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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, December 5, 19S5 Death of Convict AtAlcafraz Starts o FBI Investigation San Francisco (U.R) FBI agents quizzed hardened con victs in Alcatraz Prison today in an attempt to learn what lay be hind the fatal stabbing of a con victed rapist. The victim was Sidney Moore, 31, "Washington, D. C. He died in the prison hospital at 6 p.m. yesterday of stab wounds in the abdomen and chest. He had been knifed eight hours earlier. -Warden Paul J. Madigan said I&We's assailant was James A. Bullock, 35, of Louisiana, a con victed murderer. , Word of the slaying in the na tion's toughest prison got out when prison authorities notified the coroners office to meet the prison launch at 8:30 p.m. and pick up the body of the slain man. Madigan said Moore and Bul lock got into a fight yesterday morning while 175 prisoners were taking their morning exer cise. Four guards who were on duty in the yard at the time pulled theo men apart. MaiQgan said none of the guas knew what started the iighiuor where Bullock got the knifhe used. Presumably it was one had fashioned in secret arid hidden on his person or in his celigno mean feat on the security conscious "Rock." Q The FBI began an immediate investigation of the case, but said "we cannot divulge any de tails at this time." Dulles1 Statement On Goa Puts Envoy On Carpet in India New Delhi, India-(U.R) U- S. Ambassador John Sherman Coo per was summoned to the Indian Foreign Office today amid a new wave of anti-American feel ing produced by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' state ment on Goa. Indian Foreign Secretary Su bimal Dutt called Cooper to the Indian External Affairs minis try. It was generally believed India would protest sharply over the Dulles' statement but embas sy sources said Cooper still had not received the official text. Observers here said Cooper was placed in a "most embar rassing position" by the state ment which referred to the Por tuguese possession of Goa as a "Portuguese province," directly New CAP Leader Assumes Duty Here Civil Air Patrol Lt. Robert Thompson, former commandant of cadets, will assume duties as ohew commanding officer of the 'Medford squadron at the regu lar 7:30 p.m. meeting of the group tonight. Lt. Thompson succeeds Capt. Marella Luschen, who has been Commanding officer for three years. Capt. Luschen requested to be transferred to another posi tion in the CAP here. Oregon "Wing headquarters of CAP at Portland has approved the trans fer. Lt. Thompson has a com mercial pilots license and has more than 2,00 hours flying time. He is a member of the 403rd troop carrier command, air force reserve unit at Port land. 0 , He has taken an active part in the CAP training program as an instructor and senior officer. Lt. Thompson also has attended twoCAP regional conferences, and "it was through his efforts that a link trainer was put into operation, for instruction in the local grgup. Also gat tonight's meeting, there will be a film about the new Air Force academy near Denver, Colo. The meeting will be held in the CAP building at Medford airport. Hitchcock Clears Up 'Disappearance' . -Bangkok, Thailand OJ.R) Film director Alfred Hitchcock today cleared up the mystery of his "disappearance" in a KLM Dutch plane over Bengal Bay Friday and Saturday. The plane was delayed at Cal cutta's airport because of a bad engine and when it finally took off Saturday night it was forced tocjeturn there at night. The passengers could not leave without undergoing complicated Indian customs procedure which probably started the rumors that he had disappeared over the bay, Hitchcock explained. "Let's put it this way," the noted film director said. "It's the strangest flight I have ever been on." Hitchcock, who is on a tour of Asian capitals, said he would remain here until Wednesday meeting with film executives and actors and leave for Hong Kong and Tokyo for a five-day visit. Kefauver Charges Dixon-Yates Perjury Washington (U.R) Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) charged to day that some persons involved in negotiations for the Dixon Yates contract may have com mitted perjury and conspired to defraud the government. He made the charges as his special Senate Monopoly sub committee resumed its investi gation of the controversial pow er contract which President Ei senhower ordered canceled earl ier this year. The contract would have provided for construction by private interests of an elec tric power plant at West Mem phis, Ark., to supply power to Tennessee Valley Authority as replacement for TVA electricity fed to the Atomic Energy Commission. Following cancellation, the AEC decided that there was a '"substantial question as to the validity of the contract" because of a possible conflict of interest in the dual role played by Adolph Wenzell, 'New York in vestment banker, who advised both the government and Dixon Yates interests at the same time. Trial Under Way in Benton County Death Corvallis '(U.R) The first de gree murder trial of Martin B. Reyes, Seattle, is scheduled to begin here tomorrow. Reyes is accused of fatally wounding James R. Applegate, 39-year-old Benton county posse man, in Corvallis Oct. 24, short ly after Reyes and a companion escaped from the Eugene jail. Selection of a jury is expected to take at least the first day. Eighty-two persons are on the venire list. A defense motion for a change in venue, on the grounds that prejudice would hamper jury selection, was over ruled earlier. Presiding will be Circuit Judge Fred McHenry. Sidney B. Lewis Jr., district attorney, is chief prosecutor. Defense attor neys are John Fenner and Rob ert Mix. Snowfall Hampers Portland Autoists Portland (U.R) Rain turned to snow which turned back to rain again in Portland this morn ing but enough white stuff fell to cause some traffic snarls. Southwest Canyon road was blocked about 6 a.m. for a short time by slipping cars and there were a few minor collisions un til police required chains on all cars trying the hill to Sylvan. Another traffic jam was report ed near Washington park and hill streets remained slippery. Snow was reported as far north as Tacoma,.with rain south of here. The weather bureau predicted no more snow for low areas in western Oregon, but there will be rain and wind. Storm warnings were flying along the coast for gusts of wind up to 45 miles per hour. contrary to the official Indian government viewpoint. Unpopular Position American officials said the United States had been gaining from the statements made by the visiting Soviet leaders which embarrassed the Indian govern' ment. Now they said only a statement by President Eisen hower could retrieve the situa tion. The sources said Cooper had worked tirelessly during the past year to better U.S.