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Th Oregon Statesman; Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 23, 1955
PRICE 5c '
No. 57
Rule
This is the time of year when
minions of Americans are planning
their summer vacations; and of the
number a substantial production
will try to work in a trip to or
through at least one of the great
national parks. It is an easy thing
to do in these days of good roads,
almost universal ownership of
automobiles, and regular vacations
cf two or three weeks for em
ployed workers. Last year, some
48 million persons visited national
.parts arid monuments.
These numbers are straining the
facilities of the park system far
beyond capacity. Most of the parks
were acquired in p re-motor age
days, and not enough money., has
been spent on roads and hotel ac
commodations to take care of the
multitudes which now press an
nually for admission. A writer in
American " Forests says that the
sums made available by Congress,
some $30 million a year, "cannot
go far in extending or moderniz
ing the system, or pay for enough
rangers and supervisory personnel
to insure the safety and comfort
of tourists and protect the scen
ery." The' author. Anthony Netboy,
goes on to say:
"As a result of congressional
failure to provide needed operation
and maintenance funds, buildings
and grounds in many parks are
deteriorating, roads are falling into
disrepair, utilities are inadequate
and sanitary conditions are some
times appalling." .
He reports that the two most
popular parks, Yellowstone and
Yosemite "are taking a heavy
beating." He is very critical of
the limited accommo
( Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Start Made to
Withdraw U.S.
Korea Troops
SEOUL HI The United States
una sci up a luree-serviie iiuuiary
advisory group here to pave the
way for eventual withdrawal of all
U. S. forces from Korea, it was
learned Sunday. '
The organization, stlQ In the pro
visional stage, has the goal of mak
ing South Korea's armed forces
"completely self sufficient for de
fensive purposes," a responsible
Informant said.
With this mission accomplished,
the United States can then plan a
complete troop puHout, reliable
sources said.
: But they acknowledged that any
troop removal may be a long time
In coming. ... . . . . .
There are currently twounder
strength U. S. divisions serving in
the Korean forward areas. They
are the 24th and 7th Infantry Divi
sions. Both are liberally filled with
Koreans attached to' the U JS. Ar
my. 1 The prime consideration is: How
much of an army, navy and air
force can the Republic of Korea
economy support now and in the
years ahead? -
The ROK army Is said to con-
list'of 20 divisons.
Quiet Election.
Expectedin
British Isles
LONDON (ft , Britain's 1953
election campaign strolled into the
home stretch Sunday. There ap
peared to be much more interest
in the running of the Epsom Derby
Wednesday and in a couple of
threatened strikes. -
"The quietest general election in
living memory draws toward its
close " said The Sunday Times as
the nation prepared to choose. a
new Parliament Thursday.
Most of the newspaper headlines
went to the horse race at Epsom
and to jail and port strikes sched
uled to start this week.
With only four days to go until
the voting, the concensus among
British newspapers is that Prime
Minister Eden and his Conserva
tives will win.
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Willamette River 3. feet.
FORECAST itrom V. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
Cloudr with a chance of lifht rain
early this morning. Partly cloudy
this afternoon, clearing tonight. Con
tinued cool with high today 63 to 65
and low tonight 38 to 40.
Temperature at 12:01 am. today
was 43.
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This was the toughest section of Sunday's Teen-Age Road-E-0 tests held in Salem. Technique called
for driving the two left hand wheels between two precariously mounted rubber balls spaced lVt
inches apart Test demanded both forward and backus driving. Here one driver faces the real and
psychological problem shown from a ground-level view. Inset at lower right is Doug Adams, IS, 4090
River BdL, who won first place in the five- phase competition. (Statesman Photo).
Soapbox Ace Takes
Teen-Age Road-E-0
Doug Adams, who piloted a soapbox racer to victory in the
1953 derby here, proved just as effective behind the wheel of a
regular auto Sunday in winning the Teen-Age Safe Driving
Road-E-O. -
Adams, coming up 17 in July, scored 466 out of a possible 500
points in the five-phase test to win handily over a field of some
Elephant, Man
Die in Texas
Truck Crash '
DALLAS, Texas UH A four-ton
elephant landed on a 30-year-old
man and crushed him to death
when a trailer-truck jumped a
ditch and overturned north of here
Sunday.
