Navy Wives Express Deep Pride, Hope
Downed Husbands May Still Be Alive
Iwakuni, Japan (U.R) Cour
ageous wives of the U.S. Navy
airmen shot down last week of
the coast of Communist China
today expressed a deep pride in
their missing husbands and a
quiet, fervent hope they may
still be alive.
Four wives whose husbands
are still lost and one wife who
already knows that hers is dead
met the press at this naval air
station for the first time since
Communist planes shot down a
U.S. Navy patrol plane with 16
men aboard early Sunday.
No Tears or Hysteria
There were no tears, no sobs
and no hysteria.
Seated in the quiet atmos
phere of the base executive offi
cer's home were Mrs. Beverly
Deane, wife of Lt. (je) James B.
Deane, Grand Rapids, Mich.;
Mrs. Dorothy Flood, wife of Lt.
(jg) Francis A. Flood Jr., Chevy
Chase, Md.; Mrs. Frances Mes
linger, wife of AT2 Carl E. Mes
singer, Laredo, Mo.; Mrs. Ruth
Hutchinson, wife of Lt. Cdr. Mil
ton Hutchinson, Cumberland,
R.I., and Mrs. Elizabeth Jean
Mattin, wife of AET-1 Albert P.
Pattln, Delta, Ohio, the only
man whose body nas been
found.
The wife of Lt. Cdr. James W.
Ponsford of Long Beach, Calif.,
was the only one unable to at
tend the conference. She was
still under a doctor's care.
Nixon in Capital
To Plan Campaign
Washington U.R Vice
President Richard M. Nixon ar
rived in the capital today to be
gin planning the forthcoming
Republican campaign.
Nixon told reporters at Na
tional airport he would confer
with members of the Republican
National comnfittee, "but first I
want to get a little sleep."
He said there is "no question
that it will be a tough cam
paign." "I have great respect for Mr.
Stevenson and Mr. Kefauver,"
the vice president said. "They
will present the case against the
administration very well."
Nixon flew hec from Los
Angeles, where he spent the
week end at his family's home,
where his father is seriously ill
The women, composed but
showing the ordeal of the past
four days, all wanted the "folks
at home" to know they were all
right. They also wanted every
one to know that they had "no
regrets."
Mrs. Mattin, the only woman
who knew for certain that her
husband was dead, almost broke
down as she spoke, but she
caught herself in time.
"I am not despondent, and I
have no regrets," she said al
most inaudibly. "I'm very proud
of my husband. I am sure he was
willing to give his life for his
country."
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Orlando, Fla. jCU.R) The Rev. J. W. Sibole, father of plucky
4-year-old Mike who lost his one remaining eye to cancer last
month, describing his son's activities:
"Yesterday, at a birthday party, he won first prize for pinning
the tail on a donkey."
Santa Monica, Calif. Ma. Nora Haywood, 6. one of four
women who tumbled down the 80 to 100 foot palisades of Ocean
Cliffs and who miraculously escaped minor injury:
"We were tumbling over and over and dirt was coming down
en top of us and everywhere else."
London Arthur Miller, playwright husband of actress Marilyn
Monroe, asked as he departed alone for a vacation in the United
States if he expected any difficulty with American officials for
refusing to answers questions by the House Un-American Activi
ties committee:
"I don't expect any trouble on the other side."
Lot Angelas The family physician treating the ailing 77-year-old
father of Vice President Richard M. Nixon on the vice presi
dent's departure for Washington:
"I told the vice president that he could go to Washington to
day, but I warned him that he should be ready to return at any
time."
Milano Marittimo, Italy Metropolitan Opera and Broadway
singing star Ezio Pinza. 64, who suffered a slight stroke Sunday,
about age and romance:
"My age never bothers me. Romance knows no age."
Cairo Wing Commander Aly Sabry, chief political adviser to
Egypt's President Carnal Abdel Nasser, on the result of the Lon
don Suez conference:
"The result of the London conference was a success for Egypt."
Wiring Blamed for
Fire Killing Six
Ville Jacques Cartier, Que.
(U.R) Police today blamed faulty
wiring for a fire that killed a
mother and five of her six chil
dren in their tar-paper home in
this community south of Mon
treal. Sgt. Yvon Villeneuve, a mem
ber of the town's combined
police and fire department, said
the five-room house and a gro
cery and butcher shop beneath
it were "a mass of flames" when
he arrived and "it was impossible
to save anyone."
Mrs. Rita Champagne, 34, her
7-year-old daughter Menon, and
sons Claude, 5, Gaston, 2, Mar
cel, 1, and Alain, 6 months,
died in the blaze that broke out
about 8:30 a.m. Sunday while
the father and another son were
on a fishing trip.
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Monday. August 27, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIS TTNI FIVE
SHE LIKES IKE Enthusiastic over her visit to the GOP
convention, dancer Tempest Storm, registers as a Repub
lican in San Francisco's City Hall with Ken Long, chief
deputy registrar of voters. Tempest, who is giving up
burlesque for serious acting, urges you to get out and
vote, for either ticket.
