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Laughter Irritates Drunk; Three Slain Flint, Mich. U.R) A drink crazed truck driver told police today he shot four persons through th haA kill in a thr of them, because "their laughter irritated me." Kenneth Kuzner, 30, Detroit, entered a local saloon shortly before midnight and sat at the end of the bar for a few min utes. Then he got up and fired "about a dozen" shots from a .38-caliber revolver at the four persons, who were seated in a booth nearby. The dead were identified as Said Farah, 26, a prominent local grocery wholesaler; his wife, Jeannie, 26. and Mrs. Margaret S. Cross. 31, a divorcee who operated a women's cloth ing store here. James R. Dol lar. 26, a student at Flint Junior college, was critically wounded. Police said Dollar regained consciousness this morning but could add nothing to the infor mation they had gathered earlier from witnesses and, Kuzner. They said Dollar told them he had "never seen the guy be fore" when asked if he could give any reason for the attack on him and his companions. Police said they believed Koz ner had interpreted the laughter of the group in the booth as rid icule of him because of his in toxicated condition. Second Round Shots Of Vaccine Released New York (U.PJ Shipment of nearly 1,000,000 shots of Salk polio vaccine will begin today to states where, second-round inoculations are underway or scheduled, the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis said. First shipments were expected to go to Texas. Oklahoma, West Virginia and Missouri. The vaccine involved is about 224,000 cubic centimeters of Wyeth Laboratories vaccine re leased by the Public Health ser vice last week and 720,000 ccs of Eli Lilly vaccine released yesterday. A cubic centimeter is enough for one dose. Four Names Omitted From Committee Slorv A story in yesterday's Mail Tribune inadvertently omitted the names of four men who are on a local committee to make preparations for a regional safe ty conference to bt held here In the fall. The names which were omit ted were S. M. Tuttle, Allen Bo hannon, George Potucek and Charles Crary. The regional conference . is ne of a series being planned to replace the annual statewide comer en ce held in the past. Muhnomah May Drop fairground Site Plans Portland (U.PJ Multnomah county commissioners indicated today they had decided to drop plans to acquire a 182-acre site near here for a new fairgrounds and to continue the fair at Gresh am. Commission Chairman James Gleason said condemnation seiz ure of the land "would not be in the public interest" because of the commercial and industrial development planned by the Union Pacific railroad which re cently purchased the land. - " -is, V 3i- kdm-' - GABLE TRIES AGAIN Actor Clark Gable and his new onae, we former Kay Williams, ex-actress, married in a I surprise ceremony at Minden, Nev. It was his fifth mar- i riage, third for Miss Williams. , 11 BUY THE NEW GE Water Heater AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC Czechs Release American Soldier Waidhaus, Germany U.R) Communist Czechoslovakia to day released Sgt. Walter S. Win ters of Philadelphia who crossed the Iron Curtain frontier more than a month ago while taking pictures of the border base. U. S. Army sources said Win ters was turned back to Ameri can control at this West German border village. He . had been held by the Czech Communists since June 5 when armed Red guards seized him and escorted him away after he had wandered . across the frontier into Communist terri tory. Winters' German girl friend and a companion, Sgt. Gerald Burns, Eugene, Ore., managed to elude the Communist guards. Winters faces U.S. Army disci plinary action for. deliberately entering the "forbidden" area which is plainly marked by signs in both German and English. Uses or "left overs" in the tim ber industry slabs, edgings, ve neer cores, etc. are increasing rapidly. I Courtroom Picture Ban Draws Attack Portland (U.PJ Loyd Wright, Los Angeles, president of the American Bar associa tion, yesterday criticized the A B A's controversial canon against taking news pictures in a courtroom. Wright said he knew of no reason for the famed "canon 35 which bars photographic or tele vision coverage of a trial, pro vided participants in the trial had no objection. The Los Angeles attorney said judges presiding would be able to assure that such news cover age was conducted in a manner that would not interrupt an or derly trial. However, Wright, in a speech earlier to the Multnomah County Bar association spoke out against the publicizing of sensation in formation while a criminal trial was pending. He also criticized "the zealous prosecutor" who released the information to the press." Paris A train crew running a special French train recently laid claim to a world speed mark of 138 miles per hour. Wash a Load of Clothes EVERY HOUR -All Pay Long- ONLY $5.00 A MONTH NOTHING DOWN . HOME APPLIAtlCE 115 EAST MAIN Authorized Dealer . fEIEIAlOILtCTI6; Water Heaters LEON'S Tots-To-Tcens Continues . . . NOW it the tint te SAVE the Most en Your Children's Shea . . . HURRY . . . Biager Values Than Ever Before! Slippers hcellawt value in huutlie para. Odi ' end ef small meals. Jm pair $2.95 Dress Shoes . I Nek er live Little flirie lev, those. Alt rod, brawn or white aaadata . the thirty tya 2 Pr. $3.95 Moccasins White, real, ho, pink. Abe dressy Mndib hi several styles and colon. 