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Schoolgirl Killed,
Two Others Injured
In Ferris Wheel Fall
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Dallas, Tex. (U.P.) Doctors
attempted today to save the life
of one of two ichoolgirl sur
vivors of m fall from a giant
double ferris-wheel that killed
their companion.
The three young school girls
plummeted 92 feet to the ground
when ,their seat on the "Sky
wheel'on the State Fair of Tex
as' "Million Dollar Midway"
came loose Tuesday.
Killed Instantly
Cynthia Combest, 15, a drum
mer for the Memphis, Tex., high
fchool band, was killed instant-
Hector McNeil,
British Laborite,
Dies in New York
New York (U.R) Hector
McNeil of - Great Britain, who
won fame for his defense of the
Atlantic pact in the United Na
tions, died late Tuesday in a
New York hospital of a cerebral
hemorrhage. He was 48.
McNeil, a leader in the Labor
ite government of Prime Minis
ter Clement Attlee, was stricken
bod the British liner Queen
u '-'Mary shortly before it arrived
In New York on Oct. 4.
On Business Trip
McNeil had come to New York
on business for the Encyclopedia
Britannfca which he joined as an
executive after the fall of the
Labor government in 1952. He
was also on the advisory council
of the British Broadcasting
Corp. .
iO He fiad been a member of the
British parliament since 1941
H was appointed undersecre
tary of state for foreign affairs
Itt 1945. A year later, in 1946,
he was made minister of state,
f a position second only to For
eign Secretary Ernest Bevin in
Britain's foreign relations oper
ations. w ,
Clashed With Russians
(JklcNeil came to -the United
Nations for Britain in 1946. He
clashed repeatedly with Soviet
representatives Andrei Y. Vish
insky and Vyacheslav M. Molo-
tov. It was against these oppon
ents in debate that he defended
the Atlantic Pact.
"The pact," he said, "is so
patently defensive in intention
Qand in character that only those
who i contemplate "Taggression j
have any reasons to regret that
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ly. She was thrown over the top
of the "Skywheel" and plunged
to her death. She was sitting in
the middle of the seat.
Kay Leslie, 15, fell all the way
through both wheels in the ride,
landing at the front of the plat
form. She was in critical condi
tion at Baylor hospital with a
possible skull fracture.
Barbara Allen, 14, stayed
with the seat until it was about
15 feet above the ground before
she fell to the earth. She sur
vived with only bruises, a shock
and a badly gashed leg.
Another child, Mollie Bal
four, 13, of Winona, Tex., who
was riding in another seat be
low, was struck as the falling
seat with through the steel
framework of the ride.
"They just fell on me and
knocked a gash in my head,"
Mollie said. "Then they fell
right to the bottom."
Mollie cried as she told police
what had happened.
Midway Jammed
The worst tragedy in the his
tory of the nation's largest an
nual exposition struck on "band
day," when thousands of young
sters from throughout Texas,
dressed in bright uniforms, joy
ously jammed the fair grounds
and midway.
The 1956 edition of the fair
opened its 17-day run only Fri
day night.
The "Skywheel" was an extra
special attraction just for the
fair and was set up at the head
of the midway, immediately in
front of the Cotton bowl. It will
be dismantled as soon as en
gineers complete surveys to de
termine cause of the fatal accident.
Tass Critcizes
Speech by Dulles
Moscow U.R) Moscow news
papers today published a Tass
news agency dispatch from
Washington highly critical of
U. S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles' speech to the
American Legion at Miami, Fla.
Tass said Dulles "contradicts
the Geneva spirit of mutual con
fidence and international col
laboration manifested at the con
ference of the heads of the four
power governments."
The news agency characteriz
ed Dulles' appeal for internation
al collaboration as calling "for
establishment of military blocks
under American leadership and
American bases in foreign ter
ritory."
