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Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1955 SIXTEEN PAGES freakish 4 IPIlmin) Belf IFog Biadi 0 In Arizona Dead Calm Prevails In State House By LESTER X. 1XSKEEP Covers London IRk(o LONDON, Jan. 16 UR Mercy planes dropped food to snowbound viiiages in northern Scotland today while floods Germany in Europe's most freakish storm of the winter U.S. Action Mexican Floods Still Blocking Huge Caravan MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16 A 500-trailer caravan which crossed the U.S.

border last week to explore Mexico's new Pacific coast highway was held up today by a flooded river 55 miles north of Mazatlan. Some of the house trailers have been stranded three days. Gen. Arturo Sicaires Iturbide, commander of the Mazatlan military zone, said the high water is receding now. Tourists were expected to be on their way again.

He said he had not heard of any arrangements to fly food to the Americans, as their trailers, which entered Mexico at Nogales, were generally well provisioned. The trailers and many Mexican vehicles were held up at a point on the Piaxtla river where cars are normally ferried across shallow water. Recent rains raised the river level so high the ferry could not be loaded. The rains also washed out a bridge across the Fuerte river and caused considerable crop damage throughout Sinaloa state. i il V.V..

A into night settled over the CI ago Dies In Phoenix Hospital Undersheriff Victim Of Short Illness PHOENIX, Jan. 16 (Spe cial) Walter M. Clago, undersheriff of Pima county and retired Detroit police in spector, died here today in a Phoenix hospital following a short illness. He was 55. His death was believed to have been caused by a cerebral hemorrhage.

Mr. Clago, the choice of Sher iff Frank Eyman to succeed him as sheriff when he became warden of the state prison, was taken ill Dec. 30 at his homo in the Tucson mountains. The veteran law enforcement officer became undersheriff in June, 1953, when then Undersher iff James Herron became ill. Her-ron died last week.

Mr. Clago retired from the Detroit police force in 1945, coming to Tucson that year. He remained in retirement until Janu ary, 1951, when he joined the Pima county sheriff's office as night captain. Though taken seriously ill, his reappointment as undersheriff FT WALTER M. CLAGO Veteran Lawman Is Dead was approved by the Pima county board of supervisors early this month.

Born on a farm outside of De troit, he enlisted in the army at an early age and served with Gen. John Pershing on the Mexican border before the United States entered World war I. When, the war began Mr. Clago wrent to France, where he rose to the rank of sergeanL He was wounded and was later awarded the Purple Heart. He joined the Detroit ponce following the war at the age of 20.

He rose through the ranks to sergeanL lieutenant and. later served as inspector of the motor ized and not divisions. During the 1920s he attended the University of Detroit for two years. uhen he retired, ne came to Tucson because he had liked this area and remembered it as youth while serving in the army Mr. Clago first wife, Gertrude, died a year and one-half ago.

He married his second wife, Phyllis, the day after Christmas, 19o3. Surviving Mr. Clago are his widow, two sons, Larry, of Tuc son, Walter, a Los Angeles police officer and a daughter, Mrs. Joyce Lee, of Downey, Calif. He also leaves a step-son, Clark Faust, of Tucson, and one grandchild, Gail, The body will be sent to Bring funeral home in Tucson.

Funeral services will either be Tuesday or Wednesday. If rt '-'mstrnmr- fl XT' Driver Dies In Car-Truck Crash ew times in tne nistory oi Arizona has a governor spent hl.s.first. wefksm office I nritu itt a muK hmttr tirrr i ui uctu, as lias uuv. -naucai. W.

McFarland. This is surprising in view of the fact that the second week of his term also was the first week of the first regular 8ession of the 22nd legislature, which he addressed on the opening day. MacFarland message was veil, if not enthusiastically, received by the legislature. During the week, he announced numer ous appointments to boards and commissions without causing a ripple on the surface of the legis lature. Iso one seemed interested.

Whether this calm will continue remains to be seen, but even some of MacFarland's supporters believe it is too good to last. Lacking, even in the capitol press room, is that air of expectancy that has marked the first terms of most other governors. Some of this attitude may be due to the calmness of the governor's administrative as. sistant. Jack Lynch, former managing editor of the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette.

