The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 June 1965 — Page 1

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VOLUME 4

Donell Hochstetler of Bremen Crowned 1965 Queen of Lakes

Fhe 20th annual Mermaid Festival at North \X ebr ster.is now history and a new Quern of the Lakes has been crowned. ’ In the' fi?va! judging of queen contestants at the North Webster high school ■ gym. Sat Miss Donell Hochstetler, an ’ 18-year-oM ■ ■ f. ' " ■ -Lake'-. ■ Her.', court • -consisted., of Karen . Ste - . eqs ■■ t»t Lebanon, ‘‘Miss Alpha Ctu' Omega.” first runner-up. and eda Sunwners, “Miss ■ Kosciusko < !*;■ T" ■. Queen title included .Min Young as ‘•Miss Lar* a ter ( ent< r Fen B • as ‘ Miss Flat 'MayE H- .. ■ ■ Lowman as “Miss .Miron." .T . - year. as the wmihmc pre . - through tiny ..North Weiister ti>;« r ■ -. o' ;»-.iidv e* " bo on st dimft thg mddiotsg . parade fo.' 6 pm. and ended., exactly at 836 -• I; was light ,g>v-;vru4--'end ratal'as winds' held trfi, proVsdir .. <\. eLor 1' >■ 1, e Mteler of ceremonies Jerry Helvey termed the parade “one of the ■ fine's:- ' ■ ' Judging of units feU fa I tag catagories : ■ .Commercial -Floats — Ist, Syracuse Civil Defense. a grass shack •with aula (Lfxvis -swaying t>> iki■wau.in music;- 2nd, Ptareeton Past, a western saloon acene entered by Donnie Smith of The Post Case in Pierceton; and 3rd, Honest John Lumber Co from Leesburg with a mule-drawn un.t Queen (Gnrertible-re-ia. Martan; 2d. Mentone; 3d'Salem: 4’::. Ire*, will; and sth. Windy H»il< ■ Qu •• -' Milford; '3d.' Flotilla:• 4th, Beauty Box; and sth. Mentone high school. ‘ Walking Units — Ist, Wavettes of Misnuwaka 11 arers and Guards — Senior group,. Marine Corps 1 nit; Wawnsee . Legtan Port 223 Mounted Units — Mizpah Shrine r.g."", <>.-ire? C..r — LH3 Mol rv by JLir- . old Fairchild of Nappanee.-'' Cutie - Conveyances. —I Ist, Jim- ? - School Bands, for school enrollment under 250 —1 s’. li Township; 2nd, Dunkirk; 3rd, Gear ' Creek -Bi prere School Ban ds, for school enreO* ment over,2sft — Ist, Sejnta; ,2nd, Mentone; 3rd, Moraxta "'OrotraL F ■ Cits f •' : ’•'.<■ r ‘ I’m ■' s> es wore judged in this order — Lancaster Center, Akron. Alpha Uhi Omega, Flotilla. Kosciusko County ' Junior Miss, Milferd and Bremen. Judging queens* convert Mr anil Mi's. Richard Sbiph-y of Warsaw and Mrs. Richard Bak North Webster. Judging bands were Ken Schu_bert of Avilla, Basil O ReiHey of Warsaw, and Gary Smith of Fort Wayne. Commercial float judges were and Mtu Garland Harviv of Muncie, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold McDaniel of Dunkirk judged color guaais. Judging mounted units, oldest, cars and kiddie conveyances were Fred .Anglin of Leesburg and Arch Baumgartner of Milford. .And judging walker division were Six' Traster. Mrs Merle Smith and .Jack Schmidt, all of Syracuse. ATTEND CONATNTTON Mr and Mrs Duane Sprague and Pastor and Mrs. Carl Shearer of the ’ Mdford Christian church returned to Milford Saturday after spending the week in Tulsa. Okla. attending the North Amencan Christian convention. Also attending were Mr and Mrs. C. J. Myers and daughters. MILFORD TOWN BOARD TO MEET JULY 6 The Milford town board will meet at town hall for the regal ar July meeting on Tuesday. July ft. Instead of on Monday. The change « due to Independence Day falling an Sunday and being observed M Monday. y

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t ROW \ NEW QUEEN - I ■’•..-R Donell Hochstetler, as “Mist 'tu-:w<-s g being i-reon-d irea Queen of ladies al the North Webster- high setawi-'gym Saturftay night,.': following the final judging in the n. chi'sit-.’

