Three Big Forest Fires Move Avay From Three Small Califonria Towns
FIRE THREATENS MILL Timber smoulders close to
Hughs Bros. Mill near Foresthill, Calif, over the week end
where a rampaging Sierra forest fire threatened the com-
Clubs, Tear Gas Used to
Quell Hot Rodders' Riot
San Diego (UPD An unruly
mob estimated at between 2,
000 to 3,000 hot rodders
blocked off a 10-block city
area to race and then battled
police for more than an hour
before they were subdued by
clubs and tear gas.
About 65 policemen had to
be called In to battle the rac
ing enthusiasts, aged between
15 and 28. Many girls were
among them. Police early
Sunday arrested 80 adults and
36 Juveniles they had herded
into police wagons during the
free swinging melee.
, They were all booked on
charges of rioting, refusal to
disperse and conspiracy to
commit a crime. No girls were
arrested.
Rocks, Bottlai Thrown
Two police officers requir
ed hospital treatment for mi
nor Injuries while several oth
ers suffered bumps and bruis
es from rocks and bottles
hurled during the riot.
Benson Says He's
Made 'Scapegoat'
Washington - (UP1I - Agri
culture Secretary Ezra T. Ben
son says he has been made a
"scapegoat" for the nation's
farm troubles because the
Democratic Congress failed to
enact his programs.
Benson, appearing Sunday
on a television program (CBS
-Face the Nation), did not
single out by name those he
accused. But he said Republi
can presidential candidate
Richard M. Nixon was not
among them.
Benson also said he believed
that Nixon's farm program
would be "built on the foun
dation which the Eisenhower
administration has laid." He
added, however, that It would
no doubt differ in details.
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A gang of youths overpow
ered one policeman and took
his gun away, but it was re
covered before the riot end
ed. "They were like wild dogs,"
said one persons who lived
nearby. VThcy' raced up and
down the streets at high
speed and gunned their mo
tors.' "I don't own a gun, but I
armed myself with a knife
and just hoped no one would
try to break into my house."
There are no homes front
ing the streets, although
many residences are located
behind businesses along El
Cajon Blvd. The boulevard is
the business route of U. S.
Highway 80 through San Di
ego. Closing Protuttd
The hot rodders, protesting
the closing of the only drag
racing strip in the county two
weeks ago at an abandoned
airstrip, blocked off El Cajon
Blvd. about 1 a.m. and began
racing.
About 20 police officers
were lying In wait. Police
said they had learned of the
plan to block off the area
when they came across a
mimeographed circular.
The circular, its author un
known, told all Interested hot
rodders to come and "drag as
you want."
Police were unprepared for
the mass turnout, they said.
They were easily foiled In
preventing racing and had to
call In re-enforcements.
"It was a helluva mess,"
said one battered officer.
"They just wouldn't break it
up."
Police said a federally own
ed airstrip near Miramar Na
val Air Station was closed
two weeks ago when four per
sons were seriously injured in
an accident during a drag
race.
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twon. The blaze pictured here is the largest of two in the
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Stocks Mixed in
1st Hour Trading
Now York - IUP1I - Slocks
were generally mixed today
in moderate first hour trad
ing. Electronics again led most
of the upside action with
Texas Instruments up 1V4,
Consolidated Electrodynamics
and Minneapolis - Honeywell
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Brain Surgery
Is Improved With
New Technique
Boston, (Science Service)
A small, extra hole In the
head may mean the difference
between survival and death
for patients about to be oper
ated on for tumors or blood
clots In the brain.
Dr. Richard Ford, assistant
professor of legnl medicine at
Harvard Medical School, and
Dr. Edward L. Spatz, profes
sor of neurosurgery at Boston
University School of Medi
cine, report that increased
pressure inside the skull,
caused by space-consuming
tumor or clots, pushes the
brain out of shape.
In some cases, they believe,
the aqueduct of sylvius - a ca
nnl that connects two of the
brain's ventricles or natural
hollow spaces becomes ob
structed. Cerebrospinal fluid
becomes trapped In one of
the ventricles and lakes up
more space and causes even
more pressure.
Brain Usually Swells
Usually, when an incision
Is made for tumor removal,
the brain immediately swells
out through the opening. This
puts the brain's blood vesscnls
under local pressure and the
protruding brain area suffers
from lack of oxygen.
