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Thursday, May 5, I9SS
Mirnter TelDs of Bomb iSQasH: Experience
While -Huddled in (General IPattoini Tank
Editor's note: Two years ago, United
Press Staff Correspondent Robert
Bennvhoff. a former war correspond
ent and veteran of more than 35
atomic testa, huddled In a trench 4009
vards from a nuclear blast equivalent
to 15.000 tons of TNT. He reported the
experience was disappolntinely tame.
. Todar, Bennyhoff was -buttoned up"
Inside a SO ton Gen. Patton tank 3100
vards from a muck bigger atomic
blast.
By ROBERT BENNYHOFF
3100 Yards from Hell (U.R)
Shake, rattle and roll.
Give me a 50-ton Gen. Patton
tank and I don't care if they
drop an A-bomb on my front
doorstep.
Today's atomic blast caught
tht five of us huddled in tank
Charlie almost by surprise. Our
telephone line was out- and we
were under radio silence.
"Our five watches didn't agree
and we were debating what time
it was when a faint glimmer of
light filtered inside the tank. If
you'd blinked you would have
missed it. "There she goes,"
shouted one of the crew.
He was so right. '
Wicked Wallop
Before we could grab for
something solid and say "gee
, whillikers" the noise and the
blast wave . hit us simultane-
b - nav.v . in us ciinutioHv- n t.iiciit.i3
They'll Do It Every Time
ously. They came with a wicked
wallop maybe two or three sec
onds after the first glimmer of
light.
Before I go any further, I'd
better introduce the crewmen in
my tank. The four of them and
myself emerged from the blast
unharmed, unsinged and cocky
as the devil.
The tank commander is Pfc;
Edgar Hennel. 24, Pittsburgh.
The gunner is Pfc. Hollis Gerald
McCollum, 18. Ontario, Calif.
Our driver is Pfc. James E. Par
ker, 19, Aberdeen, Wash., and
the ammunition loader is 1st
Sgt. Nicholas Petock, 39, Beaver
Meadows, Pa. .
While we were hollering to
each other that the blast had
gone off, the tank was filled
with an earsplitting "whap"
that sounded like a million
beavers slapping their tails on
water in unison.
Begins To Shako
At the same time the tank,
tieavy and solid as it was, began
to shake.
It wasn't the gentle rolling
motion of a moderate earth
quake that we felt in the
trenches two years ago.
Today's mbtion was jarring
and jolting as if some giant had
grasped the tank in his hands
and shook it violently. We heard
the rush of the blast wave
through the. air past the tank
with the rattle of dirt and rocks
off its sides.
All the time we heard the
rumbling echo and re-echo of
the "whap" of the explosion
across Yucca Flat, sounding like
a busy bowling alley.
The inside of the tank was
filled with blinding, choking
dust. How the dust got inside
the tank when the blinding
flash of the explosion died down
we'll never know, but it did.
Ten seconds after the blast
we had the two top hatches open
and were peering outside.
Awful But Beautiful Sight
The first thing we saw was
dust, huge clouds of it in all di
rections. Then we looked up and
saw the awful but still beauti
ful mushroom cloud boiling up
ward from the desert floor. A
dirty reddish-brown cloud of
smoke and dust lay at its base
and the top of the mushroom
tinged with deep shades of pink
and lavender and churning furi-
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most directly overhead.
"I never saw such a beautiful
sight in my life," said Hennel.
"It looked like a giant pink car
nation up in the sky."
Nobody said much for quite a
while after that. The crew was
busy firing the 90-millimeter
cannon and the machine guns
and getting the tank underway
for the first live atomic tank
maneuver in history.
And I was too busy scribbling
notes as the tank bounced for
ward across the desert but at
the same time somehow wishing
we had been a little closer.
Nomination of East as District
Judge Brings Sighs of Relief
Wall Sfreel
New York (U.R) Stocks ad
vanced today on moderately
heavier volume.
Net gains extending to more
that a point in the main list and
as much as 6 points in specials.
Prominent gainers included
DuPont, Bethlehem, Eastman,
Chrysler, Kennecott, RCA and
International Paper.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 423.39" up
0.85; 20 railroads 159.42 un 1.02:
15 utilities 64.68 up 0.12, and
65 stocks 159.03 up 0.52.
