Eureka Humboldt Standard (Newspaper) - August 3, 1962, Eureka, California for and vicinity Cloudy or Cloud and decreasing cloudiness and severally fair Saturday Not much in temperature high 56 to 42 to 52 Winds mostly northwesterly 5 to 15 mph Saturday Precipitation From 6 K morning to OS ol an Inch ol rain To dale this season Trace To this dale last season 03 Normal to date i Highest 58 Lowest it a m p m HI OFF SHORE WEATHER From Cape Blanco West to northwest winds 25 knots today tonight and Saturday Fog and low overcast but In the northern half Saturday Drizzle on the coast Point today BAY Pacific Daylight Time Dt Ft P.M Ft Ft P.M Ft 2 5.4 5.5 0.9 1.4 3 3.03 5.1 3.30 5.5 U 1.3 SEPTEMBER 4 4.8 4.03 5.5 1.3 CALIFORNIA FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST Eureka Reserve 100 Men In Final Muster Per Copy 16 Pages Today Ralas fell for the'first weeks his morning as county and Eureka civic taries turned out for a damp but warm welcome home for the men of the Reserve Transporta Battalion Today for the first time since October the 100 members of the Amphibious Truck unit went back to their wives sweethearts jobs and former pursuits after their tour of duty at Ft Lewis Wash following the muster ceremony this morning the National Guard A year ago our nation was in great peril on two Lt Col Harry F Yuill commanding officer of the Santa Rosa sub- sector company U S Army told the men The Communists were ening a showdown in Laos and in Berlin We needed 16 combat di- visions and we had 14 therefore it was necessary to call on you to make up the deficit This proved the of the Reserves by serving notice to the Communists that we as a nation are ready to stand firm High in his praise of the unit Lt Col Yuill said the fact the men never had a shot fired at them attests to the fact the action was one of the most in Army history For what 1 hear your troop morale was the Army cer said Your efficiency was shown bj a practically zero AWOL rate the same for courtmartial anc a very low sick rate I want to as a member of the Army and I wish you all a very the lieutenant colonel said Lt Col Eugene A Hofsted commander 6300 Headquarters Company Ed M chairman Humboldt county Board of Supervisors Mayor ry A Terheyden of Eureka Sen Carl and Don Cave president Eureka Chamber o Commerce were among those ing welcoming talks Others present included Major John P Steele U.S Army unit adviser and liaison officer at Ukiah Staff Sgt Ed ward E assistant adviser who was with the unit when it shipped out in October now stationed at Ukiah Also Col Thomas Monroe Cmdr R C Burke Lt Ben D Van Zandl vice dent Humboldt Chapter Reserve Officers Association Ed Sautter U.S Army Reserve Earl Kooyman major U.S Army Re- serve Eugene Thompson chief warrant officer headquarters company Infantry sion U.S Army Reserve James P Mills Army Re serve Bruce major U.S Army Reserve Richard F Denbo manager and Gus Brambani Eureka Chamber of Commerce and Hal Prior rancher and Eureka nessman whose son was in the Battalion Cave told the We are as happy to have yoi home as we were sorry to see you go in October We con gratulate you manner in which you performed your duty Pettersen welcomed the group on behalf of the Board of Super- visors and Mayor Terheyden said the city was happy to have the men back and he knew their wives and sweethearts were too Senator Christensen after his welcome expressed the regrets of my colleague of the ture Assemblyman Frank P Be who was unable to attend Representing the reserve unit Capt Albert F Hallett Jr thanked the speakers on behalf of the men Home From Active Duty Bobby Bids For Quick On Satellite Attorney General Surprise Witness At Senate Hearing WASHINGTON Ally Gen Robert F Kennedy today called the compromise communications satellite now before the Senate one of the most important pieces of legislation offered by Final active duty inspection for the Transportation Battalion Truck unit is conducted at- muster ceremony by Capt Albert F commander of the Reserve shoes trim appearance and caps at the right angle are checked out for last time roll call at ter ceremony Guard pry Additional pictures on page this administration The attorney general appeared before the Senate Foreign tions Committee to urge approval of the As soon as possible The measure was sent to the committee for study after a buster by Senate liberals blocked floor action Federal Communications Com mission Chairman Newton Minow also urged passage of tl Minow and Kennedy assure committee that the nation foreign policy interests and thos of the public are fully under the The attorney general was surprise opening day witness a committee began a week on the to study il policy implications befor the Senate resumes debate on next Friday In referring the to the Fo eign Relations Committee th Senate ordered it to report nei Friday In Senate Democratic Whip Huber said he was wil ing to give the State greater voice in operations of th privately owned but controlled space satellite system He said he thought the a it now stands makes adequat provision but if there is an Slat Department responsibility can anc probably should be strengthened Sen Wayne L Morse a leader of the filibuster protest ed against very brief tion of Kennedy and Minow I am not going to have a sham of a he said if the of the administration is to Sweetheart's kiss greets Clark ard Eureka at the close of muster ceremony