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B52 Global Bomber Said Too Big Baa Q J For Britches When on the Ground Fdltor's nife Thit tf the Ut In a n of dispatches bv a veteran United Press correspondent ho re cently vlttted the Stratetlr Atr Com mand'! seeority-tif ht tat e in California, in it he desrnnet trac unique problem t which have fared the Air roree In transition to the world's lif i rx t iniercosUnentAl bomber. By GLENN STACKHOUSE ' United Press Cofteipondent Castle Air Force Base, Caltf 'U.Ri When the Strategic Air Command switched over do the big B52 (?lobel bomber last year it adopted a hell-raiitaj; babr. She's an angel in the air a bomber pil&ai drearf? girl. Bnt she's an ovePweirajt, squalling brat on the groumfc '- The trouble s. she'sClust too big for her bri'Shes. The Air Force never handled anything like this droop-winged, sharkr tailed monster. . Temperature Rises o When all eight fif er 1,000 horsepower jet engines are rev ving up s?e sends jt such tor nado of heat aJJ windQthat a man can't stand up within 600 feet of her tail. At thatjjistance, a ground crewman can bf sent tumbling tail over teakettle. At the distance of Owee football fields the temperatnfeo suddenly rises 30 degrerg 0 . This Cent?? California SAC base now has a S369,0V) Suni in the mill desire and build blast deflectors beld each plane on the apron. Until thcjate, ready, the ground crews tiam-e to tow them to the end of the runway before takeoff so ,ihat the blast can blow out across the country side instead of tearingrvp the air base. . Another factor0is notst' They put up such a rgketthal they literally can malceAi man nausea Chin Up Sale o e Scene of Activity s The Eagles Hall, at 217. West Main sfc, was a scene of much activity this5 morning as the Chin Up T-lub opened its filth annual hobby sale. Merchandise, made by valley,, people as a hobby, made up the largest per tion of the sale. The largest cooked foodsal ever held in conjunction ewith the annual event oako was a popular feature. Twenty dozer doughnuts were 'flonated to tne sale this morning by Jim Allen of the Big Y Bakery.c-Cakes. pies, . cookies Qmd bandies also were featured, q 0 0 Three commerical displays, by Singer Sewing Machine com pany, Sims Cyeleffnd Hobby Shop and Mannas Department store, added to theshow. The jale wgl continue; until 9 o'clock tonlghe andwfll 'be open from 10 a.m0 until if p.m. tomorrow. The0sonsoringclub, an organization of physically handicapped pfS-jpr, p uses its share at the procegdsto carry on ltsprojects throughput the year. ,0 s salvaSep. o 0 " Waterburyt Conn. H.B Several weeks after Dodglai Black (Jeported nhis0walljt sto len it was found in a bus, minus $10 but stilcontaining $4tHn a secret compartment.e . Jackson 'County Deserves GOOD BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Jackson County deserves a Treasurer who will give-f us good business manage ment in our county govern nnsht. Anna Scott has been an efficient law secretary for twelve years the, manager of an abstract and investment, firm for several years cwned ind operated her owei business has held a number $f county government 'posi tionshas livedin'aJackson County for 21 "years and knows our problems. 0 Elect a County Treasurer" with thegxperience, vigor, . and public spirit to do a good jobl 0 ELECT ANNA R. SCOTT COUNTY TREASURER Pd. Pel. AdOJacksoCo. Rep. Central Comm. ated. Maintenance men are con tinually reporting to the base hospital with ear trouble some times serious trouble. . Restricted Hours At present, the orders at Castle are that the B52s will not take off or land at the base between the hours of midnight and 6 a i... so that the residents in Merced, five -miles away, , can get some sleep. The Air Torce has found .that the big babies need an 11.800 foot runway, as thick as five super-highways piled up and as i flat as pool table. . f Whan Cattle's . runway was jlaid