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Wife Will Divorce Flier Who Survived 54 Days in Sierras BridzeDort. Conn. m When Air Force Lt. David A. Steeves returned from the dead after 54 days ale in the High Sierra, he said thoughts of his wife and chili helped carry him through the Crdeal. That was five weeks ago. To day, the pretty, blonde wife who embraced Steeves on his return was planning a divorce. The 23-year-old flyer from Trumbull. Conn., disanneared early last May after his jet crasnea in the California moun tains. Important Factor Steeves, who parachuted to safety, was forced to crawl In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Mrs. Maxwell Gluck wife of the newly appointed ambassa dor to Ceylon tells reporters in Washington that she agrees with Mg. Eisenhower that her hus band WILL BECOME an expert on Ceylon even if he isn't one NOW. She says a lot of the criticism of him came from "away off in left field" and adds that in her opinion he is a good citizen who wrfnts to serve his country and has the ability to do so. T ET'S take a sharp look at this - man Gluck. What's wrong with him? YlfELL, for one thing, he has " some money. He contribut ed $36,000 to two Eisenhower ca npaigns 18,000 in 1952 and arfothr $18,000 in 1956. He'was appointed ambassador to Ceylon a few weeks back, and when his appointment came up for confirmation in the sen ate he was fried out in the pan. In the course of the frying he was forced to admit that he didn't know the name of the Ceylonese prime minister. That did it. He got the horse laugh from all the professionals. ' WATT a minute. Do you know the name of the prime minister of Ceylon? I don't either. But I don't think that disqualifies me for service to my country. I could look it tip pretty quickly. He was asked if he had no ticed the recent report of the committee sent by United Na tions to study Hungary. Did you notice It? Neither did I. But again I don't think that would disqualify me for public service. I could soon find it and read it. H1 fE WAS then asked: "What are the problems in Ceylon you think you can deal with?" According to the official tran script, this was his reply: "One of the problems are THE t'i PEOPLE there. I believe I can fX least I think I can establish Vi good relationship and a good f feeling among the PEOPLE there toward the United States." A FEW weeks ago in San Fran- Cisco Virgil Pinckley, the distinguished editor and publish er of the Los Angeles Mirror, who has been for a couple of decades a world traveler and an able commentator on world af fairs, told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that the principal defect of our foreign service in Southeast Asia (Cey lon is in Southeast Asia) is that the professional striped - pants diplomts we send there become so involved in the social proto col of the capitals -to which they are assigned that they fail utter ly to get over to the PEOPLE the real warmth and friendliness of the people of the United States and their desire to be helpful to peoples all over the world. He added that if our diplo matic representatives are to be genuinely useful they must get away from $e upper social crust in the countries to which they are sent and GET DOWN AMONG THE PEOPLE. T ET'S not sell this man Gluck short at least yet. Maybe he has something. At any rate, his wife, who knows through the wilderness because of an injured leg. He lived on fish, reptiles and deer. An important factor in his survival, he said, was the thought of "God, my wife and my baby daughter." On his return, the couple said they planned a second honey moon in Florida. But it never came off. A short while later, Mrs. Steeves and the baby moved in with her mother in Fairfield, outside Bridgeport. Steevtjf took up residence in Boiling Air Force Base in Wash ington where is awaiting new orders. , In Discussion Stage Mrs. Steeves' lawyer, Paul Cullinan, admitted Sunday that a divorce was "in the discussion stage." He would not elaborate. .But Mrs. Steeves said the rift dated from before the accident. The couple has been married for two years. Steeves said in Washington that his wife told him a week ago that her mind was made up on the divorce question. "It's definitely not my deci sion," he said. "It's hers." Federal Employees Receive Awards Service emblems were pres ented to U.S. bureau of Reclama tion employees with 10, 20 and 30 years government service to day throughout the nation. The program,, sponsored by the de partment of the interior, in cluded 37 local personnel. i James A. Callan and Walter Winner with 30 years service re ceived emblems for the longest period of govenrment service, The award ceremonies for employees of the bureau of reclamation, Camp White, was held today with James A. Cal lan, construction engineer, and John L. Hatch, assistant con struction engineer, making the presentations. Employees receiving 20-year emblems included James Gra ham, Frank Ross, Lloyd Kelley, Wayne Johnson, Earl Wick, Al fred Moore, Jack Nichols, Les lie Booth, Francis O Connor, Tedford Sather, John Hatch and Melvin Murray. T e n-year service emblems were awarded Frank Thompson, George Clark, Ralph Ellis, Louis Enterkine, David Stearns, Wilbert Olson, Orando Hopkins, Charles Stoddard, Oscar Gru- ber, Leslie Estle, Iver Iverson, Palmer Hanson, Sidney Olson, Albin Phillips, Alfred Jordan, Walter Jensen, Dale Kingbury, George Hagan, Derrill Stem, Rose Sims, Richard Wright, Lee Cole and Theodore Feil. LOW DOWN TRICK Milwaukee OPI A store detective testifield that the Boston Store's shoe department manager, Leonard Lauwasser, 27. was no shoo-in for store honors. The detective said Lau wasser walked off with 13 pairs of shoes and sold others below cost to his friends. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington Sen. Hubert H. Humhprey (D.