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University cf Oregyi Library Eugene, Oregon 001P ligh Court Overturns Convictions ' Off" Balky Witnesses RUBY ERICSON of San Francisco is walking from Sacramento, Calif., to the Seattle World's Fair. A veteran of both world wors, he lost his leg in 1944. Ericson expects to cover about 10 miles every 24 hours, taking breaks for roadside naps. He is pictured as he stopped in Roseburg Sundoy. (UPI Telephoto) Two Injured In Umpqua Two Roseburg area men suffer-1 ed serious injuries in a one-car accident on the North Umpqua Highway 2.2 miles west of the Steamboat Inn Sunday at 2 p.m. according to information obtained by Mrs. Arthur Selby, Glide cor respondent. John Keel, 25, of 1032 SE Court Ave., Roseburg, listed by investi gating sheriff's deputies as the driver, and Mike Dunstan, 19, Roseburg, are both In Douglas Community Hospital. - Keel's attending physician said he had a fractured and crushed lower right leg, three broken ver tebrae in his back and some con cussion. Dunstan suffered less se rious injuries, but is hospitalized from shock, facial cuts and pos sibly other injuries. Both were un der sedation. According to the sheriff's office, the car traveling west, struck a slick place in the road, where there had been a recent slide. The car spun into the north bank, then went out of control back across the road and over a 60-foot bank, coming to rest at the edge of the river. Dunstan was able to get out of the car and climb the bank. He was taken to Steamboat Inn, and Walt's ambulance and towing serv ice was summoned to take the men to the hospital. The vehicle was listed as a total loss. First Junior Legion Baseball Meet Slated All boys desiring to play with this year's American Legion Jun ior baseball squad are asked to be at Legion Field, Stewart Park, in Roseburg, at 4 p.m., Wednesday. The preliminary meeting will be held rain or shine, according to Bill Harper, coach. Players from Roseburg, Douglas Glide, Sutherlin and Camas Valley high schools are expected to par ticipate, Harper reports. Weather permitting, a brief work out will be held Wednesday. The first game, a contest with Crater High School, is scheduled for June 3. Harper says prospects are that Roseburg will enter a strong team in stale play this season. AMA Plans To Counter By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Kennedy administration, with the President leading the assault, has carried a pica for its medical care for the aged pro gram across the nation in an attempt to bring pressure to bear on Congress. The American Med ical Association goes on nation- The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS ! -I I. 1 . L. I .r. on . u.T. .,,. .... Tuesday. Chance of few shew-! son bill, chanted 'We will, we "dr. Ph. Larson said: "Giant j in the air as a three-story build ... t .... . iii. iii" .hn th .noltpsmen fold Madison Square Garden ralliesjine. tonight. !inem to write tneir congressmen Hishest temp, last 74 hours 57 and urge support for the meas- Low.if temp, last J4 hours . ure. Highest temp, any May (M) - Kennedy, whose speech was Lowest temp any May (Ml 7 carried on nationwide television. Precip. last 14 hours T'predictcd that the bill would pats Pretip. from May 1 1.11 Congress "this year, or, as the B l r . i 41 OA flW- .nmiH ,n nevt voir " H, c 1 t On Sunset tomqht, 7:37 p.m. Sunritt tomorrow, 4:41 a.m. eft Seriously Auto Crash Both men are employes of a project crew for Steamboat Rang er Station. Two cars were damaged but no one was injured in a second acci dent at 8 a.m. today at the Dixon- ville cutoff on the North Umpqua Highway. According to information obtain ed by Mrs. Selby, Henry Buck, owner of the Idleyld Park store, was headed west toward Roseburg. He attempted to pass a car, oper ated by Mrs. Donna Young, as she started to make a turn off the highway. Mrs. Young, of Rt. 1, Box 591, Roseburg, is a first grade teacher at Dixonville school. Fisher Protests Ruling On Labor MEDFORD (AP) - State Ren. Carl Fisher, R-Eugene, Republi can candidate for Congress, pro tested today a Labor Department ruling barring use of Mexican nationals to harvest pears: He called the ruling arbitrary in remarks prepared for the Cham ber of Commerce Roundtable in Medford. He said, "There is cause for concern when an administrator in any federal department is en dowed with arbitrary life and death powers over an industry..." He said if even a small portion of the Jackson County pear har vest is lost because of the ruling ilia department will be asked some searching questions on the use of administrative power. Portland Woman Held In Slaying PORTLAND (AP) Portland police jailed a woman on a sec ond degree murder booking after the fatal stabbing of her husband at their home Saturday night. The victim was John Horace Banister, 39. City detectives James Harvey and Gordon Mor gan quoted his wife. Marjorie Jean, 44, as saying she stabbed I him with a butcher knife in self defense after he had struck her wun a uauy uuiui uu a cuiiee cup. Nationwide Appeal JFK's Care Effort iwide television tonight to counter ; lite move. While n .1 . . .1 .. dressed xi.ow uersuns si new i n:. i e - r -"y "" (gram (NBC) designed to answer den Sunday, Vice President Lyn- ,e ministration: don B. Johnson and other admin- istration spokesmen sounded calls I Th President of the associa fnr support of medics! care for J", Dr. Leonard W Larson, the aged under Social Security ,t , blasted toe toll and the rallies more than a score of rames across the country. xrn iit,w. inoliirfinir omn grav-haired prospective recipients nf iw.nr.fit. under th Kinff.Ander- - - r-------- nninA that Rrilain aflnntarl ilmilir j lecilation 30 years ago. 1 The American Medical Asocia - Dutch Slate Hollandia Evacuation HOLLANDIA, West New Guinea (AP) Dutch authorities today prepared to evacuate Dutch worn' en and children from this island's western tip following an invasion by 120 Indonesian paratroopers. Gov. P. J. Platteel announced that 120 women and children would be moved from the town of Tern- inabuan to the east coast of Vo gelkop, the island's westernmost peninsula, and to the nearby isle of Biak. The announcement gave the first disclosure of the size of the paratroop landing Saturday. Reinforcements Rushed It said some of the paratroop ers dropped near Teminabuan have withdrawn under attack and that the Dutch garrison had rushed up reinforcements. The Dutch said an army unit stauuu iii Teminabuan "Utmched a rapid aggressive action," killing the Indonesian commander and another parachutist and wound ing three. The Dutch said they had no losses. Reinforcements were sent to the area for "further neutralization of the demoralized and scattered par achutists," the Dutch said. The Indonesian news agency An tara claimed Indonesian guerril las had captured the town of Dem ta, 50 miles west of Hollandia. Antara said heavy fighting con tinued around Fakfak, south of Vogelkop, and Kaimana, on the south coast. It said Fakfak was under continuous guerrilla harass ment and most of its population had been evacuated. Life At Usual However, AP correspondent Hal McClure reported from Fakfak that life was proceeding there as usual. Antara claimed 18 Dutch ma rines were killed last Tuesday in a clash near Fakfak after hun dreds of Indonesian paratroopers had been dropped in the area. The story was denied by G. W. J. Van Dyk, chief of the Netherlands De fense Ministry's information de partment. He said there had been no Dutch losses since the Indo nesians began dropping para troops into West New Guinea three weeks ago. Mountain Fall Fatal To Youth EVERETT, Wash. (AP) A 15-year-old Seattle youth slipped and rolled down an icy mountain 2,000 feet and over a 100-foot cliff to his death Sunday on Big Four Mountain, 19 miles east of Granite Falls in the Cascades. The young climber, Steven W. Skubi, 15, a sophomore at Roose velt High School in Seattle, sur vived the fall but died late Sun day night as help was approach ing. A doctor from Snohomish, Wash., with a party of trained mountain eers was being sent to bring the youth back down the mountain to a hospital. The Snohomish County Coroner's Office said Skubi, John Woll, 31; Dick Springgate and Dan Davis. all of Seattle, set out to climb the mountain early Sunday and were returning down when Skubi in some manner supped. He catapulted down the side of the mountain, traveling about 1,000 feet before tumbling over an 80 to 100 foot high cliff, then sliding another 1,000 feet. They estimated it took him four minutes to fall the 2,000 feet and the climbers three hours to climb down to reach Skubi. Two of the party went to the Forest Service Station at Verlot for help while the fourth remained with Skubi until help arrived. The Everett Mountain Rescue Council was among units taking part in the effort. tion, which vigorously opposes the Kennedy-backed measure, takes p.m. (EST), to I iiiKiii iii a iiciwum tricviaiuu uiw j w looted "in a massive propaganda blitz designed to pressure Con ; 8r" into enacting the program, In statement after the Ken- ,.., ...