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e Skeleton Found On Wyoming Range Clears Up Myslery Rawlins, Wyo. 1P A sheep herder found the skeleton Tues day of a man from California who disappeared during a bliz zard more than six years ago. A wristwatch and billfold near the skeleton revealed the man's identify as Fred J. Bechel, 35, Fresno, Calif. George Cabralas, a sheepherd er, found the remains on broad range country on the Gene Mc Carthy ranch about 25 miles south of Rawlins. The man had died only a quarter of a mile from the McCarthy house. 0 Sheriff John Terrill of Car bon county said the discovery closed out the missing persons file in his office. Treated at Hospital The sheriff said his wife re vealed that Bechel had been treated at a -Rawlins hospital, where he was taken after falling ill on a passenger train. He wis released from the hospital on March 25, 1951, but never board ed another train; nor did he claim his baggage. He was last seen south of Rawlins by sheepherders who said he hitched a ride in their car. A six-day search on foot ani horseback and by airplanes failed to locate Bechel. The search was conducted under bliz bard conditions, for the meet part. Sheriff Terrill said Bechel had a sister, Mrs. Dennis Poore of Fresno. She last contacted the sheriff's office in November, 1952. Showers Continue Over Atlantic Coast Showers continued over the r a i n-drenched south Atlantic coast today, but most of the rest of the nation enjoyed relatively fair skies. The only other area of precipi tation Tuesday night and early today occurred in the Northwest where scattered showers fell in the northern and central Rock, ies and Washington and Oregon. Overnight lows ranged from the 40s in the Great Lakes and New England to the 80s in th desert Southwest. ' Forecasters said generally fair and mild weather will continue today over most of the nation with the exception of th south Atlantic coast and the Northwest. RAIL OFFICIAL DIES Washington 'W Frank J. McCarthy, 52, a vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died Monday. -i in u ij .i i . i .i jiii u ipjj m ji n vmi m.im n i iimi l , i . i ii uj,ji i NKV MODEL OUT The 1958 model Volkswagen arrived last wek in Newark aboard a Swedish ship. The new Volkswagen includes technical and mechanical improvements and refine ments rather than radical changes in body styling, officials noted. Principal improvement in the new model is increased visibility. Volkswagen dealer in Medford is Morse Motors, 1201 Ncrtk Xiverside ave., Medford, which plans to move to a new location at the corner of Sixth and Ivy sts. in the near future. CM War Due in San Marino Sam Marino T) Commun ist ani anti-Communist rivals in this frckl-sized republic 4rv fetttlo lines today for a iiiatur civil war. A &rouji ci Ckristiaa Demo crats who proclaimed a new anti - Communist government holed up im an unfinished iron foundry just !9 yards from the Italian border. They had 200 mn who slept on straw on the floor during the night, their rifles of 1891 vintage at their sides. The Communists, with 250 volunteers, were entrenched in the government palace, six miles away. I the middle was Police Chief Jttore Sozzi and his force of 0 men armed with World War I carbines. Sozzi apparently was struggling to remain neutral. The entire population 14, 000 persons of this ancient, Il-suare mile republic was on sdge. The opening shot was fired Tuesday night after four Christ ian Democratic leaders an nounced in a proclamation writ ten fn longhand they were now the legal government of San Marino. A 'bullet allegedly fired by a member of the Communists' peoples militia plunked into a piece of wood just above the head of metal worker Giulio Massima as he was entering the Christian Democratic compound. It prompted a Christian Demo- crttic council of war that did not end until after midnight. Dead Line on Classified Adi: 5:30 p.m. for following day. except 10 a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon Saturday. Motive Sought In Disappearance Joliet, 111. (IP) Police today planned to take formal state ments from a number of persons in an effort to find a motive for the apparent abduction of Am elia (Molly) Zelko, manager of a crusading weekly newspaper here. At the same time it was re vealed that the FBI had entered the puzzling case. Charlotte French, 27, an employee of the newspaper, "The Spectator, said she was questioned by fed eral agents last Saturday. Police Chief Joseph Trizna said he wanted to get written statements from associates and relatives of Miss Zelko and from William R. McCabe, publisher of the paper, and members of his family. Two daughters of the pub lisher, Mrs. Jean Oliveer, 44, and Mrs. Mary Lou Lowry, both of Lockport, 111., said they will take over publications of the paper this week. Their father, a former county prosecutor, has been confined to his home by illness for several months. The daughters said their first step would be to have the news paper's book audited. Miss Zelko disappeared last Wednesday night. Neighbors said they heard screams from the vicinity of her apartment AMERICANS TOUR RUSSIA Moscow (in An 11-man del egation of American metallurgi cal specialists today began a 20 day inspection tour of Soviet iron and steel mills and research institutes. MBIEIE MIDDIES And See the Monkeys Sh ow Starts At . . . 