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Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.Thur., Apr. 21, 1955 3B 'ROUND THE STATE T orvains roiicemen rired After Admitting Thefts CORVALLIS IW Three Cor- vallis police officers were fired Wednesday after they admitted stealing items from a store dur ing an investigation. . Police Chief Cecil Fruitt said the three took merchandise with a total value of $57.60 from the Montgomery Ward store after finding the door open Sunday nignt. Dismissed were Noble C. Stew art, 28; A. E. Bodeker, 41, and James H. Gundy Jr., 32. Stewart had been on the force three years and Bodeker and Gundy six years eacn. The officers pleaded guilty in , District Court to charges of petty " larceny and were fined $30 and paroled from 90 day jail sentenc es. Most valuable item taken was a skillsaw worth $54.95. Other items taken included a file, flash light batteries and three boxes of .22 caliber shells. Fruitt said the three admitted the theft when confronted with the evidence. Cattlemen to Meet CORVALLIS OB Members nf of the Oregon Cattlemen's Assn. will meet here May 8-11 in the association s annual convention. Principal speaker will be Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore). Main order of business will be discussions of proposed "beef commission." Ships to Be Moved ASTORIA m Siv shine mill be moved to Astoria piers this week to be prepared for storage of surrjlus ffrain. Thp first nf iha 75 storage ships arrived Tuesday irom me reserve neet in the Co lumbia River east of here. Load ing of the ships is expected to get under way within a few weeks. Objectors Sentenced PORTLAND (IP) Two con scientious objectors were sen tenced to six months in prison in Federal Court here Wednes day for draft evasion. They were Gale Hallett, 21-year-old Jeho vah's Witness from Portland and Albert Stain, 27-year-old Salem member of the Church of God. Judge Claude McColloch al lowed Stain to remain free on bail after his attorney, G. Bern hard Fedde, said he would appeal. Damage Suit Filed PORTLAND OPI An $86,500 damage suite has been filed in Federal Court here by the widow and daughter of a Medford man killed in a sawmill accident last December. The suit was filed by Mrs. Mildred Dunford, and her daughter, Kay, against the Med ford corporation. Norman Dunford, 59, was killed whiie operating an edger. A chunk of wood was thrown against his chest and abdomen when the edger fouled. Reduction Approved SALEM Wl Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel gave Pacific Power & Light Co. permission Wednesday to reduce its rates. The reduction, effective next Friday, amounts to S242.000 a year in the company's Coos Bay division, and $60,000 in the Wil lamette Valley. Heltzel said the reductions are a result of the company's merger with Mountain States Power Co. VTruman Scheduled SALEM IW Former President Harry Truman will speak June 11 at a Northwest regional fund raising dinner in Portland, ac cording to word received here Wednesday from Democratic Na tional Chairman Paul Butler. Butler said the fund raising af fair would involve states of Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Chinese Leader Dies PORTLAND ( Mrs. Stanley Chin, 58, a leading figure in Chi nese women's affairs here for many years, died Tuesday. She was a leader of the Port land League of Women Voters, formed the first Chinese Girl Reserves unit in the YWCA here some 20 years ago, and had lec tured extensively in Oregon on Chinese affairs. ' Mrs. Chin was born Feb. 18, , 1897', at Vancouver, Wash. Her grandfather, Scid Back, contract ed a large part of the Chinese la bor for Northwest and , Alaska canneries in the latter part of the 19th century. Norblad Urges Burial of Ship WASHINGTON OPI Ren. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.) 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