-l thi. . h Vina. , -- - Anderson bill would force an im - mediate 17 per cent payroll tax ,n.c,5e workers earning or more and their employ - Larson described the measure 11 r&Hirol mnti mailt H nrnnlri "ffivo lha failnral 0nvmmnt iltnaaMiti ;power to control medical practicel lin hospitals." n I . Established 1873 14 Paget Child Dies, 30 Injured In Bus Crash TORREON, N.M. (AP) At least one child was killed and a large number were injured to' day in a school bus accident in the Indian country of northwest ern New Mexico. State police said 15 or 20 in jured were being brought to Al buquerque hospitals by ambul ance. Mrs. E. E. Storr, wife of the doctor in nearby Cuba, N.M., said at least 30 had been injured. She said the body of one child was in Cuba. First unconfirmed reports placed the death count at six or seven. The Cuba Elementary School identified the dead child as Doro thy Toledo, a fourth grader. The school spokesman said the bus ap Darentlv turned over, injuring 30 or 35 children and breaking the leg of the woman driver, Miss Elizabeth Jones. The San Juan County sheriff s office estimated the number of in jured at 30, and said several were dead. All of the injured apparently were Indian students, the sher iff's office said. Ambulances were dispatched from Albuquerque and Farming ton. Six planes from nearby communities also were on hand to aid in evacuation of injured. S te of the accident is in remote northwestern New Mexico Indian country about 80 miles northwest of Albuquerque. State police said the acciaem, of an undetermined nature, took place south of Johnson s lraaing Post on the Star Lake Road. Europeans Flee Algiers Terror ALGIERS (AP) Driven by" Se cret Army Organization terrorism and the fear of Moslem reprisals, 2.600 Europeans fled Algeria by plane over the weekend. So great was the demand for air passage that military authori ties had to add four planes to 12 flights previously scheduled for Sunday. In the five days preceding the weekend, officials said about 2,000 persons departed with no appar ent intention ot returning 10 rer-ror-plagued Algeria. Outgoing flights normally carry 1,600 pas sengers a week. A similar rush for ship passage was reported along the Algiers docks, as alarm spread over in creasing slaughter by killers of the Secret Army Organization and the threat of reprisals by Moslem commandos. All week the airport was jammed, mostly by women, chil dren and elderly persons. Those with police priority tickets were allowed to board outgoing planes first. About 15 seats per plane were generally reserved lor uncial and military personnel and their families. Medical patients and other special cases were also given priority. The rest had to wait their turn. Kennedy Requests Funds For Tests WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy asked Congress today to appropriate additional money to help cover costs of nuclear weap ons tests and to produce atomic weapons. Kennedy sent Congress a pro posed change in the 1962-63 budg et, including $120 million to re store current funds now being spent in connection with the test program. He recommended an in crease of H4.5 million for produc tion and for a detailed study of a new approach to the design of nuclear power reactors. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger told newsmen he was unable to say whether the request for production funds re sulted specifically from findings obtained in the Pacific tests which began last month. Family Survives Boat Explosion MIAMI. Fla. (AP) A cabin cruiser exploded in Biscayne Bay, throwing a 4-year-old girl as high ' -Jm) cnild. Maria, leu imo me, m-o "''""'""" lw(,ter unnurt. she was sitting on stolen while the couple was In a the en)fine cover pate wnen the hotel obtaining room accommcda- expn,ion occurred Sunday. jtions. , After ba,ti the f.ther, Alanj The couple said they were only iRothstein, threw two older ,chil-j away from the car about 15 min- dren overboard. The mother Bet- utes. The purse contained 175 in tv liimnnH nut ft th hnat with rash, a check book. Car keys and 1A.mnnth.nlH nhilH in hfr arm The parents recessed minor burns. i ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, MAY 21, 1962 Formosa To Red TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) Na tionalist China announced today it is ready to accept all refugees from Red China wishing to come to Formosa from overcrowded Hong Kong, where thousands of hungry fugitives are being herded back across the border. Solan Followed De Gaulle Path, Says Admiral PARIS (AP) A French vice admiral today told the court try ing ex-Gen. Raoul Salan for trea son he is convinced Salan was trying to follow the same path Gen. Charles de Gaulle followed in 1940. Vice Adm. Andre Ploix, a for mer commander of naval air forces in Algeria, refrained from approving Salan's action in lead ing the terrorist Secret Army