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KUNDBD 1651
While th primary campaign has
hardly gotten Into full iwlng in
this slat it looki at Die moment
M though the contest ' brtwrvn
Doug McKay and t'hil Hitchcock,
leading candidates for the COP
senatorial nomination, will be
mostly shadow boxing. To dale
both appear to be running aKuiimt
Wayne Morse. While McKay han't
arrived to own hie cuniuulun
here hit statrriients are all aimed
t the present aenator Whom be
seeks to dixplare. Hitchcock seeks
to convince Itepublicana that he ia
the one who can beat the Incunv
bent.
One reason for this neglect of
each other ia the common aim to
hold the Itepublicana together (or
the auprcm effort In the (all. Thia
makes the candidalei "priionrn"
of party policy. Neither wanti to
offend the follower! of the other
became of the need for unity at
the general election.
At the primary campaign warms
lip tome aparki may fly. McKay
enters with the reputed favor of
the white House; and that gives
the Hitchcock forces a chance to
protest against outside interfer
ference. Oregonlans are kn inde
pendent breed; so it is by no
means clear whether the White
House encouragement will be an
aiuet or a liability to the man
(Cmlliaed editorial pur 4.)
Soviet Police
Boss Booted
From Junket
LONDON ( - Soviet Premier
Bulganin and party chief Khrush
chev bowed Friday before out
raged British public opinion and
kicked secret police chief Ivan
Serov off the team that will come
to Britain with them April 18.
The Russians, obviously straining
hard to win friends among the
British people, abruptly dropped
Gen. Serov after insisting he
Would be coming along.
Khrushchev then added a hom
ey touch to the 10-day "goodwill
tour" by telling the British he
would bring along his son, S. N.
Khrushchev, an engineering stu
dent. It was news to the British
that the Red boss had a son.
British newspapers blossomed
out with banner headlines an
nouncing that Serov would stay
home. Their stories appeared aft
er the British Foreign Office pub
lished the list of people en the
Soviet delegation.
The newspapers had denounced
Serov as a "revolting butcher"
and an "odious thug" when he
flew here last month to set up
security arrangements for the
Bulganin-Khrushchev tour.
The official list of the 44-man
Russian delegation shows that
Serov's place as head of the body
guard for the! Soviet leaders has
been taken by a man believed to
be hit deputy. Mai. Gen. N. S.
Zakharov.
Khrushchev and Bulganin will
have separate personal body
guards a total of 14 gun-toting
Russians plus what the British
police will provide. .
South High
Gets Shaved
Climaxing activities of Twirp
Week was the "Stubble Stomp"
girl-ask-boy dance Friday evening
In South High gymnasium.
Highlighting Intermission was an
nouncement of Allan Roland as
winner of two free dinners at
China City for growing the longest
beard during the week. Martin An
die received a bottle of hair tonic
for having the least growth of
beard.
Roland also received a shave,
right on the dance floor, at thfe
hands of his "escort," Mary Lynn
Stevens. -
Decorations included striped bar
ber shop poles and a suspended
giant safety raor and shaving
cream tube.
The dance, sponsored bv the jun
ior class, was under the chairman
ship of junior class vice-president,
Marcia Humphrey.
Committees were decorations,
Judy Woods, chairman, Linda Ken
drick, Sandra Shorey; publicity,
Ron Thiesen, chairman, Sara Al
len and Chuck Hammerstad; rec
ords. Bill Jacobsen; tickets, Bill
Hazel and Dave Austin; clean-up,
Jim Rawlins; refreshments, Jean
nie Jones, chairman, Carolyn Mil
ne, Barbara Gerlinger and Geri
McAllister.' v
WILBERT
1 come over to watch the TV
oo h show with Norbu.
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106th Year
Now Antenna to Monitor
SAN DIEGO, Calif. New 15 foot
spare, will start operation Tuesday sear Palomar Observatory
Institute of Technology Is In
Removal of State Tax
'Shackles' Demanded
By THOMAS G. WRIGHT JR.
Staff Writer,, Tke Statesman
A sales tax substitute for Orrgon'i 45 per cent surtax on incomes,
and amendment of state law which requires referral to the people of
any new taxes were top-heavy favorites Friday at a state-wide tax
clinic held in Salem,
There was little vocal opposition as the Salem Chamber of Commerce-sponsored
clinic closed out its day-long session by going on
record for repeal of so-called i
"shackles" on the legislature which
prohibit it from establishing taxes
without first allowing uie public to
vote on them.
