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Thursday, Sept. 3, 1970
University Daily Kansan
Soviet Naval Growth Alarms NATO
BRUSSELS, Belgium (UPI)—The Soviet Union's oceangoing navies are now strong enough to disrupt shipping between the United States and Europe if a war broke out, according to Allied naval experts.
Some experts at the headquarters of NATO have begun comparing the development of the
Nixon Praises Southerners And Reporters
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (UPI) —President Nixon praised school districts Wednesday in 11 Southern states for "smoothly, peacefully and successfully" desegregating schools.
In a special statement issued from the Western White House, where he receives daily reports on the progress of the massive transition now taking place in some 900 districts, Nixon also praised the news media for its responsible reporting "at this very difficult and very delicate time."
"Enormous and primary credit for this success goes to the people of the states and communities most directly affected." Nixon said.
Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler pointed out that about 400 school districts in Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas and Texas had completed the transition to unitary school systems last week with little difficulty.
Soviet fleet to that of Germany's in World Wars I and II.
"There has been a big change in the sea in a way which has not happened before in NATO or Allied history," one naval expert said, referring to previous Allied domination of the Atlantic.
The key elements in the buildup of the Soviet oceangoing flet are the submarine force which outnumbers that of the American Navy, a growing merchant marine centrally controlled by a Moscow computer and a trawl fleet used for intelligence collecting.
The new concern about Soviet fleet strength, particularly in the Atlantic, follows several years of warnings from Allied admirals about Soviet naval expansion in the Mediterranean.
But Allied admirals have always felt they could contain the Soviet fleet in the closed confines of the Mediterranean because of overwhelming Allied air strength, from both land bases and carriers in the area.
In the wider oceans the effect of airplanes would be diminished, particularly against the submarine threat, the Allied experts said.
To counteract the Soviet moves, Allied admirals are pressing their governments to build up submarine forces—both missile carrying and the hunter-killer type. They also want improved anti-submarine warfare forces, based primarily on new destroyers, the ships which do most of that kind of work.
Among the 15 NATO nations, the United States has been the only one so far to embark on a major naval expansion or modernization program. It recently ordered construction of new destroyers to replace the work-horses operating since World War II.
The NATO naval experts called the 1962 Cuban missile crisis the turning point in Soviet naval history when Soviet plans were thwarted because of American dominance in the Caribbean and Atlantic.
Since then, the Allied experts said, the Soviet government has listened to its admirals and adopted the strategy of oceangoing navies in the classic sense instead of merely using ships as an extension of army power.
Sheriff Will Run for Election Pending Supreme Court Rule
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (UPI)
—Pemiscot County Sheriff Clyde
Orton said Wednesday he will
run again in a special election
for sheriff if the Missouri
Supreme Court upholds a recommendation to oust him from office.
Orton also said his attorney will file an exception with the Missouri Supreme Court to Special Commissioner Ray Weightman's report.
A 43 page recommendation by Weightman said Orton had failed to perform his duties as sheriff and called his action "reprehensible, oppressive and threatening."
Attorney General John C. Danforth filed the couter suit against Orton Jan. 16, charging him with "knowingly or willfully refusing to do his duty" and failing to make arrests for "repeated open and notorious violations" of state gambling and liquor laws.
Orton has denied all charges.
Orton has denied all charges.
"I don't have any comment on why Judge Weightman ruled how he did," Orton said after the recommendation was made.
"I don't think the Supreme Court will uphold his decision.
I think they'll rule in my favor."
Orton also said he did not think a special election would be
held because he thinks the Supreme Court will decide not to oust him. But he said, if there is a special election, he will run again.
Sheriff and legislative offices are the only vacancies filled in Missouri by special elections. Others are filled by appointment of the governor.
Weightman said the hearings on the ouster suit produced testimony from private citizens in the Bootheel that "The reputation of Pemiscot County for gambling and illegal liquor sales was bad."
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