Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, June 27, 1963, Page 1, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    CSV.''
.10. 'J
In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
Over on the other side of the
fence, in California. Governor
Brown wanted a withholding tax
as a device to raise more money
in the seemingly least painful
way. The California legislature
refused to give it to him.
Yesterday he indicated that he
will be willing to "retreat" from
the withholding tax plan if the
legislature "at a special session
to be called to begin on July 81
' presents him with "alternate fi
nancing methods which will
achieve long range budget solu-J
lions."
Meaning if the legislature will
levy OTHER TAXES TO GIVE
HIM AS MUCH MONEY AS HE
WANTS TO SPEND.
What is a withholding tax?
This is how it works:
Withholding lakes it out of the
paycheck meaning that on each
payday the employer w ithholds a
certain amount from the em
ployee's wages and turns the
amount withheld over to the gov
ernment. That HURTS.
So
The recipients of paychecks de
mand an INCREASE so that
their take-home pay may be the
same as it was before which
seems quite logical and as it
(should be.
But-
There's a catch to it.
The increased wage ' to give
the employee as much take-home
pay as he had before the with
holding started i increases the
employer's COSTS.
So
Having had his costs increased,
the employer is compelled to raise
Jiis prices. Whereupon the em
ployee, when he begins to put
two and two together, discovers
that while his TAKE HOME pay
(after his wage increase) is the
same as it used to be before the
withholding rigmarole started his
KEEP AT HOME pay is consider-j
ably reduced by higher prices for
the tilings he has to buy.
So-
He has to jump his employer
for ANOTHER pay increase so
that his KEEP AT HOME pay
may remain equal to what it used
to be. That starts the whole vi
cious circle all over again.
It's the old story of the kitten
chasing its tail. The kitten is
doomed to eternal disappointment
because the faster it moves the
(aster its tail moves.
The remedy if any?
Well, it would help if govern
ment would SPEND LESS.
If government didn't spend so
much, it wouldn't have to TAX
so much.
Plane Fares
May Be Cut
NEW YORK UPI Airline
travelers willing to forego meals
and
some other amenities soon
would be able to fly to Hawaii
and Europe for one - third less
than the current cost under a plan
announced Wednesday by Pan
American World Airways.
The proposed fare for a one-way
transatlantic crossing would be
$160. a reduction of $103 from the
current economy price. The
"thrift" class fare from California
to Hawaii would be $100 as com
fiarcd with the present $133.
The new rates to Hawaii is sub
ject to approval by the Civil Aero
nautics Board. The transatlantic
rates would require approval by
other interested carriers and their
governments, since j
respective
they would
routes.
ir,i.rn.iiinn.i :
FLOAT THEME SET BY PP&L Animated circut enimaU, performing at the com.
mnrJ of circus ringmaster Reddy Kilowatt, will set a gy theme for the Klamath Falls
Pacific Power and Light Company I float to be entered
...L:.L :. ,...mr4 bv tne
, 1: L. .n.infl m nan Mnn nrnwn nr rrt
this year will be along Eiplanadt Avenue instead of along
Lake Creamery.
Weal her
Klamath Palli, Tulalaka, and Laktvlew
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday witn
lata alttrnoon and tvamna lhawara or
thundorsnowers both dayt. Low tonight
41-4. High Friday 10-75. Vanabla winoi
-U m.p.h.
High veiterday u
Low thia morning a
High year ago 7a
Low yaar ago 41
Procip. pait 34 houri .00
Sinco Jan. 1 1.11
Sama parlod lad yaar a. II
Russ Ships Ignore
US. Navy Warning
ABOARD THE USS FORT
SNELLING AT SEA lUPD-Four
ships, three of them Russian,
sailed Ihroughjthe search area for
the missing submarine Thresher
during the past five days despite
a U.S. Navy warning to all ves
sels to steer clear of the area,
the Navy disclosed today.
The Navy disclosure came as
the bathyscaph Trieste was read
ied for its third dive to the ocean
bottom in an effort to find the
Thresher which sank April 10
with 129 men aboard.
The Navy said it served notice
to all ships to remain out of an
area in a 25-mile radius from the,Passcd 1',3 mi'es flom the marker
I point where the nuclear powered
submarine disappeared.
