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68th Year, No. 310 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, December 29, 1956 1
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Randall Kester
Named to High
Court Bench
Portland Attorney to Fill
Vaeancy Caused by Death
Of Walter L. Tooze
By JAMES D. OLSON
Capital Journal Writer
Randall B. Kester, 40-year old Portland attorney, was named
associate justice of the state supreme court Saturday by Gov
ernor Elmo Smith.
He will fill the vacancy on the supreme court caused by the
death of the late Walter L. Tooze who died December 21. His
appointment becomes effective on Jan. 3.
The new justice has been a part-1
nrr in the Portland law firm of
Macuire. Shields, Morrison and
, Bailey since 1940. He has been an
active member of the Oregon bar
in general practice and trial work
and is just completins a term as
president of the Multnomah bar
association.
Competent Attorney'
Governor Smith said the state is
fortunate in obtaining the services
of such a competent and well
rounded attorney to succeed Jus
tice Tooze.
"In seeking a replacement for
t1s position, I looked for a rela
tively young man of unimpeach
able character who is held in high
e teem by his legal associates and
respected by the public as well
as members of the bar."
Appointment Surprise
The apopintmcnt came as a dis
tinct surprise to capitol observers
and members of the bench and
bsr. Hester's name had not been
mentioned as one of the possible
fvpointccs and while Kester is
I iwn by many of the stale off i
c ' 'Is and administralors, he is not
a man whose name has figured in
the news to any extent.
At 40 years, Kester is believed to
be one of the youngest, if not the
youngest associate justices to
serve on the Oregon supreme
court.
Born In Vale
Kester was born in Vale, Ore
gon. October 20, 1916 and spent his
early life there before moving to
Ontario where he went through the
8th grade and three years of high
school before moving to Blooming
ton. Wis., in 1932.
He was graduated from Bloom
ington high school and returned to
Oregon in 1933. He graduated from
Willamette university in 1937 and
from Columbia law school in 1940.
Vpon graduation he joined his pre
sent law firm.
Prominent Scouter
In addition to being president of
the Multnomah bar association, he
h is been chairman for the past
three years ot the committee on
continuing legal education tor me
state bar association and a mem
b?r of the American Law Institute.
He has taken a prominent part
in mountain skiing and other out
door activities and has been vice
president and a member of the
executive board of the Portland
prea council. Boy Scouts of
America.
He is past president of the Maza
mas, a mountain climbing organi
7'Hion: past president of the Mount
Hood Ski patrol and also past pre
sident of the mountain rescue safe-
ty council. Kester is also interested
in boating as a hobby.
The new associate justice was
lurried to Miss Rachel Woodhouse
of Bloomington. Wis., in 1940. They,:"r ' """ """
have three dar.shters. ase 14. 12
BrA 9. He is a member of the Uni
versity club. City club and Mult
nomah Athletic club.
William C. Perry, newly elected
chief justice of the supreme court.
had this to say about the appoint -
ment of Kester:
'I have known Randall Kester
ior a numoer oi jears ana minx
he has a very fine legal mind
with a great deal of experience in
the active practice of law."
'He is known among his asso
ciates as a very industrious work
er and with combination of indus
try and a fine mind. I am sure
he will contribute a great deal to,
the court and will be of great
service to the people of Oregon."
Perry Named
Supreme Court
'Chief Justice
William C. Perry is thr " w
chief justice of the Oregon state;
s jprcme court,
Friday by the six Histices of the '.body fluids It would be an enzv-, Diseases affecting body organs ; detectable in other fluids, -clud-supreme
court. He will serve a mt nr v t.t may release extra amounts o' cer-liri spinal fluid or fluids accumu-
tuo-year term.
The new high officer of t h e
court has been a just;ce for four
vrarc and nrinr in that u .
cuit judge for Umatilla and M or-
row counties for two years. He
u a in nnvatp aw nnrt r. i.
Pr,k before named fo
the circ:t judse post.
la;e Jrtfir !!
wlm'iilml m krnn. o,.i
Jusljre but his death last weekjmichl even tell where the cancer
neceVsitated election of r new per-
ion u me ouice.
1
New Justice
Randall B. Kester. 40, Port
land attorney, today was ap
pointed associate justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court.
