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TWO MZDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. August SI. 1119 Wars' Quadruple Amputees 'Get Along Fine' Br UNITED PRESS The nation's four quadruple amputees, two victims of Korean war fighting and the other two veterans of world war II. are Betting along fine. Clare (Red) Mosley, 23. Fred- ric Hensel. 38. Jimmy Wilson, 27, and Pfc. Robert L. Smith, 22. are proving that determination and persistence can overcome the Immense difficulties of lead ing a normal life with both hands and both feet amputated. Smith, of Middleburg, Fa., was the Korean war's first quadruple ' amputee. He was sent to Walter Reed hospital to recuperate from his wounds, but in his darkest days the American Legion took over to brighten his future. The Legion sponsored raising of a trust fund that reached $118,261 It was presented to him on his 21st birthday Nov. 7, 1951. la Bomber Crash The first quadruple amputee of World War II was Jimmy Wil son, the only man to survive the crash of an Army bomber in the mountains of Vermont in 1944. He lay injured many hours in a blizzard and spent 15 months fix hospitals. After he had been fitted with artificial legs and metal hooks for hands, he quick ly learned to drive a car, dial the telephone and do a lot of other things. When he was discharged in 1946, Jimmy went back home to Jacksonville Junior college, then the University of Florida and finally the University of Colo rado, where he and his attrac tive wife, Darleen, recently re ceived degrees. Jimmy got his law- degree and Darleen became a bachelor of arts and sciences. Harvests Hay "We've already built a house in Denver and we'll make our home there," said Mrs: Wilson. "Jim intends to practice law and me I'll just stay home and keep house Fredric Hensel, the other World War II quadruple ampu tee, is a working man and no fooling. He runs a 143-acre cat tle farm and bay harvesting bus iness near Pinson, Ala., and said he is "doing fine." I n particularly busy now and have been all summer," Hen sel said, "cutting and baling hay for other people. We have all the equipment to do it and dont raise enough hay on our own place to keep it busy so we have to get out and harvest other peo ple's hay crops." . Hensel operates a specially- equipped tractor himself in this operation. Hensel was a maintenance ser geant on Okinawa when a land mine exploded when be stepped on it. Still On Terminal Leave Red Mosley of Newark, N. J., the other Korean war quadruple amputee, is a one-time amateur Air Line Wants Salt Lake in Hearing San Francisco (U.R) West ern Air Lines said today it has filed a petition in Washington asking the Civil Aeronautics board to reconsider an order el iminating Salt Lake City from a federal inquiry into the air service needs of western cities. Western said that considera tion of Salt Lake City's trans portation requirements should be "mandatory" In forthcoming CAB hearings. Western applied last Febru ary for authority to extend its 5,525 mile system by providing regional trunk airline service over the 980-mile route linking Denver and San Francisco via Salt Lake City. boxer just starting on the road Wilson and Hensel have pio neered. He has 37 days more ter minal leave before he is dis charged and right now he is just resting at home. "'I'm just going to start taking things easy," he said, "I just want to get the feeling of being Mr. John Q. Civilian again." He enlisted In October, 1951, and was sent to Korea early last fall: Two weeks before Christ mas he was in a B-29 shot down by the Communists. He bailed out but was hit by anti-aircraft fire on the way .down. "I was behind enemy lines for five days," Mosley related, "Then the ROKs found me and brought me to our side." But by then, in the bitter Ko rean winter, frostbite had set in on his legs and hands. A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN Unit Pran Washington (U.R) September is on the way, and watch out for old cars on the road, some of them may pass you. The mo nth of yellow and red leaves has become known as the time w h en fanatics who collt ;t an cient automo biles load their gear and wives aboard. nasmaa mccs put on goggles and dusters, and put-put around the countryside in what is known as the glidden tour. This year the parade of well- kept relics starts in Cleveland, O., under the sponsorship of the Antique Automobile Club of America and the American Auto mobile Association. Drive to Music As they go merrily along their way, 341 old