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Smiling President Back in U. S. Capital V POUNDKD 1651 106th Yr 2 SECTIONS-16 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, July 16, 19S6 PRICI St No. Ill Man Eseapes Polk Wilds, Halts Hunt -1 V SO Men f Lane Four Die in Crash Near Grants Pass Idaho Weekend Road Toll Seven .Float Makers Goof Spelling CAM h. WASHINGTON President Elsenhower waves from bis aute as he eaters the White Home grounds Sunday five weeks after .ndergoiag abdominal surgery. The president was driven back to the cap ital from his farm at Gettysburg, Pa., where he had been resting and recuperating from the op eration; I or me past ie weeaa. 331 TO CD First efforts at mediating the steel strike proved fruitless The principals are still far apart on terms of settlement. Perhaps they are not yet in the mood really to talk in practical terms. That will come, though It may be deferred until kisses begin to bit as com panies sec expenses continuing and as workers exhaast their savings. So far the strike seems to be ro- I arded as something of a vacation. Pickets pjay ball or lounge at plant entrances and company men show little concern over the work stop ge. - It is much different with collat eral industries. Railroads. In the steel manufacturing district are hard hit the big Pennsylvania railroad cut wages en non-union help ten per cent because of its de cline in traffic. Coal mines which supply steel mills are shut down. Merchants in steel towns see sales decline in spite of their generous offers of credit "Pay when the strike is over." The steel companies asked for a five-year contract and offered an nual wage increases. Union bar gainers objected to such a long contract and called the wage in crease of 65 cents per hour spread over the five-year term "trifling." This guaranteed annual wage boost merely extends inte the future the pattern of recent years when at each (Centlnaed ea editorial page. Two Oregon Youths Drown By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Water accidents claimed the lives of two boys in Oregon Sun day. Kenneth Leroy Hankel, 18, Troutdale, drowned while riding aa inner tube with a younger brother in the Sandy River east of Portland. Sheriff's officecs dragged the stream without find ing the body, and planned to re sume the search Monday. Gary Blondell, 10, drowned as he swam In Porter Creek, eight miles west of Winston in the Rose burg area. The body was recov ered about an hour later. It was the fifth drowning of the year in Douglas County. The boy's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blondell, Winston. COMIC BREAKS ANKLE BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, if) Comedian Danny Thomas suffered a fracture of the left ankle Satur day night in an impromptu basket ball game in his hack yard, a spokesman said Sunday. WILBERT -m4, sewld I have dollar to tali my frit)) t th awevtesT" DTP urn IA 1 1- . (r mr-pnoiei. - ( Ike Back in White House; 'Enthusiastic' Over Return WASHINGTON U President Eisenhower returned to the White House Sunday night, five weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery. The President, accompanied by the White House physician, was driven back to the capital from his farm at Gettysburg, Pa., where lie had been resting and recuperating from the operation for the past two weexs. Eisenhower was described by a top aid as "enthusiastic" about resuming his duties. It was the President's first return to the ex ecutive mansion since he was re moved to Walter Reed Army Hos I P'"l " ambulance for an emer (jency operation June 9. Trip by Car Eisenhower arrived by automo bile after a drive of a little more than two hours from Gettysburg. Riding with him was Mai. Gen. Howard If, Snyder, his personal physician. One of Elsenhower's other doc tors, MaJ. Gen. Leonard D. Heat- on, and Mrs. Heatoa mad the trip hi a aeparate car. Others in the 17-automoblle mo torcade included secret service stents, reporters and photograph ers. Gettysbarg Gnests The Heatons have been guests of the Eisenhowers at Gettysburg ever since the President went there to continue his recovery from the operation, which was to relieve an intestinal obstruction. