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0, 1 " -wj'. '.1 " w & j HEW MANAGER P i c t u r e d above is Art Nordquist, who has been named manager of the ' Safeway store at 502 West Main t. He replaces Joe Sheridan, 'who resigned. Nordquist has been with Safeway since 1932, and has been manager of Safe way stores in Portland and Klamath Falls. He also has been associated with the Tri-Way Produce division of Safeway. Three Injured in Grants Pass Blast Grants Pass (U.R) A Mit chell, Ore., couple suffered serious burns and another man was slightly burned and cut in a fire which destroyed two units of a motor court here about 6:30 a.m. Saturday. n Edward H. Spoo, 67, Mitchell sawmill operator, was reported in critical condition at Joseph ine General hospital of burns suffered in the blaze which re sulted from an explosion in a gas heater unit. His wife, Hazel, 57, was severely burned on the arms and other parts of her body. Delbert Harnden, 40, an em ployee at Spoo's mill, was burned slightly and cut when he pulled Spoo from the burning cabin. Harnden was occupying a unit net to the Spoo cabin. This unit alo was destroyed by the fire Pair Found Dead In Crashed Plane H'aitsburg, Wash. U.R) State patrolmen late Friday reached the burned wreckage of a private plane eight miles north of this southeastern Washington town ' and found both the pilot and his passenger dead, The victims were Howard Ar thur, 46, manager of a Pendle ton, Ore., air service and pilot of the four-seat Stinson, and" Tracy Elder, 48, Spokane. The plane crashed into a hill- Evidence Indicates 'Explosive Forces' Involved in Crash Longmont, Colo. (U.R) Evi dence of "explosive forces" has been turned up in the crash of a United Air Lines plane that killed 44 persons and the FBI has been called in on the case. Jack Parshall, Civil Aeron autics Board investigator, con firmed he had heard rumors the plane was sabotaged but said, "we have no answers to them at this time." Start Studying "It's a little too early to make any conjectures," Parshall said. "We're studying the whole thing with an open mind." Parshall said that parts of the demolished DC6B airliner had been sent to the FBI laboratory in Washington for analysis. Parshall, heading the exten sive investigation by the CAB, United Air Lines, and Douglas Aircraft, said the probe so far had come up with "evidence of explosives forces." This bore out eyewitness ac counts of the Tuesday night crash that the plane exploded in flight. See Long Inquiry Parshall was mum on what else the investigation had turn ed up. But he predicted the probe would be a long one. He said much depended on what the laboratory reported. The investigators questioned witnesses Friday who live near the scene of the crash. They also said they are continuing their piece-by-piece inspection of the scattered wreckage. Parshall said the laboratory reports should be completed in about 10 days. Moro Women May Be State GOP Candidate Portland U.R) Mrs. Collis P. Moore of Moro said Saturday she will be a candidate for the Republican national committee woman position next May if Mrs. Marshall E. Cornett of Klamath Falls is not a candidate for re election. Mrs. Moore is chairman of the Sherman County Republican Central Committee. Mrs. Cornett said she had not definitely made up her mind about seeking reelection. Mrs. Oscar Kittredge of Klam ath Falls also has been men tioned as a possible candidate for the position. She said she has not yet decided to become a candidate. PLANE CRASHES !N N. Y. STREET A B-26 Air Force bomber burns furiously in the street in East Meadow on Long Island setting fire to an auto and the unoccupied house. The plane developed propeller trouble while com ing in for a landing at nearby Mitchel Field, went into a spin at 500 feet and crashed. Both occupants of the plane were killed- Tree Classification Plan Said Arbitrary En Fowler Statement Sunday, November 6, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE flJHREE GOLD HILL Ret urned to Hospital Gold Hill Lee Marshden has returned to Sacred Heart hos pital where he underwent sur gery for the second time recent ly. He is in fair condition. Mrs. Ruby Quakenbush has moved into the home she has purchased from Mr. and Mrs. John Stieber. The Stiebers will be leaving soon for Denver, Colo., to make their home. ( Mrs. Harney, who owns prop erty in Gold Hill and lives here during the summer months, is confined ; to Josephine General hospital in Grants Pass with a broken hip. She is a teacher at Glendale, Ore. Mrs. Alice Hood, Medford, mother of Mel Hood, Gold Hill, was taken to Community hos pital Tuesday morning after fall ing Monday evening at her home and breaking a hip. She is re ported in fair condition. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Cogswell during the past month were Mr. and Mrs. E. McClellan, Downey, Calif., uncle of Cogswell. Ten days were spent in Eastern Ore gon deer hunting and then a short visit made to Seattle, where they visited relatives of each family. They left for their home Oct. 28. Mrs. Eunice Franz has moved : from the Oaks motel to the Jack son County Farm home on Pa- side while on a flight from Pen dleton "to- Spokane Thursday night. It had been reported miss ing after failing to arrive in Spokane on schedule at 9:37 p.m. County Assessor Robert G. Fowler Saturday stated under oath that in his opinion the or chard classification system setup in Jackson county by the State Tax Commission is arbitrary, and that it would take at least three months to arrive at valid and accurate appraisals. He testified to this effect while giving a deposition for Attor ney Philip Lowry in connection with Supreme Court mandamus proceedings. The deposition tak ing was the latest step in a long battle between local orcharists and the tax commission regard ing the taxation of orchard trees. f Most of the session, which last ed from 10:30 a.m. to about 2 p.m., was taken up with ques- - JOHN L SRHTH Jacksonville IK! sway inner John is a part time carpenter, has 4 children, lived here 15 years, and is a very lucky man! See the Beautiful Yellow FORD NOW ON DISPLAY FREE Dec 21 WHY DON'T YOU TRY - NO NEED TO BUY NO BETTER GAS AT ANY PRICE IT'S FUN TO BUY GAS AT FORTUN "On the Point" So. Central & So. Riverside Free Ford tickets from Southern Oregon Fortune Stations, Central Market, Grater Lake Motors and Bell Motors, Grants Pass. tions and answers dealing with Fowler's actions in the matter, how he handled orders from the tax commission, and the mech anics of his proceedings. Laws Not Defined As far as he knows, Fowler said, the classification of A, B and C orchards has never been defined, and that he does not know what they are. He added that as of Sept. 1, when in creased valuations were ordered by the tax commission, it would have been impossible to make fair and just appraisals soon enough to get them on the tax rolls in time for orchardists to take advantage of the 3 per cent tax discount available by pay ments in advance of Nov. 15. The tax bills which have been mailed out include the increased valuations as determined by the commission. Fowler was represented at the hearing by Deputy District At torney Gene Piazza and by Theo dore deLooze, assistant attorney general assigned to the tax com mission. Lowry, who represented the Medford Pear Co. Inc., in pre senting the orchardists' case to the Supreme Court, is prepar ing new pleadings in the man damus proceedings. . Chancellor Adenauer Recovering Strength Bonn, Germany U.R) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is progressing so well in his recov ery from pneumonia he will not have to take a convalescence va cation, his decors said Saturday. A medical bulletin issued here indicated the iron-willed Chan cellor had turned down the chance for a vacation to recover strength following his long ill ness. "The convalescence of Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer is pro gressing very well," the bulletin said. "Only the unfavorable cli mate prevents him from taking walks outside his house. "He has also very well en dured the strain of long confer ences. A leave of convalescence does not seem required from a medical point of view." Adenauer spent the entire af ternoon out of bed Friday for the first time since he was taken ill with bronchial pneumonia last Oct. 9. Jury Clears Driver Of Accident Charge La Grande U.R) Clayton Ronald Irey, 25-year-old Na tional Guard sergeant from Baker, has been found innocent of a negligent homicide charge in connection with the death last May 15 of a 15-year-old La Grande girl in a traffic accident. Sharon Jean Edwards, was killed when Irey's r National Guard truck was involved in a collision with the car . in which she was riding at a La Grande intersection. The truck was re turning to Baker from Pendle ton after a weekend exercise. Bears often select a prominent tree for rubbing, gnawing and clawing. They mark these "bear trees" to show. their size as a challenge to other bruins. cific highway south, Medford. Charles Bell Jr. left by plane Saturday evening to make his home with his grandmother in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Mace Freeland, Burbank, Calif., were recent vis itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kofahl Highway 99 North. Mr. and Mrs. Freeland had just returned from a tour of duty for the Standard Oil com pany on Bahrien Island, Arabia, and were vacationing here. Vietnam Ambassador To Speak in Portland Portland ttJ.PJ Tran Van Chuong, ambassador to the Uni ted States from South Vietnam, will speak Tuesday at an "Opera tion Brotherhood" banquet here launching a nation-wide cam paign to help -raise funds for Vietnam refugees. The campaign, sponsored by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce and the International Rescue Committee, seeks to raise funds for medical aid to the Asiatic country's TSO.MOO refugees Use Tribune Wanf Ads HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sunday 10:15 A.M. Cole Slaw Combine crisp green cabbage and juicy grapes in this very flavorful cole slaw. 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