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Senate Delays
Promotion of
Gen. Kliever
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington (Special) - The
U.S. Senate is withholding ap
proval of the promotion of
Oregon's adjutant general at
the suggestion -of Sen. Mau
rine B. Neuberger pending
completion of the investiga
tion of financial irregularities
in . Oregon National Guard
funds. .
Brig. Gen. Paul Kliever is
one of several hundred mili
tary officers whose promo
tions were submitted to the
Senate by President Kennedy
earlier this year after Con
gress convened. The Senate
must confirm these nomina
tions before the promotions
can be made official - a pro
cedure which usually is exe
cuted without any discussion
as a matter of routine busi
ness. Followed Mansfield's Wish
On Feb. 28 Sen. Mike Mans
field (D-Mont.), the majority
leader, brought before the
Senate a lengthy list of pro
motions, including Kliever's,
cleared by the Senate Armed
Services Committee on Feb.
25. Mansfield asked that they
all be confirmed except the
promotion of Kliever to Ma
jor General. He gave no rea
son, and the Senate followed
his wish.
Brig. Gen. Kliever's name,
a month later, lingers on the
Senate's executive calendar
where apparently it will re
main until last year's scandal
in mishandling of National
Guard funds has been clari
fied. Kliever is entitled to the
promotion by virtue of being
named adjutant general by
Gov. Mark Hatfield last year
following the death of Brig.
Gen. Alfred Hintz.
Seaborne Raid on
Russian Ship in 1
Cuba Confirmed
Washington-(IJPI-The State
Department confirmed today
that seaborne raiders Monday
night attacked and damaged
a Soviet freighter loading sug
ar at a port on the north
coast of Cuba. But it said
it had no idea where the as
sault group had its base.
State Department press of
ficer Lincoln White also said
the department still had no
report from investigators seek
ing to discover the details of
a similar attack March 18 on
another Russian vessel in the
same area.
Groups Claim Credit
Anti-Castro Cuban refugee
groups have claimed credit
for botli attacks. Refugee
spokesmen in New York and
Miami claimed Wednesday
they sank the Russian freight
er Monday night with an ex
plosives laden motor boat
guided by remote control.
The State Department
spokesman said "We have in
formation that the raid actual
ly took place. Our informa
tion is that the ship was dam
aged but we have no informa
tion that it was sunk."
Nor does the department
know whether there were any
casualties, he added.
The State Department said
Wednesday night, in comment
ing on a new refugee foray,
that such attacks were "irre
sponsible" and "deplorable"
and strengthened rather than
weakened the Communist grip
of Cuba.
NEIVSOBRIEFS
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AMERICANS DIE IN KOREAN PLANE CRASH
Seoul, Korea-iliPD-Two American airmen were among 11
persons killed today when a Republic oi Korea air force
transport plane crashed into a hill as it approaching for a
landing at Seoul.
HARM FROM SMOKING ACKNOWLEDGED
Los Angeles-'tPi'-The California Medical Association to
day was the first medical society in the United States to
officially acknowledge that cigarette smoking may be harm
ful. The CMA adopted a resolution to educate the public in
the "harmful effects and health haiards" of cigarette moke.
DIVISION OF RAIL RATE CHARGES ALTERED
Wihington-'lrl'-The Interstate Commerce Commission to
day Issued an order that would give eastern and midwesiorn
railroads a bigger share of rates charged for transcontinental
shipment oi goods by nil.
It was the first major reallocation of revenues among
railroads participating in transcontinental shipments. The
joint rate structure now in force is the oldest in the United
Slates and antedates the 7-ytr-old It-O.
The reason for Mansfield's
request that Kliever be passed
over is that on that same day
Senator Neuberger pointed
out that the Oregon Legisla
ture a few days before had
conducted hearings on the Na
tional Guard financial matter.
In a letter to Sen. Richard
B. Russell, chairman of the
Armed Services Committee,
the Oregon senator said:
"The Oregon Legislature,
the Oregon Secretary of State
and Attorney General are ac
tively investigating the Guard
situation. It is for this reason
that I believe it wiser that
General Kliever's Senate con
firmation be passed over at
this time, awaiting the facts
and full development of the
investigations now in progress
in Oregon."
Clippings Presented
Mrs. Neuberger sent accom
panying clippings front Ore
gon newspapers about a Feb.
