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Pilot's Troubles Accumulate,
Air Force Investigates Story
"ni oY WIS0N SHAHPE ; to draw attention to his plight. , ly a man was injured. The Lie
uniiea Correspondent Find Snare , tenant said he took about two
Washington npi a may be a ! District ranger William J. ! weeks to make it. . .He said he
wng time bemore Lt. David A. ; Briggle said in further substan- kept his head."
Steeves, 23-year-old jet trainer tiation of Steeves' claims that ( "And we found deer bones
Pilot, knows whether the air j remains of a snare rigged up j there," Allen continued. 'We al
lorce will back up his story that ; witn a revolver to shoot a deer j found the share he said he
ne survivea 54 days in snow-i were tund along with a pile
covered California m o u ntains : f deer bones near a shed Ste
after his plane exploded last I eves said he used as a shelter.
May 9. j Briggle's report also indicated
Air Force investigators are ' Steeves' clothing was badly soil
digging deeply into all the cir-1 cd when he showed up at cedar
cumstances and are searching for j Grove, park headquarters, July
me plane, steeves, now under l- inis waS contrary to some re-
mterrogation at Boiling Air
Force base here. Said: "I told
the story as it happened: peo
ple can believe it or disbelieve
it as they choose." 0
Among those choosing not to
believe'it are Steeves' wife, Rita,
of Fairfield, Conn.,who is start
ing divorce pro ceedings, and
Clay Blair, Jr., associate editor
of the Saturday evening Post
who cancelled purchase of Ste
eves "True Life adventure"
because of alleged discrepancies
in it. i
Siding with Steeves on the !
Sequoia-Kings Canyon National
park, near Fresno, Calif., who
said they found Steeves' par
achute, a monogrammed hand
kerchief and other evidence in
the high-altitude wilder ness
where Steeves claims he chuted
down. The plane was not dis
covered, but they said any num
ber could crash in the rugged
area and never be found.
Air Force Disagrees
The Air Force doesn't agree
with this. But it is not yet talk
ing for publication except to
admit the inquiry is under
way, that it will take a long
time, and that Steeves is being
examined by doctors and flight
safety experts.
Steeves himself seems unper
turbed. He stands firmly on his
story and even retraced with
guides the route he says he fol
lowed from the crash scene to
a ranger cabin in Simpson
meadow where he says he sur
vived on wild game until he
could make his way to safety.
To his wife's divorce proceed
ings in the wake of rosy plans
for a second honeymoon after
his return to civilization he
said: "Its definitely not my deci
sion "it's hers."
Steeves said he parachuted
into a snow-swept area 12,500
feet above sea level. He said
heurt both ankles and waited
two days before starting to walk
to the outside world.
He said he walked more than
15miles until he came to 'the
ranger cabin perched in a 7000
fooi high valley. Park superin
tendent Thomas J. Allen said
park rangers found the parachute
and the handkerchief near a
burned over area where Steeves
is reported to have started a fire
ports his clothing showed no
evidence of his ordeal.
Allen conceded in an inter
view with the scripps-Howard
newspapers that bteeves sur
vival was an herculean achieve
ment. Asked whether a man with
injured ankles could traverse
the Rocky Terrain, he said:
"well, that depends on how bad-
Umatilla Indians'
Money Approved
Pendleton HP! The con
federated Umatilla Indian tribes
announced Monday their Celilo
falls settlement money has been
approved in a program offered
to the federal Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
Board of trustees chairman
Elias Quaempts said area direc
tor Don Foster met with the
board and Indian agency of
ficials here to outline the Uma
tilla program for per capita
payments and distribution of the
Quaempts said Monday night
more than four million dollars
in funds.
some major changes were made
at the meeting but essentially
the program approved in August
by the Umatilla confederation
vould be acted on. He said he
had no idea how soon the per
capita payments would be dis
tributed. The settlement fund outlines
an immediate payment of $3,000
to each enrolled member of the
tribe, and a similar amount to
each enrolled minor. The funds
for minors would be kept in
private trust funds until they
marry, or come of age.
Quaempts said the money
would not be given out in
"hand-over-hand" payments, but
that the recipients will have to
submit statements referring to
what they plan to use the mon
ty for. The funds are to be put
to use for "self betterment for
family progress, and not for
free spending," he said.
Artist Rockwell Kent and
stage designer Jo Mielzmer
teamed up to paint the mural
on the ceiling of the Cape Cin
ema at Dennis, Mass.
used to catch the deer."
