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Crews Clean Up
After Friday Gale
Mopping - up operations
were under way in Jackson
county today following Fri
days severe windstorm. Major
repairs have been completed,
it was reported, with many
firms now sending repair
crews to northern Oregon
cities.
Electricity has been re
stored to the majority of
Jackson county. Pacific Pow
er and Light officials reported
this morning. Power is still
reported off in Union Creek.
Howard Prairie and Hyatt
lakes, and on Red Blanket
road near Prospect.
Power is expected to be re
stored in all locales except
Union Creek by tonight, offi
cials explained. It is not
known when the line into
Union Creek can be fixed
since 11 miles of line was re
ported damaged in Friday's
storm.
Officials said a considerable
number of trees were across
the power lines in that area,
and the firm may have to
contract for clearing the blow
downs. Some 23 men worked Sun
day, mainly making perma
nent repairs in areas where
temporary repairs had been
made earlier. Persons who do
not have power today should
contact PP&L, it was stressed.
Repairman Injured
Twenty-one men from the
Medford district were sent to
Grants Pass Friday and this
morning. Sunday evening
Harold Baker, Medford, suf-
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Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1962 No. 177
DAMAGE CLEARED Power company
linemen are shown clearing a downed power
pole from the top of a car in Portland fol
lowing Friday's storm. Extra linemen were
flown in from neighboring states to help
in restoring facilities brought on by the
strong wind. (UPI)
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair Uirough Tues
day, except patches of valley
fog or low cloudiness early
Tuesdav morning. Low tonight
32-36. High Tuesday 62-6R.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 51
Lowest This Morning ... 11
Sunset today ..: 5:30 p.m.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise tomorrnw . ... fi:25 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 7:29 p.m.
Last Quarter Oct. 2
The planet, Venus, Is lower in
the southwest each evening.
Now less than 35 million miles
away, Venus will reappear In
the morning sky In November,
Precip. to 10 a.m. Today Trace
Plea Made for
More Pear Pickers
Between 600 and 700 pear
pickers are desperately need
ed by Jackson county pet"
growers, John Patton, mana
ger of the Medford office of
the department of employ
ment, stressed today.
Jackson county horticulture
agents reported 50 per cent
of the cornice pear crop dam
aged and 20 per cent damage
to the bosc pear crop.
Needed are men or man and
wife teams, he said. No one
under 18 years of age should
apply unless they are high
scnool graduates.
Persons who apply for peat
ricking must wear rubber
fcotwear, Patton stated, since
the orchards are very wk.
Pickers may work only one
day or the entire week, he
added. Orchardists are paying
a bonus of five cents a box
tor those who continue pick
ing for the balance of the sea
son Persons may apply at the
farm labor office at the fair
grounds from 6 a.m. to 3
p.m. or at the employment
office, 119 North Oakdale avr
between 8 a.m. and 5 p m.
Morse Victory in
Congress Leaves
Roque Dams Intact
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington -(Special)-Con-gress
authorized three new
Rogue river basin projects
Saturday and handed Sen.
Wayne Morse a major victory
before adjourning so its mem
bers could head homeward.
A long stalemate on the
omnibus rivers and harbors
authorization bill was broken
Friday night when a stripped
down compromise bill emerg
ed from House-Senate confer
ence with the Rogue riv.er
dams intact. The projects are
Elk creek. Lost creek and Ap
plegate dams with an estimat
ed federal cost of S106.7 mil-
on.
The bill contained no funds
to start their construction but
made them eligible for inclu
sion in future federal budgets.
The .House approved the
omnibus bill Friday night and
the Senate followed up Sat
urday before adjourning.
Morse's major victory was
in winning his fight for mon
ey for several disputed proj
ects which had been axed by
Rep. Mike Kirwan (D-Ohio)
in a fight over Kirwan's ac
quarium bill. Out of $965,000
Kirwan had delted from the
public works money bill, the
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MISSING -
Cuban Exiles Unfold
Story of Attack on
Castro Patrol Boat
MiamMUPP-Six Cuban ex
iles today unfolded their story
of a daring nighttime raid in
which they attacked and sank
a Cuban government patrol
boat and picked up two Castro
soldiers wounded in the
battle.
