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WEDFOEO, REGQN, SUNDAY, -FESSUARV S, 1957
No. 270
VI ft ) h I JK. Ji I n. n Li- ft
lker Saud Agree
Peace Prospects.
Have Increased
Talks Recessed Until
Toward End of Week
Washington U.R Pres
ident Eisenhower and Kin? Saud
Saturday parted, temporarily
leaving their aides to work out
a program of American mili
tary" and economic aid for the
king's desert kingdom.
The President and the oil:
rich Saudi Arabian monarch re
cessed their talks until late this
week after agreeing U-.at they
have increased the prospects of
peace in the Middle East.
Informed sources said h e
President told the king the Un
ited States is willing to provide
big-scale military and small
scale economic aid to Saudi Ar
abia. An arms agreement" Augusta, Ga., Saturday with
would enu a long-standing U.SiVPresidcnt Eisenhower who had
policy against providing major
military aid to Middle Eastern
nations.
Officials Draft Plan
American and Saudi Arabian
officials will work on the nec
essary agreements during the
next few days. The President
and king planned to rjeet again(l
probably Ihursday or rriaay to
review the results of the lower
level negotiations.
Mr. Eisenhower left the capi
tal by plane Saturday morning
for a golfing week end at Aug
usta. Ga. He planned to return
Sunday afternoon.
Saud headed for a one- day
tour of the U. S. Naval Acad
emy at nearby Annapolis, Old.
He was scheduled to address the
midshipmen and attend thryNavy
and Duke basketball game.
Hadd For Retort 0
He planned to return to the
capital last Gnight and rem?;n
throughout this week instead of
going to White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va.. for a few days rest as
originallQ scheduled.
The President and the king
toasted each other and the cause
of peace inCorange juice Friday
night at an ornate dinner at the
swank Mayflower Hotclo
The tall, bearded monarch
praised U. S. policies in the Mid
dle East and called the Presi
dent "a man who is far, sight
ed, wise-minded and worthy of
every appreciation."
Broadcasters Urge
Ellsworth Be Named
Portland UP The Ore-
Bon" State Broadcasters associ
ation has recommended to
President Eisenhower that for
mer U. SI Rep. Harris Ells
worth" of Roseburg be appointed"
to the Federal -Communications
commission. ...
Broaucasters President James
Mount of Portland; said. Friday
he had received a Jetter -from
Ellsworth paying he would be
happy to accept "a post on the
FCC should a vacancy - occur in
the next few months'. .The for
riier Republican congressman
said there had been ."some gos
sip' that there would be one or
two vacancies "around the mid
dle of the year."
Mount said the- OBSA in
dorsement of Fllsworth was
sent to President Eisenhower
several days ago.
Business Decline Said
To Be 'Inevitable'
Peoria. 111. (U.R) The presi
dent of the National Association
of Manufacturers Saturday said
President Eisenhower's record
high budget makes a business
downturn "inescapable sooner
or later."
Ernest G. Swigcrt, Portland,
Ore., also president of the Hy
ster Co.. said a business decline
io "inevitable" and the "longer
it is delayed the worse it will
b- when it comes.'
Sports Bulletins
Grants Pass Mcdford High
defeated Grants Pass 64-46 in a
Southern Oregon conference
basketball gam her last
night. Medford led at all quar
ters. 22-14, 36-25. and 47-33.
Dick McLoughlin was hiih
scorer for Medford with 17.
Larry Henderson was high for
Grants Pass with 14.
Central Point KUmath
Falls High defeated Cratr
High 7.7-40 hera last night in
a Southern Oregon confer
ence basketball gam. Th
Pelicans led at halftim 35-20.
La Grand Southern
Oregon college defeated East
ern Oregon college. 77-69,
here last night in an Oregon
Collegiate conference basket
ball game. SOC led at half
tim 36-29. Bill Hollings
worlh led SOC With 28
points.
