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Egyptian Wins Mass
English Channel Race
Dover, England (U.R) Husky Egyptian swimmer Abdul Latif
Abu Heif today outstroked pacemaker Tom Park of California to
win this year's biggest mass swim across the English cnannei.
Abu Heif's time for the swim from Cape Gris Nez to St. Mar
garet's Bay, near Dover, was 11 hours and 44 minutes. The time
was 52 minutes slower than the
Hassan Abdel Rehim, in 1950.
Instructor Overtaken at Mid-Channel
Parks, 31, a British-born swimming Instructor from Long
Beach. Calif., set the Dace from the dawn start until the leaders
reached mid-channel. Then the
they raced stroke for stroke for England.
At late afternoon, a breeze which turned the calm channel
choppy, forced Park to drop behind as they neared the finish.
Park struggled ashore 18 minutes after Abu Heif, with a time
of 12 hours and two minutes to claim second place in the race.
California's long-distance swimming star, Florence Chadwick,
was attempting a crossing of the channel in both directions. She
set out for the French shore from Britain while the mass swim
was proceeding in the opposite direction.
She expected to be in the channel up to 36 hours in the attempt
to swim the strong currents in both directions.
Winner Awarded Cup, Prize Money
Abu Heif. one of the favorites among the swimmers entered
from 14 countries, will collect
$2900. He will also receive $1400 in prize money. Park won $700
second prize. Similar first and second prizes await the first and
second women to complete the race.
Two other "independent" swimmers also were attempting the
France-England swim, and 28-year old Alan Crompton of Man
chester, England, did it the easy way, on water skis. . -
erompton, captain of the British Olympic snow ski team,
bounced from Dover to Calais
speedboat piloted by Donald Campbell, the jet boat speed king.
Howard Morgan Blasts
Ellsworth, Patterson
Howard Morgan, state Demo
cratic chairman, charged here
vpsterdav that Congressman
Harris Ellsworth and Governor
Paul Patterson, both RepuDii
pans "failed miserably" in at
tempts to obtain funds for the
Talent project
Speaking at the annual Demo
cratic picnic at Touvelie state
O park, Morgan indicated that the
treatment given the Talent proj
ect at the last session of congress
would be high on the list of ltfoe
campaign issues.
"All illsworth and Patterson
could produce for Talent in their
combined efforts was $150,000
in the house of representatives,"
(Morgan declared.
He paid tribute to the "vigor
ous efforts" of Democratic Sen
ator Wayne Morse for having
the allocation increased to $500,
000 in the senate.
"Then it was up to Patterson
and Ellsworth to at least hold
tho line to nrevent the house
conference committee from re
ducing the appropriation again
to the original $150,000," Mor
gan said.
"Thev failed miserably, and
it cost Jackson bounty $350,000
and months of delay on that
vital, needed project," the speak
er declared.3
Returning to the record of
Senator Morse, Morgan termed
him "the most effective senator
Oreeon has had in generations
The state Democratic leader
predicted that his party's issues
in the 1956 political campaign
lr? inrliirlp Tlivon-Yates. Hells
(anyon dam. Air Force Secre
tary Harold Talbott, "Doug Mc
Kay and the Giveaway," and
iYiice-President Richard Nixon
Some 150 persons attended the
(annual picnic. Thev paid tribute
v$b Mrs. w. ti. werner, long
Schmidt's Desire
For Divorce Told
Sacramento, Calif. U.R)
Airman Daniel C. Schmidt con
ferred with a Sacramento attor
ney today and the attorney said
S5chmidt definitely wants to file
a divorce case" against his re
married wife, Una.
"He wants to divorce her," the
attorney said.
Schmidt met briefly in Nevada
City this week end with Una,
who said she married a Sierra
Inmberiack last September in
the belief Schmidt was dead. The
airman was one of 11 Americans
held prisoner in a Chinese Com
munist prison camp. He returned
Friday.
Annual 4-H,
Tuesday; First
The Jackson county 4-H and
FFA fair will open for a five
day stand at the fairgrounds at
ft a.m. tomorrow. The fair will
be open to the public from- noon
Wednesday.
Home economics and miscel
laneous project exhibits were to
be in yesterday. Rabbits and
poultry must be at the fair
grounds by 1 p.m. and big live
stock by 10 p.m. Tuesday.
