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o 0 o B-25 Jet Bomber Crashes Following Abnormal Takeoff Spokane, Wash. TP An ab normal takeoff apparently caus ed by a power failure was blamed today for the crash of a B52 jet bomber in which eight of the nine men aboard were killed. The eight-jet bomber winged over, then crashed and exploded in a muddy, plowed wheat field two miles from takeoff at Fair child Air Force Base here Thurs day. "It was an abnormal takeoff," said Col. W. B. Atwell. base commender. "The plane climbed almost straight up, winged over and cartwheeled when it crashed." Seemed To Stand Still Sgt. Richard Stone who was with a drill squad on the base at the time and echoed Atwell's words. "The plane climbed almost straight up, seemed to stand still and then started slipping on its right wing," he said. "It leveled off and bellied in and exploded when it hit the ground." There were no explosives aboard although the B52's arc armed with nuclear weapons which would not explode in the event of a crash, Atwell said. The casualty list includes Col. Clarence A. Neely, 42, Sioux City, Iowa, a pilot. He flew the first B-52 into the base last April from the Boeing plant at Wichita. Other victims were: Captain Herbert H. Spiller, 32, Lowell, Ark.; Capt. Douglas F. Schwartz, 36, Minneapolis, Minn.; Capt. DouglasE. Gray, 33, Guthrie, Ky.; Lt. James DJ Mann, 34, Mountview, Calif.; Maj. Ralph R. Alworth, 38, Oilton, Okla.; Capt. Thomas N. Peebles, 34, Carson, Va., and Lt. Jack Oai nisi, 26, Oak, 111. The survivor was T-Sgt. Gene I. Graye, 25, Augusta, Kan. He was believed to have been in the tail section and was not seri ously hurt. Built by Boeing Airplane company at a cost of about $8 million each, the huge planes have a wingspan ot,185 feet and weigh more than 350,000 pounds. They are capable of near super sonic speeds. Beck Jury May Begin Deliberation o ; Seattle it?) A jury of seven men and five women was expect ed to begin deliberating the grand larceny trial of Teamster President Dave Beck today. The 63-year-old Teamtsers head, whose term in office has continued indefinitely because of legal challenges to the elec tion of James R. Hoffa, is ac cused of embezzling SI, 900 from the sale of a union-owned Cadillac. Judge George H. Revelle will instruct the jury. Then the state and defense each will be allowed iwoh ours for final arguments. All of Thursday's session was spent in Rgvelle's chambers. Neither the judge nor the attor neys would comment on the na ture of the session but it was be lieved to be over the question of instructions to be given to the jury. The car involved in the Beck case is one which belonged to the Western Conference of Teamsters and was sold Jan. 30, 1956 to Martin B. Duffy, a Seattle beer truck driver, for $1,900. Bk's son, Dave Beck Jr., was convicted on two counts of grand larceny last month in a case in volving the sale of two union owned Cadillacs. President or Indonesia Denies Being Ousted From Post in Coup Jakarta, Indonesia TP". Pres ident Sukarno of Indonesia to day met personally with foreign newsmen and denied rumors he had been ousted from power in a military-civilian coup. Sukarno met briefly with some 30 members of the foreign press to read a statement. "I am still here," the President noted. Sukarno made no reference to the announcement Thursday that he would leave Indonesia some time next month for rea sons of health. Assassination Attempt The Communist New China news agency today quoted an Indonesian newspaper as saying a new attempt was made on Wednesday to assassinate Su karno. The agency quoted the Indonesian Nationalist newspa per Suluh Indonesia as saying the attempt was planned when Sukarno attended a rally in Su rabaya but that "almost all the terrorists were arrested before they could put their plot into effect." There was no mention of the newspaper report in dispatches from Jakarta. Dutch Radio Report The press conference was called following a report broad cast by a Dutch radio that Su karno had been overthrown and replaced by a new government led by Premier Djunda, fprmer Vice President Mohammed Hat ta, and Gen. Abdul Haris Nasu tion, army chief of staff. The members of the National council surrounded Sukarno as he read the statement. YOUTH TO THE RESCUE Sweetwater, Tenn. (If) A bus load of school children got a chance to play firemen Thurs day. Bus driver Boney Lile or ganized the 23 students into a bucket brigade when he spotted a farmhouse on fire. The blaze had been put out by the students by the time firemen arrived. Happy Camp Places Wafer Pipe Order Yreka, Calif. An order for water pipe was placed with the American Steel company at a meeting of the water board of Happy Camp this week. The community is now using 3,500 feet of aluminum emer gency pipe borrowed from the Siskiyou county civil defense agency. A 30-day extension on use of the pipe was granted Happy Camp, according to Lynn Roberts, county coordinator. The pipeline was loaned to the community last spring following floods which washed the regular pipe away. The civil defense agency has granted several ex tensions on the use of the pipe. Friday, December 13, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) HAIL TlIBUfP-rft JEO Mayor May Enter N.Y. Strike Talks New York HP) Mayor Robert F. Wagner was to reply today to a request for face to face nego tiation to end the crippling five day strike of subway motormen. The meeting would be the first between any official and the Motormen's Benevolent Associa tion since the splinter union de fied an anti-strike law and a court injunction to walk out Monday, morning in protest against its domination by the huge Transport Workers Union. The city's Transit Authority, which has refused to recognize the small motormen's union or accept any mediation or negotia tion of the illegal strike, indicat ed the settlement terms proposed to the mayor would not be ac ceptable to it. Service on the five-million daily passenger underground lines was up to about 50 per cent of normal on the two hardest hit systems Thursday and near nor mal on the thiri city subway The Transit Authority re ported that 97 more motormen had reported for work between midnight and 6 a.m. than during the same period Thursday. SEVERSON'S Don't Forget Our GENEROUS DISCOUNT TO EVERYONE Purchasing 5 Boxes or More Candy! CANDY DON'T DELAY! Phone your orders . . . so we may have plenty of time to gift warp your boxes. TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 132 West Main 21 South Central Medford Man Files Damage Suit in Court Richard Phair, 424 Ardmore j ave., Medford, has filed a com plaint in circuit court asking $20,000 general damages and S2.305.50 special damages f rom j Warren Archie Carlson, Walla I Wgga, Wash.,' for injuries re ceived in an accident Dec. 11, 1955 in Eugene. According to the complaint the plaintiff suffered severe in juria and wil" be partially dis abled due to an automobile acci- i dent on Highway 99 in Eugene. The complaint states that the Phasr vehicle was stopped at a red light when struck by the ve hicle driven by the defendant. Phair is Represented by Paul W. Haviland, Medford attorney. GO 110DERU! o and MEET OUR MR. EDDY, q Creating the very Latest in Hair Style UODEBD BEAUTY 13? S. Central Ph. SP 3-5379 i 1 7 1 3. PROBABLY THE BEST-LIKED '"-V . 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