Hearings
on
Reserve
To Start
Waahinrton
icss, up in arms over Defease
Secretary Chi-rle? E. Wilson's
"draft-dodginj;'" blast at the Na
tional Guard, opens hea.-incs
Monday on the whole military
reserve program.
The investigation coulcj, lead
to an airing of the old issue of
universal- military training. It
will begin without WilsOn who
Saturday was tasking in the
Florida sunshine with, his wife.i
Eut he has offered to testify
before a hcuse armed services
subcommittee vrr" he returns
two weeks hence. .
He and Mrs. Wilson Jew to,
called the secretary's. attack on
the guard unwise. The Wu-
Florence Ferguson m
Found Dead Friday
In Her Apartment
The" body of Mrs. Florence Dal
rymple Ferguson, 72, oi 27 North
Fir st., was found in her second
floor apartment Friday after
noon. She had been dead about
five days from burns apparently
suffered while attempting to
light a gas oven, according to
city police and Coroner Carlos
Morris.
The body was discoverer! about
4:30 p.m. by Gerald P. Latham,
Mail Tribune business manager,
anu Dale E. Erickson, circulation
manager. They went to herapart-,
ment after it was reported news
papers ad been collecting out
side her door since Monday. Mb.
Ferguson lived .alone in the
apartment.
Insida Hall. Floor
According to police, the body j adopted by tlee Politburo 'at a
wascIying gn ar. inside 4"all floor, I throe-Jay meeting which -ad-where
she apparently collapsed) journed Friday, ordering action
after leaning over a, chair .aTid
onto a desk. The desk top and
cl.air back were scorched, police
trported.o 0
c Ofiicels said, te. kitchen, gas
oven was burning and a used
wooden match was found near
the oven. A pie,- some melted
butW and a piece of ham were'
found -onthc- kitchen- tab.le. A
pan containing f;o rolls -.vaaiii'
the sink. .
A walking cane, which .Mrs.
Ferguson had used -for several
years, and a Sunday, Jan. 27, is
sue of the Mail Tribune were
alo found, in the kitchen. Cop
ies of the Portland Oregonian
from Monday on were fojincl in
the hall. . "
Officers Thtoritt
Officers theorized she was pra
pring to heat the volla when an
excessive amount of gas In th
ttven caused the flumes to flash
out at her when the oven was
lit. The bathrobe ihs was wear
ing apparently becain ignited
nd rtw f led t S iia thsy
said.
The accident !-s feaiisvd: io
have occurred Si!laya jiccerti
Irsg to &e eoroaer.
' The body was taken to Csa-
f ger-Morr is ftinerai feoms, .whert
j fuaerai arranEsmssits are gaiK'J
I ing wore! from lair iM'-rn '8s
Pau!, Msu-i.
Gresham Man Killed
In Auto Accident ':
Greshara (II.?.) Jam ls?-'
ton Alrooed, 3, efl G-resham,
was .fatU? .tajHrc$ . s4 hits
4$-yetnM wife, T'lnty, arae'
erii'caJIy iaa?ed Saturday ia
cr. a'utohiobil oeilisioa hera.
- Police said- M?.. aui Mr. M
mond were thrown. trm their'
car by the ii:j)stcl at 5J) 'nl
!ifion with aa auie cbivea by
Forrest Arlanci barker, PerMw'-d.
Almond, a foyrnes- feishep td
the Gresham ward o? V.sa Chuycto
of Jesus Christ c? later-' I3ey
Saints-.' was ciead k-s arrival
Providence hospital ia PafSlant':.
Mrs. Almond waa repseted i
critical condition at the fetorpiiai
Paper Says Ike May
Invite Nasser to U. S.
Cairo' .(OS). -5- The newspap
er "Al Ahram" said Saturday
that President Eissnhowe
"might invite" Egyptian Presi
dent Gamal, Abdel Nasser to
Washington." ? , c
There was ng official comment
3n the report. AI Ahram said 'an
invitation might be extended to-
Nasser through an American en
voy who is scheduled to visit
Cairo soon to explain ths Eisen
hower 'doctrine to, Egyptiaji officials.
