was selected to pilot a
rocket powered experimental plane which may reach
a speed of 4,000 miles an hour. Crossfield, who already
has flown twice the speed of sound, will pilot the North
. American X15 on its maiden flight next year. The Air
Force has said the plane may achieve such unbelievable
records as 4,000 mph and 200,000 feet altitude. (AP
Wlrephoto)
Rabies Victim
Dies in Agony;
Kin Get Shots
SANTA ANA. Calif. (UP) The
wife and daughter of a rabies vic
tim who died maddened and agon
Izod are taking painful anti-rabies
shots because they kissed him be
fore he died, a county health of
ficer said Thursday.
The victim, Clyde Pennington,
41, of Anaheim, Calif... probably
lost his life because of his love
for animals, He died in a rabid
fit April 11 but it wasn't until
Wednesday that authorities deter
mined he was a rabies victim.
Dr. Edwnrd L. Russell, county
henllh olliccr, said Pennington's
wife, Sally, and their daughter,
.Icanetlc, 7, both are taking the
Pasteur trontmcnt for rabies be
cause rabies can be passed by
contact wiin the saliva of a vic
tim and Ihcy may have picked up
the germs when they kissed Pen
nington. Five other persons who had
conlarts with Pennington also
have begun the treatments as an
exlra precaution, Russell said.
Pennington was described as
liking animals so much ho be
friended every dog he encoun
tered. Before Ills denlh lie broke out
of the hospital where he was be
ing treated tor his then - unidenti
fied Illness, smashing doors and
windows, and battling nltendants
before they subdued him.
LEGALS
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
JOSEPH H. LANE has. by order of
the circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Marlon County, been ap
pointed as administrator of the estate
of Archie Lane, Deceased, Clerk's
Registry No. 17222. .
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to . present
them, duly verified, with proper
vouchers, to said administrator at 210
Masonic Building, Salem, Oregon,
within six months from the date of
this notice.
Dated this 9th day af April, 1097.
JOSEPH H. LANE
Administrator of the Estate
of Archie Lane, deceased.
JONES AND ALLEN
210 Masonic nulldlng
Salem, Oregon
Attorneys for Administrator
April 9,i2,ia,z0, May a
Russ Build Up
Satellite Arms
In Tough Push
By CIlAltl.h'S M. McCANN
United Press Staff Correspondent
Soviet Russia seems to he car
rying out a big military build-up
In the Communist .satellite coun
tries of Easlern Europe.
The build-up Is reported lo in
clude Ihc construction of rocket
and guidcd-missile bases in Czech
oslovakia. East Germany, Poland
and possihly Hungary.
The superhighway Aiiliihahn
which extends across East Ger
many is being improved so that
parts of il will serve as landing
strips tor jet fighter planes, Be
coming 10 one report.
Troop II 11 ltd - tip Itrpnrli'd
Russian troop reinforcements
are said to he moving into some
ol the countries concerned. In
others, according to dispatches
Ironi Wesl German y. garrison
troops are being replaced by
fresh units from Russia, which
would he more trustworthy in
event of trouble.
While this is going on. Hip So
viet government also is conducting
a somewhat puzzling and contra
dictory diplomatic campaign.
This includes threats lo Allied
countries ol frightful destruction
in event ol war. bids lor heller 1 lonnnr nrit sh unme mlni.inr
relations w ith the bis Western I " ill lie discharged from Now Eng
powers and hints of important ' Ln'l Baptist Hospital next Mon
conccssions in the ruirenl United dny.
Nations disarmament neculialions "r- Richard B.
In London. operated on Sir Ai
What Ihc whole business adds '"r ni'f mict obstruction, said Kri- 'r-i--s-ti . an
lip lo. it is diiririill In limira oi 'day that the 59-year-old statesman :i.h"".'L"yj.. '
But lor one thing, it looks as if wtniltl "spend a week near Bos-1 Koran of ihV county Court House ai
the Sovirl Sv,rnmcnl is really
face, if war tamp, from the ' I),,rinK "p visit to Ottnwa. a
.uAimm iNim-un snia, Mr Anth
FINAL NOT1CK
The undersigned has filed In the
Circuit Court of Marlon County, Orc
Kon, Probate Department, her veri
fied Final Account as Administratrix
of the Estate of Julia Minerva Par
sons, doeensed, and said Court has
fixed May 20. 11)37 nl 1:30 o'clock
p.m.. In the Circuit Court Room in
the Countv Courthouse at Salem. In
snid County, for hearing said Final
Account antt Rll objections thereto.
