Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 19, 1957, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTortured Air Shudders as Nike Missile Blasts Off in New Mexico By GLENN STACKHOUSE United Press Correspondent Red Canyon, N.M. (U.PJ A 29-foot Nike-Ajax missile blast ed off its launcher in a thunder clap of sound and impaled a fat cloud like a harpoon. There was a shuddering shriek from the tortured air as it ripped toward the stratosphere at a thousand miles an hour. Dropping its booster rocket, the missile arched over at 25,000 feet and left a chalk mark of vapor in the sky as it turned to a pinpoint and vanished. There was silence as the sec onds ticked by. Then there was a burst of dirty white smoke some 20 miles away, marking the end of a still-invisible drone target. This was the Army's dress re hearsal for an atomic attack on San Francisco. The actors were the officers and men of the 740th AAA Mis sile Battalion, one of three Nike outfits which stand 24 hour sen try duty on the hilltops sur rounding the bay metropolis. Practice on Desert Unable, for obvious reasons, 3 do any practice firing at their home sites, each Nike battalion in the United States is brought to this desolate New Mexico wasteland, near the site of the world's first atomic explosion, once a year for a week of "serv ice practice." Here at the present time are missileers from California and Hartford, Conn., each firing their allotted rounds at 12 foot radio controlled drones, much similar to the gasoline powered model airplanes flown by small boys. The yearly firing is a tense and serious business to the men of the Nike outfits. These men who stand at constant alert to guard the nation's oblivous, peace minded cities have pre cious little time to actually fire their weapons, and they are de termined to make every shot count. Take Work Seriously They greet a "kill" with the enthusiasm of undergraduates celebrating a big game victory. A "miss" brings scowls and muttered profanities. It's almost a tragedy. Typical of the missilemen is Capt. William Chick, 36, of Mountain View, Calif., a huge, 240 pounder in sweaty fatigues, Ike Tosses Budget Cut Responsibility Back to Congressmen By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower has thrown much of the responsibility for the federal budget back to Congress. He has given Congress a lot of advice, which probably will be Ignored, on how it should ex ercise its control of spending. The President also told the House its votes on appropriations bills have included some heavy cuts which won't save the tax payers any money. He didn't use the term but he meant the cuts were phony. Many oi tnem were. Eisenhower poured out his thoughts on the budget Thursday in a letter to Speaker Sam Ray burn. It was written in reply to a House resolution, adopted last month, asking for his recom mendations as how to make "sub stantial 'reductions" in his bud get. Size of Reduction i , The President indicated that even if Congress makes a cut, only about 500 million dollars of it will actually be taken off his 72 billion dollar spending bud get for next year. This would be little more than a pin prick alongside the spending slashes of two to five billion dollars pro posed by potent figures in Con gress. Eisenhower pointed out that his budget is really two budgets in one. One of them is a spending estimate of nearly 72 billion dol ars for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The other is a request for new spending authority largely in appropriation bills authorizing spending not only in the coming fiscal year but also in future years. The President also pointed out that about a third of the money to be spent in the next fiscal year was granted by Con gress in past years. Of the House-approved reduc tions in appropriations bills, now amounting to more than one bil lion dollars, the president po litely told Rayburn: "Some of the House 'cuts' have involved large sums that the ex ecutive branch is compelled by law to pay. 'Cuts' of that kind do not save money and must be later restored through supple mental appropriations unless the government statutes are re vved." The "Mandatory" Spending Eisenhower computed that 24 per cent of his federal budget, or almost 18 billion dollars, covers spending rigidly fixed by law like interest on the national debt, veterans benefits and pub lic assistance grants. The House voted to cut administration bud get requests for the last two items a total of 225 million dol lars with full knowledge it was saving nothing in the long run. The President also calculated that 63 per cent of his next year's budget is slated to go for national security and related ex penses, leaving only 9 billion dol lars or 13 per cent for possible non-defense reductions. Congress undoubtedly will challenge him on his 45 billion dollar item for national security because it includes the foreign aid program. Even so, Congress will not know how much any cuts it makes in the foreign aid program will reduce spending for the coming year. who came out of his integrated fire control van after his bat tery's firing with the grin of winner on his face. "It looked good," he said. "It looked real