The Jackscn County Young
Farmers club will sponsor food
booths and also a farm equip
ment display during the event.
Equipment for the display should
(-be at the fairgrounds by Wed
nesday evening.
This is the full schedule of
events:
mark set by a fellow countryman,
powerful Egyptian caught up and
the solid silver Butlin Cup, worth
and back in three hours behind a
time Jackson county party work
er. Mrs. Werner attended the
event, accompanied by her chil
dren and grandchildren.
William V. Deatherage served
as picnic chairman, and Robert
Duncan was master of ceremo
nies. Guests were welcomed by
Robert A. Boyer, county Demo
cratic chairman, and Clyde Ficht
ner was in charge of games and
prizes.
Republican Record
In Oregon Praised
By Acting Governor
Acting .Oregon Governor Elmo
Smith told 200 persons attend
ing the county Republican pic
nic Saturday that the GOP has
furnished Oregon a "responsi
ble, honest and competent gov
ernment during the past 15
years."
Smith, president of the Ore
gon Senate, was the principal
speaker at the annual Republi
can affair in TouVelle state
park. He is acting governor
while Paul Patterson is in Chi
cago for a governors convention.
Work Important
Wendell Wyatt, Astoria, state
central committee chairman for
the GOP, spoke briefly stressing
the importance of precinct work
in campaigns.
A highlight of the afternoon,
Mrs. Kathleen Norris addressed
the group, emphasizing the part
women play in political work.
Mrs. Norris is a well known
novelist and a member of the
speakers' bureau of California.
She and her daughter, Miss Nel
lie Norris, are visiting in the val
ley from San Francisco and Palo
Alto.
Others speaking at the picnic
included Steve Nye, represent
ing the Young Republican club
of Stanford University, and Sig
Unander,1 Oregon state treasur
er. Keating MC
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing acted as master of cere
monies, and Bobby Champion
and his Melody Wranglers en
tertained during lunch. Chil
dren played games supervised
by a committee under Tom
Ness.
The picnic was co-sponsored
by the Jackson, County Repub
lican Women, the county Ore
gon Republican club, the Young
Republican club, and the Re
publican state central commit
tee.
FFA Fair To Get Under Way
Public Event
Tuesday: 9 a.m. Style revue
judging. 10 a.m. Clothing judg
ing contest. 1 p.m. Foods and
food preservation' judging con
test. 1 p.m. Rabbit judging and
contest. 1 p.m. Poultry judg
ing and contest. 4 p.m. Show
manship contest poultry and
rabbits.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. Crops and
forestry judging contests. 10:30
a.m. Livestock judging contest.
1 p.m. Beef fitting. 1:45 p.m.
Beef showmanship and sheep
showmanship. 1-8 p.m. Home
economics contests and demon
strations. 9 p.m. Show stops.
Thursday: 6 a.m. Fat stock
weighed. 9 a.m. Swine show
manship. 10:30 a.m. Dairy judg
ing contest, l pjn. -Bef judg
Walla
Hostages Released
After Rifle Shot
Fired by Warden
Convicts Told They
Are 'Damned Fools'
Walla Walla, Wash. (U.R)
Tvelve rioting convicts at the
state prison surrendered and re
leased ten hostages today after
Warden Lawrence Delmore Jr.,
backed by armed guards, told
them they were "damned fools."
The convicts had barricaded
themselves in the food man
ager's office of the prison,
where they were driven by tear
gas and a warning shot fired by
the tough-talking warden.
Held Partial Control
Delmore said the rioting in
mates captured 11 guards at 6:15
p.m. (PST) during the evening
meal and released one of them,
Gerald Leban, with the con
victs' demands. For a short time
the rioters held patrol control
of the prison, but guards went
into action with tear gas.
In quick succession, the
guards secured one cell block
after another. During the confu
sion, three guards were locked
into one of the cells. These
three, not kept as hostages, were
released when guards moved
through the cell blocks.
The riot leaders tried to get
to the isolation ward where 15
of 18 "maximum security" pris
oners who headed a riot here
40 days ago are held.
"I put a 30-30 slug over then
heads and they gave up that
idea," Delmore reported to Dr.
Thomas A. Harris, state institu
tions director, at Olympia.
At one point the dozen re
bellious convicts threatened to
'slit the throats" of their
hostages if Delmore didn't order
his guards to put down their
weapons.
