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Jailed Filers 'for
Bargaining Agemte
Bandung, Indonesia -flJ.R)
Communist China today reject
ed the American terms for a con
ference on the Formosan crisis
and there were strong sugges
tions Peiping might use 11 im
prisoned American fliers as a
bargaining point.
Peiping radio announced the
rejection and said the U.S. State
Department's answer to Premier
Chou En-Lai's bid to sit down
and discuss Formosa "put for
ward a series of unreasonable
prerequisites for such negotia
tions."
It listed these as the partici
pation of Chiang Kai-shek, the
call for an immediate cease fire
!.n the Formosa Strait, the imme
diate release of "all American
spies" and the acceptance of a
U.N. Security Council invitation
to discuss the New Zealand pro-
' posal on the Formosan issue.
Prisoners At Issue
But at the same time, Prime
Minister Mohammed Ali of Paki
stan said he thought Red China
might release the 11 imprison
ed American fliers if Peiping
to negotiate the Formosa crisis.
Ah hmted strongly he had
made progress in convincing
Chou to release the prisoners in
the course of a long talk he had
with the Red Premier.
Observers said Chou's report
ed willingness to discuss the re
lease of the Americans was a
strong indication the Commu
nists hoped to use their imprison
ment to win concessions on other
points.
The flood of developments on
the Formosan crisis made it
more and more evident that the
talks between the United States
and Communist China might not
come off. ,
Lack of Agreement
Nationalist officials on Taipeh
said flatly they would not sit
down with the Chinese Commu
nists on any terms. The United
States .said it would not talk un
less the Nationalists were pres
ent. And Peiping rejected all
American proposals.
Earlier, Premier U Nu of Bur-
refuse to negotiate the Formo
Doctor Testifies
At Fong Hearing
Portland U.R) Defense At
torney Irvin Goodman today
produced his own, medical wit
ness in an attempt 10 refute state
testimony that Diane Hank may
have died of barbiturate poison
ing. Dr. Charles M. Grossman tes
tified at the first degree murder
trial of Wey Him and Sherry
Fong that other chemicals might
easily be present in a partly de
composed body which would
give the same response as bar
biturate to the test which the
prosecution's experts used in
checking for the presence of
barbiturates.
The Fongs are accused of kill
.ing the 16-year-old Hank girl
and dumping her body in the
brush near Washougal, Wash.
Fjrst defense Witness as the
trial entered its third week to
day was Mrs. Veda Porth, record
clerk at the police emergency
hospital.
, ; Through her, Goodman intro-
hncnttar repnrrtc whirh
showed that Pio Reigo, 47, a
prosecution witness, was treated
at the jail hospital Jan. 11 and
12 for extensive soreness of the
body and neck. Goodman read a
notation on the record which
said, "Pio states that he was
beaten by the police last night."
Portland (U.PJ Mrs. R. A.
Law, Coos Bay, has been elected
chairman of the Oregon Art Al
liance. .......-
Guards Posted at Portland School As
Northwest Bombing Threats Continue
Portland (U.R) A police
guard was posted around the
Sylvan school in Portland's
southwest hills today as the
bomb jitters continued to plague
the Pacific Northwest.
The school was placed under
surveillance after the president
of the school's Parent-Teachers
Association received a threat
that a bomb would explode in
the school this morning.
Mrs. Herbert Winfree received
the call Thursday night from a
man "with a well-modulated
voice" demanding she get $20,
000 for delivery according to in
structions she would receive dur
ing the week end. The man told
her it was "not a gag with the
Meier, FranK ana mrceu enn
dren in your school."
Jr -
san problem if Washington in
sisted that Nationalist China at
tend the negotiations.
The neutral premier who has
conferred frequently with Red
China's Chou En-lai during the
African-Asian conference which
ended Sunday night made the
statement in an interview short
ly after Chou himself called con
ference hopes for the talks.
In his closing address to the
conference the Chinese Commu
nist premier reaffairmed Pei
ping's determination to "liber
ate" Formosa a statement
which showed clearly that his
idea of negotiating the crisis was
to negotiate on his own terms,
Burglaries, Minor
Thefts Reported
To City Officers
Two burglaries and two hub
cap thefts, involving more than
565 in cash and property, were
reported to police over the week
end. -
Thieves pried a padlock on an
ice house door near the Valley.
