Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page 17

TUCSON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, W2 SECTION A PAGE SEVENTEEN THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR Survivors To Toast Doolif ties Raid U.S. Group Loses Bid To Discuss Problems Of Chess Title Match By WADE CAVANAt'GU Stir Staff Writer in a Los Angeles restaurant at hleh goblets will be raised In toast marking an occasion that occurred at high noon SO years ago, lasted SO seconds and made an everlasting mark on history. The toast today will be by the S3 surviving memhr tr th. The Yugoslav chess organizers said that even if the bond was put up later, it would be tuo late to finish the technical preparations fur the match in time, the World Chess Federation related. According to the original agreement the match was to begin June 22 in Belgrade and move later to Reykjavik, 80 Army Air Corps pilots and crewmen who made the first bombing raid on Japan and forever will carry the proud title of Doolittle'a Raiders.

UAW President To Visit Russia This Summer DETROIT (AP) Leonard Woodcock, president of the United Auto Workers Union, announced Thursday he will visit the Soviet Union in July. After a meeting with members of the visiting Chinese table tennis team, Woodcock told newsmen he was accepting a long-standing Invitation from the Soviet metal workers' union to visit their country. On the same trip, he will also make stops in Poland and West Germany. The union spokesman said no precise dates for the trip have been set. In the meeting with the Chinese, Woodcock also expressed a desire to visit China.

In 1959, when the raiders held their 17th annual reunion in At the U.S. federation's headquarters in Newburgh, N.Y., Col. E. B. EdmonUson, executive director, said he would try to contact the world unit's president anyway.

I don't see how meaningful negotiations can be conducted when you can't make contact." Edmonson said. "The whole thing is such a snarl of garbled communications at this point that I don't think anything has been handled very well on anyone's part." Asked about the U.S. federation's refusal to post the bond requested by Belgrade authorities, Edmondson replied: "It's difficult to refuse an illegal demand. We don't recognize that there was such a demand." Americans Refuse To Post Guarantee AMSTERDAM (AP) The World Chess Federation rejected Thursday a request from the American Chess Federation for a telephone conference to iron out problems of the upcoming match between world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and American challenger Bobby Fischer. Belgrade chess authorities said the match could not be held there because the U.S.

federation would not put up a 835,000 guarantee that Fischer would appear. The American chess champion has been arguing over what he would be paid. Tucson, local residents chipped in and presented the men with 80 silver goblets and a huge bottle of brandy. blM Football is bi Kith politico. This button illustrates party strategy utter contusion.

Pennsylvania's Fresque Isle, which in French means "almost an island." was so named by French explorers in 1740 tecause Lake Erie storms regularly threatened to wash away the narrow neck linking the sandy peninsula to the mainland. British Columbia was first charted in .1792 by CupUun George Vancouver. 7 1 The Cabin Still Handle Bar The handmade Bourbon IS has a built-in grip anJ slow-pour top. Serving is easier, and measuring more accurate in the Handle Bar i It A And ith a half gallon all in one bottle, you've got plenty on hand for all kinds of drinks and all kinds of occasions. It's virtually a bar all by itself.

We make Cabin Still by hand the same old-time sour mash way we've been rriuking our whiskey for more than a century. e'd be pleased to $1169 Each goblet has one of the raiders name engraved on it twice when a man dies, his cup Is turned over but his name remains upright To date, 17 of the original 80 are dead. These will be the ones the remaining 83 toast today. When all but two have gone, these last survivors will open the brandy and raise their final toast to their departed comrades. The goblets and the brandy are in a special case on per-manent display at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

But the history of the epic raid will always be remembered in the archives of America. The actual date was April 18, 1942, almost five months after the Japanese had pulled their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and the nation's morale was still at an all-time low. President Franklin Roosevelt needed to bolster the American spirit, and a blow to the heart of the enemy's homeland wasN the key. Lt. Gen.

James H. Doolittle, Army Air Corps leader, was assigned the job of training the 80 volunteers, and planning and executing the raid. It was a bold one, never before attempted. Logistics alone were devastating. Maximum range of the medium-size bombers was several hundred miles short of the distance for a safe return.