Or ganization in Algeria. But he said he could understand the moves of anyone who went underground to honor previous promises to keep Algeria under the French flag. The gray-haired admiral, who is still on active duty, said he personally would be bound by dis cipline and that if he had received orders to fight the secret army he would have done so. Ploix said he had been convict ed and sentenced by the Vichy government during World War H for rallying to the Free French forces led by De Gaulle. Ploix said that just as De Gaulle had sought to save France in world War II, Salan was trying to save Algeria in 1961 when he took over leadership of the secret army..s Salan Is on trial for his life for leading the secret army and for taking part in the 1901 Algiers generals putsch. Technicians Check Aurora Spacecraft CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Technicians checked Aurora 7, the Mercury spacecraft of Navy Lt. Cmdr. Malcolm Scott carpen ter, and its Atlas launching rocket in detail today. If they find no more "bugs" in capsule or missile if the weather holds if other factors all are fa vorable, then the Aurora 7-Atlas combination will blast off next Thursday between 7 a.m. and 2:30 . p.m., Eastern Standard Time. A successful launch would fling Carpenter into the same type of 100-mile high, three-orbit flight that Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. made Feb. 20 but with several new experiments to be ineriuiined. The rational Aeronautics ana Space Administration had planned I last week to launch Aurora 7 Tuesday. Discovery of a possible defect in an electrical device that keeps the Atlas flight control sys tem from freezing up forced a postponement of at least two days. Carpenter's backup pilot is Cmdr. Walter M. Schirra Jr. Golden Gate Bridge Scene Of Suicide SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Two women climbed over the rail of the Golden Gate Bridge in the pre dawn Sunday. One leaped to her death. Jane Timmerman, 18, Sonoma, was coaxed back by highway pa trol Sat. Walter Pudinskl. on his promise that he would take ner to her doctor and not to a nospnai psychopathic ward. About two hours later an older woman walked onto the bridge, climbed the rail and jumped. Her body was found by the Coast Guard. There was no identifica tion in her handbag. She was list ed as the bridge's 224th known suicide. Woman's Purse Stolen From Parked Auto Here Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Johnson complained to Roseburg City Po- .v.. U.. .. i nersnnfll DSDeri. Their CtT WSS parked In a nolci parking 101, po- I lice said. Offers Safe Haven Chinas Refugees World criticism has rained , down on Nationalist China and British authorities in Hong Kong alike because of the human trag- edy of hungry Chinese being forced to return to Red China aft er escaping. The United Nations and various countries have contended the ref ugees should go to Formosa. And the British, who say they simply cannot handle any more refugees, have been assailed on all sides for sending them back behind the Bamboo Curtain. Rice Allocated The Chinese Nationalist Cabinet announced the decision and allo cated 1,000 tons of rice for imme diate emergency relief for refu gees now in Hong Kong. The government also decided to ask other countries welcoming refugees, such as Brazil, to help handle the tide of refugees. Nationalist China has taken some of the refugees after careful screening since the influx into Hong Kong began shortly aft er the Red Chinese conquered the mainland in 1949. The Free China Relief Associa tion agents in Hong Kong are now screening 1,000 refugees for reset tlement in Formosa. But taking 1,000 refugees will make hardly a dent in the thousands upon thou sands of refugees in Hong Kong. It may take some time before any substantial numbers of refu gees arrive in Formosa. Security Measures Taken The government plans security measures to safeguard against any influx of Communist agents trying to come to Formosa in the guise of refugees. A joint meeting of Chinese Na tionalist Interior Ministry officials and the Free China Relief Asso- Guido's Move '.?'--- '"V V''V-V' "V!Wy ''",.'