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o o o I, Ml-, trj PLEADED GUILTY - Mrs. Bcttie Joe Hansen, left, 26, charged with participating in the $15,900 holdup of a Fishers, Ind., bank July 11, pleaded guilty in federal court in Indi anapolis, Ind. Thursday. Miss Nona Shelton, 22, charged with burglarizing a bank in Darlington and post offices in Waldron and Metamore, received a continuance until Sept. 6. (UPI) First TFX Fighter Slated for 1965 Washington -IUPD- The Air Force expects to have the first test model of the controver sial TFX fighter plane ready to fly by beginning of 1965. Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert said Thursday the first 700 production models of the plane probably would cost $7 billion. In a "status report" on the' TFX contract, Zuckert said fabrication of the models might begin this year with the actual flight tests to begin around January or February of 1965. The 1,650 mile -an -hour fighter plane has been the subject of a six-month investi gation in Congress. The probe was sparked as the General Dynamics Corp. was awarded the plane contract despite the preference of military chiefs for the Boeing t-o. moaei. PLANT CLOSED Weed, Calif. (UPD The In ternational Paper Co. plant here has been closed down by pickets posted by Carpenters Union Local 1599 of Redding. Aberdeen, Wash. -flJPD -The Shell Oil Co. Thursday an nounced plans to start drill ing off the Washington coast in the summer of 1965. SURVEY APPROVED Salem -UPD- A location sur vey for a major improvement on the Mt. Hood Highway east of Gresham was approved Thursday by the State High way commission. Foreign Briefs ICTU1C Or WAHTED PEftftOMS IMUCD Laad-4Pi-Btlaad Yasd. fiabHaa Had asv ta la af which ilaaswi history's f raalaat traia thai!, iuuad aiclurai af twa woman tad fourth wants asaa today. ITROKGMAH RETIRES AS GENERAL ' Seoul, Korat-iinSeulh Ksrsaa stronf man Park Chung Has retired aa an active, army asnaral today, cleatine, IK way far him ta fua fee president as a civilian. VATICAR ANSWERS EDITORIAL ATTACK Vatican City--The Vatican eiy aeveaapef Osaeraaiora Homj.no hat pointed to divinely-insaiied scientific Blearest s the means ef supporting the world's increasing pecwUiioa. The editorial was in answer to an Italian Communis! attack on the church's stand against birth central. Rescued Utah Miners Tell of Experience U.S. WANTS TO BOOST SWEDISH TRADE Stockholm. Swsden-liPt-Eugane M. Braderman, Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commercs. told Swedish businessmen yes terday the United States is trying to boost trade with their country. Preholiday Profit Taking Fails to Stop Price Advance New York UPD Stocks sur mminipH s hout of Dreholiday profit taking today and closed higher. riprtrnnics and oils paced the gain. Minneapolis-Honey-rnntrnl Data. Electron ics, and Cenco showed the best gains in the electronics. Texas Gulf Producing, gen eral American, Wilcox, Amer ada, Shell and Universal fea tured the oil gainers. $2,600 Sought in Damage Suit Here A complaint has been filed in Jackson county circuit court by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marshall Holmes, Mcdford, seeking $2,600.62 from John M. McCabe and Arthur A. Wilson, North Fir st.. for fire damages to their property in March. According to the complaint, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes occu pied the penthouse at the Wil son McCabe Refrigerating company when the firm was damaged by fire March 29. It was stated that after the fire was extinguished by the Medford fire department, Mc Cabe voluntarily assumed pa trol duty to check for pos sible fire. The complaint charges that McCabe "failed, neglected and refused" to perform the duty so that fire broke out again, destroying the personal be longings of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes in the apartment. Dennis the Menace DOW JONES AVERAGES New York-il'Pll-Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 729.32. up 2.92; 20 railroads 176.86. up 0.70; 15 utilities 143.96, up 0.09 and 65 stocks 262.56. up 0.87. Sales today were about 4.56 million shares compared with 5.11 million shares Thursday. Vldavs prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical Q Alum Co Am .... J American Air Lines jv t American Can American Motors is AT&T... American Tobacco Anaconda Copper J" Armco . . .m.pi..n Standard 1' Renriix Corn Bethlehem Steel nnelnB Air Brunswick . Caterpillar Corp Chrysler Corp . Coca Cola CBS Columbia Gas . Continental Can .ll'i .. 33 .. 12'. .. 441, .. 12', .. 73' t .. 30'. 46'. 24 .... 20'a 1' ...243'. 110 .... .Ws .... .14 .... 2' .... 1 i .... ni's ... 7.1 '2 .... 22. 53' j Crown Zellerbach ' Crucible sieei Curtis WriRht (xd) .... Dow Chemical. DuPont 'j Eastman Kodak Firestone Ford General Dynamic! General Electric General Foods General Motors General Portland Cement rA.trftia Pacific 4S null on 4Bt Homestake Ji Idaho Power 35i IBM - 444, Int Paper 31 -t Johns Manvllle jn Kennccott Copper ... 74', Lockheed Aircratt 37', Martin ';; Merck ... 107', Montana Power fin's Montgomery Ward 39', National Biscuit S Northern Natural Gal Northern Pacific JIJa Pac Gas Elec Penney J. c Penn RR Permancnte Cement Phillips 33' 4S, 211, 17 S3'i SCISSORS AN" SNIP; SPARE MY EAR AN" SUTTON W UP' PBE'STRESSED CONCRETE F LwvJ.l 0; B:f-mi 0 Slabs Parking Structurtt iiitfi tOM:iii ertt-nyt j BUILDER'S SUPPLY 727 Wast McAndrewi Phone 773-4575 Oregon State Fair Opens 9-Day Run Salem (Urn- More Ihan 16, 000 persons were expected to pour through the gates today as the Oregon State Fair open ed its nine-day 1963 run. The gates didn't open until 10 a.m., but the grounds be gan filling with people short ly utter 8 o'clock. The sky was overcast, but Howard Maple, Fair Manager, termed it "good fair weath er." He said cooler tempera tures usually brought out larger crowds. Gov. Mark Hatfield was to open the fair officially M noon, and dedicate the floral building. The first of eight days of fairgrounds horse racing high lighted the afternoon events. Arabian Horses To Arm e Here twielil Procter Ac Gamble 781, Rlchlleld Oil 50 Safeway 62 'i Sean . 