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Spears
Soviiefi docket Test
Washington-fUPD-The super
rocket Russia fired into the
Pacific might have been the
prototype, of a war . missile
able to carry the nuclear
equivalent of five million
tons of TNT. -
Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev claimed long ago
to have such a weapon that
could be fired approximately
the distance traveled in
Wedesday's Pacific shoot.
Fraction of Power
A five megaton Russian
war-head would pack two or
three times the destructive
force - of America's battle
ready Atlas intercontinental
missile. But the Soviet war
head still would have only a
fraction of the bomb . and
guided missile power carried
by a U.S. B-52 jet bomber.
The enormous payload ca
pacity of the Russian missile
could be developed to carry
a smaller warhead plus a
group of decoys to confuse
defense radar.
Splashes Into Target Area
In their first Pacific test,
Soviet scientists fired their
rocket 7,766 - miles. They
claimed their radar, optical
and acoustical apparatus
showed the dummy nosecone
splashed into the target area
less than 1.2 miles from the
aiming point.
The U.S. Defense Depart
ment said in a terse statement
that the rocket apparently
came down in the 20-by-175
mile target area Moscow
staked out Jan. 8. Defense
Secretary Thomas S. Gates
said the shot was "good" if
the rocket landed within 1.2
miles of its goal.
President Eisenhower told
Congress in his State of the
Union Message that the last
15 Atlas missiles tested land
ed within two miles of their
targets more than 5,000 miles
from the launching pads.
Valuable Data Yielded
Moscow insisted the multi
stage rocket was fired in a
program to produce boosters
for heavy satellites and inter
planatary space voyages.
Whether it was a space or a
weapon project, the rocket
yielded valuable data to the
Russians on guidance accu
racy and atmosphere re-entry.
Ms,
This data would be equally
useful for warfare or scienti
fic space -exploration. Except
for the ill-fated American
Vanguard, all artificial satel
lites have been launched with
military boosters.
: For' the most part Washing
ton was taking the Soviet
feat calmly. Officials insisted
there was no need to consider
any change in U.S." military
planning:
One author of that ' view
was Gates, who called the
Russian shot a "normal inter
continental missile test" and
said it was "not particularly"
surprising.
But a powerful contrary
view came from Speaker Sam
Rayburn (D-Tex.) who nor
mally does not comment on
the annual administration-
Congress debate on U.S. de
fenses. Rayburn said the ad
ministration was "just too
complacent."
Kennedy Pledged
To Two Races
Omaha, Neb. - (UPD - Sen
John F. Kennedy, challenging
all comers, was pledged today
to a neck-and-neck presiden
tial primary race in Wisconsin
and a midwest popularity test
in Nebraska.
The Massachusetts Demo
crat entered himself on both
primary ballots Thursday and
admitted that the Wisconsin
race, in Sen. Hubert Hum
phreys "back yard," could
end his chances for the nom
ination. Humphrey (D-Minn.), who
previously had challenged
Kennedy to debates in Wis
consin, welcomed the battle
in a statement from Wash
ington. It could be a race to
keep his nomination chances
alive, too.
Should Kennedy garner
support of 30 of Wisconsin's
31 delegates to the Demo
cratic National Convention in
Los Angeles, it would be a
blow to Humphrey's "home
country" pride, as well as an
indication of Midwest lean
ing. Ivgrsi
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Plymouth
cellared!
MedfordTribune
Regional Edition Page 2
Airplane Crashes
Fail to Dampen
Public Enthusiasm
By United Press International
Passengers jammed airline
ticket counters across the
country today despite reports
of plane crashes which killed
145 persons in four days.
Airline spokesmen said tick
et sales were as high or high
er than .before.
A majority of the airlines
questioned said not even the
usual seasonal drop in sales
at this time of year seems to
be affecting business.
Cancellations Reported
But Pan American .Airlines
in Hartford, Conn., said reser:
vation cancellations had pick
ed up and that three couples
who were to fly to Jamaica
Thursday cancelled out.
The couples said they had
friends aboard the Avianca
airliner that crashed at Mon-
tego Bay, Jamaica, early
Thursday, killing 37 persons.
A travel agency in Hart
ford said that "cruise busi
ness has picked up tremen
dously in the past few days.
We've had a half dozen calls
cancelling flights and chang
ing to cruises."
But that was the only com
pletely negative report.
In San Francisco, spokes
men for Trans World Air
lines, Pan American, Ameri
can, and United Air Lines all
said the backbone of air
transportation is the business
man, traditionally a calculator
of odds. He believes the odds
are high against cracking up.
