Part 1
II.M. Rancher
Wins Acquittal
Bloomfield, Iowa Walter
M. Mayer, prominent Emnta
Fe, N.M., rancher who wai ac
quitted of a lint degree mur
der charge Tuesday, looked
forward to a happy Thanksgiv
ing reunion with hii two ions.
A Jury of nine men and three
women found Mayer innocent
in the fatal (hooting last May
1 of John C Wisdom, 81-year-
oia lows stockman, on the 918
acre Wisdom farm near here.
Mayer and his wife Kather-
ine, 48, a member of the New
Mexico State Republican Cen
tral Committee, were in Ot
tumwa, Iowa, Wednesday
cnecaung up on a S50,000 dam
age suit brought against him by
the Wisdom estate. The suit
charges he "unlawfully" killed
Wisdom.
During his trial, which start
ad Oct 20, Mayer had con
tended he shot Wisdom in self
defense after the Iowan had
rushed at him "like a wild
man" when they were arguing
over a debt of about $6,500 he
claimed Wisdom owed him.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Ultra, Oregon
Tknradar, November 18, 1953
Hoiiiculfuralists
Meet in Corvallis .
- Farmers, fieldmen, distrib
utors, processors, and public
agencies have cooperated in
preparing a program for the
68th annual meeting of the
Oregon State Horticultural
Society in Corvallis on Dec
ember 3-4; according to Presi
dent C. King Benton, Jr.,
Hood River.
The program for the two-
day meeting calls for general
horticultural topics to be dis
cussed during the morning
sessions. . Separate programs
for vegetable, small fruit,
stone fruit, and apples and
pears will be held each after
noon. Morning sessions are
slated for the auditorium of
the Home Econofles building
on the Oregon Stste College
campus. Afternoon progrsms
for the three fruit sections
will be in the Food Tsehnol
ogy Building. The vegetable
section program will be held
in the auditorium of Withy.
combe Hall.
Governor Paul Patterson
will be the main speaker at a
6:30 p.m. banquet on Thurs
day. December 3, in the Mem'
orial Union ballroom, Oregon
State college. Toastmaster
will be Nick Trebin, ssles snd
market development manager
for the Apple Growers Asso
ciation, Hood River.
Livestock Group
Feast at Macleay
Marion county livestock
growers and their friends will
congregate at the Macleay
grange hall at 6:30 p.m. Tues
day, December 1 for a roast
beef dinner and entertain
ment.
Election of officers and
plans for the 1054 convention
of Western Oregon Stockmen,
scheduled for Salem, will be
reviewed.
Henry Ahrens of Turner Is
president of the county live
stock group.
Volcsnic steam furnishes
nearly a tenth of Italy's elec
tric power. I
Raver May Get
Seattle Post
Seattle tn peculation
mounted Thursday that Bon
neville Power Administrator
Dr. Paul Saver will be su
ed to the $15,000 a year Job
as Seattle City Light super
intendent.
Raver conferred Wednesday
with Mayor Allan Pemeroy
and ' the mayor later told
newsmen the conference was
one of a series he plans with
possible ifiuies. lie said
he had not reached a decision.
The Post-Intelligencer not
ed, however, that David Le
vine, president of the Seattle
city council, was called to the
conference and said council'
men later informally discussed
the possibility of Raver being
named to the post. -
The newspaper said it ap
peared Raver would be con
firmed unanimously, If nom
inated.
The superin tendency will
become vscsnt December 11
when E. R. Hoffman, who has
held the Job 14 years, retires.
Nut Co-op Employes
Accept Agency of AFL
Workers at the Salem Nut
Growers Co-operative voted
Wednesday, 17-10, for an AFL
union to be bargaining agent
for them, the NLB announced.
The union is local 670 of
the Cannery Warehousemen.
Food Processors, Drivers and
Helpers, an affiliate of the
AFL Teamsters.
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