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J c Rome (U.R) An oil slick
spotted on the Tyrrhenian sea
e today provided the first appar
ent clue to the fate of a missing
Belgian airliner and its 29 pas
sengers and crewmen.
The oil slick was discovered
by an Italian Air Force search
3 plane, off the port town of Santa
Severa, 30 miles north of Rome,
The Italian plane was one of
the large American - Italian
search team. '
Slick Investigated
Italian sea planes immediately
went to the scene from their
base at the nearby Air-Sea Res
cue Center at Vigna di Valley.
0 The Italian corvette Cedro ar
rived off Santa Serva to investi
gate and anotner corvette was
ordered to the scene and due
to arrive about nightfall.
Among tne passengers were
four Americans and Italian mov
ie starlet, Marcella Mariani, 20,
o who was "Miss Italy" of 1953.
Search Near Rome
o
A search throughout the
night and this morning failed
to confirm earlier reports that
the wreckage of the plane had
been sighted in the barren moun
tains north of Rome.
Italian newspapers had report
ed that an Italian Air Force hel
icopter had sighted the wreck
age near Madonna del Piano,
near Sutri and about 30 miles
north of Rome. The plane was
a mere 15 minutes from its stop
over destination at Rome, en
route to Leopoldville in the Bel
gian Congo from Brussels.
s The search concentrated north
of Rome, however, for shepherds
reported they had seen a great
fire raging in the woods some
10 miles south of Viterbo. Al-
Independent Stores
Cut Coffee Prices
All Independently owned gro
cery stores in the Medf ord area
have cut the price on nationally
advertised brands of coffee six
cents a pound, from $1.09 to
$1.03, it was announced today
by C. R. Baucom, of the Inde
pendent Grocers association.
"Independent stores are lead
ing the way in the price drop
on nationally advertised brands,"
Baucom declared. He noted that
there will be no immediate cut
in nationally advertised brand
prices in the Ashland and Grants
Pass areas.
Safeway stores last week an
nounced price cuts on its three
brands, with some of the de
creases amounting to as much
as 18 cents. Other brands were
unchanged at that time. .,
Burial Plans Made
For Gen. Somervell
Ocala, Fla. U.R) Plans for
burial in Arlington National
cemetery were being made to
day for Gen. Brehon H. Somer
vell, industrialist and former
Arijny service and supply chief
vsVo
Soi
; ly of
,.o died here yesterday. v .
Somervell, 62, died apparent-
y of a heart attack at his home
here during a leave of absence
as board chairman and president
of the Hoppers' Co., Inc., of
Pittsburgh.
He retired from the Army in
1946.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 411.39 off 2.60, 20 rail
roads 145.69 up 0.17, 15 utilities
62.32 off 0.04, 65 stocks 152.07
off 0.48. Sales today were about
2,950,000 shares.
Final Preparations Made for Atomic
Explosion Scheduled in Nevada Tuesday
Las Vegas (U.R) Officials
today made final secret prepara
tions for the first atomic, ex
plosion tomorrow of "Operation
e Teapot," a 1955 series of nuclear
blasts designed to "keep our
strength at peak level."
No Alternative .
Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss, here
to witness the test, told news
men yesterday that recent So
viet boasts of vast atomic stock
piles leave the U.S. with "no
alternative - but to, keep, our
strength at peak level. The con
sequences" of any other course
, would, imperil our liberty, even
our existence."
Strauss said the current series
of tests also will "prove highly
important data which can be ob
tained in no other manner on
though the area is only about
30 miles north of Rome, it is
one of the most desolate in Italy
with rocky, barren hills and
valleys of underbrush which
have been the traditional hide
out of bandits. . ;
Americans Identified
The Americans were:
Paul Leroy. 28. Lake Hiawa
tha, N.J., -Robert Singer, 30, of
Brooklyn, N.Y., E. J. Suter, 48,
of Brussels, and Mrs. Gloria
Guerrieri, secretary of Miss Mar
iani who lives in Rome.
Crewmen were all Belgians
with exception of the English
co-pilot, Patrick MacNamara.
Code Correction
Package Approved
By Vote in House
Salem U.R) The Oregon
House today opened its sixth
week of business with a full
calendar of 23 bills up for final
passage, including a code correc
tion package of 15 measures.
