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I for myself. I liked it. It
the feeling that we're
brogress toward peace and
prosperity which, I think,
we want more than any
a to peace. He Bays:
', but surely, the free
iTHEBS STRENGTH."
Mt it this way:
y being strong can we
Fee.
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while from behind the
rtain, there are signs that
Is in trouble and remind
i.its structure is as brittle
irface is hard."
t he means that evidence is
ting that communism is
ta thing that it can't en
world where men yearn
Be.
"ot 4 encouraging.
j to 'taxes, he says they can
1 win be reduced as reductions
Mtn. Oltures are maae.
9 e 't cut taxes in any other
f ar. REMAIN 501jVt.
jl in induction in expenditures,
im.n the spending budget for
rgt J year that will begin next
V i be about 66.8 oinion aoi-
i. 1 t, he adds, will be about
ibiU D dollars LESS than the
boat r'Truman budget for the
i-mt fiscal year.
JM'f reducing expenses.
(a subject that Is close to our
j-tt (national security) he dis
tal M his State of the Union
tor that more than 2200 em
f i have now been separated
I deral jobs under the Ei-
r administration's new se
ll cogram.
ifc. t it must be agreed that the
i s ,y to get rid of disloyal
arai employees Is to fire them,
h thousand disloyal -employees
enr national government could
lot of harm.
nth , recession talk filling the
f ha sketched plans to combat
I business recession or depres-
t but declares that the nation's
ooniT is basically sound and
8 'his administration is deter
led to keep it growing,
hat" Isv reassuring. Sound gov
men Policies can help immeas-
biy the process or readjusting
I' eiy from a, dozen years
' us war boom, ,
v,.: A. -
'M leave ALL this business
vtment to the President
a dministration. If each of
wit diust his OWN affairs
ely '; - the changing conditions
our national economy, me
Bess of national readjustment
proceed much more soundly
Vs not leave it all to Papa.
00 OUR share.
i message, he sets forth
oint on farm prices.
es out for flexible sup
ilch he says will stimulate
tt of needed supplies and
one time will stimulate
PTION of commodities
Doodtng the market.
ppatches' add by way of
in: "This, ot course,
Ivering prices on overpro-
Ms and political trouble
Od on this point."
fc putting it mildly. There
tENTY of political trouble
loint. Nobody wants his
luced. But the only sound
Ispose of surpluses is to
E them. Bad trouble
bllow indefinite piling up
Jturai surpluses.
Raising the President's
;we must remember that
Wing us what is GOING
DONE. He is telling us
bulks SHOULD be done.
. our support, he will be
fry his program through.
lour support, he can
trough.
tie meat of the situation.
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tUPi. Europe shivered
from winter ice and
day. Northern Italians,
nt's hardest hit, strug-
g out from under the
iket before new storms
f 8mflll Villa n Iv. hn
ln Ips were Isolated after
lon.fc Bnowstorm in 15 years.
Mo ifts closed many miles
p- ys. a textile mill co
pa Wednesday nie-ht. nnHpr
Of OlOW near Pnnbnnna hot
pw i mpioyes had left for the
T
flood damage in the Po
Mta could not be esti
reat areas of Tirh farm.
e wrecked and fishermen
'large losses. Six smn
were Inundated. Everyone
danger had been evac
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The News
In Brief:
TALKS SLATED
WASHINGTON OB The Stale
Department said Thursday the
United States and Russia will start
preliminary talks on President El
senhower's atomic pool proposal
presumably In the course of the
next few days."
me two countries agreed Wed.
nesday to begin conversations
aimed at setting a time, place and
oseiiaa ior iuii scaled negotiations
on the project outlined by Eisen
hower in his Dec. 8 address to the
umiea nations.
Soviet Ambassador nenro-i m
Zarubin will represent Russia and
Secretary of State Dulles will
speak for the United states at th
preliminary talks here.
row crisis
SEOUL m The Rnmrminicte
Thursday night made formal de-
manas mat prisoners be detained
beyond the Jan. 22 desriiin. in.
slsted upon by the Allies and said
a majority Of the Rpnatrintinn
Commission sided with them.
