Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 13

RENO EVENING GAZETTE PHONE FA 3-3161 RENO, NEVADA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1956 PAGE THIRTEEN mm Auto Crashes In This Area Fatal to Seven Three From Bay District Crushed By Cattle Truck Seven people died in automobile acicdents in Nevada and on nearby California highways this weekend. A terrific four-vehicle accident Brief Answered By Thunderbird Tax Commission Lacks Power To Issue Order Is Contention Attorneys for the Thunderbird hotel of Las Vegas declared today, in a brief filed in the Nevada Supreme Court, that the Nevada Tax Commission had no power to take such action when, on March 31, 1955, it ordered two partners to dispose of their gambling interests in the resort, or that the casino would be closed. The brief, from Attorney Richard Blakey, was in answer to an earlier appeal brief field by tax commission at ft A ,4 Ha Airline Agrees To Discount on Field Purchase Dr. Caradine R. Hooton, executive secretary of the board of temperance; Bishop Donald Harvey Tippett, bishop of the San Francisco area; and Rev.

Arthur V. Thurman, pastor of Reno's First Methodist church. Afternoon and evening sessions included talks and visual presentations on world peace, social and economic relations, and temperance. Main address of the evening was given by Bishop Wicke, who spoke on the life of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church, and his impact on the spiritual life of the people of England and the United States then and now. (Ross photo) Defense Near End of Case In Tax Trial Reno Doctor's Counsel Makes Surprise Move Trial of Dr.

H. J. Valenta on income tax evasion charges drove toward a conclusion at the beginning of its sixth week Monday, with only two more character witnesses expected before the defense case is complete. Government rebuttal testimony actually had begun before the noon recess, since not all of the defense character witnesses could be present Monday morning, and the defense rested upon getting permission to produce these witnesses during the afternoon. NO RE-DIRECT In a surprise move the defense declined to conduct re-direct examination of Dr.

Valenta, who was on the stand Friday in his own defense, most of the time on cross-examination by the government. Testimony that Dr. Valenti's reputation for truthfulness, honesty and integrity has been either very good or excellent was received from Duane Ramsey, Reno building contractor; William Gra-nata, superintendent of the Martin Iron Works in Reno, and Msgr. William J. Devlin, a Catholic priest from Las Vegas who knew Dr.

Valenta both in Tonopah and Reno. Stanley H. Brown, assistant U.S. attorney and Clyde R. Maxwell, Internal Revenue Service attorney, asked Granata and Ramsey if they had heard that Dr.

Valenta was a gambler, and both said they had not. Granata admitted his firm has done some work for Dr. Valenta. LEACH RECALLED The government recalled the chief figure in the investigation of Dr. Valenta's finances, William Leach, special agent for the intelligence division of the IRS, with NATIONAL METHODIST CUTJBCH representatives who participated in a local convocation on "The Moral and Ethical Witness of the Methodist Church" Friday are pictured above.

They are: Dr. A. Dudley Ward, executive secretary of the board of social and economic relations; Dr. Charles F. Boss, executive secretary of the commission on world peace; Rev.

Douglas Ewen, superintendent of the Sacramento-Nevada district; Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, chairman, board of social and economic relations of the Methodist church, and bishop of the Pittsburgh area; Question No. 4 On the (State School Superintendent) (Editor's Note: This is the third in a series dealing with the eight question which will appear on the Nevada ballot at the Nov. 6 general election. Questions 1 and 2, both on the "Right to Work" law, were discussed first.

Question No. 3, dealing with school financing, and appearing on the ballot only because of a requirement of state law, was discussed Saturday. Today the topic is Question No. 4, relative to the office of superintendent torneys. The order of the commission has never been carried out because the casino operators obtained from the district court an injunction prohibiting the state gambling control agency from carrying out the disciplinary move against the two partners, Marion Hicks and Clifford A.

Jones. FOUND UNSUITABLE Commission members, after lengthy hearings found Hicks and Jones unsuitable to hold gambling licenses because they had harbored hidden interests in the Las Vegas strip resort. Attorneys for the Thunderbird, however, maintained the commission order was "arbitrary and capricious," and this contention was supported in the district court decision handed down by Judge Merwyn S. Brown of Win-nemucca. The commission has appealed the Brown order granting the injunction to the state supreme court.

