Knowland Plans
To Offer Bill (or
Harbors, Rivers
Washington (IP) Senate
Republiacn leader William F.
Knowland said he plans to
introduce a new "clean"' riv
er and harbors authorization
bill today which "should be
acceptable to everyone."
On April 15 President Eis
enhower vetoed a bill au
thorizing $1,500,000,000 for
river, harbor, and flood con
trol projects.
To Exclude Projects
" The President said the bill
contained 28 projects costing
about $350 million which he
could not approve "without
destroying some of the most
important governmental poli
cies in the field of water re
sources development." The
new bill will not contain
those projects.
Knowland announced plans
to introduce the measure aft
er having breakfast with the
President at the White House.
He would not disclose wheth
er the President favors the
new bill but said "the matter
was discussed."
Kuchel Co-sponsor
Knowland said Sen. Thomas
H. Kuchel (R.-Calif.) is co
sponsoring the new measure.
Kuchel had said earlier he
was prepared to support any
efforts in Congress to over
ride the President's veto of
the original bill.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
SID SKOLSKY is puzzled by the gowns blonde movie stars
are flashing in Hollywood hot spots these night. He can't
seem to tell whether they're inside the gown trying to get out,
or outside trying to get in.
Bright lad with a fantas
tic IQ read in his history
tome that Abe Lincoln, in
his boyhood, walked twelve
miles just to get a new book ,
to read. "So how come," the
lad asked his mother, "they
close the libraries on Lin
coln's birthday?"
Resident manager of a
sedate Philadelphia hotel
was horrified to discover
that a suite had been given
for a long weekend to a couple who had registered as "W. E. R.
Notman and Wife. Norfrom, Conn."
Walter Dryer tells about an alumni club lush who asured its bar
tender, "This Scotch on the rocks is out of this world. My compli
ments to the iceman!"
1958, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. ,
nd Gusts Blamed for Deaths
ratroopers in Kentucky JumD
Residents Donaie $6,376 fo Heart
Portland Jackson county
contributed a total of $6,-
376.07 in the 1953 Heart Fund
campaign, according to the
Oregon Heart association.
The state total showed an
increase of about 25 per cent
over the 1957 total. The state
total in 1957 was S53.943.12
and in 1958 was $67,676.05.
John Adams, chairman of
the fund-raising project, said
about 30 per cent of each dol
lar will go to heart research
in Oregon and about 25 per
cent will go to national heart
research. The remainder of
the total will be divided be
tween professional and pub
lic education, community pro
grams, administration and
cardiac rehabilitation, he
added.
Ft. Campbell, Ky. OPI
Freak gusts of wind were
blamed today for the deaths
of five paratroopers, fatally
dragged by their billowing
parachutes in a mass jump of
1,300 men.
More than 100 others were
hospitalized after the jump
Wednesday. The injured and
dead all landed at the extreme
northern edge of the big drop
zone where gusts dragged
helpless paratroopers over
rocky terrain, dotted with
irees.
The accident happened dur
ing the 101st Airborne Divis
ion's war game exercise
"Eagle Wing." j
Some of the dragged para
troopers were traveling at
such speed that spectators
were unable to overtake their
chutes and cut them loose.
Maj. L. A. Breault, infor
mation officer for the division,
said five of the men were
dead on arrival at the base
hospital.
Victims Listed
The Defense Department at
Washington identified the vic
tims as Pfc. Michael E. Robles,
son of Michael Robles of New
York City; Pfc. Alfonso L.
Martinez, son of Mrs. Julia P.
Martinez of Santa Fe, N.M.;
Pvt. Elliott F. Morley, son of
Mrs. Olga Roberts Morley of
Miami, Fla.; S3c Carl G.
Payne, husband of Mrs. Phyl
lis Ann Payne of Clarksville,
Tenn.; and Pfc. Danny J. Ruf
fin, son of Danny J. Ruffin
Sr. of Hamilton, Ohio.
Breault said 137 men were
hospitalized but that none of
these appeared to be in criti
cal condition. "There were a
few broken bones," he said,
"but most of them just had
cuts and bruises and should
be released within a few
days."
Maj. Gen. W. C. Westmore
land, division commander,
made the jump with his men,
his 70th. And like them he
wrestled with a ballooning
parachute.
'Successful Jump' i
Before word of the accident
had reached headquarters, the
general reported a "very suc
cessful jump."
Westmoreland anno unced
that a full investigation would
be conducted. But . he said it
was apparent that the jump
safety officer, who gave the
paratroopers a go-ahead to
jump, could not be held re
sponsible for the accident.
Officers said another jump
scheduled here Saturday will
be carried out unless weather
conditions force a postpone
ment. Witnesses said the speed of
the wind on the ground was
recorded at about 12 miles an
hour during the jump, well
within the maximum safe
speed of 15 miles an hour
The much stronger gusts ap
parently built up in a single
section of the sprawling jump
area, which was without com
munications. "It was just one of those
quirks," one officer said. ,
Washington (IP) A mem
ber of the House Armed Serv
ices Committee said today the
committee should investigate
a Ft. Campbell, Ky., para
trooper tragedy which claim
ed five lives and injured 137
other jumpers.
Rep. Walter JNorblad (R
Ore.) said it should be deter
mined if "negligence" was in
volved in Wednesday's death
marked mass drop.
"I'm not trying to place
blame," Norblad told the Unit
ed Press, "but a tragedy of
this magnitude is worth check
ing into. There is an error of
some kind obviously in
volved." i
The congressman said he
thought an investigation might
be delayed by the current
hearings on Defense Depart
ment reorganization.
Banfield's Sister
Dies in Portland
Portland (IP) Funeral serv
ices will be held here Friday
for Alice M. Banfield, only
sister of the late T. H. Ban
field for whom the Banfield
Expressway was named. Miss
Banfield died at her home
here Monday.
MARCH WAS THE
BIGGEST SALES MONTH
IN Rambler HISTORY
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Oregon, Thursday, April 24, 1958 11
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Holmes Requests Umatilla Flood Aid .
The governor, acting on the
advice of Oregon State Civil
Defense Director Arthur M.
Sheets and requests of Uma
tilla county officials, sent the
request to Col. Myron E. Page,
District Engineer at Walla
Walla.
Salem OP) Gov. Robert D.
Holmes Wednesday night re
quested the Walla Walla dis
trict office of the U. S. Corps
of Engineers to assume prose
cution of the flood fight
against overflowing streams
of Umatilla county.
Although the level of flood
ed streams was falling, new
threat was posed in the form
of a heavy snowpack and high
water content in the Blue
Mountains. Observers said a
Chinook wind could melt the
snow rapidly and bring a new
flood threat.
HUNGRY GOAT
Wailesby, England API A
goat irrived here by- train to
day after a two-day delay or
casioned by its eating the des
tination tag hung around its
neck.
7 "Make mine
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