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i Operations Specialist Testifies He Knew Planes on Same Course Washington U.R) Lynn H. McCreary, an aviation opera tions specialist at Salt Lake City, Utah, testified Saturday that he realized that two airlin ers were Hying on "converging courses" 18 minutes before they collided over the Grand Canyon June 30 in history's worst com mercial air disaster. He testified as a Civil Aero nautics Board panel sought to wind up public hearings on the crash that took 128 lives. McCreary, operations special ist for Aeronautical Radio Inc., which handles airways commun ications for airlines, said he did not notify either plane because "nprmally our workload is such that it is impossible for us to offer such information." Thomas K. McDill, a member of the CAB panel, questioned McCreary closely on why he did not advise either the Trans Jossy, Krouse Are Selected for Camp Fred Jossy, Eagle Point, and Phillip'Krouse were selected to attend the annual Youth Range Camp, sponsored by the north west section of the American So ciety of Range management which will be held at the Big Bird game refuge in Harney county. Success in a crops identifica tion contest allows them to join Bruce Boldenow, Medford, who had previously won a scholar ship to attend the camp along with two young farmers from Josephine county. The 4-Hers will leave Monday, Aug. 6 for Lakeview where they will join the representatives from Klamath and Lake counties to take the trip to the range camp. The camp program will in clude plant identification and classification, uses and limita tions of plants, woodsmanship, hunting and fishing equipment, forest management, photography mountain climbing, range man agement, and management of livestock under range conditions. The scholarships are being sponsored by Jackson County Stockmen's association and the Jackson County Young Farmers club. Grange Notes Gold Hill Grange The regular session of the Gold Hill Grange was held Aug. 2. Master Herman Kamping con ducting the meeting. The lecture hour was put on before the meeting was called to order, .as it consisted of pic tures by Carlos Morris, and mov ing pictures of the Pear Blossom parade. Hal Bishop also showed color slides of the Queen and prize winning floats. This program was open to the public. Icie Walker was elected Ju venile Matron, to fill out the rest of this term. The picnic was discussed and date set Aug. 12, at the Grants Pass park. , Everyone was asked to bring fried chicken. The community project is pro gressing satisfactorily and will be ready to be sent in shortly. The HEC are in need of a re frigerator, the purchasing of one was left up to the HEC. All members are asked to re member the bazaar and rum mage sale which will be held in October this year. The meeting closed at 10:30 and retired to the dining room for a lunch. The next serving committee will be the Christen sens and the Sam Jones. NOTHING HERE FOR SURE 5 -.HERE .--J Sf -aaalvL ... -'-'--''--- He's wearing Sonotone's, Newest Hearing Aid... ALL AT THE EAR! WEIGHS ONLY 3A OZ. WITH BATTERY Traditional SON OTO N EQaali,f Y.ar, I C. Years with Sonotona 10 World Airways or the United Airlines' plane. McCreary re plied that, "It is impossible to furnish control instructions to aircraft operating off airways," as both planes were when they collided. Not Required Information McCreary also said he was not required to furnish this infor mation once the aircraft leave the airways. McDill suggested that' "If you can't tell where they are. you can't advise them." McCreary answered: "That's right." He said that by 11:13 a.m. (MST) he knew both planes would be over the Painted Des ert at 11:31 a.m. and would be operating at about the same al titude. Keith J. Thompson, a Salt Lake City radio operator with Aeronautical Radio, told of re ceiving a final tragic message from the United Airlines' plane at 11:31 a.m. (EDT). Thompson said the message was: "Salt Lake from 718 we're going in." Thompson was ask- Sfraffon Appointed Central Point Post Central Point Richard Strat ton of Faber-Stratton Insurance agency of Central Point is the new agent-of-record for the city of Central Point. Stratton was appointed by the city council recently. William Saxbury, council finance chair man, originally suggested that the council appoint an agent-of-record. Stratton will write all city in surance and share commissions with other local agents. Accord ing to Saxbury, all local insur ance men but one were in favor with such a plan. A provision in the appoint ment was that the city shall keep control and may ask for bids when it wishes to check insur ance rates. Sheriff's Deputies Arrest Two Area Men Claron William Henderson, 19, of 124 Tripp St., Medford, and John Simon, 26, of route 1, box 63,' Central Point, were lodged in the county jail custody Friday in connection with a recent ex plosion which destroyed a pump at the residence of Harold A. Ricks, 721 South Stage rd., Med