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By FRANK JrNKINH
T WAS ahooUng Ui breeze Uie other
1 day with a aervlce station nun
while he tilled Uie Uiik, checked the
oil and water and polished tin
windthield. By way o( making con
vertallon, I aald!
F "How's bulliT"
' "II could ba better," he answered,
scouring a lal bu off Uia glut.
"There would ba more buainett In
Una Una ll Ultra wire mora tuur
UU.' I want on making converaatlon.
-What hu become of Uia lour-
Uu?" I atked.
-I tutpect," ha replied, "they'rs
Staying home making Uirmaelvca a
living instead of helling uuund ovtr
Uia country Ilka Uiey UMd to do."
POME to think of It. ha may have
been right. Itava you itouced
Uia tavlngt bond liguree lately?
People are buying MuKK of Uiein.
They are CAH1I1M) IN lata of Ulcm.
II teems to have dawned ou all
of ut at about Uia tame tune Ulai
a hula money paikrd away in Uit
kilty la a nits Uung to have.
Take It or leave It, but I Uilrti
Uial Is a good sign. There hat
been a lot of aneeruig al Unlit lu
Uic put decade and a nail, but after
all Uta bulk of U prugrwl we are
all ao proud of hu come about be
ctiua aoaiebody saved up aouie
mouey and had It ready wuen Uit
tight Unit cam along.
If Jolui U. Kockeiciirr and a lot
of other people luulnt taed up
aome money, uia oil butlnew mlgiu
never have got going and ll Uit oil
buuneaa hauu I oren etaried a lot
ol people wouldu I be making 111
Inge lor Uiemaclvea and their
famlllaa running aervic tlaUona.
JIX tell you something." I laid.
kidding the aarvioe elaUon man.
"You laliowt in UiU bualnraa are
1 muting a bet. Instead ol tucking
a round working younelvea Unu
filling uuuu and wiping windshields,
you ought to ORGANIZE and aend
a lobby to Waaliinguiu and gel a law
through congreta tpecilyuig Uial u
you didn't make at much each
month at you Uiought you ought to
the government would make up trie
difference out of Uia treatury.
"That the modern Idea."
Ut acreped off another bug. a big,
yellow on Uial had amactrd the
glut right untie 1 had to look
through ll to are Uie road ahead.
Thru lie gave me Uie eye.
"Yeah," he drawled, "and after
I'd been doing Uiat for a year or ao
Whoae man would I be?
Mine, or Uie OOVfcRNMENTSf"
VOU know, he had tomethliig Uieie.
Did you ever catch a chipmunk
and make a pel of It? It waa cute,
wsant it? But you mutt have
nouced that It toon qUIT WOKK
and Uierrafter depended on you to
feed It. If you had lei I It alone, !l
would have gone on acratching
gravel and euirtug up teedt. or
whatever It la that a chipmunk it
doing In the interval! when It lin t
racing acroaa a road for Uia pure
tun of beating an approaching car.
I'll bet Uial about a couple of
generauona after Uia government
hat tamed Ut all and made pelt of
ut we ll ba ao laiy Uiat somebody
will htve PUT IN OUR MOUTHH
Uia food Uia government givea in.
I thanked Uie tervlce atallon man
and drove off, feeling Uiat I had
A heard aomeUiIng Uial would ba good
- for ma II I had aenta enough to
apply If.
JUBILANT WELCOME British sailors (foreground) jubilantly salute the sloop Amethyst
off North Formosa offer the ship's doring escape from Chinese Communist captivity in the
Yangtze river. The sloop had been tropped in the river since April 20 when it was beached
during a duel with red artillery. ,-
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Said Deaiif
3 Killed In
Basin Area
Auto Wrecks
Three young awn were killed la
automobile areldenle over (he week,
end near Bonanaa and Derrle.
The Bonaiua taUllty ralaed the
lite Klamath eaanly highway death
UU la eight,
Both acctdenta occurred late 8a 1
urday night. Haymond Khoadt, 16.
8
of Shatter, Cell!., waa
killed when a car oc
cupied by tig leen-agera
failed to nuke a turn
In the Lekevlew-Bo-narua
cutoff Jutt north
of ISonarua.
