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o o FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, December 14, 1955 X - r 7 2 3t I V " x y 4 NEW CRISIS DEVELOPS on turbulent borders of Israel when Israeli troops stage night attack on S3-rian positions overlooking northeast shore of Sea of Galilee, killing 50 Syrians, capturing 30. This Israeli infantryman, machinegun ready for action, is typical of activity as Jewish homeland guards Arab-surrounded borders. (International Soundphoto) Abbott Defense Undertakes Task Of Unraveling Mesh of Evidence Oakland, Calif. J.R The - defense called new witnesses to the stand today in an effort to Olnravel the mesh of circum stantial evidence Sfchich the state has thrown around accused girl- slayer -Burton W. Abbott. - Attorneys &r the 27-year-old University of California student began icking at the prosecu tion's evidence yesterday, as soon as District Attorney J. .Frank Coakley rested the state's xase. The osecution called 53 wit nesses during the past five weeks in a methodicaO point-by-point recital aimed at proving Abbott kidnaped and murdered l$-year-Cbld StephanO Bryan of Berke ley, q Buried in shallow Grave Abbott is charged with snatch ing Stephanie from a Berkeley street, murdering her and bury ing her body in a shallow grave behind his Trinity county moun tain cabin. Yesterday the defense at tacked the state's contention backed by five witnesses that Abbott was seen beating a young girl in his car on Mt. Diablo blvd. a few minutes after Ste phanie was kidnaped last April 28. It called William Bethel, a 69-year-old retired sea captain of San Pablo, who gave a con siderably different version of the incident than the prosecution witnesses. He testified that he witnessed the "scuffle" in a car on the highway, but swore it "was not the face of Abbott that I saw in that car." Bethel described the car as "a dark gray Pontiac". The defense witnesses all said the car was a gray-green 1949 Chevrolet, iden tical to Abbott's car. Under cross-examination, the sea captain admitted that he uses at least two aliases, that he lied to Berkeley police who tried to question him and that he ' believes Abbott is being framed-. Cotton Farmers Vote To Continue Controls Washington (O.R) Cotton farmers have voted overwhelm ingly to continue production controls on the 1956 crop. They will adhere to the con trols on a reduced national acre age in order to collect the full level of government price sup ports, which will be set some where between 75 and 90 per cent of parity. Congressional sources have predicted the sup port&gure will be about 85 per cent. ' Firmers in 21 cotton-producing States rolled up a margin of 93 per cent in favor of controls in yesterday's national referen dum. Of 237,426 votes cast, 267, 235 favored controls and 20,191 Qspposed. The total vote was about 20 per cent lighter than last vear's referendum which approved controls by 92 pfr cent. Long Staple Cotton iAbout 25 oer cent of-,the na tion's 1,30000 cotton farmers Growers of extra long staple cotton, m-oduced in Arizona, Cat ifornia, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, and Puerto Rico, also approved controls by 90.5 per cent. Only 1,092, extra long staple votes were cast. , The percentage of approval ranged from a high of 96.6 in Mississippi, a heavy producing state, to a low of 66.7 in Kansas where there were only three votes, 2 for and 1 against. Texas, the largest producer, voted 88.7 per cent for controls. Maximum Acreage The vote in California was 2,477 for controls and 253 against, or 93 per cent. In Ari zona the vote was 685 for and 146 against, or 82.4 per cent in favor. The voters approved Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson's proclamation of a cotton mar keting quota of 10,000,000 bales to be grown next year on 17,- 391,304 acres. . The marketing quota is the same as that for the 1955 crop, but the acreage is 4 per cent less. The marketing quota, under present law, is the minimum that can be set. It is meaningless, however, because the actual mar keting quota is the cotton that is grown on specified acreage. Production in 1955 is estimated at 14,663,000 bales, well over the quota. Katies o los NSriis :xe on & msrn'ins JAfJflrtrfH34- J IOJS ID BIND SOLO CM TI.E.S ROCHES. SlWSSlPEttALKS.' I n J 'JiLID,. isewff. iaNTie wincstokm u&o blown tons op t?ipa. v3JjiJ scjd-lz?sh ceiEET dust o -we city, it v. a i.a.sus'D Tug !2L? E3rirE0TMATOV6? 