Sales today were about 2,270,
000 shares compared with 2,200,
000 shares traded yesterday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T 1843s
Anaconda 62Vs
Chrvsler 80
Curtiss Wright 2014
General Electric 51
General Motors 9734
Montgomery War 77
Penn R R 275s
Penney J C f, . 9134
Radio .1 45
Southern Co 20V
Southern Pacific .. . 60
S Oil of Calif 7878
Texas Gulf Sulphur . 40Vfe
Transamerica ... 40?g
Tri-Continental 26Va
United Aircraft :. 69
U S Rubber . 46Vi
U S Steel ....... 86
Youngstown 78Vi
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 150. Ave
rage choice 1049 lb. steers $24.25; good
and low choice steers $21.50-23: utility
heifers $13-16; canner-cutter cows
9:30-12; utility cows $13-14.50; com
mercial $14.75-16.
Calves - none. Good-choice vealers
around S23-28.
Hogs 100. Choice 180-233 lb. $19.50
20.50: choice 350-550 lb. sows $14-
$15.50. ,
SSheep none. Choice-prime spring
lambs $21.50-22: choice wooled lambs
$18 down: good-choice shorn ewes
$5.50-6.50. .
Br A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington (Special) Presi
dent Eisenhower's nomination of
Circuit. Judge William G. East
of Eugene to be a federal dist
rict judge for Oregon caused
great sighs of relief from Ore
gon politicians on both sides of
the party fence.
Republicans were most re
lieved because they had been
nursing a bad case of the jitters
for many weeks out of fear
another in the long series of
hitches would develop to add to
the year-long delay that ensued
between the promotion of Judge
James Alger Fee to a higher
court and the appointment of his
successor.
During that year they had
first put forth an Oregon City
Circuit Judge, Ralph Holman,
only to withdraw his name after
hassle developed within party
ranks. Some GOP elements were
critical of the Holman choice be
cause they feared he would be
vulnerable to criticism for hav
ing not long before allowed the
bailiff and clerk of his circuit
court to act as appraisers in the
settlement of an estate, thereby
permitting them to collect extra
fees.
Although this was not an un
common practice, it resulted in
a switch in party recommenda
tions for the Oregon judgship
and submission of Judge East's
name to Attorney General Her
bert Brownell, who passes on all
such positions before they can go
to Eisenhower. .
Formal nomination of East this
week, over four months after
his name was submitted to the
administration, was the cause
of relief on the Democratic side
as well, particularly in the
camp of Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (D-Ore.) who himself got
mixed up in the judgship affair
some months ago.
Neuberger last February
asked the F.B.I. to look into an
incident involving 'Judge East
near Reedspqrt which a news
paper account indicated in
volved drunk driving. The F.B.I
followed through but never gaye
Neuberger an account of its
findings, even though reportedly
it gave East a clean bill of
health.
Period of Waiting
There then followed a period
of watchful waiting on both
sides for much of March and all
of April the administration and
Republicans wondering whether
Neuberger, fresh from victory
in his Sit e-t h t-White House-Squirrels-Crusade,
would seek to
block the East nomination if it
were sent to the Senate for con
firmation; and Neuberger on the
other side, not knowing exactly
what the F.B.I, had learned in
its investigation, uncertain what
attitude to express toward the
possibility of the East appoint
ment. When atat Republicans
pointed out to administration of
ficials that the Oregon GOP was
suffering from criticism over the
long delay in filling the vacant
judgship, the administration
promised action but didn't say
when. Days and weeks passed
and political jitters were aggra
vated by constant rumors about
other candidates coming into
the picture.-
Adminiilration Drops Plaa
The administration at one
time had planned to solicit the
views of Neuberger and Sen.
Wayne Morse privately before
formally nominating East, but
this plan was dropped. Both
senators indicated that generally
they had no personal objections
to any of the several Republi
can prospects mentioned for the
$22,500 job.
Yet the Reedsport incident,
innocent of. wrong-doing as it
may have been, haunted sensi
tive administration officials who
still feared that it just might
boomerang politically as a minor
national issue, in just the way
other judgeship nominations of
presidents over the years have
caused embarrassment . when
blocked by the senators of the
state in question.
Finally the decision was taken
to go through with it and when
Neuberger greeted the nomina
tion with a promise to vote for
East, the sighs of relief were as
audible at some of the harsh
statements which attended tht
long judgeship dispute.
