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Volume 8—Number
_____BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY. OREGON
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Cliff House Opening Tomorrow Eve
Cliff House Opens
Shows Scheduled
Thursday, October
CONVICT NODINE
OF SECOND
DEGREE MURDER
T he Clift' House will open F ri-
i day . . definitely
And i t ’s going to be q u ite an
affair. E. B. W atson and K A.
Ja m e s K Nodine ot S ixes w as
C a rr have slated a full evening
T uesday of second-
of e n te rta in m e n t for th e ir first convicted
d eg ree m u rd e r at C ircuit C ourt in
night audience.
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r ■ K »
A ctually, it will he a tw o-night Gold Beach, and sentence will he
opening, 'fh e new p ro p rie to rs im posed hxla.v hv C ircuit Ju d g e
have no hoi»e of g ettin g everyone Dal M K ing
C onviction
of
second-degree
th at w an ts to com e in a single
evening. So festivities will con m u rd e r c a rrie s a possihh» sen ten ce
of seven y e a rs to life.
tin u e th ro u g h S atu rd ay .
An all-m ale ju ry delilx»rated
T he opening will m ake av a il
able again a night clut» th at has five h o u rs before re tu rn in g the
v>nn p raised as one of the finest verdict. D istrict A tto rn ey S am
l thn coast by trav e lers. The I l.ill had ask ed for a first d eg ree
’litT House, first built tw o y ears I convict ’on.
F o r Nodine. it was the second
»go, occupies one of the finest
c u t' ncing in a year. E a rlie r he
oots on th e coast.
O pening night e n te rta in m e n t at I had been convicted of first d eg ree
-he Clifl l i o n s ' will see tw o floor j m u id e :iud sentenced to life, but
• hows nightly lit ad lm in g th e act ! a new tria l w as o rd ered hy th e
arc Dick W aiw aiole and his j S ta te S u p rem e C ourt on appeal
N odine w as convicted of th e
Rhyt hm ic Islanders.
The Cliff House, w ell-know n B rookings night-spot. Will reopen F rid ay evening a t six o’clock. C apacity
T h e Islan d e rs a n ' a H aw aiian ; m u rd e r ol M arios S o rensen on th e
c ro u d s a re expected for th e event. Dick W aiw aiole and his Islanders a re fe atu red e n te rta in e rs at th e ¿rio, playing n a 'iv c G ian ts and S ixes R iv er road on J u n e IS. 1952
S am oan rh y th m s as well as the i in w hat seem s to have been a
opening. (C ut co u rtesy Del N o rte T rip licate)
m ost m odern of A m erican music. 1 tra g e d y of m istak en identity,
T h c v ’ve been headlined in a n u m i A ccording to evidence in tro -
duced. N odine on th a t d ate shot
ber of th e n atio n ’s best spots.
j and killed S o rensen th ro u g h th e
of a e a r owned hy ChtTonl
POST OEEIGE IIUNTS ¡door
S hields, the m an whom N<xline
O pen house will be held at
w as alleg ed ly a f te r
NEW QUARTERS
S o u th C oast L um ber C om pany a
flic unfolding of th e trag ed y
By BILL P H E L PS
T he Post Office D ep artm en t is
week from F riday, according to
set
a scene in w hich Def ns •
h
u
n
tin
g
for
a
new
home
in
B
rook
♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»»♦»♦»»♦»♦a»»»»» BUI F a lle rt, su p erin ten d e n t of the
A tto rn e y D avid Shaw a tte m p te d
ings.
We have p erfo rm ed w h^t is new mill.
An in v itatio n for bids to house to prove S hields g u ilty of crim inal
Bud Cross, once before
a
Local people a re invited to to u r
probably the m ost d a s ta rd ly deed
a
new post office here w as issued re la tio n s w ith Ncxtine’s 14-year-
th e m ill F rid ay aftern o o n , to see B rookings policem an, is te n ta tiv e
this
week, by Melvin N o rth rip , old d a u g h te r, W anda; th a t those
th at has ev er been co m m itted in th e new operation. T he m ill will ly scheduled to become police
re la tio n s w e re th e cause of No-
Post Office insp ecto r of S eattle.
this area, by m an o r boy. Any be running, and visitors will l>e chief here next week.
d
in e’s th re a ts and rep risals, and
Bids will be received up to and
day now. we expect to see a crow d conducted th ro u g h it to see the I Bud will replace W illiam R
th a t N odine, w hen he killed S o
including
O
cto
b
er
30
at
his
S
e
a
t
of vigilantes outside o u r door, new' innovations.
