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0 Mother of Kidnaper Of Marcus Baby Says Punishment Justified Mira Loma, Calif. U.R) Mrs. Ruth Berg, mother of Mrs. Betty Jean Benedicto who kidnaped baby Robert Marcus from a fan Francisco hospital, says her O daughter should be "punished." "I think she should be pun ished for doing such a heartless, cruel thing," Mrs. Berg said, "Any woman who would do such a thing to a mother should be punished." Mrs. Iftrg called her daughter a psychopathic liar." She said ehe did not believe Mrs. Bene- cncto was suffering from a frus- trated mother complex as she claimed because she "had no normal affection for her own daughter." Baby Away "The courts awarded her the baby and she gave it away," said Mrst Berg, who is raising seven children by another daughter who died. "I've said for years that she was suffering from a mental condition. She's a psycho pathic liar. She doesn't ever tell the truth." Mrs. Benedicto at first claimed that her first husband was killed In a motorcycle accident. Mrs. Berg said that the first marriage ended in divorce and the hus band received the child because Mrs. Benedicto "gave it away." "Her first husband is a fine man," Mrs. Berg said tearfully "He Is. happily married again. Their little girl is now 12 jears ola and he is bringing her up. She s out of the country and hope and pray that the little girl never knows who her mother is. Betty haso brought us nothing . but sorrow. No, I won't go to her. And I hope she won't bother us any o more." Spaiion Indicated Mrs. Benedicto visited her here about a month ago when she came to pick up some per sonal possessions, Mrs. Bere said Her daughter indicated to her that she was separating from her husband, tockton publisher Marcus Benedicto, Mr. Berg said. Mrs. Berg said Mrs. Benedicto calls her Tuesday night and aid she and her husband "had a chance to adopt a baby. 'I told, her to forget about it, Mrs. Berg said. "I told her . she wouldn't be ab to take care of a puppy." f y CONFESSES KIDNAPING Mrs. Betty Jean Benedicto, 27, wife of Mark B. Bene dicto, 52-year-old editor of a Stockton Filipino paper, sits in Stockton, Calif., police sta tion after her arrest for kid naping tiny baby Robert Mar cus Sept. 19 from Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco. Court Records POLICE COURT Walter Dick Woodcook, violation of basic rule. $10. Stella Bundock. violation of basic rule. $10. Elsie Maude Goodlin, violation of basic rule. $10. Elsie Maude Goodlin. failure to stop at stop sign. $5. S. Leon Miller, violation of basic rule, $10. DISTRICT COURT Edward Freeman Hill, failure to stop at stop sign. $0. Bobby Regan Thedford. no opera tor's license. $10. Jesse Frank Graham, drunk on a public highway, $15. Jerry Victor Bianconi. failure to stop at stop sign. $10. ioyd M. Yost, overload. $56. Darold Leroy Hargrove, failure to operate on right side of highway. $15. Emery D. Mayberry, overload. $135. CIRCUIT COURT Frances Carroll Smith vs. Max Ron ald Smith,' divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Arthur Lester Welch. 28. of 400 S.E. "I" St.. Grants Pass anri TWtv Fllon X..TSI. zz. 614 S.E. M St.. Grants Pass. Katksrine Cornell Undergoes Lung Surgery Boston (U.P,) Veteran actress Katharine Cornell underwent lung surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital today and her condition was described as "satisfactory." A hospital spokesman said the operation was performed by Dr. Richard H. Overholt, a thoracic surgeon. Overholt said Miss Cornell was suffering from bronchiechta sis, a small chronic lung abscess. Bend Man Dies As Fire Damages Home in Portland Portland U.R) Fred Coffee, 66-year-old Bend resident, died today when fire gutted the in terior of a two-story frame house here. One woman also was burned. Coffee, who retired to Bend a few months ago after selling his oil burner business here, was taken from a second story bed room of the house and was pro nounced dead at Providence hos pital. The " house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James C. Harris, their two small sons, and Mrs. Nancy Anderson an.d her baby. Mrs. Anderson, who was em ployed as a baby sitter, suffered second degree burns on one hand as she carried her child to safety. No one else was reported in jured. Smelled Smoke The fire was discovered by Mrs. Harris who smelled smoke when she got up to answer the telephone shortly before 6 a.m. She summoned her husband who tried to locate source of the blaze. Soon flames were shooting toward the roof. Cause of the blaze was not determined immediately but one officer said it may have started in a first-floor davenport Coffee, an old friend of Har ris, had come here from Bend yesterday, and the two planned a hunting trip." SPECIALIST Groton, Conn. U.R) A sheet metal worker at General Dyna mics Corp., Alfred von Buehren, has a rather exclusive line of work. He makes lightweight metal casings to keep cham pagne bottles from hurting any one when they are smashed against submarine bows at launchings, DuPont Official Speaks at Lions Club-Meeting Americans have become so ac customed to industrial miracles that they are in danger of for getting what makes them pos sible, according to Harlan L. P. Wendell, Pacific district manag er of the Du Pont company's ex tension division. Wendell