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Second of Four
Stranded Climbers
Spoiled in Alps
One Hauled To Safety
In Daring Rescue
Grindewald, Switzerland TCP
Alpine rescuers today spotted
the second of four stranded
mountain climbers entanglW in
his ropes and hanging head down
on the sheer, icy north wall of
13,038-foot' Mount Eiger.
"It appears that he died dur
ing the night," the rescue teams
from five countries reported.
"The storm must have been too
much for hjs exhausted body."
The man spotted today was
Stefano Longhi, 44, an Italian,1!
the second of the four climbei
accounted for. One man was
hauled to safety Sunday in a
daring rescue. The others were
missing and feared dead.
Clinging To Ledg t
Longhi had been clinging pre
cariously to a tiny ledge, 1,200
feet below the summit of the
mountain, dangling from two
ropes. He was reported injured
earlier and the latest storm ap
peared to be too much for him
The 60-man rescue team pulled
: one man to safety Sunday in a
dramatic hours-long pick-a-pack
haul before a raging snowstorm
halted attempts to reach Longhi
and two missing Germans.
German Alpinist Alfred Hell
part made a daring descent from
the top of the mountain and
rescued Claudio Corti, 29, Lecco,
Italy. Corti was so weak Hell
part had to lash him to his back.
Two Germans Missing
Mystery surrounded the fate
: of the two German members of
the party, Franz Meier, 21, and
Guenther Notdurft, 22.
They vanished after being
seen with Corti in arr improvid
ed camp on another ledge near
a rock formation called the
. Spider, 600 feet from the sum
mit. Corti said they left him on
Saturday in a desperate attempt
to reach the summit on their
own.
Hellpart said he heard voices
as he was being lowered, down
the mountain side Sunday, but
hundreds of persons scanning
the icy cliff from below with
binoculars and telescopes could
find no trace of the two men be
fore a blizzard blotted out its
face.
Planning Group ,
To Meel
Tonight
A public hearing will be held
by the city planning commission
tonight on a request for change
of zone from "multiple family"
to "limited commercial" for
a block in the Fruitdale addi
tion.
The meeting will be at 7:30
ti m. in the city hall council
chambers.
The block under consideration
is bounded on the north by Jack
son St., on the east by Genessee
t.. on the south by Sherman st
and on the west by Hawthorne
St.
The commission also will con
sider a request to amend the
zoning ordinance to allow'medi
cal clinics and similar establish
ments use of the "same type sign
as is permitted apartments in
"multiple family" districts.
A request for change of zone
from "single family" to "limited
I commercial" on property at the
corner of Delta Waters rd.. and
Crater Lake highway will be
considered as will an offer by
Jackson County Housing author
ity to dedicate a Columbus ave.
extension.
A policy recommendation on
water connections outside the
city is on the agenda for consid'
eration.
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Hardboard Waste Found as
Effective Ditch Sealant
Hood River (W Waste
material from Orefton Lumber
.Company here has been utilized
as an effective Hitch sealant, soil
conservation oftcials announced
here today. O
Drop in Water akag
Hardboard waste from the
cvSnpany has been pumped into
the HighXine irrigation ditch
with the result being a 30 per
cent drop in water leakage from
the irrigation ditch.
The solution has an extra
ordinary suspension capacity
and by dumping directly into a
stream's headwaters, the irriga
tion egineers aere able to ef
fectively seal luO.000 square feet
of ditch surface.
Bedford Stores Will Be pen Until 9 o'clock-Tonight
"Rise
Clark Gable Linked
To Confidential Story
In Trial Testimony
Hollywood Of) The former
editor of Confidential magazine
testified today that movieland
party girl Francesca de Scaffa
was "having an affair" with
Clark Gable when she contribut
ed an article to the magazine
about Gable's first wife.
Howard Rushmore, one-time
editor of the Communist Daily
Worker who was editor of the
scandal-mongering magazine
during its early years, testified
about Gable's romance with the
buxom girl-about-tovn under
284 More Donors
Needed for Visit
About 284 more appointments
are needed by blood, donors for
the regular visit of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile here tomor1
row. Red Cross officials said
today.