-Indian relations but that the joint state ment had linked the United States up squarely with the un popular "colonial powers." There had been a vast flood of emotion in India over Portugal and its refusal to give up the 400-year-old settlement of Goa. Some officials here said the United States had lost out not only in India but in all of Asia. Diplomtic Blunder Indian newspapers accused Dulles of committing a major diplomatic blunder in issuing the joint statement. It was learned that Cooper had been advising the State de partment all week long not to make any statement, no matter what the Russians said. Observers said this was be cause there was a general feel ing the Indians were becoming embarrassed over the Russian outbursts. There was a feeling that the west had a chance to make gains by remaining digni fiedly quiet. Friends close to Cooper said he feels he was put in the worst position possible because no In dian will believe him in the future. It also was learned that the ambassador was not advised ahead of time and learned of the Dulles statement only when he read of it in the newspaper. Multnomah Group Fights Racing Site Portland (U.R) A battle to prevent Multnomah county from exercising options on 170 acres of land proposed for a county tair and dog racing site was promised today by residents of Wood Village near here. Mayor Paul G. Sherman of Wood Village said choice of the site came as a "complete sur prise" to residents. "First we knew of it was when he read it m the Saturday morning pa per," he said. Sherman said almost half the proposed site was within the corporate limits of Wood Village and that the area has been plan ned and zoned for residential expansion. Wood Village has about 1200 population. McNary Field Building To Start This Week Salem (U.R) Construction , of an office building at McNary Field here for the State Board of Aeronautics will get under way this week. The State Emergency Board authorized the Board of Aeronau tics to spend $32,500 on the project. The 1955 Legislature has approved $25,000 for the building, but low bid proved to be $27,823. Mills Construction Co. of Sa lem, low bidder on the building, agreed to continue with the proj ect at the original offer. Aeronautics Director Earl Sny der said the building probably would be completed about April Slafe Young GOP Plans Drive To Put Ike on Ballot Portland (U.R) The Young Republican Federation of Ore gon today announced plans to circulate petitions to place Pres ident Eisenhower's name on the ballot in Oregon's preferential primary election next May. A resolution adopted . by Young Republicans at their week-end convention here said in part, "although the final de cision must be his alone, we be lieve the people of Oregon will welcome an opportunity to demonstrate their active desire that the president run again." In Oregon a candidate's per mission is not needed to place his name on the ballot. Only 1000 signatures are required. signatures are required. Mors Defeat Eyed Two leading Oregon Republi cans warned the convention not to forget . about keeping the state Legislature Republican controlled in efforts to defeat Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Elmo Smith, state Senate president, said Democrats would like noth ing better than to have the Re publicans absorbed in Morse's senatorial race. House Speaker Ed Geary defended the Repub lican record in the state and said "it would be tragic if control of the Legislature went over to the other party." The Oregon College League of Young Republicans urged that Oregon voters be given a chance to decide whether to give 18-year-olds the right to vote. They also went on record in favor of establishing junior colleges in Oregon. I . BUILT AND Sackeff Asks Probe 01 North Bend Aifairs San Francisco '(U.R) Publish er Sheldon S. Sackett asked top Oregon state officials what must be done to prod the Coos county grand jury into investigating public affairs in North Bend, Ore. Sackett. editor and publisher of the Coos Bay Times, made the request in a 1,500-word tele gram to Gov. Paul Patterson, Chief Justice Harold J. Warner of the State Supreme court, At torney General Robert Thornton and Judge Dal M. King of Co qiulle, Ore. Copies of the telegram were sent to 36 other U.S'. and Oregon state officials, judges, business men and publishers. He said attempts to discuss the matter with Coos County District Attorney John Pickett have proved fruitless. He asked whether the district attorney can be forced to call the grand jury; or whether it can be called by an individual, a . circuit judge, the attorney general, the governor or the chief justice. Sackett asked that replies be wired him collect at the Fair mont hotel here. He said that he would be here on business for an indefinite period. Wall, Ceiling Damaged In House Fire Sunday A wall and ceiling near the flue were slightly damaged yes terd. in a house fire shortly after noon at 610 Elm st. Firemen said that workmen remodeling the vacant house, owned by Robert West, Central Point, had started a fire in a stove leading to an old bracket flue on the wall. Two pumpers were sent to the scene. No damage resulted from a flue fire at the Ray W. Turpin home, 1024 South Holly st., Sun day, firemen reported. INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE IN MEDFORD HIS HONOR THE MAYOR? m WW S! Bill's eagerness to learn is sure to take him far if we see to it flow that he gets the education every child de serves. We can all help by joining our local community conferences on schools! For helpful, free booklet, write: Better Schools, 2 West 45th St, New York 36, N.Y. Call me for recent information on: M & M Wood Working Morrison Knudsen Portland Gas & Coke General Electric Would You Like Us to Analyze Your Present Securities or Savings Program? Please phone Medford 2-7471 for any investment information or to set up an appointment either at your office, your home, or Zilka, Smither and Company's office. 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