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Stories on the National Gtiard
depot at Camp White and the
Red Cross Disaster plan appear
on pace 12 of today's Issue of
The Mall Tribune.
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Air Force Chief
Clears Airman of
3'Guilt-by-Kinship'
Quarles' Decision
Ends Proceedings
Washington (U.R) Air
tjForce. Secretary Donald A.
Quarles Saturday personally
cleared Airman 3-C Stephen
GBranzevich of Farrel, Pa., o
guilt- by- kinship" security
charges. .
Quarles' speedy action In the
case of the 22-year-old reserve
enlisted man whose father was
alleged to be a Communist, left
the Navy and the Coast Guard
with two similar cases to dispose
of. - -
End Proceeding
The Air Secretary's decision
ended Air Force proceedings to
give the young airman a dis
honorable discharge from the re-
nerve. Branzevich was fighting
the action. Quarles said the air
man's continuation in the re-
jjjrve is consistent with the in
terests of national security.
0 When informed of the Air Sec
retary's action, Branzevitch said
tie was "very grateful to the Am-
ican people, to the VFW, to
the American Legion and to all
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inme neuuie wiiu iidu a uait 411
helping me." . .
The yoifhg reservist told news
men he planned to return to
Ypungstown university night
school at ' Youngstown, O., "to
finish my studies."
Branzevich said he had not
reciived official word on his
clearance but expected to be not
ified at any moment.
Uk Landy Case
His case is similar to that of
Merchant Seaman Eugetie ' D.
Landy and Norman Pierre Gas
ton, of San Francisco, Coast
Guard apprentice seamen. They
rtVe been refused Navy and Coast
Guard commissions because of
security charges involving their
Esthers.
i The House committee on un
American activities has sched
uled a closed meeting Monday
to hear Mrs. Deborah Landy, mo
ther of Eugene. She has said she
once sBas a Communist but quit
8,her son's insistence.
Stassen, Sobolev
Discuss Arms Meet
United Nations (U.R) Harold
E. Stassen, President Eisenhow
er special adviser on disarma
ment, conferred Saturday with
Sgrfet Ambassador Arkady A.
SoDolev in preparation for Mon
day's United Nations Disarma
ment conference.
(iterates of the United States,
BSttain, France and Canada also
rrret at the headquarters of the
American U.N. delegation for
nfftrly two hours, A U.S. dele
gation spokesman said "there-
was a completely harmonious
discussion" of all facets of the
dliiarmament problem.
Sobolev called on Stassen at
n&n in his Waldorf-Astoria hotel
sifjte for a private conference.
Sobolev will be chairman of the
first session of the U.N. Disarm
ament 'subcommittee which is
meeting on the call of the Big
Fcalr Chiefs of State.
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Rc$yburn Pledges Tax
Cut for 'Little Fella'
Washington (U.R) Speaker
Sam KayDurn, wno lost one tax
e cute fight this year, vowed Sat
urday that "the little fella" will
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nojj-jDe leit oui 01 any cui wmcn
Cotjgress may pass in the 1956
election year.
The Texas Democrat's promise
way made as a tax reduction
figW, which is certain to cross
. political party lines, began shap
ing?up months in advance of the
next Congressional session.
The issue was touched off by
the adminstration's optimistic
forecast Thursday that the bud
get care and should be balanced
in fftis fiscal year.
Racing Accident Kills
Spectators in Canada
Carp, Ont (U.R) A speeding
sports car hurtled off a race
track at the Carp airport Satur
day and ploughed into a group
of spectators, killing two and
injuring eight) others.
Officials reported that the
death car's steering wheel ap
peared to lock shortly before
it Mt the track roadbed and
slammecP into person standing
near the track at a point where
there was no guard rail.
The driver of the car, Victor
S &les, 30, of Pembroke, Ont.,
wasTiot injured.
The dead were a man and
woman. The hospital did not re
lease their names.
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FACES CHARGES Lt. CoL Paul V. Lies of Birmingham, Ala. faces charges of col
laboration while a POW in North Korea. He is snown at Fort Lewis, Wash, with his
wife and three children, Donald, 6 (left), Priscilla, 1, and Paul Jr. 8.
