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This week President Truman
presented his budget to the con
gress. Already it is being discussed
both In and out of that legislative
body. Chairman John Taber of the
house appropriations committee
says he hopes to cut off $5 billion
from the president's near-$40 bil
lion. A legislative budget commit
tee is due to go over the budget
and set the-limit for spending in
the next fiscal year. Then the
various items will be studied cri
tically by sub-committees and re
viewed by the general committees
on appropriations in house and
senate. Finally each legislative
chamber will take action.
This is the legislative process in
the United States, and the same
route in general is followed in state
legislatures. Our legislative bodies
guard zealously the "power of the
purse" having learned to do that
out of the experience of the Brit
ish house of commons in its strug
gles with the royal Stewarts.
But Bulgaria, fresh child of
communism, does things differ
ently. The administration prepares
the budget and submits it to the
narliamnt- There IK nine social
ist deputies undertook to criticize
the government budget, where-
upon Premier Georgi Dimitrov,
the Moscow-trained seal who now
is boss of his native Bulgaria,
made a speech in this wise:
"From this rostrum, as you re
member. I warned your allies of
the Nikola Petkov group ten times.
They did not listen, did not pay at
tention to all warnings which were
made. They broke their heads and
their leader is under the ground.
You yourself think not to share
the fate of your own allies, for
eign agents and Bulgaria's ene
mies. If hitherto- you were not
wiser and do not get wiser, you
will receive from the nation such
a lesson as you will remember as
far as Saint Peter."
Petkov, it is recalled, was a lead
er of the Agrarian party, a staunch
believer in true democracy who
was executed last September under
conviction of "plotting against the
government."
In these days communist spokes
men have calmly stolen the ban
ner of "democracy," but for them
It is a false label, for their meth
ods are totalitarian, not democra
tic. This speech of Dimitrov's is
about as good evidence as one
would ask for of the kind of "de
mocracy" Russia and its satel-
Lies "enjoy." I have no doubt it
silenced the nine socialists.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Dark glasses and torn sun
tan oil f m heading South."
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Lea Act Said 'Dead'
CHICAGO, jan. 14 -V James C Petrillo won hi fight today
to escape conviction under the Lea act which congress passed to trim
his powers, and declared the way now: is cleared to seek additional
broadcasting jobs for his 225,000 union musicians.
Federal Judge J. Walker La Buy ruled the government failed to
prove its charge that Petrillo attempted, in violation of the act, to
to coerce radio station WAAF,
Chicago, to hire more workers
than it needed.
Petrillo called three of the
station's record librarians out on
strike on May 28. 1948 after the
station rejected his demand that
three additional librarians be
hired.
This was not coercion, the court
held, because "nothing contained
in the letters and telegrams be
tween the defendant and the re
presentatives of the station dis
cloted to the defendant the lack
of need for additional employes
as a reason for rejecting the de
fendant's demands." Neither did
the evidence I how Petrillo was
told of this, the decision added.
jBbUaat Smile
Petrillo, 55. : who received the
judge's verdict with a jubilant
smile, said to newsmen :
"I guess this puts a different
lieht on the situation. The broad
casters have been telling me I
cannot force them to hire more
musicians thaa are needed. Now
I can ask for additional musicians
as long as they perform actual
services
Petrillo's lawyer. Daniel Car
mel. said, "the essence of this
decision is that the Lea act is
dead. If a union, in good faith,
asks a station to Install live mu
sicians, such request is valid
and the union may strike, rf
necessary."
Network officials themselves de
clined to comment but those fa-
miliar with industry negotiations
doubt that Petrillo intends to pull
musicians off network shows when
the present contract expires Jan.
31. Most persons felt that union
musicians would remain on net
work programayWle negotiations
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However, the decision dealt
specifically with one point Petrillo
has raised in negotiating with the
networks. That is his demand that
key network stations employ more
musicians and that local stations
be required td employ musicians
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14
Rep. Hoffman, (R-Mich.) proposed
"decisive steps" today to curb
what he termed the dictatorial
methods of James C. Petrillo by
suggesting a federal law making it
a criminal offense to Interfere
with radio broadcasts.