Removal of the restrictions was
considered as a means of paving
the way for a sales tax which has
been rejected by Oregon voters five
times In the past.
130 Register -
The 350 persons registered for
the clinic heard a lot of tax back
ground and heavy debate on both
sides of the sales tax issue as well
as a five-point formula for state
taxation from Gov. Elmo Smith.
Gov. Smith, addressing a lunch
eon gathering of the group, said
and worth-while tax program re
quires that it (1) conform to con
cept of equality of taxes held by
peopleJlLrjiusLjaise enough
money to meet demand for serv
ices, (3) be flexible enough to
produce revenues under varying
economic conditions, (41 be as con
venient as possible to pay, 5 and
should not hinder development of
state,
Tax Use Detailed
Source and use of state and local
taxes was detailed by State Tax
Commissioner Sam Stewart who re
minded the gathering that property
tax supplies almost half of the
$618,000,000 in revenue collected
during the current biennium. He
predicted a 35 per cent increase
in the next 10 years.
The legislature had four alterna
tives reduce services, adopt a
sales tax, renew a state property
taxor add onto the income tax
State Sen. Lee Ohmart said in ex
plaining the why of the 45 per cent
surtax. The Marion County senator
said the Interim Tax Committee of
which be is a member has given
considerable attention to study of
tax structures in other states in
its quest for a soultion to Oregon's
financial problems.
Small Business Suffer
Small and medium size busi
nesses are suffering most under the
present tax situation said Robert
M. Hall, chairman of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce Tax Com
mittee. He said the tax structure
alone is not the reason industry
fails to be attracted to Oregon, but
pointed out the location of 8 or 9
aluminum plants in Washington be
cause of what he termed a favor
able tax picture.
William E. Bade, manager of
Oregon Tax Research, led the plea
for giving the Legislature an emer
gency clause for taxation in a de
bate with George Brown, secretary
of the Oregon State Industrial
Union Council of the AFL-CIO,
Brown's was the lone voice during
the morning session against taking i
tax luiiuuu away irum me people
and giving them to the Legislature
which represents them.
(Add. details Page I, Sec. 1)
4 Die in Crash
Of Jet Bomber
CRESCO, Neb. I - A B 47 ;
stratojet Domber exploded and i istration of the Coroner's Office. '
crashed with earth shaking vio-! During his past tenure in office
lence near Cresco Friday, appar Mr. Howell has had the full co
errtly killing all four crewmen ( operation 6f all of the law enforc
aboard. Ijna aepneips inrluriin? utate no-
The Lincoln Air Force Base,
home of the craft and crew, said
the 2 '4 million dollar bomber had
taken off about 15 minutes before
the crash with four men aboard.
2 SICTIONS-1 PAGES
diameter radio antenna, erected
charge el construction. (Ar Wlrephole.)
Gang Beats
Girl, 14, at
Woodburn
, Stateonaa News Service "
WOODBURN-A gang beating of
a 14-year-old Woodburn girl, re
portedly by a group of young peo
ple from Silverton, was under in
vestigation Friday night by Sheriff
Denver Young.
One boy, Alvin Becker. 19, was
charged on a justice coort warrant
with assault. He admitted to being
driver of a car in which several
Silverton girls rode to Woodburn,
Young said.
Slyvia Foltyn. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Foltyn, 691 Harri
son St., was treated at Woodburn
Hospital for bruises. Her infuries
apparently were not seirous, Wood-
burn police said.
The beating is said to have taken
place about 9 p.m. near Woodburn
school, about a half mile south of
the city. It reportedly stemmed
from an argument in which Miss
Foltyn was involved earlier in the
week at Silverton.
Holt Arrives
With Orphans
SEATTLE" I Twelve Korean
war orphans flew into Seattle late
Friday night with Harry Holt, the
Creswell, Ore., farmer, who has
adopted eight others already.
Those who arrived Friday night
on a Northwest Airlines plane at
the Seattle-Tacoma international
Airport will scatter to far parts
of the United States for adoption
by foster parents.
Politics on
Who's Ruiuiing
(Editor's Not: The Oro BUtraaun's cxclmlv "Political Parade"
frln U wrltua kr or for tha candidates thcmmlvn. Tn aiiUrlai Is
pr'tentrd at a public icrvlco, without coat or obllcatlon to anyone, and
may or may not k la accord wltfe tho editorial policies of thli atwi
paper.) ...
