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Officials Investigate Miner's Account of Finding Crash Victims Wednesday, August 7, 1957 MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVK Fnoenix, Ariz. (in Arizona law enforcement officials and the FBI today investigated a river adventurer's claim he found parts of bodies 'enough to fill 10 or 12 burlap sacks" in the Grand Canyon where two airliners crashed after colliding in flight June 30, 1956. O , Robert H. Billingsley, 39, an Ajo, Ariz., miner, said yester day in a copyrighted interview with radio station KOY here that he located human remains during a 200-mile trip he made down the Colorado river lfet week. He said he brought back several items to prove his story, including a TWA spoon, a wed ding band and engagement ring from a mummified hand and $3.61 in charred coins. Billingsley said he found the human remains when he stopped to examine the wreckage of the United and TWA airliaers which Military Services Ordered To Slash Civilian Workers collided over the scenic canyon, killing all 123 persons aboard ftth planes. Francis Crosby, FBI agent in charge for Arizona, said he planned to ask the river adven turer if he saw any documents in the wreckage. Crosby indi cated that there might have been some important papers lost in the crash. Billingsley is subject to a $300 government fine and six months imprisonment for poking around ; tlia crash area which had been restricted from the public. Skeptical of Story John McLaughlin, superin tendent of Grand Canyon Na tional Park, said the human re mains could have been uncov ered by erosion in recent months. However, he was skeptical of Billingsley's story. The sheriff's office also cast a shadow of doubt on the adven turer's account. Deputies planned to ask Billingsley why he waited until yesterday to an nounce his findings when he re turned from the trip last week. Swimming Classes Have Attendance Rise Watsiineton (IP An order The YMCA swimming classes to the military services 9.0 slash f and free swim periods for the civilian employment was the latest piece of "bad news" hand ed out by Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson in his final days as a Cabinet officer. Wilson ordered the services Tuesday to halt civilian hiring immediately and work out plans for reduced civilian cjnploy ment. The military services present ly hire 1,160,914 civilians around the world. They were given until the end of this month to come up with a reduced fig ure. Plans To Mot Regiment . In another move, the Defense Department announced plans to pull the 9th Marine Regiment out of Japan and send n to Ok inawa. This was not a fcanpow- er cut, however, but a step in announced plans to get all U.S. ground forces out of Japan promptly. The regiment num bers 5,000 to 7,000 men. Wilson told how he had to cut spending by $2,200,000,000 to keep up a $38 billion spend ing ceiling for the 12 months ending next June 30. Here is what has been done so far: Wilson has ordered a 100,-000-man cut in the armed forces by next Jan. 1. That will save about $200 million in the 12 months ending next July 1 and will drop the forces at least to 2,700,008 men compared with 3,500,000 when Wilson took of fice in January, 1953. To Mothball 60 Ships - The Navy will lay up 60 ships including the battleship Iowa, two submarines and 24 destroyers during the next five months. The Air Force has slowed down aircraft production at plants acrosst he country. The Navaho intercontinen tal missile program has been stopped. Wilson has ordered a $500 million reduction in mainten ance and operation expenditures for the 12 months ending next June 30. The manpower cuts and civilian hiring orders will help reach that goal month of July had more than 4,078 participants, according to Y officials. The number was more than for the month of June. Largest total attendance of any group during the month was in the "tiny tot" swim classes, boys and girls ages 6 through 8. A total of 135 chil dren' participated. Larger than average attend ance also was reported in the other boys and girls swim classes and the free swim pe riods. Attendance at the wom en's and men's classes was about average, officials said. Oregon Traffic Takes 30 Lives During July Salem (IP Oregon traffic claimed 30 lives during July, the Department of Motor Vehii cle's traffic safety division re ported today. The tentative toll shoved the state's death count so far this year to 229 three more man for the saree period in 1956.' Safety officials said the July figure was "lower than we had anticipated, especially after 46 people were killed in June acci dents." July usually accounts for a higher number of deaths due to increased vacation travel. State Phytosanifary ' Certificates Issued Salem (IB More phytosani fary certificates have been is sued in the last three months than in any- like period he can recall, Fred Bock, Salem district nursery inspector for the State Department of Agriculture, said today. ' x Which means in plain Eng lish that nurserymen are ship ping more nursery stock to for eign lands. Bock handles inspec tions in Marion, Polk, Linn, Lane, Benton and Lincoln counties. 1 MONEY IgPffi All you do is put away whatever you can every payday in an insured savings ac count with us. The liberal earnings that 'we add regularly will help build that cash reserve quickly to real security. The sooner you begin, the sooner secure! e Investments Made by the 10th of the Month Receive Dividends as of the 1st Current Dividend Per Annum FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Association of Bedford 29 North Ivy StreeP R. F. 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