Budapest Heat
Plant Closed
By Coal Lack
Most City Dwellings
Loft Without Heat
In Freezing Cold
BUDAPEST tfi Most of Buda
pest's apartment houses and one-
j family dwellings were without
central heating in below freezing
j temperatures Saturday. The capi-
j tars central heating plant closed
tor lack of coal
Budapest rcsidenls faced the
coldest weather of the winter with
nothing but small stoves to heat
their' homes and no fuel available. and telephone hoaxes reached epi
Normally they would be buying domic proportions. Four fake
coal lor the second half of the
winter
January but there is
none to buy
Production Declines
The government press reported,
meantime, that production in the
mines declined again this week.
On Dec. 27. the first work day
f" .L"lma? noiiaays
I . ner went dowr. into the
"f'T sHp,,s han n- 21 ' V"
' produ,CCd ""'if ,ons.' a1bo:"
Absenteeism during the holidays
and heavy snowfall increased the
difficulties at the mines.
Adding to the Bloom was the
, . . . .
police action doing away with any
1 prospect of a public celebration'" !cr
on New Year's Eve. ! Miss Crane formerly o' San
The government made a con- Francisco recently -vas sentenced
; ciliatory gesture to the people by
nriino th m,rraiu fr.-
Christmas Eve but refused to take
similar action for New Year's.
The authorities advised that res -
taurants and cafes could remain
ATun ,.r.m a v... v..,,-.
yvp
1
New Kind
Find Hidden Disease Forecast
Bv ALTON L RLAKESI.EE
AP SCIENCE REPORTER
NEW YORK ijf A brand new
kind of chemical test mav come
fnr Park- Ht.i,A, f h.Hn rii.
papsrwrhan nm fnrrm
of cancer
It would make simple chemical
rhecks of your blood or t
This kind of 'detective work is
I already being used to help tell j in the blood or other fluids, Dr.
1 how hadly a heart was damaged iWroblewski explained.
; k - i . ... . Kiel Hpart disease increases the
helped spot a wiou liver dis-
ca--in'ectious hepatitis-four to
u-f... ti ,. , r anv
ot' signs of the disease.
I FvmMailv it mi-H lead to a
wi i.. n...j r, rv
...' - , .. r"'
was located
ine latest research ana poien
Road Deaths
Beneath Rate
At Christmas
By Tbc Assoc la t erf Press
Traffic deaths for the New
Year holiday period were run
ning well under the record
Christmas rate Saturday. They
also were falling short of ad
vance estimates.
The trend though subject to
change was regarded with cau
tious optimism by the National
Safety Council, and It evoked a
Keep-up-the-goodwork plea to
motorists.
By midday fatalities number
ed 56 in traffic, 6 In fires and 4
In accidents of other kinds for a
total of 66.
At about the same time on the
Saturday of the Christmas week
end motor vehicle fatalities to
taled 113.
Police Appeal
For Surrender
Of Terrorist
'Mad Bomber' Episode
Brings New York
Scare Hysteria
NEW YORK' (UP) -Police ap
pealed directly to New York's
"mad bomber" today to surrender
and end an epidemic of bomb
scare hysteria that has swept
over the city.
He was promised "the best
psychiatric treatment available."
Police Commissioner Stephen
Kennedy urged the elusive terror
ist to give up and avert possible
tragedy.
Kennedy made his appeal after
the bomber's latest episode
touched off a wave of hoax
"bomb" plants and inspired scores
of crank calls.
Police officials bolstered their
guard oi detectives in movie
theaters and other public places.
which have served as the bom
ber's targets. The apparent psy
copath has deposited at least 32
lethal calling cards since 1940,
causing injury to 15 persons.
A suspect picked up in the wake
of the "bomber's latest strike fell
dead ' while being questioned Fri
day. Police said the victim,
George Cernac, 63, of Bethlehem,
Pa., was . acting suspiciously in
Grand Central Station shortly
after a fake bomb was found in
the terminal.
. Cernac, police said, was carry
ing some wool and nylon socks,
similar to those in which the mad
bomber had wrapped some of his
weapons. They were sent to the
police laboratory for examination.
Stepping up of the search was
ordered after tests of the maniac's
latest two bombs t- discovered be
fore their detonation showed
both to be capable of killing per
sons nearby.
The devices, discovered at the
New York Public Library and he
Paramount Theater, were detonat
ed Friday by police and Army
ordnance experts on the beach at
Fort Tilden in Queens.
