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psimctii VOD-Am. TO MUD-MAT I9S5 ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL forecast for period mia-Apru uj mia-xway wuuc it ouunincot okuuvhuoj 1- tion. Improved forecasting information makes long-range prediction possible. (Interruitumal) Pilot Who Bailed Out Of Disabled Plane Found Spokane U.R Capt. Elmer P. Smith, who bailed out of his F-86D sabrejet fighter early yes terday when it developed trou ble, was found today in rugged country 10 miles north of Lake Roosevelt. Two airmen in a helicopter spotted the flyer at 6 a.m. about 10 miles north of Miles, a small town at the confluence of the SDokane and Columbia rivers where his plane crashed to earth about 9 a.m. yesterday. The 'copter pilots said Smith appeared to be in good condition despite his long stay in the cold. He was standing beside his para chute and had built a fire to keep him warm during the night, they aid. Pilarcitos dam, in San Mateo county, a part of the San Fran k Cisco water system, was com pleted in 1867. Chained to Old Ideas? 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Since drug addiction is a rel atively recent phenomenon in Israel, a new word had to be coined to describe it. Scholars of the Hebrew language and the Bible familiar with the word "mitmakker"' meaning "devo tee," are surprised to learn that in recent months it has taken on the additional meaning of "ad' diet." The chief centers for the nar cotics trade in Israel are Nazar eth and Beersheba. In Nazareth police make . oc casional raids on a narrow street in the old part of the city. If a raid has' been planned well, they may capture a big distributor carrying small lumps of yellowsh brown hasheesh in concealed pockets Hasheesh, a product of hemp, is Jcnown in America as mari huana. Because of its low price in comparison with other nar cotics, it is the most widely used drug by addicts. Few Facilities Recently, heroin has become popular, according to police rec ords. Israel consumes 150 kilograms of hasheesh a month. This, com pared with the two tons daily consumed in Egypt, seems hard ly worth the bother given to it, Nevertheless in comparison with the country's population, it con stitutes a serious health prob lem. The army, too, is seriously concerned with weeding out ad diets in its ranks, and recruits from countries condoning the use of narcotics are put under special observation. Army field security suspects a recently ...clean through and through! - ABOVS NORMAL MIAM P"""! NO&MAl ao.0 jjrrr; fonui U. S. Weather Bureau's 30-day Plant Growth caught addict who had deserted of supplying information to one of the Arab states in exchange for hasheesh. Israel has few facilities for dealing with addicts. They are sent to the mental hospital in Acre or to prison. This year a 21-bed ward is planned for addicts in one of the mental in stitutes. Hasheesh addiction is mostly confined to the poorer classes. A half gram costs one Israeli pound. The price of hemp in the Lebanon is 50 per cent lower than in Israel. When the same hemp reaches Egypt via the Gaza strip, its price is 10 times what it costs in Israel. Operate In Negev The wide open spaces of Is rael's Negev desert are ideal for narcotics smugglers. Beersheba is the center for smugglers east ward to Hebron, Amman and Es-Salt in Jordan and westward to Egypt. Desert Bedouins are notorious "protectors" of drug smugglers. They are familiar with all the routes followed by smugglers and either rob the caravans or exact a tribute for protection. Hasheesh reaching Beersheba from Hebron usually has its ori gin in Iraq. The greatest haul the police made in the Negev was the ar rest of two Bedouins and an Israeli a little over a year ago on a lonely road. They ambush ed a limousine in which they found 69 kilograms of opium, The government later sold this drug to hospitals and pharma ceutical firms. Police now and then unearth nasneesn aens usually camou flaged as cafes. These dens have lookouts who warn of the ap proach of police. Police arriv ing and discovering groups of men playing an Oriental sort of backgammon called "Shesh- Besh" have little except the ab normally bright eyes of the play ers to indicate that a few min utes . before they were passing around a hasheesh pipe. Hasheesh is preferred by many, in an eastern water pipe known as a nargeeleh. It is fre quently smoked in cigarettes which Americans know as "reef ers." Immigrants from Persia and Iraq accustomed to chew ing hemp seeds are steady cus tomers of hasheesh vendors. Another Portland Extortion Plot Told Portland (U.R) " Another at tempted extortion plot was made public here today. Mrs. Mae B. Miller, owner of the Powell supermarket, said she received a telephone call from a man who asked if she had received the note. The man hung up when she asked, "what note?" The note was found in the store mail drawer. It demanded $75 be left in an envelope under the store door. It was signed "a friend." Police Saturday night dis closed that Friday's explosion in the Meier & Frank Depart ment Store was part of an at tempt to extort $50,000. Couple Detained In Klamath Beating Klamath Falls U.!) Sheriff Murray Britton said today two persons were being held in con nection with the beating and robbery of Roscoe Watah, 90, one of the oldest living mem bers of the Klamath Indian tribe. Watah, who lives alone, was' beaten 11 days ago at his ranch house on the Piute road four miles north of Beatty. He was unable to leave the house and summon help for two days. Britton identified those being held are Perry Chockloot, 23, and his 19-year-old wife, Julia. A total of 1,187,367 fishing licenses was sold in California in 1953. Norway Girls Object To Danish Imports Vera, Norway (U R) Four young girls, only unattached women among 20 bachelors in this isolated mountain commu nity, threatened today to leave the district if the bachelors im port Dutch girls to keep them company. f The bachelors have been de ludged with letters from Dutch girls who read a United Press story of the lonely bachelors and want to come here. The bachelors ignored the threat of the four Vera girls to leave. They formed a club and decided to maintain and extend their contact with the young Dutch girls. Most young girls left Vera be cause there are no niovies, no dances, no electric lights and no roads. The closest general store is 20 miles away; the doctor, dentist and veterinarian live 40 miles away. In winter to get there you ski. In summer you walk. t Big Gamble Won; Woman's Ring Found Portland (U.R) Mrs. Clyde C. Walker, in a "million to one chance," yesterday recovered a valuable diamond ring which she had accidentally flushed down a toilet of her home more than a week ago., The ring was recovered by a city public works crew, which pulled a steel brush on a line through a two-block length of sewer. The second sweep was successful. . Mrs. Walker said she had acci dentally wrapped her 29-year-old engagement ring in a piece of kleenex and, without think ing, tossed the kleenex into the bowl and flushed it away. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans was established on the campus of the New York University in 1900. The Main & HI -koj.t!&!Lf I I I WWJWPiiH I : h'"4$g'A pr mss . aagK wiq p-. ...nV i'i Iff - mr r '' k.'&ii EVEN LOOKS SUPERSONIC Resembling a "supersonic ncur glass with delta wings, the Convair F-102A, is pic tured in aer first test flight over San Diego, Calif. It's an all-weather jet interceptor being built for the Air Force. British Newspapers Londop (U.R) The worst newspaper strike in British his tory ended tonight after stalling the Fleet Street presses for 26 days. Peace talks culminated this evening in a settlement that ended the news blackout. The strike had muffled the im pact of Sir Winston Churchill's resignation as Prime Minister new best seller ; Fir Sts. o : GREAT TV FORD Tuesday, A?rll 19. 19S3 Reach Settlement and left millions without printed word of Sir Anthony Eden's accession. ' It was expected that work on the strikebound national dailies could be resumed by tomorrow night, permitting Thursday morning newspapers to publish. The newspaper proprietors association said yesterday the strike had cost $5,600,000. SelL s more... its worth moxe ! ForeTs worth more wheti you buy H . . . and it's easy to see why! Only Ford brings you the long, low look of the Tbunder bird and its "car-of-tomorrow" lines. 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