Blakey, in a 34-page legal brief, noted today that the commission took action under the new gambling control act effective March 29, 1955. UNDER NEW ACT The new act repealed all but three sections of the old gambling control law, pertaining to license and tax schedules. The new act, he declared, contemplated formation of a gaming control board composed of experts, with the power to hold hearings and recommend to the commission revocation actions. While operating under the new law, the commission heard no new evidence, nor did it schedule hearings as outlined in the new code, after it became effective, on the Thunderbird matter, the brief declares. Noting that tax commission lawyers asked the supreme court to decide for the first time whether the commission or the courts are to control gambling, opposing counsel wrote that this is not tbf issue at all.

"All it will determine is whether the legislature intended the commission to act on substantial evidence when it suspends or revokes a license, and whether the commission, under the statute, is immune from judicial control," the Thunderbird lawyer wrote. And, Blakey added, no amount of complaining by commission lawyers "about this inherently evil business" should obscure the fact that the legislature has declared licensed gambling lawfuL POLICY BY LAW Policy, the brief continued, is established by statute, "not by the emotionally expressed views of the commission or its counsel." Making new allegations that the commission order was arbitrary and unfair, Blakey wrote, that "the commission took every piece of testimony end evidence in which it supposed it could find comfort and construed its meaning to support" a conclusion against the casino operators. Further, the brief contends, the commission found Jones unsuitable to hold a license at the Thunderbird on highway 91, but took no action against Jones on licenses he holds in four other downtown establishments. The commission also found, the Thunderbird brief notes, that Hicks and Jones, in divesting themselves of interest in the gambling operation, would suffer no hardship because they could continue their ownership of the hotel corporation. LOAN IS BASIS The tax commission alleged that George Sadlo and Jake Lan-sky, Florida gamblers, held an interest in the Thunderbird through a $160,000 loan Sadlo made to Hicks.

Evidence introduced at the (Turn to Page 14, Col. 1) Spitz to Claim His Suspension Lacks Validity Legal counsel for Capt. Louis Spitz, suspended head of the Reno police department traffic division, stated today that Police Chief T. R. Berrum would be notified the officer was ready to return to duty immediately.

Peter Echeverria, retained by Capt. Spitz in a pending hearing before the Reno Civil Service Commission, issued this statement today: "There is no question in my mind that the purported suspension is not valid, and Capt. Spitz ly. However, if I were to advise ly. However, if were to advise him to resume duties, that would probably create more confusion and ill feeling.

Therefore, I am advising Chief Berrum that Capt. Spitz is available to return to immediate duty and will take no other employment inconsistent with his ability to return immediately to active duty with the Reno Police Department." And then Echeverria added: "I sincerely hope that all parties will be able to sit down and settle their differences without the necessity of long, complicated and expensive legal procedures, both for the City of Reno and Captain Spitz. The lawyer concluded with "if nothing is done to resolve the problem within the next few days, then we will be compelled to file our appeal." Capt. Spitz, veteran officer and head of the traffic division, was suspended Thursday by T. R.

Berrum, Reno police chief. Generally, the suspended officer has been charged with being absent from duty without permission; that he "engaged in conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline;" and that "on occasions had been disagreeable, sarcastic and ill-tempered." After being suspended, Capt. Spitz, announced he would seek a hearing before the commission. Visitor Reports Beating, Robbery Three youths beat and robbed him a mile east of Sparks, Norman Saiyed, 21, of San Francisco told Washoe county sheriff's deputies Sunday night. Saiyed whose face was bruised and cut, said the three took his wallet, which contained $200.

He told deputies the robbers picked him up in their car on East Fourth street about 7 p. and said they would help him find a place to stay. Instead, he told deputies, they drove him to a spot on highway 40 east of Sparks to rob him. Deputies, guided by Saiyed, drove to the scene and found a bag and topcoat there that Saiyed identified as his. killed three San Francisco men and tied up traffic between Reno ana iruckee tor three hours Sunday nieht.

Separate crashes, one on Dormer Summit, two near Fallon and one near Mina claimed the other victims. CHAIN REACTION Killed in a chain-reaction crash as thev were trvine- to na a cattle truck on Highway 40 about seven mnes east of Truckee, were cnaries rlenry Green, 57, 2727 Pine Lee Gusta Brown, 36, 1635 Gearv St. and Guv Harric 498 Post all of San Francisco. teriOUSlV lnlured was' Jackie Lee Jackson, 22. Suffering minor hurts was Frederick Lee 22.

