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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.
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