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bureau. McNary field, Salem) :
Partly cloudy today and tonlfM.
wiUr scattered showers today. In
creasing cloudiness Monday, little
change in temperatures, with the -highest
today sear 40. lowest tonight
near 28.
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Experts in ancient language at
the University of Pennsylvania
have been translating the story
on six clay tablets found kbout
50 years ago at Nippur. ' Iraq.
They are inscribed in (Cuneiform
characters in the Sumerian lang
uage, oldest of the known written
languages. The story deals with
one of the oldest moral w-oblcms
which have confronted philoso
phers; theologians, and ordinary
mortals: the problem of human
suffering. . - - ; J ; I
That of course is the central
theme of the Book of Job which
is really a great poetic drama;
but this work was written a thou
sand years before Job, dating,
according to the estimates of the
specialists, at about 1700 B. C.
The treatment of the problem
seems to be quite similar. I Ac
cording to Dr. Samuel N. Kramer,
curator of the museum and a
translator of the ancient writing:
"The main thesis of our poet
is that in case of suffering and
adversity, . however unjustified
they may seem, the victim has
but one effective recourse.! f
"And that is to continually
glorify his God and keep wailing
and lamenting before him Until
he turns a iavorable : ear to the
prayers.. , . . : , S
The Job drama evolves in like
fashion: a prosperous ; shepherd
at a time and place where wealth
was measured by flocks and herds
and sons and daughters, is de
prived of his fortune as a chal
lenge to his faith and loyalty to
God. He laments his fate, refutes
comforters who attribute his
calamities to personal sin, s dis
plays not the patience commonly
credited to Job but a bitter im
patience; The . solution in the
book of Job is that there is no
solution save only trust; and that
is the conclusion of the seer and
poet who preceded the author of
that Bible book by 10 centuries.
Nor have philosophers and theo
logians found any better solution
in the centuries since Job i was
written. Suffering remains a
great moral mystery even though
it may readily yield to explana
tion in terms of natural law. ; The
instruction of poets and -philoso
phers and religious ? leaders re
mains the same: to cling to hope
and never to yield 1 to desoair.
The lapse of 34 centuries has not
improved on the judgment of the
ancient wise men.
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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday. December 26, 19S4
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
With traffic deaths mounting
through the Christmas holiday, a
plea for safe, sober driving was
made by the National Safety Coun
cil late Saturday night. ,
Since 6 p.m. Friday, at least 239
persons have met violent deatH.
The toll included 201 killed in traf
fic mishaps, 33 in fires and 23 in
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
Associated Press Writer
The Oregon' legislature, which meets here two weeks from
Monday, already has enough bones of contention to remain in session
for three or four months. ! 1
The Cnan;:.l problem, by itself, is vexing enough to keep the
lawmakers sweating for many days and nights. ' j
1 f On top o- this, there are many other hot controversies shaping
ud. These include highway building, unemployment insurance, the
nowcr issiip Portland state uoiieee. rewriting me consumuuu, me
oroDosei revenue department, new buildings, a fight between the .:.... ' rAmU
Reservins the riaht to add other hot subjects that will develop,
Hmpfahlo rrcAnfnT T7H traffic
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these look like the top 10 issues lacing me isoo legislature. fatalities in the 54 - hour holiday
1. ine legisiaiurc ciiucr wui iuyc iu nuu aw uv i wcckciiu, was progressing uu
dollars a year in new revenue, or cut drastically the pubuc school schedule with more than six
or welfare appropriations, or both. There will be a hot battle over deaths an hour,
the proposed 2 per cent sales lax, which would raise w millions Before midnight., the toll as the
a year. j I nation observed the Nativity was
2. The hinhrav commission wants the gasoline tax increased more than three times greater
by 2 cents a gallon, so it can carry on needed road construction, than on SaffrDriving Day, Dec. 15.
There is strong pressure against boosting the tax, and the legislative Deaths for that day were 51.
highway interim committee reiusea to go lor tne iaea. i j i Sudden Death
It was a sobering thought to
know that sudden death has ruined
Christmas ii. so many homes, with
the holiday only half over." said
Ned H. Dearborn, safety Council
president.