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said Eisenhow er would be back at his desk Mon day morning. Parents Find Missing Lad Safe at Home tatcsmaa Nfwt Srrvlra GRAND RONDE-A Silverton, Ore., couple called state police Sundsy evening to search for their three-year-old son, apparently misting near Rose Lodge about 15 miles west of herer but called off the hunt three - hours later when they learned he was riding in another car. State Patrolman Stanley Moos ter of Newport said the Cecil Diggs family was traveling to Sil verton from the coast with a sec ond carload of friends when the group decided to stop in the na tional forest to rest about 4:30 p.m. When the cars returned to the road again, the Dines family traveled several miles before realizing that three-year-old Ted dy was not among their other children, Mooster said. Turning back, the Diggses searched the forest area where they had stopped but were unable to locate Teddy. State police at Newport were contacted about (:30 p.m., Mooster reported. The hunt ended about 7:30 p.m.. the officer said, when contact was made with the second car. Teddy was a passenger. Olympic Ace As Fans (Picture ea sports page.) LONDON (A Ion Opris. Roman ia's Olympic track star, escaped his Communist homeland after making up his mind only 30 sec onds before the start of the 120 yard hurdles race. While 25,000 sports fans cheered the winner at the AAA champion ships, at While City StiwUum Sat urday, he took a stroll for. free dom. To the crowd, it was just an other race. The 27-year-old Ro manian athlete, after he hsd made his decision, envisaged it was a "race to freedom." The plan to escape his Commun ist chaperones was cooked up on the spur of the moment, Ion said, while he was limbering up for the Hurdles rare. He was approach ed by a man who identified him- liavi Yakima Plane iMissing; Foui Men Aboard YAKIMA, Wash. l A small. light plane, flying out of Elleos burg. Wash., with four men aboard was missing Sunday night somo- wner over the Columbia Basin area of east-central Washington. Th red and gray ship was due back her Saturday evening after a planned four-hour trip over the Grand Coulee area. A report that a search pilot had spotted the wreckage of th miss ing plane proved false. Three heli copters from the Yakima firing center checked out the wreckage report and found parts of several planes used in anti-aircraft target practice. The plane disappeared Saturday evening on a flight from Ellens burg, over the Coulee Dam area and a scheduled landing here four hours later. , Piloting the Piper Tri-Pacer was 39 year-old Yakima and Ellensburg construction man. Max K. Wall. With him were three relatives: Mrs. Wall's brother Lindy G. Pecht 2ft, Yakima; her uncle, Jesse J. Noblitt, 57, Hayward. Calif., and her cousin, James J. Noblitt, 37 Seattle. Some 55 planes criss-crossed the Columbia Basin area Sunday after a check of eastern and central nasningion airport tailed to turn;Air Lineg DCg wjtn up any irace 01 ine snip. Fire Danger Still Climbs The mercury rose to 90 degrees at Medford and The Dalles Sun day and increasing fire danger is expected throughout Oregon today. High in Salem Sunday was 87. Predicted high today is near 85 with a low tonight of about 52. Variable high cloudiness is ex pected here today and tonight and it will probably be mostly cloudy Tuesday morning becoming partly cloudy Tuesday evening. Humidity is expected to fall to 30 per cent or below in the Wil lamette Valley and adjacent Cas cade areas this afternoon. Northern Oregon beaches will probably be fair through tonight except for fog and low clouds this morning. Expected high today is , 65 to 70, the low tonight 50 to 55. Flees Red British self as the editor of the Free Ro manian press agency operating in London. "I told him simply I wanted to get away," the young runner said. He finished fourth. Some people felt sorry for him, but Ion wasn't sorry. Whilff I h rrnwtf rhMtreit !h dinner, ';'.Britain'g:;PCBw'i,JIUilQRthJ and while the i atttntion of Com- munist oiuciais was aistactca, i Onrls nut his.' escaoc . olaa into action "1 slipped quietly Udik ill IMC starting line," he said, "and put on my blue track Jumper the onel I was to have worn at this year's Olympic Games. Then without speaking to anyone, I hurried to the dressing room for a shower and quirk change. Making sure I was not being followed, 1 made Jury Upheld Thornton Backs Result of Probe By Grand Jury Findings of the Lane County grand jury in its recent investiga tion of alleged Jury tampering were upheld Sunday by Atty. Gen. Robert Thornton in a statement issued by himself. A grand jury probe had been conducted by Thornton's office at the