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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1955)
SIX MEDFOHD (OREGON) Rickreall Holdup Suspect Denies Guilt Dallas, Ore. (U.P.) Robert Scott Kennan, Salem, today de nied his guilt in connection with the holdup of a Rickreall, Ore., tavern Sunday when a bandit was fatally wounded and a state police officer shot in the arm. The slain holdup man was Wallace Cunningham, 35-year-old Portland artist. Kennan was with Cunningham when the holdup was staged but he said he thought he had talked his com panion out of the scheme. 1 , j j IHIMillllll1-" -..-1.... , . MAIL TRIBUNE Kennan has waived prelimi nary hearing and grand jury in dictmnet on two charges as sault and robbery and assault with intent to kill. He is being held under S10,000 bond. State Policeman John Mekker was shot twice trying to arrest Cunningham and deputized Ser vice Station Operator Herschel Greenwade shot and killed Cun ningham. Bead line for Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. THE "SANDRA" BRIDAL PAIR Tuesday, November 22, 1953 Myrtle Creek Man Dies In Tractor Accident Roseburg (U.P.) A caterpillar tractor accident yesterday killed William Sidney Goff, 35, of J Myrtle Creek. It was the 14th J .,rnne fnilitw nf iVio vpar in ' WUUUJ iOWAH-Y J- V..V. J - . . "UU6las " ' The coroners office here said Goff was struck on the back by metal shiPlH on the tractor as the vehicle overturned. He died almost instantly. 10-DIAMOND -14K GOLD Regularly 237.50 Now 1 1 W 50 Only I 1 Brilliant solitaire in engagement ring. No Money Down Year to Pay ' THE "JOAN" 7-DIAMOND BRIDAL PAIR 1 4K GOLD Regularly 450. Now 213 Is an exquisite, modern design. No Money Down ,Year to Pay THE "LYNN" 7-DIAMOND BRIDAL PAIR-14K GOLD Regularly 500.00 Now 235 Huge solitaire, 6 smaller diamonds. No Money Down Year to Pay "MARGARET" LOV-LOK BRIDAL PAIR-14K GOLD Regularly 750.00 Now jF00 7 beautiful diamonds, 4 in band. No Money Down Year to Pay n Contest Pending Ike's Delay May Leave Little Choice at August Conclave . Washington (U.R) Repufr llican conservatives are discuss- j ing ways to keep the 1956 GOP I presidential contest wide open I until President Eisenhower an- They fear that if Mr. Eisen hower decides not to run again and then delays his announce ment the GOP convention next August might be left with little choice but to nominate whoever is favored by the President or his principal party supporters. A highly-placed Republican told the United Press Monday that he knows the subject is being discussed. But he added that he is unaware that any or ganized plan is being develop ed. He said sponsors of any such plan are extremely wary of launching it as long as they think Mr. Eisenhower possibly might seek a second term. Want Early Announcement If Mr. Eisenhower should withdraw because of his heart attack two months ago, some Republicans, such as Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland, want the announcement early enough to give other potential candidates time for a pre-conven-tion campaign. On the other hand, the all-out Eisenhower partisans have pro tested against putting pressure on the President for an early de cision. There has been a recent upsurge of hope among these Republicans that he will run again. Discussions of ways to keep the contest open, pending an an nouncement by the President has ceruerea on me proposed entry of "favorite son" candidates from a number of states. How ever, the prospective favorite sons are reluctant to step out as long as Mr. Eisenhower's plans are unknown. First AFL-CIO Convention Meanwhile, the newly-merged AFL-CIO said in a special an nouncement that it has invited both Mr. Eisenhower and Demo cratic presidential aspirant Ad lai E. Stevenson to address its first convention in New York next month. ": In 1952, both the AFL and CIO endorsed Stevenson, who campaigned on a pledge to re peal the Taft-Hartley law in fav or of .new labor legislation. Mr. Eisenhower campaigned for Taft Hartley modification rather than repeal. The AFL-CIO, whose conven tion opens Dec. 5, said Steven san agreed to speak on Thurs day, Dec. 8. The White House, it said, has- indicated that be cause of his illness the President "will send a special message . . . instead of appearing personally." Passengers Ride Higher Than Luggage Chicago (U.R) Passengers on "Hi-Level" railroad cars pres ently in service on at least one line operating out of Chicago ride higher than does their lug gage. The Santa Fe railroad has an nounced it will equip an entire train between Chicago and Los Angeles with the cars by mid 1956. The road has been testing the equipment for some time. Passengers ride in seats on the upper decks