Wlnle traffic was the big killer,
two fires took 15 lives. Flames also
flashed through a plush Tulsa,
Youngsters Foresake New Toys for Snowman
Unemployment Pay Changes Looih
3. Employers and labor will tangle over unemployment com
pensation taxes and jobless payments. The unemployment com
mission is paying out more than twice as much money as it is tak
ing in through taxes on employers, and this is causing a neavy
drain on its reserve fund. There will be pressure to increase the
benefits increased. President Eisenhower has asked for higher JiSS'J f! !:e f
The average tax is 1.1 per cent downward
year-old oil heiress
Most of the nation received a
toucn ot sunshine cnristmas Day.
MacFadden j
Asks for Loan
To Avoid Jail
DANSVILLE. N.Y. (if) - Bernarr
MacFadden, 88, physical culture
enthusiast who made and lost mil
lions, asked for a loan Saturday
from just anybody to keep him
out of jail.
"New York courts refuse to be
lieve that back taxes and alimony
to two wives have depleted my
finances," the dapper, 1 white
haired man said in a statement
distributed to newsmen.
"I must rise $10,000 in 10 days
orxgo to Jail." he added, s
The jail reference was related
to court actions brought by Jon-
nie Lee MacFadden. 48. an inter:
lor decorator who recently won a
separation from him, and his sec
ond wife. Mary MacFadden.,
To help him raise the $10,000
to satisfy" the court actions. Mac
Fadden said he had asked former
heavyweight champion Jack
Dempsey to act on his behalf.
"I have asked Jack Dempsey
... to act as. custodian of funds
from those who might want to help
to keep me out of jail till I can
repay them somehow," MacFad
den's statement said, ; adding:
"Please help me. This is my
worst Christmas in 86 years."
MacFadden was not immediate
ly available at his health center
here for' further comment on his
statement but an associate de
scribed him as being "morose and
in tears." . i ' I
MacFadden is president of the
Bernarr MacFadden Foundation
which he started in 1931 with a
grant of five million' dollars!. ,
Ke once was reported worth 30
million dollars. f
.The foundation operates a num
ber of properties, but is is not
authorized by its charter to loan
money to individuals, even its
founder. - - i
MacFadden has been living on
annuities and now gets only
about $2,000 a month and ' must
pay alimony and owes $28,000 or
more to the government m . back
taxes.' i
weeks in any one year.
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4. The legislature will be asked to ratify the Columbia River
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compact, unaer wmca me nuriuwesi siaics wuuiu iun ucciuy.ncui jy m tne Northwest. But no heavy
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Oi me region, wiu oppose me rompacu I Mercury Varies
I 5. Portland State College, now an extension center crammed The air was sharo with cold in
with 2,000 students, wants to be a full-fledged state college. Port- Northern New England. The noon
landers like the idea, but friends of the private colleges and of the day roercury reading at Caribou.
University of Oregon, and Oregon State College oppose the idea Me., was 12 above zeroi Midday
strongly, I 1 ! temperature of 75 degrees was re-
. . 1 , I I ' ' ; J ported at Alice and Corpus Chris-
i,onstitutional convention fronosea ti, Tex.
, j j j 'l Thermometers in Southern Flor
. r.ov. Paul Patterson strain will ask the leeislature to set ida registered in the middle 70s
up a convention to write a new state constitution. Opponents argue i
Jhat it would be better: to rewrite it by submitting amendments
to the voters.
but. it waSdiiD3ewhat cooler than
at the same time Friday. It was
decidedly cooler along the Atlan-
7. There will be a fight over creating a new department 'of L,!! J J5m tte midoastaI
revenue, his department would be headed by a single tax com
missioner, replacing the three-man tax commission; and it would
take over the secretary of state's license plate division, and the
state treasurer's inheritance and gift tax section. Naturally, the
secretary of state and the treasurer will oppose the move,
8. Many new buildings are needed, but with the shortage of
cash, it's doubtful if many can be built The top priority projects
are1 the new mental hospital in the Portland area, the new state
reformatory, and a classroom building for Portland State College,
9. The .truckers will try to convince the legislature that the
state public utilities commissioner should be allowed to set minimum
rates for railroads. , The railroads oppose the move. The commis
sioner now can fix maximum rates for railroad shipments, and he
sets all rates for truckers.1 The truckers argue that it's unfair
competition when there s no floor under railroad rates. The rail
roads say that the interstate commerce commission regulates the
railroads sufficiently,
region northward.