Fuel company, 26 West Main st.,
Saturday night and escaped with
about $2 in quarters and half
dollars, police said. The money
was in two small coin boxes in
the building. Both coin boxes
were pried open with' ice tongs,
police said.
Billfold Stolen
Wayne Fred Johnson, 330
North Hally st., reported that
while he was asleep Saturday
night, someone entered his apart
ment and took a pair of pants
valued at $17 and a billfold con
taining personal papers and
about $12 in cash. Police said
Johnson told them the door was
left unlocked. - -
Thieves took, three Cadillac
hubcaps valued at $18 off a 1946
Ford owned ; by.-FrankRectoiv
214 West Jackson st., Saturday
night while the car was parked
in a lot near 214 South Riverside
ave.
Car Equipment Taken
One hubcap valued at $12.50
and windshield wiper and blade
valued at about $5 were, taken
from a car owned by Gail E. Jen
sen, 229 North Ivy st., sometime
between 9 and 10 a.m. yesterday.
The vehicle was parked in the
lot at First National Bank of
Portland, Medford branch.
A hay baler owned by Joe
Ray Bayne, 429 Edwards st., was
damaged slightly sometime . be
tween April 1: and yesterday,
Bayne reported to police, who
said Bayne told them he thought
children playing - around the
equipment caused the damage.
Myrtle Point Bomb
Scare Investigated
Myrtle Point U.R) Local
police today" were investigating
an anonymous report that there
was a bomb in the Myrtle Point
telephone office.
' "A telephone company operator
said she received a call yester
day from a man who said there
was a bomb in the building and
that she "had better get out of
there." .
Myrtle Point and state police
searched the building and. sur
rounding buildings but no trace
of any bomb was found. ....
Record-Breaking Crime .
Wave Reported in 1954
Washington (U.R) A crime
wave of record breaking propor
tions, supported by a sharp in
crease in .theft, was recorded in
the United States during 1954,
the FBI reported today. . ,
The bureau's annual crime in
dex showed that a serious, crimi
nal offense was committed every
13.9. seconds .
He referred to officials of the
Meier and Frank " department
store, which was bombed the
week before in a $50,000 extor
tion attempt, and to Portland's
police chief Jim Purcell Jr.
Mrs. Winfree said today that
she had received no further in
structions. "Too bad," she said,
"because we might have caught
him."
Police have been posted
around Mrs. Winfree's home, as
well as the Frank country estate
and the department store.
Guards also have been assigned
to other persons reporting simi
lar threats.
The Meier and Frank blast
touched off a series of bomb
threats, including five schools in
the Northwest. But so fax no
Big 3 Ministers
Set Meet To Probe
Talks With Russia
Paris To Be Scene
Of May 8 Conference
Washington (U.R) The U.S.,
French and British foreign min
isters will meet May 8 in Paris
to discuss "concrete plans" for
holding a Big Four meeting with
Russia, it was announced today.
The State Department sax 5 in
a brief announcement that the
three Western governmets "earn
estly hope that a four-power con
ference can meet as soon as pos
sible."
It said the United States, Bri
tain and France have consistent
ly shown they want to seek
through negotiations ' "the just
and peaceful settlement of ques
tions which might disturb the
maintainence of enduring peace,
Preliminary Meeting
"Moved by the same desire,
the three foreign ministers will
meet in Paris on May 8 in order
to discuss concrete plans for
holding a four-power conference
with the Soviet government," the
statement said.
It said U. S., British and
French experts will meet in Lon
don Wednesday to make a pre;
lim'inary study of problems in
preparation for the foreign min
isters' discussions.
The department said West
German Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer and leaders of the other
North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation governments will be con
sulted on plans for the Big Four
meeting. .
Austrian Treaty
The meeting planned would
be a broad one seeking solution
to a num'ber of critical issues in
the European area, particularly
the question of German unifica
tion. It. would -apparently be in
addition to a Big Four foreign
ministers meeting which may
eventually be held for formal
signing of an Austrian state
treaty. ;
The three Western powers last
week proposed in notes to Rus
sia that Big Four ambassadors
meet in Vienna May 2 to settle
final details of an Austrian trea
ty. The Western powers suggest
ed the Big Four foreign minis
ters meet to sign the treaty at the
earliest practicable tune there
after.