The Navy said two foreign ves
sels, one Russian and the other
Irish Hearts
Captured
By Kennedy
DUBLIN tUPD-The Ryans
and all the folks back home took
John F. Kennedy to their hearts
today.
President Kennedy left the af
fairs of state behind and went
calling on his relations in south
eastern Ireland, inviting some of
them to come see him at the
White House. They said they
would.
In a relaxed and happy mood.
the President toured the home
lands of his ancestors by helicop
ter, car and on foot.
He visited the old family home
stead, traded quips with many a
smiling Irishman, and grinned
happily at the cheers and shout
ed greetings of "God bless you,
Jack," from the thousands who
welcomed him on his sentimen
tal journey to the Emerald Isle.
He conferred first this morn
ine in Dublin with Irish Premier
Sean Lemass. Then he went by
helicopter to New Ross, where
his great-grandfather sailed f o r
America 113 years ago. Alter
that, he journeyed by car to
Dunganstown and tea with his sec
ond cousin once removed, and a
family reunion with kinfolk near
and distant. Then again by heli
copter to Wexford to lay a
wreath at the foot ot a statue oi
Commodore John Barry, a native
son of Ireland and father of the
U.S. Navy. From there it was
back to Dublin by helicopter and
attendance at a formal garden
party given by the president of
Ireland and a state dinner this
evenine civen bv the prime min-
, .
Kennedy's wandering visit
through the lush Irish country
side was as informal as an Irish
jig and everybody had a whale
of a time except the secret serv
ice agents.
The President himself had a I
He kissed cousins at the an-
hull
cestral shack in Dunganstown.
hugged schoolchildren along the
parade route and said the only I
Kennedvs left in the area appar-
ently "missed Ihe boat to thei
New World. I
It was a plainly nostalgic Chief,
Executive who observed that lie
was back among his own alter.
113 vears. a 6.000-mile round trip
iand three generations.
. ;
Mamam jaycees. in ine menagerie i
Price Ten Cents 24 Pages
I unidentified, passed through the
prohibited zone early today.
The other two ships, both Rus
sian, sailed into the area Sunday
ana Monday.
Before dawn today an unidenti
fied ship sailed through the area
about three miles from a marker
buoy being used bv the Trieste
to guide her descents to the bot
tom.
Later, at 9:15 a.m., a Russian
ship identified only by the num
bers RT255. described by the
Navy as a "mother ship" carry
ing supplies for the fleet of Rus
sian trawlers off the U.S. coast,
buoy and within 1.5 miles of the
Trieste.
The Trieste, prowling the ocean
bottom 8.400 feet below the sur
face, made sonar contact Wednes
day with a 60-foot long unidenti
fied object.
The contact came in an area
where pictures were taken previ
ously of debris believed from the
sunken $45 million submarine.
Three separate magnetic contacts
also were made recently in this
location some 220 miles of Mas
sachusetts" Cape Cod.
Goldwater
Top Choice
SAN r RANCISCO lUPH-Barry
uoiowater aaarcsses ine national
Young Republican convention to
night. The delegates are expected
to show that the Arizona senator
is their choice for the 1964 Re
publican presidential nomination.
Support lor the conservative
wing of the Republican Party in
general and Goldwater in particu
lar has been so marked at the
Young Republican (YR) conclave
here that one of the candidates
for the national chairmanship
Wednesday announced 100 per
cent support for Goldwater.
Donald E. Lukens. minority
clerk of the House Rules Commit
tee, took the step after he said
he discovered Goldwater senti
ment sweeping through the con
vention "like a fever."
"I want Senator Goldwater to
be president of the United States
and that's what all the young peo
ple at this convention want," he
said. "They don't want anything
else."
The Arizona delegation is in the
forefront of the Goldwater boom,
having arrived here with a ton
01 OUUOnS, DailOOII5, OOUKS
signs w Inch were eagerly gobbled
r L .. l-lt I l. I
uK uj Uv.t,u.. --
any other candidate have been
seen.
The Texas delegation held an
inlormal but secret preferential
poll and announced tlie results as
320 for Goldwater. 40 for Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller of New York,
19 for Gov. George Romney of
Michigan, 14 lor Gov. William
Scranton ol Pennsylvania, 8 for
Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon, 3 :
for former vice president Richard,
Nixon and 1 lor Harold Stassen.