Among the demands handed
Lehan to take to Delmore was
that a meeting be scheduled
with Harris and three newsmen
today A similar meeting led to
the" endof 'last month's riot.. ,
Talked by Telephone
Delmore talked the dozen
leaders of the latest uprising
into surrender by reaching them
on the telephone in the stew
ard's office. The warden said he
wculd use guns if necessary to
take the kitchen area. .
"You're damned fools," Del
more told the cornered rebels.
"Improvements are coming up."
The warden said the convicts
had a half hour conference
among themselves after he
talked to them by telephone.
They "agreed to surrender, that
it was foolish to hold the
hostages," he said.
The surrender came at 12:15
a.m. (PST).
Olympia (U.R) Prosecution
for violation of the state!s anti-
rioting law was suggested today
by Dr. Thomas Harris, state di
rector of institutions, who or
dered a full-scale investigation
into last night's uprising by 12
riotous convicts at the' state
prison in Walla Walla.
Harris recommended to Ward
en Lawrence Delmore that the
names of the 12 troublemakers
in last night's abortive attempt
to take over the prison be given
to Walla Walla County Prosecu
tor Arthur Hawman for prosecu
tion under the 1955 law against
rioting in prisons.
Portland (U.R) Percy W.
Brown has been named chairman
of the State Board of Account
ancy for the new fiscal year.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair tonight, Tues
day and Wednesday morning.
Slightly cooler Tuesday. Low
tonight 46. High Tuesday 82.
Highest Yesterday 89
Lowest this Morning 51
Wednesday
ing. 1 p.m. Sheep judging. 1-8
p.m. Home economics contests
and demonstrations. 7 p.m.
Swine judging.
Friday: 9 a.m. Dairy judging,
two rings. 1-8 p.m. Home eco
nomics contests and demonstra
tions. 7:30 p.m. Fat stock sale.
Saturday: 9 a.m. Dairy show
manship. 2:30 p.m. Sheep
shearing contest. 2:30 p.m.
Agricultural demonstration. 2:30
p.m. Tractor driving contest.
7:30 p.m. Style revue and spec
ial awards program (trophies
presented).
Earle Jossy, county agent for
agriculture is acting general
chairman of the event, and Jean
Brooks, county 4-H agent, sup
ervisor for 4-H clubs.
Wall'
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NEW YORK FLOODED Hurricane Connie dumped nearly
nine inches of rain on New York City. Above, stranded
cars are plentiful on the Belt Parkway and Francis Lewis
Boulevard after torrential rains brought the "worst" flood
in the city's history. At least 10 deaths were reported in
the metropolitan area.
New Hurricane Heads
For Carolina Coast
By UNITED PRESS
A new hurricane drove to
wards the Georgia and Carolina
coastline today, following hard
on the heels of destructive hur
ricane Connie.
The newcomer, hurricane Di
ane, was located 670 miles east
southeast of Jacksonville, Fla.,
early today. It was surging at a
15-mile-an-hour clip in the gen
eral direction of the Georgia and
Carolina shores.
The Miami Weather Bureau
warned aU,.-points ng,.the
North and South' Carolina and
Georgia coasts to be ready for
hurricane warnings. Winds
should begin increasing tonight,
it predicted. Diane threatened to
send an even more destructive
punch against the East Coast
than did hurricane Connie.
Hurricane Connie was ending
her short but vicious career over
Lake Huron. All it could do was
sprinkle Michigan with a few
showers, although last night it
brought rain to Michigan, Ohio
and Northeast Indiana.
New Evans Creek Span
Construction Slated
Construction of a new steel
bridge over west fork of Evans
creek is expected to start soon,
members of the county court
said today.
The bridge collapsed last
Monday as a logging truck
crossed it. The loss was esti
mated to be about $10,030.
The new bridge will be a 22
foot wide two-way traffic struc
ture, and will be three feet high
er than the older bridge, which
was for one-way traffic. Mem
bers of the court said the new
bridge will cost about $23,000
under contract.
County crews will clear away
debris, and raise and widen
bridge approaches.
Construction of a bridge over
Bear creek just off Highway 99
north of Ashland is expected to
start this week, county court
members said. The old structure
has been torn down, and debris
cleared away.
Three Offices Moved
To Courthouse Annex
Three offices were being mov
ed into the Jackson county court
house new annex today, and
shifting of other offices in the
courthouse is expected to start
soon.