21 hearing by the Legisla
ture's Joint Ways and Means
Committee, in which Kliever
appeared as a witness. She
told Russell "all of these sto
ries are of such a recent date
that I was unable to call them
to the attention of you and
your committee" before it
cleared Kliever's promotion.
She made clear that she
was suggesting no impropriety
on the part of Kliever.
In the Legislature's hear
ing, the adjutant general testi
fied that he had informed
Governor Hatfield of his dis
covery of misuse of surplus
property at the Tongue Point
Naval Station near Astoria.
This discovery was reported
shortly after the death of
Hintz last May 19. Kliever
succeeded Hintz as head of
the. National Guard.
Not Slap at Kliever
; Mrs. Neuberger made it
clear that her request for a
delay in action of his promo
tion,, was not intended as a
slap at Kliever,' but that she
felt it would be untimely for
the Senate to confirm the pro
motion while the matter re
mained under review.
While it is unusual for the
Senate to pass over a military
officer's promotion, it is not
at all unprecedented. Some
years ago the other lady sena
tor, Margaret Smith (R-Me.),
delayed the promotion of film
star James Stewart, who is
an Air Force Reserve officer,
and in 1961 she tried to kill
the three-grade promotion of
33-year-old Maj. Gene Wil
liams, a grade to which he was
automatically entitled under
West Virginia law after being
named that state's adjutant
general by a Democratic gov
ernor. The Senate overrode
her objection by a 46-37 vote.
Phofoengravers
Reject Contract
New York - OIPD - The last
striking union defied its lead
ership Wednesday and voted
down a contract, forcing the
newspaper shutdown Into its
111th day and depriving mil
lions of the editions they had
expected to see again today.
In morning newspaper of
fices, the 191 to 111 negative
vote of the photoengravers
union was greeted with shock
and disbelief. The presses had
been cleaned and inked, lead
heated in pots, and editorial
workers alerted to turn out
copy for today's editions.
If only 41 of the dissenters
had changed their mind just
before voting, almost 20,000
idle newspaper employees
would be back to work today.
mouno tmi man
Regional Edition
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ROUGH LANDING - Wreckage of a Varsity training plane
perches atop this suburban house in Gloucester, England,
after a crash which killed test pilot Russell Palmer and
Shoe Soles Save
Ruch Man's Life
At Hospital Site;
John E. Eck, 36, of Ruch,
an employee of the Builders
Supply company, of Medford,
owes his life today to the
soles of his shoes, if the de
duction of Claude Haggard
safety director of the Copco
division of Pacific Power and
Light company is correct.
Eek survived a heavy pow
er jolt Tuesday apparently
unharmed. He was delivering
supplies for his firm to the
new Josephine General hos
pital , construction ' job at
Grants Pass when he was
knocked down1 by the 4,000
volts.
The Ruch man was holding
a control panel at the end of
a wire operating a boom on
the truck and unloading con
crete blocks when the tip of
the boom hit the high voltage
line. It was 29 feet above the
ground, according to the re
port from Grants Pass.
Knocked to Ground
Eek was knocked to the
ground and is unable to ex
plain huw he escaped serious
injury. He said he could feel
the Current surging through
his body, particularly in the
backs of his legs, before he
went down.
Witnesses said that after
Eek was free of the control
panel the end of the control,
which dropped to the ground,
burned the grass.
Haggard, who happened to
be at the supply company of
f ice as a customer, learned
about the accident and waited
until Eek returned. He took
him to a doctor for thorough
examination which included
electrocardiogram checking.
The doctor could find nothing
wrong.
Haggard said it was the in
sulating qualities of the neo-
prene soles on Eek s shoes
that saved his life.
Enrollmen Nears
Record at SOC
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college was only 25 students
short of the all-time high for
spring term enrollment when
the third day of registration
closed Wednesday, the office
of Mrs. Mabel W. Winston,
registrar, reported.
The total Wednesday was
1,502, an increase over the
same day last year of 246
students or 19 6 per cent.
Last year when registra
tion closed the college had
1,527 students enrolled.
Registration for this term
continues through April 8.
Teamsters Planning
Portland Hospital
Portland -HPP- The Team
sters Union was reported to
day to be planning a hospital
here to provide medical care
for its members in Oregon.
