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'Jets Go Home'
Industry
To Curb Noise
Of Jet Planes
Editot'i not: Thii is in
lint in a three-part series
on tha t aircrait noiia
problem, how it affecti com
munities and what is being
. done to solve it. . - v
By ROBERT J. SERLING
Washington - (UPD .- The Jet
noise-problem is just as bad,
and in some ways, worse, than
it ever was. i ..a ...
Civic groups still hold pro
test meetings, airlines still get
swamped by calls and letters
from angry citizens and signs
.still appear - on homes and
apartment houses reading
,"Jets Go Home."
The gripes are. loudest and
;most frequent at three cities
New York, Los Angeles and
San Francisco. But the avia
tion industry is girding for a
new flood of complaints from
cities which are just getting
jet service or will get it in the
-near future. - i -i.
. The list of such cities is
,long. For the airlines are in
troducing new, shorter-range,
'smaller jets like the Convair
880, Boeing 720 and Cara
.velle. They can operate in and
tout of airports which previ
ously have not been able to
handle the bigger jetliners.
.And every time jets come into
a community the noise prob
lem arises.
.Spending Millions '"
'' One thing can be said with
out fear of contradiction: The
aviation industry is trying to
do something about the prob
lem, and it is spending mil
lions in the process.
. But the National Aircraft
Noise Abatement council con
cedes that no dramatic break
through or overnight panacea
is likely. No matter what is
being done in trteAvayJjoJL. te
search and 9HPfi txh
niques, the jet remalhsToday
what it was three years ago
a noisy be&st. y 'T i-
The council is supported by
' three major segments of the
aviation industry: the Air
Transport association,' repre
senting the airlines; the Aero
space Industries association,
representing the airframe and
engine manufacturers, and the
Air Line Pilots association,
representing the nation's 17,
000 transport pilots. -. .
' The council has been in ex
istence less than a year. But in
that short space of time, it
has tried manfully to educate
communities on what is being
done about the noise problem.
It also works closely with the
Federal Aviation agency
(FAA) in various antinoise
projects. It has set up at least
15 special, committees which
try to head off noise com
plaints before they get start
ed, through educational meet
ings with civic groups. These
committees literally "accent
the positive" pointing out
: what the industry is doing to
reduce noise annoyance, yet
frankly warning that no one
can eliminate it completely.
"We have said," said Coun
cil President Jack R. Cram,
"that if people understand the
problem before the jets actu
ally arrive, there are fewer
complaints."
The attack on jet noise is
many-fold. It has concentrat
ed on these areas: -
Sound suppressors, cost
ing $240,000 per aircraft, are
used by all jets. These are
tubes which scatter and dif
fuse the jet blast instead of al
lowing it to blow out in one
large mass. They are more ef
ficient than commonly sup
posed; if you think a jet en
gine with suppressors is noisy
you should hear one without a
suppressor. .
Research is being pressed
on the development of more
efficient suppressors, In addi
tion, the new turbofan en
gines coming into prominent
use are considerably quieter
than current engines on take-
B52 Tail Gunner Didn't See Missile
Which Hit Bomber Over New Mexico
Albuquerque, N. M. -(DPD-The
tail gunner of a B52
bomber said today that a Side
winder missile which blasted
the bomber out of the sky
Friday struck so swiftly he
couldn't see it.
The tail gunner is S. Sgt.
Raymond H. Singleton, 27,
Havre De Grace, Md. He held
a news conference in Sandia
Army Base hospital. -
Wreckage Inspected
; As Singleton told his story,
part of an Air Force investi
gating board was up on a
mesa inspecting the wreckage
of the $8 million B52. The
crash killed three men. The
Tries
off (although they also
noisier on approaches),
called "hush kits"- also
are
So
are available. They modify sever
al internal parts of current en
gines and- -reduce noise - to
some extent.
Special Techniques
Pilots are following spe
cial FAA prescribed flying
techniques designed to reduce
the time jets spend over noise
sensitive areas." They accept
preferential runways to direct
takeoff s and landings away
from residential areas. They
select power and flap settings
for the- best possible noise
abatement performance on
takeoff and : approach. They
plan turns and flight paths to
move away from inhabited
areas as quickly as possible.
