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J -.-,,' Cecil Sanders Still Trying to Forget Yuletide Mine Disaster By TOM MADDOX WEST FRANKFORT. 111. UFl Cecil Sanders is trying to forget it. But this Christmas season is' re Be ing to all involved stark mem ories of the New Orient Coal Mine disaster a year ago. It took 120 lives. Another 130 men escaped, some only after terrifying hours. ' San ders was entombed 60 hours with nine men. Their bodies were still warm when Sanders was found the only entombed survivor of the worst mine disaster in a quarter century. Today Sanders still suffers from the carbon dioxide his blood ab sorbed and other after effects. The 45-year-old religious man has re treated from -the shadow of the di saster site to a modest home by a park in another Southern Illi nois community. He wants only peace and seclu sion in his wife's care. Their daugh ter, and son, both married, are among the few visitors. His physician said, "I'm trying U.S. to Avoid Binding Human Rights Treaties By CHARLES F. BARRETT WASHINGTON JFi The incom ing Republican-controlled Congress ii building up steam behind a move to prevent the United States from entering into any binding treaties dealing with humpn freedoms, or social or economic rights. Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio) told a re porter he sees an imminent danger that American freedoms will be chipped away in treaties now pend ing before the United Nations. And incoming congressmen, re sponding to an Associated Press survey, lined up 172 to 20 in favor of a constitutional amendment long the lines sponsored by Brick er. ' Bricker asserted that social and economic rights are internal mat ters to be governed only by U. S. law and he wants to write in the Constitution a clear-cut statement that such rights cannot be regu lated, limited or defined in any way by international agreements. Opponents of his amendment say it is unnecessary and would ham per international teamwork. In the survey, senators and rep resentatives throughout the country were asked. "Do you believe the constitution should be amended long the lines of the Bricker reso lution to specify that treaties may never take precedence over rights rid guarantees in the Constitu tion?" Ninety - seven House members nd 28 senators replied with an all out yes, many including comments such as "absolutely. . . 100 per ent. . . highly essential." An additional 41 House members and six senators said they are in clined to agree but want to see the language of the Bricker proposal. Two Democratic senators and five representatives four Demo crats and one Republican gave a Cat no. S Ten other House members six Democrats and four Republicans ! and three Democratic senators Indicated they are inclined toward opposition. Not a single Republican senator voiced opposition. Replies from 52 representatives nd 17 senators did not show senti ment either way, and the remain- reached or did not respond. 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Meanwhile survivors in IS com munities are recalling anew the tragedy that chilled hetrts which had been aglow with Christmas spirit. It occurred on the last shift before the men were expecting to be off for the holidays. For the first anniversary minis ters of Benton and West Frank lies, plan prayerful memorial pauses in their Sunday services. It will be their Christmas program. A mass memorial observance in West Frankfort High School Au ditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday is planned by United Mine Workers o America, Local 6265. Cecil Sanders probably will not attend, bis wife said. The ordeal that Sanders seeks to forget started at 7:35 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 21. 1951. He and other miners were 600 feet underground, five miles from the main shaft. There was a spark or Came, possibly from an electric motor or a cigarette. It exploded meth ane gas. The force snapped 12 x 12 timbers like matchsticks. Big rails were twisted like curling spaghet ti. Some men di.d violently and in stantly. Others by-passed by the explosion died from carbon diox ide poisoning or bums. It was 1:30 p.m., Wednesday be fore the last body that of an assistant night mine manager, James O. Cantrell was recov ered. Helpful in finding Sanders were signs a fellow miner, Joe Revak, had left as they retreated from gas. One said, "Men here;" others were arrows. Sanders told his story from his hospital bed: After a series of retreats down tunnels from gas, he said, "Boys, now you're at the end of the road. The only thing that can save us now is the almighty hand of God." They sang hymns and some- prayed as they gradually lost con sciousness. Sanders said. "I know, when I lost consciousness I was singing "The Amazing Grace" his favorite church song. Part of it goes, "I was; lost but now am found." 