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Defense Issues Set of Strict Rules in Handling Nuclear Weapons Steps Taken To Curb Chance of Human Failure Washington -fflPU- The De fense Department today issued I set of strict rules that are designed to prevent the un authorized detonation" of nu clear weapons. It issued two lengthy di. rectlves to tighten security procedures in the storage and handling of nuclear weapons. Their purpose is to guard against sabotage and the pos sibility that "human failure" might cause an explosion. Special Precautions The Defense Department said the destructiveness of nu- clear weapons and "the at tendant consequences of an unauthorized detonation call for "hieh standards of human reliability" and special pre cautions against sabotage, tage. One provision would dis qualify a person from access to nuclear weapons lor over indulgence in alcohol, finan cial or family irresponsibility. or "poor attitude or lack of motivation toward the mis sion of the military program of which he is a part, or toward duty with nuclear weapons." A spokesman said the di rectives contained procedures that in general are already practiced in the armed forces. One of the directives dealt entirely with the selection of personnel. The other laid down the rules for the stor age and transportation of nu clear weapons. The personnel directive provided that persons given access to A-weaporu must have "a positive altitude," a good military record, appro priate formal education, good physical condition and "evi dence of adequate social ad justment." Day-To-Day Evaluation Supervisors were told to take steps to "evaluate indi viduals from day to day and remove from duty assignment any Individual whose general behavior, emotional stability or reliability" falls below standard. Such persons must sign a certificate to the effect that they have been briefed and understand the importance and the "need for reliability" In their assignments. I To guard against possible sabotage, the second directive called for a "sabotage alert team" of two or more persons who can come to the aid of guards within five minutes wherever atomic weapons are stored. The directive calls for a "backup alert force" that could be on the scene within 10 minutes and a "reserve force" that could reach the storage site within an hour. Sentry Dogs Raled Highly Recognizing the danger of "covert actions by persons with approved access," the directive stipulates: "Access to complete atomic weapons will be accom plished only when two or more persons are present who are capable of detecting in correct procedures." The directive gave high rating to the use of sentry dogs as well as fences and walls, electronic alarm sys tems and other precautions. Man Found Guilty On Check Charge . Royal P. Harlacher, 30, of Chestnut si. and Stewart ave., formerly with Royal's Quality Cabinets, 044 South Central ave., was found guilty in Jack son county circuit court Wed nesday afternoon by a jury on a charge of drawing bank check with insufficient funds in the bank. The trial started Tuesday before Judije Edward C. Kelly. Harlacher was charged with writing a check for $263.91 to local transfer company. Rogue Valley Edition MEDFORDf Page 2A Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1061! Foreign Briefs BUDDHIST PRIEST ARRESTED FOR THEFT Tokye-WPIi-Pollca said Buddhist Priest Kodo Mitsunari, 67, was irrtittd ntar here Thursday tor stalling a statue of Buddha from a temple whin h had been rtfusad a job as part-tima abbot. RED CHINA, ALBANIA SIGN AGREEMENT London-WN-Hed China and Albania signed a scientific and tachnical cooperation agrtamant in Tirana Thursday, ac cording to a naw China naws agency dispatch raceivad hare. Witnesses at Women's Peace Movement Hearings Study in Poise and Coolness MOROCCO TO IMPORT SUGAR FROM CUBA Rabat, Morocco-IUPII-Morocco will import 20,000 tons of crude sugar from Cuba during the first six months of 1963, the govarnmant announced Thursday. A spokesman said an agreement covering the sala was reachad by Cuban Foreign Commerce Minister Enrique Francisco and Moroccan official!. PALESTINE TRUCE CHIEF TO BE REPLACED Jarusalem-'liPli-Ma). Can. Carl yon Horn of Sweden will be replaced within a few months as chief of staff of the United Nations Palestine Truce commission, according to a reliable source here. The sources said Von Horn's contract expires in a few months and that it will not be renewsd. Von Horn was ap pointed commander of the commission in 1958. Rally Fails, But Stocks Close Firm County To Receive $6,132 in Boat Fees Jackson county will receive $6,132 from the Oregon state marine board as Its share of boat licensing fees. It will be the second payment the coun ty has received this year from the marine board. Josephine county wlli re ceive a total of $2,068 for Its share. Payment to counties is bas ed on $3 per numbered boat. fj Want to give 1 Someont tht 1 Tn BIRD thi V Christmas? Give PARAKEETS CANARIES CAGES FEED WILD BIRD FEEDERS PARAKEETS From Our Large Selection! Bright, lively little fel lows to cipture tht hearts of Yung and old. Choose yours to-diy. 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The three women who testi fied were a study in poise and cool, smiling contempt for the HUAC. A claque of about 300 women from New York filled the hearing room. The three-hour hearing was fre quently interrupted by mur muring, snorts of derisive laughter, applause, and at one point an irate young man strode to the front of the room and demanded an end to the proceedings. Doyle started the hearings by citing evidence that Com munists sought to infiltrate peace groups in order to fo ment agitation. "All of the women in the Women Strike for Peace groups are not Communists," he said, "but some of them are." He said that the commit tee's purpose was to determ ine whether or not the move ment had been infiltrated, and he thought the innocent women in the group should know who the Communists were. The first two witnesses be fore the committee took the fifth amendment when asked if they were or had been members of the Communist party, but the third woman admitted that she had once been a member. Counsel for the committee and chief questioner, Alfred M. Nittle, developed his evi dence slowly in calm and patient voice. The first wit ness, Mrs. Blanche Posner of New York, seemed to take the proceedings as a great joke. At one point she looked up after counsel had asked about her alleged Communist ac tivities and said "Oh, I was looking for a cigarette, would you repeat the question." At the outset of her per formance - characterized by utterances of "Oh, I take the 5th" - Mrs. Posner made a high-voiced rapid speech in which she said the "women of America were motivated to make demonstrations because the milk on their breakfast Wheaties had strontium 90 in it, also by the fear of cancer and leukemia." Doyle gaveled her down and warned the applauding audience not to do it again and threatened to clear the room. But Doyle is a mild mannered man and couldn't bring himself to do it even though applause rocked the room after each woman's appearance. Mrs. Posner invoked the 5th amendment when asked whether she had been a mem ber of a Communist cell group when she was teaching high school prior to her resigna tion. She giggled at the ques tion, but a moment later apol ogized, said the question was not revelant and took the 5th. The second witness, Mrs. Ruth Meyers, talked rather more than Mrs. Posner who was busy with the 5th amend ment; however, her answers were so tangled and obscure that counsel could not get her to admit that she was a leader in the movement, whether she knew Mrs. Posner or Mrs. Dagmar Wilson, the ostensible leader of the Women Strike for Peace movement. She took the 5th on whether she was a Communist, terming the ques tion "a disgrace." Lyla Hoffman, third of the cool cookies, who all had at torneys by their side, was more frank about her leading role with the New York group. Young, attractive and ex tremely self-assured, she said she was an active member of the Central Coordinating com mittee in New York, but she wouldn't admit knowing any body in the movement. She cited the fifth amend ment on that question and de clined to answer when first asked whether she had been a Communist party member in 1944 in a cell group in Brooklyn. She said, after conferring with her counsel: "I do not see that the com mittee has the authority to pose this question. I do not believe that past membership experience on the dale you mention could possibly be pertinent to anything this committee is undertaking." 0 For Fur, Efficient Sarvlc Sas. J . .! I. Snip IT LASMc to or from Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Other California Points Call Jack Fitzgerald 773-7761 r-, tl- .. 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