Lakes Queen To Enter Miss Indiana Pageant'

' Support ers.uf the 20th annual Mermaid Festival at North U’ebster. Ind, received an unexpected but ■ actn iu*-' Saturday bight- when they | ■ <i'i a. !><i ' » enter the 1965 Pageant al Mtehiagn City. Scouts from dw “Ma# Indiana i City Chamber of Commerce, . were at the _ North Webster gym . it to COOthe judging as a “Miss Indiana'' enleant Talent Counts Dr W, W Dunlop of Michigan ■ I loch* Stotler of Bremen ' Hr- interest m . the 1'965 qtHvn tened when he found out she ■ "Mixs Inckana Pageant.” Dr. Dun"i In a •«•::. the gym whejv . . ■ a dramatic reading she knew It wasthree minutes m length and was . entitled ‘.’Baumgartner ’th- - The Telephone.” IL to a reading .which shed up**.. and used nt Mich.c.m C.ty. . , g to Mermaid Festival dhairman Jon Srotrfe of North Webster, Mt'S Boer.steder was signed up <<r. Sundav afurtx’on after be and <Dr Dunlop discussed the matter with the new Queen and her parents at their Bremen ■ home.. . To Study Speech The 1965 Queen of Lakes, an 18en high school gradw th the class of 1965. was runnerup at a Plymouth beauty contest recently. She is 5 feet fire inches tail ami ’weighs 115 pounds She has hazel eyes, brown hair, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merland Hochstetler, r 3 Bremen. She is interested m dramatics and speech and plans to enter Mtanchester cofieee in September to study speech therapy, hoping to tench in either elementary or high school upon crskkiatxjC!. Mpanwhße. Festival chairman Jon ' Sroufe is making plans to rally support for this year's Queen of the Uikes. hoping to get the Festival "off the ground” and to Min for; er publicitv with this Sep mto I wide limelight. \ x. Milford Store® Close Monday According to Dennis Sharp, presi- : dent'of the Milford Chamber of Com- l merce. the stores in Milford will close on Monday in observance of Independence Day. The holiday which falls on Sunday will be observed on Monday.

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (E5t.1907)

i< tatag crowned by Brenda Marieen Hbbley. outgoing Queen. Oh :r i( left, in a. pensive mobdi is Karen Steven- <>i .I cbanon. “Miss Alpha , ; > ... who': Was first rHonerup; and on the right is Mareda Stirimers, "'it-- K-‘-< iii-Ro County Jun-

D & C Furniture Has Successful Grand Opening The D and. C Fumdure store in . M Iford had a very sticeresftd grand- <»;»• on Friday and Saturday of :.l< week aroctaßng to the man;ig<.‘meht. About '3O. gallons- of.'pop, .40, «s aixi many, many rotxs of coffre were served to tta persoris who. attended. Winrwrs of the prizes were Oris ll<sV.> •: . .-.a, quilted mata combination oven, broiler-: -.'..toaster went to Lhßoy Crum of La-' > '. '■■■.- .<■ ' went to Bertha Moneyheffer of rd and throw rugs went to Roy F- >x. Ruth -Widner’ aad ■ Sarii H =; aU <rf M lf'ord, R. Newcomer of ' Several of the grand opening ,sper 9 s cording to the. ad -in this, issue.- of ■ False Tornado Reports Monday Stor;-es flew on Monday evening that a tornado touched down at the Camp Ella J. Logan Giri Scout , eamp at Dewart Lake on Monday afternoon during the storm which darkened the sky ;ind turned on | street 'lights.' .' Ths is ..incorrect, however, a tornado was sited in the area. A tree was reported uprooted near -the New Salem church and . limbs were down near Tippecanoe lake. I TWO AT BALL STATE ORIENTATION MUNCIE — Two Lakeland area graduates were oft the Ball State wiixertaty campus two days last' week : attending a freshman orientation pro- ; gram and enrolling for fall quarter classes. The girls were Judith Ann Lantz, daughter of Ab. and Mrs. Paul La Mar Lantz, 513 S. Lake St.. Syracuse, . and Janets Lee Ramser. daughter of | i Mr. and Mrs. Forrest L. Ramser of | r 1 Milford —■ SYRACUSE BOY INJLRED WHEN CANNON TIPS | Joe Elam. six,, son of Mr. aeid 1 Mrs. Jack Elam of Syracuse, was Liken to the Goshen hospital. Sun- . day, June 27, when he was injured when the cannon at Crosson Park ■ | tipped while he was under it Joe. with the parents, was attend- < tag the Church of God picnic in the park Several box's were on the barrel of the cannon and it tipped under I their wvight. Joe was taken to the hospital where he was X-rayed for possible internal injuries. He was released Mondax- and was adxised tp remain quiet for a few days.

