SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 195S
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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Arizona Air Base Renamed In Honor Of Famed Air Force General
By MAX WAUCHOPE
An Important and poignant cere
mony held Fridsv at v, a;-
Force Base, Aritona marked the
beginning of the annual U.S. Air
Force air-to-air rockotrv
tition. Actual firing by the nine
mama Hum an over me world be
gan Saturday at the firing range
ucu uic Arizona air Dase.
This ceremony, attended by top
Air Force generals, civilian lead
ers, and members of the press
from all over the U.S., was held to
rename Yuma AFB as Vincent Air
Force Base In honor of the late
Brigadier General Clinton D.
"Casey" Vincent.
The rocketry firing competition,
wnicn nas grown irom a lour learn
'affair three years ago, is con
ducted by the Air Defense Com
mand for the entire USAF under
I the direction of Lt. Gen. Joseph
H. Atkinson. ADC commander.
The late Gen. Vincent served a
great deal of post-war time in this
newest of Air Force activities.
that of establishing an air defense
system for the continental U.S.
Gen. Vincent, who became the
second youngest general in the his
tory of the Air Force at 29 while
serving under Gen. Claire Chen-
nault in China during World War
If, was as much a casualty of
the cold war as he would have
been if killed by a bullet from an
enemy gun.
The young air general literally
worked himself to death in the
struggle to provide America with
an adequate defense system
against possible atomic war by an
aggressor nation. After a hard
day's work, he died alone in his
room at Colorado Springs, Colo
rado on July 5, 1955. Uen. .
was 40 years old at the time of
his death, a vicimi of the pros
A NORTH AMERICAN E.ftArt CARDEIET ... . lU.
stays of the Air Defense Command, is shown here flying
over the radar site at Vincent Air Force Base, Yuma Ari
zona. This is the type of fighter aircraft that the U.S. Air
Force has announced will probably be stationed at the
Klamath Falls Municipal Airport when the 408th Fighter
interceptor Group here is fully manned. (Official USAF
photo.) .
sures which hang over today's Air
Force men who labor to make the
defense system of America so
strong that any potential enemy
woild be reluctant to challenge
our forces. At the lime of his
death. Gen. Vincent had just been
named dcDutv chief of staff for op
erations of the Continental Air De
fense Command.
Gen. Vincent is survived by his
widow, three daughters, and a son.
Milt Canilf. the cartoonist who
originated "Terry and' the Pi
rates" and "Steve Canyon." be
came interested in Gen. Vincent
in 1943 and used him as the basis
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A FIGHTER PILOT WITH A FIGHTING HEART was the
way his colleagues knew Brigadier General Clinton D.
"Casey" Vincent who died of a heart attack at 40 on
July 5, 1955 after' becoming the Air Force's second young-,
st general during World War II at 29. It is for him that
Yuma, Arizona's rocketry training center is now named
Vincent Air Force Base. (Official USAF photo.)
for his character "Gen. Shanty
Town" in the two comic strips.
And Caniff, varying the . usual
theme of comic strips, had the
courage to portray the death of
"Gen. Town" in his "Steve Can
yon" strip last July 1. Caniff had
his fictitious air general die of
overwork, just as the real-life Gen.
Vincent had died.
WEST POINT
Gen. Vincent, a native of Gale,
Texas who grew up in Natchez,
Mississippi, was graduated from
West Point in 1936. He served in
various Air Force units following
nis subsequent graduation from
flying school as a pilot in 1937. On
Pearl Harbor Day he was on the
high seas en route to the Philip
pine Islands as commanding officer
of the 35th Pursuit Group. The
group (consisting of only the
group staff) was re-routed to In
dia and inactivated. After this in-
activation. Gen. Vincent was as
signed to another post and a year
later reassigned to China as exec;
utive for the China Air Task Force
which was later to become the
14th Air Force.
For the next three years Gen
Vincent served with various units
of the 14th Air Force, finally be
coming commanding general of
the 14th Air Force s 68th Com
posite Wing.' He returned to the
U.S. in 1944 and served in several
posts here and in Iceland until the
end of the war.
In April 1949, Gen. Vincent was
appointed commanding general of
the 25th Air Division at Everett,
Washington, a position he held for
three years until he was named
deputy chief of staff for material
for the Air Defense Command at
Colorado Springs.