1 Sanders said they shared stub pencil to leave notes to loved ones "and I wrote this note to my wife and children on the back of an old cough drop box, which was all the paper I had: " 'May the good Lord bless and keep you. dear wife and kids. Meet me in heaven. Your husband and dad, Cecil.'" 1 Sanders regained consciousness and saw lights of rescue workers, to whom he called, "Help me, boys, help me." He said someone said, " 'My God! There's man alive.' "They didn't seem to think it was true." At the hospital on. physician called his survival " miracle." Storm Warning? Hoisted on Coast SEATTLE Un Th Weather Bureau ordered Southeast storm warnings hoisted Saturday night from Tatoosh to Cape Blanco. It predicted south to southeast winds increasing to 30 to 40 miles an hour Sunday, shifting to the south west and diminishing Sunday after non. Small craft warnings were or dered for the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the same time for east to southeast winds of 25 to 30 miles an hour early Surday. ggSTI Cfl ftn. m Ww mmK In. Respect for Your Confi J. 0. Walker Haneosr Of SAJ4M, QlfOOM State Workers Collect Food, Clothes, Toys V S 5 i K. . .. K Employes .f the drivers license and traffic safety divisions f the Oregon secretary state's office have collected the imposing array of household Items, food, clothing and toys shown above, in addi tion t. cash for distribution to some needy family during the holiday season. Th employes planned the collection in lieu of their annual New Simplified Pregnancy Test Demonstrated CHICAGO Iff A new test for pregnancy so' simple that th. family doctor could perform it in his office in a few minutes was demonstrated last week tot the American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The only equipment needed for the Roland test is a syringe-type instrument and a low-power mi croscope. A sample of cervical mucus is smeared on a glass plate, permitted to dry and crystallize, and is then observed. The different patterns in the cry stallization process tell the story. An Academy spokesman said the test has verified pregnancy when the menstrual period is only a day or two late, compared with the 10 days to two weeks waiting per iod required for other known pregnancy tests. In an earlier report on the tech nique. Dr. Maxwell Roland of the New York PosVGraduat. Medical School, New York University-Bell e vue Medical Center, said it has been accurate in 99 per cent of 300 cases tested. The test also has been used to determine whether woman is fertile in any particular month. The Academy spokesman said it undoubtedly would be given wide spread trials in the months ahead to determine if it lives up to its early record for accuracy. In devising the test, research ers studied 20 mothers with known normal ovulatory menstrual cy cles. Cervical smears were taken every day from the end of one period to the onset of the next. The samples obtained from all women in the group assumed a "fernlike" crystalline structure on the glass slides from the fifth or seventh day of the cycle to the 20th or 22nd day. This was replaced from this point to the onset of menstruation by a cellular type of pattern. The cellular structure also was ob served th. first five days of the cycle. The next study group consist ed of 30 infertile female patients who failed to ovulate. The smears in these cases, taken every two days, showed persistent fernlike structure throughout the period. Thus, if menstruation was late one or more days and no fern like structure was shown on the slide, the test would indicate the woman was pregnant. If a fernlike structure was found on the slide of a woman two or more days late, the test would in dicate she was not pregnant and that she had failed to ovulate that month. In the test to determine fertility in women, a fernlike structure found one or two days before the expected menstrual period would indicate failure to ovulate, while a cellular structure would indicate that ovulation occurred. The spokesman said present tests for infertility are mostly cost ly and tim consuming. Doctors believe the activity of two hormones, estrogen and pro gesterone, influence the structure of the crystals. Serious problems of life are often put off until tomorrow. Putting off until tomorrow simply means neglect. Health problems as serious as Rectal, Stomach and Colon conditions should have immediate