direction of Gov. Elmo Smith. "My attention has been called to the recent public statement by Lane County District Attorney Eugene Venn who said he feared that the grand Jury was 'baffled' and 'confused' and that members possibly were misled in the probe," Thornton said. , Thornton said that having spent several days personally with the grand jury he was obliged tq dis agree with the District Attorney's statement. ....... . Net Slightest Doubt "There is not the slightest doubt in my mind but that the grand jury fully understood the legal aspects in both the Ernest Lundeen and Circuit Judge Frank Reid mat ters," Thornton said. "The grand jury went about its difficult and complicated task in a most intel ligent and impartial manner." Thornton said his assistant at torney general, Robert Anderson, brought before the grand Jury every shred of legal evidence turn ed up by the state police probe and by his own independent field investigation. The attorney general added that more than 25 witnesses wer called to testify, including the six Individuals who wer alleged to hav submitted on or more names for th Jury list. Maay Qaeatleaed "Every Jury clerk, court clerk. baliff, court secretary and court room employ known to have in formation and evidence concerning the charges were summoned be fore the grand jury and pains takingly interrogated by Anderson and myself," Thornton said. Thornton said Judge Reid ap peared voluntarily before the grand jury and was questioned at length concerning all matters under in vestigation. Entire Story District attorney Venn, Thornton averred, was called back from New York where he was on busi ness to present his testimony and evidence in person, so the grand jury would have the entire story. Bomb Threat Halts Plane ELKO, Nov. ( A United 63 passeng ers aboard made an emergency landing ..here .Sunday night ...to check. an. anonymous, report there was dynamite on the plane. But an exhaustive three hour search disclosed nothing. The plane, bound from San Francisco to Chicago, took off at 10:30 p.m. amid relieved sighs of the passengers, who included 18 members of the San Francisco ballet troupe. A nose-to-tail search of the plane the passengers' luggage and ex press boxes was made by police, airline personnel and express com pany officials after the plane Jet tisoned gasoline and 'anded. An anonymous telephone call to UAL in San Francisco prompted the Incident. FASTEST BIKE IN TOWN? DEVIZES, England Police headquarters announced Sunday a thief stole a constable's bicycle parked in front of the police sta tion. Homeland Track Meet straight for the stadium exit." There he was met by the rep resentative of the Free Romanian press agency who hurried him into hiding. He said he would apply for po litical asylum in, Britain. Grant ing asylum In such cases is al most automatic in Britain. Ion, who onfe worked lor the i Anin Romanian Inienor ministry anJ',5u!l,"t"L wno comes irom a prominent family in Bucharest, evnlained 1 il. i.ii,.. li. was unoearaoie in no-, mania, vvni iwi a mnn wtm All many privileges as I have had But he said he was concerned about his family back In Buch- arest his parents, a brother who," Is doctor, and a wire who Is a medical student. None of them knew of his intention to seek free- aom in in west, n saia. . j GRANTS PASS. Ore. Ul - A highway collision in southern Douglaa County killed four per sons early Sunday morning and seriously injured four others. State policeman Phil Bureau said all four occupants of one car died in a head on collision about three miles south of Wolf Creek, on Highway 99, about 2 a.m. Coroner Earl Hall of Grants Pass identified the dead from pap ers in their possession as: Kenneth C. Jordan, 49, Route 1, Box 174, Eatonville, Wash. William M. Eskew, 22, 957 Jef ferson St., Corvallis, Ore. Edith M. Jordan, an elderly woman, 10104 South Yakima Ave., Tacoma, Wash. Stella Stacy, 73. Rte. 1, Box 2945, Vancouver, Wash. The injured were taken to a hospital at Grants Pass. Early Sun day morning all were described by hospital uuthorities as seri ously hurt but not in a critical condition. Britons Again Astir Over Peter, Margaret Question HAMBLEDEN. England CP-Princess Margaret visited friends in the countryside Sunday night amid speculation she is again see ing Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Townsend is the divorced war hero she gave up last year because of her duty to church and the crown. The princess was