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Lottie Osfle off MaDta Starts Mew Trend Sn FoDBtDcaB Moves Br CHARLES M. MeCANN United Press Staff Writer The little Mediterranean island ef Malta, which made itself a Statewide Alert Starts in Michigan For Escaped Slayer Ionia., Mich. (U.R) Author ities ordered a statewide alert today in the search for a "defin itely dangerous" murderer who escaped the Michigan State Re formatory in a storybook fash ion. Deputy Warden George Kropp said James Vincent Ecker, 19, Saginaw, Mich., made his get away Tuesday by hiding in a packing crate in which a prison made desk was being shipped ' outside the prison. He said Ecker, serving a life sentence for the slaying of Mrs. Verda J. Odom, Mt. Morris, Mich., in March, 1953, was "a bad one we didn't want to lose." "He is definitely dangerous and probably armed with at least a knife," Kroupp said. "We tried to keep a pretty close eye on him, especially after we heard rumors that he was going to try an escape." Kroupp said Ecker was work ing in the upholstery section of the prison furniture factory and was reported missing during a routine check when the plant closed for the night. Further checking revealed that Ecker was last seen shortly before the desk was shipped out on a commercial trucking line. A check of the trucking firm revealed that the packing case had a hole in it large enough to allow Ecker to crawl out. Kropp said Ecker was involv ed in a thwarted escape attempt at the prison last November. Police concentrated their search on numerous wooded areas around the prison. "We figure he laid low in one of the wooded areas for the night," they said. "We hope to catch him when he makes his move." Kropp said prison authorities would question the inmates who worked with Ecker on the theory that one of them must have helped him and might be able to give some information about his plans. ; "Someone must have helped liim enclose himself in that crate," he said. 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Bermuda, Gibraltar, Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, Hong Kong, and Fiji in the South Pacific are mentioned as among those which might be affected. The London negotiations are being conducted by Alan Lennox- Boyd, the British colonial secre tary, and Dom Mintoff, the new prime minister of Malta. Strange Revolution Mintoff, a 39-year-old architect who is the leader of the Malta Labor Party, is sometimes re ferred to as the most revolution ary of the island's leaders. It is a strange sort of revolu tion, however, that Mintoff wants. He asks that Malta , be given a status ' something like that of Northern Ireland and that its economy be merged with that of Britain. The big reason behind Malta's desire for a change is that its economy is now linked too inti mately with the requirements of the British navy, air force and army, and of the southern com mand of the North Atlantic Trea ty Organization. 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I S4SE GUIDfu CARTER Medford, Oregon - 7208 hands wMt . ; ; 1 The island is dependent upon the fluctuating demand of the fighting services for . labor and some goods. It wants to get the benefit of Britain's liberal social welfare services. Ancient Civilisation There is also the fact that Mal tese people are sensitive over their "colonial" status. Malta is a crown colony. But its people do not like to think of themselves as on a par with colonies, say, in Africa. They are highly civilized people. They were civilized, in fact, about 1,500 years before Britons were their history goes back to the Phoenicians who peo pled it in remote pre-Christian days. . . The island is tiny only 17V4 miles long and 9 miles wide. It has two even tinier satellite islets.. But it has a population of about 317,000 and it is one of the important ports of call in the world. , In World War II Malta stood up unflinching for three years against, merciless Italian and German aerial bombings. It was 1,000 miles from the nearest Brit ish positions for a while and could be supplied only by sub marine. In April, 1942, King George VI decorated the island as a whole with the George Cross, the high est British civil award, for "hero ism and devotion that will long be famous in history." In 1947, in further recognition of Malta's gallantry, it was given a greater measure of self-government. Communications Lottera to the Editor must bear i the nam and address ot the writer tlthouch under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letter with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for Duplica tion must not exceed 400 words. Vote Again and Again and Again To the Editor: Laws concern ing elections for district budget ing and bonding are "fearfully and wonderfully made." For example the Central Point Rural Fire District. It was organized by promoters who had their eye on the fat salaried jobs at the top. So, seeing how easily they may be obtained they wanted some of their friends to enjoy the same easy seat. So we had an election to create another station with its accompanying fat positions. The property own ers voted to defeat the proposal 84 to 37. Under former laws that would have settled the matter. Not so under this modern law. The Fire Chief and his easily swayed board of directors weren't satis fied with the election results and call for another election in less ' than a month to ; vote on the same question. I inquired from some legal authority in the court house what they could do under this law and was told they may call election after election until they obtain results satisfactory to them. I asked what recourse the property owners have in case they were dissatisfied and was told they have none whatever. Fellow property owners in the district go down to the station on the 23rd and defeat this measure again. And if after re peated elections you get tired of voting and let it carry, then get your property out of the district before the sheriff is called in to liquidate your bus iness. H. E. Conger, Rt. 2, Box 403, Medford, Ore. Voices Appreciation To the Editor: I want to ex press my sincere appreciation to all of the Medford Sauadron Civ il Air Patrol members who don ated their time to answer the call for assistance on the Civil Defense Alert held on Wednes day morning, June 15. Senior members assisting were Bette E. Miller, Joyce Williams and Rob ert McCorkle. 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