SIXTEEN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
1,500-Mile Ballistic Missiles
May Be Assiqned to Units Soon
By CHARLES CORDDRY
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R; Such
rapid progress is being made in
developing 1,500-mile ballistic
missiles that the first ones may
be assigned to military forces
by the end of this year or early
In 1953.
Some of the missiles might be
made available to Eritain at the
same time in line with the
"agreement in principle" reach
ed at Bermuda by President Ei
senhower and Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan.
This assessment was obtained
from high - ranking military
sources in a position- to know
about American progress in de
velopment of the IRBM (inter
mediate range ballistic missile)
and other weapons of the fu
ture. A "New Look"
The Bermuda developments
and the elevation of Air Force
Secretary Donald A. Quarles, a
scientist, mathematician and ad
ministrator, to deputy defense
secretary appeared to mark a
second "new look" at military
forces, bringing up to date a
major modernization started in
1953.
Military sources said the
IRBM will be as vital to Brit
ain's needs as the ICBM (inter
continental ballistics missile) to
America's. The intermediate
range weapon would greatly re-
inforce Britain's abilitv to di&r
war.
The IRBM, these sources say,
could reach Moscow from Brit
ish launching sites in about 10
minutes.
No War Heads
The United States will not,
and cannot under law, supply
Britain with atomic warheads.
But it was made clear at Ber
muda that such warheads will
be stored at U. S. bases if hos
tilities broke out.
The rapid progress reported
with the IRBM highlights ad
vances in the whole guided mis
sile field in this country.
For the first time, as expendi
tures for missiles continde to
reach new reqords, military
services are beginning to install
missile units and eliminate con
ventional forces in their stead.
The Air Force, for example,
in the year starting July 1, will
drop six wings of piloted fight
ers and light bombers from its
Tactical Air command because
the Army now has missiles to
take over much of its own
ground support.
The Air Force also is reducing
its goal by two jet interceptor
wings in the Air Defense com-
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Tehran, Iran A high Iranian gendarmerie, promising punish
ment of the bandit-kidnapers who disrobed, knifed and shot Mrs.
Antia Carroll in a ravine in remote Iranshahr:
"We will show no mercy."
Washington Senate Rackets committee member Irving M.
Ires (R.-N.Y.) asked if he agrees with committee chairman John
L. McClellan (D.-Ark.) that Teamster Union President Dave Beck
Is "a thief":
"There is every evidence he may be one."
Seattle, Wash. Teamster President Dave Beck, defending him
self in a publi'hed statement after the AFL-CIO governing body
ordered him to stand trial for "bringing the labor movement into
disrepute":
"I certainly will not allow those that accuse me to be the ones
that shall judge me."
Cairo Lt. Col. Abdel Kader Hatem. Egyptian director of In
formation, announcing that Suez canal development projects will
begin immediately:
"Egypt ... is determined to keep the canal constantly in per
fect condition by improving the waterway to meet the evolution
of sizes and tonnages of modern shipping in order to help revive
world commerce.
San Francisco Chass Hinckel, who suffered a near-fatal chest
wound playing Russian roulette six years ago, telling how his
brother, Arturo, shot himself Saturday when he attempted to
show how revolver roulette is played:
"He did it twice and it just clicked. He was watching to see
where the bullet was. But the third time he miscalculated."
24 Brand New Stock Cars
Signed for Economy Run
Los Angeles America s most stock cars when carefully driven
popular cars, ranging all the way
from high volume cars in the
low-price field to sleek luxury
jobs, have been signed up for
the nation's premier highway
performance competition, the
Mobilgas Economy Run.
A fleet of 24 brand-new stock
cars, representing more than 90
per cent of the automotive indus
try's production, will face the
starter at 11 p.m. on April 14
and then head for Sun Valley,
Idaho, arriving four days later.
With the closing of entries for
the annual event, the field will
be the largest in recent years,
according to A. C. Pillsbury,
western regional director for the
United States Auto club, super
visory body for the Run.
