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Rescue Party Forced to
Abandon Original Route
To Crash Scene of C-124
ANCHORAGE, (JP)—A ground
party assembled to recover the
bodies of 52 plane crash victims
was forced Monday to abandon
the original route chosen up the
side of treacherous 9,100-foot Mt.
Gannett.
The trail crew encountered
overhanging snow cliffs which
held the ever-present danger of
avalanches which could engulf
them.
After the rescuers turned back,
a helicopter began reconnoitering
Surprise Glacier for a new trail
to the 8,000-foot level where a
huge C-124 Globemaster crashed
Nov. 22.
Search planes were out again
yesterday seeking some trace of
a C-fl9 which disappeared Nov.
15 between Anchorage and Ko
diak with 20 men aboard. They
reported nothing was found.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by tne
U S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued clear tonight with
variable high, thin clouds Thurs
day. Winds light and variable,
occasionally NE 10-15 mph. Low
temperature expected tonight -5,
high Thursday 10.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
12, low -1. Max. wind 22 mph
from the N. Sunrise at 9:33 a.m.,
sunset at 2:12 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 1, low -8. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 35 in 1928,
low -32 in 1916.
Other stalicns, 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -15 Snow
Kotzebue -5 Clear
Gamhell 13 Snow
Name 0 Clear
Bethel -10 Part cloudy
McGrath -11 Clear
Anchorage 11 Cloudy
Fairbanks -2 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 4 Part cloudy
Edmonton 21 Part cloudy
Juneau 38 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 39 Rain
Seattle 46 Part cloudy
San Francisco 54 Clear
Bronx Santa, In
Trouble, Cleared
By 8-Year-Old Boy
NEW YORK, (/P)—Of all things,
“Santa Claus” was in trouble, and
saucer - eyed Stanley Schwartz
told a Bronx magistrate:
“Please don’t hurt Santa Claus.”
“Why?” asked Magistrate Hilda
Schwartz, who is not related to
eight-year-old Stanley.
“Because he is good to chil
dren,” stammered Stanley.
“Santa,” 50 - year - old Sidney
Meyers, who does the Kris Krin
gle honors each season at a Bronx
department store came to court
from work yesterday. He was at
tired in his Santa Claus suit.
An upstairs neighbor had com
plained about Meyers, said he
talked too loud nights when she
was trying to sleep. “Santa”
laughed too loud, also, the com
plain said.
Stanley Schwartz was in court
with his mother, a witness in
another case.
But Stanley couldn’t stand see
ing “Santa” in trouble. He made
his impulsive plea.
After listening to Stanley, Mag
istrate Schwartz told Meyers:
“If you give me your assurance
that you will moderate your tones
you can return to the North Pole,
or wherever you come from.”
“Santa” agreed, and beamed at |
little Stanley.
It took only a slight motion'
by Meyers for Stanley to leap on
his lap and whisper:
“A horse on wheels and a car
with headlights.”
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Pinpoint Hill Changes
Hands Twice Today
SEOUL, OP) — South Korean
troops were thrown off Pinpoint
hill today in fighting as bitter as
the cold weather, but regained
the strategic height in a counter
attack.
The Communists held the posi
tion for about eight hours before
a Korean rush carried to the
summit of this crest on Sniper
Ridge.
Far behind the lines, U.S. F-86
Sabre jets shot down two Com
munist MIG-15s in an air battle
over the Chongchon River.
The battle for Pinpoint, on the
central Korean frorlt, was the
only major ground action re
ported.
BAD WEATHER DELAYS
SEARCH FOR LOST PLANES
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Bad wea
ther yesterday prevented opera
tions by 10th Rescue Squadron
crews seeking to reach the smash
ed remains of a C - 124 which
crashed into a mountain peak
Nov. 22, killing the 52 persons
aboard.
A 12-man trail crew, based in
four deserted cabins at the foot
of Surprise Glacier on Mt. Gan
nett, awaited word from helicop
ter flyers seeking to spot a safe
trail to the wreckage.
Meanwhile, flyers in 15 planes
reported they found no trace of
a C-fl9 Flying Boxcar which dis
appeared Nov. 15 on a flight
from Anchorage to Kodiak with
20 men aboard.
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