8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, August 5, 1958
Cheap Underground
Missile Bases To
Be Widely Scattered
Los Angeles ftPD Plans to
scatter vast number of cheap,
underground push-button mis
sile bases in sparsely-populatr
ed areas of the nation were
described Monday by inform
ed sources close s to one of
the Air Force's newest missile
projects.
Less than half a dozen men,
sitting far underground in an
atomic-proof control room
ringed by missiles five to 10
miles away will be required
to man a dozen or more 6,000-
mile range weapons all aimed
at Communist territory.
"The plan involves 'hard
ening and dispersal, " it was
reported. "The missiles will
be located in holes two to
three miles apart. The holes
will be 'hardened' so that even
an atomic bomb cannot knock
out more than one of the
missiles at a time. Some of
the holes will have dummies."
Retaliation Capability
The plan is based on retali-
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ation capability which is
termed "practically instanta
neous." It was evolved for the
Air Force s second genera
tion" . missiles, the first of
which is the Minuteman
ICBM for which research and
development contracts for
major components recently
were let.
lne Minuteman weapon
system is not just a missile,
but a concept," it was explain
ed. "It may eventually in
volve newer missiles, but the
plan itself is a long-range concept."
Compared to the Air Force's
first-generation Atlas ICBM,
which weight 200,000 to 300,-
000 pounds, the Minuteman
will weigh less than a third
of that, cost only one-quarter
to one-third as much and re
quire only one-twentieth to
one-tenth the personnel to
support and maintain it. The
missile is designed to enable
simple, "tinker toy" mainte
nance in the field.
Solid Fuel
"The Air Force wanted a
cheap missile that didn't re
quire all those people in the
field," it was explained. "It
wanted to be able to put the
missile in the field for a year
without touching it."
This was made possible
largely by advances enabling
Minuteman to be designed as
a solid-propellant, while At
las, Thor and Titan use liquid
propellants.
Solid fuels under develop-
Tells Secrets Learned
From Dog's Journey Into Space
Moscow (CPE Russia today
revealed secrets it learned
from the dog Laika, first liv
ing thing to leave our planet
as a passenger in Sputnik II.
But scientist Vladimir Yaz-
dovsky cautioned a fascinat
ed audience at the Interna
tional Geophysical Assembly
that there still are many com
plex questions to be resolved
before the first man can safe
ly reach the moon or stars or
even leave our atmosphere.
One of these questions is
how deadly are the cosmic
rays which some scientists say
can cause cancer. Yazdovsky
did not mention these in his
otherwise exhaustive report
and, although other scientists
were curious, none of them at
this well-mannered congress is
probing subjects which East
or West is obviously reluctant
to discuss.
Some Made Three Trips
Yazdovsky detailed the his
tory of Russia's experiments
with dogs in ordinary rocket
ment will allow a faster reac
tion time, meaning faster re
taliation capability, than cur
rent liquid fuels, it was re
ported.
Liquid-fuel missiles now re
quire a complicated pumping
system, meaning a lot of extra
weight. They also need a
greater number of specialists
for full storage and handling
and still more specialists "just
to check out all those values
The entire job of fueling and
firing is a more time-consum
ing task.
The solid-fuel missile will
have its fuel fuilt into it and
can remain in the field ready
for firing for a long time.
flights from which they para
chuted safely afterwards.
Some dogs made as many as
three trips hundreds of miles
into the skies.
Ten animals were selected
for final laboratory training,"
Yazdovsky said, "and from
these we chose Laika, a fe
male two years old and weigh
ing six kilograms (12
pounds)."
On her historic day, Laika
was so placed, tnat as tne
mighty three stage rocket
which propelled Sputnik II
into orbit at a fantastic speed
and with deafening noise from
its motors, the dog took the
takeoff impact mainly on her
chest and back. Her heart heat
tripled and her rate of breath
ing was three or four times
normal, but as Sputnik
reached its orbit these tended
to return to normal
Normal in Orbit
Yazdovsky said Laika took
the takeoff and orbiting
quite wall." Then began
seven days in a state of
weightlessness which had
been one of the questions in
triguing scientists. No human
had ever experienced more
than a few minutes in this
state of freedom from gravity.
