Show i Man Escapes From in Cave-in PENDLETON Ore Dec 10 L LA ViA Ml Vi MlA A A year old rancher trapped for 18 hours in a 15 foot 15 foot well while heavy digging equipment churned about him was brought to safety Monday At the Pendleton Hospital where he was taken the dramatic rescue in subfreezing temperatures temperatures temperatures tempera tempera- tures doctors described his condition condition condition con con- as good The rancher Norman Vina Ford 51 was pinned to the well bottom with his foot under a plank when the walls caved in at 1230 pm p.m. PST Sunday At 4 30 Monday morning he was lifted to the surface Fords Ford's year old son Leon was the hero of the rescue opera opera- tion He was helping his father sink the well but was working on the surface when the walls col col- lapsed Leon jumped in and began began began be be- gan digging his father out with his hands Leon had his father uncovered down to the knees when the walls caved in a second time Leon spotting another section of the wall about to give way braced his back against the crumbling crumbling crumbling crum crum- bling section He remained there for seven hours It took that long for a crew with digging equipment to arrive from nearby Umatilla where McNary McNary Mc- Mc Nary Dam is under construction As hundreds watched under the glare of searchlights John lorton Morton Morton Mor or ton of the McNary 1 Dam contractors contractors contractors tors took charge of the rescue He lie had a inch 24 iron pipe forced down around the trapped man That prevented further cave When the pipe was in place Leon was brought to the sur sur- face He was put to bed with a mild case of shock |