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10 A WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1961 MEDFORD 'MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Aerial Gas Stations Assist Rugged Fighter Pilots To Reach War Scene - Vriltar. nnta: Thll ll the third ' of four diipatchM on the Tactical : air rnnmiid. Dreoared from ma terial gathered In 10,000 mllea of nylng lo several kt oa.ca. au In an actual TAC exercue. ; By RALPH VILLERS Shaw Air Force, S.C. IPft Those rugged individualists- the fighter pilots-would wage ;the aerial warfare If ever a limited war breaks out. But they would need aerial gas Stations to get to me uuinuui lone. . .. - ..." . : That's where the flth Air Force fits into the Tactical Air Command picture. The 9th flies the airborne filling sta tions-as well as the weather planes that scout the route for the fighters, the airlift craft that take along the ground crews and spare parts to keep the fighters in the air, and the reconnaissance planes to pick out targets and let fighter pi lots know if their strikes were effective. The 9th-a "long-legged" air force in the words of its dep uty commander, Maj. Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins-rounds out the versatility of TAC. , , Trained To Fight - ' The' pilots of TAC's 12th Air Force who fly the speedy fighter planes are trainid to fight an tnemy for aerial su- supply lines and communica tions and give close, front-line combat support to the Army's ' ground forces. It might be said that the 9th makes all that possible. Under the 9th come the KBS0J aerial tankers which enable the relatively short legged fighters to fly non stop from the United States to a base in Turkey, refueling them three times en route, over Bermuda, the Azores and Southern France. Also in the 9th Air Force's line-up of aircraft are the V366 weather observation planes which precede the tank' ers along' the route; the RB66 and RF101 photo and visual reconnaissance planes; the CI 23 twin-engine assault transports, and the C130 four- engine prop-jet troop and sup ply transports, The realm of the 9th, which is commanded from Shaw AFB byMaj. Gen. David W. Hutchison, also Includes such little-heard-of units as aerial port squadrons, which furnish the loadmasters who see that the planes are properly loaded so they'll get off the ground and reach their destination: the communications and con. trol units which furnish aerial communications, radar con trol and land-line communica tions, and aero medical evac uation units, which feed wounded from" the front lines back to hospitals via assault transport planes that can op erate from rough, grass air strips. All of these unlls-as wen as TAC's fighter aircraft-are necessary components of a Composite Air Strike Force, the major limited war, or war prevention weapon of lac- tical Air Command, Dual War Role TAC has a dual general war role - to augment overseas forces in the combat theater, as well as the Air Defense Command, which is the aerial defense force for the United States. TAC also is the com mand which supplies or ar ranges for all the airlift re quired by the Army-including the transports for dropping paratroopers or assault land ing1 airborne forces. But TAC, an entirely U.S. based command, is best suited to fight, or preferabl prevent Hanaina Baiketi 4 Barbecues II Magazine Rack Village Variety ' AND GARDEN CENTER MOTHER'S DAY GIFT IDEAS! American Greeting Mother's Day Cards Cannon Nylons Ceramics Whitelaw Chocolates CHECK OUR BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF PLANTS Cineraria " " ' ' Fu.chiat lvy Geranium . Bleeding Hearts . Azalea Hanging Basket . SPECIAL! While They Last 1st Quality GARDENIA PLANTS These are budded, and will bltrom for Mother' Day Ideal Gift Idea! vr r"1 ' ,"''W:.!y a"1 v r aliiKt.tf tnui.kasiafcji a limited war. That is its ma jor mission. Thus the CASF. A CASF Is tailored to the specific need of the situation that causes it to be ordered overseas. In any case, "quick reaction is the key Initial elements of a CASF can reach the Middle East in 16 hours after getting the word "go." The total force can be in place and ready for op erations within 48 hours. TAC is sure of these times, because it has put a CASF in place within them. The fighters and support aircraft that sped to the Mid east during the 1958 Lebanon Iraq crisis constituted a CASF. Jumping the greater dis tances to the Far East, the leading edge of a CASF can arrive in 36 hours, with all the units on hand in 72 hours, Limited Combat Ability A simple CASF, one- for a show-of-force or a good will mission, might consist of one squadron of fighters,- half a squadron of reconnaissance planes, sufficient transport planes and six tankers. It would have only a limited combat ability. An initial small war force might include three squad rons of tactical fighters, s