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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. March 1, 1955 Edrs Remajn MareeKiedi; Uiuitzers KwmA at TiTOriinig lirifflt Rescuers Battle Avalanche Country To Reach Stranded By UNITED PRESS The fading winter kept 200 skiers marooned in snowbound Utah Mountains today and sent death-dealing weather into the East. The skiers, trapped high in the Wasatch Range by the Far West's worst blizzard of the year, faced no immediate dan ger. Forest Rangers fired howit zers at towering drifts in an at tempt to rescue them. In the Calfornia High Sierra, however, a rescue team fought through "avalanche country" trying to reach a young man and woman who were spotted chest deep in snow. Snow Lashes Idaho A new threat was posed in the West as a fresh storm roll ed out of the North Pacific to wards Cent: al California. Wind whipped snow lashed Idaho and there was up to 10 inches of new snow today in the Colorado Mountains. Utah's 200 marooned skiers found comfortable refuge in four lodges in the Alta area, but the road to the lodge was block ed and rotary plows could chew their way through only four of five miles of drifts Monday. One of the snowbound 200, publisher Robert S. Howard of the Pocatello (Idaho) State Jour nal, said "Most guests are de lighted with the enormous snowfall and ideal skiing condi ditions they're enjoying it to the hilt." Young Skiers Snowbound Elsewhere in the Wasatch range, rotary snow plows broke through to free 75 skiers ma rooned in the Brighton area. But in California, officials were fearful for the two skiers lost , 60 miles northwest of Bishop in the High Sierra. The skiers were identified as Frank Dunn, 21, of Sunland, Calf., and Janice Off, 24, Los Angeles, Calif. The new western storm, meanwhile, threatened to bring rain as far south as San Fran cisco and Sacramento, Calif. Flood waters had already forced evacuation of 10 families from a labor camp near Fresno, Calif. Floods in West Virginia Far worse floods plagued West Virginia, where rains which be gan Saturday night,- sent the Guyon, Tug and other streams Man Leaves Homes To 'Education of People Boston (U.R) Author Charles Hammond Gibson, who died last Nov. 17, directed in his will that his Beacon Street home and the estate, "Forty Steps," at Nahant and their contents he left intact as "complete examples of the period from 1859 to 1900." The 79-year-old writer said he wanted his homes to become museums "for the education of the people." Medford Squadron Of CAP Wins 2nd Membership Prize The Medford squadron of the Civil Air patrol has won sec ond prize in the 1955 Oregon wing membership contest, it was announced today. The squadron received a check for $15 from Col. Kenneth S. Jordan, Oregon wing com mander, who commended the unit highly on the building as well as the increase in member ship through the efforts of the senior members in the organiza tion. Based On Nmbers The contest was based on the number of new senior members joining CAP as well as the num ber of old members renewing from Texas to Korea. Members of CAP may continue their mem bership even though they are in the military service. Senior member Robert E. Wright, who renewed his 1955 membership from Korea, is now home on leave, and senior mem ber Albert Eaton is now in mili tary service in Texas. Competition between the 24 CAP units in Oregon was stiff, with the only other winners in the contest being in the Port land area. First prize was won by Portland Squadron 3, third prize was won by Portland Squadron 2, and fourth prize was won by the Vancouver squadron. over their banks. National Guard troops evacu ated 100 families from low-lying areas around Logan. Williamson was all but isolated by flood waters. The waters blocked' traf fic between Bluefield and Princeton and several schools were closed in Mercer and Yyoming counties. Oxnam's Part in Matusow Case Sought by Solon Washington (U.R) Sen. James O. Eastland said today he wants to check into Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam's connection with the case of turn about witness Harvey Hatusow. Eastland (D-Miss.) summoned Matusow for another day of questioning by the Senate In ternal Security Subcommittee about his claim that he lied under oath in accusing persons as Com munists. Complete Picture Eastland promised newsmen that when his group gets through with Matusow, "You'll have a complete picture of his motives, reasons, who's using him and why." Eastland said he wants to ex plore any link between Oxnam and the publishers of Matusow's forthcoming book. The publishers, Angus Cam eron and Albert E. Kahn, are scheduled to testify in public later. They jhave already ap peared in closed-door hearings. Eastland said both invoked the Fifth Amendment on questions of Communism. Want Facts Eastland said the subcommit tee had no plans to call Oxnam, the battling bishop who tangled last year with members of the House Un-American Activities Committee. But he told newsmen: "We want the facts on who contacted Cameron and Kahn. That's a matter the record should show." Matusow testified last week that he told Oxnam and the bishop told the press that he gave false testimony and was looking for a publisher for a book about it. Matusow said it was sometime after this he got an offer from Cameron and Kahn. 'Liar' Charge Shouted Eastland said the subcommit tee set no date for hearing Eliz abeth Bentley, ex-Communist who Matusow charged in a stormy session was a "liar" and "unstable." Matusow also shouted the charge of "liar" at ex-Commu-nists Paul Crouch and Manning Johnson. But he admitted under questioning that he could name no specific case in which any of the trio gave false testimony. Mother Killed; Homes Damaged By Tornado in Youngstown, O. Youngstown, O. (U.R) A baby twister cut a 100-foot wide path through three city blocks in an East Side residential dis trict this morning, killng a 34-year-old mother, hospitalizing nine others, and causing damage estimated at more than $125,000. The body of Betty Fallat, mo- Army Exercise To Begin Sunday Los Angeles (U.R) Major amphibious exercises by Army and Navy task forces will be conducted on the West Coast beginning next Sunday, the joint services announced today. Dubbed "Operation Surf board" the exercises will include heavy pre-assault ship and air bombardments and defenses against electronic and nuclear weapons. The operation will start Sun day with combat loading of the 6000-man Regimental Combat team at Point Solo, Fort Lewis, Wash., which is to be considered advance base at sea for purposes of the exercise. Units will move south to Cor onado, Calif., with aircraft car riers and submarines guarding the fleet. After a rehearsal at Coronado March 18, the fleet will sail to San Clemente island for practice bombardment of an "enemy beach" set for March 19. An assault landing is planned on the beach at San Simeon bay March 21. Stale Police Officer Promoted to Sergeant Russell H. Brendle, 3595 Table Rock rd., a member of the Medford detachment of the Oregon State Police, has been promoted to sergeant effective today, according to Capt. Paul Parson, commanding officer of the district. Sergeant Brendle has been with the office here for. about 12 years. He was promoted to take over the duties of Sgt. Bruce G. Lattin, who has been assigned to the Klamath Falls office as an assistant to Sgt. E. W. Tichenor, in charge there. 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