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ORDEAL SURVIVED Rescued crash survivor Helen Klaben, 21, of
.Brooklyn, N.Y., Is made comfortable ' in an ambulance by nurse Marie.
Ellain, left photo, after being flown from Watson Lake, Y.T. She and
Ralph Flores, 42, of San Bruno, Calif., were rescued from the mountainous
wilds of the Yukon 48 days after their light plane crash-landed. Miss
Klaben lost 30 pounds during her ordeal in sub-zero weather. In the right
Pair Relates Incredible
Days Spent in Wilds of
Whltchorse, Yukon OPPU -
An' adventuresome girl from
Brooklyn and a husky Cali
fornia mechanic related from
their hospital beds today the
incredible account of 48 days
spent on a frozen Yukon
mountainside with only the
Bible for Inspiration and
melted snow for subsistence,
"We never gave up hope.
We lived from day to day,
hoping someone would come,"
said Helen Klaben, 21.
Miss Klaben and Ralph
Flores, 42, of San Bruno,
Calif., disappeared Feb. 4 on
a flight from Whltehorse to
Seattle, Wash., aboard Flores'
single-engine plane.
Two weeks ago they were
given up as dead.
Bush pilot Charles Hamil
ton s p o 1 1 e d the couple's
"SOS" scrawled in the snow
as he flew over the frigid
wasteland Sunday, then saw
Miss Klaben frantically wav
ing near a lean-to constructed
from the small plane's wreck
age. Notifies Indian Trappers
Hamilton notified two In
dian trappers who raced to
the area by dogsled. The In
dians picked up Flores four
miles from the crash scene
as he hobbled toward what he
thought was the sound of a
power saw. Hamilton, mean
while, directed loyal Canadian
Mounted Police to the scene.
Flores, the father of six,
Benefit Dinner Set
In Rogue River
Plans for a benefit dinner
for the American Cancer So
ciety havo been announced by
Mrs. Phil EiirIo, Crusade and
Education chairman of the
Rogue River area.
It will be held at the Rogue
River school cafeteria, Satur
day, March 30, from 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. William Gooloy is
chairman for the event and
will be assisted by Mrs. En-
gle, Mrs. Donald Ford, Mrs.
Ccdric Rambo, and Mr?. R
Nlquclle. The dinner Is being
sponsored by the Catholic
Mothers club of Rogue River
who will serve and be host
esses.
Local clubs and organiza
tions are donating the food
which will be prepared by
me scnooi cooks, Mrs. Uoro-
Ihy Green and Mrs. Bculah
Irwin.
Foreign
CHURCHILL TAKES DRIVE TO PARK
London-(lPI-Slr Winston Churchill, looking more Hi than
h hai for months, drova to Richmond park Monday nd
Uft hii car to fetd tha ptt deer who live in the suburban
woods.
HUNGARY TO INCREASE DEFENSE BUDGET
Budpeit-iiri-Communii! Hungary will increat ill dt
fenn budget this year by $70 million 11 wai announctd
Monday.
The Hungarian Parliament diicuned th 1963 budget
of nearly $4 billion 6.3 per cent higher than latt year.
OIL DISCOVERED IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
Tel Avlr. Irel-ill'i-Gtologiil Waller Randall laid Mon
day the discovery of oil in southern Israel could lead to this
country producing all of its oil needs.
Oil was discovered March IS In dolomite rock near
Aahkelon. Output temporarily is limited to 100 barrels a day.
FAMOUS FRENCH AUTHOR KILLED
Parii-WiL-Freneh author Jean Bruce, 42. Internationally
famous for hii "OSS 17" spy books, was killed today when
hit tpeedlng Jaguar hit a truck at Lusarchet, uit north of!
Peril. I
and Miss Klaben were air
lifted to Watson Lake -in
northern British Columbia,
then transferred to a Cana
dian Pacific Airlines DC6B
for the flight to Whltehorse -largest
city in the Yukon.
Dr. Nesta James, attending
the couple at Whltehorse Gen
eral hospital, said today their
condition was "remarkably
good."
Calls Ordeal 'Horrible
Miss Klaben was being
treated for a broken right arm
and Injuries to her feet, one
infected with gangrene. Flores
had several fractured ribs,
and leg injuries and facial
lacerations.
"It was horrible," Miss Kla
Action in Airline,
Broadcast Stocks
Feature Narrow List
New York-WPIl-Impressive
action In airlines and broad
casting stocks featured an
otherwise narrow stock mar
ket today.
Both Tafl Broadcasting and
Metromedia swept ahead good
fractions to record highs
while other broadcasting
shares firmed. Pan American
broke 30 for the first time in
1902-63 and most other air
lines moved ahead short dis
tances. Steels were a bit soft again
and so were the autos.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York liil'D-Dow Jonei
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 678.17. up 0.34;
20 railroads 151.88, up 0.30;
IS utilities 13S.82, up 0.13,
and 65 stocks 240.81, up
0.22.
Sales Monday ware about
3.7 million shares compared
wiih 3.82 million shares
Friday.
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American Air Llnfl
American Can
American Molori ...
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American Tohncco .
Anaconda Copper .
