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25 Youngsters, 3 Adults Die
In Series Of Tragic Fires
' By I'nitfd Press 'InU-rnutlonal
Twenty-five children died in
fires across (lie nation within
24 hours along with three adults
to bring sorrow to the hearts of
parents ho know tliat Christ
mas won't be the same this
year.
Six children were killed Sun
day niglat when flames from an
exploding space healer swept
through their two-family house
at iPortland. Maine. The chil
Woman Cited On 4 Counts
Following Accident Here
A 29-year-old woman was
charged with drunken driving,
hit-and-run driving, having no
operator's license and disorder,
ly conduct after, police said,
she was involved in an auto col
lision at Reclamation Avenue
and Washburn Way early this
morning that injured lierself
and another man.
Police said injuries (o t h e
woman, Hose Lee Sncll, 1317
Adams Street, weren't serious,
nor were the injuries to the oth
er driver, William Bernard, 49,
2161 Vine Avenue.
The disorderly conduct charge
was added after the woman
fought and kicked police at the
police station.
Officer said the woman was
driving her 1953 sedan east on
Reclamation and pulled the
auto in front of the other car,
a 193S panel truck, being driv
en by Bernard north on Wasli
burn. Major damages to both
autos resulted from the colli
sion. Police said the woman
stopped her car at first, but
when Bernard asked for her
name, she drove off. A nearby
resident, Robert Fricsen, 1121
Washburn Way, followed t h e
woman in his auto to a house
at 1130 Owens and then re
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dren were members of the fam
ily of Mr. and Mrs. William
Harrigan, who managed to
save (our others before heat
and flames drove tliein out.
Killed in the fire were Heidi,
3, Mary, 4, and Holly. 6. and
three wards, llamona Haley, 7,
her brother Tommy, 6, and her
sister Tammy. 4. The fire broke
out when llarrigan tried to light
the oil beater.
Kive children perished Mon-
turned to the accident scene to
tell police where she was.
The woman was arrested at
that house and charged with
the three driving ivolations.
Police said the woman
fought violently in the police
station, so the fourth charge
was added.
The collision occurred at
12:15 a m.
Marsh Moved
To Oak Knoll
Jack Marsh, Klamath Kalis,
who spent six weeks in a Pen
dleton hospital, has been trans
ferred by a Navy aircraft to
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in
Oakland. Marsh, an employe of
Uie stato highway department,
suffered a stroke while on an
elk hunting trip in Eastern Ore
gon. He suffered paralysis of the
right side and loss of speech
which is partially returning.
Arrangements (or Uie hospital
trip were made by Commander
Harry Coombs, 12lh Naval Dis
trict, San IKrancisco.
Marsh retired after 20 years
in the Navy.
Tulelake Plans
Yule Contest
TULELAKE - Tulelake Gar
den Club and Pacific Power and
Light Company will again spon
sor the annual Christmas light
ing contest for the Tulelake
Newcll area.
First, second and third prizes
will be given in three catego
ries: Best overall display, door
way, and window decoration.
All who wish to enter the con
test are asked to call M r s.
Richard G. Paulson, lighting
chairman. (KS4-237I, or the
PP&L office by Dec. 20.
Judging will he done Mun
l.iv tier 23 hplwn the hours
I of 7 and 9 p.m.
TODAY!
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A TALE OF
TWO CITIES
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WEDNESDAY
OHI DAY OHLY
Turtday, Decrniber 17, 1963
day when fire raced through a
frame home at .Maitland, Kb.,
all members in the family of
Mr. and -Mrs. Thomas Smith.
Huddled Together
The victims were Bernard
Darrell. 2 months. Brcnda De
nisc. 1, Debra Louisa, 2, Cyn
thia Laverne, 3, and Sandra De
lores, 5. They were found hud
dled together in a scorched bed
room after firemen battled the
flames for more than an hour.