10,000 Rebels Qui.
On French
Casablanca, Morocco (U.R)
An estimated 10,000 rebel tribes
men surrendered with their
arms and families to French
troops Saturday but thousands
of other nomad warriors fled
deeper into central Morocco izi
defiance of capitulation orders.
Saturday's surrenders brought
to 20,000 the number of tribes
men who have bowed to French
force in the wake of the North
African uprisings that took .
toll of more than 2,000 killed,
Friday Deadline
The hold-out nomands have un
til next Friday to lay down their
arms and pay allegiance to the
French. The French were using
et fighters and heavily armed
troops to hasten the surrender
of the rebels.'
Record Audience
Of 1,137 Crowds
Festival Theater
The largest audience in the
20-year history of the Oregon
Shakespearean festival, some
1,137 people, saw the final per
formance of "All's Well That
Ends Well" last night at the
Elizabethan theater in Ashland.
More than 100 others were turn
ed away at the doors.
Actually, last night s audience
was 38 more than the theater's
seating capacity of 1,099, and
some of the spectators were
seated on the grass at the rear
of the open' air theater.
Previous Mark 1.064
The festival's previous record
attendance, of 1,064, also was
set this season at the Aug. 13
performance of "A Midsummer
Night's Dream." .
The size of the audience last
night came as a surprise to fes
tival officials, who had not ex
pected "All's Well" to draw as
well as some of the other plays,
and had scheduled it for only six
nights.
The festival continues tonight
with "Henry VI, Part 3." "Tim-
on of Athens" is scheduled for
Monday night, "Macbeth" will
be Tuesday night, and the sea
son will end Wednesday night
with "A Midsummer Nights
Dream."
Search Under Way
For Murder Suspects
Palm Springs, Calif. (U.R)
A statewide search was started
Saturday for an ex-convict and
his wife wanted in connection
with the brutal, robbery-slaying
of Palm Springs city building
inspector Donald E. (Dutch) Gra
ham, 60.
Sheriffs deputies identified
the couple, parents of four chil
dren, as Robert K. Miers, 29, a
bakery truck driver,- and- his
wife, Michel, 26, of Baldwin
Park, Calif. . .
Police Chief August Kettman
said it was believed the couple
was with Graham at a night club
here the night before he was
slain. ' :
Mild, Earthquake
Reported at Eureka
Eureka, Calif. (U.R) A mild
earthquake occurred here Sat
urday but no damage was re
ported.
Observers said the quake was
"very slight and hardly felt."
The temblor" registered at
12:01 a.m. on the University of
California Sesimograph in Berk
eley. Seismologist W. C. Marion
said it was "moderately strong"
and lasted 10 minutes.
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Morocco
Gen. Andre Franchi, comman
der of the French punitive ex
pedition, issued the eight-day
ultimatium Friday" night after
granting pardon to 10,000
Smaala tribesmen whose war
riors massacred 88 French citi
zens in an orgy of rioting. (
Smaala chieftains assured
Gen. Franchi with tears in their
eyes they would compel all their
clans to lay down their arms
before he unleashes his 3,000
man task force and planes
against their hut villages.
Pledges Terrible Justice,
Franchi told the chieftains
their men were "stinking jack
els" and promised them "my jus
tice will be terrible." '
Despite the French retaliation
that cost the nomads at least
700 dead, some 3,000 to 4,000
Berber tribesmen refused to bow
to the French ultimatum. '
Armed with.- outdated rifles,
they withdrew into the waste;
lands of the middle Atlas moun
tains. This was despite the for
mal orders of their chief who
promised the French: "if anoth
er of your men is killed by one
of our men then let the French
bolts fall on our heads."
Ike Approves Plans
For October Meet
Denver (U.R) President
Eisenhower approved plans Sat
urday for an Oct. 25 conference
at Washington to map further
steps toward eliminating racial
and religious discrimmination in
government contracts. -
Labor Secretary James P.
Mitchell announced the confer
ence after a 40-minute talk with
Mr. Eisenhower at the summer
White House on Lowry Air
Force base recently.
