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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1961)
President Pledges To Give Attention To Sea Mysteries Washington -UPD- President Kennedy pledged today that . his administration would give ."concerted attention" to un folding the mysteries of the ' sea. He said the United States has redoubled efforts to !find the best way to de-salt ocean water and will share its -know-how with all nations. "Such a breakthrough ' would end bitter struggles be- nations," Kennedy said. To Submit Program " He told Congress in his special message on natural re sources that he would send the ' House and Senate "a national program for oceano graphy" for use in consider ation of the 1962 budget. .'" Kennedy, who has a love :or the sea, said the ocean is one of science's least under stood subjects. He said this country would 'need an additional three bu llion pounds of fish and, shell fish annually by 1980 and many other countries could ' benefit by extensive use of sea life for food, i Increased Efforts "But all this will require increased efforts, under fed eral leadership, for rehabilia ' tion of depleted stocks of sal ' mon and sardines in the Pa ' cif ic, groundf ish and oysters ' in the Atlantic, lake trout and .' other desirable species in the Great Lakes, and many others through biological research, ' development of methods for passing fish over dams and control of pollution,". Ken- nedy said. The President also noted that "continental shelves bor I dering the United States con tain roughly 20 per 'cent of ' our remaining reserves of crude oil and natural gas." : Aircraft Carrier Joins Search for Four Men on Raft i San Nicholas Island, Calif.-(UPD-The aircraft carrier Ticon "deroga and smaller ships and . Dlanes searched today for four Navy men, including a'would- be rescuer, Blown out ,io sea in a rubber raft. .. ' The search during the pre dawn hours was conducted "with flares and search lights, "tut heavy seas and mist kick ed up by strong winds hamper- led rescuers. : " Three off-duty Navy men were skindiving from.the raft about 200 yards off shore late Wednesday when wind gusts tup to 35 miles an hour pre sented them from rowing "back. , 1 Hope Too Short J Two men on' the beach "swam out to the men with "a rope anchored to shore. The ..rope proved too short by about -50 feet, and one of the. two rescuers swam onto the raft , ''.in hopes of helping the strand- ted skindivers row the short "distance to the rope. When the men lifted the .raft's anchor, strong winds slowly shoved them out to 'sea despite their frantic ef forts at rowing. The would-be rescuer was hauled on board. The raft was estimated to be bobbing along the ocean ,in a southwesterly direction -at a rate of about two miles 'an hour under the impact of ,"the winds and currents. Men Identified t The Navy identified the four mon as Ens. Chester E. Flint, 23. Whitticr, Calif.; Air "man Donald D. Bush, 19, Rolla, N.D.; Seaman Appren. Ronald L. McCoy, 19, Mar shalltown, Iowa,- and Seaman 'Appren. Robert H. King, 19, ."Elkhart, Ind. . s All were stationed on this Navy missile tracking facility 'island about 75 miles south west of the coast at Los An geles. "Pastures' Offered for New Stadium Portland-OIPP-City Commis sioner Mark (Buck) Grayson said today he had been of fered "every cow pasture and gravel pit in the tri-county "area" as a potential site for new stadium. Grayson's remark was in reference to studies now be ing made for a new stadium liere. Among possibilities is nc backed by Multnomah, -Clackamas, and Washington Jounties. He emphasized no commit ments could be made at this time. 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