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m MEDTORD (OHESOK1 MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. August 3. 1958 Third Eyewitness Gives Account of Collision Of Two Airliners Over Grand Canyon June 30 Washington U.R A coal miner's wife from Clarksburg, W.Va.. testified today that she saw "a great puff of smoke" and a smoking object fall out of the sky over Grand Canyon about the time of the airliner collision there June 30. Mrs. Blanche England said that she and her husband were driving along Highway 66 to ward Flagstaff, Ariz., "along about noon" on the fat! I day when she saw "this thing hap pen in the sky." Mrs. England was an unschd uled witness before a special Civil Aeronautics Board panel 'investigating the cause of the collision of United and Trans World airlines planes. The acci dent took 128 lives in the worst commercial aviation mishap in history. Third EywitnMs Mrs. England was the third tourist to give an eyewitness ac count of the disaster. The other two were Lois and Eugene Siefer, a young couple from Ottawa, Ohio. The Siefers, who were also driving on Route 66 toward Flag staff between 11:30 end noon, said they saw two planes come out of an opening in the clouds "lock together," fly straight on behind' a mountain peak Mrs. England said she first saw "a big cloud" over the can yon and a flash of lightning. "Then I saw a great puff of smoke. It spread out like a para' chute," she said. "I began to see something come down out of the sky with smoke coming out of it." Plan Fall Slowly She said the plane made a slow, slanting descent which took "a good five minutes may be more." Mrs. England said that later in the afternoon she heard a report on the automobile radio that two planes were lost. "It dawned on me that was what I saw," she said, adding that she had previously thought she had 10,720,749 Acres Said in Soil Bank Washington U.R) The ag riculture Department reported today that almost 500,000 farm ers deposited 10,720,749 acres of crop land in the soil bank acreage reserve for 1956. July 27 was the deadline for signing up for 1956 participa tion. The farmers who signed 495. 432 agreements to deposit land in the soil bank can earn almost S225.000.000 in government pay ments for not producing crops this year. - The department said these totals "are "substantially final." But minor adjustment may be required. Only farms with corn base acreage or allotments for wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, or tobacco are eligible to participate in the acreage reserve program. It is designed primarily to reduce current production of these six basic crops. seen a jet plane. Neither she nor her husband. Walter -John England, could establish the exact time or their precise location when she saw the incident. The CAB summoned the Eng lands Thursday night. England said he did not inform anyone immediately of what his wife saw because "I didn't see any thing to report myself." Mrs. England said that she and her husband didn't tell any body at the time about what she had seen because they had to get back to their jobs at Clarksburg and might be kept "out West." Talked To Officials Later, however, she wrote a letter about the crash to the Denver Post and talked with United Air Lines officials about what she had seen. She said two United Air Lines investigators questioned her at Clarksburg July 20 and she told them her story. The investigating panel hoped to wind up its three-day inquiry late today yith testimony on the final flights of the Trans World Airlines Contcllation and United Obituaries Air Lines DC7. A 14-man team of CAB and airline investigators reported Thursday that evidence at the wreckage scene "clearly estab lishes" that the two planes col lided in flight before falling into the canyon. The UAL plane was on instru ment flight and the TWA plane on visual flight at the time. But the investigating team said they could not yet establish how the collision occurred. The wreckage investigating team established that (I.) The left outer wing of the UAL plane and the TWA plane fusel age just ahead of the tail section had "made contact" in flight and (2.) That one or more UAL plane propellers had chewed one or more cuts in the TWA fusel age. On one propeller cut in the TWA plane's rear baggage com partment floor, the investigators found paint markings that "coin cide" with paint on the UAL plane's propellers. Comedy Brings Warm Response from Chilly Audience at Ashland JESSE TODD Jesse Porter Todd, 69, died this morning at his home, 603 North Fir st. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. LESTER JULIAS MESSAL Funeral services for Lester Julias Messal, 48, of Lake Creek, who died Wednesday, Aug. 1, in a local hospital, will be held at Perl Funeral home at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4. The Rev. J. J. Munshaw of Eagle Point Com munity church will officiate Internment will be in Central Point cemetery. Mr. Messal was born at Lake Creek, Aug. 18, 1908, and re sided at Lake Creek through out his lifetime. His mother is Mrs. Emma Walch Messal of Lake Creek: his father the late Willia n Messal, both natives of Jackson county. Mr. Messal was employed in road construction and mining. He was later affiliated with the William Von der Hellen Con struction company, and during his last years he has been en gaged in logging and cattle' raising in the Lake Creek district. In April," 1936, he was mar ried to Mildred Cox, who sur vives. Other survivors are his mother, Mrs. Ema Messal; his brother, Lawrence Messal, of Eagle Point: his sister, Mrs. Neva Richards of Woodland, Wash.; two nieces, Marcene Sandell, Riverside, Calif., and Linda Messal, Eagle Point. Honorary pallbearers will be Ernest