Norman E. Joseph of Newark,
N. J., was killed. The truck driver,
W. C. Hendricks, 36, of Atlanta,
Ga., was injured. -
Another fatality was Queenie, an
8,143-pound elephant Hendricks
said both the truck and Queenie
were owned by the T. J. Tidwell
Shows and Carnival of Big Springs,
Tex.
Hendricks said the truck over
turned after the brakes failed.
Sheriff's Deputy H. G. Vayette
said Joseph was riding in the cab
with Hendricks and jumped out
when he saw they were going to
turn over. "He landed in the path
of the trailer and the elephant
broke through the siding and land
ed right on top of him," Vayette
said.
Mystery Blast
Shatters Mailbox
Near Portland
PORTLAND (fl A blast of
undetermined origin shattered the
rural mailboax near the home of
Harold C. Pearson early Sunday.
The battered mailbox was noted
by a patrolman at about 4:30 a.m.
Neither Pearson nor his neighbors
reported hearing the blast.
Detectives said they thought the
blast probably was caused by
black powder- in a bottle, touched
off by a slow fuse.
Billy Graham Preaches to Queen,
Family in Royal Chapel Services
; WINDSOR, England Wl U. S.
evangelist Billy Graham preached
to Queen Elizabeth Monday in a
royal chapel. The Duke of Edin
burgh, the. Queen Mother and Prin
cess Margaret also heard the Am
erican minister..
Later Graham and - his wife
lunched with the-Queen.
- Graham,' obviously affected by
the singular honor, told reporters
afterward: "I can only say that it
was a great privilege to be at
Windsor today and that the Queen
was very charming and gracious
to US. : - ' v '
; The sermon to. the royal family
was a surprise climax to the hand
some evangelist's seven-week Scot
land - Endand crusade, which
reaped more than 77,000 "decisions
for Christ" ; '
laviUUoa Give
: The fact, that the 36-year-old
North -Carolina preacher was in
vited to conduct a private service
50 young contestants. His prize
for the effort was a set of nylon
tires valued at $125.
The driving sections of the test
were conducted at the Shopping
Center parking lot where ' ten
judges checked the youthful driv
ers through four stations that
would challenge the prowess of
veteran drivers. .
Narrow Lane
First phase consisted of guid
ing wheels through five sets of
balls spaced 11 inches apart and
then backing up through the
same obstacle. Next step was a
tight serpentinedrive with flag
and barrel obstacles; third was a
combination shift, gate run and
front end clearance test; fourth
was a parallel parking test in a
normal interval.
The other part of the test jeas
a written examination concluded
at the various Salem High schools
last week and won by Ken Simila
of Parrish and Arnold Slack of
South Salem. Both scored 96
out of 100 possible points.
State Competition
Behind Adams, who' will repre
sent Salem in the state competi
tion at Portland, were Jim Fort-
miller, 1782 Rio Vista Way, and
Dick Moslander, 1840 Lorain Ct
Fortmiller finished with a 462
and Moslander 454. The lone
girl in the competition failed to
finish among the prize winners.
Prizes were donated by the
New Car Dealers Association of
Salem. The contest was spon
sored by the Salem Junior Cham
ber of Commerce and was under
the chairmanship of Douglas
Sheldon.
AIRLINER DITCHES
CARACAS. Venezuela t A
Venezuelan airliner carrying 13
passengers and a crew of three
crashed into the Caribbean Sea
near the city of Barcelona Satur
day. Fishermen rescued nine pas
sengers, the three crew members
and found the body of one Vene
zuelan girL
for royalty could not help but lift
his prestige already at a high tide
in Britain.
Queen Elizabeth is titular head
of the Church of England and "de
fender of the faith." Graham is an
ordained Southern Baptist minister
but he has always been at pains to
emphasize an interdemonational
approach in his crusades.
As is the custom with private
royal engagements, spokesmen for
the royal family would give no
details of Graham s visit to Wind
sor. Graham's associates, usually
willing to provide full information
about his appearances, had "no
comment." ,M
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But it was .understood from other
sources that Graham took for his
text Acts 27:25: -"Wherefore, sirs,
be of good cheer: For I believe
God, that it shall be even as it
was told me."