Rhoten Brothers
Plead Innocent;
McCoy To Appear
Richard Rhoten and Conley
Carl Rhoten, route 1, box 74,
Rogue River, pleaded innocent
to grand larceny charges in cir
cuit court today. No date has
been set for trial. -
The Rhoten brothers are
charged with the theft of fir
logs valued at more than $75
from .the.. Robert . Dollar com
pany last March. Both are free
on- bond.
Also in court Judge H. K.
Hanna overruled two - motions
filed by Edward, C. Kelly to
quash indictments against Jack
Dwight McCoy, 26, 129 Wight
man st., Ashland, who is charg
ed with two counts of assault
to commit rape. McCoy, was ar
raigned on the charges follow
ing .indictments .returned by a
grand jury last week.
. Judge Hanna .said .the court
could find no authorization for
setting . aside the. indictments,
and required McCoy to appear
and . enter a . plea .on .or .before
tomorrow.
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' Atomic Test ' Site Nev.
(U.R) Bad weather, blew into.
Nevada, today and forced post
ponement for .at least 24 .hours
of tomorrow mornings schtd
.uled. atomic explosion. . . . -
bombs have been found.
Other Threats
The 90-roqm Antler hotel at
Baker and a nearby boarding
house were evacuated Saturday
night following a bomb threat.
Police also have taken precau
tions at the Dahnken, Inc., Port
land wholesale merchandising
company in the Morgan building,
and at the J. J. Newberry store
and a southeast Portland tavern
where similar threats have been
received. .
Multnomah county District
Attorney William' Langley
warned today that he will prose
cute any persons caught making
telephone calls or writing threat
ening messages. He said prosecu
tion could result in a five-year
prison sentence and SIQOO fin..
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Patterson's Stand
On Hells Canyon
Rapped by Morse
Governor's View Said
'Utterly Unrealistic'
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) today de
livered a roundhouse attack on
Gov. Paul Patterson of Oregon
for opposing federal construct
ion of the Hells Canyin Dam.
Morse, in a. speech prepared
for Senate delivery, said his
state's Republican' governor has
"the kind of narrow parochial
view which cannot see past state
lines and is utterly unrealistic."
Three Musketeers ;
He said Patterson and Govs.
Robert Smylie of Idaho and Rob
ert B. L a n g 1 i e of Washington
are thiee "musketeers of resis
tance to the 20th century,
Smylie and Langlie also oppose
the dam proposal backed by
Morse. '
Morse's attack ion Patterson
arose from a hearing April 7
in Portland. Ore., when the gov
ernor opposed Morse's Hells
Canyon bill. .
Morse said that on that day
the Governor "signed un at the
recruiting office" of the Idaho
Power Company which opposes
the Hells Canyon 'Dam and
wants to build a f series of its
own dams on the- Snake river
instead.
No Benefit to Oregon -
Morse said the smaller dams
in Hells: Qaayon wauUL'Jjer'i bf
no .benefit to O i e g b h. They
would perpetuate and strength-,
en the Idaho Power's monopoly
position with its attendant high
rates." But low. cost federal
Hells Canyon power, he said,
wouli aid irrigation pumping in
Eastern Oiegon.v
Morss said the federal Hells
Canyon would store water
which would result in another
piece being removed from the
comprehensive plan, another
boost to the regional power rates
and another bonzana to the pri
vate power companies at the ex
pense of the nation s taxpay
ers.
Hoax Suspected
In Crash of Plane
Merrill, Ore. U.R) Oregon
and California state police and
the Merrill town marshall were
investigating what appeared to
be a hoax in the reported crash
of a light plane in the Alturas,
Calif., area yesterday.
Several calls reporting the
crash were received by local
authorities. An immediate search
was started by the Alturas sher
iff's office, rangers from the
Tulelake ranger station and five
planes from the Klamath Air
Search and Rescue unit, ine
search was called off at 41:00
p.m."yesterday with no results.
