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PAGE 2 A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Tuesday. Dec. 22, 1959 Parachute May Be Clue In Mystery COOS BAY. Ore. A1' - A parachute, snagged high in a 200- foot fir tree wilh the harness (naps still buckled, may provide the answer to what happened to a man who vanished in a plane crash 14 years ago. The parachute was In the upper branches of the tree felled in a forest located in the Lake Creek area of Western Douglas County. blcnciled on the chute was "Scdalia AAF, Knob Noster, Mo.' On Nov. 26, 1045, an Air Force C46 en route from there to MC' Chord Field, Taconia, Wash., crashed in fog when it ran out cf gas. The pilot and the copilot rode the plane down and died. The other 10 men aboard bailed out and nine were found alive. No trace ever was found of the 10th, Sgt. Robert T. W. Neal, of Los Angeles. The buckled harness on the 'chute made it appear as if who ever was in it never got out alive One of the nine rescued was caught high in a fir tree. His cries attracted loggers who got him down. The 'chute, stenciled 42-46647-93, was sent to Scdalia Base, now called Whiteman Air Force Base, to see if it had been issued to Neal. An officer at the base said rec ords of the 1945 operations had been sent elsewhere. He said it was unlikely any identification would come from it because 10 or 12 usually were carried cm a plane. A man, the officer said, would simply pick up the closest one. .The discovery came Friday when Jim and Ray Gabbard, con tract loggers for Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., felled the tree. It was an hour and a half ride and hike in from a road. "DENNIS THE MENACE" 1 " Clergyman, Wife Killed In Accident BEND, Ore. (AP) A Salem clergyman and his wife, driving to Buhl, Idaho, to spend the Christmas holiday with relatives, were killed Monday when their car left an icy highway and overturned. Dead were Dr. Brooks Moore. 50, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Salem for 12 years, and his wife, Feme. Both were thrown from the car. He was killed outright. Mrs. Moore died about 10 minutes later. The accident happened about 70 miles east of here in freezing fog that coated roads and telephone lines with ice, halting telephone service to Burns. The Rev. Robert Becker, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church at '040.' i talked sm cms mo miiUNCfwm us; Checks Slated For Indians WASHINGTON (AP) Sccre tary of the Interior Fred A. Seatoi. said Monday the Bureau of Indian Aflairs soon will begin payments Interracial Housing Eyed DEERFIELD, 111. (AP) - The village park board, with $550,000 at its disposal, meets tonight to map plans for acquisition of the site of a planned interracial hous ing subdivision in this all - white iuburban community. The park board wants to buy the land from the builders with funds voted Monday in a village retcrendum. A record R6 per cent of the eligible voters in this Chi cago suburb of 10,000 turned out to give a 2 1 approval to the board's $550,000 bond issue referendum. The board plans to add six tracts of land to the village park system, Including two that make up the proposed integrated Floral Park project. Altliough the ballot contained only a "yes" or "no" on the bond issue, the vote was regarded as a censure of the Floral Park proj ect in which the builders said 10 to 12 of the SI homes would be old to Negroes. The builders, Progress Develop ment Corp., have indicated no de sire to sell the Floral Park land They already have rejected one park board offer of SlKti.999. Park Board President James Mitchell has said that if the land can't be mirchascd, the board would instigate condemnation pro ceedings. A long court fight ap peared probable. One Couple Makes Sure WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) One couple made sure, and the other 3D married by Elsie Foster since July 1 had the assurance of Judge Robert Gambill today that they ore firmly hitched. Miss Foster, who works in the Wilkes County Register of Deeds Office, had performed the cere monies thinking she was a justice of the peace. However, it came to light over the weekend she had failed to qualify for a two-year appointment by not taking oath of office in the prescribed 90-day period. The Superior Court jurist told Miss Foster, 38, that "technical ly the couples might not be mar ried but they entered into the ceremonies in good faith. I feel they are actually married. 