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Heroic Girl Pulls Boy Friend From Shark; Rescue Try Futile San Francisco-UP&-A "huge grey shape" swirled through the water near the Golden Gate Bridge Thursday and killed an 18-year-old college student swimming just 40 yards off-shore. Albert Cogler, a student at San Francisco State college, was pulled from the water barely alive by a daring girl who ignored his screams of warning. But Cogler, one arm hang ing only by a tendon and his back and chest slashed to rib bons, died three hours later despite emergency surgery. Local authorities were sure the killer was a great white shark, very rare in the chilly bay area waters. The girl, who swam ashore (group discusses ConsoDidlatflon off TalePdhenix Talent Consolidation of the Talent and Phoenix school districts will provide Talent with a larger high school which will be able to offer a broader course of study, ac cording to discussion at a meeting of persons interested in such a consolidation at Tal ent this week. Mrs. Ray Burnette of Talent said consolidating with Phoe nix also will oner a iarm course not offered in Medford or Ashland. The Jackson County School District Reorganization com mittee has recommended that the Talent and Wagner creek area of the Phoenix district be joined with Ashland and Pine- hurst into one administrative unit. It recommended that Phoenix consolidate with Medford. Held in Abeyance The recommendation, how ever, is being held in abey ance until after an election in both the Talent and Phoenix districts May 20 -regarding consolidation of the two dis trict The reorganization committee called the election after school patrons in both districts requested the action. Mrs. Burnette said' a "Tal ent - Pho e n i x c o mbination would be better able to sup port their schols than either Ashland or Central Point." She pointed out that "Phoe nix and Talent both have a low bonded indebtedness with no immediate building needs if they consolidate. The bonds of the Talent primary build ing will be retired next year leaving only the new high L TraiBi (This is an extension Sale Saturday the TWO-CYCLE FILTER-FLO WASHER So little money for such a great G-E washer value! Automatically cleans and re-cleans wash water to give you cleanest-ever wash! Has two entirely dif ferent cycles for sturdy or delicate fabrics. 1 0 pound capacity. j oy 1 !$o) m(o) . A t , X MM II M t i ft ': 1 : i u u s ; l Less ; - ' K - J HAPCO-SIZE - j Trade-ln ' - Mm advantajge' and then returned to help Cogler, was Shirley O'Neill, also 18 and a student at the same college. Describe Attack ' Army M.Sgt. Leo Day, who witnessed the rescue said, "It was the greatest exhibition of courage I have ever seen, or am likely to see m my whole life." Before being placed under sedatives Shirley sobbed out her story of the sudden at tack. She said she and Cogler were swimming at Bakers Beach, about two miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge "when a huge gray shape swirled out of the water." "I heard Albert scream, 'Go back, go back, it's a shark!' school indebtedness against the district." 'Loaded Law' Mrs. Burnette said "Because the reorganization law is a loaded law, it is virtually im possible for Talent to stay as they are. The reorganization board has been given the power by thi.; law to hold election after election until any opposition to their, wishes is worn out and their sug gestions for reorganization are voted in. "The idea, which Dr. (James) Conant has expound ed, is a red hot issue and the reorganization board is not going to be happy until his recommendations are filled. The. Talent school board has investigated the possibility of staying as the school district is now, and members con tacted feel it is impossible. "By consolidating with Phoenix, in a few years, five to seven, the school so formed will be able to graduate a class of 100, which is the ideal put forward by the Conant survey," she added. Mrs. Sam James waf elected chairman of a voluntary con solidation with Phoenix com mittee. Mrs. Bill Bagley was elected secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Burnette said anyone interested in more informa tion "on voluntary consolida tion as opposed to compulsory reorganization" may call Lynn Newbry, Gilbert Hill, Bill Gleim, Jack Spangler, Mr. or Mrs. Bill Bagley, Mr. or Mrs. Sam Jones, Mrs. Dean Dor man, Mrs. Neil Stockebrand, V. L. Goodrich or Mrs. Rich ard D. Kane in Talent. of our Bargain Train last day. WAM3S lie Then blood gushed in the water." As she headed for shore, Miss O'Neill said she saw the shark's tail whip across the surface of the water several times as it repeatedly struck the screaming youth. Brings Him Back The attractive student said she had just about reached shore when she heard Cogler cry, "Help me!" She ran from the water to Joe Intersonine, a fireman fishing nearby. He tied a fish ing line about her waist and surf. In a hesitant voice she said that upon reaching Cogler, "one arm seemed to be hang ing by a thread." "I grabbed him around his back, but it was all bloody and I could see. his insides," she