The calls were traced to a pay
phone" in a Tar in Merrill, Ore.,
about 20 miles south of Klamath
Falls. Authorities were trying to
locate the caller.
' A'farmer at Tulelake reported
he saw flares in the Scpnchin
Butte region south of Tulelake
in the general area of the re
ported crash, but local author
ities explained them . as , "snow
lightning." The piarie was said
to .have. burst into flames. .
. Search parties were standing
by while state police and the
Merrill town marshal tried to
locate, the caller.. .
(See story on Page 11)
Surtax Proposal
Debated in Senate
SalriTi (U.R) A surtax on the
state personal income tax design
ed to raise some 45 million dol
lars in the next biennium was
the object of a 2V4 hour debate
in. the Senate this morning.
' A minority report against the
bill was defeated 24-6 and the
majority report supported by
Sen. Rudie Wilhelm (R-Portland)
chairman of the Senate Tax Com
mittee,, was adopted.
Before a vote could be taken
on the provision, Sen. Gene
Brown, (R-Grants Pass) insisted
that a constitutional provision
that each bill be read section by
section b invoked, -
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WIFE, 'OTHER MAN' CHARGED IN BOMBING Mrs.
Marjorie Smith, 30 (left), whose attorney husband, Oliver
K. Smith, 35, was blown to bits by a dynamite charge
j hidden in his car, is being held by Portland, Ore., police
on murder charge. Victor Lawrence Wolf (right) signed a
confession admitting his part m setting the explosives.
District Attorney William Langley said the confession,
. pointed out that Wolf and Mrs. Smith had been plotting the
. slaying for several months.
Mrs. Smith Continues
To Deny Having Part
In Death of
r.; Portland, pre. (U SO Mrs.
Marjorie Smith, 34, insisted to
day she had nothing to do; with
the bomb-slaying of her, husband
even though an acquaintance
said; she often discussed doing
away with him. ;
Thomas A. Marlin of Sher
wood, . Ore., told , police Mrs.
Smith had discussed many plans
for murder with him over a pe
riod of months.
'Marlin said he first met Mrs.
Smith in 1943, when they work
ed in Oregon shipyards. Subse
quently, he said, she asked him
if he knew where he could buy
dynamite and that she talked
with him on several occasions
about committing the "perfect
crime."
Marlin said her husband was
often the subject of these con
versations.
Police confronted Mrs. Smith
with Marlin yesterday, but she
confessed nothing.
Mrs. Smith is accused of com
plicity in the death of her hus
band, Oliver Kermit Smith,-35-
year-old Portland attorney who'
was blown up by a charge of dy
namite in his auto last Thursday.
Bomb Plant Admitted
Victor Lawrence "Wolf, 45,
also accused of murder, admitted
planting the bomb because he
was in love .with Mrs. Smith: He
said , the two planned to share
Smith's $21,000 insurance. '
Wolf took detectives yester
day to an undisclosed spot in
Washington sfete where he said
he and Mrs. Smith tested dyna
mite caps three weeks ago." . '
Meanwhile, it was reported
that Mrs. Smith is wanted on
four bad check charges in Cali
fornia. The warrants, signed in
Knowland Questions
Foreign Aid To India
Washington (U.R) Senate
Republican' Leader William F.
Knowland. questioned today
whether U. S. foreign aid funds
should be allotted to India in
view of that country's neutral
position in the cold war..
. His attitude reflected a view
point widely held in Congress
among members who are ques
tioning or objecting to the con
tinued inclusion of India in the
the foreign aid program.
Knowland gave his views to
reporters in commenting on the
iine taken by Indian Prime Min
ister Jawaharlal Nehru, at the
Afro-Asian conference at Ban
dung, Indonesia.
. He expressed the belief that
the conference had "backfired"
on the neutral Nehru and Red
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai be
cause the anti-Communist coun
tries in Asia had made an effec
tive case against "the dangers of
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United
MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1955
Attorney
1948-by Judge Louis Kaufman
of Los Angeles, named Marjorie
E. Hersey, alias Chris Evans.
Mrs. Smith's maiden name was
Evans. Her first husband, Mer
rick Hersey, is a laboratory
worker at the Sacramento, Calif.,
County Hospital.