Sheriffs Office
Budget Discussed
By County
The Jackson county budget
committee this morning dis
cussed the sheriff's proposed
budget and emphasized per
sonnel, tax collection and civil
defense. e
Sheriff De Armond Leigh
is seeking $137,522 for the
criminal department, up $26,
818; $30,929 for tax depart
ment, up $1,837; $23,337 for
civil department, up $1,907;
and $63,082 for the jail, up
$622.
. The sheriff explained it Is
hard to designate one particu
lar deputy for a certain job
since they must be shifted to
determine where they best fit.
One man is kept on tax col
lection full time, Leigh said.
All taxes which can be col
lected are being collected, he
added.
In answer to a question
Arguments Slated
In Court Case
Oral arguments will be
heard Monday on the Jackson
county circuit court case In
which the Jackson County
Rollarena, Inc., is suing the
Medford Irrigation district for
$10,366 as a result of an irri
gation ditch overflow.
Circuit Judge James M.
Main yesterday granted a non
suit on the first cause of ac
tion which alleges the irriga
tion district ,is liable for es
cape of water flowing through
its ditches.
Late yesterday afternoon
both attorneys moved for a
directed verdict on the sec
ond cause of action alleging
negligence and the motion was
granted. Arguments will be
heard by Judge Main Monday
on this second cause of action.
Yesterday Gregory Horn
ecker, attorney for the Rol
1 a r e n a, introduced Myers
Jones, local building contrac
tor, Wayne Struble, Medford
architect, Mrs. Clarence Mo
nia, corporation secretary, and
Jack Hoffbuhr, Medford Irri
gation district manager.
William Deatheragc, repre
senting MID, introduced eight
witnesses including adjacent
land owners, ditch riders,
Hoffbuhr, Albert Heunera,
MID board member, and
James Hoy, consulting engi
neer. Auto Crash Injuries
Fatal To Youngster
Salem-OTIi-Junie Dodd, 6.
Halsey. died at a Salem hos
pital today of injuries suffer
ed in an automobile accident
south of Albany Tuesday.
CONDEMNATION URGED
Portland -IT1i- The old ice
arena in northwest Portland
has been recommended for
condemnation.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963
assistant test pilot C. Thomas.
miraculously escaped death,
Group
from County Commissioner
Don Faber, .the sheriff said
he would be willing to use
the ' sheriff's office and one
deputy for civil, defense,
Whether this would work out
would depend on circum
stances, he added.
Time on Civil Defense
Deputy Buford Johnson
spends almost all of his time
on civil defense, but also
works on school patrol and
safety lectures for schools. He
also helps out the other crimi
nal deputies during emergen
cies, Leigh said. His salary
comes under the civil defense
budget, but the sheriff pro
vides him a safety car plus
expenses.
Discussing a legislative bill
for abolishment of sheriff's of
fices throughout the state,
Leigh said if the bill should
go through it would leave the
sheriff's office In charge of
the county jail operation and
a servant of the courts.
The budget committee will
interview the planning com
mission at 2 o clock this after
noon and the family and
child guidance clinic board
representatives later this aft'
ernoon, if possible. Otherwise
they willte interviewed dur
ing the last scheduled budget
committee hearing session
April 4. The public hearing on
the proposed budget is sched
uled tentatively for June 14
Castro Warns Cuba
May Acquire Ships
Havana, Cuba-IUPil-Preinier
Fidel Castro warned today
that Cuba may have to ac
quire long range bombers and
warships to protect its mer
chant shipping against Amcrl
can "aggressors."
Castro made his threat In
an official statement which
accused the United Slates of
responsibility for armed at
tacks on two Soviet freighters
in Cuban ports and for the
recent crash of a Bolivian air
liner. He said the United States
was behind Wednesday's at
tack by Cuban exiles on the
Soviet freighter Baku while it
was loading sugar in the
north coast port of Caibaricn,
leaving It heavily damaged.
WEATHER
FOflKC AST: Con-.lrJrr.-blf clou
dlrtMft tontfht and Friday wtth
oc rational ahowrra and torn
perloda of partial rOarlng.
Low tonight 30-34. Htfh Friday
J2-SI.
Temp.
HI r hut Yruerdav 5X
Lowest This Mornirif 31
trec. to If a.m. Today II
Our Skies Tonight
Burnet today - i:JI p.m.
unrlt tomorrow .... a.m.
