Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 13, 1955, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextIMpp-jiIaq State Convention; Crater IKIngh Central Point Delesates from all parts of the state will start arriving here Tuesday for the 27th annual Oregon Future Farmers of America convention scheduled for March 15 through 13. Registration for the conven tion will start Tuesday at 3 p.m. a't Crater High school, with the first event, the state public speaking contest, and talent night, set for 7:30 o'clock that evening. Business sessions start Wed nesday morning at 8:30 o'clock with the state parliamentary contest set for that evening. Thursday night will feature presentation of awards, togeth er with talent and stunt final ists. "Will Install Officer The final business session, set for Friday morning, will see conclusion of the convention with a new slate of state offic ers being installed. A special guest for the con vention will be Jay Wright, Na tional FFA vice-president, of Al amo, Nev. Wright will be the featured speaker Thursday mor ning. Other speakers will include O. I. Paulson, state director of vocational education; and John Trux. of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company. Host unit for the convention will be the Crater chapter. Lead er of the Crater chapter is Leo nard Kunzman, Central Point, who also is a member of the state FFA board of directors for the Rogue-Umpqua district. Stalo Officer Coming State officers who are expect ed to take pert in the conven tion include Dan Dunham, Lake view, president; Dick Paul, Pendleton, vice-president; Bur ton Aus. Oregon City, secretary; Wilmont Elder, Enterprise, treasurer; Delbert Kessi. Eddy ville. reporter; Byron Edmonds, Sandy, sentinal. and Ralph L. Revenue, Traffic Up Af Medford Airport Revenue, plane traffic and passenger traffic at the Medford airport for February showed "a very substantial increase over the corresponding month a year ago." according to Ralph Pierce, manager. In his monthly report. Pierce said revenue was 82,160.25. up $318.55, plane traffic was 3,950, up 269. and passenger traffic was 5,029, up 1,217. Other totals showed that mail poundage on and off at the port was 17,992, express was 4,323 and freight was 40,324. ' Revenues included $1,087.26 'for building rental, $587.61 for landing fees, $109 for CAA serv ices, $284.53 for electric service, lus smaller miscellaneous items. RUMMAGE SALE 1st Christian Church 104 North Ivy March 14-159 to 5 For Pickup Call 2-8750 or 2-5158 Sponsored by Women' Fellowship T EATON'S DINNER HOUSE S12 Crater Lake Ave. ITALIAN AND AMERICAN DINNERS SPECIAL All the Soahettt and Homemade Ravioli you can eat. Includes Home Made Bread. Butter and Coffee. j QQ 5 COURSE ITALLIAN DINNER $1.50 Open 5:30 PJH. Till 9 P.M. Fri.. Sat.. Sun., and Mon. Only 7 1T0NITE Q Gates open, 6:30 Show at 7 PlttS 3 j Marilyn MONROEjn ; ( "7f5TV CrN, cer, GRANT "! Minn Arrnve Tuesday Morgan, Salem, adviser. Each FFA chapter In the state will send two official dele gations to the convention, and other members also will attend. Total expected attendance has been estimated at about 400, making the convention one of the largest to be held in Jack son county this year. Portlander Admits Fatal Shooting at Cafe Last Year Portland U.R) Ivar W. Eklof, 70, Saturday signed a statement admitting the fatal shooting of Peter Crowe last May in front of the Sunrise cafe here. Eklof, who was arrested Fri day afternoon on a drunk charge as "a likely suspect" in the shooting, was to be formally charged with first degree mur der sometime Saturday, accord ing to detectives John Fraser and Joe Blewett. Wait Ballistics Results Police still were awaiting the results of a second ballistics test made on a .22 revolver found hidden in a battered valise in Eklof's room after he was taken into custody. Eklof strongly denied the shooting when first questioned. However, one witness emphati cally identified him as the gun man, and another said there was a strong resemblance, and at mid-morning he made his state ment. Claimed Robbery Detective Fraser said Eklof claimed to have suffered a head injury some time ago, and . he claimed Crowe once robbed him. He began to carry the gun, he said, because he was afraid of being robbed again and he believed another head injury might be fatal. On the morning of the shoot ing, Eklof said, Crowe came out of the cafe "carrying his hands like Jack Dempsey, like he was going to hit me." He said he pulled out his old-model wea pon and fired point-blank at the victim"s chest. Education Group Sets Medford Meet Salem (U.R) The governor's planning committee on state and White House