good." A sergeant and a boyish pri vate beamed out of the van door behind him. A few minutes earlier, how ever, the atmosphere had been different as the approaching drone assumed the proportions of a Russian A-bomber. Every man was glued to his job. First Lt. David Birmingham, 26, of Wayland, Mass., an ar tillery veteran of the Korean war, stood on the hill beside the target tracking radar look ing down on the upreared mis siles a mile away with a stop watch clutched in his hand. Rocket Fired A few yards away, the "ac quisition" radar whirled as its scope picked up the luminous dot of the nearing drone. The target tracker swung 90 degrees and locked on the target with a click as it began feeding ! information to an electric com-. puter brain in the van. j Inside a van a small red light blinked on and the firing officer punched a push-button. Down the desert below, the Nike leaped into the air, trail ing a tail of orange fire. By the time the waves of sound slammed into the hill, the mis sile was already nearly two miles in the air and curving over to seek its prey. The rocket booster unit broke loose and tumbled to the earth and the Nike spurted a white streak of smoke as its own pow er unit came to life to give it a final supersonic kick. "A good blowoff," the-lieu tenant muttered. "Good, good. It vanished completely arid Birmingham stared at his stop watch to figure its flight time. "Now," he said quietly. The puff-ball of smoke appeared in the distance. "Let's go down to the van and find out how we did," he said. Friday. April 19. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE I " - 1 - - - 'gfJ Offerers of Bribes Should Be Punished, McClellan Declares Washington (U.R) The Sen ate Labor Rackets Committee said today businessmen who of fer bribes are just as guilty as union leaders who receive them and should be prosecuted. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) told reporters "We are going to find out" why three Scranton, Pa., Teamster Union leaders were indicted by a fed eral grand jury for accepting money from contractors but the contractors were not punished. He said the Justice Depart ment has been asked to explain TWO 'PASSENGERS' VANISH Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. U.PJ Carmen Tassarelli complained to police Thursday that some one stole two goats from his car. Gorilla Mating Planned at Zoo Columbus, Ohio U.R) Of ficials of the Columbus zoo said today they hope to mate again within the next 10 days the par ents of Colo, the first gorilla ever born in captivity. Colo is happy arid thriving, they reported, and they have strong hopes that the parents will produce another. Zoo attendants had Colo all ready today for the Easter par ade in a colorful flowered bon net, dress, booties and all. Columbus Zoo Supt. Earl Davis said attendants had "quite a time" dressing the frisky go rilla, now nearly four months old. He said the nine pound, one ounce baby, nearly tripled her birth weight, apparently enjoyed being dressed up. Davis said women attendants were on duty day and night now. "Male keepers got a little em barrassed on diaper changes," smiled Davis, so we now have a girl on six days a week, plus three, girls alternating on the night shift." Davis said the gorilla exhibits many of the characterists of a human baby. "But she hates peas," said Davis. "They bring out the go rilla in her." The superintendent said when ever she is fed peas, "she spits them out and gently bites the arm" of the attendant. 1 why there were no charges filed against contractor E. P. Betten dorf of Sandston, Va., at the same time Teamster business agents Robert Malloy and Joseph McHugh were indicted for ac cepting $4,200 from Bettendorf. The indictment enarged that McHugh and Malloy obtained the money by extortion. How ever, the committee heard testi mony that Bettendorf offered the money as a bribe to get his trucks into the Tobyhanna, Pa., J Army Signal Corps depot with out hiring drivers from the Scranton Teamster local. Malloy,, McHugh and John Durkin, secretary-treasurer of Teamster Local 229, also are charged with accepting pay ments from other contractors Justice Department officia's declined to comment. However, Attorney General j Herbert Brownell Jr. has com- j plained in the past that one of his department's problems in dealing with extortion cases is "the very natural reluctance" of the victims and others involved . a l : M 1 1 tt. iu iesuiy auuui u. i He said in a speech in 1955 that in extortion cases a "vast amount of time and effort" is needed to "gain the confidence of workers and contractors" who knows the facts. The Rackets Committee Thursday ended two and half days of hearings on labor vio lence ' in the Scranton area by referring testimony to the Jus tice Department for possible prosecution for perjury. McClellan said somebody un questionably committed perjury j in testimony before his commit- tee. He asked the Justice Depart ment to sift the conflicting evi dence to learn who failed to tell the truth. Malloy, McHugh and Durkin swore they had nothing to do with labor violence in Scranton. They said they were against such tactics. 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