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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1952)
Ml IB A By t BANK JliNKINS I tuppoitft you'vit rend In Hie tonne or heard oil Urn rsjllo thin lluulin propaganda Ulo (bout Uis wv wo Americans run eieciiona In Tonnrr. II'k lulu. I Ilka capcclully the Muaeow-peliiird pie tuic ol tho boeaman sheriff and hi lalllllv. Ila alls Hi one tuble dcaltntt out FILLEU-1N ballots Willi one Imnd ml dollar bi In Willi Uie uilirr. Another tuble In held down bv hie wllo mid Ilia rout ol the laimiy, II hravllv Icalooiicd with six- li,,nlrr. 'lltnlr lllb IS 10 Check tile ballota lo are Uinl no low-down truth sell ' tlK'lr bullols one way sad vole Ihein aiiolher. Oi thrv antch guy trvlnit that, ll'a UANO mid the sexton has an other Job dluulhK a note. The wav It cornea over Uie Mos cow radio It's luiuilcr than a erulth. Hut II ha a a serious aide. IT COULD MB THAT WAY HOMKUAY. even title In Iree America, IF WK trllMIT TOO MUCH POWF.lt TO IIKMAIN IN TOO FEW HANDS TOO LONO. ti' Hoi way In Ilusala now. It OOT that way becaue In Russia too much power haa been permitted lo remaui In loo low Honda too long. . It ku.n1.ill nnllllrN' Klscnhnwrr CAMPAIGN LEAD ERS gather III utnvcr lor iua . level SIKATEUY conferences. a Don'l let 'cm load you ur with a lot ol lancy -airaiegv, ie. " votera are led ui Willi lhal alull. ah Hl.Hi i itus tfMiir nt flpnlakon la leader wo can BELIEVE and TRUST. Wo mm vou re lliav sum ol man and we have lalth lliat II . i r .... unn1 II hiirmund VIVCIFU ficniuwui. V" - yourself with that kind ol men. Thai will be good enouiih. Jual bo on being yourself ana don't lei anybody duller you up with a. lot 01 outworn naiiyiwu. Ike himself, apeaklnlt In Denver. i-- ......... ih. rim fimnakan aaya ne wiiwi . w. ..... to give a much emphaala to Ihe C0N0KE8HI0NAL RACES aa lo hla bid lor uio rreaiuenvr. paste mat in your nai. , .... - , n.j..iH.t.l lie Will APPOINT hla admlnUlraUve aMilalaula. Iroin membera ol his rabinel on down. But ilhank the Lord, thla being America) he can I appoint tht membera 01 congress - .i 1.1 vrrrn You and I and tens ol millions ot other Americana win nave va do that lob because under our ay- . 1 1.. 1 - .. n II icm nouiiuv y, ... It we elect Ike. lei1 at the same time erects oonres.inin wuilft. wiin. I suppose you read that thrilling myaler tale the other dav about a supposed spy parachuting down Irom a plane Into Ihe super-secret llanlord alomlo work ud In the slate ol Washington. II seems to have been a dud, What hnnpened. apparently, waa thai a piece of building paper about the site ol a man. was t aunht u bv a whirlwind and carried alolt. Since what goes up muni come down. II came down and somebody saw It and Jumped to conclusions. A lot of our fears, both for the present and lor the future, arise out of the untortunate fsot thai so manv of us see so many thlnits lhat DON'T HAPPEN and know so many things lhat "ain't ad." This Is from 8alein! "A forgotten 88-year old law 'enacted In IBM) Is bring dusted ofl for use against an Oregon con vict accused of knifing a guard a cmmle of dnvs ago. The old law provides the death penalty for an attack on a guoro wun a cieacny weapon, It Is unusual In that It doesn't give the Jury a choice whether or not to Indict the fleam penalty. The death sentence Is mandatory. ,Tho guard who waa knifed suf fered only a minor hnnd cut. Tf you can ace an Oregon Jury sentencing a convict to drnth lor gashing a guard's hand, you can see things 1 can't see. I'd sav a law like that Is like a lot of Ihe old stuff most of us keep around In our attics. It may have been alt right In 1804, but It Isn't any good now. We'd better get rid pi II lust an most of us would better get rid of a lot of Uie old stuff In our attics. RUTH T. BERRY becomes tht flnt candidate to fila for city office, announcing her candi dacy for re-election at city treasurer yesterday. Mrs. Ber ry Is finishing . her second four-year term as treasurer, 'and probably will not have