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. C, in an effort to deter-
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mine the type of explosive
used.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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