Military
Program Set
fay Congress
Can-'sons continued on to Eliami
aboard the nresidenti.sl gl?ne.
Columbine III.
Sofljnsi Chars'!
Wilson softened .his charges
against the guard Friday night.
He explained he was criticiz
ing the system which allowed
non-Mobilized guardsmen to re
main dwft exempt. He -said he
did not fir his. remarks at the
'guardsmen individually.
i The congressioneil hearings
will spotlight an old and- basic
'quarrel between the profession
al military men of the regular
army and the citizens soldiers
of the National Guard. '
Although the Guard makes
up o sizeable seg-rraent of the
nation's defense force Jt fs darg-'
ly tinder state control .yi&h tha
defense department limited to
setting training "standards.
Universal military training is
sure to be brought up when the
subcommittee considers wheth
er the military 8reserve program
both for the National Guard
and the regular reserve has
proved a suitable -substitute for
UMT.
Army officiate arg tryiiTg to
tighten up training for reserves
and Guardsmen. They are ex
pected to say UMT is trie only
alternative to hard, active diity
training for reserves.
Politburo.Orders
Berlin (U.R) The Communist
Politburo has ordered reinforce
ment of the army and secret
police in Red Germany and" a
purge of the party as precautions
'jgainst a Hung'ary-styJe revolt.
it was announced Saturday.,
The Communist organ Neues
Deutschland printed 3 report
to "suppress and crus(j eventual
tions?
Countej - revolution" vras
Moscows' word. fo? the "Hun
garian 1'rerdom fighters! gforts
to throw the Russians out of
tfie.ir epjntrj;. "
The Red or.ga'n suid measures
ordered by the Pbli'ou'ro in-,
elude- the "strengthening 6f tiio
armv aiul the' c:cre? police
the retiru-itiug of '.'POHtiBally re
liable" sien fot i-iie "wcrkfipi
riiili;-ia"--already saiil I-o. aum
ber . awine" '?.ia,HB4 pwt-t-H-Jje
troop-s. .
Xi aaid mlliti i'tVi-isB in. 'tie
lig Soviet-z'ons oJ ipsig and
"many ot-'aer eitie" already Jiave
staged aai-revo!t maneuvers-. '
Bank Debits in Area -Show
5 Per Cent Rise
. Sank dcoite Decemter ia
southern Chwgea, iEeluding Auh
Jand, Hetiford and 'Grants Pass,
i-ij.creased five per eeat ever He?
veraber and showed S.7 iJSr
crease ov? ' DecemSDe?, seeoKi
jag So vhe 19SS UaivEMiiy. f
Orecoa'a 'bwrtaw l feasiaess to
search. ' '
Total- tank tfefeit. ' elgi-ia
banks reporting ia t&s we wepei
SBS.57S.708. .
Th 164 Wtfca' t&osHae fei
;-he j-laie showed sa in-erease Sn
ba:it ttebita oi eig'f! cesi4
ever December nl 193S aJ a
S.2 psir cM5 fecreasi ever 5vo
vtmbcr, IBJH. Total bafek.. afebitc
Sep 59s evsiia mem $1131.114,
S3S. F'CaaftisU, formes- vice giresideffli
w a Ke-y Vor& . aJiirl-joakin
Birsi,. xraa swsra ia Strdsy
HHtfersc?etary "ef lai8;af.
State Sales
Salem r (a.S) . The tSirea
pti? eetit sales tax Sir'i ffluaked
its Sirst test late Friday wiiea the
if isuae TaxaSiata eomaniitee voted
6-2 8!o?ig parSjr !isa to fegseirt it
fce floor ed fee Kouae wis! 9
"6a r past" 'recemaenata3t,
' The recoauMen&rttoit will -doubiedl?
fcave tlie eeet of bill
ing the feiil ia the Cemessatio
can '-"ai led House. . .
