Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1963)
Air Force Hails Shots Of Missile VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (LPI) - The Air force hailed the ability of the Minuteman Missile Saturday to provide the United States with an immediate retaliatory force against a nuclear attack. For the second day in a row Friday, the Air Force successfully launched the Minuteman Missile, America s "instant ICB.M," under fully operational conditions. Both missiles were fired under simulated war conditions by a Strategic Air Command crew and employed full weaponry, includ ing mock nuclear warheads. Air Force Systems Command and pri vate contractor personnel super vised the crew. The solid-fuel Minuteman, which can be fired within minutes after an enemy attack, blasted out of ils 85-foot-deep underground silo and shot in a ballistic arc for its destinauon 5,000 miles away in Pacific. The three-stage, 63-foot missile which has a potential range of 6,300 miles, streaked downrange over the Pacific at a flashing 16,000 miles an hour. Although the Minuteman was declared operational last Dec. 11 after it underwent successful test ing at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the last two shots marked the first war-like launchings. The back-to-back successes ol (he "instant ICBM" last week dis pelled concern expressed earlier this year over failures of Minute man both at Cape Canaveral and here to either hit targets or fire successfully. Two previous launches from the Pacific missile range Sept. 28 and Dec. 10 veered off course immediately after blastoff and had to be destroyed by remote control. The first operational Minuteman site has been activated at Malm strom Air Force Base near Great Falls, Mont., with other opera tional bases under construction in North and South Dakota, Missouri and Wyoming. The Air Force is scheduled to install nearly 1,000 Minuteman missiles in silos throughout the United States during the next three years. j HERALD AND .VEHS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Monday, April IS, 1963 PAGE 3 AWARD OF MERIT Seventeen U.S. library buildinqs have been selected to receive awards in the first library buildings awards program sponsored jointly by the Am erican Institute of Architects, The American Library Association and the National Book Committee. This Grinnell, Iowa, college library won an award of merit, for a design being used more and more in college construction. UPI Telephoto SPECULATION Can Life Move From Planet To Planet Via Meteorites? I.OS ANGELES IUPU - Scicn-1 lists have discovered .biological forms in meteorites which they believe might once have been liv ing matter that originated some where in the solar system other than on earth, it was reported Saturday. In a cautiously worded report, the team of scientists left the door open to speculation on the move ment of primitive living matter from one planet to another within the solar system. The disclosure was made in a paper delivered by a group of sci entists headed by Dr. Harold C. Urey, Nobel prize winning chem ist who played an important rolej in development of the - atomic bomb during World War II. The paper said electron micro scope of particles of a meteorite revealed organized structures which "suggests, but does not prove, biological origin." Urey, now on the staff of the University of California at San Diego, headed a team consisting of Bartholomew Nagy, Kurt Fred- riksson, George Claus, Christian A. Anderson and Joan Percy. Urev said he did not participate in the actual microscopic studies but helped evaluate the data compiled Urey stressed caution in cvalu- Sabotage Seen Possible In Nuclear Sub Sinking Visa Given To Cardinal BUDAPEST (UPD - Hungarian officials confirmed unofficially Saturday that Viennese Arch bishop Franz Cardinal Koenig has been granted a Hungarian entry visa for his long-scheduled meet ing with Joszef Cardinal Minds zenty. Reports in Vienna Friday night said Hungary had granted a visa. A spokesman for the Hungarian foreign ministry confirmed this but said he could make no offi cial statement since Koenig is coming to Hungary at invitation of Bishop Endre Hamvas and not the Hungarian government. Informed sources expect the Australian archbishop to leave for Budapest Monday morning. Koenig indicated last month he will include a meeting with Mindszenty during his Hungarian itinerary. Koenig will be Minds- zenty's first outside visitor with the exception of his mother since the Hungarian primate entered the U. S. legalion Nov. A, 1956 After the revolt, the Americans cave him sanctuary. Mindszcnty's mother visited him before she died three years ago. After an audience with Pope John XXIII in Rome last month Cardinal Koenig said he planned to talk to Mindszenty. He denied, however, that he had been offi cially entrusted by the Pope to persuade Mindszenty to leave the country. U.S. Drafts