Five of tiia paaaeiujert
IS4I Aata
ralallly
wera brought to Klamaui Valley
hotpital by Kaler'a ambulance.
The injured Included J true
Rlioeda, IV, brother of the dead boy;
Billy Wayne Null, 17, of Kingtburg,
Calif.; Bill Gregory, 11. of Merrill;
Thomae Olaae, Merrill, and Shirley
Lvfue, It. of Bonanza.
Jamee Rheeda auifered eherk and
krulaea. It etllchea were needed la
elate a em en (iregory'a chin and
the ether yeang persons were treat
ed fee iecerallena and minor barta.
Null waa reported te be driver
at the ear. Tbe two Kbeade ba
wera etaiung la tVMitma wim
their ancle, t. R. Ayera.
The Dorrla accident occurred on
highway 7 north of Do it la. and Uie
vicunii, Krancia Btkrr. 30. of biiovel
Creek, Calif., and Tony H. May. 1$.
of Tennani. died a few mlnutaa alter
arrival al KlamaUi Valley hotpital.
Tliry were brought In by ambulance.
Their ear reportedly waa farced
aff Iba highway while traveling
"rlh laward Klaaeata ralla.
Thurman Baker, 22. of Tennant,
waa tee ted between the other two
4nung earn In -taw car and Wat
only ahghtly Injured.
lie waa treated al the neeolul far
a cat ever kle Ml eye.
Dorris Asks
Better Phone
Service Action
DORRIS. Aug. g Cllliena here
are urging the city council to wage
a fight for improved telephone terv
lce. It waa reported today.
Dorrla cltUena htve Indicated by
petition Uiat they want 34-hour
tervlce In place of the prr-arnt 10
houra. The city council hat re
ferred the matter to Uie public utlll
Uea eommluloner In Ban Franclwo.
Of Uia town'a 3M reglttrred votert.
340 atgned the petition, claiming
that Uia present 10 houra la wholly
Inadequate to meet their needs.
New OTI Checks
Enter Picture
A new type of payroll check waa
much In evidence In the business
district here Saturday.
The checka wera cashed by Ore
gon Technical Irutitute employes
and by various buslneasea In town
which do business with Uie atate
school on Uia hill. Reading on Uie
check reada "Oregon Technical In.
ttltuta Special Account" and the
drnfie are on the state treasurer.
The school has a payroll of about
M8.000 a month.
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VANDALS Rlf TURF Newly-sodded lawn at the side door
of Klomoth Union high school was ripped up over the week
end and the chunks of turf piled up in front of the door.
John Glubrecht, city school maintenance man, inspects the
domoge.
United-Southwest Combo
Angle Hinted In Hearing
Over KF Air Line Service
"Keep your tlngera eroaaed' waa
Chamber Manager Charles Btark'a
advice today upon hla arrival home
from a dvU arronautlca board hear
ing In San rranclaco on proposed
chant ra In airline aervlce far
KlamtUl Palis. Stark said that ll Is
highly unlikely any decision will be
reached before Uia first of ISM. and
added Uiat ha would not want to
attempt a forecast aa to what Uiat
derision might be.
The taaoe la whether feeder line
service to Klamath Falls shall be
substituted tor the present United
Air Lines mainline service. Btark
said Uiat It la possible the CAB
may work out a comblnaUon scheme
whereby United would eonunue to
serve Klamath from the north and
Southwest Airways, a feeder line.
Merrill Auto
Smacks Into Cow
TU1.ELAKE. Calif.. Aug t A
vacation-bound Merrill couple ran
Into bad luck practically before get
ting started Saturday night when
their car hit a cow on Uie Statellne
road seven miles west of Hatfield.
Driver waa James P. DrCaro, 34.
whoaa wife, June, 36, waa a passen
ger in the car. Mrs. DeCaro suffer
ed minor Injuries and waa treat
ed by a Merrill doctor.
' Thry hit the animal aa It stray
ed from other cows being driven
home by James Wood house. 33. The
cow belonged to Wondhouse's grand
mother, Mrs. Stella Oraybarl of
Merrill. The accident happened
about 1:30 p. m. The car waa ser
iously damaged.
3r5rjs,
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THrybaat till
Ecuador
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aattaaaJI
would terra Uie city from Uia south
and west.