The vole represented less than
half of the 1.000 delegates here.)
however.
The meeting Wednesday nearu
Hallieid deliver a keynote address
in which he said that President
Kennedy can oe neatcn in iwn 11
Republicans will (orget their
lerences ana
(,"
'Democrats
in the Fourth
f July paradi
a baby elephant
inn ji
ball
The parade rout
Main in front of the Crater
4
ipf
-'i-T , '3' J .
RUGGED RIDE
comes out on a rough customer in the bull ndinq event.
Lanqell valley, was attracted naturally to the rodeo circuit and still makes all rodeos
possible while residing in the Klamath Basin. Noble will be one of the top performers
at the Klamath Basin Roundup, July 2, 3 and 4 at the Klamath County Fairgrounds.
Labor Secretary Asks Power
To Battle
WASHINGTON (UPH - Labor
Secretory W. Willard Wirtz ap
pealed to Congress today for new
tools to fight job discrimination
by employers and labor unions.
Wirtz said a nationwide short
age of jobs, lower qualifications
of many Negro job-seekers, and
racial bias were the main causes
of the Negro's economic plight.
H iniri ah. House JuHiciarv
Committee that two provisions of
tlie administration's seven-point
civil rights package would attack
discrimination in hiring and pro.
motions.
The labor secretary followed
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy in
the witness chair to open the
campaign for the President's pro
posals to lower racial barriers.
Says Progress Made
Wirtz said tlie President's Com
mittee on Equal Employment Op
portunity has made amazing
strides in halting discrimination
by the federal government and U.
S. contractors w ho employ 20 mil
lion workers.
About one-fourth of newly hired
workers in 105 companies wnicn
have signed anti-discrimination
pledges have been from minority
groups, he said. A total of 118
unions have signed similar
pledges.
Yet much remains to nc aonc.
Wirtz said. He endorsed legisla-
I
RIonHtTlOblle
Visit Slated
Thc Red Cross Bloodmobile unit
will make a vitit to the Klamath
Falls area Tuesday and Wednes-
dav, July 9 and 10
On July 9 the unit will be at
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hall. 515 Klamath Avenue, be
lMee'n 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. The
goal set for July 9 is 200 pints of
blood.
The ncxt ,iay ,nc unit u,n calijl"A' JO)f 11
at tne Kingslcy Field Service;! Ul 1vUIII
Club between 10 a m. and 3 p m.
The goal for the huigsley neid
visit is 250 pints.
Civilians who arc unabie to givejblamj (,r a one-car accident
dif-;bmK) on ju)y 9 may d n n a t e
Biooo tne next oay ai runSsiejo( ,1C vehicle and minor injuries
Fieid.
Employers Meet
Lumber Union
PORTLAND 1 UPI 1- The Inter
national Woodworkers of America
IIW.V met today with reprer-enta-lues
of tlie Big Six employer
group under federal mediation
auspices.
It was tlie first meetir.2 involv-
inii the two sides involved in thelE. Ross. 13. and Kathleen Ross.l
Northwest lumber strike-shutdown
since it began June 5.
Tiv. t'auioral Mediation Service
called it an "exploratory" session
and aid the emnlover aroua
would meet Monday with the
nihi,r ho lumber union Lumber
and Sawmill Workers.
lHxit 19 000 workers have been
idled in three stales since the two, east of Scott River, when she properly records eierk Fay Mi.. ic
unions struck St. Regis Paper Co. lost control of her ear. The auto- Ihe future of .17 field hospitals,
and U.S. Plywood and four other mobile slid broadside along lhe!the mark.ng of laliout shelter.'
iirms shut down operations wherejroad and then tinned over on lopiand stocking sheiten with emer
the un.ons had members employ
cd Main issue involved in the dis
pute is wagrs.
flie two unions said they wou.d
hold a news conference alter to -
d.iy meeting.
11 iv 11 a xii 11 11 11 11 Jiy 11 11 ii
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
narry iNODie, Mamarn rails born rodeo
Racial Job Bias
lion to make the presidential
committee permanent and to give
tlie President authority to block
use of federal funds in any proj
ect or program that results in dis
crimination.
