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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE.
Sunday, December II, 1955
Bonnie Simpson, Burned
Last March, Won't Be Home
For Christmas This Year
Waynesburg, Pa. (U.R)
Eight-year-old Bonnie Simpson,
horribly burned in a fire last
March 28, isn't compalining a
bit because she won't be able
to leave the hospital for Christ
mas at home.
The only dark spot in the holi
days for the courageous West
Virginia tot and her family is
the fact that her daddy needs
a job.
Bonnie was more dead than
alive that mornjng eight months
ago when an ambulance brought
her to Greene County Memorial
hoital from the village of Fair
view, W. Va., just across the
state line. She was warming her
self in front of an open heating
stove just after she got out of
bed when her nightdress sud
denly burst into flames.
Tiny Body Seared
Her grandmother, Mrs. Rose
Brocke68, beat out the fire with
her hands, but not before most
of her granddaughter's tiny
body was seared.
Twenty four hours later, the
sorrowful family was struck
another telling blow. Bonnie's
father, Lewis Simpson, lost his
job as a structural steel worker
at Fairmont, W. Va. He hasn't
had steady work since.
For weeks, Bonnie was near
death. She remembers nothing
about the first 12 of the 28 pain
ful skin "grafting operations
which have been performed. De
voted doctors i and nursees grad'
ually brought her back to the
point where 'it is believed Bon
nie can go home not for Christ
mas, but some time next year,
Stream Of Gifts
That news, plus the stream of
Christmas gifts and cards that
already are piling up high in her
hospital room, brightened Bon
nie and brought a smile back
to her face. .
It made her family happy too,
but Christmas still will be a
bleak one for her mother and
father and two brothers, Gary,
6, and Donnie, 4, unless Simp
son can find steady work again.
Since his job ran out last
March he hasn't been able to
find another in his trade and has
had only parttime work on near
by farms. Because he is a resi
dent of West Virginia, he can't
apply to Pennsylvania for wel
fare aid on his daughter's hos
pital bills.
But Simpson, like his daugh
ter, is not complaining. He said
it will be a "good" . Christmas
for him just knowing Bonnie
eventually will be able to come
home.
Nobel Prizes Are
Awarded To Four
Stockholm, Sweden (U.R)
The four scientists three of
them American and the extreme-leftist
author who won
this year's nobel prizes received
their $38,720 awards from King
Gustav' Adolf here last night.
The 1954 peace prize was pre
sented to the United Nations
refugee office at a banquet in
OSLO attended by Norway's
Crown Prince Olav. The peace
prize for 1955 has not yet been
awarded.
Profs. Willis E. Lamb, of Stan
ford, and Polykarp Kusch, of
Coiumbia, shared the 1955
physics prize. Prof. Vincent Du
Vigneaud, of Cornell, received
the chemistry prize.
The medicine prize for which
Du Vigneaud was also a con
tender went to Dr. Hugo Theo
rell of Sweden. Icelandic Novel
ist Hgldor K. Laxness, already
a Statin prizewinner, won the
literature prize.
UN Refugee Commissioner G.
. Van Heuven Goedhart, of The
Netherlands, accepted the peace
T'rize on behalf of his office. He
6aid it will be used to help re
settle 125 Romanian refugees
from Communism who are now
living in misery on a Greek
Island.
King Haakon VII, bed-ridden
by a broken thigh, was absent
from the Oslo award ceremony
for the first time in 47 years.
Expanded Missile
Program Starts
Washington U.R) The De
fense department is greatly ex
panding its ballistic missile pro
gram in an effort to beat Russia
in the race for the so-called ulti
mate weapons of the future, in
formed sources said Saturday.
To give impetus to the top
priority program, the Deense
Department has established, a
top-level committee within the
Pentagon to oversee develop
ment of all ballistic missiles.
The new program is under
stood to have been approved
unanimously by President Eis
enhower, the NationalSecurity
Council, the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and the Defense Depart
ment.
The decision reflects a feel
ing among the nation's leaders
that in the interest of national
survival this country must be
first to develop ballistic missiles.
It also reflects a concern that
Russia is making rapid strides in
developments of the fantastic
weapons.
AF Officials Probe
Crash Of Jet Plane
Info Hospital Roof
Sheffield. England (U.R)
U.S. Air Force officials Satur
day opened an investigation into
the crash of an American jet
fighter plane which plowed
through the roof of a crowded
hospital near Sheffield Friday
night with its wingloads of am
munition exploding.
A 46-year-old' mother of five
children was killed when the
F34F Thunderstreak skimmed
the glass roof of a ward in the
Lodge Moor Hospital, tore along
a glass-covered corridor into
another ward and blew up on a
lawn outside. Seven other per
sons, including three children,
were injured.
The pilot, Lt. Roy Evans, 24,
Pulaski, Tenn., bailed out before
the crash and parachuted safely
from 35,000 feet. He was hos
pitalized for "observation" and
Air Force officials said he would
be questioned as soon as his.
condition permits.
Forced To Bail Out
Evans radioed his base at
Sculthorpe shortly before the
crash that his engine was afire
and he was trying to crashland.
A few minutes later he sent a
message saying he was forced
to bail out.
The pilotless plane crashed in
to the hospital roof like a blaz
ing meteor. Ammunition explod
ed as it smashed through the
crowded wards. The explosions
and the whine of ricocheting
bulltes mingled with the ter
rified screams of patients and
nurses.
Tenneson To Arrive
In Hong Kong Tuesday
Hong Kong (U.R) The Hong
Kong government announced
Saturday that American turn
coat Richard Tenneson will ar
rive at the colony border from
Red China next Tuesday.