cars from 23 states and two Canadian provinces will be accompanied by an obbligato from the opera- James Melton, a singer, is chairman of the tour Televosiomi? I 1 Don't Be Ashamed When the Neighbors Come to See Your Set! You Won't Need To Hide Your Face If It's a NEW You will get th aristocrat of TV whan you buy PACKARD-BELL with the -dynamic new Super-Power chassis. Come sac it and you will be amaxed at the whiter whites, blacker blacks, and full tone greys. The wide angle, comfort view picture gives you more TV viewing ease. Hear the high quality sound from the heavy-duty PM dynamic speaker In a FULLY ENCLOSED sound chamber. Your living room furnishings will be complete when you have a PACKARD-BELL with the beautiful new cabinet styling. COME SEE IT TODAY AT EASY TERMS OPEN EVENINGS TTQILGDSD C3 SALES & SERVICE "whir TV is a businast-not a tidalin." 321 E. 6th - Next Door to Littrall Parti- Phono 2-9824 W. NICHOLS Feature Writer committee. Ho sings while he drives his 1907 Rolls-Royce. According to Melton, there will be 93 makes of cars, most of which will be brand new to the very young. "Of all the cars on the tour, 230 were built before 1915,' Melton said. "Nineteen of them go back before 1903. Some were put together before the turn of the century." All of those on the tour have to keep going under their own team. And speaking of steam, one of the oldest cars is Locomobile Steamer, vintage of 1899. But the whiskered entry is an Autocar No. 2, which was made in 1898. Fords Have It There will be more Fords than any other made-73. The late Henry Ford had himself time while he was turning tin into something mobile during the 20 years of the Model T when he produced at least as many cars as the rest of the world com bined- That should bring back mem ories to old-timers who coddled the rattles and played like me chanics. We used to clean the spark plugs with barlow knives and tie -the doors shut with bal ing wire. Each model owner carried his own tire -pawning equipment and some tire , irons against the inevitable, flat tires on country roads. The old Rolls-Royces and Duesenbergs in the parade still can give some of the fancy dans of today a nice little race over a measured mile. 'Temple of Learning' Completed in Moscow Moscow (U.R) The Soviet government announced today It had completed construction of Moscow's new air conditioned university which has a 32-story "Temple of Learning." The university will be opened tomorrow. It will be known as Lomonosov university in trib- 1 ute to Mikhail V. Lomonosov, 18th century poet and scientist. Pravda, communist party newspaper, said the new uni versity will be one of the world's largest. President Ivan Petrovsky said the floor space of the new school is greater than that of New York's Columbia univer sity. The 'Temple of Learning" Is one of Moscow's eight post war skyscrapers which the govern- mem oegan Duiiaing in ivct. Radio Station KGW Sale Announced Portland (U.R) Sale of radio station KGW to five Port land businessmen and King Broadcasting of Seattle was an nounced Saturday by M. J. Frey, publisher of The Oregonian, and Gordon Orput, Portland, head of the purchasing group. The new owners bought all the stock of Pioneer Broadcast ers, Inc., from the S. I. New- house family. Completion of the sale awaits Federal Communica tion commission approval. Sale price was listed as "ap proximately $500,000." The sale of KGW was' prere quisite to acquistion of a 50 per cent interest by the Newhouse family in Mt. Hood Radio and Television Broadcasting corpor ation, owners of KOIN-AM and FM and the new KOIN-TV. MOTHERS SUBSTITUTE Walcott, la. (U.PJ Mothers did the janitor's work today to get the Walcott Independent Dis trict School in shape for their children. School board officials said the mothers will continue cleaning up until it can find a janitor. If a janitor can't be hired by winter, board officials said, fathers will have to roll up their sleeves and start stoking the furnace and shovelling snow off the sidewalks. GRADOITS JEWELERS 101 East Mate RffjiS)e6J eeWfJeoW Diamond Engagement Rings T I TRY THESE ON YOUR GRILL K ''At ' ... fty W I Itl RIB STEAKS Top gov't O grades, lb. OOC GROUND BEEF 39c Fresh dairy , lb. SPARE RIBS rneeted 0.49C HIGH QUALITY LIQUID Purex Bleach Removes Stubborn Stains Quart J Ac I Vi. atjne bottle V I Gal. Ol Purex Dry Bleach 12-oz. Jar 39' Beef Short Ribs Juicy..........lb. 19c Veal Urge Loin Chops lean lb. 69c Veal Rib Chops or Lgo. 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