The four-day grind, over a
still-undisclosed course that will
be approximately 1500 miles, is
designed to demonstrate the po
tential performance of American
HOLDING trophy, Carole Mi
c h e 1 s o n, 19, Washington,
D. C, is named "Miss Na
tional Press Photographer of
1957. (International)
Police Confiscate Arms
In Northern Ireland
Londonderry, Northern Island
.U.R) Police arrested 20 men
and confiscated large stores of
military equipment Saturday in
the biggest raid in the current
drive against the outlawed Irish
Republican Army's extremist ac
tivities. More than 100 police, aided
by troops swooped down on 100
houses
and properly maintained. Motor
ists throughout the nation have
traditionally used run mileage
figures as a comparison of the
efficiency of their own cars and
driving techniques.
Four Price Classes
All of America's automotive
production is divided into four
price classes, so that the compe
tition will be between cars of
similar dollar value
With women competing against
men this year for the first time,
added interest will be focused
on the results. The field was
opened to women this year, pro
viding an entrant wished to en
ter another car of the same make
and model as that driven by
men. Whichever car turns in the
highest ton-miles will be used in
the official scoring. Thus the
women will, in effect, be com
peting against the male drivers
for inclusion among the four
class winners and for the
sweepstakes honors, which will
be the class winner with the
highest ton-miles average.
Ton-miles of cars is merely
the miles per gallon average
multiplied by the weight of the
car in tons. This gives heavier
cars an equal opportunity in the
competition with lightweight
cars.
Automatic Transmissions
All cars must be equipped
with automatic transmissions be
cause the majority of American
car production now is so sup
plied. 1
All cars will be either four
door sedans or four- or two-door
hardtops the models represent
ing the majority of production.
The cars are strictly stock, hav
ing been chosen by USAC offi
cials from a variety of sources
of supply ranging from dealer's'
showrooms to factory assembly
lines.
The Mobilgas Run in April
will mark the 21st anniversary
of the inception of the series.
From a 'one-day event of limit
ed participation and informal
regulation, it has grown into an
internationally recognized event
of automotive importance, and
has- sparked similar Mobilgas
Runs in nine foreign countries.
Wee Laaadera j Dumo Domtitic
mand, obvitfusly m 3'Ht-kiipa'tion
S titte new lofig range gui4$
Roissile interceptors.
The AvMSiy tass !1 bat elimin
ate.!! a;.FcFa'f't g.as as the
nurs-besr of anti aircra-St g-aid'ed
raissile l-aunsfain,g s;:t'.os iasreases
a.er&ss fee la-rA.
Ttee defense department dis
closed re-sently that nuclear war
heads are being stere-d in the
United States for guided mis
siles which airplanes would
launch against enemy bomkers
in event t attack. In about a
year ne--r Xike anti aircraft
missjles vyill have atomic war
heads. Navy's Great Strides
The Navy in soisre instances
well ahead of the other services,
is replacing guns with missiles
and atomic explosives, and con
ventional propulsion with nu
clear power which enables ships
to remain at sea indefinitely.
The revolution in weapons has
already caused the Eisenhower
administration to cut U.S. armed
forces by 800,000 men. It is now
considered sound speculation
that the current force of 2,800,
000 men may be cut to 2,500,-
uuo by 1961.
That would result from con
tinued replacement of "conven
tional units with missile out
fits and also from adoption of
new pay methods and other in
centives to prevent high turn
over in the special skills modern
forces require.
No Europe Troop Cut
Officials are emphatic, how
ever, in saying that eo reduc
tions in tombat manpower can
be expected soon in the U..
Army forces in Europe. Tfe
Army now has more than SSS,
000 men in England, Italy, Ger
many and France. Well over
100,000 of them are in fee U.g
Seventh Army in Germany.
Far reaching reorganization
of military units is taking plaee
on both ssps of the iron cup
tain. Military sources say th?e
l? some reason to believe that
Russia is making good, at leest
partially, on its ann&unced in
tention to reduce Soviet ainwS
forces by 1,200,08'9 men. That
as announced in Mascaw liajsit
Slay.
Army Reorgsn-Isiona
The U.S. Army, whfc-Ji afiaraied
itself to the atomic age rather
later than the Air Force a&a
Navy, is now in fee progress oif
reorganizing all its divisions for
the atomic battlefield. The in
fantry division is being reduced
from 17,460 to 13,748 men, the
airborne division from 17,085
to 11,486, and the armored di
vision from 14,670 to 14,617.