the house guest this week end of bookstall Vote Near on Four Corners Water District lUUaul Mew ntee FOUR CORNERS Municipal incorporation of a nee water dis trict will be the issue at a special election at Four Corner Commu nity Hall on Saturday, July 2L Five commissioners also will be elected for the district, which is to be known as the Suburban East Salem Water District. Purpose of the water district Is to supply water to residents of the area and to facilitate fire control. Hours for the election are from a.m. to 8 p.m. at the hall in the 3800 block of LaBranche Ave. Establishment of the district was felt to be a need because increase in septic tanks and wells will eventually lower the water level and make contamination of water a greater danger each year. Ten candidates are on th bal lot for the five water commis sioner positions. They are John Lobdell, John S. Moore, P. A. i Mike) Messford, Ted R. Parks, Leroy Mooers, Emory G. Hend rickson Jr., Forest Cooper, Ken neth Strawn, Richard E. Gallag her and William G. Zenger. (Add. details ea valley page 7, Sec. I.) Oregon Woman Dies in Alabama Cellar Tumble ANDALUSIA. Ala. Cn-A visitor from Klamath Falls, Ore.; opened the wrong door Sunday, plunged d wn cellar steps and was killed. Mrs. Frances Swann, ( 54, had been' visiting in the home of her sister, , Mrs. Reid Merrill. Her brother, Arkus Bray, and her 7-year-old daughter, Jimmie Kath erlne, were waiting outside to drive back to Oregon when the accident occurred. Carolina Acts to Hike Polio Sliots GREENSBORO, N. C. I - A statewide emergency has been de clared in North Carolina in an ef fort to get more people to take Salk anti-polio shots. Mass fee clinics are. planned, starling next Monday. The North Carolina Medical So ciety's polio vaccine committee took the actions at a meeting here Sunday. The Weather Mix. Mia. rml. SI 41 .M S3 U .00 Sllrrn Porllnnd Bkrr Mullord Nurin Rrnd .... RnKfhiira Ann t rjuirlNco .. . R.1 .. SO .. SS . SB . S 1 , 4 .00 51 ,00 Si (mi 4 .00 M .00 Ml . .M its - IS 67 00 wiiinmrt r Htvtr i iw. fOKECAST .from I'. S . Wtath'tr Diirrnu. Mcrnnrv t e a. Miemi: virl.hl- huh rin.i1n. Montlnv i una MonciaV' niRHl miwiir nnunr Til-May mornms n-cnmin prtlv cloudy. Turdiv firnmn. i.itiir charm In temrwrntur. Hliri Man- ny ntr as. low Monday mht nir Trmparatur t 11:01. a.m. todayi ,,! sai.km rnrctPlTATioM ! V' ." w'r Ytu spt. l Thl. Va.r Mil . 9 wmm r n il ss.a4 , State police gave their names as: Larry Mullarkey, 19; Ben Moore, 22. and Edward Booth, 19, aU of Glendale, Ore., and John Strange, 16, Willoughby. Ohio,. , Idaho ended its 10 days of death less driving on the highways with seven fatalities marked down Saturday night and early Sunday. A car slammed into a pickup truck at . an Intersection near Fruitland, Idaho, Sunday, killing four members or an Oregon fam ily. Three other deaths wer record ed in two separate crashes In north Idaho earlier in th week end. Killed near Fruitland en U. 8. Highway SO were Mrs. Marjorie Lorraine Holmes, 26, Cheshire, Ore., her sons, Lonni, S, Larry I, and her Infant daughter, Gloria nine months. millionaire Lord Hambleden ana his Italian wife in this secluded English village 35 miles from Lon don. ; Sparkling in a chic white suit, topped with a white coat and hat, Margaret attended the morn ing service at th village church just across th road from Hant bleden's rambling manor. A police guard stood by the gates of the nous onco a hiding Dlace for King Charles 1' la the years that led to England! civil war. - Around the village squsr were small groups of persons titillated by reports a new chapter in. the Margaret-Townsend story could be in the making, v , But whether Townsend, who showed up unexpectedly in Eng land a week ago, had in fact seen the princess was still a mystery. He, too, was reported spending the week end in the country. His precise whereabouts were not dis closed. , Townsend's mother told news men: "I am not saying where my son Is." Duke Tumbles From Horse WINDSOR, England t - The Duke of Edinburgh fell from his horse while playing polo Sunday. Queen Elizabeth and their two children were looking on.' Two medical men among the spectators at Windsor Great Park rushed to the knot of players around the Duke. By the time they reached him, the Duke had risen to his feet. He remounted another pony and resumed play. Today's Statesman Pago Sec. Classified 14-15 11 Comic .....'...12 11 Crossword 13...... 11 -Editorials 4 . 