Gen. Vincent became vice com
mander of the Western Air De
fense Force on August 10, 1953
with headquarters at Hamilton Air
Force Base, California. He was ap
pointed deputy chief of staff for
operations at Continental Air De
fense Command headquarters in
Colorado Springs just a few days
before his death.
DECORATIONS '
Among his decorations are the
Distinguished Service Medal, Sil
ver Star, Legion of Merit, Dis
tinguished Flying Cross with two
oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with
four oak loaf clusters, Purple
Heart and many foreign decora
tions. At the time of his death he
was a rated command pilot and
an aircraft observer.
The rocketry competition now
underway at Vincent AFB will con
tinue through October IB. During
the contest, some 5.000 rockets
will be fired at aerial targets.
Trophies will bo awarded to the
winning team of pilots, radar ob
servers, ground aircraft radar con
trollers, and ground maintenance
crews.
This annual fighter aircraft
weapons competition is run in two
phases. The portion at Vincent
AFB is devoted to air-to-air rocket
firing at special aerial targets
towed behind both propellor and
jet type tow aircraft. The air-to-iTcound
contest is conducted at
NelWAir Force Base, Las Vegas,
Nevada October 15 to 20.
Tho rocket runs in the air-to-air
contest are all made under
simulated instrument conditions
using the radar equipment in the
aircraft to fire the rockets (the
pilots pull a cloth hood up over
the cockpit making it necessary to
fly "blind"). A chase aircraft fol
lows the aircraft making the run
against the target to preclude the
possibility of the tow target air
craft being shot down because of
radar, or other malfunctions.
TARGETS
The towed targets aro pulled
behind the tow aircraft on a three
sixteenth inch steel cable 5,000
feet long. The target is of a cloth
variety, nine by 45 feet in size.
It is impregnated with attached
metallic spinners which supply the
radar echo. The 2.75 inch "Mighty
Mouse" rocket is fired at the tar
get.
The primary purpose of the
competition is to perfect new tech
niques and to sharpen the abilities
of the air nnd ground crews in
all-weather interceptor methods.
Some of the Air Force's top men
In the jet lighter-interceptor field
ar6 permanently stationed at Vin
cent AFB to aid in tho competi
tion and to train jet squadrons as
they are rotated through the base
during the year. Among, the top
aces stationed at Vincent' AFB is
Lt. Col. James Jabara. Col. Jabara
shot down nine enemy aircraft in
World War II and during the Ko
rean War he destroyed 15 Com
munist aircraft, damaged six, and
had three probables. Another top
ace at Vincent ArB is Lt. Col.
Vermont Garrison. Col. Garrison
served with the Koyal Air Force
during the early part of World
War II. After his transfer to the
U.S. Air Force he shot down 11
enemy aircraft. On March 3, 1944
he was shot down over France
and was a prisoner of war for 13
months. In Korea, Col. Garrison
downed 10 MIGs, damaged fivo
and had three probables.
DEDICATED
And Yuma AFB, now named ill
honor of Gen. Vincent, is the homo
of this air-to-air rocketry where
man learn to fly faster than a
pistol bullet. These young officers,
the leaders of tomorrow's A i r
Force and the defenders of Amer
ica today, follow in the footsteps
of other dedicated Americans such
!as Gen. Vincent who gave his life
in the service of his country.
i Editor's Note: When the 408lh
Fighter-Interceptor Group at the
Klamath Falls Municipal Airport
is fully manned and activiated, it
will be a part of this first line of
the nation's defense, tho Continen
tal Air Defense Command.) ,
I free uundry mmt
Lakeview Luncheon Group
Hears Senate Candidate
LAKEVIEW No family, no busi
ness, no government can spend
more than it takes in and not
eventually go broke, Doug Mckay
told his audience in Lakeview at a
noon luncheon Thursday October
11, at the Hotel Lakeview.
The dining room was crowded to
capacity with about 90 guests
who wero there to hear the Re
publican candidate for U.S. sena
tor. McKay went on to tell the
savings in government that had
been effected by the Eisenhower
administration and some that he
had made in the administration of
the Department of the Interior
while he was secretary. Stories
such as these do not make glam
orous reading, the speaker said,
and many may not be aware of
the figures.