A total of 350 donors are
needed. The Bloodmobile will
be at the Elks temple between
1 and 6 p.m. tomorrow. Appoint
ments may be made by tele
phoning SPring 3-3313.
The Bloodmobile also will
visit Ashland Wednesday from
1 to 6 p.m. at the Elks temple
there. The quota there is 200
pints and 250 donors.
Medfprd's quota for tomor
row's bloodmobile visit is 290
pints. About 350 donors will be
necessary to fulfill it, because
a number usually are rejected
for various reasons, officials
said.
The blood goes into the north
west blood bank for emergency
sureical use., with much of it
being retained for use in Med
ford. On many occasions in re
cent years Jackson county resi
dents have required more blood
than has been donated here,
a Red Cross official said.
Shooting Suspect Held
By Red Bluff Police
Red Bluff, Calif. (in Po
lice Chief Marion Clay announc
ed today a suspect in the fatal
shooting of 60-year-old news ven
dor, Frank Reed Aug. 1 was be
ing held by police in Salt Lake
City.
The chief said the unnamed
suspect was arrested along with
a companion after an attempted
holdup. They were ' driving a
car stolen here the same day
Reed met death, he said.
Attempts to seal the ditch be
fore had failed and water loss
was at a maximum.
But a team of state, county
and local officials 'experimented
successfully with the fibrous
effluent and found that it was a
very effective sealant.
The result of this cooperative
effort was two-fold in that it
gave the water, hungry farmers
in this area untold savings in
water and was an outlet for the
lumber company's waste pro
ducts. Before the waste had over
flowed into the Hood river from
the company's waste pond
causing complaints from the fish
commission and local conserva
tionists.
Up!'
cross-examination in the crimi
nal libel trial of the magazine
and its agents.
First Revelation
His was the first of the
promised sensational revelations
about movie stars to be produced
in the trial.
Defense counsel Arthur Crow
ley was attacking Rushmore's
prosecution testimony last week
that Miss De Scaffa told Rush-
more she would get information
for Confidential even if "she
had to have an affair with the
man involved."
Do you know of any story
which she obtained in that
way?" Crowley -asked Rush
more. "She did obtain information
from a certain person with
whom she was having an affair
at the time," Rushmore said.
'Who was that person?"
Crowley asked.
'Clark Gable," was the reply.
Rushmore said the information
contributed by Miss De Scaffa
concerned Gable's first wife,
drama coach Josephine Dillon.
Gable currently is "wanted"
by the defense for a subpoena
to appear with about 100 other
stars to "tell the truth" about
their intimate lives. The grey
ing 'king," listed on the studio
biograph as 56, is married to
Kay Spreckles, former wife of
sugar heir Adolph Spreckles II.
Date of the alleged "affair"
between Miss De Ccaffa and
Gable was not brought out in
testimony.
Desi Arnaz Linked
The name of Desi Arnaz, real
life and TV-lift husband of ac
tress Lucille Ball, was linked
with a Hollywood call girl in
further testimony by Rushmore.
"Do you know of any stories
obtained as a result of informa
tion from prostitutes?" Crowley
asked, probing Rushmore's pre
vious testimony that call girls
were used as "lures" to get in
formation on spicy happenings
in Hollywood.
'Yes. we got a story from Ron
nie Quillan (another Holly
wood night life figure) about
Desi Arnaz based on a state
ment by a call girl," Rushmore
answered.
Nation's Population
Figured at 171,200,000
Washington (IP) The na
tion's population totaled 171,
200,000 July 1, the Census Bu
reau estimated today.
The figure was three million
higher than the population esti
mate for the same date a year
ago, the bureau said, and about
20 million higher than the 1950
census total.
The bureau said the current
population is more than double
the 1900 total of almost 77 mil
lion. . .
Weather
FORECAST: Fair throorh Tii
day. Low tonight 48. Huh
Tuesday 85. Temp.
Highest yesterday . 2
Lowest this mornine 41
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 5:15 a.m.
Sunset .... 7:18 p.m.
The Moon rises :01 p.m.
