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O 0 o o o o - O o O o O O o( o o. o G Co a 3 O G 0 0 e o o O : SIS IfSDroPD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, December 27, 1958 O CO Jour Accidents Are o Reported to State Police Yesterday .-Four accident!, none of them o tit-, terious were reported to s'.a'.e police yesterday. All four v. pre attributed to either fog or B!;fpery highways. A log truck operated by Elwin Gale E;,hnke, 30, of Eagle Point, STd a pickup truck operated by Barbara :.T.e Mathews, 15, of c four l, box 135, Eagle Point, were involved in an accident at tne intersection of Highway 62 enn Avenue li. Tiv? loj truck iwerved to void hitting the picknp truck, polk? said, and went irto a ditch where the truck lost its load of nine logs Bahnke told police the pickup truck appeared to be Kicking onto the highway at the tim, police said. Miss Mathews 5"llered minor arm injuries in te ccident, they said, f Vehicles operated by Pete ' ar.T es. 44. of 806 Riverside ave., Me'tford. and William Goldsmith Piston, 22. of 940 Winchester ( ave , Mcdford; were involved in i accident on Table Rock rd. i r about a half a mile north of the - Bi Y, polir said. j " Findi.19 Driveway Police said Graves was at . tempting to find a driveway, but went beyond the point where lie wantrri to turn and stopped in th middle of the highway. gThe Preston vehicle struck j Graves' car in the rear. Graves was cited for operating without K Jlghts. A, thrr vehicle accident was reported at the intersection of liighway m and Beal lane about E 10 p.m. yesterday. Involved were a log truck op erated by Wil'lfam Gilbert Holmes. 32. of 2439 Howard ave., Medfoid: George Gilman Jr., 17, of route 2, box 372, Med ford and -Hilton John Hilkey. 27. of route 1, box 560, Central Point. Gilman received a cut head. : .Jill 71 - .- " v EGYPTIANS RETURN Tens of thousands of persons gave out delirious cries of joy and shouts of "long live Nasser and the Egyptian army,'" as the first Egyptian troops entered Port Said following the withdrawal of Anglo-French forces. Chanting Nasser's name, members of the crowd climbed aboard the arriving Egyptian tanks (above) in wild abandon. Preston Tucker, Promoter of Dream Car, Dies of Cancer at 53 o . op and was taken to Sacred Heart -g nospiiai ny Meatord Ambulance CJervice. Police said all. vehicles were goiflg north on Highway 99, and the truck operated by Holmes "tempted to make a turn onto Bral lane. The truck traveled s too fur to make the turn and ; Jjhe tractor wept off the high ,av. The driver was attempting ; to ;stishterL the vehicle when 3the trailer was struck by the Gi'man vehicle, police said. Tl: truck operated by Hilkey attempted to swerye to avoid ; hitting Gilman's vehicle and the l"f tfliclt, but slid into Gilman's Ccar. police said. c0An Accident about four miles north of Siskiyou lodge on High way 99 involved cars operated by John P. Ketch. 20, a Coast Guarcbmen stationed at Ala meda. Calif , and John Fred- erickiJohnson. 20, a Navv man stntioued at Tacoma, Wash. Tolice said Ketcb reported the aci 'nt and that the other driv er failed to stop at the scene. Johnson was later apprehended when police found his car park- "jng th? highway further lOuth. He was lodged in the county jail in lieu of S280 bail for failure to stop at the scene cf an accident police said. The accident happened w-hen Johnson attempted to' slow be cause a truck was parked along the highway. The car slid around C(t;d strurk the Ketch vehicle, 0v:ochcwas parked on the west side of the highway with its headlights on. Police said John son straightened his car, asked if anywie "was injured and pro-crdedosnith. G ccd iJ. S. Army in Europe Tops in Killing Power -o Gary, Ind :U.R) Richard Haussman, 47, father of Iowa football end Robert Haussman, died Wednesday night in a hos pital here of injuries suffered in an explosion while fighting n Heidelberg. Germany (U.P: a restaurant fire. US Army divisions in Europe Haussman was one of the 12 now have "'"more Silling power firemen injured in the blast Dec. than ny other armv in the 17 He had been in critical con- .111 a ldi-viiu iQiUOIl Millie Willi c UlUBUi uovn, " port said today. i a skull fracture and internal .ri:ujuer ana moouiiy was : injuries grratiy lOoeased by replacing