- -'V' Draws Fire In Argentine BUENOS AIRES (AP) Presi dent Jose Maria Guido today was accused of returning dictatorship to Argentina by sending Congress into a long recess and suspending political parties. His purpose was to purge Peronists from political life. Backed by the military chiefs who put him in to replace ousted President Arturo Frondlzi three months ago, the mild-mannered small-town lawyer who said he never aspired to power now will govern by decree for at least a year. Guido's dictatorship was con fronted with an immediate test of strength as workers on the government-run railroads began a 24 hour strike at midnight to protest delays in payment of salaries and pensions. Union leaders rebuffed attempts by Economics Minister Alvaro As ogaray to stall off the walkout to give the regime time to bring the nation out of what the government called a financial crisis of the most serious character. Guido came under fire from lead ers of his own Intransigent Radi cal party and the opposition groups for his orders recessing Congress for a year and sidelining political parties by ordering mem to re organize. Alfredo Vltolo, a major strate gist of the Intransigent Radicals who was interior minister in the Frondizi government, charged Gui do and his military masters with "a sinister plan to liquidate the last vestiges of constitutional gov ernment in South America's rich est and second largest country. Eisenhower Asks Positive COP Approach To Issues GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) For-1 mer President Dwight D. Eisen hower called on Republicans today to take a "positive ap proach" to national issues in a hard-hitting campaign for control nf the House tn the November election. Eisenhower breakfasted with 10 GOP members of the Senate- and House at his Gettysburg office for discussion of a forthcoming state ment of Republican principles to be used in the campaign. The former president told a news conference afterwards he was interested in giving the state ment more impact and In trim ming the 3.200-words of a prelim inary draft prepared by the Senate House Committee. Answering questions, Eisenhow er replied vigorously to President Kennedy s charge Saturday that '. the Republican party doesnt siaira iur anuiing. I 'All you have to do la look at 120-62 10c Per Copy elation decided to expedite plans for reception and resettlement of refugees in Formosa. The flow is continuing despite ef- forts of Hong Kong police and British troops to cut if off at the border of Red China From 6,000 to 7,000 refugees were rounded up last weekend and sent back, reports from Hong Kong said. Kennedy Names Attorney New Army Secretary WASHINGTON. (AP) Cyrus Roberts Vance, hard-working gen eral counsel for the Department of Defense, has been named to succeed Elvis J. Stahr Jr. as sec retary of the Army. President Kennedy announced the appointment, subject to Sen ate confirmation, In New York bun day. Stahr is resigning as of June 30 to become president of the Uni versity of Indiana. Vance, 45, is a former naval of ficer and Yale - educated Wall Street attorney. He entered gov ernment work In 19S7 as special counsel of the Senate Prepared ness subcommittee, then headed by Vice President Lyndon B. John son. Third Johnson Man He is the third Johnson man to hold a secretaryship at the Penta gon. Both former Secretary of the Navy John Connally whose house Vance recently bought and Connally's successor, Fred Korth, are Texan and friends ot John- 1 Vance was named neneral coun sel for the Defense Department Jan. 29, 1961. Shortly afterward, Secretary of Defense Robert a. McNamara gave him the addi tional responsibility for manage ment and organizational planning within the department. His new job pays $22,000 a year. Among his Pentagon colleagues he has a reputation for a cairn, auiet. obiective approach to proo- terns, an incisive mind, and long, long hours. He gets in soon after dayoreak about 7:15 a.m. normally and goes home between 9 and 11 p.m." said one subordinate. "And that's six days a week, plus about two Sundays a month." Yale Gradual Vance was born in Clarksburg, W. Vs., March 27, 1917. He was graduated from the Kent School, and received his bachelor or arts degree in 1939 and law degree in 1942, both from Yale. Then came tour years oi navai service, including destroyer duty In both the Atlantic and Pacific. He came out in 1946 as a lieutenant. He was assistant to the presi dent of the Mead Corp. for a short time then, in 1947. joined the new York law firm of Simpson, 'inacn- er and Bartlett, becoming a part ner. Four Airmen Die In Auto Mishap EAST HAMPTON. N.Y. (AP)- Four Air Force men were killed early today when a car in which they were riding careened out of control and crashed into a tree and pole. They were attached to the Suf folk County Air Force Base at Weathampton Beach, near here on Long Island. Names of the victims were with held pending notification of the next of kin. the record of the eight yeari when I was in the White House," he said. "There was a lot of con structive work done in that period." In response to other questions, Eisenhower opposed Kennedy's health