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Supply and demand note:
. Strong buying entered fee wheat
market on tne cnieago board of
t trade yesterday. IT WAS SPURRED
t BY NEWS OP ISTRONG
J WINDS AND - BLOWING DUST
i OVER MUCH Op THE WINTER
.WHEAT BELT. -
By 8 a.m. (Chicago time)
wheat futures had been bid up as
... mucn as cenio a uusaei.
I ' How comef . '' '''"-
" - It there's a drought in the wheat
i belt, THERE .WILL BE. LESS
S WHEAT. .
; That's the long and the snort of
, ft.
,'- More supply and demand stuff:
. Coffee Is becoming a major
, target of truclc cargo thieves (we
'. called 'em hl-Jackers back In pro
1 blbltlon days.) A private eye de-
; tectlve agency back ' East that
's gets reports from Insurance com-
panies . says that from 850,000 to
, $75,000 worth of coffee, was stolen
t in this manner In the. month of
Feiauary of this year.
1 These hawkshaws think the
' stolen coffee Is going into BLACK
! MARKETS. ,
y. 5 ' V''.i a coffee black market at
a time when coffee is neither ra-
.: tionca nor priue-cuuuuucu r . :r,
vWell, it works like this: .
There is PUBLIC INDIGN A-
TIONover coffee prices. This
: public indignation acts as a re-
, 8traint on legitimate roasters.
wholesalers and retailers of cof-
i fee. They hold down the price
I to keep from making their custo-
i mers sore.
Rut : ' '
-" The hl-Jacker ' and the black
marketeer have no such scruples,
' They are unscrupulous charac
ters and they are aware that
7 neoole will pay almost any price
! for coffee rather than do without
5 it .5. '
So they are taking steps to see
' to it that they have coffee AT A
' PRICE- to sell to people who
i are willing to PAY THE PRICE
Because of wartime ' rationing
end price control and what hap
pened as a result, we tend to
think of black markets as selling
invariably at high prices. Oddly
, enough, a LOW PRICE black
market system is building up in
our country. It works tms way:
Over the dozen years or so of
continuous war economy when
competition was light and selling
1 was easy, we built up a system
of price control in rbvehbe.
' 'That ls-to-Bayy-,we took steps to
protect the SELLER against LOW
prices instead of protecting the
buyer against high prices. Much
of this protection took the shape
of what we have come, to call
fair trade'" laws,-which provide
that' certain types of merchandise
shall not be sold at less than a
price that is fixed for the retailer
by the manufacturer. Of our 48
states. 45 have such laws.
These laws were designed to
protect the legitimate merchan
diser , against the Inroads of what
we call "chlselers." They worked
finite satisfactorily over the years
when competition was compara
tively light and selling was easy
and buyers were unwilling to
spend time and effort la hunting
bargains.
But "
The situation changed. '
Buyers now ARE willing to
hunt bargains. So institutions
known as "discount houses" are
springing up. They are selling
goods at LESS than the prices es
tablished under the fair trade law
system.
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ON THE WAY TO WORK this morning w.i J. L. Madden of
320 North 5th irreet, manager of the J. C. Penney ihoe de
partment. With Mm it hi friend, young Robert Trivitt of SI0
North 7th Strut. -
Price Fin Ceate If rages
Dust Storms
Beef Prices
. WASHINGTON I Two sena
tors with special interest in farm
conditions said Saturday they fear
dust storms and continued drought
on ttie Western cattle ranges may
push beet prices down again this
year and force emergency govern
ment purchases. .
"Widespread- drought might' do
this,"- Chairman Aiken R-Vt) of
the Senate Agriculture Committee
said in an Interview. "If it does,
they can't blame' the Republi
cans." vt
.Sen. Anderson (D-NM), former
secretary of agriculture, said wea
ther conditions might force liqui
dation of cattle herds for a second
consecutive year. .-
Both senators agreed that If
this happens Secretary of Agricul
ture Benson must step in again
with an emergency beef buying
program to keep cattle -prices from
sagging too low.
Aiken and Anderson also agreed
with statements by some cattle
men that a government price sup
port program or purchase of live
cattle would not work.'
During last year's drought, the
Agriculture Department bought
some 250 million pounds of beef,
chiefly lower grades used for ham
burger or for canning, the equiv
alent -of 865,000 head.