The Communists made public a
hitherto secret memorandum from
India's chairman of the Neutral
Nations Repatriation Commission
which quoted him as saying the
truce terms nowhere specify
'about commission custody com
ing to an end" Jan. 22.
This is the crucial point of a dis
pute over what to do with 22,000
Chinese and North Korean priso
ners refusing to return to com
munism. The Red demands could
force a crisis Jan. 23, the day the
U.N. command insists that all re
maining prisoners must be freed.
SPEECH REACTION
WASHINGTON W Congression
al Democrats generally greeted
President Eisenhower's State of
the Union Message Thursday with
reserve. Republican reaction
ranged all the way from full en
dorsement to outright opposition on
speciiic points.
The sprinkling of direct GOP
disagreement applied to such mat
ters as the proposed cancellation
of scheduled cuts in corporation
income and excise taxes, and the
President's call for higher postal
rates.
And Republican applause for El
senhower's backln of flexible farm
price supports was noticeably
scarce in the House Agriculture
liommmee.
First reaction to his Dlan for
sharing some atomic Information
with Allies was favorable.
On the broad scope of the mes
sage. Ren. Halleck, of Indiana, the
House Republican leader,, said it
outlined a program geared to me
hopes and-aspirations of the Amer
ican people for a prosperity based
on peace Instead of war."
Rep. Rayburn of Texas, the
House Democratic leader, pretty
well summed up for the minority.
He said the message made "few,
if any, specific recommendations
major subjects" and added:
We still will have to wait to
seewhat President Eisenhower's
program is."
Rep. McCormack (Mass), assist
ant Democratic leader in the
House, said:
'It's not what Is proposed but
what is accomplished that is im
portant. One thing is certain so
far as accomplishments are con
cerned, the Democratic Party is
the party of responsibility. Pres
ident Eisenhower and the people
cannot look toward the Republican
Party because it is badly split."
Price Five Cents 20 Paces
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954
Telephone 8111
No. 2733
Eisenhower
Cuts, (Farm
Pledges Tan
Aid; Peace
Coast Highway
Buried In Mud
French Brace
For Attack
SAIGON, Indochina Iff) The
French braced themselves Thurs
day to meet an expected attack
on Laos from the Vietminh divi
sion which drove across Indochina
to the Mekong River and the Thai
land border just before Christmas.
The French said they believed
an assault in the Seno area, just
south of the rebels' invasion route,
was Imminent.
After almost two weeks of quiet
in the area, numerous patrol
clashes have been reported in the
past 46 hours around Seno. The
French claimed they had killed
many troops of the Communist-led
Vietminh in one ambush.
Just north of the Laotian border,
in northwest Indochina, French
fighters and bombers kept up their
round-the-clock attacks on roads
and rebel supply lines northeast
of Dien Bien Phu.
Dairy Farmers.
Get Broad Hint
WORCESTER, Mass. OR Joseph
T. Brown. Plymouth County agri
cultural agent, gave dairy farmers
a hint last night on how they could
help reduce milk surpluses.
Addressing the 37th annual
union agricultural meeting, he
said:
"The dairy farmers could help
by drinking a little more milk. I
Couldn't help noticing that there
was no milk served at me Pure
bred Dairy Assn. luncheon today."
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls' and
vicinity: Clearing and colder
Thursday night with low of 25; high
Friday 40.
Hirn yesterday . . 40
Low last night - , ft
Precip last 24 hours 0
Since Oct. 1 ....6.31
Normal for period 5.17
8ame period last year . 5.87
By MARVIN L. ARROW SMITH
And WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
WASHINGTON tfl President
Eisenhower called for voting
rights for 18-year-olds and held out
hope of future tax cuts in laying
before Congress Thursday a mas
sive legislative program embracing
(A condensation of President
Eisenhower's message will be
found on page two.)
revision of farm, labor, social se
curity, housing and tax laws.
