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Thornton Overruled On Representation Decision by Court Salem U.R) The State Su preme Court has ruled that mem bers of the Legislature can rep resent a claimant before the workman's compensation com mission without jeopardizing their standing as a legislator. The decision overruled an opin ion handed down by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. The case involved an appear ance of Rep. Ben Anderson (D- Portland) before the commission Bennett, aninjured Portland painter. , . . Not Claim Aeraintt Stat The court held that a claim before the commission is not a claim against the state and that -a legislator could rightfully ap pear as an attorney for a claim ant. . The court reversed a Coos county verdict by.Joudge Dal M. King which had said that a collective bargaining agreement did not require the employer to withhold pay deductions for in surance from the pay of dissent ing employees. Justic George Rossman wrote that insurance deductions, being voluntary, are different from the check-off of union dues. ..;:. . . Ruling Modified The high court modified a ruling In the case of fraudulent sale of Indian timber lands. The case involved a judgment for Henry B. Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor against Jasper Grant and others for payment of $135,000 paid for the timber lands. The Supreme Court - would permit payment of fees to the Portland Trust Company for its services in protecting the rights of in competent Indians. Eugene Girl's Trial May Hear Dr. Harris Eugene U.R) The itate was expected to call Dr. Homer Har ris of the state crime laboratory as a witness today or tomorrow in the trial of Ella Louise Star mer, 16-year-old high school girl accused of manslaughter , of the fatal stabbing of her stepfather, Archie Swanberg, last October. The trial was in its third day today. . The defense claims the girl had justifiable reason for killing her stepfather. The girl's attor ney, Herman Henderschott, said the girl used the eight-inch butcher knife only to defend her mother and herself. District At -4W,-'.; ffiiffmin - ir ' ITU t iTMl Ella Louise hated her stepfather and was mad because he wouldn't , let her go to a foot ball game. ... . . . .-. .... iV .... . United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 271955 Pages 1-6 DeSoio Expedition Oil May Be Produced ; New Orleans (U.R)-Off shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico may uncover a source of oil that was chronicled by the ill-fated Hernando DeSoto's expedition more than four centuries ago. Survivors of ; the expedition were picked up at the Missis sippi River's mouth in 1543 aft er the death of DeSoto. A raging gulf storm had battered the Spanish fleet and the ships put into shore near what is now Sabine, Tex. An account written by a per son known only as the "Gentle man of Elvas" stated that the Spaniards . found a dark scum similar to pitch on the water and used it to help caulk the bot toms of their leaking ships. ; It reportedly was the first use of petroleum by white men in the Western Hemisphere. . j Since then, there have been other reports of oil on the gulf's waters near Sabine, and recent off-shore exploration has tended to verify the stories. Magnolia Petroleum Co. offi cials here said the company has spudded in its first wildcat well eight miles - offshore and 10 miles southwest of Sabine. "The well was described as "fairly close" to the oil slick described in the DeSoto expedition. . I The company has developed several fields off the Louisiana coast, but the wildcat is " the first attempt to strike oil off the Texas coast. The-well will be drilled to a depth of 13,000 feet. Prospect Journalism Class Visits Tribune Members of the journalism class of; Prospect High school, accompanied by their, instructor, Miss - Madelein Halley-, '; visited the offices and production plant of The Mail Tribune Wednesday. The visit was part of their study of newspapers. : ' v Members of the class making the trip were Geneva Mather, Sue Colley: Donna Clark, Don Anderson, Sid Peterson, " Dan Myers, Morris J a m e s, Eugene Winningham, Jim Martin, Larry The human foot has 26 bones. The smallest, is three - eighths of an inch long and the largest is 2 72 inches. Pr " p ENJOYING PACIFIC COAST CRABS, these Pacific Coast congressman are guests at Washing t ton, D. C, party aimed at drumming up sentiment against lowering tariff rates oh canned crab meat shipped to U. S. from. Japan. Prom left: Rep.,Walter Norblad (R), Ore.; Rep. Jack West- land (R), Wash.; Rep. Russell Mack (R), Wash., host at the party and Rep. Hubert Scudder . (R), CaL Shellfish they are enjoying are domestic variety, naturally. -- (International) Ford Engineers Crashing Automobiles In Head-on Crashes To Test Safety Belts Detroit U.R) Engineers at the Ford Motor Company are strapping ! lifelike dummies into automobiles and ramming the cars together in "fatal" head-on collisions, They are smashing cars into trees, against embankments Then they pull the battered