The corrective bills were all
given quick approval with the
exception of one referred to the
Tax committee where a similar
bill is being considered. Purpose
of the judiciary package was to
correct errors discovered in the
total code revision and rewrit
ing job accomplished by the
1953 legislature. The measures
were : previously passed by the
Senate ; ir
Tax Law Loophole
The House also gave unani
mous approval to a bill that
would, plug a loophole that no
one had. noticed before in the
corporation excise tax law. The
bill now goes to the Senate and
if it is approved and signed by
the governor, corporations will
be required to report accounts
receivable -,as taxable - income
when they "; dissolve. Corpora
tions are now free of that re
quirement. A bill introduced by Rep. Ed
win Johnson (R.-Eugene) to in
clude park and recreation dis
tricts : and . drainage districts
among those whose assets and
liabilities are accepted by cities
annexing the districts was given
unanimous approval.
Also passed at today's long
session was a bill permitting
married persons under 21 to
make wills. ,
(See story on Page 5)
Factory Searched
For Victims of Fire
Minneapolis (U.R) An ex
plosion : wrapped a Cargill, Inc.,
plant in flames today, critically
burning at least 13 persons and
possibly trapping more victims
inside.
Firemen said they had spot
ted no bodies shortly after the
exDlosion blasted through a
three-story metal linseed oil ex
traction plant. .
However, firemen were ,sent
into the ruins to search for pos
sible victims trapped inside.
The cause of the blast was
not known, immediately.
' Oregon Observes 96th
Statehood Anniversary
Salem (U.R) Happy
birthday, dear Oregon. Hap
py biYthday lo youl
Oregon, the Valentine state,
eame into being just 96 years
age today, Feb. 14, 1859. Sen
ators and representatives
paused briefly lo observe the
state's S6th birthday.
which to build a sound and ef
fective system of civil defense."
AEC and Defense Department
officials planned to announce at
a news conference, today whether
the nuclear device will be
detonated, from a tower . and
whether any troops will partici
pate. ' v -Weather
Instruments Watched
Scientists, meanwhile;, kept a
close watch on weather instru
ments for signs of weather dis
turbances which could postpone
the initial "shot." Strong public
protests regarding "fallout"
from previous tests here and in
the Pacific are being kept in
mind and any unfavorable
weather conditions would cause
a postponement, even at the last
minute.
But w t a t h t r conditions ap
Pflimlin Gives Up
Attempt To Form
French Cabinet
President Calls on
Socialist Group Leader
Paris (U.R) Pierre Pflimlin
gave up attempts to form a gov
ernment today and President
Rene Coty issued an urgent call
to Socialist Christian Pineau to
attempt to gather support nec
essary to become the next pre
mier of France.
The deepening 10-day-old
crisis which began with the
ouster of Pierre Mendes-Franc
threw the future of German re
armament and the Western Eu
ropean Union in doubt.
Ratfication Delayed
Ratification of the Paris
Agreements has been delayed in
the upper chamber of parlia
ment pending the confirmation
of a new premier and cabinet.
Pineau, 50-year-old leader of
the powerful Socialist parli
amentary group and a friend of
the United States, agreed to
start preliminary talks toward
drawing up a program. He said
he will seek permission of his
party, which has 104 deputies,
to become premier-designate.
Head Franco-American Group
Pineau is head of a Franco
American friendship society in
the National Assembly.
The Socialists have remained
outside the givernment for the
last three years although . they
compromise the largest single
party in the assembly. They
supported the fallen government
of Mendes-France on West Ger
man rearmament and other ma
jor issues.
By calling Pineau, Coty turn
ed to a left-of-center majority
in "an attempt to end the govern
ment crisis that resulted from
the fall of the Mendes-France
government.
Hall Thinks Ike
Will Run Again
Washington (U.R) Republic
can National Chairman Xeohard
W. Hall discussed 1956 GOP con
vention plans with President Ei
senhower, today and said after
wards he still thinks the Presi
dent will be available for a
second term.
Hall also said that Chicago,
Philadelphia and San Francisco
are the leading cities under con
sideration for the 1956 GOP
presidential nominating conven
tion. He said Mr. Eisenhower
favors a late date and a "shorter
campaign," goals also desired by
the Democratic party.