Announcing he intends a new.
five-billion-dollar cut in govern
ment costs, the President said a
more economical defense program
will be geared to the use of atomic
weapons "if- they are needed to
preserve our freedom."
He asked that Congress grant
authority to "share with our Allies
certain tactical knowledge" of
tiiese weapons that is, how to
use them.
- And to deal with Communists at
home, Eisenhower proposed that
citizenship be stripped from any
one convicted in the future of con
spiring to advocate the violent
overthrow of the government.
This is the charge on which top
Communist leaders have been con
victed. The President said his new five-billion-dollar
cut in government
costs which he proposes with a
66-billion budget for the fiscal year
beginning July 1 would put run
ning expenses 12 billion a year
under what President Truman'
last budget proposed.
As costs are cut still further,
Eisenhower said, new cuts in tax
es "can and will be made." But
he asked that Congress act to stop
some reductions already scheduled
for April 1 in corporation income
taxes and -in federal excise, or
sales, taxes on such things as gas
oline, automobiles, tobacco and
liquor. . . -
DEBT LIMIT
The President asked too that.the
legislators go ahead and raise the
federal debt ceiling now pegged
at 275 billion dollars so that the
government can borrow more mon
ey if need be to finance its pro
grams. This renewed a request he
made to the last session.
As for the domestic economy,
which he called one of the wonders
of the world, Eisenhower pledged
that his administration will be "al
ways ready. . .to take well-timed
and visorous action to sustain n.
More on this subject is lo oe sei
out in his economic report on Jan,
28.
Eisenhower addressed a joint
session of the Senate and House in
the House Chamber. His address
was broadcast by all major radio
and TV networks.
Eisenhower delivered his address
In a firm, strong voice, reading
from a text in a large loose-leaf
notebook.
It took hin 54 minutes.
Altogether. Eisenhower was In-
terrupted 45 times by applause.
There was a standing ovation as
he concluded.
Eisenhower shook hands with
those nearby, turned and left the
chamber. '
The galleries admission was by
special card only were packed
long in advance
Seven thousand words in length,
It was one of the longest State of
the Union messages any President
has delivered.
Yet Eisenhower only sketched
broadly his plans in the farm,
labor, social security, health, hous
ing and tax fields. He said he
would send the lawmakers sepa
rate messages dealing with these
in detail. The first two on farm
and on labor are to go to the cap
ital on Monday. The others will
follow later.
He did disclose that his farm
program contemplates a gradual
switch from rigid price supports
to a more flexible scheme. And
he reiterated that he wants social
security extended to 10 million
more persons.
However, the initial comment
and reaction mingled criticism and
praise. By and large, as was to be
expected, Republicans were more
ready to praise than Democrats.
Speaker Martin predicted that a
"substantial part" of the Eisen
hower program would be enacted.
But Martin said he expects con
troversy over the President's pro
posals to keep some taxes at high
levels.
HODGEPODGE
On the other hand. Rep. Price
(D-Ill) called the President's pro
posals a hodge-podge of typical
GOP promises." He declared it
would be "purely coincidental" If
Congress enacted any of them,
Rep. Vinson (D-Ga) struck out
at the "new look" military pro
gram. He asserted that the admin
istration seemed to be "embarking
on an economy program at the
expense of a well-rounded defense
program."
Eisenhower was interrupted by
frequent bursts of applause.
One of the biggest hands of all
and even a few applauding yells
went to his proposal to strip cit
izenship from convicted comma
nist conspirators.
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) told re-
President Eisenhower
porters of this:, "The idea certainly
sounds good,"!. .- ,
At one Dointl the President was
strongly -enoouraglng about world
developments. He ..-said:.'.
"Slowly but surely, the free
world gathers strength. Meanwhile
from behind the Iron Curtain,
there are signs that tyranny is in
trouble and reminders that its
structure is as brittle as Its sur
face is hard.'