He said Mr. Eisenhower was
'Very pleased" with plans for
the conference, which will bring
together government contract
ors, labor officials and the Pres
ident's committee on govern
ment contracts. Mitchell is vice
chairman. Mitchell also reported to the
President oh his department's
role in the flood disaster relief
program in the Eastern states.
The labor secretary told re
porters at a news conference la
ter that as much as $1,000,000 a
week in federal - state unem
ployment insurance may be paid
to workers thrown out of work
by flood damage to industrial
plants and businesses in the east.
Dolly Beach, S. C (U.R) The
FBI captured fugitive killer El
mer Francis "Trigger" Burke in
the wan glow of a streetlight
here Saturday night as the self
professed New York killer head
ed towards town "to get supper
and a bottle of beer."
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Reports of Imminent War in Middle East
Said Behind Ike's Offer of Guarantees
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower was prompted 1 to
make his dramatic offer to guar
antee the security of Arabs and
Jews by intelligence reports that
the middle east might go up in
the flame of war, officials said
Saturday. -Threat
of War
They said recent reports spoke
disturbingly of the threat of an
outright war.
Fear was expressed that re
curring boarder clashes between
Egypt and Israel might spread
quickly to other Arab nations.
The bold U.S. proposal, an
nounced by Secretary of State
John Fottar Dulkt with tt per
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Excavation Work
At Four Mile Lake
Said 'Well Along'
Excavation work on facilities
for the Four' Mile lake reservoir
are "well along!" John Hatch of
the Bureau of Reclamation's
Medford office stated yesterday
after a visit to the project.
Hatch said that at the present
time work consists of removing
the old spillway. He added that
the work looked satisfactory at
the present stage but that ft was
"too early to forecast" when the
job would be finished. '
120 Days Allowed
1 The project, being done by R.
K. Construction of Roseburg,
has been allowed 120 days from
the contract's ratification date
to be finished. The work con
sists of replacing a concrete spill
way and the construction of a
parapet wall along the crest of
the dam. Fish lake work, also
included in the 120-day contract,
consists of riprapping. the -upstream
face ' of the 7 earth" and
rock fill -dike, and a new con
crete spillway. The Fish lake
work has not been started yet,
Hatch stated.'
A 10 - hour, six - days-a-week
schedule has been ' ordered by
the company in order to com
plete the two-lake work before
the time deadline and the setting
in of bad weather. A small crew
of not more than 10 men and a
bulldozer, steam shovel, com
pressor, drills and other equip
ment was thought to be present
ly employed by the construc
tioners, Hatch added.
Other Projects
The Four Mile and Fish lake
projects are only two of those
now under construction or plan
ned by the Medford and Rogue
Valley irrigation districts. These
and other extensive rehabilita
tion projects will cost the two
districts a total of $1,712,001
which will be paid in a 40-year
period. The various projects
will take over six years before
their final completion.
Blaze Causes Damage
At Tillamook Hangar
Tillamook (U.R) Fire . at the
Diamond Plywood company
plant located in a hugh former
blimp hangar at Tillamook Air
Base here was brought under
control at 2:50 p.m. Saturday
after a IVi hour battle. Large
quantities of lumber and some
manufacturing equipment was
damaged.
There was no injuries and no
immediate damage estimate was
available.
Firemen from as far away as
Forest Grove answered the call.
They reported the biggest prob
lem was the mangar's 250-foot-high
roof. The firefighters said
they were not able to reach the
blaze until powerful pumpers
arrived.
sonal endorsement of Mr. Eisen
hower, drew prompt support
from Britain and generally fav
orable comment from United
Nations officials.
Welcome Proposal
Foreign office circles at Cario,
Egypt, welcomed the American
proposal. They also expressed
gratifications at efforts to im
prove the fate of Arab refugees.
However, Egyptian defense of
ficials noted that the Arab
states had rejected earlier the
principle on any joint defense
system that would include Is
rael. Some Israeli officials gave
Mutious approval to tb oiiar.
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NoV.no Attack
On Foreign Policy
Accuses Eisenhower
Of Misrepresentation
French Linck, Ind. (U.R)-
Former President Truman called
on Democrats Saturday night not
to attack the Eisenhower admin
istration's foreign policy. :
He said it is proper for cam
paigners to tell what they plan
to do in the field of international
relations, but they, should not
criticize ' the opposition's - pro
gram. .. .