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i>r Miss”..second runner-up. The crt>w tuns’ was done amid a Read oi flash bulb pp>n_. a- news photographer- from a broad area -w noped down on the new Queen and her court. A Maii-Jcarnal staff photo. Slavens Named Syacuse High School Principal It was aancuiced today by James - me board jot school trustees of the Lakeland. Cpmimmity School Corporation, that - Robtet L. Slavens has been elected d at Syracuse high school for the 1965-66 school year. Mr. Slavens is a graduate erf Indiana State iir.ivers'.ty from which lie received' both his bachelor's and m.’.-'er s dt'gives Fur the Gst six years he. has beer? employed: by tie Jennings County 'Schroi'.'.Cßriporattan. His most recent position Seen, assistant to tlx*■ ..high school .at North Vernon, a high school with an enrollment of JW students. He will t*e replacing Milton Brice who will be teaching mathematics, and science Mr. Stavros is married and has three children. -Eileen, aged 13. Tonya, aged 10. and Robbie, aged 2’ .’ He. served , two years in the U S: Army : • The Stavros are members of the F\:urre'i«' -1. United Brethren church. ■ ■ - . ■ ■ . ■ ' x a.‘able SUBSCRIPTION TO MAILJOURNAL GOES TO S4.OC JULY 15 The .year's sub.-s.T : f>tion rate to The Mail-Journal will be raised to $41)0 for in-roui:ty subscribers and to oiM-vf-county subscribers on July 15, according to publisher Arch Baumgartner. An increase in all production costs has made this increase necessary if the local paper is to continue its high quality of news coverage. Adjudged one of Indiana’s better weekly newspapers/ owners of The M-J have held the line on its subs scriptton rate as tong .as ' they frit u.ey could At 10c per issue, over the counter customers pay $5.20 per ■ land this per copy rate wiU continue. I REL.ATIVFgi HAVE DINNER -it -40 reiauves gathered Sunday, June 27, at the home of Mr. * arid. Mrs. Merwood Ketrtag, Syrairose. for a potiuck dinner. ■ Guests were Mrs. Violette Cripe, Mr and Mrs. Sherwood Cripe and I family of Goshen; Mrs . Sharon P:.ke and two children of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bird and family. Mr md Mrs Dexon Lippincott, Mr. and Airs.-Jerry’ Bray and family, Mr. and Mrs Ralph Grox-e and family of Milford; Miss Diana Harvey of New Paris; Mrs. Iva Coy. Mr and Mrs. Ralph Coy and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Coy and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Carpenter and family Syracuse. The occasion was to celebrate the birthdays of Mrs. Ketring. Mrs. Bray and Debra Carpenter. HAD HEART ATTACK Dean Wagner of Elkhart had a serious heart attack last week. He |is the son-in-law of Mrs. Anna Ho | man of Milford. Nirs. Wagner, who I had been caring for her mother ! since her illness, returned home. ;