Burrell, Rapheal Gard ner, Harold Zundel, Goldin Zundel. Claus Charley, and Ira Woolfolk. Active pallbearers Donald Beiberstedt. Marsters. Scott Wickersham, Merton Bradshaw, Melvin Johns ton, and Kermit DeHass. will be Sheldon OPENING Saturday Night Battle of the MUSIC 2 FULL BANDS! with VERN MALLORY QUARTETTE Jam Session Sunday Starting at 8 P.M. Entertainment at Its Best At the o LILLIAN I RAY I TRIO I Y-CLUB That love should not be set aside and neglected is exempli fied in "Love's Labour's Lost," presented last night by the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival com pany to a chilly, attentive aud ience in Ashland. There was no rain to dampen last night's attendance, which was about the same size as open'' ing night, and Shakespeare s ridicule of establishing acad emies for learning, training cour tiers and the gossip of the court amused patrons to warm re sponse despite cool temperatures in the outdoor theater. The use of euphuism artifi cial elegance of language by Ferdinand, King of Navarre, and his court, and the Princess of France and her attendants, adds a touch of intellectualism to roy alty and emphasizes the satirical intent of the author. Euphuism used by characters in the minor plot it more noticeable, indeed, especially that of the school master, who apparently is over educated, and of Don Adriano de Armado. a Spaniard who has be.en reduced to poverty. -Selecting Characters Selecting characters to portray Shakespeare s roles, ranging from the courtly King of Na varre, played by Ted van Grie thuysen, to Dull, a stupid con stable played by James Parker, would not be an easy job. Yet, Director Allen Fletcher has cho sen players who, this reviewer thinks, have presented the early Shakespearean comedy in the entertaining fashion for which it was written. Griethuysen as Ferdinand, Michael F. 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Insinuating Glances Irene G. Baird, as the Princess of. France, carried her part roy ally, as did her court of Nancy Pickhardt as Rosaline, Doris Viola as Maria and Rosalyn Newport as Katherine. Although the dignity of royalty was main tained, insinuating glances re veal their contriving intent. Of note also was Joan Kugell, -who played the part of Moth, the page to Don Adriano. She did a commendable job to prove her versatility, whether playing the part of Helena in "All's Well That Ends Well," as she did last year, or Moth, the male page. Gordon M. Wickstrom as Don Adriano was effective not only in his speech, but also pictur esque in his actions the actions of a Spaniard who took too seri ously his code of honor. Extravagant Ridicule Ray Alexander, playing Boyet, a lord attending the Princess, was another target of extrava gant ridicule. His flowing terms and elaborate flattery of an ex perienced courtier added to the royal use of euphuism. Other parts notable for atten tion were those of Nathaniel, a curate played by Angus L. Bow mer, and Holofernes, a school master played by Hal J. Todd. The former was most susceptible to the - over educated school master's groping for words, "as it were." Costard, the clown, played by Jack J. Swanson, added humor which only a clown in this type play could add, and the audience, this reviewer believes, appreci ated the simplicity of Dull, the constable, played by Parker, as a "silent" relief from elaborate verses of the royalty and euphu ism of minor plot characters. Many supporting characters, without which the production would not have been effective, also deserve mention. They in cluded Steve Pavlisin, a for ester; William Oyler, Mercade, a lord to the Princess: Art Silva and Lee Haring, gentlemen at tending the Princess: Richard Cavett, page to king; Judith Of- ford and. Susan L. Shively, as pages to the Princess; and Ann Brennen as Jaquenetta, a coun try wench. Douglas Russell did a superb job of arranging the wardrobe for the play s royalty which in cluded extensive costumes in the gay colors of a king's court. The Festival company will continue its presentations to night with Romeo and Juliet with curtain time at 8:30 p.m. E. H. A. Russia Possibly Making Fast Planes London (U.P) Flight maga zine said today Russia's assembly lines may-already be turning out 1,200-MFH warplanes that can outperform jet fighters pos sessed by the West. The magazine, organ of the Royal Aero Club, speculated that the S,oviet MIG19 may be superior to America's F100, while the new MIG21 may be at least a match for the forthcom ing F107. Flight said that even if the F107 proves to have an edge on the MIG21, Russia has an advan tage in "the significant question of timing, for the 107 has yet to fly." GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS! Candle Room Medford Hotel 6 to 1 A.M. Doily 4 to 11 P.M. Sundays Mount Etna Glowing; No Eruption Expected Catania, Sicily UB Mount Etna started glowing and steam ing again Thursday, but scien tists said Europe's tallest vol cano was just putting on a good show for the benefit of tourists. They said the reddish glow and a column of white smoke, visible for 35 miles, were caused by lava settling down in the crater after an off-and-on series of harmless eruptions earlier this year. Daily Vealher Reporl FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Saturday with rising temperatures. Low tonight 48. High Saturday 85. Western Orecon: ?air in southern interior and partly cloudy elsewhere through Saturday except late night and early morning overcast in north portion. Low tonicht 44-52. Warmer Saturday wifh highs 70-75 north in tenor. 85 southern interior. 65 on coast. Northern California: Eair through Saturday but increasing coastal fog. Slowing rising daytime temperatures inland. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 59: below normal 15 Record high this date 104 in 1932. Record low this date 44 in J 956. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month none, normal. Total since Sept. 1. 34.34 inches, 16.38 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 29. highest this a.m. 89r. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 70 53 Crater Lake Grants Pass 74 43 Klamath Falls 62 36 MEDFORD 73 45 Portland 58 55 .74 Seattle 54 47 Spokane 65 44 Yakima 76 4 7 Eureka 60 52 Red Bluff 83 63 Sacramento 86 55 San Francisco 70 50 Los Angeles 76 64 - Phoenix 99 67 Denver 81 57 1.35 Chicago 80 68 Miami 90 75 .36 New York 78 61 r Washington, D.C 77 65 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Aug. 8): Western Oregon-Western Washing tonTemperatures much below nor mal at beginning of period. Rising trend over week end. Cooling again about Monday. Hig.;y generally in 60s and 70s in western Washington and 70s and 80s in western Oregon. Lows generally in 40s and low 50s. Consid erable night and mornine c lou rii rips and partly sunny afternoons the next new days, biiowers likelv late Sunday or Monday and again about Wednes day. Northern California No preciDitq tion. Temperatures below normal in land and near normal on coast. Stevenson Backers Survey Field Of Vice Presidential Candidates Washington (U.R) Those Democrats who think Adlai E. Stevenson already has the presi dential nomination sewed up are surveying a field of five as pos sible choices for second place on the ticket. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten nessee put himself in the field this week by pulling out of the race for the presidential nomi nation and throwing his support to Stevenson. But both he and Stevenson denied there was any deal to give him the vice presi dential nomination. Current talk among Demo crats here indicates a belief that Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.), who broke precedent to become an avowed candidate, and Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.) will be the chief con tenders. Here is a rundown on the five most discussed candidates: Kefauver In two campaigns for the president nomination, has shown great vote-pulling power at the grass roots and more ap peal to farmers than Stevenson; many of his national convention delegates are urging that he be given second place if they are to swing to Stevenson; unpopular, however, with many party pro fessionals and with some of his fellow senators with whom he would have to work if he were vice president. Humphrey Rated with high appeal in the farm belt and with Democratic liberals: some Ste venson backers believe their candidate has become so identi fied with the South that a bal anced ticket calls for an aggres sive liberal on the ticket; as the leader of the 1948 convention fight which caused a Southern walkout, he is viewed with much suspicion by Southern voters, al though he has joined the "team" and made his peace with many Southern senators and party leaders. Kennedy a Roman Catholic who presumably would appeal to this religious group where Ste venson was supposed to be weak in 1952 because of his divorce; rates as a liberal who has appeal to some of the Democratic con servatives; is opposed by Demo crats who believe he would be weak in the farm belt and by some who fear the religious is sue would be injected into the campaign ,in heavily Protestant areas. Sen. Albert Gore (Tenn.) Viewed as a moderate with ap peal to both the New Deal and Southern wings of the party; op position would regard him as too much in the Sevenson image and as one who would provide no balance for the ticket except in a geographic sense. Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. of New York A Catholic and a liberal with the advantages nd disadvantages which each of these qualifications carries; un like the others named, he has no congressional experience to give him a running start as a presi dential, agent in Congress. Indonesia Slum District Fire Levels 1950 Homes Djakarta, Indonesia (U.R1 A fiercely burning fire in the heart of a Djakarta slum district today destroyed 1,950 homes and sent 5,000 persons fleeing. Fire officials said the two-hour fire spread quickly through the flimsy wooden huts, whipped by a strong wind. No casualties were reported. JUBILEE BREAKFAST Sunday Morning-Aug. 5 Served From 6 to 12 Jacksonville Community Hall In Our New Dining Room HOTCAKES HAM EGGS SAUSAGE t COFFEE All You Can Eat for $1.)0 50c for Children Under 12 l-W r jV'' !" pit? f . . NEBRASKA PICNIC SUNDAY-AUGUST 5 1 1 P.M. - AT Grants Pass City Park LOTS OF GAMES AND PRIZES FREE! ICE CREAM - HOT DOGS COLD DRINKS All Former Nebraskans of Southern Oregon, Welcome! Bring your Lunch and Join the Funl 1 'I ADLAI LOOKS LIKE CINCH WITH ESTES OUT In Chicago, Adlai Stevenson, chief contender for the Demo cratic presidential nomination, reads copy of Senator Estes Kefauver's statement that ne as bowed out of the Democratic presidential race for party unity. Ke fauver announced in Washington that he was pulling out of the race and urged his supporter to back Stevenson. Seated behind Stevenson is his campaign manager James Finnegan. 0 COMING Saturday, Aug. 4th YlMW? HmillvBanJ l i now M imencsi Don't Miss the Fun - Come Out to the Rogue Valley Ballroom SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLE POINT The Only Spring Floor In Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN. BILL LIVELY and . The Rogue Valley Boys Featuring The BEST In Western Swing TUNE IN BILL'S WESTERN ROUND-UP TIME ON KWIN NEW PARKING LOT Plenty of Space Admission Price SlOOpen BENEFIT SUIT SAL Proceeds to Go to the ROGUE VALLEY Memorial Hospital Needed are: Suits Sport Coats. 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