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IKIST Sees Visit
EChrmshchev
As ISenetficoal
By HARRY S. TRUMAN
Norths American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.
Copyright, 1959, ly Harry S. Truman
(Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is forbidden
without written authorization).
J think the sooner Khrushchev comes to Washington-as I
hear he wants to-the sooner we might clear the air and get
down to a realistic approach on the critical issues that plague
the world
There are some who believe everything could be settled
if only Khrushchev sat down with the President of the United
States in a man-to-man talk.
These are people who obviously have had no experienced
in dealing with Soviet Russia or nave snori memories oi me
long list of Soviet betrayals and failure to keep commitments.
I believe, nevertheless, that no door should be closed even
to the remotest chance in pursuit of peace.
Must Give No Opportunity -
We must not give the Communist propagandists any op
portunities to raise false hopes about their peaceful inten
tions by exploiting any failure of Khrushchev's realizing his
wish to come here. . ,
I do not see why anyone should be afraidJo have Khru
shchev come here at this time. Let Khrushchev see for him
self what we are and how determined we are, as a people, to
retain our freedom and resist any attempt to separate us
from any of our allies and the free world. And when it comes
to blandishments and the new grin, he will see that we are
all from Missouri and have to be shown.
If Khrushchev means business and genuinely wants
peace, he will find the nations of the free world always ready
to act and act swiftly.
No Room Left for Appeasement
Khrushchev will see here what Mikoyan saw, that the
resoluteness of the United States to remain free and the
might of the United States to back up its determination to be
free leaves no room for appeasement or expedient compro
mise at the expense of any people anywhere. But this reso
luteness must not be misunderstood by the Communist world
as the type of intransigence which the Russians have adopt
ed in their program for world domination.
We have never sought to dominate the world, or exploit
any people, or force our will or our system of government on
any nation, firm' and dedicated as we are in our democratic
institutions. Russian intransigence and their abuse of theiQ
membership in the Unitel Nations has made it almost impos
sible to discuss any issue with them on a plane of reason and
in an atmosphere of quiet and understanding.
Forced to Look to Strength '
Because of this and the Communists' persistent plotting
and trouble-making around the world, we have been forced
to look to our strength, military and economic, as thj only
practical recourse t6 protect our freedom and our security.
And that is why we have had to make great sacrifices and
set aside vast portions of our resources to help keep other
nations of the free world free. And Khrushchev should re
member that we will never falter nor tire-no matter what the
cost nor how long it may take-in our efforts to remain free.
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Nicaragua Invaders
Said Pushed Back
Managua, Nicaragua - (UPD
President Luis Somoza said to
day government troops were
pushing back two small
groups of; airborne invaders
who landed in Nicaragua in
an attempt to overthrow his
regime. . "
Fifty to sixty rebels were
reported killed when their in
vading plane was shot down
by Nicaraguan fighters.
Few Details
There were few details of
the fighting available. But So
moza said in an announcement
that the rebels were falling
back under loyal attacks.
He said the invaders were
fleeing into the hills of cen
tral Nncaragua, closely pur
sued by government forces.
"The situation is under con
trol," Somoza said Monday
night. ,
In Washington, informed
sources said Nicaraguan Am
bassador Guillermo Sevilla Sa
casa will complain formally to
the Organization of American
States about the "foreign
based" invasion later this
week. '
They said Sevilla will de
nounce the invaders' foreign
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable clou
diness through Wednesday with
chance of scattered showers
in the mountains Wednesday
afternoon. Low tonight 48. High
tomorrow 75.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday S3
Lowest this Morning 49
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Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:42 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:37 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 3:13 am.
New Moon . June S
PROMINENT STAR
Altair, low in east 9:50 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS - - -
Venus, sets 10:31 p.m.
Mars, to the left of Venus.
Saturn, rises 9:4S p.m.
Jupiter, due south 10:59 p.m.
Able, Space Flight Monkey, Dies on
Operating Table in Army Laboratory
Washington -(DPD Able, the
seven-pound Rhesus monkey
that made a 300-mile high
space flight last week, died
on the operating table Mon
day night during removal of
a recording Instrument, the
Army announced today. ,
The Defense Department
emphasized that the monkey's
death had no relation to its
historic flight through space.
