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'5 5 -- iS fc tills photo of the remains of the Officers In background stood a f -v r Henry A Gorman 30 Riverton Theodore Seymour Smith Franklin ky a truck driver for raclflo Intennountain Lxpress out of Salt Lake City Jhlna SKk Iove Creek Colo Beryl Adams Month ello Her daughter Nancy Adams 12 N'evsraslle Ind Robert S Bales and his son William M Harvey Houston Tex Ir and Mrs Ret K Miller and a daughter Jackie Miller Deerfield Kan Roy W Grisson Pueblo Colo lynn ( urnett 1 Winslow Arit li S Morrocco Month ello who died en route fo a hospital at Cortez Colo Joseph V bevvars no address listed ? “ j (lose guard over the wrotknge until officials (onld for c ause of the blast (Photo by Karl Conrad Tribune f altt Sfibnnr Radio-T- Log V Page 2 Salt Lake City Utah — Wednesday Momins — August 15 1956 1 ( lie k staff ) ‘Send Help!’ City Cried And Ilelji on Wav By Don Robinson Tiibune Correspondent MONTICLLLO — The meagie message fiom Monticel lo to Moab my home town said simply: “Send help — doctors and nurses and all the bandages you Neighbor Mobilization ‘Good first Turn "Winter Clothing Into Friendship At 21 armories thioughout Utah and at nine qoliection centeis in Sait Lake City will unite in a gigantic fnobihation Wednesday I’tahm bor” ‘good neigh donate their usable winter clothto Utahs National Guard as then part in “Operation Fnendship” spon sored on a statewidp basis by the Guard and The Salt Lake Tribune A gigantic campaign to obtain truckloads of cljbtlung for distribution among the Navajo and Hop! Indians of the “Four Corners” area “Opeiation- Friendship' will continue thiough They will ing 'Hastoffs- - - Aug 22 “We want usable articles of waim type clothing for all ages of men and women” said Maj Gen Max E Rich commander of the Guard The National Guard coordinator for "Operation Friendship” Maj Joseph E Jones said eveiy National Guard armory in the state will be open to receive clothing donations from 10 a m to 5 p m Wednesday thiough Aug 22 The armories are located in Provo Mt Pleasant Nephi Spanish Fork Manti Cpdar CHICAGO — A Utah woman Stevenson Tuesday Adlai start made convention history here ed off by say ing he still remem Tuesday— she pinched a sena- bers his la t visit to Salt Lake tor' because o ttle Merry Chris It happen p d “I remember she came up to like Ihis Mrs Kathleen Meikle me after my talk” Mr Steven of Smithfleld — son recalls one of the piet-- 1 “She looked at me and said e s t delegates ‘Are business in the you really Abraham Lin— was meeting coln?’ ” c CONY h NT ION Platform SIDE- - Mis Tom Hewitt of the general agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Salt Lake City arrived in Chicago— on the Union Pacific’ Mrs Samuel D Wynn of Salt Lake City who is tagging along tor in history with the Utah delegation made Duiing the long secsion Son Averell Hariiman glow at the off to sloop Tuesday oonference She kept Green nodded snoozing away as the meeting addiessing the New York gover droned on Then the committee nor as “Mr Piesident ” chairman asked the slecjung The Idaho delegation is In Sen Gieen a question He went trouble They borrowed some on sleeping Indian headdresses fancy Nice woman that she Is from the Ft Hall Indian Resover and Mrs Meikle leaned ervation — and they’ve lost one pinched the senator gently but of the feathered headgears firmly A strange fellow tried to dislie woke up answered the tribute “I Like Ike” buttons to question and thanked the lady the Utah delegation Tuesday afternoon Hell be out of the from Utah I may be wrong but it seems hospital soon that the delegates who didn t TODAY S VALENTINE bring their wives aie having A double Valentine today to more fun than the delegates a Salt Lake City rnuple — Mr who did If you think the Demon atie and Mrs Roy F Breeze— who Party is split how about ihe are celebrating Carl Tavlor family from their 30th wed anniver Ogden1’ He brought bis wife and ding three