anv enoosition en tka bsllnf. ; ' .' .' .' tit! aSL- I -p.. UN Aircraft, Infantry In War Action SEOUL, Korea 11 The U.S, Flllh Air Force aald United Na tions ullols shot down three Com inunlst Jets and damaged two over North Korea Frldav as clearing weather brought renewed Intensity lo the war. The U. 8. Eighth ArmV said bay onet wielding Allied Infantrymen recaptured Ihe crest ol Old Iialilv lull In a bloody elghl-hour light oh the Western Front, The Russlsn-msde MIO-16 lets were shot down In the first all-Jet battle since July 23, Planes Irom a flight of 33 U.S. Sabre Jels bsttletl elements of more limn 00 MIOs for more than 10 minutes near the Korei-Mun-churia border. Allied lossea. If any. were not reported. In Tokyo. Oen. O. P. Weyland, commanding general of the U.S Far Eanl Air Forces, announced Iho addition of about H aleek K-84 Thunder lei flghler-bombers to UN nir strength lor action over Korea. SUMMARY A monthly Air Force summary reported lliat Ihe Communists lost n planes In July, Ihe United Na tion.. III. Supported by fighter bombers and artillery lire. Allied doughboya stormed Old Ualdy Irom two sides Thursday nlaht. By dawn Friday Ihey had lorced an estimated 200 Chinese: Reds down lis mud-caked slopes and Immediately began digging In. Recapture of the strategic out pout west of Chorwon marked Uie first Intense ground lighting since last Saturday, the first of six days of heavy rain. The aurnrlse Allied olncer move ment on Old Baldy came Just 10 daya alter a Chinese oaliauon seised ihe barren crest. It followed Ihe Thursday visit to Ihe sector by Oen. Jsmes Vsn Fleet, U, 8. Eighth Army commander. Youth Cleared In Park Case William K. Russell, the 18-year- old robber-kidnaper captured In Utah yesterday, haa apparently cleared himself of guilt In the Crater Lalre murders. FBI Chief J. B. Poster aald In Portland today Uiat Kuaaeli "ap pears" to have been In Sacramento at Uie tiro UK two General Motors oillciaia were rouoeo ana aiam in Crater Lake National Park. Russell wss questioned about Uie Crater Lake murders after he had boasted of being Uie killer. He was captured In Duchesne, Utah, yesterday morning alter rob bing and kidnaping two men. The Ural of these two victims, John Lovelace, Sparks, Nov., aald Russell threatened him by saying: "I don't want to have lo do to you what I did to those two men at Crater Lake." Lovelace, driving a Sears. Roe buck truck, picked Russell up Sat urday aa a hitchhiker at Lake Tn hoe. Once In Uie truck, Russell pulled a gun and forced Lovelace lo drive him to Fernley. Nev. He robbed Lovelace of Kb and hla watch. Two days later. Russell pulled another hitchhike kidnap and forced Arnold Schultes. Vernal, Utah, to drive him to Duchesne, where Russell was captured yes terday. Schultes waa also robbed, Soon after his capture, Russell waa questioned by FBI men about his boast of naving killed v. p. Culhane. Detroit. Mich., and A. M. Jones, Concord, Calif., at Crater Lake. Klamath Man Faces Old Law A long-forgotten 1804 law which provides the death penalty for a prlsuncr convicted ol assaulting a guard with a dangerous weapon may 'bo used to uao.sccule James Quenlln Anderson, ID, member ol Uio Kliimuth Indian tribe who Wednesday slabbed a guard during a ruckus at the Oregon State Prison In Salem. Anderson Is serving a term In prison for the slaying of a tunch hand, Jorry Zulkownkl, III 1941. He was originally sentenced to 10 yours, was paroled twice and had his parole revoked, and escaped last year only -to be recaptured alter an auto accident in Nevada, Wednesday he allegedly started a fight alter drinking pruno, an intoxicating concoction made by prisoners, and knifed Quard James Schults who tried to halt the fight. Herman suuered only a cut hand. However, Warden Virgil O'Mal lcy said today he would file a complaint under the old law. It la doubtful If Uio law has ever been used. OMalleV said he learned of the law when a, lawyer-convict ho had assigned to survey all laws per taining to the penitentiary