Crowd of 1300 Hears HST
Mr. Truman took the hands
off foreign policy stand at a news
conference preceding what was
billed as a "give ' 'em ! hell"
speech. A sellout crowd of 1,300
Indiana Democrats assembled to
hear him.
In his speech, Mr. Truman ac
cused President Eisenhower of
"misrepresentation and demag-
oguery."
Mr. Eisenhower, he said, "has
never missed a change -to be
fuddle the real issues in, every
speech he reads." . , - .
Mr. Truman, in the first of his
"give 'em hell" speeches, leading
into the. 1956 campaigns charged
that the Republican administra
tion is "dominated and con
trolled by big business which it
allows to plunder our natural
resources." The GOP . adminis
tration, he said, is "infiltrated
with servants of the special in
terests those who put the in
terest of the few ahead of the
welfare of the many."
A . sell-out crowd of 1,300
packed the French lick springs
hotel for Mr. Truman's banauet
speech before the Indiana Edi
torial association.
Reminiscent of 1952
Mr. Truman's attack on the
President was reminiscent of
his 1952 . campaign speeches
which led to an open break be
tween She one-time close frerjdsr
He charged that Mr. Eisenhow
er "went so far as to use misrep
resentation and demagoguery in
his messa.ee on. the state of the
union in January, 1953." Then,
he said, the GOP Administration
and Congress "began tearing
down the New Deal and Fair
Deal wherever they dared and
as fast as they dared." .
,The President's . Administra
tion, he said, "has contributed
little to the art of government
excent perhaps in its use of Pub
licity and advertising tech
niques.'' . '
Midair Crash Kills
Pilot Hear Salem
Salem U.R) " A pilot was
killed. Saturday afternoon when
two private planes collided and
crashed.
The, dead man was thought to
be Gordon King, address un
known, although his body, was
so badly burned that identificar
tion was difficult. Two occupants
of the other light plane, Shelby
S. Sullivan, Bellvie, Wash., and
21-year-old Nancy M. Nordstrom,
a University of Washington stu
dent, were slightly injured.
Witnesses said the planes col
lided over a wheat field and that
the King plane crashed first and
broke into flames. Sullivan's
plane bellied in about 800 feet
away.
George Douglas, State Board
of Aeronautics member at Sal
em, -was reported investigating
the tragedy.
Manila, Sunday (U.R) Civ
il Aeronautics officials today or
dered the crew of an impounded
DC-3 airplane, operated by
Fleetway, Inc., of Burbank, to
remain in the Philippines until
the case is "satisfactorily clear
ed." -
However, they said a formal
response would wait detailed
study of the proposal.
Says Nothing New
. One high Arab source here,
who asked not to be identified,
said he found "hardly anything
new" in the U. S. policy. He
said it gave no indications of
an Israeli-Arab neutral border
line to be drawn, and he re
garded that of paramount im
portance. He indicated his country
might react unfavorable. The
Arabs regard Israel as an "in
truder," and want nothing that
would "preserve the status quo.
Indiana Blast, Fire Loss
Reaches $1 0,000,000 MarEi
Wartime Priorities
Invoked by ODM for
Flood-Hit Industry
Defense Plants
To Receive Aid
Washington (U.R The Of
fice of Defense mobilization Sat
urday invoked its wartime prior
ity powers to channel materials,
equipment . and 1 other items to
flood-stricken defense industries.
ODM Chief: Arthur S. Flem
ming said the priorities will be
used "only when voluntary ef
forts fail to achieve desired re
sults." -. ,
The priorities will apply to
more than 200 industries which
produce goods needed for de
fense.
Flemming also authorized the
General Services administration
to sell copper from the govern
ment's defense production inven
tory where it is needed for dis
aster rehabilitation . work. The
greatest use presumably would
be in the reconstruction of power
and communications facilities.
The action will not affect the
national stockpile of critical ma
terials which is separate from
the defense production inven
tory. Flemming's action was an
nounced after Lt. Gen. S. D.
