Dike's
i Washington (U.R) President
TSisenhower' today laid before
Congress' an - eight-point, 571
750,000 program to improve the
nation's health and ease the
financial burden of medical care
for millions of families.
Repeat Request , ,
Keystone of the program was
a repeat request for the federal
health, reinsurance plan which
Congress rejected : last : year,
Under this proposal, a govern
ment agency with an initial cap
italization of $25,000,000 would
underwrite the extra risks which
private health insurance firms
would face in offering more
Xaprehensive benefits and
, oioader coverage to policy
holders.
' Pleading for approval of the
plan this year, Mr. Eisenhower
said many private health insur
ance policies now offered are
"too limited in scone.'' He said
they are expensive and hard to
get for some individuals and
families, particularly those in
rural areas.
Better Protection
He said the reinsurance plan
involves "no government .sub
sidy. " He called it simply a
"sound and effective" method of
. encouraging private firms ; to
offer policies that provide "bet
ter protection . . . against expen
sive illness" and which, cover
."medical care costs in the home
end physicians office as well as
In the hospital." -
- " Other major items in his pro
gram were a $20,000,000 a year
program of direct federal pay
ments to help the states provide
medical care for the blind, aged,.
orphans and others on relief
rolls; a $15,000,000 appropria
; tion to launch a new program of
Y federal insurance for private
hospital construction mortgages;
expanded grants for training
nurses; mental health research,
Oregon Lawmaker
To Propose State ,
Live Within Means
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j Salem (U.PJ A Washington
county lawmaker said today he
will introduce a resolution in the
house demanding that - Oregon
start living within its means.
Rep. John Hare of Hillsboro
malA tVio nntciira -tnr nevw iavM
is increasing and that they may
soon exceed the ability, of ; the
people to pay. As a result, the
Joint Ways and Means Commit
tee should be instructed to turn
down all bills that call for new
spending unless the money to
pay the cost is actually in sight.
Wants Money Included "
His resolution would stipulate
that all bills provide for raising
the additional money needed or
that they be held up until the
house has passed companion
measures to raise the necessary
-money! Hare ' further., would
stipulate that - the necessary
money be raised without any
. new tax on real or personal
property.
iv "It is time to call a halt Hare
said. He added that "if the line
is held against increasing our tax
load, Oregon's increased 'wealth
will soon enable us to increase
expenditures and provide public
services without increasing the
tax burden." ' '
The Washington county seed
grass grower said the ."real
property taxpayers have few
champions." ... I ,
Nilsen Speaks in Favor;
Of Conciliation Service
Tillamook (U.R) State Labor
Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen
said Saturday the formation of
an Oregon Conciliation Service
"would make a real contribution
to industrial peace: in the state."
' A measure calling for the crea
tion of such a service has been
introduced into the Oregon leg
islature. ' ,
Nilsen was principal speaker
here before some 200 delegates
attending the AFL Building
Trades two-day conclave.
- Nilsen praised the lack of
labor strife in Oregon since the
end of World War n.
Funds for Talent Project May Be Added
To Federal Budget, Patterson Believes
Portland U.R) Gov. Paul
Patterson, who returned from a
conference with White House
and Bureau of the Budget offi
cials in Washington, D.C., last
night, said he believed funds for
I Talent project would ; be
iJded to the budget.'
Patterson said funds were
net included in the federal bud
get for the Talent reclamation
project in southern Oregon be
cause reclamation estimates had
air pollution control, and treat
ment of juvenile delinquency.
No Price Tags Included r
' Mr. Eisenhower's 2500 - word
message, read to - the House by
clerks, did not carry price tags
on the various health programs.
But his previously : . submitted
budget for fiscal 1956 showed
the appropriations - earmarked
for the projects. They totaled
$71,750,000 over existing health
programs.
Proposed Non-High
Budget for 1955-56
Totals $336,
A total budget of $336,200 for
1055-56 was DroDOsed Saturday
by the Jackson County Non-High
bcnool District board. This was
an increase of $38,450 over that
for the current school year, ac
cording to County. School Supt.
Alf Mekvold.
v He explained that an increase
oi vu siuaents is estimated for
the next school year over the
actual enrollment at the present
time. "This is about 14 ner cent
over the present enrollment,
which increased this year over
last by .under 6 per cent, he
added.