Moontet tonight .... .. .19:47 p.m.
Flrtt Quarter March II
PROMINENT STAR
Splra, tn southeatt . 19:24 p.m.
VIMBLK PLANLTS
Mar, htfh overhead S:2S p.m.
Saturn, tt 4: a m.
Vtnuk, rliet 4: a.m.
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Families living in the house
(UPI)
Forest Personnel
Checks Extent of
limber Blowdown
Rogue River National for
est personnel were surveying
the Dead Indian area by air
plane today to determine the
extent of . timber' blowdown
from yesterdas windstorm.
The flight will Indicate
what ground investigation
may be necessary.
The supervisor's office here
was told that two loggers mov
ed equipment to . a cleared
spot in the area because of the
danger of falling trees. Roads
were blocked by downed trees.
Planting crews In both the
Applcgate and Ashland dis
tricts of the forest were mov
ed out because of the wind
danger. Some trees were blow
ing down.
Medford station of the U.S.
weather bureau reported 25
miles per hour sustained
winds with gusts up to 40
mph yesterday morning. In
the afternoon, wind blew at
30 to 47 miles per hour at
3,000 to 4,000 feet.
Scattered Thundarstorms
Scat tered thunderstorms
and gusty southerly winds up
to SO mph in some locations
were anticipated this after
noon. Winds were expected to
continue blustery but to di
minish this evening.
Pacific Power and Light
company reported that a tree
blew into a tap line above
Stcinman bulte in the Slski
yous and one fell into a line
and damaged a transformer at
Indian springs. A power pole
fell In the Valley View area.
Several Ashland homes be
hind the Mark Antony hotel
were without electricity for
about one hour yesterday aft
ernoon when wind blew a
branch Bcross a power line.
Ashland city officials said no
other damage was reported to
city property during the
storm.
Youth Legislature
To Convene in Salem
Salem - OJPP - The legisla
tive halls and chambers In Sa
lem will be crowded Friday
and Saturday.
The YMCA youth legisla-
lure will meet in the House
and Senate chambers from 8
to 9 a.m, Friday, and all day
Saturday,
The counterpart to Gov.
Mark Hatfield will be Ran-
dell Muyer Jr., Baker, youth
governor.
Youth speaker of the house
is Don Christy, Klamath
Falls, and youth president of
the Senate is Nolan Mack,
Portland.
JUSTICE NAMED
SalemJUPt-Gov. Mark Hat
field has named Wood row
Woodbridgc of Baverton jus
tice of the peace for the Bea
verton district starting April
1. He succeeds Mrs. Georgia
McHill who resigned.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 6
Senate Votes To
Eliminate Liquor
Purchase Permit
Conciliation Court
Measure Approved
Salem - fllPD - Tile Senate
voted 20-9 today to eliminate
the SI liquor purchase permit,
and voted 23-6 for a bill
which would authorize estab
lishment of conciliation courts
for divorce proceedings.
Both measures now go to
the House for action.
Elimination of the liquor
permit would become effec
tive' 90 days after adjourn
ment of the legislature.
Sen. Andrew Naterlln (D-
Newport) said the present per
mits are "obsolete and have
no value." He said the bill
would cost the state $658,000
a biennium in loss of license
revenues, but pointed out this
would more than be offset by
the February liquor price
hike which will brine in an
added $4 million a biennium
Calltd 'Paopla's Bill'
Naterlin denied the measure
was "a Governor s bill, and
said it was "a peoples bill.
Sen. Alfred Corbett (D-
Portland) opposed the meas
ure, and said "it is the Gov
ernors bill. It is the voice of
Naterlin in the cloak of (Gov
Mark) Hatfield." He termed it
a "sorry day" to move from
control measures so more
liquor could be sold more
easily. .
The conciliation court meas
ure is a result of a recommen
dation of the interim commit
tee on social problems. It
would allow counties to ap
point one circuit court as a
conciliation court to attempt
to bring together parties plan
ning divorce.
The measure calls tor a 45-
day "cooling off" period in
such conciliation courts.
Sen, Thomas"Ma(ioney (D-
romana) said it could neip
stem Oregon's growing di
vorce rate. He said a reduc
tion in divorces could lead to
a reduction in the costs of
welfare and aid to dependent
children.
