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Pilots Report "Flying Over Hartford Atomic Denver, Colo. (U.PJ Four' Florida pilots, three of them World War II veterans, told Saturday of seeing a "flying Reports of a "flying saucer" seen over, the Rogue valley Saturday afternoon were be lieved caused by a high-flying jet plane which flew over Medford about 2p.ni. Ross Lumber company employees reported the "object" was ex tremely high, made no sound, and left a vapor trail. saucer" hovering over the Han- ford atomic plant at Richland, Wash. Capt. John Baldwin of Coral Gables, Fla., an Air Force pilot in the Pacific during World War II who has 7,000 hours of airline pilot experience, said the object he and his companions saw early Saturday was a "perfectly round disc, white in color and almost transparent with small vapor trails off it like the tentacles of octopus." He said he was flying at about 9,000 feet and saw the object "just below a deck of wispy clouds about 10,000 to 15,000 feet directly above us. . "All of us have been flying a number of years and we've seen all kinds of clouds and for mations, but none of us had ever seen anything like this before," Baldwin said. "The object seemed to back away from us and change shape. It was perfectly round and still at first. Then it seemed to back away from us and change shape. It became flat, gained speed and then disappeared quickly. . Baldwin's report was attested to by Capt. George Robertson of Miami, who flew a C-46 over the hump to Burma in World War II; D. Shenkel of Miami, a form er Air Force pilot; and Steven Summers of Hialeah, Fla., who has been flying since shortly after the end of World War II Baldwin and Robertson are pilots and Shenkel and Sum mers co-pilots for Conner Air lines. Ran For Camera Baldwin said that after spot ting the object "I ran to the rear of our C-46 for my camera, but by the time I could get it, the object had disappeared. Boy what a shot that would have made!" Baldwin called the object a "flying saucer," but then added that "I've never believed in them, but this definitely wasn't a cloud formation nor a weather Instrument. It was an, object that none of us had ever seen before." Baldwin said the object was spotted over the "Hanford Atom ic plant" between Ellensburg and Yakima, Wash., at about 6 a.m. This is about 75 miles east of an area where the first of the mysterious objects was reported seen six years ago in the vicinity of Mt. Rainier, southeast of Seattle. Suspended in Space "We passed the object as it BARTENDER WEEPS Anna, 111. (U.PJ After a night of listening to sad stories from customers, Bill Harris, a bartender had a sad tale to re late. While closing, he picked up an object left behind by a patron and it exploded, releasing tear gas. Harris was hospitalized ov ernight for eye burns. 36 in. width. In beautiful prints and plaids. Just the thing for summer skirts, dresses, blouses and play clothes. . Regular 59c yd. SPECIAL 'Sixth and Central - Medford's Bargain Center stood suspended in space," Rob ertson said. "We couldn't pick it up on our radar. We reversed our course and went back, but we couldn't spot it again." The four fliers are transport ing 50 Korean war veterans to Columbia, S. C, where they will be discharged. The 50 are part of a group of . veterans who landed at Seattle yesterday. FAIR ENOUGH Still crippled from accident last winter, 4-year-old Lou Anne Boers appears before judge in Chicago Safety Court embracing the man whose auto ran her down. The Boers told how Alex Dolenga (above), father of three, sold his car and stripped his bank account to pay for Lou Anne's hospital bills. The Boers asked leniency for Dolenga. Judge ruled "not guilty." Oregonians Active In Taft's Headquarters ; Chicago (UP.) The 18-man Oregon delegation to the GOP national convention is nominally pledged to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, but at least two Portlanders neither a delegate were much in evidence Satur day in the camp of Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Judge Walter L. Tooze of the Oregon Supreme Court, a long time friend of Sen. Taft, was among the callers at the Taft headquarters in the Conrad Hil ton hotel and aided in seating the national committeemen dur ing the battle over . Texas' dele gates to the convention. Lowell Paget, Taft's campaign chairman in Oregon, flew into Chicago on Friday and was a doorkeeper at the meeting room. PBA Station at Goshen to Be Energized Monday - Eugene (UP) The new J. P. Alvey substation of the Bonne ville Power administration at Goshen and the Midway-Detroit-Goshen 300-mile steel .tower transmission line vill be ener gized Monday, the BPA an nouncer here today. W. E. Trommershausen, south west Oregon area manager for Bonneville, said the substation and line would bring Grand Coulee power into the south western Oregon area and ma terially "bolster power facilities in the sector. 