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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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