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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THundcr, July 28, ISS7 Rocket Launching Over Ocean To Test High Altitude Phenomena Los Angeles 1T Aeronau tics Systems, Inc., today hoped to make "space history" in Sep tember when it will launch a rocket from a balloon platform Over the PaSific Ocean in an at tempt, to establish a new altitude record "thousands of miles" above the earth. The company. Ford Motor Commpany's West Coast Subsid iary, announced Wednesday that it was preparing for the project which is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Re search. The launching will take place from the platform 20 miles above the ocean but the exact test site is "classified informa tion It will mark the first time that a rocket will head into space from a balloon platform, although last month a dummy rocket was tested from a sim ilar balloon platform. Dr. Ernest H. Krause, vice president of aeronautics, said the 4-stage solid propellant. rocket will travel at more than 17,000 miles an hour to a height never before achieved. He said the main purpose of the experiment is to investigate atmospheric and space phenomena at high altitudes. Surcharge Considered In Coos Bay Loadings Because of Gang Lack Coos Bay Wl A threat of 'penalty rates hung over this key lumber shipping port today after shipowners complained of long delays in loading ships here. ' - Shipowners said delays were tying op vessels for as long as 14 days at a time and blamed an "artificially induced shortage of longshoremen." Longshore men said an unusual heavy amount of ships here during the last few weeks was responsible and blamed a bunching of sched ules. Surcharge Considered Harry S. Brown, chairman of the Intercoastal Steamship Freight Association, New York, reported a surcharge on cargo loaded at Coos Bay was under consideration. Amount has not been determined, he said, but he added that it cost $2,000 to $3,000 per day to keep ships tied up in port. Stevedoring company officials said seven ships were being worked and one was waiting for longshore crews Wednesday. They said 24 longshore gangs were working and "double that many could be used." Gangs On Vacation Gordon Rasmussen, secretary of the International Longshore men's & Warehousemen's Union at North Bend, said the union could supply longshore gangs for one day shift only. He said three of the 25 longshore gangs were on vacation and two gangs have been called in from Ban don. Help from Newport was asked for but was busy, he said. He said the eight ships in port was double the normal number and that it was a temporary sit uation. : . -Lumber industry sources said imposing of a surcharge could mean ocean shipping of lumber to East Coast markets would drop off sharply. i The rocket designed to have an initial first stage thrust of 160,000 pounds will carry 3V4 pounds of instruments to record scientific data. The project has been labeled "Operation Far Side." Herbert I. Karsch, aeronautic project di rector, said the rocket will be fired from the balloon to free itself from the high drag of lower atmosphere. He said the balloon, largest ever launched, will lift the 1,900 pound rock it to 100,000 feet before is is fired. The initial Far Side balloon flight experiment was conducted at the General Mills flight test center near New Brighton, Minn. During the test a 3,750,000 cubic foot helium-filled balloon car ried 2,300 pounds to a height of more than 104,000 feet. This is the same type of balloon that will haul the rocket to its launching altitude. Portland Man Bogged Not Robbed, in Tar Portland HP) Police got a call Wednesday saying a man had reported he was "robbed." Patrolman C. H. Smith rushed to the scene and found Abraham Lee, 50, trying to crawl out of a sticky mess of gooey tar. Lee explained that he was walking along when he sudden ly found his feet entrenched in about four inches of tar and couldn't move. The tar came from a nearby parking lot sur face where it apparently had melted in the hot sun. Lee explained that he had not yelled "robbed" to the passing motorist who had called police. What he said was, "Help, I'm bogged." An average flock of young hens will produce ISO eggs per bird a year. Easlern States Suffer From Worsf Drought Since 1900 By UNITED PRESS One of the worst droughts to hit the eastern United States since 1900 is burning up fruit, vegetables and tobacco crops from Maine to Virginia, lower ing water reserves to below normal levels, and searing wood- PT IT Starts Relay Station at Pendleton Pendleton (111 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com pany started construction Wed nesday on a $533,000 micro wave relay system to increase long distance telephone circuits. The new system will provide 24 additional circuits between Pendleton and Portland and 12 more from Portland to Boise. The relay center will be located southwest of Pendleton. SHRINE GAME QUEEN Pendleton (IP) Karen Fowler, 6, Joseph, Ore., has been chosen queen of the annual class B Shrine football game here August 31. lands tinder dry. Unless soaking rains end the three-month dry spell that has brought 11 eastern states to the brink of disaster, losses to farm ers, florists and home gardners may reach the $50 to $75 million mark by the end of the month. Crops now being harvested are 40-80 per cent below normal and market prices are resultingly higher. No Hope for Relief The next four days may spell relief or disaster for the area, but the U.S. Weather Bureau is holding out no hope for relief. The bureau is predicting little or no rainfall for the week end and no appreciable precipitation in the foreseeable future. Rainfall has been about 60 per cent below normal in the Middle Atlantic and New Eng land States since May 1. States affected by the brought are Maine, New Hampshire, Con necticut, - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Haryland, Dela ware and Virginia, Only Ver- Man Trapped in Submerged Car for 10 Hours With 4 Inches of Breathing Space Astoria (IP) William Golden, 45, Portland taxi driver, was trapped in a submerged car for 10 hours with only four inches of breathing space. He was reported in satisfact ory condition at the Ocean Beach, Wash., hospital, recover ing from bruises and shock. Police pieced together this version of the incident: Golden, en route to Ocean Park to dig clams, took the last ferry from Astoria to Megler, Wash., Tuesday night. He fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the highway near the east end of the Fort Columbia tunnel. The car crashed over a 10-foot em bankment and came to rest up side down in the water of a man- made lake There was only four inches of air space beneath the upside down floor board. Golden was trapped in the car, and managed to stay alive only by keeping his head in such a position as to breath in that four inches of space. After a torturesome 10 hours, David Auld of Astoria and his 14-year-old son, Jimmy, noticed the protruding part of the car and quickly notified state police. ' State Patrolman Gene Bolstav sped to the scene, managed to open the car door and rescued Golden. He was rushed to the Ocean Beach hospital, where his condition was reported good to day, mont and sections of upstate New York have had sufficient rainfall. ATTENDING MEETING Ashland Dr. Phyllis V. Plichta, Southern Oregon col lege professor of education, is attending the Oreson Dlanninz committee meeting today at Portland State college In prepa ration for the national confer ence of the American Society for Curriculum development which has been scheduled for Seattle this spring. 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