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One-legged Man
Hero of Sierras
BISHOP, Calif. UP) — A tall,
one-legged man who believes in
“getting things done and going
through the red tape later” is
the hero of California’s high Sier
ra today. •
Bob Symons, 48 years old yes
terday, has been called “the most
fabulous pilot I’ve ever seen” by
a number of pilots who need not
take a back seat to anyone them
selves.
Symons is Bishop’s Fire Com
missioner and a City Councilman
as well as a Chief Warrant Of
ficer in Squadron 66 of the Civil
Air Patrol.
“They call us the renegrades„”
he laughs, “because we do a lot
of things we’re not supposed to
do.”
During the past week, Symons,
with a variety of heart-throbbing
aerobatics, located the wreckage
i of a helicopter through heavy
weather to the spot.
After a few hours of sleep he
was called in by rangers at Yo
s,emite National Park to find a
quartet of stranded Stanford Uni
versity students who were
stranded high in the park’s
mountains.
Symons found the young hik
ers, dropped notes, food, medical
supplies and then guided the
Army’s big “flying banana” ’cop
ter in for their rescue.
“When there’s somebody in
trouble, it fires me up,” says
Symons. “I know the mountains
quite well. I’ve flown in them
more than anybody else in the
country.
“It’s a challenge to see if I can
help get these people out of the
wilderness when they need it.”
Symons, born in Bishop, lost
his right leg in 1936—in a hay
chopper on his father’s nearby
ranch.
Does it hamper his flying?
“Not a bit,” he replied. “In
fact, in a way, it’s a help. The
wooden leg never falls asleep.
And I never worry about ter
mites.”
Symons has been flying since
1929 and has had a lot of exper
ience with gliders. During World
War If he was a glider instructor
for the Air Force.
He once held the world’s record
for altitude soaring in a two
place glider at 38,650 feet and
has been up to 40,800 feet in a
single-seater.
A versatile fellow in every
sense, he is also president of the
Bishop Chamber of Commerce
and runs his own flying service
where he rents planes and in
Troubles?
GALILEE, R. I., '^—Firefight
ers were called Wednesday to put
□ut a blaze aboard a fishing boat
tied up at a pier and had more
trouble with a fish net than they
had with the fire.
A big net became entangled in
the wheels of a fire truck. For
two hours firefighters tugged and
hauled to no avail. Finally, they
jacked up the truck, removed the
wheels and unsnarled the net.
The fire was not serious.
structs pupils as well as operating
the piper cub dealership.
He’s a top notch photographer
too. His pictures of the rescue
of the four Stanford students
from the Sierra Monday made
front page all over America.
How does he take pictures
while flying alone in a light
plane?
“It’s easy,” he grins. “When
I take pictures, or drop supplies,
out the door, I fly with my knees.
Nothing to it.”
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice has gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m,
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 p.m.
1941— Ma> 3. 1:50 a.m
1942— April 30 . 1:28 p.m
1943— April 28 . 7:22 p.m
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m
1945— May 16. 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1948— May 13.„11:13 p.m.
1949— May 14.12:39 p.m.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m
’.951—April 30 . 5:54 p.m.
1952— May 12. 5:04 p.m.
1953— Apr;l 29 ...„. 3:54 p.m.
1954— May 6. 6:01 pan.
1955— May 9. 2:13 p.m.
1956— May 1.11:24 a.m.
1957— May 5. 9:30 aon.
5,000 Homeless In
In California Due
To Floods
SAN FRANCISCO, UR — Sun
shine broke over storm battered
California Thursday but thou
sands remained flooded out of
their homes and hundreds snow
bound in a train and mountain
lodges.
At least four persons died in
the most recent of a continuing
series of storms that swept over
the state.
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight de
clared all of California a disaster
area.
An estimated 5,000 were flood
ed out of their homes, mostly in
towns bordering San Francisco
Bay.
More than 200 persons were
snowbound, trapped in a stalled
train in the high Sierra or caught
at mountain lodges by snow
bound highways.
Main highways over the high
Sierra on the Eastern border of
California between Northern Cal
ifornia and Reno were closed.
Scores evacuated homes threat
ened by mudslides in San Fran
cisco and metropolitan Oakland.
ANB MEETING SAT. NIGHT
Roy Peters from Douglas, rep
resentative of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood has called a meeting
I for 7:30 Saturday night for all
interested in ANB astivities at
ANB Hall just off West D St.
i Mailman Awarded $9,000
For Bites Inflicted By
French Poodle
MINEOLA, N. Y., UFi—A mail
man who says he has been bitten
by 18 dogs in 17 years received
a $9,000 out-of-court settlement
Wednesday for bites inflicted by
a French poodle.
Charles E. Serven, 43, charged
in State Supreme Court here
that he was bitten four times by
a poodle owned by Mrs. Simone
Sampson of New York City, who
is on Serven’s route.
Serven said he also suffered
back injuries while fighting off
the dog on Sept. 24, 1956. He
asked $100,000 damages.
Serven now makes his rounds
with a battery-powered stick,
known as a dog-training cane.
The batteries activate a vibra
tor at the tip, which causes dogs
to keep their distance.
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