MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TR1BUWE- THRES
Tornado, Dust Storms, Snow Greet Benson on Tour of Troubled States
Wednesday. April 57, 1131
Huge Hailstones
Bring Damage in
Oklahoma, Texas
Br UNITED PRESS
A stranga combination of dust
terms. 90 - degree temperatures
and almost a half foot of snow
belted the nation's West today.
- High winds over Oklahoma
and Texas spawned at least one
tornado and then swept north
ward through the Great Plains.
Strong gusty winds and thick
dust were predicted for Western
Kansas, Western Nebraska and
Northern New Mexico.
Temperatures meanwile
soared into the 90s in New Mexi
co and the Oklahoma panhandle.
But cool Pacific air was spill
ing over the continental divide,
dumping temperatures 30 de
crees into the 20s in Nevada and
piling up five inches of snow
at Salt Lake City, Utah.
The winds, heat, and dust
were a sequel to a night of wild
weather in Oklahoma and Texas.
Buildings Smashed
A tornado raced through a
farm community near Shawnee,
Okla., blowing over several
frame buildings, and at least
three other twister funnels were
sighted in the state.
At the same time strong winds
tore up trees at Anadarko, Okla.,
and swirline dust blotted out
the stars at Enid, Okla.
Tornado warnings were lifted
. for parts of Texas and Oklaho
ma early today, but not until
violent hail storms had battered
iorre areas. Hailstones the size
oi chicken eggs damaged cars at
Cordell, Okla., and the hail
stones which pounded Wichita
Falls, Tex., were the size of
lemons.
The crop - ripping winds pro
vided a graphic demonstration of
the Southwest's troubles for
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Ben-
Sheppard Affidavits Accepted; Judge Plans Decision
Cleveland U.R) Common
Pleas Judge Edward Blythin to
day accepted seven affidavits on
which convicted wife-killer Dr.
Samuel H. Sheppard has placed
his hopes for a new trial.
The hearing, granted on de
fense claims of "newly discov
ered evidence," consumed only
20 minutes. Judge Blythin said
he would make his decision
"either on notice or tomorrow.'
The affidavits were submitted
by William J. Corrigan, head of
the young osteopath brain sur
geon's legal counsel.
There was no testimony at the
brief hearing.
Dr. Sam, attired in his famil
iar charcoal flannel suit, white
shirt and blue knitted tie, smiled
warmly at his two brothers and
their wives as, he entered the
courtroom handcuffed to a dep
uty sheriff. His smile was re
turned, although none of his fam
ily rose in greeting.
The principal affidavit was a
son and an international arid
lands conference.
Only Dust Fait
Benson toured the wind-raked
tirea yesterday, seeking answers
to the problems of wind and ero
sion In Colorado he ordered his
bus stopped and walked out to
feel the soil in a field. The top
two inches were pure dust.
The international conference
on arid lands picked a good spot
for its meeting Albuquerque,
in the heart of the wind-scarred
Northern New Mexico. Six hun
dred delegates from all over the
world are attending.
Elsewhere in the nation, fair
skies predominated in most re
gions. However, light rains
spattered the East from New
England into Virginia, showers
and thunderstorms continued in
the Oklahoma - Arkansas region,
and there were ; showers and
snow flurries over the Northern
Rockies as far south" at Northern
Colorado. '.'
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33-page document signed by Dr.
Paul Kirk, University of Cali
fornia criminologist hired by the
Sheppard family to investigate
the Independence Day bludgeon
slaying of Dr. Sam's wife, Mar
ilyn. Corrigan outlined contents
of the document to Judge Bly
thin, but did not ask Dr. Kirk
to testify.
The other half dozen docu
ments "added . to it," Corrigan
said. Four pertained to condi
tion of the murder home, and
were signed, individually, by
Dr. Sam, his brothers, Drs.
Stephen A. and Richard N. Shep
pard, and defense attorney Ar
thur Petersilge.