In addition, it is difficult
for the surgeon to get enough
working room to remove the
tumor or clot. He has to push
the swollen brain out of the
way and this may cause some
damage.
The doctors believe that re
lieving the pressure by dril
ing and extra hole in the skull
before the operation starts
"may be most profitable."
Tchniqu Explained
The technique is to cut a
slit about one and one-half
inches long in the top of the
head, back of the hairline. A
tiny hole is drilled through
the skull and a thin rubber
tube Is passed down through
the brain, into the ventricle
on the side opposite the tu
mor or clot.
To keep the trapped fluid
from squirting out, the doc
tors clamp down on the tube
and let it drain out slowly, in
some cases they have removed
about one-fourth cup of fluid.
Almost immediately, the
brain volume Is reduced and
the usual incision can be
made to remove the tumor.
To relieve post - operative
swelling, the tube or catheter
is stiched to the scalp and left
In place for about three days,
the doctors report In the New
England Journal of Medicine.
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General Instrument about a
point each.
Inter national Harvester
dropped 2 on a flood of sell
orders in reaction to sharply
lower earnings. But Procter
and Gamble added over 2, Du
Pont about 114 and Wool
worth a large fraction.
Richfield Oil spurted about
2V4 in an otherwise narrowly
mixed oil section. Steels
showed mostly fractional is
sues. Motors held firm except
for GM which lost Va point.
Drugs were mixed. Carter
Products lost 1 'i while Warn
er Lambert rose over a point.
Kcnnccott tacked on ' point
in the coppers where Anacon
da firmed a small fraction.
American Telephone rose
House Removes
Debate Obstacle
Washington - IUPII - The
House shouted approval today
of a bill to wipe out a legal
obstacle to the proposed
Nixon-Kennedy television de
bates in the presidential cam
paign. The measure, already ap
proved by the Senate, was
passed without an audible dis
sent. It now goes to the White
House where it is considered
certain to be signed by Presi
dent Eisenhower.
The legislation will make It
possible for the n.ajor net
works to offer free debating
time to Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon and his Demo
cratic opponent for the presi
dency, Sen. John F. Kennedy.
It would suspend for the
1960 presidential and vice
presidential races the so-called
"equal time" law. That
statute requires a broadcaster
to afford equal opportunity
to use his station to all candi
dates for the same office.
Nuclear Talks in
Formal Recess
Geneva - lUPli - The United
Slates, Britain and Russia to
day formally recessed the nu
clear test ban talks for five
weeks. The United States
charged Russia with holding
up progress of the 21-month-old
talks.
U. S. deputy delegate David
Popper made the charge dur
ing the 70-minute session to
day. He said the U. S. dele
gation considered certain
Soviet demands were unrea
sonable and hampered the
progress of the talks.
British Foreign Office ad
viser Hugh Morgan termed the
recess, which will last until
Sept. 27, a "creative pause."
Soviet delegate Scmyon K.
Tsarapkin said he was opti
mistic that the vacation would
bring some advance in the
marathon negotiations.
KILLED IN FIRE
Milwaukie -(UPlu Harry M.
Mlnard 77. died early Sunday
In a fire that swept through
his one-story house north of
here. The house was destroy
ed. Cause of the fire was not
known.
Nearly 50,000
Acres Charred in
National Forests
Residents Alerted;
Wind Shift Feared
Foresthill, Calif.-lUPll-Three
forest fires moved away from
three frightened small towns
today as they continued to eat
through nearly 50,000 acres in
two national forests.
Forest officials heaved a
sigh of relief as winds, which
blew gusts up to 60 miles an
hour Sunday dropped to 8-18
miles an hour today and
fanned the blazes away from
Foresthill, Donner Lake and
North San Juan.
But they called in thou
sands more fire fighters in an
attempt to contain the flames
during predicted 30 mile an
hour winds later today.
U.S. Forest Service officials
said two of the fires were
burning steadily away from
Foresthill and Donner Lake,
communities with a total pop.
ulation of 2,300, but residents
remained on the alert to flee
and fire crews watched for a
possible shift in winds.
Traffic Blocked
Flames Sunday swept
through four hamlets, blacked
out the gambling center of
Reno, and halted transconti
nental traffic on Highway 40
for more than four hours Sun
day night.
Skies over Western Nevada
today were veiled by smoke
and the weather bureau pre
dicted temperatures would be
about 10 degrees lower than
normal because of the lack of
sunshine.
