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o G J 52 4-H Members Receive Awards At Applegate Achievement pins were pre sented to 52 4H club; members at a meeting in thf Applegate . grade school gymnasium. Pins were presented by Ches ter Irish and Gene McCurly of the Medford branch, First Na tional Bank of Portland. A program was presented by the Junior leaders of the Apple gate 4-H clubs. Francis Krouse .-.was master, of ceremonies. Those presented pins were the following. First Year Pins Jean Rowden, Luci Sims, Kay Stephenson, liOrene Stephenson, Marthanne Goodwin, Sally Her riott, Karen Newman, Mary Sue Freemantle, Linda Wells, Mari lyn Wells, Lona Buffington, Mary Herridtt, Bonnie Freman tle, Jimmy Dale Christensen, Vincent Freemantle, Tommy Herriott, David Pittock, Virgil Prowell, Robert Ziegler, Michael Elmore, Mary Sue Chittock, Karen Gettling, Jerry Rowden, and Don Kucera. Second Year Pins Christina Tolle, LaVerne Gu ches, Gary Fossen, Wallace D. Pearson, Jimmy Sims, and Brad Gettling. Third Year Pins Leo W. Pearson, Marvin Gib son, David Christensen, Stanley Smith, Romelle Fossen, Sharon Ranney, and Gene Paul Dovvell. Those receiving fourth year pins were, Miriam Gapen, Noel Dunlap, and Russell Elmore; fifth year, Philip Krouse and Gary Smith; sixth year, Owen Krouse, Dona Lee Brown, Shir ley Dunlap, Truman Elmore and Gary Krouse; seventh year, Anita Rosemus and Charles El more, eighth year, Francis Krouse, and ninth year, Nancy Redhead. ' Musicians Protest Amusement Tax Portland (U.R) A resolution spurred by complaints of Port land members of the American Federation of Musicians was ap proved by the Portland Central Labor Council last night in op position to the 20 per cent fed eral amusement tax. The resolution, to be sent to Oregon's congressional delega tion said "tens of thousands are jobless because of this ruinous tax." It added that the wartime tax was no longer needed and that it was discriminatory, repriving thousands of musicians and oth ers of work. Circuit Judge James R. Bain of Multnomah county asked the council to endorse a daylight pa rade , in Portland on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and to call on em w ployes to grant veterans a holi day on that anniversary. Bain represented, the veterans council. Jurors Being Picked In Sherry Fong Trial Portland (U.R) Selection of a jury continued today in the second first degree murder trial of Sherry Fong for the 1954 death of 16-year-old Diane Hank of Portland. During questioning of pros pective jurors yesterday, the de fense moved to eliminate con sideration of the death penalty but was overruled by Judge Al fred P. Dobson. Mrs. Fong and her husband, WeyvHim Fong, were convicted earlier but Judge Dobson order ed a new trial. They chose to be tried separately this time. Portland Temperature Hits 66 at Midnight Portland (U.R) Highest tem- v perature in the Portland area yesterday was reached at mid night last night when the ther mometer climbed to 66 degrees. and the weather bureau said that reading would be the high for today, too, because the mer cury dropped to 64 degrees by this morning. High gusty winds were credit ed with raising the temperature "through the night. The weather bureau said wind in the Portland area would reach its maximum by noon and then taper off. Winds off the 'Washington coast 0 reached 75 mph and 45 mph on the Oregon coast early this moiling. Dead line for Sunday Classified la noon Saturday. 10 ajn Monday for Monday: other days 5 JO orevious day. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Tuesday, October 25. 1955 APPEALING FOB END OF DISORDERS, four-man council takes office in riot-torn Mo rocco. From left: Ben Justaphe El Bekkai, Mohammed Ben Haj Taibi Sbini, governor of town of Sale; Mohammed El Mokri, former grand vizier, said to be more than 110 years old and Si Tahar Ou Assou, former provincial administrative head. (International Soundphoto) 1 Suggestion Made to Force Annexation Of Fringe Areas Portland (U.R) Mayor Paul O. Landry of Klamath Falls sug gested yesterday that a law be passed, which would make an nexation automatic when the population of a fringe area ap proaches that of the city. The suggestion was made at the annual meeting of the League of Oregon Cities here as a possible method to help problems caused by growing areas near Oregon's largest com munities. Informal Hearing ' Officials from seven cities met at an informal hearing with the legislative interim committee on local government and urban area problems. Problems cited include danger from inadequate sewage disposal in suburban fringes, growing cost to cities to provide services to those who are not taxed, and difficulty of large scale annexations. Landry said Klamath Falls had 16,000 inside the city limits and as many or more outside. Springfield has the same prob lem, according to Mayor Edward Harms, who said voters had twice voted to remain outside the city limits. Permits Turned Down Harms said lack of sanitary sewers was such a problem that the county turned down 95 out of 