Weather Station
In Outer Space
Seen as Valuable
MINNEAPOLIS (ff)—A weather
, station in outer space, 19 miles
up, could make accurate forecasts
for half the nation, says the Air
Force doctor-pilot of a balloon
that soared to a record 102,000
feet early this week.
Maj. David G. Simons told a
news conference Wednesday that
one forecaster at that altitude
could accomplish more than
scores of ground weather stations.
Simons said from his vantage
point in the balloon’s gondola, he
was able to spot numerous thun
derstorms of which his ground
tracking parties were unaware.
He reported earlier having seen
the western shore of Lake Michi
gan from above Brainerd, Minn.,
a vista of some 450 miles.
The major, recovered from the
fatigue which showed when he
landed the balloon near Ellendale,
N.D., Tuesday, was asked why he
undertook such a dangerous as
signment.
“I guess I just asked for it
harder than others,” he replied.
He said he thought it would be*
possible to push a balloon such as
he rode into the 120-000-foot level.
Drunks Aboard Planes
Are Dangerous, Says
Pilots’ Association
WASHINGTON, UP)—D r u n k s
aboard airplanes are dangerous,
the Air Lines Pilots Assn, con
tends in urging Congress to bar
the serving of liquor in flight.
In a report submitted Wednes
day to Chairman Monroney of the
Senate Subcommittee on Trans
portation, the fliers’ union listed
34 incidents aloft over a period
of several years in which it said
drunken or drinking passengers
caused trouble.
“It would be a matter of ex
! treme negligence to assume it is
not necessary to take preventa
tive action until after a fatal acci
dent,” ALPA president C. N.
Sayen said in an accompanying
letter.
Monroney’s subcommittee has
under consideration a bill to for
bid serving alcoholic drinks on
airliners. The Air Transportation
Assn, and some of its member
airlines have opposed the bill.
The ALPA list included four
j incidents in which it said drunken
; passengers forced their way into
I the cockpit. One of the four, it
j said, threatened to kill the pilot.
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Smut Mag Backs
Printed Stories
In Libel Trial
By JACK LEFLER
LOS ANGELES, Of)—Investiga
tors for Confidential Magazine
substantiated stories about singer
Dorothy Dandridge and actress
Mae West with signed statements
from the men involved, a defen
dant in the libel trial has testified.
Fred Meade, who with his wife,
Marjorie, operated Hollywood Re
search, Inc., said Wednesday
bandleader Dan Terry gave him
an affidavit about a purported
affair with Miss Dandridge. This,
Meade said, was the basis for a
Confidential story entitled “What
Dorothy Dandridge Did in the
Woods.”
And Meade said he and a pri
vate detective obtained a state
ment from the late boxer Chalky
Wright that he lived in an apart
ment vfith Miss West for a year.
The Confidential story was titled
“Mae West’s Open Door Policy.”
Miss Dandridge settled a $2
million libel suit against Confi
dential for $10,000 and a letter of
apology.
Meade is being tried along with
his wife and Confidential and
Whisper Magazines on charges of
conspiracy to commit criminal
libel. He painted a detailed pic
ture of Hollywood Research’s
wholesale sifting of movieland
Scandal reports.
He said that in the year and a
half he and his wife operated
Hollywood Research they checked
out about "75Q possible stories.
“Most of them failed to devel
op,” he said.
Meade said he paid a private
detective $35,000 in 18 months to
run down rumors of scandals. He
denied he “ever offered any girl
or woman anything to go out and
entice anyone into an embarrass
ing situation.”
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