When the governor makes an aorjOintment, Lynch calmly visits the press room with copies for each of tne reporters, me an- nnimrpments include complete Wnm-snhips of each of the an- fH. nr.lntM"!. lpavinff HO QUeSl.10115 IUI I the reporters to ask. is at uuiuc room and with the reporters. He never eets excited about any thing, thus treating an air of calm that has a contagious effect.

That may be one of the reasons for the unspectacular first two weeks of McFarland's term, which follows two terms of Howard Pyle. This same air of calm exists on the surface of the legislature, but there are rumblings indicating that trouble is in the air, The new house minority bloc, which formerly was the majority, bas ndonted a nolicv of watchful waiting that is in sharp contrast with the tactics of minorities in previous legislature. They usually i x. I start findinz fault as soon as tne speakership race is decided. So far, the minority a coali tion of Democrats and Republi cans under the leadership of Rep.

Charles O. Bloomquist (D-Co- chise) has complained only of committee assignments, with Speaker Harry Ruppelius (D-Mar- icopa) making the changes re quested. rnat does not mean, however, that the minority members are eitner happy or satisfied, in fact, they are so unhappy that they carefully are watching for an opening that can be used to cre- (Continued on Page 5, Col. 2) Goldwater Asks SAC 'Briefings7 WASHINGTON', Jan. 16 V- Sen.

Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz) urged today that every member of Congress be "given a com plete briefing" on just what the Strategic Air Command (SAC) carrier of the atom bomb is able to do. Tucson Davis- Monthan base is a member of SAC certain we would oe much encouraged about our future peace If every member of con- gress knew the facts," Goldwater said in an interview. He noted that Secretary of State Dulles and UN Ambassador Lodge got such a brief last week from Gen. Curtis LeMay at SAU headquarters in Omaha Goldwater, a World War II pilot who has qualified since to fly jet planes, visited SAC head quarters for several days just ahead of Dulles and Lodge and VnaTwrltttn Seury 'of th Air PnrcA Talbott and Gen. Nathan F.

Twining, air force chief of staff, urging that all congressmen be familiarized with SAC functions and capabilities. "If we cant fly them out to Omaha in small groups, then we should bring the top operations officers In here for the brier- ine." Goldwater said. SAC. with Its big long-range bombers, like D.M.'s B-47s, would play a major part in dealing out "massive retaliation" in case of attack. NEWS INDEX Jet ride thrills reporter, 3.

Army movie a "must," 11. Financier de Rothschild dies, 7. Nixon GOP's choice if Ike retires 16. T.inderman tops cowhands at Tlcnwr. 13.

Comics 10 Pub. Rec 12 rrnwnrd 10 Radio-TV 11 citnai 6 Snorts 8-9 Movie 12 Weather JL.irtH. J-ll'Tf a on to a of of a The driver of the car at top, Mike B. Muchmore, 59, of Wins Okay Of OAS Armed Fighters Sold For $1 Apiece SAN JOSE. Costa Rica- Jan.

16 ifl) Four U.S. armed fighter planes, rocket-firing F-51Ds, winged toward Costa Rica tonight to oeef up this nation armed forces in a five-day-old up rising that has seen air action dominated by rebel forces. The government imposed censorship on news correspondents tonight for the first time, shortly after the planes left Kelly air iorce Dase at san Antonio, Tex. Fernando Fournier. Costa Ri- can undersecretary of foreign affairs, said in Washington he understood the United States sold the planes to his country for one dollar apiece.

The original cost of the planes was $50,000. They were due here tomorrow morning where they will be manned by Costa Rican pilots to meet a rebel air force of one fighter and 7o trainers. Soon after the purchase of the aircraft was authorized by the Organization of American States SAX JOSE, CosU Rica, Jan. 16 LP! Four foreign correspondents covering the fightin? in Costa Rica returned safely today to government units aft er failing to return to a base in Liberia last night, the U.S. ambassador said.

U. S. Ambassador Tibert F. Woodward announced the four correspondents had returned to government lines. They were identified as United Press photographer John Abney, Time Magazine Correspondent Philip Payne of Washington; Life magazine photographer George Skadding of Washington, and Paul Sanche, 31, of Quebec, who works for the National Broadcasting company.