daughters to the conven vary at the LIGHTS: Committee She was seated next to Sen Theodore Green of Rhode Island a gentleman in an Valentine his late §0s and the oldest sena- i Democratic tion Mr Taylor a delegate to the convention likes Hninman His pretty 17 ear old daugh ter Kaye walks around with a Stevenson button His 11 year-ol- d daughter Marilyn is a Symington booster and daughter Janet 7 sort of likes Lyndon Johnson Mrs Taylor leans toward narry Truman! v con In front and 20 What kind of rlothing n C’P01'800 Is of the door lined Durham Phoenix deep townspeople and Boyd " waited news of survjvoi In the Ailz Clell Pettoy 65 3331 825 East hospital Many weie theie to volunteer blood the most de- Salt Lake City a traveling salesmanded medical aid all during man for the Patrick Dry Goods the night The crowd surged Co in Salt Lake City was ac fwas TPhls i dians Outlining the types of cloth mg needed he piovnied a list as a basic guide It follows-wifInfants clothing — Diapers! matenal suitable for diapers warn cotton and woolen sweters jackets and snow suits shoes nrl st°rklnKs booties and simi lar cold items Bos and girls clothing — Warm roton n(J woolen items surh as Jarkf's mackinaws sweaters denim jackets andi trousers skirts (especially in conservative patterns) over coats and similar items cotton and woolen underwear shoes stockings and western type clothing Men’s rlothing — Trousers jackets suits overcoats west ern ty'pe work clothing waist overalls warm underwear of wool or cotton shoes sox shirts and sweaters Womens clothing — solid color yard goods dresses of non sheer materials especially In predominantly conservative patterns waim jackets and coats sweaters warm under clothing shoes with flat heels cotton stockings and cotton outer garments ' v 4 4 - j It s sort of a second honeymoon They were mairied 30 years ago— the 12th of August — in it— n bodies of those killed in the tragic cafe blast lay row on row In front of San The Pirate Poses f Juan Hospital early Tuesday as relatlvea wait Tribune pholo by Don Robinson it irOulCHl A () 10 Another entertaining BLACKOUT puzzle with a $30 cash prize starts on page 14 of today s issue of The Salt Lake Tiibune Blackout Petes treasure chest she lied W-- out S35 as a re suit of last contest A BLACKOUT Mrs Flva Jensen fan pule Llmo Emery County- came up with the correct solution to claim last week s $50 puzzle pne and her entry was on back of a postcard to net her week s J I - Flash— and $3 postcard bonus Todays new puzzle No 10 In The Tribunes exclusive BLACKOUT puzzle sci ics wall be published until Saturday and deadline for entiles will be Satui da v at 8 01 pm Plav BLACKOUT the fiee entei taming puzzle game ex cluslvelv In 7 F ' m ID ( rl PHt Mail Screams From Motel Sipiai I j - s fiiurie told of the lioiiible seconds lhat San Juanjvvere for him always to be and baby are memhered as an eternity sueamed as he Sitting at a counter with ev lo The MONTICELLO “My wife in fWkjjH)(U) i w Bruce Adams 6 Ron of Mr and Mrs Lynn Adams Monticello became filled with gas which found child's shoe still laced and floor tiles In wreckage Farmington was ignited when a cook opened “Seems just like yesterday” an oven door Mrs Breeze said ‘Seems almost like yesterDay Since Investigators are still studyher husband day” corrected ing to determine which gas was Last Kali A double Valentine to the because facilities responsible One look at the Chicago loop Bieezes— and may they celeLow- bid of $19 598 was sub for supplying both were present Traffic Death and you get the idea that per- brate their 50th wedding anni in the cafe milled by Richard C Biadshaw Mr Weisley explained that haps downtown Salt Lake City vci sary at another Democratic Construction Co Tuesday on a hasn’t got a parking problem convention Following a public healing in Sunday the Utah Gas and Serv cuih and gutter project on the San Juan County Couit-jic- e after all Co had piped its natural SAM THE SAD CYNIC SAYS