In a separate telephone in
terview with the New York
World-Telegram and the Sun,
Albert Ade, a professional guide
at Sequoia-Kjngs canyon, gave
unqualified backing to Steeves'
story. He said "Everything Lt.
Steeves said checked perfectly.
Ade said he accompanied Ste
eves and his wife and the Satur
day evening Post's Blair as they
retraced the territory. He said
he followed Steeves' tracks "all
the way back to the cabin."
One Discrepancy
Blair has ussued a statement
in Washington saying that one
discrepancy in Steeves' account
can easly be checked by
rangers."
"A day or so after Steeves
came out of the mountains,"
Blair said, "a ranger went to the
cabin at Simpson meadow (hear
Dusy lake). He was surprised to
find a forest fire burning. Ste
eves had not mentioned the fire.
Examination of the roots, the
ranger said, showed it had been
burning for at least five days,
or prior to the time Steeves
came out of .the mountains.
'When we returned to cedar
grove with Lt. Steeves, the rang
ers asked Eteeves about the for
est fire. He denied all knowledge
of it. This puzzled the rangers
because it seemed inconceivable
that the fire had been blazing
so close to the cabin without
Steeves being aware of it. I
questioned Steeves rep eatedly
about the fire while we were in
Simpson meadow, and he con
tinued to deny all knowledge of
it." Blair said.
"Later I suggested to Steeves
that it might have been a good
idea to start a fire as a signal
to the outside world. He said he
had considered starting a fire,
but rejected the idea for four
reasons:
" he could not be sure it
would be seen; 2 it might en
danger the lives of parachuting
fire fighters if it was seen; 3
There was danger the fire might
burn down his own cabin; and
4 It almost c e r tainly would
scare away the game in the area.
"Later Steeves admitted to me
that he had started the fire and
that it had 'burned five days and
nights before he left the cabin
and that 'at night it lit up the
whole valley in a spectacular
way." Blair said.
"The question in my mind con
cerning this situation is this:
Why did Lt. Steeves deliberately
make these false and mislead
ing statements concerning this
fire?"
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and 10 witnesses to prove she was in Spain at the time
the magazine claimed the incident took place.
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Tuesday, August 20, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Presidents Have Called Congress
Into Special Sessions 27 Times
By NEIL MacNEIL
United Press Correspondent
Washington iTP Presidents
have called Congress into spe
cial session on 27 "extraordi
nary occasions" in the nation's
history. President Eisenhower
is threatening to make it 28.
Eisenhower says he will call
Congress back to Washington
this fall if it adjourns its pres
ent session without voting what
he considers a adequate amount
of money to run the foreign aid
program. The House ignored
the threat and cut the program
another 800 million dollars.
The Senate was expected to re
store only a small part of the
cut.
Article II, Section 3 of the
Constitution provides that the
President "may, on extraordi
nary occasions, convene both
houses of Congress or either of
them", in special session.
Foreign Aid Crisis
Eisenhower apparently feels
that failure to get what he
wants on foreign aid would
give rise to an "extraordinary
occasion."
In the past, presidents have
announced their intentions . to
call a special session under
varying and dramatic condi
tions. Woodrow Wilson did so
in 1919 with a cable from the
Paris Peace Coference, summon
ing Congress to legislate against
the high cost of living.
Harry S. Truman, in accept
ing the nomination for presi
dent at the 1948 Democratic na
tional convention, announced
he would call Congress back to
check inflation and meet the
housing shortage.
John Adams was the first
president to use his special ses
sion power. On May 15, 1797, travel allowances to the law-
he called Congress to suspend
diplomatic relations with France
at a time the United States was
near open war w:ith that
country.
Wilson and Franklin D.
Roosevelt hold the title for the
most special sessions called
three each.
In addition to the 1919 sum
mons, Wilson called Congress
into session in 1913 to set up
the Federal Reserve System and
in 1917 to 'declare war against
Germany. Roosevelt called a
special session in 1933 to fight
the depression, in 1937 to enact
social reform, wages and. hours
and crop control laws, and in
1939 to repeal the arms em
bargo. The cost to today's taxpayers
for a special session would run
about $500,000.
The main costs would be the
Asiatic Flu Fails
To Hit This Area
No cases of Asiatic flu have
been reported in Jackson county,
according to Dr. A. E. Merkel,
health officer.
Three cases of the fiu have
been reported in the state which
have been confirmed by blood
tests, he added. Several cases
of other varieties of flu have
been reported here.
Dr. Merkel said that the Asi
atic type flu does not differ
from other types as to treatment.