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30. 1965

Warsaw, Lakeland School Boards Adopt Plain Annexation Resolutions

At a special meeting held last Wednesday evening members of the Warsaw Community Schools board of trustees adopted a resolution providing for the annexattan oi Plain township. The L.ikeland board ad- > a s n'.il.ir resolution last evening. (Tuesday). The :■ S re published in legal notices elsewhere in this issue. The Lakeland resolution states, “That the and political area of land known as Plain township. Kosciusko county, Indiana. he. and it hereby is, releastxl fntai and declaretl not a part of. the said Lakeland Community School Corporation, this release and declaration being resolved for the-purpose of permitting stad area of kind to be annexed by and to become a part of the said Warsaw Community ■ Schools,, Kosciusko county. Indiana. n lease and declaration and said annexat on to tax-ome effective as provided for in the following p;iragraph 2. and from and after such i-ffective date the geographical Lakeland Community School Corporation, shall not include the geographical and. political area of Lind known as Plain township . . " The 'second paragraph gives the January 1 date. ( . The legal goes on 'to state the squally I at 1- . ' ' ■ y to Wa f the L January i date and .must pay War* -aw the decimal equivalent .1744 of A< of the-January 1 date the W rsaw schools must assume all obligation “which.. pertain exclush ley 'to the operation of schools loeatetl in the annexed area r except however, the obligation to pay any school aid bonds <civil aid bonds) shall be the obligation of Plain township ...” The cumulative funds received l>y lakeland from plain Township prior to 1966 are to be paid to the Warsaw school except $12,400 which is credit for mohey spent on a school furnace in die Leesburg school Each resolution is signed by all members of the school board and each of The legal notices is ssgned by the board president, Ethan Kauffnxan of the Warsaw board and James Stuckey of the Lakeland board. The resolution came about followtag a mottan made last February at a Lakeland board meeting that the release of Plain township to .tt» Warsaw schools be investigated. The motion was made by board member Ralph Brubaker of Plain '<»wnsiiip. . .After tiie Warsaw Board agreed to talk about the transfer of the comm ttees were appointed and several jmnt committee meetings were held. At the June 8 Laketand bttard members voted unaminously to release the township and si after that date tiw Warsaw board ted to accept it. e paragraph of both legals reals, "All proper persons steß have the right bf remonstiwee pursiiant to the provisions of Chapter 296 of the Acts of 1963 of ti’.e i Inftana General Assembly.”' PFC. D. R. STUMP 1\ \IH NAM Pfc. D. R. tßick’ Stump, Jr., is jet Nam with the 3d Marine Div He taxi, a stop pwer n Okinawa on the way to .Vtat - Nam. Rick is the son erf Air and Mrs. Dale R. Stump, Sr. of Milford. IBs address IS: Pfc D. R. Stump. Jr.. 2013924.. Hq 4-12. 3rd Mar. Francisco. Cal;f. 96601. He would appreciate hearing from his friends. '. ■

Don Cecils On 111-Fated Jet Liner

Mr. and Mrs. Don Cecil of Dewart Lake are safe and sound in Honolulu, their friends in the Milford-Syra-cuse area will be glad to learn. x The Cecils were aboard the ill-fated Pan American 707 jet airliner that lost a starboard jet engine and most of its wing after it left San Francisco Municipal airport

Monday afternoon. Talks With Son “I was sitting an my seat looking out the window when I saw an engine catch fire, then fall off,” Cecil told his son Jim, who resides in Wawasee Visage south of Syracuse, via telephone from Honolulu. “The next -ung I knew I was standing in Travis air force base in my stocking feet”, Cecil said.

