1m The
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
In Chicago yesterday morning,
three couples arrived at the air
port together. Ail planned io take
tbe ill-fated plane that crashed lat
er on 12,000-loot Medicine Bow
peak In Wyoming.
There was room on the plane
for only two of the couples. 80
they Hipped a coin to see who
would get to go and vho would
have to stay behind. The winners
went aboard and died a lew hours
later. The LOSERS stayed behind
and lived.
Luck Is a strange jewel, wltb
many facets.
. A question: . ' '
Why should I give to the United
Fund? , . T
This, I think, is the answer: s
You wouldn't want 'to live in
the kind of town that refused to
meet its community responsibili
ties. f.
Here's another reason; you will
ilnd it in Acts (XX. 35 1:
"It is more blessed to give than
to receive.'
All .cynics to the contrary, that
Is- true.
Last niirht, a crowd of curious
and Interested people PACKED.
the big auditorium of Mills scr.oo!
to hear Senator Richard Neuberger
and Representative Sam Coon de
bate the question: "Agreed: The
John Day Dam Bill Is in the Public
Interest."
- It should be explained here that
the John Day Dam, if it is built,
will be In trie Columbia-Driver,
above The Dalles. Representative
Coon has introduced a bill in the
congress permitting private -power
companies to advance the money
(.some 373 million dollars) to pro
vide the power facilities and take
their pay in power to be produced
at the dam. The federal govern
ment would put up the money to
provide for flood control and navi
gation aids.
Mr. Coon supported the affirma
tive, arguing that if private power
companies are permitted to parti
cipate in the financing of the dam
(taking their pay in power 10 be
produced later) it will save the
taxpayers money and will result
In much earlier completion of the
dam. Mr. Neuberger upheld the
negative side, contending that the
federal government, which has
pioneered the development of pow
er in the Columbia Basin, should
build "the John Day dam also.
So far as the Klamath Basin Is
concerned, the Issue involved in
the debate Is purely academic. The
dam (If built) will be built in the
Columbia river. The power It will
generate will be used In the basin
of the Columbia that is to say,
In northern Oregon and the state
of Washington. It. will feed indus
tries up there, not down here.
It was generally recognized that
If at any time in the reasonable
future the Klamath Basin is to get
adequate power to develop indus
try HERE the power will have to
come from development of our own
great river, which is the second
power stream of the American
Pacific Coast. .. . .
So Ihe crowd came to see the
ahow not because of direct local
interest In the subject of the de
bate. ,
It was a good show, and the
good-natured audience enjoyed it
Thoroughly. I'm sure everyone pres
ent learned something about power
and so went away better In
formed on the subject.
In addition, everyone present
saw two of Oregon's public serv
ants In action and drew conclus
ions from what was said and how
It was said and what was not said,
and thus was able to form a better
opinion of these men we send to
Washington to represent us in the
ration's capital.
All in all. It was PAR BETTER
than the normal bunk and bush
wan of the normal modern political
campaign. It carried us ail back
to the cherished tradition of PUB
LIC DEBATE OP PUBLIC ISSUE.
I'm sure that everyone present
benefited.
I hope this sound and admirable
tradition of public debate that has
been revived by Senator Neubeiger
and Congressman Coon will spread
In Oregon.
Harriman Sets
Oregon Visit
NEW YORK IB Gov. Averell
Harriman, often mentioned as a
possible candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination, will
visit Oregon, Washington and Ida-1
ho next month.
Although Harriman has said that
Adlat Stevenson, the unsuccessful
Democratic presidential candidate
in 1952, is his choice for next year,
it appeared probable his Western
trip would be accepted as evidence
of his availability for the presi
dential nomination.
Harriman said Thursday his trip
was intended to help two old
friends. Sens. Wayne Morse of Ore
gon and Warren O. Magr.uson of
Washington, both Democrats and
seeking re-election next year. The
dates for his visit have not been
set.
On Oct. 22 he will address a
fund raising dinner in Des Moines,
Iowa.
All of his Western appearances
are being arranged by the Demo
cratic Nations! Committee.
OPIV.tr VR.NUS'G
TEHRAN, frifn W The gov.
ernment warned government em
ployes Thursday to stop smoking
opium within six months or be
dismissed. Several thousand gov-
ernment workers are reported to
be opium smokers.