1 Homo Panorama 6...... 1 Obituaries 13 11 Hadio-TV .......T..-12 11 Sport -11 11 Star Oaier ..... . 6..... 1 Valley Now 7 1 Wirephoto Pag 12 11 World This Week 11 11 Medford Attorney Named To Head State Democrats (Picture en Page t. Sec 1.) CORVALLIS Robert Boyer. Medford, was elected chairman of the Democratic stste centrsl com mittee at a meeting here Sunday. Boyer, an attorney and chair man of the Jackson County cen tral commltte. scored an easy win over Chet Lowry, Beaverton, Washington County chairman. Other stale Democratic officials named - undayti;lnc4iided.vEdna, ixiiits. jiaiiciv, rrnrvim i I , t n n -1. w nr., - ; Iretary; Dexter Fairbank, Port- ),) ...elected treasurer; snd . . ; . j, .. , i manj, iiii. .. .......... . liaiann oficer and appointed ; legal advisor. I Thl. la inlai In ha lh hpl - .: . i ui. wrmncrauc year n vh-kuii ih- tory." Robert Holmes, Demncrst- :,, ,,nrtM.,. . Bfl...rnnP. tnld , in group meeung in in lorvai- 1 ' ., a s , , .n.. e aV mlX.. a :- LONG BEACH, Cal. The misspelled line of her country imiui Concepclon Obach Chaeans, who Is "Miss Chile," a she rides float ia opening day parade f Miss Universe contest hero Sun day. The word "chill" la the aane of a pepper, which I suually aaed la nuking "chill aad beaas.' AP Wlrephete). First Traffic Reaches Flood -Washbd r.1 itchcll MITCHELL. -Ort. IsV-Llght a Central Oregon mill town Sunday a th 400 resident continued c'earlng debris left by Friday night flash flood.- ' W. C. Williams, deputy state highway engineer, said U, A. High way Z from iTinevme, 47 mile f p.m. Only passenger ears and KeizerMan Hurt During Home Blaze lUlnui Nws Itrvlc KEIZER - Henry Camp, 1590 Alder St., received second and third degree burns early Sunday morning while attempting to put out a fire in his home about S a.m. Camp was taken to Salem Me morial Hospital where he was re ported to be recovering satisfac torily Sunday evening. KcUer firemen said the blaxe apparently started from a burning cigarette. The fire was confined to the kitchen of the home and some bedding. Damage was esti mated at $800. Camp was fighting the flames with a garden hose.. Tornado Strikes In Kansas .Town SAL1NA, Kan. I -A tornado was reported among severe thun derstorms that hit west and north west of Salina Sunday night. The tornado struck the little town of Barnard about 35 miles northwest of here. BISHOPS REASSIGNED COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. I The four bishops of the Metho dist Church in the Western United States wer reassigned to their posts for another four years Sun day at the final session of the Western Jurisdictional Methodist Conference. lis Consumer's Cooperative build ing The stale committee accepted the resignation of Joe Carson as a national convention delegate snd ratified the appointment of Holmes to the position, thus ap proving action taken by conven tion delegates at an organiia tional meeting July 7. In other action Sunday the (committee amended its bylaws to permit' i,h 'riditi f froir mm mHn iiti io me executive Diiaro . . .. ,nn recoRnirea oy r.iu...,n mf Young Democrats group ss sn of ficial, party organisation in Ore gon. Representing Marion County were S. V. Horn, Salem, chair man of the Marion County cen tral committee: Erma Lindquist, Aurora, vice-chairman; snd Bar bara Lovcik, Salem, alternate vice-chairmsn. f . i Si ' I 'V traffic began moving lnte thia itrick west or ners, was openea. about light trucks wer given access to the road. He expected otner routes both east and west of Mitchell to be opened by Wednesday. Ranchers from the surrounding area came In with tractors to Join state crews clearing roads and streets. WsU of Water Thundercloud dumped a tre mendous amount of rain Friday to send Bridge Creek surging over its banks in an hour-long ram' page. Th stream quickly rose 20 feet and pushed a wall of water down a canyon, ripping eat bridges and knocking houses off their foundations. , . Truman Messenger, superintend ent of the state highway main tenance branch here, said t h e flood caused more than 2 million dollars damage. "The bridges cost about $45, 000 each," he said, " nd there are 11 of those out that we know." People Shrug : : . Most townspeople accepted their losses with i shrug as they worked at the seemingly hopeless task of cleaning up. Many were left homeless and without funds but the Red Cross and other agencies hsve provided aid. There was only on Injury and no deaths. Brent