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Dynamite-Like Substance Caused CrasSi of Airliner Ceerville, Iowa -(UPD- Ex plosion of a dynamite-like ubance in a rear washroom caused last week's jet airlin er crash which killed 45 per sons, the Civil Aeronautics Board disclosed Sunday night. One official at the scene said, "As practical people we can only assume it was a bomb." The Continental Airlines Boeing 707 plunged 39,000 feet into a shallow gulley near Unionville, Mo., 20 miles south of here, Tuesday night. CAB crash investigators, re constructing the tail section of the stricken plane, learned late Sunday that the blast oc curred in a washroom under the vertical fin of the aircraft. The washroom, on the right side of the plane, behind a coat rack which was directly back of the galley, was used by both men and women pas sengers and crew. Blast Powerful ' John Pahl, engineering di vision chief of the CAB's Bur eau of Safety, said the blast was caused by a "high velo city explosive" similar to dy namite, but he could not yet say that dynamite was used. However, Pahl said that dy namite was the "most conve nient type" of explosive which would cause a blast of the in tensity of that which destroy ed the airliner and ended Con tinental's record of 28 years without a passenger fatality. Pahl said the explosive sub stance blew a hole the height of the entire rear portion of the plane's fuselage and im mediately severed the tail sec tion, although the tail assem bly might have remained at tached by control cables for a few seconds or minutes af ter the explosion. Skin scrapings of victims were under analysis at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology i n Washington, D. 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Pahl said that present lab oratory techniques are so fine that if enough residue from the explosive is found, not on. ly the type but the manufac turer of the substance can be determined. FBI Gets Briefcase Earlier Sunday the Federal Bureau of Investigation took possession of a briefcase bear ing the initials "T. C. D. " from Centerville police. The briefcase was found Sunday by Gabe Rackie on his farm a mile east of Cincinna ti, Iowa, 12 miles north of Unionville, Mo., and eight miles south of here. The passenger and crew list released by Continental Air lines after the crash contained no person with the three ini tials on the briefcase. Insurance companies which write in-flight policies began over the week end to process their records and determine the amount of coverage of persons aboard the plane. FBI agonts in Chicago were attempting to trace the travel patterns of the 37 passengers who boarded the plane at O' Hare International Airport for the flight to Los Angeles, by way of Kansas City, Mo. Appeal by Brinks Robbers Rejected Washington (UPD The Supreme Court today again turned down an appeal from eight of the men sentenced to life for the notorious $1.2 mil linn Brinks robbery in Bos ton. The court, in a brief un signed order, refused to hear a new appeal from the eight. A similar appeal from the convicted gang members was turned down by the justices in 1959. In other actions today, the court: - Refused to consider its April 23 order which sent back to the Michigan Su preme Court a voting appor tionment case which chal lenged the geographical allo cation of the state's senato rial districts. Michigan offi cials had urged the court to reconsider. - Denied, a hearing to Ber nard August, a Philadelphia school teacher dismissed from his job in 1954 on grounds of "incompetancy" because of his action during an in quiry into communism. ft 3, UrXil . Si IWtttl'Kfaifi liMif' W REASSEMBLING JOB The remains of a Continental Air lines jet plant are strewen over the floor of an old exhibits building at Appanoose County Fairgrounds at Centerville, Gene Williams Elected President Of Association Gene Williams, agency manager of Standard Insur ance company, Medford, was elected president of the Rogue Valley association of Life Underwriters recently during its meeting at the Rogue Valley Country club. Other officers elected were: Chris Hansen, Business Men's Assurance, Grants Pass, vice president, and Wayne King, Aetna Life Insurance com pany, Medford, secretary treasurer. Six directors elected were: Gerald L. Barry, Prudential; Bill Brooks, Canada Life; C. E. Chamberlain, Western Life: Glen L. Fabrick, Standard In surance company; John S. Humphrey, Mutual of New York, all Medford, and Wil liam Parnicky, CLU, Standard Insurance company, Grants Pass. The National Quality Award was presented to four mem bers of the local association: Bill Parnicky, CLU (five years), Wayne Safley (three years), Chamber lain (two years), and Humphrey (two years). Each person who qualified had at least two or more years of continuous qualification. A main qualifi cation was at least 90 per cent retention of business written over a two year period. Agencies recognized with 100 per cent agency member ship in the association were: Hopkins -Safely Associates (Aetna Life), kill Caldwell (Occidental Life), and Wil liams (Stand ard Insurance company). Guest speaker was Bill Stebbins, a life and qualify ing member for the Million Dollar Round Table. Herb Cohen, Insur a n c e Company of America, making preparations for Life Underwriters' training course for this fall. All inter ested in the course should contact him. Electronic Stock Service Available A modern electronic stock quotation service, the Quo tron, is now serving the Med ford office of Zilka Smithcr and company. Richard E. Wat son, vice president and man ager stated, "This mechanized midget, half the size of a type writer, will answer questions direct from both the New York and the American Stock exchanges within seconds.' Tne latest transaction or a scan of the market for the day's transactions of any stock listed on either exchange may be sought and answered im mediately. The Quotron is installed in the Portland office of Zilka Smithcr and company and the questions and answers are re layed between Medford and Portland by direct wire. Building Permits Show April Decrease Building permit decreased in Medford in April, 19B2, compared to April, 1961, the University of Oregon bureau of business research has re ported. In April. 