Ypsilanti, Mich (U.R! Pres ton Tucker, a young man with visions of an auto empire in 1946, but a financial ruin by 1950. died Wednesday of can cer at the age of 53. Existing auto firms hadn't dusted off peace-time machinery in 1945-46 when the handsome Tucker, a "mystery man," un- veiler sketches of the revolution ary tear-drop "Tucker Torpedo." The public-investors, 'would be dealers and buyers was to invest S28 million in these sketches and some 60 handbuilt and partly-finished models be fore Tucker s final exit in 1950. Leased War Plant Tucker announced engineer ing features which auto firms had only on drawing boards or experimental cars. He got an im-pressh-e list of auto executives and technicians to join him. He leased a S200 million war plant to build the cars. He tried to buy a government-owned steel Port of Portland Files Exceptions Portland (U.R) The Port of Portland has filed exceptions to a Civil Aeronautics Board ex aminer's recommendation that Portland be excluded from direct air service to Europe via the polar great circle route. W. L. Williams, president of the port, said direct air service between Portland and foreign countries is "inevitable." Williams pointed out Port land's central location in the Northwest makes it the logical hub of aviation for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. This geo graphic location explains why we are today the Northwest's largest seaport and why air line operations another form of commerce will continue to grow." The official also emphasized improvements now under way at the Portland terminal, includ ing construction of a $4,250,000 terminal building. mill. He flew his first handbuilt model around the country before his plant was set up and sold more than S17 million in stock He sold S18 million in franchises and car delivery certificates to dealers who never got a car and got buyers to pay S3 million for accessories for cars never made The govern lent indicted Tucker and seven other execu tives of his firm for stock fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy. But a federal court jury acquitted the defendants and Tucker charged until his death opposl tion by powerful figures of the auto industry, political and fi nancial worlds prevented his success. Grasped Imagination Fortune bloomed briefly after Tucker described his car in February, 1946. And here are some of the features which grasp ed the public's imagination and have since appeared or may still appear on production cars. Torque converter automatic transmissions; a rear-drive en gine: individual four-wheel sus pension with torsion bar spring ing: reinforced interior with padded dash; pushout wind shield; cut-proof glass; aircooled disc brakes: fuel injection; two cylinder, high compression 150 horsepower engine; steel and Father of Iowa Grid Player Dies Unrest in Cuba Brings Death To It Havana (U.R) At least 11 per sons have been killed since Christmas Day in what the Army described today as a "falling out" between political opponents of President Fulgencio Batista. The army reported nine per sons were shot to death and two "executed" by hanging in Ori ente Province in eastern Cuba. The province has been the main center of opposition to the Ba tista government. An army sergeant was killed and a private wounded when gunmen fired on a jeep patrol early Wednesday in La Lisa, a suburb of Havana. Shootings, bombings and sabo tage marred the Christmas cele bration throughout the island. Terrorists made an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the electric power plant at Havana's Inter national Rancho Boyeros Airport. t-.w infantry divisions in Ger many with the 3rd Armored and 11th Airborne Divisions, the jjiii;i5 llTHll 5liiwu. i O QGen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, 0; the U.S. Army' European cqm e J .Kllll 'I JiT II1C l.Ul rcflU 111 1J.IU. (described his troops as 'better trained and b;ter equipped -than any ottx: peacetime troops I have ver"secn." The" fresent commander is Gen.0H.cI. Hodes. Air Force Plane frtsjies in Alaska 0 Anchorage, 9Vlasks -iilP.' An GAir Force plane with.eish men aboard cpashecp near Willows. Alafka0abp;it 50 miles north pf ia:e Wednesds Madras Youths Hurt In Plunge Into Gorge Redmond (U.R) Two youth ful Madras duck hunters fell 100 feet