Both are airmen stationed at Nellis Air Force base near Las Vegas. California highway Datrolmen said the car carrying the three aan jprancisco men attempted to pass a cattle truck driven by Dwayne L. Cross of Fernlev. Nev The car sideswiped an oncoming vehicle driven by Wilton F. Herz of Reno, bounced off and ran headon into the car bearing the two airmen.

It then overturned on the road in the oath of the cattle truck. Cross said he was unable to stop his truck, which rolled over the car and crushed it and its three occupants. East-west traffic was halted for more than three hours while patrolmen removed bodies and wreckage. Killed in a headon crash on the same road near Donner Summit on Saturday night was Shunichi xasiU. 4b.

Of Sarramentn r'alif Yasiu died in a crash that also sent James E. Jones, 40 of Oakland, to Tahoe Forest Hospital where he is reDorted in ennA condition today. Highway patrolmen said Jones' car apparently came over the crest of a hill in the wrong lane, sinning xasius car headon. Two separate arririentc Highway 50 claimed the lives of a i-year-old boy and a Wads-worth miner, in crashes Saturday and Sunday. Little Theodore J.

Oxborrow of Lovelock died when a car in which he was riding with his parents. Jack and Elizabeth Oxborrow, went out of control and overturned east of Fallon near Carroll Summit. The accident occurred about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The parents and two small children were taken to Churchill public hospital in Fallon.

Mrs. Oxborrow's condition was de scribed as "critical" today. Her nusDana ana children were released. John Leyva of Wadsworth, a miner employed at Gabbs, was killed instantly at 5:20 nm Sat. urday when his car annarentlv went out of control and crashed on Highway 50 eleven miles west of Fallon.

Leyva is survived by his widow Marge, and four small cnnaren. Funeral services for Mr will be held Wednesday morning ti J.V ciock, with a requiem mass to be celebrated by the Rev. Gerard Fanning of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Sparks. Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Ross-Burke Co.

chapel. Mrs. Georee Murna ne of TVfino was killed instantly at 7:15 p.m. sunaay and her husband was seriously injured when their late model automobile went off the road on U. S.

395 between Mina and Luning. Both were thrown out of the car when it smashed into a ditch beside the highway. Howard Smith, Hawthorne NAD fireman returnine- from trip to Bishon arrived on the scene a few minutes after the ac cident and administered first aid to Murnane while his family re turned to Mina for an ambulance. Smith and Tex Andrews of Mina took the injured man to the Mineral county hospital. Mr.

Murnane's condition was described by a physician Monday as being serious but not critical. He suffered multiple fractures including a skull fracture and possible internal injuries. Mrs. Murnane's body was taken to the Hawthorne Funeral Home. Sheriff's deputies said the driv-ea lost control while apparently travelling at a hitrh rate of sneed.

They said Mr. Murnane presum ably was driving. He is a diamond driller by trade. The couple had lived in Mina about three weeks, moving from Bishop. He also formerly lived in Tonopah where he has two brothers.

DAY PROCLAIMED Tomorrow has been designated United States Day in Reno by Mayor Len Harris. The mayor's proclamation states that the United States has grown to its present status of greatness and prosperity largely through the efforts of its citizens, and asks that the day be observed privately and in schools throughout the city. DIES George P. Annand, above, former assistant attorney general for Nevada, died Sunday in Santa Cruz, Calif. George Annand Former Nevada Jurist Passes Georee Phillip Annand.

82 for mer district judge and deputy at torney general of Nevada from 1940 to 1955, died Sunday in Santa Cruz, Calif. A resident of Nevada from 1906 until last year when he went to Santa Cruz after his retirement from the attorney general's offices, he was long one of the state's best known lawyers and jurists. He held various other public offices during his career in the state. Judge Annand was born in Washington, D. C.

June 28, 1874 and received his early education there. At the age of 19 he joined the Henry Savage Opera company as a baritone and was a member of the first troupe to put opera on an English singing basis. He travelled with the Savage and other singing groups. Leaving the opera. Judge Annand came to Nevada and settled in Ely in 1906.