$101,125 in Permits
Issued by Medford
Building permits valued at
$101,125 were issued Wednes
day by the Medford building
department.
Largest was for $65,000 to
Pulver's Motel to erect 20
new units at the motel, 1237
North Riverside ave.
On Tuesday five permits
were issued to Safeway Stores
Inc. to demolish - the resi
dences at 425 Union ave. and
1109, 1115, 1119 and 1123
West Main St. The area will
be used to erect a $200,000
Safeway building.
Other permits issued includ
ed a shop and sales office for
Darrell Miller and Associates,
301 South Central ave., $17,-
500, a $12,000 residence, and
permits to remodel homes and
erect signs.
Traffic Safety Bill
Receives Approval
Salcm-JUfD-A major traffic
safety bill that would let offi
cers make arrests without wit
nessing a traffic accident was
approved today by the House
Judiciary committee.
The committee killed bills
to let cameras into court
rooms and to make it easier
to prosecute motor scooter rid
ers who ride In federal for
ests where they aren't sup
posed to.
The traffic arrest bill Is
key part of Gov. Mark Hat
field's traffic safety program.
It would let an officer make
an arrest for "probable
cause.
Officers feel the present
law prohibits them from mak
ing arrests without seeing an
accident, even when they ar
rive at an accident scene and
find a motorist staggering
around who obviously had
been drinking.
Job Situation in
State Said Improved
Salem - IUPD - The State
Employment department said
today the job situation has
improved In the last month,
Commissioner David Cam
eron said that on March 21
total of 24,000 claimed bene
fits, compared to 31.900 four
weeks earlier.
STORM LEAVES
THREE DEAD AT
CRESCENT CITY
Portland - IUPD - Gusty
winds buffeted Oregon again
today in the wake of a violent
storm that brought back stark
memories of the Columbus day
disaster but caused far less
damage and injuries.
Widespread minor damages
and power outages were re
ported from Wednesday's wet
blow that swept in from the
southwest and brought at least
one wind velocity in excess
of 100 miles per hour.
At least four persons were
hurt seriously in Oregon.
Three men died in separate
accidents near Crescent City,
Calif.
Southerly winds of 30 mph
with gusts to 49 were reported
at the Portland airport and
gusts to 41 mph at Salem were
reported at 9 a.m. today. ,
Rain Falls
Continued local gusty winds
were forecast tonight and Fri
day. Rain accompanied the
storm but the most precipita
tion reported by the weather
bureau was 1.08 inches at As
toria, which got off compara
tively light windwise.
The highest recorded wind
gust In the state Wednesday
was 104 miles per hour at
North Bend Air Force Sta
tion. Despite the violence of the
storm and the sudden wild
gusts, damage appeared to be
relatively light, especially
compared to last Oct, 12
Tr Hits Car
Three members of a Blue
River family were injured
when a tree blew across their
car on U. S. Highway 126
some 48 miles east of Eugene,
Mrs. George Bullock was re
ported In fair condition at a
Eugene . hospital. Her 10-
month-old granddaughter, An
gela Fenley, was reported in
critical condition and Brad
Fenley, 4, was in good con
dition.
At Coqullle, Mrs. Anna Ol
son suffered a . broken . leg.
when a nam aoor mew on.
In California, Ben Jewel
47, a logger from Crescent
City, was killed when a four-
foot-thick redwood tree fell
on his truck 20 miles south
of that city, George A. Poage,
46, of Crescent City was kill
ed when his car slid off U. S,
Highway 199 northeast of
Crescent City and struck a
tree.
A fisherman, Gino Dardint,
Crescent City, was washed off
the fishing boat Rose H just
before it was driven on the
beach by heavy seas between
Crescent City and Eureka.
Two young men from For
tune, Calif., swam ashore
when the wind blew their
small foreign car off the high
way and Into the Eel river.,
Cold Beach Hit -
In Oregon, the worst dam
age appeared to be in the
Gold Beach and Eugene areas.
Elsewhere it was mostly a
matter of downed power and
telephone lines, broken win
dows, fallen trees and fouled
up traffic.
State Police estimated the
winds at 80 miles an hour at
Gold Beach. The storm knock
ed down a concession build
ing and several stands at the
Curry county fairgrounds,
dropped a tree on a pickup
truck and smashed flying
debris against a trailer house.
The city lost electrical and
telephone service.
