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FORECAST: Cloudy and colder today, clearing tonight. Ge n SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1040

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iene fair tomorrow. High today, 40.

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County Moves

Everywhere

souprs_uowaxp] 50th YEAR—NUMBER 315 ~~ * *

The Ott Workman Story—

Judge Gilkison Firm In Belief Politicians Got $50,000 for Parole

Refuses to Divulge Any Names; Denies Lifer Is ‘Political Prisoner’

Editorial; Page 26

iver ford 3d Victim, 73,1

Dies as Small Boats Upset

Parent, Boy From Here Lose Lives In White River A young Indianapolis ‘mother, her seven-year-old |son and an aged Bedford man were drowned in the back waters of White River 10 miles: southeast of Bedford last night when two small boats overturned in swift current. The drowning victims were identified as Mrs. Ruth Green, 27, of 1718 Bouth-

eastern Ave.; her son, Charles, and

By ROBERT BLOEM SUPREME COURT JUDGE FRANK GILKISON still believes that politicians were paid upward of $50,000: to parole Ott Workman of Loogootee from state prison in 1045. In a recent interview, Judge Gilkison told Times reporters he was certain the money was paid before Workman was released. He said he knew who got the money, but ‘declined to reveal names on grounds that it was not his responsibilty. The judge said he still believed the story would be told sooner

or later by Ott Workman, himself. Workman has remained

Legislators Admit Odds Are Heavy Against Measure 8

Other Legislative News, Calendar, Page 2

‘Workman had threatened to tellll one of the hottest things in the story if he were not paroled | the Indiana political picture. before the end of the recent ad- The . accompanying article ministration of former Gov.| Is the last of a series on the Gates. {| history of the case. The rumor created an air of : tension in political circles about the old rumor factory, was that |

To End Zoning Law Defiance Provoke Action By Plan Group | county: zoning laws which has created the crazy-quiit of slums . | sw Indianapolis’ suburbs has started in Marion County. d4SSd p eal { “It is the aftermath of Friday's | meat syndicate. County Plan Commission of1936, Charles Basch of Mays- , . . . ville was shot by a masked Roy Brown's abattoir in 5430 E. 30th St., where horsemeat~was| Frank Souerdike of nearby slaughtered for the syndicate, has | Loogootee, confessed the . [been operating in defiance of the Ott Workman, Loogootee || July, 1947. farmer, had been the At the same time, more than silent, in Judge Gilkison’s opin-| 3 1 fon, aig certain peruons| Workman was found Bl side clamored for the county to] guilty and sent to prison for shut the place down as a nuisance. | have told him to keep still.” These ! but was returned to prison . - 1 terh blighted the ————— i | persons, the judge said, apparent-| Clarence Bartlett, 17, of 1315 S. Sheffield Ave., was shot in [the slaughterhouse blighte e " IS : 25 days later Under a cloud the right leg as he walked through a woods yesterday on W. |neighborhood. By LOUIS ARMSTRONG sial convict that they still can|| 5 fabulous sum for his re- ge . | General Hospital. Both said it was a stray bullet. i deliver the parole lease. Today he is called by | © p " ly bullet, The Plan Commission drew up ue Detting has shown 2 Charles lr recent months, in fact, that Ott| litical prisoner: fis case is Horse Meat Raids Here Put la formal request for action SUdden burst of speed in the gouned with his mother in rain : . | . 3 alleged violators of zoning laws tives and is headed toward [~~ land sent it to the prosecutor. ing down the home stretch. 4 Hoosiers Hurt “We didn't know the raids were Back ‘n the “field” a won | I '. Ww k

Many Stores Report Decline in Sales As Housewives Shy Away From Product

‘Horsemeat Raids A drive to end. defiance of! and ‘mansions side by side in {raids whieh smashed the horse- A | R t On the night of Dec. 5, 4 . i x ticials yesterday that g holdup man. The bandit, near-fatal shooting but said {county zoning ordinance since, “brains” behind the crime. a hundred residents of the east within the prison administration] _ ; heoe| Ife. In 1945 he was paroled George Bartlett Clarence Bartlett |Spokesmen. said the smells from | ly have convinced the controver-| ; . , | of rumors that he had paid |, oot St. with his brother George, who comforts him in Draw Up Protest A bill to legalize pariIt was widely rumored during | ome prison authority a “po|against Brown and a list of other Indiana House of Representa- swollen White River last night. ) : - ° 2 a Ge Hamburger Lovers on Diet it tue” passage like Citation sprint coming up,” sald Plan Commis- or other gambling bills have re

