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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-09-17, Page 7by a carefully trained stream of water. The men figured they had, five minutes before it ex- ploded. They were right, "And that," said an admiring barge tender, "is why these guys charge five thousand bucks a clay." The wellhead cleared, the flames shot up in a straight cone, allowing the fire fighters to get to them from the side, and slightly underneath. These flames were extinguished with explosives, and only the final task remained — to put out the fire still burning down in the Pipe. "That's when it gets tricky," Adair said. "It's when you're right on top of a fire and it retires that you get hurt.' He,, and the men went down below-decks of the barge to thread a new wellhead (to suf- focate the pipe tire). The first time down, they were dragged back up. But back they went, with' gas masks. They threaded on a new wellhead, pumped 500 sacks of barite mud down into the pipe, screwed on a lid. An so at last the fire was put out. Mystery Solved At the South Devon Horticul- tural Society show in England, mystery writer Agatha Christie posed a baffler of her own when she walked away with eighteen first-prize ribbons, six seconds, three thirds, and two cups. The question: How could someone with such a prolific hand for writing (65 novels, thirteen plays) spare the time to develop such a green thumb? The an- swer, provided by'he 15-year-old grandson, Matthew Pritchard: "It's really all done sly the gar- deners." In New Castle, Pa.; on his way to bail ,out his brother who had been jailed for speeding. David McComb was arrested for speed- ing. FIGHTING FIRE ;Air SEA Crewmen atioded he aircraft tare rier Wasp Pent foam ',Defer the helicopter that .exploded and ihttnect belb* deck killing two Men and injuring 20 otherS. 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BOX 277, MATTAWA, ONT, ISSUE 38 — 1959 'eseresees I mpl 411; Millions GP Up In Smoke To the men who drill oil wells --- and even more drama,- tioally, to the men who fight oil-well tires — i blazing well on dry land. is enough of a elightetere, To these men, a fire In an offshore drilling rig is nightmare multiplied a hune dred times, Thirty-five miles out from the veestere coast of the Persian Gulf, in 120-degree temperature, a raging offshore oil-well fire knocked out fifteen of the 65 Men who were fight- ing it, sprayed flames, gas, oil, and rock hundreds of feet In the air and caused $2 million in damage, On-scene, Newsweek's Mid- east correspondent Larry Col- lins cabled: By 9,45 in the morning, U.S. drillers aboard the Thornton, a Dutch-owned drilling barge un- der contract to ,Tapans new Arabia Oil Co., had reached 1.507 feet into the floor of the Persian Gulf, Then mud- slinger Bob Haskins suddenly saw that the mud from the core was running backward through the pumps. "Blowout!" Haskins screamed. Three minutes later a billow- ing cloud o'f steam, rock, and evil - smelling sulphurous g a s shot high into the air. And then a hurtling rock struck sparks , from the steel derrick. The whole mess erupted in a thun- derous fire. A barge tender, his clothes flaming, leaped 50 feet into water prowled by 10-foot sharks. An Arab crane operator was dragged unconscious, from the flames. Word was flashed to the main- land where the Japanese oil boss sat sweltering in a trailer. He shook his head and went on eating bits of iced watermelon soaked in cognac. But the drill- ing company's American vice- president, 0. D. Blankenship, cabled instantly to Texas for veteran fire fighter Paul (Red) Adair to stand by. Adair in turn alerted his men, Edward (Kootz) Matthews (playing gin rummy in Houston) and A.sger (Boots) Hansen (just taking off for a fish fry). They all were airborne a few hours later. Bumping vacationers off planes and chartering a KLIVI Super Constellation from Am- sterdam to Kuwait (cost :t20 e 000) the fire fighters arrived, They found the crew of the Thornton scarred with burns and covered with salt-water blisters. Every man had been working twelve hours, sleeping four. Adair plotted his strategy. The situation he faced was this: The wellhead in such a drill- ing operation (the top of the pipe that goes down through' the ocean's bottom) is located In the center of an opening in the bottom of the drilling barge Itself — the barge, essentially, is built around this opening. The "blowout" had wrecked the Kelly joint at the top of the wellhead, causing the raging flames of the fire to flare. Adair's first problem Was to get these flaring flames under control, He anclehis men rigged ` up an iron 4hule (like a child's giant playground slide) and along it, to 'land on top of the Kelly joint, they slid' 75 pounds of 42 per cent gelignite, cooled Lady Gets Tough With Tax Collector Robert C. Lockwood, a 41- year-'old Miami insurance ad- juster, had tax troubles. The In- ternal Revenue Service claimed he owed $415.69 in back taxes. Lockwood insisted he owed noth- ing. The collectors