dum nues out of the wreckage and go to work. r The engineers are seeking an answer to a new question posed for the auto industry and every person who takes the. statistical gamble with death or injury ev ery 'time he gets into a car: -, Will safety belts, similar to those the airlines use, cut down on traffic fatalities? , Bills are pending before Con gress and in many state legisla tures which would make safety belts compulsory equipment in every motor vehicle. Still Testing The broad aim of Ford's tests, and similar ones being conduct ed by other auto manufacturers, is to find out exactly what hap pens , in an auto crash, to see what if anything can be done to cut down the traffic death rate. Salem--U.P.) The House has passed five bills and a resolution in its briskest meeting of the xsondMonteRing. M3afe$G belts, ate getting a lot of j session an A received a -deluge of : attention. :'Cv'J.K Afel2S8 new hills for first i-eadinff'.j Any force that acts to re strain a person in a crash would tend to reduce the severity of the injuries," said Fletcher -P 1 a 1 1, 3 O SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JANUARY 28-29 O '.V - 1 ' GRAPEFRUIT Arizona Whites, Good & Juicy GREEN TOP BUNCH CARROTS BUNCHES 8 TVlesh Bag 35C Turnips and Rutabagas 3 lbs. 23c GAINES DOG FOOD Pound Pkg. 79c lOpoimd Pkg. 1.49 : TREE TOP Apple Juice f)( f- We IU Give sⅈ GREEN 'J STAMPS J J PARTY TIME -CRUSHED PINEAPPLE in heavy syrup 303 SIZE can 20' PARTY TIME vG V-oz can 3SSe Tomato Juice WHITE STAR T I I Kl A Kil l I Pf ALL BRANDS v BITE SIZE I U IN "jPL I VI I lm k (Regular Shelf Price) ' r rn tall cans- case of 48 (Om'can SC 25'C S95 -PURE IMI lfff U.S. GRADE CHOICE 1 3EL" CH BEEF ROASTS o&c 0r' Round or : jQ(6)c e) tlb. f jj Blade Bone DV.Ib. . rrprpra u.s. grade good or choice klamath I flPFf OV Xc Ir3 II3 Ir3 GRAIN FED. Come in and see for yourself. fi-UULkCI LUaLaU We Cut, Wrap and Freeze. O STORE HOURS: WEEKDAYS 8:30 TO 7 - SUNDAYS 10 TO 7 O . ''I"-:' ' '. . '., - .. . .- - ...... '.I... ' . ... Ford's manager of traffic safety and highway improvement. But he said there isn't enough information available yet to say just how much protection a safe ty belt would offer, whether it would1 be a . worthwhile safeguard.-;'1; .. i i :r. i 't Opponents t)f ; the belt " idea argue that many motorists are thrown clear of cars in accidents when they might: have been crushed inside. . ' ' Piatt said this argument is not a sound one. "Many, persons are injured - or killed .by being thrown. The odds seem ; to be with a person who stays with the car." ; . ;-,--;j Just Beginning J A1 Haynes, assistant chief re search engineer, said the auto industry is just beginning, to gather the facts about safety belts. . ... ; ; :. Ford's guinea pigs are dummies that resemble human beings in weight . and . size and are intri cately adjusted to "react" just as a man or woman would at the instant a crash occurred. The deliberate wrec k s are: photo graphed by movie cameras- from every a n g 1 e. The accordibned wreckage is pulled apart and ex amined inch by inch. . "We don't " know how much force. the belts should Toe able to support' Haynes said. "And another question is how much pressure : the . human', body , can stand. The safety : belts in air planes meet certain CAA speci fications but we are dealing with different conditions." . . Automobile safety belts are al ready on the market. A good set for' one car costs between $30 and $35, including installation. But the auto industry's safety engineers aren't ready to say how safe a safety belt is. Bills in Leg is la? ure 266 new bills for . first .reading'. All measures received unani mous approval on the floor, in cluding one to provide penalties for counterfeiting,- removing,- or defacing tags and markings - on agricultural products.' The House passed and sent to the governor a bill allowing pri vate , persons to refer juvenile dependency and delinquency cases to the courts outside coun ties where they reside. The meas ure was previously approved by the Senate. Other measures winning final approval before going to the Sen ate would require quarterly in stead of monthly, reports by county school superintendents to the state superintendent of pub lic instruction; give' a full 12- months registration for vehicles being registered for the first time in the state; and extend the prorated vehicle license pur chase agreement to private as well as for hire carries. . Members suspended the rules of the house to give immediate approval to a Senate resolution calling for a joint observance of Lincoln's birthday - anniversary on Feb. 11. Salem U.PJ Rep. C. Allen Tom (R-Ruf us) has . introduced companion bills in the House to require mine operators to re store the shape and -surface of soil condition of the '' area they had mined at the end of their operations, and to prevent silting of any body of water by mine operators if it would affect the agricultural or recreational value of the water. A bill introduced by Rep. Mau rine Neuberger, Portland Demo crat, would put; the state police force under state civil service. A series of judiciary commit tee bills included: One to extend pension benefits - to widows of Supreme or Circuit Court judges who died before retirement but after six years of " service; to eliminate the present restriction of more than two circuit judges serving ' temporarily on the : su preme court bench, and provid ing : for two additional circuit 1 j udge-f or. Multomah .cauntjr.Bnd one additional ' judge in"' Lane county.