This Idea, which la different from
Uia four alternative schemes de
veloped early In Uie hearing, came
up in a question which the CAB
examiner asked W. L. Patterson,
prealdent of United Air Lines, who
waa on Uia witness stand.
Ha aked Patterson If United
would object to a situation in which
Southwest waa certificated to serve
Klamath from the south, with a
connection to Medford. and United
would be allowed to continue to
serve Klamath to and from the
north but would not be allowed to
serve Klamath to and from Uie
aouUi.
1 auerson replied emphatically
that United would oppose audi a
schema.
The other alternatives: ConUnu
ance of the present United uorui
south service; Southwest Airways
direct aervlce aouth from here but
only a connection at Medlord lor
north service; West Coast Airways,
direct service north from here but
only Medford connection for south
service; West Coast to provide direct
north aervlce. Southwest direct
south aervlce.
CommenUng on UAL'a Pretldeui
Pattersons statement at Uie hear
ing challenging Uia CAB t right to
take towns like Klamath Falls olf
Its schedules. Stark said:
"United doesn't want to be forced
out of Klamath but may get out
voluntarily through a transfer
worked out with another carrier
and approved by CAB."
Stark aald United wlUiettes took
no exception to a statement by
Wast Coast to the elfect Uiat United
had expressed willingness to with
draw irom Klamath and certain
other places provlaed West Coal
acquires Uie lacilluea United now
baa at those polnta.
The chamber manager said It al
ways takea at least several months
to complete procedure on a calc
auch as Uilt, and he thinks It will
be well Into next year belore a final
decision la made. Klamath, he said,
will take whatever slepa are neces
sary to protect Its Interest when Uie
CAB examiner's recommendations
are made. The board will act alter
that.
Honesty Pays
Off For Waitress
NEWPORT BEACH. Calif.. Aug.
I Waitress Lorraine Head today
ta the favorite waitress of the big
gest tipper in town because she
was honest.
A week ago, a male patron ordered
two drinks. He gave her a five
and a one-dollar bill In payment.
That, alia told hlni, was way too
much money and returned '.he sur
plus. Saturday night, ha came In again,
ought her table and ordered an
other drink. Ha Upped her $90.
Then he ordered another drink.
Another 150 tip.
Then dinner. The Up waa $100.
She doesn't know hla name.
WIATHIR
lUai gallt ?ll.Hri rlr
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Four Towns
Virtually
Wiped Out
By JORGE MANTILLA
Ql'ITO, Ecuador. Aug. I iP,
The unofficial death toll la earth-guake-ravagrd
Kraador a a a r e d
above 4M today at dtmage eatl
aaatea from a a m e Sfl moan lata
tawno reached Jia.aM.aot. Count
leea theuaaade wera reported hurt.
Tbe Ecuadorian cabinet rated la
emergency eeaeloa latt night ta1
take Immediate aetiaa aa rretldent ,
tiaa riata Laaae'a plaaa ta rebuild
the atrlrkea treat meat populoea
la Reuader. I
The defenaa mlnlttry aald 3000,
troopa wera on duty in Uie worst i
hit so net and order waa being'
maintained.
Communications were being re-i
stored slowly aa Uie Ecuadorian
air force ferried doctors, nurse
and medical aid to thouundt of
Injured.
Three I'. B. Caribbean air ram
auuid planre freta Balboa took all
toot of relief aoppllee ta Quite yea
lerday. They Included bleod plat
ana, serums and drug.
The prealdent, back from a taor
af the ravaged arras, said aaate af
af the acenea of suffering rivalled
even the "meat danleatjae" baagi-
Pour towns which virtually disap
peared from Uie map were Qua no, 1
Palate, Pehleo and Plllaro.
Mara Leaa Seen l
Eyewltneasea returning from'
Ambato, largest city to receive the j
full force of Uie shocks, aald the j
number of dead and Injured u n-1
doubtedly had been undertsti-1
mated. I
These wttneascs aald the ravaged
area now Ig only a cemetery where
tha odor of death to almost unbear
able. They aald tha aawber af penana
barked along the atopea of Tangara
bam ralrane aiay never be known.
Tbey reported that w b e a the
auahea etrark. saltan af earth slid
away freta tbe BBoentainsldea and
the Toieaaa erapted.