That the answer to agriculture
is not in politics but in economics,
was his statement, and surpluses
must be got rid of and not built
up.
Mr. and Mrs. McKay were hin
dered by the weather in making
fact that he is confined to his
home most of the time, Mr.
and Mrs. Singleton were guests of
honor at the speaker s table dur
ing the luncheon. The local man
heard himself extolled by McKay
as the greatest soldier he had
known during their days of duty
together. The visitor was also
greeted following the luncheon by
Vest Carroll of Valley Falls, an
other war buddy.
Arrangements for the reception
of Mr. and Mrs. McKay were made
by Mrs. Eva Arthur, chairman of
the McKay committee for Lake
County, and by Warren Maxwell
chairman of the central committee.
U.S. Game Aide
Now In Klamath
Special Deer Hunt Slated
Jim Molir. game agent for the
Klamath district for the state
game commission, said Friday he
has been receiving queries from
persons who applied for permits
for the special December 1-4 ant-
lerless deer hunt and have re
ceived no reply from the game
commission.
Six areas listed in the game
posed controlled hunt arc still r ICJF1S AlHIOUIICeCl
der-subscribed, he said, and per-
mils will not be issued until quotas MERRILL An estimated 3,000
are filled, according to present ' People will attend the barbecue
plans. Those who have madellunch scrved at 11,0 Mcrri" cm"
proper application have been auto-'munllv Ha during the 20th annual
matically granted permits but is-1 Klamalh Basin Polalo Festival on
suancc is being held up until oaiuruay; ucuracr -u.
Malheur River. 1.157: North Side
I area, 637; North Side 11 area.
942; Lookout Mountain, 341, and
Spray, 572.
Permits will be issued for each
area as the quota for that area
is filled. -
Barbecue Lunch
quotas are completed.
Of particular local interest is
the Swan Lake area. Of the quota
of 800 tags only 578 have been ap
plied for leaving 222 permits to be
granted as of October 9, Muhr
said
The barbecue serving will begin
at 12:30 p.m. following the festival
parade. The menu will include bar
becued meat and bun with barbe
cue sauce. Potato and milk or coffee.
This year's barbecucr's arc Bill
The Swan Lake area contains i Carter and James Grimes. Br 11
Arthur R. Gerlach who was
named fisheries agent for the state
game commission when Kenneth
Cochrun was transferred to Port
land as fishpries scent fnr Ihp
ine mp io i.aneview oy piaue, commission, has opened offices of
so their time here was cut short fices in the nnst nffiro hnilrfino
for some of the plans that had: He will occupy the same office
been maae oy ine take Loumy space previously used by Cochrun.
Republican Central Committee. I Gcriach's family has come from
Theycameherc from Klam- j the coast to join him and they
ath Falls by automobile and re-have found residence at 520 North
turned there at 2:39 in the alter-, Tenth
noon. Jack Briscoe of Lakeview
furnished the transportation. Be
fore and after the luncheon McKay
visited around town with several
friends.
A friendship that has endured
since they were both soldiers in
World War I was renewed here
again by McKay when he arrived
in Lakeview and saw John Single
ton, local retired sheepman, whose
health has been impaired because
of a heart ailment. Despite the
roughly 500 square miles. It runs
from the stale line as the south
boundary north to the Klamath In
dian Reservation boundary. West
boundary is Highway 39 and 97.
East boundary is Highway 66. the
Bonanza cut-off, east Langcll Val
ley road to the state line.
Permit applications arc available
at license agencies or from Mohr
whose telephone number is TU
2-3792.
The other "five areas and the
number of permits unlillcd arc:
I-'alvey is chairman of the barbecue
commillee.
The
Welcome Wagon
Hostess
Will Knock on Your Door
with Gifts & Greetings
from Friendly Business,
Neighbors and Your
Civic and Social
Welfare Leaders
On the occasion of:
The Birth of a Baby
Engagement
Announcements
Arrival of Newcomers lo
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Rib Steak 1.75 Scallops ... 1.00
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Tuesday Oct. 16th
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She Will Discuss:
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how to take care of "Miracle Fabrics" -- also soaps and
detergents.
Wednesday -10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Personal Help & Suggestions!
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