In the wake of the bombers' lat
est bomb plant Thursday at the
I Paramount Theater, bomb scares
, bombs were found, including one
at crowded Madison Square Gar.
den Friday night, and at least 35
"scare calls were received. 1
Couple Marry
Before Prison
Term Begins
ASTORIA -Nancy Ue Crane
and Kichard E. Harral were mar-
; j L
De ng iransponea 10 aaiem 10 oe-
- in i. in the state
to a 60-year term under the habit -
u0ri tin
Falls, Idaho, was convicted cf,
! for'-ry
' two guests at the civil cere-
mony were Sheriff IVil Kearney
nit f.. ittnrnfw t v. i
Rrnwnhill
of Chemical Test lo
ftialilies of enzyme detection were
'described today to the American
' Asn. for the Advancement of Sci -
ence by Dr. Felix Wroblewski r't
the Sloan-Kettcnng Inttitute, ;scw
York.
:l
Enzymes are chemicals
for the hea'thy functioning of the
body cell?. There are mar- kinds
tain enzymes, which then appear
a- nt of several .'ifferent enzy -
mes in the blood. Th- fact is
hcni! usea 10 nciD a'-nse in?
severity of the att-':.
Luer diseases it varying ra
tios of c-rtain enzvmrs isio lie
' Mead. w:th the omounls var; ms
; according to how
the dis-
" ' h continued.
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Hunt for
Arsonist
Started
Three California
Fires Remain
Uncontrolled
By HARRY BOYLE
United Press Staff Correspondent
MALIBU. Calif. (UP) A youth
ful arsonist driving a yellow con
vertible was sought today in con
nection with the latest in a series
of major brush fires that have
erupted daily since Christmas in
drought-stricken Southern Califor
nia areas dotted with movie stars
homes. ,
The latest blaze, which broke
out before dawn today in foothills
near palatial homes at the Palos
Verdes Estates, was controlled by
12 engine companies after consum
ing 1,500 acres. Approximately 20
miles to the north three other
fires still were out of control in
the Malibu movie colony area.
A box of oil cons and rags,
found at the scene of the Palos
Verdes fire was held by sheriff's
arson investigators. Two suspects
were held briefly for questioning
and released. Officers told resi
dents a youth wearing a leather
jacket was seen driving from the
area in a yellow convertible at
about, the time the fire started.
Asst. County Fire Chief Harvey
Crutehfield told United Press re
porter John Kendall a container!
"like a Karo syrup can" with a
wick in it apparently was rolled
down into the brush from a hill
top. However, a local police chief
was noncommital on the posibil
ity of arson, saying only that "it
was being investigated."
The new fire added to the list
of major brush fires that have
plagued the region. Dog-tired fire
fighters battled for control of three
other major brush fires as tern-1
peratures remained in the 80s and
humidity was at a tangerous low.
More than 1,500 homes within
the 100-mile perimeter of the fire
have been threatened and a trib
ute to tre heroic fire crews, regu
lars and volunteers, was the fact
that less than 4 per cent of the
homes have been lost to the roar
ing flames.
Of the 75 persons Injured,
per cent were firemen who hourly
risked their lives. Civilians were
herded out of the region or pro
tected by rings of cooling water
until the flames swept by.
The men lay in wait for the
flames, handkerchiefs to mouths,
goggles covering their eyes as
they played jet streams of water
onto (he onrushing blaze. Some
stood on housetops or moved from
house to house as the threatening
conflagration rolled on relentlessly.
Diminishing winds during the
night gave fire fighters hope that
they could halt the brush fires
that have destroyed at least 65
home and caused more than $tW
million damage to property and
vital watershed in this beach play
ground. Two of the three fires menacing
this beach playground joined Fri
day night and the third inferno re
portedly was exhausting itself in
rugged, uninhabited terrain,
Girl Tells of
Bomb Threats
SPOKANK ifi A prelly, 14-
S J teephoned'bmnbhrea, P
M,TmJS 'Kb
in Spokane this week. j
Fire investigators and city de -
tectives took the girl into custody
calls earlier this year. They said'1'0;1 Kiscnhower
she' is the same one' who bom -
ko.-,t,H thn r lu hal u- Ifhhnarri
I several months ago with false
! fire alarms and accident reports'
' from Spokane's north side.
1 The officers said they visited
(ho eirft hnmn Friri.v "on a
hunch" and alter questioning, the
girl admitted making the calls,
"I thought it was a good joke."
she told olficers.
Sh was takpti to the luvenile
detention home.
', is possible to detect infectious hep-
j atitis long before there is any oth-
;er clue, he said.