0 lS c yd. i u u Saucer" Project They said they would stop at Fort Smith, Ark., en route to Columbia. . ' Baldwin said they made a re port to the Civil Aeronautics Administration's regional office in Seattle, but the CAA refused to comment. Neither would offi cials at Larson Air Force base at Moses Lake, Wash., nor here at Denver. Eugene People Saved When Boat Overturns Wheeler (U.R) A group of nearby picnickers received credit Saturday for saving the lives of four Eugene area resi dents whose boat overturned in Nehalem bay about a half mile off shore late Friday. Saved were Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Burnum, Eugene, and Mr. and Mrs. Orville L. Rice, Spring field, who had been fishing from the boat when it capsized near Fisher's point. Peter Nunn and George Hag gren, both of Wheeler, witnessed the accident . from the shore where they were picknicking and managed . to reach the four in other boats. Large Crowds Attend Oregon Western Shows By UNITED PRESS Oregonians still like their West a little on the "wild and wOoly" side. At least, that's the indication from attendance figures at Fourth of July holiday celebra tions scattered over a wide area of the state. The St. Paul rodeo shattered all existing attendance records when more than 25,000 persons attended the first three shows of the western classic, and an other 5,000 were expected" in the stands for Saturday night's final show at the little Willam ette valley town. The first day of the annual three - day Molalla Buckeroo drew 15,263 fans to watch the cowboys ride. It was the big gest crowd to see this show in 20 years. A new state law, passed by the last legislature, banned fire crackers and fireworks gener ally and kept noise and display at a minimum. Coaxial Can-Can Gets Orders To Cover Up Paris (U.R) French offi cials dealt a severe blow Sat urday to Britons who were look ing forward to seeing on their television screens next week a nude show from one of the gay est night , clubs in all of Paris. The show of Nouvelle Eve Club will go on as scheduled, but the girls will be covered. It was the French TV service not the British Broadcasting Corp. that ordered the girls to "cover up" for the coaxial cancan. The Artificial Eye Clinic, Suite 816-Joshua; Green Building, Seattle, Washington, will have one of their artificial eye makers visit Medford, Oregon, to make Plastic Artificial Eyes to order. Perfectly Fitted and Exact Color Match Each eye made and delivered while in town Will not fade or discolor ALL work guaranteed Please call Ursula Danz Annis at the Medford Hotel on July 10th for an appointment. No Appointments Later Thin 1 1 :30.i.m. Shady Cove Shady Cove-Trail Mr. and Mrs. Ted Osborne, Trail, have two sons home on leave, Xeroy, Navy, home from the Mediter ranean and Ralph, Army, home from Camp Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Spud Holman have spent the Fourth of July holidays visiting with Mrs.'Hol inan's mother, Mrs. D. Kelleher of Hood River. Aubrey Jones, grandson of Mk and Mrs. Williams, Shady Cove, is confined to Douglas Community hospital at: Rose burg. . ' -Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dusen berry, Sams Valley, were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilson, Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Vanderlip of Shady Cove have just re turned from a vacation spent in California where they visited Mrs. Vanderlip's sister, Mrs. . R. B. Flournoy of Huntington-Park and her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Nicholson of San Bernardino. ' Mr. and Mrs. David Haxton, Richland, Wash., have returned to 'their home after visiting Mrs. Haxton's. sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Close, Trail. Haxton is awaiting a call to go to work in Alaska and Mrs. Hax ton expects to return to live with the Closes while her hus band is gone. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Wehde and family have bought the old Gavel residence and 40 acre ranch up Trail Creek. . . Newcomers to Shady Cove are Mr. and Mrs. Don Arnold and children, Betty, Sherry, Melvern and Charles from Chico, Calif., who are living in the old McCoy residence. Mr. and Mrs. William Barnack, Modesto, Calif., were recent vis itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holcomb, Shady Cove. Also visiting the Hol combs was Lee Crabb of the Dallas, Tex., office of the Dr. Pepper company. Mrs. Oliver Clark and chil dren, Redding, Calif., have spent the past week visiting Mrs. Mary Clark, Trail, Also visiting Mrs. Clark has been Mrs. Clara Hay dock and her two nephews from Monrovia, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Monte Preston of Downey, Calif. - Members of the Ladies auxil iary to Steelhead Post 6881, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, making the monthly trip to the Camp White domiciliary were Mes dames Johnny Walker, Dorothea Gustafson, Mary Clark, : Dan Krotz, Johnny Jones and Harold Bryson. Mrs'.: Allen Rodgers has re turned from a trip : to Salem, Portland and Hood River. She visited- with her son and family," Mr. and Mrs. Robert 'Steeves in Salem and fin Hood River with her other, son. and family, Mr. and - Mrs. .Richard Steeves,- and while in Portland attended the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star. . 