. Able died at the U. S. Army
Medical Research Laboratory
at .Ft. Knox, Ky., almost two
hours after the operation' be
friends as "disturbers of the
peace in the Caribbean area,"
but will not ask the OAS to
intervene directly , as it did
recently in Panama.
Two-Pronged Invasion
A communique said the in
vaders, arriving by air from
Costa Rica, came' in two
groups 50 men who landed
Sunday near Los Mole j ones in
Chontales Province, and 50 to
60 who landed Monday on the
Plains of Olama in Matagalpa
Province.
In each case, the communi
que said, the invasion force
was scattered by loyal fighter
planes which attacked within
minutes of the landing and
harried by loyal ground pa
trols which arrived a few
hours later.
Macmillan Lends
Support To Lloyd
London - (IIPD - Massive sup
port from Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan and the British
press appeared today to en
trench Selwyn Lloyd more
firmly than ever . as foreign
minister despite one report
he was on the way out.
Informed sources said Mac
millan' felt that his personal
message of reassurance to
Lloyd Monday closed the mat
ter and there was no need for
a formal investigation or fur
ther comment from him.
It still was possible that
members of Parliament would
bring it up when they recon
vened today.
The Times of London smart
ed the furor Monday with a
lead story saying Macmillan
planned to replace Lloyd as
foreign minister when and if
the Conservatives win the
next election.
gan.
The Army described the op
eration as "minor"-removal
of a tiny electrode implanted
just under the monkey's skin
to obtain biomedical informa
tion during and after the
space flight and said there
was no indication that Able
would not be able 'to sur
vive it.
When a light surgical anes
thesia was administered, how
ever, a rapid and convulsive
heart movement . developed
and the monkey died despite
CONDUCT TESTS Chemical analysis of
the amount of oxide pollutants in Medford
air is being conducted Joday and will be
continued tomorrow by a team of men from
the state air pollution authority, the first
.such tests to be made in Oregon outside of
Portland. Smog producing potential, the
amounts of oxides resulting from fuel burn
ing and automobile exhausts are being
measured with the special apparatus pic
Officers Elected
For Historical
Society iji Area
Miss 'gjaire Hanley, Jack
sonville, was, reelected presi
dent of the Southern Oregon
Historical Society. Inc.. last
Qj-1.1 A 1 1 i. 1 TT
nigm. aisu execiea were Lj. xi.
Hedrick, 503 Oakdale ave.,
Medford, vice president, and
Edth Giff ord, Mgdford ac
countant, as secretary-treas-
urer. o -
Nominated for three years
on the board of directors were
Ray Reter, Harry Barneburg
and Frank Ross, all in the
Medford district; nd R. J.
T' Vault in the Jacksonville
district - r - -wfrr v -
Hedrick told the 65 persons
attending the annual meeting
in the Jacksonville Masonic
hall that a historv of Jackson
ville will be published shortly.
The booklet will contain a
number of photographs, he
saidiHe said he had hoped to
nave it ready for presentation
last night. -
Report on Museum
Miss Mary Hanley, -Jacksonville
museum curator, re
ported that since the museum
was opened July 10, 1950, it
has been visited by 330,779
persons. Attendance statistics
show in May, 1958, 4,086 per
sons visited the museum com
pared to 5,100 persons for
May, 1959, a gain of 1,014 vis-5
itors. ' - i
During the last 12 months
the museum has had visitors
from every state except Rhode
Island, Delaware and West
Virginia and froma? foreign
countries.
Recently, several old docu
ments and records, Indian
artifacts, fine clothing, min
eral specimens and some
showcases have been given the
museum, Miss Hanley said.
Robert Heffernan, Medford
attorney, 5 traced the ill-fated
attempt to set up a confeder
acy (-pf Pacific coast states.
One of theleaders was Gen
eral Joseph Lane, after whom
Lane county is named.
Ashland Council to
Meet Tonight '
Ashland-Three public hear
ings and a Bancroft boCd ordi
nance " are ' included on the
Ashland city council's agenda
for its meeting at 7:30 o'clock
tonight at city hall. .