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Lebanon Youth
Dies in Crash;
Three Escape
Statesman News Service
LEBANON A 17-year-old Leb
anon youth was killed outright
Sunday when the car he was driv
ing rolled over several times and
burned a half-mile west of here
on the Lebanon-Corvallis .High
way, state police reported-Three
other teen-agers in the car es
caped serious injury.
Officers identified the dead
youth as Mark O. Chamberlain,
who along with his father, Orval
Chamberlain, resided with the
Olaf Olson family in Lebanon.
Linn County Coroner Glenn Hus
ton said the victim suffered fatal
head injuries when apparently
thrown from his 1941 Buick
sedan.
According to police, others
riding in the car were Sandra
Ray, 15; Frances Nepper, 13;
and Marvin Jensen, 17, all of
Lebanon. All three were pulled
out of the vehicle by passing
motorists before flames con
sumed the car. The trio was
taken to Lebanon Hospital for
treatment of minor injuries and
released.
. Officers said they were told
that an unidentified motorist cut
in sharply on the Buick just be
fore it hit a road shoulder and
rolled. The accident occurred
about 1:30 p.m.
Funeral arrangements for
young Chamberlain are in care
of Huston Funeral Home.
Possible Rain
On Forecast
Cloudy skies with a chance of
light rain is the weather picture
for Salem and vicinity this morn
ing but clearing is expected later
today, forecasters predicted.
- Temperatures are expected-' to
remain cool with the high today
reaching 63.
Weather along the north Oregon
coast will be cloudy today with
some , rain and moderate winds,
weathermen said.
Graham, who was making his
first appearance in a royal chapel,
spoke for about 25 minutes, a little
less time than he ordinarily de
votes to sermons at his crusade
meetings.
Graham preached in the private
chapel at Royal Lodge Windsor,
near Windsor Castle, where the
Queen and duke are in residence.
The Queen and duke drove to Roy
al Lodge, leaving their children at
the castle.
The Queen Mother and Princess
Margaret are staying at Royal
Lodge, a beautifully landscaped
country residence in the rolling
plains 20 miles west of London and
near the River Thames
Graham was to leave for Edin
burg Sunday night to attend a gen
eral assembly of the Church of
Scotland. Next Sunday be will go
to Paris to continue bis crusade
meetings.
High-Climbing Bear
Nearly Nabs Angler
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. JPy--A snarling, angry bear pursued
a fisherman high into a poplar tree Sunday but the man escaped
with nothing worse than a bite on his foot.
. Four timea, the black mother bear climbed the tree trunk in
pursuit of Truman Engersol, 22, who had crawled "as high .as I
could go.
After I got down, Engersol,
recalled later, "I wondered how I
had. ever climbed that tree and
how I ever stayed up there." ; ;
He said he hadn't climbed a tree
since he was a child.
He estimated that the tree was
from 40 to 60 feet high, and that he
may have been up in it fortm hour
or more. . . !
All Afternoon I
"It seemed like all afternoon.
he said. . ;" i
The ordeal came after Engersol
neared a trout stream where be
had planned to fish. He drove his
car on a oacKwooas roaa unui ne
could go no further because of the
growth of underbrush. ,
He had walked about a quarter
mile when he heard a noise in the
woods. Engersol suspected it was
a moose and climbed the tree,
"the highest one I could see," to
investigate.
He spotted the bear about the
same time the animal spied En
gersoL As the animal approached,
Engersol said, "I made tracks;
climbing up into the tree as fast
as I could go." ,
Climbing Bear j
The beast circled the tree sever
al times before making her first
ascent Holding onto branches with
all her legs, the bear lunged for
ward and tore off Engersol s right
boot.
Returning to the ground, the bear
ambled around a few moments be
fore returning up the tree. This
time she ripped off Engersol's oth
er i boot and then returned to the
ground.
On its final trip up, the animal
just looked at Engersol and then
went down. It shuffled to a tree
about 100 yards away, gathered
three cubs that had been left
there, and departed.
