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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1957)
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 20, 1957 Eightlndicted By Grand Jury, Three Secret Two Men Charged With Holding Up Market Lat November A Marion county grand jury has returned eight indictments, three of them being secret. Those indicted were: Joseph Eu gene Barbara, Silverton, charged with obtaining money and proper ty by false pretenses; Raymond L. Powell, Astoria, and Irwin Cur tis Fitzgerald, Portland, jointly charged with assault and robbery being armed with a dangerous weapon; Lewis Ross McDaniel, Athens, Ohio, charged with at tempting to obtain property under false pretenses; and Robert V. Harpole, charged with escaping from the penitentiary in 1953. Har pole was arrested in Tempe, Ariz., last month. ' Barbara is involved in the pass ing of a check on a Salem food ctore in the amount of $20. Powell and Fitzgerald, arrested last month are accused of holding up an Erickson super-market Nov. 12 after forcing an employe to open the safe. $35,000 Asked In Legal Suit Over Franchise Charging failure to live up to the terms of a contract agree ment, O. J. Cox, Mill City, has brought suit against Northwest Loggers Supply Co. in Marion county circuit court seeking dam ages of $35,000. The plaintiff states that he was given an exclusive franchise for the sale and distribution of Mc culloch chain saws after he had purchased the Becker Brothers Equipment Co., Mill City last No vember. The exclusive sales fran chise was to cover the territory between Salem and Bend. Subsequently, the plaintiff states, the defendant revoked the con tract. As a result Cox asked $10, 000 punitive damages and $25,000 for curtailment of business. WU Third in Town Meeting PORTLAND 111) Pacific Lu theran College won its seventh title in nine years of the Town Meeting speaking tournament here Tuesday. The sponsoring Portland State . College was runner-up and Wil lamette University was third. Competition in the individual speaker's division wound up in a tie between Gwen Samuelson of the University of Oregon and Pat Farley of Willamette. Second place went to Louis Cockerham, Portland State, and third to Wal lace Cory, Linficld. The moderator's crown was won by Barney Stadius, Lewis and Clark College. Wes Lynch, Pacific University, was second, and Kar en Polcnske, Oregon State, third. Thirteen colleges participated in the two-day tournament. 2nd Attack by Dog Reported The second report in recent days of a woman being attacked by a German police dog in vicinity of the 900 block of North 17th St., was reported to city police Tues " day night. Mrs. Wilda Sicgmund, 1055 North 17th St., told officers the dog tore her coat and bruised her arm. Mrs. Goldia F. Kyle, 965 North 16th St., also had her coat torn and her arm bruised by the dog Saturday evening, she told police. Police said the dog belongs to Lawrence Kelsh, 975 North 17th St. Crag Rats Find Snow Only 50 Pet. Normal HOOD RIVER Ifl Snow depth on the Tilly Jane snowcourse on the north slope of Mt. Hood is only SO per cent of normal. A group from the Cr.-.g Rats, local climbing and rescue organ ization, checked the snow over the weekend and found 50 inches of snow instead of the usual 8 to 9 feet. They added that moisture content also was low. Army Aims to Get Rid of 950 Boas After Horse Ouster Fails c WASHINGTON W The same Army officials who tried unsuc cessfully to motorize military fun erals have now decided to try to dispose of the Army's dogs, 'whethar the effort succeeds, it was understood, depends on the amount of protest it may stir up within and outside the service. Secretary of the Army Wilber Prucker only last week reversed a protested order to abandon the traditional use of horse-drawn caissons at the military funerals In Arlington National Cemetery. The Army mule and the Army earrier pigeon already have been abandoned in the modernization process. Tht need for economy is being Iven at the reason for demobilit faj h AimQ" M0 iVB, new do Gardner Goes Blonde 1 - I Actress Ava Gardner, her hair dyed blonde for a new movie role, enters a Rome building, followed by Walter Chiari, Italian stage and screen comedian. The couple, often seen together recently, deny reports they plan to marry. Salem Student to Represent U of O At Speech Event UNIVERSITY O F OREGON (Special) Paul Ward, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ward, 685 N. 20th St., Salem, will be one of two students representing the Univer sity of Oregon speech department at the Pacific Forensic speech tournament in Arizona March 25 27. Ward is a sophomore in pre law at the university. He placed in three divisions at