Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1949 — Page 25

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AST week as mountainous western snows piled drift upon drift over the plains states, The Times sent t Photographer Lloyd B. Walton to cover with his camera the role the Indianapolis-based U. S. Tenth Air Force played in rescue work and the haylift. Mr. Walton left ‘Indianapolis Jan.. 26 aboard the § Tenth AF transport Snowbird, which promptly hecame ¢ locked in drifts after landing at Lincoln, Neb. With. his camera, Mr. Walton proceeded to record scenes of his § flight and the entire Operation Snowbound—as the Tenth'’s mighty effort to save human life and livestock in the West is called by its planners. ™N "= =» » » » » TALJ.ED AT Lincoln for two days, the Snowbird lifted for Denver after thawing its frozen motors for 13 hours with heaters made at Stewart-Warner here. On take-off, the Snowbird lost its left engine cowling, but kept on. Flying from Omaha to Denver, the temperature dropped to 22 degrees. below zero. Huddled in air force furs but no helmet (he : picked one up later), Photographer Walton slept, dreamed of his | 5 air-conditioned photographie darkroom back at The Times. Pilots were Capt. Robert-L. Reusche and Lt. Walter Brown Maj. James Ingram, 10th AF public information officer, was In : charge of the Snowbird’s mission to-ghow Operation Snowbound to

the press. All three officers are purchasing homes in. Leslie Ave. near 38th St.

Nebraska Guardsman Maj. Evar P James L. Huddelson, Tenth AF

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Walter Vermillion {D. Ander

ANDID PHOTOS PY JON SP EMERY

SENA TORS are supposed to be more dignified than Representatives. But they shout Just as loud as their ® brothers in the lower House.

One reason it's more quiet in the Senate is that there

SI OEY 13 ; Ba, are half as many Senators as Representatives.

(D. Youny An In general Senators act much like Representatives. They lean

back dn their swivel chairs, read newspapers or appear to go to sleep while they are in session. They also walle tO the front of the chamber and fgce their colleagues when-making speeches. Up on the rostrum. at the front of the room. is not one of their ownh members (as in the House) but the Lieutenant Governor of IndiAna wielding the gavel. Sen. John W. Van Ness (R. Valparaiso) heads the Republican majority while wily little Sen. Walter Vermillion +(D. Anderson) sparks the Democrat minority » » » . J ~

SENATORS are elected on a basis of population for terms of four years, Half of the 50 Senate seats come up for election every two years. . Biggest struggle in the upper house thus far was over the Time question. The Senators dropped their party cloaks and fought it out along urban-suburban lines. The rural senators won and sent an anti-daylight saving time bill to the House which in the meantime was passing a referendum time bill which was delivered to the Senate for approval, Now the Senators have to go through the Time question again.