(OAS) the government appealed to the OAS for "further and more effective help." Renewed patrol clashes were reported today between government and rebel forces in northwestern Costa Rica, less than 24 hours after the government claimed victory in a major skir mish. The patrol fighting possibly presaged a decisive action in the northwest corner of the country where the government was re ported to have about 1,000 men ready to move against a reDei force of undetermined 6lze. Earlier reports today from reliable sources said fighting broke out north of Santa Rosa when government forces began moving out from positions captured in the skirmish there last nlghL Later, however, a general staff colonel described this as patrol action. The appeal for additional help was made in Washington by Fournier. He told an emergency meeting of the OAi council late today that Costa Rica was grateful for the measures taken by the OAS but said in some cases these meas- (Continued on Page 5, CoL 1) Somoza Calls Plane Gift 'Big Mistake' MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan.

18 W) President Anastasio Somoza said today the United States and the Organization of American States (OAS) made a "big mistake" sending five planes to Costa Rica. In a.interview he said he was urgently asking Washington to fly an equal number of planes to Nicaragua. Somoza said the flight of four P-51 fighter planes and a C-54 transport to his neighbor posed a threat to Nicaragua. "We have no air defense and you never know what Figueres (president of Costa Rica) is going to do next," he declared. He said sending the planes to Costa Rica was "putting a dangerous toy in a crazy nan's hands.

The U.S. and the OAS may regret doing thaL" Somoza said he had instructed his ambassador In Washington to see the state department and request the immediate airlift of four P-51's and one C-54 to Nicaragua to match those sent to Costa Rica. Somoza strongly criticized the OAS Investigating mission for not coming to Managua first and for delaying its arrival here two days while it remained in San Jose. He also criticized the mission for making a report before coming to Nicaragua to "hear the other side." A thick fog turning noon heart of London. A viscount air- liner bound from Rome ran into steel barrier at London airport takeoff.

Two persons were hurt The freakish belt of darkness mystified and frightened thou sands of people and drove birds roost. It lasted only 10 minutes and disappeared with the swiftness and suddenness with which it came. But while it lasted one of the world's biggest cities experienced near mass panic Women screamed in the streets, Cthers fell to their knees on the. sidewalks and prayed. A man at Croydon groped through the inky blackness outside Croy don town hall shouting, "The end the world has come! A spokesman for the air min istry's meteorological office said "There has been nothing in my experience to equal it.

He said it was caused by, an accumulation of London smoke under an extremely thick layer cloud. A 60-mile-an-hour northeasterly gale lashed the coast of southern Ireland and kicked up mountain ous seas. The 249-ton British roaster St. Kentie-ern called for help after running into trouble off the Isle of Man. Fresh blizzards struck north- aw.

r. rt cm ufimuu oiiu ULUuauu, micic dozens of small villages are iso- northeast tip of Scotland are short of food after being cut off for five days. Royal navy planes operating out of Wick dropped emergency food rations while helicopters were being used as ambulances. A woman suffering acute appendicitis was safely flown from Castletown to Wick. A helicopter collected a maternity case in the hills near Loch Hope.

Steady rain brought alarm in some areas of France and Germany where rivers are rising to flood tides. All rivers in eastern France, including the Riine, .1 Ta. 1 were rising auout an uiui au hour. Streets were under three feet of water at Montbeliard wnere uie jjuuus iiver uuisi i.a banks. In Colar, where some streets are two feet under water, man fell and drowned.

The Rhine spread three miles wide in some places about 10 times its normal width. The seine river, which runs through Paris, also was rising. German rivers were causing concern, too. The Neckar, near Stuttgart, reached the highest flood level since 19461 Low-lying houses in some villages were evacuated. Several federal high ways closed.

Party Of 6 Missing In Catalinas Two search parties will te or ganized at dawn today to search for a hunter lost in the desert southwest of Tucson and a party of six persons reported missing on ML Lemmon. Mrs. George Sanders, of 2401 East Mabel, told sheriffs deputies last night that the party cf six went to the mountain yesterday morning and were to return at sundown. SgL Dick Lease said the party has not called the Sanders horrif nr rptnrnpri ReDorted missinsr were Mrs. Sanders daughter.