The two wounded men were
undergoing treatment in Mi
ami's Jackson Memorial Hos
pital and one of them asked
Mrs. Nancy Carol
Rohl, 27, above, of Grants
Pass, is being sought by Jose
phine county officers after
she disappeared a week ago
with her two children, ages S
and 2. She was last seen Oct.
7 when she left the. home of
House Saturday voted to re- her parents, Mr.and Mrs,
Both Sides Claim
Victory in Yemen
Cairo -IUPII- Rival "republi
can" and royalist forces today
claimed new victories in the
struggle for control in the
desert kingdom of Yemen on
the Red Sea.
Radio Amman in Jordan,
which is supporting the self
proclaimed Imam (king) Has
san, said his forces captured
the mountain village of Raseh
Sunday and were continuing
to drive on the capital of
Sanaa.
Amman Radio also said
that many of Yemen's tribal
chieftains were rallying to the
support of Hassan, who pro
claimed himself imam when
the rebels claimed that Imam
Mohammed Badr was killed
! in the revolt last month.
; But the semi-official Middle
j East News agency Mcna of the
i U.A.R. which is backing the
rebel regime, said Badr was
still alive.
Gtore $800,000 for three of the
five projects in content'.on:
Bius River dam near Eugene.
Columbia River channel ?nd
Yaquina Bay jetty. Two east
ern Oregon reclamation plan
ning items were lost.
Filibuster Threatened
Morse had threatened a fili
buster to block adjournment
if the House refused to 3p
prove the Oregon projects.
The House, anxious to hit tue
campaign trail, rclentej
and adjournment came swi.'t
and peacefully.
George High, in Grants Pass
She is said to have been driv
ing a 1060 Studcbaker beam
ing license number 2R-905.
Anyone knowing of her
whereabouts is asked to con
tact the nearest police station.
Budget Deficit of
$6 Billion Expected
Washington -IUPII- Instead
of the S500 million deficit or
iginally planned by President
Kennedy, the federal budget
for this year now is expected
The Dalies Teacher
Awarded Judgment
Portland IUPH- Henry E.
Steers, 39, The Dalles school
teacher and a former Oregon
football player, has been
awarded a $140,000 default
judgment and a $50,000 jury
verdict as a result of injuries
suffered in an auto accident
here last fall.
Steers brought the suit
against Hazel Stewart, Wilma
Williams and Eugene Mont
gomery, Klamath Indians. He
was injured critically when
the car in which he was rid
ing was struck by another
while he was en route to a
football game here.
The default judgment was
entered against Montgomery
after he failed to file an ap
pearance. The jury verdict
was returned against Miss Wil
liams. Mrs. Stewart, owner of
the car, was not held responsible.
Missinq Hunters
Return to Home
A hunting party of three
men returned home during
the week end after their sta
tion wagon was stuck in the
mud in the Gerber reservoir
area in Klamath county.
Paul W. Garren Jr., and his
(wn companions Bill Jones
and son, Lloyd Jones, all Med- t0 go $6 billion in the red
ford, were found hiking along
the highway after rescuers Morse Back in State
tailed to reach the area due . ..
to the deep mud left by Me ! To Hit Campaign trail
storm Friday. ' Eugene -Jl'Pli- Sen. Wayne
The three-man party used a i Morse (D-Ore.). arrived back
bl.tane stove in the back of in the state Sunday to hit the
their station wagon to keep ! campaign trail in the final
varm. They were reported three weeks before the No
missing since Friday night. j vrmbcr election.
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FINE OF BARNETT ASKED
Weihington-IPI-The Justice Department today asked thai
Miltuiippt Go. Roi R. Barnett be fined $100,000 for failing
to purge himielf of contempt of federel court.
ULBRICHT WANTS GERMAN TREATY (President Dwight D Eisen-Berlin-IPIEa.l
German Communitl party chief Welter liowcr tonight, it was disclos
Ulbricht told isiting Polish leaden todey that German cd toda
peace treaty must not be witneia eny longer,
UGANDA APPROVED BY UN COUNCIL
Grace Confident
Of Monaco Peace
Monte Carlo, Monaco-IUPII-Princess
Grace said with a
big smile today that she was
optimistic that the little war
between Monaco and France
would have a happy ending
for her tiny country.
