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iff THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1981 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Mothballed Fleet Could Be Used For Peace Corps New York -(UPD- The Peace Corps proposed last Novem ber by President Kennedy could make valuable use o 100 or more of the country's mothballed merchant ships, a shipping expert says. Charles L. Montain of Monti Marine, a Brooklyn ship refit ting yard, suggested 100 of the ' ships those with quarters for large numbers of people be used as floating "disaster as sistance and education cen ters." He would house .units of Kennedy's Peace Corps aboard them and anchor the ships in the harbors of port cities of .African, Asian and Latin American countries where the Peace Corps would function. In a speech last Nov. 2, Ken nedy suggested that young men who wanted to engage in foreign aid service and who have skills useful in underde veloped countries be allowed to enlist in a Peace Corps for three years in lieu of military service. Young women also could enlist as nurses or cler ical or technical workers. The President said teachers, nurses, engineers and many other youthful specialists could be used in the corps. The idea would be to pro vide our foreign assistance missions with forces of youth ful workers. Montani said using the moth balled ships as bases for the Peace Corps would be consid erably cheaper than building installations ashore in the un derdeveloped countries. He said such ships could be used by other government services abroad advantageously in all probability. The refitted ships would carry, and could distribute quickly when necessary, stocks of surplus American foods and medical supplies whenever disasters such as earthquakes or floods strike. He pointed out that the ships have power, light, heat, water distillation, long range communication and hospital equipment aboard . "In addition refitting 100 of these mothballed ships at an average cost of $100,000 now would mean they would be available for troop carrying use if we had another emer gency like the Korean War," he said. The ships would have a big propaganda usefulness too. They would be less likely to be criticized and attacked as bases of Yankee imperialism than the expensive shore in slallations we maintain now in many foreign ports, Mon tani said. The Victory ships and the C-l's, C-2's and C-3's would be suitable for the use he pro posed, Montani said. The old Liberty ships, which make up the bulk of the 1,400 moth balled World War II merchant fleet don't have the necessary accomodations. MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. snnoDrp dwieiw mod ay anw w mm uRSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1961 ay mvmmN(& tumttiiil sad ip. m SAVE $22! 372 Coil Twin Size Sears-o-Pedic Bedding Reg. 6495 75 Just look at all these comfort extras! 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In 1060, survival of a plan tation established in Jackson county was 80 per cent where two-year-old Douglas-fir seed lings were planted. In the same area, survival of 75 per cent was obtained by plant ing three-year-old seedlings. These results suggest that planting older seedlings will increase survival, said Her mann. Infrequent seed years and squirrels cutting cones before seeds fall may be important causes of poor natural regen eration of white fir and Douglas-fir in southern Oregon, Hermann noted. In Klamath county, a plan tation of ponderosa pine seed lings is being established to study how various factors af fect survival. Deer- and cattle-proof fences have been constructed around the plan tation. Fall planting was com pleted in December with spring planting scheduled to start in March. Handling of planting stock, age of seed lings, method of planting, and depth of planting also will be Investigated as to their influence on survival. 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Jackson SP 3-6661 Open Mon. & Fri. 'til 9 p.m. FREE STORESIDE PARKING Flying Camel Air Service to Saudi Arabia Halted New York IUPII - Ever ride the "Flying Camel," "Oryx," or "Gazelle"? Some 79,000 passengers did, over. a 7,400 mile route from New York to Saudi Arabia and back, without a mishap in nearly 14 years. This proud safety and ef ficiency record was complet ed by the Arabian American Oil Co. (Aramco) Jan. 1, with termination of its private air service to its huge Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, installation. Ample commercial sched ules, which did not exist when the flights began in March, 1947, and the coming of the jet age made continuation of the company planes nonre quisite. The service was an unusual one. In the process of log ging 1,091 round trips, 401. 500,000 passenger miles, 28, 150,000 cargo miles and 69, 200 flight hours the planes and their crews provided twice weekly transportation for an amazing variety of company personnel and cargo. Sometimes the service was known as a "Diaper Lift," teeming as it did with families enroute to and from the des ert station. Sometimes it was a "Honeymoon Special," filled with newlyweds and brides or brides-to-be. Sometimes the operators had to make quick shifts of hotel accommoda tions, thanks to he-man con struction workers who re garded any sop as a chal lenge to a Texan or Okla homan with a thirst. Arabic employees look their first plane rides aboard the green and white trimmed transports. Engineers, tech nicians and specialists' of all varieties shuttled back and forth to Rome and Amster dam, where Aramco has af filiated and sub-offices, as well as New York. The service originally used DC4's, then shifted to special ly outfitted DCO's. Two World War II air veterans directed it - George Kraigher until 1956, then 11. C. Kristoffer- son. Typical of the passenger lists was that of the "Flying Camel" on its final eastbound run, just before Christmas. An Oriental - American mother with four daughters, aged 3, 5, 8 and 12, was aboard to join her doctor husband in Dhahran; so were Mr. and Mrs. Jack McQuade and their four daughters, aged 2, 7, 9, and 11. Another 11-year-old girl and her mother happily were enroute "home" after months-long but successful medical treatment for the child. Christmas presents bulged from every passenger corner. Sami Hussein Shabceb, the first Arab to leave his coun try to work for Aramco in the United States. left his three little daughters behind. He was returning within a week, and he was paying his first visit since his departure to his many, many relatives. His family speaks Spanish and English (his wife is a Do- , minican) but no Arabic, and Saml felt the trip might be loo much for them. Now the "Flying Camel" and "Gazelle" arc for sale. The "Oryx" was sold last fall to the Costa Rican national airlines. Aramco, which is an on arming, refining and transporting company, to gether with Tapline, which operates the western section of a 1,068-mile-long pipeline from Abquaiq to Sidon (near' Beirut on the Mediterranean), will continue aviation opera lions in the Middle East and Europe with a flt.-t of 12 planes, including seven DC3's. To a host of company men and women, however, term ination of the transatlantic service marks the end of an era. This Label Labels You As A Person of GOOD TASTE n