; Voting thumbs 4ow e i tS
sales tax. which was recotosiefuJ
ad by the Interim ComraK-W ea
Taxation, were Democratic Heps.
Clarence Barton. Coquille: Rich
ard Eyraanri. MohacvK: Vernon
Cook, Gresham; Ben EvicJt. Ma
dras: William Grenfell Sr., Port
land: and Guy Jonas, Salem.
Voting, to table the sales tax
package for future consideration
were Republican Rep?. Kayette
Israel UN Force
Blame Each Other
Swedish, Patrols pen
'Fire Near Qazct Strip
i
JSirusalfcm, trael Sector U.R)
--Israel and thfe United JJtions
Emergency force Stusdiy
blamed each other i'or t shoot
ing scrape between SwediGh nd
Israel patrols iaside U.N. lines
on tlSQ Smai-Saza border.
' An Israel military spokesman
said the UNEi? force opened fira
on an Is-r-aeli patrol which inad
vertently crossed 300, yard. into
the S'inai desert near the town
of Rafjjh. SlierS; were no ccsuSl
ties. Rafah is a StemSr Egyptian
town perched between Sinai and
the narroVJ Gaea strin whiah de
fines thg Kmits- (?f U.S5. ponj
mand. It w2s from Rsfah tht.
IiTaci and Esypt exefcanged gar
prisoners last weeS.
Comma-nder' -.poloic&ij
The Israeli military command
er apologized to the U.N. officer
is charge, but ddclared thqt the
Swedish troops mining up the
U.N. patrol had no right to fire
without warning ethe Israelis
they were in forbidden territory.
In Cairo, a UN spokesman!
said the Israelis opened fire first
while chasing, refugees, near the
Gaza strip.
The spokesman saidthe Swed
ish troops spotted five Israeli
soidiers and challenged them fo
halt. The Israelis took cover and
opened fire, he said.
He added that the incident oc
curred near by clearly-marked
checkpoint which flew the biu
and white U.SI. flag.
An Israeli spokesman said the
U.N. report on the fnsident was
vijthout foundation.
UN Assembly; Asks
Troop Vithdraval'
United Slations. N.Y. ty.R)
The General Assembly called'
on Israel again last night tocget
its troops out of Egypt and rec
ommended ?hat Uni'ed Nation
emergency forces be sent into
the Gaza Strip and to the.C-iulf
01 oquaoa suoreiine.
The vo"e shortly before, mid
night follijiyjed a warning by tlje
United States .that it "a'.inot
predict the consequences" if Is
raeli forces are cn6to withdrawn
from Egyptian" territory vs-ithiM
ao few days. 0
The U.S.. India and five oth-'
er.countries sponsoredo'tio sep
arate resolutions ton 'the ivlidtilc
East situation. 0
-The first, calling upon -Israel
tQ withdraw its; troops immed
iately behind the 1949 ai-mis-
tice demarcation ,i,ine, was ap
proved 74-2Jv.;iih 2 abstentions.
France joined Israel in' opposing
the measjre; Luxembourg . and.
the Netherlands abstained.
The second, CBit.ieized tot- i!
vague wording, 'in. instnteting
Secretary General I3ag Hani-
eiarskjoH to superviss getting
lisi ael out -of he Gaza Strip, sta
tioning UKaF- 12 the enWre
units o the U force ..to t!ie
Gu'-J oi Aqaba,-was carried by
a- 5S-CI vote with 22 abstentious.
isrssel warnect Wie A-ssenib!-y
51-iaS - witlic'.rawal . -Hi'- treopt
syoK-i 'Egypt wiWiout gtiaranteca
KiaS ike- evacuated "territory
wo.uie as? ba sed for Egypt-isa
HiiJHary activities s?cv:!cl lead So
sesurapiiGn fS Jlv s&ort- gS8
War o iaisi year. .
li vt& fee shc-t's :-::-iie Siiiicffi
Israel seat i-'.s teaops int9 XgffH
last Getober $iisi ms Aaaembir
had ealle4 S(f . Ma' tH-sasd late
wigi&awai. ..