Ban Treaty WASHINGTON (UPD -The United States has completed a draft of a nuclear test ban treaty proposal embodying its new posi tions. But officials said no deci sion has been made on when to formally present the document to the Geneva disarmament confer ence. The Kennedy administration has been under attack by some congressmen for alleged conces sions to the Soviet Union in modifying earlier demands of treaty safeguards. Chances in the U. S. position have failed to produce any sig nificant evidence that the Rus. sians are ready to accept a Irralv orovidino adequate inspec tion and control as seen from the Western viewpoint. LONG BEACH, Calif. (UPI) -The Long Beach Independent, Press - Telegram Saturday pub lished an article quoting the na tion's top submarine admiral in World War II as saying he be lieved there was a strong possi bility the sunken nuclear subma rine Thresher was sabotaged. The newspaper said ithat' Vice Aflm. cnaries A. LocKwooa, ret indicated that the Thresher could have been tempered with in such a way that the surface ship with which he was in contact could not have heard an explosion. "I figured it was a manhole or sea valve in the attack center, the heart of the ship, that carried away," Lockwood said. "This forced the crew out of the control room, the attack center, and therefore forced them away from control of the ship." ating the preliminary data, and emphasized more work was need ed to determine the significance of the undertaking. He said as a scientist, he remained skeptical, but felt the subject worth full in vestigation. If lis true, its very wonder ful." he said. The report itself said "prelimi. nary work with the electron mic roscope needs to be confirmed in order to evaluate properly the pos sible biological origin of some such acid-resistant particles." The note of caution accompanied further elaboration by Urey that! there was no general agreement among scientists on the possibility there were mierofossils m meteor- itcs that would substantiate theo ries that life forms exist in space further substantiation would open the way to studies of the possibility of life being transmit ted from one planet to another. Such fossils could have been caught in inner space, remnants of living forms that died billions oi years ago, one scientist theorized. Urey himself said he was of the opinion life of some kind did exist on Mars, for example. Yugoslavia produced 25,000 tons of aluminum in 1960. 'McNamara Wins Funds At Session WASHINGTON H.TH - De fense Secretary Robert S. McNa mara emerged Saturday as a big winner in the Senate's extraord inary secret session which pro duced a decision not to speed de ployment of the Nike-Ecus mis sile killer. Sen. Richard B. Russell, D Ga., who fashioned tlie clear-cut victory, won new laurels too. His very considerable prestige was put to something of a challenge by Sen. Strom Thurmond, D S. C. In the end, the Senate opened its doors closed to the public for the first time in 20 years and voted with Russell to uphold Mc Namara's judgment on a rather touchy question. The vote came at a time when McNamara's judgment was being sharply questioned by congressional crit ics. With Russell's support the Sen ate, in the same Thursday ses sion, voted McNamara some $364 million in authorizations he does not want to speed development of the RS70 strike plane. That underlined the long-held congres sional view that McNamara was moving too rapidly to phase manned bombers out of the na tion's striking force. The Nike-Zeus decision was a more recent one, however, and it involved the matter of defending If. S. cities against a possible nuclear attack. The McNamara Russell viewpoint was that tlie Nike-Zeus anti-missile missile should be developed into Die more sophisticated Nike X, with the new Sprint missile, before Congress begins spending the $12 to $20 billion which will be re quired to deploy the system around U. S. targets. Thurmond led forces who con tended that the fJike-Zeus, suc cessful in several intercepts of U. S. intercontinental ballistic missiles, should be deployed as soon as possible and converted to the Nike X after it is developed The additional cost $1.5 to $2.8 billion would be well spent, they said. Adding to the complexity of the issue was the fact that the Joint Chiefs of Staff were not unan-l imously behind McNamara. Chairman Maxwell D. Taylor, an old Army man, and Gen. Earl G. Wheeler, the Army's current chief of staff, supported the Army's Nike-Zeus. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, the' Air Force chief of staff, was quoted as saying the speeded program would not be worth the effort. T '.: NEW YORK (UPD-The will of Mrs. Charlene Wrightsman Cas- sini left the bulk of a $100,000 residuary estate to her husband Igor Cassini, tlie society columnist. The 38-year - old Mrs. Cassini died Tuesday in a hospital here after taking a quantity of sleeping pills. Pending laboratory tests, authorities have not ruled whether tlie death was accidental or suicide. The will, executed about a month before her death, was filed for probate Friday. It waived any powers of appointment she might have, such as trust funds set up by her wealthy family. It was pointed out that those might have been exercised on behalf of her husband. 