LESTON W. HOWELL R)
Candidate lor
Marion County Coroner
' Leston W. Howell, Marion Coun-
lv f'nrnnor ha filed nn the Re-
pubican ticket for nomination
again to that
office at the
May prima
ries. His offi
cial slogan ap
pearing oppo
site his name
on the ballot
will be "In-
cumbent re
elect for con
t i n u e d con
scientious eco
nomical admin-
Lettoa W. Howell
pilce, sheriff of Marion County
and City of Salem Police Depart
ment. Mr. Howell has had an am
nual budget of about $1,600 00 but
be hat never actually used more
J
The
Outer Space
to detect sounds from outer
(at right background.) California
Bull's Attack
Kills Farmer
Near Lebanon
llatfiaua Ntwi iarrln
LEBANON - The body of Leo
Kowitx was found Friday on a
pasture of his farm near Lacomb,
about eight miles northeast of Leb
anon. Me had been fatally gored
by a bull on the farm where he
had lived since 1903, according to
the Linn County coroner's office.
Kowitz, who lived alone since
the death of his mother, Mrs. Ma
rie Kowitz, last fall, was a brother
of Salem City Attorney Chris J.
Kowitz. He also leaves four sis
ters. Mrs. Lora Hoover. Salem:
Mrs. 'Alva Bellows and Mrs, Em
ma Ransoh, both of Albany, and
Mrs. Clara Merritt, Crawfords-
ville; and several nieces and neph
ews.
The 55-year-old bachelor was re
ported last seen Wednesday. Neigh
bors who became alarmed when
they found cows in the barn un
attended, two days in a row start
ed a search Friday.
Kowitz was born Oct. 1, 1900, In
Minnesota. He moved with his
parents three .years later to the
190-acre farm on -which, he died.
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday
in Huston Funeral Home. Burial
will be in Providence Cemetery.
Rain Listed
On Forecast
Rain is returning to Salem today,
the first since .01 of an inch fell
Sunday, but only in a few light
showers which should be over this
afternoon, McNary Field weather
man said. -
Clearing will continue through
the night and Sunday will be most
ly sunny, they said.
The temperature today will stay
down in the mid-50s and drop to
near freezing tonight, with only a
little warming Sunday, they said.
MOROCCO AREA FREE
MADRID, Spain Spain
formally proclaimed Saturday the
"independence and full sovereign
ty" of her protectorate of Moroc
co . ----- '
Parade. ...
for What Office
than approximately two-thirds of
that amount. This may be con
trasted to one county in the state
which has a full-time paid coroner
with a budget of $60,000.00 or
more.
All calls have been answered
with prompt dispatch, no emer
gencies have been kept waiting
and any interested voter has the
privilege of investigating thor
oughly his past record. M
Mr. Jlowcll is a co-owner of the
Howell-Edwards Funeral Home of
Salem and has at his command
all' necessary equipment and fa
cilities for the prompt conduct of
the office on an efficient full-time
24 hour basis.
He has been a resident of Salem
for the past 30 years and he is a
member of First Christian Church
of Salem, 32nd decree Mason and
affiliated bodies. Al Kader Shrine,
Oddfellows, Eagles and Macca
bee lodges, and the Salem Rotary
Club. He wishes every voter to
know that he will appreciate their
support at the May primaries.'
(Tomorrow: Judge Ball Lask)
Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon,
Five-Year Drunk
Claimed Kcasou
For Tax Evasiofi
CHICAGO W) A former
state employe accused of la
come las evasion said Friday
ho had been drunk for five
years and didn't know what he
was doing when be Made eat
hi returns,
"Were you Intoxicated all
the time?" the prasecotor
asked Harold G. Thompson, 17.
"Yes," Thompson replied.
"Yea mean yea didn't draw
a sober breath la five years?
"Yes," bo said.
Judge Win G. Korh of the
X ft. district court convicted
Thompson of evading 11.143 la
taxes on an unreported Income
of 17.381 for 1949, 1S and
1951. Sentencing was deferred.
Board Okehs
Fairgrounds
Playground
A corner of the Oregon State
Fairgrounds will be converted
for city playground use to serve
a growing residential area near
by, it was agreed Friday by the
State Fair Board.