the College of Puget Sound Speech tournament in Tacoma Feb. 7, 8 and 9, includ ing first place for men's debate. Also participating in the Puget Sound tournament was Leland F. Smith, the son of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Smith, 1040 S. Liberty. He was awarded first place both in men's debate and extemporaneous speak ing. Mrs. Prentiss Dies Tuesday Mrs. Mabel Elizabeth Prentiss, late resident of 2270 Center St., and a home economics instructor at the North Salem high school for 12 years, died Tuesday at a local hospital. Mrs. Prentiss had suffered a brain hemorrhage while at school Monday morning and was taken to the hospital by ambu lance. Born in Portland May 21, 1903. Mrs. Prentiss was the daughter of the late A. F. Marcus and Mrs. Marcus. She came to Salem in 1904 and resided here until 1926 when she was married to Earl R. Cooloy. At that time they went to Myrtle Point where both were teaching, but returned to Salem in 1930. Mr. Coolcy died in 1945 and in 1951 in Seattle she was married to Robert W. Prentiss, who survives. He is a cartographer with the Oregon state highway de partment. Mrs. Prentiss was a graduate of Salem high school and re ceived her degree in home eco nomics from Oregon State college in 1925. She had long been active in education circles. Mrs. Pren tiss was a member of the First Presbyterian church, the PEO Sisterhood and the Sigma Kappa sorority at Oregon State college. Surviving besides her husband are her mother, Mrs. A. F. Mar cus, Salem; a son, Earl W. Cooley, Valsetz; a daughter, Mrs. William Kacr, Jr., Portland; two sisters. Miss Helen Marcus, Wheeler, and Mrs. Henry Becker, Portland, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Clough-Barrick chapel Satur day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Of the dozen islands in the Boy of Panama only Tahoga. an ex tinct volcano, is Inhabited. ing scout and sentry duty at home and abroad. In addition to training and main taining its own dogs, the Army at Ft. Carson, Colo., trains about 50 dogs each month for the Air Force. The Air Force says it is cheaper and more effective to use dogs in patrolling key air bases and bomb dumps. Some Army officials say the Army has little use for dogs in peacetime, and suggest the Air Force can train its own. ECZEMA ITCH Got you down? Try RE5INOL OINTMENT "TV.a. ?CrKH-rS'. v Two Principals Leave Friday The annual convention of the National 'Association of Secondary School Principals, scheduled for Washington, D.C., Feb. 23-27, will draw two Salem educators. E. A. Carleton, North Salem high principal and Robert Dow who holds a similar position at Parrish junior high, will leave Friday morning for the national capital to attend the sessions of the association. They will return Feb. 28. The convention theme is "Our Secondary Schools Citadels for Peace and Freedom." Dow will appear on the program as a panel member for a group meeting on the subject, "What Educational Program Is Needed in the Junior High School?" Among the nationally known figures who will address the edu cators are Harold E. Stassen, Eric Severeid, radio commentator; Vir ginius Dabncy, editor of Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch, and Nor man Cousins, editor of The Satur day Review. 2 Professors Schedule Trip Prof. A. Freeman Holmer and Dr. William G. Cornelius, associ ate professor of political science at Willamette university, will leave for Los Anyclcs, Thursday where they will attend the annual meeting of the Western Political Science association and the South ern California conference of the American Society for Public Ad ministration. Both meetings will be held on the University of Southern Cali fornia campus Feb. 21-23. While there, the political science educators will hear addresses by Arthur Flcmming, recent director of the Office of Defense Mobiliza tion, and William A. Robson. Lon don School of Economics and Politi cal Science. O'Kins Picked For Honorary OREGON STATE COLLEGE Salem student Charles E. O'Kins has been selected for membership in Pi Tau Sigma, national honor society for engineers, at Oregon State college. The honor society includes out standing juniors and seniors maj oring in mechanical engineering. Fourteen members were selected this year. A senior, O'Kins Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. O'Kins of 690 So. Commercial. Salem. He is a graduate of Mill City high school. CAME THE PANIC HOLLYWOOD (UP) "Noah's Ark" will be replaced March 5, on NBC-TV by an anthology scries which is now on its fifth title change. The series previously has been called "Impact , Impasse , Crisis ' and impulse". The lat est title is "Panic'. 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