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I Thurday, Norember 17, 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE KINK nment of Airli 1 nver Arraig ner Bomb Plotter Postponed for 1 Days at Pelton Dam Project Defended, Criticized At Portland Hearing Portland (U.R) A decision to award a license for a power dam on the Deschutes river in central Oregon was both defended and criticized at a meeting of the Co lumbia Basin Inter-Agency Com mittee here yesterday. V7. W. Gatchell, chief counsel of the Federal Power Commis sion, defended the FPC in issu ing a license to Portland Gen eral Electric Company for the proposed Pelton project. The state of Oregon opposed the li cense but the U. S. Supreme Court upheld the FPC. Arthur Higgs, assistant attor ney general of Oregon called for corrective action by Con gress. Loss of Rights Feared Gatchell said "are you going to permit continued development of water for hydro-electric pow er under FPC license or are you going to require that only the United States itself engage in Hoodlums Slash Portland Youlh Portland U.R) Police to day searched for two teen-age boys who slashed a 14-year-old Portland high school student 15 times with a razor-blade knife. Police said one of the assail ants bore a "pachuco" tattoo. The "Pachucos" are a gang of Los Angeles teen-aged hoodlums. s The tortured boy, Carlton C. Connor, told police the attack occurred about 8 a.m. yesterday. The report wasn't made to police until last night. Both the Connor boy's parents work during the day. Police said the Connor boy was on his way to Central Cath olic high school when he was attacked. The boy said his at tackers wore zoot suits and one of them had a "pachuco" tattoo The boy said the two husky zoot suiters blocked his path. When he pushed one of them. the other grabbed him around the neck and the other began to slash his clothing methodically. Police said the boy suffered cuts from his neck to his waist. The boy returned home and dressed his wounds. When his parents returned from work they took him to Providence hos pital where he was treated. The father called police. the production of power m West." A big issue in the licensing is fear of western states that the Supreme Court decision uphold ing the license would deprive states of rights to control of non navigable streams within their borders. Getchell said the FPC decided to go ahead on the "narrow basis of jurisdiction of the federal gov ernment over its lands in the United States." The site is lo cated on property which the gov ernment had reserved for a pow er site. Gatchell said FPC mem bers were not of a mind to take away from states anything which belongs to the states. "They were dealing with lands that haven't yet been disposed of by the Unit ed States," he said. State Approval Sought Higgs told the group that noth ing could be gained by criticizing the Supreme Court. "The only possible way ... is through legis lation by Congress amending the federal power act by providing that the FPC shall require proof that the applicant for a license shall have obtained prior ap proval of the state ..." Lewis A. Stanley, Oregon state engineer, said effect of the Supreme Court decision is to practically nullify the hydro electric act of Oregon, the 1909 water code and the state's new water resources board. Representatives of western states expressed fear the decis ion will have broad reactions although Gatchell said it was made on a "narrow" basis. Student Leader Speaks at SOC Ashland Stanford Glass president of the National Stu dent association, addressed a group of campus leaders and in terested students at a forum Monday afternoon, Nov. 14, in Churchill Hall on the Southern Oregon college campus. Introductory remarks by Bob Myrick, Ashland, second vice- president of the student body, emphasized that Southern Ore gon College became a new mem ber of the National Student As sociation on the preceding year because of the advantages to the school inasmuch as good student government was concerned. iU' ' d ADMITTING he placed dyna mite bomb in United Air Lines plane which exploded near Denver, killing 44, including his motner, John Gilbert Gra ham, 23, is under arrest facing murder charges. (International GM Monopoly Charges Hurled Washington (U.R) An in dustrialist told the Senate Anti monopoly subcommittee yester day that a "Mr. Wilson," of Gen eral Motors Corp. had halted sale of GM diesel engines to a competing bus manufacturer. Chairman Joseph C. O'Mah oney said he believes the "Mr. Wilson," was Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson, then head of the GM industrial empire. O'Mahoney's sub committee has been hearing testimony on GM's far flung enterprises. The group is studying the impact of GM, the world's largest comp any, on the nation's economy. Thomas P. Butler, vice-president of the Flexible Co. of Lou donville, O., gave the Wilson tes timony yesterday. He said he la ter was forced to "bootleg" en gines from GM dealers because his company could not buy them direct. He said General Motors also tried twice to block these indirect purchases. Two other businessmen told the subcommittee their firms were driven from the bus mak ing field because GM dominated the industry. They were Frank R. Fageol, president of the Twin Coach Co. of Kent, O., and Charles W. Perelle, head of the A.C.F. Brill Co. of Philadelphia. Use Tribune Want Ads Skunks brought into close