tim | { sion” member Horace Abbott. isnohded to the whip and at last 4 Roy Cole, 73, ro) the : he nang wilon Xa sneak parole had been ordered) yngianapolis. lost as much as 50 per cent of its appetite for “We're asking the prosecutor 16 broken Al of the Di gate Bedford. Do you have The Tamor factory went into pro-11F Workman in the closing hours | home-cooked hamburgers over the week-end as a result of the enforce the county ordinance and where it seemed they were - : : Morris - Green Eo us Age ’ duction again, and some of the °f the Gates administration. That horse | meat raids Friday. Cb > "th we were discussing action on this goomeq to grow into “ham-| 3 Mail Clerks the husband ’ | ) : ved a me stores repo meat buying as heavy as ever, ouse- case.” 1 x : and a hangar stories were well founded al-|One, however, pro 10 be with |wives were shying away from the loaded hamburger pans. Horse “We believe that if we get | VUrSer From Indianapolis

never This belated action on’the part

of bills to legalize the

rd box makes doors and cut

officially’ . con-jout foundation.

In a recent interview at the Dat wisecracks rippled up and down customer lines everywhere. major offenders” said ‘Mr. Ab BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. Feb,

lowly

. , But for one big independent; 'bott, “the rest will fall in line.” a 119 (UP)—A Pennsylvania railt get a large One ‘such story was that cer: (prison, Ott Workman told me he outlet, the situation was far from (wager is “an Indication of the packing box, tain papers in” the Workman never had made a threat to tell|y pn to =p tn ar we Bandit Flees | County records show that sentiment in the General/road mail-passenger Pittsburgh- | y . urger will keep Brown originally built the abat- ! , 24 Joy out case had disappeared from the ab. The reason, be-said. was that about a week. then it turns color| Eevwa iginaly trom the County|ASSembly for gambling oa alto-8t. Louls express crashed into ;s. Paint your fil Later th cy a1 on ready had : 8 Whole and is thrown away. The store Building Commission authorizing source of revenue for the te. | the rear of a locomotive and the SUFIBcS Blox 4 oy e missing files were Joly. Hig) was oo ore, De isells a ton and a half between Blast 'a truck garage. Faced with the highest budget caboose here today, injuring 10 e a lagoon or ther POTION. B PODRRLEE 1 jadaea, i» Coy reaten 10 Friday and Monday. “We'll be | Mr. Abbott said he received|!R history, the lawmakers still... cori ond mail clerks, four n be painted » & repeater from lucky if we sell 1500 pounds this’ - | complaints when the building was|T® Sensitive to the cries from, "oo "so gars. ’ MADE OF week end,” said the owner. the dstands for more money ;

Hired Public Defender as Attorney

THE STORY he already has told is that in 1945 he engaged the

| Puffs Cigar While completed that it was being used % Sranteres i caboose was telescoped Another store which normally| | bia gg ay tions, igh into the locomotive, which was

for horses. He investigated, he! : I about 60 pounds said sales Geffing $500 at Store uid, ana found that Brown was| oe knocked 150 feet on its side|'h® professional services of the late Frank Greenwald of Gary, then were off about 35 per cent. “The| A cigar-smoking bandit escaped. keeping horses in it, |along the main tracks. Where they were spending the public defender by appointment of the Supreme-Gourt. He said that, people -joke about it,” the pro-| | “I told him he would have to . week-end. : “ + with $500 cash and $250 in checks Although legislators admit, Railroad officials said the locounknown to him at the time, his wife had engaged Horace prietor said, “but still they don't . | come in and make application for | motive and caboose were stopped Week-End Gathering Foncannon of Vincennes. The job of both attorneys was the same, buy. They've got an unpleasant in the holdup of Barnes Grocery, | oriance if he wanted to Yeep| there are-heavy odds against the| ong the main line 40 await From the incoherent story —to rénder legal services in connection with Workman's thought in their minds.” [238 S. State Ave, last night. {pat yp” sald Mr. Abbott. (Smbit bills ever Decoming Jaw |, sek signal, " -. |sobbed out. by Mr. Green au~ tition for le. : ; i ’ poin ! . pe Paro North Sie Ht | As the bandit roared away in a] Sought Variance Imore public sentiment for the| A brakeman went down the|thorities learned the two families