Polio Victim
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14-04FV
Three-year-old Terry Tullos, legs
in braces, walked into President
Truman's office today, threw his
arms around Mr. Truman's neck
and . said, "Mr. President, you're
sweet. -
Terry, a curly-haired, brown
eyed youngster from Laurel, Miss.,
is this year s March of Dimes "pos
ter boy." His White House visit was
part of the annual fund-raising
campaign for victims of infantile
paralysis.
Over and over, the president and
his little visitor embraced while
the scene was photographed by
movie and "sou camera men.
School District
Favors Annexation
STAVTON. Jan. 14 -(Special)
Voters of the. Stayton union high
school district Wednesday night
balloted almost unanimously to
approve addition of several dis
tricts to their district, and approve
the union high school's 1948 bud
get.
By a 63 to 0 count the voters
approved addition of Lyons, Mc
Cully Mountain, Oakdale, Inde
pendence and a portion of district
120. Vote on the 1948 budget was
62 for and one against.
WALLGBEN FILLS POST
OLYMPIA,- Jan. 14, -OP)- Gov
Mon C. WallgTen today picked
the state chairman of the demo
cratic central committee to com
plete the unexpired term of the
late Belle Reeves, appointing Earl
Coe of Bin gen secretary of state.
OLDEST STUDENT DIES
SEATTLE, 1 Jan. 14 -OP)- The
University oC Washington's oldest
student. Mark B. Franklin, 72-year-old
retired school teacher,
collapsed and idled on the street
tonight while on bis way home
from the university.
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Tlx Oregon Statesman. Satan. Oregon, Thurtday, January IS. 1948
with Suit Verdict
James Walton
On List of New
PGE Directors
James J. Walton, Salem, presi
dent of the Walton-Brown Elec
tric company, is one of - 1 1 di
rectors named by Federal Judge
James A. Fee In Portland Wed
nesday for the Portland General
Electric company.
The appointment was one of
the last actions in reorganizing
Portland Electric Power company.
Walton is also president of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce.
Other directors named are Wil-
I ham C. Christenson. president of
' the Commercial National bank of
Hillsboro; Wade Newbegin, man
ager of R. M. Wade Sc Co.; Ralph
Thorn, assistant manager of the
Bask of California, Portland
branch; Sidney F. Woodbury, pre
sident of Woodbury St Co.; Lloyd
J. Wentworth, Douglas Fir Ex
port Lumber company; John A.
Zehntbauer. president of Jantzen
Knjtting Mills: Henry F. Cabel.
Portland business man; James H.
Po&iemu. president of P.G.E.,
and R. L. Clark and Thomas D.
Dejzell, independent Pepco trus
tees.
New directors are to serve un
til the first regular meeting of
stockholders following expiration
of the first year after the plan
was declared effective October 11.
Helen Marcus
Hurt in Wreck
Helen Marcus, 1411 State St.,
prominent Salem clubwoman, was
seriously injured Wednesday night
about 10:50 p. m. when the car
which she was driving plunged
off the road and overturned" three
mues sou in or raiem on mgnway
99 C, state police reported.
Investigating officers said the
car left the highway, near the
Hugh Harris ranch, and overturn
ed several times before ending up
in a deep ditch. The victim was
thrown out of the vehicle. She
wa driving north toward Salem
when the accident occurred, of
ficers said.
She was taken to Salem General
hospital by the Salem first aid
car. Hospital attendants early this
morning said she was suffering
from several face lacerations and
shock, but did not consider her
condition serious.
Wallace Toy. wilh
Governorship Race
PORTLAND. Jan. 14-0P)-Lw
Wallace, democratic national com
mitteeman, said today he was con
sidering whether or not to run for
the democratic nomination for
governor.
He made the statement in an
nouncing that he would not seek
reflection as national committee
man. Wallace ran for governor
against the late Earl Snell in 1940.