"Naturally, we are very
concerned," the former Holly
wood actress told United
Press International.
"But I am optimistic that
everything will turn out all
right."
The princess, who rules her
360-acre country with her
husband. Prince Rainier, add
ed that, "I really can't say any
thing because it is a political
matter."
She indicated she expected
to live happily ever after
with Rainier in Monaco -surrounded
by their wealthy sub
jects, expensive hotels, ornate
gambling casino and harbor
full of yachts.
exiles, with the two wounded
men, managed to run their
damaged PT boat to Cayo Sal,
a tiny British islet 45 miles
from Cuba's north coast,
where the U.S. Coast Guard
picked them up Sunday.
Flown To Miami
The wounded men, identi
fied as Militia Sgt. Filiberto
Suarez Lima, 40, and Cpl.
Miguel Cao Mandino, were
for political asylum. The other rushed to the hospital here
was too badly injured to talk.
Premier Fidel Castro's re
gime in Havana had believed
both were dead.
The raid took place early
Saturday morning. The six
Srong Winds Set
Gresham Barn Upright
Grcsham. Ore. -tUPD- Fri
day's hurricane-force winds
caused $170 million worth of
damage in Oregon, killed sev-
, eral persons and uprooted
I trees.
An ill wind, true, but . . .
i George Swanson of Gresham
' has an old barn which has
I been leaning south for several
! years.
1 It blew upright again.
Lumber Talks To
Resume on Tuesday
Ottawa lUPh Canadian and
United States negotiators will
be under pressure from their
home lumber producers when
talks over Canada's softwood
lumber exports to the TJ. S.
resume in the capital Tuesday.
Police Arrest
Wanted Youth
A 19-year-old youth, want
ed in Napa, Calif., for the
attempted murder of his wife
and four-months-old baby,
was arrested by a Medford
city police officer Sunday aft
ernoon as the fugitive was
driving north through Med
ford. Arrested and lodged in
county jail was Gary Lee Mc
Guire, who told police that he
was on his way to Anchorage,
Alaska, to see his mother.
Officer George Lucas took
McGuire into custody on
North Pacific highway about
2 p.m. Sunday after recogniz
ing the Napa man's car from
an all-points bulletin he had
read that morning.
According to Napa author
ities, McGuire is wanted for
questioning in con
nection with the shooting of
Barbara McGuire and the
couple's baby early Saturday.
McGuire gave a statement
to city police admitting that
he had robbed a service sta
tion Saturday in Vacaville,
Calif.
Napa authorities said M
Guire's wife has a "50-50"
chance of living, but the in
fant is in good condition.
McGuire has signed a watv-
1 NO NEWS CONFERENCE
j Washington -WIi- President
I Kennedy will not hold a news
j conference this week, the
; White House said today.
by helicopter.
Miami area Immigration
Director Edward P. Ahrens
said Suarez Lima had asked
permission to remain in the
United States.
The six raiders arrived
aboard a Coast Guard boat at
Key West -where thoy were
met by immigrations, customs
and FBI agents and taken to
the Opo-Locka exile proces
sing station for intensive ques
tioning. The leader of the attack, a
crewcut, cigar-chewing exile,
said the group had left a base
outside U. S. territory aiming
to slip into Cardenas Bay on
Cuba's northern coast to blow
up a large distillery.
Meet Patrol Boat
Instead they encountered
the patrol boat about a mile
off Varadero beach in Mat
anzas Providence and opened
fire. The patrol boat fired
back.
Both of the wounded Cu
bans were hit in the upper
legs by 20mm cannon fire.
Two other Cubans swam to
shore as their boat sank.
A few hours after the battle
the Cuban Armed Forces Mili
tary Ministry issued a com
munique denouncing the at
tack as "cowardly" and saying
it was part of e plot of "ag
gression" by "North American
Imperialism."
The Castro regime said Me
raiders had opened fire on
a "pleasure craft manned by
four Cuban citizens" but
Suarez Lima told officials it
was an armed patrol boat.
Hatfield Appeals for
Help in Pear Harvest
Salem-UIPli-Gov. Mark Hat
er of extradition and will be I field today Issued a special ap-
returned to Napa, where
charge of attempted murder
has been filed against him.
