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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1960 4 C f " rest - , ,!IV MtAt-'P ft 8 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. O THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1960 C 5 Open Tonite and Friday w Til 9:00 Last minute Gift suggestions from Sears... WRECKAGE ASSEMBLED-Like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, bits of wreckage from the two airliners which collided over New York City Dec. 16 are carefully assembled in a hanger at LaGuardia Airport, New York. A TWA plane and a United Airlines jet collided in mid-air, killing all 127 abuard the planes as well as at least seven other persons on the ground. Now the planes are being reconstructed in an effort to de termine what caused the crash. It was also revealed that one of the victims of the crash carried a $550,000 life insurance policy. (UPI Telephoto) Defense Conscious Provide Their Own Fallout Shelters HOT - If a blast spatters deadly radio active fallout across the na tion tomorrow, where would YOU hide? Albert Ragan, a retired lumber mill employee, would seek safety with his wife in a fallout shelter they built for $300 under the front porch of their home at Bear den, Ark. Robert W. Hansen, a rail road worker, would dash to a refuge burrowed into a high clay bluff outside his home at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Automobile mechanic How ard Gill and his wife would descend Into a bomb and hur ricane shelter under their car port at Davenport, Fla. Lowell Kraus, a Los An geles Civil Defense coordina tor, would search for survival in a $1,000 refuge beneath his colorful garden at Woodland Hills, Calif. At Battle Creek, Mich., de fense-conscious because it is the home of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), Mike Baird would flee to a dug-out under the breezeway of his home, and Mr, and Mrs. Alvin Corfitsen to a hillside den that cost them $200 plus a. few aches and blisters. TV star Dave Garroway has a shelter in busy Manhattan, and Gov. Orval Faubus has one in Little Rock, Ark. The president of the University of Tennessee and the mayor of Almorc, Ala., have family refuges. There are shelters at the governor's mansions in Albany, N.Y., and Indianapo lis, Ind. Nobody knows just how many family fallout shelters have been built across the nation in preparation for that awful day should atomic war come to America. Hundreds Constructed The OCDM knows that hun dreds have been constructed including more than a score each in Michigan, Texas and California. OCDM officials quickly admitted that's only a smattering, but Leo A. Hoegh, OCDM director, said Amerl caps are becoming increasing ly aware of the need for pro tection against radioactive fallout after nuclear attack "Awareness of this fact is being demonstrated by many inquiries for information Hoegh said, "The American people know that they cannot afford to risk destruction when a simple means of self- defense is available in the form of a simple fallout shel ter. The OCDM said any handy man can build a basement concrete block shelter on a do- il-yourseif basis for $150 lo $200. Installed by a con struction firm, the same shel ter will cost a householder an average of about $550 - de pending upon cost of materials and labor in the part of the nation where it's built - ac cording to an Illinois OCDM spokesman. 28 Manufacturing At least 28 firms from Con necticut to California manu facture shelters' on plans re viewed and accepted by the OCDM. They use a variety of ma terials - concrete blocks, re inforced concrete, fabricated steel, prefabricated aluminum, wood and glass fiber. Other materials are being tested for suitability. In addition to the do-it-yourself shelter, the OCDM offers plans for an underground con crete shelter In new housing, an above-ground double-wall J nuclear bomb shelter, and pre-shaped cor rugated metal or pre-cast con crete shelter either above or below ground. Hoegh said cost "will vary with the individual choice as to size and refinement, and with the amount of family labor provided." In olher words, survival with TV and a built-in bar comes higher than bare sur vival. And if you're going to take in all the in-laws, your shelter will cost you more than one designed simply for Mother, Dad and the children. Making the shelter blast- resistant as well as fallout proof adds considerably to the cost of most plans. A contractor built a fallout and blast shelter under the front terrace of a $50,000 home in suburban Pittsburgh for $1,200. Total cost was boosted to $2,800 by addition of a gasoline-operated gener ator, a 295-gallon water tank and pumping system, flush toilet facilities and an electric or manually-operated air de contamination system. At Battle Creek, Mich., a steel contractor built a $10,000 underground shelter, c o m -plete with tiered bunk beds, fruit and vegetable shelves, and a well with an old-fashioned pump. OCDM publications and de tailed blueprints for shelters can be obtained from local Cevll Defense offices or the U.S. Government Printing Of fice, Washington, D.C. I"" . v ;,f , jj v Engineering Test Center Meeting Space Challenge Tullahoma, Tenn. (Science Service) - Twenty-one of the nation's 25 top priority space and weapons systems have been tested here at the Arnold Engineering Development cen ter of the Air Research and Development Command. The center is a $325,000,000 complex of stainless steel pipes, tunnels and