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.
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