The bulk of the nation had day
time ' temperatures ranging be
tween 40 and 60.
Twelve Dead,
4 Injured in
Arkansas Fire
10.'
PARKIN, Ark. IP, A fire.
which raced through a small ten
ant house near here Christmas
Eve claiming 11 lives, added a
12th victim to its list Saturday
The legislature will get a report, prepared by a New York niSht th the death of Pete San-
State Salary Report on Schedule
business management firm, saying that salaries of state employes
tana.
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straightened out 1' I , fc.:ia W
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laere you nave an agenoa mat snouia eep me lawmasers rnnkin hnt iamalps nvor h.ip
DUS. I wood-burnin? kitrhpn stnvp Fniir
But in addition, the legislature also has these items to con- others were injured in the blaze
sider: . ; : i two of them still reDorted in
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Whether to fix milk orices at the nroducer leveL Th nonl serious condition
wired out all milk controls at the November election. Hospital officials at nearby
should f hA Histrihnf inn fnrmni. fcf th hoi .hvi i k. Wynne, ATK., said bantana cued at
changed so as to -give more relief to distressed districts?
Whether to rewrite the corrupt practices law governing elec
tions.
The question of whether Oregon needs a fixed speed limit to thrown on a smouldering stove
curb autr accidents. ; ! fire, took the lives of ten children
Should Oregon have a state meat insnection svstem? and toe life of Mrs. Santana
wttw t nn snt th. iow 4 .i i. l Survivors said Mrs. Santana, 32
th.r to romnv. ih i9 from th kv '. had escaped but that she ran back
. . - . .. , ... .. , mto the burning house in a futile
Fir-ing up the abortion laws, which are so contradictory that attempt to save her 5-month-old
son; Jimmy.
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11 p.m. (EST) of burns and "chem
ical pneumonia ' caused by smoke
The blaze, which was apparent
ly touched off when kerosene was
they can't be enforced.
Better 'emulation at race tracks, including a proposal to ban I
minors irom betting areas.
J Changes in the parole system.
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Christmas snowman, one of many which appeared Saturday morning as the Salem area drew its first
snow of the year, has his nose tweaked by 5-year-old Philip Isaacs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Len Isaacs
of 4685 Sunnyside Rd. Philip's sister, Sally, 3, looks on admiringly. Rising temperatures melted
most oi me snow oy auernoon. tMaiesman rnoio.i
Editors Scold
French Solons
For Pact Vote
PARIS (JD Frencn editorial
opinion criticized the National As
sembly in general for voting
against putting Germany into
Western European Union. But the
newspapers displayed irritation at
allied attempts particularly on
the part of Britain to influence
the' ultimate decision.
Friday the Assembly voted down
the proposed seven-nation pact
280 to 259. The issue comes up
again Monday on a test of confi
dence in the government of Pre
mier! Pierre Mendes-France. Then
the Assembly will be voting on
the whole complex of London-
Paris accords for West German
rearmament
Several newspapers stressed the
Assemmy s inconsistency in ap
proving the principle of Western
European Union last October, 350
to 113. and then rejecting "union
itself Friday.
me non-communist left wing
Franc-Tireur" declared it was
also inconsistent for the Assembly
to approve, as it did. the restora
tion of West German sovereignty
and then to deny the West Ger
mans an army, "an essential at
tribute of sovereignty."
The independent "Figaro,
which has the largest circulation
in the morning field, commented
This was mpre than an absurd
attitude. It ; was a flight and
betrayal." !