Sturgis Jr., Chief of Army Engi
neers and coodinator of federal
flood relief activities,1 warned
flood stricken communities in
the northeast that government
aid is designed to supplement
not supplant local self-help.
Sturgis told them that the
$100,000,000' federal relief pro
gram does not mean Washington
has accepted "all responsibility
for- rehabilitation., work- ina
fected areas." ,,, . . .
An ODM Spokesman said gov
ernment priority orders will be
used when any defense or de
fense - supporting industry can
not get the materials, equipment
or services it needs. Services in
clude such things as power,
water and transportation.
Hurricane Expected
To Miss Mainland
Miami (U.R) Hurricane
Edith swung its 100 mile an
hour winds toward : Bermuda
Saturday and the Miami weather
bureau said the raging storm
should pass close to the luxury
resort tonight but veer away
from the U." S. mainland.
The weather bureau located
Edith about 330 miles due south
of Bermuda in a 6 p.m. EDT,
advisory, moving at five to six
miles an hour along a north
northwest, to north course." .
Top winds rof ; 100 miles an
hour howled in squalls over, a
small area near the center,, the
weather bureau said, while hur
ricane force winds extended out
ward 100 miles to the north and
northeast and 40 miles" to the
southwest.
The tropic blow flung gales
200 miles to the north and east
and 100 miles to the southwest.
B-36 Bomber To Carry
Nuclear Reactor Aloft
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Washington -MU.R) An Air
Force B-36 superbomber has
been altered to carry a nuclear
reactor aloft for the first time
to. test shielding against atomic
radiation, it was learned Satur
day. . . ' . .
The reactor will test newly
developed materials for protect
ing crews of future atomic pow
ered planes, . and will have
nothing to do with actually
powering the B-36. ' v
But the experiment is regard
ed as a big step toward atomic
planes and fits in with current
official optimism over progress
toward nuclear propulsion.
Sports Bulletin
Pendleton UR) The
West cam from behind in
the fourth quarter to edg
the East 7-6 in the fourth an
nual East-West Shriners Hos
pital All-Slar "B" football
game here Saturday night.
The victory gave the West a
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. E. H. HEDRICK
Longtime Superintendent
New Junior High
Named by Board
For E. H. Hedrick
Medford's two junior high
schools officially have been nem-
ed for E. H. Hedrick, longtime
Medford school superintendent
who retired recently, and for
Dr. John McLoughlin, the "fath
er of Oregon." .
The new junior high school on
East Jackson st. will be known
as E. H. Hedrick Junior High
school. Hedrick retired Aug.
after serving for 30 years as
superintendent of the Medford
schools. ..;
Easy Decision
P''ThescfcooF' board's decision
in naming the E. H. Hedrick
Junior high school was an easy
one." according to Edward
Branchfield, chairman of the
city school board. Branchfield
noted that the board received
many requests to name the
school for, Hedrick.
. "Hedrick's record with the local
school system was a notable
one," the chairman declared
"During his long tenure, he di
rected the building of Washing
ton and Jefferson schools, the
senior high school, and the new
junior high school.
; "Hedrick also supervised the
construction of one or more ad
ditions on all of the other Med
ford schools," Branchfield not
ed. "His far-sighted policy
through the years in securing
additional school sites in antic
ipation of future requirements
has enabled the school district
to have optimum sites at reason
able costs, as needed."
Recognition to McLoughlin '
Selection of the name of Dr.
John McLoughlin for the old
junior, high school "gives ad
ditional recognition to one of the
outstanding figures in early
Oregon history," Branchfield de
clared. - Dr. 'McLoughlin was chief
factor of the Hudson's Bay com
pany during the period of early
American migration to Oregon.
On retirement in 1845, he set
tled at Oregon City and became
a citizen of the United States.
Mt.- McLoughlin, east of Med
ford, bears his name.
Dedication of the new E. H.
Hedrick Junior high school is
scheduled for Sunday afternoon,
Sept. 18. Ceremonies at the
school auditorium will be fol
lowed by an open house display
of the school plant...