Dawn; Shirley, Proemsey, of 503 East Eighth street; Carly May, of 1330 East Water: and Larrv Perran. his wife and small son The hunter, identified as Lee Ratcliff, 38, of 137 West Kentucky, was reported iosi miies Bouin- west of Tucson in the San Xavier mining district near Twin Buttes He was reported lost by a companion, Aubry Watterson, cf 137 West Kentucky streeL Watterson said he and Ratcliff separated at fout 3 p.m. yesterday and that car before dark Watterson told deputies he fired 19 shots into the air trying to help his partner find his way back to the car. Papago Is Killed Falling Out Of Bouncing Truck A Paeago Indian was killed late Saturday when he bounced out of a truck on the reservation and hit his temple on the truckbed. Arthur Garcia, about 40, was killed near his home in Tcpawa five miles south of bells.

SgL Noel E. Talley of the Ajo Sheriffs office said Garcia was riding in the cab over a very rough road, the door flew open and he fell out. Garcia's death brought to six the number of persons who have died on Pima county roads this year. Ajo Justice of the Peace B. Byars said there would be no inquesL injured last night when he drove his car broadside into the truck An eye-witness to the accident said the car struck the rear wheels wheels off.

The accident occurred a half-mile north of the Casa truck, William F. McDonald, 51, of Glendale, was uninjured. (Wong-Schaeffer photos) More Rain Pelts Down On Tucson Fiye-lnch Snow Falls In 'Snow-Bow' Area Light rains spattered Tuc son intermittently last night and are expected to do the same today as a storm moved eastward over most of An zona. The greater Tucson rain picture was spotty: at midnight it was drizzling in downtown Tucson but dry at the U.S. weather bureau.

Midnight reading on the Star-Citizen rain gauge was .05 of an inch but only a trace was recorded at the weather bureau. The temperature at midnight was 43. Warmest temperature listed for Sunday was a 60 at the weather bureau. Low was 37. And al though a brisk west wind made the night seem colder, the mer cury wasn't expected to go below 40 before morning.

The complete Tucson forecast calls for continued rains, occasional winds and a high of 55 to 60. It should clear and turn colder late tonight. It was snowing hard in the Catalinas five inches had fallen by midnight after the winter playground experienced one of the heaviest tourist days of the season. Close to 5,000 cars visited the white-clad mountains. Minor weather-caused accidents were reported to the sheriffs office.

A car driven by Thomas A. Vesley of the 803rd squadron at Davis-Monthan, overturned when he applied his brakes on an icy section of the road, but no one was injured seriously. George Scott, proprietor of the Snow Bowl, skiers found conditions ideal. The temperature was near freezing. The runs were crowded with visitors from Marana, Fort Hua- chuca, Phoenix, Coolidge, Williams air force base and Tucson.

The influx of winter sportsmen is expected to be heavy this week end as students at the university and in public schools wind up their semester examinations. Snow In the northern part of the state slicked highways and motorists in some sections were required to have chains. Flag staff had 35 inches on the ground and it was still snowing. State temperature extremes yesterday: Gila Bend, 60 and 42; Safford, 58 and 36; Show Low, 35 and 29; Winslow, 48 and 34; Phoe nix, 55 and 44. Search For Hannah CHALFONT ST.

GILES, Eng land, Jan. 16 () A spaniel set out today in an attempt to track down a missing bloodhound. Lady Portman hoped the spaniel would help in traemg. Hannah, her fav orite bloodhound, which disap peared almost a week ago. dent at Jnan Franco race track Jan.

2 in a political plot shared by former President Jose Ramon Guizado. Guizado, successor to Remon, was ousted yesterday and impeached by the national assembly which ordered him arrested and put on trial. Miro's sister, Judith, has been Mrs. Remon's public relations secretary. The widow offered her "humble, moral and material support" to the new president, Ricardo Arias Espinosa, sworn in yesterday.

The 18-year-old sweetheart of a former military school cadet was credited in widespread reports today with helping police break the mystery of the assassination. Tucson Inn Manager Killed In Smashup The manager of the Tucson Inn was fatally injured last night when he drove his car broadside into a truck-trailer a half-mile north of the Casa Grande overpass. Mike B. Muchmore, 59, of 127 West Drachman, died at St. Mary's hospital about 45 minutes after the accident occurred.