They attain maximum altlt
tude as soon as possible. They
maintain maximum: approach
altitudes . as long as possible
fore descents. All of which
helps a little. But as FFA Ad
ministrator Najeeb E. Halaby
has said: "Safety comes first
and noise ' abatement . second;
if. the latter interferes with
the former,:, it; won't be al
lowed.", i -
The ..airlines voluntarily
have moved training flights
away from heavily-used air
ports. For example there used
to be about . X ,000 training
flights monthly at San Fran
cisco. Now there are virtually
none; they are being conduct
ed airports located away from
settled areas many miles from
San Francisco. Shifting train
ing flights this way costs mon
ey because the planes still
jnuet be based at the regular
airports. :-
Longer. Runways,. . . ,
? --Airport improvements are
helping ..- in noise " reduction.'
Longer jet runways, for . ex
ample, . premit jets to reach
higher altitudes before they
go over populated areas. They
alstffermUlaridinlr'uch-"
downs to be made farther
down the runway, thus en
abling pilots to maintain high
er approach altitudes over the
noise sensitive areas. " And
some airports " have erected
acoustical barriers ' between
takeoff runways and nearby
housing developments. .-,
Despite all these : moves,
however, there still is a noise
problem. The jet engine, no
matter what is done in the
way. of noise suppression, re
mains noisy.. And there is a
limit to how much noise you
can suppress; because suppres
sion cuts power and cutting
power brings in the far more
important element of safety.
(Next: The cost of the noise
j problem.) a
Local Pilot Escapes
Injury in Accident
Othello, Wash."- (UPD - A
Medford, Ore., pilot and his
passenger escaped injury Sun
day when a light plane struck
high voltage wires near the
old Othello airport. -
The accident caused a pow
er outage here and in the near
by community of Brice. ;
The pilot was Frank A. Mil
ler, former" owner of Bell's
Beverage shop. His passenger
was Allen R. Bullock, Othel
lo. The plane landed with a
sheered - off landing - gear,
damaged cowling and minor
wing damages. .
Marijane Duncan,.
Daughter Now Home
" Salem - (UPD - Mrs. Marl-,
jane Duncan,-wife of House
Speaker Robert B. Duncan,,
has left Salem General hos
pital with their new daugh
ter born March 31.
' The Duncans named the
blue - eyed, reddish - haired
daughter Bonnie Dee.
The Duncani now have
six children.
other five members of the
crew bailed out and survived.
though all were injured. M
Singleton said he saw two
FlOOs that were ' practicing
passes at the bomber clearly,
but though he was sitting in
the B52s tail, he never did
see the missile that 1st Lt.
James W. Van Scyoc's Air
National Guard fighter acci
dentally launched. - . - . -.
Plane in Steep Bank
"We were above the clouds
and I saw both fighters clear
ly but I didn't see the mis
sile," he said. "The aircraft
(bomber) went into a steep
bank.
. .j.'I saw flames but I couldn't
. ... . ( . - ?
CHAClt INVESTIGATED San Francisco newspaper report
er George Murphy sticks' his whole hand into a crack in .the
concrete in the highway west of Hollister, Calif. The crack
was caused by an earthquake late Saturday . It was the worst
quake in the Hollister area since the; 1906 temblor.; See
Picture on page 2. , :,r ; . ' (UPI Telephoto)
Extensiye!
Caused by
In SF Bay
'' San Francisco (UPD - The
San. Andreas Fault, which
caused big 'San Francisco
earthquakes in 1906 and 1957,
is restless again,. - V 5 ;V
It stirred sharply late Sat
urday night with two distinct
shocks that rumbled 'through
a 225-mile area from Paso Ro-
bles to San Rafael. There
Five reasons have beerr giv
en by Cole Rivers of the state
game and fish commission as
to the causes of muddy condi
tions In the Rogue river. .'