B row n, w ho res gned, effective
tle office for a lease on a su itab le rensen, th o u g h t he w as shooting
com plete w ith rope. And, really,
th e first.
building in Brookings. N eeded by S hields who w as p resen t in the
we deserve it.
C ross’s ap p o in tm en t will l»e
I be d e p a rtm e n t is a building of at car.
T here is no crim e m ore heinous
sent to th e C ity Council at its
A tto rn ey Shaw w as rei»eatedly
least 1800 sq u are feet.
than th e one we have perform ed.
re g u la r m eetin g T uesday, for a p
re
p
rim an d ed by the co u rt as he
A dditional d etails and in fo rm a
. . . nothing in th e e n tire c rim i
proval. No opi>ositiori is exjM'ct-
cro ss-ex am in ed S h i e l d s , w ho
tion
on
bids
is
on
page
11
ed.
nal code th a t is m ore u n fo rg iv
ste a d fa stly
denied ch arg es of
able. The only w ay I can think '
A fo rm e r resident of B rookings,
illegal re la tio n s w ith N odine’s
C ross was a policem an h re when
of to m ake am ends is to go down j
d a u g h te r, and S h ield s’ wife, who
at: I ju m p in th e cove, and my '
th e d ep a rtm e n t w as first o rg a n
hacked h er h u sb a n d ’s story. T he
He left h er * a yeai ago to
insurance agent d oesn’t aj»prove
O ne bov \ n s seriously injured, ized
defen se intro d u ced a n u m b er of
( f th at.
and two o th e rs escaped w ith go to C alifornia, ihen m e -d » ,
a tte m p tin g
to
te a r
W est C oast Telephone Companv w itn esses
W hat we did w as ta k e S k ip p e r m inor h u rts in a head-on a u to Cold Beach, w here he becam e tins addl'd tw o new tru n k lines down S h ie ld s’ defense.
.\ir. ft
32 ixnind salm on and °ollision w hich o ccu rred e a rly city m arshal last .lulv first C ross I etw een
Mis. S u sie W hit«1, a Sixes
C rescen t
C ity
and
in i;, it into a 23 ixtund one, in S a tu rd a y m orning, ju st south ol has alre ad y re s ig n 'd t l v Cold B rookings. according to George fious» w if»■, te s tile d fo-r the defense
B each jxist, effective today.
< a new spaper. As an y fisherm an I Iarbor.
. N. M cBrid . d istrict m an ag e r fn- ¡th a t in Novcnib» r, 1951, W anda
Bud is at th e present tim e < a- J
In Seaview hospital at C rescent
• ''ill tell you, th at is unforgiv-
th e cornu any T h is involved tf <■ i c’ mi' to hei hon e, s tying she
'itv is K en n eth F ielder, IS, d riv er gaged ui mov ing to B rookin'/ , ' om pletinn of 2S m iles of open had been out w ith Shields and
* i I t ’s alrig h t to m ak e them
f one of th e cats K en n eth su f H e has tak en a ho i e »n Red " e I w ire
. hut never, never, never
co n stru c tio n
hy
W altei
( ('o rtf inur'd cm I' k /*</</> i
fered a skull fra c tu re , concussion Drive.
< * ounce smaller.