ran across It, The law Is unusual In that It doesn't give a Jury the choice of whether to Inflict the death penal ty. In first degree murder cases,. Juries have that choltn. O'Malley said he Is doubtful whether a Jury would sentence a convlcl to death for attacking a guard. Rather than do that, It might find him not guilty. . ine warden sum ne ocneves uie old law Is nno which applies in the mining incident, ne aiso indi catcd he would like to sea what will happen If It la tested. There la a strong possibility that If a charge Is filed against Ander son under the old law, a grand Jury would reduce the charge to assault with a deadly weapon, which carries a prison sentence. , D...,,,,.,,, , UT MM , W Price Five Cents 12 I'agea Earth Shocks Still Lash Bakersfield BAKFRHFIKI.D, Cnllf ( naker.illeld was still shaking Fri day. 11 days alter Ihe big earth quake that took a toll ol 14 lives In Southern Calllornla. Thrro were two more tremors Friday, but only light ones and nothing to compare with the ori ginal shock July 21 or some ol the stronger aftershocks. The Kern County sheriffs office reported the two were not strong enough to cause additional damage and came about 3:08 a.m. and O la a.m. There have been settling shocks almost dally since Uie original one. There were two fairly sharp quakes Thursday that registered 6 1 and 4.76 on the seismographs al Uie California Inslllule ol Tech nology. RKHIDKNT.H Residents have not become blase about Uie continuing tremors bul aome aporllng souls are laying beta on the magnitude of future after shocks. The Caltech seismograph Is set up to measure magnitude on the basis of .1 for Uie emullcsl quake. The biggest quake ever record ed under this system was 8.0 al Asam In the Himalayas in 19S0. The July 21 tremblor near Tehacha pi was recorded al 7 4 Damage continued to mount In the Kern County area. The Kern General Hospital was further nil Thursday. Hospital authorities fur ther estimated damage at & mil lions. A nine-loot parapet was loos ened al the county Jail. The city hall al Shutter was condemned. The July 21 quake claimed Its 14th victim with the death ol Mrs. Lydla Cllne. 88, of Long Beach. She died of a broken left hip Buffered when she fell during Uie quake. RAILROADS Heavily damaged railroad tun nels and trackage in Die Tehacha- El -mountain area-waa Inspected by i." J. Russell, president of Uie Southern Pacific railroad and Fred E. Ourley. president of Uie Santa Fe railroad. Ruasell aald It may be three more weeks before repair work is completed and service resumed over Uie Bakersfield to Los Angeles route. Ho estimated Uie project ' will cost SI, 250. 000, barring additional damage from aftershocks. - Parents Assail Doctor Draft The parents of small patients of Dr. Don B. Rice. Klamath Falls pediatrician, are bombarding Si-n. Wayne Morse In an eflort to enlist Ihe senator's help In preventing Dr. Rico from being taken by the Army. Dr. Rice, 35, haa been classified 1-A (medical) and Is scheduled to lake his physical examination In Portland In a couple of weeks. A number of persons whose chil dren are patients of the doctor learned of his draft status this week and began a telephone cam paign to ask oUier parents to wire Sen. Morse about the situation. Dr. Rice Is one of the only two pediatricians In Klamath Falls and has an exceedingly heavy practice hero ns well as In adjoining coun ties an in Northern California, He was classified 4-F during World War II becauso of a head Injury received In an automobile accident, and got his medical training with out government expense. Some ot the persons-conducting Ihe campaign to keep the doctor in Klamath Falls draltcd an open letter lo the public this mornlne. quoted below: We have been informed that Dr. Don B. Rice, well-known pedi atrician of Klamath Falls, has been classified priority 1-A (ml In the armea services. While this Is not tho first oaso where an excellent man was called to serve his coun try, we would like to express the Injustice of this case. "Dr. Rice did not serve In World War II because of a 4-F classlfl- cation. He obtained his medical education al his own expense, hns built up a wide practice In Klamnth Falls In the three vears he has been here. Is married and la the tatner of two small children. "Manv parents have been con tacted and they all feci that since he was not eligible to serve when he was willing, lhat It. Is not an Injustice to demand that he be allowed to remain here where there are but two pediatricians to serve a county of 42,000 population and many more ot Northern California. 