Delay in Moon Shot,
Due Tuesday, Expected
Cape Canaveral - lUPli - Pay
load troubles today gave the
United States only a "50-50
chance" of launching its new
est shot at the moon on sched
ule Tuesday, informed sources
reported.
peal to citizens of southern
Oregon to help harvest the
pear crop, hard hit in Friday's
storm.
"We have seen in the after
math of this disaster the fin
est kind of ncighborlincss in
assisting the homeless and the
inconvenienced. We now hsve
a challenge to rescue one of
the basic economic resources
of the southern part of our
state and I urge all citizens
who can devote the time to
assist in this effort," he said.
GOP OFFICE ROBBED
Bostin - WW - The Mu: a
chusetts Republican State!
'.ommittee office has been j
robbed of $70,000 in cash tnd ;
c'lecks. most of which reprc- i
Emergency Situation in Northwest
Blood Supply, Red Cross Officials Say
se.ited payments for
rai.-ing dinner for
a rund
former i
An emergency situation ex
ists in the blood supply in
the Northwest. Medford Red
Cross official; were notified
this morning.
Blood collections in the
northern part of the state have
had to be cancelled due to
power outages, officials said.
They noted that the supply
of blood on hand prior to Fri-
day's storm was low, and
Delegates I treatment of storm victims
Bloodmobile's visit to Med
ford Tuesday and Wednesday.
Red Cross officials noted.
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Red Cross chapter house,
60 Hawthorne avc., Tuesday
from 2 to 6 p.m. and Wednes
day from 10 a m to 2 p m.
Appointments may be made
by telephoning the chapter
house 773-3813. Drop-in do
nors will also be accepted.
Portland - 1PT
'wire arriving today for Mi" ; has reduced the blood dras- officials said.
United Nations N Y.-lP1-The Security Council recom- week's 31st national conven- tically. i The quota has been set at
ded unanimously today that the General Assembly admit j tion of the National Reclama-! Only 20 appointments have I 350 pints for which 40n do-
United Nations. MIOn association. ! utfn icmvcu u ini iui mic ' iiwib air iiccuiu.
mended
Uganda ai the 110th member of the
Among those who will ben.
efil from the drawing will be
Mrivin Smith, 12, son of Mr
and Mrs. Frank Smith, 417
Pearl St., who is a patient at
Docrnbecher Memorial hospi
tal in Portland. The boy suf
fered serious burns last May
and is to undergo skin grafts
for which blood is needed.
Persons may donate blood
during the two day visit of
the Bloodmobile in the name
of friends or to blood banks
set up by various firms.
The Bloodmobile will be in
Ashland until fl o'clock today
fered a severe cut on one of
his arms when a pole he was
working on toppled. He was j
reported in fair condition at j
Josephine General hospital
this morning. i
Another lineman, Raymond
Heidenriech, also Medford,
who was working on the pole
with Baker, was shaken up in
the accident but was not hos
pitalized. All repairs have been made
to lines owned by Pacific
Northwest Bell Telephone
company, according to Jack
Creagcr, district manager this
morning. He noted that the
company in Jackson county
only suffered $7,000 damage.
From Medford 12 installer
repairmen and 15 construc
tion men were sent to Grants
Pass and Cottage Grove,
Crcager said. He noted that
from Gold Hill to Ashland
there were only 726 telephon
es out at the height of the
storm, with all repairs com
pleted by Sunday.
Grants Pass Telephones
Josephine county has a high
of 3,000 telephones out of or
der with 1,153 still without
service in Grants Pass today.
Creager stressed that due to
the shortage of repair crews
in Medford only emergency
orders will be taken until
storm damage is repaired in
the northern part of the stale.
Biggest mission in Rogue
River National forest in the
wake of Friday's severe wind
storm is to salvage blown
down timber as soon as pos
sible to prevent beetle infesta
tion. 1
That was the report today
from Robert Torheim of the
Rogue forest supervisory
staff.
Today's mission was to fly
over the forest and get a gen
eral idea of the damage. Re
connaissance flights were to
include checks to learn what
the storm might have done to
lookout stations.