care plan for the elderly financed through Social Security taxes. Kennedy campaigned vigor ously for this Man in New Yorx Sunday, declaring it "basically sound." Eisenhower said during his ad ministration he proposed legisla tion which became the present Kerr-Mills law. - Under this legis lation the federal government matches state funds to provide health assistance for the needy. Eisenhower said he was disap pointed the measure did not in clude provision for federal as sistance in cases of catastrophic illness. Ha said if this were added needs of most of the elderly could be met. Grand Jury Indictments Ruled Faulty WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court overturned tnH the contempt convictions of six persons who balked at answering questions from congressional com mittees investigating Communist activities. The hiKh tribunal, in an nnininn by Justice Stewart, said the con victions had to be set aside be cause the indictments returned by the grand jury against the six failed to identify the subject un- aer congressional subcommittee inquiry at the time each witness was interrogated. Stewart said Congress had ex pressly provided that no one could be prosecuted for refusal to an swer questions of congressional investigators except upon indict ment by a grand jury. Court Hasn't Daclded "This court has never decided whether the indictment must iden tify the subject which was under inquiry at the time of the de fendant's alleged default or re fusal tn answer," Stewart contin ued. He then stated that the court today was holding that the Indict ment must contain such an aver ment, and for this reason the judgments against the six had to be reversed. During the congressional hear ings, none of the six invoked the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, but em- ' phasized First Amendment guar antees of freedom of speech and press. They also contended the inves tigators, the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the Senate Internal Security subcom- . mittee, exceeded their authority. Appellants Named The appeals decided today were by: Norton Anthony Russell, an en-, glneer of Yellow Springs, Ohio, who was sentenced to 30 days and $500 fine. Robert Shclton, a copy editor on the New York Times, six months and $500 fine. Alden Whitman, a copyreader on the New York Times, six months and $500 fine. The jail sen tence was suspended. Herman Ltveright, former pro gram director of New Orleans tel evision station WDSU. three months and $500 fine. William A. Price, former repor ter on the New York Daily Newi, three months and $500 fine. John T. Gojack, trade unionist of Columbus, Ohio, nine month! and $200 fine. Gojack was former ly general vice president of the United Electrical Workers Union. The union was expelled from the in inv uu (fiuuuua . it was Communist-dominated. The court vote la the cases of Russell, Shelton, Loverlght, Price and Gojack was 5-2. The vote in the case of Whitman was 4-2. Two Judges Dissent Justices Harlan and Clark wrote dissenting opinions In all six cases, . Justices Frankfurter and White took no part in any of the cases. Justice Brennan disqualified himself in the case of Whitman, The six appealed to the high tribunal from ruling! by the U.S. ' Court of Appeals here upholding their convictions. The Court ot Appeals had put off declrlona In the eases pending the Supreme Court decision on June 8. 1959. on an appeal by The Barenblatt Decision ai firmed the broad powers of Con gress to investigate sunversion and to cite witnesses for contempt if they refuse to answer questions without the clear coniuiuuonai grounds for the refusaL Rural Firemen Win Top Honors A six-man team from the Rose burg Rural Fire Department walk ed off with top honors Sunday dur ing firefighting exercises at the Rhododendron Festival in Flor ence, The drill team, with Gene Merk as captain, took first place in the water ball and hose evolution exer cises to win a traveling trophy and $35 prize money. Four teams competed In tha vent- .... The six-man drill team Included Merk, Harry Harryman, Bob Berg er. Bob Triplett, Bob Sullivan and Ron Harrington. The team Intends to enter the state drill team contest to be held soon. Pilot Reported Missing Is Safe DENIO, Nev. (AP) An Okla homa pilot reported missing on a weekend flight to Southern Oregon turned up safe, and the Nevada Civil Air Patrol called off a sched uled search for him. The flier, O. R. Creager, wai enroute from Bartlesville, Okla., to Medford when he landed late Saturday on the Oregon-Nevada border. He was reported by the High way Patrol to have made the land ing to avoid running Into possible heavy snow.