In Apoceft it is about 233.000
miles from the Earth tonight.
Last Ouarter Aur. 1
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Perseus, in the northeast at
midnight. (The shooting start
seen tonight are mostly of the
Perseid meteor shower).
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SULTAN'S TROOPS PURSUE
Fleeing Forces
Quit Stronghold
Without Fight
Guerrilla Warfare
Said To Continue
Bahrein, Persian Gulf (W
Troops of the Sultan of Muscat
and Oman drove northwestward
today from captured Nizwa in
pursuit of rebel forces who sur
rendered their headquarters
without a fight.
The stronghold of Nizwa, some
80 miles inland from the capital
of Muscat, fell to British and
Muscat troops who had broken
the back of the resistance in a
skirmish at Firq.
War To Continue
In Cairo Sheikh Mohammed
El-Harithy, representative of the
rebel Imam, predicted contin
uous guerrilla warfare in the
mountains. He said the war
would continue despite the fall
of Nizwa.
The Arab League political
committee called a meeting in
Cairo today to take action on a
proposal to raise the Oman is
sue before the United Nations
Security Council. Some Arab
states have accused Britain of
"aggression" in heeding the Sul
tan's appeal for aid.
Reports from the front said
the rebel leaders fled their capi
tal and were racing toward Je
bel Akhdar (Green Mountain)
and Tanuf. headquarters of the
dissident Sheikh Suleiman Bni
Himyar. They were reported at
Birkat "At Mauz; "a' village 10
miles to the west. t
No Trace of Leader ' . '
There was no trace at Nizwa
of the rebel leader, the Imam of
Oman, Galib Bin Ali. His bro
ther, Talib, believed ,to be the
Imam's military leader, also was
missing.
Front dispatches said the bat
tle for Firq was not yet over
because some rebels were still
'fighting from caves and would
have to be dug out one at 'a
time. The rebels were reported
also to be holding a roadblock
in the area.
Sin Seen Greatest
Cause of Delinquency
New York W Evangelist
Billy Graham said Sunday night
that the greatest cause of juvenile-
delinquency is sin, which
slowly paralyzes the will . and
the mind.
Graham told 18,500 persons
at Madison Square Garden,
"We've taught youngsters that
morals are not absolute, but are
relative. They can do as they
please."
He said that as a result of
this attitude youngsters become
bored, and are tempted toward
violence.
The evangelist also said that
most efforts dealing with juven
ile delinquency try to treat the
symptom instead of the cause.
Graham said many factors have
been blamed for juvenile delin
quency, among them poor, hous
ing, too much leisure, poor par
ental guidance, movies, and bad
literature but that while
these may contribute to delin
quency, the real cause is sin. ,"
Bids to Be Called
On Bear Creek Siphon
Bids to replace the Bear Creek
siphon between Ashland and
Talent will be called Aug. 15
by the bureau of reclamation, it
was announced today by the
Camp White office.
Work on the siphon, which is
part of the Talent project, will
include removing a .- 42-inch
wood stave pipe siphon md con
structing a 54-inch monolithic
concrete or precast, pretension
ed concrete steel cylinder about
1,500 feet long. .
It will require approximately
8,500 cubic yards of excavation,
7,000 cubic yards of backfill and
550 cubic yards concrete in the
siphon. Tentative completion
time has been set at 240 days.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1957
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STANDING ON THE CORNER Watching
the horses and people go by in the 14th an
nual Rogue River Round-Up parade Saturday
...were, these .youngsters at the corner of Sixth
and .Grape sts. The Round-Up ended Satur
Yreka Man Kills Self and Three
Others With Home-Made Bonib
; Yreka, Calif. (IP! A 47-year-old
mill . worked blasted
himself and three members of
his family to pieces with a home
made dynamite- bomb Sunday
but he failed in his real purpose
to "get" his wife..
The tremendous explosion
killed Wilburt Smith, maker of
the bomb; his son, Ted, 16; his
daughter, Charlotte Surges, 20;
and his son-in-law, . Douglas
Sturges, 24.