Torheim reported most of
the damage occurred in the
Union Creek area. It was pro.
gressively less south through
the forest.
Summer Homes Damaged
Fifteen summer homes were
damaged in the Union Creek
area. One home burned last
night. Information on wheth
er the fire was storm-connected
was not available this
morning.
Radio was the only means
of communication between
Medford and the Union Creek
ranger's office. The ranger
station was operating on the
emergency power of its own
generator.
Blown down timber caused
considerable damage to the
Union Creek campground.
One trailer was smashed at
the ranger station where there
was minor damage to build
ings. Beckic's cafe received
minor roof damage.
For the amount of timber
down, it is lucky that there
was not more damage in the
Union Creek area, Torheim
said. A number of trees fell
between buildings.
Trapped Hunter Freed
In the Prosprct district
most damage was the blown
down limber. Roads were
plugged by fallen trees. One
hunter camp trapped at
Huckleberry Gap was freed
yesterday. Two hunter ve
hicles still were trapped near
Anderson mountain.
Most of the roads, Including
four major ones, still were
blocked in the Butte Falls dis
trict. In Ashland district most
of the blowdown was in the
Fish lake country. This was
not so serious, Torheim said.
Roads were open to the lake.
Aerial reconnaissance in
the southwest district of the
state department of forestry
revealed, some damage to the
roofs of Round Top and
Burnt Peak lookouts. Crews
were sent inlo them today
Medford City Engineer
Vernon Thorpe estimated to
day that it will take itv
I crews at least "two or three
days" to clean up storm dam-
age in Medford.
j Total cost to toe city will
run between $1,500 and $2,
000. Thorpe said.
All city street crews,
about 22 men. worked until
9 p.m. Friday, cutting up fall
en trees to clear streets. An
estimated 20 trees fell on city
streets during t h e storm,
Thorpe said.
Minor Damage Report
City Manager Robert Duff
reported to Gov. Mark Hat
field's office today that dam
age to the city from the
storm was "minor."
Some 15 alder trees were
blown over in one section of
Lithia park, but most of tin
park's trees were not damaged.
KENNEDY GIVING
ATTENTION TO
PLEA FOR AID
By United Press International
President Kennedy said today the government was giving
priority attention" to Western Oregon where residents pick
ed up the pieces from Friday's $170 million killer wind
storm that left 21 dead.
The Small Business Administration designated affected
areas of Oregon, Washington and California as disaster re
lief areas. It was understood the administration planned
further action within 24 hours.
Torn buildings and continuing power and telephone out
ages from the worst Oregon wind in memory made emergency
living still the rule today in many areas. There was wreck
age from the Cascades to the Pacific.
A federal disaster team moved in to meet with Gov.
Mark Hatfield and take a look at the storm-torn state.
Hatfield wired Kennedy Saturday saying Oregon is eligi
ble for "major disaster area" aid.
' Kennedy wired the governor today saying "The office
of emergency planning Is giving priority attention to the
conaitions caused by the recent storms in your state."
"When they have completed their survey and reported
to me you will be advised promptly of the action to be
taken."
He also said: "Please extend my sympathy to the families
who have suffered. Their distress is of great concern to me
and I am hopeful that the situaion may rapidly improve."
Oregon Bean Brunt of Storm
Oregon bore the brunt of the typhoon-spawned storm
which caused more than 45 deaths along the West Coast.
Oregon counted 14 deaths from accidents and at least
seven from heart attacks.
The storm left some 150 to 200 families homeless.
Schools were shut in many areas today, including Port
land and some suburbs, Salem, parts of Lincoln county and
the mid-Willamette Valley, and Oregon College of Educa
tion at Monmouth.
Western Oregon looked a shambles. And reports trickling
in from areas involved by the storm showed farmers were
among the hardest hit.
Cattle carcasses lay crushed under collapsed barns and
tons of hay from Tillamook on the coast to Rickreall in the
Williamette Valley. Farmers were forced to fire rifles into
fallen barns and hay to kill wounded animals.
Orchards were uprooted. Unharvested crops were flat
tened. Thousands of chickens were killed.
In cities and towns, roofs had gaping holes. Trees sprawl
ed across streets, power lines draped across tree and build
ings or dangled dangerously..