mixed squadron of reconnais sance planes, three squadrons of troop carriers and a squad ron of tankers. Generally there are 16 to 20 planes in a squadron. Although TAC supplies the men and machines to make up a CASF, the units, once over seas, urr under tne overall command of the theater com mander and not TAC' TAC's 19th Air Force, which doesn't have a combat plane of its own, supplies the command element linking the fignter and transport units to higher headquarters on an overseas CASF. The fact that both the Mid east and Far East situations in 1958 quieted after CASF's arrived in the areas points out the deterrent, as well as fight ing, role of the unusual aerial packages. Maj. Gen. Maurice A. rres ton, commander of the 19th Air Force, put it this way: "We seem to be stuck with the term 'limited war' and 'limited war mission.' The more'approprlate terms would be 'limited action,' which spans a greater deal of activity. "It's always the national purpose to avoid conflict. The military lias been employee; a great many times in per suading and dissuading activ ities, and doesn't that often get Involved in conflict." Scout Weather If Washington ever gave the word "go" to a CASF, the 9th Air Force would be In it, as well as the fighters. If the BRAND' of . af AC EQUIPIIET CO. 1213 No. Riverside Phone SP 2-2322 Thursday. Friday. Saturday, May 11-12-13 FEATURING ... 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The men of the 9th - far from "glory boys" - would have made it possible. Doing the job would be men like Maj. Robert Sorensen of Newport, R.I., chief of the standardization section of the 4505th Air Refueling Wing at Lagley AFB, Va., whp thinks nothing of flying an aerial filling station loaded with thousands of pounds of jet fuel. Tanker Safe Plane "It's a misconception that a tanker is a dangerous weapon. It's as safe as any other plane." Another typical 9th Air Force pilot is Capt. A. B. Wallin, an RF101 pilot whose eyes and cameras "finger print an enemy for the tacti cal fighters and ground forces. And does it in an unarmed jet aware but undisturbed by the fact he can't fight back if at tacked. "Reconnaissance's job is to get the information and get it back. If I were to stay and fight and then got shot down, the purpose of the mission would be defeated." There's not much glory for a 9th Air Force pilot, but he needed. (Next: A practice CASF in operation.) f Briscoe School Sets Festival Ashland - Briscoe school's annual art and music festival will be held at 7 o'clock to night. ' Following a musical pro gram by the Briscoe chorus, orchestra and band in the gym, art exhibits will be on display in the gym and in the classrooms. The art will be examples of students creativi ty in the media of water color, tempera, clay, paper-mache, finger painting, murals, and weaving. The work is the out growth -of the year's studies in social science, science, and music. The public is invited to the festival which Is planned by the teachers of Briscoe school. Mrs. Marie Bjorlie is Briscoe's art chairman. The musical program will include the following songs by the chorus under the direc tion of Mrs. Virginia Cecil and accompanied by Mrs. Imo gen e McCoy: "Look Up, Amer ica," Angus; "Beside Thy Cradle," Bach; "Spring Marching," Bach; "Romany Life," Herbert; and "Gossip, Gossip," Hairston. Under the direction of Raoul Maddox, the band will piny "Choral," "March Trio," "Day Dreams," "All Through the NlRht," and "Easy Steps March." Barbara Relnholdt will play a flute solo, "Adobe," and Mike Krug will play a trombone solo, "Ruby." The program will conclude with orchestra numbers, di rected by Mrs. Audrey Bart-lett. "We will not knowingly be undersold by anyone" Coffee & Donuts! PRIZES! Wa cordllllr Invlti you drop In & tnoy Coffat I Donufi with ui. Oral E, Freemyer Salt! W. Bill Pearson Mtn9r NATURAL GAS WILL BE HERE SOON Miss Shaver Speaks At SOC Assembly Ashland - Miss Nancy Shaver, International Farm Youth Exchange student to Germany last year, spoke at the Southern OrcRon college assembly at Churchill hall auditorium this morning. .'Wearing native German costume, Miss Shaver discuss ed her experiences in Ger many last year as one of five United States exchange stu dents sent on the 4-H plan. Miss Shaver planned to show slides of Germany and present basic background of Germany today. She feels she has gained much insight to the country during her 6V4 month stay. Miss Shaver lived on five farms during her stay, not as a tourist but to actually learn of the German ways. Miss Shaver is a senior at SOC majoring In elementary education. This term she is counselor in Cascade A. a girls dormitory. Since her return to the United States she has availed herself to numerous organisations a o she could share her exper iences as part of the exchange plan. Banks No Longer To Pay Rewards Portland - (UP1) - The