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14-IDAHO STATE JOURNAL Wednesday, November 25, 1959 FEBRUARY MISHAP CAB Blames Pilot In Guard Air Crash By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) The Civil Aeronautics -Roard Tuesday attributed poor judgment by the pitot as the probable cause of the Feb, 1 Texas crash of a transport plane bearing 23 Idaho Air Na. tional Guardsmen. The CAB said the crash, fatal to three persons, was "a consider. able time in the making" and "fully preventable." The pilot, Capt. Woodrow W.

Epps, 42, Parlland, a copilot, and one of the guardsmen were killed when the ice-crusted DC-3 crashed into a wooded hillside near Kerrville, Tax. Four oth. er guardsmen suffered serious in juries, Kilted instantly besides Epps was Nikita's Promise On Lithuanians Bears Fruit WASHINGTON (AP)-Nikita S. Khrushchev apparently is keeping at least one personal promise lo allow some Lithuanians to join their American relatives here. Other Khrushchev' pledges may still be honored.

estale Paulius Leonas, a Chicago he real broker, said that 1:35 heard from his son and daughter that they will be allowed to come America' soon. Leonas managed to buttonhole Khrushchev during the Soviet Premier's visit to the United States in September. Khrushchev heard him out, then turned to Forcign Minister Andrei Gromyko and said, "take carc of this." Lconas and his wife have not seen their daughter, Regina, 10, and son, Tomas, 17, for 15 years. other Americans also were able to make personal pleas to Khrushchev during his visit. Miss Donna Armonas, 24, of Wickliffe, Ohio, caught him at Pillsburgh and asked him to allow her mother and 19-ycar-old brother to leave Lithuania.

She says the Russian Premier told her, "little girl, expect your mother very soon." Bat Miss Armonas says she's had no word of any action On Khrushchev's promise. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Prunskis Chicago, a Roman Catholic priest who fled Lithuania in 1940, saw bath Khrushchev and his wife in Washingion the day hefore they left to return to Moscow. He asked that his 71-year-old mother, who lives in Kaunas, Lithuania, be restored to him.

The priest said hue has been getting letters from his mother, who soon learned of the Khrushchev promise and looked forward to joining her son, "She's contacting institutions in Lithunnia," he said, "'but there has been nothing definite." Speedy Crossing LONDON. (AP) A Boeing 707 jetliner flew from New York la London Monday in just. under hours to inaugurate Trans World Airlines' jet service across the Atlantic. Harvey Hill, 38, of one of the two co-pilots aboard. The other the threc-man crew, Wilbur Wittliss, 42, also of Portland, was scriously injured.

From him the board got details of what had happened. The plane left Boise, Idaho, with its load of guardsmen, for Lackland Air Force Base, San Aplonio, Tex. The plane, owned and ated by General Airways, AIL Oregon was transporting the guardsmen under a contract with the Defense Department. Ice Predicted After leaving Boise, the ship landcd at Pueblo, to refuel. The crew received detailed weather reports of icing conditions prevail.

ing along the proposed route, and the plane took off at 5 p. The first report of icing came as it flew over Dalhart, nt 7:16 CST and Epps asked permission of the Federal Avialion Agency radio control oporator at' Trinidad, Colo. for authority to! drop from 9,000 feet to 7,000 feet. From that point on there were frequent contacts between Epps and ground control points, He told of continued icing and subsequently was given authority to let the plane down to altitudes in an effort to escape the icing conditions. During the last hour of the fourhour flight from Pueblo, when it! was obvious the plane was in desperate circumstances, San Antonio airport officials arranged for runway lights to be turned on at the Kerrville airport, operated by Trans-Texas Airways.

The board, in summarizing facts brought out in its invesligation, said at the time of the accident the crew of the plane had been on continuous duty for more than 40 hours, Aboul 32 hours had been in flight, during which the aircraft had been flown from McGuire Air Force Base, to Dalls and then to Boise to pick up the gua.dsmen. Company Paid By Mile The board said General Airways was paid a flat 90 cents a mile for hauling passengers under ils contract which stipulated it would have to stand the housing and ing of passengers delayed en route. Under this arrangement had the guardsmen spent the night in Puchlo, the board said, the cost to the carrier would have been about $250. In Its conclusions the board said "This accident was 0 considerable length of time in the making and was fully, preventable, "The facts show that operationni supervision demanding compliance with regulations was cumpletely locking and that Capl. Epps demonsiraled disregard for the civil air regulations, "The flight went lo and beyond ils point of safe diversion despite exemplary efforts by FAA person.

net to help. The caplain pressed on Ito complete a mission long alter good judgment called for disconlinuing the flight. "The inevitable conclusion is that economic faciors 'rather than the basic principles of sale flight wore dominant. 'The board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the captain's poor judgment in con. tinuing into known and dangerous icing conditions." Greetings TO EVERYONE! Let us be thankful.

for the freedom io worship in the church of our choice for happy faces around the family's Thanksgiving table, and for the plenty that graces for good health, good friends, good neighbors and for all that we enjoy in this land of ours, Astorsen's YOU BEST THE STORE OF QUALITY HOME FURNISHINGS Hearst Files Suit Against Guild, Asks $6 Million WASHINGTON (AP) Hearst Consolidated Publications, today filed A six million dollar damage suit against the American Newspaper Guild. The suit, filed in U. S. District Court, alleged the Guild circulated libelous and injurious falsehoods involving the New York Journal. American.

