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WEDNESDAY. JULY 31, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
.S. Air Force in Europe Stands Ready To Assist in Major Disasters
By WELLINGTON LONG
Wiesbaden, Gcrmany-OIPIi-Some
Europeans call the U.S.
Air Force in Europe (USAFE)
"Samaritans with wings" be
cause of the help it brings
whenever disaster strikes in
its area of operation.
The people of Skopje, Yu
goslavia, learned this week
just how true that descrip
tion is, as more than a score
of other nations already
know.
USAFE'S main job in Eu
rope is defense, and with to
day's nuclear weapons, it has
the capability of inflicting
destruction more awesome j culcs"
than any of the 26 disasters
to which it has flown aid.
But thi3 destructive power is
something USAFE hopes will
never be needed. Its relief
work is on constant call.
The USAFE specialties are
flood and earthquake relief.
which usually require large
quantities of aid material
quickly, and often It is need
ed in inaccessible places.
Helped 21 Countries
Since USAFE started keep
ing track of its emergency
aid operations in January,
1953, it has been involved in
helping the victims of 26 dis
asters in 21 countries, and
scores of other events less
serious.
The backbone of the dis
aster relief operation is the
322nd Air Division, function
ing from Evrreux. France.
Its pot-bellied C130 "Hcr-
aircraft are familiar
wherever disaster strikes.
The turbo-prop planes have
helped relieve the distress of
floods in Britain, Holland,
Syria, Iraq, Germany, Iran,
Jordan, Libya, Kenya, So
maliland, and Morocco, and
of earthquakes in Turkey,
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Greece, Algeria, Morocco and
Iran.
USAFE was there helping
the victims of the Agadir. Mo
rocco, earthquake which took
12.000 lives in 1060 and the
earthquake in Iran which
took 10.000 lives in 1962. It
was at the Hamburg. Ger
many, flood in 1962 and Hol
land in 1953 when the angry
sea destroyed the dikes.
Helped Many Victims
It has helped the victims
of snow storms in Italy and
Sicily, of a collapsed dam in
France, avalanches In Aus
tria, cyclones In Pakistan,
and fire in Yeman.
USAFE usually flics and
sometimes air drops emer
gency supplies to a stricken
area a few hours after the
disaster. Planes often return
with refugees. Sometimes, as
this week. USAFE flies in a
whole army field hospital,
with all its staff and trucks.
Among the more spectacu
lar efforts, USAFE also air-
Looper Spraying
Called Successful
Olympia, Wash.-WPII - The
DDT attack on hemlock loop
crs meanacing 14,000 acres
; of pri- atcly owned Pacific
county timber land has been
pronounced an "unqualified
I success" by an official of the
Weyerhaeuser Co.
j C. Montgomery Johnson
said that the insecticide kill-
i cd at least 95 per cent . of
the loopers but "there was
absolutely no fish kill."
Johnson said that more than
400 water samples were tak
en from creeks in the spray-
l ing area. He called it the
"most ir.lenaive water moni
toring program in the world."
The project, which was
sponsored by Weyerhaeuser
and Crown Zellerbach, was
completed Monday night.
It was the final phase of
a massive program involving
both the state and private
timber companies, to eradi
cate the looper on almost 70,
000 acres of forest lands.
lifts medicines to prevent i anxious to go when the SOS
epidemics, and sprays wide comes in
areas against locusts. The Skopje earthquake
The men of USAFE are 1 struck Friday morning. As
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TO FACE CHARGES Mrs. Lynne Swisher, who robbed a
bank to finance a vacation in Hawaii, is shown upon her
return to San Francisco to face charges. She surrendered to
Honolulu police when she ran out of funds and waived extra
dition. Accompanying her is United States Marshal Yee, who
escorted her from Honolulu. (UPI)
New Weyerhaeuser Plant Unveiled
Coos Bay-!UPIi-Weyerhaeuser
Co. Tuesday gave community
leaders and news media rep
resentatives a preview of
what it billed as the nation's
newest high-speed, automat
ed forest products plant.
Manager Howard Hunt said
the plant here will begin pro
duction early next month with
150 employees. He said the
plant cost more than $5 mil
lion and will produce 100 mil
lion square feet of 3-8 inch
plywood annually.
Ultimate plans call for 300
employees and a production
of more than 200 million
square feel, he said.