II ghland Duve fiom 27th South Adlai Stevenson wauls fo be house and interviews with wit product into the cafe and "made Former President Truman nessc-- s -- and victims -- the to the cii v limits near 3'hh remembered to 5 y ear old Moi r inves all the tests that could be re Chris Weilenmann who is In shook hands with each of ihe jfigators were able to pinpoint q u lied ' cmtih I tah delegates Tuesday — and Salt Lake City while her daddy thp spark of the blast live bids in all weie opened At that time lines Of the some of the delegates didn’t NT lit plays Commissioner VVeislpy aid In Southern Gas Co a butane sup bv City Commission which m politico in Chicago At the special meeting of the wash their hands lor the rest jvestigators believe that some-- j plier were taken from the con ferred them lo the c it v engineer ' of the day! Utah delegation with candidate how the basement of the cafe nections !for tabulation and rcpoit After a “veiy very careful and delibeiafe” investigation of the premises State Industrial Commission Chairman Otto A Weisley said Tuesday night the Monticello cafe blast waf caused by gas but investigators did not have enough evuteme to determine whether it was nat ural gas or butane Phone Wires Snapped 4Mj Wife and Baby There!’ ' £Ik Salt jCakr Eribnnr nt Of ‘Careful Deliberate’ Inquii v Shows Gas Caused Explosion pillion hack and forward as the hos flown Tuesday afternoon front the hospital in Cortez to ST pital doors opened to admit help Mark's Hospital in 8 plane piand call for moie blood donois Vic Reynolds of the loted by Never have I seen more people Cortez Flying Seivice He wis to moie ready help accompanied by Mrs Bonnie Officers Move Quietly Grenz a nurse at the hospital On the lawn peace officers A son and daughter in law moved quietly about attempting Mr and Mrs Keith and Lourine to Identify the dead IdentificaPettey 2153 19th East Salt Lake tion was difficult because of the City met the plane with an amnumber of nonlocal diners in bulance at Salt Lake Municipal the popular cafe A small airport He was reported in huddled form attested to the “fair” condition Tuesday night Also Jerry Field 30 1021 fact that the blast took all ages an Infant a young boy men in Emery St Salt Lake City Utah Power and Light Co emplo- - e the pilmo of life By the entrance of the hos lacerations and abiaslons and pital a woman sat wringing hcr'fish burns of the eyes Frarr s hands staring at nothing In par-- j (Eran) Urry 19 48013th Ave ficular and pajing no bred to Salt Lake City UP&L aurvejor the many attempting to comfort concussion head and neck ab her In the foyer of the hospital rasions a man swathed in blankets sat Open Inquiries staring his fue devoid of ex As cuiious motoiists rest- presslon Pinned lo his shirt was i pf nearby communities a note giving his name and (rng men women and chil- anrj injuries dien fame to view the pile of Steady SI ream rubble that was once a one stoiy The dead and the sonously In- brick and glass block cafe c ty juied left the hospital in a and county officials began an steady stieam the injured to ififormal inquiry Into the cause waiting planes landed on the of Persons who arrived on the tiny strip noith of town the dead to waiting vehicles See Page 20 CoL 1 fnend qupstl0n asked by many answered Tuesday by Maj Joseph E Jones coordinator of the drive sponsored by the Utah National Guard and The Salt Lake Tribune to obtain clothing f°r needy Navajo and Hopi In On Ihe injured list were th following whose condition were reported from “good” to ” “poor In San Juan County Hospital Montirello: Norman Lewlson 16 and his father Dr Mathew Lewlson 48 Chicago Paul R Wing 18 Salt Lake City Burnetta Ann Peter16 son Monticello Joseph Dunn 52 Durango Colo Max Martin 21 Delano Calif Russell Anderson American Fork Utah County In St Mary's Hospital Grand Junction Colo : Flow n to S L Jerry Ann Adams f Betty Reese Lenora Wilkins Fa ma Ransdell (cafe proprietor l Hugh Acton all of Monticello and Gerald Miller Deerfield Kan At the Valley Hospital Cortez Colo Mildred Lewlson Chicago Helen Bales and a 4 year-olInd Newcastle son Bruce Wilma MacPheison Monticello At Mercy Hospital Durango Colo Elizabeth Harvey Houston Tex Leo Houck Monticello 10 What Clothes Rank Highest With Indians? 