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MtUtUHU MAIL 'lmnUBti, MLLIfOMU. UtiLbUM s:Two Young Marines Swim Three Miles After Going Overboard From Transport Honolulu il'FI-- Two young Marines said Wednesday they swam three miles to shore after one of them fell over board from a troop transport off Honolulu and the other dived in to save him. "Yeah, it's kind of unbe lievable." said Lance Cpl. John J. Mahan. "It was quite a different experience." Mahan, 19, Whittier, Calif., said he owed his life to his friend, Pfc. James M. Cristler, 20. also of Whittier. They gave this account: Their troop transport, the General Mann, left San Diego Jan. 21, and Mahan be came seasick almost from the minute they left port. No Guard Rail Last Saturday night, as the ship left Pearl Harbor for Okinawa, Mahan and Cristler were resting on an area of the deck that had no guard rail, only a steel cable along its edge. Mahan was sick. "All of a sudden I felt it necessary to head for the side," he said. "The next thing I knew 1 was paralyzed with fear at the realization 1 was in the water and the ship was moving away. I don't recall any sensation of actually fall ing the 40 feet into the sea." Cristler immediately went in after him. "It was just a reflex action, 1 guess,'' he said. Cristler helped Mahan re move most of his clothing, then removed most of his own, and the two started swimming. "I kept wanting to go the wrong way," Mahan said. "But Jim talked to me and set me right and I took his judgment. He kept encourag ing me and telling me we would make it." Washed Ashore Three hours later they were washed over sharp coral Into shallow water off a point near Pearl Harbor. Cristler stag gered to the home of a Navy commander and got help. Doc tors said the youths suffered only minor coral scratches. Mahan and Cristler were scheduled to leave by airplane tonight to join their outfit at Okinawa. "1 don't know whether I'll get airsick or not," Mahan said. "I've never flown in an airplane." Cows, like humans, need exercise during the winter months and farmers should provide an exercise lot con venient to the barn. 'W' '- YaMTiNes and Party Goods Medford, Ore. 217 E. Main, WELCOME FOR ALL-Ihree lovely contestants for the title of Miss Chinatown USA, picked the first rainy day in over a month ti visit the San Francisco airport in their motorized rickshaw to welcome one and all to the Chinese New Year's festival, which runs until Feb. 10. The girls are, from left, Shirley Fong, San Francisco; Dolly Lee, Honolulu, and Ce celia Wu, San Francisco. They are being driven by Tony Kent. t(UPI) Anderson Released From Air Force; Destination Secret Mountain Home, Idaho iUl'li -Gerald M. Anderson, 25, was just another civilian to day, except that he had $499.01 in his pocket and a story he'd rather forget. His discharge from the Air Force, after spending 10 months in a stockade for a double murder another man confessed, wag made final Wednesday. The transition from Air Force prisoner to civilian was swift. It came in less than 24 hours. Anderson drew $499.01, his last paycheck from the Air Force, and left. Officers said Anderson de clined to say where he was going, but he was given travel money from the base to his home in San Diego. Earlier Wednesday, a fed eral judge stopped the civil rights dispute in the case, but Anderson's civilian attorney indicated he might pursue the matter in libel and personal injury suits. U.S. District Judge Chase A. Clark said "it is well" the Air Force released the air man from murder charges. Ho said the release relieved the court from ruling on charges Anderson's civil rights were violated when the Air Force arrested him after the slate of Idaho freed him. But Attorney Robert Mc Laughlin said during an inter view there was a chance he would sue on behalf of An derson. Anderson's honorable dis charge came from Washing ton, signed by Air Force Sec retary Eugene Zuckcrt. The Air Force action was on the basis of a confession Anderson gave Office of Spe cial Investigation agents that he knifed to death Mrs. Nan cy Johnson, 22, and her baby last April 10. Three hours after the slate freed him, the Air Force charged him with the mur ders. Anderson and McLaughlin accused the four OSI agents, who took the confession, of using brainwashing methods. Anderson said, when he was released from the Elmore county jail at Mountain Home, that if the OSI agents had "told me 1 was Mona Lisa, I would have believed it." The state freed Anderson when Theodore Thomas Dickie, 22, confessed that he killed the Johnsons. SCHOOL NEWS St. Mary's School Sodalists held a general meeting recently. Guest speak er was the Rev. Gilbert Lulsy, who spoke on general atti tudes and practices for the coming retreat. St. Mary's students burned the midnight oil preparing for mid-term exams. Winter frivolities were forgotten Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday as brains took prece dence over beauty and brawn. Report cards will be si' -n to students today, and Friday an assembly will honor students of outstanding scholastic achievement. The students' annual retreat was held the week of January 27. During this time students attended conferences given by the Rev. Edward Jenner of Central Catholic High school in Portland. Besides the four conferences each day students were given opportunities to have private conferences with the retreat master. Between sessions the time was spent in silence and quiet reflection of the subject matter previ ously discussed. Regular aca demic classes were suspended for the time of the retreat. Several students will par ticipate in the religious census-taking organized by the Medford Ministerial associa tion Feb. 16 and 17. Annette Burich and Pete Naume, are co-chairmen for the SM stu dents. The volunteers under them are Charlotte Sokolow ski, Laura Batzer, Ingrid Bergstrom, Kathy Hout, Mike Stinson, Sandy Cook, Pal Bar num, Dixie Duggan, Kathy Hcrnlein, Mary Kay Hoch statter, Mike Hutchinson, Kristine Laubacher, Millie O'Conncr, Jeff Randolph, Mary Walsh, Don Zcleznik, Randy Corliss and Jim Carnegie. Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- CRITIC WARD MOREHOUSE was reminding a lot of old cronies the other P.M. about New York in 1898. Man hattan big-shots in those good old, peaceful days chewed pepsin gum, drank Balti more Rye, took night boats lo Albany, Troy, New Bedford, Fall River, or Old Point Comfort, and went to the Stude bdker shop on Prince Street for their carriage repairs. It was a time of wasp waists, high button shoes, Gibson girls, Sousa's Band, William Jennings Bryan, and the Klondike gold rush. The best-selling books were "Quo Vadis?" and "When Knighthood Was In Flower." The top play hits were "Secret Service'' and "The Heart of Maryland." 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