C. Berg. IS, Boa virion. Ore., hurt his ankle when a house was swept away. Infant Born With 10 Teeth NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Calif. W Baby James Meeks' teeth were the talk of Sun Valley Hospital Sunday. Ten teeth, that Is. with which James was born Saturday night. Dr. Ricardo Prgo and the nurses were surprised, not to say dumb founded. The parents, Lewis and Maria Meeks, have four other children among whom Lewis Jr., nearly 2, doesn't hsve 10 teeth yet. service elation ' Papa Meeks, who once lost four teeth playing football, decided that 10-1...?' ' , .'"" pound 10 - ounce James arrived Mr b" MMIb. Fm house. With built-in equipment for a grid- fnd, brns were set afire In vio iron career. '"' ' "J'". v I ::z.f.i. i l-iSElll 1 NONTHWKST ttAOIIR At Kunrrtr 0-J. fealrm S-0 Al ll.liH S-4. Wrnalrh 1-11 At Spvk.ii 14. yakiuia 11 At lirllnd -S Sail Uifh t-4 At !.. Amrlaa 10-4. goaltl 4-1 At San rrarulV'O 4-1, Hollywood 1-12. , ' Only samra Rcnrdutra, AMKRIC'AV f.KAr.l'r Al New Voik -. Chlrano 1-1 At ,lin 1-3, Cleval.nd IO-I Al VVMint(in 0-1. Kn t'lty - Al Ballimnra 7-S. Drtioll 1-3 NATIONAL t.rAni'K Al SI. Ihiii S-S. Philadelphia 1-1 Al ("Ini-innall 4-4. Nw York 1-3 At Milwaukee. 3-4. PllUhurfh 1-1 . At Cluc.10 I, Brooklyn 1 Comb Area Hounds Called From Dallas to Follow Trail BUUMua New rrvtre FALLS CITY -.A Falls City man wlm got lost Sunday eve ning while marking trees for cutting in the rugged Teal Creek area found his way back Sunday night, but not until after t wide search which la eluded bloodhound and a largo part of this community' adult population. - Hurbert Taylor. 48, of Teal t Creek Road, ended th search when he walked into Talis City . Fir station at 11:45 p.m. after almost 10 hours In the woods. Ho -said he became confused in hi directions while working on hi 360-acr property, but eventually cam upon Grant Creek, which he was abl to follow to Fall City. Th entire Faus City Fir do- . parunent, Norman Wilson's fam ous bloodhounds, Polk County Sheriff Tony Neufeldt and several deputies wer ia the search part ie numbering mor thaa SO men and several Falls . City women looking for th man. who left hi home near Camp Kilowan about 2 p.m. Wife Alarmed : His wife became alarmed when; , he did not return as expected at . dusk. His car was found on Tea Creek road about a half mile from bis home. , Police Chief Virgil Taylor call ed for th bloodhound from near-i by Dallas and aid from th Polk County sherlff'i attic about 1:30 P.HV '.,. . ., ... .; .v. tee CUff Th area, three mile southeast ' of Falls City, it broken by steep cliffs and overgrown with dens underbrush. Taylor ha . lived there about 11 years aad friend believed it more likely that b had met Injury or illness thaa that h had become lost. Th main product of Taylor' large farm adjoining the Camp Fir Girl camp i rainbow trout. Hi house has a large pool Jn th front yard. Woman Doctor Delivers Own Baby in Car NEW YORK HI A young wo man doctor ' delivered her owa baby on th front aeat of her car , Sunday aa her husband was driv- ing her to a hospital. Only a few hours before, Dr. Helen Sleln, IS, an Intern at Long Island College Hospital "in Brook lyn, had gone on a Jolting ambu lance call to an emergency ma ternity case. She helped deliver the woman's baby, finished her (our of duty at I a.m., and went - borne. About 10:30 a.m.. Dr. Stein told her hus band, Martin, she thought her own time had come. He began driving her to her ho-,, pita). About halfway there, aho said "I guess this i it. I think I'm about ready to give birth. But you Just keep driving to th hospital, honey. I'll manage all . right." The nervous husband drove on and before he reached the hos pital his wife had delivered th baby, a five-pound boy. Both wer bundled into the hospital and were reported in good condition. Reich Rivers Spill Banks FRANKFURT, Germany (JT) Torrential rains in the last 48 hours sent West German river on a rampage Sunday, . flooding low"lying rN" ,nd di,ruPtinI !eo",,n",.n'cVio.B1 navaria, nrssc inq nnnnrm urr many. Crop damage was reported ; to be extensive. $1,100 Worth Sold lit Day This Statesman Want. Ad brought fail action . ,. . ANTiyra IAP1I V Amrlran lav at a rhalr, ("lirfT WiMMl.rt Frenrh Pravlnrla davanpnH. --at-, fan'i rhalr, t MarM tnp " rftnynad, fnffa tM' a faa top lahlra, klfhlv rrv4. Maitf Sl. (Sturm Irom a.m. ta I Large or Small, Want-Ads Solve your Problems Quirk'ly and Economically ' T