At Kansas City, where a
TWA plane circled the city
Thursday for an emergency
landing,- airline, bus and rail
ticket sales were considered
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'(Good'
normal and not affected by re
cent crashes.
"Crashes don't have the ef
fect on people as they used
to have," said Jic Ricketts,
assistant reservation manager
for Continental Air Lines.
"People apparently have be
come accustomed to them,
like auto accidents."
Smallpox Flare
Noted in Russia
Moscow -(UPDr A blitzkrieg
against a smallpox outbreak
was under way today and ar
riving tourists were being
asked at transportation ter
minals to receive vaccina
tions. Although foreigners were
only invited to have vaccina
tions, they are compulsory for
all traveling Russians coming
into the U.S.S.R.
The Kremlin reported that
nine Soviet citizens are suffer
ing from smallpox and that
one other has died from the
disease,
American and British tour
ists can visit doctors at their
embassies. Dr. D. C. Martin
at the U.S. Embassy said 120
Americans have been vacci
nated within the past two
days.
In response to an inquiry,
the Russian government as
sured the World Health Or
ganization in Geneva that
"all necessary steps" are being
taken to vaccinate everyone
who might have had contact
with the disease.
Valiant
KNEW HUSBAND ALIVE "I have been awake two weeks,
you can't live with something like this," Mrs. Robert W.
Spears said as she admitted she has known her husband is
alive since Jan. 7. Dr. Spears, who was taken into custody by
the FBI Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., had been presumed
killed in an air crash Nov. 16. -(UPI Telephoto)
Stock List
Strong Support
New York -(UPD- The stock
market met strong support
during the first hour today.
Gains jumped from frac
tions at the opening to more
than a point in some of the
top grade issues, stocks used
to compile the averages. Of
these DuPont, Westinghouse
and . International Nickel all
showed gains running to 1 or
more.
Steels were strong with
Youngstown and Republic up
more than a point each and
Bethlehem and U.S. Steel up
a half or more.
r3
Finds
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (I'PD - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 645.43, up
1.74; 20 railroads 155.44, up
0.31; 15 utilities 85.72, off
0.40, and 65 stocks 212.12.
up 0.26. Sales Thursday
were about 2,700,000 shares
compared with 2,720,000
shares Wednesday.
Thursday's prices on selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical 108 V4
Alum Co. Am 983,
American Can 42
American Motors 85 sb
AT&T 82
Anaconda Copper 65 3t
Armco steel 69
Bendix Aviation 69',
Bethlehem Steel 513,i
Boeing Air 30 y2
Caterpillar Corp 303,i
Chrysler corp 633,'s
Continental Can 43' a
Crown Zellerbach 49
Curtiss wrignt 28'
Dow Chemical 93 Ti
Du Pont 246
Eastman Kodak 101
Firestone 132
General Electric 90
General Foods 101
General Motors 50'
Georgia Pacific 47 V
Graham Paige 3
Greyhound 20',
Gulf Oil 33 'A
Homestalte Mining 41
idano 47-ii
I. B. M 420
Int. Paper 122 74
Johns Manville 46 Vi
Katy 6
Kennecott Copper ' 94 Vi
Lockheed Aircraft 29
Montana Power Co. 22
Montgomery ward 49
Natl Biscuit 54
wew York central 29 v.
Pac. Gas Sc Elee. 61
Penney, J. j. 120
Penn KR 16
Radio Corporation 62
Kicniieia uu 77 Vi
Safeway 36
Sears 477s
Shell Oil 40 .'
Socony Mobil Oil 39
Southern Co i.. 40
Southern Pacific 22
Standard California 47
Standard Indiana 40
Standard N. J 47 V
Sun Mines 6
Texas Co. 77
Texas Gulf Sulfur 18
Tex Pac Land Trust 17'2
Transamerica .... 2674
Trans World Air 16
Tri-Continental 37
Union Carbide 144 ,i
Union Pacific 29
United Aircraft 38
United Air Lines 31
U. S. Rubber. -. 57
U. S. Steel 93 '
Youngstown S & T 124
Weather
FORECASTS
Medford. and vicinity: Variable
cloudiness through Saturday.
Chance of a few light showers near
mountains. Little temperature
change. Low tonight 35. High Sat
urday 52.
Western Oregon: Occasional rain
and periods of partial clearing to
night and Saturday. A little freez
ing rain at times near Columbia
gorge. Slightly warmer in north
interior. Low tonight 35-45 except
30 in vicinity of Columbia gorge.
