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MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Sunday, August 17, 19S8 : KLM Plane May Have Exploded Before Crashing Gadway, Ireland il'PP Evi- dence accumulating here yes , terday suggested that the Dutch airliner in which 99 persons died e-rly Thursday exploded and burned before - crashing into the sea. Dutch airline spokesmen dismissed the idea of sabotage as a cause of the crash, but aviation sources persisted in the theory that some sort of . explosion wrecked the big KLM Super-Constellation. They pointed out that the plane appeared to have dis integrated in midair an oc- : currence which is extremely unlikely in any ordinary sort of accident. The fact that none of the 37 bodies recovered from the sea wore a lifebelt, coupled with the fact that no report of trouble was received from any of the plane's four radios, was taken as a sign that what- 'i ever happened to the airliner was very sudden. Experts discounted engine trouble as a cause of the tragic crash because any two . of the plane's four engines could have kept it in the . air indefinitely certain.'y Jong enough to radio a report ; of trouble to its base. ; The search for bodies was called off Friday, after it be came apparent there were no J survivors. Medford Youth Finds Hiking In Middle East Countries Poor (Editor's note: The following is a letter from Jeff Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wil liams, Medford. Young Williams is on a hitch-hiking trip around the world. This is one of the let ters received by his parents who have forwarded it to the Mail Tribune upon request.) By JEFF WILLIAMS Turkey: Arrived here yes terday. Hitch-hiking in East ern Greece is very poor. There is just no traffic. After spending 12 hours to make 200 miles, I gave up and took ! for : Newest Atomic Sub : Launched by Navy ; Portsmouth, N. H. (UPD America's newest and best atomic submarine, the Sea Dragon, knifed down the ways yesterday at the naval shipyard here. The Sea Dragon, said to be - superior to the famed, polar , voyaging Nautilus, was the sixth atomic submarine to be launched by the Navy and was the fourth of the Skate class of undersea craft. The Skate duplicated the ' Nautilus' North Pole trip this . week. ' Powered by an atomic re J actor plant and having "mis . sile guidance capabilities," the 268-foot, twin-screw Sea Dragon is an attack subma ; rine. It is scheduled to join . the fleet during the winter of 1959 and will be commanded by Lt. Commander George P. : Steele, III. I Upswing in Lumber - Prices Continue i Portland The recent up ? swing in the lumber market continued during the past week, according to Crow's j. Lumber Market News Serv r ice. However, price advances 5 have been less extreme and i'more scattered than in prev- ious weeks. I Green and dry dimension J and boards of all species pro t duced-in the coastal Douglas i fir region, Western Pine re- gion, and in California have ; become scarce for prompt i shipment. Indications are that 1 market strength is based on . heavy demand rather than I lack of production, Crow's j said.- : Plank and timbers have not ! as yet increased in price as J have dimensions, reports in dicate, and Douglas fir ply- wood prices have held steady ; during the past week. Mt. Sinai Hospital Serves Gourmet Food Chicago (UPD Found: A hopsital that serves gourmet food and a variety of it, too. At Chicago's Mount Sinai hospital, a patient has the choice of 12 fruits and juices, seven entrees, rolls or muffins for breakfast. Lunch is even more of an epicure's delight with a selec tion of two soups, six entrees and 11 desserts plus any fruit in season. But dinner is a real gour met's delight with a choice of nine appetizers including a glass of sherry eight en- trees, nine desserts plus fruit in season and beverage. The idea started after a . long-term food study by Dr. Martin N. Kirshen, president of the hospital's medical staff, who said: "We hoped that if we teased our patients' palates with a large choice of foods, they '. would eat much better and speed up their recovery. It seems to be working out very rwell." the train Istanbul is a fascinating city. It is the largest in Tur key with over a million and a half population. I am stay ing m the old section with narrow dark streets, bazaars, and a Mosque on almost every corner. The other side of the city is newer, where the Europeans live but also much more expensive. I find it would be very easy to get a job here as an Eng lish teacher. Every English man or American I have talked to do this full or part time. They have small groups of students, and hold semi nars or just general conver sation. Tomorrow I plan to cross