attention for Better Health. Across street from Capitol Shopping Center. IL Reynolds IL D., D. C Salem, Oregon J Siamese Tivins Before Operation tows, n mi in n ma uiiili V i.iiniPi tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmt L'limi 1, - - ii n - rf iiliiin 1 ir---"" i.UQ J CHICAGO The Brodie Siamese for life after being separated In are held by nurses in a Rock Island, m.. hospital one day after tneir birth on Sept. 16, 1951. A team of specialists operated for 12 hours and 49 minutes In Chicago to part th. 15-month-old boys and gtv them a chance to lead separate lives. The twins are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Royt Brodi. of Moline, DL (AP Wlrephoto to Th. States- an.) Ike and Mac ill LL ik NEW YORK President-elect Dwlsht Elsenhower and Gen. Douglas MacArthur pause outside the home of Ike's secretary of state, John Foster DuUes, in New York City, after their long-awaited confer ence. The two five-star generals met at luncheon in the Dulles resi dence to discuss MacArthur's promised plan to settle the Korean war. (AP Wlrephot. to The Statesman.) It is believed that the planet Pluto has about half the diameter of the earth and about one-tenth the mass. R. Reynolds, N. D., D.C Proctologist - i. -.1. practice of exchanging gifts. Shown with the goods shore are, at left (from the front), Beth Morey, 3215 Center St; Mrs. Ray Knmm. 1S5 N. 23rd St.; and Betl Larwood. 2610 Skopil Ave. At right, (from front), Caroline Torresdal, ML Angel; Mrs. Ray Latourell, 654 Tyron Ave.; and Mrs. Henry Volk, 1616 N. 5th Si, twins, who are waging a grim battle an historic marathon of surgery. After Confab Disabled U.S. Ship in Port SOUTHAMPTON. Eng. (J! The 7,210-ton American liberty ship Columbia Trader arrived here Saturday night after being towed 866 miles by a French tug. The vessel, bound from New York to Bremerhaven with a cargo of military stores, lost her propel lor Dec. 9 after travelling 2,227 miles in nine days across the North Atlantic. . For the next four days she drifted helplessly. Then, in answer to a radio message, she was taken in tow. She will go into drydock Sunday to have a spare, propellor installed. Master of the ship, which Is on charter to the U. S. government from the West Coast Transoceanic Steamship Line, is Captain Bernard Jacobson, of Portland. Ore. KENYA FINE IMPOSED NAIROBI. Kenya The Kenya government Saturday imposed a communal livestock fine on African farm workers in the Nyeri area for failing to help during inquiries into the Mau Mau murders of two African soldiers. So far 1,200 sheep and goats have been seized. :: for Need y 'A -1 i :. . -J U.S. Envoy to Return to Iran For New Talks By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON UFi Ambassa dor Loy W. Henderson is return ing to Tehran this weekend for a new try at breaking the British Iranian deadlock' over payment for . Britain's nationalized oil prop erties. Henderson conferred Friday with Secretary of State Acheson, a few hours after Acheson returned from conferences in Paris with British Foreign Secretary Eden. Diplomatic officials told a re porter Saturday they thought some progress was made by Eden and Acheson, toward a solution of the acute Iranian problem. V The United States had been try ing to get both Britain and Iran to compromise their positions on the compensation issue so oil can begin flowing from the rich Iran ian fields again. At the same tim. the State De partment has discussed with Amer ican companies the idea of joining with Britain's Anglo - Iranian Oil Co. to transport and sell Iranian oil. Officials said arrangements along that line are being worked out and that the British are agree able. . Meanwhile, it was understood that: 1. American and British authori ties discount the possibility of any quick Anglo - Iranian settlement and expect the problem will go over to the Eisenhower adminis tration, despite a determined drive to try to settle it in the remaining weeks of President Tru man s regime. 