spoke yesterday at a meeting of the Medford Lions club held in the Jackson hotel. "The danger today," Wendell said, "is that, in taking for grant ed the progress we have made, we may lose touch with the sources of our national strength and prosperity. If ever we, as a nation, come to believe that our position in the world today is simply an accident of time, cli mate and national resources, the decline of America will be well advanced. The danger is that we shall forget that progress must be continuously created, and will forget the means by which America does continuously create it." Wendell pointed out that to maintain and improve the stan dard of living of a rapidly grow ing population requires that the productive capacity of the indi vidual be increased, and that this becomes increasingly diffi cult as the operation of our Am erican economic system is inter fered with. "The productivity of Ameri can industry has been multiplied by the magnificent use of tech nology," he said. "Technology is simply the system, more high ly developed in this country than any other, by which busin ess management, supported by the invested money of many peo pie, organizes . industrial teams of men and women with skills in the sciences, in plant design and construction, in production, in sales, and human relations. "Working together they trans late ideas generated in research laboratories into new products or improved manufacturing methods. By this means they create new industries, new jobs, new opportunities for existing businesses, new wealth for Everyone." Arizonan Elected By lax Administrators Salem (U.R) William Stan ford, Arizona tax commissioner, was elected president of the Western States Association of tax administrators yesterday at the concluding session of the three-day annual conference here. Stanford succeeds Samuel B. Stewart of the Oregon State Tax Commission. MISLEADING NAME Haviland, Kan. (U.R) Don't let the name fool you City Mar shal Truman Roosevelt Higgins is a Republican. The Truman is from his grandfather, and the Roosevelt from Teddy, NATO Forces Said Not Strong Enough To Repulse Attack Chicago (U.R) Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme Allied commander in Europe, said NATO forces are not yet strong enough to beat back a Russian attack. But they should be in three or four years, when German forces will have become effective, Gruenther told the closing ses sion of the American Bankers as sociation convention Wednesday. Gruenther warned that the "effective Soviet smile cam paign" is currently melting a "certain fear that acted like a cement" in binding the free world together. The "smile campaign" does not mean any real change in Russia's ambitions, Gruenther said. The general said Russia has d75 troop divisions, "the largest land army in the world," as well as 20,000 operational planes and 350 submarines. In another speech, Clarence Randall charged that some busi nessmen "sabotage" the free en terprise system. Randall, board chairman of Inland Steel and' a government economic consultant, attacked the "man who makes the dis creet telephone calls to a com petitor before he puts in the new price." Such a man, Randall said, "has taken an axe and laid it to the base of the stalwart tree, free enterprise. The power to determine prices will never be allowed to stay long in private hands . if he persists in that practice." Randall wondered whether such men are not greater ene mies of free enterprise than Com munists. He also attacked the businessman who uses "infinite ingenuity" to "get money out of the government and not get caught at it." Thursday, September 29. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIB TJNE 1 THREE Marie Dionne Back in Convent Quebec City (U.R) Quintup let Marie Dionne, who left the cloistered life of a novice nun when the strain made her ill, was back in the quiet of con vent life today and planned to remain there for the rest of her life. Marie, now. 21 and one of four survivors of the "famous five" whose sister Emilie died last year, returned secretly to the monastery of La Congregation des Servantes du Tres Saint Sac rament Sept. 12. She originally entered the order Nov. 3, 1953. A senior nun at the convent disclosed Marie's return Wednes day night. She said the girl who stayed close to home at Callan der, Ont., while she was away from the cloistered Roman Cath olic order "looked radiant" when her elder sister accompanied her back here. The nun did not say what in fluenced Marie's decision to re turn to live with other svomen who devote their lives to wor ship and are obliged to spend their time at praCfer, including an hour's adoration during the night "She just came back,' the nun said. "She is very happy. Her health is restored and she intends to stay." SPECIAL ASSORTED C m. D.ll. SOURDOUGH FRENCH BREAD CSV With That Tasty Tang CAKES FOR ALL OCCASIONS PATTY CAKE BAKERY 1 1 Almond St. Around the Comer from Hawthorn Mkt. Plenty of Parking Space Phono 2-S736 W GIVE Jjgp yiMBTHIS) WAY o a ' LOOK FOR BIG Y AD ON PAGES 8 and 9 (joking m ran us? vmim mi ro tim? mm wu gam mi hit rai fs4HillilF8BI FIMMi SK8BH- ' wk n r. rz3 O "cmic- FboTt WSM , ) ( THE LOWEST PRICE IIB 1 N-. V n EVER OFFERED IIS ) O ' AWYWIJEBE! Hugo 25.6 Cu. Ft. 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