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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1956)
TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 21, 1 95ft Needs Pointed Out To Prevent Recurrences of In-Air Plane Collision New York U.Pj Recur rence of collisions in the air, like the Grand Canyon airliner disaster, are in prospect unler better air trafiic control systems are put in use and electronic warning devices are developed for planes in flight, an air safety report said today. The report, issued by the Dan iel and Florence Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center of Cor nell University, predicted tnai air carrier traffic would double within the next ten years. It said that as "the crowded air space gets progressively more crowded, the top safety problem in aviation today is the need for 'a greatly tightened system for controlling air traffic." Introduction of a better air- traffic control system would ma terially reduce right now the possibility of in-flight collisions in both terminal ana iree areas, according to the report. Warning Devices Possible The air safety center recom mended that stimulation centers be set up to test new traffic con trol plans under rigidly con trolled conditions. The centers would considerably shorten the time-lag between development and adoption of urgently-needed new air-traffic control systems. It i nossible. with research, to develop electronic warning de vices that would instantly alert a plane to any objects in its im mediate area, the report said. It said that today there is no American-built airliner provided with crash fire prevention equip ment and called for better de vices for the protection of a plane's occupant in the event of such fires. Greater-airport safety effici ency can be achieved without further research and develop ment, but with better use of known developments in lighting, radio and weather services, the safety center said. Metal Fatigue Dangerous With the advent of commercial jet-driven transports in three years, the report said, new and greater problems will arise. Chief among these is "metal fa tigue" that occurs in some jet aircraft fuselages and wings in high speeds at high altitudes. The safety center said development of steep gradient aircraft planes that can take off vertical- Governor Names Water Study Group Salem IU.R) Gov. Elmo Smith today named a committee of six persons to develop a de tailed outline of procedure to car ry out the governor's proposal for a comprehensive study of multipurpose use of water re sources in Oregon. The group was authorized by the Natural Resources Commit tee last week after the proposed research experiment had been presented by the governor. The program would involve the entire drainage basin of a western Oregon stream as an out door laboratory. It is designed to permit tests of water use in such fields as domestic, municipal, ir rigation, power development, in dustrial, mining, recreation, wild life and fish life uses and for pollution abatement. Members of the committee are: Dwight L. Phipps, state for ester; F. E. Price, dean of agri culture at Oregon State College; Lewis A. Stanley, state engineer; Phil Schneider, state game direc tor; Milton C. James, state fish eries director; and Fred Merry field, professor of sanitary engi neering at Oregon State College. Unloading of Burning Coal Cargo Continues Portland (U.P.i The freight er Orizaba, the smoldering fire in her coal cargo apparently out, moved from an anchorage off Swan island to berth 3 at the Swan island outfitting dock yes terday. Longshoremen continued to discharge the cargo from the number 2 forward hold and from other holds to even up the weight. The fireboat that had stood by the ship since her return to port here Friday, was moved from the scene yesterday. Repairmen were scheduled to start checking the ship for dam age today. Heat from the hot cargo was sufficient to buckle a deck plate above the bulkhead separating the number 2 and 3 holds.. Fire was first discovered aboard the Orient bound vessel last Wednesday when it was 490 miles to sea with a cargo of 8600 tons of coal for Korea. IMPROVING ALFALFA Davis, Calif. ttJ.PJ Africa alfalfa, the main variety grown in California's Imperial Valley, is undergoing major improve ment to withstand new pests and plant diseases. Research along this line is being done by an agronomist on the Davis campus of the University of California. NO NEED TO CALL COP Hartford, Conn. (U.PJ The accident was promptly investi gated after Richard V. Jacobs' automobile struck a utility pole. The car landed on the lawn of a policeman. " ly is "gratifying." I they permit slow speed landings emergencies, and they greatly report said. 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