This was- only a tiny portion of
the record 38 'i million head of
cattle thaf went to market In 1953,
Despite these heavy marketings
the cattle- population at start of
this year was up nearly a million
from January, 1863 at 84,677,000.
Because supplies, of pork and
poultry are slightly lower than a
year ago and Indicated demand
strong, Aiken said he expects . beef
and cattle prices to remain stable
or Improve, unless there is anoth
er severe drought,
Asked By GOP
SALEM W The Oregon Re
publican Club's executive commit
tee Frldsy wired Sen. Guy Cordon
asKing mm 10 use nis lnnuence to
curb Sen, Joseph McCarthy's In
vestigating activities.
It said the Senate "should draw
up rules for Senate investigations.'
The telegram, signed by George
Haley, Salem, club president, said
the club is "greatly disturbed by
actions of Senator McCarthy In his
conduct of investigations, and par'
ticularly by his antagonism 10.
ward members of the executive
department."
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KLAMATH FAUL8, OREGON,
Northwest Search For Bank
RobbersPu'"-f By Police
111 .lAltfat '
E . ..---g-one -thd
wounding two oiners, were tne 00
iects of a virtually Olueless search
throughout the Pacific Northwest
today.
The policemen never fired a shot
yesterday morning as they were
out down by the three men who
had -lust finished robbing the
Greenwood Bank of $91,100890,
800 of which they dropped in their
getaway.
The bandits, wearing horn-
Sentence
A one-year fail term imposed on
Harold Greenwood, - 28-year-old
Klamath' Falls -stonemason, for
forcing his 4-year-old stepson to
put his hands, three, times on a
hot stove, Was affirmed Saturday
by Circuit Judge David R. Vande&
berar. -;
Greenwood had appealed the
sentence . Imposed by ' District
Judge D. E. Van Vactor on Jan
uary 2.
Greenwood was arrested on
complaint of County Juvenile Offi
cer Francis Mathews after rela
tives of the' child complained of
the defendant's cruelty to his
stenson. Barney Allen Best. '
Greenwood denied he placed the
little boy's hands three times' on
the stove. He said be ordered the
child to place his hands three
times on the stove. He added he
"was trying to . teach, the boy not
to play with fire."
Dr. Robert M. Mueller, who at
tended the child, said he suffered
first, and. second degree bums on
both hands. .
' Mrs. Mary Greenwood, mother
of the boy and wile 0; tne oeien-
dant, testified her husband loved
hia 1 stepson and showered him
with fatherly, affection, -
Judge Vandenberg had taken
the case under advisement 10
days ago after hearing pleas for
olemency by defendant's attor
neys. U. S, Balentlne and A. -C.
Yaden. .. v
. "I do not find the sentence Im
posed In district court excessive
or cruel," tne juage saia.
"The sentence is affirmed and
the defendant is remanded-to the
custody of the- sheriff for execu
tion of the sentence."
- Greenwood had' been at liberty
on $3000 ball. The district court
sentence specified that he serve
the sentence at Rocky Butte Jail
In Multnomah County.
At Soil Meet
Roy Gienger. Chlloquin mer
chant and rancher, was elected
to serve a three year term as a
director of the Poe ' Valley Soil
Conservation District, at the an
nual supervisors meeting in Chllo
quin Friday night.
At the direct request of Secre
tary of the Interior Douglas Mc
Kay, S.B. Murray, area conserva
tionist for the Portland area, pre
sented Harry Pearson, reserva
tion farmer and a conservation
district supervisor, with an award
from the Interior Department tor
being the outstanding conservation
fanner on Indian lands In - the
United States. Pearson resides at
Modoc Point.
Joe Rogers, area conservationist,-
spoke briefly on "what is a
soli conservation, district." He ex
plained the. duties 'of elected and
appointed directors and stressed
the need for all farmers to co
operate with their supervisors and
field men. .
The need for pasture fertiliza
tion was- demonstrated by Al Hal-
forson, assistant superintendent in
charge of soil research at the
Klamath' Experiment Ptatlon
when he ' showed figures and col
ored slides on test plots of pasture
lands near Fort Klamath, which
produced over three and three
quarter tons of hay in one year,
with proper fertilisation, as com
pared with leas than three quarter
ton on unfertilised soil.