Boise Game Aired
The Kl'HS vs. Boise football
game will fee broadcast over
KFLW tonight direct from Bolne
at J o'clock Instead of the regu
lar time due to the different
time In Boise. Floyd Wynne will
b sportacaster for the fame.
rTvAi m .MSftiU
I 1 I I I II KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1955
V 1 j I 1 I I frice Five Cents 16 Paces , Telephone Sill
CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA at the height of their verbal clash in Mills ' School Auditorium
Thursday night, Senator Richard Neuberger (left) and Congressman Sam Coon' displayed
plenty of fire as they argued merits of the proposed John Day Dam on the Columbia River. Most
of the 650 spectators, by their applause, indicated it was a draw for the two debaters who will
close a series of 10 encounters at Bend Friday night, ';: '
Neuberger Names Coon 'Ghost Writer'
By LYLE DOWNING
Six hundred and fifty Republi
cans and Democrats crowded into
Mills School auditorium Thursday
night to hear America's premier
debaters Senator Richard Neu
berger and Congressman Sam
Coon argue the Northwest pow
er question.'
The two political leaders got an
ovation when they were intro
duced by moderator Bob Perkins.
They also got a big hand when
ihey left the stage of the auditor
ium after an hour and a half of
verbal combat.
Much of the material used to
argue the question: "Rccolved:
That the John Day Bill is in the
Public Interest" was old stuff, due
to . the widespread publicity given
their previous eight debates in
other Eastern Oregon cities.
BOMBSHELL
However, Senator Neuberger did
explode one bombshell which
didn't seem to greatly rock his
opponent. He said that Kinsey M.
Robinson, president of the Wash
ington Water Power Company, not
Congressman Coon, wa3 the auth
or of the John Day Dam Bill.
Neuoerger, in previous debates,
bad charged that Coon had a
"ehost writer" for his bill but
Thursday night was the first time
the Democratic senator named the
alleged drafter of the controver
sial piece of legislation.
congressman Coon's principal
reason for advocating a partner-
snip construction 01 the John Dav
Dam on the Columbia River, 28
miles 'upstream from The Dalles,
is tliab"the- Paciflo Northwest is
facing an acute power shortage
and his bill provides, the quickest
method of ending It.
' it the bill is passed," he said,
"90 per cent of the cost of the
John Day Dam will be put up by
tne people wno sea we power, u
the John Day Dam were to be
built according to past practices,
that money would come from the
hide of the taxpayers."
KLAMATH FAILS
Senator Neuberger declared that
Klamath County has failed to keep
pace with the state and nation in
population increase because it
does not have cheap power to at
tract new industries. ne saia
(hat in the past 20 years, Klamath
County had only a four per cent
increase in population, while Ore
gon increased 40 per cent and
the nation 14 per cent.
If Guy Cordon and Douglas
McKay hadn't suld the Klamath
Transmission Line to the Califor
nia Oregon Power Company," he
declared, "Klamath County would
now have cheap power." '
Congressman coon countered
this statement with - the declara
tion that the Klamath Transmis
sion Line was started without au
thorization or appropriation.
"When It was discovered that
authority had been exceeded,"
dsn continued, "the chairman of
the house appropriations commit-
tee said there would be no money,! on his appointment witn tne Presi
appropriated for this project and dent. ,
Newspaperboy
the facilities, as th?y existed, ,
would be ' sold for scrap.
This would have been a terrific
loss to the taxpayers.
However, ' he added, "Senator
Cordon and Interior Secretary
McKay, with good business sense.
found a way to recover the total
cost by selling the line to Ihe Cal
ifornia Oregon Power Company.''
FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION
Throughout his discussion of the
proposed John Day Dam, Senator
Neuberger contended that cneap
power for the Pacific Northwest
can only be obtained through fed
eral construction and operation ol
the dam.
Before they appeared on the
platform, both the senator and
congressman made personal in-
Crater Roads
Remain Closed
The North Entrance Road, East
Entrance Road and Rim Road
in Crater Lake National Park are
closed for the season, the ranger
station in the park reported this
morning. -
No snow has fallen since Tues
day night, but high winds ha-ve
drifted the dry snow to a depth
of five feet over the North En
trance Road. Snow depth at Rim
Village is two inches.
Highway 63 through the park Is
open. The road" from Annie Sptlngs
to the rim is open out is icy. our
ins morning hours.
High temperature Thursday was
59 degrees: low last night, 29 de
grees, and at 8 a.m. today, 37
degrees.
There is not enough snow on the
ground for skiing.
Nixon Meets
With Cabinet
WASHINGTON yn The Cabinet
held p. 2Y- hour session Friday
with Vice President Nixon presid
ing. Afterwards he would say only
that a number of "routine items"
were discussed.