v On the day he was released! J | ] nt a y . . Sept. 11, 1945, Workman went| CC gac Even some of the deluxe stores blue Plymouth coach, William E.| show Brown applied Measures than against them. tracks to signal the deisel ex- And Mr. Colé Bad held a Week with Mr. Greenwald to a Michigan |¥ i

on the North Side where ham- Barnes, the grocer, fired a blast| Witht press train but the engineer could| *"s, Sathering in River Vale. ’ ’ | , 7. to n the last few days humn-| N . City bank. He had with him ; < for a variance July 29, 1047, to| Withir postal cards calling for POt avoid smashing into the ca-| rt nC Pods end Mr. Cole Union to Vote on

Citizens Back It

burger is ground on order, re-of buckshot into the rear of the rted sales off 20 per cent. One| use the truck garage as a| Nia were riding in a small _motor—$26,000- of prmeily rover north of 4oth- St. i rym a 2 10 SAU8®. laughter house for horses. His he Jeguitsn Hon ot Jos ine Doves ol the idtiag stu engine. boat which was towing a second bons Which he dad Jepostted at| “Our customers have been kidding| The grocer thén hailed a pass- 2Pplication said the building was| a the Hone [erties ao art, ea — were mall smail--craft in-—which—M $ DrSCh sioruy aler he wasj us all day. We kid ‘em right back. (ing motorist and chased the Suitable for that purpos¢ and was =~ ie, “opponents of “the Who had boarded. th Oxpeomm is. -Otesti and. Charles. were senténded. He oshed enough [But we won't sell 250 pounds of bandit, but lost him in Church: being used in the preparation and Meanwhile, opponents of the Who had boarded the expressriding when the Green's boat bonds to pay Mr. Greenwald's fee {our 300-pound week-end supply.” man ave processing of horse meat as feed Measure have remained compara- hour before 8 tsburgh suddenly capsized in a swift of $2000. Payment was made in| Agreement Today Out Northwestern Ave. a gro- n 4d » Dirty F {for mink and dogs. {tively silent while the bills forged 2" ur ore. river current about 5:30 p. m. the form of a cashier's check. | BULLETIN # cer said his business was as good ad a Dirty Face | The application said no horse) ahead | Leaps From Cab aa their efforts to rescue the vas over ts ue and n-| PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 320 A ever. , Mr. Barues said one Danan en- meat would .be sold except for WA Be the Kepate Hawes at! Fireman C. V. Fause and reas, he ASvwhoids Dr th Mr ‘Greenwald tater (Sunday) (UP)—An agreement A big super-market operator clad mn . ®railroader's cap Pie Ink. dogs and other Amimale, go along” a gamblin ouia Brak an & Vv. Smith, both of water was Just over the howe ne was fired by the Supreme Court Was reached last night to settle sald it would be about two weeks ;o ot and striped trousers. His A HO posal to pay the bonus.. ¢ caboose before Np 9 Irom ie the party, : e from his job as public defender. the crippling, 10-day-old transit until people get the thought of 7. 0 was dirty as though he had variance accompanied’ the peti- A.number of Republican Sen- gineer W. ¥. Naaf, of Carmegie,|

Father Summons Ald

| Battorials

The court held that as public strike, but a union membership horse meat out of their minds.

"Cap. Capers. 18/Meta Given. 16| Othman ....

vote to accept the proposal was

defender he was ethically bound y deferred umtil Monday.

to serve only those inmates of the prison and reformatory who were unable to pay for services. They

held he was not authorized to| —10P company and union execu-|

carry on private practice among|tiVe® reached an agreement

,- prison inmates. ‘ cloud over Mr. Greenwald Dine-day-old city transit strike. actually firing him for an act

by the court but was not pro-|

— Th PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10 (UP) ticed

“They say they like it, but’ they don’t want any now.”

‘only a slight decline. The stool-and-counter trade,

in|was reported holding up well in " , t © y |want all the money you got. Mayor Bernard Samuel's office tng little corper grab-a-bites. The, Y you go Thus the Supreme Court cast a|'oDIght for settling the crippling gags flipped back and ore be- with the other, he snatched up a|30, 1947, Brown withdrew his own operate tween counter’ men and the burg-| ree h box the grocer was petition. : e agreement was announced er.munching customers. 2 reparing to take ot his noma 7 which may have been disapproved ?Y Mr. S8amuel after a nine-hour said a counter tan, “they're still {conference with officials of the

eating ‘em, plenty.”

hibited by law. Nothing in the| Transport Workers-Union (CIO) - {

1945 Public Defender Act { . hibits the acceptance of fees from ton’'Co . prisoners who are financially able’ to pay. PER ‘ TRU pm fl In the background of the Greenwald ouster were two eir-| cumstances which never have! been explained officially. One was a “letter of explana-

increase. Originally,

pany offered two.