Hall . said the subject of Mr.
Eisenhower's own 1956 inten
tions did not enter into today's
discussion. But he added that
nothing happened to change his
assumption that Mr. Eisenhower
will be available for renomin
ation. .: ,
(See story on Page 3)
Jessel's Girl Friend
Apparent Suicide
Beverly Hills, Calif. (U.R)
Abigail Adams, the part time ac
tress who waited in vain 11 years
for Actor George Jessel to marry
her, apparently took an overdose
of sleeping pills to end her own
life, police reported today.
The 31-year-old beauty was
discovered yesterday by Max
Marks, who said he had escorted
her to several night clubs Satur
day. Marks' told police he ; ar
rived at her apartment to fmd a
"do not disturb" sign on the
door. The coroner scheduled an
autopsy for later today. ;
A friend of Miss Adams tele
phoned Jessel, who fainted when
he heard Miss Adams had died.
An, heiress, Miss Adams stop
ped extensive dating with Jessel
in December, saying she no long
er wished to be a playgirl. ;
peared ideal and spokesmen said
the experiment apparently
would come off on time unless
some link in the intricate firing
cnam should balk. . . .
About Same as 1953 Tests
Strauss . and test manager
James E. Reeves said that the
1955 series of nuclear explosions
would be about the same as the
1953 series here in number of
devices tested and their power.
Two years ago, ten devices, few
of the explosions are of com
pleted weapons, were tested with
their -power ranging up to an
estimated equivalent of 65,000
tons of TNT.
The series will be climaxed
in mid-April with a major civil
defense test involving a replica
city now being built on the Ne
vada desert. Some flOOO troops
will participate.
Medfokd
United J?rss full Leased Wire
49th Year 14 Pages
Girl Critically
Injured in Crash;
Two Others Hurt
Accident Victim
Still Unconscious
A young Medf ord woman is
in critical condition today at
Sacred Heart hospital and two
others are hospitalized as r the
result of a one-car accident early
Sunday northeast of the Med
ford city limits.
Donna Nelson, 20, of 408 Beat
ty st., has not regained consci
ousness since the accident which
occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Sun
day at Spring st., and Pierce
rd. The girl received a bead in
jury and a minor leg injury in
the mishap.
Miss Nelsdn underwent sur
gery last night at the hospital.
Two Girls Hospitalized
Also hospitalized are Donita
Wright, 19, of 1461 East Mc
Andrews rd., who received hip
and ankle injuries, and Jean
Ragsdale, 20, of 513 Palm st.,
who received cuts and bruises
and hip and leg injuries. Hos
pital attendants said both were
in good condition.
Also taken to the hospital
were Robert Yarnell, 22, Phoe
nix, driver of the car, and Ted
Dean Yarnell, 20, of 2348 Camp
Baker rd. Both were examined
and released. All five of the
young people were taken to the
hospital by Medford Abulance
service.
Car Overturned '
Police said the car was turn
ing from Pierce rd. to Spring
st. when the accident occurred.
The car went out of control, go
ing over a four- foot mbankment
and rolled over several times ac
cording to investigating officers.
Two Woman Tumble
From Auio; One Dead
Eugene (U.R) Mrs.Mar-
jorie Stewart, 51, of Seattle,
died here today, of injuries suf
fered in an automobile accident
yesterday in which another Seat
tle woman was injured.
Mrs. Stewart had suffered a
skull fracture and other injuries
when she was thrown from a car
and run over by a truck four
miles east of Willamette Pass.
Mrs. Ruby Featherstone suf
fered internal injuries and a
possible fractured arm.
State police said the two wo
men were riding in a car driven I
by Cullen Avery Witener, 61,
also of Seattle. When the veh
icle went out of control on an
icy spot, one of the women grab
bed the door handle and, as the
car , door opened, reached for
her companion.
Both; women fell to the pave
ment. An , oncoming delivery
truck, driven by Furman Skill-
em Milburn, Creswell, Ore., was
unable to stop and passed over
them. ,
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GUERRILLA LADY Famed
Chinese lady pirate and guer
rilla leader, "Two Gun Wang
Pa-Mei" (above), told news
men on her arrival at Taipeh,
Formosa that the Communist
Chinese have been crucifying
women guerrilla fighters they
capture on offshore islands.