Four children died in a fire
at their Jasper, Ark., home
Sunday, while their pregnant
mother ran barefoot more than
a mile to summon help.
The dead children of Mr. and
Mrs. Ammon Howard Jr. were
Tammy, 3, Barbara, 2, and
Larry and Barry, 13-month-old
twins.
At Lexington. Ky., three
children burned to death in
their home while their mother
was visiting her grandmother a
few doors away. The young vic
tims were Mona Lynn Howard,
4, and her sisters, Sandra Dec,
3, and Chalenes. 11 months.
House Trailer Burns
Three children died Monday
in a fire that raced through a
house trailer at Annapolis. Md.
The children were Teresa John
son. 3, Tyrone, 2, and Albert Jr.,
11 months, the children of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Johnson.
A blaze of undetermined ori
gin took the lives of two chil
dren Monday at their Port
Washington, Wis., home while
the mother was at a neiglibor's
home to borrow cutters for
Christmas cookies. The victims,
Cary, 7 months, and Kevin, 2.
were the children of Mr. and
Mrs. Jolin Keeler.
A fire that destroyed a two
story brick home at Chillicothe,
Mo., Monday night took the
lives of Joe Silkwood. 5, and
Debbie Faubion. 12, children of
Mrs. Bonnie Silkwood.
A faulty healer touched off a
(ire at Calhoun, Ga., Monday
that killed a chicken farmer,
his wife, and his son-in-law.
Rescue workers recovered the
charred bodies of R. A. Banks,
45, Mary Banks, 44, and John
ny Muse, 23.
Airline Hopes
To Keep Flying
PORTLAND (L'PII United
Air Lilies will attempt to keep
all its (lights operating even if
the International Association of
Machinists goes ahead with a
threatened strike at midnighl
Wednesday, officials said today.
The company said it hoped
negotiations now under way w ill
resolve the dispute, or that
President Johnson w ill step in
before the deadline.
Recommendations made by an
emergency board appointed by
the lale President Kennedy will
lie put into effect Thursday, the
line said. They include wage in
creases and benefits the com
pany claims will cost $2 million
over the life of the contract.
DAL President G. K. Keck
said the company would do all
it can to provide work for em
ployes who want to slay on the
job if the strike does occur.
SP To Curtail
Streamliner
PORTLAND U'Pl -Southern
Pacific has advised the Inter
state Commerce Commission it
wants to operate its Shasta Day
light passenger train only dur
ing the summer vacation sea
son. The Shasta Daylight now runs
three tunes a week between
Portland and San Francisco.
Holiert M. Gilmore. Southern
Pacific's general passenger traf
tic manager, said the number
of passengers carried in t h e
first live months of l3 was
down 27 per cent from tlio same
period in 11. Additional cars
would be added to the Cascade
streamliner to provide service,
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CLEAN UP JOB Residents of the Baldwin Hills area
in Los Angeles remove furniture from home as mop-up
operations get underway after Saturday's flood disaster.
The dam at the Baldwin Hills reservoir burst sending
almost 300 million gallons of water cascading down the
hillside causing millions of dollars in damage. A warning
of nearly four hours was credited with preventing it from
becoming one of the big disasters of all time as 16,500
people live in the area. U PI Telephoto
Giant Crack Discovered
Across Reservoir Bottom
LOS ANGELES (UPH - A
huge crack across the bottom
of the Baldwin Hills reservoir
may have unleashed the huge
tidal wave that destroyed doz
ens of homes, damaged hund
reds of others and killed three
and possibly four persons.
It was learned Monday night
that Archie V. MacDonald, 70,
a furniture store executive, has
been missing since the dam
broke Saturday and swept him
away before the eyes of his
wife. Marie.
Mrs. MacDonald was one of
the 27 persons hospitalized with
injuries received in the disaster
that caused damage expected
to exceed $10 million.