He was first employed by the' Ely Townsite Co, which developed East Ely, and then held various county jobs, including treasurer, deputy auditor and deputy county clerk. For a brief time in 1917 he was postmaster at Ely and he also engaged in newspaper work on the old Ely Expositor. Studying law in his spare time Judge Annand was admitted to the Nevada State Bar in 1922. then served in the office of the White Pine county district attorney and later was elected city attorney of Ely. He was appointed district judge by then Gov.

E. P. Carville in 1939 at the death of Judge James Lockhart. At the end of that term he was appointed deputy attorney general by Attorney General Alan Bible. He and his family moved to Carson that year.

Judge Annand was a past master of Ely Lodge No. 29, F. and A. M. and was a member of Kerak temple of the Shrine in Reno.

Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Beatrice Aston whom he married in 1900; a daughter, Mrs. Don Riddell of Carson and a granddaughter, Mrs. Melvin Woodgate and three great grandchildren, all of Carson. A son died in 1927 while attending University of Nevada. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Santa Cruz.

Last Rites Held For Mrs. Aiazzi Funeral services were held for Mrs. Annunciatia Aiazzi Monday morning at the St. Thomas Aquinas catheflral. Mrs.

Aiazzi died Friday morning at a Reno hospital. Pall bearers were: Arthur C. Doty, Donald B. Houck, Lino T. Aiazzi, Pete A.

Aiazzi, Louis Fur-goli, and Ruebin G. Dalton. Burial followed at the Mountain View Walton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Ebeling, chief of the department's auto theft detail, that he used Rosenberg's gasoline credit card to buy tires, gasoline and accessories for his trip. He sold what he could of this for spending money.

In Toledo, he met some people who were going to a wedding reception. Trautner went along, and after the festivities, friends of the bride and groom loaded the flashy sedan with the wedding presents. Trautner was to transport them to the newlyweds' home. Instead, he struck out for the open road, the back of the car loaded with silverware, linens, china, bric-a-brac and the usual stuff palmed off on new brides. All this he carried to Reno, where Schmorde and James spotted the car as the one stolen from Rosenberg.

whose direct testimony that of defense witnesses directly conflicted in many cases. Leach, questioned by Maxwell, covered a number of these conflicts. A major point involved reiteration of the government in ference that Dr. Valenta either had more than one set of some kinds of records, or that some were prepared after the investigation began. Leach said that among the records given to him were patient ledger sheets, to which amounts in daily records were posted.

But he said that three of the four books of patient ledger sheets in (Turn to Page 14. Col. 5) U. of N. Survey To Be Studied Members of the Nevada Legislative Commission will meet in Carson at 10 a.

m. Thursday for what may be a three-day session to discuss the preliminary report of the survey team which has been studying the University of Nevada, and to hear recommendations of the legislative counsel for matters that will be proposed to the 1957 session of the legislatufe. Dr. Dean McIIenry, professor of political science at the University of California at Los Angeles, who headed the investigation committee, will attend the Thursday morning session to discuss the report. J.

E. Springmeyer, legislative counsel, said that copies of the report were now being mimeographed for distribution to members of the commission for their study prior to the meeting. Springmeyer said he planned tentatively to devote the first day of the meeting to discussion of the university survey and present a lengthy list of recommendations for legislative action to the commission in the remaining days of the meeting. He said that recommendations for new or revised statutes will be extensive and may require two days to present. Bride's Silver Gets Ride United Air Line officials have agreed to give the city of Reno a discount of $166,700 on the balance due on the city's purchase of Reno airport.

The discount agreement was reached this morning at a conference of two United officials and city officers, in Mayor Len Harris' office. REPRESENT CITY Representing the. city were Harris, City Manager C. B. Kinni-son, Councilmen Charles Cowen, Ben Maffi, Joseph Mastroiannl and Russell Mills and Airport Manager Joe Hicks.

Tre United officials were Seely V. Hall, assistant vice president in charge of facilities and Williamson, regional manager of property. Kinnison said the net saving to the city would be about $125,000 since the city has agreed to waive United landing and service fees at the airport for the remaining term of the present administration. Hicks estimated the fees at about $15,000 a year, or $41,250 for the period concerned. The agreement reached this morning calls for the city to pay United $250,000 and enter into the landing fee agreement.