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Egypt Expels Three News Correspondents
Cairo (U.R) The Egyptian
government expelled one Ameri
can and two British correspond
ents Sunday in the biggest crack
down against the press since the
beginning of the Suez Canal
crisis.
Ordered to leave the country
within 24 hours were William
Stevenson, correspondent for the
Toronto Star; Eileen Travis of
Buffalo, N. Y., Cairo correspond
ent for the London Daily Mail,
and Ann Sharplcy, a writer for
the London Evening Standard.
None of the three was given
a reason for the expulsion.
On The Side ByE.V.Durling
(Distributee1 ky Kinf Feehirea SmcaM, ImJ
What major city has the most
beautiful policewomen? I think
it is a dead heat between San
Francisco and New York. Any
way, an unusual number of good
looking young women have been
trying for places on the New
York force. The salary is $4,000
a year to start. In three years
it is increased to $5,315 annual
ly. A policewoman can retire
after 20 years service on a pen
sion equal to half her salary.
Many New York policewomen
are married to policemen. After
20 years, such a married couple
could retire on a pension equal
to a regular full salary of a po
lice officer. Not bad.
Among The Married
Do you favor double beds or
twin beds for the married? How
about separate rooms? Dr. Marie
Stopes, internationally celebrat
ed expert on the subject of life
among the married, said, "What I
think is really the best way for
the majority is for the wife to
have a room with a double bed
and the husband to have a bed
room to himself."
Difference
What is the difference between
a nudist and a naturist? Such is
the query of a Baltimorean, who
says she has wagered there is
no difference. She loses. A nud
ist merely believes in sun-bathing
in the nude. An addition to
having that belief, a naturist is
a teetotaller, a nonsmoker and
a vegetarian.
So They Say
Most flirtatious females of the
Zodiac are those born under
Gemini (May 22-June 21). Most
women flirt occasionally just to
test their male attracting pow
ers but with Gemini women flirt
ation is a favorite diversion. Can
cer (June 22-July 23) men like
to cook. Also go in for originat
ing salads. However, they usual
ly leave the kitchen a wreck.
And what they cook is frequent
ly very hard on the digestion of
their wives and guests, or so
say the stargazers.
Sidelights
It was Christian Dior who said
"The knee is the ugliest spot in
a woman's anatomy" . , , Now
that hurricanes are in the news
again, are you able to explain the
difference between a cyclone, a
hurricane and a tornado?
Asking
Queries from clients? Q. I say
more Americans died in the
Korean war, than in the Am
erican Revolution. Right? A.
Quite right, sir. In the Revolu
tionary war, 4,435 Americans
.died. In the Korean war 52,226
Americans died. Q. You do not
wax very enthusiastic about Mar
ilyn Monroe. Who is your favor
ite actress, if any? A. I have no
special favorite. However, I am
an enthusiatic admirer of Greer
Garson, Barbara Stanwyk, Eileen
Herlie, Patricia Morison, Arlene
Dahl and Vivian Blaine.
Horses arid Women
Chinese women retain their
youthful figures longer than the
females of any other country.
Even when crowding 50. Most
Chinese women are as well
streamlined as when in their
20s. What women lose their girl
ish figures soonest? Most people
claim German women begin to
bulge earliest. That's wrong. It
Japanese Workers
Seek Better Contract
Tokyo (U.R) Some 100.000
Japanese employees of the U.S.
armed forces in Japan Joined
30.000 others today in a 24-hour
strike for a "better" labor ji
tract.
All passes for American mili
tary personnel were cancelled.
Commanders of the U.S. Army,
Navy and Air Force units garri
soned in Japan ordered person
nel to remain in base areas until
Tuesday morning to avoid
trouble.
The first group of 30,000 Jap
anese civilians struck Sunday
morning in protest over new
work rules concerning disciplin
ary measures and settlement of
grievances.
is the Spanish women. In their
20s, Spanish women are sensa
tionally attractive. The average
measurements of Spanish women
in that age group are bust, 36;
waist, 25 and hips, 35. The aver
age for Spanish women of 33
years and over are 40-31-38.
In bringing to mind feminine
names beginning with Z, I for
got Zelma, Zona and Zoe. An
unforgiveable oversight. How
ever, I haven't forgotten Zelma
O'Neill, the clever musical show
actress who introduced the song
"Button up Your Overcoat." Nor
Zona Gale, the novelist who
wrote "Miss Lulu Bett." Inci
dentally, Zona, a smart looker,
didn't marry the first time until
she was 54. Neither have I for
gotten Zoe Adkins, the play
wright, who wrote Declasse,
"Daddy's Gone-A-Hunting," "The
Greeks Had a Word For It," and
The Old Maid."
RESIDENT of Long Beach,
Cal., Lt. Cdr. James W. Pons
ford is one of 16 men be
lieved killed when Chinese
Reds shot down U. S. Navy
patrol plane 32 miles off
Chinese coast. (International)
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