Again her heart beat rate
and respiration decreased to-
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TRIGGERED BY TELEPHONE
Phone lines are nerves of national de
fense. They link its eyes, brain and
muscle. They take reports from dis
tant radar outposts funnel data to
Air Defense control centers and
in seconds flash orders to defense
weapons likeF-104A Starfighters,
above. And we're expanding this tele
phone nerve system so it will react
even faster in the missile age. Phone '
men from the Pacific West also helped
build the Arctic Distant Early Warn
ing line. They helped put in a fast
acting Civil Defense warning chain.
They helped tie together the great
bases of the Strategic Air Command
with its world-wide communications
system. In these in many other ways
we're working to keep the nation
always ready to defend.
Working together
to serve you better . .
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wards normal but much slow
er than laboratory experi
ments had led the scientists to
expect, probably due to new
factors imposed by the weightlessness.
Yazdovsky- said electrocar
diocrams telemetered back to
earth showed no permanent
lesions nor did any other in
formation indicate permanent
ill effects to the central ner
vous system.
Although Sputnik II passed
through a meteor shower the
dog's cabin was not punctured.
Talent, Antelope 4-H
Members Tops at Fair
Vale Youth Killed
In Truck Accident
Council, Idaho (UPD Dar
cy Conroy Gillispie, 20, Vale,
Ore., was killed early today
on Highway 95 five miles
south of here.
Adams County Sheriff
Frank Yantis said Gillispie
was driving a truck-semi trail
er which apparently came off
a hill at excessive speed and
was unable to negotiate a
curve. The youth died at the
scene of the accident at 5:20
a.m., about 20 minutes after
the mishap.
Four Russian Bears
Arrive at Portland;
Keeper Has Trouble
Portland (UPD Portland
zoo director Jack Marks came
home Monday with four Rus
sian brown bears and a de
scriptive analysis of the Eur
opean zoo scene.
When he arrived at Port
land International airport
from his trip to .Brussels
World's Fair where he swap
ped four Oregon beavers for
the bears, he told of the trials
and tribulations of a nurse
maid to wild animals. .
Marks said he met a few
difficulties en route to and
from the Fair. One of the
beavers became ill on the
way over and had to be treat
ed with wonder drugs, but he
Reservation Fire
Under Control
Pendleton (UPD Fire swept
over some louu acres of
rangeland, brush and timber
on the Umatilla Indian Reser
vation east of Pendleton be
fore being controlled early
Monday night.
Jay Hughes, staff officer
for the Umatilla national for
est, said the blaze started
about 10:45 a.m. Monday near
the mouth of Squaw creek.
Approximately 80 men from
two lumber companies, state
forestry department, U.S. for
est service, and the Indian
service personnel battled the
blaze.
Louis Breuinger, superin
tendent of the Umatilla In
dian agency, said five bull
dozers also were on the fire
lines. In addition, a convert
ed B-25 medium bomber,
based at La Grande, "bomb
ed" the fire with two tank
loads of sodium borate in an
attempt to quell the blaze.
The area burned over lies
between Squaw creek, about
23 miles east of Pendleton.
Firefighting efforts were
hampered by steep hillsides
and dry grass that carried the
flames rapidly. A brisk wind
fanned the flames early in
the day, Hughes said.
16-Year-Old Boy
Arrested by Police
State police apprehended a
16-year-old Medford youth
yesterday afternoon and
placed him in the juvenile
home in connection with
charges of auto theft.
Police said the youth took
a car parked near the inter
section of Coker Butte and
Payne rds. earlier in the aft
ernoon, and rolled it over on
the road about a mile below
the Gold Ray dam.
Mrs. Philip Bright, 1797
Minear rd., Medford, called
police about 4:30 pjn. to re
port the theft of her son's car.
The younger Bright is em
ployed by the Medford Irri
gation district and at the
time his vehicle was stolen it
contained surveying equip
ment valued at about $1,200.
The equipment was recov
ered, police said.
