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Loyalty Discharge
Without Hearnig
Termed Violation
Washington U.PJ The Su
preme court was told today the
government violates the consti
tution when it discharges an em
ployee for disloyalty without al
lowing him to confront his accu
sers.; .
' -The argument was advanced
by an organization of 40,000
scientists and engineers in a
brief asking the court to uphold
a Yale university professor's ap
peal of his dismissal from the
U.S. Public Health service.
The brief was filed by Engi
neers and Scientists of America,
a federation of 13 labor unions
representing professional and
technical employees in many
key defense plants.
The organization acted as a
''friend of the court" in the case
of Dr. John S. Peters, senior
Yale professor who said he was
fired because of unsworn, sec
ond hand statements to the
FBI." He said he was not allow
ed to cross-examine witnesses or
make rebuttal to statements of
government informants.
He was dismissed after a loy
alty board found "reasonable
doubt" as to his loyalty.
The labor federation said that
when an accused man cannot
face his accusers, he is deprived
of the "very guts of a fair hear-
Resting on the outcome of the
Peters case "are the rights of
livelihood of a large part of our
working population; and the
area of employment affected is
a major part of American indus
try," it said.
"The scientists of America are
; badly disturbed," the organiza
tion asserted, because their con
tribution to the cold war effort
"is prejudiced by governmental
loyalty and security programs
lacking in the minimum fairness
that fulfills due process."
Motorists Slowed
By Construction
Salem (U.R) Because of
construction, ; motorists may
meet with short delays on the
Columbia River highway from
Big Eddy, four miles east of The
Dalles, to Rufus, the State High
way Department said today.
Brief delays also may be en
countered on , the Willamette
highway seven miles east of Oak
ridge; The Dalles - California
highway 12 miles north of
Klamath Falls; Pacific highway
from Myrtle creek to four miles
north; Oregon, Coast, highway
from two to 14 miles south of
Port Orford and Umpqua high
way from Reedsport to a point
1.36 miles east.
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THE bt,MihAHino ri concert oi sacrea music will be presented
today at 7:45 p.m. at the Medford Assembly of God, 1108 West
Main st., by the Seminaries, a male chorus made up of 15 minis
terial students. The chorus is directed by the Rev. Wilmer N.
Brown, and the group is from the Western Evangelical seminary
of Portland. The public is invited to attend the interdenomina
tional concert. No admission will be charged. "
PickiV Pears
"Cap" Mart Hazen who is a
life member of the Masters,
Mates and Pilots assiciation, has
come through many storms at
sea and recalls that the only time
he was ever in real difficulty
was when he was a pilot on the
Columbia river...,'
At the time he was towing two
raftloads of logs into harbor.
The fog had settled on the river
and it was early morning with
very little light to see the way. J
He was negotiating a difficult
passage in what rivermen call
the "gut,'' a passage way along
the Oregon shore.
In attempts to avoid a string
of rocks the sternwheeler which
he was piloting struck a sand
bar. Hazen paused long enough
to notify the captain of their
plight while. the rafts of logs
swung around to hem. them in.
The captain knew then that they
stuck and had to be hauled off.
They notified Portland to send
relief and sat down to ,wait.
Meanwhile a large steamer hove
into view and they both thought
of an idea. The waves -from the
steamer, which was cutting a
swath across the river, might be
strong enough to raise the ship
off the bar.
The captain ordered full steam
and as the waves beat against
the sides of their boat they
churned, about and became dis
lodged. When the relief ship
hove into sight their little stern
wheeler was chugging away with
the log rafts in the rear and they
gave the signal to return to Port
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A real Hollywood( touch has
been added to the Christmas
decorations this year, executed
BIGGER Screen! BRIGHTER Picture! BETTER Reception!
With your eyes vide open... come in and see how good a television picture can be! "
See how DuMont "opens up" its WIDE HORIZON screen to give you a much bigger
picture area! See how new DuMont powerv fills every inch of that picture with brighter
detail ! See how new chassis discoveries improve reception, to give you a clearer,
rock-steady picture... better in every way! ''a-, '.