Bill Anderson, ' range specialist
for Eastern Oregon CB, ex
plained some of the problems fac
ing stockmen in that area, which
he stated were much more diffi
cult to overcome than range prob
lems here. He emphasized the
importance of' good rotated de
ferred grasilng and the need for
good range management.
A large crowd attended the
meeting. Movies were shown and
refreshments served at the con
clusion of the meeting.
DATE CORRECTION 1
In Friday evening's paper, the
date of the American Legion birth
day party was given as March 1.
This was a typographical error.
The correct date Is Tuesday.
March -It). The birthday party will
be held on that- date at ( p.m.,
at the American Legion Hall, . -
Judge Backs
Burn Case
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SATURDAY, MARCH li, 1854
' meA spectacles and false noses
1 :h some bystanders first
thought were part of a joke, en
tered' the bank at 10:40 a.m.
An employe pressed a concealed
alarm bar with his foot and three
policemen in one-man patrol cars
responded their sirens screaming
as they neared tne Dank .
'George,, somebody's sounded
the alarm,' one bandit shouted as
be ran toward the front lobby.
Police Sgt. Howard Slessman,
shotgun at his side, was running
through the outer door. The bandit
fired and Slessman fell, a bullet
wound in his neck.
As Slessman' fell, -Patrolman
Frank W. Hardy, 30, arrived and
Jumped from his car, running to
ward the parking lot on the east
side of the bank. A second bandit
fired through a window, hitting
Hardy in the head. He dropped to
the sidewalk, mortally wounded. '
The third officer, . Vernon R.
Chase, arrived Just as two of the
gunmen broke through a side door.
One fired quickly and Chase was
down a few feet from Hardy, a
bullet wound in the chest.
The third kicked out a plate
glass window and Jumped through.
He dropped a sack containing 90,
800 as he fled.
The : robbers' getaway automo
bile was found later, a few miles
away, its motor still warm and a
.45 caliber bullet on the front seat,
No further clues of real Import
have been uncovered, police offi
cials reported late last night.
Mrs. Osterman
Dies At Home
LAKEVIEW Myrtle Klngery
Osterman, associated with her
husband -Everett Osterman, in the
Osterman-Owlsey Funeral Home,
died early Thursday morning at
the family home. She had not been
111 previously. Death was attri
uted to a heart attack. She was
48 years old. . .... .
Mrs. Osterman was a native of
Mt, -Rose, " Illinois., ' She was
schooled) In Portland, and -was
married June 8,' 1980. She was an
active member of the First Pres
byterian Church and a member of
the Soroptimist Club. Before com
ing here seven years ago, Mrs. Os
terman uvea at MCMinnvuie and
Salem. ,.
. Surviving are her widower, Ev
erett Osterman, and one daugh
ter. Carole, 15. both of Lakevlew.
One sister, Mrs. Ollie Crawford,
lived in Portland.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p.m. Monday, March IS from
the Lakevlew Presbyterian
Church, with the Rev.- Wayne
Juller,- officiating. Final rites and
interment,-Tuesday, 2 pan. in the
Evergreen Cemetery. . McMinn
vllle. . ' . ' . - . .
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Mostly sunny and warm
er through Sunday. High Sunday
41; low Saturday nljht 22.
High yesterday .. 28
Low last night I...14
Snowstorm Wets Down Dust;
High Winds Over Wide Area
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A snowstorm moved northeast
out of Colorado and Kansas today.
wetting down clouds of dust that
had reduced visibility to zero in
parts of five stales. The blizzard
dumped up to 10 inches of snow in
its wake.
As the storm progressed, winds'
that had buffeted the Plains
States with gusts up to 100 miles
an hour diminished slowly. But
hail borne by a howling wind and
accompanied by lightning lashed
Oran" Rapids, Mich,
Nebraska bore tho brunt in the
early stages as the storm substi
tuted snow for dust in 'its drive
across the mldcontlnent.
Snow to depths of 10 Inches was
reported at Chadron in western
Nebraska. The Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co. reported 1,830 long
line circuits out in Nebraska, Iowa
and South Dakota. It said 3,800
farm phones were out of service in
the three states. -
In Kansas City, the Weather
Bureau said the storm would move
northeast through Iowa and Minne
sota into Wisconsin and Michigan,
and eastward out of Oklahoma and
TexasThe weatherman said some
rain was In prospect north of a
line extending roughly eastward
from St. Joseph, Mo., northeast of
St, Louis to Cincinnati. He said
falling temperatures were in pros
pect for the South is warm air
gave way to cold.
