TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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ROCKET ON THE LOOSE This unusual photo was taken the instant a rocket broke loose, from
Marine Corps Corsair piloted by Robert Morrison of Philadelphia. Pa., as he landed on the escort
carrier U. S. S. Bairolo off the Korean coast. The racket was dislodged when the carrier's arresting
gear brought the plane to a halt The Navy did no. disclose if any damage resulted.
Monstrous XB-52 Undergoes Taxi
Tests on Seattle's Boeing Field
Seattle (U.PJ Aeronautical
engineers Wednesday tested a
futuristic monster of destruction
at Boeing field here.
The great XB-52, the super
secret big brother to the Air
Force's swept-wing B-47, is mak
ing almost daily taxi tests on
the main runway. And it's too
big to hide from curious on
lookers. Sound Shakes Buildings
It is possible to stand along
the fence at the civilian side of
the field and watch the secret
bomber perform to your heart's
content.
When the power packed into
the eight mammoth jet pods is
turned loose, a wave of sound
shakes the nearby buildings.
The XB-S2 sounds like a high
speed projectile coming direct
ly at you but it never quite ar
rives. She starts with a billow of
black smoke and flame. Her
size deceives you into believing
she is lumbering over the con
crete runway, but she quickly
overtakes two Ford station wag
ons which race ahead to photo
graph landing gear reactions.
Then the eerie, threatening
whine dies from the air and a
huge white parachute pops from
the tail to slow her down. -The
brakes can be heard screeching
from a half-mile away like two
trucks attempting to avoid a
collision.
Without ever getting off the
ground, the weight of the mon
ster has broken up the seven
inch thickness of Boeing's run
way a runway which withstood
the pounding of B-17s, B-29s,
B-30s and B-47s.
The landing gear looks like
a truck undercarriage four gi
ant double wheels supporting the
fuselage. Outrigger wheels near
the wingtips support the thin,
swept-back, speed-of-sound air
foils. Observers wonder what
the impact of landing the huge
plane will do to a runway.
No Comparison of Sise
There is no good comparison
of the size of the XB-52 from
a distance. However, even from
500 yards it holds its own- with
the giant C-97 Stratofreighter
74 ton doubledeck troops and
cargo transport. - It dwarfs its
predecessor, the medium B-47,
and towers over four-engined
conventional commercial transports.
The Air Force hopes the XB-
52 will be the long range answer
j to the jet interceptor. The World
War II mainstay, the intrepid
B-29, has proved dangerously
obsolete in Karea and that, by
implication, may mean the gi
ant B-36 still untested in com
bat already is too vulnerable
to enemy fighters.
HEADING FOR WILD BLUE YONDER First photo released of
the. delta wing Convair XF-92A with afterburner (contained in
extended tail section), which adds substantially to the thrust of
the plane's J-33-A-29 engine. The XF-92A, shown over San Diego,
was designed and built by Convair as an experimental ship to
explore and test the flight characteristics of a true delta wing.
The plane made its first flight in 1948.
Bar Pilots Request Deeper River Channel
Portland U.fi) The Colum
bia River Ba Pilots association
appealed to Rep. Homer D. An
gel!, R-Ore., Wednesday for a
deeper channel at the mouth of
the Columbia River.
In a communication written by
Capt. Clarence E. Ash, a bar pilot
since 1926, the association de
clared "there is a continuing de
terioration in the condition and
depth of water at the mouth of
the river." It said the situation
was a hazard to shipping.
The pilots want the channel
deepened to 48 feet and said if
the project is not authorized by
Congress it will be unsafe to
enter the Columbia except when
the tide is coming in.
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Man Married 17
Times Believes
New Record Set
El Paso, Tex. (U.PJ A gray
ing, 72-year-old El Paso plumber
who "wanted to set a record"
said Wednesday he thought he
probably had with his 17th mar
riage this time to a 47-year-old
El Paso woman he has known
22 years.
The plumber, Bruce Steele,
said he couldn't help it if he
appealed to women.
Steele has 31 children 24
sons and 7 daughters. His new
wife, Mrs. Estell Lloyd, has a
son of her own.
"That gives us 25 boys,"
Steele said. "Seven of the chil
dren live with us."
Steele, who said he is a "good
Romeo," has been married 17
times to 14 women. He said he
requires that his wives be "good
women" who don't smoke or
drink.
"I married Nellie twice and
Fannie three times. They come
and go. Some are dead, some
divorced, and some still living,"
he said.
Actor Hailed to Court
As Aftermath of Party
Los Angeles (U.R) Film ac
tor Steve Cochran was scheduled
for a court appearance Wednes
day as the belated aftermath of
a New Year's Eve party.
Lenwood (Buddy) Wright, a
former boxer, filed a 405,000
damage suit against the hand
some actor Tuesday, charging
that Cochran was too handy with
a baseball bat at the party.