2. Defense Department authori ties rate the need for a settlement as of even greater urgency than th. State Department, which has long been fearful of a Communist seizure of power in Iran should th. oil dispuU drag on and the Iranian government starve for lack of oil revenues. Iran has had no oil income for more than year and the govern ment is short of funds. The Brit ish do not seem to fear the Com munist danger so much as Ameri can officials do. Military authorities have been pressing inside the U. S. govern ment for a settlement because (a) they don't like the idea of drain ing aviation gasoline from the Uni ted States to European Allies which formerly got it from Iran's great Aba dan Refinery, and (b) They would like to see the situation ironed out so Iran may be offered a place in the proposed Middle East defense organization. Impudence Caused pyPet RICHMOND, Vaf. UFl Out of the darkness of a neighborhood shopping district street early Sat urday sounded several loud roman tic phrases: "Hello, pretty boy." "Hello, sweetheart." "Give me a little kiss, good-looking." A number of complaints were phoned into police as the sweet talk phrases repeated over and over again. Patrolmen W. W. Cos ten and S. L. Chandler traced the voices to a pet shop. The owner kept a record playing these words in his shop all through the night to teach his para keets to talk. The sound, usually toned down, had been accidentally ' turned up loud when a small, bear-like ani mal, a kinkajou, had gotten loose and brushed against the record player volume switch. WTir Suffer Any Longer ffkti tkm fan. mn la Cklaa. ttm rhat allBMSt ra ms affttcf. disorders, tfintta art, tup. ttv- lakts. ra gafl m4 Ma Itt fever, skta. fi CHARLIE CHAN CBlNtSI CO. m i c - Pfta s-isse ialim cm. OffiN B ran tm fc aaaaat. Omly 2 jjn iTh CistoaaKm; Ocriem; Ofcjoa, Truman Upholds Secrecy for Names of Screening Board WASHINGTON UB Secretary of State Acheson has advised Sen ate investigators that President Truman has upheld' the depart -ment's refusal to disclose the names of officials who handle se curity screening of I American em ployes of the United Nations. Sen. O'Conor (D-Md), a member of the Senate Internal Security Sub committee, made public a letter from Acheson relating to the group's attempt to obtain this in formation. Utah Wilson Shows Despair As Death Nears WALLA WALLA (-Christmas is near but there is no cheer in the heart of Utah Wilson, 23, who, with his brother Turman, is sched uled to die on the gallows of the state penitentiary early January 3. Utah, it was reported Friday, is beginning to show signs of despair and strain. Unofficial sources in side the prison say the younger brother is becoming increasingly moody and somewhat difficult. Much of his time, they say, is spent just sitting and "looking at nothing In particular." He has de veloped a rash which an assistant psychiatrist said might be caused by mental disorders, nervous ex haustion or tension. Which might be understandable in a youth who has lived in the shadow of death since he and his brother were convicted in mid 1950 of the kidnap slaying of Jo Ann Dewey of Vancouver. Four times the pair has escaped the officially set date with the gallows, often by a matter of hours, as the never-ending legal maneuvering has continued in an attempt to save their lives. Now, their fate rests again in the hands of Governor Langlie, who stayed their execution at almost the last moment three months ago. The governor appointed a commit tee to study the case and its report is on his desk. He won't act, h. has said, until the report is thoroughly reviewed and he has had a chance to con sider all the angles in the case. That may not be until after the new year again a few short hours before the official deadline. Utah usually sleeps late, pris on officer said. Rarely does he talk, to anyone other than Turman, who is 26. His temper, never the best, is becoming shorter. Turman, always the calmer one of the pair, is quiet and calm act ing apparently unconcerned. Both, however, have expressed an interest in religion and have asked to see the new chapel re cently completed at the prison. Congress Tax Scandal Probe To End Soon By B. L. LIVINGSTONE WASHINGTON JV House tax scandal Investigators wind up near ly two years of fireworks next week with a final report aimed generally at basic changes in the tax laws and the already re vamped Internal Revenue Bureau. Coincidentally Republican mem bers made it known they Intend to check on the effectiveness of the bureau reorganization. This placed collectors under civil serv ice and, administration officials said, eliminated political patron age in connection with many bu reau jobs. Rep. Kean (R-NJ), slated to suc ceed Rep. King (D-Calif) as chair man of the ways and means tax investigating subcommittee, s-id he proposed to determine whether the bureau reorganization created "a lot of cushy jobs for politi cians." The subcommittee's report, to be made public next Friday, is ex pected to be more moderate in it findings and recommendations Uan its sensation - studded hear ings might have ' indicated. Described as pretty much of a compromise of ; differing lews among members, the report deals freely rith the "evils" uncovered over two years of