Engersol remained on his perch
another 15 or 20 minutes before
climbing down to head for his car.
He said he wanted to be as quiet
as possible, "but I got up to a
trot at times." .
Six Stitches
The man drove into Grand Ma
rais, where a doctor took six
stitches to close the cut inflicted
on his right foot by the bear's
teeth. . - -
Afterwards, EngersoU remem
bered that he had left his fishing
tackle back at the scene of his
afternoon adventure. He said .he
would go back for it, "but I'll take
a rifle along when I do."
Molalla Boy
Pond Victim
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS"
Three persons were killed in
highway accidents and two chil
dren drowned in Oregon over the
week end as good weather brought
out motorists and swimmers.
Ted Stinnett, 13. was swept to
his - death over Stewart Dam on
the Crooked River near PrineviUe
Sunday.
Kenneth B. Roberts, 6, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Roberts,
Molalla, drowned Sunday when he
fell, while playing, into a log pond
near his home. A number of by
standers saw the accident but res
cue efforts failed.
Mark Chamberlain, 17,, Lebanon,
was killed Sunday when a car
overturned and burned 1 Vx miles
west of Lesbanon.
Lloyd Nolan, 40, of Portland,
died almost instantly after he was
struck by a car i suburban Port
land Sunday. The driver was not
held.
Robert E. Whitaker, 22, of En
gene was killed Saturday night
when his automobile collided with
a Southern Pacific freight train
west f Eugene.
Geiger Counter
Owners Asked to
Register With CD
The State Civil Defense Agency
wishes to learn the names of all
persons in Oregon who own
Geiger counters.
The agency is making the sur
vey so that it can determine how
many Geiger counters would be
available in case of enemy atomic
attack. The counters are used
to measure "faH-out" of radio
active particles.
Anyone owning one of the de
vices is asked to send his name.
address and type of detection in
strument to the medical depart
ment, Oregon State Civil defease
NORTHWEST LEA G UK
At Eugene 4-2. Salem a-3
At Yakima -ll. Lewiston 5-0
At Wenatchee 21-9. Spokane S-t '
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE-
At Seattle 3-2. Portland (-1
At Hollywood -. Oakland 4-8
At Sacramento 1-3. 5an Diego 2-S
At San Francisco C-l. Los Angeles
8-4 -
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Pittsburgh 2-3. New York S-5
At Brooklyn S, Philadelphia 3 -At
Milwaukee S. Philadelphia 1 .
At Cincinnati 4-2. St Louis 3-9.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At New York S-7. Baltimore -S
At Chicago 2-10. Kansas City 1-1
At Detroit 0. Cleveland 4
At .Washington-Boston, rain
12-Inch Rain
Floods Town
In
GENEVA. Ala. (fl A cloud
burst dumped an estimated 1214
inches of rain upon Geneva Sun
day, sending flood waters through
this Southeast Alabama commu
nity. Working in the downpour. Na
tional Guardsmen and volunteers
flung up sandbag barricades in an
effort to keep the surging waters
from pouring into homes and of
fices. ; ;
A town official was hospitalized
when lightning struck a telephone
line while he was trying to muster
men to combat the flood.
Mayor Wilbur Pridgen estimated
about 50 per cent of the business
offices and many residences in this
town of about 3,500 population suf
fered heavy water damage.
Water that had covered floors in
the business district receded Sun
day night but many residential
streets were still inundated.
D. W. Brown, a justice of the
peace, was talking by telephone at
the National Guard Armory when
lightning struck a line nearby. He
was knocked unconscious and hos
pitalized but was released later.
Highways around Geneva were
covered in several places. About 12
families were forced to evacuate
their homes and have been billeted
in the community center.
Marion; Polk
Inoculations
The long-awaited Inoculation
of Salk polio vaccine for 7,000
youngsters of Marion and Polk
Counties- gets under way today.
Six schools will serve as bases
and receiving shots will be pupils
of 17 schools in Marion County
and 10 schools in Plk County.
The program will continue
through the week.
St Vincent's School will serve
as one of today's centers. Its
own pupils will be inoculated
starting at 9 a.m. and pupils from
St Joseph's will be processed at
St Vincent's at .1 pTm.