- High winds continued to buffet
Missouri last night, fanning dozens
of forest fires, some covering
more than SO0 acres each.
The State Conservation commis
sion said the worst danger was in
southwestern Missouri, where
more than 20 fires raged.
Dust blown in from the Plains
States hampered fire watchers In
planes and towers.
in Kansas, whose, wheat plains
Telephone 111
n. t?n
Red Rebels
Routed On
Hanoi Road
HANOI, Indochina Ul French
Union troops, backed by tanks and
a nilghty artillery barrage, Satur
day routed Vletminh troops block
ing France's vital North Indochina
supply line. ' '
Sweeping into the heart of the
Red River delta Friday night, the
rebels blasted five gaps in the
mainline railway linking Hanoi
with the coast. They also blew up
bridges and captured, - burned and
destroyed many watch towers and
smau forts along tne route. .
The 64-mile railway and road
paralleling It are the pipeline for
most 'of the U. S.-supplled war
equipment entering Haiphong by
snip.
The French said the coordinated
Vletminh attacks appeared.to have
been an ail-out attempt to smash
the supply line. . . ' ,
Fighting spread' almost to the
outskirts 01 Hanoi, with fierce
clashes between French Union
troops and the' Vletmlnh's hard-
fighting Regiment 42 Just .eight
miles irom the city in the village
01 nnu yuynn. .
The Vletminh moved into Nbu
Quynh after blowing up a long
stretch of railway , track. For a
time they also threatened to cut
the highway, over which about
8,000 French supply trucks move
eacn aay.
Gun Fire Hits
Courthouse
The bark ot a tree was nicked,
a small piece ot brick chipped
from a corner of the courthouse,
and employes In offices! along the
east side of the courthouse badly
startleo vjhen- a- gun blast was
iieara uouruy auuui 4,4V .p.m,
Friday.
Investigation by city police dis
closed that a .300 Savage auto
matic rifle in the back seat of a
car , parked on South Fourth
Street had been accidentally dis-
cnarged. The car and gun be
longs to Nathaniel Baker, Beatty,
who told sheriff's deputies he
had brought the gun in for repairs
and thought it was empty.
The missile after going through
the car door, nicking the tree and
courthouse apparently spent. Itself
in space as no further damaire
coum oe louna.
NIXON, STEVENSON
REBROADCA8T8
Re-broadcasts of both Vice Pres
ident Nixon's speech tonight and
Adlat Stevenson's address of a
week ago will be carried over
KFLW tonight.
Stevenson s speech ' of March
sixth will be carried first at 9
o'clock, followed by Nixon's ad
dress at 9:30.- Nixon's speech.
slated for' 1:30 tonight, will not be
heard over KFLW prior to the
9:30 tape recording.
fed the dust storm, two died In a
traffic mishap blamed on the
storm. Scores of lesser accidents
were reported.
' The dust got so thick on the
Oklahoma A. 81 M. basketball
court at Stillwater that it had to
be brushed off after every quarter
in a regional tournament ot the
Nebraska. The Northwestern Bell
National Collegiate Athletic Assn,
A heavy pall of dust covered the
upper two thirds of Texas last
night and was expected to drift
southeast over 'the state by
morning.
Pushed ahead of the dust was
a dense blanket of fog that cut
visibility to less than a mile at
Beaumont, Houston, Oalvestoh and
Brownsville.
- Texas had Its share of high
Winds, too, with gusts ol up to 80
and 10 miles an hour reported at
Dalhart.
Elsewhere, there were gusts up
to 52 miles an hour in Oklahoma,
63 at Cheyenne, Wyo., and 41 at
Pueblo, Colo. -
A gust of 100 m.p.h. was reported
at Fairfax Airport In Kansas City,
Kan.
In Colorado, and Wyoming the
snow was diminishing after leav
ing up to six inches at Casper and
Lander, Wyo., and four Inches at
Akron, Colo.
An estimated 300 motorists were
stranded at various points In the
two states, and 40 Colorado schools
were closed.
