Ability To .Do More in Missile Field
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BODIES OF AIRMEN FOUND-The bodies
of five men identified as U.S. airmen from
' the World War II B-24 Liberator bomber
"Lady Be Good" have been found 440 miles
southeast of Benghazi, Libya, it was dis
closed Saturday. The plane, shown in lower
photo, was found in the Libyan desert
. where it had lain undiscovered since it
crashed during the war. All but one of the
17-Year Mystery of Bomber
Crew Solved in Libyan Desert
Tripoli, Libya - IUPD - There
may have been wisecracks at
first and. typical GI jokes
about cold beer before the
desert heat parched and si
lenced the lips of the nine
crew members of the bomber
"Lady Be Good."
It was April, 1943, and the
Liberator bomber had made
it - safely - back across the
Mediterranean from a mission
against Naples harbor. But
the whale-bodied B-24 with
the slim tapering wings was
lost and unable to find the
home base of Benghasi.
Then their misgivings set
tled into a fear that knotted
the stomachs of the nine men.
Fuel was running low and be
low there was only the -endless
reaches of the sun-baked
treachery known as the Saha
ra desert.
Details Pieced Together
The crew calmly - waited
the order to bail out, knowing
that the Air Force the Army
Air Corps then -had taught
them the rudiments of survi
val under all sorts of condi
tions. But the Sahara is a
man-eater and they must have
known that.
Details of the last days of
the men of the "Lady Be
Good" were pieced together
by Air Force experts - their
probable thoughts and last ac
tions reconstructed as they
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made their death march that
was to end 85 miles from the
downed plane.
The bodies of five of the
men were discovered last
Thursday by an American-oil
exploration worker, James
Backhaus of Burge, Wyo., af
ter 17 years of mystery. The
fate of the four other crew
members may never be
known.
Five Joined Forces
Their bomber, only slightly
damaged by impact, was
found last May in. the desert
At first there was no trace of
the nine men and no graves
were found nearby to indicate
they may have been killed in
combat or died near the
plane.
Probably, Air Force obser
Carole Tregoff May
Take Witness Stand
Los - Angeles -&TD- Carole
Tregoff. is expected to take
the witness stand today to tell
of her part in the "accidental"
slaying of the wife of her lov
er, Dr. R. Bernard Finch.
' Lawyers for the 23-year-old
redhead were playing it cagy
up to the lagt minute on defi
nite word whether Miss Tre
goff would testify in this trial
that started with jury selec
tion last Dec. 8.
Appearance Indicated
But the fact that Carole
came twice from her jail cell
to the court-house over the
three-day week end layoff for
long conferences with her
lawyers indicated strongly
she was being briefed for her
appearance.
The law states that a defen
dant's decision not to testify
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missing crew are shown in the photo at top.
Left to right, they, are 1st Lt. William J.
Hatton, pilot; 2nd Lt. Robert F. Toner; 2nd
Lt. D. P. Hays, 2nd Lt. John S. Woravka,
TSgt. Harold S. Ripslinger, TSgt. Robert
E. Lamotte, SSgt. Guy E. Shelley, Sgt.
Robert Moore, and Sgt. R. Adams.
(UPI Telephoto)
vers believe, the crew bailed
out into the desert minutes
before the "Lady Be Good"
thudded into the sand. ,-At
least five of the crew joined
forces, pooled their food and
water and set out on an im
possible trek to salvation.
The end came after a he
roic trek of 85 miles. Five
men remained together till
the end. The other four, may
have died first and been bur
ied somewhere under the des
ert "sand.
Last Friday, Col. William
Woods of Oakland, Calif.,
chaplain at the U.S. Wheelus
Air Force base near Tripoli,
said a prayer over the bodies
of the men from the "Lady Be
Good." Their 17-year mystery
was at an end.
should not be taken as any
evidence of guilt. That may be
the theory but the jury is
bound to wonder at silence by
Carole after the seven -day
narrative told by the 42-year-old
doctor.
Finch's testimony on the
actual killing of Mrs. Barbara
Jean Finch on July 18 impli
cated Carole only to the ex
tent that she carried an at
tache case up the driveway, to
the West Covina, Calif., home.