1 ' - - " Mr. and Mrs. Ben. Belasco of Oakland, Calif., are visiting Mrs. Belasco's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Williams, Shady Cove. : Mr. and Mrs. Philip DeMarco and son, Dennis, are house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Scottie Parrick, Trail. Mrs. DeMarco is a niece of Parrick. " Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker, Medford, were Sunday visitors at the home" of Mrs. Walker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bur dett, Shady Cove. " Mrs. Dave Williams and chil dren from Corcoran, Calif., are house guests of Mr. and Mrs. D L. Kenner, Shady Cove. Mrs. Williams is the former Lorraine Powell who lived in Shady Cove and vicinity prior to her mar riage. '; A sum of over $200 was made on the Delegates Dinner given by Steelhead Post, VFW, on Sun day, June 22, at the hall. "Mrs". Johnny Walker, district presi dent, was hostess for the event with Mrs. Ed Learning arid Mrs. Barney Leabo in charge of the kitchen. Waitresses were Mrs. Jeanettc Johnson, Mrs. Kenneth Oliver and Dorothea Gustafson. Others working during the day were Mesdames Johnny Jones, Gene House, Dan Krotz. and Harold Bryson. Clark and Fran ces Miller were in charge of the games. : Primitive log cabins were chinked with moss or thick mud. If 1 the gap between logs was large, it was filled with a sap ling or even flat rocks before the chinking. Sports Afield. Nome Lao S o ALTHOUGH wearing less reveal ing swim suit in public, Marilyn Monroe, film star, says she pre fers Bikini type for sun bathing "and because they are more comfortable." (International) Policeman Answers Call to Own Home Signal Hill, Calif.OJ.R) Police officer George A. Wood son, 29, went out on an emer gency ambulance escort call Saturday that arrived at his own home where his 18-month-old daughter was choking. Woodson returned with the ambulance to Community hos pital, where the windpipe of his daughter, Joy, was cleared of mud she had swallowed. C 7 COLD PACK c ah hers 7-QT. CAPACITY. FIRST QUALITY ALUMINUM JAR FUNNEL conditions even "difficult? hair to glorious, natural radiance jhampoo plus egg 4 ex., 59c s ex., 1 Prices D J 9 J (B 0 Sunday, July 6. I9S2 Holiday Celebrants Blamed for Blast Portland (U.R) Holiday celebrants were .blamed Satur day for a freak dynamite blast that rocked downtown Multno mah, a southwest Portland sub urb, before dawn and caused extensive damage to windows in the area. The explosion occurred about 3:20 ajn. and police deduced that three or four sticks of dyna mite had been ignited In the middle of Capitol highway, Mult nomah's main street. Most damage was caused to second - floor levels. Police Lieutenant ' Malcolm Nelson said a vacuum which apparently followed a moment after the blast sucked broken window glass back into the mid dle of the street and thus fixed the point of explosion. The Multnomah fire depart ment raced to the scene but there was no fire. Prized Lincoln Gavel To Be Used At Chicago Chicago U.R) A gavel made from a rail split by Abraham Lincoln will be used to call the Republican National Convention to order Monday. A prized item in the Lincoln collection at the University of Chicago, the gavel will be wield ed by . Walter S. Hallanan, tem porary convention chairman, at 8:30 p. m. Monday. Effective Sunday, Monday, m W7 Magpie Pianist Out Touring the Town- Pasadena, Calif. (U. If you should encounter a black and white magpie playing a piano, you're not losing your mind just notify Mrs. Dor othy Rathall. Billy, an eight-year-old mag pie trained for a bird circus act by Mrs. Rathall, was stol en Friday night from his back yard cage while neighborhood ' fireworks were being shot off. " Mrs. Rathall says the lost magpie can peck out a hot tune on the piano. LAY OFF FAWNS. LAW SAYS Astoria, Ore. (U.R) A new crime had been added to the books in Oregon. It's fawn-napping and the Oregon state game commission says it intends to prosecute all violators caught An Astoria man already has been fined $27 in justice court for taking a fawn home for a pet. IHIuber Meats, Inc. LOCKER BOXES FOR RENT DEALERS IN LIVESTOCK CUSTOM CURING and SLAUGHTERING BEEF & PORK FOR SALE Cut & Wrapped for Locker Phone Central Point 862 Table Rock Road CANNING KETTL WHITE ENAMEL RED TRIM u HOTONG JAR LIFTER and WRENCH keeps hair-do perfect! Spray net m More limp curls m more massed hair . bo more stray wisps nt aa objectionable lacquer iroo&oi?ij MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Vice-President Button Chicago U.R) Tommy Luke of Portland, one of the Eisenhower-pledged Oregon delegates to the Republican national con vention opening Monday, appear ed here Saturday wearing a Warren button. Luke explained that Gov. 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