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Ex-Con Labels Prison
'College Of Crime
ST. LOUIS I A young ex
convict, wearing a black mask to
conceal his identity, charged Sun
day the Missouri State Peniten
tiary is 'a "college of crime"
where be learned to "crack a
safe."
The man. called "Mr. X." made
the statements on a radio - tele
vision show while appearing with
a panel 01 si. ums crime omc-iais.
His identity was kept secret to
protect his family, :. .. - .
The ex-convict, who .was still
serving part of his three-year sen
tence when a destructive riot
broke out at the prison recently,
told tne panel poorly prepared
food, idleness and too much re
liance on stool pigeons by prison
authorities were factors leadinz to
Khe riot.
(Four men died as a result of
the riot, 31 others were injured
and damage was estimated at
three million dollars.
Salesman Dies
In Auto Crash
LA GRANDE (A A Walla
Walla salesman died in a hospital
here early Wednesday from injur
ies suffered In a spectacular high
way accident. A short time earlier
another Union County road crash
had claimed a life.
State Police said the salesman.
John Stamules Armas, Jr., 27, was
being chased by a patrolman when
he lost control of his speeding car
on a curve entering La Grande.
The vehicle skidded 258 feet oft
the highway, sheared off a power
pole and uien crasned into a tree.
Armas - is survived in Walla
Walla by the widow, a three-year-old
daughter and his parents.
Leik WUlett, Wallowa, died late
Tuesday night. He was injured
Sunday when his car dollidjel near
Wallowa with one dnven by
Charles Brooks, Wallowa. Willett's
widow remained in critical condi
tion Wednesday. Brooks suffered
less serious injuries and was re
leased from the hospital Tuesday.
The two deaths were the countv's
fourth and fifth traffic atalities o
the year.
New President Inaugurated At U. Of Oregon
EUGENE Ifl The University . McArthur Court, where Julian
of Oregon inaugurated O. Meredith
Wilson as its ninth president and
observed Charter Day in a dual
observance Sere Tuesday. .
The ceremonies in trie morning
attracted about 3,000 persons to
'Little Cowboy' Dies
Of Dreaded Leukemia
HELENA, Mont.. OB Eddie
Brook's, the little cowboy, died
Tuesday of leukemia a blood disease.
Eddie, 6. loved cowboys because
his daddy, Eddie II, is one. He
wanted to see his father, who had
been in a rodeo playing New York
uity, ana ms idol, Gene Autry.
The two men flew to Eddie's
Helena hospital bedside onlv Mon
day. The boy smiled wanly at
uiem irom nis oxygen leni, loo
weak to talk or do anything but
look longingly as they presented
two bright pistols and red bullets.
His mother accented a oicture
on which Autry wrote: "To my
pal Eddie. Hurry and get weli."
Then Eddie's mother pulled down
tne plastic tent uaps ana tne oxy.
gen was turned on.
Eddie's eyelids closed with
memories oi nis two lavorue cowboys.
Seaman Arrives
In Melrose
On Navy Leave
By NETTIE WOODRUFF
Seaman Dick Dow arrived home
Friday from the Navy to visit sev
eral days with his mother, Mrs.
Clyde Kenyon.
Visits Family
Mr. .and Mrs. R. A. Busenbark
visited last week in Eugene with
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Wheeler, and fam
ily. -
Carl Becker recently mads a
business trip to Portland.
Rudy Morgan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. C, Morgan, was in a Rose,
burg hospital several days last
week, with a foot injury which ho
received in a football game.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Greer re.
cently sold their dairy herd to
Mr. Northcraft of Olalla.
Mr. and Mrs. James Conn and
son, Jim, and Delmer Conn, left
Saturday for Eastern Oregon n
a hunting trip.
On Hunting Trip
Otto Matthews and V. S. Wood
ruff left Saturday for ' PrineviDe
where they were to be joined by
the former's son, Ki Matthew,
and from there the-group left on
a hunting tripr They visited Satur
day evening with the Matthews
family, who are former Melrose
residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cooper re
cently purchased a small tract of
land from Lucille Conn. They are
building a small unit where they
will live until their new home is
completed. The property is locat
ed across the road from the Ken
neth Conn place.
Mrs. Beverly Lortie and chil
dren, Kathy and Michael, ol Can
yonville visited Wednesday to Fri
day with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs, H, P. Conn, and other
relatives.
Donna Barker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Z. Barker, was home
over the weekend from the Uni
versity of Oregon. Sam Anderson,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur An
derson, was home over the week
end from OSC,
Huxley, noted British biologist and
former director general of United ,
Nations Educational, Scientific ana 1
Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
made the first of three talks tw
noted men. The others In innV
during the afternoon and evening
ceremonies, were Clarence Faust
of Palo Alto, Calif., of Fund for
Advancement of Education, and
Zachariah Chafee, Harvard Uni
versity law protessor.