In his address to an election
year Congress almost evenly di
vided politically, the President
also:
Predicted a Federal spending
budget of about $66,600,000,000 for
the fiscal year starting July 1
about 12 billion dollars less than
the original Truman administra
tion budget for the current year.
Called for legislation to strip
TJ. S. citizenship from Communists
convicted of conspiring against the
government in the future.
Disclosed tnat more than 2,200
employes now have been separat
ed from Federal jobs under the
Elsenhower administration's new
security program. The previous to
tal, announced last ' Oct. 23,. was
1,456.
Sketched plans to combat any
business recession or depression,
but again declared the nation's
economy is basically sound, and
said his administration is deter
mined "to keep it growing." .: -
-Recommended a Constitutional
amendment to give American,
youths the right to vote at 18 years
of age instead of 21.
Declared foreign military aid
must be continued, -but that eco
nomic aid can be cut except in
Korea "and a few other critical
places."
SUPPORT PLAN
Confirmed that the 'special
farm message he will send to Con
gress Monday will call for a new
government price suppori program
'with enoueh flexibility to at
tract the production of needed sup
plies of essentia commodities ana
to stimulate the consumption of
those commodities that are flood
ing American markets." His -support
of a flexible price support pro
gram was certain to divide farm
ers as well as Congress members.
Renewed his appeal for an in
crease in the federal debt celling,
now 275 billion dollars. The House
aooroved his request for a 15-bll-
lion-dollar hike last August, but the
Senate Finance Committee reject
ed it.
U r a e d amendment of tne
Atomic Energy Act to permit shar
ing with "our allies certain knowl
edge of the tactical use ot our nu
clear weapons."
Announced that during tne next
fiscal year the U.S. will spend
nearly a billion dollars more for
continental defense than during the
current year.
Called again for expansion of
the social security program to cov
er 10 million more Americans, and
for a substantial increase In bene
fits.
Urged extension of unemploy
ment compensation to 62 million
workers not now covered.
Described the controversial
TafUHartley Labor Law as "basi
cally sound" but in need of im
provements he will recommend In
a special message Monday.
Advocated a system of "lim
ited government reinsurance serv
ice" to permit private and -non-
nrofit- hosnital- and medical insur
ance companies nuw uperauug 10
olfer "broader protection to more
of the many families which want
and should have it." He promised
to elaborate in a special message
Jan. 18.
Appealed ' again for Congres
sional approval of the St. Law
rence Seaway as vital to national
security.
Urged Senate passage of the
House-approved bill to grant state
hood to Hawaii.
Elsenhower went before the leg
islators Just 24 hours after opening
of the second session of the 83rd
Congress.
His message, carried to the na
tion by television and radio, came
at the start of a political year
which will be climaxed by the November-Congressional
elections,
SLIGHT EDGE
Republicans now hold only a slight
margin of control at the- Capitol
and the Democrats are hope
ful they can slip into the sad
dle. Meanwhile, the administration
must win some degree of support
from the Democrats for any suc
cess In putting through the program
uisennower said has one objective
"The building of a stronger
America."
He told 'the legislators he be
lieves "both of our great parties"
can back it.
As for tax cuts in addition to
the income tax reductions and ex
piration of the excess profits levy
which were effective Jan. 1, the
President, said:
Future reductions in taxes can
and will be made."
But he conditioned reductions on
the spending cuts he predicted. At
another, point he declared:
"Despite the substantial loss of
revenue in the coming fiscal year,
resulting from (Jan. 1) tax re
duction now in effect and tax ad
justments which I shall propose,
our reduced spending win move
the new budget closer to a balance."
The President said the tax re
vision program will be set forth in
detail in his Jan. 21 budget mes
sage. Informed sources have pre
dicted cuts totaling about Hi bil
lion dollars annually.