Board members approved a
city request for use of seven
acres at the far southeast
corner, near Evergreen Avenue.
Parks Superintendent Walter
Wirth said a Softball diamond
for youngsters would be put in
after clearance this summer, and
the area would be seeded for a
better ball diamond, perhaps
two, next year.
This area Is now part of the
parking lots surrounding the
central fairgrounds buildings
area.
(Add. details rage S, Sec 1.)
Joint Group
Finishes Work
On Farm Bill
WASHINGTON (II A Senate-
House conference committee Fri
day night agreed upon a compro
mise farm bill and committee
leaders served notice on Presi
dent Eisenhower that it la this
bill or nothing.
The big measure contains a
"soil bank" system of payments
to farmers, plus SO per cent price
supports for basic crops this year.
Eisenhower wants the soil bank
but thoroughly dislikes the M per
cent mandatory supports,
He and Secretary of Agricul
ture Benson plan to go into a hud
dle on the dilemma Saturday
morning. Meantime neither had
any comment.
House and Senate have still to
act upon the compromise. This
action is scheduled for next week.
Sen. Ellender (D La), chair
man of the Senate Agriculture
Committee, said flatly that either
President Eisenhower "takes it
or there is no farm bill" this ses
sion. Chairman Cooley ID NO of
the House Agriculture Commit
tee also predicted Congress would
not pass another general farm
bill this year if this one Is vetoed.
The two Chairmen, who headed
their respective conference groups
said they expected the compromise-bill
would pass the- House
and Senate next week and be on
Eisenhower's desk by Friday,
Artillery Duel
Spices Feud
On Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM - A fresh ar
tillery duel between Israeli and
Egyptian forces on the Gaza strip
frontier heightened tension in the
Middle East Friday while U. N.
officials were speeding a new
peace effort.
Friday's clash was brief and ap
parently was halted by invoking
the U, N. cease-fire appeal that
finally ended Thursdays much
bloodier clash. A U. N. report
said 55 Egyptians and four Is
raelis were killed in border shel
ling around the town of Gaza
Thursday.
McKay Bids
Ike Farewell
WASHINGTON (Jl - Secretary
of the Interior Douglas McKay at
tended his final Cabinet meeting
Friday and then said goodbye to
President Eisenhower
McKay is resigning from the
Cabinet April 15 to seek the Re
publican nomination to the Senate
from Oregon. The President is
leaving early next week lor a
Georgia vacation and will be out
of town when McKay leaves Wash
ington. This meant that Friday's
meeting probably was their last.
McKay and Eisenhower posed
for photographers in the Presi
dent's office.
Saturday, April 7, 134
Tornadoes
Carolinas
New Snow Check
m
Hikes Flood Fear
PORTLAND of Another warning of flood danger In the Pacific
Northwest came Friday from the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, with
a report that March snowfall in the Columbia River Basin increased
the region's flood threat. ,
The heaviest snowpack since 1934 war reported by R. A. Work
of the federal agency. That was the year the British Columbia Water
Rights Branch and the Soil Con
servation Service expanded the
snow survey network.
Work said there bad been a
small runoff in the warm weather
of early March, but this was fol
lowed by a cold spell and addi
tional snowfall. The unusually high
seasonal flow volume of water
forecast on March 1 hat been
slightly Increased, the agency re
ported.
Oamagiag Volants
"Adverse climatic conditions
during the snowmelt period would
produce extremely damaging flow
volumes at many points -of the
Columbia Basin. Orderly i w
melt and scanty precipitation for
the remainder of April would
somewhat ease the high water po
tential," Work said.
The water content of snow on
important tributaries as disclosed
by April 1 snow surveys, as ex
pressed In percentage of M3S-SI
average:
Upper Columbia Basin Colum
bia River, Canada 157. Kootenai
151, Pend Oreille 150. Chelan 161,
Spokane 15. Wenatchee 174. Flat
head 121, Yakima 175, Clark Fork
138. CowUH 17.
Snake Basia
Snake River Basin Upper
Snake 149, Southern Tributaries
106, Boise River 133, Payette 13.
Owyhee 11, Salmon 145, Clearwa
ter 142. Imnaha 137.
Lower Columbia Basin-John
D a y 128. Deschutes 153, Willam
ette 170. .