Ore gon Bankers Association has decided to stop paying re wards for information lead ing to arrest and conviction of robbers. The OBA's Executive Coun cil Monday withdrew the long standing reward offer' be cause it feels the system is outdated by improved law en forcement. The OBA has been offering rewards up to $1,000 with the executive council determin ing the amount and distribu tion. From one to four such rewards have been paid each year with only one paid so far this year - for a 1960 robbery. COOPER UNCHANGED - Hollywood - (UPD - Screen idol Gary Cooper s condition remained unchanged today, the actor's physician reported. Cooper, who turned 60 Sun day, is suffering from advanc ed cancer and is under heavy sedation much of the time at his Georgian mansion in the exclusive Bel-Air section of West Los Angeles. Pickin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White By WALTER TOWNSEND At 1:30 o'clock this after noon in the theater, members of the Domiciliary had the privilege of previewing excit ing pictures of a part of New Guinea unknown to white men. They included pictures of natives who had known no white man. As Dr. A. P. Klomhaus ex plained, the slides, synchro nized with sound, were made during the years ' he and his wife established and main tained a medical mission there. This he called "The land of headhunters and birds of paradise." "We've been all around the world and the Rogue valley area is the finest place in the world to live," Dr. Klomhaus said. Helps Husband - Mrs. Klomhaus, a registered nurse, helped him with this medical mission in the interior of New Guinea with their 180-bed hospital. Natives had never seen a white man until Dr. and Mrs. Klomhaus went there in 1933. Now, they never The Medical Roundup Emeritus Consultant in Medicine Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Register and Trlbuna Syndicate, 1961) The New Anti-Diabetic Drugs Some persons write to ask about the new anti-diabetic drugs that 'can be taken by TT "IJJ ' 1 mouth. Dia f - , I betlcs should Know tnat these' drugs are not exact ly like insulin, which can go into a child's body and there enable him to use sugars and star ches. In sulin can work well in the case of a child who, at the age of 10 or 12, apparently has no insulin-making glands left. The new drugs can hardly be expected to be of any use to such a diabetic child because they seem to work by stimu lating what insulin-making glands are left in the person's pancreas (the large gland which lies back of the stomach). ' This is why the new drugs are being used largely by old er diabetics who, when in their later years they get diabetes, usually have a mild form of the disease. Occasion ally, the new drugs have to be tried out on the type of diabetic who does not respond well to insulin. Often, even when insulin or the new type of drug works well, the patient still must diet. ' This is especially true if he or she is fat. It is bad enough to be a diabetic, but it is much worse to be a fat diabetic. Many a person who has diabetic ancestry asks me how he can keep from getting the disease, and my first sug gestion is "Don't get fat. That will put such extra strain on your insulin-forming glands that they may give up and quit when you are 40, instead of when you are 70." Bladder Irritability In Women Hundreds of women write asking what to do for an "ir ritable bladder." I sympathize deeply with them, and I wish I could help, but I do not dare try. It might be bad enough if I knew that the woman had a cystitis or inflammation of her bladder, or if she had a rare ulceration In it, or if she had the falling down of the bladder that is due to an old perineal tear which came when she was giving birth to a child. Perhaps she has only nerv ousness due to the fact that her daughter's marriage quick ly broke up and the girl is back home with a baby. Or, perhaps, my correspondent has what my urologist friends call a "chronic urethritis grade I " This means a slight reddening of, the urethra, or tube which carries the urine out of the bladder. The trou ble with this condition is that usually the more one treats it the worse the woman gets. Much of the disease appears to be due to nervousness, as is shown by the fact that oc casionally one sees a strongly built and husky woman with chronic urethritis grade ii and no symptoms at all. All I know is that I must not try to treat an "irritable bladder" by mail. If the wom- ,an has a bad cystocele-or 'dropped bladder, I think she ought to have a repair opera tion, in which the bladder will be pushed up where it be longs. I have seen women made over" by this opera tion, when it has been well performed. Last week I urged a spry old lady of 70 to have the repair operation because, as I said, she might live until the age of 85, and IS years is a long time to suffer. Sawhill To Be Guest