proximity to man at an early age rarely exhibit belligerence later except occasionally to strangers. f - yy V, 3 T other whiskey like no other . -Harness at A&e deep mellows and Onceyoue savored theWP ffliisluXun. Iry a satisfying L.V can be. P-ela: $980 rr oiiKMv PINT CALVERT DISTILLERS CO.. N.Y.C. BLENDED WHISKEY-86.8 PR00F-65X GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS Time Granted for Confessed Saboteur To Obtain Counsel Denver U.R) The arraign ment of John Gilbert Graham on charges of murdering his mother in an airliner crash that killed 44 persons was delayed for 11 days today until he can secure "adequate counsel." District Judge James M. No- land of Durango, Colo., before whom the 23-year-old confessed saboteur appeared today, grant ed the continuance at the request of Graham's temporary attorney, J. R. Strickland, who had taken the case last Monday only on a temporary basis. " Noland told Graham that he "should immediately arrange to obtain counsel" in time for the arraignment on Nov. 28. Halls Crowded About 100 spectators were present in the courtroom for to day's scheduled arraignment. The halls were crowded with on lookers as Graham, heavily guarded and handcuffed, walked down it to the courtroom. Graham was returned to coun ty jail immediately ' after the short proceedings. Since his imprisonment in the Denver county jail Graham has given no indication whether he will refute the confession he gave to the FBI shortly after his arrest Monday. 16 Witnesses Lined Up The FBI said he admitted planting a home-made bomb in his mother's luggage and send ing her to her death on the air liner in order to collect $37,500 in trip insurance and to share in her estimated $150,000 estate. District Attorney Bert Keat ing said he already had 16' wit nesses lined up to testify for the prosecution of the 23-year-old explosives expert. He planned to press for trial early in January and demand death in the gas chamber for Graham. Graham's 22-year-old wife, Gloria, the mother of his two children, told reporters Wednes day she was "not going to be lieve a thing until I see Jack." "I still love him and I'm right behind him," she said. Departed in Tears But a few hours later she visited him in his jail .cell and departed in tears. She refused to talk to reporters after the visit. Earlier in an interview at the home of her parents in suburban Lakewood, she maintained com posure with difficulty and showed the effects of days of strain. Graham was being held in $100,000 bond in an isolation cell, where he was reported to be in good appetite and even optimistic. Aside from his attor neys, his only known visitors have been his wife and the pas tor of his church. Disaster Car Needs Outlined Needs and accomplishments of the Jackson county disaster car organization were discussed at a regular monthly meeting Nov. 15 at 8 p.m., at the main fire hall. Specials needs of the volun teer disaster unit stressed at the meeting were for rubber tile with which to flooi" the bus, and a building site on which a gar age could be constructed. The Eagle's lodge recently vol unteered to construct housing for the unit if a site could be provided. Visitors at the Tuesday night meeting were Bud Fisher, 'Am erican Legion Post 15; Everett Sybrant, Eagles; Lloyd Leith, Eagles; S. P. Culley, Eagles; Mrs. Gladys Culley, Eagle aux iliary; Edward Olson, Eagles; Winifred Olson; and Dr. E. W. Sickels, Kiwanis club. Air Power Declared Increased Millionfold Chicago (U.R) Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led the first bombing raid against the Japanese mainland in World War II, said today that the de structive power of the nation's Air Force has increased more than a million times since then. He told the American -Society of Mechanical Engineers conven tion that "with the fission-type atomic bomb, the destructive" power of our air striking power was multiplied more than a thousand-fold." "With the fusion-type hydro gen bomb, the power went up over a millionfold," he said. DUTCH LINE ORDERS JETS New York (U.R) K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines announced yesterday that it had become the first foreign airline to order American-built jet planes with a S50,000,000 plus order to Doug las Aircraft VICTIM OF DYNAMITE BOMB placed on United Air Lines plane by her son, John Gilbert Graham, 23, Mrs. Daisy King was among 44 who died in mass slaughter. Graham insured mother for $37,500 before placing bomb. (International) USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS $86,020 Sought In Damage Suit A complaint filed in the coun ty clerk's office by Wanda Hough against the Southern Pa cific company and "John Doe" and "Richard Roe," asks 560,000 general damages and $26,020 special damages for injuries al legedly received in an auto train accident Oct. 31, 1953. The complaint states that the plaintiff received permanent back and other injuries when her car was struck by a train on the East Main st. crossing in Ashland. County Bond Sales Show Big Increase United States Savings Bonds sales in Jackson county for Oc tober totaled $125,258 as com pared to $85,478 during the same month last year. Total sales for the year in Jackson county as of Oct. 31, were $1,025,742, an increase of almost $200,000 over the same period last year. v Total Savings Bonds sales for the state during October were $3,515,035. 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