' It was the second Cabinet ses
sion Nixon has conducted since
President Eisenhower suffered a
heart attack in Denver Sept. 24.
All members of the Cabinet
were present except Marion B.
Polsom, ' secretary of health edu
cation and welfare, who was out of
Ihe city.
Nixon said his plane departure
for Denver to visit with the Presi
dent has been tentatively set for
10 a.m. Saturday. 1
Ke said he will return to Wash'
ington Sunday, the time depending
Day, October 8
' r ui(
dm irni -vwm.. lyrrau -mkui
ii-' V I- : : .
spectlon of the
canal which
Is unaer fire as a death trap.
Senator ' Neuberger - issued a
statement about the proposed fenc
ing of the canal which has claimed
45 lives. In which he said:
"I have wired John Sins, legist
latlve counsel for the United
States Senate, asking him to draft
bill which I will introduce as
soon as Congress goes back Into
session. This bill will call for part
nership construction of a fence
along the canal with the govern
ment, irrigation district, city ot
Klamath Falls and Klamath Coun
ty each assuming 26 per cent of
the cost." .
Congressman Coon went Neu
berger one better. He said he will
introduce a bill which would pro
vide a fence along the canal paid
for in full by the federal govern
ment.
ROBINSON REPLY
Shortly before noon Friday, the
Associated Press reported from
Spokane that Robinson,, president
ofWhe Washington Water power
Company, . denied : he . was the
"ghost writer'.' i of the jphn Day
Dam Bill.., .. . . ...... . . .-
Robinson was quoted as saying:
"Mr. Neuberger; -as usual,., is -talking
through his hat.". Then he con
tinued:
"Certainly Congressman Coon
did consult, with the. three private
companies Involved In the John
Day power construction, as weu
as representatives ol several public
bodies. How else couio. ns.oe as
sured of financing - and parttefpa-
lion by boyj.pubUi and-.private
The Robinson .statement, issued
after he was asked for comment,
added:.
Mr. Neuberger Is surely well
cnougn Informed to know that none
of the private utilities win earn
profit on the John- Day construe-
tiori. The project will be owned by
the government, and it is impos
sible under regulatory, law hat
private utilities can Include prop
erties belonging to someone eise
In-thelr own ratsbasls. .--SAME
AS WAGES
The power from John Day passes
through the company books the
same as wages, and other operal'
in? expenses and has nothing to
no witn property usea ana useiui
in the public interest upon wnicn
rates sre based.
"Some of the private companies
that offered to loin- in tne con
structlon of John Day in order
to speed Its construction and avert
a power shortage, have been in
the electric business over 60 years,
and I am inclined to believe our
engineers know more about the
necessity of securing adequate pow
er supply than certain book-writing
politicians frantically seeking pub
licity. -
We would be disappointed u
Congressman Coqn did not ask our
cooperation. 1 am surprised, how
ever, that Mr. Neuberger has so
much to say about a subject so
foreign to his Journalistic cxper.
lence."' -
The final Coon - Neuberger de-
bate will be held In Bend tonight.
Atomic Plan
Pact Expected
UNITED NATIONS, .N.Y. l
The United States expects an
agreement by early next year to
set up an international atoms-for-peace
agency.
This forecast was made Friday
by Sen. Pastore (D-RI) in atoms-for-peace
discussion In the U.N.
Political Committee.
He spoke after the United States
and Britain had submitted a Joint
resolution proposing that a second
world conference on peaceful uses
of atomic energy be held under
U.N. auspices in about three years.
Pastore said a draft statute for
the international agency had been
circulated to all U.N. members.
Negotiators are - awaiting their
comment.
"I am happy to say that enough
progress has been, made to war
rant the hope that general agree
ment on the statute for the agency
will be reached early In 1956," he
saic
. One of the bl; questions Is
whether the draft meets the ap
nroval of Russia. There has been
no comment from Moscow since
the draft was circulated in Auaujt
by U.N. Secretary General Dai
riaminarskjold.
The sutute does not spell out
the agency's relationship with the
United Nations a main point of
controversy. It lesves this for later
decision by the agency's board of
governors.
Rebels Step
Up Fight
In Morocco
TAZA, Morocco (UP) Rebel
guerrillas stepped up their hit and
run offensive near the borders of
Spanish Morocco today, and the
French resident general warned
that failure of Spain to control
its rone could mean "terrible
war."