Office equipment was moved
today from the county school
superintendent's office on the
third floor of the present struc
ture to the first floor of the an
nex, and moving of the county
watermaster and engineers of
fice was expected to be complet
ed today.
The "district court office, which
is now on the first floor of the
present building, will be moved
to the old. engineer's office and
the old school superintendent's
office will be converted into ad
ditional space for circuit court fa
cilities. Champoeg, Ore. (U.R) Sec
retary of Interior Douglas Mc
Kay Saturday said local com
munities and the states should
take more of a hand in develop
ment and preservation of histor
ic sites within their boundaries.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1955
But before Connie died, she
had killed at least 42 persons
and caused damage estimated at
$15,000,000.
The East meanwhile got the
lion's share of the nation's dirty
weather as it waited to see
whether hurricane Diane would
strike.
Rains fell from New Hampshire
to Florida, with Greensboro, N.
C, collecting 2.60 inches. Down
pours also hit Texas, soaking
Houston with 1.42 inches and
Palacios with 1.09.
Vandals Place Dam
Across MID Ditch
A check board dam placed
across the Cascade canal of the
Medford Irrigation district was
discovered Sunday before any
damage was done. Jack Hoff
buhr, district manager, found
the improvised dam about 10:30
a.m. Sunday.
Hoffbuhr said someone had
placed check boards over the
ditch between trips by the care
taker and tried to run water
over the banks. Though no
damage was done, Hoffbuhr de
clared, "It could have put us
out of business."
Klamath County Sheriff J.
M. Britton has been contacted
and will conduct an investiga
tion, Hoffbuhr stated.
The irrigation manager said
this was not the first trouble
encountered by the district.
Earlier, Four Mile lake and
Billy Creek caretakers' cabins
were broken into.
Morse Says FPC
Trying To Fool People
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.), ac
cused the Federal Power com
mission today of trying "to fool
the American people" in its de
cision to let the Idaho Power
Co. develop power in the Hells
Canyon area.
In a 1,500 word statement, he
said the decision was "so mis
leading that it is an imposition
upon the press and the public."
"The FPC tried to fool the
American people in its announce
ment of the decision giving away
the finest remaining dam site
on the North American contin
ent to the Idaho Power Co.,"
said Morse, an advocate of a
federal high-level dam in Hells
canyon. .
Morse called Secretary of In
terior Douglas McKay the "sec
retary of private utilities." He
said McKay "walked out on the
people's interest" by withdraw
ing the Interior Department
from the case.
Eisenhower Arrives in
Denver for Vacation
Denver (U.R) - A relaxed
President Eisenhower, tieless
and informally dressed, plunged
into his vacation today and im
mediately got set for some Rocky
Mountain trout fishing with his
grandson David.
The chief executive spent a
short period at his temporary
Lowry Air Force Base headquar
ters this morning and then turn
ed to a golf practice session at
the Cherry Hills Country club.
leirs Suinremidleir
Use off Bear Creek
Koute Not Likely,
Engineer Declares
Route of the proposed new I used, Baldock said, it would
freeway through Medford prob- have a right-of-way some 200
ably will not be down the course
of Bear Creek, according to State
Highway Engineer R. H. Bal
dock. Instead, he said yesterday, it
probably will go through the
city on a line running down Gen
esee st. north of Main st., and be
tween Tripp and Cottage sts.
south of Main st.
Inspects Three Routes
Baldock, in Medford with Mrs.
Baldock . to attend plays at the
Shakespearean Festival in Ash
land Saturday and Sunday eve
nings, inspected the three routes
which have been proposed. The
first, earlier announced as most
probable by the highway depart
ment, was an elevated freeway
down Bear creek. The second
would have been a by-pass east
of the city in the vicinity of Foot
hills rd. The third is the Gen-essee-Tripp
st. route.
No final decision on the route
has been made, Baldock empha
sized, because it will require
completion of surveys, approval
by the highway commission, and
the consent and cooperation of
both the city and the county.
But, he said after his inspec
tion trip, the proposal he made
seems the most logical to him.