Miss Truman To Spend
Vacation in California
Malibu Beach (U.R) An eight
room cottage was being reno
vated Wednesday for Margaret
Truman, who plans to spend a
two-week vacation here before
starting a concert tour in the
west.
The President's daughter has
confirmed that she will arrive
here early next week for a quiet
vacation.
BAND ON PROGRAM
Ashland Several numbers by
the Southern Oregon college
band will be featured in the col
lege weekly radio program to be
presented at 8:15 Thursday eve
ning over radio station KWIN,
Ashland, according to Leon C.
Mulling, associate professor of
speech. The program will in
clude selections recorded at a
recent recital directed by Glenn
T. Matthews, assistant professor
of music.
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"THEY KILLED HIM" - Mrs.
Peggy Paulsen, in the arms of
her brother,- Ray Higgins, sobs,
"They killed him, it's all their
fault," after she had the casket
of her soldier husband opened at
Hawthorne, Calif., and had the
body identified as that of her hus
band. Paulsen was killed in Korea
five days after their daughter
was born.
Milk Truck Foils
Attempt To Escape
Prison via Tunnel
Walla Walla (U.R) A plan
to escape from the Washington
State Penitentiary here collapsed
Tuesday with the collapse of a
tunnel juat 30 feet short of the
outer wall, Warden John Cranor
said.
The warden said that a 100
foot tunnel caved in beneath the
wheels of a milk truck driven by
a prisoner, and thus brought to
light a Job that already had taken
at least a year and one-half to
accomplish.
"It was simply a case of direct
ing the tunnel toward the surface
too soon," Cranor said.
No one was in the tunnel when
it . collapsed, but evidence of
fresh digging was found.
The tunnel started under a 20
inch square of concrete in the
floor of the boiler room. A. steel
plate covered with ashes con
cealed the opening. Dirt from the
excavation apparently was haul
ed out in bags, sprinkled with
ashes, and flushed down the sew
er in the boiler room with the
aid of a hose, Cranor said.
Only two weeks ago the war
den gave inmates a special din
ner marking their good behavior
in not digging any tunnels.
Teachers Advised To Use
Models in Presenting Talks
Cleveland, O. (U.R) Teach
ers in northern Ohio, at a series
of meetings,, have provided a
wealth of new ideas for educa
tors and have leveled serious
criticisms 2t today's parents.
The Central Association of
Science and Mathematics' Teach
ers was advised recently to make
greater use of models when pre
senting a lecture.
"Students not only listen more
attentively, but learn more thor
oughly when science models are
displayed," Dr. J. A. Campbell,
associate chemistry professor at
Oberlin college said.
The Northeastern Ohio Teach
ers' association was told and
members agreed that schools
are taking over many of duties
of parents. Broken homes and
homes where both parents work
situations reported oh the in
crease combine to offer schools
more .children, some of whom
cannot tie their own shoes. Oth
ers must be taught to brush their
teeth and even wash their hands,
according to Mrs. Eleanor Whip
ple, an Akron teacher.
"A teacher nowadays must
give a pupil a pat on the back
or a friendly smile to make up
for the neglect (at home)," com
mented Ben Waddington, a
Cleveland wood working in
structor.
The problem of self -made en
tertainment also was discussed
at the N.E.O.T.A gathering. The
(consensus was that radio, tele
vision and motion, pictures had
the effect of stunting the child's
ability to entertain himself.
"Children must be partici
pants, not mere spectators,"
Mrs. Eloise Peebles, an Akron
elementary teacher said, "if they
are to get some kick out of life.
More and more, the teacher
must teach the games, stunts and
hobbies that once were develop
ed at the family fireside."
Miss Babetta Breuhaus of
Cleveland Heights, warned par
ents that "children's poetry is
better for the child than a diet
of radio wisecracks and mystery
stories" in another criticism of
the over-flow of commercial en
tertainment which invades the
home.
Teachers from Akron have
found extensive use of field trips,
real and imaginary, offer valu
able aids in education. The Ak
ron Public School system rTas
even prepared a pamphlet for
teachers naming 22 possible
places to go in the Rubber City,
with ' suggestions on how to
prepare pupils for the trips.
Spokane Records
Slight Earthquake
Spokane j(U.R) A light earth
quake northwest of here Tues
day apparently caused no dam
age, city and county officials re
ported. The temblor began at 11:42
a.m. and lasted about two min
utes, seismograph attendants at
Mount St. Michael's scholasticate
said. They said the quake con
sisted of two main shocks follow
ed by 14 impulses lasting about
four seconds each.
The intensity of the earth
quake was reported as being
about 10 times greater than a
minor quake recorded Febru
ary 3. .-
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cent of all babies born in Mas
sachusetts during 1951 were de
livered in hospitals.
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