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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, Norember 17, 193S Attorney Appointed To Defend Graham In Airline Murders Denver U.R) Former U. S. Atty. Charles S. Vigil, who suc cessfully prosecuted Colorado's most notorious gamblers, will de fend 23-year-old Jojin Gilbert Graham against the charge he murdered his mother by bomb ing the airliner in which 44 per sons died. District Judge Edgard J. Keat ing, who declared Graham in digent and unable to engage competent counsel on his own, also appointed John J. Gibbons, a prominent criminal defense at torney, and Paul Weadick of Denver to the defense late Fri day. Murder Charge Graham is charged with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Daisey King, 54, a passenger on the United Air Lines DC6B that exploded and crashed near Long mont, Colo., on Nov. 1, killing everyone aboard. Graham was charged with planting a dynamite time bomb in his mother's luggage after in suring her life for 37,500. Keating said he would confer with the defense counsel and give them copies of the criminal information for study. He urged them to confer with Graham at county jail for preparation of the defendant's arraignment on Mon day. Byrd Starts His 5th Antarctica Trip With 1,800-Man Task Force San Francisco (U.R) Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd was off Saturday on another expedition to the South Pole. The 67-year-old explorer boarded a Pan American clipper bound for New Zealand. There he will board ship and head for Antarctica and begin his fifth expedition to the 6,000,000 square mile continent since 1922. This time, an 1,800-man task force will make the first United States attempt to establish a per manent settlement in the frozen wasteland. About 50 well-wishers were on hand at the airport to see the admiral off, including Cmdr. G. O. Noville of Los Angeles, Byrd's chief of staff on his previous New Men's Dormitory To Be Dedicated Soon Eugene (U.R) A new four story men's, domitory at Un iversity of Oregon will be form ally dedicated at a public cere- mon here next Friday. The domitory, named Virgil D. Earl Hall in honor of the former dean of men, includes facilities for 332 male students. The building cost $1,250,00. Ray Hawk, director of men's affairs and members of the late dean's family, will preside at dedication ceremonies." Sows and gilts to be used for breeding stock in areas where erysipelas has been a problem should be vaccinated for the dis ease before breeding time whether or not they have been vaccinated before. Transmission Line Almost Completed Boise, Idaho U.R) Idaho Power company Saturday an nounced its 47-mile, 230,000 volt transmission line between Baker and La Grande, Ore., was 90 per cent complete. The line will provide a sec ond Idaho Power company link with the five-state systems mak ing up the Northwest power pool. Present link with the pool is through eastern Idaho and Montana. Working in mountainous ter rain through cold and stormy weather conditions, up to 85 men of the company's mobile crews have dug all the required holes, many of which have necessitated blasting through solid rock depths of eight to 11 feet. All pole line structures also have been set. Principle remaining work is the stringing of conductor for the three-line circuits. Thirty miles of this work has been completed. Nearly one million pounds of high voltage conductor are needed for the job. C. J. Scholes, company con struction foreman, said the proj ects would be completed by Dec. 24 deadline despite adverse weather. expeditions. The trim, bright-eyed explor er said, he felt in top condition despite his 67 years. This he credited to "a fortunate choice of ancestors and a lifelong re gimen of exercise." As he neared the plane, pretty Kerry Smyser wished him luck and he stopped to converse with her for several minutes. "If you haven't time to notice a pretty girl you're really get ting old," he said later. Byrd appeared anxious to smooth over his earlier remarks that "no woman has ever stepped on Little America and we have found it to be the most silent and peaceful place in the world." On his arrival here Friday he said, "now that I think it over, Little America is the loneliest place on earth because there are no women." He also said he is consider ing taking women to the South Pole some day. He already has 1,500 applicants, he said. Byrd said that many other nations, including Russia, Great Britain, France and Australia, are rushing plans to set up bases in the Antarctic in conjunction with the geophysical year of 1957-58. The United States will set up five or six bases in the Antarc tic during the next two years, he said, with other nations estab lishing a total of 35. Falling Rocks Result In One-Way Traffic Salem (U.R) One way traffic was in effect on a short section of the Wilson river highway near the summit because of falling rocks, the State Highway De partment said Saturdav. Two-way traffic was expected to be restored today or Monday. Motorists also were warned against falling rocks on the North Santiam highway in the vicinity of Detroit. Only new snow rerjorted Sat urday was less than an inch at Meacham. Most sections of Oregon re ported rain, with slush at Gov ernment Camp and Timberline. Look to the Future! Choose GAS Appliances! fi IMMI I CONDUCT SERVICES The Rev. C. R. Lambert, assistant general overseer from Portland, will conduct evangelistic serv ices at the Apostolic Faith chufch, North Central ave. and Third st., today. Rev. Lambert will be accompanied by the Rev. Vernon Schroeder and other workers from Portland. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. "All right if I borrow a little hot water for the laundry?'' 