-Minn.) on the deci sion of 47 young Americans attending the Moscow Youth Festival to visit Red China: "They do have an obligation to their country. They know their trip is a violation of the law." New York David Dubinsky. president of the International Ladies Garment Workers union, on testimony before the Senate Rackets committee, that he knew labor racketeer Johnny Dio: "I do not know Dio. I hare never met him. I have never talked with him. I have never dealt with him. So far as I know, I have never laid eyes on him." Muscat, Oman The Sultan of Muscat and Oman, on the bitter resistance of the rebels sworn to overthrow him: "They know that if they are captured it will be their end." Chicago Angelo Inciso. head of the United Industrial Workers of America, accused of taking $300,000 from the union treasury, on his impending testimony before the Senate Rackets committee: "I'm going to talk and talk loud. I've got a lot to say and it should be very interesting.'' Washington Italian movie actress Sophia Loren, at the start of a Washington news conference: "Let's not talk about sex." Mothers Working Part Time Rapped Cambridge, Mass. IOT Two Harvard criminologists re port that mothers who work oc casionally outside the home raise more delinquent sons than the mothers who work steadily. Dr. Sheldon Glueck and his wife, Dr.Eleanor Touroff Glu eck, both of Harvard Law School, studied 1,000. boys from low income families. The' results are published in the current issue of f'Mental Hyiene." The Gluecks reported "a guarded conclusion that the vil lainess among working mothers is the one who seems to have some inner need to flit erratical ly from job to job probably because she finds relief thereby from the burden of homemak ing and the rearing of children." The article said such women take jobs not for economical survival, but for "temperament al reasons" and to buy gadgets. Guam To Morocco Flight Completed Orlando, Fla. (IB A Stra tegic Air Command B47 Strato jet bomber early today complet ed an 11,450-mile non-stop flight from Guam to Morocco in 22 hours and 50 minutes, Pine castle Air Force Base announc ed. Capt. Albert J. McGill, base public information officer, said the Air Force did not immedi ately evaluate the leap halfway around the world but said of ficials hoped for a "Tecord" for a flight of this type. A recent record Stratojet hop around the world was complet ed in 45 hours and 19 minutes. FIRE HITS SHIP Yokohama, Japan (IB Fire destroyed! three staterooms on the American" President Lines President Cleveland early today shortly before the ship docked here. There were no casualties among the 515 passengers. Phoenix Man Released On Bail Saturday Roland Lawrence Renfro, 27, Phoenix, was released on $100 bail following his arrest Sat urday night by Medford Police Officer Donald Pursel on a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, according to police re ports. Renfro's arrest followed a col lision at Fifth and Bartlett sts. involving his car and one owned and operated by Officer Pursel, police said. The Jim Hill variety of mus tard plant veed produces nearly 500,000 seeds per single plant. New Zealand Prime Minister Quits Post Wellington, New Zealand IP Prime Minister Sidney G. Holland resigned today because of ill health. He will be suc ceeded by Keith J. Holyoako, deputy prime minister and min ister of agriculture. Holland, 64, made the an nouncement at the annual con ference of his Free Enterprise National Party, which has rul ed New Zealand since 1949. The party is preparing for a tough general election campaign with the Labor party. Holland said his retirement will take effect at the end cf the present campaign, probably in October. He said he will nom inate Holyoake. as head of the National party Tuesday at a special caucus oft he party's members of Parliament. Party sources said Holyoake would take over the prime min ister's duties Tuesday. Holland's retirement was forc ed by a recurring back ailment. PIGS IS PIGS Cedar Rapids, Iowa' Iff) Swine threatened to hog the show at the Iowa State Fair, which opened here Sunday. Of ficials said 400 more entries than last year brought the num ber of hefty contestants to near ly 3,000. PULITZER WINNER DIES South Natick, Mass. API Harold A. Littledale, 72, a form er assistant to the managing editor of the New York Times whose series of articles on con ditions in New Jersey prisons won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1918, died Sunday after a long illness. Monday, August 12. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TVTE Back Stairs: Flu Shots To Be Available By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press Writer Washington fffl Back stairs at the White House: The new vaccine to ward off the expected epidemic of Asiat ic flu will become available to the general public in small, then increasing amounts within a matter of days. It has been available, howev er, for some weeks to selected and key figures of the Eisenhow er administration. Vaccine shots' for Cabinet members were available .last week. New anti-epidemic medications usually are tried out first on federal personnel. In the case of the flu vaccine there is a definite reaction in some cases. The government's information on these reactions is not nearly as complete as some federal phys icians would like. If the President himself has received the vaccine it is cot known. At least one of his Cab inet members has turned it down because of an allergy record. This does not mean the vac cine should not be used by the public as soon as possible. When there is a reaction it isn't very serious; at least, according to present public records. could mean that he might get a protective shot before he leaves. Bob Hope comes to Washington this week for a show at the Car ter Barron Outdoor Theater in Rock Creek park. The chances are that while the . comedian is in the city he will play golf with the chief executhe. 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