Salmon f ishermen ?'h a v e;
complained that the .muddy.
water has.made fishing impos
sible. Reports- from the Say-age-Rapids
dam show that the
first run of Chinook salmon is
under way as they have begun
climbing the 'ladder .there. . .
Rivers said that the muddy
condition is because of:-Jackson
county highway construc
tion work on. Bear creek; gold
mining on Foots creek; Foots
creek and Rogue Tiver gravel
crushing and washing opera
tions;, loggin, changes in the
channel and county road work
on Evans creek; and the low
ering of waters in anticipation
of the opening of irrigation
channels. . ! y
In making the report . this
week end Rivers explained
that the conditions would not
be continuous. He added that
all of the causes at , one time
make salmon fishing impossi
ble with the resulting murky
water.
Congressman Durno
Returns to Capital
Congressman and Mrs. Ed
win, R. Durno left Sunday to
return to Washington, D.C.
after, two weeks in southern
Oregon during. Congress' Eas
ter recess. . . '
During his visit here, Con
gressman Durno spoke at a
number of meetings.; Friday
in Grants Pass he said that
either the bureau of reclama
tion or the Army corps of en
gineers could build the high
dam in the . proposed Rogue
Basin : development project, ;
In commenting on the pro
ject, he said that the engineer
ing studies by the corps of en
gineers are nearly completed.
He mentioned that there had
been a delay when funds were
not available.
see the left' wing at all. We
went into the clouds. The
plane began shuddering as it
was building up air speed.' I
jettisoned the tail section and
bailed out. I remained con
scious all the time." -Landed
in Tree
He was burned around his
eyes and under his neck and
over his hands. He said he
landed in a tree and a heli
copter picked him up before
dark Friday, a few hours af
ter the- crash. '
The fourth and fifth surviv
ors of the crash were found
Sunday, nearly two days af
ter they had bailed out of the
donated plane.
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Damage
Quake
Region
were no reported injuries, but
extensive damage occurred
at Hollister 100 miles south
of San Francisco.
The University ; of Califor
nia: seismograph station -at
Berkeley said the temblors
were centered about 30 miles
southeast of Hollister. At least
four of the city's tallest build
ings were damaged, and bot
tled and canned goods were
jarred from, the shelves in
flrocerv and liauor- stores. .
-'i.The first shock occurred at
11(23 p.m. and had a Richter
magnitude of 5.8. The second
came afew., minutes' later;
. withta, magnitude of" 5.3.
.While the, first iquake was'
in progress, lit -swayed power
lines against: each other caus
ing if ire and burglar alarms to
short put.. Some transformers
exploded, causing flashes to
light up the sky as power fail
ed, v- . ;
Bier Shake 55 Years Ago
. . The earthquake was felt in
Paso Robles, Hollister, mo
raga, Hayward, Berkeley, San
Mateo, Menlo Park, San Jose,
Watsonville, : Monterey, , San
Francisco, and San! Rafael -all
, of :which. are . located
roughly on the San Andreas
Fault, one of the largest such
systems In the world. . :;
It : was - just : 55 years ago
this month that a shift in the
fault touched .off -the great
San Francisco earthquake and
fire1 of 1906. The: magnitude
of that temblor, on, April 18,
was 8.5 on the Richter. scale.
Plumbers Settle ; ;
On New Contract
- With the signing of a new
contract, union plumbers set
tled an eight-day strike here
late Saturday. . ' ' ;
E: Sherb Bowers, president
of the Master Plumbers as
sociation in Medford, told the
Mall Tribune, that those con
cerned had formulated agree
able terms for the new con
tract and that plumbers were
to be "on the job" this morn
ing. ' -
Union plumbers had not re
ported to work this month
pending the agreement on a
contract between the Piumo
ers and Steamfitters Union
Local 418, and the Plumbers
Employers association. In the
last few days, : negotiations
had been under way here be
tween the union and employ
er's officials with a represent
ative of the states conciliation
board assisting.