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The guardsmen were ordered here Wednesday when violence in connection with the long Per fect Circle Cprp. strike broke out. Patrols were alerted to look for a dark-colored, postwar mod el car bearing Kentucky license plates. A car of similar descrip tion ran another blockade, An derson said. Authorities believed three men were in the car. Truman Blasts Foreign Relations Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Form er President Harry S. Truman Saturday accused the Eisenhow er administration of throwing "foreign relations into the politi cal arena," and said the Geneva conference didn't "amount to a damn." Mr. Truman was in a vigorous political mood at a press confer ence. He also raked Vice Presi dent Richard Nixon over the coals and Republicans came in for his typical "give-'em-hell" blasting. As for Nixon, . Mr. Truman said: "I don't like him and I don't want to discuss him. He called me a traitor and if I was a trai tor, then the country is in a hell of a fix." Asked About VP A reporter had asked about vice presidential qualifications, and prefaced the queetion by saying there had been a lot of talk about Nixon in connection with Mr. Eisenhower's illness. The former President said he agreed with New York Gov. Av erell Harriman, a potential Dem ocratic candidate for President, who said here earlier this week "the hope of Geneva had been turned into the hoax of Geneva." "Mr. Harriman knows what he's talking about. He had to deal with those Russians." (Har riman formerly was ambassa dor . to Russia under Mr. Tru man.) "President Franklin Roosevelt and I kept foreign relations on a bi-partisan basis, but the Repub- A study of figures compiled over a 24-year period in Ken tucky revealed that calf losses averaged 14 per cent, with about 85 per cent of the deaths oc curring before the calves were 56 days old. Chief causes of the losses were abortion, stillbirth, diarrhea and calf pneumonia. The American Veterinary Medical Association expects about 15,000,000 Brucella blood agglutation tests for brucellosis to be conducted in the United States during 1955. NOT SO PERFECT Cpl. Kenneth Lucas stands alert as he and 91 other Indiana National Guardsmen were ordered back to guard duty before the strike-torn Perfect Circle foundry in New Castle, Ind. The Guardsmen were ordered out again when windows of the foundry and non-strikers' homes were shattered. Survey Shows Fewer Gl's Go Oyer Washington U.R) Fewer servicemen are going over the hill. ! The big drop in AWOL's and desertions was attributed by the armed services Saturday to edu cational programs, help on the GI's personal and family prob lems, and stiffer penalties au thorized by President Eisenhow er. The Army reported it has cut its monthly AWOL rate from 15.2 per 1,000 enlisted men in 1952 to 5.2 per 1,000 this year. In 1952, the Navy had 29,490 offenses of more than three days, including desertions. Last year the number was cut to 18, 542, and in the first eight months of this year only 6,841 sailors have gone over the hill for three days or more. The Air Force, which had a monthly AWOL rate of 7.6 per 1.000 men in 1950 and 5.13 per 1,000 in 1952, has cut the num ber to 1.86 per 1,000 this year. The rate of Air Force desertions has dropped from .346 per 1,000 last year to .225 per 1,000 this year. The Marine Corps said it had 5,849 "administrative desertions" in 1952 and cut that to 4,882 last year, t or tne tirst seven montns this year, the number was 1,895. AWOL's and desertions reach ed their peak during the Korean War. The Gas Appliance Manufac turers Association advises that when you'r shopping for gas heating equipment, you get ex pert advice from a real expert a qualified heating equipment dealer. He can best determine your heating needs by visiting the premises to find out the size of the house, its geographic loca tion, the type of insulation, what temperature the homeowner likes to maintain, and other im portant factors. Pulmonary tuberculosis, TB of the lungs,- causes 92 per cent of TB deaths, but the germs can attack all parts of the body. Contributions to the first Christmas Seal Sale in the world, in Denmark in 1904, went to build a hospital for children U PNT WITH U MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE Formerly Burgess Paint and Wallpaper Store , Corner 6th & Holly, Diagonally Across from the Pott Office We Giv S&H Green Stamps PHONE 2-9321 licans have thrown it into the political at-ena. It will be a major issue in next year's campaign," Mr. Truman said. The former President refused to get involved in the likely candidates for President next year, saying only: "any Demo crat that gets the nomination will win." Ketosis in dairy cattle may 1 The voluntary associations tw cause up to SIO.000,000 loss in anized to fight tuberpsJosis in the United States some vears About half the loss is in the form of reduced milk production; the other half is in death losses. the United States conduct their annual Christmas Seal Sale through December. Court Records PHI Tit rni-DT Arthur R. Dubs, violation of basic rule. $10. Henry George Zeber, violation of basic rule, $10. DISTRICT COURT Robert Charles Sanderson, over width, $10. Larry Stephen Wilson, overload. $101; ovesload, S35. Karl Merritt Proctor, overload, $23 overload, $37. Charles Gorlin Ross, failure to dis play two license plates, $10. (bail for feiture.) James Stewart Patton. failure to yield right of way, $15. (bail for feiture). Ethel Eliza Artmere, passiig with insufficient clearance, S10. Lawrence Martin Elian, exceeding limit in possession of dark geese, $30. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS John Lawrence Sullivan. 64. box 294. 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