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r-Sec. I 3 Sunda, Oct. 14, I960 CCCC 2 Mile Fire Races Over Hills Monies EStszetl miles over the Bay in fog-like fashion. The smoke was clearly visible from San Francisco (Continued from Tage 1) Charles Suggs of 6334 Mountain Blvd. Crcque came home from work just in time to see his home go up in flames.

His jand Peninsula points. if, a i'J danger spot for a time after wife, Rosalie, was taken to firemen reamed that dyna mite used in blasting was Kaiser Hospital for treatment 'jgG- ell 1aJ! Jv of shock. The other persons hospitalized were Fireman Raymond stored a shed there. Fire trucks quickly converged on the site and hosed it down thoroughly. The Red Cross set up a canteen at fire fighting headquarters and firemen were augmented by Highway patrolmen, Oakland police, deputy sheriffs and auxiliary officers.

I to Fire officials said it was Higdon, 31. of Engine Co. 32, who was taken to Merritt Hospital with burns on the arms and face, and Steve Perry, 15. of Leon a taken to Highland Hospital with painful burns. SWEEPS EAST A number of other firemen and spectators were treated at the scene for minor burns and smoke inhalation.

Residents of the area spent the afternoon playing water from garden hoses on roofs and walls to protect against wind borne embers. Generally, the fire moved into the wind east from Mountain Blvd. toward Skyline but the steep hiil-side slopes near there provided a natural fire break. believed that four horses in a pasture died in the fire while a number of others were rescued. Leaping flames on a back lane caught a pickup truck and burned it, authorities said.

Pholo Lecture A I Park Center A lecture and demonstration on "How to Take and Make Better Pictures" will CRUSHED TENT IN WHICH AW AH NEE HOTEL HELPER DIED gale in Yosemite tent big treet smashing to ground Gale: Trees Crush 2 In Yosemite Cabins i if- The northern terminus of be presented today at 1 p. m. at 50 Scott St. by the Recreation and Park Department. Fred Levy, supervising di- '4 strong winds continued through the day.

Douglas Warnock, an assistant to the chief rancor, said an index of the sale's enormous force was the condition of the trees killed Miner and Miss Gnall. "They were both gord. sound trees," he said. "So were many of the other bi: ones that went down." One the fire was Bermuda Ave. and it extended south to near the Blake Bros, quarry.

DANGER SPOT it i this rectangular perimeter, ve the flames raced in and out of small canyons and through the branches of oak. pine and eucalyptus trees. Officials do not know how the fire started. By 2 p. the blaze had generated a huge pall of grey-brown which covered the eastern end of the n'v and extended for rector of the department's Photography Center, will be the lecturer.

Admission is free. New Chess Master LEIPZIG (East Germany), Oct. 15. (AP) William Lom-bardy of New York was one of four players named an international grand master at a chess convention todav. of these narrowly missed park (Continued from Page 1) hit him," Nelson said.

''Before I left the tent he told me he was planning to have a good long sleep maybe until noon." The tree that killed Miner was also a 100-foot ponderosa pine that split in two. It fell in such a way that it smashed seven tent cabins in a line, including Miner's. All of the others were unoccupied. Although there were no other deaths and injuries' from the gale, evidence of its fury was everywhere along the valley floor. Some 30 huge oak and pine trees lay on the ground this morning, temporarily blocking several park roads.

Countless small limbs and tree tops headquarters. Today's wind is known HOUSEHOLDER WATERS DOWN ROOK OK HOME PERILED RY FIRE Jim ISrllrr of t.J.I.I ftrrmuda Oakland, with flame in background locally as a "Mono wind." meaning that it whips up in I westerly gusts from the Mono Lake region on the eastern slope of the High Sierra. This was the first strong Associated Press Wirephoto. KENNETH M. MINER killed by tree "Mono wind" here in the valley since last October.

That one ripped off some tree tops, but caused no deaths or injuries, Warnock littered the area, with still more debris coming down as I said. cyY U. S. Craft Seek Mystery Sub ni it. rt ii 1 4 I 1 0 i By The Associated Prass and United Press Intermtinral I' hew1 'iM A Navy hunter-killer group composed of the aircraft carrier Kearsarge and four destroyers converged on a Pacific Ocean area late yesterday to attempt to identify a mysterious submarine believed lurking beneath the surface between the West Coast and Hawaii.