Former AEC Employee
Jailed in Colorado
Grand Junction, Colo. (U.R)
John Partoa Kellogg," a former
Atomic Energy commission em
ployee, was arrested Saturday
on a charge, that he used secret
AEC information to stake out
uranium claims with a possible
value of $9,000,000.
Kellogg resigned his position
with the AEC operations office
here June 1, 1954. The U. S. at
torney's office at Denver said
that two weeks before that, he
arranged to have 370 uranium
claims staked in the White Can
on area on the Colorado plateau,
which he knew the AEC consid
ered- to - be valuable uranium
property.
Shortly after he left the gov
ernment post, the U. S. attorneys
office said, the 370 claims, were
transferred to his name. He then
was employed as a geologist with
Voltron Corporation of Califor
nia.
Homes Evacuated
In 48-Block Area;
Two Reborfed Dead
No Lights, Smoking
Allowed Due to Gas
Whiting, Ind. U.R) A raging
gasoline-fed fire touched off by
an . explosion that sent jagged
chunks of steel hurtling into
surrounding' homes swept a
refinery tank farm Saturday en
dangering 48 blocks of homes
and causing damage estimated
at more than SI 0.000.000.
At least two persons were kil
led, one of them a child, as the
chain reaction explosions filled
the air with shrapnel-like chunks
of steel.
At least 24 persons, 11 of them
children, were given hospital
treatment. The Red Cross re
ported that 35 persons were
injured and Mayor Michael Bias
tick said the injured could be
counted in "hundreds" if minor
burns suffered by fire-fighters
and emergencey workers were
included. .
The original explosion, felt
nearly 100 miles away, shattered
a 26-story processing plant into
an unrecognizable mass of metal
and spread death and ruin over
a three-acre area.
Cascades oft flame soared a
mile in the air as the fire jumped
from tank to tank.1 Clouds of
smoke, mushrooming 12,000 feet
into the sky, appeared like a
giant thunderhead to watchers in
the Chicago Loop nearly 18 miles
away.
The flames roared through tha
huge Standard Oil Company
(IndO. tank farm in -a-series of
"whooshing" " explosions, then
iumned across 'a hiehwav into
an adjoining field housing about
30 tanks of crude oil.. Firemen
succeeded, however, in pushing
the blaze back across the high
way. Police said 48 blocks of nearby
residential areas were ordered
evacuated as the flames still
raged out of control more than
17 hours after the first explosion.
Thousands were driven from
their homes. -
Three companies of Indiana
National Guard troops, about
220 to 240 men, were mobilized
mainly to prevent' looting in the
evacuated areas. Police said six
men were caught looting in a
residential section adjoining the
plant.
Fire officials warned that gas
and gas fumes had seeped into
Whiting sewers. They issued a
general warning to avoid smo
king or the use of electric lights.
Dr. Robert E. Wilson, Standard
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here from Pennsylvania, said
damage to the plant "will prob
ably exceed $10,000,000." He said
all plant damage in excess of
$1,000,000 was covered by-in
surance. He estimated about 10
per cent oi ue piani was de
stroyed.
At Washington, the Red Cross
put its estimate of damage at
more than $100,000,000.
Wilson said the company
would "act quickly" to compen
sate families of dead and in
jured and to repair plant dam
age. The first explosion virtually
demolished a huge, new proces
sing plant known as a fluid hy
drof ormer, where 1 o w-octane
gasoline is converted to high.
The blast hurled jagged
chunks of steel hundreds of feet
through the air. The steel 'went
slicing into homes "like it was
cutting paper."
One huge fragment sailed
about 350 feet, cutting a swath
of ; destruction , through seven
houses. 1
Another fragment crashed into
another home, killing a three-
year-old boy. The other victim
was 'a company employee who
died of a heart attack brought
on by exertion in fighting . the
fire.
Many homes were knocked
several feet off their foundations.
One shaft of steel wrecked a
garage and bounced an automo
bile upside down onto what
had been the roof.
Rivers of flaming gasoline and
oil flowed down the streets in
the area, toward the homes. Sand
dikes were thrown up around the
area .to keep the flames from
spreading to the homes, and to
a nearby power plant which pro
duces power for all the pumping
units -.