'Sen. Wayne B. Morse Is a mem ber of the Armed Elervlces Com mittee, Perhaps If nil Interested would wire n protest to him we could retain tills excellent man In our midst where he has done -a great deal of good and would like to continue to servo us. Sen. Morse has been Informed of Ihe situation, and n flood of t"legrams might neip to convince mm. (Signed) Mrs, E. P. Lee . Mrs. J. 8. Fade : ' Mrs. Howard Hartley Mrs. A. W. Wcatover Mrt. Dale Alter KLAMATH mm T"1 . 1 eV ' 1 A s - ( uJ t kg, rV t " .a i A GROUP OF LANE COUNTY officials and businesmen were here yesterday to look over the Klamath Nursing Home and Infirmary institution for possible ideas, to be incorporated in a similar institution proposed for Lane County. In the picture are (front row) Phil Bartholomew, Bob Macley, L. G. Raish, Ed Gowen, local county commissioner, and Olaf Hoaglum; (back row) Ted Brown, Or. Anthony Triolo, Max Dudley, E. L. Surfus, Earl McNutt, A. L Shough and Vic, Morgan. Adlai Meets With Wyatt SPRINGFIELD, 111. OP) Gov. Adlal Stevenson may reveal Fri day Uie significance of his lengthy conlcrence with Wilson Wyail, former federal housing expediter. The Democratic presidential nominee conferred with Wyalt throughout Thursday afternoon and cvonlng with only one major b terrupoon.-. -. -f Some political gources have re ported Wyatt may play an import ant role In the Democratic national campaign that Stevenson may be considering him as a possible suc cessor to Frank McKlnney, Dem ocratic National Committee chair man, Stevenson's office did not Im mediately comment on Uie reports. William I. Flanagan, the gover nor's press secretary, said the mystery of Uie Slevenson-Wyatt meetings probably would be cleared up some time Friday, after the two meet for an early-morning con ference. Whitcomb Files For Post Wilbur (Rcdl Whitcomb. former city airport manager, this after noon filed as a candidate for elec tion as Klamath Falls police judge. He was Uie first person to file for that office, although Frank Blackmer, who Is serving as police Judge by appointment. Is circulat ing petitions to gel his name on Uie ballot. Whitcomb left city employment several months ago and since has been employed by the Floyd L. Somcrs Construction. Company - as a superintendent on Uie Modoc Point highway Job. He has lived here 22 years and attended public schools here. Dur ing World War II he was an Army Air Force pilot, and has six years of military service as well as six yenrs as airport manager. Whitcomb is 33, a member of Ihe Elks, Lions Club and Footprlnters. In addition to his work with the construction company he has a 400 acre farm lease In Uie TUlelake area. Klamath X-Ray Program Reaches City Next Week The Klamath Couhty X-ray proj ect was moving closer Ui Klamath Falls as outlying areas were being taken care of this week, with S04 chest X-rays taken in Malln alone Wednesday. Today the two X-ray units one of them in a county school bus were in Merrill and Fort Klam ath. A portion of the financing of the X-ray survey, which has set a goal of more than 24,000 tests by Uie County Survey Sept. 25, Is carried by Uie Christmas Seal fund under the direction of the Klamath Coun ty Tuberculosis and Health Associ ation. ,. In the association's annual meet ing held this week. Executive Sec retary Helen Majors reported- on the progress of Uie survey and the part played by the group In arranging It. The Slate Board of Health and Ihe