Jets Rapidly Replacing Props
On Planes, Maj. Carl Asserts
By Let Cear
Staff Writer. The Statesman
Jet propelled aircraft are rapidly
replacing propeller-driven planes
in all branches of the armed
forces and will soon take over the
job completely, Maj. Marion E.
Carl, marine sir force ace and na
tive of Wood burn, told The States
man in an interview Wednesday.
Carl, now commander of a Jet
night fighter squadron at Cherry
Point, N.C., is one of the country s
outstanding authorities on all types
ot aircraft and bolder of the
world's speed records. Last Aug
ust he flew a Douglas Skystreak
650.798 miles an hour at Murdoc
Dry Lake, Calif. He recently com
pie ted two years of duty testing
all types of military aircraft at
the naval testing base at Patuxent
River. Md.
The handsome, retiring Carl ar
rived unauspiciously at the Mar
lon hotel Wednesday night a short
time before he was scheduled to
speak before officers and civilian
recruiters of Salem's marine re
serve corps.
He was "cornered' by reporters
a short time later aa he was await
ing; dinner in the hotel dining
room. While an authority on let
jobs, Carl laughingly admitted he
really had spent more time fly
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requested Improved bos service
Attarney C T. TerrtI (standing)
front ef table at which ait Mrs.
and James Singleton, TV 17 assistant superintendent or motor transportation. (Statesman photo by
Don Dill, staff photographer.)
Full Restoration of Former
Suburban Schedules Asked
By Robert E. Gang ware
Ctty Editor. The Statesman
Salem suburban bus service is under consideration by the state
public utilities commission today, after a heated public hearing in
which local commuters clamored for routes offered last year by an
other company.
Oregon Motor Stages, seeking" a permit under a new law re
quiring PUC permits for suburban bus operations, proposed eight
Indian 'Joke9
Frustrating to
Plane Seekers
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Jan.
14 -Vfy- Indians have Just about
disrupted a hunt for two missing
fliers in western New Mexico by
playing a game with civil air
patrol searchers.
The CAP is hunting for 20-year
old William Bohannon of Los
Angeles and his cousin, Roy How
lett of Richland, Mo , unreported
since leaving Albuquerque Jan.
4 for Los Angeles.
Capt. Frank Nicely said a
ground party, dispatched to the
rugged area along the Continental
divide
to investigate flashing
mirror signals, found today that
Navajo Indians are responsible.
The Indians found that mirror
flashes quickly brought a plane
and in no time at all a dozen
were circling.
"It's no Joke," declared Nicely,
"it's the type of signal a downed
flier would make and we can't
pass any of them. The boys who
have hiked 15 miles to check them
are getting burned up."
Idanha to Receive
Funds for Airport
Idanha, east of the Detroit dam
area in southeast Marion county,
has been added to the list of cities
which will receive federal help in
developing airports. Rep. Walter
Norblad informed the Salem
Chamber of Commerce by wire
Wednesday.
Norblad said the cost of the
project would total $4,825, includ
ing $2,700 in federal aid, and that
the work would include clearing
timber, grading landing strips,
marking and improving access
roads.
ing helicopters, and thought they
could be very useful in the time of
war.
Recalling his combat days with
the marine air corps in the South
Pacific, Carl said one of his
narrowest escapes came one day
on Vella LaVella in the Solomon
islands where he was flying in
the same squadron with Gregory
trappy; uoyington, popular ma
rine ace.
Carl said he traded flights with
Boyington one day. Boyington was
out after his 25th Jap plane and
wanted the flight. "Pappy . he re
called, was shot down on that
flight and captured by the Ja
panese who held him prisoner al
most until end of the war.
Carl also pointed out that all
jet pilots aren't necessarily young;
men. One of the marine corps
finest jet pilots is near 45 years
of age. "The old men make better
test pilots," he observed. "They
don't try to press an unknown
plane to it limit."
Carl spent Friday night with
his brother, Manton, who operates
a farm two miles east of Hubbard.
He didn't know just where he was
going today, but thought he was
scheduled to give about 10 more
speeches mostly in the Portland
area.
