Tortured 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
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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
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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. '
However, a former Teamster
muscle man, Paul Bradshaw,
testified earlier that they order
ed out strong-arm squads against
non-union truck firms and build
ing contractors.
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