education con ference will hold 22 regional education conferences of laymen and educators throughout Ore gon. The regional sessions will be held in May with a state confer ence in June, the committee de cided at a meeting here Friday. A White House conference will be held Nov. 28, to which Ore gon will send 13 delegates. At its March 29 meeting, the governor's committee will invite 50 citizens, educators and lay men equally divided, to set up the regional sessions in the fol lowing cities: Ontario, John Day, Klamath Falls , La Grande, Pendleton, Medford, Grants Pass, Roseburg, Coos Bay, Newport, Seaside, Mc Minnville, Eugene, Corvallis, Salem, Oregon City, Hillsboro, Beaverton, Gresham, The Dalles, Bend and Portland. Stephenson Promoted By Highway Department Salem U.R) Phillip M. Stephenson, Salem, has been promoted to the position of Bridge Engineer for the state highway department, according to R. H. Baldock, highway engi neer. Stephenson succeeds G. S. Paxson, who was named as sistant state highway engineer last year. HuHe urn GRAYSON 'iowuo KEEL MTHim miLLUl rm -Km nsst u turn m Mernr. MONROE ! I Gi.,.r ROGERS ) i STATE FFA LEADERS Pictured above are state officers of Future Farmers of America, who will hold their 27th annual con vention March 15 through 18 in Central Point. They are, left to right, Dick Paul, Pendleton, vice-president; Wilmont Elder, Enter prise, treasurer; Dan Dunham, Lakeview, president; Burgon Aus, Oregon City, secretary; Byron Edmonds, Sandy, sentinel; Delberg Kessi, Eddyville, reporter. Other state officers not pictured include district vice-presidents Ralph Barker, Ontario; Richard Evans, Myrtle Point, and John Weisz, Gervais. Headquarters for the con vention will be Crater High school. West Coast Airlines Plans To Set Up 'Copter Service Seattle (U.R) West Coast Airlines Saturday announced it has applied for Civil Aeronau tics Board permission to provide helicopter commuter service connecting cities on its airline route with smaller communities wheh do not have adequate air ports. Nick Bez, WCA president, said the request asked for authoriza tion to serve 34 Washington towns and 20 Oregon communi ties with helicopters. He said the connecting service would run from "heliports' to commercial airports. Helicopters also would be used to provide additional service between some cities al ready served by West Coast Air lines. "We don't want ctiizens of the smaller communities to be misled into thinking this, type of serv ice is going to happen day after tomorrow," Bez sad. 'But this application is a declaration of our future planning to operate such a service." Communities in Oregon listed for helicopter service in the ap plication are: Albany, Astoria, Beaverton, Eugene, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Independence, Lebanon, Mc- Hells Canyon Hearing Slated for Portland Washington (U.R) Hearings will be held in Portland, Ore., in mid-April on the Hells Cany on bill introduced in Congress this week. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said the hearings would be held by the Senate Interior Committee, of which he is a member. He and Chairman James E. Murray (D-Mont) would be among those partici pating. Hearings would also be held in Lewiston, Idaho, and Pasco, Wash, before the Portland meet ing. They would be held during the Congressional Easter recess. Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.), who sponsored the bill in the House, said she hoped to attend the hearings. , Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) was one of 30 senators, among them Sen. Neuberger, who spon sored the Senate bill for a feder al high dam at the Snake River site. Milwaukee Road Opens New Offices in Eugene Chicago (U.R) The Mil waukee Road has announced the opening of a traffic depart ment office, in Eugene, Ore., on March 15. The railroad at the same time announced that Arthur G. Brett has ben appointed district freight and passenger agent with headquarters in Eugene. George V. Valley, who had been district passenger agent in Portland since 1947, has been appointed assistant general agent at the Portland office. . Court Records POLICE COVRT C. S. Taylor, overtime parkins', SI and S3 warrant. AI Ray, overtime parking, $1 and S5 warrant. Claude DeVere Morgan, failure to yield right of way to pedestrian. S10. John Spencer Weisbred. violation of basic rule. $10. J. S. Schulman, unattended vehicle, $5. DISTRICT COURT Keith J. Thompson, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Mae L,. Gunter, ns operator's li cense, S7.50. CIRCIIT COIRT Marlene Joan Faulkner vs. Richard Allen Faulkner, divorce complaint. Rose Ann Jones vs. Jack Howard Jones, divorce complaint. Katie Mae Holt vs. Charles T. Holt, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Walbert Charles Flackus. 