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Facing pablle muliuea exanuners and Oregon Motor Stages officials ta shewn
part of a crewi of mere than 269 suburban bus riders of the Salem area who
at a PLC hearing In Salem
ml the bos company seeking suburban bns aermtts Is speaklna In
Mildred Warrick. TVC reporter;
bus routes four of them dupli
cating service which Salem Sub
urban Bus Lines was offering
when it withdrew from business
December 31.
More than 200 suburban bus
users gathered in Salem Cham
ber of Commerce hall Wednesday
morning, most of them to protest
the service which OMS has de
veloped to cover the general area
served formerly by a bus system
operated by Dwight Wyatt.
Added Mileage
General Manager A. L. Schnei
der pointed out that Oregon Mo
tor Stages has added 7,000 miles
per month to its schedules since
January 1, when that firm took
over the area Salem Suburban
company was serving exclusively
and revised suburban routes it
had begun last fall.
Most citizens who took the
floor at the morning session of
the hearing Implied that OMS
had forced Salem Suburban Lines
oat of business and then reduced
service In their areas, either in
frequency or in routing.
New Opposition
When, as a result, Oregon Mo
tor Stages amended its applica
tion for permit to duplicate
Wyatt's routes, opposition again
was voiced by several commut
ers who asserted that Wyatt's
service at the end of the year
had already been curtailed in an
effort to meet the competition
from OMS. They asked Oregon
Motor Stages to restore the ser
vice Wyatt was offering prior to
October when OMS entered the
suburban field.
Examiners conducting the PUC
hearing indicated that Public
Utilities Commissioner George
Flagg would issue an order on the
request for permit, probably by
the end of the month. They noted
that since Oregon Motor Stages
is coming within PUC jurisdic
tion for the first time (in the
Salem and Eugene suburban
routes requested) the decision
will be made on the basis of gen
eral routes proposed. If a permit
is granted. PUC assumes certain
responsibility for the public's in
terest in timing of schedules and
related matters,
ontea Proposed .
The eight routes proposed by
OMS are the present routes to
Keizer, Fisher road and Four
Corners, a route to Chemawa via
Highway WE and returning by
Highway 218, Front. Columbia
and Commercial streets and these
four "Wyatt routes":
South Commercial street Lib
erty road Boone road old
highway 99 12th Mission
South Commercial.
South Commercial street Lib-
erty road Browning avenue
U. S. Highway 9E Ratcliff
drive Bluff Fairview ave
nue 99E t South Commercial.
Center street Lancaster drive
State Elma Mahrt Lan
caster Auburn Fruitland
Lancaster Garden road Park
CenW.
Center street Lancaster drive
Swegle school Hollywood
drive Silverton road Lan
caster Garden road Park
Center.
Hall Backs Plan for
Territorial Centennial
PORTLAND, Jan. 14-P-Gov-ernor
John H. Hall said today he
hoped to go forward with the late
Earl Snell's plan for statewide
celebration this year of the Ore
gon territory' centennial.
HaU told the East Side Com
mercial club he has called the
state emergency board to a
Thursday meeting to vote funds
for the celebration.
No. 251
Service
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
Malcolm L. Jones, TVC examiner.
Killer Given
60-Day Stay
Of Sentence
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 14.-0rV
Talkative Jake Bird, who has told
officers he could clear up a 20
year cross-country trail of slay
ings, won a 60-day reprieve from
hanging today, but the information
was kept from him at the state
prison
Gov. Mon C. Wallgren announ
ced the 60-day postponement in
execution of the 48-year-old ne
gro to facilitate further investiga
tion of numerous murders in
which he has admitted a part and
because of a request from Gov.
Dwight Green of Illinois.
After the governor's announce
ment. Prosecuting Attorney Pat
rick Steele of Tacoma announced
that he was going to the peniten
tiary at Walla Walla to administer
"truth serum" to Bird for further
questioning. He said he was taking
a psychiatrist with him.