Calling today for a thorough re
vision of thes entire tax structure,
Elsenhower declared:
'We should now remove the
more glaring tax Inequities, par
ticularly on small taxpayers; re
duce restraints on the -growth of
small business: and make other
Qhanges that will encourage initia
tive, enterprise ana production.
On the other side of the picture,
however, the President said again
that corporation Income taxes
should be kept at the. current rate
of 52 per cent for another year
instead of being allowed to drop
to 47, and that excise taxes on
such items as liquor, tobacco, gas
oline and automobiles also sched
uled for an April 1 cut, should be
maintained at prevailing rates.
On the foreign policy and nation
al defense fronts, where Elsenhow
er already has made an open bid
for cooperation from the Demo
crats, he said America has gained
the initiative during the last year
in the struggle against commu
nismand means to keep It.
"American freedom," he de
clared, "is threatened so long as
the worlq Communist conspiracy
exists in its present scope, power
and hostility."
ATOM POOL
Referring to his Dec. 8 United
Nations speech calling on Russia
to Join with tne u. s. and otner
atomic powers in creation of an
international atomic pool for
peaceful use. the President said:
'A truly constructive Soviet re
action will make possible a new
start toward an era of peace, and
away from the fatal road toward
atomic war."
In his prepared text, Elsenhower
took no note of Moscow's announce
ment last night of willingness to
join the United States In discus
sion of the President's proposal in
Washington.
Today's message was in three
main sections dealing vHth protec
tion of "the freedom of our peo
ple," maintenance of a strong,
growing economy, and "the human
problems of the individual citizen."
In the first section the President
reviewed the world situation and
found it encouraging. He said the
United States is prepared to meet
any renewal of armed aggression
in Korea, that American bases in
Okinawa will be maintained indef
initely, and that he will ask con
gress to authorize "continued mili
tary assistance" to Indochina.
"We also shall continue military
and economic aid to the Nationalist
government of China," he said.
The President again stressed the
desirability of bringing the Euro
pean Defense Army into being.
Eisenhower's demand that con
victed conspirators against the
government forfeit their U.S. citi
zenship was aimed squarely at the
Communists.
"The subversive character of
the Communist party in the United
States has been clearly demon
strated in many ways, including
court proceedings." he said-
. . The President, said Atty., Gen.
Brownell soon Will go before Con
gressional committees to recom
mend "needed additional weapons
with which to combat subversion
ASTORIA (A Huge earth slides,
brought on by heavy rains, ruined
a residential area in Astoria and
left the Coast Highway blocked
about 80 miles south of here Thursday.
A residential hillside slipped sev
eral feet in Astoria, forcing 16 fam
ilies to abandon their homes. Ten
others prepared to follow suit as
the slow - moving slide twisted
house foundations, cracked streets
beyond use, shoved sewer and
water pipes into the air, and broke
a number of pipes.
Several houses appeared about
ready to tumble down. At one
house, a concrete garage, burrowed
into the hillside, was twisted like
a smashed shoebox.
The slide Is similar to one of
1949. when 18 families were evac
uated from another residential hillside.
In that section of the message
dealing with the administration's
determination to sustain prosper
ity, Eisenhower in what ap
peared to be an oblique allusion
to increased unemployment de
clared:
At this moment, we are in a
transition, from a wartime to a
peacetime economy. I am confi
dent that we can complete wis
transition without serious lnterup
tion in our economic growth.
But we shall not leave this vi
tal matter to chance. Economic
preparedness is fully as important
to the nation as military prepar
edness." POSTAL BOOST
Elsenhower renewed his 'call for
postal rate increases, and he said
the federal government is continu
ing Its "central role" in the high
way construction program.
In the section oi nis speecn on
the problems of the individual citi
zen, Elsenhower mentioned plans
for Taft-Hartlej law changes, ex
panded unemployment compensa
tion and social security coverage,
broadening df hospital and medical
insurance programs, federal aid to
states which can't provide enough
school buildings, and a housing
program designed to provide.
among other things, insurance on
long-term mortgage loans with a
small down payment for low in
come families.