this morning Attractive miss is his Sandee Headley also of Eureka senior at the University of California at Santa Barbara Howard partner in a service station in civilian life and Miss Headley plan Wedding bells later this month Worst part of Ft Lewis was being separated from said Howard Kits In Chile Trading Dull On Stock Market NEW YORK stock market was a dull affair today The only bluo chip to move much was Owens-Illinois Glass up a point The leading steels autos oils and chemicals showed almost no change at all ANTOFAGASTA Chile A strong earthquake struck ern Chile at PDT today and lasted one minute FIVE DAY FORECAST SAN FRANCISCO day weather Northern No rain below normal temperatures mal Sacramento Red Bluff Eureka Blue Canyon Santa Rosa Thereover in this city and also in and Copiapo In Aires the were no immediate reports of tims or damage The tremor caused alarm how cal department of the National Observatory said it recorded earth tremors early today In a northerly direction The observatory nt the northern city of Mendoza Argentina also recorded un earth shock but said It was not felt In that city USAF To Rebuild Chico Titan Site WASHINGTON Force has ordered the rebuilding of a Tilan missile silo destroyed Carpenter Union Rejects Proposal Ask Strike Okay SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco Bay Area District Council of Carpenters rejected an hourly raise Thursday night and will ask for authority to strike The district council covers San Francisco Alameda Marin and San Mateo counties The council was offered an in- crease of cents by the asso General Contractors ol Northern California an increase of 15 cents over the previous of- er But executive of the carpenters cil said We rejected and are recommending rejection to out 18 affiliated locals We are also recommending to the locals that we be given strike sanction with full authority to act The locals vote on the recommendations next rush this through The Senate ordered the com- to look over the program and report back by Aug 10 as part of a compromise to satisfy critics who had stalled the in a filibuster Acting Chairman John J Suspect Warfare Germ Cause Of Scientist's Mystery Sparkman said other wit would present the views of half a dozen government depart and representatives of vate industry also would have a chance to be heard Secretary of State Dean Rusk will testify Monday Growing Unrest In East Germany BERLIN UPI West Berlin newspapers today reported ing unrest in East Germany as the first anniversary of the tion of the Communists gee wall neared The newspapers Der Abend nnd i utii miu by explosion at a cite near a Chico Rep Harold T Johnson reported Thursday Johnson said tho Air Force had directed the Martin-Marietta Co prime contractor for two other silos under construction at the site to add extra crews in order lo speed rebuilding of tho silo mood was prevalent in many large factories and workers were protesting a serious food shortage The reports could not be con- firmed It was known in West Berlin that the Soviet zone now is suffering from one of Its worst ood shortages In years Death Toll Hits Four From Fire MARIPOSA Four were fatally burned and wo others critically injured when a forest fire took a turn nd swept over them Thursday Observers in a borate tanker the blaze said that le man were ahead of the fire nes fighting the flames when ie fire suddenly engulfed them he tanker dropped its borate on the spot wihtout ess The dead men were Martin F 39 of the U S Conserve on Service Thomas V Foley and John V Rasch 46 U.S orest rangers all from Mari- osa and Raymond St Pierre I Merced St Pierre died today i Mercy Hospital in Merced Taken to John C Fremont tal in Mariposa with serious urns were Kent Stoel 24 and ay C Chapin 40 both of Mari- osa The blaze called the e fire broke out near Mid- lines six miles northeast of Mari- posa Thursday afternoon About 400 state and federal firefighters five tankers 20 tankers and six borate bombers were used Fire crews said the fire was contained and they hoped to have it completely controlled today About 250 men remained on the line battling the blaze which has burned Ponderosa pine and brush LONDON tc day investigated the death of a scientist whose job a Britain's e c r e t Laboratory kept him nea germs so virulent that amounts a pound or less could kill million of persons The scientist Geoffrey Bacon 44 died Wednesday after a His wife Mary and two young daughters were place under observation today Mrs Bacon said that when he husband died at a hospital afte becoming ill last Sunday sh thought his death was caused b a fever and pneumonia But no one seems to kno what caused she said The British War office in an nouncing Bacon's death said h died in circumstances make it possible that death wa due to an accidental infection ri suiting from his work We are not sure Bacon die as a result of an infection bu we are carrying out s very tensive said Dr David Henderson chief of the re search center London newspapers carried today as Complete Mystery and Com plete Riddle The War Office said a defense installation engaged in developing ways to combat erms which might be used by an Charles Laughton fs For Life in Sierra National Forest and destroyed a fire tanker Flames moved to within 12 miles of Yosemite National Park An investigation was underway enemy in time of war The center is seven miles from the nearest