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us Plunges Into Icy Montana Mm At least Sue lie as B Mishap Occurs As Scenicruiser Sideswipes Truck St. Regis, Mont. - IUPII - The sheriff's office at Superior, Mont., said this morning that at least six persons were kill ed when a Greyhound bus collided with a truck and plunged into the St. Regis riv er four miles west of here. A number of persons were injured. The accident occurred on U.S. Hignway 10. Three am bulances were sent to the scene of the accident from Missoula, about 72 miles southeast of St. Regis. One of those killed was the bus driver, J. B. Mayer, 48, of Spokane, Wash., a vet eran of 20 years driving with Greyhound. The others were not identified immediately. Capacity Load Richard Brown, 40, Clifton, Ore., a survivor, said the Scenicruiser bus was carrying a capacity load of 43 passen gers when it side-swiped the trailer of a grain truck and plunged front first into the icy water. He said the front end was submerged. Brown, taken to Wallace, Idaho, by a passing motorist for treatment, said the entire front end of the bus was sub merged in the cold water. He-estimated that the ve hicle plunged nearly 100 feet from U. S. Highway 10 to the river. He said he was riding in the front seat of the bus and it appeared the eastbound vehicle clipped the trailer of a westbound grain truck. People Screaming "People were screaming and yelling," Brown said. "I got out somehow and dragged myself up the bank." There, he found Thomas Atchlcy, Seattle, stopped by the roadside and asked if he could get into the man's car to get warm. Atchlcy brought Brown to Providence hospital at Wallace, where attendants said he had a possible broken leg and bruises. He also was thoroughly soaked and chill ed. Brown said the bus had been sliding on the icy, wind ing highway before the acci dent. Barge, Fishing Boat Rescued OK Oregon Coasi By United Press International The Coast Guard rescued a pipe-laden barge and a drift ing fishing boat Sunday in two operations off the Oregon coast. The barge was returned to the tugboat Quinnct. The fishing boat Zella B was towed to the Columbia river. Its crew members, John Nichols and Steve Rlgsby of Brookings, were picked up by the Coast Guard when the vessel started taking on wa ter off the mouth of the Co lumbia Saturday. The tugboat called for help Sunday after It was unable to recapture the barge In rough seas off Siletz Bay. The Coast Guard dispatched the cutter Modoc and three mo tor lifeboats, two from New port and one from Depoc Bay. Pulled Out To Sea The barge, drifting toward shore, was taken In tow by a Coast Guard boat and pulled back out to sea, where it was transferred back to the tug. The lug, traveling from Coos Bay to Alaska, kept a tow lino on a second barge. The Zellii n headed north toward the Washington coast after lis crew members were rescued Saturday. The Coast Guard cutter Yocona and a smaller vessel accompanied the drifting boHt until thry were able to attach a line and start pumps operating Sun day. Anti-Communists Explode Bombs Berlin - (I'PN - Anti-Communists exploded two protest bombs In East Berlin today, one of them in a Soviet ex hibition hall and the second near Red police headquarters. A Communist news agency report said a third bomb was found and disarmed before It could explode. The bombing caused some riamaue but no injuries were reported. An orgnniration calling it self the "Peter Techier Ac tion Group" said it set off the bombs as a sign of "un broken resistance" to the East German terror regime and "a protest against the irre sponsible rowardlce of the Free World that helps it." l ; T ; fV i.-.m-. L rt 4 LAUNDRY Four dryers along the north wall of the Big Y Laundromat are nearly buried in debris after fire swept the building Sunday morning damaging the laundry and three other firms. Owner of the firm, Raymond Nichaus, ".'0 jf rr t DRY CLEANERS The Sunday morning blaze, which burn- fire. The exterior walls of concrete block still stand. Cause cd a structure housing four businesses; is believed to have of the blaze is still being investigated, firemen said. (Knack started In the Big Y Cleaners on Table Rock rd. Charred stedt photo) , timbers were all that remained after firemen put out the Milk Price War Rumors Discounted IViullrtnn - Him - Possibil ity of n milk price wnr hi Hit Pendleton nren has been dis- cnunled by representatives of two distributors here. Oregon's temporary milk ; price stabilization law expires At midniKht tonight and ai 1 least one Willamette Valley dairy has indiented it will cut its prices. Tom Sundin of Independent . Dairies said producers in :he i Pendleton area could not i withstand n price reduction. ! There is little profit on milk I now, he said. Mayflower 'J. j representative N'erf Van Cam pen said he anticipated no drop in prices. Milk distrib uted by Twin City Creamery of Kennewick, Wash . has lie- ; Kun appearing in stores line. I but It has been selling i Mie I same price as domestic brands. 