TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, November 20, 1355
Highway Interim Committee To Probe
Charges Against Coos Weightmaster
Salem U.R) Charges of "bar
baric conduct" against a weigh
master in Coos county will be
investigated further by the Leg
islative Highway Interim Com
mittee next month, with accusers
and accused appearing to testify
under oath.
Harry Huber of Milwaukie,
representing the United Log
Truckers Association, Inc., pre
sented a statement by Lynne W.
McXutt, Coos Bay attorney, that
Eugene Cramer of Myrtle Point
was stopped at the coaledo
scales south of Coos Bay last
July 12 and he had a 4900 pound
group axle overload. He was or
dered to legalize by the weigh
master. McNutt said Cramer
drove his truck into an area near
the scales, broke the binder
chains and logs rolled off the
load onto him.
Knocked Unconscious
McNutt's statement said: "My
information is that the trucker
was knocked unconscious and
pinned under the log. Cramer's
wife was in the truck and hap
pened to be expecting a baby
shortly thereafter. She and an-
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other trucker were refused the
assistance of a radio to call for
a doctor or an ambulance, by the
weighmasters, although there
was a radio in the truck sitting
adjacent to the weigh shack. This
caused the trucker to have to
drive to the nearest telephone to
place a call."
But Ralph B. Sipprell, of the
State Highway Department un
der which the weighmasters op
oreate, said his information was
that the weighmaster on duty
and the driver of another truck
being weighed rushed to Cra
mer's side when they heard the
crash of the logs, and imme
diately sought assistanoe, the
truck driver going to the nearest
house and telephoning for an
ambulance, and the weighmaster
calling, for aid from state police.
The United Log Truckers group
wants the weighmasters trans
ferred from the highway depart
ment to state police.
Present Setup Satisfies
Charles Ogle of the Associated
Forest Industries of Oregon
stressed that his group was sat
isfied with the present setup,
under the highway department,
having only a difference occa
sionally about the accuracy of
the scales, and these differences,
he said, are straightened out.
Robert Knipe, representing
Oregon Motor Carriers, and
Gene Laird, representing Grey
hound busses,' said they also had
no quarrel with the present set
up under the highway depart
ment. Because of the seriousness of
the charges in the Cramer case,
the Interim committee headed
by Sen. Warren McMinimee of
Tillaii.ook decided to request
Cramer, his wife, the weighmas
ter and the state poilceman
called to appear to testify under
oath.
GOING TO OFFICE for first time since heart attack, President-Eisenhower
confers with Secretary of Commerce Sin
clair Weeks in Gettysburg, Pa., post office. (International)
Vancouver Woman Hurt
When Heater Explodes
Vancouver, Wash. U.R)
Marie A. Kautz, 69, was hos
pitalized here Saturday when a
homemade steam heater exploded
Mrs. Kautz, who was sitting
about four feet away from the
heater, was treated for a frac
tured arm and other injuries.
Her husband, Detlav Kautz, es
caped injury.
The blast demolished the cou
ple's apartment and damaged
the building's foundation.
Joyita Passengers, Crew
disappear; Investigation
Launched By Government
Suva, Fiji Islands U.R)
The ghost ship Joyita was tow
ed into port Saturday and the
government officially denied
newspaper reports that its 25
passengers and crewmen were
murdered by Japanese fisher
men.
The ship was to undergo a de
tailed examination under strict
est secrecy in an effort to solve
the mystery surrounding the
disappearance of its cargo and
passengers.
The ship, missing for five
weeks in the South Pacific, was
found drifting and deserted far
off its course.
Speculation immediately star
ted as to what had happened.
Two Fijian newspapers, the
Times and the Herald, quoted
an "irreproachable source" as
saying the missing persons had
been murdered by crewmen ot
a Japanese fishing boat.
Natural Cause
But Colonial Secretary A. F.
R. Stoddard, in a radio broad
cast to the island, declared that
the disaster was due to a natur
al cause. He suggested that the
In Argentina Press Censorship Ends
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Half its Horsepower is for Safety !
A pretty steep hill, you'd say?
Well, not so far as this gentleman is concerned,
lie just gave the accelerator a little encouragement
with his toe . . . and swept from bottom to top so
effortlessly he was scarcely aware of it.
For he's at the wheel of a beautiful new 1956
Cadillac. And beneath that long, sleek, graceful
hood rests the smoothest, most powerful engine in
Cadillac history.
The fact is that this great new Cadillac engine
is powerful and dynamic jar beyond the require
ments of normal usage. In the course of ordinary
motoring, it is entirely possible that the driver will
never put the accelerator down to the floor board.
But how wonderful that extra length of throttle
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It will be there for that burst of speed that
can free him from a difficult driving situation.
It will be there in case he needs It for safety
in passing ... or to answer the challenge of a
mountain road.
And even when not in active use, that reserve
of power will add to his motoring pleasure.
It will bring him confidence and contentment
and peace of mind . . . and it will provide unusual
operating economy and dependability.
Of course, Cadillac's magnificent performance
is only part of the exciting Cadillac story for 1956.
There is inspiring beauty . . . and extraordinary
luxury . . . and superlative craftsmanship.
Why not stop in soon and see what we mean?
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Buenos Aires U.P.) An
end to censorship with restora
tion to freedom of the press and
public opinion has been guar
anteed the people of Argentina
by President Pedro E. Aram
buru. Aramburu moved Friday to
destroy the propaganda machine
created by ousted Argentine
Dictator Juan D. Peron during
his 10 years of "iron rule" over
this South American republic.
Aramburu ordered the Secre
tariat for Press and Cultural
Activities, established by Per
on in 1948, abolished. He nam
ed Adolfo Lanus, a former edi
torial writer for the newspaper
La Prensa, to supervise the liq
uidation of the propaganda ma
chine which maintained a hold
on the nation's press, radio and
movies under Peron.
Lanus also was named press
secretary for the presidency of
the republic, a post of limited
power in contrast to the Per
onist secretariat.
"Freedom of the press and ac
cess to the sources of informa
tion is an essential requisite in
the life of the Argentine people
as it is in the lives of all free
peoples," Aramburu said.
Joyita may have been caught in
a freak storm with its engines
dead.
The Joyita was towed to the
docks for a minute examination
by marine experts of the Fijian
government. Extra guards were
placed around the air base to
insure secrecy.
The Times and the Herald, in
dispatches published yesterday,
said the Joyita wandered into
the midst of a Japanese fish
ing fleet and "the Joyita's peo
ple saw something the Japan
ese did not want them to see."
The newspapers said an arm
ed party of Japanese sailors
boarded the trading vessel at
night and murdered all aboard.
Michell Woman Dies
Of Motel Fire Burns
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R) Mrs.
Hazel Spoo, 57, of Mitchell, Ore.,
died in a local hospital Saturday
from burns suffered two weeks
ago in a motel fire that also re
sulted in the death of her hus
band.
Edward Spoo, a sawmill own
er at Mitchell, was burned la
tally in the same blaze.
$20 Theft Reported
To Medford Police
About S20 was stolen from a
cash box at Ace Roofing com
pany, 1150 Court st., sometime
between 5 p.m. Friday and 9
a.m. Saturday.
Entrance to the building was
apparently gained through a rear
door, according to city police.
The Columbia river, the boun
dary between Washington and
Oregon, is believed to carry
more water to the sea than all
the other American streams on
the Pacific coast combined.
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at noon Saturday.
Four types of yellow pin
which grow in the south are used
for 60 per cent of U.S. wir
service poles.
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