put on the pressure, and Lockwood, like many another before him, buck- led. He signed a waiver, permit- ting the Government to attach his paycheck. Said he: "I just gave up. I'm a little guy. I didn't figure I could fight the Govern- ment." No sooner had Robert Lock- wood signed that waiver than he had more than tax troubles. He had wife troubles. Pretty Mar- garet Ann Lockwood, 28, gath- ered up her children — Rene, 2, and ten-month-old Robbie — and marched into the Miami tax collector's office to demand re- turn of her husband's paycheck. Says she: " I told them Robbie had just got out of the hospital, where he was treated for acute anemia, and we needed the money for 'medicine. They wouldn't listen. They're rather coldhearted and impersonal down there." But Margaret Lockwood " had a plan of action: she planted herself in a chair and announced she would stay right there until., the paycheck was returned. The children did the .rest. Daughter Rene, dipping, ,into .a box of raisins, managed to spill. about ,half of them' on the, tax office floor, happily trampled them into a gooey mess. Son Robbie wet his diapers, and Mar- garet ,Lockwood calmly changed' them, draping the reeking caste offs over a chair. * When lunchtime came, Mrs. - Lockwood opend jars' of baby food, Iieraitiged'thetie on a clerk's desk.1Theechildren dug in greed- ily, splattered etrained, apricots and :sweet 'potatoes generously over -a stack of tax reports. Rob- bie started to'congh on his food,' and a nerve-sheedded clerk told Mrs. Lockwood, not to let him choke. "Mind your own business, she snapped. 'It's my baby, not yours." Next, Rene found a waste- basket and enthusiastically over- turned it. A clerk spoke sharply to her and she started to scream. Baby Robbie thereupon joined in lustily, At last, after 41/2 hours, the harried tax collector surren- dered. Margaret Lockwood was told that her husband's check had been releaSed, and she could pick it up at his office, Bob Lock- wood would have another chance to talk over the claims against him; even if back taxes were actually due, they could be paid in small installments. And across the 'US., tax collectors braced therneselves for a tide of deter- mined Wives — With children. — From !LIME Planning Ahead In Tennis While .A.tietraile has regain,- ed the famed liaVis dtip Of ten- nis; the United States is even 116Vit •prel5atirit for the next On- cOuhtr, Seine 16 months teeth now In Australia, The United $tates Lawn Tennis Mende.. -Heti Must appoint a new teeth captain, since Peery Sextet has firmly' stated that he Will riot serve again. It .probably will b& West COBSt than, and then et rearripaigh of recovery e . gin. Last beCeinherIt WAS the hi, spired jiilay Of Alex birtiedce febni Petite , that: ,Stiihrittl the Australian tennis authorities did lifted the Matti etiti frein 'What Wag belied i'd• 'toUriii itioere ings.177113 year it Was the dee of Neale Fraser, Aussie left- bander, who reached beyond previous Mediocrity to upset America's beet, °lined:), jn the first match and clinch the ctip with a four-set tritiMph over the improving Parry MacKay. This was a Particularly gratifying triumph for the Aus- tralians, Last December, follow, ing the spectacular play ef Ohnedo, Australia lost its two top-ranking tennis players, iVfal Anderson and Ashley Cooper, to the pro game. In earlier years professional tennis had taken other great players patiently developed by the Australian system. In the face „of such a succession of losses Australia continues to produce replace- ments. Those who know the likeable blond Fraser eensiderecl this triumph well deserved. He tin struggled fors years behind the feme of Lew Road, Cooper, Ken Rbsewall, and Mal Anderson. He has neve&r broken into the head- lines with victories in the Wimbledon, America, Australian, or French championship. But he has never stopped trying, and today is probably a national hero in Australia. Of course there is another figure who has earned congratu- lations — the nonplaying Aus- tralian captain, Harry Hopman, As Donald Ferguson, president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, accepted the Davis Cup he said of the captain, "None of us back home were optimistic about regaining the cup except Hoprnan," And Hop- man has led the Australians to victory for the ninth time in the 11 years he has served as cap- tain since 1939. SEARCHING Hefting a sam- urai sword, Junzo Sato, anti- , que expert, continues his search for "national treasures" in America. The Japanese is seek- ing 42 special swards that were among 350,000 samurai swords handed over after ,the ,war. How Can I? Ry Anne Ashley Q. How can I induce looser life in my rusty roof gutters? A, After you have cleaned out the insides of your gutters with a wire brush, apply a heavy coat of roofing cement to them and then, before the cement dries, apply some heavy, dean- freezer aluminum foil over the cement, Q. How can I make my own "homemade" remedy for freekiee? A, The 'application of butter- milk seveeal times a day to the