1962. the total was $451,874. compared to $598,785 in the same month last year. c Building permits from 147 identical reporting tenters in Oregon totaled $27,972,040 in April, 1962, which was 32.9 per cent higher than in April. 1961. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. t 1 t 1" im.- liiiK N't Opening Listed for PO Clerk-Carrier Applications are now being token for a clerk-carrier ex amination for the Medford post office. Applications will be taken until June 8. Persons 18 years of age, and older, are eligible to take the examination, and application papers may be obtained at the finance window in the Med ford post office at Sixth and Holly sts. Persons must live within the delivery area of the Medford post office, (in cluding Central Point,) to be eligible to take the examina tion. Date of the examination will be furnished the appli cant by the Civil Service com mission. Bloodmohile To Visit Central Point The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Central Point when it comes to Jackson county next month, Jackson county Red Cross officials announced. "The bloodmobile has never visited Central Point, but the rapid growth of the commu nity and the desire by many of the residents prompted Red Cross officials to conclude ar rangements for a twice-a-year visit to that city," Red Cross officials said. "Date and place of the visit will be announced. You choose .... rrr: we'll supply the key Every year we help many families finance their homes. We'd like to help with yours. If anyone can tailor a home buying; plan to fit your income we can . . . because we're home financing special ists. Come in . . . let's talk it over. nd LOAN ASSOCIATION New location: 6th and Gropt Free Parking Robert F. Kyle, Mgr. MEDFORD. OREGON Iowa, as Civil Aeronautics Board experts start the job of reassembling the rear section for clues in the explosion and crash which took 45 lives. (UPD Men Return From Advisory Meeting Sam Colton and V e r 1 Walker have returned from Portland where they attend ed a recent meoting of the Salvation Army Stale advi sory conference. The commit tee is made up of 66 repre sentatives from various parts of the state. Former governor, Elmo Smith, serves as chairman. Colton and Walker are mem bers of the local Army ad visory board. Main address for the meet ing was given by Col. Ralph Miller from the Army's Na tional office in New York City, and of particular in terest during the business ses sion was a discussion of tran sient welfare and financing the Army's program. Jack Burns, Portland, was elected vice chairman of the state advisory conference. Lt. Col. John Erickson is divi sional commander of the Sal vation Army for the slate. MAINTAINS TRADITION New York - (UPD - Part of Broadway will become one way southbound next week to help speed traffic with one noteworthy exception. Tradi tional tickertape parades still will move north up the ave n u e, Traffic Commissioner Henry Barnes announced Sunday. the door... a 09" ' University Names Area Chairman Mrs. G. T. Haupcrt, 222 Valley View dr., has been named chairman for Medford in a project for support of a cultural and educational cen ter to be constructed at Iowa State university, Ames, Iowa. Mrs. Haupert, a graduate of the university, will contact alumni and friends of the in stitution in the Medford vicinity- The Iowa State Center will provide facilities for the pre sentation of plays, opera, con certs and music festivals, for student convocations and graduation exercises, and for short courses and conferences. L DOWNTOWN m MANUFACTURER'S CLOSEOUT! Just Arrived 1000 EVERLON Boucle lb lyJ lm U ZS LJ uJ v I J Approx. 40 in. to I ) 1 I I I 45 in-wide by J J II Vl 81 in. lon3 White and Colors 'niCtX '"lli'il'l W Slight irregulars of values to $1.98 eal I Wt'Vf Hi 11 H til X W Many styles to select from. Hurry for best selection. I if f if I Iff H J;Hr ' ' mm l i UU Cd. 'Nights . ,fil 9 v. ill I Ta U L Mf UM4t a1 t 4 SIXTH t.lHi tirp i J lmMmM fl!hl rflrk IMH central ikr ijiV? 1 French Guard Algiers Buildings Algiers-llirD-Frcnch authori- tics today put guards around all public buildings in an ef fort to halt a "scorched earth" campaign by OAS terrorists in Algeria. Over the week end OAS raiders started fires at two district city halls, two tax officers, other public build ings and at least 20 primary schools in its campaign to block Algeria independence. The new OAS policy was believed designed to destroy Algerian civil progress and thus make it more difficult to achieve a smooth running of the territory when independ ence comes. French authorities were mystified as to what the OAS meant when it threatened over the week end to use a new "weapon which no army in the world has ever used." The statement was made in a pirate radio broadcast and did not elaborate. Terrorists Sunday killed 22 persons and wounded six, bringing the year's totals to 5,212 dead and 9,076 wounded across Algeria. Sergeant York 'Acutely lllr Jamestown, Tenn.-IUPI)- Sgt. Alvin B. York, a red-haired giant from the Tennessee hills whose skill with 'a rifle made him a one-man army in World War I, is "acutely ill" at a hospital here. The 74-ycar-old Medal of Honor winner, bedridden since 1954, was taken to Fen tress County General Hospital last Saturday. Dr. Guy C. Pinklcy, ,who has cared for him for the past 25 years, said York apparently had suffered a gastro intestinal hemor rhage. Pinklcy said he saw no im mediate cause for "too much alarm." He said Sunday night the bleeding had been check ed. Since 1942 York has fought off lobar pneumonia, heart 19B2 trouble, high blood pressure, a hemmorrhage in his right eye and a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. He lives in a "ferris wheel" bed that lets him shift his position by himself and sit up to watch television. 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