High Saturday 35-45 in north and
48-58 in south.
Northern California: Scattered
showers in extreme northern por
tion tonight and Saturday. Snow
in mountains. Slightly cooler.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yester
day 53; above normal 15.
Record high this date 68 in 1919.
Record low this date 14 in 1922.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to
midnight, none. Midnight to 10
a.m., none.
Total this month 2.07 inches, .36
inches above normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 4.40 inchei,
5.67 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest vesterday
28, highest this a.m. 81.
High 4:00 24-
City Tester- a,.m. nr.
day Low Free.
Brookings - 59 49 .26
Crater Lake 30 23 '
Grants Pass 63 37
Klamath Falls 43 34 T
MEDFORD 59 42
Portland 40 31 T
Seattle . 46 36 .
Spokane 23 19
Yakima 31 6
Eureka 61 52 .30
Red Bluff 47 45
Sacramento -. 51 47
San Francisco 55 ' 52 .19
Los Angeles 66 58 - T
Phoenix 63 39
Denver 24 6
Chicago 18 - 10
Miami Beach 60 38
New York 32 26
Washington, D. C. 32 20
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
(Through Jan. !7):
Western Oregon - Western Wash
ington Temperatures averaging
near normal. Precipitation mode
rate with showery periods through
Wednesday. Highs generally in 40s
and.- lows 32-42. Total precipita
tion up to an inch in interior val
leys and one to two inches on
coast.
Wife Directly
Links Husband
With Mystery
Phoenix, Ariz. -(UPD FBI
agents today sought a confes
sion from, ex-convict Robert
V. Spears for the sabotaging
of an airliner that crashed in
the Gulf of Mexico killing all
42 persons on board.
Spears is suspected of hav
ing tricked an old friend, Wil
liam Allen Taylor, 58, of
Tampa, Fla., into taking his
place on the ill-fated plane
to collect $100,000 in flight
insurance for his wife and
two young children.
The pudgy 64-year-old be
spectacled Spears failed to
crack after nine hours of in
tensive questioning by FBI
agents Thursday and Thurs
day night.
Spears' young wife, Fran
ces, 36, directly linked her
husband to the mysterious
Nov. 16 crash today when she
disclosed she had met with
him twice in a Dallas hotel.
Once on Jan. 7 and again on
Jan. 11. Both times she
begged him "to give himself
up."
She maintained earlier she
believed her husband was
dead. i
"I don't want to hamper in
any way the FBI investiga
tion," she said. "If my hus
band is innocent, I want him
proved innocent. If he's guil
ty, let the chips fall where
they may."
She quoted her husband as
saying he "was sorry it had to
be him (Taylor)."
Authorities believe the
damaging disclosures made by
Mrs. Spears and the finding of
a case of dynamite at his hide
out and dynamite caps in his
luggage may induce Spears
to confess.
Spears has a criminal rec
ord dating back to 1917 and
currently is under indictment
in Los Angeles on an abortion
charge. He has served time in
several prisons on charges
ranging from fraud to armed
robbery.
"I asked him if he had done
anything to the plane," Mrs.
Spears said. "He assured me
he had done nothing.
Mrs. Spears said her hus
band told her that Taylor was
on the flight using Spear's
reservation because he was
running away from his wife.
Taylor's divorced wife, Al
ice, was reduced to tears
when she learned Spears had
admitted to his wife that Tay
lor was on the plane.
"I was hoping, against tre
mendous odds," she said, "but
I just knew he was aboard."
Mrs. Taylor said she
pleaded with Taylor to stay
away from Spears, whom she
described as a "loathsome
character," and beseeched
him to attend church before
he left on what he told her
was a trip to Atlanta.
"He was so silent that last
day. That wasn't like him. I
knew somthing was wrong."
Mrs. Taylor earlier said
she believed Spears hypno
tized her husband to get him
to board the plane.
UN Chapter to
Meet Monday Night
Two films will be shown
at the January meeting of
Medford chapter, Oregon
United Nations association,
Monday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m.
at St. Mark's Guild hall.
The films will be "Does
Disarmament Make Sense"
and "A Permanent UN Po
lice Force." The first will be
narrated by Raymond Massey
and the second by Henry
Fonda, both well-k n o w n
American actors. The films
are two of a series of eight
made by the Pierce Butler
Jr., Foundation for Education
in World Law.
Election of officers is also
on the agenda. Anyone inter
ested is invited to attend.
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