Incrers in one t. pe of enzyme
In the niooa nave ne-n icur.o in
1 some humnns suffering f hie-
"j! "S't?zs;
some humans suffering f
; WrobWski said. And thai- arc
s:3n this increase m. a!so lx"
. latina in the chest or ;' emtnal
cavities in certain cases.
Eventually the enzyme lest
! micht detect cancer rn'--e it be-
' comes malienanl and begi-
spreading Thft uould give the
dp ' narxe "i iurr.
One way of Mect;na cancer is
bv horsv. Ii'.l m-ars tak;".2
sur?.raH a m' fsi in
am'n-nt it un-.er
-npe.
The "F. ' lesfs holds out eventual
hope lor a method ot cncmical
-
Attacks of Snii 5l Night
Runs of Busses in Montgomery
! pi?- ffJiftl M
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President to
Make Tour of
Drought Areas
Ike to Visit 6 States -In
Southwest,
Midwest Tour
AUGUSTA, Ga. m President
Eisenhower's inspection tour of
drought-hit areas of the Midwest
and Southwest will take him into
six states Jan. 13-15, his head
quarters announced Saturday.
Eisenhower plans to make stops
in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Arizona, Colorado and Kansas for
an on-the-spot survey of the worst
parching of that region in many
years.
I he While House announced
earlier this mdnth tliat the Presi-,
dent would make such a survey
in mid-January. The specific
dates were made known here Sat
urday as Eisenhower was enjoy
ing a weekend of golf in advance
of the reconvening of Congress
next week.
The President flew here from
Washington yesterday, smiling
broadly as he stepped from his
private plane, Columbine HI, in
midafternoon.
Within a few minutes after the
plane landed at Bush Airport, the
President was on his way to the
links and within the hour he
! was playing the course.
" white. He plans to fly back
10 w"'"'" Sbor .ht lor
I his may he his last vacation
I conferences Monday and Tuesday
i" . ... .
! r rZZlZ Z
will meet
l'1" Republican leaders to discuss
, "' hunuiiimi miun s
lCglS!IUe
P"ram for 1957.
That White House session will
1 mostly with Eisenhower s
aomcsuc pians. nc next aay
New l ear s JJay, the agenda will
; be given over to foreign policy for,
i the year ahead, with special at-;
j tent ion to these main immediate
; problems:
! 1. The danger of Communist t
: penetration of the Middle EaM.
and discussion of Ihe United
j states' role in the future in
deal-
, uin mill in, it (ill cm.
2. Whether to admit lo the I'nit-
ed States more than 21.300 Hun
garian refuges, the quota current-
fixed by this government In-
at ions arc the number will be
hiked if the congressional chiefs
are willing !n go along.
jyiis is Eisenhower's second
vjv1, tn Augusta in a month, and
h,s 12th since he was elected pres-
dpm m vnember. 1902.
rwi r i
two Wounded
111 Porlland
POllTLA.D Two men
POItTI.AND - Two
,were uounaea in s.-pardie nmur-
i day morning shooting incidents
here.
i C; -les Cottrell. 3.
pitalized Mh sh-mMe
i. wa hos
and inti-r-Caslro.
2fi.
"rfi r i mm
was h t in Ihe wrist and Eron ;n
tbn s-ennd h'io! rg i- nt.
Polte ftid CV.Irr-H m'-rr'1 h
wujnds af'T a s-i't ny xlrs l.ois
Ingram at hr r ru'ine Me was
cnareen wiin assauu wi.n a oan-
Icy Fog Blanket Covers Willamette Valley
A discarded Christmas tree covered with froxl was all that
remained of hntldny cheer In the Popcorn school area went of
Sit I em oh cold fog gripped the Willamette valley this week. Loom
log through the haze In the background U the Summit church
near the school, which once in a while hag been getting a taste
of sunlight while lowtr elevations lny burled under the ley blanket,
(Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Claussen)
AumsvilleYoutliDies
In Traffic Accident
Site of Collision
Mile West of
Silvcrlon
SILVERTON (Special) -An 18-
ycar-old Aumsville youth was
fatally injured Friday nislit in a
collision of a car, an empty log
truck and a parked pickup truck
the Salem-Silvcrton highway
Portland Boy
Victim After
Road Accident
By THE ASSOCIATED PHESS
OreRon headed into the second
day of the New Year's holiday
Saturday with the deaths of two
youths in highway traffic acci
dents recorded.
midn.Bhl Friday. Dead are Tom.
i my Kugcnc Johnson. IB. Aumsville,
j and Lester Keith Wridge, 11, Porl-
land.