Plywood superintendent
Bert Hammond said the main
features of the plant are im
proved lathe design, an auto
matic grading line, high speed
packaging, a combination
high speed sawing and sand
ing line and a 36-opening hot
press, the largest in the industry.
soon as the extent of the dis
aster became apparent,
USAFE figured out what it
ought to do to best help, and
informed the Yugoslav gov
ernment this was what the
Americans could do if Bel
grade asked for it.
Pilots Were Ready
The American planes gath
ered at Ramstein, West Ger
many, one of the major nu
clear bases, and loaded the
army field hospital. r"iiois
began straining at the leash.
The precise sequence is un
certain, but at one point, the
lead plane took off before
diplomatic clearance for the
flight over Yugoslavia had
been given. Remembering
the time several years ao
when nervous Yugoslavia
gunners knocked an Ameri
can Air Force plane out of the
sky, control officers called
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Famllr Council consists of a. Judge, a
ptiv';h)rlst, three clergymen, three editors ana a women's editor.
Kach arucle la a sumrrary of a family disagreement presented to the
Council The Councl! dsals with problems, major and mfnor,
iif-.ount74d by guidance counselors and social workers. Edited by
Mrs. Aima Denny. (Copyright by General Features Corp.)
this plane back, and told him
to land until things were
straightened out.
The planes, when they fi
nally got the go-ahead, flew
directly to Belgrade, where
they unloaded.
The mercy convoy immedi
ately drove south to the dis
aster area. The U.S. Army
trucks bearing gleaming
white stars were escorted by
Yugoslav military police
wearing shiny red stars.
As the Americans drove
past, Yugoslavs applauded
and yelled "Ziveli Ameri
kanci" (Long Live the
Americans).
McGinty Leaves on
Hawaii Training Cruise
Portland-iUPD - The Naval
Reserve training ship USS
McGinty was to sail today on
a three-week summer t. ny;
cruise to Hawaii.
The ship will carry a re
serve crew of eight officers
and 130 enlisted men plus a
regular Navy crew of three
officers and 45 enlisted men.
NAMES DELEGATE
Washington-IUPD-Joseph D.
Tydings, U.S. attorney for the
district of Maryland, will ba
the Justice Department's del
egate to the 1963 general as
sembly of Interpol, the Inter
national Police Organization.
for her to have her own apart
ment.
Noreen N. - I'd like a taste
of being in charge of myself.
Mrs. I. N. - What sense can
there be in a young girl mov
ing to separate quarters when
her parents have a sumptuous
home a mile away? Noreen is
22, holding down her first job
as a trainee in a department
store. To live alone in a pre
sentable place would take her
whole salary. Besides, it may
give young men she entertains
the wrong idea.
Noreen N, - I don't want to
be like some of my friends
who take out-of-town jobs or
even jump at the first mar
riage proposal just for a
chance to set up housekeeping
on their own. Why can't an
unmarried girl try it? My par
ents are more concerned with
what "people" will say than
with whether I can swing this
change. It's a natural step for
me,
The Council: The unspoken
fear of this mother leaps from
between the lines: "How will
Noreen ever get a nice hus
band? She'll look like a sub
stantial catch with us and our
lovely house as a back
ground." And insofar as a
suitor wonders why she left
her home (a big family fight?
horrible parents? quest for
date3 and social adventure?)
Noreen must be very clear
herself as to her reasons. As
stated, they are valid. The
success of her move will de
pend upon her maturity. It is
this which will dictate how she
conducts herself with no one
around to remind, censure, or
censor. All birda, Mrs. N.,
must fly the coop. Yours isn't
being pushed out, or plucked
out. Instead she's taking a
deep breath and lifting off
solo. And since there'll be a
continuing friendship, she'll
certainly touch home base fre
quently - especially with a
heavy (and hungry) date . . .
Of bourse remember, Noreen,
independence is a two-way
stretch. You make all de
cisions alone, but you cry
alone, too!
Simpson Participates
In Strategy Seminar
Maj. Hugh G. Simpson,
Ashland, was a recent parti
cipant in the Defense Stra
tegy seminar-63 at the Na
tional War college in Wash
ington, D.C.
Simpson, public relations
director of Southern Oregon
college, attended the semi
nar with about 200 other re
serve officers.
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approved award of a contract
to Ore-Ida Foods, Inc., to
build additional office space
for the Bureau of Land Man
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