Logansport Pharos-Tribune from Logansport, Indiana • Page 13

Friday Evening, December 10, 1954. Navy to Launch Largest Vessel Built By U.5. Controversial Aircraft Carrier Forrestal Scheduled to Slide Down Ways on Saturday WASHINGTON triumphant U.S. Navy Saturday launch the largest American ship; ever built, the 5197,859,000 super- aircraft carrier U.S.S. Forrsstal.

The mighty man of war. 1,0361 feet long and displacing 59,650 tons will be eased gently into Hampton Roads, with pomp befitting a new capital ship specially designed for the jet-atomic age. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and others will wish the ship well in speeches to an audience of congressmen, government officials, military leaders, shipyard executives and workers. The gigantic flattop will be sponsored by Mrs.

James V. Forrestai, widow of the first defense secretary whose name it bears. Controversial Ship One of the most controversial ships in naval history, the Forrestal is being built for 520.141,000 less than the $218,000,000 forecast when the kee! was laid on July 14, 1952, the Navy said today. It is scheduled to be completed in, the fall of 1955 and commissioned in the fleet with a complement of 3.826 and about 90 planes- jet atomic bombers and interceptors. Afloat, wilh its modern, high- speed planes able to reach targets 1.000 miles from its deck, the vessel will represent an investment of I about 5372,000,000.

As the ship moves out of the i graving dock, aided by 12 tugs, ati the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock it will be sailing straight into a new argument over the future need and role of aircraft carriers. May Be "End Of Line" Some experts suspect the Forrestal class is the end of the line in ship size. Two sister ships, Saratoga and Ranger, are building, a fourth is authorized, and a fifth is to be sought next year. Otheir experts except first atomic powered carrier to be larger, maybe by 15,000 tons. The Forrestal is the longest and broadest sbip ever built but its displacement tonnage is less than that of the British Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary.

The nearest approach to the Forrestal revealed by a check of Navy records wast he Japanese carrier Shinano, which displaced 59,000 On its maiden voyage in November, 1944, it was sunk by the S. submarine Archerfish, com-i manded by Capt. (the Command- Hazardous Driving Conditions Two Persons lose Lives on Icy Highways er) Joseph Enright. The supercarrier concept as adopted only after tier controversy which saw a Navy secretary resign, a chief of naval operations fired, a prolonged Air Force-Navy wrangle over bombers vs. carriers, and an "admiral's revolt" against unification policies.

Reported Following Snowfall in Indiana By UNITED PRESS Hazardous driving conditions plagued Hoosier motorists today as two inches of snow lay on some parts of Indiana. Drivers and pedestrians alike slipped and skidded to work in heavy traffic caused by a mounting volume of Christmas shopping. At least two Hoosier traffic deaths were blamed on icy highways and streets. One was at Young America Music Department to Give Program at Meeting 4 musical nroTa-n will be ore- South Bend, where John Fill, 54, sented bv Amerifa mu- -as killed late Thursday when his sic department at'a joint meetins I auto skidded down an Music ic ne onto a a' lroad crossing arid was struck by a train. The other was in LaPorte County, where Dennis Varga, 35, Chicago, wss killed in a two-truck smashup George Shiimaker 'will'di- biased on the weather.

with a warming trend by mid-week was predicted. Precipitation will average one- half to an inch in rain and snow north and rain south Saturday, changing to snow flurries Sunday I and with rain or snow again mid-week. South Bend reported two inches of snow on the ground, Fort Wayne an inch and Indianapolis nearly an iach. Temperatures dropped as low as 28 at Fort Wayne and Indianapolis this morning after hitting high; ranging up to 42, at Evansvillle, Thursday. Returns to Navy Base I Deacon township of the Booster Club and Farm Bureau unit Monday night at Young America hish school.

Martha Bosworth, music instruct Traffic at Crawl The icy coating over streets, highwa, and sidewalks spread in northern Indiana early Thursday, and swept into the central and southern area shortly before dusk as shoppers and commuters were crawl and rect the program which will open at 7:30 p.m. The high school band will present a number of instrumental selections. Band members will also give an accordion solo, trumpet trio and piano duet. Vocal selections mil also be given by the senior schoolj hurrying horceward. chorus and the junior schoir.

1 Traffic moved at a All interested persons are invit- there were numerous traffic jams, ed to attend. Many roads still were slippery 1 this morning, and highway and street crews poured chemicals and cinders on busy intersections. State Police reported at dawn roads were generally clear in the far north portion but icy in spots. State Bank of Walton, executor Around the central portion, they the estate of the late Perry Moon, I seemed to be the most nazardous has been set for trial by in the Cass circuit court on Feb. 23, 1955.

Special Judge Russell Gordon of lurv to Hear Local Contest Action The will contest suit of Mrs. Victoria Linn against the Cass county ury while in the south they were roost- 1 Iv normal but slick in spots and on Monticello will be on the bench. some secondary routes. It was the first time this season ice and snow had created serious driving difficulties over such a large portion of the state. More snow flurrries were forecast RED ARMY DESERTER SEOUL.

Korei mangy I Communist work horse has desert-! or today, but the Weather Bureau ed the North Korean army, the i expected them to end before night, drop. U.S. Marines reported today. Marine Cpl. Paul E.