Dated and first published April 10,
1057.
LORRAINE A. PARSONS
Administratrix of the Estate of
Julia Minerva Parsons, deceaser!.
JONES AND ALLEN
Suite 210 Masonic Building
Salem, Oregon
Attorneys for Administratrix
April 19, 28, May 3, 10, 17
NOTICK TO CREDITORS
NOTICE l.i hereby given that the
undersigned has beeti duly appointed
hy the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Marlon County Probate
Department as administrator of the
Estate of HESS1K LOOM1S, deceased
and that he hns duly qualified us
such administrator. All persons liv
ing claims against the Estate of said
decedent are notified to present the
same duly verified to me at 315 Ma
sonic Building, Salem. Oregon, within
Six (ft) months from the date of this
notice.
Dated at Salem, Oregon, this 23rd
day of Anrll, IHS7.
CARL ASPINWALl.
Carl Aspunvall, Administrator
of the Estate of Bessie Loom is.
deceased
J. WILLIAM STOKTZ
Attorney for Administrator
J. William Slorli
315 Masonic Building
Salem, Oregon
Published: April 26, May 3, 10, 17 & 24
FIN A l7N OT I C K
Notice Is hereby given that 1 have
filed in the Circuit Court of Marlon
i County. Oregon. Probate uenarimen.
unions "r. itKiiaro . fatten, who I J UY,. h.u . WS Annexrt
nper.-uon on hir Anthony April 13 1 ot ti,r estate ol stei.i.a i. Ki i n.
ana sain toiiri nns sri
y 3.1. 1S57. at 9:13 a.m.
Eden About to
Leave Hospital
miMtw w-sir Anthony Eden,
rases lite l ulled Slates and its
allies maintain in the North At- P"5' nn1,I'"d' Kfen will he the
lantic Treaty Orcaimalion coun-! uc',!f of licwrnor General,
tries. . i"" Vincent Massey, who is a per-
Fear (icnn.in Uprising
Ftrther. lough Cuimniinist
ruled East Germany seems lo he
quiet and loujh ".Stalinist" lead
ers are in control there, the Rus
sians seem lo fear the possibility
that an uprising might hreak out
Ihtre at any time.
It must be remembered, loo,
lhal the satellite countries hate
become economic liabilities since
the Polish and Huncarian revolts
aed lhat they are likely In remain !
sonni irienn ol Mr Anthony.
Sir Anthony enmc here iiv air
on April 7 from New Zealand
where he had heen restins after
Iravins office. The operation was
his f'Hirth major surgery In four
years.
final account and all objections
thereto,
listed Anrll Sh. tS7.
DOIIIS V. SHUFOnD.
Administratrix with the Will
Annexed Kstale of STELLA E.
KITE. Deceased.
HOWAH11 KAFFUN, Attorney
Salem. Oretion.
1st Notice 4-2S-S7
Final Notice S-n-57
April 56. Slav 3. 10. 17
A god Woman
Truck Victim
lil'I.AMl H a i,.-,,.,,,,..
Hence il may be ' the ' re-! "'f ZV'V ler'e
ported build - up of military Thtirsriny ' ' "
irenslh and striking power In i the eiiv'. ah i-i(i-Jhj
satellite countries i, largely ' Z X omp, cd"
defensive. , 19 , lhi, ime jn ,,)56
II may he also lhal the recent: Arthur Vuvlslek. Portland suf
optimism over the possibility that fered head and leg Injuries when
a start may be made toward dis- the tractor bounced oil trie rear
armament is Justified. of his car and hit Mrs. Young '
That would mean that the So- Vuylstek had stopped to let the1
iet government Is ready at last woman pass In front of him !
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