Hearing March 4
i A hearing date on the budget
has been set for 11 a.m., March
4. The. budget for the Jackson
County Rural School board will
be heard at 10 a.m. the same day.
jThe county school's office es
timates that the ' non-high dis
tricts will have 713 students
next year for the 13 districts.
Of the total proposed budget,
$306,000 is for tuition, which is
up $36,000 over the current
year, and $24,000 for transporta
tion, up by $2,800.
The board does not anticinate
any cash balances at the end of
the present year. The estimated
basic support - fund. . from- the
state is $53,000, leaving $283,200
to De raised on the local level.
Committee Officers -----
Budget committee officers
named by the committee were
G..- W. Ragsdale, chairman, and
V. A. Turpin, secretary.
.In the afternoon, the rural
board , met and accepted ' the
resignation of Carl Quackenbush
from the non-high board. Dun
bar Carpenter was named to fill
the vacancy until the next an
nual school election.
The . rural board considered
special transportation problems
in connection- with non-high stu
dents, attending Ashland schools
from Pinehurst; Elk-Train stu
dents : attending Eagle Point
schools, and Evans Valley stu
dents going to Grants Pass and
Rogue River.
Coquille Teenagers",
Killed in Aulo Upset
North Bend, Ore. U.R) Two
Coquille teenagers were killed
early Sunday when their car
plunged off highway 101, two
miles north of North Bend, and
rolled over.
Two other youths, including
the driver, were injured. -
Dead were Clinton Ellsworth
Martindale, 19, and James Brad
ford, 17.
Lowell i Max Miller, 19, who
told police he was driving, suf
fered cuts and bruises and
Charles . Edward Reed, 18, was
taken to a North Bend hospital
with a fractured leg.
Officer Ed Gammon of the
North Bend police said Miller
told him the car was doing about
70 miles an hour when he swung
out to pass another car and
struck a soft shoulder. The car
plunged off the road and over
turned. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New ' York (U.PJ Dow-
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 408.83 . up 4.15, 20
railroads 144.34 up 0.14; 15 util
ities 62.02 up 0.14, and 65 stocks
150.49 up 0.91. Sales today were
about 3,500,000 shares, com
pared with ; 3,290,000 shares
traded Friday.
been based on old figures,
But he said he. was "extreme
ly hopeful" that the budget sup
plement would be made.
The governor, who left for
Washington last Tuesday, said he
also believed funds for the start
of planning on the John Day
dam would be available early
this spring. .
Money for John Day planning
was included in President Eisen
hower's budget . message but
MEDFORD&JTRIfiUIE
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49th Year 12 Pages
Boxing, Legitimate
Theaters Refused
Lav Exemption
Anti-Trust Laws
Applied by Court
Washington (U.R) The Su
preme Court held today that pro
fessional boxing and' the legiti
mate theater are subject to the
anti-trust laws.
. It refused to extend to them
the exemption from monopoly
prosecution which it has granted
organized baseball. - -
la two separate rulings, .- it
cleared the way for the Justice
Department to press anti-trust
suits against the International
Boxing Clubs of New York and
Chicago and against the far-flung
Shubert Theater interests.
The court did not find either
of these groups guilty of violat
ing the anti-trust laws. It simply
held that the government may
prosecute them on such charges.
Narrow Interpretation
Both, decisions had the effect
of placing a strict and narrow
interpretation on the court's 1953
ruling that organized baseball
is a sport, not a business sub
ject to anti-trust laws.' This
ruling . had been claimed as a
precedent foe exempting both
boxing and the booking of stage
plays and . musicals . from, anti
trust prosecution. - - ;
? In a 6-2 decision on the boxing
case, ' with Chief - Justice .Earl
Warren speaking for the majority,-
the court rejected the argu
ment that the baseball decision
immunized all "businesses that
involve exhibitions of an athletic
nature." The majority noted that
baseball was first exempted from
the anti-trust laws by a 1922
Supreme Court decision. What
the court did in 1953 was to hold
that Congress, by failing to pass
legislation specifically bringing
baseball under the laws, had in
dicated ..4n the 31-year interim
that it waiitaseba& exempt
Congress Most Do- It ?
No such situation prevailed for
boxing and if ; it . is to be ex
empted, Congress must do it by
law,' the majority said.