Corrigan said they showed the
home was undisturbed between
the time it was returned to its
owners by the state last Dec. 23
and until Kirk arrived in Feb-
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KEEP THOSE EYES DOWN! Former U. S. Open
champ Julius Boros proves he has nerves of steel by keep
ing his eyes on the putter he is discussing with Joane
Swain at Las Vegas, Nev. Boros is practicing for the
$37,500 Tournament of Champions, scheduled to get under
way at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn golf course April 28.
San Francisco Men Plan Visit in Valley
Ten members of the domestic
trade department of the San
Francisco Chamber of Com
merce will visit southern Oregon
tomorrow.
They will arrive by air at
9:45 a.m., being greeted by mem
bers of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce greeters'
committee, who will hold their
weekly coffee klatsch at the air
port. They will lunch with the
chamber's board of directors at
noon, they, tour Bear Creek or
chards, the Camp White indus
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. The rest of the two-day visit
will'be spent in, visits and tours
in the Grants Pass and Ashland
areas.' The group will return Fri
day afternoon.
Scientists Fly
Into Atomic Clouds
To Test Radiation
1 Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) ,The
Air Force dsiclosed today that
daring scientists have been fly
ing into the boiling atomic
clouds shortly after nuclear de
tonations to measure the dangers
of radiation to airplanes, their
pilots and passengers. .
These men not only wear sen
sitive film badges on their cloth
ing, but swallow a capsule con
taining film to measure radia
tion inside the human body. The
capsule is retrieved by a string
held in the scientist's mouth.
The history-making, data-collecting
flights are made by an
11-man group from the research
directorate of the Air Force
special weapons center at Kirt
land Air Force Base, New
Mexico.
Other recording devices in the
group's T-33 jet planes measure
radiation in the cockpit and on
outside metal surfaces of the
plane. A spokesman said that if
ground . crewmen could be
shown that aircraft were not
made dangerously radioactive
by flights through atomic clouds,
"much time-c onsuming and
expensive decontamination . . .
might be abandoned."
Capt. Charles S. Oldfield of
San Francisco and Col. Ernest A.
Pinson of the Air Force's re
search center biophysics division
irom Kirtland who lead the
group, said the inside of the
atomic cloud is dark and brick
red in color and has an unusual
odor similar to that created by
a bolt of liehtnine.
Hawaiian Volcanic
Explosion Fizzles
Paho. T. H. (U.R) Hawaii's
active Puna Coast was rocked by
a new volcanic blast yesterday,
but the eruption fizzled out a
short time later.
Volcanologist Dr. Gordon
MacDonald said the new disturb
ance began at 2:10 p.m. '(PST)
with a violent blast that sent a
fountain of lava 70 feet in the
air.
However, a few hours later
the volcano quieted down and
cinders replaced the molten lava
that had been pouring from a
six-foot wide fissure. Two tiny
flows of lava crept harmlessly j
into a hollow 75 feet away be- j
fore the activity died. j
The latest eruption was pre-j
ceded by extra heavy sulphur
turner over the past few days and
two or three recorded earth
quakes.
TO STUDY PROBLEMS
Salem (U.R) A resolution to
create an interim committee N to
study state welfare problems was
measure was approved oy me
ruary to conduct his lnvestfga-
tion.
The fifth and sixth affidavits
were signed by Dr. Virgil Hawes,
an osteopath at Bay View Hos
pital, and the Rev. Robert G.
Scully. Corrigan explained
Hawes had "removed a blood
spot from a wardrobe in the
murder bedroom," the Rev. Dr.
Scully had mailed the spot to
Kirk on the West Coast for his
examination.
Corrigan told the court he
could find no precedent In court
history that would allow him to
present witnesses, so he called
none. The state was prepared to
answer any. testimony, however,
and had arranged for legal and
medical experts to attend , the
hearing.
The early adjournment came
as a surprise. Judge Blythin was
expected to make his decision
sometime tomorrow.
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