The announcement that an
agreement had "been made
came after many hours of
deliberation Saturday, accord
ing to Bowers. About 45 area
plumbers had been Involved
in the strike which started
with the expiration of their
contract March 31. '
Confessed Murderer
Taken to California
James Edward Blackwell,
28, confessed - murderer of a
southern California woman,
was taken to Los Angeles by
Los Angeles county sheriff's
deputies late Saturday from
Jackson county.
Blackwell was arrested by
Oregon state police Thursday
near Rock Point. He admitted
to state police and California
authorities Friday that he
killed a woman in California
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Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
Russian
ent Into
Astronaut Said
To Be Undergoing
Investigation'
Confirmation or
Denial Lacking
Moscow - (UPD - Unusually
reliable but unofficial sources
reported tonight that Russia
may have launched the first
man into space and brought
him back alive.
Thousands of persons
throughout Russia believed
the report was true. But there
was absolutely no official con
firmation - or denial - of the
reports.
There have been repeated
signs in the past few weeks
that the Soviet Union would
rocket the first man into
space about this time - pos
sibly in connection with the
annual May Day celebrations.
Announcement 'Soon .
The report that the Rus
sians had orbited a man in
space and brought him back
alive said the astronaut was
undergoing "scientific investi
gation" and an announcement
would be made soon.
Soviet Premier N 1 k i t a
Khrushchev was not in .Mos
cow. He was last reported va
cationing at the Black Sea re
sort of Pitsunde near Sochi in
the Caucasus.
.Excitement over the. space
man reports grew in Moscow
throughout the day and there
were visible indications that
something . big was in the
wind. ".:'..'.".:,.' ., ;
Bengfson Trial
Set for May 15
Trial of O. H. Bengtson on
further charges of embezzle
ment is scheduled for May 15,
according to the trial docket
in Jackson county circuit
court.
Mrs. Rachel Peterson Car
ter, former employee of the
Medford Escrow company,
may appear some time next
week, Paul Haviland, Med
ford attorney and special
prosecutor indicated today.'
Haviland, who is also spec
ial prosecutor of the case in
volving Bengtson, said Mrs.
Carter ' is charged with em
bezzling $200 from' the com
pany. Circuit Judge Edward C.
Kelly late in March overruled
demurrers filed in December
concerning eight indictments
pending against the Medford
lawyer .charging him with
embezzlement.
Bengston was found guilty
,of the two other charges of
embezzlement from the Med
ford company by juries in Oc
tober and January. He was
sentenced to three years in
the Oregon Correctional insti
tute on the first charge and,
for a period not to exceed two
years in. the Oregon state pen
itentiary on the second charge.
Appeals on both charges are
still pending before the Ore
gon supreme court.
Judge Kelly has appointed
James McGoodwln to repre
sent Bengtson.
Hatfield, Morse
Schedule Meeting
Salem - (UPD Gov. Mark
Hatfield and Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) were to hold
a rare face-to-face conference
in Hatfield's office this after
noon.
Hatfield declined to sny
what the two would discuss.
Morse is in Oregon for a se
ries of meetings.
WEATHER ,
Fore cat t: Fair through Tues
day, Not much temperature
chance. Low , ton I it ht 32. High
Tuesday 5-70.
TKMPERATURE '
Highest Yesterday' , 2
Lowest This Morning 31
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .. .......:47 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow t:3S a.m.
The Moon rises 3:411 a.m.
tomorrow and is In Perigee.
New Moon -..Friday night
The planet venua is now Be
tween, the Earth and the Sun
and eannot be seen. It Is nearer
the F.arth, being only ?8(j mil
lion mile away wo ay.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1961
humors Sav ian
Space, Returned
VISITS EICHMANN Robert Servatlus, that the State of Israel did not exist when
center, Adolf Eichmann's lawyer, leaves the Eichmann allegedly committed his crimes
compound of . Beth . Ha'am- Communuity and that Eichmann was illegally kidnaped
center In Jerusalem after visiting his client, and hijacked by plane to Israel. Servatlus'
Servatius has Indicated he will challenge, challenge is apt to touch off a legal wrangle
Jerusalem court's jurisdiction on grounds . when Eichmann's trial starts Tuesday.