Hospital at 127 West Drachman, was fatally trailer pictured at the bottom. cf the truck cab, knocking the Grande overpass. Driver of the Chimp 'Hung Over7 After Huge Dose Of Sedative MIAMI, Jan. 16. GB Madelon, fed enough sedatives to put a company of marines to sleep, was feeling "very, very groggy" today, a park attendant reported.

The 200-pound chimpanzee left her cage yesterday and spent a nine-hour leave barricaded In a women's rest room at tropical Hobbyland. A veterinarian gave her 17 capsules of phenobarbital and enough morphine to put 267 men to sleep but she never did pass ouL Finally, she was coaxed into a portable cage with ice cream and was locked up again. Tokyo Battered By Earthquake TOKYO, Monday, Jan. 17. A severe earthquake shook up downtown Tokyo at 11:23 a.m.

but no damage was reported Immediately. In Tokyo concrete buildings swayed for 30 seconds. jada said Hernandez had put him in touch with Miro. Among those previously held in the case but now released are ex-president Arnulfo Arias, ousted from office in 1951 in a bloody by the national guard then beaded by Remon, and Martin Lipstein, 34, New York-born former schoolteacher. Arias was arrested at his plantation in western Panama immediately after the president's assassination.

Arias and Lipstein were turned loose yesterday. All Panama appeared united today under President Arias Espinosa, the popular, 42 -year -old new chief executive who stepped np to the top post from the second Tice-presidency. tendants said ne died of multiple injuries His death brought to seven the number of persons who have died on Pima county highways this year. An eyewitness to the accident, Andrew C. Sheppard, of Hanford, told highway patrolmen that Muchmore drove on to the highway from an access road.

The Muchmore car struck the rear wheels of the truck cab, knocking them off. The truck, driven by William F. McDonald, 51, of Glendale, which was going north, went out of control and flopped on its side, the trailer completely covering the southbound traffic lane. Sheppard said the car bounced out of control and also overturned as it landed off the west side of the highway. Muchmore was thrown from his car.

Patrolman Robert Hunnicutt said the truck laid down 100 feet The attractive girl is Gladys Vives, daughter of a veteran Panama secret policeman and sweetheart of Jose Edgardo Te-jada, former Panamanian cadet at a Guatemalan polytechnic school. Tejada confessed he smuggled the death weapon into Panama and sold it to Miro between mid September and early October for $150. The city -wide reports of Gladys connection with the case gave this account: She told her story to her policeman father. He went to a lawyer relative, repeated the story, and was advised to have Gladys tell the high pob'ce authorities herself what she knew. Whether the girl will claim a share in the approximately 1100,000 reward offered for of skid marks attempting to stop.

He said the Muchmore car didn't lay down any skid marks. Sheppard told the patrolmen that he was going approximately 35 miles per hour. Hunnicutt said the car was demolished and damage to the truck, an Associated Dairy Products truck carrying Webster's milk, was estimated at $8,000. The truck was apparently returning to Glendale and only a small quantity of milk was on the road. Traffic was tied up for several hours last night as wreckers moved the vehicles.

Officers said McDonald was uninjured. Muchmore had been manager of the Tucson Inn and Motel for approximately a year. He is survived by his widow, Marie, and three children. Clark H. ex officio coroner, ordered the body to Parker-Kerr mortuary.

clues to Remon's slayer was not known today. An authoritative source said the national assembly tomorrow will end the state of siege declared the night Remon was cut down. When the assembly restores constitutional guarantees, it also is expected to name a commission to try Guizado, now held in the national guard jail. Those still held in the case in addition to Guizado include his son, Jose Ramon Guizado Miro; Miro's brother Carlos; Rodolfo Saint Malo and Jose Nieves Perez, two of Guizado's business associates who were mentioned in Miro's confession; Tejada; and Luis Carlos Hernandez, a friend of Tejada. Te Pretty Girl Credited With Solving Killing demon's Widow Urges Panama To Carry On PANAMA, Jan.

16 WV-Cecilia Pinel de Remon, widow of Panama's assassinated president, urged the people in a recorded broadcast tonight to "carry on with a firm step" and fulfill the mission bequeathed by him. Declaring the slain Jose Antonio Remon would "live on as a symbol of honesty, discipline, nobility and honor," Mrs. Ke-mon said the "criminal hand" that cut him down did not come from the people. This was Interpreted as a reference to Ruben Miro, the lawyer who has confessed that he machlnegunned the presi.