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Copco Would Be Involved in Tiein Of Power Circuit Wenatchee (U.R) The Pa cific Gas and Electric company of California has submitted to the House Appropriations com mittee a proposal for construc tion of a power transmission in tertie between its system and utilities systems in Oregon. Basic Implications The action was disclosed here Thursday night by Rep. Henry Jackson, D-Wash. He said the rnmmittpp fppls thp rjroDOsal has "basic national power policy im plications and should be sud mitted to further "exhaustive study." Copco Offered Contract Jackson said Robert Gerdcs, tfonpral rnnnspl of P.G.E.. told the committee Feb. 11 that his company has offered the California-Oregon Power company a contract which proposes con struction of a tie line. The Ever ett congressman quoted Gerdes as saying the line would make possible the delivery to tne Bon neville system in Oregon and Washington of 120,000 to 140,000 kilowatts of California - gener ated electricity. Bo!d Mail Robber Seized in Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla. (U.R) A Chicagoan dubbed as Okla homa City's "boldest mall rob ber" was jailed Friday after 'ad mitting he calmly shouldered a mail bag at a main street collec tion box and walked away with it as hundreds of persons watched. The suspect, 25-year-old Rich ard W. Walters, was arrested Wednesday when he and a com panion fled from a department store alter attempting to casn a S1Q1 c-hprk taken from the stol en mail bag. The other man, also believed to be from Illinois Walters was arrraigned before U.S. Commissioner Paul fanowai ter and pleaded guilty to mail theft. VICTORIOUS REBELS Police and civilian members of the National Revolutionary Party patrol the streets of La Pal, Bolivia, during the country's bloodiest revolt. The overthrow of the mili tary junta governmer left an estimated 1000 persona dead and 2000 wounded. Plan To Beat Immigration Laws Leaves Man Married To Woman He Doesn't Love Fergus Falls, Minn. U.R) A 31-year-old farmer has disclosed an elaborate plan to beat the im migration laws which left him with a wife he didn't love and not on speaking terms with the woman he did love. Lyle V. Danielson filed a com plaint which said he succumbed to the urgings of a Minnesota woman he was in love with, and married her sister, a Greek na tional. Later Divorce Planned The scheme called for him to divorce the sister later and marry the Minnesota woman. The plan backfired after he went through with the marriage. The woman he loved wouldn't Earth Slides Send Land Info Columbia Kettle Falls, Wash. U.R) Giant earth slides on the west bank of the Columbia river eight - miles south of here have sent 20 acres of land splashing into the river in the last five days, Stev ens county sheriff's deputies es timated Friday. , ,, Deputies said banks as high as 250 feet have disappeared in the second series of slides in the area in the last year. The largest slides in the current series oc curred Wednesday. Officers said the slides, caused by a mysterious seepage of wa ter through the soggy banks, pushed five acres of an alfalfa field into the river and chewed out 150 feet of the Kettle Falls Inchelium highway. FILM STARS ROBBED London (U.R) Burglars in separate break-ins robbed Amer ican fil mstars Douglas Fair banks Jr. and Peggy' Cummins of more than $10,000 worth of jewels and furs, police said Fri day. There are 557 varieties of Jasper agates found along the 400-mile Oregon Pacific ocean coastline. Tavern Owner Sells Beer for Five Cenfs Tacoma (U.R) Despite ob jections from competitors and distributors, tavern owner An drew Berg was selling beer for a nickel a glass Friday "so the working man would have a chance to get something for his money." He slashed his prices Thurs day. But a few hours after the bargain beer made its appear ance two distributors told him they would not supply him with beer anymore, Berg said. "One of my competitors called me on the phone and accused me of starting a beer war," he said. even write to him, Danielson said. Danielson' asked the District Court to void his wedding to Chrisavage Timbeli, Athens, Greece, because her sister, whom he loves, tricked Him into the marriage. He said the sister, whom he would not name, begged him to go to Nassau in the British Ba hamas and marry Chrisavage so that the 28-year-old Greek could enter the United States. Saw Pictures According to Danielson's suit, the sister, who lives in Duluth. Minn., sTiowed him pictures of unrisavage. He said he wasn't impressed with the pictures but fell quick ly in love with the Duluth wom an, and they hatched the plot, He said he married the Greek woman in the Bahamas Sept. 15, 1950, returned to Minnesota shortly afterward without his bride and learned to his dismay that the Duluth woman would not marry him and even refused to write him. Senator Opposes Policy of Leasing Federal Storage Washington (U.R) Sen. John J. Williams, R-Del., be lieves it was "wrong for the Agriculture Department to lease six government-owned elevators to private operators, then lease back part of them to store grain. Shown In Report Williams said in a Senate speech that a report from the comptroller general's office shows that six elevators owned by the Farm Credit Administra tion, a division of the Agricul ture Department, were leased to private operators in 1949, 1950 and 1951. He said the Commodity Credit Corp., another Agriculture Di vision, rented space in them during the same years to store grain. Williams said there is no evidence that the rents paid by the CCC were "out of line." The report showed that: The West Central Cooperative Grain Co. paid S49.000 rent and received $273,000 for grain stor age at Fremont, Neb., and paid $5,900 rent and received 11,750 for storage at another elevator at Kearney, Neb. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Assn., rented an ele vator at Spokane, Wash., for $30,750, and received storage payments of $84,730. It rented an elevator at Williston, N. D., for $14,400 and received $24,040 for storage. CRASH "FALSE ALARM" Kelso, Wash. (U.R) The Cowlitz county sheriff's office said Friday it believed a report that an airplane may have crashed in the mountainous area east of Kalama, Wash., was a "false alarm." CIO Woodworkers Vote Northwest Strike Portland (U.R) The 50,000 members of the CIO Woodwork ers union have voted to author ize a strike in the Northwest's Friday, April II, 1951 MEDPOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN woods. Union President A. F. Hartung said Friday. Hartung said 85 per cent fa vored the strike in a vote taken earlier. The union's Northwest negotiating committee was to set a strike deadline, but it was not expected to be Immediate. The union has reached an agreement with Weyerhaeuser Timber company, including its Klamath Falls operations in the pine belt, and is negotiating with Willamette valley operators. The union aski wage in creases, three additional holidays and other benefit!.' Dead lint on Classified Ada-. (:M p m for following day; 10 mm Mon day, noon Saturday for Sunday am. for Sunday a.m. Since 1943, sixty new pine tree farms, embracing a total of 777,789 acres have been estab lished in Oregon. General Sees Korea Truce by June 30 Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) An Army general, who served as a truce negotiator for two months in Ko rea, said Friday a cease-fire may be reached by June 30. Maj. Gen, Claude B. Feren baugh said "and if the Chinese make an agreement they might live up to it, at least in Korea." The former 7th Infantry com mander, now attached to Army Field forces at Ft. Monroe, Va., is visiting 3rd Army headquar ters here. 16 Expectant Cows Perish in Blaze Troutdale, Ore. 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