Syracuse Plans Fourth Os July Fireworks

Fireworks will help area residents celebrate the Fourth of July holiday '.according to Syracuse - Wawasee Chamber of Commerce president Tom Pr ckett. ■■■■', ■ ed by tiie Chamber of Commerce, will be shot-off at dusk on Suiuiay. July 4. at the Syracuse. city park. Featured in this, year's display will be a. few grotrnd displays and many fireworks .-hot into the air. FIREWORKS ILLEGAL Syracuse chief of police said today the sale and use of fireworks is illegal, except for sparklers, baby shakes and caps for cap guns. He said he contacted the state fire marshal this week, and received this repl). He warned against the use of fireworks on the Fourth ot July week end in order to avert accidents aqd to remain free from the long arm of the law. ' isters were placyd in the area stores vvith littfe money collected; The e- . ■ dents. ' ’The fireworks may be viewed from . ■ Nine Tickets Issued By Milford Police This Week . A total of nine tickets and 13 warmags were i>s’..r\i' <>y the Milford police during the past week. .Arrested for disregarding stop signs on June 22 were Alice Kay Hunt. Gositen. arrested by Ralph Gansert and fined $18.75; Thomas L Morehouse, r 1 Milfoni. arrested by Gansert- posted S2O bond; and Rol’en J. Hamsher, New Paris, arrested by Gansert. Reginald Xander Reydeo of Goshen was arrested, by officer C. W. Mikesell on June. .34 and f ned $18.75 for false License and $18.75 for no muffler. Manuel J. Cerventes was arrested by Mikesell on June 24 for going 50 in a 35 mph zone. He was fined $18.75 Suvonne K. Seehrist of Atwood was given a ticket for .failure to yeild the right of way following an y. Gansert was rhe. arresting officer. Arrest <-! :■ r disregarding stop sigßS June 27 were Lloy ■Johnson and Deshina M Kruk, both of South Berd. Both were arrested by officer Gansert and fined '• ‘ ; Warnings I The 13 Warnings issued included nine for disregarding stop signs, one for boat kxilxiung, two for .starting to. pass at an intersection, and one for impropei The police officecs stated they >be issuing tickets, not warii--for possins! at an intersection, disregarding stop speeding and squeeling tires. Tlx-y will also issue wammes to persons mak:ns U-tums on Main street This will be done in the interest -of .safetv. Old Cars Police officers will use the 1881 ordinance to continue their clean up-, drive in Milford and to rid the town of old autos. Cars that do not have 1965 license plates must be moved out erf town.

The Cecils were aboard the airliner. leaving San Francisco for Honolulu to visit their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Zullo. Sori Jim had taken them to South Bend Monday morning where they boarded a plane on the first leg of their flight. ’ When the Jim Cecils heard of the incident in San Francisco, they called Pan-American offices in Chicago and San Francisco. When they next reached their parents they were safely, although somewhat shaken in Honolulu.

IN THIS ISSUE • Lakes Queen To Michigan City - ■page.' 1. sec; J . • School boards adopt resolution - page 1. sec. 1. . • ,Milford - Syracuse winn in g floats - page I, sec. 2. • 4th of .lulv firework- ad . pane ■ • Editorials. - page STO- -■ Mary K. Bushong Wins Office At Girls' State Bushong, daughter- of rose, who has been attending Giris’ 'State on the I. V campus ■ at Bl sponsored by the ' - Legion Auxiliary’, tsiit'. ■223 Sy "arose, won - ■ --■,. at '■Honor .Day.''. The' ILcrer Day -<• re- were held in the auditorium on the campus of Indiana University. -Her parents. Mr. and -Mrs. Avon Bushong Joe.Bu.-a-ong attended the ser?ice. Mary K. Turkey Creek Township Gets $29,405.69 Turkey Creek township received $29,405.69 from cviinty auditor Noble C. Blocker Monday as its mid-year tax distribution. Broken down this amounted to $4,566.61 in the township fund and $24,839.08 m the fire department fund, according to Madison F, Jones, trustee of the township. '

Glenn Browns To Move To Illinois, To Name School Board Replacement

Glenn L. Brown, Milford, assistant to the secretary and assistant to the treasurer of P ■ U ’ > - I- ■ c. - -lien, las been transferred ’ 1 Wiirotofficers, of the rompany. The move is effective ..August 1. a:- Mr Brow tab dit mig t :»■ s.-; •• ;-;;e inure completed. Mr. Brown, the Van Buren . east half of Jefferson township repreto the Lakeland 1 ty School Corporation’s board of trustees, told board members Tuesday night of his transfer and announced he would officially resign befon. the community. He has beer, secretary of the board since its organization in January of 1963. Accordins to the law the remaining school board members will name a replacement following Brown’s resignation'. The replacement must come from district 4. Van Buren - east’ half of Jefferson townships.