County Health Unit are all co operating with the TB and Health Association In Uie survey. Mrs. Ed win Petrasek is vice president for Ihe Southern County area, and worked with the recent Malln X rav program. Mrs. Majors reported the aid pre sented Ihe survey haa approached 5-'iiuu, and win undoubtedly exceed IhaU The eradication of tubercu FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1052 yff :. . t.l T r c .it , Rain Eases Fire Hazard Basin forests were generally rained upon In varying amounts yesterday, possibly loosening the ngni lire nazara wnica nas oeen developing the past few weeks, but several fires were found burning never-the-less. The larger of Several lightning fires fought by EFPA (Ire sup presslonlsu was a two acre blaxe near Swan Lake where It rained on all aides but rrol on the Are it self. Other fires were controlled near Meryl Creek, on Green Mountain, on the North Fork of the Spangue, near Pokegama, and near Buck Lake. A small log burning hotly near Manhattan Springs was also quelled. Other (Ire agencies also reported smokes springing up from recent lightning storms, but higher hu midity and damp weather may hold off a few sleepers until warm sunshine causes flare-ups later on. Crews Study Klamath River State Sanitary Authority crews have Just completed the field work of a check on the Klamath river between Klamath Falls and Uie small dam at Keno. Fred Burgess and Jim Boyaston, from Uie SSA, report that Uie sur vey Is being made to get an over all picture of Uie general pollution In the river as part of a long range program. 'ine survey is maae irom a ooai by taking samples from various depths and positions along the big river. The work will Include find ings on stream content, tempera ture of the water and an all-out phvsical analysis. The heavv fish kill In the Klam ath during the 1950 season sparked Uie survey, say officials, but other measures such as recreation, pos sible duck kill, swimming poten tialities and other factors are In cluded in Uie survey. The complete survey will require some two months of both field and lab work at the end of which time a full report will be issued on uie undings. losis Is a primary aim of the asso ciation, which works In education and public health under the financ ing of Christmas seal sales. About 74 per cent of Uie funds received In sales remain here in Uie coun ty. Mrs. Majors said. Monday's X-ray schedule In cludes Car-Ad-Co, where the con verted bus will operate from 10 a.m. to 6:15 u.m., PDT. The other mobile unit will be at the Sycan Store In Ely from 1 to 8 p.m. PET. Tuesday the bus X-ray will visit the Klamath Lumber Company on Shlppington from 10 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., PDT, and the other will be at Weyerhaeuser Mill from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., PDT. East Side Phar macy, 808 E. Main, will be the scene of the bus X-rav Wednesday from 12 noon until 7 p.m.. PDT. while the other will appear at Weyerhaeuser Mill from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and then continue to Griggs Food Store In Stewart Len ox from 3 til 7 p.m. Thursday'! schedule Includes East Side Pharmacy, It a.m. til 7 p.m., and Keno postofflce I to i p.m., ror, . . . The sohedule for Bonanza, set for Friday, has been changed to 1 p.m. until 8 p.m., P8T, Instead as earlier announced. 3s-" W, s:.A I n awiiiawiiii t hai " - 1"i'! " ' " . i v. i v" ; "-: - f Ike Schedules Strategy Meet DENVER Wl Gen. Dwizht D. Eisenhower meets Friday with his campaign high command to mao plans lor nis White House bid and perhaps decide Uie role of a cit izens' group seeking a, major as signment. . In advance ef the closed session, the Republican presidential nomi nee was reported to be determined to give Uie National Citizens for Elsenhower Committee an import ant place in Uie campaign organi zaUon. The Question was. lust how (a do it without causing friction between Uie professional politicians the regular Republican organizations around the