Pilot’s Date, a Pretty College Graduate, Drops
1,000 Ft. to Death From Plane in Apparent Suicide
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., UP>—A
pretty, June college graduate
plunged 1,000 feet from a rented
plane yesterday, leaving a frag
ment of her sweater grasped in
the pilot’s hand.
Marin County deputy sheriffs
said they would resume a search
for the body of Flora Lizabeth
Anderson, 22, as soon as the fog
lifted sufficiently.
The pilot, Stanley Gordon, 28,
of nearby Belvedere, an insurance
underwriter, was questioned ex
tensively and released. Acting
Dist. Atty. Roger Garety said “it
would definitely appear to be a
suicide.”
Gordon and Miss Anderson,
daughter of Joseph A. Anderson,
a San Francisco building con
tractor, were having only their
second date. They had appeared
hand in hand, gay and smiling at
San Francisco Bay Airport here
Monday and rented a small yel
low aircraft from A. W. Lyman.
She attended the University of
California.
'A Terrible Day'
An hour later Gordon flew in
alone, obviously distraught and
trembling. He still clutched a
fragment of cashmere sweater.
“It’s a terrible day, a terrible
day,” he cried. “Call the police.”
At Miss Anderson’s request he
had gone to 2,500 feet, above the
clouds, and started looking for the
picnic spot where they had had
their first date on Mt. Tamalpais.
Suddenly the girl thrust against
the door saying:
'We're Awfully High'
“Gee, we’re awfully high,” and
looked out.
“Don’t do that," Gordon or
dered.
The next time he looked, her
feet were hanging out of the door
and she was starting to slip out.
Gordon said he took both hands
from the wheel, twisted, and
grabbed for her. She fought back,
attempting to force herself out.
The uncontrolled plane went into
a 1000-foot dive and Miss Ander
son’s sweater tore in Gordon’s
hands and she dropped into the
fog.
Had Visited Physician
A Bolinas garage owner on a
volunteer fire patrol, said he saw
the plane dive and something
drop from it.
The girl’s parents said she
was in “good spirits” Monday.
They reported she had been vis
iting a San Francisco physician
because she was “mentally and
physically exhausted” from her
studies.
Ralph J. Rivers
Speaks Here for
Tennessee Plan
Ralph J. Rivers, attorney of
Fairbanks, Democratic nominee
for representative in Congress,
arrived in Nome with Delegate
Bartlett Saturday.
After visiting with friends, Mr.
Rivers appeared at the public
meeting held at the City Hall that
Ralph J. Rivers
night and spoke briefly of the
Tennessee Plan potential for the
attainment of statehood for Alas
ka. He stated:
“The plan worked for Tennes
see and six other states and
should tip the scales in favor of
Alaska. Three elected emissaries
from Alaska chosen by the people
to secure a statehood act from
Congress and assume their seats
in Congress will necessarily make
a strong impact. If elected, I will
do my utmost, in cooperation with
my colleagues, to achieve state
hood for Alaska.”
Mr. Rivers spoke briefly of his
years of work for statehood, com
mended his fellow Democratic
candidates, Ernest Gruening and
William Egan for the distin
guished public service they have
rendered, and recommended them
as to their qualifications for the
two Senate posts.
Rivers, as a long-time Alaskan,
has served 10 years as U.S. dis
trict attorney for the Fourth Divi
sion, four years as attorney gen
eral of Alaska, one term as mayor
of Fairbanks, one term as terri
torial senator, and served as a
delegate at large in Alaska's Con
stitutional Convention.
Husband Denies That
Marilyn Monroe Is
Expecting a Baby
LONDON, Iff)—Playwright Ar
thur Miller returned from the
United States today and denied
his actress wife, Marilyn Monroe,
is going to have a baby.
“It’s absolute rubbish,” said
Miller. “There’s not a word of
truth in it.”
Marilyn* who is making a film
here with Sir Laurence Oliver,
has been absent from the set for
five days. Doctors have treated
her for stomach ailments.
Miller told newsmen at the air
port Marilyn has been suffering
from gastritis.
“She telephoned me from - Lon
don while I was in New York,”
said the playwright, “and she did
tell me that she was unwell, but
she didn’t ask me to rush back.
“I have read the story that my
wife was visited by a gynecolo
gist. Now, I don’t know about
that, but I can assure you that no
baby is on the way.”
$10,000,000 Cargo of
Fur Seal Pelts Due
In Puget Sound Today
SEATTLE, —The richest haul
of fur seal pelts in half a century
was due in Puget Sound today.
The Military Sea Transporta
tion Service attack cargo ship
Washburn was scheduled to bring
in 118,000 pelts valued at more
than $10 million. The Washburn
sailed from the Pribilof Islands of
St. Paul and St. George with the
record harvest last Thursday.
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FRONT & DIVISION NOME, ALASKA
FIVE DEMO CANDIDATES LAUNCH
CAMPAIGN AT NOME MEETING
The 1956 territorial campaign
of the Democratic Party was
launched in Nome Saturday eve
ning when two territorial and
three legislative candidates ap
peared at a public meeting in
City Hall.
Talks were made by Ralph J.
Rivers, Fairbanks attorney and
candidate for representative in
the U.S. House of Representatives
under the Alaska-Tennessee Plan,
and by Bob Bartlett, delegate in
Congress.
A question and answer period
followed the talks.
The speakers were introduced
by James von der Heydt, local
attorney and candidate for the
territorial House. Also present
were Charles Fagerstrom and
John McNees, seeking election to
the Alaska Senate under the
Democratic banner. In attendance
was Jack Blattler, chairman of
the Second Division Democratic
Committee.
Rivers explained the origins
and purposes of the Tennessee
Plan, stating a belief that it would
help the cause of statehood. He
said seven territories have used
the plan successfully in the past.
Before coming to Nome, Bart
lett was in Kotzebue, speaking
at a public gathering there Friday
nigljt. He reported to the Nome
| on Alaska legislation acted upon
| by the 84th Congress. The speaker
emphasized the importance of the
audience, among other matters,
law permitting the territory to
issue bonds for public improve
ments, the Alaska Mental Health
Act, and Alaska’s inclusion in na
tional highway legislation.
Reporting on the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago,
at which he was one of the Alaska
delegates, von der Heydt said the
Alaskans backed Stevenson and
Kefauver from the start for the
offices for which they were later
nominated. In doing so, he said,
he thought the convention had
packed a winning combination.
Former Gov. Ernest Gruening
and William A. Egan, Democratic
candidates for the U.S. Senate
seats under the Tennessee Plan
are expected in the Second Divi
sion before the Oct. 9 election.
Egan, veteran territorial legisla
tor from Valdez, was president of
the recent Constitutional Conven
tion.
CHURCH WOMEN TO MEET
Members of the Women’s So
ciety of the Methodist Church
will meet at the home of Esther
McCoy Friday evening for the
regular monthly meeting of the
organization. Carrie McLain will
be co-hostess.