The labor secretary said a spe-
Princess
Kiss Fails
LONDON (UPI An unidenti-
tied man. described as small,
white-haired and pressed in tux-
coo ana DiacK nai, tried to steal
b kiss irom t-rinccss Margaret
at me entrance to ine aaaier s
Wells Ballet Theatre Wednesday
D,SIU-
He was pushed aside by a the
atre official.
Without a word, the man
stepped into the crowd outside
the theatre, waved his hat once.
smiled and walked off into the
night.
There was no apparent expla
nation for (lie incident.
A theatre spokesman said the
man was being ushered out of
the theatre at the time because
be had no ticket.
As he reached tlie door, Prin
cess Margaret and her husband.
Lord Snowdon, arrived to attend
a charity ballet performance.
The man gripped Margaret s
arm and leaned over to Kiss nor
cheek.
"Everybody was astonished at
the incident." tlie spokesman
said. "It was over so quickly and
the little man had gone before
anyone fully realized what had
happened.
Dog Blamed
tm 1
A aoS lnat dailod in front
; 0f a speeding automobile was
lhat brought death to the driver
to ils passengers, near Scott lliv
er, in Northern California
! about noon Wednesday, the Call
ifornia Highway Patrol has re
I ported.
Dead is Sandra Lee Moore, 16.
of the Soi'lsmen's Ixxlge on the
Klamath River, who was killed in
stantly wlien she lost control of
the automobile and was pinned
under it alter attending lo avoid
striking a dog on the highway.
Passengers in tiie vehicle wholwere reached,
received bruises were Karen Ka- Nunn said he expected the final
7.a.'ka. 14. Uanul.e. Lam., Mary
: 16. both of Wh.tticr. Calif. Thelsirom said he planned to keep
.Ross girls were taken to the Sis-himself, radio technician Joseph
kiwni County Hosmlal laler last
evening lor observation: Miss:
Kazaska !,d not require medical:
i atlention. it was reimrted.
Tne hunwav uatiol said that!
M.-s Moore was wc-siboiind along'olficer W. F. Coleman, Informs
Mill Creek Road, a'xiut a mile
of the driver.
Tbe wreck w a discovered soon
altr by employes of the Fish
and Game Deiiartment who re -
lportcd it to tlie Siskiyou Shei id's
lOllice.
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1063
ace,
here as ha
Noble, raised on a
ranch in
cial effort was being made to get
more Negroes working on federal
construction sites in craftsmen's
jobs.
Most Are Laborers
Surveys of 47 major projects
show that Negroes usually held
laborers jobs on construction
sites built with federal funds.
Wirtz said. Of 7.7115 workers on
the sites, 1,399 were Negroes and
all but 316 were laborers. The
skilled journeymen included 5,658
whites and 300 Negroes, he said
Wirtz said 10 per cent of Ne-
Erocs in the labor force were un-
emoloyed comoared with hall that
ratio for whites. This results part-
ly because Negroes have fewer
skills and arc easily displaced by
automation advances, lie noted.
m,. ., h.Ki. , ,.,.
.""ZJl"''.,:
ent shortage of jobs in the econ-
omy for all workers, the labor
serrotarv said.
"It will be a hollow victory if
we get the 'whites only signs
down, only to find 'no vacancies'
signs behind them, he said.
Another cause of Negro woes is
'unquestionably" their less ade
quate preparation and training for
better jobs, he added. A third
reason he listed as the "harsh,
ugly fact of discrimination."
Jitters Hit
State Body
SALEM (UPI i-A case of jitters
racked Oregon's civil delense
agency today as tne deadline
neared for a decision on whether
federal matching funds would be
provided.
Only seven of the agency's 18
member staff were still on the
job. The others have either quit
or have been laid off because of
tlie cutback ordered by the 11163
legislature.
The legislature cut the agency
to a Uiree-member coordinating
staff attached to live governor's
oil ice.
Federal officials said they would
not provide matching funds so
three additional staffers could be
hired. Then they indicated they
might change tlioir mind.
Sunday marks the end of Ihe
current biennium. The new co-
nrdinalinil council takes over on
Monday.
Warne Nunn. executive assist
ant to Gov. Mark Hallieid, met
with national civil defense direc
tor S. L. Pittman last Friday in
Portland. Nunn said no decisions
decwion earlier mis ween.
Agency Director Robert Sand-
Voct. and bookkeeper Donna
Casey on the staff.