Figaro was referring to the ac
tios of many advocates' of Euro
pean federation, particularly in
the Popular Republican Movement
(MRP), whose members voted
against the Western European Un
ion r riaay. ;
(Stories also on page 9, sec. 3
Traditional Activities
Mark Yule in Salem
Nature made a determined effort to provide Salem with a white
Christmas Saturday, and early-rising residents were greeted by the
sight of a fluffy blanket of snow that covered the city.
Small fry who received new sleds for Christmas were doomed
to disappointment, though. The snow proved to be moist slushy
stuff that was useless for sledding and would produce only muddy-
looking, snowmen. Nearly air the
Tivo. Freed
For Holidays,
Back hi Jail
Two county jail prisoners who
were released ahead of schedule
Friday to celebrate Christmas
were back behind bars Saturday
after Salem police charged that
their celebration was too enthus
iastic. !
Booked on drunk charges were
Clarence V. Sandstrom, Hood
River, and Lawrence E. Wise,
Woodburn. . They and ' a com
panion, James Wilson, 160 Union
St., were arrested in downtown
Salem at 3 p.m. Friday, only. a
few hours after their release.
Sandstrom had been serving a
sentence for driving while intoxi
cated and Wise had been con
victed of escaping from the city
jail when the balance of their
terms was suspended by District
Judge Val Sloper.
Bail was set at $25.
ExKing Peter, Wife
Have Reconciliation
GSTAAD. Switzerland (A.
Friends of ex-King Peter of Yu
goslavia said he and his estranged
wife, Princess Alexandra, had a
"spontaneous reconciliation here
Saturday at a Christmas party for
their 9-year-old son. Prince Alex
ander. . .,
The 31-year-old ex-King arrived
here early Saturday morning after
spending all Christmas Eve in his
snowbound car near the summit
ot the Alpine Col des Mosses Pass.
Princess Alexandra and her
mother, j Princess Aspasia of
Greece, came here several days
ago to spend Christmas with the
young prince, who is studying at
a Swiss J boarding school.
Alexandra apparently was un
aware her husband : intended to
join her here until she received
a phone call from him Friday aft
ernoon. J : 4 !
I The roral couple's friends said
it was too early to tell whether
the recc nc iliation meant that Pe
ter and Alexandra would resume
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their married life together.
,The other Santana children who
died were Jolly (a girl) 9; Pete
Jr. 5: Sophie. 4: and Mando. 2.
One daughter, 14-year-old Mary
Ann Santana, escaped with only
minor injuries. 1
Five children of Mr. and Mrs.
Ruel Montana also were killed in
the blaze. They were Robert. 7:
Elma, 6; Gloria, 5; Rosie, 3. and
Rudy, 1.
Montana and one of his sons
were- taken to a Memphis hospital
where their condition was report
ed Saturday night as serious and
S .JTv-nr.. rri,1? " . " I unchanged. Mrs. Montana was not
1 . Zln', - . ii? i burned seriously,
"IV" tZZ, tC' Scene of the tragedy was c small
io2 Ifn eem QUlte tenant house on the Owen Cook
L?VLg?: cotton plantation about 10 miles
rilTTn uZ x l., VV sou"1 of here just off U.S. High
2 .M X'- 1MH way 70. Parkin is about 30 miles
LoS 5 llT LtnsL TenD-
SSSAlLTJ The families had lived at the
noVof Syal famfl
been able to return there.
Peter filed a divorce suit in
Pens. Oct , 1953, alleging his
wue deserted him and went to
live in Italy.
They both appeared at a divorce
court hearing in Paris two Weeks
later. Alexandra wearing a band-1 North Bend
u ah h loft m I Rcscburc
"ti "ja. v.:iJiV """J San Franciaco
acj saju anc ana irieu u siasn iivos Anseles
her wrist the previous night be-1 Chicago
GaleWhipped
Freishter Safe
CUXHAVEN, Germany HI
Feared lost two days ago in the
gale-whipped North Sea, the J. 371-
ton disabled : Swedish freighter
Petra anchored Christmas morn
ing off the German Coast with all
her 21 crewmen safe. 1 1
The Cuxhaven tugs and t w
coastal lifesaving boats reached
the battered freighter, : 35 miles
north of here, in the afternoon.