Involved in Second
There are two counts in the
indictment against Finch and
Miss Tregoff 7- murder and
conspiracy to murder.
The girl is far more in
volved in the second since
Finch testified that it was she
who made the initial contact
and paid $1,350 to ex-convict
John Patrick Cody to trail
Mrs. Finch.
The doctor said it was to
get divorce evidence; Cody
said it was to commit a mur
der he had no intention of
carrying out.
Morse To Enter
Maryland Primary
Washington (CPD S e n.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) says he
will enter the Maryland pres
idential primary because he
doesn't think Sen. JohnF.
Kennedy (D-Mass.) should get
the state's delegates "on a sil
ver platter." :
Morse, who has a farm in
Maryland, said Sunday he
would be ""an adopted favor
ite son" in his quest for the
state's 24 votes at the Demo
cratic convention in Los An
geles next July;
Kennedy is the only an
nounced candidate in the May
17 Maryland contest
Dispute Rages
Over Adequacy
Of Defense Plans
' (Continued from page 1)
Nowhere was there any
question about this country's
ability to .do more m the
space-missile field. -
The question raging in
Washington and being debat
ed across the country is
whether what is being done
now is adequate in view of
Russian progress. ,
Election year political con
troversy and new .Russian
rocket triumphs have com
bined to raise a huge question
mark over .the adequacy of
all U.S. defense plans.
Mortal Peril Seen - -
Democrats vociferously
picture - the nation -as facing
a period of mortal peril in
the years immediately ahead.
They and other critics foresee
a "eaD" between U.S. and
Soviet missile strength that
could threaten American sur
vival.
Republicans just as aggres
sively picture the United
States "second to none" in
military power. Whether
there is a "missile gap" or
not. the Eisenhower adminis
tration says, there will be no
gap in this country's varied
and versatile overall power
to deter Russian attack.
New Evaluation Method
The debate got under way
in mid-January when Pres
ident Eisenhower sent Con
gress his new $41 billion de
fense spending budget for fis
cal 1961. This represents an
increase, of $50 million over
this vear's fieure. The argu
ment could be made that, be
cause of rising weapons, per
sonnel and maintenance costs,
it will buv somewhat less de
fense than this year's budget.
The new budget was 101-
lowed by administration dis
finsur of new intelligence
estimates revising downward
the numbers of ballistic mis
siles Russia is expected to
have in the next three years.
Defense Secretary Thomas
Oat.es Jr. testified the es
timates were based on "more
refined and better evaluated"
data on Russian missile pro
gress than was available last
year. '
Democrats, led by Sen.
Stuart Symington (D-Mo.), an
unavowed candidate for the
presidential nomination, ac
cused , the administration of
"juggling" the intelligence
books.
Ahead in Striking Power
The great defense debate
in Congress already has de
veloped these conclusions:
- Rebublicans and Demo
crat s aeree that, right now,
the United States is ahead of
Russia in strategic striking
power and can deter Russia
from global war.
Roth sides aeree itussia
will have more intercontin
ental hallistic missiles than
this country over the next
three years. Republicans con
tend it will be a "moderate"
superiority. The . Democrats
contend it will be far worse
than pictured by the adminis
tration.
Varistv of Forces
Republicans . contend me
"missile eaD" will not create
any "deterrent gap" because
America has a great variety
of other strategic forces in
beine and soon to enter serv
ice. These include Strategic
Air Command bombers, Po
laris-missile submarines and
Navy carrier-based attack
Dlanes.
Rather than increasing
production of current ballis
tic missiles beyond already-
olanned numbers, the aamin-
istration is taking the calcu
lated risk that it will get over
the missile gap period secure
ly and will bring in the aa
vanced. rapid-firing Minute
man ballistic in large nunv
bers starting in 1963.
Next: Should there be a
"crash" program for military
space vehicles?
Complete Atomic
Test Ban Proposed
Chicago - (UPD - The United
States was urged by the Fed
eration of American. Scien:
tists Sunday night to press for
a complete ban on atomic
weapons testing. - ;
Dr. David R. Inglis, chair
man of the 2,000-member or
ganization of nuclear physi
cists and engineers and a
physicist at Argonne National
laboratory at Lemont, I1L,
said that such a ban was ur
gently needed ' because- of
France's entry Saturday into
the "nuclear club." -
Inglis said the spread of nu
clear weapons to many other
countries could be stopped if
Russia, Britain and America
agree on a complete test ban
at the current Geneva talks.