Implicating Evidence
Mrs. Smith's first husband has
also given implicating evidence.
Merrick Hersey, a laboratory
technician at Ukiah General hos
pital in Ukiah, Calif., said Mrs.
Smith in 1952 asked him if he
knew of "anything in labora
tory which was exceedingly
deadly and would be undetected
in case of death."
' Hersey expressed shock when
he learned of the murder charges
against his former wife. But he
said she is a "sick woman and
needs psychiatric treatment bad
ly." . .
Radford Sets Final
Meeting With Chiang
Taipei, .Formosa (U.R) Adm.
Arthur W. Radford, chairman
of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
will hold a final conference to
morrow with Generalissimo
Chaing Kai-shek and then fly
back to Washington, it was re
ported today.
The taUas probably more se
cret than any held here in re
c e n t years began yesterday
shortly after Radford arrived
here with Walter S. Robertson,
assistant secretary of state and
President Eisenhower's Far
Eastern trouble shooter.
Karl Rankin, the U.S. ambas
sador, sat in on the talks which
lasted for five hours yesterday.
Officials here, both Chinese
and American, threw up a wall
of secrecy around the talks and
the usual profuse leakage of in
formation was successfully
plugged.
Three Men Missing
In Coquille River
Myrtle Point, Ore. (U.R)
Three people were missing and
believed drowned in the Coquille
river near Myrtle .Point in .a
boating accident yesterday.
Missing were Allen Richard
McGredy, 16, Springfield, his
brother Charles George Mc
Gredy, 19, on leave from the
army, and a brother-in-law,. Har
lan Wyrich, 35, from . nearby
Bridge.
The trio went out in a boat on
the Coquille river near Bridge,
about noon yesterday to try out
a new motor. About 1:30 p.m. the
boat was seen downstream over
turned. .
A jacket and a hat were found
floating near shore.
Police and Coast Guardsmen
searched yesterday until dark
and - resumed the search this
morning. ... ,
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Statement Claimed
Typical Utterance
Of Obstructionists
John Day Dam
Object of Differences
Washington (U.R) Rep. Sam
Coon (R-Ore.) said Saturday he
"was not surprised" at a state
ment by Oregon Democratic Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger attacking
the Baker congressman's bill to
authorize construction of the
John Day dam on the Columbia
river. . ;
"This Neuberger's statement,"
Coon said, "is typical of the re
actionary, obstructionist tactics
used by those who hope to pre
vent prompt development of the
hydroelectric resources of the
Pacific Northwest.".
Gam of Keepaway
"These people are playing a
game of keepaway with the peo
ple of the Northwest," Coon
said, "and they are using these
tactics in a desperate attempt to
hang on to a discredited political
issue."
. Neuberger Friday said Coon's
bill was not in the public inte
rest. He said the partnership pro
posal was designed to give the
revenue-producing parts of the
Northwest's power projects to
private utilities while harAling
the bill for paying for other fea
tures of the works to the people.
Dam Aid' To Economy
Coon charged opponents of his
bill with standing in. the way of
new hydroelectric, navigation
and flood control developments,
He said if these forces are suc
cessful they will bear the full
responsibility for blocking indus
trial and economic development
of the Pacific Northwest.
The Coon bill provides that lo
cal interest, public and private,
will be allowed to advance to the
federal government the total
cost of the power features of the
John Day dam. . Coon estimated
that this amount would be $273,
000,000, or nearly 90 per cent
of the total cost of the multi-purpose
project.
In support of. his bill, Coon
said "There is no question re
garding ownership of the dam.
The whole project will be built,
designed, owned and operated
by the federal government."
He said his bill makes possible
advance sale of power "so the
project can be built now rather
that at some distant time when
Congress might seem fit to appro
priate the necessary funds."
Rebels Warn Dai
To Discharge Premier
Saigon,; Indochina U.R) A
rebel army warned Emperor Bao
Dai today to fire American
backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem
by Sunday or face a full civil
war that will sweep away the
imperial throne; '
A spokesman for the Binh
Xuyen sect which spearheads the
opposition unified front armea
struggle against Diem delivered
this ultimatum to the absentee
emperor:
"His majesty must decide be
fore the end of April whether to
dismiss Diem. If he does not it
means civil war which at the
same time will sweep away the
dynasty.'