ford. Sheriff's deputies arrested Henderson Thursday. Simon was arrested yesterday morning. The two are charged with destruction of personal property with ex plosives. The pump was destroyed short ly after midnight July 3 by a blast from an unknown type of explosives, deputies reported. TIMING OF MOTHERHOOD Denver (U.P.) Mrs.. Orchid Fickle is just going to have to do something about her timing. The 22-year-old housewife returned home from her hospital check-up Friday and several hours later gave birth to a seven-pound, four-and-a-half ounce boy. Her other two children were born in the family car en route to the hospital. RECORD BROKEN Wendover. Utah (U.R) Ger man racer Wilhelm Herz jockey ed a streamlined motorcycle at 210 miles per hour across West ern Utah's Boneville Salt Flats Saturday, breaking the previous world record for the unlimited class of Cycles by 35 miles per hour. R. ADAMSON . DISTRICT MANAGER 839 East Jackson Phona 2-5904 ed If he was "impressed" by the tone of voice. He said only that it was "a little different from normal." Lee Flanagin, assistant direct or of operations for TWA's west ern region at Los Angeles, said his airline has "no instructions for circling any location." This was in answer to a ques tion on airline policy on "sight seeing" around such places as Grand Canyon. Flanagin said such movements would be up to the captain in command of the plane. He was questioned no further on this point. A TWA radio operator testi fied about his last communica tions with the TWA plane. Kelton Ritter, Las Vegas, Nev., recited the routine con tacts he had with the plane and with other communications cen ters east of Los Angeles, and told of his futile efforts to reach the plane after it failed to report its position over the Painted Desert. Three other witnesses also de scribed routine communications with the planes after their de parture from Los Angeles that morning only three minutes apart. One of the three. James Hud man, a CAA operations special ist at Albuquerque, told of not being able to contact the TWA plane. He also said his station was asked to pick up the air craft on radar, but could not do so when the craft did not report over the Painted Desert. The other two said they had "normal and routine" messages from the United plane, includ ing an estimate of when it would be over the desert. HORNBROOK Miss Rawhauser Wins Title By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN Hornbrook At the second an nual aquacade held at Twin Plunges swimming pools in Ash land July 30, Miss Linda Raw hauser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Mason was chosen Miss Twin Plunges of 1956. Miss Rawhouser was one of 10 contestants competing for the title. She received a bou quet of pink carnations, a white banner with "Miss Twin Plunges of 1956" in gold, also a loving cup, and later will be presented a gold medallion with her' name engraved on it, com pliments of Mrs. Lydia Dobson, owner of Twin Plunges. Linda attends high school at the Seventh Day Adventist academy at Battleground, Wash., where she will enter her sopho more year in September. Miss Marsha Bennett, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ben nett, was among the finalists in the contest for the title of Junior Miss Twin Plunges. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greene spent the week end camping on the coast near Brookings. Other week end campers at the same location were a group of boys consisting of Bill Jeter, Benny Raymond, Leonard and Ermin Bear, and Oliver Fick. Victor and Karen Snyder, children of Mrs. Marjorie Sny der of Medford, spent last week with their grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Bloomingcamp. The Music club held their reg ular meeting on Saturday at the home of their teacher, Mrs. Paul Greene. Pupils taking part in the recital were Robert Lausta lot, Billy Greene, and Marcia Cavin, all of Hilt, and Penny Barnum and Linda Blankenship of Hornbrook, all of whom played the accordion. Miss Pat ty Greene, a granddaughter of Mrs. Greene's played two piano solos. Ernest Pickard Sr., who has been critically ill in San Fran Cisco for several months, is at home now. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Greene and children, Robbie and Patty, of Paradise, Calif., were visitors last week at the home of Greene's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greene. t .Visitors last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Nye were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bullis of West Fir, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Broem er and children Douglas, Susan and Julia of Medford, were Sun day visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Metzen. En route to their home in San Diego, Calif., from a trip to Se attle, Wash., Mrs. Joe Leoni and her mother were recent overnight guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Breceda. Other visitors last week at the Breceda's were Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Griffin of Igo, Calif., who were on a camping trip. Mrs. Doris Steele and Mrs. Roland Leslie were guests last PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED b roar pfcturo tub dull and week J Mot picture tube can bo restored to origin) brightens at only fraction of the coat off replacamont. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 1-W1 Hodge Under Care of Physician; 'Nervous' Springfield, II. U.R A jittery Orville E. Hodge, resign ed state auditor, Saturday was under the care of his physician who reported Hodge was "ter ribly depressed and nervous." Senate Banking Committee investigators who quizzed Hodge Friday in connection with a mil lion dollar state check scandal reported he looked "very tired." Hodge's doctor treated him for stomach complaints and plan ned to take x-rays if his condi tion remained the' same. The physician said Hodge did not have symptoms of a heart condition as his attorney report ed earlier. The Senate investigators, Ro bert A. Wallace and Donald L. Rogers, met with the one-time Republican auditor for two and one-half hours to learn what role federally-insured banks may have played in his wide spread embezzlement of state funds. The committee representa tives said they obtained a "con fidential transcript" of Hodge's answers and "got pretty much what we came after." Christian Democrat Elected Florence Mayor Florence, Italy U.R) Gior gio La Pira, the crusading Chris tian Democrat mayor of Flor ence who lives in a monk's cell and talks to birds, was reelect ed Friday night through a quirk in a City Council rule. La Pira and pro-Communist Socialist Raffaele Ramat tied with 27 votes each, and under the rules the older contestant wins. La Pira is 52 just one year older than his opponent. week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chapman. They are cousins of Mrs. Chapman's, and were en route home to Los An geles after a trip back to the family home at Exeter, Neb. Mrs. L. E. Jeter returned last Friday from Chico, Calif., where she has been attending the six week's session of summer school. Mrs. Ed Mason has as - her guests her sister and children from Gardena, Calif., Mrs. S. G. Caruso and Dana Marie, Salina, and Guy. On Sunday, Mrs. Alice Tyrell was honored at a birthday din ner given at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Elmore. The party was to celebrate "Grand ma" Tyrell's 93rd birthday, and helping to observe the occasion were her sister Mrs. Eva True of Ashland, another daughter Mrs. Eva Gandy and her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Gandy, and a son James Tyrell, all of Eugene, also two grand sons and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Burns, and Mr. and Mrs. Ardon Burns, all of Horn brook. Mrs. Alice Rutledge is attend ing a two week's workshop at Southern Oregon college in Ash land. Recent visitors at the home of Mrs. Mary Kurt and her son, Carl Johnson, were her sister. Miss Maggie Bailey of Ft. Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leslie and daughter Becky of Duns muir, who were en route to Ashland. Miss Leslie is in nurses' training at Children's hospital in San Francisco. Concrete O For Homes Tru-Mix insures a good job for new homes and horn improvements. Plan your construction with Tru-Mix. O For Farms You don't hava to mix your own when you use Tru-Mix Concrete for footings, foundations, feed floors,, well covers, walks and other durable farm improvements. O For Industry Wa design tha mix for tha use Intended. Full strength, reliability and uniformity in ovary load. All mixes are scientifically proportioned to meet your specifications. Whatever You Are Planning to Build, It Will Pay You to Use Tru-Mix Concrete! dLhU-GlLllll News About Books From the Library A total of 555 volumes, 260 for the junior department and 295 for adult readers, were add ed to the Medford Public Library in July. Sixty-four volumes were donated by friends of the library who included Mrs. William H. Fluhrer, Frances K. Henry of Shady Cove, Mrs. Clara Orr. W. H. McKemie, Lee Wayne Mitch ell, the Netherlands Information Service. Nancy Rethemever of Gold Hill, Mrs. Eloise Winkle bleck. and Mrs. H. W. Wright. One donor perferred to remain anonymous. The number of new titles add ed to the library's collection was 251, of which 174 were adult, as follows: History and biography: Eisen hower: The Inside Story, Dono van; The Tragic Days of Billy the Kid, Hunt: David Crockett, Shackfort; St. Francis of Assisi, Von Matt; The Playmaker of Avon, Norman; A History of the English - Speaking Peoples, Churchill; The Thlinkets of Southeastern Alaska, Knapp; Te cumseh: Vision of Glory, -Tucker. Travel and adventure: Jolly Roger: The Story of the Great Age of Piracy, Pringle; The Spir it of Adventure, Burnett; Hunza: Lost Kingdom of the Himalayas, Clark; The Land of Burnt Faces, Buchholzer; Birthplace of the Winds, Bank. Home and garden: Cake Dec orating for