country and Uie self described amateurs of the citizens group. That matter, however, was onlv one phase of Uie discussions sched uled to continue over the week end. Issues, campaign Itinerary and general strategy also were on Uie docket. - Present for sessions are Walter Williams of Seattle and Mrs. Os wald B. Lord of New York, co- chairmen of the Eisenhower Cit izens Committee. Williams and Mrs. Lord asked Eisenhower to give the Citizens group the lob of rallying to his support 10 million more voters than now are enrolled as Republicans. They said the recruits are need ed if the general is to win in No vember. The committee's leaders also asked the general to elve4he cit izens group Independent status, al though they proposed a working relationship" with the GOP Nation al Committee. 'Saucer' Photo Made Public WASHINGTON (fl Coast Guard headquarters Friday made public a photograph of "unidenti fied aerial phenomena" taken by a 21-year-old Coast Guard photo grapher. The photo clearly shows four round objects. Each appears to have two identical shafts of light extending across its center and pro truding at the forward and rear ends. The lights are m a "V" for mation. The Coast Guard said it has no opinion as to the cause' or source of the "objects" and was releas ing the picture only because of the widespread public interest in aerial phenomena. The picture was snapped by Shell R. Alpert, Salem, Mass., air station pnotograpner. The Coast Guard said Alpert sighted several brilliant white lights through the air station's photo lab window at 9:35 a.m., July 16. Alpert watched the lights, which "seemed to be wavering." for five or six seconds before attempting to photograph them. By the time he had focused his camera, the lights were "considerably dimmed down." Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California! Showers tonight, fair and warmer tomorrow. Low tonight 4T, high tomorrow 82. High yesterday .............. 82 Low last night . ... ... 54 Precis yesterday .17 FreclD since Oct, 1 .17.28 Same period last year .14.84 .Normal for period ..12.3J Telephone 8111 No. 2885 Steel Output Boosted By Crucible Co. PITTSBURGH UH Production of defense vital steel got another boost Friday aa Crucible Steel Co. prepared to resume work. Crucible and the CIO United 8teelworkers signed a temporary agreement Thursday which will re sult In Uie company's 14,000 em ployes returning to their Jobs Im mediately. The agreement Is similar to the strike-ending pact which the union and the nation's six biggest steel companies agreed upon last week. It provides an average 21-cent an nour pay ooost for men now getting uemiy un nour. Crucible's contract continues to provide a union shop whereby aU new employes must join and re main members of Uie union. The steelworkers' contract with the "Big 8ix" provides a modified un ion shop which permits new em ployes to withdraw from the union between Uie I5tn and 30th day of employment. PLANTS Cruicible has plants In Pitts- burgh. Midland. Pa.. Harrison. N. J, and Syracuse. N. Y. Although the 8teelworters Un ion reached a strike-ending agree ment wiui me Dig six " compan ies It now is negotiating a com plete contract. Negotiations ses sions are underway with U. 8. steel ana other firms. Such things as management ngms, seniority and Incentive pay procedure are being worked out. There was no report of progress from Thursday's first meeting with U. S. Steel and it was indicated the sessions may be lengthy. As Uie big steel industry roared toward full production Uie auto in dustry's big three producers Gen eral Motors, Chrysler and Ford announced plans for stepping up lagging production. REOPEN - -! r-- " ' Chrysler savs It will reopen Its foundries next week and hopes to have 55.000 employes most of Its personnel back in the factories the following week. Ford plans to resume five-day operations next week at its 15 divi sion assembly plants across Uie nation, anecung si.uuo employes. Morse Plans Foreign Trip WASHINGTON HI Sens. Long (D.