The hearings concern vaca
tion of Eureka st., vacation of
a half-block s,ectiajj of Pros
pect st.. and annexation of a
four-acre tract on Highway 66.
ffnrts trt rpviup it . f
"The cause of death," the
Army announcement Osaid,
"was rapid and convulsive
movement of the heart. . .and
was unrelated to its recent
fjight."
Able, along with a squirrel
monkey named Baker, was
fired 1,500 miles in a 300-mile
high space flight down the
Cape Canaveral, Fla., . track
ing range last Thursday. Both
monkeys appeared to have
withstood - the flight in good
condition.
4-H Wagon Train to
Corvallis to Leave
From Jacksonville
"Wagons Ho!" will signal
thoostart of the Jackson coun
ty 4-H covered wagon trek
about 8:30 a.nO next Monday
as wagons roll down the hill
from the Jacksonville school.
Pacific Slates
Dnrflanrl (fan
I VI IIUIIll JIVU
Portland -(UPD-; Another air
line has been authorized to
serve Portland.
Pacific Air Lines, formerly
Southwest, has been jsued a
certificate by ihe Civil Aero
nautics Board to exlend Serv
ice to Portland, an official of
the line notified Mayor Terry
Schrunk Monday. '
The California line has been
flying to Medford, Ore., for
12 years. That has been its
only stop in Oregon. From
Medford it flies to San Fran
cisco via Redding,-Red Bluff,
Chico, Marysville and Sacra
mento. The line also serves
the Crescent City -Areata,
Lfkiah and Santa Rosa areas. '.
Ted Mitchell, executive
vice president of the airline,
said he would come here next
week to start making arrange
ments for local operations. He
said it was planned to offer
two flights daily starting July
27 with service from San
Francisco to Portland inrtod
ing a stop at Eureka-Areata.
Group Inspects,
Winnemucca Route
Klamath Falls - (UPD - Mem
bers of the Oregon Highway
Commission today were- in
specting state routes east of
here, o
The Commission and top
staff members Monday cover
ed Highway 99 from Portland
to Ashland and the Green
SpringsO route to Klamath
Falls on a tour of state proj
ects. Members today were to
look over a proposed Winne-mucca-to-the-Sea
route. This
would call for Nevada and
Oregon to build highways, in
their respective states which
would lead to Lakeview in
eastern Oregon andprovide a
direct route to the sea.
Wallets, Personal
Papers Found in City
A cache of stolen wallets
and personal papers was
found beneath the McAn
drews rd. bridge across Bear
creek yesterday by two boys,
12 and 14, Medford poliqe re
ported. Police said some articles be
longed to Drs. Richard
Schwahn and Theodore Barss,
whose billfolds were stolen
last Wednesday from a Sacred
Heart hospital locker room.
Others belonged to Edwin
Bruce Stuart, 2650 Beall lane,
Central Point, whose billfold
was tafen from the pocket of
his trousers in the locker
room of the YMCA, 522 West
Sixth st., according to the report.
Portland (DPD An opening
price of 12 cents a pound for
strawberries has been posted
by one of the state's largest
freezing firms. The price is
the same as last year.
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tured above, which was set up this morning
on top of the Medical Center building. The
results of the tests will help complete data
being compiled by the city over a measured
period. Left to right above are Chemist Ed
Taylor and Sanitary Engineer Jim Agee of
Portland, ind T. M. Gerow, southern Ore
gon district engineer, all of the state air
pollution authority. Similar tests will be
made again in the fall, Gerow said.
The trek, which will be
joined en route by awagon
load of Roseburg 4-H club
members, is expected to take
about two weeks, according to
Glenn Klein and Marilou
Garner, Jackson county 4-H
agents. Destination is 4-H sum
mer school in Corvallis.
Jackson county's five wag
ons, eight saddle horses and
10 workhorses and team of
mules will be assembled Sun
day afternoon on the school
grounds. Nine adults, includ
ing the two 4-H agents, will
chaperone the 41 4-H club
members from Jackson countjz.
..Sunday,.night .wagons wni
be circled and teams tied to
them as the wagon train
bivouacs for the night. Some
form of entertainment is
planned for around the camp
fires that night, Klein said.