1 The Oregon Dairymen's As sociation is scheduled to meet in Salem Jan. 7 to discuss a possible new law. Animals Pampered at Fori tn New Alextco Fort Winnate, N M, - Yl -Four fawns cared for at 1 ho Army depot here may be the most pampered animals m the West. The four, orphans from ihe Alhuqueniuc area, live in a 2.M,n-suare foot urea stir rounded by h fense. Six inches of sand, hi anclns and h.' undei loot protect their hooves from the pavement. They sleep in a watertight hoan, and were bottle-fed by Skip Hansen, son of the local fire chief. The deer are icd three times a day and waim water is kept for them to drink. FISHING AID New York I'l'l Oil Facts reports synthetic fibers made from petroleum are providing the world's fishing fleets with nn Invaluable tool - rotproof fishiHR nets HfiMiWyWl!jMMm"''JJM"yi .flit, . .1 41. Regional Edition MedfordMWTribune MEDKORU, 'Memorial Theme of Pasadena, Calif. - lUH' - Tl 74th Tournament of Hoses will depict events rannintf from tlu last days of Pompeii to man on the moon in vivid floral setlinn Tuesday in a renewal of one of the most .spectacular New Year's events of all. An estimated 15 million spectators will line the pa rade route, while another 00 American Indians To Occupy Fair Pavilion New York - UTI' - For ihe i first lime in history, Amer-l I ican Indians will offer an or ! i i iMiiied program at a World's Fair, it was announced re - cently by Hubert Moses, presi- dent of the New York PHi4 - 1 PHu Worlds Fair. An American Indian pavil - ion will occupy a site e.t ;t."i,iU0 square feet at the Now I Yotk exposition, it was an- mumced. I ne exhibit is under the sponsorship of the Nation a I American Indian Youth Committee of Arrow, Inc. NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT On CVp'.'V men I in So Ore LOU VAN Sr.Ke Uptlnw Dovtn Mow Hot W.ort HeMffi. Ill West Main - , ' V; I L .r. . - 3 A said that the majority of the equipment escaped fire dam age, and that the loss was covered by insurance. The fire, believed to have started at the other end of the structure, spread through an attic. (Knackstedt photo) If WW. T OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1SH2 Moments' Big Pasadena Parade million will watch over two national television networks. Slightly below normal tem peratures - in the 40s in early mornmK - were forecast, but the Weather Bureau antici pated clear, sunny conditions otherwise. Theme for the parade is "Memorial Moments," and a number of the 62 floats seem deeply influenced by man's race for space. This was sym bolized by the selection of Dr. William Pickering, director of C a 1 t e c h ' s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a key figure in America's first successful satellite orbit, as the grand maishal. Caltech, usually a non-par- lticinant in the headv fiornl I competition, was a belated ; entry this time with a tloat ."Venus to Pasadeii't" - keyed j to the Kreat U.S. triumph in i sending Mariner II to witlvn 21. 000 miles of the planet Venus this month. J The parade is a prelude to t the Hose Howl jianu- between 1 unbeaten national champion Cniversity of Southern Cali COMPANY lection of gas healing equip- flt-or IW KvcrJ Air Hcniontjl Wall l-urnjccs Phone 772-2322 U . , is 3 1 r Page 2A Will Be fornia and No. 2 ranking Wis consin. Since it originated in 18JI0 as a village celebration sponsored by the Valley Hunt club, the Tournament of Hoses has become a spectacle in itself that annually attracts more than a million specta tors - many of whom are camped along the parade route five and six hours be fore the start. lisp :.'.i. .