- . . Salem U.R) Partnership con struction of the John Day dam on the Columbia rive: has been recommended by the State and Federal Affairs Committee of the Oregon House of represents' tives, but Reps. Walter .J. Pear son and Maurine Neuberger, Portland Democrats, served, no tice they would brmg out a mi nority 'report., &- 'i:y- ?;j:;;;' A , House joint memorial to Congress urging partnership con struction of John Day was intro duced by Rep. Charles A. Tom of Rufus and it was this memo rial that the committee voted to send to the floor of the House with a favorable recommenda tion. Reps. Pearson and Neuberger have expressed belief that such dams should be built by the .fed eral eovernment alone. I The state and federal affairs committee, headed by Rep. Wil liam W. Bradeen of Burns, also acted favorably on a bill to es tablish a state historical board to co-ordinate the activities of state historical agencies in Ore gon. The aims of the bill were explained . by Rep. E. H. Mann of Medford and Sen. Monroe Sweetland of Milwaukie, who were members of a legislative interim' committee to study his toricar institutions in Oregon. Salem U.R) Legislation to ban fishing derbies has been in troduced in the House by two Oregon representatives who charged that such derbies, .en couraged wasteful fishing practices.-- ' - j . Reps. Robert Elfstrom, Salem, and John P. Amacher, .Winches ter, both Republicans, intro duced a measure in the -House which called for elimination of the federal tax offset against the state income tax. - - - Gov. Paul Patterson .favored such a bill in his message to the Legislature. It would raise about $30,000,000. ' ' - II r' pwb,yf?,h Li II Continuous Revolts Seen in Costa Rica ; -Managua, Nicaragua (U.R) Costa Rican " ex-President Teo dord Picado says the revolt that collapsed . there Tuesday is only the first in a series that will con tinue until President Jose Fig ueres.'is overthrown. ' ' Picado, father , of the West Point-trained captain who . led the rebel army, said hi an inter view last night Figueres ha s transformed . Costa Rica ;frbm " a nation of brothers into a "coun try of many hates." ; '. : . The frontier was still; tense today with ; Nicaraguan ; troqps drawn, up to .the north while Costa Rican troops beat the bush es to the south in search. of reb els who might still be lurking in the former "buffer zone." No clashes were reported. .; !- ,! Merry -Go-Rounders Han Dance for Pol6 Benefit A The . Merry - Go - Rounders Square Dance club will hold a dance and. white elephant auc tion sale at Camp Corral' Satur day, Jan. 29,' it was announced today! Dancing will be from 8:30 p. m. to midnight and all proceeds will be turned over to the March of Dimes." '-'t " Calling will be by all square dance callers who can attend, the announcement ..stated. A .'; S ; " Sponsors ' urged ; all square dancers to attend and to bring a white elephant ' item' . to be auctioned. Refreshments will be available throughout-: the, eve- mn- ; v California occupies more than one-third the Pacific ; coastline of the United Slates. : Si J v-: Mardi Gras Dance Scheduled ; Saturday f ) A" Mardi Gras - dance, ; with, proceeds' going to the March of Dimes,- has been scheduled-for the Pioneer room of the Jack- son-hotel Saturday night, it was announced today. Music will be - provided by .Johnny Lusk's band and admission will be $1 per couple. The party will; be cabaret style, those , in . charge said. :-';; ; : - A- 900-pound steer, cut, wrap ped and with a year's free lock er service; will be "given away during' themternuidn. ; Other entertainment also is planned. - Central Point Sets MOD Projects Central Point Several events have been scheduled for the next ' few days - in the Central Point March of Dimes campaign, ac cording to Wendell Panter, chair man. A Mile o' Dimes, sponsored by the Central Point Explorer couts, will be held on Pine st. Saturday. . , A square dance will be held at Legion 'Memorial hall Satur day, starting at 9 p. m., with Medford callers participating; It is sponsored by Myers-Holland American Legion Post 129,' in cooperation wift Mr. and Mrs. Paul Larson. Admission will be by a contribution to the "Bucket of Bucks" which will hang in the foyer, according to those in charge.' 5 ;"v- ' . A Mothers' March will be held Monday from 7 to 8 p: m. and . volunteers who desire to assist in the project are asked to con tact Panter. ; - ;i;r ' A- Blue Crutch day also is planned, when tiny - lapel "crutches" will he sold through out the city. :-. 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