The 83rd Congress convened yes
terday for its second session.
A brief session was planned Im
mediately after members return
from the Joint session in the House
chamber. It will be the first chance
for senators to introduce new
measures. The Senate will then re
cess until Monday.
No business was scheduled in the
House.
Many Republican legislators feci
that for the administration, now in
office nearly 12 months, this must
be a year of decision a year of
action on many problems wh ch
hae been under study since Elsen-
nower took over last Jan. 20,
Democrats, close now and hon
ing to win actual control of Con
gress In the fall elections, know on
tie other hand that the Republi
cans must have Borne degree of
cooperation from them to get fnr
on the Elsenhower program.
Rep Rayburn of Texas, the Dem
ocratic House leader, said last night
Elsenhower win continue to get bi
partisan backing for worthy propos
als even if the Democrats' backs
"arc getting a little sore" under
GOP attack on the Issue of commu
nism. Rayburn was replying, at the
Women's National Press Club Con
gressional dinner, to GOP leader
Halleck of Indiana. Halleck had
urged Democrats to support what
he said would be a constructive pro
gram by Elsenhower.
The President already has bid
for Democratic help on the foreign
policy and national defense aspects
of his program. He dealt with those
matters at a conference with oppo-
(Contlnued en pare 4)
Crews Rush
Mine Rescue
ButHopeDim
RAVENSDALE, Wash, (ffl A
coal mine rescue crew worked
desperately throughout the night
and Thursday morning in a vain
attempt to reach a miner who
was trapped deep underground by
a cave-in near here in King County.
A second victim of the accident,
400 to 600 feet underground, was
freed Wednesday after being
trapped for nearly four hours.
mere was faint nope for finding
Harry English. 39. alive in the
chute where he vanished under
coal, rock and broken timbers.
His father-in-law, Harold Lloyd
Sr., commented grimly after
emerging from 17 desperate hours
underground:
"The only thing we can do Is
to hope to God that we have not
run out of miracles."
PINNED DOWN
A happier fate was experienced
by Roy Coutts. 25. workine com
panion of English when the slide
occurred at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday.
Fellow workers found him two
hours later, pinned down by a rock
which rested on his left lea and
right arm. His head was covered
with coal but he could breathe.
Painstakingly .removing the . tuts,
bers - and debris, the workmen
freed Coutts but could find no trace
of English. Working in pairs, the
rescue crews started digging fe
verishly for English despite the ai-
most complete absence of hone he
would be found alive.
Coutts was reported in good con
dition at a hospital in Enumclaw.
Coutts later told of the fearsome
experience, during which he kept
shouting for help but never really
convinced it would come.
CAVE-IN
"My partner (English) and I
were Just getting ready to drill,"
he -related. "We were standing on
timbers over a 4 by 4 foot opening
to the chute. There must have
been a cave-in below us. All of a
sudden the chute Just went.
"I grabbed at the timber and
went down. Harry came after me.
I could still see him grabbing for
timber above as I fell. When I
stopped falling I was pretty nearly
free. My right foot was caught but
I could free It and sit in the open.
The way the timbers were Jammed
there, there was an opening.
"Then there was another cave
in and my left leg and right arm
were buried under rock. I couldn't
move. My head was covered with
coal but I could breathe.
"I yelled and yelled at Harry
but he never answered."
The hill has had lesser slides,
dating back to 1908.
The slide that, blocked the Coast
Highway was near Brighton, where
200-foot-long slide tumoiea onto
the highway to a depth of 50 feet.
Adjacent southern Pacuic railroad
tracks also were covered. Motor
traffic was getting through via a
detour. '
More than eight Inches of rain
at Astoria in the new year touched -off
the slide. Experts explained at
the 1949 slide that a slick layer of
earth underlies a deep top layer
on the hills there, and that any
prolonged rain is liable to start
the upper layer moving.