Because "look-ahead" DuMont engineering produces ever-better values your DuMont
Dealer looks forward to telling you the low,: low price. And ask him to tell you : .';
about the easiest terms in town.
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News and Notes
From Camp White
by the engineering division.
Painters, carpenters and electri
cians reproduced Santa and his
reindeers in a "cutout" placed
at the entrance where it can
be viewed in lights from the
highway. A large mural also
adorns the administition build
ing. Clarence "Peck" Hender
son, chief painter, is the artist.
Among the numerous greet
ings from friends of Camp White
and its well wishers is an un
usual one from Col. Albert E.
Harriam addressed to the U. S.
Hospital at Camp White.
"Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year get-well greetings to
your patients and ' greetings to
you and your staff from the
Hospital Welfare Committee of
the Old Guard of the City of
Philadelphia," the message
states. '
Camp White is 'going to put
on a "March of Dimes" campaign
this year that will be a fitting
response to the call for funds
in this, worthy cause. Henry
Huls, the VFW membership
champion, has been designated
to receive contributions from
the members. He has- already
been pledged the support of the
Eve Prentice accordiannas in
putting on his drive.! The con
cert, scheduled for Jan. 10, will
be dedicated to the March of
Dimes. In addition the girls will
be posted to aid in the collec
tions. Manager Ricker has announc
ed that there are ?0,000 carry
over victims of polio this year
and the results of the Vaccine
now used will not be . known
until April. Small envelopes are
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Human Guinea Pig
Gets Black Eyes
In
Washington U.R) Two black
eyes and a few blood blisters
were the only ill effects suffered
by an Air Force colonel jerked
to a dead stop from a record
ground speed of 632 miles per
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Lt. Col. John P. Stapp under
went the speed and stop ordeal
as a human guinea pig in a test
at the Holloman Air Develop
ment Center, Alamogordo, N. M,,
the Air Force announced. The
purpose was to determine the
effect on airmen who bail out
of planes at supersonic speeds.
Othtrwis Unharmed
Stapp's eyes were blackened
because his eye balls slammed
against his lids and the( blood
blisters were caused by dust
particles which struck him.
Otherwise he came through
without harm, the Air Force
said. -
Stapp was strapped to a 2,000
pound tubular steel rocket sled
mounted on steel rails, then pro
pelled forward to a top speed of
632 miles per hour and brought
to a dead stop in IVi seconds.
No Protective Clothing
Stapp withstood a pressure
equal to 35 times his own
weight during the test, enough
to make him "weigh" more than
three tons. ;
The sled was stripped of its
wind shield to obtain increased
speed. Stapp wore no special
protective clothing, but did have
a plastic helmet and a clear plastic-visor
to protect his head and
face.
The Air Force said that at Hbl
loman's, 4,100 - foot altitude,
Stapps' speed of 632 m.p.h. was
equal to more than 1,000 miles
an hour at a jet airplane's nor
mal cruising altitude of 35,000
feet.
DRINKERS CAUTIOUS
Panorama City, Calif. (U.R)
Robbery suspects Stanley Wein
stein, 25, and Jay Sanders, 38,
were seized by police because
they were too cautious. A bar
tender summoned police when
he noticed the two suspects were
wiping fingerprints from their
glasses each time they drank. v
being distributed among the per
sonnel for their donations..
Lelia Birch, of the VFW aux
iliary, headed a delegation
Christmas morning with an extra
gift of Rogue valley fruit dis
tributed around the companies
to the men. The fruit .was, con
tained in attractive art baskets
made by the auxiliary from a
batch of Christmas cards obtain
ed by the . Camp White VFW
Post. . .
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Vancouver, Youth Gets
Unexpected Yule Cheer
Vancouver, B. C U.R) .'A
Vancouver lad got some. Christ
mas ,cheer he wasn't bargaining
for during the week end.