Resident General Pierre Boyer
de Latour issued the warning alter
entering the battle zone with an
armored column to inspect the
hard-pressed French bases in the
Rid mountains of the north. Rifle
fire from surrounulng peaks
cracked out as he arrived.
In Madrid, the Spanish foreign
office early today denied that Mo
roccan rebels were getting aid
from the Spanish zone but prom
ised to "take necessary meas
ures" to prevent Infiltration acrors
tne border, scone of the bloody riff
wars of 30 years ago, .
SPANISH HAVEN .
An official Spanish communique
reiterated previous denials of
French charges Uiat rebel com
mandos attacked French ' forces
from a haven in Spanish Morocco.
The French have charged the reb
els with retreating back across the
border when hard pressed by
French troops.
French troops complained that
the repels were carrying out a
hit-run offensive of night time at
tack and mysterious daytime van.
lshincr acts.
In the Riff country around Taza
reinforced French forces were
succeeding almost dally In clean
ing out the terrorist bands mat
control and besiege outposts w"
deadly lire from the badland hlll-
tona.
But - at nightfall the rebels
slipped back from their hideouts
to wreck newly-dug trenches,- Just-
repaired bridges and communion.
turns.- .. r
IN TtTJ ANCiLE '-y
The heaviest fighting was ccn
tered' in' the triangle Just below
the Spanish border formed by the
operational headquarters of Ak
noul and Ihe embattled outposls
of Tizi Ouzla and Boured.
But the rampaging Riff tribes.
men struck south of Aknoul in
small harassing actions. They cut
the telephone wires and road lead
ing 37 miles south to Taza. .
Terrorist action was not limited
to . the north. Some skirmishes
were reported in the middle Atlas
Mountains to Uie south. In the
great port city of Casablanca ter
rorists killed two policemen with
submachine gun fire in the old
Medina section.
In Fez, the Moslem holy city
of Morocco, police clamped a cur
few on the Medina after a series
of terrorist acts.
Israel Charges
Egypt Warfare
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector WV
Israel charged Friday that Egypt
has initiated a new round of guer
rilla warfare and declared that If
It does not stop, Israel will take
all necessary steps to protect her
self.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman
charged that "Egyptian war act
in the course of tne past few weeks
represent a further stage In
Egypt's hostile policy aimed at de
stroying Israel." He added:
"If Egypt docs not put an Im
mediate and totnl end to her ncwly
inltlated guerrilla warfare against
Israel, she will finally disrupt the
cease-lli e of Sept. 4 and will oblige
Israel to take all nccesscry steps
lor the protection of her citizens."
Tne spokesman said Israel nas
Inlormation in Its possession that
Egypt, even alter the cease-fire of
Sept. 4, decided lo continue guer
rilla operations along tho Gaza
Strip.
Argentina Hits
Peron A-Plan
BUENOS AIRES 11 Ex-Presl
dent Pcron's proud proclamation
of an Argentine atoms-lor-peace
protect lour years ago was de
scribed rrioav as ine atomic
farce of the 20th century."
Investigators lor the new pro
visional government that ousted
Peron said tne project was
pipedrenm that co.u the nation an
estimated one billion pesos 7H.
million dollars) without any chance
of success,
They said Dr. Ronald Rithler.
the Au-.trlan.born scientist Peron
hired to dnecl tne project, neve
had any concrcf Idea ol how to
ur the expensive equipment ine
Peron aoeinmcn( purchased and
installed on an isolated Island In
Lake Nahuel Huapl in weaten;
Argentina. The tightly guarded
mint wit built and toin do.vn 10
limes without producing any re-J
suits, they said.
GAVE!"
Those listed below have riven
$100 or more to the United Fund
during the Advance Gifts period
now under way. By doing o,
they qmllfy lor membership In
the Order of Leaders and Build
ers of the Basin, a select (t roup
that Is expected to take an active
part In the future in the new pe
riod of eeonomle development of
the Klamath Basin that is just
beginning.
1. W. I. Kcaterson
tl, Howard Barnhiel
23. Klamath Falls Central Labor
Council AF of L
24. Paul O. Lnndry
25. Merle West
26. Rudy Jacobs Mens Shop
27. Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
28. Gib Fleet
29. Frank Fleet
30. Earl T. Shrphard
31. Ross Ragland
32. Phyllis Collier Kerns
33. Carolyn Fleet Whitney
14. McNee Lumber Sales
35. Al Schmerk
36. Currins fur Drugs
37. Modoe Lumber Company
38. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Shaw
3D. Klamath Basin Pine
COUNTY BASIN BUILDERS
1. Klamath Basin Grade A Pro
ducers Association
West Accuses
Red China
WASHINGTON HI Diplomatic
sources said today Red China
shows no sign so far of keeping
Its promise of four weeks ago to
tell 19 imprisoned Americans they
are free to leave China.
