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Thursday, October 13, 13SS
First Jet-Powered Airliners
To Be Put in Service in 2958
New York (U.R) Pan Am
erican World Airways today an
nounced the purchase of 45 jet
powered airliners from Amer-
icanpifirms at a total cost of
$269,000,000.
The planes will be the first
jat transports delivered by Am
erican manufacturers and the
first to go into regular service
The giant jets will double the
capacity of the Pan American
fleet and cut the flying time
from New York to London to
six hours and 15 minutes.
Juan T. Trippe, president of
Pan American, said the Boeing
Airplane company of Seattle
will supply 20 of the jets and
Douglas Aircraft company of
Santa Monica, Calif., will sup
ply 25. The jet turbines used
to propel the four-engine craft
Gwill be manufactured by the
Ptt and Whitney division of
United Aircraft corporation of
East Hartford, Conn.
In Seryice by 1961
Pan American said it will pay
. Boeing $109,000,000 and Doug
las $160,000,000 for the jets. It
'said it has placed additional or
ders with Douglas for 33 DC7C,
non-jet transports, in the amount
of $88,000,000 bringing its total
Electrical Flash
Burns Drain Man
Drain (U.R) A blinding elec
trical arc early today severely
burned James C. Stewart, 65,
J operator of Bonneville's Drain
substation.
BPA said the flash occurred
during a switching operation on
a 34,500-volt feeder line. The
flash was noticed by passersby
shortly after midnight and Stew
art was taken to a Cottage Grove
hospital where his condition was
listed as serious.
The arc disrupted power ser
vice to the Douglas Electric Co
operative for one hour and 45
minutes and to the city of Drain
for 21 minutes while trans
former fuses were replaced.
Stewart was alone at the time
of the accident. BPA officials
said they had not determined
what caused the arc.
Plane Lands Safely
After Gear Locks
Boston (U.R) A Northeast
Airlines plane with 33 persons
aboard made a safe emergency
landing at Logan Airport here
today after developing landing
gear trouble on take off from
Portland, Me. 3
commitment to $357,000,000 for
new equipment.
The entire fleet of new jet
airliners will be in service by
1961. They will carry from 104
Festival Manager's
Letter Points Out
Error of Magazine
William Patton, general man
ager of the Oregon Shakespear
ean festival, has risen to the
defense of the festival, which
is held each year at Ashland.
In a letter written to the
Saturday Evening Post, Patton
declared:
"Your editorial emphasizes the
widely publicized, misleading
implication that the Stratford,
Conn., Shakespeare festival is
creating' the first worthwhile,
permanent home for Shakes
peare's plays in the United
States . . ."
Patton's letter continues "The
Oregon Shakespearean festival
at Ashland has proved for 20
years that Shakespeare is good
box office.
"It is the oldest Shakespear
ean festival in the western hem
isphere. The theater seats 1,100
and is a replica of the famed
Fortune theater of Elizabethan
era in London."
Patton's letter was in answer
to a recent editorial appearing
in the Saturday Evening Post.
His letter is published in the
current issue of the national mag
azine.
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Ex-Convict Object
Of Two-State Search
Los Angeles (U.R) A 27-
year old ex-convict "with death
in his eyes" was object of a two
state search today after he stab
bed and left for dead his father
and then apparently abducted
his attractive 34-year-old stepmother.
Police said Ralph Reno beat
and stabbed his father, Andrew,
57, last night. Mrs. Stella Reno
was missing and police believed
the younger Reno abducted her
to use as a hostage.
The elder Reno, wounded
twice with a butcher knife and
suffering from a skull fracture,
told police "My son has death
in his eyes."
He gasped that 'the unex
plained attack started when he
came home last night.
to 108 passengers each in deluxe
accommodations and up to 131
tourist class.
Both the Boeing and Douglas
liners will have a cruising speed
of 575 miles an hour at 30,000
feet. They will be placed in ser
vice on transatlantic, South
American, and transpacific runs
starting in December, 1958.
Noise Eliminated
Trippe said the planes will
provide a new high standard in
speed and in passenger comfort.
Vibration will be eliminated and
the sound of the jet engines will
be audible only to passengers in
the extreme rear portion of the
cabin. The cruising altitude of
the planes will be well above
the weather.