Fourth Plan Cosily
A fourth possible route, an ele
vated viaduct ever the Southern
Pacific tracks, is nearly out of
the question, he said, for exper
ience has shown that this type
of structure would cost some'
thing like $6,000,000 more than
either of the other routes
Merchants in the city have
objected to a by-pass to the east,
feeling that it would channel
business away from the city, and
make access to the four-lane
freeway unnecessarily difficult.
On the other hand, many resi
dents felt that an elevated route
down Bear creek would destroy
the value of Hawthorne park..
' If the Genessee-Tripp route is
Planning Commission
Slates Two Hearings
Two hearings are on the
agenda for the Medford Plan
ning commission at its 7:30 p.m.
meeting today.
One hearing will be on change
of zone from residential to com
mercial district on West Jack
son st. in Oak Park and Narre
gan additions, and the other on
a change of set-back from 20
to 10 feet on property in Conray
Clancy subdivision at the east
end of Reddy st.
Also on tonight's agenda are
consideration of requests from
Mrs. Nora B. Leslie, 1036 Court
st., for a zone change; from M.
E. Sands for annexation of California-Pacific
Utilities company
property at 303 South Groveland
st.; and from school district 49
for annexation of property south
of Stewart ave.
Consideration also will be
given a request from E. W.
Brown and Son for widening
East Main near Genessee st. by
removing a parking strip.
Federal District Court
Case Goes to Jurors
The federal district court case
Mildred O. Balderson vs. O. D.
Rasmussen went to the jury
shortly before noon today. A
verdict had not been reached
at press time.
The auto accident suit was
continued this morning from
Friday afternoon. C. S. Crook
ham, Portland, representing the
plaintiff, and Roberts, Kelling
ton, and Branchfield, a local firm
the defendant.
Judge James Alger Fee be
gan hearing testimony on a fire
damage suit, Pacific Engine and
Machine vs. John C. and Ruth
V. Rogers, of Del Norte Laundry,
about 11:45 a.m. today. The case
will continue this afternoon.
George W. Mead is attorney
for the plaintiff, and H. B. Col
lins for the defendant.
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Pendleton (U.R) Pendleton's
new $450,000 armory-civic center
will receive final inspection to
morrow by Col. Paul Kliever,
state director of armories and
Col. W. H. Adams of the U.S.
properties and fiscal department,
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feet wide, with a generous space
of land between the north and
south bound lanes, which would
be landscaped. In effect, he said,
it would add to Medford's green
park area, and would be a de
cided asset to the esthetic values
of the east side, tying in with the
Hawthorne park area west of it.
Main and Jackson sts. would go
either over or under the new
freeway.
Studies Not Made
Detailed engineering studies
have not yet been made, he said,
and when they are, artists' views
and models will be prepared so
residents of the area can see
what it would be like before
the job is done.
The Bear creek route was pro
posed after engineers of the high
way department completed for
Medford a study of traffic engi
neering, and suggested it as the
most feasible. But Baldock said
he is inclined to agree that the
route would spoil the park. The
alternate just to the east would
be less costly to build, in addi
tion to being more practical in
many ways, he said.
Mr. and Mrs. Baldock were
guests of honor at a dinner party
Sunday evening at the home of
State Rep. and Mrs. E. A. Lit
trell, Greenway circle.
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One-Way Streets
System in Ashland
Receives Go-Ahead
Ashland The state highway
commission is ready to go ahead
with construction of a seperated,
one-way highway system through
the city of Ashland, Highway
engineer R. H. Baldock reported
this week end.
The project will cost an esti
mated $225,000. It has long been
on the department's agenda, but
previously the money has not
been available. But some $3,000,-
000 has been saved in closing
construction contracts recently,
Baldock reported, and has been
apportioned on a sharing for
mula to various portions of the
state. The amount for southern
Oregon is just about enough to
take care of the Ashland one
way plan.
Building New Route
The department is now at
work making a four-lane route
into Ashland south of Billings
hill and under the Southern
Pacific tracks. This will tie in
to the present highway into
town, which will be widened to
four lanes.
The one-way system will begin
in the northern residential sec
tion of town, with the present
highway! south through the Plaza
remaining as the southbound
route. The northbound route
will lie to the east, and will re
join the other route just south
of the business district, where
the fire hall is located, and
where the present divided high
way south to Southern Oregon
college begins. '
Baldock said it is hoped to be
able to call for bids by about
the first of the year.
