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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1955)
o 1 Residents of Small Iowa Village Flee Escaping Gas Fumes Gibsoa. Ia. (U.R) There 0 was stiiri faint whiff of ammon ia in the air today to remind Gibson's 100 residents of the choking fumes which forced practically all of them to clear out of town Tuesday. It became - practically impos sible to stay in Gibson when a pipe broke while pressurized liq uid anhydrous ammonia was be ing transferred from a 10,000 gallon railroad tank car to a fer tilizer company storage tank. Within minutes, 3,000 gallons of ammonia vaporized and spread over an area four blocks wide and 300-feet long which takes in most of this tiny farm community. Townspeople didn't need any warning to know what had hap pened. They could smell it. And they got out. Shops Close Up Store keepers closed up shop and jumped in their cars. House wives' took one sniff, took off their aprons and headed for the garage. About 100 school chil dren, most of them from sur rounding rural areas, were pil f rd into school. buses and driven away from the big smell. Some of the residents weren't so lucky. Mrs. Jim Dismore, wife of the high school basketball and baseball coach, found her self trapped on the second floor of her home with her three small children. Th) Dismore home was lo cated at the point where the fumes were thickest nd they were too dense on the first floor for Mrs. pinsmore to risk a run for freedom. Her husband "heard of her plight and, puckering up his nose, drove to his home. There he met Bill McCoy who, as one ' of the men who had been unload ing the ammonia, was just about th, luckiest guys In town. He had a gas mask. Adults Slag Rescue Dismore and McCoy dashed Into the home. Each grabbed a child and Mrs. Dismore stumbled out after them, carrying her six-month-old daughter. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Keller and their daughter were holed up in their basement. They never did get out and required medical attention for attacks of nausea Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Gibson residents were streaming for the open road. Most of them parked on a highway two miles east of town to sit it out. Firemen from the nearby town of What Cheer, together with fertilizer company employ ees, finally managed to cap off the escaping ammonia. But it was about two hours before a man came out to announce that Gibson was fit to live in again. Returning residents found that the ammonia fumes, held close to the ground by damp, cloudy weather, had blackened trees and shrubs. There were no injuries among the Gibsonites, but, as banker Louis Arndt said, "there's sever al people who aren't feeling too good." Kreisman Prepares Series of Lectures Ashland Dr. Arthur Kreis man, chairman of the Southern Oregon college humanities de partment, is delivering a series of lectures each Monday night over television station KBES-TV on world literature as an aid for students studying the subject through correspondence courses and for the general benefit of the public. The Oregon State System of Higher Education, which" spon sors the television program, has chosen Dr. Kreisman to design the world literature correspon dence course used throughout all state institutions of higher learning. It is to coincide with this statewide course that he has planned his lectures. - The first of these lectures was presented Monday, Sept. 26, and they will continue to appear throughout the academic year. Dr. Kreisman explained in his beginping lecture the import ance of a historical background to a full understanding of literature. Milwaukee Walkout Ends After 42 Days Milwaukie, Ore. (U.PJ About 60 CIO United Auto Workers were to resume work today, end ing a 42-day strike at the Mil waukie parts depot of Interna tional Harvester company. The Milwaukie plant was the last to settle its labor dispute. International r e p r esentative said the agreement included an 11 cent across-the-board hourly wage hike in a total "package" of 30 910 cents. Remorseful Bandit Returns Bank Loot St. Louis U.R) The gun man who robbed the Mount Ol ive, 111., bank returned most of the $4,700 loot with a note say ing "God knows I'm sorry," but FBI agents still hunted for him today. A man believed to be the re morseful bandit telephoned the bank Tuesday and told cashier Roy Robinson to go to the Fa mous Bar department store in downtown St. Louis. "See the manager and . you'll get your money back," the' man said. . FBI agents went to the store and opened a rented locker box. They found $4,495, along with the repentant note. The bandit, described as a bearded, swarthy man dressed in work clothes, entered the Na tional Bank of Mount Olive Mon day. He pulled a revolver and shoved a note to a teller telling her to fill a paper bag with mon ey, "or you will get hurt." The gunman then outdistanc ed Robinson in an automobile race. FBI agents said the search for him is continuing, despite the recovery of the money. NO INTERRUPTION Warren, Conn. (tf.R) It took more than a little thing like a $4,000 fire to stop 81-year-old