The Guild is a union representing colitorial workers and other employes 01 newspapers and news services, The complaint also named as defendants 12 officers and members of the Execulive Board and Lwa editors of the union Lion, the Guild Reporter, The ed. are Charles E. Crissey and John M. Barry. The suit was based on 2 story in.

the Oct. 23 issue of the Guild Reporler and a press release, in which the Guild said it had urged the Justice Department to invesligate whethere there was an agreement between Hearst, and Scripps-Howard to U.S. The complaint sald this matorial was published and circulated with knowledge there was no bRsis for statements that the Journal-American was about to be absorbed by the New York WorldTelegram Sun, a Scripps-How. ard publication. The complaint said Hearst has been damaged in its reputation, in its financial and competitive standing and in its ability to tinue harmunious relations with its employes.

The allegations in the complaint are basically the same As in a $3,100,000 suit that Hearst Publications filed against the Guild on Oct. 30 in New York. Presumably, the suit here is intended to supersede that in New York. The Guild's headquarters is in Washington. U.S.

Births Near Record WASHINGTON (AP) Births apparently are heading for 8 ord in excess of 1,325,000 this year. A Public Health Service spokes. man today said that estimate is based on statistics showing a record of 3,188,000 regislered live. births the first nine months of 1959. The previous annual record was 4,308,000 in 1957, The 3,188,000 hirths the first nine months compared with previous record of 3,174,000 dur.

ing the similar 1957 span, The birth rate for the first nine months of this year was 24.2 for each 1,000 population, the same as in the January-September 1958 period. However, since the population had increased, it took 188,000 birthis. this year to give that rate as compared with ODD last year. Altar Society Elects Officers LAVA HOT SPRINGS-New officers were elected at a meeting of the Altar Society which met al the home of Mrs. Grace nor.

The new president is Mary Mnher; Kathryn Fagnant, vice president; and Ruth Ann Fagnant reelected as secretary, 'The new officers will in January, At the meeting members voted to sponsor a child from the St. Joseph's Children's Home in Cul. desac. The child's name is Christine Samuelson and she is 10 years Iceland's Althing, the oldest parliamentary assembly In the world, will be 1,030 years old in 1980, THE DIPLOMATIC DRINK Mixes RELSKA No Liquor Taste Since 1721 Consislent Winner of the Highest International Awards 00 860000 RELSKA VODKA RELSKA VOUKA. HO PROOF MADE FROM GRAIN RELSKY CIG, COCKEYSYILLE, MD, LA BA.

MOCO Tims Ag Eyes Department Bingham Officials Hear Report Sugar Issue On Freedom Cut-off Progress WASHINGTON (AP) The three different today on riculture Department, received what la do about the nation's 1080 sugar supplies. Big industrial users of sugarsuch as bakers, candy makers and soft drink bottlers asked that the 1960 sugar supply be fixed at 9,800,000 short tons, That would be an increase of 400,000 tons over this year's figure. The U. S. Sugar Council, a private association representing U.S.

owned sugar mills in Cuba, recommended that the amount be left unchanged. Cane and beet sugar growers of the S. mainland, Bawaii and Puerto Rico indicated they also favored holding the line on the total supply or perhaps cutting it as much as 200,000 tons. The three views were presented during a hearing called by the Agriculture Department on next year's sugar needs. The question of whether Cuba will mect its quo tns next year was raised several times.

Cuban sugar growers are under the domination of the Fidel Casita government and under threat of sabotage from anti- Castro groups. Robert H. Shields, president of the U. S. Beet Sugar spoke for the sugar producors.

He said there does not seem to be any question about supplies of sugar for the United States in 1960, although "we do not overlook the possibility that the continued social and political unrest in Cuba may present some delicate quote management problems." Shields did not specify the size of the quota the domestic industry favors for 1990 but indicated it should be between. 9,200,000 Ians and 9,400,000 toas. The supply of sugar which both foreign and domestic growers can sell in the U. S. is governed by the quota system which is handied by the Agriculture Department.

The purpose of the quota is to stabilize U. S. sugar prices. Positions Available Examinations for appointment to Civil Service position of librarian, electronic engineer, pavlographer and student trainee were announced by the U.S. Civil Service Commission.

Pay scale for engineering position is and the range for the other openings range from $3,495 to $7,030. Complete infor. malion is available at. the Civil Service window at the Post Office, Author Leaves Bench LANSING, Mich. (AP)-Justice John D.

