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i rx A T ir -rv rr RIBUNE 9 . .. i ViT jNT " -yuu rj United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1; 1955 Pages 1-6 If rU-fyl ci III C'MON TO OUR MARDI GRAS Margarita Parker of San - Salvador (left) and Annabel Tinocco of Managua, Nicaragua : visit with John Wayne on movie set of Blood Alley at China : Camp near San Francisco. The girls are touring the area - with invitations to a day long "Mardi Gras" at Bay Meadows " Feb. 5 in nearby San Mateo where they will put on demon- - stration of Central American folk dances. The Mardi Gras I is undertaken by ambitious teen-agers of Sejra High : School to provide funds for athletic equipment for their ; new school. Shortly after this photo was made, Wayne fell z from a gangplank, suffering injury that hospitalized him. Physician TeSIs of Sterilizing Cancerous pone in Girl's Leg Los;-Angeles U.R) A North Holloywood physician told yes terday how he removed a can cerous bone from the thigh of a jpO-year-old girl, cooked it in a Sterilizer to kill the growth as he lay on the operating table 3rad then replaced it in her leg. Z Dr. Vernon P. Thompson first told of . the operation Saturday iefore a convention of 2000 phy sicians of the American Acad emy of Orthopedic Surgery. - He said the girl had a local ized cancer in a 6 inch piece ofj tone. He said hie was reluctant to use plastic or metal parts for the missing bone because the woman, at 20, had a long life expectancy and there was no as surance substitutes would last "that long. Hip Joint Frozen ' Thompson said the hip joint had to be frozen for the 'rare and dramatic operation. - He cut a 6.4 inch piece of the femur out, put it in a steam pres sure sterilizer to kill the can cerous cells and then fitted it back in, using two metal screws . to toenail it into the bone on the lower end and forming a graft with bone shavings in the hip joint. The bone itself was deadened by the heat, but during the time the woman was bedridden a framework of blood cells and tissues to grow upon formed. Thompson said the girl spent nine months in bed before being able to walk on crutches follow ing the-first operation. When she did begin walking with crutches the bone cracked but in suc ceeding operations he strength ened it with a splint from the girl's shin bone. Walks Slowly , - -...Hesaid iske-tww" is able to walk slowly with a noticeable limp and is working at a full- time job. Thompson, now retired, was on the staff of the Los Angeles County hospital when he per formed the surgery five years ago. - Such an operation had never before been tried because of the extreme rarity of the type of cancer the girl suffered, and Dr Thompson said he has no knowl edge that it has been tried since. Ontario, Ore. -r- U.R) Rural area residents of Vale and On tario are agitating for organiza tion of a road district because of a "vital need for improvement of rural roads." Woman Weds Killer Who Faces 14 Years In Stafeville Prison Chicago (U.R) Convict Ed ward Pruszewski, who must serve up to 14 more years in prison for killing his first wife, yesterday married the woman who helped save him from the electric chair. Pruszewski, 32, was led into the chambers of Criminal Court Judge B. Fain Tucker with handcuffs on his wrists. Means of Improving Tourist Industry In Area Discussed The value of the tourist in dustry to Oregon and things that can be done to improve it was the topic discussed at yesterday's noon Chamber, of Commerce roundtable discussion by the main speaker. Mrs. Agnes Berry, president of the Jackson County Motel Owners association, emphasized that one of the biggest 'tourist complaints along the Rogue riv er is the high cost of a non-resident fishing license for just a few minutes fishing time. Would, Increase Revenue She said that the present cost of $5 for one week's angling could be lowered to "even $1 a day," and the State Game commission would ' "receive more money than before.". She added that as it stands now. "the people feel they are being taken." Other factors which will aid in keeping tourists in the area an extra day, the speaker con tinued, include modern highway construction, historical markers and well-marked turnoffs. i Mrs. Berry suggested that lo cal residents could aid the tour ist business by knowing at least one place of interest to recom mend. She added that "cour tesy" really counts in making people return again to the Rogue valley for their vacations. She cited one couple from North Carolina who have returned to the valley three times in seven years, staying at the Berry motel, Rogue Woods, near Trail. 'New Rail Service Robert Holmes, district freight and passenger agent for South ern Pacific, spoke briefly on the inauguration of motor trailer on railroad flatcar shipments, call ed "piggyback" service to the Northwest.- Next Monday's roundtable luncheon will concern Pacific Telephone and !; Telegraph's growth in the area and Oregon, as well as the weekly .swapping of "rumors" in the Rogue valley. 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Like any other bride, Stella went on a gay party with her girl friends Sunday night. Prus zewski spent the night before his marriage lodged in Cook County Jail. "We're just two people who love each other," Stella had said earlier. Stella has stood by Pruszew ski ever since he went to prison. At one point he was sentenced to die. She helped finance his appeal and even typed his legal briefs with the result that the State Supreme Court granted a new trial just 48 hours before the scheduled execution. Originally Faced Death Pruszewski, a naval veteran, stabbed his first wife with a butcher knife as they embraced. At first he was declared insane, but the death penalty was im posed after he regained his rea son. At the end of his new trial early this month, Pruszewski was sentenced to 14 years' im prisonment. ' . However, his lawyer hopes to obtain a parole next year on the grounds that Pruszewski has been in' custody ever since the slaying. 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