3 P.M. Wednesday, 12 Noon Thursday, 12 Noon Friday, and 10 A.M. Saturday and Runs Till Store Closing Time 8 P.M. The Monkeys will be there ALL FOUR DAYS to entertain you also: SATURDAY All Day is PRIZE DAY on the Merry-Go-Round. A Prize Every Time The' Ride Stops. TICKETS FREE TO CHILDREN ACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS MAEMET BASKET 842 Siskiyou Boulevard Ashland, Oregon Ashland's Low Cost Super Market Where Savings & Service Are Super-eme! Californian Doubts Mrs. FDR's Report Arcadia, Calif. OP) Rep. Pat rick Hillings (R-Calif.) charged Tuesday night 'he didn't believe the report of Mrs. Eleanor Roose velt that the Russian press was accurately depicting the integra tion issue at Little Rock, Ark. Hillings said he had sent a message to President Eisenhow er urging him to send Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon "behind the Iron Curtain" to explain the American position on civil rights and school integration. "Vice President Nixon has proved to be the most effective ambassador of goodwill our country has sent abroad," said Hillings, who succeeded Nixon as congressman from Califor nia's 25th District. "He can best explain the responsible Ameri van viewpoint on the subject of civil rights and discrimination. "Mrs. Roosevelt said this week upon her return from Moscow that the Russian press has accu rately portrayed the Little Rock situation. I do not believe this is true." Jerusalem, Israel (IPI The Israeli film censorship board said today it has banned the 20th Century Fox production "Gates of China" on grounds it indulges in excessive cruelty. The board also said the film depicts Russian and Chinese soldiers as "mon sters" while implying they are representative leaders of their respective countries. f IN THE BALANCE The government of French Pre mier M a u r ic e Bourges Maunoury (above) is in the balance of a vote of confi dence debate on Algeria following disclosure it has asked the United States and Italy not to ship arms to Tunisia without French consent. PROFESSOR DIES Philadelphia (IP) Dr. Arthur C. Bining, 63, writer and associ ate professor of American his tory at the University of Penn sylvania, died Monday. Wednesday, October 2, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Boy Wins $8,000 On TV Quiz Show New York (IP) Michael Smela, an 11-year-old Czech ref ugee, hoped today to use one of three prizes he won on a tele vision quiz show, a ticket to the opening game of the World Series. The young baseball expert won the ticket, plus a first base man's mitt and $8,000 Tuesday night on the CBS quiz show "The $64,000 Question" by answering questions on baseball. Young Smela,. who now lives in New York, was given an added thrill when .Milwaukee Braves first baseman Joe Ad cock presented him . with the glove. ' The youngster won the $8,000 by correctly identifying the four infielders and two outfielders besides Babe Ruth who played for the Yankees in all four games of the 1927 World Series. They were: Outfielders Combs and Meusel, and infielders Geh rig, Lazzeri, Koenig and Dugan. The boy will appear on the program again next week to say whether he will try for $16,000. Damage Suit Filed Against Truck Firm San Francisco (IP) Damage suits totaling $400,000 were on file today against a Salt Lake City trucking line as a result of an accident between an auto and a truck near Truckee, Calif., Sept. 18. Walter Wilhelm, 50, Pitts burg, Calif., was killed in the ac cident. The suits were filed Tuesday by Mrs. Hazel Wilhelm, widow of the victim; and Patricia Lake,. 40, Pittsburg, and Bruce Powell, 54, Bethel Island, Calif., both of whom were injured. Named as defendants were Inter-State Motor Lines of Salt Lake City and the driver, Ray mond N. Riddle, West, Jordan. Utah. They were accused of "carelessness and negligence." CRIPPLED CRAFT SAFE Bristol, Tenn. (IP) A crippled Capital Airlines C46 loaded with freight made a safe emergency landing at the Tri-Cities Airport Tuesday. Pilot N. M. Chapman radioed that one of the engines bust into flames over Paynes ville, Va., on a flight from Do ver, Del., to Nashville. 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