45. of 871 B St.. Ashland, and Velna Mae Hitzel, 30, of 110 Lincoln St., Ashland. ffnr IFFM I 5s Sote Minnville, Molalla, Newport, Newberg, Ocean Lake, Oregon City, Salem, Seaside, Sheridan, Silverton, Sweet Home and War renton. COMING SOON! ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT ROMANTIC WAR STORIES! MEDFORD'S FAMILY THEATRE Matinee 1 P.M. Today Evening: show 6:45 P.M. First Medford Showing nd skrt cast f laffs! wH JOAN GREENWOOD COWMW KLtASi . PLUS J0HNN VEISSMUILER II E mi.'mjn.'.i iGAfiMlBMAlYAX I j I X I colour S Ends Tonite IMF ft I Observers Honored For Serving Watch At GOC's RR Post Rogue River Four observers for the Rogue River Ground Ob server corps post have not missed a watch since the post was formed on March 15, 1954. The four. Belle Hart, Fred Dengler, and Mr. and Mrs. Gothier, received recognition last week at a GOC meeting held at Live Oak Grange hall. Four others, including Cassie Golding, Joe Golding, Juanita Scott and Mrs. Fred Dengler, have missed only one watch during the same period. Wings Presented , Wings were presented to Mrs. Iza Forsythe, who has com pleted 40 hours of active duty as an observer. The presentation was made by Sgt. Bernard B. Moore, Air Force man who works with the GOC in this area. Two new observers have joined the Rogue River post, and two who formerly served have again taken up active duty. New observers are Robert Mars and Leora Mitchell, and those rejoining the post are Verlie Babcock and Mary Wogen. Sergeant Moore reported on the Medford GOC post's "birth day party," in observance of that post's first anniversary. Howard Miller, chief observer for the Rogue River post, pre sided at the meeting. Donations amounting to $3.35 .were given for the post treas ury. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Mostly cloudy Sunday with occasional showers; occasional snow most mountain areas Sunday; colder entire area Sunday; westerly winds 10-20 mph near coast. TONITE SSft f4U 1 hlMM COLOR w if" starring Robtrt WAGNER D.bra PAGET J.ffr.y HUNTER John LUND Hugh O'BRIEN PLUS Jtinifer W.ilyirf JONES CUR a coiumim must HURRY! HURRY! ENDS TONITE S5H 1 Gates open XjfftW - I 6:30 p.m. T7iLJSEi 5s PLUS TJl Rtdt HUDSON L -V 3i HALE feto OfllNN Sunday, March 13, 1955 Governor Says Gore Plan 'Unrealistic' Salem OJ.P.) Gov. Paul L. Patterson said Saturday in his opinion the highway department program proposed by U. S. Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) is "totally unrealistic with reference to needs of the very important in terstate highway system." Gore had asked all governors to comment on his program. Gov. Patterson said he consid ered the 10-year highway devel opment program proposed by President Eisenhower to be pref erable. The governor said the Gore program is really merely an ex pansion oi tne present iederai aid program, which would take 30 years to complete. About 46.000 miles of road will be built in the U. S. in 1955. DOORS OPEN 12:45 MO A love story that hurtles full speed across the barriers of convention, ;;i in Paris, Rome Monte Carlo, Nice, The Swiss Alpsl from COth Century-Fox in KIRK DOUGLAS BELLA DARVI GILBERT ROLAND ,CESAR ROMERO.- KATY JURADO LEE J. COBB D McDOAKS COMEDY o CARTOON o CONTINUOUS. FROM m V . i h j 12:45 P.M. JLN --'' h ILJ APTAIN I IGHTFOOT tarring Rock HUDSON -Barbara RUSH Jeff MORROW Kathleen RYAN Rnfey CURRIE Denis MEDFORD (OREGON) Hotel Arson Suspect Portland (U.R) Russell Arnold Uren, 42, was bound over to a grand jury Friday afternoon at a preliminary hear ing in municipal court here in connection with the tragic hotel fire early Wednesday in which five persons died. Uren, an unemployed railroad worker, has admitted that a blanket which caught fire in his MARY'S . . CASA . . OPEN Daily & Sunday (Except Monday) - HOURS -5 P.M. to 9 P.M. Daily 2 P.M. to 8 P.M. Sundays Home of REAL Italian Food 537 Mary St. - Phone 2-5349 rinr hx, np HYP J :;:- : r s A a V:--: i v"';-: CINemaScoPE 'JULIAN BLAUSTEIN r HENRY HATHAWAY m,'S PLUS S A ;i m '.. 4,::a ? J A TECHNICOLOR FEATURETTE DANNY KAYE ASSIGNMENT CHILDREN MAIL TRIBUNE- THIRTEEN; Bound Over to Jury room may have started the blaze, which forced 70 residents of the Lind Hotel to flee for their lives. Anne Alexander, 64, who was with Uren at the time of the fire, was ordered held as a ma terial witness by Judge J. J. Murchison. i o ASH LAN Do CONTINUOUS FROM 1 P.M. -VHIilllMTTdl 'I i'. .i tilifk I MOWS SHOWING HAG In th Wonder ef STEREOPHONIC SOUND CHARLES KAUFMAN 0 SPECIAL SHORT A LATE w NEWS O'DEA Jeffrey TOONE in 1