(Continued_on Page 3—Col. 3) President Charles Ebert

Hoosier Democrats jeommitide . Secretary of Agriculture Pp. essen. Charles F. Brannan today -ac- WEMMER STILL. CRITICAL cepted an invitation to speak at

Jackson Day dinner here Feb. 26. mained in éritical condition

pro-| {0 Gg | adelphia Transporta- \Wing $25,000 - . . ’ '

~The basis for the agreement {was an eight-cent-an-hur wage the union {demanded 25 cents and the com-

| ———————— ment now is subject _ . |to ratification by the union's exBrannan fo Address ' to rat board, the joint executive {committee and the entire union

CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (UP)—|

Merle , Ford,

master of ceremonies of |“Truth or Consequences” |gram, that the mysterious

the pro-| voice

{heard on the program for the" past pussing car | William H. Wemier, GOP may- several weeks was the annual Democratic Jefferson- orality candidate in 1947, re- Donald. in

Edwards said Miss Ford would|

The Democratic: State Commit-(the Lilly. Clinic at General Hos- be sent to Hollywood to appear| tee; which sponsors the event, pital at a late hour last night. on the program.

sald some 1200 party workers| Attaches said his condition had!

unchanged since early ves- World to Hear -

would attend

the affair at the|been Murat Temple. te

rday.

On the Inside

Communists concede setbacks on college campusesof U.S. ..... ‘aes

(General news and features, Pages 2-12) Ice-O-Rama fever has seized the younger set again

cadens

(Women's news, society, fashions, garden, home-making, Pages 14-24)

“Indiana Air Arm” and “Death of an Era”... two’ picture stories. ....... ; (Editorials, politics, world report, radio, movies, Pages 26-36) 30 to 1 “shot” wins Santa Anita Derby. ........

(Sports, Pages 37-40; classified ads, Pages 40-47; Business, Page 48)

Other Features on Inside Pages

Page 2

“TTTTTthis year . . . an Indianapolis tradition: 00 Page 13

T&RIF

{ pected a

200,000 persons were ex-| to assemble for an open!

dress. The mass will be conducted |

+ {by Msgr. Luigi Traglia from the|

balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the world’s largest church.

2 Drown as Ship .

. Page 37/Rams Fishing Boat

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 (UPj—Two fishermen were lost today In a dawn collision between a 65:-foor fishing boat and the {10,000-ton Army freighter Tom

{Treanor six miles off the Golden

Amuse, ...34-35 Fashions ... 22, Junior Page. 33 Records .... 31 Gate in.zerd visibility fog.

Eddie Ash .. 38|Food Beauty ..... 23For. Aff. .26,27 Movies ...34-35 Science

Bridge Business Childs {4a 26/Hollywood » 35 “en ‘5 Home Page. 17 | ++ 26/Inside Indpls. 20 Radio .....e 32] 2 3 o ;

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“46 | Mrs. Manners 19/Ruark «vs... 29) oss 33| Olsen, 62-year-old skipper of the teess 23/Forum ...,..26| National Aff. 26 Sports ....37-40 Hawaiian Planter resulted in the veo 48/Gardening .. 23| Obituaries .. 11 Teen Page .. 21|rescue of three of the five men 29(Teen Prob, . 21 aboard the fishing craft. 2 Parlia. Law. 14 Earl Wilson. 34. “It was so foggy. Politics «..4' 3% Wouests 13:24 gee’ the foc's’l head,” sald Capt. World Report 27 Olsen. wy

Quick action by Capt. Carl N.

, you couldn't

J. he

= , Wort

a Chicago home!