After that is done, the city will have full title to the airport. NEW TERMINAL Kinnison said steps toward a new terminal for the field will be taken as soon as possible after the title is obtained. The airport was originally purchased at a price of $914,700, with the city paying $498,000 and being obligated to pay the remaining $416,000 out of airport revenue. While the debt was outstanding there was a possibility of questioning the federal allotments a city can have for improvement of an airport it owns. Although the city must pay the $250,000 agreed upon, Kinnison said the federal government will reimburse the city $125,000 on the payment.

The federal government will also participate in the cost of the new terminal through the Nevada Air National Guard. The Guard has agreed to pay the city the cost of moving the present terminal farther away from the runway, to make jet airplane use of the runways safer. LAUDS COOPERATION Mayor Harris praised Williamson and Hall for their cooperation during the negotiations, which have been going on for months. Just last week the air line offered an agreement in which the $416,700 could be paid with a long term loan and a five year credit on service and landing fees, but that offer was turned down by the city administration. Kinnison said the city will have to borrow the money to make the final payment on the airport, but added that the loan can be repaid in part as soon as the federal participation funds are received, and that the remainder can be readily paid off during the two years and nine months of the present administration.

The two-year-nine-month arrangement is in line with Mayor Harris' earlier insistence that no following administration should be saddled with an airport debt incurred now. ed to see if the pilot of the big Pan American Strato Clipper could make a successful belly landing. Catlin was then assigned to watch for stray survivors as the passengers made their way in rubber rafts from the sinking plane to the coast guard vessel. After putting the survivors ashore at San Francisco Friday, the Ponchartrain headed for Terminal Island at Wilmington, Calif. Catlin said he hopes to be given leave sometime this week?" The coast guardsman is a gracf; uate of Reno high school with class of June, 1954: He joined thF coast guard in August, 1954, aoyj was assigned aboard the Po chartrain in December, 1954.

His sister, Mrs. Carol Tayloj lives at 190 Grove Reno. Ballot if the bill passes, the state's lawmakers would assign the job of appointing the education superintendent to the state board of edu cation, since this is the trend in those states where the office is non-elective. At the present time more states elect superintendents of public instruction than appoint them. However, in late years the trend has been toward the latter procedure.

At the present time the top education official is elected in 28 states and appointed in the other 20. Ten years ago 31 eleced and 17 appointed. In the 6tates where the office is appointive they are usually chosen by the state board, although in a few states the governor is the appointing of ficer. Those in favor of the appointive system maintain that qualified educators hesitate to seek the office because of the politics in volved, the expense of campaign' ing in the event they have opposi tion, and because of salary loss while engaged in political activity, Those opposed to taking the choice out of the voters' hands hold that political favoritism would be shown and that those with the best connections would get the job whether or not they were best qualified. It is pointed out by proponents of the bill that the state board of education, the probable appointive body, is non-partisan and the members recerve no salary.

Present superintendent of public instruction is Byron F. Stetler, former superintendent of Elko county schools, who succeeded to the post on appointment by the governor following the death of Glenn A. Duncan of Ely. He is unopposed for election. The position pays $9,000 a year as superintendent of public instruction and secretary of the state textbook commission.

Former Fallon Teacher Dies LAS VEGAS. Chester Earl Giblin, 80, a retired school teacher who once taught in the Fallon schools, died at his home in Henderson Sunday following a brief illness. A native of Arkanna, Ohio, Giblin was born Sept. 18, 1876. Most of his life had been spent in the west and particularly in Nevada where he held an extensive acquaintance.

Funeral services will be conducted in Reno but arrangements have not yet been completed. Slirvivoifc incilude his widow, Mrs. Lottie Giblin of Henderson, two sons, Earl Giblin of Reno and Capt. Robert E. Giblin of March Air Force base, three daughters, Mrs.

Gaynell Mendive of Henderson, Mrs. Grace Shane of Reno and Mrs. Gladys Ogden of Fallon, a brother and sister and 13 grandchildren. Wanted Man Held in Reno Wanted by authorities in Contra Costa county, Reno police officers have arrested Thomas Vlahovich, 33, 239 E. Plaza a Reno bartender.

