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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-
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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
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