Forecasts of the April to Sep
tember stream flow by Soil Coo-
servatioa Service and co-operating
agencies, expressed in terms of
the percentage of the 15-year
average:
Columbia at The Dalles 135,
Columbia at Birchbank, B.C. 127,
Kootenai at Leonia, Idaho 132,
Flathead at Columbia Falls 124,
Flathead, S. Fork 124, Clark Fork
at Plains 127, Spokane at Post
Falls 171, Okanogan at Tonasket
176, Methow at Twisp 158, Chelan
at Chelan 144, Wenatchee at Pe-
shastin 154, Yakima at Cle Elum
165, Snake at Moran 135, Snake at
Jleise 130, Boise near Boise 152,
Payette at Horseshoe 154, Salmon
at Whitebird 133, Imnaha at Im
naha 153, Clearwater at Spald' ig
142, Deschutes at Benham Falls
142, Willamette at Salem 154.
3 Killed in Crash
Of Globemaster
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE.
Calif. (At Three airmen were
killed here Friday when a C154
globemaster crashed and burned
as it started -to take off on a test
flight.
Four of the seven men crew
survived, although one was re
ported in a critical condition.
No names were available im
mediately.
Base officers said the cause of
the crash had not yet been de
termined.
The Weather
Max'. Mln. Prtrlp.
Salrm SJ it M
Portland SO so .01
Baker 64 17 .00
Medford 11 .W .00
North Bend SS M .00
RoMburg 71 .00
San Francltco 7S 41 - .00
Loa Anxelea II 51 .00
Chtcaeo 74 47 .00
Now York 44 .00
Willamette River 1.7 feet.
Accused Slayer Dies
In Violent Execution
(Picture ea Page t. Sec. 1)
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. 1 -
With blood spurting from a self-
tnflicted gash at his throat, Robert
O. Pierce. 27-year-old gunman,
died in the gas chamber Friday
in "the most violent execution"
in San Quentin's history, scream
ing "I'm innocent! I'm innocent'"
Pierce fought, cursed and plead
ed to God up to the moment of
his death qt 10: IS a. m.
Pierce and quiet Smith E. Jor
dan, 2J, were executed together
for the $7 robbery-murder of an
Oakland taxicab driver, which
both insisted they didn't commit.
"I'm Innocent !" Pierce
screamed as four guards dragged
him to the gas chamber. "I'm
innocent! Don't let me go like
this, God!"
He had slashed his throat only
moments before in the death cell
as a Catholic priest, the Rev. F.d
ward Dingberg, knelt in praer
at his feet. He cut himself with
a three inch sliver of broken mir
ror. Warden Harley O. Teets said
it was "incredible" that he should
pmci S
Postal Route
Shift to Take
Effect Today
Mail delivery changes, affect
ing several hundred surburbaa
Salem families on motor routes,
will become effective todav.
Nesrly 500 boxes will be
switched from rural route to
city-mounted routes using house
numbers Instesd of box numbers
in the first major delivery change
In four years. The revision will
eliminate Salem Route 6, com
bining its customers with Routes
1 and 5. A small section of Route
S will be absorbed by Rout 4.
Others will remain unchanged.
The changeover is a part of
the Salem Post Office's continu
ing policy of establishing street
or road addresses for the more
confusing and changeable box
numbers. Postmsster Al Gragg
points out that the house num
bers are much more likely to
remain unchanged than the rursj
routes.
Going on the city mounted
routes ar residents on a loop
of Route 2 along Clear Lake
Road and Newberg Highway, La
biih Village, Hasel Green, Middle
Grove, Swegle, Fruitland. Au
burn, Rickey, and Turner Road
areas. -
Salem Rout I will pick tip the
north end of the old Route 6
In the Central Howell area. Route
S will absorb the remainder of
the south end. A short section
of Turner Road beyond the Sa
lem bypass, the Stat Tubercu
losis Hospital snd Cottage Farms
will be incorporated into
Route 4.
Portland Gets
Police Doss
r
PORTLAND Wl Eleven dogs
tha' will aid police here in patrol
duties, arrived here by airplane
from Dearborn, Mich., with their
trainers Friday.
Four other dogs of the canine
corps are scheduled to arrive
later.
Police Chief James Purcell said
the dogs cost about $500 each.
Inmate Asks
Wrong Place
A patient who strolled away
from Oregon State Hospital
grounds Monday was apprehended
by Salem police Friday night the
easy way. He strolled into the
police station to ask help in find
ing shelter for the night.