road and surrounded by warning signs Extraordinary precautions are taken at the center Laboratories have double windows and air is filtered before it leaves the ing Waste material is disposed of carefully Staff scientists are protected with inoculations against at least 10 deadly diseases and wear clothing Legal Complications Slow British Effort To Return Red Spy LONDON legal problems and a possible objection trom Israel complicated the Brit- ish government's efforts today to send Dr Robert Soblen the last miles to start serving a life sentence in the United States as a Russian spy The British Home Office said it would give instructions to Israel's American World Airways plane A Pan Am spokesman said El Al had approached the American carrier Thursday night on the subject We are willing and ready to take him but it is strictly up to El the Pan Am spokesman said They have his ticket But an Al spokesman denied struggling in private today with the most serious crisis of his Cedars of Lebanon Hos on the cause of the fire started near Highway 140 which Fisherman Lost Off Drifting Boat BROOKINGS Ore Coast Guard said today that a Tulare man apparently was lost at sea from his boat which was ound drifting off the coast miles south of Brookings The man was Carl A Collier 3 His boat was found Thursday the crew of a passing fishing create lasting marks in screen pital Doctors said Laughton operated on Tuesday for a collapsed brae was holding his own lowing a turn for the worse day His condition wd gone from satisfactory to poor during the day Laughton has been plagued by back trouble for years and last June spent five days New York's Memorial Hospital for cancer and allied diseases while treatment for his back ailment Laughton came to Hollywood in 1932 to appear in The Devil nnd he Deep and stayed on to In the craft were papers btv to Collier plus a small ngs ory Laughton and his comedienne wife Elsn whom he dog nnd some personal married in 1929 became American citizens in 1950 transfer of from on Prison to the airport Two U.S marshals were signed to take the flight with him The next El Al plane to New York was scheduled lo take rom London at 8 p.m 3 p.m A spokesman for the line said seats are available bul here was no definite word Soblen would be placed about it The government Thursday down the New ork psychiatrist's plea for um and ordered Ei Al to fly len to the United States Soblen was on an El Al plane n route from Israel to New York hen he slashed himself forcing is admission to a British al for treatment July 1 He had jumped bail in ie United States and fled to ael June 25 Israel deported him as bel but was reported upset at e fact that Britain ordered El 1 to carry Soblen lo the United The Jerusalem Post which is I known to have close government connections said in an editorial that no international agreements gave Britain the right to give in- of this kind of an carrier Sources close to the Israeli said appropriate tion might be taken ently meaning a diplomatic test The possibility was raised Thursday night that Soblen might be flown to New York by a Pan Soblen who was convicted of wartime espionage on July 13 1961 had his appeal rejected by he U.S Supreme Court just be- fore he fled to Israel Drizzle Termed The drizzle which covered most of the Humboldt county area last night and today appears to be with clearing expected this afternoon Ivan Anderson chief meteorologist of the U.S Weather Bureau office here said this morning The Ukiah Red Bluff and ta regions all reported clear and warm weather which Anderson said may also be expected here over the weekend Both state and federal forest agencies said there are no ing fires and that the drizzle while not serving as a major fire deterrent is more than Jack Heilbron chief dispatcher of the state Division of headquarters at Fortuna said the moisture is reported in all state forest areas and that it ly won't do any harm James Burnaugh fire ran officer of Six Rivers National Forest reported a one hundred per cent overcast in all federal forest areas with the light rain in some Burnaugh said the will not be effective for very long but that it has cooled things in the mountain areas Anderson said that the current precipitation has netted ony about 04 of an inch with the spawn NEW DELHI missing normal from mid-July to Airliner Found Ten Safe Royal Nepal Airlines DC3 has jeen found on the border with all 10 persons aboard safe airline officials in Patna said today The officials reported some of son said August at about zero The season's rainfall to date is only about 07 of an inch behind at present and one good rain would take care of six passengers and four members suffered minor injuries when the made T forced landing in the foothills of the Himalayas Two Americans and one ladian were listed among the of the which vanished day on n flight between lu Nepal and New Delhi The two American passengers as Sidney B Jacques 51 and Oscar Curtis both foreign service U.S aid missions abroad The light precipitation was also welcomed by deer hunters who nay find a forest and ield carpet in the early hunting season which opens in portions of Humboldt County tomorrow Shasta Brush Fire Threat To Homes REDDING UPI A mish and limber blaze ened a new housing subdivision on an inspection tour of briefly before it was controlled Thursday night Stores Open Tonight Until 9 o'Clock for Your Convenience