inquiry but makes few dire t recommenda tions. Among other things, the report is expected to recommend con sideration, if adviseable." of di vorcing the Internal Revenue Bu reau from the Trea 'ry Depart ment. T p. Curtis (R-Neb), a subcom mittee member, introduced a bill to this effect ast year for the an nounced purpose of removing the bi u f-ora the "politic. influ ence of the treasury. Curti plans to reintroduce his bill in the new 83rd Congress, but key House epublicans thus far appear to have shown no great enthusiasm for so drastic a change. Ot O Chan. N J DES. CHAN . . VLAM CHINESE NATUROPATHS Upstairs. X41 North Liberty orrtc Saturday man U tm I , to I a.m. CaasattaO. fctoodl aveaaatw aad aria tasta tra rraa f dtarc rracttca. ateaa 191 Writ, fa attracUT m Dt IT H D Btmdery, PooraJber IK K"2 .15 In an accompanying statement. O'Conor said Acheson s letter did not help the 'subcommittee in its efforts "to ferret out Communist infiltration in the United Nations.' On the contrary, he said, "this represents another roadblock ob structing the L attempt to uncover Instances of 'subversive activities in this country." O'Conor's statement added: "Failure's save occurrec as the result of which a great number of American Communists succeeded in infiltrating into the international organization. Yet we can not blame the U. N. if they did not receive adequate and accurate information from the State Department. "And we can not determine the adequacy and accuracy of the in formation supplied if we are denied the opportunity of questioning the men in the State Department who evaluate the evidence on which fi nal opinions were b?sed. "Yet such information is now refused us tjy Secretary Acheson' and his position is approved by the President of the United States. More than la score of U. N. em ployes who refused to answer ques tions about alleged Communist af filiations have been fired s the Senate subcommittee and a New York grand jury pushed inquiries into Red influences in the interna tional organization. The grand Jury said In a report earlier this knonth that the State Department I had given "disloyal officials a clean bill of health" in some of "the most flagrant and obvious cases of disloyalty." Representatives Chelf (D-Ky) and Keating iR-NY ), members of a House Judiciary Subcommittee that heard some of the grand - jurors behind closed doors Thursday, said a new grand jury investigation should be started immediately. Keating told reporters it "made my blood boil" to hear the jurors describe their experiences in ques tioning U. NJ employes about Com munist affiliations. 2nd Man May Be Held for Brink Holdup ' BOSTON L - A second man has been tabbed as a participant in the huge $1,219,000 Brink's hold up and is reportedly in the cus tody of the I FBI, it was reported Friday night. U. S. Atty. George F. Garrity had no comment. These latest reports were that affidavits named a second man as having been one of the hooded gunmen who tied up five employes in the armored car firm's vaults on Jan. 17, 1950 and made off with the largest cash haul in America. I The manj unidentified, was de scribed as 37 years old with a bad record. He was said to be in th. hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigation but not necessarily in a penal institution. The inference was drawn that this man might "talk." This information, learned by Federal Building reporters,, was said to be based on FBI affidavits no longer available. The affidavits purportedly said the man at on. time had in! his possession approx imately $60,000 of Brink's money. Since sworn affidavits became 1 available Thursday night naming Joseph "Specs" O'Keefe, 44, ol Boston, as I participant in the robbery, all papers having any connection with the robbery have been removed fror : the files and hidden. , It also was reported In the Fed eral Building, where a grand jury is investigating the stickup, that FBI agents may have C-acked an alibi of "Specs" O'Keefe, who has been, cited by the Jury, for con tempt in refusing to answer ques tions. . . , Th. night of th. robbery, O'Keefe has told police, he was drinking with woman companion in an uptown hotel between 7 and 7:30 p.m. The robbery occurred about 7:10.1 These reports about O'Keefe'f alibi were shrugged off without comment by federal officials Two more reluctant witnesses were cited. Friday on contempt charges by the grand jury. The jury submitted two new names to U. S. Judge William T, McCarthy, bringing to 11 the total of close-mouthed witnesses so far charged. I Your, Good Health In Our Cabnco Th.r. 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