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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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