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o Independent Voles May Be Decisive Washington - (UPD -Vice President Richard M. Nixon returned from his first cam paign swing Saturday con vinced the presidential elec tion may be decided by a rela tively small minority of inde pendent voters. The GOP nominee, who campaigned vigorously in Ne vada, California, Hawaii and Washington state during a 10,000 - mile foray, also is known to believe that to win the GOP must run about 10 per cent ahead of its normal party registration. Nixon further feels that the Catholic religion of his Demo cratic opponent, Sen. John F. Kennedy, may be working in Kennedy's favor so far. How ever, he believes this may be neutralized by election time. The Vice President was ob viously pleased with the re sult of his opening swing. But he also made it clear he felt his campaign must be as .. intense and vigorous as pos sible until the actual election Nov. 8 with particular em phasis on keeping party pre cinct workers laboring en- thusiastically. Those close to Nixon know ; that he feelsN the "real" inde pendents must be wooed and won if the GOP is to triumph. U2 Pilot's Parents Heading for Russia .; Richmond, Va. - (UPD - The father and mother of U2 spy . pilot Francis Gary Powers :flew to Washington today on -the second leg of their jour . ney to the Soviet Union for their son's epionage trial next week. - . Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Pow ers, who left their Pound, Va., home Sunday, were expect ed to meet Norton business man Sol Cury-and Dr. Lewis K. Ingram, Mrs. Powers' per sonal physicians, at Washington. But he also knows that many of these voters say nothing and only vote - often on the basis of some last minute development. Medford Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD..OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1960 PAGES J to 8 I f f i ' ' IsLIi v T1 HELICOPTERS IN SPOTLIGHT A helicopter of the New .the first fatal accident involving passenger-carrying craft York Airways, one of three scheduled helicopter airlines since they were put into operation in Chicago in 1956. Last in the nation, is shown flying over New York harbor. The year the three scheduled airlines carried nearly 300,000 recent crash of a passenger-carrying helicopter in Chicago passengers. put the "whirly birds" in the spotlight. However, this' was (UPI Telephoto) Helicopters Said Ugliest and Safest Airborne Machines Ever To Take To Skies Editor's note: The crash of a passenger-carrying helicopter in Chicago recently put the "Whirly Birds" in an unaccustomed spot light. In the following dispatch, a veteran aviation writer discus ses these unconventional aircraft and their safety record. By ROBERT J. SERLING Washington - (DPI) - If you want to get purely technical about it, the helicopter is 407 years older than the airplane. The Wright Brothers first flew in 1903. But in 1496, Leo nardo Da Vinci published a design for a flying machine that remarkably like the mod ern helicopter-even to its fly ing characteristics. It took another 442 years for Da Vinci's contraption to w Laundry G lose-Out! I960 Deluxe WASHER And 1960 Super DRYER CGI New dual wash selec tor and dual cycle se lector. The right clothes bath combi nation is yours auto matically, including separate wash cycle with cold water for wash and wear. Dry er has new radiant heat drying system. Models WD and DS. Was $439.90 NOW PAIR $ FOR ONLY Imperial Washer-Dryer Pair Separate soak cycle gets rid of most heavy soil. New 6-position fabric selector. New automatic load selector. New multi-choice cold water selector. Automatic detergent distribution. Automatic lint removal ... no traps to clean. Models WI-60 and DI-60. 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To climb, he adjusts the blades so they push the air down. To go forward, he tilts the blades in the direc tion of flight. If an engine fails, he can glide safely to the ground so long as he has forward motion; the rotor blades turn almost as fast as if there still were power. The first whirly-bird used transmission gears from a Mack truck, and had virtually no forward speed. The latest models can cruise 130 miles per hour and there are 'cop ters on the drawing board de signed to top 200 MPH. Two Main Types There are two main types. One is the single rotor heli copter, with one set of blades mounted in the center of the fuselage, and smaller blades at the rear which turn in the opposite direction to offset the "torque" or pull of the main blades. The second type is the tandem or two-rotor 'copter with giant blades at both ends of the fuselage. The latter is supposed to be easier to control-just as if you had a golf bag with handles at both ends instead of in the center. Are 'copters safe? The Chi cago crash was the first fatal accident involving a passen ger-carrying helicopter since they were put into service between Midway and O'Hare airports in Chicago in 1956.' Last year, the three scheduled helicopter airlines, Los Ange les Airways, Chicago Heli copter Airways, and New York Airways, carried nearly 300,000 passengers. The Chi cago company alone operates 140 flights daily, compared to only 16 four years ago. Careful Training Needed The military 'copter safety record isn't as good as the commercial. But most of the military crashes involved training flights. It takes care ful and rigid training to pro duce a capable 'copter pilot because the whirly-bird's flight characteristics are so different from those of an airplane. Helicopter experts say that a student can solo a 'copter in six to eight hours-about the same solo time as for a conventional aircraft. But it takes another 70 to 80 hours to obtain a helicopter com mercial license. A 'copter pilot must learn to use both hands and bbth feet simultaneously, requiring tremendous coordination. In stead of the one "wheel" or control stick of the fixed wing plane, a 'copter pilot has two control levers-one for speed and direction and the other for altitude changes. The versatility of these fly ing egg-beaters is underlined by the growth of the 'copter industry and related activities. There are 10 companies pro ducing whirly birds of vary ing sizes, 156 helicopter op erators in the U.S. and Cana da, and 264 heliports-a fig ure which does not include regular airport space reserved for 'copter operations. Fame Came in War 'Copters achieved t h ei r first fame in the Korean war when they demonstrated their remarkable versatility and de pendability in rescue and artillery-spotting opera tions. They were so useful that one Air Force general commented: "I wouldn't be surprised if somebody turned a 'copter up side down and used the blades against ground-troops." , .Helicopters also have per formed countless mercy mis sions during floods and other catastrophies. They may be the ugly duckling of the air ways, but nobody has ever thought up a job a whirly bird couldn't do. Katanga Army Is Still Mobilizing Elisabethville-IUPD- Premier Moishe Tshmobe said Satur day the Katanga army is still mobilizing despite the United Nations decision not to enter the Province which has seced ed from the Congo. He told a news conference he was confident the Katanga question would receive fair consideration at the security council meeting scheduled for Sunday night. Asked if Katanga would be represented at the security council meeting Tshombe said a Katanga delegation was now in Brussels but that he doubted there was time to get any member of it to New York. Tshombe, who regarded U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's decision to call of a U.N. troop movement into Katanga a great victory for the Province, said a troop entry would have meant an archy and chaos. Saturday he sent light planes into the air throughout the Province to drop leaflets on native villages informing them of the U.N. decision and of this government victory. v Iff That T"y d0 white satin : kIrfc-S y0Ur 0..n,,.d M i food budget! By "and- f SUGAR gPj additional V (0) MM f I Vp0 savings of 'O-lb. ( f V mmsJ. r . I IV U&i J22 iii2ill& f Pen Every Night f GRAPE . ' w.3T Supermarket XrTX fTBnSLEr?n,Cc Tomato Juice 10-oz. package j . 1 Criy rT) cans V W ZJ SAVE 45' (y&k I KELIOGC'S CEREAlT Vi?XV$ I II II I Raisin Bran 9V-o. I fyf y V SALAD Jj U JM I Corn Flakes 12-oi. I III U I I I Dancer Gene Kelly, Bride on Honeymoon Beverly Hills, Calif. - (UPD -Dancer Gene Kelly, 47, and his bride, Jeanne Coyne, honeymooned today following their surprise marriage Satur day at Tonopah, Nev. 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