The donated wagons have
been rehabilitated by Eagle
Point, Crater and Phoenix vo
cational agriculture shop
classes. '
Another team of horses or
mules is still needed, the 4-H
agents said. Also needed are
old-fashioned cooking pots,
pans and various other arti
cles which could be tied onto
the wagons pioneer-style.
Buckaroo Breakfast
A buckaroo breakfast has
been scheduled for 7 a.m.,
Monday by the Jacksonville
Lions club. Following this,
there will be short talks by
civic dignitaries, including
Medford Mayor , John Snider
who will represent the Ore
gon Centennial 'commission.
Vic Stewart, Ashland, will be
in charge of the teams. The
wagonmaster will be elected
by the 4-H club memtiers.
Fringed skirts will be worn
by the girls while riding
horses or in the wagons and
the boys will wear cowboy
hats and boots and levis. The
girls will change into long
Centennial-type dresses when
the train stops at the various
bivouac areas.
" Some folk- dancing and
songs have : been planned to
entertain any persons from
nearby towns who may drop
in to inspect the tfltin, Miss
Garner said.
'Nobody Ever Got
54th Year
Medford
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MEDFORDr
Gromyko Warned
To Drop Charges
Of Subversion
West Threatens
Recording Playbacks
Geneva (UPD The West
warned Russia's Andrei Gro
myko today to drop charges of
"subversion" in We st Berlin
or face a grim playback of
tape recordings exposing East
German Communist intrigues.
Authoritative sources re
ported new recordings of in
f lamatory broadcasts -by a dis
guised East German "under
ground station" had just
reached Geneva and might be
brought to the Big Four For
eign Ministers' Conference
table to refute Gromyko's
charges against the West.
Radio Silence Demanded
The Soviet foreign minister
demanded Saturday that the
Radio of the American Sector
transmitter in'jWest Berlin be
silenced as one of the prices
for any interim Berlin settle
ment. Secretary of State Christian
Herter flatly rejected this
proposed at Monday's secret
meeting. High U. S. officials
said Herter plans to sit tight
indefinitely until the Russians
either guarantee western
rights in Berlin or break up3
the present conference.
The decision was made in
the face of Gromyko's propo
sal made at another secret
meeting last . Saturday in
which he, said the western
powers must "sooner or later"
get their troops out of Berlin.
Own. Evidence
Herter and the other west
ern ministers went into ttis
afternoon's plenary session
ready to counter-attack Gro
myko's . allegations against
Free World activities in Ber
linThey were ready . with
their own evidence of Com
munist intrigues staged from
East Berlin and East Ger-
many.
Invitations Issued
fFor cPower Line
Invitations to bid on the
construction of a tree-hung
power line at Oregon Caves
have been issued by the Na
tional Park service.
The line will extend from
the California Oregon Power
company's transmission line
on Cave creek to the site of a
new residence adjacent to
Lake creek on State Highway
46. The line is estimated to be
4,000 feet long and will be
aerial cable, 2,400 volt, single-
phase capacity.
Plans and specifications are
available at the National Park
service office, post office
building, Medford, and at
Park Headquarters, Crater
Lake National park. Bids are
to beopened 3 p.m., June 23.
Police Investigate
Theft from School
Medford police today inves
tigated the reported theft yes
terday afternoon of a black
leather bag containing an esti
mated $100 in change from
the text book room at Med
ford High school.
The theft was rertedjhis
morning by Naomi Irene Mi
rick, route 4, box 358G, Lucky
lane, a school employee.
Hit By A Planet"
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OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE
$2,747,788 for
Talent Project
Given
, Washington-The House appropriations committee today
approved a public works money bill which contained $2,747.
788 for the Talent division of the Rogue River irrigation
project.
This was the exact amount requested by the Eisenhower
administration for the coming fiscal year.
The committee also approved $1,500,000 for harbor con
struction at the mouth of the Rogue river at Gold Beach.
The committee made no reductions in the budget for Ore
gon reclamation work. While it rapped the administration's
"no new starts" policy, the committee did not recommend
starting any new projects in Oregon.