MEDF0RD
Rogue Valley Edition
Blue Chip Issues
Favor Downside
-New York (UPD - Stocks
moved irregularly today. .
Blue chip industrials fa
vored the downside while
other issues registered some
good gains in response to in
dividual developments. . v
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DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (CPD - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 617.58, off
4.65; 20 railroads 150.25. off
0.95: 15 utilities 85.34, off
0.13, and ,65 slocks 204.92,
off 1.25 Sales today were
about 2,780,000 shares com-'
pared with 2.230,000 shares
Friday.
Today's prices on selected stocks:
Allied Chemical 49
Alum Co. Am. ". 93 V2
American Can 40;!8
American Motors - 73 ?
AT&T 84
Anaconda Copper
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Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air
Caterpillar Corp.
Chrysler corp.
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Mystery Submarine
Believed Escaped
Puerto Madryn, Argentina-(DPD-
High naval sources said
today they feared a mysteri
ous foreign submarine believ
ed trapped in the Golfo Nuevo
for two weeks now has es
caped because it has been un
detected for 24 hours.
The pessimism was express
ed even as another all-out sea
and air attack was in prepa
ration against the mysterious
interloper and a second sub
marine reported in the gulf
waters 650 miles southwest of
Buenos Aires.
Mysterious Radio Heard
Another confusing element
was injected into the situation
today when the newspaper
Jornada reported that a mys
terious radio station had been
heard transmitting in code in
Rehearsals for
Kapers Start
Rehearsals for the annual
Medford Kiwanis "Kapers, a
variety show full of songs,
dances, skits and gags, are
now in full swing.
The production, "Around
the Town," will be presented
on Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights, Feb.
24 through "27, at the Medford
High school auditorium.
Rehearsals for the various
scenes will be conducted af
ternoons and evenings through
this week. Put together prac
tices will be conducted next
Sunday and Monday and dress
rehearsal is set for Tuesday,
Feb. 23.
First act of the show con
cerns a trip to Washington,
D. C, which a Tenessee cou
ple won as prize in a quiz
show. Second act will be a
minstrel presentation with
South American - type back
ground and scenery. "Around
the Town" includes original
music and fast-moving "family-type"
humor.
Dance chorus groups for the
Cherry Blossom, Hip Parade,
Bali Bali and Night Club
scenes are having afternoon
rehearsals each day this week
under supervision of Carl
Hawley, professional director
for John B. Rogers company.
White Collar Girls, Meet
the President and Bend the
Bank scenes and Bali Bali
men drill Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evenings and
other groups this evening and
Wednesday and Friday nights.
Proceeds from the show are
largely earmarked for the Ki-wanis-sponsored
county - wide
dental clinic.
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Idaho Power - 46
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Katy :. . 3
Kennecott Copper 87 '2
Lockheed Aircraft 27
Montana Power 23 V4
Montgomery Ward 487,
Nafl Biscuit 53
New York Central 27,i
Pac Gas & Elec 62
Penney. J. C 115 'i
Penn RH 15
Radio Corporation . 62
Richfield Oil (xd) 75
Safeway -1 37 ',4
Sears 44
Shell Oil 36
Socony Mobil Oil 39
Southern Co . 41
Southern Pacific 21
Standard Indiana .. 43
Standard NJ. 45
Texas Co :. 754
Trans World Air 16
Tri-Continental 36
Union Carbide .;..133
United Aircraft 37
United Air Lines 30
U. S. Rubber 58
U. S. Steel 85
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the Gulfo Nuevo region in rer
cent months.
. The navy cancelled officers'
leaves in southern Argentina
as the hunt was stepped up
for the elusive sub, or subs,
which already have been the
object of depth-bombing at
tacks. Newsmen watching the
scene from the shoreline of
the last presumed site of the
submarine said the area was
littered with dead fish and
penguins.