Since Wednesday, the Petra had
drifted helplessly with broken-
down engines in this winter's worst
storm.
She was bound for Hull, Eng
land, from Kemi, Finland.
Salem
Portland
Baker
Medford
Max. Mln. Preelp.
a recon-
cause Peter had refused
ciliabon.
The divorce procedure is still in
progress.
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3-Foot FaU
Fatal to Man
MEMPHIS. Tenn. W A 38-
year-old man fell three feet from
the top of a doghouse and was
killed. ! . ,
George Ayers fell asleep on the
roof of, the small house Friday
while waiting, for his paycheck to
be passed out : .
Doctors said he died of a broken
neck. .?
, The doghouse was on the
grounds of a construction firm for
which Ayers worked.
snow melted in the forenoon.
Churches throughout the city
held special services on Christ
mas, many of them beginning
with midnight services Christmas
eve. Short devotional periods in
several churches featured tradi
tional Christmas music,
The turkey dinners that graced
most Salem dinner-tables Satur
day afternoon were matched by
special meals in the state insti
tutions located in the area
' The city and county jails also
prpvided special Christmas 1 din
ners for their inmates. Both in
stitutions served turkey as the
main course, with potatoes, vege
tables, salads, pie and other trim
mings.
While most Salem residents
spent the holiday at home, state
police reported heavy highway
traffic during the day. Police
men, firemen and other round
the clock workers who spent
Christmas on duty said there was
little activity on Christmas.
The city went for 18 hours dur
ing the day without a single ar
rest being made, with officers
issuing warnings in several cases
where arrests might ordinarily
have been made.
RED GENERAL DIES
MOSCOW (JPh-The Soviet arm
ed forces newspaper Red Star an
nounced Saturday the death of
Lt, Gen. Sergei Galadzhev, 52,
one of the Red army's top ad
ministrators.
Kill Two
Icy roads slowed highway traf
fic in the Salem area Christmas .
night as the state recorded two
fatal traffic accidents on the first
day of the holiday weekend.'
Loran M. Morgan, 68, was killed
when a car struck him early Satur
day as he j crossed a street in
Portland, the Associated Press re
ported. Dale Mitchell. 23, told
police he iaw Morgan too late- to
avoid hitting him. i .
Mrs. Grace Evans, 45. was pre-.
sumed drowned Saturday night
when her car skidded off a high
way into the Siuslaw River near
Florence. The Associated Press
reported that the body had not
been recovered late Saturday al
though the car was located by
state police; who dragged the
swollen stream
Minor Wrecks
No serious accidents had beer.
reported in I the mid-Willamette
Valley up to midnight. State po
lice said there had been several
minor accidents during the day,
none of which resulted in injuries.
Reports of highway ice began
coming into state police headquar
ters about 10 p.m. Police said the
ice was forming in patches along
highways throughout the valley.
Several trucks were stalled by
ice on a long hill on the Pacific
Highway several miles south or
Salem. Highway Department
crews were called to duty and sen'
out to spread sand on the hill.
The Weather Bureau forecast
called . for freezing temperatures
and continued snow or rain ,
throughout the night in much of
Oregon., Heavy snows were re
ported in mountain passes, mak
ing chains necessary. !
In Salem, city police said a
larger number of motorists than
usual had come into ; the station
to fill out accident reports. Police
made investigations of two acci
dents during the day. neither or
which involved injuries.
Weather forecast for the at'-
called for an afternoon high of 40
degrees, with the temperature
droping to 26 degrees tonight. Low
est temperature registered in Sa
lem on Christmas day; was 32, ex
actly on the freezing point. Lower
temperatures, were recorded ir
nearby hilly areas. f
The weatherman p r e d I c t e
cloudy skies and scattered showe
for the day, with increasing clouf1
ness tomorrow. ;
Icy Roads Seen
Partly clear skies throughout ti
state will increase the probability
of ice patches on the highways,
forecasters said. Ground tempera
tures below; cloudy sections tend
to be slightly warmer than those
below clearl areas because of th
clouds' insulating effects.