of the cars, eight feet above track level, with the spacious windows. Luggage is placed on shelves on the lower levels and unloaded at stations through a separate opening in the side of each car, leaving upper level exists clear for passengers. The cars are two feet higher than ' conventional equipment. Vestibules are eliminated and passengers are able to step di rectly into the cars through doors in the sides of the coaches from platform level, mounting to the upper level by stairways inside the coaches. In dining cars, passengers will eat on upper decks and kitchen work will be confined to lower levels. Sisal is not as tough as manila (abaca) but is used to make mil lions of pounds of binder and baler twines. Scotland's Gretna Green Serves As English Reno Washington The smithy at Gretna Green, Scotland, famed not for its iron but for .the 5,000 marriages it has forged, is up for sale. Although it did not figure in the 18th and 19th century hey day of Gretna Green's hasty marriage market, the smithy nevertheless serves to perpet uate a myth that thousands of couples who eloped to this bor der village were wed by a black smith. The smithy actually did be come a marriage house about the start of the 20th century. The owner decided there was he incorporated his new busi more profit in matrimony than in blacksmithing. Eventually ness and hired a licensed clergy man to perform the rites. The clergyman, faithful to tradition, masqueraded as a blacksmith. In earlier days the pose was reversed. A blacksmith, an inn keeper, anyone could and did act as parson. A rigid English law of 1754 which prohibited marriages without parental consent sent lovers packing into Scotland where a pair had only to declare themselves before two witnesses to be legally married. As runaway couples increased, so also did the trade war among the-border "clergy". One house hung out a sign "Ginger-Beer Sold Here, and marriages per formed on the most reasonable terms." Another sign, probably the origin of the marrying-black- smith legend, depicted a young couple joining hands over an anvil. Places like these handled the quantity business, while Gretna Hall, a spacious mansion, cornered the quality trade. Weisfield's Jewelers 122 E. Main St. Medford Please send me the Leather Luggage for men as advertised. 2-Suiter at 19.95 ( ); Gladstone at 18.95 ( ); Overnight at 17.95 ( ). I am enclosing $ and will send $ per week or S per month until the entire amout plus 10 Excise Tax are paid. NAME ........ PHONE.-w ADDRESS . . --. HOW LONG... CITY ZONE STATE HUSBAND'S OR WIFE'S FIRST NAME 1 EMPLOYED BY HOW LONG.... . Decision It was at Gretna Hall that John Peel, the song-celebrated huntsman ("D'ye ken John Peel?") married Bonnie Mary White. Officiating was the most illustrious of Gretna's "clerics," enormous, hard-drinking Joe Paisley. A "twenty-five-stone mass of fat irrigated by brandy," Paisley once, when marrying two couples simultaneously, transposed the brides and grooms on the certificates. "Awell," said he, "juist sort yersel's oot." In later years, Gretna Hall marriages were punctiliously presided over by Mr. Linton, the innkeeper. So suave and urbane was he that he was called "The Bishop." When irate parents beat on the door, he would not let them in until he had first tied the knot and hidden the couple away. Finally, in 1856, Lord Chan cellor Brougham, himself S Gretna Green elopee, drafted a law requiring a 21-day Scottish "a,uu' "1 euner bride or groom. The Bishop's marriage house came tumbling and once again became a private man sion. Another law in 1940 illegal ized marriage by declaration. Hence couples w h o elope to Gretna Green today must take their vows before a registrar. They are free, however, to marry without parental consent (a re quirement still in England for couples under 21). Now a honeymoon inn, Gretna Hall has preserved its marriage register listing 1134 couples, many, of exalted rank. Also in: tact is the original bridal cham ber with its extra wide, crino lme-accomodating entrance, the sliding panels in the door, and diamond-scratched initials on the windowpanes. Kaiser Plans To Build Stee! Plant in India Washingtco-Of!) Tha Kerwi" J. Kaiser Company will build a $130,000,000 steel" plant expan sion project at Jamshedpur, India. The plant will increase India's steel capacity by about 45 per cent, the company said. ' The project, one of the largest steel plant construction jobs ever PARKER "21" Pen and Pencil Set Pen has electric-polished octanium point, large ink capacity. Propel repel type pencil to match. Easy "2-finger filling" plus visible ink supply, pli-glass reservoir. Has matching pencil. 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