In Nebraska the moving snow
storm also was disrupting tran
sportation. One hundred 50 pas
sengers from six buses transferred
to trains at Sidney last night. At
Lincoln, the site of a state basket
ball tournament and a Democratic
party meeting, hotels and motels
had to turn away stranded
travelers.
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NAVY CROSS WINNER
AND WIFE,
Navy Cross
Awarded To
K.F. Marine
The Navy Cross, the second high
est award of the United States
Navy, has been presented a Klam
ath Falls man. Robert D. Kohler,
for extraordinary heroism in ac
tion. Kohler not only ainglehand
edly knocked out an enemy ma
chine gun, but while administering
ursi am 10 wounaea marines, ne
stepped on -a grenade which had
landed in the area thus saving thcti
lives.'- , ..;( ', ... .,. , ,:
Kohler Is now discharged from
the Marine Corps, but on March
20 he will again don the uniform
of the United States Marines and
will serve as an instructor In train-
ing wr pairois; ,1 .. -. v ,' ;,-,,
-Tha' presentation ot .the Navy
Cross" and ah accompanying cita
tion from the President of the Unit
ed States was made Thursday at
tne courthouse by Major w. F.
Simllk, Portland, with permission
from the commandant of the Ma
rine Corps.
The citation reads:
"For - extraordinary heroism
while serving as an automatic rif
leman of Company 3, Second Bat
talion, ruth Marines, First Ma
rble Division, in action against ene
my aggressor forces in Korea
March 3, 1953, when his unit was
engaged In fierce combat with the
enemy during an assault on a
strongly fortified hostile position
far forward of the main line of
resistance, Pfc. Robert D. Kohler
sighted a machine gun bringing
murderous enfilade fire on his unit
and causing many casualties. Sin
glehandedly charging the enemy
emplacement, Pvt. Kohler moved
over about 30 yards oU open ground
and delivered automatic rule and
grenade fire to silence the hostile
weapon.
Pfc. Kohler rushed to the as
sistance of wounded during the in
itial outbreak of a savage fire fight
between friendly forces and deep
ly entrenched enemv troops. ' ad
ministering first aid, and when an
enemy missile fell. Kohler stepped
on it absorbing the full
Impact; of the explosion to protect
his wounded comrades.
Seriously wounded carrying out
this heroic action, Pfc. Kohler, by
his Indomitable fighting spirit, ex
ceptional initiative and valiant ef
forts In behalf of others in face of
almost certain death, was directly
responsible for saving the Uvea
of wounded Marines.
"Pfc. Kohler's great pesonal val
or reflects the highest credit upon
himself and was In keening with
the finest tradition of U.S. Naval
service."
Pfc. Kohler Is the son of Mr.
snd Mrs. Fred Kohler, 1507 Sum
mers Lane, with whom he and his
wife, Karen, live.
Local Singer
To Be Soloist
Athena Lampropulos, soprano,
Is scheduled for a recital March
24, in Mills Auditorium, 8 p.m. The
talented young University of
Washington music major will be
assisted by the KUHS a cappella
choir, under the direction of An
drew Loney Jr.
She has been heard as a fea
tured singer many times by Se
attle audiences, ' and local music
lovers have demonstrated their
Interest in her slated three-solo
program Wednesday night, by the
large number of tickets sold.
Some tickets are still available
at Derby's Music Companv; and
those on sale by music students
will be honored. All holding tickets
or uie weonesaay concert are re
quested to be In their scat by 8
p.m. After that time, if any are
avaiiaoie. single admissions wiu
be sold al the door.
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ROBERT D. KOHLER
KAREN
MRS. IRENE GEI6ER
late Filing
For Treasurer
. A last minute filing for the of
fice of Klamath County treasurer
was announced Just before the
deadline 'Friday, by , the county
clerk's office. :
New candidate for the office on
the Democratic ticket Is Mrs. Irene
Oelger, 711 Roseway Drive. She
has served previously In the office
of county treasurer, as a deputy.
Mrs. Gelger will be unopposed on
the Democratic ticket in the May
primary.
Republicans who' have filed for
the office are Eva Cook, former
deputy in the office, Mrs. Elsie Sie
mens, public official in the sheriff's
office for many years add Roy
Murphy, former manager of Her
mans Men's Store.