Frantic relatives who fought j
their way Into Uie earthquake area
in search of loved onea found!
mountains of debris Instead of
communities.
The Palate river waa blocked by
Uie inountatnallde which created a
lake at Uie foot of Uie old town of
Palate.
A call went out today to all V. 8. 1
air force and many freight planet
In tha Panama area to Join a
mercy airlift flying doctors, nurses
and medical supplies Into the earthquake-ravaged
sections.
Tha V. 8. Caribbean command
headquarters alerted all freight
planet In the Panama area ta Jala
the relief operation. A military
spokettaaa aald If there were net
enough air force and navy freight
planea In Panama ta carry the
required auppliea, additional planea
will be drawn tram the Antlllea
bates. Some American planea al
ready have participated In the re
lief work.
The earthquake, which struck
Friday, battered communica
tion and transport lines.
Methodist
Bishop Raps
Catholic Move
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 M" O.
Bromley Oxnam, Methodist bishop
of Uie New York area, accused the
Roman Catholic leadership last
night of killing Uie proposals In con
gress for federal aid to public
schools.
In a raklo Interview (WWDC) he
said Francis Cardinal Spellman'a
"personal attack" on Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt waa a part of a
"coldly calculated plan" of the
Catholic helrarchy.
He said this plan was "designed
to deny federal aid to public
schools, unless Uie hierarchy can
get 1U hands Into the public treas
ury and secure millions for the sup
port of parochial educaUon."
Cardinal Spellman recently ac
cused Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of
President Roosevelt, of antl-Catho-llc
blaa "unworthy of an American
mother" after she had opposed the
use of federal funds for non-public
schools. Mrs. Roosevelt denied any
such bias and aald Ood will be Uie
final Judge of the worthiness of
all human beings.
Bishop Oxnam said the Ameri
can people have recently learned
that federal aid to education Is dead
for this session of congress, and
most of them deplore the fact.
FIRE
Suburban department firemen ex
tinguished a smaU blase In a storage
shed late this morning before serious
damage was done.
Fire broke out In the shed located
behind Burt Bajeet't grocery store,
4428 Bhasta way, and firemen an
swered Uia tall at 11:01 a.m.
Gates Of The Mountains
Blaze Still Roaring As
Fire Fighter Cut Lanes
HELENA, Mont., Aug. (AP) Wind gent flame boiling up Willow mountain this
morning at weary men (trained desperately ta trap the mammoth Gates af tha Mountain!
fire.
About 400 men worked throughout last night building fire lines to encircle the killer
of 12 forest service parachutists and another fire fighter.
They hoped to complete tha final three miles of fire line, bottling the Wilderness area
bloie on 7500-foot Willow peak tod-y. But westerly winds af IS to 25 miles an hour drove
rampaging flames rapidly towards the east slope and vast expanses of dense timber beyond.
The battlers were given a good chance to gain control during tha day by a forest service .
observer who flew ever the area. Bob Stermits said that "it looks better this morning than at
any other time.
The forest service today identified the bodies of tha 13 as:
David R. Navon, 28, Modesto, Calif.; Philip R. McVay, 22, Bobb, Mont.; Marvin L.
Sherman, 21, Missoula, Mont.; Newton R. Thompson, 23, Alhembra, Calif.; Silos R. Thomp
son, 21, Charlotte, N. C; Joseph Sylvia, 24, University of Minnesota student, Plymouth,
Mass.; William J. Hellman, 23, Kalispell, Mont.; Robert J. Bennett, 22, Paris, Tenn.; Eldon
E. Diettert, 19, Missoula; Leonard L. Piper, 23, Blairsville, Pa.; Henry J. Thol Jr., 19, Kalispell;
J. Stanley Reba, 25, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jomes O. Harris, 20, Missoula.
The weather bureau predicted, moreover, that winds may increasa ta 25-35 miles an
hour late today. "
Two determined groups of men moved in from the flanks today against tha fira which
has blackened 5000 to 6000 acres since Friday and has a perimeter of 21 miles.
Showers slowed the advance of tha flames yesterday but a 20 mila an hour wind fanned
the fire in the northeastern section.
The fire devastated from 800 to 1800 acres yesterday.
