Forest Rangers Examine Vehicles; Leavens Brothers Fireworks Stand

Old man standing by helicopter / secretary at typewriter / man at counter / state Forest Service ranger speaks / rangers pose uneasily in front of maps / they exit building, walk to pickup with hood open / discussing engine / they examine twin-rotor helicopter N2853J / they look at helicopter's water bucket on ground / ranger at desk, answers phone / phone bank / ranger examines forest map, points / / children at fireworks stand / pan across table, shelves full of fireworks / firework smoking on ground / Helicopter crashed September 3, 1972--one fatality The fireworks stand must be that operated by the Leavens brothers (John, Bob, Bill and Jim) at 610 South Oakdale Ave., shut down by the city for operating in a residential zone, after having been operated annually for ten years. See Medford Mail Tribune, July 3, 1968, page 1