-'.. II t it I ' ' ' H you have only pennies left from your pay checH after paying monthly bills, give us a call. Ask for a Paycheck Stretcher Loan. CITY FINANCE COMPANY 1S5 E. Main St. Phone: 482-2431, Ashland Lite insurance available on all loans at low group rates 2522 TO 150022 Cottage Grove Man in Custody After Crime Spree Eugene (UPD Edward Dean Riley, accused of a Lane coun ty crime spree while trying to dodge the law Friday night and Saturday, was in custody today with bail set at $15,000. The 22 - year - old Cottage Grove man surrendered with out resisting when some sev en police patrol cars converg ed on him Saturday afternoon as he drove through Spring field. Riley was taken to Lane county jail and charged with kidnap and ascault. He was accused by police of abduct ing a Cottage Grove officer and two other persons early Saturday, and wounding a Junction City officer. Massive Manhunt The actions set off a mas sive manhunt Saturday in north Springfield. Police cor doned off a 30-block area where a car reported stolen by Riley was abandoned. A house to house search was un dertaken. Some 70 officers participated. Riley was taken shortly aft er a resident in the area re ported Riley had confronted him in his barn. The resident said Riley then ran next door and took a neighbor's car. Woman Held A woman companion, Shir ley Mae Peterson, 22, was also held. Miss Peterson was ar rested when the car was aban doned in Springfield. Her bail was also set at $15,000. Police reconstructed the events of the night before this way. Cottage Grove officer James Cornell was driving home with his wife after com pleting his shift when he ob served a car in a minor traf fic violation. He recognized Riley, wanted for questioning on a petty larceny warrant, in the car with Miss Peterson. Cornell ordered Riley to follow him to the police sta tion. Instead, the Riley car sped away. Cornell pursued it. The ear crashed outside Cot tage Grove. Gun Wrested Away Cornell, his wife, and a nearby resident, Ray Harris, arrived at the scene. Riley wrestled away Cornell's gun, then drove the trio in Cor nell's car to a spot near Cres wel. ' Riley and Miss Peterson then proceeded to Junction City, where officer Dale Kolln tried to stop them. Kolln was knocked to the ground by a bullet that creased his fore head. Riley and the woman then proceeded in the policeman's car to Springfield, where Miss Peterson was taken and the search launched for Riley. Active Dealings Push Stocks Higher New York - IUPII - Stocks climbed a trifle higher in ac tive early year-end dealings today, but nearly all moves among individual issues were held to fractions. High speed tickers were late through the first half hour of trading under the in fluence of heavy switching, tax-loss selling and "window dressing" by the mutual funds. The only blue chip to move more than a fraction was Woolworth, which dipped a point. Leading oils, steels, chemicals and autos all held within 'i point of last week's closing levels. Bristol-Myers, hurt by an unfavorable aspirin study, lost around l5s, and Johnson & Johnson dipped 1 in the driiRs. IBM climbed 2' 4. and Pol aroid a point among the gla mor items. Kennedy, Of Talk To Cuban Palm Beach, Fla. - (UPD -President Kennedy and his staff had an opportunity today to sift through returns on his week end speech to Cuban refugees in Miami where he seemed to promise new U.S. encouragement for the over throw of Premier Fidel Cas tro. Official activities today were in something of a pre New Year's lull. The Presi dent and his wife planned to spend New Year's eve at a dinner dance given by friends, the Charles B. Wrightsmans. The chief executive will take a helicopter to the Orange Bowl football game in Miami Tuesday. From across the country and up from Latin America, however, there were reports for the President's perusal, indicating a broad range of reaction to his Saturday speech. The setting was conducive to emotion the stone-serious faces of the men of Bri gade 2506, the Cuban refugee outfit-captured in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. About 40,000 relatives, friends and well-wishers filled half of the stadium behinc. the brigade. The President said several things which fanned high the hopes of Cuban refugees for a not-too-distant return to their homeland. These same passages whipped Communist outlets in Russia and Cuba into new cries of "aggression" and "act of war" against this country. Foreign PHILIP. OTHER HUNTERS KILL 1.000TH BIRD Sandringham. England-llTli-Prince Philip and his fellow pheasant hunters have killed their 1.000th bird of the season at the royal estate here, a royal source said today. GOLDA MEIER PRAISES PRESIDENT KENNEDY Jerusalem, Israel-UPIi-IsraeU Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meier returned here Sunday night from a U.S. visit and praised President Kennedy as a "sincere friend of Israel." CRIMINAL. POLITICAL PRISONERS GAIN AMNESTY Vienna-IITO-Radio Sofia announced today what it claimed was the largest amnesty in Bulgarian history. The broadcast monitored here said the amnesty effective today covered both criminal was released but informed prisoners were believed to be CHINESE