U. S. to Reopen
Base in Tripoli
LONDON", Jan. 14 - (yP) - The
United States will soon reopen
Mellaha, highly strategic air base
near Tripoli in North Africa which
American transport planes used as
a landing field during the war, it
was disclosed today.
U.S. air officials in Europe said
the base was being reopened "be
cause of additional supply-carrying
transport flights necessary . to
serve American missions in the
middle east, including the mission
to Greece, and the air base at
Dharan in Saudi Arabia."
(Secretary of Defense Forrestal
said in Washington the Tripoli tan
base was "not an air base in the
military sense" but a "way station
on a trunk line to Athens."
Democrats Gain on
GOP in Multnomah
PORTLAND, Jan. 14.-VP-Hea-vy
democratic registrations are
about to end Multnomah county's
republican majority.
For several weeks an average of
100 democrats and 50 republicans
have been registering daily. The
total now stands at 81,861 repub
licans .and 81,206 democrats.
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JEm EDoe
In the course of "A Russian Journal," now appearing
in this newspaper, John Steinbeck and Robert Capa
touch upon some ot the tranje impressions the
Russian people have of the American people. But
are our ideas about them much less inaccurate?
Until this great writer and ace photographer
actually spent two months living In Russia ming
ling with everyday Russian people no one could
be quite sure. Now you are given the first
close-up of a people heretofore obscured by censor
ship and badly interpreted by their own leaders'
propaganda. With a drama and insight such as only
John Steinbeck's words and Capa's photographs
could bring this series the second installment cf
which appears today on page 4 belongs on your
list of not-to-be-missed reading.
s&e (jDrejfton statesman
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By Sterling F. Green
WASHINGTON, Jan.
the republican-controlled confp-efls today that it must
him price control, rationing and other strong anti-inflation
powers or take responsibility for a possibly "destructive'
slump. , - .j
Congressional democrats followed through by fntrt du
cing legislation to provide the $40 "cost of living" Income'tax
cut asked by the president for every taxpayer and dependent.
The bill was offered by Rep. Dingell (D-Mlch) In opposi
tion to the $5,600,000,000 tax-cut bill which the j republican
leadership of the house has pro
mised to push through quickly.
In keeping with the president's
recommendations, Dingell's bill
proposes that the $3,200,000,000
lost to the government through
the Income tax cut be made up
from higher corporation taxes. It
provides a partial return to the
wartime excess profits tax.
Warns of Stamp
The president sent to Capitol
Hill a 136-page economic report
bristling with warnings of Infla
tion and "serious" slump.
It reported the nation at i
high level of prosperity." It fore
cast "another year of splendid
achievement. But It reported
that this seeming well - being
rests "on a wave of inflation
which has already caused serious
hardship and presents grave con
cern for, the future.
Just as the message reached
congress, secretary ox interior
Krug testified that If price con
trol authority is granted he will
at once "freeze" the retail and
wholesale prices of coal, fuel oil,
gasoline and all petroleum pro
ducts for 60 days.
Mar Ratton Fuel Oil
It might "possibly" be necessary
to ration fuel oil, Krug told the
senate banking committee.
Secretary of Commerce HarrI
man told the senators price ceil
ings also are planned for steel,
textiles, lumber and farm machin
ery if the administration gets tho
authority.
He said steel ceilings would be
imposed to stamp out the so-called
"gray market buying and sel
ling of scarce steel at abnormally
high prices.
Coffins Keep
Ship Afloat
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -UPh-
Army officials expressed the be
lief today that the load of Sealed
coffins aboard the still burning
hull of the army transport Joseph
V. Connolly Is making the ship
sink-proof.
The transport, east bound for
Europe, carried about 6,300 cof
fins intended for use in return of
war dead. Army transportation
experts said the coffins, sealed
tightly,: probably are acting as a
huge life preserver for the ship
and would make it virtually im
possible for her to sink, even if
subjected to gunfire.
Train Wreck in
Canada Fatal to 7
' PARENT, Que., Jan. 14 -(JP)
Seven persons were killed and 43
injured today In the wreck of
two westbound passenger trains
at Wykes, a flag-stop station i on
the Canadian National railways
far up in Quebec's bleak, snow
covered northland. Unconfirmed
reports said the number of dead
might be as high as 15.