Willow mountain is cast of Mann Gulch, where the lightning blaxe started Friday. Tha
fire has moved four miles cost of where the Missouri river winds picturesquely through
mountain peaks.
Calls for volunteers went out again yesterday. Forest service officials sent fresh men
in to relieve those nearly exhausted on fira li net. They also built up a pool of manpower
in casa the fira crosses Willow mountain.
Tha forest service has not sent any of its parachuting firefighters to the blaxa sinca
Friday when the smokejumplng program sufered its worst tragedy in its 10-year history.
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Frost nipped again at Klamath
basin crops last night, but there :
waa no general damage. Tempera-
ture re porta today presented a spotty 1
pattern, with unofficial readme :
well under freezing. In Poe and :
Langell valleya. Cop pock Bay and i
other polnta. but with Klamath Falla
showing a warm 40 above and other i
districts escaping sub-freezing
weather. !
One Coppock Bay private ther-1
mometer registered 23. Fanners aald (
that potatoes which were dry al the ,
Ume appeared to have taken fur- I
ther damage. That area waa hard j
hit In the June freeze.
Lloyd Sparks of Bonanza reported
temperaturea from 26 to 28 In that
area. The county agent's office
heard of readings at 26 in Poe
valley. 30 In Langell valley. The
E. E. Kilpe trick ranch a mile north
of Merrill reported 34. The reading
at Dorris was 38.
Klamath Falls forecast tor tonight
Is more temperature around 40 de
grees. Baker Area
Fire Under
Control Today
BAKER. Aug. (V Firefighters
hut night had surrounded the fire
on Pedro mountain, about 30 miles
from here, and if present cool
weather continues will keep It un
der control, according to S. R. Ben
nett, district grazier.
An exceptional climb In humidi
ty, from a reading of T Thursday,
when Uie fire broke out. to 57 to
day, helped control the tire which
has burned over 2000 acres of
grass, sage and Umber holdings.
The grazing service official said
today Uiat as tar as he knows no
homes, human lives or cattle have
been lost In Uie fire which, at Its
height, demanded the attenUon ol
200 firefighters and 10 caterpillars.
The fire started Thursday night
In an area north of Pedro moun
tain near Durkee. Fingers traced
a pattern over 15 miles, mostly pri
vate acreage, although the fired
area was never a solid mass of
flame.
Anthony Brandrnthaler of the
Burnt River Lumber company has
estimated Uiat Uie blaze may have
cost hit firm ten million board feet
of lumber.
Tribal Council
Meeting Called
KLAMATH AGENCY, Aug. 8 A
general tribal council meeting ol
members of the Klamath Indian
tribe has been called for August 11
at Uie Klamath Agency council hall.
Seldon Kirk, council chairman,
listed the business to be taken up
as income tax matters, reopening
the Klamath hospital, fall per capi
ta payment, deficiency funds for
law and order, selection of dele
gates to attend Uia congress of
North American Indians, and mis
cellaneous matters.
FINANCE PLAN
WASHINGTON. Aug. I MV-The
senate banking committee today ap
proved, 7 to 5, a 14.510.000.000 bill
to liberalize home financing. Back
era aald It la aimed primarily at
aiding moderate Income elUsens.
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FATHER SUES Attorney
C. M. Bumpus, father of Mor
got Jeon Bumpus (above), 1 9,
has filed suit against Los Angeles-
Police Chief William
Worton and two policemen for
false orrest. Margot was ar
rested ond held incommuni
cado for 12 hours, charged
with being the "blonde ban
dit." Suit asks $50,00 dam
ages becouse the notoriety
cost Morgot her livelihood as
I a trained legal secretary.
Ranger Bock After
Reno Fire Call
Ranger R. L. Cooper la back to
his post alter a call to a fire near
Reno. Nev. The fire Is under con
trol at present.
The forest service also reported
that a three man crew was called
to the Lake Harriet area Friday
nlgth on a smoke call. However,
no evidence of fire could be found.
Pickup Truck
Theft Reported
J. W. Bennett. Crater lake park
employe, reported to city police this
morning that his pickup truck was
stolen from a Main street parking
place Sunday.