William M. Allen, president
of Boeing, said the Pan Ameri
can jet transport program
"marks the beginning of a new
era in air transportation."
"Introduction of the new jet
stratoliners will, in effect, make
the world 40 per cent smaller,"
he said. "Most major cities of
the free world will be only 12
hours or less from the United
States."
Douglas W. Douglas, president
of Douglas Aircraft, said the Pan
American sale opens a "new
chapter in global aviation and
brings the jet age closer to the
lives of millions throughout the
world."
Woman Believed
Murder Victim Found
Eugene (U.R) Lane county
Sheriff Ed Elder said today he
had located a woman whom it
was believed might have been a
murder victim in California.
Elder said the woman, Mrs.
Henry J. Seymour, 59, had been
located in a trailer court near
here.
Authorities in Riverside, Calif.,
said yesterday that fingerprints
taken from the body of the uni
dentified murder victim did not
match perfectly with those , of
Mrs. Seymour. The victim ap
parently killed by' a blow on
the head and her body was found
in the hills near Riverside Sept.
18.
In Milwaukie, Ore., relatives
of Mrs. Seymour said a letter
had been received written by
Mrs. Symour in October. Her
daughter, Mrs. Earl B. Shook,
said her mother's name was Sey
mour but that her name was
Alford before she remarried a
number of years ago.
Elder quoted the woman as
saying she did not know she had
been reported missing.
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Chamber Directors Hear Details of Trip to Hawaii
BESTS THE MEN Florence
Chadwick leaves the waters
of the English Channel at
Missant, France, after setting
a new record for the ftritain-to-France
swim. Her time, 13
hours 55 minutes, bettered
men's record by 11 minutes.
Members of the board of dir
ectors of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce this mor
ning heard details of a "pears
to pineapples friendship air
tour to Hawaai which will be
held next month.
The trip, to be made by Trans-,
ocean Air lines under chamber
sponsorship, was described, by
Miss Ann McFarland, Hawaiian
tour hostess for the airline. Ar
rangements for taking the tour,
open to anyone in this area, can
be made through the chamber
office.
The directors also voted to ob
tain tape recordings for broad
cast on local radio stations. They
are prepared by the U. S. Cham
ber of Commerce, and have a
spot for local chamber announce
ments. The 15-minute programs
give reports from Washington,
D.C-, from the standpoint of the
chamber. A sample tape was
played at today's breakfast meet
ing at the Medford hotel.
Forum Planned
Ray Johnson, chairman of the
chamber's forum committee, told
of plans being made for a cham
ber forum, which may be held
early in December with an out
standing speaker. Plans are still
tentative, Johnson said.
Ron Gandee reported on plans
of the education committee,
which is interested in a course
for businessmen to be given here
starting Nov. 7 under the auspio
FRESIDING over cabinet, Se
curity Council meetings, Vice
President Richard Nixon has
a busy Washington schedule
while President Eisenhower is
convalescing. (International)
es of the extension division of
the University of Oregon and the
public schools. The course will
be devoted to study of the Am
erican economic system, and can
be taken for credit. Instruction
probably will come from the
staff of Southern Oregon college,
Gandee said.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday
Puerto Ricans Lose
In Court of Appeals
Washington (U.R) The U.S.
Court of Appeals today upheld
the convictions of four fanatic
Puerto Rican Nationalists who
shot up the House of Represen
tatives March 1, 1954.
Five Congressmen were
wounded when the four Puerto
Ricans, three men and a woman
fired 16 shots into the House
chamber. The Puerto Ricans re
ceived long prison sentences.
The appeals court dismissed
the main contention of attorn
eys for the Puerto Ricans that
the jury here should have decid
ed whether they were sane at
the time.
The appeals court pointed out
that three government - appoint
ed phychiatrists had found the
Puerto Ricans sane.
Birthday Cake Planned j
For Ike and Patients
Denver (U.R) Bakers at
Fitzsimons Army hospital started "
mixing ingredients today to
make a birthday cake for Presi- t
dent Eisenhower and 2128 Fitz
simons patients and staff mem- ,
bers.
The President will be 65 to- '1
morrow. Every patient and staff .
member in the hospital will get .
a slice of the' white . cake and 1
probably more than the Presi- . :
dent. He is on a 1600-calorie a
day diet and the size of his slice
has already been fixed at a
weight of 1 ounces.
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