The huge crack, running
nearly the length of the reser
voir, was revealed when the
water drained out. Max K. So
cha, department of water and
power chief, insisted the crack
must have occurred only short
ly before the dam failed.
Weather
Northern California: Rain
spreading southward.
The Dalles and Hood Itiver:
Cloudy through Wednesday; lit
tle light rain or drizzle tonight,
rain Wednesday; highs 3i
42 cast and 42-4B west; low to
night 30-117; gorge winds mostly
east 10-18.
Bend: Mostly cloudy through
Wednesday; highs 37-45; low to
night 22-28.
Baker and La Grande: Mostly
cloudy through Wednesday; high
3H-42; low tonight 23-32.
Portland Vancouver: Mostly
cloudy with occasional light rain
Wednesday; highs about 4fi; low
tonight near 40.
Western Oregon: Mostly
cloudy tonight, occasional rain
Wednesday: higlis 44-54. except
40 south interior; low tonight 40
4i except 34 south interior.
Eastern Oregon: Mostly
cloudy with some patchy fog.
little light rain north, through
Wednesday: highs 34:17 north
and 40-45 south; low 25-33.
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"We have drains under there
(Uie bottom of the asphalt
covered reservoir'," he said.
"Those drains were not taking
any water."
But no official would specu
late on what caused the crack.
"It would be a matter of
conjecture," Socha said, adding
it should be left to investiga
tion. City health officials clamped
a tight embargo on removal of
water damaged food from the
stricken area to prevent spread
of any disease.
City Health Officer Dr.
George M. L'hl said a health
hazard definitely exists with
danger of an epidemic caused
by rodents, flies and mosquitos
and from uprooted sewer and
water mains.
Mayor Samuel Yorty Monday
promised victims of the flood
that they would be fully com
pensated for their property
losses.
Roundup
Temperatures
hours ending at
day.
during the 24
4 a.m. PST to
High Low Pep
Astoria 51 45 .72
Raker 3 26 . T
Rrookings 55 45
Mcdford ' 38 30
New port 54
North Bend 54 42
Pendleton 32 32 .1)2
Portland 40 38 .08
Redmond 45-53
Salem 53 42
The Dalles 38 34 T
Chicago 21 8
Los Angeles 71 53
New York 27 20
Phoenix 8 37
San Francisco 47 40
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Gas, Dust
Blamed
For Blast
MARTIN. Utah aPI '-Methane
gas and coal dust, possibly
ignited by a spark, w as blamed
today for a searing explosion
that killed nine miners and
turned a "model coal mine"
into a "black and dusty hell."
Ten miners survived the ex
plosion that rumbled through a
drift a half mile underground in
the Carbon Fuel Co.'s No. 2
mine Monday. Only one of the
survivors was injured.
Jesus Nunez, 45, received se
vere lacerations, multiple contu
sions and suffered from shock.
He was in fair condition in a
hospital at Price, Utah a short
distance from the disaster
cene.
State and federal investigators
moved into the blast-wracked
mine today, attempting to learn
the definite cause of the violent
explosion. They agreed on the
gas-dust factors, but were un
able to pinpoint the source of
the spark.
' Gov. George Clyde ordered
an investigation immediately
following the mine disaster, the
second to strike Utah in less
than four months.
The bodies of the victims, all
from Utah, were hauled to the
surface Monday night and tak
en to a mortuary in Price.
The victims were:
Andy Juvan, 42, Spring Glen;
John Senechal Jr., 32, Kenil
worth; Victor Fossat, 47, Ben
Valdez, 39, and Ben Montoya,
40, all of Helper; Gerald Niel
son, 43. of Fairview; and Mike
Ardohain, 33, Archie Larsen, 40.
and Heino Linn, 38, all of Price.
Fire Report
(10 a.m. Monday to 10 a.m.
Tuesday)
Klamath Falls Fire Department
10:59 p.m. Monday 1224 Mon
Claire. chair and davenport in
front of gas slove afire, house
full of smoke, occupant Lorna
Pomeroy.