"I've seen five of their vic
tims. They were crucified on
poles and then floated down
so we could see them." The
46 -year -old anti-Communist
leader is also known as Miss
Huang Pai Chi.
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MEDFORD, OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1955
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UNUSUAL NEW AIRPLANE, capable of rising vertically and then tilting helicopter rotors to
conventional propeller position for horizontal flight is rolled out at Bell Aircraft Corp. plant at
Fort Worth, Tex., for inspection. It is reported designed for high speed. ; (International)
Criminal Mailers
Keep Law Officers
F -
Busy Over Weekend
Local law enforcement offic
ers were busy with several crim
inal matters over the weekend.
The sheriff's office and city
police interrogated a youth who
admitted, in a signed statement,
13 crimes in the Rogue valley,
most of them last summer.
The district attorney's office
reported this morning that the
youth, Milton Edward Wallace,
18, Box 55, Phoenix, would be
charged with ' larceny from a
building. It involves a theft of
fotrKbows' and :25" arrows last
August from Southern" Oregon
college, they added.
Admits Other Thefts
Other admissions, included
gas, tire and wheel thefts in
the Medford and Ashland areas,
and 14 watermelons from
around Talent. Two other SOC
thefts included a bed and mat
tress and clothing items.
Three Grants Pass youths
were arrested early yesterday
morning , in a raid by sheriff's
deputies, state police and Liquor
commission representatives at
Rogue River. Charged with il
legal possession of liquor were
Paul, Leslie Seagoe, 18, and two
17-year-old boys. The arrests
were , made on the grounds of
the VFW hall in that city .
Frank Sylvester Jantzer, 39,
Prospect, was arrested Friday by
the sheriff's office on a charge
of contributing to the delin
quency of two minor girls.' Bail
was set at $2,000 on the war
rant, officers said.
Pleads Guilty
In district court action on
Friday, Robert Lawrence Ray,
22, of 11 B st., Ashland, charged
with furnishing' liquor to minors
pleaded guilty and was fined $50
and $5 costs on the charge.
Three , others charged with il
legal possession of intoxicating
liquor, were fined $20 and $5
costs, after pleading guilty to
the charges. Included were Ev
elyn Jean Todd, 18, of 171 B
st., Ashland, Paul Leon Jacks,
19, of 54 Mountain ave., and
a 17-year-old girl from Ashland.
Sheriff Howard Gault took
two men, sentenced to three
year in the state penitentiary,
to Salem today. They were John
Arthur Showalter, 29, Porters
ville, Calif., charged with grand
larceny, and Donald William
Coggins, 19, of 1700 Prune st.,
charged with parole violation.
Work Now Underway on
Third Floor at Annex
Pouring of the second floor
concrete slab in the new court
house annex was completed last
week and work is now being
done on the third floor.
Earlier, freezing weather de
layed concrete work. Workmen
did wall work until the floor
work could be resumed. .
Salem (U.R) - John Moore
of Salem has been reelected
president of the AFL Oregon
State Council of Retail Clerks.
Weather
FORECAST Variable high
cloudiness tonight and Tues
day. Continued mild in after
noons. Low tonight about 30.
High Tuesday 58.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 59
Lowest this ' morning 30
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NafipnaSists To Move
Civilians Off Hanchi
As Attack Expected
Taipeh, Formosa U.R) Generalissimo Chiang , Kai-shek said
today it had "been made nrefectly clear" that the United States
would defend Matsu and Quemoy islands.
He said the two Nationalist outposts . just off the Communist-
held mainland were vital to the defense of Formosa itself and
that in no case will they be abandoned. ,"
Quemoy, only a few miles from the Communist-held port of
Amoy, was the scene Sunday of a 3Vi-hour duel between National
ist and Communist artillery. Matsu is about midway between
Quemoy and Tachen.