The health officer said no
plans had been made in the
county in case of an epidemic.
makers 20 cents a mile for a
roundtrip ticket to and from
their homes afld the cost of
printing the Congressional Rec
ord at $77 a page.
The travel cost would amount
to between $40,000 and $45,000
for the 96 senators and about
$180,000 for the 435 represen
tatives. No Salary Increase
The senators and congress
men are paid their salaries on a
yearly basis and would receive
no additional compensation for
an extra session. Their staff
aides and the committee staffs
also receive no extra compensa
tion. But the Senate and House
pages would be recalled and
their salaries would be an
added cost. So would be the sal
aries of a few Senate and
House doorkeepers who are let
off at the end of each session.
Upkeep on the House and
Senate heating, electricity, po
lice, and so on costs the same
whether Congress is in session
or not.
Special sessions last as long
as it' takes Congress to dispose
of the matter the President puts
before it. The longset on record
is one called by William Henry
Harrison to repair the nation s
finances and revenue.
It began May 31, 1841, and
ran for 269 days. Before the
session egi, Harrison died
and John Tyler became presi
dent. The shortest extra session
was one called by Franklin
Pierce in 1856 to make ade
quate appropriations tdf the
Army to fight Indian tribes in
the West. It lasted for 10 days.
Mrs. J. B. Cythia is too shy.
m
Cynthia A. It's not right for
a girl to make the advances.
Mrs, J. B. I would like to
help my 26-year-old daughter,
who is having a hard time find
ing the right man. Cynthia is a
pretty girl, but doesn't have
many dates because she says
she'd rather not go out at all
than go out with someone she
doesn't like.
For the past two years she
has been interested in a man she
sees on the bus going to work
every day. She says he seems to
be interested in her, too, but
they have never spoken. I tell
her she should just sit down
next to him and strike up a con
versation, but she says he should
do it first.
Cynthia is very unlucky with
men. She was in love with one
of the executives in her office
for a hole year, but he
wouldn't give her a tumble. I
tell her she is just too shy. She
must be more forward with men.
Cynthia Maybe it's true I'm
just not aggressive enough, but
I can't think it's right for a girl
to make all the advances'
especially when it's really a
pickup in a public place. I know
lots of girls do things like that,
but I would be so embarrassed
I would hardly 'know what to
say.
My mother is constantly push
ing me to talk to different young
men in our apartment building,
but again, I think it's the man's
place to start the ball rolling.
I'm just old-fashioned that way,
I guess.
My married sister has intro
duced me to a few men, but
they rarely call again. I guess
my trouble is shyness. I realize
I'm not a very lively date, but
I can't help it. I freeze up when
I think the man isn't especially
interested in me.
The Council: Shvness and lack
of aggressiveness are the least
of Cynthia's problems. Her main
problem appears to be a lack
of interest in life, an unwilling
ness to do anything but await
the appearance of some dream
man.
Only a girl leading a very
empty life could fix her interest
for two whole years on a strang
er in a bus. Only a girl who pre
fers a dream life to reality could
"fall in love" with a man who
pays no attention at all to her.
Only a girl who is deeply en
grossed in herself would "freeze
up" when she thinks the man
"isn't especially interested."
Mrs. J. B. and Cynthia say
nothing about the girl's activ
ities other than going to work.
They say nothing about her girl
friends, clubs, church work,
community services, courses,
hobbies. All these things are ac
tivities which draw people to
gether and give the individual a
chance to live and expand.
If Cynthia took an active in
terest in many things, she would
not have to think about the prob
lem of her shyness and lack of
aggressiveness. She would feel
more alive and would want to
share her interest and excite
ment about life with others.
If she met men through her
activities, Cynthia would not
have to face the problem of
whether or not to talk first. Cer
tainly, picking up strangers is
not the best way for a girl to
meet a man, yet romances and
friendships have been started
that way.
Such relationships, however,
can flower successfully only if
both individuals have vital in
terests other than looking for a
pickup or dreaming about some
one they have never spoken to.
(Copyright 1957,
General Features Corp.) .
Nevada Atomic Test
Postponed Second Time
Las Vegas, Nev. (W The
Atomic Energy -commission Mon
day night announced the second
straight 24-hour postponement
of its "Doppler" shot, the 13th
in the summer test series, be
cause of rain and strong winds.
The test was rescheduled for
5:30 a.m. Wednesdays "Doppler,"
a small-sized nuclear device,
will be fired from a balloon,
1,500 feet above the Nevada
Proving Grounds.
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