The divisions are being or
ganized into five self sustaining
combat commands which can
disperse and assemble rapidly to
defend against or launch atomic
attack, the Army said.
With the men saved, in this
divisional streamlining, the
Army will increase the number
of its anti aircraft guidd raiS'
sile units and will set up fee
atomic support commands whisSi
President Eisenhower forecast io
his January budget message.
Such support commands will
be designed to provide over
whelming firepower for U.S. asd
allied ground forces. These coiss
mands will be armed with
atomic - tipped Honest John
rockets, Corporal guided rais
siles, and other weapons en
abling them to lay down atomie
destruction at ranges up to 100
miles. ,
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LOOKING DOWN ON OURSELVES Artist's concept shows the man-made earth sat
ellite passing over the lower part of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.
Actual photograph of the earth was made by the Navy in the fall of 1955 from a Viking
12 Rocket at an altitude of 143.4 miles. It shows an area about 600,000 square miles.
The artist has taken the picture and drawn on il fhe earth satellite as he believes it
will look when it zooms over this region sometime during the International Geophy
sical Year July 1, 1957 to Dec. 31, 1958.
Two CG Instructors
Under Investigation
Alameda, Calif. !U.R Two
Coast Guard "boot camp" in
structors were under investiga
tion for allegedly slapping and
kicking two recruits at the gov
ernment island training center,
it was disclosed Saturday.
A Coast Guard spokesman
identified the accused instruc
tors as Seaman Walter P. Ryan,
23, of Frederic, Okla., and Sea
man Louis Gamble, 20, of River
side, Calif.
TEXTAN VICTOR
Corvallis 1U.R) Textan, a
setter owned and handled by
Marion Thomas of San Francisco,
won the open all-age stake at the
Willamette Amateur Field Trial
club's annual spring trial yester
day at the Wilson game manage
ment area.
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Preas Correspondent
Hollywood U.R) -l- Mel Fer
rer a Svengali. The handsome
actor insists he and wife Audrey
Hepburn lead
such separate
careers that it
may be a long
time if ever
before they
work together
again.
M o v ietown
gossip that
the actor - di
rector rules Aline Mosby
his pixie-faced wife with an iron
hand brought a chuckle to Fer
rer as he visited here before fly
ing off to Mexico for a movie
location.
"I'm flattered if people think
I'm responsible for her success
because Audrey is doing
great," he laughed.
"We agreed when we married
that each of us would make sep
arate decisions. When I get a
script I decide whether I want
to do it before I show it 1,0 her,
and vice versa. Audrey is a per
son who knows her own mind."
Separate Decisions
Since their marriage the Fer
rers have appeared together in
"War and Peace" and on tele
vision in "Mayerling," two
stories in which he thinks they
were well cast. They have no
plans to act together again "be
cause we don't want people to
think we will work only that
way, that she will accept a
script if I get a part in it. and
vice versa. That's not good for
her or me."
If the Ferrers co-star again, it
probably won't be on live TV.
They were plagued on "Mayer
ling" by everything from broken
zippers to bottomless bottles.
"Live TV is a silly waste of
time and money," declared Fer
rer. "That show cost $650,000.
We're in no hurry to do live TV
again. 1
Mechanical Trouble
"In one scene my gun jammed
when I was shooting at a mirror
and I had to throw the gun at
the mirror. Another time I was
supposed to drink from a bottle
and the bottom fell out. No
liquid! I had to pick up another
bottle and try to hide the hole
in the other one."
Audry almost appeared in
"Mayerling" minus her dress
when a wardrobe woman broke
the zipper on her ball gown dur
ing one of the hectic 10-second
changes. The bodice had to be
held together with three big
safety pins. '
"It's hard to get a perform
ance when your main preoccupa
tion was mechanical I'm sure
my performance showed it,"
Ferrer sighed.
The show did draw mixed re
views, but the Ferrers received
a flood of fan mail from happy
viewers.
THEY THREW OATS
Cheman. England U.R)
Brenda Waby and John Birth
rode away from their wedding
on horseback Sunday. "We both
love horses and I could not bear
i to be parted from them even on
my honeymoon, the bride explained.
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