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1UA Fridiy, November J, 1S63
Congress Finishes
Action on Military
Construction Bill
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Con
gress completed action Thurs
day on a compromise 1 6 billion
bill authorizing construction of
military facilities and housing
both at home and abroad.
The measure, which would au
thorize $685 for military hous
ing, was the result of a benate
House compromise on earlier
separate versions passed by the
two chambers.
It would authorize $488 mil'
lion in new construction for the
Air Force, $002 million for the
Navy, and $199 million for the
Army.
The biii was approved first
by the Huus on a 356-1 vote.
with Rep. Thomas B. Curtis, R
Mo., the lone dissenter. The Sen
ate then passed it by voice vote,
sending the annual authorization
measure to the White House,
Below Request
The compromise bill was $237
million below what the admin,
istration wanted.
The bill includes provision for
10,140 new units of military fam
ily housing at various bases
around the country.
- Other major items include:
$45 million for dispersal of
U. S. fighter interceptor squad
rons. $34 million for new hospitals
at Ft. Rucker, Ala.; Amarillo
AFB, Tex.; Elgin AFB, 111., and
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
' $35 million for new Nike
Hercules and Hawk missile bat
teries and other air defense fa
cilities in the southeastern part
of the United States. These fa
cilities highlighted the new em
phasis being placed on defense
from a possible air attack from
Communist Cuba.
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Moon Attracts
Giant Squids
We can hardly credit such a
grotesque creature as a giant
squid, which may measure 50
feet in length with being ro
mantically inclined or fasclnat
ed by the light of the full moon,
but such seems to be tne case,
These monstrous, 10 armed
creatures are known to come
up from the great depths of the
sea to gaze in stunned amaze
ment at a bright moon,
At such times the squid seems
to be in a state of self-hypnosis.
In this trance-like state, it may
even allow itself to be cast up
on a beach and be seen, for
the first time, by human eyes.
These monsters of the great
deeps have fascinated man
since he first went down to the
sea in ships. Old woodcuts and
drawings in natural history
books pictured a sailing vessol
In the grip of a giant squid. The
picture snowed the frightened
crew diving overboard, prefer
ring drowning to being caught
in the great, sucker-lined ten
tacles of a giant squid
Picture Frightening
The over-all sour note about
the pictures was the fact that
what they illustrated never hap
pened. Viewing this old picutre
would certainly have changed
the mind of a prospective sailor
and sent him out to buy a chick
en ranch.
As far as science can definite
ly ascertain, the giant squid
spends most of his life at the
bottom of the sea, probably liv
ing in a cave, and dreading the
whale that might penetrate the
great depths. This whale, who
is known to relish squid meat
dives to unbelievable depths just
to enjoy feasting on one of these,
the largest backboncless animal
In the world.
In the nomenclature of scion
title classification, it is some
what confusing to learn that the
squids are related to the very
beautiful seashell, the chamber
ed nautilus. Of course the nauti
lus is a relative of the oyster,
clam, conch, and the others of
the mollusk family.
Considered Intellectuals
The squids and their running
mate, the octopus, are consider
ed to be the highest in intellec
tual accomplishments of all the
mollusks. in lact, the squid dis
plays considerable craftiness in
the pursuit of prey, as well as
in eluding capture, inese incul
ties have been developed to I
point almost approaching a low
form of intelligence.
It is not too well known how
the giant squid protects Itself
against its greatest enemy, the
whale. But many cases are on
record of whales that bear on
their bodies the round, saucer
sized marks, left there by the
suction disks of a squid's ten
tacles. It Is assumed that, even
tually the whale is always the
winner in these great, under
water contests.
The squid is classified as a
cephalopod, which means "feet
around the head" seemingly an
Impossible conditon. This ani
mal (foes "head over heels" to
be ridiculous, and succeeds.
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