Not only have the prisoners not
been released, the Informants aaid.
but the Red Chinese have dented
mem contact with the. British onl
clal dsajfenattt ; to mods with, them,
This, it was learned, Is the chief
snag in the highly secret negotla
tlons at Geneva between U.S. Am
bassador U, Alexis Johnson and
Red Chinese Ambassador Wang
Ping-nan toward easing Far East-
crn conflicts.
Wang agreed Sept. 10 after six
weeks of repatriation talks that
Americans In China had a right
to leave expeditiously." He prom
ised that Red China would "give
wide publicity" lo this agreement
and would permit Con O'Neill, the
British charge d aifalrcs at Pol'
ping, to do likewise.
Ten Americans who had been
Jailed have since left Red China
So, too, have four of tho dozen
Americans who have been refused
exit permits. The other eight of
lliese presumably know they are
free to leave.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Increasing cloudiness with
a few showers Friday night; Satur
day partly cloudy. Low Friday night
3ft; high Saturday 58.
High yesterday (14
Low last night . 36
Prerlp. last 24 hours 0
Preclp. since Oct. 1 0
Same period last year M 0
Normal for period 8.20 I
5,..Sv '
if:
taJaJla' fci I MHIaU m in ii
FAIRVIEW THIRD GRADERS, John Silva and Kenneth Karnes
predicted rain in the next (aw dayi when ttoppad by the 9
o'clock photographer. John lives at 927 Addiion and Ken
neth at 1910 Oregon Avanui.
No. 3205
Ike Slates
Policy Talk
With Dulles
DENVER (Pi President Elsen
hower will hold a hospital con'
fercuce on foreign policy matters
with Secretary of State Dulles next
Tuesday. It will be the President's
first discussion of policy problems
since ne suffered a heart attack.
The White House press secretary
James C. Hagerty, ennounced Fri
day that Dulles will arrive in Den
ver Monday night from Miami,
Fla., where he has a speaking en
gagement that day. He will see the
President sometime the next day,
with the hour dependent on word
from Elsenhower's physicians, ,
ANNOUNCEMENT
The announcement came as doc
tors at Fitzsimona Army Hospit
al put out another encouraging bul
letin on the President's condition.
They snid at mid-moming that he
was continuing to progress satis
factorily without complications.
Early Saturday morning the
Chief Executive will pass the cru
cial two weeks milestone along the
recovery road wnicn ne has beer.
traveling without complications
from the lime of his Sept. 24 heart
attack.
The decision to let Eisenhower
meet next week with Dulles for
the Chief Executive's first dis
cussion of policy matters since he
was stricken reflects tne steady
progress that he has been making.
Eisenhower ana dumps wilt dis
cuss, among other things, tne
Geneva conieren:a of Big Four
foreign ministers opening Oct. 37,
Kagerty stressed that the mat
ters to be discussed there by Dul
les and the . otner ministers have
been under study for weeks, i
the President was thoroughly li
miliar with them before his heart
attack, , . , ( i i ; L
ARRIVE SATURDAY
: Vic President NIxorHs Irrtving
here Saturday for a visit- wilh the
President, but Hagarty has said
mat no controversial subjects will
oe discussed ac tnat brief meeting.
The Friday morning medical bul
lei in on Elsenhower's condition
said:
"The President's condition con.
tiniies to progress satisfactorily
witnout complications.
"After a good night's sleep of
eight hours the President awoke re
freshed and cheerful.
His pulse and blood pressure
remain normal. His cardiogram
continues to show slow evolution.
For breakfast the President
hat! prunes, hominy grits and beef
sausage, whole wheat toast and
glass of skimmed milk.
'Mrs. Elsenhower visited .with
him at breakfast time."