face and hands helps to bleach freckles out. And, of course, your best preventive is to avoid over- exposure to the suns rays. Q. How can I facilitate the picking up of the numerous threads that have been scattered on the rug While sewing:? A, Dip a broom in clean water, shake it well, then brush lightly over the rug, - Q. How can I clean the stains of ieed tea or, ,milk from glees straws? A. Use pipe cleaners, Keep a Package on hand for this put- pose, Then your straws will be bright On the inside as well as the Outside. Q. HOW can I evoid the hievii- able Spatter that results when hamtnef the lid back oh a ten Or paint I heire jest used? A, All you have to do is drape an old tag over the lid and can, then hammer your lid onto the can through this rag, In Charles City, Iowa, the Preis rah st elessifleci ad: "I wilt not be responsible fot any debte ether than my OWn, Keiiiith Wagner, Nashua": next day tan' follow-tip; "I've pPid all his bills, There's none left to pays Mee. Kenneth Wagner." Your Ideal Boot For Fishing The ideal fishing heat, with a 3 ,or so h.p. motor, Will vary ac- cording to the angler and the waterway. But considering shel- tered waters, this variation may be surprisingly slight. Here's what to look for when you con- sider the Ideal boat. First, this angler's boat must have atabilitY, Today's angler does not have to have a craft that quivers under him when- ever he shifts a leg, He should, and can, have sufficient stability to give all attention to fighting and boating that fish — not to balancing the boat. And he can also have sufficient stability, while sitting on a seat of com- fortable height. A. seat barely off the floor will reduce the rock by keeping the weight J.Qw; but this position may cause cramped legs and stiff backs. Then, finally, there should be sufficient stability to make standing up to cast sensible, pleasant, and safe. Width, the chief ingredient in a steady boat, of course gives other advantages. It makes an altogether safer boat for the more peppy small motors of to- day; those 3 h.p. motors of today furnish a lot more speed, and more power, than the 3's of 15 and 25 years ago, They provide all the power that can be used by most boats built to handle well with oars. And width makes for a safer boat as waves roll up. The angler then doesn't have to worry quite so much over a ris- ing wind, or the wake of the next boat that the, a short clietance away. The ideal boat should handle and respond well with oars, In a wind, the boat must hold course. Of greatest help is a keel, for it keeps the wider boat from being too maneuverable without being sluggish. With oars, sides must be reasonably low, when high, the blades dig in deep at an inefficient angle The boat can't be too wide like a runabout; that would mean 'reaching out for the oars, Sides should be high enough for safety on sheltered waters — say 15 to 17 inches above ,the waterline, more at bow and stern. Beam, we can put from about 50 inches up to 60 inches. Length to go with it should be not less than 15 feet. That's for one or two anglers. For more, size should be larger. Most anglers want speed fairly close to the best the motor can give, for there are currents to 'be met, and occasional longer trips. Length is one answer here. The longer and higher the boat rides, the easier it slips ahead, writes Williard Grandall, Boats Editor of Sports Afield. Should, the ideal fishing boat be flat-bottom or round? It de- pends often .on personal habits and desires. For instance, a round-bottom IS less steady than a flat-bottom of the same width. But it's easier to push. A flat- bottom will tip less readily, but It may seem to do it with more surprising jerks. A flat-bottom can act better with only the driver aboard and at the stern, though any lone angler with low 'power should rig hp a side steering wheel or extension steering handle to avoid the loss of speed, stability, and seaworthiness that comes with a. stern sinking under weight and causing drag. Nearly any boat at all suitable for 3 h.p. will troll well. Often shallow draft, or a boat for nar- row, twisting channels or stron- ger currents is wanted for special purposes. It can be mentioned that our ideal fishing boat, be- cause of its width and length, has quite shallow draft. Finally, the angler wants a boat that won't blow around or be buffeted by waves too much. Lower sides, a keel, a boat not too small arid tiltra.light, will prevent this. Here we haven't described a boat to lift easily, or gone into what makes for long life, in in- and-out of Water use, ,and stor- age. It's just toe to fish frets' on average, quiet waters, An inex- pensive, lightweight trailer will carry it. Or if boat must be more portable than our ideal remem- ber this point — cut length and beam proportionately, and you have the same-acting boat — if load, speed, testi waves are simi- larly cut. A strictly fishing boat, having all these desirable features, is at, ways in demand. MERRY. 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