Rain halted Wednesday evening
it was back to a drizzle Thurs
day morning but in the four hours
before midnight one place on the
hill moved 7 feet.
A two-block Brea of the hillside
was affected. All buildings were
frame structures, two of them
large ones converted to apart
ments. Among those evacuated were
eight families of men stationed at
the Tongue Point Naval Station.
The Navy helped them move. The
Red Cross said help would be
given to the evacuees, some of
whom went to hotels, others to
friends' homes. .
Fire Chief Wayne Osterby also
abandoned his home after a night
in which the walls kept ' twisting
farther out of line and the plaster
cracked. -
Streets in the area were a Jagged
mess as cracks opened and some
sections lifted higher than others.
Cracked pipes gushed water Into
uie streets and tne Fire Depart
ment brought up pumpers to carry
away the water. -
The heavy rains caused further i
trouble for the town ot Nehalem. '
where the maul street was flooded
at high tide Wednesday for the sec
ond consecutive day. The rain
swollen Nehalem -River flooded
low-lying farmland and backed into
Nehalem Itself when It met the
high tide. About 700 acres of diked
tidelands off Nehalem Bay also
were flooded.
High water olosed a sawmill and
its logging operation near Mobler.
(A re-broadcast of Eisenhower's speech will be carried by KFLW ot 7 o'clock tonight.)
Six Die In
Plane Crash
PANAMA, Panama Six men
were killed and eight injured in
the flaming crash of a U.S. Navy
pnotogrnphic plane in a Jungle
area near the Trans-Isthmian
Highway Inst ntaht. The four-
engine plane was bringing a photo
reconnaissance pin toon to the Ca
nal Zone area from Miramar,
Calif.
Capt. William A. Thorn, com
manding officer at the COco Solo
Naval Base, announced the casual
ties. Thorn said It appeared the
plane had undershot by 2'2 miles
Its destination Prance Air Force
Base near Colon, on the Carib
bean side of the Isthmus.
He said Levi Anderson and
Janies Hyatt, two farmers living
near the crash area, did ' heroic
service" in dranging several of the
injured men to safety from the
flaming wreckage. The survivors
were taken to Coco Solo Naval
Hospitnl with severe burns.
Names of the casualties were
withheld pending notification of
next of kin.
Snow Falls
In Northeast
: ' By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS -
More snow .tfeU'i todays in -tfaa
northeastern section of the coun
try and rain continued along the
Pacific Coast. -; .
But dry and comparatively mild
winter weather prevailed in most
other sections of the country.
The snow belt extended from the
Upper Great Lakes southeastward
into West Virginia, northeastward
through the AUeghenies into New
York and New England.' Falls
measured 3 inches or more , over
most of the area. The snow and a
two-day cold wave resulted in at
least five deaths In Pennsylvania.
Three persons died of heart at
tacks while shoveling snow while
two others were killed when autos
skidded on slippery highways.
The' rain in the Far West ex
tended from Northern California
into Canada. Fair to partly cloudy
skies were reported in otner sec
tions of the nation.
Temperatures were below freez
ing from New England southwest
ward into the Middle Mississippi
Valley and northwestward over the
Central and Northern plains and
the Northern Rockies. Readings
were zero and below In sections of
North Dakota and in the 40s and
50s In other areas.
Ex-Marine Still
Has The Old Go
KANSAS CITY Ifl-Pred DeHnss,
former Marine, reported his car
stolen last night while he was
bowling.
Later, the - foot 4 - Inch. 230-
pound DeHass walked out of the
bowling place ana saw nis car
moving in a slow line of traffic.
He dashed Into Ihe street,
grabbed the driver's collar and or
dered him to pull to the curb. The
driver meekly complied.
Police held Ihe man, James
Price, 30, for Investigation.
BETTY METLER wsi on her
way to work downtown thi
morning when the cameraman
caught her. That sleepy look
comet from looking at TV
1st last night. .