Queen Selection
The 1055 queen of the Klam
ath Basin Potato Festival will be
ohosen Saturday night. October
8 at the annual queen's dance t
the Merrill Community Hall,
Favorites may be voted for until
near midnight when results of
the tally will be announced and
the new monarch and her courts
presented. Contestants are Judy
Main, Claudctle Shuck, Lou Ann
Kandra, Darlene Daniels and
Sonya OcGrande.
r
ffdock .SpatM
MS
Teams Find
Bodies Over
Wide Area
LARAMIE, Wyo. Wl Climbers v
battled high winds and deep snow
drifts Friday to retrieve the bodies
of 66 persons killed Thursday on
a nearly two-mile high mountain
peak in the nation's worst com
mercial airline crash. ,
Officials said It would be late
Friday altemoon before the first
bodies could be brought down to
a base oamp. The . climbers. In
cluding some of the most skilled In
the Rocky Mountain area, were
able to advance only about m city
block every 20 minutes.
The climbers Included rescue
teams from the Universities ot
Colorado and Wyoming, from Low
ry Air Force Base In Denver, War
ren Air Force Base in Cheyenna
and members of the Wyoming Na
tional Guard.
They were accompanied bv Pot
office and Railway Express in
spectors who hoped to recover
some of the mall snd packages
carried by the Ill-fated plane.
SUNSHINE
The sun shone brightly and tha
temperature was 35 degreea when
the first group started for the scene
at 8:0O a.m.
Their goal was the near-perpen
dicular south face of 13,003-foot
Medicine Bow Peak, where a
united Air Lines DC crashed
within an hour after leaving Den
ver for Salt Lake City and San
Francisco. The flight originated
Wednesday night In New . York:
Cltv
Rescuers who struggled through
deep snow and up the precipitous
peat yesterday counted about M
bodies before Tlslng winds and
darkness forced their retreat. They
descended to a base camp slightly
more than a mile from the tragio
scene. .
The big four-engine Man car
ried a crew of three and 63 pas
sengers, including 17 Air Force
Inductees and two Infants. -
Among the dead were five worn
en members of the 8alt Lake City
Mormon Tabernacle choir, which
recently concluded a concert tour
ot Europe.
HIGH DEATH TOLL -,
The toll exceeds the nation's
previous commercial air disaster
I r-nnrri fc R8 Wtllnrf In 4ka nr,.W
of Notofrwest'-Airllnes "DC IK
Lake Michigan June 34. IBM.
, The worst air crash of any type
was an Air Force CI 24 transport
near Tokyo June 18, 1953, in which
129 perished.
Sheriff John Terrlll ot Carbon
County, In charge of rescue oper
ations, ordered specisl gear to the
scene 40 miles west of here. He
ssid only trained mountaineers
and government officiala would, be
allowed at the site to start lower
ing the bodies by winch apparat
us. They will be taken to a Uni
versity of Wyoming summer scien
tific lodge six miles distant for
Identification. '
MaJ. Gerald Downey of the Wyo
ming Civil Air Patrol and State
Patrolman Ben Butler, both of
Laramie, were among the first at
the scene. They said the craft
struck about 50 or 75 feet from
the top of the peak.
Exploding oil and fuel left two
huge scars on the granite wall,
helping a swarm of military and
civilian search planes to spot the
wreckage.
WITNESSES
First airborne witnesses at the
crash scene reported there was
little chance that any of these
aboard could have survived.
Leonard Larsen, reporter for the
Denver Post, viewed the crash
from a chartered plane and said:
"Only shattered pieces of tha plane
were recognizable. It was clear
that no person could have survived
the crash and explosion."
Larsen said the pilot of his p'uie,
Eddie Drapela of Denver, a vet
eran of 29 years flying, merely
shook his head as they turned for
home.
"It was a terrible sight," he said
later.
Part of the shattered airliner.
Including a portion of the instru
ment panel, and a man's topcoat
carried to the peak itself. The re
mainder of the ship and content
cascaded 300 feet down the moun
tain, scattering bodies as It went.
Car Shortage
Stays Stable
SALEM Wl Western Oregon's
freight car shortage last week
remained at the same level as
during Ihe week before, Public
Utilities Commissioner Charles H.
HeltJcl said Friday,
He said that the Southern Pacific
Railroad was able to supply only
59 per cent of the cars ordered '
last week by lumber shippers west
of the Cascades. This was the same
percentage as during the preceding -week,
which was the low point for
the year.
The shortage was worse In '
8outhern Oregon. Shippers on the
Sl.'klyou Line between Eugene and 1
Ashland were able to get only 47 ;
per cent of the cars they ordered,
compared with 61 per cent the
preceding week.
As to this week, Heltzel said, the
percentage soared up to 75 per
cent Monday and Tuesday, but
then slid down to about 50 per cent.
He said "there Is no hope for
the immediate future" that the car
shortage will be alleviated. .