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PALMDALE, Calif., UP — Civil
and military authorities plan an
investigation of a “dogfight” be
tween two Air Force jets and a
drone plane that showered the
Palmdale area with 208 rockets
Thursday.
Rocket fragments blasted into
an automobile and buildings and
caused a string of fires in the San
Gabriel Mountains. No injuries
were reported and one fire, on
the slopes of Mount Gleason, was
brought under control Friday
night after burning 350 acres.
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Roger Jessup said he will intro
duce a resolution Tuesday warn
ing that the county “would not
stand idly by and see its citizens
brought under bombardment.” He
termed the episode “gross care
lessness.”
The Air Force, however, de
fended the pilots of the two F-89
Scorpions that loosed the rockets
in an attempt to shoot down the
prop-driven F6F Hellcat that had
strayed from its radio-controlled
path. The plane finally ran out of
gas and crashed in a nearby field.
“The pilots did well under the
circumstances,” said Col. Edwin
P. Carey, commander of the Ox
nard Air Force Base which sent
the jets aloft. He said one pilot
scored a hit on the drone and the
other had a probable hit.
Mrs. Berthelsen Of
Portland New President of
International Sourdoughs
PORTLAND, {JPi — A Portland
Woman, Mrs. Thorvald Berthel
sen, was elected president Friday
at the 25th convention of the In
ternational Sourdough Reunion,
Inc. She is the second woman to
gain the presidency, another Port
lander, Mrs. Albert Thayer, hav
ing been elected in 1937.
Mrs. Berthelsen succeeds Capt.
John M. McNeill, San Francisco.
Tom Tellefsen, Vancouver,
B.C., was elevated from second to
first vice president. William A.
Ellis, was named second vice
president. Mrs. Lulu M. Fair
banks, Seattle, secretary - trea
surer, and D.E. Griffith, Seattle,
historian, were re-elected.
A total of 349 delegates are
registered.
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