The ; th&ter ; decision permits
civil prosecution of Jacob J. Shu
bert and Marcus Herman of New
York and three corporations con
trolled by them which, the gov
ernment - contends, operate or
snare operation oi 40 legitimate
theaters in eight states! . '
Today's session was the court's
first after: a xecess ; of several
weeks. ?'-,"-
Gen. Ridgway Silent -On
Manpower Cuts
WashingtonT-4U.R) Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway declined today
to say: publicly whether the
Joint Chiefs of Staff approved
manpower cuts ordered . for the
armed forces by President Eis
enhower. -
The Army chiefs reluctance
to speak out followed an accu
sation by Chairman Carl Vinson
of ' the Houses Armed Services
committee that the administra
tion had flouted the will of Con
gress by cutting Army strength
by 70,000 men during the cur
rent fiscal' year: :
When Ridgway told the. com
mittee he would prefer to an
swer tne question about Joint
Chiefs' approval of the manpow
er cuts in a closed session, , com
mittee members protested.
Rep.: W..; Sterling Cole (R.-
N.Y.) said "the pubUc is entitled
to know" whether Ridgway and
the other top military men ap
proved the cuts.
Mosier Rancher Pleads
Innocent in Shooting
The Dalles (U.R) Joseph
Warren Ferguson, 39ear-old
Mosier rancher, - cnarged witn
manslaughter' in the death of
his brother-in-law, Charles Ed
win Eaton, entered a plea of in
nocent in Wasco county circuit
court Saturday. , -
would not be available until this
summer when approved by Con
gress. But Patterson said funds not
used on other reclamation proj
ects would' probably be used for
John Day planning, and also for
the Cougar and Green Peter
projects in the .upper .Willam
ette basin. - -
Patterson said he believed the
administration w o u 1 d request
these funds from Congress at an
early date, ' . . "
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1955
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PL ANN IN 6 TONIGHT'S M OTHER S
: MARCH Five of i the approximately 1,200
Medford mothers who will march between 7
and 8 o'clock tonight in the annual Mothers'
March on Polio, are shown above going over
last minute plans. Left to right, they are Mrs.
-Lew Miles, city chairman,' Mrs. William Hurt;
OslbsrSi
m
v Medford has a chance to go
over" the top" in ' the March of
Dimes campaign ' if the citizens
of Medford give generously i to
night, Mrs. Lew Miles, city chair
man of the Mothers' : March on
Polio, said today.
Mothers .will, call at houses
from 7 to 8 p. m. for . a con
tribution ' to the fight- against
infantile - paralysis. Mrs. . Miles
reminded that the-block work
ers will call only at ; houses
where a lighted porch light or; a
candle or other light in the win
dow signals the invitation. A
handkerchief or a shoe tied to a
door knob will be the apartment
or hotel room: invitation.
The grand : march, in which
some 1,200 mothers will take
part in Medford alone is the cli
max to the month-long March
of Dimes drive
Mrs. Miles explained that all
authorized workers will carry a
scroll for those wishing to sign
with their donation. ; It also will
serve as identification . for their
authority to make the collection,
While every effort is being
made tOTiave every block in the
Morse Sees Danger
In Far East Situation
v Denver U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse (Ind.-Ore.) warned Sunday
the Far Eastern situation is '"ap
proaching the breaking point,"
adding "the probability of a war
on the- Red Chinese mainland
becomes more frightening by the
hour." .
. Morse,- one of three ; senators
who refused to .ratify the presi
dent's resolution to defend Na
tionalist Formosa and -island put
posts, renewed -, his charges the
decision "could: lead the Ameri
can people into a preventive war
against Red China.
, He bitterly attacked proposed
use of U. S. armed forces to de
fend Quemoy and Matsu in the
Formosan straits off the main
land "where we have- no sover
ign or legal right to intervene."
Oregon House Passes
Two Minor Measures
Salem &J.R)--"The House to
day passed - two minor measures
at . a late morning session and
then went into a new schedule
to allow more time for consid
eration of bills in committee.