Mrs. Martin A. White from knocking out her daily 1,000-word stint on what is said to be the longest continuous ser ial story in history. Assured that the firemen were en route, Mrs. King simply moved her typewrit er into another part of the house and continued pecking out "Rev elations of a Wife," a story which has been running 40 years under her pen name Adele Garrison. Reaction Varied on Mention of Ike's Kin as Candidate Portland (U.R) Mention of the name of Milton Eisenhow er, President Eisenhower's youngest brother, as a possible Republican candidate for the presidency in 1956 drew varied reaction here today. Some top Oregon Republicans were enthusiatic about the idea when it was voiced here by James A. Linen, publisher of Time magazine. Others express ed caution and another Eisen hower brother, Edgar Eisenhow er in Tacoma, was openly oppos ed. Speculation 'Unwise' Dr. Milton Eisenhower, prom inent educator, is president of Pennsylvania State college. Wendell Wyatt, chairman of the Oregon state Republican Central committee, said he thought it was unwise to specu late about a new candidate for 1956 but he added an endorse ment for the Eisenhower broth er. He said "certainly he's one of a number of competent men who are thoroughly familiar with this administration's program and accomplishments. Along with some others in" the admin istration he would be in a posi tion to carry out the president's program, and he could be elect ed." Jess Gard, national GOP com mitteeman, said "I don't believe that now, when the president himself is unable to talk, that we should be evaluating possible candidates to succeed him." Oregon State Senator Mark Hatfield, one of the earliest sup porters of the president in 1952 and himself a college official, said he thought Milton Eisen hower "would .be an excellent candidate." Edgar Eisenhower, a Tacoma attorney, said he hoped the party would pick on some other family for its presidential candi dates, because, he said, "I'm tired of being bothered to death." Though he had praise for Mil ton's ability, Edgar said "I would like tcvjoint out that Dwight's got some mighty good men in his cabinet. Somebody in high political circles better take a look at some of them." Spelling, Mistake Convicts Check Passer Bristol, Englana U,R) For mer policeman Randolph RyT man, 31, was convicted Tuesday of passing a bogus check because he cold not spell "ninety." Police testified that in a hand writing test Ryman left the let ter "e" out of the word "ninety" as did the writer of the rubber check. ' Songs Said Signal For Jail Escape Waterloo, Ia. (U.R) Police have cancelled a scheduled con cert of church Ksongs by two county jail prisoners because the chorale was to be the signal for an escape attempt. Authorities said the prisoners passed a note to friends that "we will be singing church songs if we leave on Tuesday." The note, written by Robert Lee Warren and Joe Bezdneick, instructed the friends to have a get-away car waiting at the rear of the courthouse if they heard the prisoners' voices lift ed in song Tuesday night. The plot was foiled when County Atty. Kay Kober notic ed two suspicious Jooking men near the county jail Monday night. He called police, who ar rested Richard Sheridan, 24, and Duane Fairbanks, 22. ' Police said Sheridan had the note from the prisoners. The two men were charged with con spiracy to aid in an escape. Oakridge Fire Loss Figured at $70,000 Oakridge, Ore. U.P.) Ray Jamison, owner, of Jamisons cafe near here which burned in a $70,000 fire Monday night, said today he had only $10,000 insurance on the place. The fire spread throughout the cafe and to a neighbormg television shop and house. Oak ridge volunteer firemen and crews from Pope and Talbot Lumber company sawmill man aged to save a service station about 60 feet from the cafe. Wednesday, October 5. 1 955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TORCH Troufdale Farmer Asks Suit Dismissal Portland U.R) A Troutdale farmer who recently won $38, 292 damages from Reynolds Metals company has asked Fed eral Judge William G. East to dismiss his suit against contin ued operation of the company. Judge East granted Paul Mar tin's request. Reynolds spokesmen said they were "surprised" by the move and said there was no attempt on Martin's part for an out-of-court settlement. Reynolds stil plans to appeal the federal court jury verdict in favor of the Martin family after they contended they, had been poisoned by waste products from the plant. PYTHON STOLE Jackson, N. C. (U.R) Police charged carnival workers Louis Webber, 47, and Dominick Reo, 25, today with stealing a 28-foot South African python. The car nival workers denied any know ledge of the theft of the two foot thick snake, which still is missing. I JESSEi INDUCSSD Hbnywooa (U.R) Enter tainer George JesseL for year the unofficial "Toastmaster gen eral of the United State," at tended a dinner Tuesday night where he didn't have to "work." Jessel was inducted as an hon orary member of the Downtown Toastmasters Club of Hollywood. ORDER NOW ... 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