Powder House
Kills Union County Worker
La Grande (U.R) A terrific
explosion today destroyed the
Union county powder house,
shattering plate glass windows
in downtown La Grande and
killed one man, , presumably a
county employee.
Shattering Explosion
State po.Uce said the victim
was beliered to be H. Eugene
Benton, about 55, shop foreman
for the Union county road de
partment: Banton left the coun
ty shops about 9:10 a.m. to go
to the powder house two miles
north of La Grande, on a rou
tine checkup. About 10 minutes
later there was a shattering ex
plosion which jarred La Grande
and was felt by farmers at least
two miles from the scene. .
The brick powder house was
destroyed in the blast which
blew brick dust several hundred
Cruise Would
Show Peacetime
Use of Energy
Exhibit Would
Tour Foreign Ports
New York. UR) President
jLisennower xoaay announced
plans, for U. S. construction of
an atomic powered merchant
ship which will cruise the world
to demonstrate peacetime use of
atomic energy. -
The new ship, which will not
require refueling "for scores of
thousands of miles," will carry
to countless foreign ports the
exhibits of practical application
of the new atomic science and
medicine, agriculture and power
oroduction.
The President made his dis
closures in a speech prepared
for delivery before the Asso
ciated Press lunch held a day
before the opening of the annual
convention of the American
Newspaper Publishers' Associa
tion at the Waldorf - Astoria
Hotel. ,
Trade Essential -
Mr. Eisenhower's accent was
on the need for f reeit two-way
trade among nations and partic
ularly congressional passage of
his reciprocal trade program.
He railed reciprocal trade "a
broad avenue by which all men
and nations of goodwill can
travel toward a golden era of
peace and plenty."
, The dramatic highlight of his
prepared address, however, was
his announcement of the atom
powered merchant vessel ,as an
other part of the American pro
gram of peaceful uses of atomic
energy.
He said specifications , for the
vessel were being developed by
the Atomic Energy Commission
and the Maritime Administra
tion. The chief executive will ask
Congres for special construction
funds in the near future, accom
panying his request with a de
scription of the ship.
"The new ship, powered with
an atomic reactor, will not re
quire refueling for scores, of
thousands of miles of operation "
the President told the editors
peacetime Project
"Visiting the ports of the
world it will demonstrate to peo
ple everywhere this peacetime
use of atomic venergy, harnessed
for the improvement of human
living.
, "In part,- the ship will be an
atomic exhibit, carrying to all
people practical knowledge of
the usefulness of this new sci
ence. . . "
The United States has one
atomic-powered vessel in opera
tion, the . submarine Nautilus,
and has another similar under
seas craft on order.
The Nautilus, as the merchant
man would be, is powered by an
atomic reactor.
Trouble In Congress
The chief executive reserved
most of his wordagev however,
for his foreign trade program,
saying he would not relax his
personal effort toward putting
across the ; program. The pro
gram has encountered rough go
ing in Congress.
10 aDanaon our program iw
the gradual reduction of unjusti
fiable trade barriers to vitiate
the administration proposals by
crippling amendments would
strike a severe blow at the coop
erative efforts of the free na
tions to build up their economic
and military defenses," he said.
He feared severe interference
with tariff reductions as out
lined in his program would result
in sharp contraction of world
trade.
Weather
FORECAST Generally cloudy
with showers thronih Tues
day. Low tonicht 38-46. High
Tuesday SS.
; Temp.
Hirhest yesterday ST
Lowest this morning .
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Explosion
feet in the air and covered the
area with a fine red powder.
All that was left was some de
bris and a hole in the ground
18 feet deep and about 35 feet
wide where the building had
stood.
Scraps of Bone Found
Police said they found scraps
of bone and tissue and a few
strands of burned hair in the
rubble. They were continuing
their investigation.
County officials said they did
not know what caused the
blast.
Unofficial estimates of dam
age, principally broken plate
glass windows to downtown
establishments, was placed at
around $5000, The force of the
blast, while felt, apparently did
little damage to residential districts.