84 Shell Oil 48?, Socony Mobil OH 73 Southern Co 53, Southern Pacific 36', Sperry Rand 13s; Standard California 66; Standard Indiana 63 ' Standard N.J. 71", Stokley Van Camp 23 Sun Mines IDs. Texas Co 73 Texas Gulf Sulfur 13, Texas Pacific Land Trust 27, Thiokol 22 12 Trans America 54'a Trana World Air 23 Trl-Continental 48', union carbide 109'2 Union Pacific 403, United Aircraft 45 United Air Lines 39', US. Plywood 59, U S. Rubber 49 , U.S. Steel 51 J, United Utilities 38!, West Bank Corp 42 Weatinchouse 37 'i Youngstown 119 Editor's stoiax Tkeasas T r a a at a a, laaart Jaaa. Cfcai-sas Byiaa. Great Bslick and Caailas dark know what it is like to ba trapped far twa days a half mile undera railed ia aa axpla sioa shaiiarad atiaa. Hut ara their stories as told ta Vaitad Fraaa laiesaaiieaal. By THOMAS TRUEMAH ft was hot. We drank water nd we sweated. And we wor ried! Seven ei us, June, Byrfe, Eslkrh, Clark and Paul Mc Kinney and Donald Blake Nanna, who were rescued Wednesday night were work ing in the east drift when the explosion occurred. It happened about 20 min utes after a dynamite blast that must have been deep in the west drift. Then gas be gan moving. It was heavy gas, creeping along the floor. For four or five hours we built a barricade to try to stop the gas. We knew it was deadly. We built the barricade out of pieces of metal vent lines and wood then packed the bottom with salt. It was hot. ... We used only one miner's lamp at a time so we would have light as long as possible. We still had one light when we were rescued. We took turns sleeping. We would sleep for about 10 min utes at a time. The rest of the time we would talk and just wait, I guess. We also wonder ed if the three others found dead by McKinney and Blake mada it ta safety. About 12 hours after the xploeion, Hanna and McKin ney left. Then we had another worry: Did they make it? About 30 hours after tha ex plosion somebody up there re paired the high pressure air line and we began to get a little new air. Not much. But it was enough. But we still had to sit, sweat and drink water. We heard the rescue coming about 10 minutes before they arrived. We heard the clank of metal on metal and knew they were on the way. When I saw them it was the greatest thing I have ever seen in my life. a man screaming but I could not get to him. I think he was in the west drift. When the explosion came, another workman and I were discussing how to drill a hole. The blast knocked all of us down in our shaft. It was hot and smoky and pitch black. The temperature a couple of hours after the blast was 98 degrees. After we built the barrier, f just laid there and sweat. We drank water ... it was muddy but it was sure good. By GRANT ESLICK We knew it was just a mat ter of time and we never gave up hope. " The smoke after the blast gave me my worst moments. If a guy is going to panic he'll do it in the smoke. This fresh air sure' tastes good. I never thought fresh air could taste so good. We were sure glad to see the other two fellows (Hanna and McKinney) had made if out. By CHARLES BYRGE I don't think we could have made it if it hadn't have been for Blake (Don Blake Hanna) and the other guy (Paul Mc Kinney). They left us to go down the drift to see if they could find anyone else. When they found three dead they decided that if the carbon monoxide got those guys, it would eventually get us. I'm thankful they fixed the sir line. I don't think there was ever enough air down there, but at least there was enough to keep us alive. By CHARLES CLARK It wan hot down there and we started to drink water. We must have finished five gal lons in 30 minutes. Then we started drinking water out of water lines. It was river water but it was pretty good. We never gave up hope but we kept watching and won dering what was holding them up. They should have come sooner. It was rough. I'm tired and hungry but now I can eat and sleep. The first I actually realized they (the rescuers) were com ing was when I happened to glance up and saw one of their lights about SO yards away. By ROBERT JUNE I could hear people yelling after the explosion hit. I heard Rogue Valley Edition Page 2A Medford&wTribuke MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1963 MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER STORES WILL BE OPEN TILL 9 P.M. Tuesday, Sept. 3, thru Friday, Sept. 6 PLAN NOW TO VISIT THOSE STORES NEW MB w m SEN a ff fnJ fnJ in nr. i i ii i i li 1 1 pi Inn A caravan of 10 trailers hauling 22 horses, most of thrm Arabuns, escorted by mcmbwre of the Shrine club it sclwdiiltd to arrivt in Med for tbnut 7 o'clock tonicht at the Big Y supermarket t I the north city limits. ! C H. Sicilian, operator of the Bij Y, is transferring his horses from Ynkiifta. Wash., where he used to keep them, to 50 acres of land he recently purchased fr o m Chester v emu on no:s lane, oigman s i Arabians have taken horse show honors in numerous west coast horse shows Men escorting the horses will be paid by SiRman and the money in turn donated to a Shrine charity. The caravan will be greeted by Medford Shriners tonight and a party for all Shriners will follow, it was announced. Sigman moved here from Yakima about 2'j years ago and bought tl cVBa with A. C. 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