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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.
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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
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hattan big-shots in those good old, peaceful days chewed
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New Bedford, Fall River,
or Old Point Comfort,
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Me, Pretty Maiden" on stage and fighting off the town's
mo.-t eligible bachelors later on at Churchill's and Rector's.
What year do YOU remember bet from your youth?
Dick Eobbitt tells about the Texas oil man who dropped his
wallet while crossing Times Square. An alert, policeman nishul
after him and persuaded him to pick it up before it blocked
traffic.
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Before coffee, is irksome,
The best thing to do
Is get up and perk some!"
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