1 Yost HOT AIR BALLOON Balloon carrying pilots Ed and Don Piccard, both of Sioux Falls, S.D., swells on take-off from Rye, England, Friday. Less than three hours later, the pair landed near Calais, France, to claim the first English Channel crossing by hot air balloon. The men, both experts, used a two-man modified version of a sports balloon. UPI Telephoto Sub Disaster Families Receive Compensation WASHINGTON (UPD -The Navy said today that the families of the men who went down with the submarine Thresher will re ceive the following benefits: Back pay and allowances to be paid Sunday. A lump sum payment of $800 to- $3,000, depending on service pay. The Veteran's Administration pays non-taxable dependency and indemnity compensation ranging from $15 to $130 a month. All military men are covered by Social Security. Eligible widows, children, and dependent parents are provided medical care, commissary and other benefits. War orphans' educational sistance up to $110 a month available to surviving children Government and commercial life insurance is payable mediately. Advrrtlirment My false teeth were killing me... I tried all the pastes and powders nd pads. Same old trouble! Roekini and alipping made my mouth aore and made me irritable. Then I apoke to my demist ... he told me about CUSHION, Ihe aoft-flowinj plashc that moldi to Ihe gums. Now I eat what 1 want enjoy what ! eat and my gums feel so good. CUSHION stays soft . . . that's ils secret . . . and that was my relief. Mildly medicated to heal gum soreness; pleasant minly flavor guards your breath. Ask your druggist for CUSHION. You must he satisfied or you get your money back. Long-lasting supply only $1.49. Husband Gets Bulk Of Cassini Estate Cassini, who writes under the name of Cholly Knickerbocker, was named guardian of their son. Charles Alexander Cassini, and of Mrs. Cassini's son by an earlier marriage, Dana. Tlie latter's fa tlier is actor Helmut Dantine. Cassini currently is under in dictment for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent for the late Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic. Ho is scheduled to go on trial in Washington May 13. , Private services for Mrs. Cas sini are to be held here Monday. , ROCK! Crushed Dram Rock Sand Fill Dirt Fre Estimates BASIN ROCK CO. 41i.lt Utry TU 4-607 or TU 4.5MS "Butfhg a new fio we? You can relax when you're covered by Ts-p-K VWtr-r For example: Trees, shrubs and plants. Harmful acts of the insured. Building glass. Check your current homeowners Insurance. Chances are it does not offer these important "Protection riusses" of GENERAL Insurance. For the finest, most complete protection at the . lowest possible cost, call your Safeco Agent ioi.He,saphone'slengthaway,24hoursaday. Nobody settles claims faster and more fairly I gy. ? INSURANCE AGENCY. INC. V BOB JONES, Your SAFECO AGENT 119 South 6th Phono TU 2-4671 Meet Mr. A. B.C. Ask about daily "Business Card" SPOT ADS TU 4-1111 - He Works for our Advertisers He is one of the experienced circulation auditors on the staff of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Just as a bank examiner makes a periodic check of the records of your bank so does Mr. A.B.C. visit our office at regular intervals to make an exacting inspection and audit of our circulation records. The circulation facts thus obtained are condensed in easy-to-read audit reports which tell our advertisers: How much circu lation we have; where it goes; how it was obtained; and many other FACTS that tell advertisers what they get for their money when they advertise in this newspaper. Advertiser! ore invited to ask for a copy of our latest A.B.C. report. 'The Audit Bureou of Circula tions, of which this newspaper is a member, is a cooperative, nonprofit association of nearly 4,000 advertisers, advertising agencies and publishers. Or ganized in 1914, A.B.C brought order out of advertising chaos by establishing: A def inition for paid circulation; rules and standards for audiling ond reporting the circulations of newspapers and periodicals. irrfiriBS with mm U V Wh.t it s QUICI COOL ond CASUAL could be quicker, cooler, or more casual that a tall, refreshing glass of milk? Keep milk on your table . . . it's "the pitcher of health!" Smart hostesses know that serving milk on social occasions is just as sound as the familiar adv'm... Take it from Bessy . . . Tht Basin Bossy! An Orgonixation of Klamath Basin Dairymen who work around the clock in order to bring you tha finest, freshest milk possible.