At 5:24 p.m. police were
notified of the wreck below
the dam. Investigating of
ficers picked up two youths
who were walking down the
road away from the damaged
car. One of the youths admit
ted to police that he took the
vehicle. The other youth ap
parently was unaware that
the car was stolen and was
not held, according to police.
was in tine fettle oetore
reaching Brussels.
Irish Ban Beavers
At Shannon airport in Ire
land, he ran. into some immi
gration trouble. "Because
Ireland is primarily an agri
cultural country," Marks ex
plained, "there is an absolute
ban against any rodents ,
and beavers are rodents."
Officials there refused to
let Marks exercise the flat
tailed good-will ambassadors
and told him he "might not
even be able to put them on
the other plane
Finally, Marks said, the ag
ricultural inspector arrived
and examined the cargo. He
told Marks, after looking
over the beavers, that he had
to go into the office. "While
he did so," Marks said, we
shifted them to the other
plane. He was a very nice
chap."
At Brussels, the Russians
pulled a quick change of plans
and refused to trade the ani
mals in a ceremony. But the
swap worked but and Marks
went on to Copenhagen.
There he saw a Panda bear
from Red China. Moving on
to the Antwerp zoo, he visited
an aviary where the birds are
controlled with light instead
of with glass or fiber in their
cages. Marks described the
cage as "like a jewel."
He visited the Hamburg
zoo and the Russian circus at
Brussels, where a hippopata
mus performed tricks with a
ring. "
On the return trip, immi
gration affairs apparently
were less hectic. One trying
part of the voyage home, he
said, was the 12-hour delay
at Los Angeles airport be
cause of engine trouble. He
said he had to continually
douse the bears with cold wa
ter to help them stand the
heat.
At San Francisco, he fear
ed the bruins might catch cold
because of the climatic change
but they arrived frisky and
healthy.
When asked if he had plans
for more international . trad
ing, he said, "we have to have
a place for animals before we
can do anytnmg aennite '
about the trades.
"Too, we have to be sure
we have what they want in
exchange," Marks said.
Kathy Zapell, Talent, and
Karen Jossy, Antelope, were
the outstanding competitors at
the Phoenix Pre-fair Saturday.
Miss Zapell recorded firsts in
both sheep and dairy show
manship while Miss Jossy
picked up a first in dairy1
showmanship and second in
the livestock judging contest.
In' addition to the show
manship and judging contests
the Phoenix Horse club gave
demonstrations on care and
grooming of a horse, correct
bridling, saddling and mount
ing, and other aspects of
horsemanship.
Results of the pre-fair were:
Sheep Showmanship Beginners:
1. Richard Bottger, Ruch; 2. Clint
Gibson. Westside; 3. Sherry Wil-
kins. Talent.
Intermediate: 1. Kathy Zapell,
Talent; 2. Judy Bagley, Talent; 3.
Marv Ann Canrtall, Ruch.
Advanced: 1. Linda Gibson, West-
side: 2. Karen Renfro, Westside; 3.
Carolyn Barnes, Westside.
Dairy snowmansnip xseginners;
Paulette Anderson. Antelope;
Ttenee Johnson. Phoenix; 3. David
Callowav. Reese Creek.
Intermediate: 1. n.aren jossy, An
telope; 2. Richard Anderson, Ante
lope; 3. uavia ainciuiinu, ivuguc
River. ,
Advanced: 1. Zane SMncKiana,
Rogue River; 2. Jo Anna Malloroy,
Antelope; 3. Jack Esp, Reese Creek,
intermediate: l. ivain iaow
Talent: 2. Kay Stephenson, Keese
Creek: 3. Ronald Anderson, Anw
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icai ciud: i. uaryi aucu, Ani
ent; 1 2. Carolyn Tiegs, laieni;
3 r,rne Holt. Phoenix.
Beef Snowmansnip Beginners.
1. Rickey Anderson, Anieiope;
Karen Jossy. Antelope; 3. Lloyd
Toner, Central Point.
son, Anteiope; z. , Jan vnuuj..,,
Creek: 3. Linda Gibson,
Westside.
a w,,.r.-rf- 1 Jn Anna Malloroy,
inisimw' Fred Jossv. Antelope;
i Tjivui 'Hammond. Central Point.