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PEACE, OR ELSE A National Guard Sherman tank stands by at the gates of the
Perfect Circle Corp. foundry at New Castle, Ind., to protect non-striking employes
working inside. Governor George N. Craig declared martial law after nine persons
were wounded during a ClO-United Auto Workers demonstration. About 50 Guards
men were on duty in front of the plant.
Wednesday, October 12, 1355
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Christian Science
Lecture Planned
Gold Hill "The healing influ
ence of the Christ in present ex
perience" will be the theme of
a Christian Science lecture to be
given in Gold Hill on Oct. 13 by
Ralph E. Wagers of Chicago, 111.
Mr. Wagers has lectured ex
tensively in this country and in
many foreign countries. He will
speak at the invitation of Chris
tian Science society, Gold Hill,
in the Gold Hill Grange, hali,
Fourth st and Sixth ave., Gold
Hill, at 8 p.m. His subject will
be "Christian Science: The
Dawn of a New Day." The lec
ture is open to the public with
out charge.
For the past 30 years Mr. Wa
gers has been actively engaged
in the public practice of Chris
tian Science. Prior to that he
was in the lumber business in
Wisconsin. He became an author
ized teacher of Christian Science
in 1940 and a member of The
Christian Science Board of Lec
tureship in 1946.
Army Reserves Plan
Talks at Schools
Staff members of the Army
reserve unit advisor here are
scheduling talks at high schools
in Jackson, Josephine and Klam
ath counties to explain the new
Reserve Forces act of 1955.
The new act provides a pro
gram in which youths between
17 and 18V4 years of age may
enlist in the reserves, complete
six months active training duty,
and remain in the reserve 7V
years in a local unit.
TAKES PAROLE ANYWAY
Brighton, Mich. U.P.) Wil
liam Brooks, 21, learned Tues
day the Michigan State Parole
board had turned down his ap
plication for parole. Several
hours later he walked away
from the Brighton Prison farm.
Paris U.R) France's digni
fied Pasteur Institute displayed
x-ray films today of a sidewalk
sword swallower with the com
ment: "He is not faking but he
is in more danger from germs
on the sword than from the
blade."
Action Deferred on
Annexation Requests
Action on an annexation re
quest from residents southeast
of Medford was deferred by tha
city planning commission at a
special meeting yesterday.
The commission received for
consideration six petitions with
84 signatures requesting annex
ation.' Action was deferred until
after members of the commis-"
sion inspect the proposed area
later this week. . .
The area proposed to be an
nexed includes the Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital site and an
area along Barnett rd. east of
Bear creek. The area was includ
ed in a previous annexation pro
posal which was defeated by
residents surrounding Medford
to the south from East Main st.
to West Main st.
Mannheim, Germany flJ.R)
The "Look Ahead News" has
been named the best GI mimeo
graphed newspaper in the Euro
pean command. The paper's edi
tors are inmates of the Army
military prison here.
Police Bungling
In Murder Case
Eyed by Defense .
Minneapolis (U.R) The de
fense worked through a Colum
bus Day recess today to build up
charges of police bungling of
evidence in the murder trial of
Dr. A. Arnold Axilrod. ,
Axilrod, a 50-year-old dentist,
is charged with . strangling a
pretty young patient who . ac
cused him of making her preg
nant and threatened to "expose
him to the world."
Garments Introduced
. The defense charges came
Tuesday after the state intro
duced the torn and stained gar
ments in which the slain woman,
21-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Mary
Moonen, was found April 23 in
the fashionable Lake of the Isles
residential area.
The jury of seven women and
five men and the packed court
room, which included Mrs. Moon
en's husband, Army Pfc Mathias
Moonen, listened in tense silence
as a morgue attendant, Harold
Kibby, told how he removed the
woman's clothing for preserva
tion. Then chief defense attorney
Sidney W. Goff took over and,
in cross-examination, tried to es
tablish that official bungling in
the handling of the body and the
clothes may have covered up
clues.
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