said. "He kept screaming and yelling so I finally told him to lie on his back and relax. "He did that, though the pain must have been awful, and if he hadn't I would have never been able to get him back," she said. Surgery Fails Meanwhile other spectators had called police. Patrolman Harry Paretchen, first on the scene, realized no ambulance could travel on the sandy beach. "I saw a Coast Guard boat off the beach," he said. "I fired three shots, then waved my arms for them to send a helicopter or a truck." A short tinre later, a Coast Guard weapons carrier rolled onto the beach. Cogler was placed on the bed of the truck and rusned to nearby Letter man Army hospital. Doctors performed emer gency surgery, But the shock and the loss of blood were too much for the youth, who died shortly after the operation. Traffic Accident Saves Life, of Man Los Angeles-flJPD-Police said today a traffic accident may have saved the life of a 44-year-old man. Samuel Feldman appeared to be intoxicated late Wednes day night when he was in volved in a minor collision, so police gave him a sobriety test. He passed it and a doc tor was called. . . The doctor said tests show ed Feldman was suffering from a diabetic attack which might have proved fatal if he had not received treatment in time.' Feldman said he had no idea he had diabetes. SULTAN DIES London-dJPD-The Sultan of Johore. 85. died earlv todav in a London hotel. Mother's Day Is May 10 MOTHER'S Deluxe Dryer Ask a salesman to show you all the features T . . hell be glad to demonstrate it for you. s K ' - -' ' ff saving Rezoning 1 0-Acre Tract Denied by Medford Council E. W. Brown's request for a change from single family to limited commercial zoning for a 10-acre tract on Crater Lake ave. was denied by the Medford city council follow ing a public hearing last night. Councilman Stan Stark, Ward IV, cast the lone vote favoring the change, while five other councilmen op posed it. The council unanimously approved, following other pub lic hearings, construction of a sanitary sewer for a section of Springbrook rd., the rezoning of two lots in a residential area from commercial to single and two family, annexation of an 18-acre tract on the east side and an alley vacation behind Pulver's motel on North Riverside ave. Request Denied Brown's request was denied previously by the city plan ning commission. A prelimin ary land use study prepared by Ned Langford, planning technician, indicates Brown's tract is best suited for multiple family uses such as apart ments. Clif Ouellette, Brown's at torney, described the tract as lying west of Crater Lake ave. between Stevens st. and Sal ing ave., and thus east of the new Medford Shopping Cen ter. He said it was a residen tial island, with commercial zoning to the west and east. He added that apartment units were considered unfeasible, and that economic necessity prompted the "desire for com mercial development. Ouellette submitted signa tures of adjacent neighboring property owners approving the zone change, as well as letters recommending the change from three Medford realtors. No Opposition No one in the audience spoke against the change. But Langford said that according to the land use study Brown's tract possesses "all the favor able characteristics for mul tiple family -development." He said further commercial development would lead to congestion on Crater Lake ave. and to a correspondingly higher accident rate, Langford added that across Crater Lake ave. there are eight acres f vacant property zoned for commercial use. He said it was "difficult to see the need for further commercial zoning in this area." The council's decision, con sidering the lack of public opposition to the change, in effect both affirmed the plan ners' action and endorsed the land , use study as an instru DAY :" ; uJL " iT' ltr " " ""T ? y j" f ' ''' S OD In ment of planning policy. The sanitary sewer ap proved for Springbrook rd. would run from a point 600 feet south of West Roberts rd. to a point 800 feet north of Buckshot Hill rd. The coun cil also called for bids on this project. Estimated costs are $2.50 per front foot and $40 for connections. Lots Resoned The two lots rezoned to single and two family resi 1735 standard of the world in Smoothness '59 REFRIGERATOR Lowest price of all . . . and it's got General Elec tric quality and depend ability. Your trade-in will make the price even lower! on '-Appliance dential are on Bryant st. The annexed tract, part ot the Crestbrook orchard area, is southeast of the intersection of Country Club dr. and Mur phy rd. The vacated alley runs north from Manzanita st. and dead-ends behind Pulver's motel. The council approved a quit claim deed removing certain building restrictions in the area of the amended plat of the - Euclid Park addition, west of Valley View dr. be tween East Main st. and Hill crest rd. ' A call for bids on construc tion of curbs and gutters for the extension of Eighth st. be tween Bear creek and East Main st. was also approved. The first university in Scot land, St. Andrews, was found ed in 1411. 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