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Hero of 54 Days in Sierras Files Suit Friday, December 27. 1937 . MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN o Against Magazine Trumbull, Conn. 0? Lt. Da vid A. Steeves, who came out of the rugged wilderness of Cali fornia's High Sierra as a hero and then became a controversial figure, said today his lawyers are filing a law suit against the Saturday Evening Post. Steeves, 23, a former jet pilot on inactive duty since Nov. 30 at his own request, said the breach of contract action is being filed against the magazine in Los Angeles. Te magazine allegedly can celled its story contract with Steeves because of "a number of discrepancies" in the story of how he survived 54 days in the O mountains after his jet trainer crashed. Steeves said he was offered $10,000 for the magazine article. When the article was cancelled, he said, a planned book also was called off. Wan Francisco Affair Ha also said there was a possi bility of a movie offer about his Experience before the magazine jid there were "discrepancies." Steeves, meanwhile, com mented on a Redbook magazine 'Article saying that he and his jretty wife, Rita, 21, were "de G itrmined to start fresh, to put their marraige on a firmer ba- This was believed the rea son for his request to be put on inactive status. The Redbook article said Steeves had a serious relation ship with a San Francisco wom an for lmost a year before his disappearance and had broken promises to his wife to end the affair. Steeves' wife filed for di vorce but they were later re united. The couple have a daugh ter, Leisa, 2. Today he said his relationship with the woman on the West Coast "was all in the past." Plane Never Found Steeves disappeared May 9 and the Air Force subsequently listed him as dead. His plane was never recovered. On July 1 the bearded pilot crawled into headquarters of Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park near Fresno. He told a story of stumbling through icy wilderness living on fish, reptiles and deer. He was acclaimed a hero and the Post planned to publish his story. The Air Force said it conduct ed a routine investigation to find the plane and said Steeves had given valuable information on survival techniques. He reported he has had no job offers since his release from active duty. ' "V ACCIDENT VICTIMS CONSOLED Rev. Father L. Stype omforts Mrs. Augustine Papillion, 40, trapped in wreck age of pickup truck where three of her children lie crushed to death by a semi-truck trailer which rolled over on the smaller vehicle near Opelousas, La. Behind Mrs. Papillion is her son, Linus, 16, who suffered multiple lacerations. STILL FIGHTING after trying to lead four other prisoners to freedom in jailbreak at Oklahoma City, George Jernigan, 28, convicted bank robber, is being subdued by Charley Hollis, seriously beaten jailer. (International Soundphoto) Navy Seeks $3,777 Paid by Mistake Washington (IP) The Navy said today it is trying to get back $3,777 in retirement benefits paid to an ex-officer convicted of manslaughter. President Eisenhower last March ordered the name of Cmdr. Robert B. Rueger stricken from the Navy retired rolls be cause he was convicted of killing a man after his retirement. But someone made a book keeping error arid Rueger con tinued to receive monthly re tirement checks delivered to his Richmond, Va., jail cell. He en dorsed them and turned them over to his wife to pay family bills. The Navy discovered its error last month. When Rueger left jail on parole Dec. 19, he was handed a copy of a letter saying he owed the government $3,777. The letter said the Navy Fin nance Center at Cleveland would try to collect the money from Rueger "as soon as pos sible." A Navy spokesman said that if the finance center was unable to collect its money, the normal procedure would be to turn over the case to the General Ac counting Office. The GAO could file suit against the former com mander, i Leukemia Claims Little Idaho Girl Spokane (IP) An eight-year-old girl who celebrated two Christmases within a month be cause she was stricken by leu kemia died at a hospital today. Diane Kay Siler, Lewiston, Idaho, had opened her presents at an early Christmas party Dec. 10 because doctors feared she might not live until Christmas day. But on Christmas her doctors said she was "doing as well as can be expected." Her family and friends gathered at her bed side to wish her a merry Christ mas and present more gifts. Her condition worsened, how ever, and her parents remained at her bedside until she died this morning. 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