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Sunday, July 7, 1957
Harry Truman Library
Dedicated Saturday
Independence, Mo. TP The
Harry . Truman Library, built
to preserve a detailed history of
great and small events in the
life cf a man and a nation, was
.dedicated here Saturday before
0,000 home folks and visiting
dignitaries assembled on the rol
ling grounds of Slover park.
A full list of the nation's lead
ers in nearly every field and
from both polilical parties paid
tribute to the amateur historian
from Missouri whose dream of
years was being fulfilled.
Chief Justice Earl Warren of
the United States Supreme
Court, a Republican, spoke of
the many momentous decisions
Truman made in an era of cris
is. Warren described the former
president as a man of action,
"tireless, fearless and decisive."
Center of Study
The library, he said, was "des
tined to become a midwestern
center of study and research,
not only for the period of Mr.
Truman's presidency, but also
for the whole complex period
of events surounding it."
Warren followed to the pod
ium a long list of dignitaries in
cluding the nation's only other
living former president, the wid
ow of Truman's predecesor in
the White House, House and
Senate leaders of both parties,
and the heads of two universities.
Hoover said that the history of
the American people "is being 1
brought closer and closer," and
that it was a good idea not to
concentrate the history of the
nation in Washington, D. C.
Immeasurable Value
Mrs. Roosevelt said the 11- i
brary "is going to be of immeas- j
urable value to education and .
particularly to the young."
"I wish my husband could be
here to extend to you. President I
Truman, his congratunlations
and best wishes," she said.
Truman, obviously. happy but
often solemn, expressed the
hope that Congress would "make
up its mind to have all presi
dential papers indexed and fil- I
led."
"I want to sea the Land
Grant colleges take care of the
papers, he said.
Walks With Hoover
Wearing a dark, single breas-'
ted suii and Panama hat, Tru
man walked with Hoover into
the air-conditioned library when
the ceremony ended.
It was hot out there, Mr.
Truman commented, echoing the
feeling of the thousands who
had stood for nearly two hours
in the torrid sunshine.
One thousand invited guests
toured the new library at the
completion of the services. To
day it will be opened to the :
public but thereafter will be ,
closed indefinitely while the
Former President H e r b e r 1 1 building is being completed.
Mysterious Balloon
Still Not Identified
A large, shiny balloon floated
over southern Oregon and north
ern California Thursday night,
but no one seems to know5exact
ly what its purpose was or who
released it.
The balloon, with a rope dan
gling underneath it, was ob
served by many Medford-Ash-land
residents about 6 p.m. It
was also reported seen as far
south as Red Bluff, Calif., and as
far north as Redmond, Ore.
Theory Refuted
The common theory seemed to
be that the balloon had been re
leased by the weather bureau to
gather data. However, weather
men at the Medford airport sam
it was not one of their balloons
and the balloon they had re
leased at 3:30 p.m.. was back on
the ground before "the stranger"
was first reported seen.
Local weathermen received a
request for information about
the balloon from the Klamath
Falls tower shortly after 5 p.m.
They saw it in Medford about
6 p.m., and received a large
number of phone calls from resi
dents after that time.
One Barnett rd. resident re
ported seeing the object as early
as 2 p.m.
High Altitude
The balloon was visible In
Jackson county, Klamath Falls
and Redmond, Ore., and Mon
tague. Calif., at the same time.
This indicates it was traveling at
considerable height, weathermen
said. One unofficial reading
fixed the balloon's height at 150,
000 feet.
Weathermen said the object
appeared to be the type of device
frequently released by the Army,
Navy and some universities.
These balloons, it was explained,
are made of plastic and are sent
into space to obtain information
Frogmen Search for
Missing Trainmen
Edenton, N.C. TP) Navy frog
men Saturday renewed a search
for the bodies of two railroaders
presumably drowned when two
diesel engines plunged into the
water after a 50-year-old wooden
bridge collapsed.
The 6-mile bridge, one of the
longest in the country, snapped
in two under the weight of a
77-car freight train pulled by two
engines. One Engineer remained
in the front riicset cab Dut nis
fireman leaped to safety and was
saved.
The conductor in the second
cab was also lost and two other
men escaped by climbing out of
the submersed cab and clinging
to driftwood and debris.
Navy frogmen were scheduled
to begin a search at dawn for the
bodies of engineer W. M. Munden
of Norfolk, Va.. and conductor
Shirley Bray of Raleigh, N. C.
Both were veteran railroaders,
who along with the three survi
vors, had made the same trip
across the bridse 24 hours earlier.
The accident happened when
the Norfolk Southern train cross
ed the bridge at a 25-mile-an-hour
.speed early Friday.
The survivors were fireman C.
E. Jones. 41, of Pantego. N.C:
train roads foreman John G.
Lowery, 60. of Raleich and fire
man Burt Rankin of Norfolk.
Jones and Lowery said they
managed to get out of the win
dows when the second engine hit
the bottom. Rankin apparently
leaped to safety and was later
found wandering near a Marine
base mumbling to himself.
on cosmic ray and other ele
ments. Guesses Ventured
' Meanwhile, curious observers
ventured a variety of guesses as
to what the balloon was. One
suggested it might be a General
Mills experimental balloon, and
others submitted the theory that
it was in some way connected
with the current series of atomic
tests in Nevada.
Although police departments
in Asnland and Yreka reported
receiving large numbers of phone
calls from inquiring residents,
the Medford police department
said they had no calls Thursday
or Friday in regard to the mys
terious balloon.
Daring Rescue Saves
Life of Seaman
Washington OJ) A daring
ship-to-plahe rescue has saved
the life of a 22-year-old seaman
stricken aboard the Swedish mer
chant ship Kirribilli.
The Navy said the seaman, Rolf
Axel Berglund of Ocklbo, Swed
en, suffered a strangulated hernia
aboard the Kirribilli in the Paci
fic Ocean. The Swedish mer
chant ship radioed for help, and
the USS George, a destroyer
escort on the way to San Diego,
answered the call.
Berglund was transferred to
the George by means of a small
boat during rough weather.
A short while later a Coast
Guard amphibious P5-M, piloted
by Lt. R. M. Miler, set down in
the heavy seas near the ship. Ber
glund was transferred to the
plane by means of a small boat.
With seas running from five to
seven feet high, the Navy said.
Miller made a "miraculous"
landing and takeoff.
The plane then took Berglund
to San Francisco for medical aid,
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