Aiinco .
American Standard
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nethlchem Steel
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Briefs
ben told newsmen in her hos
pital room. "We didn't know
from day to day when one
of us might wake up and find
the other dead."
Miss Klaben was returning
to the United States after
working for the U.S. Bureau
of Land Development in , Fair
banks, Alaska, when the crash
happened during a blinding
snowstorm. She had agreed to
share the expense of the flight
with Flores.
Flores, a Spanish-American,
was traveling to California to
visit his family. He had been
working as a mechanic at a
Distant Early Warning (dew
line) station in the Canadian
north.
Columbia Can . 3R
Continental Can 43
Crown Zellerbach 50'i,
Crucible Steel 18',4
Curtlss Wright 21
Dow Chemical 59
Du Pont 237
Enstmnn Kodak 1M:,
Firestone 33
Ford 44
General Foodi 7!)'4
General Mntom B4B
Geornla Pacific 46 i
Greyhound 3fii
Gulf Oil 4S't
Homcalflke 49 .
Idaho Power 32J
l.B.M 413a
Int Pnper 28' j
Johns Manville 45' j
Kennci-nti Copper 71 'j
Lockheed Aircraft SI1,
Martin ao1
Merck 82
Montana Power yfl1
Montgomery Ward 34 'j
Nnt'l BtKcult 4t
New York Central , 16'
Northern Natural Gas 4B
Northern Pacirtc 43-B
Pnc C,tH Elec S'J'i
Penney, J. C
Penn RR 15
Permit Cement iai
Phillips 4!)
Procter At Gamble 73 - j
Radio Corporation 3S'
Rlchlleld Oil 43 JJ
Safeway 4tt
Simla Fe 27 "V
Senrs - 78 'i
Shell OH URi,
Soccmy Mobil Oil US
Southern Co , hi.
Soul hern Pacific 2fi'a
Sperrv Rand 13
Standard California tifli
Standard Indiana M3
.-Mnnnara in. j , W- 3
Siokelv Van Camp
Sun Mines , m,
Texas Co m.k
Texan Gulf Sulfur 14
Texas Pacific Land Trust 22
Thtokol , , a.li.
Trans America 4tPt
Trans World Air ... . 14
Tri-ContineutHl 4 4 B
I'nlon Carbide ....10i
Union pari tie 33
United Aircraft , 4ft'i
United Air Lines , 31
U, S. Plywood 53
VI. S Ruhter 43',
U. S. Steel -15
West Rank Corp 34
Westing house 33
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gum
photo Mrs. Flores, wife of the pilot, wipes tears from her eyes as she
receives congratulatory calls from friends shortly after receiving a tele
phone call from her husband in Whltehorse, Y.T. Mrs. Flores said she
did not remember all her husband said because "I was crying and he was
crying, too." The couple had been given up for dead. (UPI)
Account
Frozen
They said they had been
living off the land in the sev
en weeks since the crash. The
aircraft carried little or no
survival gear and little food,
but Miss Klaben wus carrying
five suit cases of clothing
which Canadian air force offi
cials said probably kept the
couple alive.
Their only food was two
cans of sardines, two cans of
fruit salad, a container of
Approval Seen
On Braden Choice
Sacramento (UPD An infor
mal poll indicated today
that the Senate Rules com
mittee will approve Thomas
W. Braden's Reappointment
to the State Board of Edu
cation. However, one committee
member, Sen. John F. Mc
Carthy (R-San Rafael) said he
would vote to confirm the re
appointment only to put the
issue on the Senate floor,
where Braden supporters
need 27 votes to pass the Up.
per House.
McCarthy's prediction was
buttressed by statements
from three other members of
the five-man committee, who
said the Braden's opponents
had failed to make a solid
case against the 45-year-old
newspaper publisher from
Oceanside.
Committee Chairman Hugh
Burns (D-Frcsno) cited "many
small items of c r i t i c 1 s m"
raised against Braden but
said that "none of them
seemed to be of sufficient im
portance to remove him from
his position."
Broadcasters Say
Loud Commercials
Cannot Be Proved
Washington - lUTO - People
who think television and ra
dio commercials are too loud
are experiencing a "subjec
tive and psychological phe
nomenon" that can't be
proved, according to the Nn
tional Association of Broad
casters. The Association told the
Federal Conimuni cations
commission Monday it doesn't
agree with complaints that
most commercials are too
loud. A spokesman said no
two people agree on how loud
"loudness" is, and that no
measuring device has been
developed to hear noise the
way the human car does.
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of 48
Yukon
tuna fish and some soda
crackers. This they ate during
their first week on the isolat
ed mountainside.
"When that was gone, we
lived on melted snow," Miss
Klaben said. "I can still taste
the sardines. I used to hate
them, but now I love them. I
feel wonderful. It was a mir
acle , . , I'm so happy I could
cry. "
The girl, who quit her job
with a New York advertising
agency last August and set off
for Alaska with a girl friend,
lost 30 pounds during the or
deal. She now weighs about
U0.
Flores was reported to have
dropped from 180 pounds to
140. He amazed rescuers when
he walked into the hospital
here under his own power. He
described Miss Klaben as "a
very courageous girl."
