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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.
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March 14-159 to 5
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Call 2-8750 or 2-5158
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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