There was no word from the carrier. And the Navy, maintaining a war-like security blanket around infor- Thach said the reported location "does not particularly indicate" the object has nuclear capabilities." He declined when asked to comment on speculation it was a Communist submarine. He said there have been previous sightings of unidentified objects in the same general area of the Pacific. In explaining why he would not go into more detail on the location, the Admiral 5,000 at SausaUto Art Fair More than 5.000 persons crowded into Sausalito yesterday to view the exhibits in the sixth annual Art Fair. The visitors plus the usual weekenders created a traffic jam that slowed cars to two miles an hour along Bridge-way Blvd.

for several hours. Some 70 artists are exhibiting their work at the fair at the city parking lot. Bridge-way and Bay St. On display are a i i sculptures, jewelry, woven goods, ceramics and photographs. The exhibit will open again at.

10 a.m. today when Henry Rasmusson, a Mill Valley artist, will judge works for cash phizss to bs awarded by the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce. Rasmusjon will selectfhe best marine painting' best brotherhood of man photo 7 Ik OR WIDE MEDIUM itiL-MWi-llA mation on the mission, said J. I pi-'f-wtu-. wtfuirm.fi'Wijia, tnm ii i Jl i wmwwmiWiA ill www.w.'" WLw i tJL mtmtmmmiitiHwmomwm -ft i 1 'AWrV ill i results of the search may I never be made public.

I Vice Admiral J. S. Thach, Pacific Anti-submarine Force commander, in Honolulu, unidentified object. 'A long way from known Uufamarine bases and is in an jarea under my command, I want to know what it is." A spokesman at McClellan Air Force Base at said the pilot and navi-j gator of a Super -Constella said: "We want to play the che: game as well as we can. "This is not a war scare.

This contact, is in an area where it. has every nht to referred tn international waters. Soviet Russia and Red China have hern est i mated to have about 100 submarines operating in the Pacific. Ilciier to Mri; WASHINGTON. 1 -V It's a Bride's world a I Granat Bros, tion radar picket plane were "positive" they sighted a submarine approximately 850 miles northwest of San Francisco last Sunday at noon.

The plane was commanded by Capt. Robert Besett, of Sacramento. may he your desire or (AP) Secretary of State Christian A. Hcrter is scheduled to join President Eisenhower on Oct. 24 for his goodwill visit with President Loprv Mateos of Mexico.

prr-fcrcnrr in a diamond wedding ring, urn will find it h'Ti Narrow, medium or wide, resplendent with serral precious diamonds or with a profusion of prccioih i- i i i liiainomis, every ueauiuui vanauon mai you can iomjium; is included in the vast Granal seleclion. lictlirr 1 SJUW il is priced 50 or 2500, a Granat diamonr graph, most interesting exhibit and the best work of an artist exhibiting far the first time. 4 Santa Rosaus Winners at K.C. Four Santa Rosa men were among the livestock showmanship winners at the 33rd annual convention of the National Future Farmers of America in Kansas City, it was announced yesterday. Bill Jacobs and Steve Olson were among the gold emblem winners.

Olson. Jack Richardson and Mike Bottas-so won a gold emblem team plaque. Richardson received a silver medal and Bottasso, a bronze emblem. Father Hunted SPRINGFIELD Oct K. (AP) Police broadcast a 13-state alarm today for Robert Wood.

35. Long Beach, CaliL.Jaircraft draftsman, accused by, his divorced wife, Phyllis, of kidnaping their three children on their way home from school Thursday. wedding ring is exquisite in artistry am diamond quality, meant to enhance the hand of love lor a lifetime. liliANAfBROS Examiner Will Print Irish 'Sweeps' Numbers The San Francisco Examiner will again be the firt to publish the official list of numbers drawn for the famed Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. By special arrangement with the New York Journal American and the Associated Press, numbers will be flashed direct to The Examiner as soon as the "draw" begins based on the 118th running of the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket, England and will appear in the late edition of The Examiner, Thursday, Oct.

20. Last year's Cambridgeshire Sweepstakes drawing was worth a total of $9,208,370 in prize money of which more than $300,000 was awarded to winners in San Francisco and the Bay area. Be sure to check the late edition of The Examiner Thursday, and all editions Friday and Saturday for the official Irish Sweeps drawings. (irnnl Avenue at Geary it Monday and Thursday nights 'til 9 Oakland: Broadway at 19th Open Monday nights 'if Pricn itprnd on the and rumhr of diamonds end mdud federal tax. CONVENIENT MONTHLY TEFMS Mission at 20th Oprn Wednesday and Frday nights 'til 9.

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