Rcin-emcr's crew and th e in sta lla
W’e h aven't figured out an alibi •ind in ju r e s to one leg. His c o n -'
tion of term in al c a rrie r eq u ip
; ; We w ere going to blam e it litinn is d o scrilx d hy th e hospit d ,
m en t by G eorge K ertson, eq uip
< ¡ e a r linotype m an. Bill Brooks. as ‘good*.
m ent in sta lla tio n supervisor, a s
A {»assengi'r w ith F ielder, Ja c k
I if lie th re a te n e d to quit if we
sisted by Stacev M illar
did, and h e’s indispensable. B e S anders, 17, escaped w ith bruises '
' “'fin s in sta lla tio n .” said M c
ales. lie’s a fisherm an, to», and and w as d ischarged a f te r exam ?- i
B ride, “adds seventy six j>cr cent
T o tal n u m b ers at the bkxid
knows w hat a g re a t sin it was, n ation a t Sea view.
A new ly-form ed group of A lco to th e ca p acity of o ur C n s e c n t hank crep t to w ard th e 1/XX) m a rk
fh e d riv e r of th e o th e r car, holics Anonym ous will bold th e ir C ity-B rooking^
S,» th a t’s out.
com muni cat ions last week, but busniess was fa ll
I* i ' d Evans. 21, of K lam ath. first m eetin g T hursday night nt S If is a n o th e r in the long list ot ing off to r Ed Sa-muel and the
I guess I ’ll blam e it on D eris. Calif., suffered bruises and la c e ra
T he m eeting will be p ro jects designed to keep us sta ff of v o lu n teers
SI c never did type well. . . and tions. and w as also discharged ©’clock.
T h e hank will rem ain open,
besides, she doesn’t realize about , fiom Seaview a fte r tre a tm e n t ,f held at the s ta te F orest G uard a b ira s t of th e continuous dem and
S ta tio n , through the eourtesv «»f for new telephone facilities ”
how ever,
u n til
everyone
who
fish
But if I get aw ay w ith it. h.s injuries.
the
fire
w
arden.
Additiorrot
the
new
line*
should
w
a
n
ts
to
boqn
ty
ie
d
H
ours
it’ll l>e the first tim e.
Both au to m o b iles involved in
Alcoholics
A nonym ous
is a help to alleviate the main criti a re th re e to five Tuondays and
the accident w ere badly dam aged group of m en for whom alcohol cism le v e lle d .at W « t CoaHt serv T h u rsd ay s, a n d 6 ,3 0 to H.uu p m .
fh e c a rs evidently collided on a is a problem , and who a re fighting ice in thirf ©tHea - the inability to W ednesday eveniJHfc.
CONNIE’S A NEWCOMER
s tra ig h t s tre tc h of road south ol th a t problem . The society has no place long d istort* calls from
The blood bank last w eek
Connie Evans, who opened a H arbor, w ith ex ten siv e dam age to
dues,
no
pledges,
no
no
toriety.
.
.
proved
boiv v alu ab le It was. F o u r
Brookings
at
some
hours
A
ecord-
new beauty shop last w eek in the front left q u a r te r of both
it sim ply ex ists to help alcoholics I ing to com pany officials, th e tro u donors responded to an em ergency
H arbor, h asn ’t been h ere th re e vehicles.
help them selves
ble has l>een caused hy two few call from Dr. P au l R onniger for
years like we said she w as S h e's
Anyone
who
has
a
problem
w
ith
cable«
betw een Brookings and th e tra n sfu sio n s at S easid e hospital
a newcomer. . . been here a y e a r
Mr. and Mrs Roy A dkins
alcohol, o r who has one in his C rescen t C ity office, and this in for a B rookings resid en t, Mrs
And it doesn't s»‘em like th re e H u n tin g to n P ark . Calif., w ere
home, is invited to a tte n d th e s ta lla tio n should im prove th at F ay C lem m er. Mrs. C lem m er re
vears. either.
B rookings th is week.
T hursday m eeting.
tu rn e d horn»* this week.
serv ice m ateria lly .
South Coast To
Have Open House
On the
Reef
I
CROSS SCHEDULED
TO BE NEW
POLICE CHIEF
BOY INJURED
SERIOUSLY IN
AUTO WRECK
West Coast Telco
Adds New Lines
A A G roup Formed
M eets Thursday
Blood Bank Slower,
O ve r 8 0 0 Typed