Lss&oc5-0.R; Adm. Ku-O'i ce
Bifiea, fiejnBJaaeleMa-ekirf e
ih Peeiusuese navy 1-ias leSt fe?
Sh SJaitsd SValee 4e aceepJ cie
Siyery eS ino sbi.ss in Saw J"?-
Seisea Thursday. -
Tax Bill Flunks First
Bririo!, Grants Pass, and Wayne
Giesy, Moaroe. I
Galls iictiBB "Foolish"
Giesy maintained that to dis
miss the sales tax as a possible
source oi1 revenue so ea-ly in the
session was "foalish." lie said
many, of -the 29 new member o"
'ihe House mei 'had chaEee
!-b stuciy it thoroughly. .' -.
Costmittee Viee-C K a i r m a a
Eymarm answered ."Lets .quit
kidding ourselves about the sales
tax. You can do-aay thing with an
income tax you ean 0 with a
sales tax and witriout trie inequal
ities' of a sales tax."
He s;yd the proposed sales 'tax
was '-'not practical, not nroner
and. not fair."
iTn an effort to save the bill
from being reported to the flo.or,'
Giesy offered. Co forget $bout it
rJ.Y. AIR CRASH INVESTIGATED;
TANKERS COLLIDE OVER FRANCE
fuel Crash in Air
13' Killed; Fivg. Jun-ip
Mler Explosion
St. Lol France (U.PJ- Two
U.S. Air Force "flying tankers"
loaded with hiqh-octar.e "avia
tion fuel collided and "exploded
over this World War II breakout
reyion of Normandy Saturday
and crashed in flames.
The collision tilled 13 men.
f'iva injured men parachuted
snd the fate of 3 I9th crew
nrenjber was- still unknown.
First reports from U.S. Air
Forcg jechnicions. said the lead
plane of a threje-plane forma
tion struck one of the following
aircraSt when? one of its engines
exploded.
All survivors were given
emergency treatment in hpmes
and clinics in Normandy towns
and were brought to the Mem
orial hospital in St. Lo.
Critical' Condition
a A hospital spokesman said
one, identified at Lt. William
Eulz, was in critical condition.
The two KB-29 tankers, freight
versions of the wartime Bw29
superfortresses, were on rout'in;?
flight from Scult&orpe AF base
m Erig'ISnd with athi?d tanker
when, the collision occurred yi
foggy skies. The tl&ird plaoe,'
bringing up the regr, ueturned
gafely to its home ioase. ,
JHa'ming debris rajned down
oi?. the quiet araple orcnaras 01
this. Csjlj'ados- producing region
where Allic-d forces staged tKs
NormandV i,r.eakthitoucH a-f'.er
t-?ie '1.94 invasion. . V
It was the sccdna majo'e iv
acciuen. ir Ffan.ce last week. A
.J rencri airline .trynsp.ort . vdtli
,G7 abos-rd crashed ia liinding-.at.
'X)rli field, -Pfiris, last Tuesday,-
inju'ring 30 jjcyrn, oiii! of-wnorn1
ie'd later . .
. One', of! Saturday's-cnasii sur
rjvo'r, Lt. Robert Iwnwird said,
he lead plane dropped arid Kit
the plah'o .beneath it.
jet Fighter Crashes.
Heat Palmdale';. Calif.
Palmdale, 'Calif. -V (U.R) A
jet fishter plane, identified as a
sipgle-place FDF from the Marine
air' station at-El Torp, -qalif.,
oyashed Ssitur.dr.y at the' 8,000
oo4 'level on- snow-covered Mt.
gin Ani'inii-), Wheriif'a officers
rejroV'tetl.
