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Eight: Days With Slain Wife f Chicago (U.B A 35-year-old TTniversitv of Chicago student told police how be killed his pretty wife, then slept, ate ana studied for eight days while her half-clad body Jay on the bed' room floor. ; TTarnM Roland Markham led ftalice LL Frank O'Sullivan to Jiis South Side apartment where the body of his wife, Mary i-iiza-beth Markham, 37, was found clad in a black slip and white blouse. ! She had been shot three times, once in the face and twice in the body. Pistol Under Bed r A nickel-elated Tjistol lay un der a bed. Three empty , cart ridges were on the floor along with a penciled note. I "Three for your comfort, It aid. - Markham told police it re ferred to the tnree Duuets ne fired into his wife. SOC Faculty Men In Extension Vork " Ashland Six faculty mem bers at Southern Oregon col lege are teaching courses for the ' general extension division of the Oregon State System JI Higher Education this spring, According to Dr. Elmo N. Steven son, college president. Classes are being held in six Southern Oregon communities. Or. John A. Schulz, associate professor of psychology, is of fering "an evening class in ap plied mental hygiene in two towns.' He teaches at Myrtle Point on Monday and travels to Port Orford every Tuesday. Two In Grants Pass Two classes are presented at Grants Pass each Wednesday. Dr. John D. E. McAulay, associ ate professor of education, of fers philosophy of education, and Lloyd D. Pennington, assistant professor of science, teaches foundations of physical science. Dr. H. S. Fowler, assistant professor of science, presents a course in biological science sur vey at Klamath Falls. Laurence E. Butler, assistant professor of science, offers audio-visual aids at Medford. On Saturday, Dr. Bill A. Sampson assistant professor of education, teaches a graduate Jcourse in school finance at the college. Half-Size Style EVjJRY STITCH gives double value when you sew this town-nd-country twosome! It's a go- everywhere for now and all sum mer long! Pesigned for the short er fuller figure, cut in Half- Sizes no alteration worries When fitting! i Pattern R9150: Half Sizes 14, ? 16V4, 18V6, 20V. 22, 24. Size 16 bolero IV yards 39-inch, dress 2 yards 39-inch fabric; i This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. i Send thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern to Marian Mar tin, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., P.O. Bos 6740, Chicago 80, HI. Print plain ly YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Vacuum Clearer SERVICE ft REPAIR ALL MAKES ' ': O Das 19, Filters Another penciled note was found in the bedroom. "It was lovely to know you, my only," it said. Climax To Argument. Markham, a bright student in Librarian Practices, from Mariet ta, O., told police the slaying came as the climax to an argu ment March 27 between him and his wife over her working and a trip he wanted to take. After the shooting, Markham said, he contemplated taking his own life. He placed a pillow near his wif e s body, then lay down on the floor and placed his head on the pillow. He put the gun to his head then lost his nerve, he said. Thereafter, he said, he went about his activities as usual. He attended classes at the univer sity, came home in the evenings, ate his meals and studied as before. Bothered by Slaying At bedtime, he went to sleep in the bed with his wife s body lying on the floor at his feet. - Thursday, he said, the slaying 'began to bother me," as he went to the home of a friend, David Kronick, and told him his story. Kronick at first refused to be lieve the bizarre tale. But Mark ham finally convinced him and Kronick then insisted he turn himself over to police. . They went together to the detective bureau, where Markham repeat ed his story to O Sullivan. Medford CAP Cadet May Get Tour Chance Albert R. Eaton Jr., 662 Park Place 5, a Medford high school junior and a cadet in the Medford Civil Air Patrol squad ron, is one of three Oregon CAP cadets selected to appear April 11 in Portland before the Ore gon Wing Cadet selection board. The board will examine the cadets and recommend three to the national board for an inter nation cadet exchange program. Last year, James D. Merritt, 2685 Crater Lake highway, from the Medford squadron, was sent to Denmark to study Danish avi ation first hand. Oregon Builders Granied Pay Boost Portland U.R) Construction workers in Oregon Friday were due for a 10 cents an hour pay boost retroactive to the first week in January. The increase was approved Thursday by the wage stabiliza tion board. The boost makes the scale for AFL construction workers $1.85 an hour, except for those work ing in sewers or on swinging scaffolds . For the latter, the scale will be $2 an hour. STILL ALERT AT 92 Tolland, Conn (U.FD Mrs. Alice Steel is still active as a newspaper correspondent at the age of 92. She receives much of her news by telephone but de spite being hard of hearing she S tends nearly all public meet gs. Her employer. The Man chester Herald, calls her "one of our better country corre spondents.' . Accident Victim Is 50th Patient Carried by Plane The Mercy Flights twin-engined Cessna ambulance plane carried the .organization's 50th patient on a flight to Vancou ver, B. C, yesterday. The non-profit firm was called from Roseburg and the plane left here at 7:30 a. m. yesterday, arriving there at 8 a. m. The patient, Charles Percival Moody, was loaded aboard the plane after being transferred to the stretcher at the hospital, and immobilized. Moody was seriously injured including a broken pelvis and fractured skull about two weeks ago in an automobile accident in which his wife was killed. Trip Back The plane left Roseburg at 9 a. m., landed in Seattle for customs inspection, and arrived in Vancouver at . 