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rOWHTEEW MEDFORP (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wedneiday, June 28, I9S0 Writer Describes 1954 Attack Of Suicide Plane on Portland (Editor's not: Thli ii (lie third and last In a lerlH on Oreinn and na tional defrnse plannlnr. Today: tlvll defense and war on Portland.) A ground observer in the Grays Harbor, Wash., area spots the submarine from his lookout post and reports it to the Seattle filter center via direct telephone hook-up. The center relays the information to military officials at western air defense headquar ters at Fort Lewis, who, in turn, notify Oregon filter centers at Portland, Pendleton, The Dalles, and Salem. Ten minutes after the enemy plane started its 115-mile trip to Portland, most of the city's 400, 000 residents have gone under ground or have taken shelter in buildings. During the 11th min ute, the 8-ton atom bomb ex plodes in the plane 1,000 feet above Portland. During the explosion and sub sequent fires, the majority of Portland's 172,541 dwellings and buildings are destroyed or dam aged, a loss equal to a B-29 raid by 270 airplanes loaded witl: "conventional" bombs. However, less than 10,000 re.s: dents are killed and injured. Yet only nine years before, ii Hiroshima in 1945, one-third In one-half of that city's 340,000 persons were casualties. Here's why civil defense plan ning saved lives in the mythical raid on Portland: 1. Portlanders had advance 1 warning of the attack. A five minute atom bomb attack warn ing can reduce casualties by as much as 80 per cent, accordini.' to Lt. Col. T. R. Clinkscale-i ol Si'attle. western air defense np erations officer. 2. Residents rushed to shelter. Any kind of shelter was better than no protection at all against burns, radiation, and explosive pressure. 3. Well-dispersed fire and medical equipment converged on the city after the explosion. Residents wore radioactive, sensitive photographic "button'' plates, in order to be treated il they caught too much radiation. Mist deaths and injuries were unavoidable because of crumb ling buildings, flying debris, and lethal pressure around the cen ter of the blast which damaged wooden buildings as far as six Radiation deaths and deaths miles away, from burns were confined chief ly to persons caught in the open. Hiroshima and Nagasaki radia tion and burns deaths ranged be tween 50-B0 per cent of the total casualty count because very few persons took shelter. So far in this make-believe attack, one point is emphasized: Just because an atom bomb killed or injured more than 100, 000 Hiroshima residents doesn't mean lt always has to kill that many. Quoting "To Be Or Not To Be" iin outline on the atom bomb and its effects published by the New York Alumnus Chapter of Tail Beta Pi: "Consider how much the Jap anese casualties could have been reduced if: "1. Air raid warnings had been properly given and follow ed. "2. People in the streets had sought any type of shelter. "3. All householders had been trained to handle small fires. "4. Fire-fighting equipment had been reasonably adequate and well-dispersed. "5. Physicians and nurses hail been well-dispersed and trained to handle radiation sickness witli adequate, well-dispersed medical supplies." Medford Artists to Display Pictures Brookings, June 28 Art ex hibits at the fourth annual lily festival here, July 2, 3, and 4. will feature paintings of Eugene Bennett and Clifford Platz, Med ford, and Hal E. Bishop, Gold Hill, festival officials have re ported. Conducted tours through Illy fields and lours of three slut, parks are part of the program for the festival. There will be ; fireworks display and a carnival A feature attraction will be i lily parade on July 3. Fcstiva, committeemen say the parade is the only one of its kind in tin world . Azalea Garden club will spun lor a flower show In addition to the art exhibit. The flower show will meet national stand aids. Photography will be in eluded in the art show this year. Jamboree Scout News The speclgl train carrying 311 northwest Boy scouts. 71 of them from southern Oregon and north ern California, was to arrive in Valley Forge. Pa., yesterday The boys, together with their 37 leaders, spout Monday in Wash ington, D. C. The next nine days will he spent In the famous winter camp of George Washington before the boys start the return. The train will cover a total of 8.000 miles nd touch 25 states before re turning. " Those five points take in the heart of our national civil de fense planning program. When disaster strikes, immediate or ganized action will minimize ef fects, save lives, restore morale and insure early resumption of normal life in the community. And the key to the whole planning system is our aid raid warning and ground observation corps. Although Oregon lags be hind California and Washington in that department, state offi cials indicate that much im provement is expected in the state during the next 00 days. Defense leaders here pointed out that it is to Oregon's credit that the slate has done its share so far in setting up post-disaster planning, but it remains Ore gon's duty to bring the program up to date by strengthening the air raid warning and ground ob servation departments. Portland Man Hurt When Hit by Train Klamath Falls, Ore., June 28 (U.R Ruth E. Robison, 47, Portland, lost his right hand and suffered a crushed elbow and head injuries when he apparent ly was struck by a Southern Pa cific train Monday night, rail road officials reported today. Railroad officials said the en gineer of SP train No. 11 spotted Robison lying beside the tracks about two miles south of the Cascade summit at 2:30 a. m. to day. The train stopped and Robi son was brought to the Klamath MORE WORKERS ASKED The Dalles, Ore., June 28 (U.RJG. H. Charters, manager of The Dalles state employment office, today appealed for an ad ditional 500 cherry pickets to help harvest the cherry crop in The Dalles area. Valley hospital here. Attendants said Robison was in a semi-conscious condition. Officials surmised Robison was struck by a train preceding the southbound No. 11. It was not determined why he was on the tracks. Dead line on Classified Arts: 5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: noon Saturday tor Sunday a.m. Bend Weekly Paper Suspends Publication Bend, Ore., June 28 -.U.B The weekly Bend Pilot has sus pended publication. C. L. McCallistcr, publisher, announced in the Sunday, June 26, issue that the weekly news paper was suspending publica tion. The paper had published on Sundays. McCallister said the paper's job shop would continue opera-lion. 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