Appropriations
Group Wields Axe
Washlngton-IUPD-The House
Appro priations , committee
took its first swing today at
President Kennedy's record
budget, lopping off 9 per cent
of his request for the Interior
Department and Forest Serv
ice.
Nevertheless, the economy
drive on its first test fell
short of the target which some
conservatives insist must be
met before Congress would be
justified in yielding to Ken
ncdy's plea for a $10.3 billion
tax cut. ,,,..
The first regular money
bill, which the committee sent
to the House floor for action
next week, carried $935,690,-
000 for Interior and the For
est Service for the fiscal year
starting July 1. This is $92.-
818,000 less . than Kennedy
asked.
But the total Is $37,508,200
more than Congress made
avail able for the same
agencies last year. It topped
by $9,678,200, or 1 per cent,
total funds that will be avail
able for the current fiscal
year, if pending administra
tion requests are approved.
The Riley Creek school,
south of Gold Beach, was hit
again. The school, heavily dam
aged in the Oct. 12 storm, lost
the roof over two more rooms
Wednesday.
Children - huddled under
their desks and classes were
dismissed as soon as the storm
passed.
Classes were let out early
in Eugene in anticipation of
the storm, but it arrived there
long after school hours.' The
wind, with gusts up to 75
miles an hour, blew a trailer
house off the road north of
Eugene, flattened a. vacant
service station, and tore off a
few roofs.
Plants Dimagad
Several planes were dam
aged at the Springfield Muni-
ipal Airport, at least one
beyond repair. Wind ripped
the doors and part of the roofs
off three hangars.
In the Portland area, the
river forecasting station on
the Morrison Bridge reported
wind gust of 96 miles an
hour at 8:24 p.m. That was 22
miles slower than the highest
gust recorded in October.
Portland International Air
port had a peak gust of 63
miles an hour and station
KGW-TV had a peak gust of
69 at its West Hills transmit
ter. -
Troutdale- airport reported
gust of 81 miles an hour.
Other gust velocities meas
ured included 80 miles an
hour at Mt.-Hebo, 63 at Adair
Air Force Station, 60 at Sa
lem, 74 at North Bend and
Brookings, 55 at Ashland and
4u at Medford. .
Civil Defense
Agency Active
During Storm
i!'31em -Jim-'Ongon's Civil
Defense Agency, caught off
guard by the Columbus Dav
storm and threatened with
dismemberment by the legis
lature, battled for its life dur
ing Wednesday's windstorm.
Director Robert W. Sand-
strom, four of his staff and
three reserve-radio operators
were on duty to trace the oath
of the storm and gather re
porta from the statewide CO
radio network. -
At 10:40 p.m. Wednesday
Sandstrom issued a "well
done" to 24 stations la 17
counties.
He said three state ' net
works were operating at state
civil defense - headquarters.
State police, forestry, motor
vehicles, highway and Nation
al Guard units were in con
tact thorughout the storm.
At the - county and local
level, professional and volun
teer civil defense personnel
were on duty. , - ..
Coos County Busy
In Coos county CD Director
Ron Endlcott alerted Bchools
by telephone and children
were sent home as soon as he
was given- weather reports
from Medford at 2:30 p.m.
Through the police radio in
Myrtle Point, Endlcott relayed
the warning to each city in .
the county, and notified two
commercial radio stations.
Endicott reported damage
and weather conditions to the
state agency during the eve
ning. In Lincoln county, CD Di
rector Ruel Saxton got a
storm warning from the sher
iff s office at l p.m. saxton
notified city and county gov
ernment agencies, alerted lo
cal radio stations, and then
moved into the courthouse
communications center with
auxiliary power for the next
seven hours.
Saturn Scores
Fourth Success
Cape Canaveral -TOPI)- The
United States today fired its
mighty Saturn-1 rocket to a
fourth straight success in a
key shot toward a 1965 date:
when It will launch three-man
teams of astronauts Into orbit
around earth. ' "?
The 47-ton Saturn-1, as awe
some as the planet after which
It was named, roared from its
launching pad at 12:12 p.m.
(PST) atop a column of liquid
flame -
Seven minutes later the
monstrous missile had climb
ed about 77 miles into space
and nosed back into the at
mosphere to its destruction
229 miles away in the Atlantic
ocean. ,, - ,