5a!0 WTH OPTHE SET ScuJ I pseoous veul coatep the iuoo crrv; t?a, ore ojgT ""Li I TEMPERATURE PIASE!4- t?T5S S KCT Lt WHITE.' levCUSTL'CVTue H ,E.A ESS, xru ILL THAT SOME AS6 REP. SOWg V j1" O ELLOW -OTHEZS SEN.PbSLE. BLUE-WHITE i rA y ANP ROSE: THE CCuOK DEFENDS UCN THE j(3 I TEMPESATLSE CCTUE "EAVENLV BCTV. J V THE ft.UE-V.HlTa A!E THE HOTTEST. f 9? JW . Th RE5 TU- COOLEST. ''mGit. k 3 SET XJffiLP A ZETCSMEUT ASE AN? LET Ut.SAYtNSS BOHPS DO THE JEST. I IC-je GCttL IS ISTIZE WENT IN ZO EAZS, AN? YOU SAVE 1SOSO VlONTH.N 19 A5 e.NVMTus M?j imll, HAVE LAIO ASiCE A HEA1TM AfST CM OP 47.3oa' Earlier the defense attacked the testimony of William Rus sell, a typewriter repairman who testified he saw Abbott in a Berkeley doughnut shop less than an hour before Stephanie was abducted. The first defense witness, El mira Mills, a waitress in the doughnut shop, testified that she never saw Abbott wearing dun garees (as testified by Russell) and couldn't remember seeing the defendant in the shop on April 28. On cross - examination by Coakley, however, the witness retreated and admitted Abbott "quite possibly" could have been in the shop on the day in ques tion and that she couldn't see below the counter to determine what kind of trousers a cus tomer was wearing. Fourth Child Awaited By John Eisenhowers Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower's daughter-in- law, who had a false alarm Sun day on the birth of her fourth child, will move into the White House tonight to : be nearer Washington medical facilities. Mrs. John Eisenhower has been at Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center since the false alarm, but the pains have subsided and she planned to leave the hospital late today. Instead of returning to Ft. Bel- yoir, . Va., where her husband, an Army, major, is ' stationed, she will go to . the executive mansion. At the White House she will be nearer to Walter Reed since Ft. Belvoir is - 24 miles from Washington. Maj. Eisenhower and "their three children will also move to the White House. Chile Copper Workers Walk Out on Strike Santiago, Chile '(U.R) Some 14,000 employees of two of Chile's big U.S.-owned copper mines quit work today in a strike against the government expected to cost this country 1,000 tons of Copper a day. The Anaconda company's Chu quicamata and Potrerillos mines were entirely paralyzed by the walkout, and the nearby port of Antofagasta was crippled. The Kennecott company's El Teniente pit was not immediate ly affected, but workers there are expected to walk out Friday unless the strike is settled by that time. The strike was called because the government ignored union demands in drafting a new labor law. There was no conflict be tween the unions and the com pany managements. Hounsell Will Seek Return To State Senate The Dalles '(U.R) State Sen. John Hounsell, a Republican, said today he would be a candi date for nomination to the same office next year. Hounsell presently is state senator from Wasco and Hood River counties. Under reappor tionment he seeks to also repre sent Sherman, Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties. PHOENIX Wyoming Visitor Expected Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport By MRS. LILLIAN KNIGHT Phoenix Mrs. Marjorie Bra zil, Cheyenne, Wyo., will arrive to spend the Christmas holidays with her sister, Mrs. Bertha Hanscom and another sister in Ashland, Mrs. Lou Fitch. Phoenix Neighbors of Wood craft will meet Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Dor othy Thompsom for a social and business session. Mrs. Edna Cook will assist the hostess with re freshments. Phoenix Thimble club met Dec. 2 at the home of Mrs. Har lon Glascock for a Christmas dinner and gift exchange. Chick en dinner was served and en joyed and many lovely gifts re ceived by members who attend ed. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Nelson of Portland, parents of Jack Nel son of radio station KYJC, were guests last week end of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gier. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Steele re turned to their home in Fair banks, Alaska, after spending the Thanksgiving holidays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Osa Waggoner and Mr. and Mrs. Clif ford Wallace. On arriving at their home they found that a cold spell had hit while they were away and that all water pipes, medicine bottles, even hair oil bottles, had frozen and broken. While here they sold their home on Fourth st. to Claude Campbell of Camp Bak er rd., a cousin of Steeles. Keith Thompson, Medford, son of Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, received his greetings yesterday from Uncle Sam and will report to the Army the last of January. The next benefit dance spon sored by the firemen will be held at the Community club Saturday, Dec. 17, with dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music will be furnished by Chap's Roadside Rascals. Petty Officer Second Class and Mrs. Nolan Day are the par ents of a baby son born to them Dec. 11 in a Navy hospital in Guam. Day has been stationed in the island and Mrs. Day joined him nearly two years ago when she and their baby daughter, Carol, flew to the is land. He will be discharged in June of 1956 and has made ar rangements to enter Coyne tech nical school of. electronics in Chicago, 111. He is a graduate of Phoenix High school, class of '52, and was active in sports while in school. Mrs. L8y II th former Joyce Geren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Murphy of Medford, and attended Bed ford High school. Pickin' Pears J By BILL HURN Group appearances Sunday at Camp White were Eve Pren tice's Accordion band with mem bers from studios of Medford, Ashland, Central Point, Talent, Eagle Point and Rogue River. Dancers from the Colleen Hope studio of Medford accompanied the band. A novelty team, soloists and group ensembles brought a var ied two-hour entertainment. Re freshments of ooffee, cookies, ice cream and candy for guests were served. Bulletin board commendation for Domiciliarly participation in UMC to the extent of S779.43 shows the breakdown according to departmental grouping. The holiday motif in the ef forts of the Engineers of Bert R. Sims' department has started to become quite evident. The 53 foot tree from M. E. Robertson of Shady Cove has been install ed in its footing in front of the administration building and wir ing, trim, decorating and light ing will be done soon. From the Forest Service, trucks have been delivering 150 trees to be in stalled in ward solariums and show spots. Fireproof treating, sand pail installation and distribution is a rush program followed with eagerness. Decoration and trim plans outlined thus far, indicate a portion of planning for dis plays contemplated for the holi day season. Eureka Newspaper Man Dies of Cancer Eureka, Calif. (U.R) Col. Francis ' E. Flaherty, 55, man aging editor of the Humboldt Standard here- since 1935, died of cancer late last night. Flaherty, who won a nation al editorial award two years ago for his editorial on cancer, had been ill for six years but continued on the job actively until two months ago. He con tinued to write editorials from his home up until three weeks ago. He was a veteran of both world wars. During World War II he served on the general staff corps of the Sixth Army in Al aska and Ninth Army in Eur ope. He participated in the Bat tle of the Bulge and was award ed the Legion of Merit with Bronze Star, the Air Medal and the Ribbon of Commendation. Material Witness in Knife Fight Released Portland (U.R) The district attorney's office yesterday or dered William F. Pippins, 33. re leased from jail where he had been held as a material witness following a knife fight in which Clifton Lewis Allen, 27," Port land, was wounded fatally. Wit nesses said Pippins, who was cut with a pen knife, was defending himself. J PAINT WITH U Iteaimlciiei MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE Formerly Burgess Paint and Wallpaper Store Corner 6th & Holly, Diagonally Across from the Post Office We Give S&H Green Stamps PHONE 2-9321 A 15-piece life sized Nativity for installation at the main en trance has now reached the stage of assembly and with the augmented groupings of real animals will present a scenic attraction. Reports of progress and of the formal date for its opening will be announced. Ashland American Legion auxiliary will be host to the De cember birthday group party Wednesday night at the theater building. The Marlene Hawkins dance studio of Ashland presented the Nutcracker Suite ensemble Sun day afternoon at the theater. This splendid and hard-working group will be welcomed on re appearances before the veterans of the Domiciliary. BILL SLACK PHONE 5811 357 EAST MAIN ASHLAND RAY HAMILTON ROVOST'S FURNITURE EASY TERMS-FREE DELIVERY-OPEN WEDNESDAY EVE. 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