Other inoculation scheduling
today:
Hoover School (center) -
Hoover School, 9 a.m.; Pringle,
1 p.m.; Auburn, 1:45. -
St Paul Hieh School (center)
Eldriedge, 9 a.m.; Buena Crest,
9 a.m.; St Paul Parochial, 9:45;
St Paul Public School, 10:45;
Clear Lake, 11:30.
Aumsville School (center)
Aumsville, 8:45 a.m.; Jefferson,
9:30 a.m.; Turner, 10:30; Clover-
dale, 10:30; Turner 7th Day Ad
ventist, 10:30; Marion, 1 p.m.;
North Santiam, 1 p.m.
"The Polk County schedule to
day calls for inoculations this
morning at Morrison School at
Dallas, with a total of 159 pupils
from Morrison, Guthrie and Oak-
dale schools being processed.
Falls City Grade School will be
the site of this afternoon's inocu
lations. Pupils will be serviced
from Falls City, Pedee, Arlie,
Wildwood, Bridgeport, Oakhurst
and Falls City 7th Day Adventist
Tide Maroons
jEugene Angler
I FLORENCE, Ore. Wl A Coast
guardsman Sunday swam through
100 yards of rough surf to rescue
a fisherman who was trapped on
a jetty here br the incoming tide,
i The fisherman, Will Graneman
ot Eugene, said be didn't notice
the tide was rising until he was
marooned on the jetty. 1
He signaled to shore for help
and the Coast guardsman jumped
into the surf with a lifejacket and
swam to the jetty.' Both men then
swam back to the beach. The res
cuer refused to identify himself.
TRAIN DERAILED
1 KLAMATH FALLS (-Thirteen
cars ot an 83-car train were
thrown into a ditch and de
molished Sunday when a Southern
pacific freight train hit a broken
rail near Malone, Ore.
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Start Today
A-E
WASHINGTON (V-Tbe Atomic Energy Commission Sunday
proposed rules under which it will give American businessmen
confidental or secret information to develop civilian uses of atomic
energy. '
This Is one of the key steps designed, to pave the way for ex
panded use of the atom in private industry, medical treatment and
other peaceful pursuits.
It is a followup to the AECs
action last month in laying down
regulations under which the AEC
will license utilities and private
iirms to use nuclear materials.
The proposed regulations will be
published in The Federal Register.
The public will then be given 30
days in which to submit written
suggestions and comments.
Encourage Private Gonps .-
The rules for licensing and for
granting access permits were
drawn up under the 1954 -atomic
energy' revision law. One of its
chief purposes was to encourage
private groups to get into the atom
ic energy field.
The AEC said the information it
will give private individuals or
firms will not include that of pri
marily" military significance.
Under the regulations, the AEC
said, it will not give secret or
confidential atomic information to
a person who is a citizen of a for
eign country or to anyone whom
the commission "know or has rea
son to believe is owned, controlled
or dominated b?, or is acting as an
agent" for a foreign . government
or business.
More Strict
The proposed rules for granting
access to secret information are
somewhat stricter than those for
giving out confidential information.
An individual would be granted
access to confidential data "if he
evidenced a potential use or appli
cation of such data in his business,
profession or trade." , .
An applicant for secret informa
tion Would be required to show's
need for it, and then would have,
access to it for a limited time
only, and would be restricted to
specific information which has "an
immediate or significant effect"
upon his business, profession or
trade.
An "L" security clearance would
be required for nyone obtaining
confidential information and a "Q"
clearance would be required for
secret information. j
Year Permit
Each access permit would be
granted for a one year term but
could be renewed on application.
However the . AEC said it may
terminate or suspend permit for
such things as "false - statements
in the application" and violations
of the Atomic Energy Act or com
mission regulations.
Anyone seeking atomic informa
tion would be required to pay all
expenses involved. .
The AEC said it would waive its
rights to inventions and discover
ies which develop as a result of
confidential data provided. '
However, the AEC said it would
insist on "an irrevocable, royalty
free, non-exclusive license for gov
ernment" use of any discovery or
invention resulting from secret in
formation supplied. A report would
have to be made to the AEC on
any such invention or discovery.