Outlawed Irish Army Raids
British Armory in Wales
Lodon (U.R) The outlaw
ed Irish Republican army struck
again today with a raid on a
British armory in Wales, but
new warlike security measures
throughout Britain foiled the at
tackers.
Five members of the IRA
swooped down on the Kinnel
Park garrison at Rhyl in north
Wales in a pre-dawn attack aim
ed at building up the army s
arsenal in its avowed campaign
to drive the British out of
Northern Ireland.-
Soldier Frees Self
They tied up one British sol
dier but he was able to free
himself and sound the alarm.
First reports said the raiders
fled without taking anything,
pursued by police and members
of the 31st and 38th Royal Ar
tillery training regiments sta'
Motorcycle Wrecks
Kill Three Persons
During Week End
California Accident
Fatal To Portland!
By UNITED PRESsV
At least seven persons died in
Oregon accidents during the
week end and a Portland couple
was killed in California while
en route home from a daughter's
funeraL
Three persons were killed in
motorcycle accidents, one drown
ed, and three more died from
automobile mishaps as the state
counted another heavy week end
toll.
Ora Adelaine Lundquist.e jf7,
Heppner, received fatal injuries
late Sunday when the car in
which she was riding overturn
ed on the Echo-Butter creek
highway west of Echo, Ore. Ray
M. Newton, driver of the car,
was hospitalized at Pendleton
with serious injuries.
Two Cyclists Killed O
A collision between a car and
a motorcycle about a mile east
of Forest Grove early yesterday
resulted in death of two persons
on the cycle, Melvin Blaine Cox,
33, Dilley, and Dean Eldon Peck
ham, 24, Hillsboro. Sherry Lee
Hendricks, 30, Philomath, was
killed in the Macleay area east
of Salem in a collision between
two motorcycles.
Dean Alton Ward, 24, Port
land, drowned at the mouth of
the Big Nestucca river near. Pa
cific City when a small boat col
lapsed yesterday. A second per
son, Charles Post, managed to
swim to safety. The boat turned
over within sight of a large
crowd attending the annual Pa
cific City-Woods fish fry at the
mouth of the stream.
Hillsboro Man Killed
William J. Dunnuck, 41, Hills
boro, was injured fatally north
east of Redmond Saturday in a
one-car accident. Leo Darney,
28, Corbett, was injured fatally
last night when the car in which
he was riding turned over about
one mile east of Troutdale.
Near Woodland, Calif., Mr.
and Mrs. Sheldon V. Clifford of
Portland were killed early yes
terday when they were struck
by a passing car -after they had
stepped out of their automobile.
Authorities said they were re
turning from San Diego where
they attended the funeral of
Mrs. Clifford's six- year- old
daughter by a previous marriage,
who had died of polio last week.
First Pear Picking
Expected This Week
Pear picking " in the Rogue
valley is expected to start in
several orchards late this week,
Don Berry, Jackson county Hort
iculture agent, said today.
Tests on pears from several
orchards were being conducted
today by Berry at the extension
office.
Berry said the first pickings
would be larger fruit only, and
a second picking is planned la
ter. Several orchardists prob
ably will not start picking until
next week. 0
Picking the estimated 3,000,-
000-box crop "is a little earlier
than anticipated, Berry said, be
cause fruit has matured rapidly
in the past few weeks. First
pickings were not expected to
start until the middle of next
week because of adverse weath
er last spring delayed develop
ment of fruit.
Packing houses probably will
start operations about Friday,
Berry said, after picking gets
underway in scattered areas on
Wednesday.
Portland U.R) Portland po
lice were investigating the death,
of Margaret Erickson, 29-year-
old waitress, who plunged from
her third-floor hotel room win
dow early today.
tioned at the camp on the Irish
Sea. c
The raid came as an unidenti
fied truck, possibly carrying
arms captured in the IRA's most
daring raid in history Saturday,
ran a police roadblock near Ed
inburgh. The truck ignored po
lice signals to stop and the alarm
was flashed to all checkpoints.
Special Cabinet Meeting
British armed forces went on
a wartime alert unparalleled
since 1945 and War Minister An
thony Head prepared to report
to Prime Minister Anthony Ed
en at a special cabinet meeting.
Commander Leonard Bure
chief of the Scotland Yard spec
ial branch, interrupted his vaca
tion to take over the manhunt.
The British army ordered all
sentries be armed against fur
ther IRA raids.
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