The Red Cross, designated the official disaster relief
agency by the governor, was swamped with calls for camp
ing stoves, temporary roofing, baby sterilizers and disposable
diapers, and portable generators for iron lungs.
Hundreds were injured, most of them struck by flying
umns, glass ana aeons.
More than 2,000 power and telephone linemen,, many
flown in from neighboring states, worked around the clock
to restore service.
Pacific Northwest Bell, with 55,000 telephones out late
Sunday, brought in a 43-car trainload of equipment.
Gold Beach Families Evacuated
The coast was battered. Astoria lost" a tuna cannery and
part of an airplane hangar. Many Gold Beach families were
evacuated. Port Orford lost two sections ot Pacific High
school. A $70,000 fire burned a mill near Cape Blanco.
During the height of the blow late Friday Mt. Hebo re
ported a gust of wind to 170 mph.
, Engineers worked to suspend a 115,000 volt line from
the Highway 101 bridge at Coos Bay after a tower holding
the line collapsed inlp the shipping cannel during the storm.
Ferries were temporarily Idled by lack of loading power
at Astoria. At Florence, houses, boats and much of the
downtown section were wrecked.
On the coast and in lakes and rivers boats were tossed
about. Several hundrec light airplanes were flipped around
UKc leaves In the wind.
Damage in the Willamette Valley was severe. The State
Capitol grounds at Salem, the pride of the state, were re
duced to rubble. Century- old trees were torn up and a
statue was toppled and cracked.
Repairmen worked to fix the roof of a building at Ore
gon State Hospital. A ward full of maximum security women
prisoners had to be transferred when the roof was torn off.
Eugene was one of the hardest-hit cities. Parts of the
roofs of South Eugene High school and Roosevelt Junior
High school were bluwn off. One man was killed when the
wind collapsed part of the Sunset Home for the Aged. The
Eugene Fire Department answered some 75 fire calls during
the blast.
A historic campus lower toppled at Oregon College of
Education at Monmouth. On campuses throughout the state,
trees were snapped like mntchsticks. A bridge at Corvallis
was closed.
In Portland, the Hawthorne Bridge was reopened to
three-lane traffic after a ship rammed into it during the
storm. Multnomah Stadium had parts of its roof torn off,
but 30,030 football fans showed up Saturday to watch Wash
ington edge Oregon State 14-13.
Livestock Exposition Parade Cancelled
The Pacific International Livestock Exposition cancelled
its parade over littered and blocked Portland streets, but
opened on schedule Saturday despite storm damage to Its
buildings.
Hatfield upped his damage estimate from $150 million to
$170 million after the State Forestry Department reported
$20 million damage to state forests alone. Many lookout tow
ers were damaged.
Hatfield put 100 foresters on the alert to help cities and
counties assess tree damage and remove weakened trees
that would become hazards In even moderate winds.
The governor also appealed to residents of Southern
Oregon to give all possible help in harvesting pears knocked
from trees by the wind. One-half million boxes of unharvest
ed pears were feared damaged In the Ashland area.
An army of several hundred insurance adjusters was
flown Into Oregon, named a "catastrophe area" by the In
dustry, to assess and settle storm claims. '
Falling trees were blamed for most of Oregon's violent
storm deaths. Others were caused by falling buildings,
flying glass, a fall, and electrocution.
Preliminary damage estimates Included $4 million In
Marion county, $5 million in Lincoln county, $2 million
in the Gold Beach area, $1 million at Bandon.
The Red Cross estimated as many as 200 families were
left homeless.
An emergency tank of water was trucked to Sllctz Sun
day. The community had been using hand-chlorinated and
boiled fire protection water. Temporary pumps were hooked
up for other communities where regular pumps depended
on electricity.
Fire fanned by the hurricane force winds destroyed a
$400,000 farmers' warehouse at Junction City, six homes
I and part of a veneer plant. At Klamath Falls, another fire
caused $loo.ouo damage to the Ellingson planning mill.
(See story and pictures on page 2A)
Bulletin
San Francisco I PI The
Sen Francisco Giants today
defeated the New York
Yankees, i to 2. lo win the
sixth gam of the World
Series. The seventh and de
ciding game will be played
here Tuesday.