Waldo Hills !
Farm Home I
Gutted by Fire
Statesman News Service
SILVERTON Flames gutted a
home Sunday in the Waldo Hills
area a few miles from here i but
neighbors aided in saving most of
the furnishings. Owners of I the
house were reported to be Mr. and
Mrs. E. Headricks.
The fire, which broke out about
noon, was battled by members of
the Silverton Fire Department as
well as neighbors.' The walls of the
house were left standing but the
interior was completely destroyed.
It was not known if the loss was
covered by insurance.
Firemen said cause of the fire
had not been determined. The
Headricks family bought the house,
known as the Steve Balch place,
after moving from Independence
last fall. j
GALE STRIKES ITALY
ROME (JP) A 60-mile-an-hour
gale struck the Adriatic and'Ligu-
nan coasts of Italy Sunday,
drowning at least five fishermen.
Friendly Enemies, ,Girl Claims
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MINNEAPOLIS. Minn Fluff en, a 4-year-eld mixture of Persia
and Angora eat gets A" for patience anft obedience while a
mother white rat (lower left) and her brood of seven enjoy a
. closes? of what makes aa arth enemy tick Despite the cat's if-I-bad-my-way
expression it really doesn t mind entertaining the
rats, says Marlene Hyquist, 13,- of Minneapolis, MiniL, owner of
the feline and rats. The fellow investigating Fluff en'a head ap
pears U be exercising a bit of caution, bowever. (AT Wirephoto)
No Evidence of
Halt in Truck
Tie-Up Seen
LOS ANGELES tf Truckint
activity in 11 Western states is
"almost 100 per cent shut down"
and there is no sign of a break in
the four-day-old tie-up, an industry
official said Sunday.'
Wade Sherrard, managing direc
tor of the California Trucking
Assn., said only those companies
whose contracts have expired are
involved in the dispute.
There are a number of addition
al for-hire haulers still moving un
der existing contracts with the
AFL Teamsters Union, but these
carry only about 10 per cent of the
freight hauled in the 11 states.
Sherrard said.
Last Thursday the union struck
three firms Consolidated Freight-
ways, Pacific Intermountain Ex
press and the Pacific Motor Truck
ing Co.
The California Trucking Assn.
then called for a shut down. Sher
rard said "A strike against one is
a strike against all." ;
The states affected are Califor
nia, Oregon, Washington, Arizona,
Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, :
Wyoming, Colorado and New Mex
ico. ' ; . ' - ' '
In Portland, Ore., Clyde C.
Crosby, international representa
tive for the union, notified 11 Port
land trucking firms who have aalt
ed operations that teamsters will
report forwork "if and when work
is provided."
These firms closed down when
three other Portland trucking op
erations were picketed last Thurs
day.
Gas Shortage
Said Unlikely
In Salem Area
There is little likelihood of any
shortage in gasoline and oil stocks
in the Salem area because of the
truck tie-up, according to infor
mation received Sunday from sev
eral dealers.
Almost all major distributors use
trucks only in the haul from Port
land and virtually all drivers, are
employed directly by the oil firms,
one spokesman pointed oat. Ship
ments to Portland from California
points in almost all cases are made
by either tanker ships or rail, it
was explained. .
Some independent operators, who
reportedly have been getting their
gas by long Jruck haul from Cali
fornia, are the ones most likely to
feel the pinch if the tie-up contin
ues long.
One major distributor in Salem
1 said the Portland truck firm which
does his hauling is on a contract
different from that of the halted
truckers. However, the distributor
pointed out that the Portland firm's
contract comes up for renewal at
the end of the month and might
mean trouble.
Concern over the situation failed
to panic area motorists into runs
on gas stations Sunday. Some sta
tions reported business "a little
better than usual," but there was
no stampede to "fill 'er up."
German Tanker Burns;
3 Perish, Ten Hurt
HAMBURG, Germany Ufi
Three men perished, 10 were hurt
and two others are missing after
an explosion and fire raced through
a German tanker Saturday in
Hamburg harbor.
The 669-ton Marianne was rocked
by a blast as she was being load
ed with gasoline. .