The agreément was ratified by economist, won .$25000 in cash tne grease pit of a service sta-. |the PTC's executive board imme: and a new automobile tonight tion acros@the street from the |diately In a telephone poll bY when she identified “the whisper. grocery. He looked up startled

ing woman'' on a radio quiz pro-|

Miss Ford told Ralph Edwards.

just left work and he casually puffed on a cigar. :

“Yes,” said the customer. “I|

|tion.

ators said if the GOP and Demo-

Pa., leaped from the cab of the

Brown's petition was denied by|cratic bonus plans stalemate over locomotive. . | “Want some matches,” he sald.{the Zoning Board Aug. 12. 1947; the method of financing they too

Brown ~ then petitioned

e chain stores said they mo-| .rpat') pe six cents” sald the He was ordered to confine use “would go along on any concesgrocer. “Anything else?” {of the building to trucks. sion excepting the issuance of for state bonds.”

rehearing Aug. 14. The rehearing

The slot machine bill would

He had one hand in his pocket. (was granted Sept. 9. But on Sept. make it lawful for the state to

{across the street for safekeeping

over the week-end.

Then he ran out, jumped into DeW

the car and fled, the grocer after

|him. Earl Wickliff, 32, of 734 E.|®laughterhouse.

. : . | : | rin 1z |'Terrace Ave, heard Mr, Barnes

“Lock Up for Me” Mr. Wicklift was. working in

and Mr. Barnes cried: “Watch - the store, Earl. Lock up for me. I'm going after this guy.” ! i Mr. WickWff summoned Mrs. Ruth Barnes, the grocer's wife, as Mr, Barnes climbed into the to continue the

Jeanette Mae-/ chase. Police cruisers throughout

the South Side were alerted.

a—gh re

Charles F. Weddle Dies;

News Editor of The Times | Pope’s Address |

47, Had Been III More Than a Year

Services will be held at 3 p. m. today at the Advent Episcopal Church, 3261 N. Meridian St., for Charlies F. Weddle, news editor

of The Indianapolis Times, who

died yesterday.

The Rev. Laman H. "Bruner,

to assemble for an open pastor of the church, will officiate WK# PFECEAIng the Pope's ad- and burial will be Tuesday at

Editorial Page, 26 Topeka, Kas. Friends are asked not to send flowers. Mr, Weddle's associates on The Times will be pallbearers. They are Walter Leckrone, Victor Free, Edwin Heinke, Frank Widner, {Larry Piper and Noble Reed. Death came to Mr. Weddle at his home at 5314 Broadway after an iliness of more than a year. He was born July 13, 1901, at Kansas City, Mo. . Mr: Weddle had been associated with Scripps-Howard newspapers for 19 years. i For the past seven years, Mr. i been on the news He was news editor in 1042. Pre-

newspapers in Akron, firs or 7 y . ; eel LA

Resume Fight

Yesterday, residents took

campaign to get rid of the

A delegation led by -Denver E. 4

Brown and 12 other men rounded

sup inthe raids. It is tentatively!

set for Mar. 26 in Criminal Court. . Brown and the 12 others are charged with violation of the state Pure Food and Drug Act in sales of. thQusands of pounds of horsemeat mixed with suet as hamburger. $2000 bond each. Prosecutor Dailey night he was unaware of the Plan Commission's action Thursday requesting him to act in the zoning] violation charged against Brown.

national,

|organization which operate clubs | within

would be fequired to pay 30 |cent of their gross to the state.

and contract with

[GEHEFE™for the operation of siet forehead: machines. It would create State Revenue Boards 2 towns which would administer] lease on thelr year-long ine operations of the machines.

In cities snd

The state would receive 50 per

cent of the money collected from

he machinés. This amount would

Barb, 5340 E. 30th St. plans 0 py earmarked t, 2 “appear at the arraignment tif oar 7 ee 10.pay. the goldlery

15% to cities “Fiften per cent of ‘the gross reeipts would go to .the cities or

towns where it was collected; 20 per cent would be refunded to the persons thefr place of “business. The re-| “Spring-like temperatures over maining 15 per cent would be de- Indiana are expected to drop to They are (ree on : . J posited ‘by the cities or towns in| maderately

operating machines in

This amount would be used to pay night. servicing charges and adminis-

ration costs of the local! unit’ Organizations affiliated with a fraternal or veterans

their organizations for

|members only would be permitted

0 own their own machines per

Powers in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria, Feb,

il {of sightseeing.

$20 BILLS TO HAVE’

...more purchasing power. It's

+t Charles 'F. Weddle He was a member of the Advent Episcopal Church, the Columbia Club and the Press Club. He was graduated from Kansas State College. | “Mr. Weddle is survived by his

| wife, Mae; his daughter, Charlene; + he had been on Béripps- his father, Charles ¥. ‘Weddle Sr., |.