12:15 p. m., where Moody was moved to an other hospital. The return trip was made from Vancouver to Roseburg, where Mrs. Marguerite Dorsey, the nurse who attended Moody, deplaned, and arrived here at 7:15 p. m. George Milligan was pilot on the trip and Tuny Bullis was cc-pilot The fight was about 1,000 miles round trip. Radio Studios Near Completion at SOC Ashland Installatoin of new equipment in the radio studios located in the new library classroom building at Southern Oregon college will be the final step in completing the rooms, according to Donald E. Lewis, business manager. Acoustic tile has been placed in the two main broadcast-studios and control rooms, Lewis said. Cork floor covering was also added to decrease unneces sary noise. Installation of professional type control panels and turn tables awaits inspection of the plant by Grant Feickert, director of radio station KOAC at Oregon State college. Elliott B. Mac cracken, assistant professor of mathematics, will be in charge of the technical details here. Landing Gear Breaks; Pilot Lands Safely , Gary, Ind. (U.R) A pilot cir cled Gary Municipal airport for four hours Thursday with a broken landing gear, then made a belly landing when his gaso line was nearly exhausted. The pilot, Wayne Brodine, Muster, Ind., and his passenger, Paul Jankovich, Gary, noticed that the landing gear was jam med shortly after takeoff from the Gary field. They returned and circled the field until most of the fuel was usi up then made a belly land ing and walked away uninjured. The plane was only slightly damaged. Democratic Delegate Candidate Visits Here Dave Epps, Sweet Home, a candidate for delegate to the Democratic national convention, was a Medford - visitor briefly yesterday. Now a furniture dealer, Epps has long been active in state Democratic circles. He said yes terday he personally is im pressed by the candidacy of Gov. Adlai Stevenson, but is commit ted to no candidate. He came here from Grants Pass and when he left here he went on to visit other South western Oregon cities. Friday. April 4, 1852 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUHE HIKE OSC Registrar Named Conference Chairman Portland 0J.R; Deane L. Huxtable, Oregon state registrar, has been named chairman of the public health conference on rec ords and statistics and will head its executive council for a two year period, it was reported Friday. The conference is composed of all vital and public health statis tics and records representative from all the states and territorial possessions of the United States. CROW TOO BRASH Cheshire, Conn (U.R) Paul Zentek doesn't mind it so much when his pet crow. Corky, steals clothespins and packs putty out of window frames but he is an noyed at the bird's latest trick. The crow flies into visitors' au tomobiles and swipes ignition keys. II GWulC DONTj MISS THE TERRIFIC SPECIALS TODAY and TOMORROW -AT- PAULSEN'S i nrxir i MARKET CENTRAL POINT 5 ) mm jf KC.VGtO IZJ ENAMEL e for kitchens, betnrooas, loofa end woahes Wm hobod f 2 or. 7W gal mm &s f.!:r.-. ft int Several toons 3? 1. Ivy 1 Got Super Km-Tont 422 2 Gtt a $1.39 Suptr-CiKhion 4A RoCtrKocttr for only .OT 3. SAVI $100 deop colors $5.29 gat. uffSusnriTi3sraiai T03cc?ei : 1 ClIMIT-TNIS WEEK ONIY) Bargain in Beauty KEM-TONE f K-Toft foOM m4 9 fcdf of psfev to vtsW $391 GAL MED You Buy One WE GIVE ONE- F0RD-DAIRY 450 SOUTH CENTRAL and k$m&m dairy qu 474 NORTH MAIN ST. IN ASHLAND Tomorrow-Saturday Apri From 12 Noon to 11:00 P.M. Ml fDRiRV FREE QUARTS YOU BUY ONE TAKE HOME ANOTHER FREE! Limit One Free Quart Only We Start a- DEB SEASON! Yes, Msdford's and Ashland's popular Dairy Queen stores join with 1,400 ether Dairy Queens through the U. S., Hawaii and Cuba in ushering in a new delightful season. 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Doctors throughout the country and hospitals have recommended DAIRY QUEEN as a very healthful product and have also recommended it vary highly for children as a body builder. Dairy Quean (ice milk) contains a high proportion of milk, solldi-not-fat, and butter fat in a ratio no greater than in whole milk. Dairy Queen is a most nutritious food, due to the high protein, mineral and vitamin content of non-fat-solids (serum solids). Children love Dairy Queen and the protein, mineral and vitamins contained m Dairy Queen are important factors to growth hi children. Older people need these nirtrrrional foods of Dairy Queen which are essential to goad health. Dairy Queen baa been recommended by doctors for older people. People of all ages need the vitamins and the bono muscle building nutrients of non-fat-milk-solids. Over-weight people need not fear excess butter-fat- calories because the proportion of fat m Dairy Qoeca is no greater than that found m whole milk. Ice milk ie on many reducing Dairy Queen b heavy (full weight). A quart weighs from 14. to Wa lbs. There is no air pumped or injected into mu product, and the overrun that we get is expansion while freesing. The heavy weight of Dairy Queen moans that ft is packed with nutritious proteins, minerals . and vitamins of whole milk solids. In whola milk nature provides a balanced food with the proper proportions of protein, car. bohvdrate, fat, ash, water and vitamin. The Dairy Queen Freesers produce for you a delicious freseuj food whose principal ingredient b whole milk (concentrated). This b why we claim we havo the "World's foremost Papular Dessert." MEDFORD ASHLAND (p OPEN 10 A.M TO 11 P.M. DAILY 12) MAIN AND RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-4119 0 bmd -lltom. Done.