Maf ine eciF.ps olfieials saidtb.e
plan? was-011. -a-routine training
ilisht-.'ancl -liad- taken off from
itis Marine auxiliary, .air station
at Hojave, -Calif. Fate of the pi
Jut was .noS known'iinrnediately.
4' sjikesiiian at El Tore aici
fre.;e,f at .Feue .-helicopters sent
ecmae f ice and isad wetiier
ciK-iofus-. A grotin uf -U. S. loreet
sevv-ite-rangers and iiavealigators
Ss-esii -She aif station will attempt
mr.l '".'
Czech Communist
Kef urns Aftee Confab
iBM- U9 e'orarii'-j-jis
esseSjoelo'vakia' ps-esidee Ajb
ioaia Zpoteeky arrtYS- .fcorae
Satefdsy &om talks- wi'.ii tfe
Kferalfei leaders, lit Meww,
Sl-is -Prague ftpo? ted. -
Zapetocky headed a ls-mefR-feEff
sieiegatierci which iKskie-ci
Premier WttUam Sisoky, '-r'iit
wsniiffHiiiii-; ar5y seerefarj- Aat
Jaay 'lAonUrf ant (rihey.toF', gav- -
rmnant n pwtjr oltreials.
t)W ansi work on sieeting budget
Tequireenta wifeiu the iKeame
tax as suggested tby Demeeiats
and then go back to the 'sales tax
late is i& was found 45:bg aeees-
Sesecrata said that' a spet-iaS-ei5im
jjrojMsed by Eepu'ol.iEans
iht sales tax during the legis
iayve session -suid eost'the stale
2S9.S0O ia S3O6.0e8 and that.'fee
tas was 'sure to be ciefeateci.
Cotniriittee Cbairraa.n Bartea
said one reason they she-uJd set
rid of the sales tax bill now. was
th?t Gov. Bobert D. Holnies bad
said he. would veto i'J if.it reac'l
ed his desk. . ' .
Rep .Cook said "The sales tax
bill is a bad bill and "is will still
be a bad bill in 30 days or how
ever long we talk aboi.it it. The
jieonle have expressed a mandate
W-infi fo took Ac Thij- Veijr Ccfully"
Flood Danger Recedes
In 9 Southern States
By UNITED PRESS
The flood danger receded in
soddeti Dixie Saturday and au
thorities in nine states turned
their attention to the tureat of
disease i!nd. the relief" oi thqu--,
sands of person's driven irom
tb&iv homes by, ra:ai;ng wateri..
Swollen.. ;strearhs and rivers
from i" est Virgiaia. souj-h. to Mis
sissippi lo-w"ly drppped fiojii
higii-A'at'oF levels as' clear- skies
appeared i'pj? the th'Lsi time in
d.-iys.
sBu' jn fj'ie wake oS their Jtur-.'
Viirlont -fury, theflbods left- .it
least Id' persons, dead;, damage
ejected, to run in'to the billions
of dollars, aria thousaiias -liome-j
Isa. " .
Inoculation Prsgrara .
. In Kentucky, one oi "thy first
tate. to hit, mobile units
began" tircu'lating 'ffiro'ush 25
coijh.ties in the soiu&east portion
of- the state 'on 'an, area-wide in
ffculation ui-ogram to head pff l
any spread- of disease.
' unauthorized-persons were not
permitted in the, stricken area
ansd National". Guardsmen, .still
patr.oMed ' Hazard," Pikeville,
Cumberland and Pres.tonburg;
to pfevent 'Ipoti.ne.
Tlie ".Kentucky river waVex.-f
pected-to crest, at Frankfo.rt to
day wit.h little damage foreseen
and (he Ohio river, 'thbu.s'it. to be
a possible', 'long-range . danger
point,- posed no immeiiat,e threat.'
Operation Emerg-ency .
Eings'port., Term.;, ."officials
lauiiched ."opera inn emergency
Heuberger Asks'' .'