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$50,034 Civil Defense Budget
Given Subcommittee Approval
Salem -WPD-"The skeleton
of Gov. Mark Hatfield's civil
defense budget was formally
approved Monday night by a
Ways and Means subcommit
tee that also called for a re
write of the state's civil de
fense law. ' " ' '
The subcommittee voted
unanimously to recommend a
$50,034 alternate civil defense
budget. It would pay for a
three-person staff.
The governor asked for a
$199,239 general fund budget
for an 18-person agency.
The subcommittee voted 5-0
to recommend a redraft of the
state CD law so that it will
list the agencies with civil de
fense responsibilities, such as
the state police, highway de
partment, welfare, . finance
and fire marshal. Agency
heads would belong to a CD
advisory committee.
Wants 'R.sal' Program
In a third action, the sub
committee voted 3-2 to put
$50,000 in the state emergen
cy fund for civil defense in
the coming, two years "If the
federal government comes out
Parents Take Part
In Tax Opinion Poll
Central Point Parents" of
Jewett school students took
part in an opinion poll spon
sored by the Oregon Congress
of Parents and Teachers to
learn what sources of revenue
are preferred for a tax pro
gram in Oregon. ,
Findings of the poll showed
that people who returned the
questionaires are 12 to 1
against an increase in the in
come tax, 3 to 1 in favor of
a cigarette tax, evenly divid
ed on a general sales tax, and
2 to 1 in favor of a special
election to vote on the tax
program.
Many of the bills submitted
to the legislature are of con
cern to- (he OCPT legislative
committee, consequently polls
of this nature have been tak
en by local PTA units
throughout the state, accord
ing to Mrs. Donald A. Faber,
president of the Central Point
Elementary and Junior High
PTA.
Regional Edition
Medford
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1963
mil
11 air Jkapaihiooo
is the way you heptjwur home!
with a real honest-to-goodness
program."
The subcommittee's action
reaffirmed its earlier conclu
sions that civil defense has
been a weak program in Ore
gon. Hatfield has promised to
press a vigorous fight for civil
defense. The chairman of the
House Military Affairs Com
mittee, Rep. Winton Hunt
(R-Woodburn) who also said
he would fight for the pro
gram, failed to show up at the
subcommittee meeting as
planned.
Present Servicts Liked
Subcommitte members said
the program they propose will
center on coordination of serv
ices provided by existing
agencies.
Sen. Lyn Newbry (R-Ash-land)
said it is agencies such
as the state police "to whom
Bills Approved
By Legislature
Salem - IUPD - The legisla
ture Monday passed the fol
lowing measures:
By the Senate:
SB210 - Mutual fire insur
ance companies..
SB345 - Custom mix feeds.
HB1053 - More than three
in front seat of car.
HB1243 - Banning shooting
arrows or firearms on rights
of way.
HB1493 - Monthly reports
of welfare recipients.
By the House:
HB1089 - Changes basic
school fund re transportation.
HB1119 - Financial inter
ests in school contracts and
purchasing.
HB1275, 1276, 1277, 1278 -Mutual
savings banks.
HB1476 - Makes it easier
for cities to annex islands of
territory surrounded by city.
HB1550 - Beef council.
HB1619 - Rights and duties
of blind pedestrian.
SB115-Transaction of trust
business by national banks.
SB117 - Common trust
funds.
SB228 - Claims against
stale.
SB3 1 1 - Veterinary medical
examining board.
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we are necessarily going to
look in an emergency.
Criticised by Newbry
"I think we will find more
communications available in
the highway department and
the state police than civil de
fense thought It had," he said.
The federal program was
criticized by Newbry for "very
little leadership." But he said
Oregon should have emergen
cy funds available "in the
event the federal government
comes up with a new concept
that should be exploited on
the state level." Sen. Dwight
Hopkins (D-Imbler) and Rep.
Sidney Leiken (D-Roseburg)
agreed.
Sen. Alfred Corbett (D-Port-1
a n d) and Subcommittee
Chairman Beulah Hand (D
Milwaukie) voted against
emergency money.
. The subcommittee was told
that under the new budget
there would not be enough
manpower in the civil defense
office to keep "prodding" lo
cal government to keep up
fallout shelter programs.
Finance Director Freeman
Holmer conceded the local
units have needed prodding
to combat "inertia . , . leth
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"It would have been help
ful if the governor, instead of
criticizing, had sat down with
the committee and helped
work out a reduced budget,"
he said.
Local Men Are on
Term Honor Roll
Two Annapolis students
from Medford have been nam
ed to the superintendent's list
for the first half of the second
term of the academic year at
the Naval Academy.
They are Midshipman
Fourth Class Walter M. Hig
gins, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter M. Higgins, 2200 Oak,
wood dr. and Midshipman
Third Class Ralph S. Lob
dell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vincent N. Lobdell, 1007 Mur
ray ave.
The Academy's superin
tendent's list corresponds to
the dean's list in civilian col
leges and universities.
In addition to high academ
ic scores, midshipmen must
have high marks in conduct,
aptitude and physical educa
tion to be selected for the
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