One large fire burned to
the outskirts of this town of
2,000 persons Sunday before
volunteers turned the flames
with tank trucks and bulldoz
ers. However, it destroyed
16,000 acres and the commu
nities of Michigan Bluff, Bath
and Baker Ranch, forcing 170
persons to flee their homes.
Despite the victory at For
esthill, evacuation plans re'
mained in effect. Many resi
dents left the danger area,
and officials warned those
who remained that the signal
for complete evacuation
should be a prolonged blast
on the town s fire siren.
The only usable road for
flight, a two-laned route to
Auburn, Calif., was already
blocked off to all except
emergency and official traf
fic. Powerlines Cut
A second blaze roared
through the historic Donner
Ridge area north of Lake Ta
hoe about 65 miles north of
the Foresthill blaze. It de
stroyed 16,000 acres, cut four
main powerlines which sup
ply Reno, and threatened the
communities of Truckee and
Donner Lake on U.S. highway
40.
The third fire destroyed
nearly 1,500 acres in Nevada
county and was burning out
of control approximately 40
miles west of the Donner
blaze.
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47 Killed in
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A rash of multiple fatality
accidents over the week end
left at least 47 persons dead
across the country today, in
cluding seven in the worst ac
cident in Vermont's recent
history.
Seven also died in three ac
cidents in Pennsylvania, six
in two Illinois crashes, five in
a single Missouri accident and
four in separate Florida and
Tennessee wrecks. Three each
died in New Jersey, Ohio,
Washington and Wisconsin
wrecks and two in a Califor
nia accident.
Porter Asks Action
On Housing Bill
Washington tUPD -Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.)
said today he has urged
Speaker Sam Rayburn to by
pass the House Rules Commit
tee if it fails to act on the
catch-all housing bill.
He accused the rules com
mittee of blocking legislation
which is of "prime impor
tance" to timber -producing
Oregon. So far, the committee
has scheduled no meeting this
session.
Porter said the housing bill
could be called up for debate
under a rarely-used procedure
which permits legislation to
be reported directly to the
floor without rules commit
tee action.
The Oregon Democrat said
many men are out of work
because lumber mills are shut
down or on short weeks in
Oregon. He said, with the ex
ception of 1954, this is the
worst year for homebuilders
in history.
Drowning Victim
Washed Ashore
Astoria -IUPII- The body of a
22-year-old Aloha man wash
ed ashore at Chinook, Wash.,
Sunday night and his compan
ion and a rented boat were
reported still missing.
The body, wearing a life
jacket, was identified as that
of Robert John Meyer. Miss
ing was Andrew H. Mathison,
owner of the Ranch Inn Mo
tel in Portland.
State police said that Mey
er and Mathison left Portland
Sunday morning for Astoria
where they rented a 14-foot
boat. Police said the boat may
have capsized in the surf.
Voters Favor More
Education Funds
Portland - IUPII - A public
opinion survey conducted in
Oregon by an independent
polling agency for the Legis
lative Commission of the Na
tional Education association
has shown that six out of ten
Oregon citizens feel the fed
eral contribution to public ed
ucation should be increased
from the present amount.
The survey was taken in
cooperation with the Oregon
Education association.
The polling agency said
that only three per cent felt
the federal contribution was
"too much."
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Nation During Week End Accidents
In the Vermont smashup,
seven young men, all neigh
borhood pals in Winooski, Vt
were killed when their car
careened off a highway near
South Hero and smashed
broadside into a tree.
Speeding Home
The victims were speeding
home from a visit ,to Rouses
Point, N.Y., when their car
went out of control. All seven
were thrown from the car, six
died instantly, and the sev
enth succumbed at a hospital.
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Four women and a man
were killed near Kingdom
City, Mo., when their car
slammed into an auto trans
port. Four members of a New Or
leans family died when their
car smashed head-on into a
drag-racing car which blocked
the highway near Milton, Fla.
Another family of four died
when their car collided with
another at the top of a small
hill on a narrow rural road
near Dyersburg, Tenn.
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killed near Elgin, 111., when
their car crashed into a tree.
Three persons were killed
near Belvidere, 111., when a
car ran a stop sign and crash
ed broadside into another
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Three persons were killed
and 13 others injured in a
similar accident near Eaton,
Ohio. Police said one car ran.
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