out for the predeces sors, tha B47s and B50s, it' was 'considered juai dandy. No so for lt&e,B52s. Pilots immediately be gan complaining that the strip was 'wavy. As the big .birds. roared down the runway at about "ONE "TWO ':-, new Chevies by the BEL BEL 150 miles per hour, they began "porpoising" with a rocking chair motion that threatened to send them out of control. .They were bounding into the air and back to the ground as they got up flying speed. A checkup found that at several- places along ' the runway there was a six-inch rise spread over several hundred feet. They are .now "planing it off with a scraper to get that billiard table smoothness. Open' to. Newsmen . Surprisingly enough, in view of- all the .super-tight security. newsmen visiting this base were allowed to scramble freely through the "big ships, from the pilot's deck to the tail-gunner's lonely seat half a city block to the rear. .The B52s carry- a six- man crew including two pilots. a navigator, a bombardier, radio - FIFTY" HANDYMAN - TEN" HANDYMAN TWO-TEN" DELRAY AIR TOWNSMAN J new models AIR 4-DOOR SEDAN Ninth and Bartlett Streets man and tail gunner. It has a range of more than 6,000 miles and can easily fly around the world with its per fected technique of in-flight re fueling. It can fly well over 50,- 000 feet at a speed in excess of 650 miles an hour. It can literally flap its 185- foot wings. The wings droop like a tired seagull's when it's on the ground w;ith the wingtips 10 feet below center. In flight, they may bend upward 21 feet above cen ter as the plane pulls out of a descent. Its eight-wheeled undercar riage can be steered from the pilot's seat like an automobile, allowing the plane to nose into a cross-wind in take-off and land ing. This gives it a crab-like ap pearance as it swishes along the runway. The pilots call such a maneuver an "tyes-right take off.". Staggering Statistics The plane's statistics are stag gering when reduced to common term's. It weighs about half a million pounds loaded. It carries enough "ONE-FIFTY" UTILITY SEDAN "TWO-TEN" TOWNSMAN III gm 4 "1 TWO-TEN" SPORT COUPE BEL AIR NOMAD Here's the whole line-up of new Chevrolets for '57. Nineteen new passenger car models that are lower, longer and new right down to the wheels plus the dashing new Corvette. There's one that will fit into your life beautifully. Come in soon and see! BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE Only franchised Chevrolet dealers f4i$LM1w display this famous trademark capnjiKTrii CIHHW fuel to fill three railroad tank cars. Its engines suck in 8,4oC- 000 cubic feet of air an hour enough to iili a warehouse 1,000 feet long. Its electronic equip ment contains 2,140 radio tubes enough to buid 144 TV sets. Its de-icers require enough heat in an hour to warm up 56 five-room homes. Its electrical system could provide all the power needed for 70 average American dwellings: Its wheel brakes can absorb enough energy to stop 1,050 automobiles traveling 50 miles an hour. CONSULT YOUR ATTORNEY ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE lATTolNEY 6ENIRALJ CANDIDATES "ONE ; . ' moDLiETr Friday, November 2 1958 i ' ' J - s , - vi ; . ' A ' " !l v. , . V ' .a ,...v,m...Aa(v.v iaMiarfiffffitiiVil-3fi Mark Your Ballot 132 - X - Robert E. 0McJntyre Pd. Adv. Mclntyre for Councilman Commirta - FIFTY" 4-DOOR SEDAN- "TWO - TEN" BEAUVILLE i score ' !'''" ' ' TWO-TEN" SPORT SEDAN SPORT COUPE ' . BEL AIR SPORT SEDAN MEDFORD (OREGON! MATL, TRIITNS TVTB Represents No Special Interests But YOURS! o 0 For City Councilman WARD ONE . Vote for Robert E. f "ONE-FIFTY" 2-DOOR . ------- . 0 o o o a u o j 5 TWO-TEN" 4-DOOR SEDAN 0 i o o - MMUMHJ MIQ air sweet,.. . smooth. and sassy! - '.TWO-TEN" 2-DOOR BEL AIR 2-DOOR SEDAN Ml tM. WCHEVROLET'l CORVETTE Phone 2-6115. Medford o o o o o ? O o 0 o O o c; o e O SEDAN c; o o o o G o o SEDAN o. OO o o o o o ImYm . . . o o o o : o . 00 o o C c