County Fire Department
12:37 a m Tuesday Rte 2,
Box 673, Hill Road, clothing in
upstairs closet afire, wall and
floor scorched, smoke damage,
occupant Harvey Wise.
State Loses
Bird War
ATLANTA (UPD-State offi
cials put on a great show of
force Monday but lost another
round in their battle to dis
lodge thousands of starlings
from the Capitol.
Eight selected marksmen
fired shotguns into Ihc swarm
ing birds for 20 minutes, killing
an estimated 2.000. But one dis
couraged official remarked
"that didn't even dent them."
The pesky birds picked the
Georgia Capitol for their win
ter roost and come in at night,
defacing the Capitol.
Secretary of State Ben Fort
son tried various means of get.
ting rid of the birds, before
hitting on the shotgun approach.
"The idea is not so much to
kill them as to scare them." he
said.
"We lei them settle down
good in the trees and get com
fortable and then we blast away
and keep them moving."
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Young Sinatra Aided FBI
cool role of detective played by
Frank Sinatra Jr. while he was
held by his kidnapers was cred
ited today for the speedy cap
ture of his abductors.
Although the FBI continued to
remain silent concerning the
clues that led to the arrests of
three persons last Friday and
Saturday, Frank Jr.'s role was
learned by United Press Inter
national for the first time Mon
day. Blindfolded and nervous, the
19-year-old youth nevertheless
was able to provide many clues
to (lie FBI, including distances
counted by footsteps, sounds
Mrs. Burton Divorces
Actor In Mexican Court
MEXICO CITY (LTD -Friends
predicted today Eliza
beth Taylor will soon divorce
Eddie Fisher to marry Richard
Burton, whose wife Sybil got a
Mexican divorce Monday.
"I don't think Liz and Burton
are going to wait very long,"
one friend said "It looks as if
they will be married soon."
Burton and Mrs. Burton ar
ranged details of a property set
tlement and custody of their
two children before she filed for
divorce in Puerto Vallarta. the
tiny Mexican fishing village
where he recently completed
work on a movie.
Miss Taylor had no part in
the movie, but she accompan
ied Burton to Puerto Vallarta
and was on the set almost ev
ery day, keeping him company.
They shared a villa.
Went to Village
Burton's lawyer, Aaron
Frosch of New York, went to
the village to represent him in
civil court when the divorce
was granted. Burton also was
represented by a Mexican at
torney, as was -Mrs. Burton.
Frosch said Mrs. Burton
charged that her husband treat
ed her "cruelly and inhuman
ly" and said he was "in the
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hpai-a" at the hideout and-in
moment when his eyes were un
coveredthe name of a ham
burger stand on a wrapper.
Tlie discovery of the hideaway
where Sinatra Jr. was held in
nearby Canoga Park from the
time he was abducted a week
ago Sunday night to his release
on payment of $240,000 ransom
early last Wednesday has been
credited as the major break in
cracking the case.
And young Frank Jr. was ap
parently able to provide the
clues that led to Its discovery.
The account of Frank Jr.'s
role in the apprehension of the
trio accused of kidnaping him
constant custody of another
woman."
Miss Taylor was not men
tioned by name in the court pro
ceedings. Mrs. Burton also received the
Burton home in Geneva. Switz
erland, a trust fund for the two
children and a substantial set
tlement for herself. The atlor-
nv cairf Rurtnn retained "a
fund out of their community
property."
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came to light as the FBI made
plans to transport John William
Irwin, 42, suspected ringleader,
from live jail in San Diego,
Calif., to federal jail facilities
here.
The two 23-year-old suspects,
Barry Worthingtun Keenan,
scion of a wealthy Los Angeles
area family, and Joseph Clyde
Amsler, Playa Del Rey, were
held on $50,000 bail each.
Multiple indictments against
the trio were expected to be re
turned by a grand jury within
three weeks.
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