McArdle said the horse left the Communist side and strolled through the heavily mined neutral zone to Marine Outpost Boston when it began to rrainch grass. The Marines adopted the slow- when temperatures will warmer was forecast for Saturday with rain. Below Normal Ahead The twice-weekly five-day outlook called for temperatures averaging slightly below normal raaxi- murr.5 of 35-47 and minimums of footed animal, named it "Blazeof '20-29. Colder Sunday and Monday CHRISTMAS When a girl's dreaming of a "diamond Christmas" nothing else will be so warmly welcomed so dearly cherished for so many years! To make this Christmas truly memorable, choose here a diamond ring that will be a joy forever! Bridal Duetles ranging from It's so easy to buy at fernbavgh's U.S. Refuses Passage Home To 35 Chinese Detain Students Who Profess Desire to Return to Ked China WASHINGTON (UP) The United States has barred 35 Chinese scholars trained in this country from going home to make their skills available to the Chinese Communist regime, American officials reported today.

Officials said the question of allowing the Chinese to leave this country is under "continuous study" by the State, Defense and Justice departments. They reported that the 35 are the remainder of some 67 Chinese students who had expressed a desire to return to their homeland. Eighteen have arrived i. Red China. Nine more are expected to arrive in Hong Kong within the next few days.

There was some doubt that the list 35 would shrink much more in the near future because of Red China's high-handed action in sentencing 11 American fliers to long prison terms, and holding other Americans against their will. The 35 Chinese, who are free to travel throughout this country, approximate the total of 28 American civilians in jail ia Red China and three priests who are under house arrest. Eleven other American civilians have been unable to get permission to leave the China mainland although they are not technically under arrest. The United States has turned th.urrJbs down on any "deal" with the Reds to swap the remaining Chinese students in this country for the Americans or the unfreez- jnj of.about 130 million dollars in Ronald Lee Russow, son of Mr, and Mrs. Ray Russo, 416 Bartleti street, has departed for Norfolk, where he is stationed.

He spent three weeks with his parents. Russow's address is F. N. Ronald Lee Russow, 430-80-98, USS Beleguese, AK 260, New York, N. Y.

(Pharos-Tribune Engraving) Fines Motorist And Self for Violation LAFAYETTE, Ind. of the Peace Glenn C. Neidgh was preparing to fine a motorist Wednesday on a charge of driving an auto without a valid operator's license. The defendant asked Neidgh how motorist could tell when his permit had expired. Neiigh pulled out his own license to show and discovered it had expired a week ago.

5 Neidigh promptly fined the mol torist S14.75 and levied a S15 penalty against himself by writing a check for the Salvation Army Christmas fund. Bishop Oxnam to Speak INDIANAPOLIS bishop G. Bromley Oxnam. a former president of DePauw.Uni- versity, will speak at the Senate Avenue YMCA Sunday, it was announced today. Chinese assets in this country.

State officials said there is nothing official to back up the rumors heard here Thursday, But they went out of their way to reject the idea that a swap could be arranged. with sheared-wool culls and zippers Fernbaugh's Jewelry Store 416 East Broadway Girls and Women's 3 98 Warm fleece-lined and water-tight to keep your feet dry and prevent colds. SJQRMY I JOBBER FOOTWEAR for MEN end BOYS set for rough weather ahead. When it snows and blows protect your health by keeping your warm and dry. AMERICA'S GREATEST SHOE VALUES BIG SHOE STORE Senator Wayne Morse Warns of War Danger LOS ANGELES (UP) Sen, Wayne Morse (lad-Ore.) told the CIO constitutional convention Thursday the United States may be plunged into a hot war if it follows the lead cu Sen.

William F. Knowland. Morse addressed the convention on the next to last day of its five day session. New officers of the labor organisation will be elected at today's final meeting. Morse warned tha-t "impatience and impetuous action" could plunge the world into a global hydrogen bomb war.

The Oregon independent was the second speaker before the convention Thursday to attack the administration. James Fatten, president of the National Farmers Union, Warred Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson for the worst farm income year since 1940. Logansport, Indiana, Pharos-Tribune Thirteen. Ball Attending State Historical Meeting Will Ball, president of the Cass county Historical society, is at- the meeting of the Indiana Historical Society Friday and Saturday in Indianapolis. Ball is chairman of the nominating committee, which was to meet Friday afternoon.

Attacks Blasts Broad Ripple INDIANAPOLIS (UP 1 Crispus Attacks, again apparently the best bet to bring this city its' first Indiana high school basketball tourney crown, racked up its fifth straight victory Thursday night in overwhelming fashion. Coach Ray Crowe's Tigers, ranked second in the state only to M-un- cie Central in the United Press Coaches poll, blasted previously undefeated city foe Broad Ripple, 76-48, at the Butler fieldhouse. Hot-shot Oscar Robertson of Attucks flipped in 10 fielders in a row and left the game with 27 points to pace the scoring. The loss snapped Ripple's three-game winning string. Upstate, twice-beaten South Bend Riley clipped unde'eated Mishawaka's three-game streak, 74-61, in an East NIHSC contest.

The losers led at the half, 39-36, but Riley had the balance and scoring punch ia the second half. Louis Anderson and Dave Young hooped 23 points aoiece for the winners. Huge Boulder Crashes Into House; Two Killed MALTB'U, Calif. CUP) A man was crushed to death and two persons were injured today when huge boulder toppled down a mountainside and crashed the roof of a Malibu Lake Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies identified the dead as Ernest Asaer, 66, Resed'a, Calif. Deputies said Asher's body was trapped under the boulder.

Deputies and county firemen used large planks and jacks in an effort to remove the boulder. The boulder, measuring an estimated six feet in diameter, crashed into the living room of a lakeside home on Sugerloaf Drive owned by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller. Deputies said Miller, 67, suffered possible internal injuries and his wife Delia, 71, received multiple, fractures of the lower extremities.

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