He said if federal funds were
approved, he also would keep
radiological delense and shelter
lion iiieetor Gerald Claussen. and
'gency supplies is in doubt, red-
j oral matching funds could keep
these programs alive, he said,
1 Without the lunds, he wasn't
sure what would happen to these
Iservices.
is shown
Telephone
Way Paved For Referral
Of State's Tax Measure
SALEM (UPI) A peti
tion to refer the 1963 leg
islature's $60 million rev
enue increase measure
was filed at 10:15 a.m. to
day by J. Francyl How
ard, editor of weekly
newspapers in Albany
and Corvallis.
It was indicated anoth
er group might also file
to refer the revenue
measure later today.
SALEM I UPI i Two separate
groups were expected today to
file formal notice of referral of
the legislature's 160 million
revenue increase measure.
The way lor referral was paved
at 8:45 a.m. today when the tax
bill and 19 other measures were
delivered to the secretary of stale.
The linal group of 20 bills be
came law at 12:01 a.m. today
without the signature of Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
J. Francyl Howard, editor and
publisher of weekly newspajiers in
Nikita Due
In Germany
MOSCOW (UPII Soviet reac
lion to President Kennedy's visit
to West Berlin hardened today m
advance of Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's countering trip to
East Berlin.
Khrushchev is due in East Ber
lin Friday afternoon, but there
was no information available as
to when he planned to leave Mos
cow. Western observers said Hie pre
mier apparently hoped to offset
. ' Z. "'1.
dy gave to the 1.5 million West
Berliners who greeted him during
his brief visit Wednesday.
iu, ugin i,v v annum, iun,u,n ,
his premature departure Wednes
day when he spoke to military
cadets here.
Surrounded by generals and ad
mirals, he told tlie newly com
missioned officers "resolute ac
tions" were needed to block the
ay "to another world war."
"As long as imperialism exists
there remains the danger of im
perialism unleashing a world nu
clear rocket war." he said. "It
is impossible not to see that ag
gressive lorees In tlie western
powers headed by the imperial
ist circles of the United States
are continuing their war prepa
rations."
The official Communist party
newspaper Pravda reacted to
Kennedy s Berlin visit by claim
ing a Bonn-Washington "atomic
axis" that "reeks of war" had
emerged from Kennedy's talks
with West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer.
"It was not for nothing that the
queslion of tlie so-called multi-lateral
nuclear NATO force, whose
establishment is planned as a
screen lor the atomic arming of
Hie Bundeswchr 'West German
armyl, was one of the main sub
jects of tlie Kennedy-Adenauer
talks," Pravda said.
tiJ ..i i- -'T '" frTi K'i
i ?JLJLfaL it UmiihWmwiI . - Mwe, n IkmmMlmtievmrfi' ' -1
ENTERTAINED Klamath Saddle Club members entertained at a patio party June
24 at the home of Mrs. J. C. Stevenson for members of the court of the Klamath Basin
Roundup, July 2, 3 and 4, and the three candidates who will compete for crown of the
Klamath Basin Junior Rodeo July 20 and 21. Chill winds sent the party indoors where
the hostesses and guests enjoyed dinner, patio style, and talked about horses and
rodeos. Left to right, outside the fence, are junior rodeo contestants, Ann Rodgort,
Dianne Atwood and Nelda Ackley. Senior court members, left to right, are Queen Sandy
Woodard, Princess Milly Sutherland and Princess Jinny Doak. Mrs. Stevenson was as
sisted by Dorothy Harrington,
TU 4-8111 No. 7179
Albany and Corvallis. told UPI he
expected to appear in tlie capitol
at about 2:30 p.m. to file for re-
lerral.
Howard, president of the Citi
zens Committee for Economy and
Equitable Taxation, announced on
June 17 that he would lead a re
ferral movement. He filed a re
ferral petition at that time, but it
could not become legal until the
Uix measure w as in possession of
Depressed
Area Aid
Hope Grows
WASHINGTON IUP1) - Demo
cratic leaders felt that chances of
pushing expanded aid to dc
pressed areas through the House
on a second attempt were bright
er today after overwhelming ap
proval of the measure by the
Senate.