to the depths of Crook ed river gorge yesterday, then managed to make their own way out of the chasm. John McClaskey, 17, and Ray mond Barney, 18. were both be lieved to have suffered leg frac tures and possible internal in juries from their fall. They told officers they had climbed to the bottom of the gorge to retrieve two ducks they had shot. About 100 feet up the steep walls of the gorge, they stopped to rest. A rock on which they were sitting gave way, plunging both to the river bed. After climbing out of the gorge they made their way un- There are 2.300 lakes, ponds j assisted to the nearby home of or reservoirs in New York, of I a relative of one of the youths which 78 have an area of one I and were brought to a hospital square mile or more. 'here. Robert hurried home to his father's bedside from California where the Iowa football squad is preparing for the Rose Bowl game New Year's Day. He returned to Pasadena Sun dav because his father's condi- I tion "looked pretty good and ; Dick wanted the kid to go back ! to the Rose Bowl," a fire depart- ment spokesman said. I Hospital officials said his Ldeath was caused by complica tions arising from damage to , his liver and kidneys. nt-i:. a.e ecnesas j OTne wreckaEe of the - O night. KB29 has b.sf n spotted on Bald Moun tain and a grourtd party, is on its way to the scene, a spokes man at SSmendorf Air Force Base here saia It was not known if there were any survivors. The cfour-cosine plane had left Flmcndorf on a routine tra:C.?g fht. The identity Cf those aooard vras not released. , SAYE PJione A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU now W OK MARKET PC nw W (IK "w" K7 N It 1 irtl kJ f: : j I f-J rSli IpliV OPEN EVERY Hi WM WM llilkv ANIGHT plastic body; interior air-conditioning: headlights turning with the wheels plus a third center headlight, and doors sliding into the roof. Clare Boothe Luce Ends Three Years as Ambassador To Italy Pnmo . -1 1 D rrt T - - Komeu-w The Luce era . ami tu t j.j Z ended today m Italy. initial Deriormanrl nf th opera season, Mascagni's "Iris." Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, the ambassador who stunned a whole nation just because she was a lady, wound up her af fairs here after a spectacularly successful diplomatic career many persons had predicted would be an equally spectacular flop. The Italians who viewed her with alarm four years ago bade her a warm farewell as she toured Rome for the last time as a diplomat. Personal Goodby Mrs. Luce spoke her personal goodby Wednesday night to the eternal city she has called her home and office for more than three years. Standing before the sparkling green pool of the Trevi fountain she twice called out "arrive derci, Roma" (goodby Rome) as she lightly tossed an American half dollar into the fountain a gesture that for two centuries meant the thrower will return safely from his journeys in foreign lands. The ambassador and her hus band, Henry P. Luce of Time, Inc., were leaving today Dy plane for New York. Mrs. Luce will go to Washington for what the State Department calls a "debriefing" and to meet her new replacement, James D. Zel lerbach. a Western industrialist. Earlier Wednesday night Mr. Kaiser Reports on Aluminum laminf0 Oakland, Calif. U.R) Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp net earnings for the second ticl quarter ended Nov. 30," 1956, were S8, 001, 000, President Henry J. Kaiser ennounced to-, day. Earnings for the quarter com pare with S9.080.000 for the cor- respojidinf period of 1955, 0 said. Nej anles for the quarter were 55. 348.000, as compared to S77,l$l,000 fq 0the 1955 period. 0 Th ilmjsjgs are equivalent to 49' cents per share. Per frar earngi$s or the dufirter a yar tgo were 9 cents. i but did not wait for the second act intermezzo. With her departure today Mrs. Luce brings to an end a 3",2 year tour of duty as the first American woman ambassador to a major world capital. HOME COOKING ! Muskegon, Mich. OJ.R) She's a wonderful cook," commented i Archie LeRoy Cole, 41, when he and Mrs. Anna Agnes Burst, an 81-year-old widow, applied for a marriage license here. i Larry and Jim Wish to thank veryon for their fine patronage in th past year! HAPPY & PROSPf ROUS NEW YEAR TO ALl! ? 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