A land launching from China was originally planned, then discarded In favor of a carrier, based operation. The carrier Hornet was selected and became the famous Shangri La base. The plan was to bring the Hornet to within 500 miles of the Japanese coast, and then the 16 Mitchell bombers would take off and fan out for their five target points: Tokyo, Yokohoma, Yokosuka, Nagoya and Kobe. When the ships were 650 miles from land, a Japanese patrol boat spotted them. The boat was sunk, but rather than risk detection by a radio message from the boat, the raid was started 10 hours ahead of time in gigantic seas.

The men were told that the increased range 800 miles would not allow them to return to the Hornet after the attack. They would be on their own and would have to make their way back to friendly land without aid. They were given the opportunity to back down. No one did. Flying low at near wave-cap height to avoid detection, they have you try it.

"I For Famous Anniversary Silver goblets end a bottle of brandy presented to Doo-little's Raiders when they met in Tucson in 1959 will be used gain today by S3 surviving members of the original 80 crew. men as the group marks the 30th anniversary of the famous bombing raid on Japan. Bruce Knapp, then president of the former Tucson Sunshine Club, eiamines goblets which are now on permanent display at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. (Sheaffer Photo) fanned out and destroyed dockyards, armament and aircraft plants, railroad yards and other military targets. More important, despite the assurances of the Japanese government to their people that the attack was of no consequence, the people's morale was shattered.

They had learned they were not Invulnerable to American bombers. Among the 80 raiders were four Arizonans: Then Lt. James H. Macia of Tombstone and Col. David Jones, both 1940 graduates of the University of Arizona; S.

Sgt. Eldred V. Scott of Phoenix and Sgt. Melvln J. Gardner of Show Low.

Today at noon, that 30-second raid over the heart of the Japanese homeland 30 years ago will be remembered once again. iSHLL 3 flMn ky rrooi for flavor i STITZEL-WELLER, Amarie' Oldt Family Oittillary EsUD Louitvilit. Kentucky. 1649 90 Proot Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey WALTEAM BEMIWUS GJMJERT fflDELBKOS WLCAIN BUFNT1E by MJCIEN PICCARB SPKrlAI. Pl'UCIIASE: FA1IOIS BRAND SAME WATCIIKS IS OU1CINAL BIFT BOXES 24.8)101 All very famous national brands known for quality.

17 and 21 jewel movements including: 14K gold cases, 2 and 4 diamond ornamented styles, sport and dress models, automatic calendars, water-resists, day-dates and skindivers for men, women, boys and girls; all at this one low, low price. Come see the entire collection for very special savings. 1 sv i9 1 Up I a 4 A Sfefl LB Resting In Hospital Penthouse SAN ANTONIO (AP) -Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was resting and "taking it extremely easy" Thursday as he continued to recuperate from a major heart attack, officials said. There still was no indication when he will be discharged from his special penthouse suite at Brooke Army General Hospital, where he was admitted early Wednesday after a flight from Virginia.

His personal heart specialist, Dr. J. Willia Hurst of Atlanta, said only that Johnson faces "gradual rehabilitation for the next several weeks." Most important now, Hurst said, is a tranquil environment and "peace and quiet." Officials said Hurst returned to Atlanta Wednesday. Dr. Richard S.

Crampton, the first doctor to treat Johnson after he was stricken last Friday in Charlottesville, also accompanied Johnson here but has since left, spokesmen said. Crampton is head of the coronary care unit at the University of Virginia -Hospital, Where Johnson, 63, was first treated. Johnson's wife, Lady Bird, has been staying with her husband in Brooke's two-bedroom, seventh-floor suite, which was prepared especially for him when he became Fine Jewelry, mall level I (k (fi PC Will Offer Amphi Courses Pima College and the Amphitheater School District will join educational forces when the college offers eight- to 10 daytime courses this fall at Canyon del Oro High School and six at Amphi High. Dr. Rudy Melone, Pima academic vice president, announced the projected program at Wednesday's Board of Governors study session.

Dr. Elliott Becken, Amphi superintendent, said the courses will be open to the entire community. They will be in both the liberal arts and vocational education fields. 'levy's (on: shop Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10 Tuesday I Saturday 10 Sunday 12 5. Coll levy's TOLL-FREE from onywhere in Arizona; dial 1 800 362 1132.

Tucson area residents dial 795 5000. Your LEVY (HAXGE CARD Ills you buy anytime gives you choice of woys to pay. And, for lorgor purchases, use our CPA (Convenient Payment Account) with monthly poyments to fit your budget. i.