State police said scattered ic
patches are considerably more haz
ardous to traffic than solid ice be- -
cause motorists build up speed on
clear stretches and are unable t
slow when they hit icy sections.
PARCELS REACH TOKYO
TOKYO Fifty thousand
CARE packages arrived in Tokyo
Saturday from the United States
for distribution to fire and ty
phoon victims.
800 Homes ir
Pusan Burn
Fiery Crash of Airliner
In Scotland Fatal to 28
PRESTWICK, Scotland tf "It
was an inferno with flames roaring
30 to 40 feet high." .
That was one eyewitness descrip
tion of the Christmas Day crash
of a British Overseas Airways
Stratocruiser which overturned
seconds after it landed in pre
dawn darkness and burst into
flames at Prestwick Airport kill
ing 28 persons, including two
Americans.
Only eight persons on the New
York-bound plane survived.
: The -American victims were Dr.
and Mrs. Walter C. Mayland of
Evanston. 111.
Another victim was Kenneth R.
Davidson, 49. of BronxvOle. N.Y.,
former world's amateur badminton
champion and perf oi mer in come
dian Keni Murray s "blackouts ' in
Hollywood in the 1940s.
The plane, four hours behind
schedule because bad weather de
layed the start from London, ap
proached Prestwick Airfield in
rain and low clouds.
Seconds after it touched it flip
ped over and was enveloped in
flames. It taxied and skidded a
streak of flame about halfway
across the airfield, then an ex
nlosion blew off the nose.
A little cluster of people, some
on hand towelcome Christmas
visitors, and others waiting to take
the plane to New York, watched
in horror , as the flames shot into
the murky air. !
Only one person.' a man who
PUSAN. Korea tf) U Fire de
stroyed more than 800 homes in
downtown Pusan early Sunday.
There was no report of casual
ties but police feared some misht
have perished in the blaze which
broke out at 1:30 a.m.
Police estimated that at least
4.000 oersons were made home-
tumbiea irom a noie rippea in one iess.
side, was believed to have escaped a brisk north wind fanned the
from the main part of the fuse- flames through the flimsy build
lage. Firemen said they could hear ings on the southern slope of Yong
the moans of the dying inside.' nu Hill. American and Korean
It took two hours to put out the fn-e fighters succeeded in check-
flames. Firemen hacked their way hng the fire just before it reached
in ana removed ine cnarrea ooaics thC business district
most of them still in the tangled
wreckage of the seats. The arms
of one ctrld victim, was wrapped
about the neck of his dead mother.
Among the charred remnants
were many Christmas presents .in
cluding dolls and a child's teddy
bear.
Deep gouges in the earth indi
cated that the plane first touched
a little short of the runway. It
bounced to the runway, turned
over and then skidded off it
Witnesses said there was no sign
of fire until the machine started
its slide on the ground, and that
then it became a streak of flame.
In charge of the plane was Capt
W. Laing Stewart, 45, one of
BOAC's most experienced pilots.
He had made about 300 North At
lantic, crossings and holds the
speed record for the Montreal
Prestwkk flight
He escaped with slight injuries
as did most members of the crew
in direct charge of operating the
Ex-Governor9?
Widow Dies
In Portland
PORTLAND m Mrs. Lou:.
Martin, widow of a former Cm.
governor and congressman, die
at a Portland hospital Christma'
Eve at the age of 86. She had sur
fered a stroke Dec. 22.
Her ' late husband. Charles II :
Martin, reached the rank of major;
general in the Army before retir
inj: in 1927. He served as con
gressman from Oregon's third
district, Multnomah County, from
1931 to 1935. He became governor
in 1935 and served until 1939. He
died in 1246.
The couple married m 1898 wben
craft They were in the nose which Martin was an infantry lieutenant
while blasted from the fuselage did sUtioned at Vancouver, Wash,
nc burn. Even plastic roofing and They lived in various places
windows were undamaged. One ' throughout the ( world dui ing his
stewardess died in the fuse'ase! service career, and returned to
just' as, the rescuers reached her. 1 Portland following his retirement