Conductor at Camp Ashland - Clarence Saw hill, noted band authority and director of bands at the Uni versity of California in Los Angeles, will be guest con ductor at the 1961 Southern Oregon college Siskiyou Band camp. The musical vacation will be held July 16 through 28 on SOC's campus. Besides rehearsals and con certs, Glenn Matthews, found er and coordinator of the band camp, has also scheduled such recreation as sports, the Shakespearean Festival, trips to near by points of interest and an overnight pack trip led by college President Elmo N. Stevenson. Musical opportunities dur ing the two week camp are available to students having completed the sixth grade to those in graduate school. Those students interested should contact Dr. Herbert Cecil, camp secretary. Fees for the musical experi ence will be $15 for registra tion and tuition and $40.50 for board and room in a col lege dormitory. House Pays Tribute To E. A. 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Front SP 3-1853 intcoiuxnieni acW uiM...otooicarfrfCMaarw see a white man, and the only way in is by plane. The people are strictly of stone age. No wheel; no metal; no clothing, except bark, brush material and leaves. The country is beautiful; 250 miles south of equator, and 6,000 feet up, quite tolerable climate for New Guinea. There are primitive houses, w'ith no windows or furniture. These stone age natives sleep on the ground and are super stitutious. They have war dances, singing, talking, and big festivals. Important Part The pig plays an Important part in cultural life, Dr. Klomhaus said. It buys a wife; pays for insult or injury; set tles wars between tribes; and tells the story. The pig is sacrificed to appease evil spirit. If that does not work, human fingers are cut off to appease evil spirit. Known as Wig people, men wear large wigs from human hair, clipping with bamboo knife. Weapons, chiefly spears-of black palm, 10 feet long - the tips pointed with human bones. This land of "headhunters" enjoyed the benefits of a quite modern hospital as New Guinea standards went, and is a Mandate of Australia, under control of United Na tions. Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Klom haus brought back beautiful arrows and a head dress made from "birds of paradise" life. There are 52 minutes of slides and artifacts. Wherever the pictures have been shown, the reception has been outstanding. Retires I Dr. Klomhaus retired 13 years ago. After nine years of retirement he began his medi cal mission among these peo ple of the stone age, and found a whole new life and quickly became absorbed in vital new things of interest. He was introduced at the theater by- Manager Henry C. Herzog. , The Red Cross served re freshments, and there was a question and answer period. In June, Dr. Klomhaus and his wife will start off to show these pictures all over the United States. They expect to be back in the Rogue valley where they live - in the late Fall. WHITE ELEPHANT BID London (DPI A Aim com pany today advertised in the personal column of the Lon don Times for a "white ele phant building" to buy or rent. Overseas Grain Shipments Totaled Salem - (UPD - The Oregon Agriculture Department said Tuesday grain exports from Portland in April reached 7.5 million bushels. It was the biggest overseas shipment since May of last year. Grain movements into Port land terminals, however, took the reverse direction, iney were down to 5.4 million bushels, smallest since last September. The department said grain inspections at Astoria, Pendle ton and Merrill continued "very slow." HONEST THIEF Austin, Tex. - (UPD - At least the thief who stole Rep. Bill Pieratt's automobile and wrecked it is honest - to a degree. Pieratt's car was stolen Sunday and later found piled up in a ditch. Tuesday, police received a letter con taining the $200 that Pieratt had left in his automobile. Pre-Regsfrafon Set For SOC Kindergarten Ashland - Pre-registration for the Southern 'Oregon col lege kindergarten will take place Monday, May 15, at 9 a.m. in the college business office. A $5 pre-registration fee will be charged, which will be applied toward the tiution charge or refunded if the child does not attend. The first 40 children regis tered will be given preference and a waiting list will be established beyond that point. Children enrolled must be five on or before Nov. 15. AWNINGS Aluminum & Canvas Free Estimates LAWN FURNITURE 5&H Green Stamps Burk J 314 East Main 2-4472 Stall sp : -4 DOifT miss 2nd Section See Page 6-B Get Ready to SAVE BIG MONEY MEDFORD SURPLUS SALES 225 East 6th GRAND OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT! j op MOTHER'S DAY I TILL 9 P.M. J j j NIGHT ! yi L,u j Ps j Prices Good Wed., Thur. Fri. & Sat. DON'T MISS THESE TERRIFIC BUYS Webbed Chaise 11.95 Value 7.99 6 ft. 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