Mrs, Geiger's statement ! fol
lows: "As a resident of Klamath Falls
for 27 years, I attended school here
and have two boys in school, I am
sincerely Interested in my com
munity. -
"Having served as deputy coun
ty treasurer for two and one half
years, I feel that I have thorough
knowledge of the position, plus ad
ditional work in the same field
in University Extension accounting
courses.
I feel that I will serve as treas
urer ably, efficiently, and enthusi
astically." - .
ATHENA LAMPROPULOS t "Sandrina" tn Mexert't opera
"La Finta Gierdiniera'Vone of many featured relet which hit
ettebllthed the talented soprano es favorite el Seattle
mutie critics. She ii scheduled to appear In recital March 14
at teloiit with KUHS a ceppetla choir. ' " " '
-Photo by Sneddon, Seattle.
British Air
Liner Bums
On Landinn
SINGAPORE W) A BOAO Con
stellation airliner crashed , and
burst into flames on land'ng at :
Kallang ' Airport here Saturday,
killing 22 of the 40 persona aboard.
BOAC officials said two Ameri- -cans
and one Canadian- were
among the passengers
- The Singapore Standard said the
Americana were - believed to be
Vice President Grant F. Olson, of
ute w. a. ' ooauuer - jtcm iu. ana '
Michael Shathin, far east super
visor of Warner "Brothers. .
(In Sydney, Australia, CJantas
Airlines, which operates the run
Jointly with BOAO. said the dead
included R. F. Matson, a 53-year-old
American railroad official who .
gave his last- address .as Mel
bourne. Australia. He was bound
Mr Singapore. - ,- - "
Qantas said the plane also was
carrying two bags of mall from '
Queen Elizabeth's touring party in
Western Australia,: and films and
photographs of tbe royal tour tor
British newspapers. )
The' plane- bound from ' Auitra- .
lla to London had been flying In
a clear sky,. On landing, it b kidded,
tore up the runway for about 20
yards, swerved to the right, then -
somersaulted on the grass, about
100 feet away. - - 1
Women among the relatives and
friends waiting at the airport stood
horrified and crying as the air-,
craft burst into flames . after
loud explosion. "
Black smoke rose 300 feet..
After the firemen put out the
blaze, rescue workers, mainly Eu
ropeans spending Saturday - after- -noon
at the Singapore Swimming
Club, rushed onto the field and be
gan the task of extricating; pass
engers. 1 3.J.. -, -. .-''..;..--.--. '.!,---.' r':-
Elght crewmen ' survived '. the
crash and were boaottallxetl but
reieasea sner ireaneni.
BOAO said eight? passengers . '
were British, six New Zealanders,
four Australians, two American,
one Canadian, one Booth African, .
one Fijian, three Indonesian, two'
Indians, two Dutch and one Chi-. '
nese. One crew member also per
ished. : .-. '--:..
The big four-engine plane, opeiv
nieo oy - sriusn commonwealth
company, - was coming in tram -
jaiarta, Indonesia, where -It had
stopped over 00 its regularly
scheduled flight from Sydney, Au
stralia, to London,!! .
- It crashed at tne end ot the run
way after skimming over rooftops . .
on normal approach for the land- r.,
mg, Flames enveloped- the ' plane 1 '
and roared out of control lor more
than an hour. -
When the blase was" quelled, the
firemen broke Into the plane with
axes to pull out the charred re
mains of the victims. 1 "
Some of the injured crewnien in
the forward part' of the plane man
aged to crawl to safety. One of -these
was the stewardess, Jose
phine Butler,; who was said to be
in serious condition; An aged civil
lan in Uie tall of the plane was the
first to be removed by the rescu
ers. His condition was reported as
critical. . ' :
"Horrified eyewitnesses, including
friends and relatives of soma of
those aboard, said they saw only
ono of the ' plane's retractable
wheels come down as the Constel
lation approached. One witness
said he heard two explosions as -the
plane hit the ground.
An ambulance rushing some of .
the survivors to a nearby hospital
was Involved In a road accident
and the patients bad to be trans
ferred to a police radio car- for
the rest of the trip. -j
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DAMASCUS. Syria tn Syria's
new government purged the No
tional University Friday and fired
Dr. Maamoun Kuzbarl. former .
speaker of Parliament and acting
national president, from his -last
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