Homemakers, Farn ham; The Salt-Free Diet Cook Book, Conason: Make Your Own Teen-age Clothes. Accessories, and Gifts, Hardy; Dress Smartly, Ryan; Sew Smartly, Ryan; How to Lay Linoleum and Tile, Pop. Mech. Magazine; Mirror of Flow ers, Eastwood: Herbs: How to Grow Them and How to Use Them, Webster; Making Corsag es at Home, Biddle; Styling Cor sages with Garden Flowers, Drummond: The Standard Book of Quilt Making and Collecting, Ickis; The Complete Book of Embroidery and E m broidery Stitches, Christopher. Pels: Know Your Horse, Cor rington; All You Need to Know About Dogs, Hoyt; Your Siamese Cat, Baker. Sports: Fun and Games, Mul ac: Wake Up the Echoes, New York Herald-Tribune; The 1956 Baseball Almanac, Schiffer; Flies, Leonard; Complete Fisher man's Cyclopedia, Outdoor Life. Fina arts: Designs and How to Use Them, Priolo; The Music Lover's Handbook, Siegmeister; Our Contemporary Composers, Howard; The Melodies Linger on. Freeman. Social problems: Community Planning, Marx; Educationg the Sub-Normal Child, Lloyd; Police man's Lot, Soderman; Famous Escapes, Williams; Glass House of Prejudice, Baruch; Good-bye to Uncle Tom, Furnas. Philosophy, psychology, reli gion: A Short History of Existen tialism, Wahl; New Concepts of Healing, Ikin; Basic Writings, Freud; The Mind Goes Forth, Overstreet; The Golden Years, Collins: Come, Let Us Adore Him, Ely. Reference: Guide to Reference Books, Mudge; Reference Books of 1944-1946, Winchell; Blue Book of Awards; The Book of Poisons. Schenk: Thorn d i k e Barnhart Concise Dictionary; The Standard Book of Shake speare Quotations. Stevenson; Representat ive American Speeches, Baird. Other non-fiction: The Range and Pasture Book, Donahue; This Is My Best Humor, Burnett; Cheior's Language of the Hand, TRU-MIX CONCRETE C? 248E.McANDREWSRDL Cheiro; Degin Manual of Roller and Silent Chain Drives; The Truth About Flying Saucers, Michel. Westerns: The Gold Hunters, Curwood: Riders of The Buffalo Grass, Drago; The Snow Patrol, Drago; Outlaw Valley, Faust; Mustang Mesa. Field; Powder Valley Renegade. Field: The De vil's Saddle, Fooc: The Hash Knife Outfield. Grey; Bugles West, Gruber; The Highwayman, Gruber; Johnny Vengeance, Gru ber; Hopalong Cassidy, Mulford; Fiddling Cowboy, Regli; The Trail Horde, Seltzer. Mysteries: The Ninth Hour, Benson; Widow's Web, Curtiss; Mystery Book, Rinehart; The Sealed Verdict, Shapiro; The Gazebo, Wentworth. Science fiction: Earthman, Come Home, Blish; Second Sat ellite, Richardson; Space Law yer, Schachner; Out of The Deeps, Wyndham. Young adults: The Runner, Annixter; The Venture of The Thunderbird, Baker; 6 on Easy Street; Cavanna; Old Yeller, Gip son; Bank The Drum Slowly, Harris; The House of The Peli can, Kyle; A Cup of Courage, Lewiton; First Love, Lewiton; Pigeon, Fly Home, Liggett; Rosemary, Stolz: Caroline the Unconquered, Wilson. Light romance: South Cove Summer, Bassett; Jeweled Sword, Hill; What Then Is Love, Loring; The Love of Julie Borel, Norris; Poor Child, Parrish: The Shining Cloud, Pedler, Polly anna. Porter. Other fiction: The Half-Crown House, Ashton; The Daffodil Sky, Bates; Winter's Tales. Blix en: Don't Go Near The Water, Brinkley; And Walk In Love, Buckmaster; The Final Hour, Caldwell; The Last Waltz, Carp enter: Warhorse, Cunningham; Number One, Dos Passos; The Vows of The Peacock, Graham; Hill of The Rooster, Holden; Night and The City, Kersh; Aft ernoon of An Autocrat, Lofts; Steps Going Oown, Mclntyre; Jean Santeuil, Proust; The Nymph and The Lamp, Raddall; Forever Ulysses, Rodocanachi; Cargo of Brides. Rucker; The Happy Exiles, Shaw; Margaret, Look Choose "Borrowed Gotta gel only Automatic Water Heaters Give Hot Water- MEDFORD, OREGON Campers Get. Lost 'Finding Counselor' Bradford, N. H. (U.R) A 50-man search party found six lost girl campers early Saturday in a woods where they had wandered for more than six hours. The girls, five of them from New Jersey, strayed from fash ionable Camp Blaisdell while playing a game called "Find the Counselor." They were wearing only shorts and tee shirts when lost in 40-degree temperatures. The search party combed dense un derbrush and swampland over a 10-square mile area in the hunt. Camp Director Lillis Hull id entified the girls as Martha Jane Vinci, 9, and Susan Toby, 11, both of Maplewood, NJ.; Judy Cannon, 11, of New Jersey; Dot tie Mandiccia, 11, of Metuchen, N.J.; Pat Burger, 14, of New- ork, N.J., and Gail Dalben, 13, of Massachusetts. Slade, But The Morning Will Come, .Summer; The Hepburn, Westcott; Pigs Have Wings, Wodehouse. With you . out of this picture . . . WHO WOULD PAY THE MORTGAGE? Probably a total stranger your home at a bargain. Don't risk a forced sale in the event of your untimely death, when it costs so little to guarantee a debt-free home for your family. Let us tell you more about it. Call or itop in today and ask about our Home Owner Security Plan. It atyi fa kttw fir STATE FARM Anl JOHN A. CARTER VIRGIL R. 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