{of Topeka; three sisters, and four ATT AMOvS | Onariey's Restaurant, 144

(brothers. |

Something new has been’ added to $20 bills now In preparation but it isn’t

a picture of ‘he new balcony on the South Portico of the White House. But if you'd like more purchasing power for your twenties and any other bills, here's the way to get it.

Read the, want ads In THE TIMES today: There you will find hundreds of good values in real estate, furniture, used cars and dozens of other miscellaneous articles of all. kinds, Turn now to— Pages 40 to 4T *

ron Bisa Foon.

i$ vio \iid

19 {| (UP)—Film star Tyrone Power |and his bride Linda Christian) # (were here today for a week-end

(train, Ira 8till, Dennison, 0. and Ben Wilder, fireman, were shaken (bY the impact but not hurt. { Mrs. Mary Lee Smith, Pitts {burgh, suffered a cut lip; Barron, Columbus, O., Mrs. Lloyd Gerhart, | Greensburg, Pa., cut lip; Mara |Krajack, Clairton, Pa., eye cut. Mail Clerks L. J.

(Paris, O, Pittsburgh, {juries .

and M.

Spring Weather

Expected to End

Yesterday's high of 54 degrees recorded at Weir Cook Airport should give way to 35 to 40 in the northern portions of the state and 40 to 45 in the southern areas, they said. A weak cold front

extending

Illinois into

+8outhwestern

[pected to move Indiana

|coojer temperafures.

From a fa , Mr,

Green

The engineer of the passenger; He and the Nw EL

sigh

boy which

dent,

Mrs. {body was found Hoffman, |at 8:20 p. m. by | Brazil, Ind., George Hezbg, Henry | Bedford police |Neff, R. R. Hamilton, all of In- dragging the {dianapolis, H. H. Hillm Jr, 8t.|river with the 2 F, Vrabel, ald of Sheriff Zelbert Hawkins of =~

‘suffered minor Ane LAWTEDCE Coun ty. .and State.

frantically summoned aid.

t of Mrs,

had begun

Charles|to settle at thet bruised|time of the acci-

Green's

Trooper-James Sutton. Her watch had stopped at 5:38 p. m. Charles’ body eluded the dragnet and searchers postponed look ing for him after four hours

{until this morning.

Head Badly Bruised

The bédy of ‘Mr. Cole was

cold today, airport found lying across one of the said last AN expense and operating fund. weather forecasters said last Submerged boats. Coroner Wynne

said his head was badly.

by boat.

land had probably been struck the- propellor of the power

Authorities sald the waters of the river, still swollen by recen

rains,

were dangeious, ;

Survivors of Mrs, Green in ade

but| 44a gonally from Northeastern to.dition to her husband are two was ex-| sisters, Mrs. Mary Tomlinson and

Mrs, Betty Breen; her father, Mr, (about 4 a. m. today, bringing the| Newbolt and her mother, Mrs,

Allison-Powered ‘Triangle’ ‘With 60° Sweepback Tested

Designed to Fly Faster Than Sound, + NEW-LOOK, TOO | Air Force Keeps Speeds Secrel

’ §

ane

[nounced successful completion of first test fights of a tutufistiq

“flying triangle” designed to fly faster than sound.

3’ A nS ‘S } Speeds attained so far by the Air Force's pewest—and queerest i |Jooking--research plane were kept secret, Flight tests are belng continued at the Muroc, Cal, air base.

sedt jet ‘plane, labeled 17002,” was the first to fly with la so-called “Delta” wing.

Not

| The Air Force said the single- had been the most extreme on 4

“Model any Air Force plane,

considering the diff:

in wing sweepback, the 7002 looks

. something like a cross between

The - radically-designed wings B-49 “Flying Wing” bomber ' with their . 60-degree sweepbacki the Chevron-shaped ¥-86 f

| stubby fuselage.

{ A‘ large triangular stabilizer

‘and the tax-paying and rudder which forms the tall] Model 7002 whs

‘form an equilateral triangle fiut-/two of thé stars in the Alr ting out of the back half of a show held here this ’ Presiden

week |

assembly of conventional aircraftibuflt by. Consolidated 7 ;

~gticks up out of the fuselage |close. behind the pilot's bubble | {type cockpit. SE a tit ¥aodel 7002" ‘came slong] ‘a wing sweepback of 35 degrees

craft.

thrust has &

is powered oe turbo-jet- en