the Bosperus (not swimming) and then off for Ankara. Tur key is full of soldiers, just seem to be everywhere, and the air is tense. The only road from here to Iran is a gravel one that passes through a military zone, so I hope what ever ride 'I can get doesn't let me off there, as they tell me, if so, I will be arrested. Not Too Bad Tehran: The two days I travelled from Istanbul to Ankara and then to Kayseri were not too bad. I had sev eral rides, and each time I was a guest at meals, and the last chap even bought my ho tel room for me at Kayseri. The country is getting more and more remote as I progress eastward from Kay seri with no rides -in sight. I have walked most of the afternoon, and as night falls I am at the beginning of a small range of hilly moun tains. Very depressing, but I decide I might as well keep going. Just as it gets dark, I get a ride in the back of a jeep that lets me off in the middle of the hills. So I start out once more, thinking there is little chance for traffic now. Then an old bus comes along and gives me a lift. They really pack the people in these things sev en across and all the aisles full. The smell is unbeliev able. I sit on an old oil can between the last two seats. We bounce along for a few hours, and then they stop at some little town. End of the line. I start walking through the town, and again my Irish luck shows up. What do I see but a big black Mercedes Benz with a German license. I speak a few words to them in German and find they will take me to Tehran, Only one man is a German, the other three, Iranians. None of them speak more than a few words of English, and my German being very limited, and my Iranian, or Arabic none, there is little conversation. We drive hard all day and sleep in the car at night. Fixes Flat Tires After fixing two flat tires we arrive at the Iranian bor der at 9 a.m. It is blistering hot and it takes the Turks three hours to go through a simple customs routine. At noon we are allowed to cross the courtyard to the Persian side and find it is time for us to do but wait, and HE LOSES TWICE Pomona, Calif (UPD Attor ney Arlo Rickett argued with great eloquence Friday in de fending a client charged with driving through a red light. At the sentencing set for Mon day he will find out how mucR losing the case cost him the client was his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bates Rickett. no place but a few hard chairs or the dirty cement. Four hours later they get back, and it takes them another two hours, ending up with some man being put in their car and no room for me. Fortu nately at that point along comes a German alone in a Volkswagen and he takes me with him., Very interesting, well educated man, whom I find is the chaplain at the German Embassy. It takes us two long hot days, up to 18 hours driving, and three flats and I am really hot and dry. But when we arrive, he takes me to his house where I have four pepsies and a wonderful shower. It is too crowded, though, for me to stay there. Tehran is an expensive city, and at nine that night I am still looking for a . place to sleep, everything filled up or costing too much. I try to talk one guy into letting me sleep on the couch in the lobby, and just then an Iranian who speaks good English comes up and offers to find me a place His name is Hadi Sheibah, works for Iranian Airways, speaks several languages be sides Arabic and English, and is anxious to come to Ameri ca to work. He take me to visit several fancy night spots, feeds me, ' and finally finds me a spot on a balcony. It is not so good as every other spot is filled with sleep ing Persians who are always coming and going, stepping over me, and missing now and then. Underneath us is a market, evidently open all night. In the morning, my friend Hadi comes back to find me and take me to his apartment. By this time, my jeans are about shot, and aft er a shower I get a gift of a fresh set of his clothes. I thank him, and he assures me he has plenty. Wonderful to be in slacks and a sport shirt again. My feet being the. size they are I still must wear my tennis shoes which are poking through at the toes. Arrangements for Flying The next day Hadi takes me to see his boss to see if it can be arranged for me to fly to India as a temporary steward or something. I hope very hard as from here to In dia is Persian desert, wild and dangerous, and not so good for walking across in toeless tennis shoes. ' , Next day," July 8: No luck with the air lines. I am sit ting in Hadi's'one room apart ment with a towel across my knees to mop my face and me every five minutes. Went to several night clubs last night with Hadi, but heard nothing but Persian music. Tehran is quite a