In bitter 35 below. zero weath
er, passengers and crews, many
cut and bleeding, fought their
way into the wreckage to recover
bodies and rescue injured.
DANIELS WEAKER'
RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. 14 -W)
Joeephus Daniels, 85-year-old
editor and former cabinet member
who has been gravely 111 with
pneumonia for several days was
reported today to be "somewhat
weaker."
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Gas Rate1
Revealed
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PORTLAND, Jan. 14 -(i-Ratee
for gas supplied Oregon consum
ers of the Portland Gas an4 Coke
company will be Increased 8.4
cents a thousand cubic feet ju cf
January 7 the company reported
today. ! fl -
Under Oregon tariff laws th
utility la permitted to adjust the
rates on the basis of a .1 cent per
thousand cubic feet for each five
cent a barrel rise irjl cost of c4L
The utility is not required to file
formal application with the Estate
utility commission for rate' dif
ferential Increases. ;
The Portland firmfhas fild an
application with the Washington
state public utllltief commission
ror a similar increase to
county consumers. " : ;
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Vote Slated oh
Hubbard Union
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High District
Five school districts In nijthera
Marion county will vote February
16 on a proposal to fcreate ;ai Hub
bard union high school district,
tho Marion county school district
boundary board decided at ia hear
ing Wednesday. j , ('
The elections are? prompted by
remonstrances to the proposal filed
from Aurora, Butteville andiWhite!
districts. it h , j
Hubbard district, also Involved
in the proposed union high district,!
already has favored the mdve, ao
it will not have to ballot in rebru-j
ary. The five districts votiae are
Donald. White. Broadacresi Aurora
and that part of Butteville; district i
not now a part of the Canby union 1
high school district. ? ; J
Site of the proposed union hleh
school is near- the junction -of
Boone's ferry and Mineral Springs !
road about two miles west of Hub-jj
bard. Mrs. Agnes Booth. iJMarionl
county school superintendent, said.!
A large group of residents of thai
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told
Increase
district involved attended the
meeting In the courthouse, j Chief,
objection voiced against the pro-I
posal was the current high Coat of .
building and construction fnater-i
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It was pointed out that the atx
districts have a combined jvalua-f - ,
iowea aDout SZ30.090 under state
law, to ouiid a school building.
Missionaries
Flee in China
CHENGCHOW. China. ThursJ
day,1 Jan. 13 Evacuation of
American missionaries 44- and
equipment from a 100-bed lwpital
was under way today,) while
Chinese communists fought "within
three miles of this well-defended.
city. ! I
A veteran American missionary.
who survived the 1927 dnti-for-
eign violence in China, comment-l
ed: "It looks to me like It's time
for us all to get j out off China
again." t I
Commercial airliners were fak-l
ng out some evacuees, fetid the'
Lutheran mission transpoHJ - pla n'
"St. Paul" flew out yesterday with!
the first load of equipment from;
the 100-bed Southern Baptist hos
pital, one of the largest in tentral
China
Europe Socialists
Termed Bulwark
Against Commies
WASHINGTON, j Jan. j J -MPJ
European socialist! are I "among;
the strongest bulwarks in Europe
against communism," the state de-j
partment told congress today.
It explained that this ifjso be-'
cause socialists believe in; dermx
racy, fundamental freedoms uchL
as those of speech and jrtligionJA
and individual rights, j j 7
' The view was set forth in
summary of the European) polity .
cal situation presented to conn
gress by Truman administration;
agencies as a basis for legislative
acUon on the Marshall recovery
program. -s
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$1250 Ring Lost
Driver Signal Turn
PORTLAND. Jan. 11
Blanche E. Johns of Portland is
tempted to give up being a earn
ful driver. S t
She told police she signaled for
a stop yesterday, and Sjii.Z3q
diamond ring fell from her fin4
ger. She hasn't been ablej to find
it.
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