Two Argentine warships
were reported to have . fired
on - but not hit - one of the
two subs when it surfaced 10
miles west of here Sunday
night. The U-boat is believed
to have been damaged in a
previous attack.
Unofficial reports published
in Buenos Aires Sunday said
the navy has recovered the
body of a frogman, apparent
ly killed by a depth charge
from the waters of the gulf.
Observers speculated that he
might have been trying to re
pair damage to the submarine
when he was killed.
Pre-Legislative
Conference Held
Fifty youth from Medford,
Ashland, and Klamath Falls
gathered - Saturday in the
Ashland High school for the
Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation's youth and govern
ment pre - legislative confer
ence. Southern Oregon is the
state's district 3 in the state
wide program.
During the day the youth
elected officers to represent
them in Salem on April 1 and
2 in the State YMCA Youth
and Government. Elected
chaplain of the senate was
Pat Bigham, Medford. Donna
Mills, Ashland, was elected
clerk of the senate. The group
also elected two legislative
committee chairmen, Bob
Baker, Medford, and Pat An
derson, Klamath Falls.
The youth met at 9:30 a.m.
to hear the Rev. B. J. Holland
of the First Presbyterian
church speak on "You and
America's. Destiny.'.' -Harry
Skerry, district chairman of
the program, discussed what
to expect in Salem.
After lunch they assembled
to hear Robert Duncan, speak
er of the house of representa
tives, talk on house, senate
and committee procedures.
Later in the afternoon the
group discussed the bills they
will take to the Salem confer
ence. PEDAL PUSHERS
Senate Officially
Begins Feud Over
Civil Rights
Washington - (UPD - The Sen
ate officially-begins its election-year
civil rights feud to
day. No civil rights is on the Sen
ate calendar for today, but un
der an agreement reached last
year, Democratic Leader Lyn
don B. Johnson (Tex.) might
call up a minor House-approved
measure as a vehicle to
which civil rights legislation
could be attached.
First, however, the cham
ber was scheduled to consider
a tobacco bill and a House
Senate compromise measure
to boost federal spending to
prevent water pollution.
Lines Formed
Battle lines for the civil
rights skirmish were formed
over the week end. Southern
ers served notice they would
fight the proposals at every
turn and northerners stepped
up their drive for new legisla
tion. The senate was expected to
pass the water pollution .bill
but it appeared certain to be
vetoed by President Eisen
hower. The measure would
provide for a $400 million in
crease to $900 million in fed
eral contributions for a long-
range aid to localities for
building disposal plants.
Wants Program Scrapped
Eisenhower's budget called
for only $20 million in fiscal
1961 and none the following j
year. He has been trying,
without success, for the past
several years to scrap the pro
gram.
Other congressional news:
Defense: The Senate Mili- j
tary Appropriations subcom
mittee called Air Force Sec
retary Dudley C. Sharp and
flen Thnmac Tl WViitn Air
rorte ciuei ui Man. soui
faced likely questioning on
comparative U.S.-Russian mis
sile strength and dispersal of
B-47 bombers to frustrate any
enemy attack. The House
Space Committee summoned
Navy brass for a missile quiz.
Boy Travels Long
Route to School
Sacramento, Calif.-(UPD-Otis
Johnson, 13, is a Tulsa, Okla.,
boys who wants to attend a
military' prep school at West
Point, N.Y.
Three days ago his mother,
Mrs. Matt Johnson, kissed her
son goodbye in Tulsa, put him
on a bus. for West Point and
wished him well.
The next thing poor Otisi
knew, he was in Sacramento,
Calif., at the Greyhound pus j
terminal where police found
him wandering around, with a j
rather perplexed, expression
on his boyish face.
It seems that the ticket
agent in Tulsa sold hin. the
wrong ticket. Otis was head
ed for West Point, Calif., in
stead of West Point, N.Y.,
when he hopped off here.
An aunt from Richmond, I
Calif., picked him up Sunday
and promised to put him on
the right bus.
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phrey (D"-Minn.), claimed to- j
day that 88 per cent of the of
ficers of the United Packing
house Workers Union support
Humphrey s presidential bid.
The most publicized dis
eases in the U. S. are tubercu
losis, polio, cancer and heart
trouble.
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