Actual inauguration ' ceremonies
were set for early afternoon. Wil
son succeeded Harry K. Newburn,
nuxtey said the role of a univer
sity is to promote a belief in human
possibility. He urged his audience
to push for intellectual and moral
effort and enjoyment of the free
exercise of human capacity. He
warned that right beliefs cannot
be promoted through encourage
ment ot uniformity, ,
Hypnotist Sought
For Questioning
In Girl's Illness
SAN FRANCISCO IB . Poll
Tuesday night issued an aTl points
ouneun tor rjric von Bahen, 33-year-old
floral decorator and self
styled hypnotist, in connection
with a weird story of the illness.
hypnotism and pills administered
to five girls in a boarding house
here.
The five girts, all dental nurs
ing students, agreed that the
man sought was a "perfect gentle
man" and they weren't sure they
had been really hypnotized, or
that Von Bahen had anything to
do with their illness.
1 The five girls were Ramona Dur
ham, 18. of Cottage Grove, Ore.;
Shirley Oliver, 18, of Fowler (Fres
no County), Calif.; Brmonie
Graham, 18, Aberdeen, Wash.;
Anita Tabor, 19, Crows Landing,
Calif., and Janet Ann Trucco. 20.
of Stockton. Calif. '
All but Miss Trucco have re
turned to their home towns. She
still is a patient in Mount Zion
Hospital here.
Dutch Thought Petersen
Authorised U. S, Agent
THE HAGUE. Netherlands uYV-
A high Dutch government official
said Tuesday The Netherlands had
received information from Joseph
S. Petersen Jr., an employe of
u.b. National Security Agency,
but was under the impression that
Petersen was autnonied to give
it out. "
Petersen has been accused in
the United States ol obtaining gov
ernment documents and informa
tion on natural defense -"with ,i
tent or reason to believe" it would
be used to the advantage of a for
eign nation.
Portland Child Suffers
Serious Burnt Tuesday
PORTLAND Ml Reuse Wood,
3, suffered serious burns Tuesday
when she set her clothing ablaze
with s cigarette lighter.
Her mother, Mrs. Nadine Wood,
heard the child screaming and
rushed to her aid. The mother suf
fered burns to her hands in an
unsuccessful effort to beat out the
flames. When that failed, Mrs.
Wood began rolling the cMM on a
bed to smother the fire, and the
bed caught fire. Finally Mrs, Wood
succeeded in putting out the blaz
ing cwtning.
The child's father is Air Force
Capt. Oren Wood, stationed at
Moses Lake, Wash.
Hospital attendants said the
child showed some improvement
Wednesday and was "fairly good.
Thurt., Oct. 21 154Ttir Newt-Rtvitw, Kwtbu'rg.' On.
SIX DIE IN AVALANCHI .
MEXICO CITY M The bodies or vasse near the 17,887-foot . sum
six mountain climbers swept away jmit. Two other members of ma
by an avalanche on Ml, Popocaf- party who escaped the snowy alio
epett have been found in a ere-1 were resetted earlier.
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President
Dwiqht D, Ft
end the ReeeMMM
83rdCwigre
(1953-54) hove a
Splendid Record
of Achievement.
1. Income taxes cut 10
per cent; excise taxes cut -50
per tmt; tax Uw re
vised. Toil! tax sansi $7.4
billies,
2, Korsae war ended.
Seized we iounuve far
Mta, new loin
policy based on brmness and strength.
3. Social Security coverage extended
'to 10,000,000 more citizens and bene
fits increased. Unemployment insurance
expanded to 4,000,000 more persons.
4, Communist Party stripped of til
legal rights and Red uinitnuca of
unions checked; JO Communist Patty
leaden convicted; 93 alien sub.ersiYM
deported; 62 orgutiaatioiii added to
subversive list; 2,M security risks sep
arated from Government service.
New farm price program adopted
:o protect farmers and develop exports
. M farm products.
: 6. Stronger defense program adopted.
:' Heavier relianee on atomic weapons
and air power. Air Force Academy es
tablished, .
7. New bousing program raise! limits
on Government-insured borne mort
gages towers don-payrnems, make
1 home ownership easier for thousands.
8. Investigations underway into 200
Democrat housing frauds; 2J . FHA
grafters convicted, 54 indicted. ,
9. 12 Reorganization Pltns adopted.
Department of Health, Education and
Welfare created.
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HOLLYWOOD W Movie dancer
Vera-Ellen, 28, and Victor Roths
child, 31, Pasadena oil man, an
nounced they will be married soon,
No date was set.
This will be his first marriage.
Vera-Ellen divorced dancer Rob
ert C. Hightower in Los Angeies
in 1946. ; ' '
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