SUNDAY, JULY 24. 1SB0
MEDPOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OHE.
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The Week in California
Radar Men Testify Before
Navy Board of Inquiry After
Destroyers Collide in Fog
By Unltod Press International
Itiidur moil wore called, to
tvatKy In Loiik Bunch bitforo
n niiviil court of Inquiry smk
inn to Iciirn tlio ciiiiho of u
oViitlwl 0 11 1 1 n K collision bo
Iweun two destroyers.
The fiicl-tlnellnU ufliirl of
four hltih-riinkliiK niiviil of
ficers hoard In ltd opcnliiK
session Unit verbal orders
Itlvvn shortly before the col
Union mlKht liuvo n voided tlio
tniKvdy - Imd not sereiimlnK
ihlp whistles drowned thorn
out.
Tlio collision occurred In
dcimo foK off Newport Bench,
outh of Lonu Ik-tich, klllluK
11 men u lion rd the USS Am
men. A totnl of iicven others
werv Injured on the Ainmcii,
mid tho other ship, the USS
C'ollett.
Cmdr. Albert Ford, 30.
kipper of tho Collett, said
tho (IkiiiiI ho shoulod when
he saw tho brondsldo of the
Ainmen looming directly be
fore hla veiuicl wua, "rlKht full
rudder."
"1 wuntvd to sideswipe her
If I hud to, rulher than milks
direct hit amidships," he
Orleans Firm Bids
On Klamath Timber
Yreku - A. und S. Rochiln.
Orloans. Cnlif., submitted the
only soiled bid lust week on
0,200.000 board feet of plno
mid fir timber In tho Black
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forest, located In tho Salmon
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Hochlln bid $10.65 per
thousand for 000,000 bourd
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Tho total advertised and
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testified.
Whlstlos Started
"But by that lima the ship's
whistles hud started und tho
helmsman didn't hear me,"
Ford said. "I reached throimh
tho pilot house window und
slKiialed with my hand.
"By then response wan too
late and the Collett rumnied
Into the slda of tho Amnion."
A 40-foot hole at the fire
and oiiKlno rooms was ripped
out of tlio Ammen and the
bow of tho nowly-outfltted
Collett was crumpled buck 30
feet. Both ships later wore
able to limp back to port.
Tho Collelt's speed at the
llmo of Impact was 20 knots,
about 23 miles an hour, Ford
said,
Radsrscopes Okay
The radiirscopes nhoiird the
Collett were believed to have
been operallnK perfectly, Ford
said. He pointed out, how
ever, thul since the once
proud warship had been in
the dockyards being rc-out-
flttcd, turnover of personnel
had been hlKh.
Ford said rudarmcn aboard
his ship had "fair training,"
but he ruled them "poor" on
communications with other
ships.
The court of Inquiry has no
disciplinary powers. Its solo
purpose is to determine facts
about tho collision.
Elsewhere, there were these
developments:
FIRES: Gov. Edmund C.
Brown declared fire-ravaged
Los Angeles county a disas
ter area as giant fires explod
ed Into new fury over thous
ands of acres of tlndcr-dry
southern California brush and
tlmherlund. The governor's
declaration came Just as 500
persons in Mt. Buldy village
were fleeing the onslaught of
two huge fires thnt threaten
ed to merge Into one about 30
miles northeast of Los Ange
les. Total ncrcuKc from six
mnjor fires and dozens of
smaller ones Jumped to more
thnn 100,000 acres.
WATER: The slate prepar
ed to proceed "ns rapidly as
possible" with a huge aque
duct system to carry water
from central California s lush
delta to the thirsty southern
Quotes From the News
BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
United Nations, N.Y U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge, telling the wives of the crewmen of the downed U.S.
RB-47 that Russia's claims the plane was over Soviet ter
ritorial waters was a sinister fabrication:
"They will not get away with It."
Alexandria, La. Former Gov. Earl Long, campaigning
for Congress:
"Uncle Earl never docs anything that you ladles would
bo ashamed of. I don't drink. I don't run around."
Oklahoma City Okluhoma State Rep. Shocklcy Shoe
muke, In a record of his expenses during his unsuccessful
primary campaign against U.S. Rep. Ed Edomndson (D-Okla.):
"Pants torn by Democratic dog, $16.32."
Solbukken, Denmark Eric Aggernas, vice chairman of
the Danish Naturlsl Nudist Movement, cxtrolllng the ad
vantages of nudism:
"Thoro's nothing as unploaaant or unhealthy as a drip
ping wot swim suit."
part of the slute, But Harvey
O. Banks, dlroctor of water
resources, told newsmen that
other features of Oov, Ed
mund G. Brown's $1.75 bil
lion water plnn - Including
Orovlllo dum-may bo delay
ed, Bunks met with newsmen
the day after two Eastern con
sultants recommended two
stage construction of tho water
progrum - If voters approve
a proposed $1.75 billion water
bond Issuo In November.
DEMONSTORS: A group
of domonstrators who wore
arrested during the San Fran
cisco City Hall riots last May
challenged FBI head J. Ed
gar Hoover and members of
the Ilouso Un-American Ac
tivities committee to an open
debato. The challenge came In
the wake of Hoover's charges
that the riots were Commu
nist inspired, Infiltrated and
paid for. A statcmont Issued
by tho group took Issue with
FBI reports that students got
to tho hearings by means of
a telephone campaign and
that the party distributed
song sheets to demonstrators.
SINATRA: The Los Ange
les city attorney's office re
fused to Issue a complaint
against actor singer Frank
Sinatra, but said It would
file against a companion as
the result of a parking lot
fracas at a Hollywood night
club May 14. City Attorney
Roger Arnebcrgh said there
was not enough evidence to
charge Sinatra with striking
parking lot attendant Edward
Moran, 21. But he said a
charge of battery and disturb
ing the peace would be filed
against John Hopkins, known
in the film colony at "Big
John."
FINCH: Opening arguments
got under way in the second
murder trial of Dr. Bernard
Finch and Carole Tregoff. A
Jury of 11 women and one
man will hear the trial, ex
pected to last another JV4
months.
Noted Song Writer
Al Hoffman Dies
New York -WPD- Composer
AI Hoffman, 58, who In 30
years collaborated In writing
a long chain of hit songs that
began with Heartaches" and
ended with "Papa Loves
Mumbo, died Thursday night
in the hospital for joint dis
eases after an illness of sev
eral months.
Hoffman, born in Russia
and brought to this country as
a child, camo to New York
in 1928 after a period as lead-
er of a Seattle dance band.
He composed the music for
"Heartaches" in 1030 and lat
er collaborated with compos
crs and lyricists in songs in
eluding "Auf Wledersehn, My
Dear," "Little Man, You've
Had a Busy Day," "If I Knew
You Were Coming, I'd Have
Baked a Cake," "Mairzy
Doats, "She Shall Have Mu
sic," "Chl-Baba Chl-Baba,"
"So This is Love," "I'm Going
to Live Til I Die," and "A
Dream Is Wish Your Heart
Makes."
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