platforms. Items coming through the cen ter are space, ballistic and atmospheric flight weapons, and vehicles of the future. Ninety per cent of the work done here is classified. I n the unclassified area, however, general knowledge of aerodynamics, propulsion and rocket technology, valua ble to both Industry and civil ian agencies of government, Taking It Easy May Not Be Cure Milwaukee, Wis. (Science Service) - Physicians should not always tell worried, nerv ous business executives to "take it easy," Dr. Gerald Gordon, chief of the psychiat rlc section of the medical dl vision of E. 1. du Pont and Co., Wilmington, Del., said here. He snld that It Is not true that "the only thing we have to fear" is fear. "If a man wants to worry, lot him," Dr. Gordon said. "The Idea that a nervous man must be removed from a sit uation, leave work, calm down and rest is a delusion." Gordon said that more and more good men were being relieved or removed from re sponsible positions because of such erroneous thinking. If Hie emotions were not releas ed, they would be turned In ward and result In "suicide through stress diseases like heart disorders," Gordon said. He explained that the basic emotions of pain, hunger, fear mid rage are designed to help us adapt to the complex. changing times. That is not to say thai many men do not work too hard and should not take a vacation once in a while," he said. "M iny do. But modern man seems to have forgotten that life iisclf is a conflict. So is society. The full free life, which often includes are made available. The Arnold center can test equipment ranging in size from full-scale vehicles lo small-scale models, under con ditions ranging from altitudes at sea level to more than 100, 000 feet, and from subsonic velocities to those in the hy personic range at Mach 20. (Mach 1 equals the speed of sound, which is 763 miles per hour at sea level.) The success in the reentry and recovery of the Air Force's Discovery satellite capsule was due to the cen ter's tests on parachutes de signed to return the capsule safely through the earth s atmosphere. Its wind tunnel facilities permitted testing the para chute alone with no risk to the satellite or its payload at altitudes and speeds to which it would be subjected in space, At 55,000 feet and at winds eight times the speed of sound, the type of parachute used in earlier Discovery shots that failed in re-entry was ripped to shreds In one to two seconds. Studied Failure Arnold center engineers studied the cause of failure and designed the two-stage chute that passed the wind tunnel tests and since has been used successfully in recent Discoverer re-entry and re covery tests. The vast wind tunnels of the center have moveable walls so that air pressures, winds and speeds can be stepped up by narrowing the "throat" through which the air must go before it reaches the weapon or vehicle being lesled. some idea of the size of a wind tunnel is seen in the de scription by the center's com mander, Brig. 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The new cars introduced during the past year were all so-called "luxury compacts." Mercury division of Ford in troduced the Comet, General Motors introduced the Temp est, the F-85 and the Special in its Pontiac, Oldsmobilc and Buick lines, and Dodge divi sion of Chrysler Corp. came out with the Lancer. The casualty was the Dc- Soto. It was dropped by Chrysler Corp. almost a year to the date after Ford drop ped its Edsel. Auto industry sources say at least four new model cars will be added to the industry's offerings within the next year or two. They report that both Chev rolet and Ford plan to build cars smaller than their cur rent standard sized models but bigger than the compacts they introduced a year ago. In addition, Ford is report ed to be developing a "sub compact" car to compete with such imported models as the Volkswagen and Renault, and sources say Studebaker-Pack- ard also plans to introduce this type of car, probably within a year. The sources say Chevrolet also is considering production of a sub-compact but has not made any definite plans along this line yet. It is safe to assume that Chrysler Corp. will match any efforts by Chevrolet or Ford either in the sub-compact field or in the area of a model placed between the standard sized, low priced models and the compacts. Although the compact cars introduced in the past two years by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler have re versed a trend favoring for eign car makers, the Ameri can companies are not entire ly satisfied yet. They have reduced the number o imported cars sold CAB Crash Probes Said Tend To Give Airlines Protection Washington (UPD Congrcs, slonal investigators also re ported evidence of possible misconduct by some employes of the Interstate Commerce Commission who are supposed to enforce safety rules in the trucking industry. Contained in Report The charges were contained in a report drafted by the staff of the House commerce subcommittee on legislative oversight which conducted an investigation into regulatory agencies. The subcommittee Friday ordered the report made pub lic despite protests from some members that it contained un confirmed allegations which had not been tested in hearings. The staff report said that tighter federal regulation of the broadcasting, airline, trucking and gas industries is needed to protect the public Interest. Criticizing the CAB, the staff said that "until very re cently very few, if any, pen alties have been recommend ed by the board" against air lines or their enfployes, for negligence contributing to the cause of an air crash. The maximum penalty for safety violations by airlines now is $1,000 for each violation. It recommended that Con gress boost the maximum pen alty for negligence in an air crash to five years imprison- French Wasps Used For Walnut Aphids Albany, Calif.