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
Nationalists prepared today to
evacuate civilians from the tiny
northern pjpost islanoV4JH
chi in expectation, of anHrlyl
chi in ' expectation of an early
Communist attack,
Nanchi lies 120 miles north
of Formosa and became General
issimo Chiang Kai-shek's north
ern block to Red Chinese island
hopping forces with the loss of
the Tachens. Some of the Tachen
garrison was reported transfer
red there.
Military sources said 2,000
civilians on the island would be
brought out starting Tuesday in
order to avoid casualties, . but
Gen. Peng Meng-Chi, the Na
tionalist commander, said the
island was not being evacuated
but would be defended at all
costs. , , ';
Island Front Quiet i' i
The island front was report
ed quiet' today although heavy
concentrations of Airierican war
ships were still reported north
of Formosa. There wasio new
report of Communist shelling
of Quemoy Island just off the
Red Chinese port of . Amoy.
. Chinese Communist artillery
and Nationalist ,- artillery on
Quemoy .fought : a three-hour
battle Sunday, afternoon until
the .Nationalists silenced .the
Red guns, the military informa
tion service reported. ; ;
The announcement : said Red
units firing from tiny Tatang
Island, one of the islands form-
Judge Barnett To Hear
Civil Cases in County
Circuit Judge Pro Tem Bar
nett . H. Goldstein, Portland,
began work here today for two
weeks in the Jackson county
circuit court, according to court
officials.. ; -:
Goldstein, who was; here re
cently for a brief period, will
handle civil matters in the ab
sence of Judge ; H, K. ;Hanna,
who is recuperating from an ill
ness .
Judge Orval Millard, Jose
phine county, is-expected here
on Thursday to hear criminal
cases. .. . .' . , . . , .'
AMBULANCE CALLED
Medford Abulance service was
called to Antelope rd. in the
Camp White vicinity, early this
afternoon. A California Oregon
Power company man on a line
truck reportedly was hurt. There
were no details. -
MORSE TO SPEAK .. j
Portland : (U.R) Sen. Wayne
L. Morse (I-Ore.) will deliver a
political address here Thursday
night at a public meeting of the
Multnomah County Democratic
Central Committee.
Portland (U.R- Alva , Allen
Cooper, 78, of Gladstonedied of
an apparent heart attack while
climbing a tree to rescue his
cat: Cooper died as a neighbor
attempted ' to ' assist :hiin' from
the tree.
ress full leased Wlr
Price 5c No. 282
.jjJMr 1
.s'Sr!ifwWT
ing a half moon around Que'
moy, lobbed about 250 shells
onto Quemoy's main defense, in-
9"?"ns... - f ?
uitary observers inJTaJpeh
were convinced the Communists
would strike soon against either
Quemoy, which is just opposite
Formosa, or against Matsu which
is halfway between Quemoy
and the abandoned Tachens.
Oregon City Police
Raid Nets Teen-Agers
Oregon City (U.R) - Five
teen-agers were arrested and
two of them booked on morals
charges early Sunday as police
raided an ; apartment here fol
lowing complaints from neigh
bors. - : : - ' "
Sgt Stanley J. Orzechowski
said police found two babies in
the apartment, a : two-year-old
and a 19-month-old. Occupants
of the apartment, Bertha Marie
Sumpter, 19, and Glenn Levern
Arnett, 19, of Portland, were
charged with lewd cohabitation.
Orzechowski said Miss Sump
ter admitted maternity, of the
younger child. .Three . other
teen-agers seen leaving the
apartment were charged with
illegal possession of liquor.
Chou Says US Attack
Would Bring Defeat
' London (U.R) Red China's
Premier Chou En-lai said ' today
"if the United States aggressive
circles dare to launch n aggres
sive attack against us, the Chi
nese peoples are determined to
defeat them."
"We warn the United States
aggressive circles" that the Red
Chinese "are determined and
have the strength to defend their
own .territory," Chou said.'
The Chinese Premier-Foreign
Minister spoke at a reception in
Peiping given by the Soviet
charge -d'affaires in honor of
today's fifth anniversary of the
signing of the Sino-Soviet mutual
assistance treaty. ' '
Warden, Sheriff To Appear
On Charges of
Eugene (U J?) Clarence T.
Gladden, , warden of the '. state
penitentiary, and C. H. Baird.