Young Wridge and his hrother,
Douglas, lfi, were riding a motor
scooter on a street just outside
i porlland wnen H was struck from
kf.iunH hv a r:ir nncrnti-H hv C:ir.
'-roll Conrad Haase. 32, Portland,
; sherilf's officers ad the car skid-
; dt,d m fpct before striking the
..machine.
The boy died enrouta to a bus-
fjuai. ins Miutnii fluniiiu yiMM
a dic leg iraciurt's, ms luiiuiuun i i w, rann precipitation, n.2i; nor
urn tfrinnc nial, 17.61. Klvrr hHht. 21 feel.
, , , ..
iiaase was nooKen on a nf-jn-
had
1 n a'nbulancc headed for the
ene was involved in a
iie winch then bminc-i
three-car
an autoinobili
into another car, Three persons
suffered slight injuries in Ihe acci
dent .
Kipli
Sees
ii''ci'
Population (iain
The annual Kfpllngfr Wash
ington letler report on popula
tion forecasts 221.uou.ooo
rmidenls in th- I illicit .MaK-i
In 1975. TtiU mighty upsurge
In population will mean murh
to building tradei, automobile
dealers, family inrumn, schools
etc.
Just what will thii mean to
citizen nf Ihe Salrm area?
W hat are the fastest growing
states? Hhrrr Aw Oregon
I'.and In pnnuliitlnn Increases?
You'll find the antMrrn: In
Srr. 1 on piize S nf Salurrfiiv'
Capital Journal, f or thoe win
look ahead a few yearn, this
Information ! Invaluable.
about a half-mile, west of Silver
ton, stato police reported.
Tommy Kugcne Johnson, 18, Rt.
I. Aumsville, was dead on arrival
at Silverlon hospital after the 7:20
p.r.i. accident, officers said. Death
was apparently caused by head
and neck injuries, they said.
PassenKer In Car
Johnson was a passenger in a
car driven by Ronald Joe Swan-
son, m. Staylon, when the car
collided with a log truck driven
by Carl I.. Skirvin, Rt. 2, Silver
ton, and then bounced off to strike
a pickup truck parked alongside
lhc highway, investigating Patrol
man Walter Karau said. Appar
ently the car sideswiped Ihe log
truck and bounced off the big
rear wheels and into the pickup
occupied by James Jay Illeakney.
Silverlon, who was just preparing
to pull onto the highway, Karau
said.
Car Demolished
The car was demolished and the
log truck heavily damaged, police
said. Swanson was treated for
aceraljons al lhc h(, it , d
leased. Skirvm and Rleakney. were
not reported injured,
Swanson was cited to court on
a charge of failure lo drive on
the right side of the highway,
police said.
The death was lhc 23rd in .Mar
ion county this year.
Funeral arrangements for the
Johnson youth are in charge of
the Wcdrilc Funeral Home at
.Staylon.
Weather Details
Maximum vMiirday. 32: minimum
i 1(,n. fl. f()r monih: 2.KT ; normal,
(HfpOTl by V. S. Wralher llurcaii.)
FIRST SICi: I9H9
I TT W
''formal
For Inauguration
Another major event was added
to liovernnr-elfct Hnhrrt Hnlmf'
Inauguration day festivities Friday'
when it was announced that the
first Inaugural hall since V.m will
le held in Salnm Jan. 14.
Nut since the inauguration of
Cov. Charles A. S;irague in l!:t9
has any governor-elect had the big.
if.rmai nan tn nis honor, uunng
the war years, the affair was
rut out then Douglas McKay and
Paul L. Patterson chose not to
fenew the event when they were
inaugurated in 1948. 19.7) and 1W4.
The $.Va-couple affair is sched
uled for the Salem Armory and
Marion hotel (iold Room hej'.in
Pin al 9 p in on inauguration day
Plans for the hall were made
l:uhlic hv Mate Democratic chair
man Kohert Rover who said it w ill
he planned by the party organization.
Fop: in Valley
Will Continue
This Weekend
Frigid Temperatures
Due lo Continue.
25 Scon Tonight
The pesky foe is hanging on fn
(he valley at least through Sunday,
says the weather bureau, although
some slight lifting is slated by to -
morrow afternoon.
Frigid temperatures continue the
order, the minimum hitting 26 in
Salem Saturday morning with
prospects of a low of 25 tonight.