143 Aboard The big plane hau 143 passengers and a crew of 10 aboard, and was piloted by Capt. Charles H. Kimes. 44. of Danville. Calif. Two minutes after the big jet left the airport Capt. Kimes felt a heavy vibration in the right outboard engine.. Newspaper reports stated hundreds of persons in South San Francisco, and San Bruno saw a bail of fire blossom on the end of the starboard wing as the number 4 engine snapped off and plummeted to earth like a flaming meteor. Then one-third of the wing fell off; trailing a blaze of debris across the sky. The Cecils sat in their seat and Saw all this! Capt. Kimes told his passengers over the loudspeaker, “We have had . some trouble. Keep calm and everything will be okay.”

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COUNTY OFFICES CLOSED JULY 5 The county offices in the court house will be closed on Monday, July 5, in observance of Independence Day. They will be open for business as usual on Tuesday morning, July 6. The county commissioners will hold their meetings for the month of July on Thursday and Friday, July 1 and 2. There had to be a change because of the July 4 holiday. They will meet in their regular place at the courthouse at 9 a.ni. on both days.

Pickwick Lounge, Syracuse, Opens The Pickwick Lciinge. popular it s;x>t in uptown Syracuse, was to. open on Wednesday of this week, areOrd.ng' to t.;e new owners. Maurice E. Sutton of Big Chapman Lake, and Fred -V. Bell of Kokomo have temed a partnership to open the’ Pkrkw ck They said they would o:k'ii the bar this week, and plan a grand opening for July 9 and 10: Mi- Sutton owned and oirerated J in 11>iiar.ire s and Mrs. Sutton was King Kole on north Meridian. streit, Indianapolis, for three ■-§ars .■ d ostess at tiie. Durbin ill tel ..: Rushville for two years. Mr. Beil operated a vturiety store in Kokomo for a' number, of vears. B.’ic S’.'t; ". "hind Bell ■ ■ Syracuse rommunity in tjie near future.' SYRACUSE COUPLE IN ACCIDENT SUNDAY A passenger, in', the car dri.vro bv h< ■ nd, Alm/. Floyd Gray of r .' S al attehtion. for minor cuts to her Fight fore.irtr. er. 1. r. “it knee, Sunday, Jme 27 w the •.r in wh ch she was riding, a 1964 Cb.rysler. was tavolvtxl in a tv- '-rev a 1 Drivers Floyd Gray, 68, and Gerak! E 35. of Elkhart. Ixrfh escaped injury, according to Statetrooper Henry Cr.p Jr. . and Cpl. -John Funk. Bet QC U. S. 33 with another auto between . !’W mouth, attempted to make' a left turn into the' Prairie View Trailer Park as Gray tried to pass. .After the impact, one of the cars knocked down a sign and mail boxes at the park Damage to property was estimated at more than SI,OOO. The Grays were returning to Syracuse from attending church Anothgr pos>encvi- n hie Gr.iy auto. Mrs. Estella Swartz’ of Syracuse, was not re Dari ’■■:••* Gray’s car . is estimated. $618,61.

Milford Native Mr. Brown is a native of the Milford area, having graduated from N< c Paris high school He also a idu ite Purdue university and scot States \rmy ■ ■ ’' ■ ''-rsM--~ B •••■ $ : ■ fanner June and Mr. Bi ■ /sons Ronald, h col- ■ at Crawfordsville and Philip, who will be a freshman, at Vincen- . . ty '■ The Browns are members of the Milford ..Meth(xli't church. ’.He is. a menilxT of. the Mdford kmerican ;*O't and president .of the Penn sqjeryisors association. He has been employed at Penn’s for out 19 years In talking to this re[x»rter on Tuesday Mr. Btown Stated he did -.not know what they were qoing to do with their house, in Milford nor did he know where he was going to move to or when.

Land at Travis He elected to land the crippled ship at Travis air force base, some 50 miles from San Eranasco as emergency crews stood by, Capt. Kimes called the landing a miracle. A new crisis arose as the plane attempted to land at Travis air force base. The right landing gear refused to lower hydraulically and had to be cranked down manually. Before landing, all passengers were asked to put on the life jackets and take off their shoes to prepare for an emergency landing in the water. After landing at Travis, they hastily debarked from the plane in an eriiergency chute at Travis field. This is what brought the Cecils to Travis air force base in their stocking feet! The passengers were picked up in another Pan-American plane and returned to Sdn Francisco for another attempt at the trans-ocean flight to i (Continued on page 8, sec. 1)