-La.) and Morse R.-Ore.) plan to leave next Tuesday on a 25,000 mile tour of U. S. overseas air bases. Their goal Is to find ways of saving Uie taxpayers millions of dollars on costs of foreign-bases. "I'm convinced from testimony taken by congressional committees that we are spending too much on some of these bases," Long told a reporter Thursday. Long and Morse are members of a Senate Preparedness subcom mittee which criticized wastes and extravagance in the construction of multi - million dollar airbases in North Africa and Greenland during the recent session of congress. 9 O'clock Special iU m Mn l Jfifl t. , rf.l - " THIS MORNING the photographer' path erottad that of threa girls an routa from Boiia to Redmond. The trio It comprised of (I to rl Fay Pailey, Patty Shaw and Amy Stroabel. Projects May Include Capital Ships WASHINGTON HI The United States, reporting progress on atomic-powered submarines and air craft, Friday launched a new pro ject: Development of giant atomic-powered warships. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) announced It had asked the Westlnghouse Electric Company to develop an atomic engine capable of propelling "large vessels such as aircraft carriers." This Immediately revived specu lation that atom - powered battle-, wagons and giant commercial lin ers Uke the Queen Mary and the ' USS United States could easily make 100,000 mile cruises at top speed and without refueling. Such esUmatea are based on the fact that a pound of fissionable uranium or its titanic twin, Pluton ium, could generate as much power as 1,500 tons of coal or 200. 000 gallons of fuel OIL The AEC's announcement came only a few hours after release of Its 12th semi-annual report to Con gress In which the commission re ported progress on the develop ment of nuclear-powered aircraft and on two different types of atom ic engines for submarines. . WESTINGHOUSE The fact that AEC awarded the contract for the large vessel atom ic engine project to Westlnghouse Indicates it believes that at least ' one submarine engine project is definitely assured of success. This appears likely because Westlnghouse is building an atom ic submarine engine at the AEC's land-locked site In Arco, Idaho, which Is scheduled to be Installed In the navy's projected atomic sub marine, the USS Nautilus. Evidently the Navy, too. has no doubts that the engine wilt work, because the service has already laid the keel of the Nautilus. Meanwhile, another projected ' atomic submarine engine is being built by General. Electrlo at an AEC-owned site In West Milton. N.Y, The designed power of the en gines has not been disclosed, but President Truman gave an idea ef it when, in speaking at the keel laying of the Nautilus, he said the suo would cruise .underwater at "more than 20 knots" and that "a few pounds of uranium will give her ample fuel to travel thousands of miles at top speed." 25 KNOTS Unofficial observerg have specu lated - that atom-powered .. subs ' would be able to achieve 35 knots and possibly would hound the day lights out of the fastest son-atom ships of any navy. Presumably then, the AEC and the Navy have their sights set on atomic-powered surface craft with speeds far above those of present craft. i Atomic-powered ships could not sail the seas forever Uke the ' storied "Flying Dutchman" be cause uranium-fueled atomic furn aces must have their ashes dumped, somewhat like a coal furnace at borne. And spent fuel would have to be replaced. But, for all practical purposes, their cruising ranges would be un limited. , Road Planned Through House ITHACA, N.Y. im This sign may soon startle truck drivers bar reling along near this city in up state New York: "Please drive slow children crossing to bathroom." The -idea for the sign struck James Murphy after state survey ors told him a proposed truck route would pass either through his barn or his house. Murphy is waiting for more in formation before he erects his sign- S.V.-'A.-' '.j la, :t-a' .- ;iVw"-f--' r