Maximum for Friday went only
to 32, the freezing mark, and a
similar temperature is due today
and also Sunday.
ItainfnII is way below normal for
the month here, only 2.87 inches
being recorded lo date. Normal
fall to thin time Is 6.34 inches.
3 Killed in
Algeria Riot
ALGIERS ifl French mourn
ers of the murdered chairman of
the Algerian Mayors Federation
attacked hundreds of Moslems
throughout the city Saturday. At
least three persons were reported
Kilted.
The rioting followed the funeral
of Amrdee Froger, who was shot
and killed Friday by a Nationalist
assassin.
About 10,000 Frenchman
marched fn a grim freral pro
cession throughout the cily. The
first shot was fird by a French
man who claimed an Algerian
watching the cortege made an in
decent gesture.
When the shot missed, the
crowd attacked the Alger an,
shooting him down as he fled to
a car.
After the burial the mourners
swept through the city, burning
automobiles and attacking Mos
lems. W J W 1 g
nail oet
Mrs. Sylvia N'emcr of Portland,
! tunial vfnl f-hairman fur thr
state committee, will be in charge
ot the ball.
Thp artv will climax a day
in' wMch Holmes is slheduld to
ii,n .,r i,u wi.-.i,.'. i,,n mii,.o
fnim (if)v. Klmo Smith. Both are i
to delier messages to the 1957I
, legislature which convenes on that
day.
The only block in the way of
cffici.'il inauguration of Holmes on
Jan. 14 is the 15-15 deadlock in
the senate, which must be resolved
before the senate can reorganize
end inaugurate the new governor.
' 'Ihe hail will go on anyway. Demo-
Itepublican senators were
mcrlinx in Salem Saturday to seek
an answer to the question of who
will organize the slate senate.
Neero Woman
Shot While
Riding
MONTGOMERY, Ala. tfl In
move to end sniper attacks on
Montgomery's newly integrated
buses, the City Commission Sat
urday ordered a halt of a!1 night
runs through New Year's Day.
No city buses will be permitted
to run after completion of their
p.m. trips through Tuesday un
der a resolution adopted by the
commission following a two hour
conference with bus lire officials.
No statement was issued by the -
commission or the bus company.
Cit Ally, waller Anabe said
the action was taken under ih
city's police power to preserve
peace and protect private proper-
Ruses were making treir usual
runs titter a young N"sn woman
was lr t in both legs while riding
bus rnday night.
It was the third bus shooting
within 48 hours. No one was hurt
in the two previous incidents.
Meanwhile. City Commission
members went Into a closed hud
dle with J. H. Bagley, manager
of Montgomery City Lines, Inc.,
to discuss night bus operations.
All shootings have been under
cover of night.
The same bus on which Mrs.
Rosa Jordan, 22, Negro laundry
worker, was wounded about an
hour after dark was attacked
again when it resumed its run
through a fringe neighborhood
where Negro and white residences
meet.
Detective Lt. E. Y. Lacey said
the bus was hit by stones the
second time and gunlire was
heard but no bullet holes from
the second attack were positively
identified.
"We have absolutely no leads,
nothing to work on," Lacey said.
Salvage Team
Begins Job of
Clearing Canal
SUEZ, Egypt m A United
Nations salvage team Saturday
1 began the job of clearing major
obstructions from the southern en-
trance to the blocked Suez Canal.
The clearing operations got un
der way when Flip Gwoud. a'
Dutch diver, went down into tht
canal waters to work on the
wreckage of the 1,200-ton Egyp
tian warship Abukir. It lies in the
middle of the canal near the Suci
entrance, completely under water.
The diver went over the side
of a motor launch sent from a
Danish salvage tug, the Protector.
In the background was a Suei
Canal authority ship, Hercules.
submerged save for its smoke
stacks. A third vessel clogging
the southern entrance to the canal
is the 600-ton Castor, another Sucx
Canal authority ship. v.
The entrance to the harbor of
the Port of Suez is blocked by
the Zamalek, a 4.000-ton Egyptian
vessel. Egyptian crews began
work on its salvage three dayi
ago.
Sunken ships, damaged bridges
and other debris still litter the
channel, wreckage of the Suez
fighting that lasted only six days
nearly two months ago. Clearing
them out is expected to be a long
and complicated operation.
The only previous work done to
open the canal consists of limited
operations by three British -and.
French vessels in the Port Said
area and removal of some mines
by the Egyptians.
News in Brief
For Saturday, Dec, 29, 1956
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