100 building permit applica tions. He added that the Lane county heallh board had even warned that some well users' are actually drinking their own sewage. Dulles Would Attend . Vienna State Opera ' Paris (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would like to attend the festive open ing of the Vienna State opera Nov. 5 if his schedule permits, an American spokesman said to day. The Austrian government sent Dulles an invitation to attend the opening of the historic opera house, celebrating the end of the Austrian occupation. ' . . Another suggestion was made that occupational taxes be levied for those who work inside and live outside city limits. Mavor Richard W. Lone of Oregon City said the water sup ply presented his city's biggest problem. He said that when Ore gon City's 3.000,000 gallon per day pipeline was built there was water to" spare. Now, he said, industrial users have had to be turned away. Medford Problem Told ' Robert A. Duff, ; of Medford said the city council there tried to annex a territory , larger than itself with the idea of building proper water and sewage lines in a rapidly developing area. But it failed by a 10 to 1 margin. An annexation vote on a smaller area is now proposed. Mayor M. A. Davidson of The Dalles said the new ' dam there had brought about plans for "the toughest subdivision ordinance anywhere" requiring real estate developers to install all utilities, streets and sidewalks. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEK Surprise Witnesses Hinted in Axil rod Strangulation Trial : Minneapolis (U.R) The prose cution hinted it would call sur prise witnesses today in its at tempt to prove that Dr. A. Arn old Axilrod seduced and stran gled a GI's pretty wife. Axilrod, a 50-year-old dentist, is accused of slaying Mrs. Eliza beth Mary Moonen, 21, after she threatened to "tell the world" he fathered her unborn child. County Attorney George Scott, who had been expected to wind up the state's case after the testi mony of Coroner William Gu thrie, said he will call , at least, "several more witnesses." He added, however, "we still expect tovrest our case some time this week." Scott's hint followed a day in which: 1. A detective testified he heard Axilroa tell his wife after his arrest, "If I did it, I did it." 2. The state gave an indica tion of its new strategy by call ing its first .surprise witness, Mrs. Joyce Davis, 39. Mrs. Davis testified that Axilrod telephoned her on the evening of the mur der and "insisted"on. delivering some presumably lower-tax cig arettes he asked her to buy. " 3. Guthrie testified ' he heard Axilrod say he "must" have strangled . his attractive patient shortly after Mrs. ' Moonen's body was found in an alley in the fashionable Lake of the Isles district last April 23. ' . The detective, Walter L. Dolm- seth, 43, said Axilrod's state ment to his wife was made at police headquarters. . He said Mrs. Axilrod told her husband: . "These people are crazy to put you in jail." ' Dolmseth said Axilrod . re plied: ..":. ' "Well, if I did it, I did it. But don't' worry. Everything will come out okay." Woman Reports Visit Mrs. Davis said Axilrod called her about 6:30 p.m. on April 22 and asked if she wanted to buy some cigarettes from him, presumably lower-tax cigarettes from Wisconsin. She said she told Axilrod she would let him know, but that he "insisted" on delivering them immediately. The dentist deliv ered the cigarette's about 6:45 p.m. and stayed 45 minutes, talk ing with her and her son, Law rence, 19, she said. Mrs. Davis said Axilrod seem ed tired and blinked his. eyes, so she asked him if he were tired. She said he replied, "No, it's not that." Mrs. Davis said the dentist telephoned her about two weeks later, after his arrest, and asked her if she had told police about his visit and if she had pointed out that her son was present. She said she had. "He asked, 'Did you tell them you had asked me over to see the apartment,'" Mrs. Davis testified. She said she told him, 'I did not," and hung up on him. Four Killed, 24 Hurt In Stampede from Fire Manila, P.I. (U.R) Four women were trampled to death and 24 injured Monday when 500 beauty culture school stu dents stampeded from a second floor classroom to escape a near by fire. The students, all women, were attending classes on the second floor of a downtown Manila buil ding when fire broke out in a group of nearby stores. GRID GAME SET New Brunswick, N.. J. (U.R) The 1956 Rutgers university football team will play Boston college for the first time since 1919, it was announced today. William; and Mary, Connecticut and. .Colgate are the . other new opponents -on the Scarlet's nine game schedule next season.- PLAYER TRADED Detroit- (U.R) Veteran for ward Ed Sandford of the Detroit Red Wings today' was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks for Metro Prystai in a straight play er deal. Prystai will join the Red Wings in time for their. game) against the Rangers at New York on Wednesday night. win in . 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