The truck was described as a grey
Dodge, bearing Oregon license 4&1-
632. Bennett said he parked the
truck on Main near the armory
Saturday night, leaving Uie key In
the Ignition, and when he returned
Sunday night Uie vehicle wag gone.
Two Firefighters Save
Their Lives By Huddling
In Rockpile During Blaze
HELENA. Mont., Aug. I (iry-A
box of matches saved two of the
15 smokejumpers trapped In the
roaring Gates of the Mountains
forest fire near here.
They landed and were fighting
the fire In a canyon blocked on three
sides by steep cliffs and flames.
Suddenly the wind reversed Itself
and blew Uie roaring flames east
ward, toward the men.
Wag Dodge of Missoula, Mont.,
the smokejumper foreman, told a
reporter today he taw they were
trapped. He found a rockpile and
used matches to burn foliage In
and around Uie rocks.
As the big fire advanced. Dodge
crouched between the rocks and
shouted for his companions to Join
him.
Bob 6alee, Samuels. Idaho, ap
parently was the only man who
heard Dodge, or wanted to stay.
Tha two stayed In tha rockpile. The
Fifteen smokejumpers. mostly
college students, were trapped by
lire when the wind shifted suddenly
after they were safely on the
ground at Mann Gulch. Only three
escaped.
In addition to tha 12 amokejump-
era. the fire killed a prevention
guard from nearby Canyon Perry
ranger elation.
A helicopter brought tbe charred
kodir te a Helena asargue where
fellaw firefithtera Identified them.
Mopping ap eperaUona continued
tod-y an three entailer three ta
Montana.
Nine miles to Uie aauthea.it of
the Gates of Uie Mountains blaza.
a SO-man crew waa polishing off a
fire which blackened 1200 acres
In tha Bull Run Gulch area near
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flaull Blase
Sixty-five more were mopping up
what's left of a blaze at the head
of Wolf Creek. A crew of 12 held
a fire along Canyon creek 20 milts
went of Melrose to about 80 acres.
Fighters controlled one fire In
Idaho but another burned un
checked In tbe niflyed area long
Uie Salmon river. The blaze hat
ranged over approximately 3O0O
acres of timberland and forest
service officials said It was con
tinuing to spread rapidly.
Planea were aaed ta carry men,
te tbe scene, about 11 airline
milea north of Boiae. More than
544 fighters new are eagaged.
Fire Dispatcher 811m taasar ar
the rayette aaUanal forest aald
"about the font poaaible fira con
ditions prevail.
"It was windy all night." he aald.
"It te bright and clear today and
the humidity la low. It'a bad fire
weather and the eulloafc hi not
Another fire which bumed over
approximately 2400 acres in the
Boise national forest, northeast of
Idaho City, was believed controlled.
Dispatcher Lynn Knight said that
barring an unfavorable turn in Uie
weather Uie fire should cause no
further trouble.
Further north a crew of 300 fight
ers cleared a line around a blaze In
uie Clearwater forest.
A. B. (Bert! Curtis, fire warden
for the Clearwater and Pollatch
Forest Protective associations, said
there were Indications it had been
atarted from a burning match ar
cigarette. It was about 75 to 100
acres In extent
Another small fire waa battled In
the Net Perre forest about 50 miles
southeast a Urangeville. In northern
Idaho.
DIKS
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Aug. I
(yP) Donald C. Elliott. 54, general
manager of the San Fianclsco Ex
aminer, died unexpectedly Saturday
night. He Joined th- paper In 1011.
others scrambled up the cliff.
Flames licked over and around
the rockpile, but Dodge and Sales
survived their nipht of horror.
Walter Runsey, Lamed, Ka,
made It over a ridge and Into
another rockpile.
Twelve parachutists and one fira
guard were burned fatally.
The fire Is the first to Inflict
death on a smokeiumper since para
chutists wera first used 10 years ago,
Uie forest service reports.
The lorest service's chief safety
officer, 8eth Jackson of Wash
ington. D. C, Is at Uie scene, 35
miles northeast of here, to study
the deaths.
Use of jumpers to put Isolated
fires long before ground crews could
reach them was pioneered- at the
forest service's regional headquar
ters in Missoula. This elon has
shout 150 smnkejumpera, mora than
halt tha total In the nation.
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