Billboards Be Banned
Washington O.S - '. Sen.
Richard h. ' Neubcrgei--' (DOre-.)
Satii'rpiay urged that- billboards
be banued "along the new federal
intersjate highway system. '
-. Keuberger. said early eongi-e's-
iti-ial action aiin&d ai. ai:cli a bun
against- the "clutlerboards" is
necessary "to prevent a gariah ar-
war" f adverti:sin2 appeals from.
blotting eut a large section of
she American landscape. '
.He ha introduced a bill" under
which states agreeing to a, feill
'aoaH fean within E00 feet oJ tlie
right-f-way symrld be rei'mburfe
ed oir 99 peF eenS ef the cosi of
aciju-i-ring adverl-ising ripbS. '.
Test
agaifis .it..'-' , e
. Defciocraia aai'ii feey wimteg us
get down to etudring ethe? HietU-
Lod 5 raising revenue and f'irgeJ
abogt the sales tas. .
?w. eifer legislative fesiiiGas
friday, "&e i:lpuse unanimously
passed . a. Keniorial tsalliag "o,a
oigi?es is' appropriate funds fo.r
the' esarfisrueitoa of- ;Iobsa r.y
dam- mt fee Hiai-3 eresm SS tlse
Goh-4misia sivef. ' '
Several Republican, ftjecfed
la the principle of federal co'n-g-tr,'jetio'n
el Hie dam but said'
they wouki vote fof .the rhemof
isl "05-the record."
A memorial, urginc federal cunt
itructioii of vi'high' Hells Canyon
dam has still to rippear before the
House. .".'.
' Tho Senate held only, a brief
morning session.'
for neighbors" and announced a
ton of supplies was being ship
ped each hour into southwest
yirginia.
.The huge Tennessee Valley au
thority system of dams played
a major role in averting further
'tragedy .by 'siphoning off bu
llions of. gallons through its nine
LUams .on'.the Tennessee river.
'In the other five states af
fected, Jforth Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
and Mississippi, flooding was
confined mostly to lowlands al-
though some highways were cut
off by rising waters, flash floods
or landslides in the mountain
areas.'
Bus Driver Suffers
Fatal Hearf Attack
Warren L. D.unagen, about' 55,
o'f 905 Reddy ave., Medford, suf
fered a fatal heart attack about
8;35 a.m. Friday while drivi'.ig'a
Greyhound bus, north on 'High
way 99 between' Cas'tel'a ' and
Dunsmuir, Calif., according to
Greyhound officials here1.
. Reports indicated Dunagan
had' stopped the bus to put on
tire chains a short time before
suffering the attack. When he
became ill,' -he stopped ' the bus
a.f the side of the road arid re
mained there until a southbound
Greyhound bus came .along.
Driver, of the- other bus
stopped, to investigate and -dis-
'covered Dunagan .was. ill. He
then drove Dunagan'a bus about
seven miles to a Dunsmuir phy
sician's office. Dunagan was pro
nounced dead on. arrival at
Dunsmuir, 'it was reported. Eight
passengers were "on the bus
when he suffered the atta'ck.-
Dunaga'n. 'had' been employed
by tlie Greyhound Bus' company
here since" July 23." 1942. Sur
vivors include the widow, Velrr.a
Z-. Dunagan, and . three grown
children. Funeral services are
pending at Conger-Morris Funer
al home.
vComniies Hang Two
For Leading Riot
Budapest U.R) The Com
muhiata . hanged . a 20-year-old
girl ' and an army officer Sat
urday Io "organizing and lead
ing" an anti-Corumuriist . riot'
near -the Romanian border' last
December. "" ; . ' '
: Twelve 'other persons "tried
with .them (received sentences
ranging from five, to 15 years at
Sie hands of one of the kangaroo
p. o u r-t a , operating throughout
JIuiiEary to deal with offenses
against martial law.
The government identified'!
the -ffirl as Ersebet Manyi and
the officer as Mihaly Farkas.