Intended Victim Escapes
Smith's intended victim, his
wife, Clara, escaped without in
jury but was sent to a hospital
in a state o f hysteria.
Deputies pieced together this
story:
Smith's wife had him jailed
on July 14 for beating her. He
was determined to get even with
her. He went Sunday to the
home of Ivan Swickard, where
Mrs. Smith, their son and the
Sturgeses were living.
Swickard's daughter, Pat, 15,
said she saw- Smith's two chil
dren and son-in-law struggling
4-H Horse Show
Scheduled Sunday
A 4-H Horse show will be
held Sunday, Aug. 18, starting
at 10 a.m., Glenn Klein, county
4-H agent, said this morning. '
' Lee Pruitt of Grants Pass will
judge events at the Jackson
County Sheriffs Posse grounds
here. Classes include horseman
ship, trail horse, halter' class,
stock horse, western pleasure
and games.
Fifty-five 4-H members are ex
pected to compete, Klein said.
The horse show is the start of
the annual 4-H and Future Far
mers of America fair in Jack
son county. The fair will start
next Tuesday and continue for
four days at the fairgrounds
south of Medford.
San Francisco Has
Hottest August 12
San Francisco (W Today was
the hottest Aug. 12 in the his
tory of San . Francisco with 78
at 12:30 pn., according to the
weatherman. ,
Previous .high for the city was
76 in 1886 and 1889.
day evening
with him - in the driveway, Ap
parently trying to keep him from
entering the hpuse.
Another neighbor reported
hearing someone presumably
Smith 1 say, ''if you come any
closer, I'll throw something."
Tickets Available
For State Fair Shows
Salem (IP) Tickets can now
be ordered for the horse show
and night revue at the Oregon
State Fair which opens here Aug.
31. ' "
Fair Manager Howard Maple
said the week-long fair would
include matinee horse shows
Sunday and Monday, Sept. 1-2.
Season box tickets for the
horse show and rodeo six seats
and 10 shows are priced at
$108 for the first tier and $81
for the second tier.
Admission shedule for single
seats is: ,
General admission, day and
night: 50 cents. Children under
12 free.
Night revue: Box seat $2. Re
serve seat $1.50. General admis
sion 90 cents.
Races: Box seat $1. Reserve
seat 70 cents. General admission
50 cents.
Horse show: Box seat S2 and
$1.50. Reserve seat $1.25. Gen
eral admission 90 cents.
Trampoline Accident
Fatal To Bend Youth
Portland IB Robert R.
Myers, 17, Bend, died last night
in a Portland hospital from in
juries suffered in a trampoline
accident at Bend Saturday.
The accident occurred at Bend
Municipal swimming pool. Rec
reation officials at the pool said
'Myers was an experienced per
former on the trampoline.
He suffered the injuries when
trying to perform" a one-and-one-half
somersault and came down
on the side of his face, appar
ently snapping his neck hard, re
sulting in serious injury to the
spinal column.
He would have been a junior
at Bend High school.
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REBELS
with the second show of the
week end at the posse grounds. The spectators
above are unidentified but from left to right
appear to, be a cowgirl, two ranch, hands, and.;
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Then an explosion shattered
the air. When the smoke cleared
four' persons lay dead, parts of
their bodies as far as 200 feet
away.
Mrs. Smith, who had come out
of the house to witness . the
struggle, was unhurt.
Dynamite Caps in Car
, Smith's body indicated he was
holding some kindfof home made
bomb close to his chest, deputies
said.
They found dynamite caps
and fuses in the trunk of Smith's
car. They said he had a reputa
tion for liking to work with ex
plosives.. , , . , i
France Makes Move
To Curb Inflation
Paris OPI The Bank of
France raised the discount rale
from 4 to i per cent today in
this nation's latest move to halt
inflation.
Following .immediately on
the heels of the devaluation of
the franc, which went into ef
fect Sunday, the discount rate
was raised to make credit and
money more costly. .
The action was designed to
reduce inflationary pressure by
decreasing the amount of money
available for investments.
The tax on advances for bonds
was raised to 7 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Paris Bourse
reacted well to the sudden week
end financial change. The money
market was steady, and gold
prices dropped lightly in early
trading.
