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Sunday Oeiober 23. 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HIRI Defense Department Gives Explanation of Special Planes for Three Senators Washington U.P.) The De fense Department Saturday said that the Air Force knew u ad vance that three senators for whom special planes are being sent to Europe had to be back Ll ' - 1 l - Nri 1' s DISCOVERIES on the nature of blood won for Prof. Hugo Theorell, Sweden, the 1955 Nobel Tftize for medicine. He heads the Nobel Institute of Biochemistry. (International) Oklahoma Jurors Set Death Penally For Ex-Oregonian Oklahoma City (U.R) A Jury has set $e death penalty lor Otto Austin Loel, former Sandy, Ore., police chief for the hunting knife slaying of a Cali fornia woman. Judge A. P. Van Meter, who will sentence Loel Tuesday, said he has not decided on the date of execution. Oklahoma law stipulates that the date must be "not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days from the date of lentencing." The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Jeanne Henderson, 31, was found in a motel here on Jan. 12, 154. Her body bore 19 stab wounds and was covered with cigaret Churns. She had been slain two days earlier. Nabbed in Florida Loel, on the FBI's 10 most vanted list, was arrested almost a year later in Florida. Loel at first pleaded insanity. But during his three-day trial he maintained he was defending himself from a perverted sex at tack by the woman. He said he 'went haywide" and did not know h& was stabbing Mrs. Hen derson until she .was dead. Assistant Oklahoma County Attorney Joe Martin Jr. said Loel killed the woman in a "fit of passion." He also suggested that Loel could have been the pervert.. Telephone Workers Stall Strike (or At Least 8 Days Portland (U.R) Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company and the CIO.. Communications Workers of America have stal led for at least eight days a pos sible strike of some 5,000 PT&T workers in Oregon. The present contract between the two groups was due to ex pire at midnight Sunday, but bargaining committees have signed a memorandum agree ment extending the contract un til midnight, Oct. 31. Meet Monday The agreement further pro vides that the contract may be terminated upontwo days writ ten notice after Oct. 31. The i two groups will meet next Mon day morning for another bap gaining session. , The CIO union made its first specific wage demands from the company, asking raises ranging from $3.50 to $6.00 per week. A, company spokesman termed the demand "unrealistic and uaac- ceptable." Since negotiating sessions be gan Sept. 19 the union had asked for a "reasonable wage in crease" and improvements in certain working conditions. The company had offered increases of $2 to $3.50 weekly. Piggy Barm Holding $100 Reported Stolen A piggy bank containing more than $100 in coins was taken Friday night from the home of Barbara Ann Scbroeder, 99 Mo tel, Cabin 6, 816 North River side ave., according to city po lice. The victim reported that she had lost the key to her cabin while shopping Oct. 17.'The lost key bore a descriptive postal return tag. Police believe that the cabin was entered between 6:30 and 11 p.m? by someone with a key, who took the white porcelain piggy bank from a dresser. The doer was locked after them. Read and Use Classified Ads. . . Read and Use Classified Ads. . . The Community Biggest Marketplace in the united States Dy certain dates. The department issued the new statement in the face of heated denials by the three senators that they had asked for special flights by two large Air Force transports to return them to the United States. The special flights will cost the Air Force more than $20,000. ,The three senators, who have been touring Europe and the Middle East to check on defense spending, are Democrats John L. McClennan (Ark.), John Stennis (Miss.) and Dennis Chavez (N.- M.). The Defense Department, ad mitting there has been "some misunderstanding" about the senators' trip, sought to "clarify the matter" with a "chronology of what happened." To Return Today One four - engine transport, Most fruits hold their fresh color, flavor and texture longer when frozen with sugar or syrup than when packed unsweetened. Sprays used for the control of weeds and insects can cause se vere damage to spraying equip ment not thoroughly cleaned. There are 336 automotive wholesalers in Michigan. which flew across the Atlantic empty, is now in Madrid .and scheduled to return today with Stennis and McClellan and their wives. Another four - engine transport is scheduled to fly across- the Atlantic to pick up Chavez and his wife in Paris on Nov. 3. The chronology showed that the Defense Department escort officer accompanying the sen ators had been advised before the senators Jeft this country on Sept. 20 that Stennis and Mc Clellan desired to leave from Madrid on Oct. 23 and Chavez from Paris on Nov. 3. The statement said that, "The senators were advised that a way would be found to make suitable air transportation available on those dates." On Oct. 10, when the senators were in Europe, the department said, a message was sent to the Defense Department escort of ficer Col. Ralph J. Watson, stat ing that aircraft in Europe on other missions would be avail able to pick up Stennis and Mc Clellan in Madrid dh Oct. 25 and Chavez in Paris on Nov. 6. Requested Check , The message asked Watson to "determine if these arrange ments satisfactory." The message continued: "If these arrangements satis factory, it will not be necessary to send two aircraft" from the United States to pick up the sen ators. On Oct. 16, the department said, a message was received from Watson stating: ". .. . Pro posed plan not acceptable. Pro ceed with original schedule." In "compliance with its orig inal commitment to the commit tee to provide suitable air trans portation for these parties on Oct 23 and Nov. 3," the depart ment said, the Air Force ordered two planes to leave from this country to pick up the senatorial parties. Grants Pass Soldier Killed in Accident - Duchesne, Utah (U.R) A 24-year-old Oregon soldier was killed Saturday when the car he was driving went out of control on a curve and rolled over on U.S. Highway 40 about 22 miles west of here. The victim was Corp. Bob AUyn Cain, of 871 Grandview ave., Grants Pass, Ore. A pass enger in the vehicle, Pvt. Glen J. 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