LANDINGS SAID Tokyo-tUPII-Communist China charged today that "sneak landings" on the China mainland by Nationalist Chinese guer rilla learns were "under the of U.S. espionage organizations. The charge, made in an editorial in the official Peking People's daily newspaper, commented on the "complete smashing" of nine groups of Nationalist guerrillas "landed or air-dropped between October and December" of this year. INDONESIAN FLAG RAISED OVER WEST NEW GUINEA Jakarta, Indonesia-itPli-Indonesia raised its red and white flag over West New Guinea for the first time today. Until May 1, the Dutch and Indonesian flags will fly side by side in the former Dutch colony. At that time, the temporary UN administration will end and Indonesia will govern the territory. CEYLONESE PREMIER ARRIVES IN CANTON Tokyo-UTIi-Ceylonese Premier Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaran aike arrived in Canton, China, Sunday on her way to Peking for talks with Communist Chinese leaders on the Indian border conflict, the New China news agency reported. She is representing six neutral Afro-Asian nations in an effort to end the border war. Ml a- 1 w . mm rr-.-ah. I- 3 Famous SLANT-0-MATlC'j Automate Machines Zigzag Remarkable values. FLOOR MODELS AND DEMONSTRATORS 30OJ$50 Staff Study Result the brigade presented their beloved battle flao to the President and he told them in return, "I can assure you that this flag will be returned to this brigade in a free Cuba." The official White House transcript showed that he said "a free Havana," but the State Department translator who interpreted at the Or ange Bowl ceremony said in Spanish "a free Cuba." Hopes Kept Alive This difference was minor. In any case, it was regarded widely, at least in Cuba ref ugee circles, as a rather strong indication of Kennedy's de sire to keep alive the hopes of anti-Castro forces that their next invasion of Cuba will be powerful and successful. Some of the President's as sociates thought he meant no 11 Men Missing As Tug Vanishes Northpoint, N. Y. - (UPD -Eleven men aboard a sand and gravel tug were believed today to have perished on ice choked Long Island Sound in waters whipped into 30-foot waves by an eastern seaboard storm. The tug apparently sank. The 100-foot, red and black tug, Gwendolyn Steers, had been missing since its last radio contact with the Eaton Neck Coast Guard Station near here at 4:45 p.m. EST Sunday. inefs and political prisoners. No figure sources here said about 4,000 involved. PLANNED BY U.S. AGENTS direct planning and organization oratrve 5tltch var mcn7 ' s"n, OHES SINGER- modcls at great reductions. EASY 00 ; TFRMC .. 1 re Est 318 EAST MAIN Refugees such hard implication, but that he spoke in lenemi terms. Other associates just as close to the chief executive were somewhat surprised by the vigor of his speech. The next opportunity for the President to deal in pub. lie with the Cuban situation Drobablv will come in h i State of. the Union message which will be delivered to Congress shortly after the House and Senate convene Jan. 9. Winter's Fury Continues Sting In British Isles London - (UPD - Britain's worst winter storm in 15 years brought the nation to a New Year's Eve standstill to day. More snow was expected to day, although a slight thaw threatened floods in soma areas. Highway officials, sur veying drifts whipped up by 88-mile-per-hour winds, pre dicted, "It's going to be a grim New Year's Eve." Snow, ice and winds struck the rest of Europe, pushing the toll in the eight-day freeze-up to 562 persons killed in auto accidents, drownings, asphyxiations and freezing. Paralyzing Effect France led with 179 deaths, followed by Britain with 148, Germany with 66, Italy with 57 and Holland with 41. For Britain, which spends most of the year in mild if somewhat disagreeable wea ther, the effect of the 20-foot snow drifts and gale force winds was paralyzing. Roads were only partially cleared. Suburban trains ran skeleton services at best. Airport Closed London Airport was shut down tight and the trust worthy Southern Region Rail way, which services the south suburban area of London, col lapsed completely Sunday night for the first time in years when drifts blocked main routes. The snowstorm was cen tered in western and southern England, which officials said was "like an arctic snow field." Snow covered almost all ot Western Europe, crested the Iron Curtain and extended all the way across the Soviet Union. Radio Moscow said residents of Vladivostok "for the first time in their lives had to ski to work." 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