Grants Pass Yauth Among
Oregon Accident Victims
By UNITED PRESS
Three Oregonians met death
in traffic accidents during the
week end.
Jack Stalkup, 30, ' Oregon
City, died Sunday from injuries
suffered earlier in the day when
his car left the road on a curve
and overturned about two miles
southeast of Oregon City. Sher
iff's deputies said Stalkup was
found lying face down on the
edge of the road.
Ensuing Explosion
Dismembers All
Aboard Airliner
Victims Returning
From England Reunion
Quebec City (IB A happy
post-war reunion with relatives
in Britain turned Into tragedy
for a group of World War II ,
veterans and their families Sun
day when a chartered airliner
crashed and apparently explod
ed in a desolate swamp, killing
all 79 persons aboard.
The disaster was the worst in
Canadian aviation history and
one of the world's worst.
Dug Deep Crater
The Maritimes Central Air
ways DC4, chartered by the Im- t
perial Division of the Canadian
Legion in Toronto, burst into
flames on impact and dug a deep
crater in the marshland. Bodies
of the 73 passengers and six
crewmembers were torn limb
from limb in the ensuing blast
Identification was expected to
be almost imposfible.
Last rites were conducted at
the scene of the tragedy by the
Rev. Alexandre DeBlois, rector
of the Parish of Ste. Croix.
The passengers were British
war veterans or members of
their families who had settled
in Canada after World War II.
They had chartered the plane to
visit their former homes in the
United Kingdom.
Weather Not Certain
The doomed airliner's pilot
gave no indication that it was
in trouble. Last radio contact
was made over Quebec City
wnen its captain, Norman Ram
say, 34, of Montreal, reported
that everything was normal and
the weather clear. Previously the
weather had reported scattered
thunderstorms in the area.
Several persons saw the air
craft as it flew overhead. They
said it was "limping", and "mak
ing a horrible noise." On im
pact it exploded, "making a
noise like an earthquake or
thunder clap."
Ramsay was suspended for six
months when he crash landed
a Trans-Canada Airiines Super
Coasteliatioir' n'eTr " Brampton,"
Ont.on Dec. 17,, 1954. A board
of inquiry charged him with
"lack of alertness," although the
Pilots' Association protested he
had suffered from fatigue. He
had been flying for MCA since
late 1955 after resigning from
TCA. ...
J. P. Fournier, district super
visor of air regulations for the
Department of Transport, ar
rived at the scene late Sunday
night. He said it was "too soon
to ascertain definitely" the cause
of the crash, but "it appeared
that it exploded on impact."
Probers Continue Work
Fournier was accompanied by
another .DOT official. They were
returning to the crash scene this
morning to conduct an investi
gation. ,
The area was roped off and
six Royal Canadian Mounted Po
lice constables in scarlet tunics
stood guard. Fragments of twist
ed metal and a water filled cra
ter were all that remained of
the red, white and silver plane.
None of the pieces were more
than two feet long. Rescuers
waded through mud up to their
knees to recover baggage from
the marsh, which is surrounded
on all sides by dense woodland.
Medford Couple Fined
In Municipal Court
George William Smith, 67, and
his wife, Elsie M. Smith, 56,
were fined $50 each in municipal
court today on charges involv
ing sale of alcoholic beverages.
Mrs. Smith was fined on
charges of furnishing beer to
three minors and her husband
was fined for permitting minors
to loiter on the premises of
Smitty's tavern, 3522 North Pa
cific highway.
The rcouple was arrested by
Medford police July 19 and re
leased on $300 bail each.
Lloyd Murphy, 15, Grants
Pass, was killed late Saturday
when struck by a car while he
was crossing Highway 99 in
Grants Pass.
Willard C. Wallen, 20, Swiss
home, was killed early Saturday
in a one-car accident 25 miles
east of Newport on the Alsea
river road when a pickup truck
failed to negotiate a curve.
Morris E. Hulsey, 14v Waldport,
and Thomas A. Cotter, 14,
Swisshome, were injured.
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