SCOUT CIRCUS SET
. Ontario, Ore. (U.R) The third
annual Boy Scout circus pre
sented by the Ore.-Ida. Scout'a
council will be held at Malheur
county fairgrounds Friday night. .
Saturday night it will be pre
sented at Nampa, Ida. About
2,000 scouts will participate. ."
Phoenix Festival Set
For Saturday, May 28
Phoenix The PhoeaL; May
festival will be held Saturday,
May 28, the executive commit
tee of the Phoenix Community
club has announced.
Booth spaces are available for
active groups on a 50 per cent
consignment basis, and arrange
ments can be made for commer
cial displays on the festival
grounds, officers announced.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 1 a.m. Monday for
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JUST OVER THE BRIDGE
PORTLAND CASH GRAIN
Portland Prices at reported by the
VSOA. market news service: Wheat,
No. 2 soft white. $80.50 a ton bulk.
DromDt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2
white oats 38 lb. test Coast delivery
$34 ton; Portland delivery. $51. No. 2
Western barley, $54 ton .o.b. Portland
Coast delivery: soybean meal $84 ton,
cars prompt delivery Portland: stand
ard millrun. $46 cars, prompt delivery
Portland; No. 2 yellow corn, $69.25
69.50 ton f.o.b. PorUand.
Wholesale Hay Prices: Market
nominal.
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (U J.) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large. 50-5 lc doz.; A
large, 48-49c; AA medium. 48-49c doz.;
A medium, 47-48c doz.: A small, 42
44c doz.: cartons. l-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: AA grade
prints. 66c lb.: cartons 67c; A prints,
66c: cartons. 67c: B prints. 64c.
Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched
dar. Oregon singles, 42,,i-45ic: 5-lb.
loaves. 46'j-49,2C. Processed Ameri
can cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 39-4 lc lb.'
Farm Market
Willamette valley rhubarb sold off
jobber's floors at $1.25-1.50 for 15
lbs. today for best quality: northwest
potato listings held firm; radishes sold
mostly at around 60 cents a dozen
bunches.
Poultry, Rabbits
live Chickens To grower (N. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2',i to
4 lbs.. 26c lb., at farm 25c: roasters,
26c Portland; 25c .ranch: light hens.
18-19c; heavy hens, all wts.. 22-23c lb.;
old roosters. 12-14c lb.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers, New York. style. 37
38c lb.: whole drawn, 46-48c; cut-up,
51-54c lb.; roasters. N.Y. style.. 39-40c;
hens, light type. New York style. 31
32c; cut-ups, 43-46c; hens, heavy type,
N.Y. style, 34-35c; whole-drawn, 44-46c-lb.
Turkeys To retailers, A grade hens,
ready, to cook. 48-50c: N.Y. dressed,
37-38c lb.; A grade toms oven ready,
40-44c: N.Y. style. 34-35c lb.
Rabbits (average to (growers f.o.b.
kiUing plants): Live white. 3-4,a
lbs..-21-23c up; 5-fflbs.; 17-1 9c: colored
pelts, 4c under; old does. 10-12c lb., a
few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to
retailers, 57-60c; cut up. 62-65c.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
DATE May 5. 1955 '
Sunset tonight 7:15 p.m. Sunrise to
morrow S p.m.
FORKCASIS
Medford and vicinity; Fair through
Friday. Low tonight 42. A little cooler
Friday with high near 70. -
Western Oregon-: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday except cloudy along
coast. Low tonight 40-46. A little
cooler Friday with highs 56-65 inland
and 55-60 n coast. '
Northern California: Mostly fair
through Friday except local low
clouds on coast. Little temperature
change.
i LOCAL DATA .
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
57: above normal 3.
Record high this date 92 in 1947.
Record low this date 28 in 1924.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none.
Total this month .09 in.. .07 in. be
low normal.
Total since Sept. 1. 8.73 inches
7:04 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 27,
highest this a.m. 84.
CITY High Low Free.
Brookings . 63 fi
Crater Lake 49 30
Grants Pass 75 40
Klamath Fala 66 41 -
MEDFORD 73 43
Portland : 70 45
Seattle .
Spokane
Yakima -
65
64
70
Eureka
Red Bluff
Sacramento
San Francisco
Los Angeles
53
75
71
66
........ 73
39
42
37
47
53
48
46
56
Phoenix - 92 66
Denver 73 48
Chicago . 88 57
Miami 78 62
New York 76 65
Washington, D.C. 80- 60
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