Unanimous : approval - was
given : to bills to permit expan
sion and consolidation of high
way and street lighting districts
and to allow the State Forester
to regulate construction of elec
tric a transmission lines over
state lands. - . , , . ,
tMa Ufa A
Ca
W H M 91
united
mpaicjn
city : covered "like a blanket,"
Mrs. Miles said that persons who
have not : been called upon by
8:30 p. m. may telephone 2-5002
and a car will be dispatched to
pick up then donation.
; i Those having dogs are asked
to keep them tethered -until the
marching mother, lias , called.
: Boundaries of the area , to -:be
covered follow:- ' ;
Aid Being Planned
For Phoenix Family
s Phoenix Residents of Phoe
nix started ' plans : yesterday to
aid Mr. and Mxs. Robert W.
Stanley, young couple, who lost
their possessions in a fire Sat
urday. . ; , : . -
, The - Stanleys are especially
in need of bedroom furnishings
and bedding it was said, as well
as dishes and . other , essential
household ; equipment. . Lumber
or building ruoplies . would be
welcomed, it' was - said, since
the Stanleys would like to re
build. . ,
Mr., and Mrs. Stanley lived
in a small apartment near the
home of Mrs.: Stanley's parents,
Mr. and' Mrs. J. W. Brannon. A
recent dMth . in the f amilv and
other adversities have beset the
Brannons and their children m
recent 'months. ; it is reDorted.
and all are temporarily unem
ployed. . . , , , ;
; Mr. anr! Mrs. dirt Fisher and
their daughter, Miss Kay Fish
er, 308 Second st., Phoenix, will
arrpnt rnnfrihutifins for the dis
tressed ; family, and further in
formation may be obtained by
telephoning 3-1191, the Fisher
home; . -
Stevens ' Urges Approval -Of
Combat-Ready Units '
Washington (U.R) Army
Secretary. Robert v T. Stevens
urged Congress today! to approve
plans - for development of "com
bat ready""reserves to offset the
"time advantage" Soviet Russia
would have in any future war.
' He said this is Vimperative'?,
because "a sizable portion of our
active forces'' 'will ,: have to be
kept overseas "for the long pun
..... was part our commitment
to preserve international peace."
BLAZE CONTROLLED
Firemen were dispatched to
802 Beekman st. about 1:30 p m.
today tor extinguish a shed fire.
The blaze .; was under control
within a short time .but : detail
were not available by pms time.
i'reu full leased Wire
Price 5c . No. 270
W Mml
' : . ....... ' r ' ' ' ....
who will assist in the Howard school area;
Mrs. R. W. Hugdahl, one of the captains in
the Orchard Home dr. district; Mrs. M. . R.
North, also of the Howard schcol area,'vand v
Mrs. Don Vincent, 'Who -will, assist', in the.
Barnett.rd..-area.,l , . - -
v " ' . -r-(L. E. McMurray photo)
Topper Hoped
- Pacific -highway north to Beall
lane, Merriman rd. to Table Rock
rd., to the airport rd. and Biddle
rd. to the Crater Lake highway,
Ros? lane to KMED and back on
sage v rd. ..to MCAndrews rd.,
Cherry '. st., Lozier lane, : Oak-
grove rd., Casino rd., Perrydale
ave., and roads -vithin that area
between Bellinger rd. and Jack
sonville highway, the area 'be
tween -v.- Myers lane, ?' including
King's highway, South Peach st.,
all of Orchard Home dr., Thomas
rd. ; extending ' to Jacksonville
Phoenix t highway, k Sunnyview
lane and Happy Valley dr., , Bar-
nettrd. to North Phoenix rd., in
cluding , Ellendale . dr.,' South
Modoc ave. and Murphy, lane,
bpring st. to Modoc ave., includ
ing .Eastover .tr. and Country
Club Estates, Biddle rd. to Mor
row: rd;, Corona ave., to Crater
Lake highway, Delta Waters rd
to Foothill rd.; Foothills rd. .to
Lone: Pine- rd.,: Lone Pine rd. to
Springbrook rd., Springbrook rd.