Suspicions were aroused when
his attempt to produce identifica
tion brought out nothing but a
paper with the name of the hospi
tal on it. A phone call to the hos
pital revealed that he was listed
as missing and police returned
him there.
have the glass despite repeated
searches and clothes changes.
- Blood spurting from the gash
splattered on the four guards who
dragged him to the gas chamber
as Pierce carried out his promise
to "go out the hard way."
It took the four husky guards
five minutes to strap the chunky,
medium sized prisoner in the
death chair.
Between curses he shouted, "I
did wrong, but I didn't kill any
body. Everybody knows it."
lief screamed at the crowd of
official witnesses and newspaper
reporters, "you're the ones that
put me here."
During his' turbulent life In
death row. during which he
wrecked two cells and wound uqJ
in solitary, Pierre had boasted.
"It will take two guys to get nie
in that chair, 'cause I'm going out
fighting, kicking and screaming."
He carried out the promise. He
fought every step of the wsy to
his death.
Teets said: "It was the most
difficult, the most violent execu
tion wYv ever had."
No. 11
Flog ' ;.
rea
Roofs Blown
From Homes;
Debris Hurtled
aw a aiK rttxrwiri iv ffC7P
Tornadoes leap froggrd
through the Carolinaj Friday
while strong winds hlew a
snow blanket over much of th
Dakotas and Minnesota,
-' At Atlanta, a strong gust of
wind toppled a partly decayH
tree, killing two women hanging
out clothes.
Two persona were Injured and
several buildings destroyed as th
tornadoes hit Abbeville and
Greenwood. 8. C. before hopping
into neighboring North Carolina.
Ralas, Strong Wlada
Rains and strong winds accom
panied the storm that struck tho
mid-Atlantic states. Most areas
had rain averaging a half Inch
although Patuxent River. Md-
measured 1.06 inches in a six
hour period.
Some 20 buildings were de
stroyed In North Carolina by tha
twiiler that alrurk noae tho Mark.
lenburg-Union County Una. Score
of roofs of dwellings were blown
away in the AbrvUle-Greenwood.
S. C. area. Falling debris caused
minor Injuries to two persons, on
in each state.
In the north. 40 to 50 m n.h.
wind gusts drove snow over mtHi
of the upper Mississippi Valley.
Lowering temperatures and leav
ing as much as thre inches of
snow on the ground.
Fare tho Worst
Minnesota fared the worst la
the sprint snowstorm. BemidS
and International Falls each re-,
ported tw inches while Duluth
had three.
By contrast, temperature
soared Into the mid 70s la the
lower Mississippi Valley area with,
Madison, Wis., enjoying a balmy
Consolidated
Buys Hunt
Transfer Firm
PORTLAND HI - Consolidated
Freightways, Inc.. Friday announ
ced the acquisition of Hunt Trans
fer Co., Inc., for Consolidated stock -
valued at approximately $411,000.
The sale included Hunt proper
ties here and warehouses in Loa
Angeles and Oakland, Calif. Hunt
ia a household hauling firm.
J. L. Sneed Jr.. president al
Consolidated, said the transaction
must be approved by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and Stat
agencies.
tad Parehane Eyed
WASHINGTON W-Consolidated
Freightways of Portland, Ore. al
ready one of the largest trucking
firms In the nation, has asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission
for authority to buy Bell Lines Inc..
of Charleston, W. Va.
The transaction would be han
dled by a stock exchange.
- Bell operates between Indlanar,
alia and the Middle Atlantic states.
Interceptor
CrashKUls2
GREAT FALLS, Mont, til - An
F89C Scorpion interceptor plan
crashed and burned near her Fri
day, killing the pilot and observer.
Names were withheld pending
notification of next of kin.
The aircraft had arrived Thurs
day night at Malmstrom Air bss
from Hill Air Force Base, Utah,
It was being ferried to a base in
Alaska.
It had stopped at Great Falls
overnight for refueling and for
eign clearance. It had just taken
off for Alaska at 4:30 p. m..
SONJA DIVORCE SOUGHT
WEST PALM BEACH, Fin. Wl
Winthrop Gardiner Jr. Palm
Beach and New York socialite
and aviation executive, filed suit
Friday for divorce from Sonja
Henie Gardiner, the ice skater
and actress.
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