-IUPll-Califor- nia walnut growers have found a potent weapon to fight the annual scourge of the walnut aphid-a French wasp only V inch long. . The liny parasite wasps were imported a year ago for breeding at insectaries and have been launched by the thousands against aphid leg ions feeding in English wal nut trees. The wasps burrow into the aphids, causing them to mum mify. The aphid carcasses drop to the ground In autumn with the loaves and the en closed wasp larvae incubate through the winter. In spring, the adult wasps emerge In renewed numbers and return to the trees to again attack the aphids. An average American has 80 bus rides a year. ment and $10,000 in fines. Delay Pattern Diiclond In criticizing the ICC, the staff said an investigation of complaints in Texas disclosed a pattern of prolonged delay by the agency in acting on re ports of safety violations by truckers. It said one large trucking firm in that area has a long record of serious violations of safety regulations. According to its expense account vouch ers, this firm made "numerous seasonal gifts to some com missioners and numerous offi cials, including hearing exam iners of the ICC," the report said. in this country as well as increasing sales abroad. But profits still have con tinued to slip. The auto makers make less on the sale of a compact car than they do on the sale of a larger model. And most of the gains in sales have been achieved through the com pacts. Increase Necessary So the auto makers feel It is necessary to increase their sales volume to make up for the smaller profit per unit. In their effort to increase sales they apparently are planning to offer a wider va riety of cars to attract more customers. The scrambling of new cars being Introduced and older models disappearing was ad mittedly "confusing" to some auto industry officials, and their predictions for the fu ture, while still optimisdc, were not always confident. Stockholder uprisings and revelations of "conflicts of interest" among officials at Chrysler Corp. also unsettled the industry. William C. Newberg resign ed by request from his post as Chrysler president almost exactly two months from the date he took office. He was asked to resign after it was revealed he held half interest in Pressed Products Co. and Bonan Inc., both of which had supplied Chrysler with parts. Newberg agreed to pay Chrysler $425,000, which rep resented his share of the earn ings of the two companies, and Chrysler launched inves tigations of the financial hold ings of other company offi cials. One other important offi cial, Jack Minor, advertising director of the Plymouth-De-Soto-Valiant division, w a I fired as a result of the inves tigations. When other compa ny officials were given a clean bill of health at the conclusion of the Investiga tions, minority stockholders cried "white-wash," but the industry seemed to settle down again. Downtown Stores Plan Remodeling To Attract Trade By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor New York - (UPD - Urban housewives have a pleasant surprise ahead for them. D o wntown d e p a rtment stores in many large cities soon will be as powerful a magnet as they were be fore the day of the shop ing center. Henry Bochtold At least that's the belief of a New York architect who said large part of the trouble with down town stores is simply that they have fallen behind the times In modern architectural planning. Morris Kelehum Jr., part ner in the architectural firm of Ketchum and Sharp, said department stores In the next few years are going to woo old and new customers alike by extensive and long over due remodeling and moderni zation programs. These programs, along with continued efforts to solve traffic and other problems, will help strike a healthy balance of trade between downtown and suburbs, Ket chum declared. Neglect Cited He noted that since World War II many downtown stores have concentrated their ef forts on opening branches in the suburbs and have "sadly neglected" their downtown headquarters. "No store can expect a woman to make a trip down town to select a new hat or dress In the same old setting she knew as a girl," the architect stated. Economic forces also are making modernization pro grams imperative, and Ket chum estimated that as much as 40 per cent of space in older stores is not being used productively because of the outmoded layout and obsolete fixtures. He said no store in a high rent area can afford that kind of waste. Parking Big Problem Of course the long standing problem of getting downtown by automobile and of parking when you get there has re duced trade of the centrally located stores, but many stores are working hard to solve this problem. Ketchum noted that new ex-, pressways in a number of areas are making the trip into the city easy and doing away with traffic bottlenecks. At the same time, many stores are providing parking space nearby to give shoppers the minimum of walking. Downtown dep a r t m e n t stores also are expected to benefit from urban renewal plans designed to provide good housing near the cores of large cities. s