Washington-(UPD-The House
Appropriations Committee in
a sharp rebuff to President
Eisenhower voted funds today
to start construction of seven
new reclamation projects.
It said it was merely giving
expression to Congress' "over
whelming bipartisan rejec
tion" of .the administration's
"unrealistic" policy of no new
starts.
Planning Funds Voted
The committee also approv
ed funds- for planning and
construction of 41 flood con
trol and navigation projects
for the Army Engineers for
which President Eisenhower
refused to budget funds.
: The committee approved
and sent to the House floor
for action Fridayla $1,176,677,
000 appropriation bill to fi
nance public works in the
new fiscal year starting July
1.
The committee allotted
$863,440,500 to the Army En
gineers for flood control and
navigation work, an increase
of $260,500 over the budget
estimate. It also approved
$253,409,500 for the Bureau
of Reclamation, an increase
of $2,213,500 over the budget.
It allotted $32,582,000 for
the Bonneville Power Admin
istration,- trimming requested
construction funds by $2,-
668,000.
Amounts allotted by the
committee for army engineers
construction work on flood
control and navigation proj
ects include:
Oregon Projects
Oregon: Columbia river be
tween Vancouver, Wash., and
The Dalles, Ore.: 27-foot chan
nel, $1,611,000; Cougar reser
voir. $9 million: Hills creek
reservoir, $8,300,000; Inter
Bids Calling for
Resurfacing Work
Bids will be opened June
15 for resurfacing some 2,600
feet of taxiway at Medford
airport, city officials reported
today. .
Sections involved include
the taxiway along the north
west hangar area to a point
in front of the terminal build
ing and two short taxiways in
front of that building.
The federal aviation agency
recently approved plans and
specifications for the project,
according to Airport Mana
ger Richard Hogan. Federal
funds are to partially finance
it.
Two Man-Caused
Fires Extinguished
Two man-caused fires along
roads in the Applegate area
were extinguished by forest
service crews with tank trucks
last week end.
Less than one-tenth of an
acre was burned in each spot.
The Medford office of the
forest service reported today
that one blaze was probably
caused by a cigarette and the
other possibly by an automo
bile exhaust.
Both fires were reported to
the Star ranger station by
passersby.,
Forest sevice personnel
warned that forests are drying
out rapidly and fire danger is
increasing.
Gold Hill Hearing
Scheduled for SP
Salem-(UPD-Hearing has seen
set by the Public Utility Com
mission for Thursday, July 9,
at Gold Hill city hall on the
application of Southern Paci
fic, Pacific Motor Trucking
Company and Railway Ex
press to withdraw their joint
agent at Gold Hill.
If approved by the PUC, ap
plicants would handle busi
ness through the agent at Med
ford.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
2, 1959
No. 63
Approval
state bridge, Oregon and
Washington, $1,130,000; John
Day lock and dam, Oregon
and Washington, $20 million;
lower Columbia river im
provement to existing works:
Multnomah county drainage
district, $203,000; Rogue riv
er harbor at Gold Beach,
$1,500,000; The Dalles lock
and dam, Oregon and Wash
ington, $7 million; Willamette
River Basin bank protection.
$500,000.
Here, are the amounts al
lotted by the committee for
work on reclamation bureau
projects:
Oregon: Crooked River
project, $2,833,000; Klamath
project, $522,000; Rogue Riv
er Basin project, Talent divi
sion, $2,747,788; Wapinitia
project, Juniper division, $39,-
7UO.
Pool Completion
Set in October
The proposed West Jackson
st.' swimming pool will not
be ready for use this summer,
according to the present ten
tative schedule.
The Medford park and rec
reation commission met last
night to consider preliminary
plans submitted by Stevens
and Thompson, consulting en
gineers for the project.
Revisions are expected with
in two weeks, according to
Robert L. Haworth, city parks
and recreation director.
The tentative schedule, ac
cording to Haworth, calls for
advertising for bids about
July 15, with construction to
start as soon thereafteP as
possible and completion ex
pected in October.
The commission last night
agreed to eliminate permanent
spectator facilities and to inte
grate the proposed , wading
pool with a children's play
area. Also decided was to set
the pool facility further back
from the intersection of Sum
mit ave. and Clark st., to per
mit landscaping for reducing
noise from the pool.
