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
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."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.
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Pharmacy
Wainscotti Pharmacy
Central Drug
Gier's Pharmacy, Phoenix
Western Thrift
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Hudson's Pharmacy .
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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.
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