modern city in most respects. It has no slum section, and the people seem well fed and prosperous. Along all the streets are deep gutters with about a foot of running water where the peo ple wash their clothes, them selves and their dishes. Most of the restaurants have small pools with a fountain' inside for washing up before and after eating. There is one open air restaurant I really like, with good music. Not bad if 31 fc ."LOGGING SHUTDOWN Olympia (UPD A shut- down of all logging operations " throughout western Washing ton effective through mid- night tonight was ordered Fri - day by the Department of Nat ural Resources. Increased fire ; danger resulted in the shut down, department officials "eaid. Are vitamins medicine? Door-to-door salesmen are selling "vitamin preparations' these days and you may think these are therapeutic doses. They may or may not be. Point is, that you can't know whether they are or not, and the salesman probably isn't qualified to know wheiher you even need them. If you do need vitamins in therapeutic quantities, only yourphysician can tell you what you need and how much, and only your registered pharmacist should dispense them. Where your health is concerned, always rely on competent professionals. Physicians and Surgeons Pharmacy Wainscotti Pharmacy Central Drug Gier's Pharmacy, Phoenix Western Thrift Medical Dental Pharmacy Heath's Pharmacy Cash Davis Pharmacy Foster Pharmacy i Medford Pharmacy ', McLain's Drug Centre Hudson's Pharmacy . Central Point Pharmacy Medical Dental Pharmacy you don't mind the critters that drop off the trees on you and your food now and then. At the American Embassy you can get American food, I hear, and not expensive and tomorrow I am going up to get some. I have suddenly dis covered that I am a true-blue American. I met several Americans here who are cyni cal and disparaging about the States and say they like the easy life here and would never go back. I can only feel sorry for them. Yesterday I went to the In dian Embassy and met a young man who invited me to his home for a cool drink and a talk. We had a fine time, and he has invited me to dinner tonight and to stay with him while he is looking for a ride toward India for me. This is the monsoon time in India and I may be forced to take a train. Third class is very cheap, probably crowd ed. I am heading for Calcutta and will let you know when I get there. Auto Collision Kills Four Women Bedford, Pa. (UPD Four young women were killed and the husband of one was in jured critically Friday night in a collision involving a tractor-trailer and three automo biles. The accident occurred on U. S. Route 126 near the Breeze wood Interchange of Penn sylvania Turnpike. The four ! dead, all riding in the same car, were from North Apollo, Pa. The driver of 'he tractor trailer, Ronald Marshall,. 30, Columbus, Ohio, was treated for minor head injuries. He said the accident occurred when the car containing the four women and the husband swung out into his lane and collided with the truck. Sev eral other automobiles were involved in the accident, but no one else was injured seriously. GET OUT. THE SWATTERS Katmandu, Nepal (CPD The government has promised a gold medal to the person wno kills the most flies dur ing the month of August. Camp 'Pretty Good' For Iowa Youth Newton, Iowa (UPD Jerry Alward, 13, Newton, wrote his parents from a Boone, Iowa, summer camp that he is having a "pretty good time." But Jerry added, "When I say pretty I mean I'm not do ing so good. Jerry said he was doing flips on the trampoline, miss ed, hit a steel bar, bounced off, fell on his back and hurt his feet, his ribs and both arms. Then, his sleeping bag, pil low and clothes got soaked during a rainstorm the-next day. He moved his air mat tress too close to a fire and burned a hole in it. Jerry said he dropped his glasses in the river while re turning from a two-day canoe trip at the YMCA summer camp. "My lift foot's big toe is broken and on my right foot a bone further up," he wrote. "And without my glasses I'm not doing so good. Jerry added a post script "Forget about taking ' me home a day early for the jun ior Olympics because probably I won t get the cast off for five weeks. And bring the! other air mattress. 4-H Club News 4-H Kaper Kid Goat Club The 4-H Kaper Kid Goat club met at the Glidden home. We met early in the morn ing and worked hard finish ing up projects for the fair. Lunch was served under the trees and then we got back to our projects. Frank Issi, Reporter. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 A.M. FAMILY CAMPING lha V'c Wv! Camp this summer with your family on beauti ful Diamond Lake. 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