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.
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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.
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Myrtle Creek Man Dies
In Tractor Accident
Roseburg (U.P.) A caterpillar
tractor accident yesterday killed
William Sidney Goff, 35, of J
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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.
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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.
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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
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$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
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