The Senate voted, 65-30,
Wednesday to authorize $455 mil
lion more for the Area Redevel
opment Agency over the next two
years. The vote in favor was two
higher than when the agency was
created in 1961.
Democratic leaders hoped the
Senate vole would be enough to
make the House change its mind
ofln,. II tloinalntl thi Kill hu flva
.
votes 200-204, two weeks ago. hmion dcfense appropriations bill
The House vote was President! nnttcj u tv iinuc
Kennedy's worst legislative de
teat of the session.
, .... . .
The Area Redevelopment Agen
:y provides funds for business tns, !,,, u,iri, ,r
enterprises in areas of persistent the (iscal mins Monday.
unemployment. But opponents . .... ....
said tlie program had been ma
ninitlufjwf nilii i!lw .nl
r m-j . 3
,an w .reauc0 ""employment
7, ... vi ,
L,lT,L:.iZ,. h.LLTV.
; ., " i V ' " ! T"
Ifor fh hill rwfnrn uitlintr if nn
,nr iuirnnri vnlfl. Tnrfi.jtlnnK
were the attempt would not be
made until the House has fin
ished with Kennedy's civil rights
proposals or until late August
or early September.
Fire Strikes
University
EUGENE (UPII- Investigators
today souglit tlie cause of the sec
ond blaze in two months at the
ROTC building on the University
of Oregon campus.
A fire at tlie same building on
April 25 was said to be of incendi
ary origin.
Another fire broke out in the
building laic Wednesday night,
and flames shot high into the air.
The alarm was turned ln about
11:35 p m. and firemen battled the
blaze for about 1 1-2 hours.
Tlierc was no immediale dam
age estimate. Damage from the
April 23 blaze was placed at
$ 145 .000.
The building is headquarters for
reserve Army officer training on
the campus.
Weather
AGRICULTURAL FORECAST
Rapidly changing wtalhar conditions
Iht nait faw daya from tunny parlodt
to ptnodi of showar. Tamparaturat mild
but cool for this tlmo In June. Haying
outlook only fair wllh throat of re
curring ahowert.
the secretary of state. He will
have to re-file the petition before
the legal machinery for referral
can start.
Meanwhile, Jack Thompson.
elections supervisor for the secre
tary of state, revealed another
group had notified him of inten
tion to refer tlie revenue measure.
"I'm not at liberty at this time
to say who it is," Thompson said.
Howard told UPI he also had
heard another group planned to
file a referral petition.
"Thai's fine with me," he said.
We'll merge with them or do
w hatevcr is necessary to get this
bill referred. I don't care who
does ill as long as it is done."
Ihompson said there is no pro
hibition against two groups circu
lating petitions on the same meas
ure.
"It's never happened before that
I know of," he added.
Thompson said as soon as a pe
tition is filed with him, he will
send tlie measure to Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton.
Thornton has 10 days in which
to assign a ballot title to the bill.
Defense Bi
Okay Seen
U. uke, to concur ln
. . 7. .. .
a i hUt a iew details to Ine vn
- l m. .
,, ' 7.1 , i
inuuse Muuioveu uie uiu wiuuii at
- ,. , t,,i( . ,u. .
- , r""? ?ource f3'" "'"'
.from tfiA PmlnVnl'a rpnnpst wj
- - - - .
view expressed by the Senate
V militor' appropriations subcom-
' mittec.
The subcommittee already is at
r0. on WT "ul
Senate action Is not expected to
come until after the fiscal year
begins. Final passage of tbe bill
after tlie start of the year is not
uncommon, and Congress already
lias given the Defense Depart
ment authority to spend at cur
rent levels until the new budget
is approved.
One of the changes tlie Senate
is likely to make in the House
version is in lunds lor the con
troversial RS70 strike plane. The
Senate might well act to speed
work on tlie plane, although the
House went along with Defense
Secretary Robert S. McNamara
in all but writing off the 2.000-mile-an-hour
bomber.
All U.S. bomber production
stopped last year, and Defense
Department critics have ques
tioned abandoning the manned
bomber to rely solely on missiles.
The bill's manager. Rep. George
II. Mahon, D-Tex., told the House,
however, that other possible su
personic bombers were under
study. He said Congress probably
would be asked for money next
year to build one nnai-type
manned strategic aircraft for ad
dition to the bomber fleet now
dominated by the obsolescent B52.
f
t