Vlahovich is wanted at Martinez, reports show. He was arrested at a Center street hotel. The suspect has not signed waivers of extradition and said he would retain an attorney. oi public instruction.) Long debated in educational and related circles in Nevada, voters will have an opportunity in the coming election to decide whether the head of Nevada's educational system will continue to be elected by the people or will be appointed to office. Question No.

4 on the voting machines of Washoe county will ask: "Shall the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction be made appointive rather than elective, as at present?" A "yes" vote will, of course, make the position appointive and a "no" vote will prohibit a change in the state constitution, continuing the office as an elective post. The question was placed on the 1956 ballot through a joint legislative resolution passed at the 1955 and 1953 sessions The voting machine question epitomizes the question as it appears on the printed ballots which will be used elsewhere in the state, with one exception. Lack of space on the voting machine board prohibits the explanation that if the voters aom-ove the change the state legislature will be author' ired to determine how the super intendent of public instruction shall be appointed, and how long his term of office shall be It is generally presumed that, SLIGHT DROP IN RENO'S TEMPERATURE Reno will be a little cooler today with the mercury mounting to about 67 de- grees. Fair weather is expected through Tuesday. Sunday's high was a warm 74 after a nighttime low of 36 that precluded frost here for the first time in four days.

The frost returned early today as the temperature dropped to 26. Tuesday morning's low will be about 30, the weatherman said. Clear skies are forecast for Reno and most of the nearby mountain areas tonight and Tuesday. The only blemish on the weather picture is the weatherman's prediction of a "few showers in the northern portion of the state Tuesday." Some cloudiness may roll over the Reno area Tuesday, but fair weather should prevail most of the day. He was arrested Friday at Har- old's club by Det.

Sgts. Howard Wotring and Francis Rea after a floor boss, Daniel Orlich, said he i watched Barrett work for quite some time. Orlich said Barrett would finger his lapel nervously and then handle his cards at the "21" table. Seven clean decks were passed into play and eventually submitted as evidence to the accusation that Barrett had marked all. A daubing device was found sewn to the back of Barrett's coat lapel, police said.

Barrett and a companion, Mrs. Ada M. Blakely, 49, a local hotel resident, were charged with defrauding a gambling game and released on $500 bail each. Both told officers they were Wedding Presents Await Toledo Couple in Reno SLOT, CARD CHEATING CHARGES ARE LODGED RENO RESIDENT ABOARD PACIFIC RESCUE CRAFT To a young, married couple in Toledo, Ohio: Your wedding presents are safe and in Reno. The presents got a cross country ride last week when Donald R.

Trautner, 27, driving a stolen 1956 sedan, wound up a long ride in Reno. His traveling, which took him from Oakland, to Toledo and westward again to Reno, came to a halt in a local gasoline station. The car, which Trautner admitted stealing from Benjamin Rosenberg in Oakland, Sept. 19, was spotted by Officers Frederick Schmorde and Richard James early Friday morning. Trautner and a companion, Barvie L.

Wiggins, 32, were taken into custody and charged with auto theft. But Wiggins said he was only a hitchhiker Trautner had picked up in Cheyenne, Wyo. Trautner told Det. Sgt. Robert Daubing and spooning were charges leveled in two separate cases in municipal court last week.

For the spooner, Murray M. Board, the sentence was 90 days in jail. His compatriots, Jane E. Ingles and Dresden F. Achelpohl, pleaded innocent to the charges.

All were charged with "spooning," a method of illegally freeing a slot machine of its burden of jackpots. The "spoon" is a metal instrument which, held against the money tube trap door, allows the cash reserves free access to the open air and, of course, the spooners pockets. The trio was arrested in a fourth street bar. The accused dauber Is William M. Barrett, 48, 643 Lander St.

A young coast guardsman from Reno served as lookout aboard the weather ship Ponchartrain during the hrarowing rescue of 31 survivors of a downed airliner in the Pacific last Tuesday. Quartermaster third class Charles Catlin, 20, telephoned his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Catlin, of 812 Gear when the Ponchartrain docked at San Francisco Friday night, with the airline passengers aboard. He said he was on lookout duty on the snip Bridge during tne five-hour wait for the failing air craft to dump its fuel load before ditching in the ocean early Tuesday morning.

Young Catlin told his father that the worst part of the long, tense watch was the nervous strain as would-be rescuers wait.