Yoelker, author under the name of Robert Travers, of the best-selling novel "Anatomy of a Murder" will resign the Michigan Supreme Court after Jan. 1 to devote more time to writing. BLACKFOOT Blackfoot and Bingham County officials were optimistic Monday at reports of progress on a short-cut from Freedom, Wyo. to Blackfoot on crosscontinental Highway 26. As work halted at week's end because of the first winter snows, a.

delegation from the Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce and state highway officials met with a Wyoming group to compare notes in Thayne, Wyo. The route, miles, must brought to secondary road status before hardsurfacing will be considered by slate and federal sources, Wyoming men reported their share all done. Of the remainder, 19 miles were reported still to complete though some work has been done. Also A traffic count must warrant bard surfacing, they said, but opinion agreed with J. C.

Sandberg. Bingham County, Highway 26 chairman, who "We have no doubl what a count will show, Il's high now on A road which until this year was for many years little better than a -trnil." From Blackfont were Roward Fitzpatrick, C. J. Wright, Gareth Ogden, Orson Packham, Gene Bowman, Les Jones, Leyburn Slattery and members of the press. From Wyoming were R.

F. Robinson, Lincoln County Highway Body of Man, 82, Found by Nampa NAMPA, Idaho (AP) The body of an 82-year-old Nampa man was found Tuesday in a drainage ditch. Canyon County Sheriff Dale Haile identified the man as D. Fugita1 and said he left his home here belore 7 a.m. Officers were called when the elderly man didn't return.

Haile said a bloodhound owned and han-! died by Earl Bowman led them to the ditch where the body was found about two miles north of the Nampa Slate School, Coroner W. D. Talley and Haile conducted an investigation, Ceylon Minister Fired COLOMBO, Ceylon (AP) Prime Minister Wijayenda Dahanayake let a key Cabinet minister gO Monday in an attempt to soften attacks on his shaky Ceylon gov. crnment, Finance Minister Stanley de Zoysa quit under pressure of Cabinet colleagues, Hie has been the chief target for attacks on the government's handling of the vestigation into the assassination of Prime Minister Solonion darumaike on Sept. 25.

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Kellogg School Is Inspiration, Educators Hear SPOKANE in school building nids both Northwest schuol administralors were told. Three teachers and three students from the Kellogg, Idaho, high school appeared before the regional conference on administrative leadership to tell of the influence of their modern structure, completed in 1937. They labeled the Toot building, nestled into a hillside on the outskirts of town, as "the prido of tho community." The two-slory steel and glass columns to provide outdoor classroom unit is supported, on arca for dances, rallies and other activilies. Students said the wide use of color through the building, crented a pleasant atmosphere and oncournged stinly, And pride in the new school prolonged the ntn.osphere of newness, they said during a panel discussion. The school superintendents from Washington.

Oregon, Idaho and Montana nlso learned of area research programs being conducted for administrutors. Idaho superintendent of public instruction, Delmer E. Engeling, told of benefits from school district reorganization and consolidaton in the Gem slate. Consolidation of small districts has aided in building programs, in holding down operating costs and has enabled many schools la attract more qual. ified personnel.

Lawyer Charged With Contempt WASHINGTON (AP) Popper, 50, a New York attorney and secretary of the National Lawyers Guild, today was indicted Ol1 charges of contempt of Conpress for refusing In tell the House Commillec on Un Anterican Activitics whether he was Communist. The National Lawyers Guild has been designated by the attorney gencral's office RS A subversive organization. Strike Continues PORTLAND (AP)--A federal mediator sought loday to bring striking stereatypers And DOW'5paper publisher representatives together in a meeting but iherc was no sign of progress toward a settlement. committee chairman, and Delos Sanderson, both of Freedom; Wilford Clark, a stockman from Edna; and Ernest Brog, Thayne, Highway engineers were Joe M. Fuentes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, and R.

B. Christensen for this district of Idaho and his assistant Don Cox, both of Pocatello. Summarized were difficulties from the Wyoming line west. Not only are four sources responsible, but the route alternates among them: Caribou and Bingham counlies, the Forest Service, a and the Fort Hals Reservation. 'The latter is responsible for only maintenance on the all weather, water.

level route, after Mingham County does the rest. Said George Brower, chairman of the Bingham Commissioners, "This county has done more in 1959 on that road than in 10 years previously. In fact, we're practically done, except for a portion on the reservation. There, maintenance has been superb where the road has been brought to secondary status." Brower said 23 miles of the route is blacktopped, and that the Forest Service has completed its part of the grading, graveling and drainage in the Wayan area. Lester Hopkins of the Blackfoot City Council, said "Shortening that highway on a route that will not he closed in winter is the greatest achieyement ever contemplated for an area much larger than the Blackfoot trade area.

Those Wyoming people will have access to two north-south highways as well as east-west flighway 28, "Involved are many industries, including livestock in scycral phases besides cheese, mining parlicularly of phosphate, lumber, building of summer homes along the Blackfoot River Reservoir and farming. Beyond- guessing is what it may mean to have a scenic route fur the tourist traffic." Caribou officials said they, like Bingham County, expect to 'complete secondary road status in 1960. ARCO Lost River Stake Quarterly Conference convened with a Priesthood meeting at the Stake Tabernacle at Moore, with Elder A. 'Theodore Tuttle, a member of the First Council of Seventy from Salt Lake City as the main speaker. Conducting all sessions was Stake President J.

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