. ...... i : , , . ' . (UP! Telephoto)
Timber Taxation
Problem Might i
. SaJem-fliPn The '-gnarled
problem -' of timber ' taxation
threatened to put off the leg
islature's ' April 22 : adjourn
ment target date 'as the law
makers moved into their 14th
week today.' -i r:
At the same time, decisions
were imminent on big educa
tion and welfare budgets, hun
dreds , of spending requests
and a set of bills to permit
interested firms, to probe the
Oregon coast for oil.
One of the mammoth Is
sues three-way workmen's
compenstation was slated for
a second House hearing Tues
day, and a set of tax reform
measures from the House was
ready for a Senate committee
airing:
Senate President Harry
Boivin (D-Klamath Falls) a
chief advocate of early ad
journment, himself gave no
tice timber taxation might
stall the session's end.
Bill proposing a variety of
reforms for the present tim
ber tax law have been stuck
in the House Tax Committee,
where Reps. W. O. Kelsay and
Clarence Barton continue to
feud over the best way to tax
trees. ',.
At issue Is the degree to
which the timber tax struc
ture, should encourage a su
stained yield cutting opera
tion in order to protect Ore
gon's primary resource until
young trees can grow to re
place the old.'
Orchards Heated as
Temperature Dips
Temperatures in the coldest
orchards hr the valley drop
ped to possibly 26 degrees ear
ly this morning causing scat
tered firing of orchard heat
ers, County Agent David Pas-
son said today.
First firing occurred about
1:30 a.m. and some orchards
continued heating until 6:30
a.m. All varieties are In full
bloom or past depending on
the location of the orchard,
Passon noted. Low tempera
ture limit for Bartletts is 29
Bosc 29, D'Anjous possibly 31,
Cornice 28, and Nells 28 de
grees.
This means that the fruit
buds are approaching the very
critical stage and damage can
occur very quickly in the case
of trees in the petal fall stage.
Passon said only blocks of
trees were heated in some or
chards. ;
Final South Viet Nam
Vote Tally Delayed 1
Saigon, South Viet Nam -(UPD
- Communist terrorists cut
off roads from polling places
to district centers today, de
laying a final tally of votes in
the election which swept pro
Western President Ngo Dinh
Diem back into office in a
landslide. ''
Tribune
rMwm V it
Gov. H atfield Lists
Needed Legislation
in Hooper
.....Salem -(IIPD.,- Gov.. Mark
Hatfield declared today mo's1tJ,
of the "needed legislation-- is
still pending, and warned it
will look bad if the legisla
Meet Under Way
Approximately 300 Rotari-
ans are expected to attend to
night's banquet at the Rogue
Valley Country club, accord
ing to Fred Brennan, presi
dent .of the Medford Rotary
club, which is hosting a three-
day district Rotary club con
ference. An estimated 180 Rotarians
attended a buffet dinner at the
country club last night. The
conference will adjourn Tues
day. District 511 encompasses 26
Rotary clubs in the southern
half of Oregon. An estimated
500 persons are expected to
attend the Medford confer
ence, according to Brennan. s.
Following last night's buf
fet the Rotarians split into
five "fireside" groups to visit
the home of local Rotarians.
At tonight's banquet the
featured speaker will be Ar
thur F. Briese, Hot Springs,
Ark., who is nationally known
for his performance as a hu
morous speaker.
Norman L. Easley, Portland
lawyer, Is sceduled to speak
at a Rotary luncheon tomor
row noon at the country club.
The Rotarians spent this
morning in business sessions.
Students To Talk
About Legislature
Ashland William Hampton
and Richard Swinney, South
ern Oregon college students,
will give their impression of
the state legislature at the
Tuesday noon luncheon of the
Ashland , Chamber of Com
merce In the Mark Antony
hotel. . - "
Hampton worked in the of
fice of Robert Duncan, house
speaker, and Swinney work
ed for Sen. Lindel Newbry,
of Talent. The will be Intro
duced by Dr. Marshall Wood
ell of SOC.
Money Sought for
Pear Decline Study .