'I would not entertain any (court) action." he continued, "to question the legality of the mar riage." ' ' Still, Grady Blackburn, 22, and Mary Jane Poplin, 17, of Roaring River. N.C. who were married Dec. 4, by Miss Foster, weren't taking any chances. They decided !o go through the ceremony again This time before Justice of the Peace C. W. Hanes. BKI.IEVES IN SIGN'S LAFAYETTE, Ind. UD-Onlook- ers gawked in amazement as a motorcyclist stopped his machine at an intersection, waited until the "walk" light went on, dis mounted, walked his cycle across the intersection, mounted and rode off. 4 J LAST 2 DAYS! GRpGORY PECK DEBORAH KERR Tons Of Berries To Be Destroyed SAN FRANCISCO (API Nearly 21 tons of Oregon cranberries seized in the prc-Thanksgiving cranberry scare, were ordered destroyed Monday by Federal Judge Lloyd II. Burke. They will he bulldozed into the ground Wednesday In an open field near Modesto, where they were impounded in the Merchants Refrigerating Co. warehouse. The 41.599 pounds were found to he contaminated with aminotri nzole. a weed killer that produced cancer in rats. They were the only cranberries seized in California during the scare. Safety Drive Scheduled SALEM (AP) A statewide marine safely campaign will be conducted next year by the Ore gon Federation of Boating Clubs. At its annual meeting here the group, composed of 23 clubs, voted to support the new State Marine Board in enforcement of the boat ing law passed by the last Legislature. Stale Marine Director Robert F, Rittenhouse told members "Actually there are no real hazards in boating as long as people practice safety. This year 23 persons lost their lives in Ore gon boating accidents, every one or which could have been pre vented if the boaters had been reasonably careful." He urged a strong statewide safety campaign. The federation reelected Frank O. Collins of Portland president. Howard S. Walker of Coos Bay was named vice president and Dave Jensen of Hood River, secretary-treasurer. PLAYS IT SAKE CRAWFORDSVILLE, lnd. i.TI Six-year-old Greta Jan Zachary wasn't taking any chances on miss ing a party invitation offered by the city library to any youngster who read 10 or more books in a nine-week period, Greta, who doesn't care (or television, lipped through 250 books. BUDDY BIRD McALKSTER, Okla. ITi-Squca- ky, a pigeon rescued and cared lor since it was a baby, follows Edward Hill to high school every day. When Ihey reach the school the bird flying near his master Squeaky whirls and heads back home. Voluntary church offerings for the support of the Pope are called "Peter's pence." Dun Om 41 P.M. NOW PLAYING! It's a real big treat for everybody in every family! WILLIAM A WELLMAN'S iwn domi mm id Pctur TtftIM! "Laufhinf Dot" 7:00 a4 10:15 "Clrcul Girl" r ONLY P L CIRCUS o tribe members sharing in the .Vcstern Oregon Judgment Fund. He announced that within a few veeks checks will be mailed to some of the seven groups of Indi ans who won court suits against the government. Some 2.000 Indians will get 3 million dollars awarded in 11)50-51 by the Court of Claims as com pensation for land taken by the government. Adults of these Indian groups will be paid first: Alsea Band of Tillamooks, Coquille, Chctco, Con federated Bands of Umpqua and Calapooya Tribes, and Too-Too- Nays. A judgment also has been awarded the Molalla Band, Scaton said. Members will be paid after a roll call has been completed. Charges Filed Against Pair PORTLAND (AP) Federal charges have been filed here against two men in the Dec. 7 burglary of the Washington Fed eral Savings & Loan Assn. of Hillsboro and Tigard, southwest of here. Special FBI agent Joseph E. Thornton said one of them, Guy Bernard Groupet, 22, of Seattle, still is at large. The other, Robert Franklin Knox, 24, of Estacada, Ore., is in custody. Knox was arraigned Monday before U.S. Commissioner Claire Mundorff, -who set bail at $10,000 after Knox had waived prelimi nary hearing. Burglars forced their way into the bank building with a crowbar and broke open the safe, taking some $2,000 in cash and nearly $1,000 in checks, it was one of four burglaries in the same area that night. HOT BITE LIMA, Ohio IT) Ohio Power Company officials had little diffi culty determining what time a rac coon wandered into a substation in nearby Lafayette. Every electric clock in the eastern half of Allen County slopped at 3:18 a.m. The raccoon's charred body was found under the power lines it had short circuited in the substation. Bend, was driving home from Bums and saw the accident. He said the Rev. Dr. Moore's car skidded onto the right shoul der of the road, traveled along it about 250 feet, swerved to the left side, then rolled several times end-over-end. Packages containing Christmas gifts the Moores had taken along were strewn around the accident scene. Witnesses said a small golden- colored pet spaniel leaped from the wreckage and bounded away into sagebrush. Police and others were unable to .find it. Two years ago the Rev. Dr. Moore and his wife took a, 10- week trip around the world. It was a gift of appreciation from mem bers of his congregation. The deaths increased Oregon's traffic fatality toll for the year to 477 and for December to 36, in the Associated Press tabulation. I GORDON'S! if I fsil) Or! 1DistiudK IS Gin lm !W IS DISTILLED t BOTTLED IN THE USA BY; ff fl V, !l THE DISTILLERS COMPANY.LIMITED V it r 'M LINOIN, NEW JERSEY it . A &M "m, wssv f 7ZezeK0 Gfl$4e Gwdottb oecaude Available in gift carton at no extra coat vZezeh m &t Me (jORDONS Lad Suffocates In Sand Pit SPOKANE (AP) Steven Joe Wright, 11, suffocated Monday when the sides of a sand pit gave way . and buried him. ; Neighbors said Steven an j his 9-year-old brother David were playing on the edge of the 200-foot deep pit when the older boy cliiriied down to a ledge several feet below the top of the pit. 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