1 Demo-ciati- u 260-13t- Nothing Serious the can find”’ I headed south with my wife a legistejed nurse and other medical prtsonnel fiom Moah At San Juan Hospital a mod pst ftame building near the out-skts of town ary expectations we had were exceeded by the tragic diama taking place In two rows of blanket shrouded litter on the hospital lawn were the bodies of those who died in the blast Moments later another was added to the tableau Station wagons pickup trucks and ambulances framed the hospital area Neuily all weie used A portable generator furnished power for a biace of lights directed on the still forms and the front of the hospital City Richfield St George Fillmore Reaver Ogden Lavton Logan Brigham Ci1 Garland Mui ray' Spungville Ilebrr Bountiful Vernal American Fork Trice and Lehi Through cooperation of Chief J K Pierres and members of the Salt Lake City Fire De paitment nine collections centers have been designated for Salt Lake City Maj Jones said a Utah National Guard truck will be located in fiont of the following fire stations No 1 1st South and State No 4 221 I St No 5 1035 E 9th South No 6 8th South and 8th West No 7 State East No 9 17th Fairgrounds No 8 South and Mam No 10 1111 21st East and also in the Sugar House plaza “Just drop your clothing donations In the trucks paiked in front of fne stations call in at any National Guaid armory and the Utah National Guard will see that someedy Indian receives It” said Maj Jones Dan Valentine's with By Ilohnt F Alkire Tiibunp Staff Writer MOYliaLLO San Juan County — This stunned little southwestern Utah lommunity Tucsdav niht was the hub of an investigation into a gas explosion that took the lives of at least 1) pot sons Monday night and injuied some 23 others Killed in the blast were- " - W v - - sfef' $L f" i I W4 - ySm & is graphically shown by Salt &- a ?ivyV W The devastating foree of art explosion lhat blasted a Monti- eello restaurant out of existence and ro ked (he entire town Second Section 1 V " 1 “HFl't-i- J jfc k - tV - r i fV Vv- m’fmS f? r 5 Dcalli Tally 15 as Exj)losioii Razes SoutliVvesl Utah Cafjp sMWik --“T c '’" “ eg f WMU( iS-a7-- :-- 4 ®k VJv-- “G 4 v " N jjf A? - Jp & Officials Probe Cause in Lethal Monticello Blast theie” a man fled the blast scene fiom a mo eial other men Mr Dunn befed across the Mtc ft came aware that the counter The man had been talking to was floating up fiom the Door Mis William Halls wife of the He is one of the few victims to motel operator report seeing flames around the ' I was talking to the man His building at the time of the blast wife and child were in the cafe Otheis however had singed He was going to join them hair “The next thing I knew I wa theie" Mis Halls said "There was a kind of a flash and tele-- up with the birds” the trucker (related phone wires snapped” “It took the longest time to She said the scene across the street was nothing but a jagged fall and I came down about 10 mound of rubble — "nothing feet from the building “There weie three others there no blaze no smoke”’ “We grabbed blankets and there beside me One man took them over and my husband j craw led for about six feet and earned some people out” she crumpled Another was dead "I lay there for about thiee- added Mr Halls said he saw the quarters of an hour Then they building "jump about 15 feet In threw bhnhets over me I was the air as he approached from one of the last to be picked up ' a Work awav said Mi Dunn He has relative In San Juan Countv Hospital ly minor bruises and abrasion in Monticello Joseph Dunn 52 as souvenirs of his few second Dtirango Colo truck driver in the blast 1 City Board Opens SL Curl) Bids j - j ’ V 44L Z’CfS |