' Police reported an unidenti
fied drunk grabbed George
Saunders, threw ,him to the
ground, and poured a bottle of
liquor down his throat.
The teenager was taken to a
hospital to have his r stomach
pumped. ...
Suggests Locals
Open Negotiations
Portland U.R) The policy
committee of the CIO Interna
tional Woodworkers of America
recommended today that locals
take the advice of the governor's
panel on lumber strike issues
and negotiate with employers at
once to ' get pay increases and
other benefits into effect.
' A. F. Hartung, international
president, said that while the
committee didn't like the elimi
nation of retroactive features of
the agreement by the panel, it
recommended : acceptance any
way. .', : -
Increasi Recommended
The seven-man panel, appoint
ed by Gov. Paul Patterson of
Oregon and Arthur Langlie of
Washington to settle issues' of
the prolonged northwest lumber
strike, recommended a wage in
crease of 7V2 cents an hour ef
fective Jan. 1, 1955
The panel also favored exten
sion of the present collective
bargaining agreement to April 1,
1956 and the formation of a com
mittee to draw up better pro
cedures for handling collective
bargaining problems.
Hartung said the policy com
mittee recommendations would
be sent to locals at once so that
negotiations can get under, way.
AFL lumber and sawmill
workers will consider the rec
ommendations Jan. 5 when its
Northwest executive board
meets in Portland. .
Police Find Robbery
Easy One To Solve
New York U.R) Police re
ported today they had no trou
ble solving a Bronx, N.Y. rob
bery. They said that Pablo Emilio
Quiles, 18, and Samuel Beutach,
19, entered and robbed the home
of Mendex Visitacion. Quiles,
during the robbery, decided to
exchange his suit for one belong
ing to his victim.
Police found Quiles suit con
taining . Quiles' wallet with his
home address and picture.
' Dead line Sunday Classified fe at
noon Saturday : 10 ajn. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday.
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Release
The Dalles KU.R) Circuit
Judge Malcoln W. Wilkinson has
given District Attorney Donald
Heisler "a day or two" to effect
the release ' from California of
confessed slayer .Harry C.
Knowles so he can.be sentenced
here for a second degree murder
charge. ' .
Knowles, 46, pleaded guilty
here Friday to strangling Albert
C- Stuart, a ranch hand, near
Shaniko, Ore., last October, and
burying his body in a shallow
grave along the highway.
.. Federal authorities in; Sacra
mento have asked for the return
of Knowles, there' Dec. 30 for
sentencing on an auto .theft
charge. Knowles admitted ear
lier1 stealing Stuart's car- and
taking it: across- the. Oregon
California border.
Judge Wilkinson gave Heisler1
the extra time to complete ar
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Left-over, wire gels new lease oa life. The wire that leads from your telephone
at home to the cable outside is caUed a "drop"-wire. And short pieces of this kind of wire
are often left over from the many telephone jobs we do. Once, these odds and ends were of
no use, for it cost too, much to splice them together. But recently, an economical way was
found to join drop-wire scraps into- longy continuous pieces which can now be put to
work. Naturally, this is a big cost-cutter . .'.'one that helps us bring you more and better
service while still keeping it low in price. Pacific Telephone works to make your
telephone a bigger value every day. ! ' ;
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Of Knowles Sought
rangements to gain custody of
the prisoner so lie could be sen
tenced.. ' ; : :."..'
, Knowles waived hie right to
a grand jury bearing, and can
legally be sentenced without a
trial. Oregon law provides for a
mandatory. life sentence for sec
ond degree murder. ; -'"''.
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CRIME DOESN'T PAY
Chicago . (U.R) Public De
fender Gerald Getty today of
fered statistical proof that crime
does not pay. More than 50 per
cent of the persons involved in
Criminal Court cases last year
didn't have enough money to
hire a lawyer, Getty said.
The Iraqi State Railways op
erate more than 1,200 miles of
track.
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