Tiiey were- .executed at Bekes
caba, .12.0 miles -joutheast of
Budapest. '
Japan May Buy Atomic
Reactors from U. S.
Tokyo 1).R Japan plans to
buy 20 atomic reactors from the:
United Statet-and Britain to gen
erate electric power, it was an
nounced Saturday.
South-Bound Plane
Burns Soon Alter
Takeoff; 20 Dead
Airliner Hits Island
Early Friday Evening
New York (U.R) Aviation
disaster detectives rushed in Sat
urday to try to solve the mystery
of why a 'Miami-bound airliner
with 101 persons crashed and
burned moments after taking off
from La Guardia airport in a
swirling snowstorm.,.
Twenty died in the flaming
wreckage of the four-engine
Northeast airlines, DC-6A. Of the
81 survivors1, 20 were injured
critically, mainly with burns.
Only two persons were unhurt.
The plane., slammed onto Rik
ers Island, site of a city prison, at
dusk Friday after a takeoff de
layed by more than three hours
by bad weather. Veteran pilots
said the No. 4 runway from
which the plane departed was
one of the worst and roughest
runways at a major U.S. airport.
Runway Short
At '5,000 feet, the runway is
considered comparatively short
for four-engine planes but is re
garded as safe. Airline pilots long
ago nicknamed the runway "Mt.
Laguardia' because of a hump in
its middle.
The pilot of the lost airplane,
Capt. Alva Marsh, 50-year-old
vettran flier, was being kept
"under wraps" in a New York
hotel with his wife.
Civil Aeronautics board offici
als visited the scene but refused
to comment on the crash. They
found the .plane's instruments
badly burned, which could ham
per the investigation, and noted
that the plane apparently struck
an incline and then bounced
over a ridge before burning.
Clogged With Ice "
One possibility raised by vet
eran investigators was that the
plane's air intake may have been
clogged with ice, causing a sharp
loss of power.
A CAB spokesman quoted a La
Guardia flight control tower em
ploye as saying that the pilots of
three planes that took off before
the ill-fated plane reported loss
of power because of ice in air
intakes.
Authorities said this might ex--plain
why the plane never was
able to get more than a few hun
dred feet off the ground in near
blizzard conditions.
Officials of the Douglas air
craft company, builder of the
plane, said the fact that 101 per
sons were on the plane would
not mean it was overloaded. DC
6 planes have carried as many as
110 persons, the company said.
Asforian Reporter
Injured in Dock Fail
. Astoria (U.R) Mrs. Barbara
Peterson, reporter-photographer
for the Astorian Budget, was in
jured on the Astoria waterfront
Friday .while getting a story on
the arrival of an Irish freighter.
The Irish Larch was one of the
first Irish vessels to visit As
toria in many years and Mrs.
Peterson was getting pictures
and a story when a rope on the
gangway broke and she fell 25
feet onto the dock below. She
suffered a compound fracture of
the left arm and cuts and bruis
es. Hospital attendants said she
will be hospitalized for about
six weeks.
Mrs. Peterson was employed
for three months on the Mail
Tribune as a vacation-period re
porter three years ago. She was
Miss Barbara Boushey at that
time.
Weather
- FORECAST: Partlv rlouDi
this morning. Jncrrainr clud
Inesi laU thi afternoon n!
pventnfc. Rain nr now hnwm
tonight miff Medv tnornine.
Hich 40, low 28." High Mon
lav 43.
TEMPER ATT-Rr
Hirhu Ytr1ay 42
Lowest Yesterday , 31
Our Skies Tonight
Ruirise J:24 a m.
Sunset 5:27 p.m.
Moonset :J4 p.m.
rROMINF.KT STARS
Aldebaran .hich ni south
7:52 p.m.
Sirlus. di-e south .... 10:01 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, in the west at moonset.
Jupiter, hich In south 1:21 a.m.
Saturn, rises .- SUS a.m.