Washington (UPD - Five
Western congressmen decided
today to seek a total of $180,
000 for research Into a disease
that threatens to wipe out the
West Coast's pear industry.
Thei group met with Assis
tant , Agriculture Secretary
Frank Welch to discuss the
problem of pear decline,
which Is killing thousands of
pear trees in California, Ore
ga and Washington.
56th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 16
turjB adjourns in two weeks;
without passing priority bills.
Hatfield listed medicare,
homestead exemptions for the
elderly, educational- finance.
tax reform. -and traffic safe
ty as major measures' the law
makers should pass .on before
quitting. ' ' ,
Might Veto Bill
At the same time, Hatfield
tossed out the possibility he
might veto a bill to postpone,
instead of exempt,, taxes on
the homes of the elderly it
such a measure reaches his
desk.
Hatfield called deferrals ad
ministratively and morally
wrong, and said he would be
"hard put to make a deci
sion" on a bill of this type.
The governor, at his weekly
news conference, said the peo
ple "expect this legislature to
enact needed legislation.1' '
I don t think they should
go home until they do," Hat
field said.
The lawmakers have been
pushing - for adjournment
April 22. .
Hatfield said he could go
along with some revisions that
have been made in major,tax
reform measures. " -i, ,
He said he would like to
see "the basic principle of a
net receipts income tax" es
tablished, as well as changes
in the timber tax laws to en
courage long-term cutting.
ADENAUER DUE
Washington -(UPD- President
Kennedy prepared today for
conferences with West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer, due to arrive Tuesday
"Cuba Si, Yanqui
British Vessel
Sinks Following
Fire, Explosions
American Couple
Among Victims
Bahrein - (UPD - The 5,030-
ton British cargo - passenger
ship Dara, swept for 48 hours
by fire and explosions, sanle
in the Persian Gulf today. A
company spoKesman said at
least 160 persons, Including
an American couple, died in
the disaster.
The spokesman for Gray
nnH MnrKenzlp. thft shiO'S
agents, identified the Amer
icans as Mr. and Mrs. L. v.
Dorsch. He said Dorsch had
lust rotlrprf after 25 voars
with the Bahrein Oil compa
ny.
. Earlier, a spokesman for tha
British resident here said a
total of 187 persons were fear
ed. lost. , .
563 Survivors Known
The agents said a total ot
563 passengers and crew mem
bers survived. The number
aboard the Dara when it was
ripped by explosion and fire
in a raging gale Saturday has
been reported variously be
tween 723 and 752. The exact
number aboard when the fira
broke out is not known.
"We have accounted for 563
survivors," the spokesman for
the agents said. "We shall not
know the final figures until
Tuesday." 1
The ship sank In shallow wa
ters off Ras Al-Ahalmah. Most
of the passengers were Indians
and Pakistanis but there also
had been an undetermined
number of Americans aboard.
County Court's
Requests Checked
roup
. Members 1 of the Jackson
county : court will not receive
any raises lor the new fiscal
year and none were requested,
It was learned, during this
morning's session of the Jack'
son county budget committee.
Each member of the county
court received a $1,000 raiso .
'previously for the current fis
cal year, County Commission
er Chester Wendt was the only
member of the budget com
mittee and the county court
who opposed the raise.
Total county court budget
approved for the new fiscal
year is $28,543. This is about
the same as the current year's
budget of $28,477.
The county judge and tho
two county commissioners
will each receive $7,072, tho
same salary they now receive.
The county court secretary
was raised from $353 to $371
In keeping with the general
wage increases granted by the
county budget committee for
the new fiscal year.
Travel Allowance '
the $600 travel allowance
was raised to $800 since Coun
ty Judge Earl Miller plans to
attend the annual convention
of the National Association of
Counties this summer in Chi
cago. He is a member of the
urban affairs committee.
The committee removed
$500 allocated for equipment
and put it under the newly
created category of miscellan
eous county equipment.
The budget committee plan
ned to finish work on the
budget for the sheriff, Juve
nile department and detention
home and assessor this after
noon. Thursday members will
make a preliminary study ot
the county clerk's budget.
Nyetl - Oopi "