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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.
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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.
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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)
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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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