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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
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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.
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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.
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