Commission President Russ
Jamison reported today that
June 24 and 27 are tentative
alternate dates for the logging
locomotive being given the
city of Medford corporation
to be taken on its "last run"
along the Medco railroad from
Butte Falls to Medford. Plans
for transporting the iron horse
to its proposed new home in
the West Jackson st. park area
are being studied.
Louisiana Governor Put
Into Hospital by Force
Galveston, Tex. (UPD Gov.
Earl K. Long of Louisiana
fought plans to put him in a
mental hospital so hard his
family had to have him
knocked out, it was reported
today.
But authorities at John
Sealy Hospital in Galveston,
where the colorful chief exec
utive of the Bayous was flown
secretly Saturday, denied re
ports Long has been violent
since his arrival.
Dr. John Truslow, adminis
trator at the hospital, said the
63-year-old Long was "stub
bornly resisting attempts to
give him psychiatric treat
ment." He said a diagnosis might
be completed by Wednesday.
Ataton Rouge, where Lt.
Gov. Lether Frazer has taken
over - as governor d u ring
Long's absence, a source close
to the administration told
United Press International
Long "raised holy ned" about
the decision to take him to
Texas for psychiatric treat
ment. "They had to have him
knocked out and wheel him to
the plane unconscious," the
Explosion Follows
Collision; Bodies
Cover Wide Area
i
Loaded School Buses
Speed To Safety
Pottsville, Pa.-(UPD-A burn
ing tank truck loaded with
propane gas exploded on
highway today, hurling fire
men and spectators hundreds
of feet.
Deputy Coronej: Dr. Henry
Wagner said 10 persons defi
nitely have been listed as
dead and at least 15 others
were injured.
Bodies were scattered in
fragments over a wide area.
The drivers of two school
buses, carrying a total of 85
children, managed to speed
their vehicles away from the
scene before the blast.
All available ambulances
and hearses from numerous
communities in the area were
pressed into service, to take
the dead and injured to hos
pitals. School Children Saved
Ronald Kramer, 39, Au
burn, Pa., driver of a Blue
Mountain Jointure School bus
carrying 40 pupils to classes,
said he was driving south in
a light rain on the Pottsville
Reading Highway behind a
trailer truck owned by the
Branch Transportation Co. of
Pottsville.
Kramer said the truck-trailer
skidded when it tried to
slow down and crashed into
the rear of the tank truck
owned by the Sun Gas Pro
pane Co. The bus driver said
flames shot up from the rear
of the tank. Fearing an ex
plosion, Kramer turned his
bus off the highway and
drove through a field to get
away from the scene.
He said another school bus
was going south in front of
the tank truck when the acci
dent occurred. Russell Klahr,
Schuylkill Haven, the driver
of the other school bus, said
he saw flames and stepped on
the accelerator to get away
from the fire. o
Truck Blows Up
The tank truck continued
to burn and firemen and fire
police were summoned from
nearby Orwigsburg. A crowd
gathered to watch them fight
the fire but police kept the
curious behind ropes 125 feet
awayl
About a half hour after the
collision, the blast blew out
the rear of the tank truck.
Witnesses said the force thrust
the entire trailer like a rocket
into the air. The trailer, spew
ing flames, soared about 75
feet before it landed in the
field.
State Trooper Earl Klinger
who was sitting in his patrol
car 300 feet away when the
explosion burst in a "tornado
like ball of fire." He said
flames shot 300 feet in the
air and enveloped firemen
and spectators.
Two bodies hurled from the
scene crashed into his patrol
car, shattering the windshield,
Klinger said. The trooper said
he saved himself from injury
by "ducking under the dash
board." Salem - (DPD Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
has suspended proposed revi
sions in time schedules of
Greyhound lines which would
leave one daily schedule in
each direction over the Co
lumbia river route between
St. Helens and Astoria.
GOV. EARL LONG
Violence Denied
source said. "He thought it
was a plot by his political ene
mies to get him out of the
way."
A Galveston newspaper re
ported Long underwent two
violent outbursts and has been
guarded by a pair of husky
male nurses.
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