Sheep Snowmansnip juoca emu
Beginners: 1. Margaret wnmoL-K.,
Phoenix; 2. Vernon Calkins, Phe-
Tntermediate: 1. Kay DeMers.
Phoenix; 2. Fred Swingle. Phoenix;
3. Renee Johnson
Livestock Judging contest: 1.
John James, Talent; 2.Karen Jos
sy, Antelope; 3. Mary Ann Barker,
Ruch.
Beef Fitting: 1. Curtis Harris,
Phoenix; 2. Nedra Harris, Phoenix;
Chip Buffington, Phoenix.
Beef Showmanship Local club:
Chip Buffington, Phoenix; 2.
Nedra Harris. Phoenix; 3. Curtis
Harris, Phoenix.
Phoenix.
Exploding Pop Bottle
Injures Seven Persons
London (UPD Seven per
sons were injured at Epsom
Downs race track Monday
when a bottle of soda pop ex
ploded.
Two of the injured a nine-year-old
boy who suffered
throat wounds and a 34-year-
old woman were hospita
lized.
Dr. Engelson Opens Medford Practice
Dr. David P. Engleson, or
thodontist, has opened an of
fice in the Medical Center
building, Medford, he has an
nounced. Born and reared in Ben
son, Minn., Dr. Engleson re
ceived degrees at the Univer
sity of Minnesota in 1954,
1956 and 1958, during which
time he lived in St. Paul.
Dr. Engleson was associ
ated with Dr. J. N. Pike of
Minneapolis in the practice of
orthodontics from 1956-58
while completing work at the
university.
He is married and they
have three children.
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Pauling Visions
Nuclear Test Halt
Portland (UPD Dr. Linus
Pauling, a native Portlander
and a Nobel prize winning
physicist, predicted here to
day an imminent agreement
among the atomic powers of
the world to halt nuclear
tests.
He asserted that scientists
now conferring at Geneva
were close to agreement on a
detection program that would
outlaw atomic and hydrogen
tests.
Continuing his. crusade
against the hazards of atomic
fallout, Dr. Pauling said here
that contamination from tests
conducted so far threaten to
produce mental and physical
defects in hundreds of thou
sands of children still un
born. He claimed that one
and a half million more chil
dren might die of nuclear in
jury shortly after birth.
He conceded he had no
proofs of defective births at
tributable to atomic fallout
but ne said there . was
dence of such births.
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In 1845, two men flipped a coin in a tiny town !n the
wilderness Oregon Territory. Francis Pettygrove,
from Portland, Maine, won the toss, and the .
community on the banks of the Willamette
(pronounced wil-lam'-et) River became Portland.
If Amos Lovejoy had won, it
would have been Boston, and
who knows what might have happened to us then!
Twenty years later, a group in Portland, Oregon,
applied for the first national bank charter on the Pacific
Coast. They asked for the name "First National Bank
of Oregon," but for some reason the charter came
back from Washington, D. C, reading "First National
Bank of Portland." (In 1865, with Pony Express
communication, Oregonians settled for what they got
It took years to conduct a simple discussion!)
We're writing you in our sister city across the nation to let you
know tiiat we still like the name you loaned our state's largest city
and our bank. However, from now on, we will be
known as "First National Bank of Oregon,"
the name we asked for 93 years ago.
There are many good reasons for getting back
to basic principles, and using the name "of Oregon"
along with "First National Bank." For example, the
new name best describes the kind of bank service we
are giving . . . real, genuine statewide service, with
77 banking offices in Oregon communities! This
statewide service is really
practical. Wherever a customer of ours goes in Oregon
... on vacation, business trips, or visiting cousins ...
there's a convenient branch of his bank nearby, ready to
give the same excellent, helpful service he gets at home.
Hope you in Portland, Maine, like our new name
as much as we do. As we said before, the name
"Oregon" fits our statewide banking service best
We're sure you will understand.
Best regards,
OPEN LETTER TO EVERYBODY ELSE: It's really offidaL It's a point of pride
with First National Bank of Oregon, as it has been since 1865, to bring you the
best, most convenient bank service you could find anywhere in the world.
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