from Buckshot Hill rd. to Delta
Waters rd., Brookdale : rd.: to
Spring st:, -and - the Grandview
Market area-. -
Communist Bombers
Blast Tachen Islands
Taipeh; Formosa-- U.R) Chi
nese Communist bombers struck
today1 at the "Tachen Islands
where Nationalist .defenders
were reported dismantling their
equipment for -an early evacua
tion. - ;
A Nationalist ' communique
said five Soviet built TU2 bomb
ers hit lower Tachen Island late
this afternoon- killing 16 per
sons' and wounding 23. Seven
dwellings were destroyed. . -'
'Lower. Tachen is' the. southern
naif of the twin island of Tachen,
principal Nationalist base in the
group 200 miles - north of For
mosa. . The Communists ' hurled
fire-bombers at the islands Sun
day in terrorist raids apparently
directed against te civilian pop
ulace. Senate Favors Shipping
Of Prison Products "
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Senate voted today in favor of
a 'measure permitting the ship
ment of products made by labor
in -Oregon State prison outside
the " state in time of national
emergency.
Sen. . Monroe c Sweetland (D
Milwaukie) said the '. measure
was introduced after the federal
government had . twice reminded
the State "of Oregon that it was
one of the few states that did
not have such enabling legisla-
lure. - -
Weather
FORECAST: Cloddy throufh
' - ' Tuesday with occasional rain
eelow and snow above 4,900
. feet. Patches of valley f of
. Tuesday morning. Little tern-:
perature chance. Low tonight
40. High Tuesday 45. "
. . Temp. .
Highest Yesterday . . ..
Lowest this Morning .....4 ,
Pree.
To 4:38 ajn. Today
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President Hopes
China Communists
Will Participate
Soviet Plan Demands
US Troop Withdrawal
,United Nations,1 N. Y. (U.R)
The U:N. Security Council began
an urgent search for a Formosan
cease fire today.
. Council President Sir Slieslie
Knox Miinro, chief delegate from
New Zealand, told the council it
was his'earnest hope" that Red
China would participate in ' the
council discussions and said he
would propose , that Secretary
general Dag Hammarskjold per
sonally: extend the, invitation to
r Moscow . (U.PJ--- Soviet For
eign MinUier V. M..Molotov
announced today , that he has
relayed to Red China-Britain's
recommendations that Peiping.
accept a U.N. invitation to join
in a , debate of the Formosa
crisis. ..I'-
i But the Soviet Foreign Min
ister made it clear that Russia
feels' the United States is at
' fault in Formosa. -
, the Peiping regime.
- Before the council as it con
vened for Its -emergency consul
tations were cease fire proposals
both from -New Zealand and So
viet Russia.' r .
. The,. New - Zealand -proposal
has the backing of the United
States and Britain. The Russian
proposal, bitterly -critical of the
United States; demands the with
drawal of all U.S. and Nationalist
Chinese forces from the Formo
san area. , '
Red China Objects
Even before the meeting : be
gan, Red China's official newspa
per, Peoples' Daily, denounced
the New , Zealand plan as "abso
Hitely unacceptable." - ,
The New Zealand plan has not
been published officially but pre
sumably would recognize Nation
alist China's claims to Formosa
and the nearby Pescadores
Islands and the U. S. treaty with
China pledging U.S. support in
case of an attempted Communist
invasion. "
As its first step the council re
jected a Russian motion . which
would have banned the represen
tative ' of Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek's Formosa government,
Dr. Tingf u F. Tsiang, from the
debate: "
Russian Motion - Defeated - :
- The Russian motion, submitted
by Soviet delegate Arkady A.
Sobolev,'was defeated 10 to 1."
Instead, the council adopted a
motion by the United States'
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. "'not to
consider any , proposition to ex
clude the representative of the
Republic of China or to seat rep
resentatives of the Peoples - Re
pulic of the, Central Government
of China."
: Munro asked for restraint by
all parties '
Parachute pails To Cpon;
Jumpor Domnnds DoWor Cno
: Fort Richardson; Alaska OJJO
There's 'an ' old 7 saying among
paratroopers , that ''if the chute
doesn't open, take it back and
get a new one."
' This is supposed to be a Jose,
but Pvt. Stanley A. Melczak of
the 11th Airborne division is se
rious about it; He's going to take
his back as' soon as he gets out
of the hospital. ' - -
Fell 1000 Feet
The 20 - year - old paratrooper
from Pittsburgh, Pa., fell 1000
feet into a four-foot, deep snow
drift .and lived to demand a bet
ter, parachute. He's in the Fort
Richardson hospital with a pos
sible fracture of the left shoul
der and back injuries, but he'll
be as good as new in a few
weeks. ' .