The announcement said the
date was confirmed bythe Brit
ish Embassy in Peiping. Ten-.
neson was one of the American
soldiers who refused repatria
tion and chose Communism after
the Korean War.
Maps of the 19th century show
early geographers- printed the
words "interminable swamp"
across lower Michigan as late as
1839 and thought the upper pen
insula was infested with wild
animals and Indians and was
"unfit for civilization."
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Frightened German
Learns of Fire Box
Schenectady, N.Y. (U.R)
Firemen here even answer the
"doorbell."
- Seventeen firemen aboard five
trucks rolled up to St. Joseph's
bcnool only to find a "fright
ened to death" German who
wanted a letter translated.
The firemen discovered' that
the man, unable to read the
letter written in English, had
intended to go to St. Joseph's
Convent to ask one of the nuns
to translate it.
On the way, he mistook the
school for the convent and, find
ing it locked, rang the "door
bell." It turned out to be the
fire alarm.
He told the firemen that in
Germany convents have little
boxes at the front door with a
bell to be rung for admittance.
When he saw the little box on
the school, he just opened it
and pulled the beU.
Before leaving the scene, the
firemen explained to the Ger
man what an American fire
alarm box looks like and how
it operates.
OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE A member of the 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
stands guard in front of hangar at Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D. C. The
F-86-D jet plane he guards stands ready to take to the air. This base, as others across
the nation, was alerted and taking part in "Operation Crackerjack," an all-out surprise
test of American and Canadian defense network.
Ivernia Completes
Maiden Voyage
New York '(U.R) The Cun
ard liner Ivernia completed her
maiden voyage to New York
Saturday. She was welcomed by
fireboats, helicopters, blimps
and the whistles of all ships in
the harbor.
The Ivernia is a 22,000 ton
passenger-cargo vessel with ac
commodations for 850 first and
second class travelers.
Correction Work in
Politics Said Wrong
Milwaukee (U.R) Correction
work should be taken out of
politics, a noted prison warden
said recently.
Dr. Walter M. Wallack, war
den, of the Wallkill, N. Y. Pri
son, said at a meeting of penal
institute officials that young per
sons should be encouraged to
take up correction work as a
career.
"There is no reason why cor
rectional service in this coun
try should continue to be sup
plied as is now largely the case,
through political preferment
when it could so easily be
changed to make it possible to
recruit qualified people who
will render a lifetime of de
voted service," he said.
Man Finally Realizes
Pastoral Ambition
Franklin, Neb. iU.R) It took
the Rev. Earl D. Weed a long
time to realize his ambition to
be a minister in this small com
munity. He left Franklin as a young
man and acquired a Doctor of
Divinity degree from the Pacific
School of Religion.
Along came the World War I,
and he enlisted as private, -serving
with an ambulance unit. He
later got a commission as a
chaplain. He was wounded twice,
won the Distinguished Service
Cross, the Silver Star and the
Purple Heart, with one oak leaf
cluster.
Weed decided to stay in the
service, also serving as a chap
lain during World War II. He
retired as a colonel in 1947.
Now he is pastor of the Frank
lin Congregational Church in
this community which he left
in 1906.
Largest Underground
Parking Lot Success
Chicago U.R) The largest
underground parking lot in the
world . Chicago's cavernous
Grant Park facility proved suc
cesful in its first year of op
eration. Park Commissioner Jo
seph W. Cremin reported.
As the garage - observed its
first birthday in September,
Cremin said it accommodated
1,220,000 cars and collected $1,
045,898 in fees during its first
12 months.
The garage, which has a ca
pacity of 2,359 autos, handles
more than 4,000 cars a day at
an average rate of 86 cents a
customer. It employs 60 per
sons on three shifts.
"Revenues collected were suf
ficient to cover operating ex
penses as well as bond require
ments," Cremin said. He pre
dicted that the 30-year revenue
bonds which financed the proj
ect could be retired in 26 years
if business continues at the first
year pace.
Santa Claus Given
'No Kissing' Orders
Lancaster, Pa. (U.R) Santa
Claus was given a "no kissing"
order today ty authorities trying
to halt an epidemic of Para
typhoid fever in this community.
City health officials said it
would be permissible for Santa
to shake hands with children
who come to tell him what they
want for Christmas but no
kissing.
BEECH LORE
Kent, O. (U.R) One of the
smaller tree families is that of
the beech. Only six species grow
all over the world, with only
one, the American beech, native
to this country. Some people be
lieve this tree is lightning-proof,
but this isn't so at all, say
(Davey) tree experts.
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Suggests Death Penalty For Narcotics Peddlers
Washington U.R) Rep. , his views in a written statement
TCILLER CRACKERS
Singapore (U.R) The federal
Malayn government Saturday
revealed that large quantities
of "killer" firecrackers that
have been claimed 11 lives and
injured more than 30 others,
were manufactured in Malaya,
although earlier lots were smug
gled abroad.
New York baseball teams lead
both major leagues in the num
ber of pennants won the Yan
kees with 20 in the American
league and the Giants with 15 in
the National league.
ROK Assembly Vote
For 'Atoms-For-Peace'
Seoul, Kd?ea (U.R) The Re
public of Korea National Assem
bly approved unanimously Fri
day an "atoms-for-peace" agree
ment with the United States.
In accordance with the agree
ment, initialed in Washington
last July, the United States will
help Korea set up a research,
atomic reactor and lease up
to 13.2 pounds of enriched
uranium for reactor fuel.
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Victor L. Anguso said Saturday
narcotics peddlers "like murder
ers and kidnappers" should re
ceive the death penalty.
The New York Democrat gave
submitted to a House Ways and
Means subcommittee investiga
ting the narcotics traffic. The
subcommittee will resume hear
ings here Wednesday.
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