Sr. Douglas county sheriff, were
to appear today in Lane Coun
ty Circuit Court here for a hear
ing on charges of contempt of
court filed against them. ' "
Transfer of Prisoner ,
The charges grew out of the
secret transfer of Donald ' " E.
Bailey, convicted robber, from
the Salem prison to the Douglas
county jail at Roseburg in No
vember, 1953. .V : v
Bailey, who has been called
the "boss con" of the statelSs-
on. was returned to SalesAft.
Communists Said
Still Determined
To Seize Island
Soviet Support
Pledged To China
United Nations, N. Y (U.R)
The U. N. Security Council
today surveyed the failure of
its efforts to arrange a For
mosa cease-fire and then step
ped aside lo let diplomats
make a new attempt, outside
the United Nations. '
The brief counsel stition
was adjourned, without set
ting a date for its next meet
ing, after defeating a Russian
move to force debate of So
iet resolution branding the
United States an aggressor in
Formosa. -
United Nations, N. Y. CU.TR) :
The Formosan crisis entered a
dangerous new phase today.
Both Nationalist China and
the Communist regime in Pei
ping served blunt notice that
the evacuation of Nationalist
torces from the Tachen Islands
has not eased Communist deter-'
minatlon to seize Formosa.
Alerted for New Efforts
Diplomats in the United Na.;
tions and ; across the Atlantic
were alerted for new efforts to o
prevent the Formosan dusnnte
from flaming into war.
The U. N. Security Council.'
meeting today to resume its dis
cussion of the situation, was con- .
fronted with these facts:
1. Generaliscimn fViiro vj -
shek, in Taipeh, predicted the-
enmese Reds will be encour
aged now to attack Formosa
itself and he declarer tha TTnito
States will assist him in defend
ing Quemoy and Matsu Islands,
just off the mainland coast.
Washington Disagrees .
Washington sources insisted
the United States had taken no
hard and fast position on the de
fense of Quemoy and Matsu and
tne ultimate decision would de
pend upon the circumstances ex
isting at the time the issue be-,
came urgent.
2. Moscow Radio pledged So- .
viet support to Communist China
in its efforts to "liberate" For
mosa and the offshore islands.
evacuating civilians from the
tiny northern island of Nanchi,
in anticipation of an early Com
munist attack. ;
4. Quemoy was subjected to a
heavy Communist artillerv
pounding from Red guns on the
mainland, only 2,000 ; yards
away, yesterday. Nationalist bat
teries on the islands claimed to
have silenced the Communist
guns after a three hour dueL
Attacks Expected
5. Military observers ' in Tai
peh predicted the Reds will
strike next at Quemoy. just on-
posite Formosa or at Matsu, half
way between Quemoy and the
abandoned. Tachens.
Diplomats here doubted any
new U." N. action would be taken
or recommended pending efforts
of "secret diplomacy" to solve
the crisis. 1 ; -
The key man in the diDlo-
ma tic maneuvering, I n d i a's
Prime Minister . Jawaharlal
Nehru, said in London today
that he still is confident di
plomacy can win a truce.
Oral Arguments Set
In State High Court
District Attorney Walter Nun-
ley reported today that he has
received notice that oral argu
ments ; will be made March Z
before the state supreme court
on the constitutionality of the
law on ' not sufficient funds
checks.
The matter is up for review
by the state's highest court, aft
er a local circuit - court ruling
termed the law questionable.
The local case concerned a
charge against Walter Pirkey,
4Z, uentrai Point, and involved
a $120 check payable to Cook-
sey Motors on April 3, 1953.
Attorney Edward Kelly is rer
resenting the defense.
Corvallis (U.R) Albert
Bauer, Portland businessman.
has been elected president' of the
uregon Mate College Dads club.
Contempt
er his attorney, Charles O. For-"
ter oi jLugene, petitioned for
writ of habeas corpus, charging
that Bailey was' held illegally
and incommunicado. '
Made To Restore Order
Warden Gladden said he made
the transfer to restore order and
discipline to the prison follow
ing an inmate riot Bailey was
alleged to have played a mF--Part
in the riot . , i,f;
Porter filed an earlier writ
in the Douglas County Cu-cuii
Court, but Judge John X w
SSSbC "
i
declared the petition mx
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