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T MEDFORD Tribune United Press Full Lased Wir UnUeu Pi ess- full Lea sea wue Pages 1-12 Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1956 I sit it ' IT'' i .-Ait COSTING $250,000, this revolving beacon atop New York's Empire State Building is the world's brightest continu ous man - made source of light. Nearly two billkm eandle power will guide aircraft. (IniemaUotbal Soundpkoto) Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS " i Washington Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson on the farm bill sent to President Eisenhower for signature or veto: "I don't go and sulk in a corner if I don't get everything I want. My only object has been to get a bill which would be good for the farmers. This is not a good bill." Washington Rep. James T. Tumulty (D.-N.J.) on what Prince ton university should do about students inviting Alger Hiss to ad dress them: "I say he should take the children involved and that's what they are over his knee and paddle them." Chicago Negro singer Nat King Cole, attacked ty three white men on a Birmingham, Ala., stage, on performing before segregat ed Southern audiences: "The U.S. Supreme court is havin a hard time integrating the schools, so what chances have I got to integrate audiences." Washington Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall In a political speech on former President Truman: "One feature of the mess he left behind was a farm economy on the skids and a law responsible for the huge mountains of price-depressing farm suprluses." Harrisburg, Pa. Democratic National Chairman Paul M. But ler, in a political speech on President Eisenhower: "It's a do-nothing administration, an administration with no leadership ... an administration whose President has been away from the White House more than 35 per cent of the time in the first 39 months of his term." Liberian Vessel In Trouble at Sea Halifax, N.S. U.R) A Cana dian destroyer today stood by a storm-battered Bermuda - bound Liberian freighter that had re ported an explosion on board. The 35-knot destroyer Nootka interrupted its return here from Canadian - U.S. maneuvers to race to the side of the freighter, Antonios, whose skipper radioed he, might have to ride out a storm blown up by 35-mile winds. .The Nootka messaged ' Navy headquarters here at 1:27 a.m. (EST') that she was "standing by" the freighter. Elite US Army Volunteers Would Penetrate Enemy Lines in War By CHARLES CORDDRY United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) If a war started, elite groups of U.S. Army volunteers would pene trate at once to points deep in side enemy lines where they could stir up rebellion and create general chaos. The toughest training the Army can give goes to these men who comprise the Special Forces. They take up where the paratroops and Rangers leave off. You know them by their green berets the only troops with such headgear and their parf.troop boots and jumper's wings. Their home is Fort Bragg, N.C., and their boss is Col. Ed son D. Raff, commander of the Psychological Warfare Center,. a pioneer of guerrilla-type opera tions by U. S. forces in World War II. The Special Forces are ready to operate independently or in contact with friendly forces at the front lines. They were or ganized in September, 1952, under 3 new policy calling for rough-and-ready units trained to wage war behind an enemy's front lines. They already have the Rus sians stirred up. Moscow radio recently let go with a blast at the "spies" the United States allegedly is training at Fort Bragg. Two Groups Plainly, Moscow meant the Special Forces. But these men are not "spies." Nor, the Army says, can they be cdmpared "to any conventional unit." They were created "to provide in time of war a weapon through which the .Army can train, sup ply and direct guerilla opera tions against the enemy 'in sup port of military operations." They assert and no one who sees them can doubt it that they are "ready to go anywhere at any time to do anything and get there by any method." The Army now has two Spe cial Forces groups, the 77th at Fort Bragg and" the 10th in Ger many. Both have recently been reduced in strength, presumably to provide trained personnel for an airborne division going to Eu rope and the reactivated 101st airbornediyision in this coun try. A group might normally have 2,000 men, but the actual strengths are secret. Sometimes called "liberation sDeak a variety of languages used on both sidse or tne iron Cutrain and, though mostly Americans, they include refu gees from the Communists. After basic training and a tour at the paratroop school, a man may volunteer for the Special Forces. Today's teams are filled with two- and three-time voiun- tcsrs. The men train in the swamps and mountains of North Caro lina, learn amphibious warfare fighters," Special Forces troops and survival techniques from the marines, undergo hign-mountain exercises, in Colorado. Wherever they are, they' learn to live off the land indefinitely. Live Off Land They operate in teams of .15 men two officers and 13 en listed men ready to infiltrate enemy territory and train as many as 1,500 guerrillas. It's the "cheapest way we have to fight a war, Army officers say. A Special Forces team is made up of medical specialists able to perform operations in the field, linguists, demolition specialists, radio operators and all hands can operate weapons from the 45-calibre pistol to the 105 MM 45-caliber pistol to the 105 MM reach for 1,500 miles, sending signals and providing directional beams for aircraft if need be. . o --. ... opeciai forces training in cludes large doses of simulated "brain-washing" to guarantee as far as possible against any repe tition of the episodes in which a few Americans succumbed to Communist techniques in Korea. This training is similar to that now given aircraft crews. Typical Exercises A typical training exercise for the Special Forces would be to fly'several hours and then nara. chute into the training site the Marine base at Camn Leienno C, or Fort Carson, Colo., for Unemployment Reserves Decline Over $5,( Salem tU.P.) Oregon's unem ployment reserves have declin ed more than $5,000,000 to $48, 817,893 during the past 12 months, the State Unemploy ment Compensation Commission has reported. The figure was the lowest for the reserve since early 1944. Chairman T. Morris Dunne said income during the first quarter of 1956 was almost ex actly the same as a year ago with payments to insured claim ants $1,706,727 higher than in early 1955. Contributions ' from employ ers amounted to $1,895,785 for the past three months with gov ernment interest adding $325, 215. On the other side of the picture, compensation paid to the unemployed reached $9,798- 349 an increase of more than 21 per cent over last year., Increased payments were ac counted fcr largely by the high er henefit schedule adopted by the. 1955 Legislature. Weekly checks in March averaged $29.80 compared with $22.48 for the same period a year ago. MOSLEMS END STRIKE ' Casablanca, Morocco (U.R) Nearly 10,000 Moslem laborers at United States Strategic Air Command bases in Morocco re turned to work today ending a four day strike. A back-to-work accord was signed by their un ion and French labor negotiators Thursday. Fire Profecfion Funds To Be Spent Salem (U.R) Nearly $6, 000,000 will be spent during 1956 for fire protection of 12, 000,000 acres of state and pri vately owned forest lands, ac cording to James H. Walker, as sistant state forester in charge of the protection division. Most of the financial load will be carried by land owners and operators, Walker said. He esti mated their costs at $4,750,000 for snag falling, protection equipment and additional patrols. PEACE MISSION U. N. Secretary Dag Rammarskjold (left) is welcomed on bis arrival in Tel Aviv by Gideon Raphael (right), Israeli's foreign ministry U. N. Adviser. The gentleman in center is unidentified. Hammarskjold then flew to Jerusalem as Western diplomats in Jerusalem warned that delay in bis peace mission might be too late to prevent war. N, example where they live off the land and on what they take with them for days or weeks. They then march out, maybe as much as 100 miles. Their job, in the Army defini tion of guerrilla warfare, is to 'harass, delay and disrupt the military operations of the enemy, possibly leading to civil war. . . ." Their tactics are 'unorthodox," including inspir ing "passive resistance,, espion age, sabotage, diversion, assassi nation and propaganda." 1 THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY of Southern Oregon Proudly Presents the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra with Guest Artist SYLVIA DeVOSS Coloratura Soprano Sunday afternoon at three p.m., April 15th MEDFORD SENIOR HIGri SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Adults $1.00 Students 75c Tickets on Sale at , Puruckers, Music Mart, or at Box Off ice, Sunday 2 P.M. RICHARD D. 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