2 pair ZEZ $4.95 i GIRLS' AND MISSES' ' Shoes This inclueea M larger sites In dressy sandals. 2 pair $595 Patents Sites 111 to J. Abe baton and arras- shoo in rad er brawn. Mm pair $7.95 I I Sturdy Oxfords Per Beys and 6irb Handsome hoys' estorda, tiia V to 1. Girla' fray buck rad estorda. . 2 Pr. $8.95 July Clearance Sale Continues Threugheut The Starel Prices Slashed r' Dresses ' $1 .99 Blouses .49 T-Shirts L99e Crawlers 99e Sac Serr " 99c Panties S pr. $1.00 Swim Suits , T.49 Straw Hats 99e Please . , All Sales Final Ne Refunds No Exchanges Oregon Runaway Girls Seized in SF ' San Francisco (U.R) Police yesterday arrested two 16-year-old escapees from the Oregon state girl's home and the two younf men with whom they were living. The arrest followed the sensa tional case of two Sacramento teen-age girls who came here for a spree and involved more than a dozen men, including police officers, in the past two months. The Oregon girls, who escaped from the Hillcrest home for girls at Salem June 10, were arrested with Richard , D. Wil meth, 23, and a 17-year-old pa rolee from the California youth authority. " -. Both Wilmeth and the boy were charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors. In addition, Wilmeth was booked on suspicion of rape. . . . The girls said one man. had tried to force them to become prostitutes but they refused. But they admitted picking up several men and one girl con fessed she registered at a hotel with a sailor as his wife. " This girl was found by an of ficer in the Greyhound bus depot Monday night. She admit ted she was a runaway and led him to the hotel room where the other girl and the young men were staying. St. Louis Teen-agers have more colds than younger chil dren, medical studies indicate. Fishing Boat Sinks Off Santa Catalina Avalon, Calif. U.R) The 39 foot fishing boat Aku crashed on the rocks off Santa Catalina Is land today, threatening the lives of three crewmen. The men swam to shore when the Seattle owned boat sank in high waves. Granfs Pass Pilots Visit CAP Squadron The Medford squardon of the Civil Air patrol was visited by a group of pilots from Grants Pass at the Monday night meet ing. . . The squadron and visitors met at TouVelle park and then went to the CAP building at the air port where pictures of the trip to Lackland Air Force base, Tex as, taken by Cadet Lt. Janice Stevens and Lt. Bette Miller, were shown. A discussion on the Lackland trip was led by Cadet Lieutenant Stevens. ' The encampment was attend ed by cadets from all 52 CAP wings. . The local' group was picked up June 18 by a C45 piloted by Capt. George Ramsdell, CAP liaison officer, Portland, and flown to McClellan field where they joined the California group and continued on to Lackland in a C47 with an overnight stop at Williams Air Force base in Arizona where the Nevada group joined them. They returned home the next week. " Wednesday. July 13, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBTJKE KHfl Europe Heat Wave Takes Heavy Toll . By UNITED PRESS . Perfect summer weather smiled on most of the nation to day. But in Europe a stifling heat wave has taken more than 150 lives. European officials said most of the deaths were caused by drownings, heat prostration and lightning. They, said temperatures were in the ,70's and 80's, hot for Europe. . In this country, the only sign of unsatisfactory weather was a few light showers over the Caro linas and in the Missouri River valley. The heaviest rainfall during the evening was 1.77 inches at Augusta, Ga. ; Yesterday, clear weather pro vided a sunny backdrop for two big events in the Midwest, the Major League. All-Star game at Milwaukee and a parade of 25, 000 Shriners down Chicago's Michigan ave. -In New York, there was no sign of the recent humid hot spell yesterday. . . The high tem perature was 81 and the hu midity was never higher than 53 per cent. Chicago Recognized world speed record for steam-powered trains is 127.06 miles per hour, a mark which was set in Ohio 50 years ago, back in 1905. Coos-Curry Power Application Denied Salem (U.R) The State Hydroelectric commission yes terday, denied the application of the Coos-Curry electric cooper ative to build a $25,000,000 pro ject on the Illinois river Bald Mountain site.' Chairman George W. Joseph said the principal reason for the rejection was an economics re port of state engineer, Lewis A. Stanley. . Estimates of stream flow indi cated the plant would be idle for several months each year. The report estimated that the plant's cost of 6.48 mills per kilowatt hour would not be competitive with the cost of power in the region." , The commission added that the Illinois was a valuable fishing and spawning stream. We Feature The Royalty Line of Ready Made Auto Seat Covers Free Installation U up Seat Covers Made to Order, in Any Color Combination Medford Auto Upholstery New Phone 2-2119 303 North Bartlett-Next Door to Softy's aaneaeMaa1B1MM,M pjjje" iiiiiaaaaBaaaiaJ Terrific . .Tremendous Breath-taking . . . if s tho great annual 2 for 1 Dress Salo ... tho biggest "value giving" vent of the year . . . all nationally advertised names . . Buy one Dress at the marked price . . . and you get tho second Dress Free! . . . Sale lasts 6 days only . . . No Refunds . . . No Exchanges . . No Approvals . . . Every sale is final . . . Remember ... 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