Stanley was one of some 2000
paratroopers who jumped into
Party Spokesman :
Raps Influence by
Vancouver Lawyer
East's Background
Being Probed by FBI
Portland 0J.R) The unlit In
the ranks of Oregon's top Repub
licans widened today as top of-
xiciais DicKerea over - who was
going to get the nine-months
vacant federal judge seat in the
state. .
Atty. , Gen. Herbert Brownell
and John C. Higgins, a Portland-
Vancouver . attorney, were.
blamed for blocking the appoint
Holman oi Oregon City to the
job. i , ; - - "
Henry A. Buehner, spokes
man for the GOP executive com
mittee ' in Multnomah : county, :
said a resolution had been sent
to President Eisenhower - com
plaining over the influence of
Higgins in Oregon politics. , ' .
Stems From Opposition ..'-
"Thi nnpstinn ,n mir mnn " .
said Buehner, "is whether Ore
gon -Republican affairs are run.
by a citizen of Vancouver or by
Oregon Republican leaders."
His statement stemmed from
Hjggins' ' reported opposition to
the Holman appointment. Hig
gins, has affirmed he: does not
favor Holman for. the job, but :
has declined to state his rea
sons publicly. Higgins is a close
friend of Thomas E. Dewey, for
mer New - York governor, and
Brownell. -
Confirmation that Holman'a
appointment had been ; effect
ively blocked came to light yes.
terday in Eugene when it was j.
JJmIamJ At. 1r'DT mme MKAkln tat
the background of Circuit Judge
William G. East for the job.. '
Holman Backed by Cordon
Holman was backed for the'
(nl. kv Miisnina wnatnir filiv'
Cordon and Oregon's three na.
Klamath Falls, national commit :
teewoman, and Ed G. Boehnke,. .
state: chairman, Eugene, both
said yesterday they had joined-
liUi nauonai conumuwmiiu
Jess Gard in endorsing Holman.-
Recently, Sen. Richard
Neuberger recommended the ap
pointment of Edward q. Keueyr
Medford" Democrat and attor
neyT- to the 'position, as a means
of breaking the deadlock. ?r . .
Rift Widening -
' xne mi in me ranu oi ior- :
state Republicans has been wide
ninr- inr Nnhfrffpr defeated
Cordon last November in the'.:
senatorial race. . ' J ' "
In addition to the appoint"
ment of a Federal judge, the'
on the methods used to, raise':
campaign funds. " ,
Multnomah county - chairman
Phil Englehart recently blamed
the defeat partially on the .fund!,
raising activities of the Citizens ,
for Eisenhower committee.
(farlViVj Dofrinl :
dlUI IIW IT.VII
To Start Tuesday
The re-triaT of LfeRov Elmer
ffiud) Starkey Jr 20. Eagle
Point, on a charge ox assault ana ,
robbery while armed with a- ,
danserous weanon is scheduled '
to begin tomorrow morning, ac
cording to the district attorneys
office.
Starkev. who was sentenced
Sept 28 to an indeterminate
period in the state prison not to
exceed 10 years, after convic
tion on the charge, was grantea
a new trial by Judge " H. K
Hanna after a motion by the de
fense. Starkey, has been out on
$i,000 property bond, plus $2,500
cash bail since the sentencing. '
The. charge involves the al
leged robbery and stabbing - of
Philio Henselman, Jacksonville
artist, last April.
Starkey is represented by At
torney. Edward Kelly. District
Attorney Walter Nunlay will
represent the state.. . . t .
the Alaskan wilderness in the . '
past two days in the joint Army
Air Force winter maneuver Ex
ercise Snowbird. He's the only
one whose chute didn't open,
r Things happen pretty fast in'
a 1000-foot free falL He said the
first inkling he had that things
were not good was when the.
wind blew his seat pack tip over!
his face and' he saw it was still
unopened. - .
Things Happened Fast
'X thought I better pull my
reserve chut and I gave the ring -n
yank but before it popped I
hit the snow. Scared? HecLc, I : ;
didn't have time to get scared. ;
The first thing I knew I was
in a hole in the snow and tryins
to get up. My back was hurting
and I couldn't make it Then
some guys were there and said -take
it easy and well get you
out of here,' " j