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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1955)
o G O Judge Solomon's Wisdom May Lead To Banishment; Overtime Parkers Freed New York (U.R) The "wisdom" of a judge named Soloman seemed likely today to lead to his banishment from vehicle accident court. Magis&ate Charles Solomon came up with his his words of wisdom on Tuesday and eight cases were dismissed in quick succession. Wednesday, jusP as quickly, the word leaked out that Solo-,-nan would probably never again be assigned to traffic court after his regular weekly" stint there ends Friday. "I can t hep that, can I?" Solomon asked when reporters went to him with the news that he was having his last assign ment in traffic cout and asked for more words of wisdom. Solomon, who claims no re lationship to the original wise king, endeared himself to Jiar- ried New York motorists with the decision: "You can't prosecute a car." Driver Pleads Innocent He made the ruling after a motorist pleaded innocent to overparking. The patrolman who issued the ticket admitted he could not prove the motorist owned the ticketed automobile or even that he was responsible for it being illegally parked. Solomon advised the motorist he had the constitutional privil ege of refusing to say whether he was the owner or not. "You have the right to re main mute," Solomon told the motorist. "I remain mute, your honor," the motorist said catching on quickly. "Case dismissed," said Solo mon. "You can't prosecute a car." Seven other motorists on the docket for similar offenses fol lowed the pattern laid down by the judge. They too were dismis sed. City Hall became alarmed. Officials calculated parking fines produced more than $6, 000,000in revenue last year and even more than that so far this year. The next day, Wednesday, Sgt. Lawrence Lucey of the po lice legal bureau advised pa trolmen to ask for adjournment if defendants refused to admit ownership of vehicles. The ad journment was to provide time to subpoena records of the state motor vehicle bureau and estab lish identity of the car owners. Word leaked out from sources close to Chief Magistrate John M. Murtagh that Solomon would get no further assign ments to traffic court because of his "unrealistic attitude." Remains of Woman Found Near Bandon Bandon (U.R) The three-week-oid mystery of a 74-year-old Nebraska woman's disap pearance was cleared up here yesterday. The body of Mrs. Lillie Dowrf ey, of North Platte, Neb., was fcund in a field south of here by a bulldozer operator. Deputy Coroner Ira Hudson said she apparently died of exposure and exhaustion. Mrs. Downey had been miss ing since Nov. 27, after coming here by bus from Portland to visit relatives. She was last seen by a woman from whom she asked directions before starting tc walk down the highway. Mrs. Downey's body, found lying face down in a small stream, was only 150 yards off the road. Police said she appar ently wandered off the road and was unable to find her way back. Rubber Worker Turns To Cactus Plant Care Dayton, O. (U.R) From rub ber plant to cactus plant is the daily transition made by Bessie HIpes. . When she finishes work at Dayton Rubber Co., she hurries home to care for her "pets" a collection of several hundred cacti. She has specimens from the United States and Mexico, plus some rare African varieties The plants vary widely in size, shape and color and provide a brilliant indoor garden. Miss Hypes trav eled more than 4,000 miles last year in senrch of new plants. - Thursday, December 15, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN - AUTO CRASH FATAL Hermiston U.R) Hubert Mc Cullough, 66, a local farmer, died in a local hospital Tuesday night following a two-car collis ion five miles east of here. His wife, Laura, was hospitalized with shock. James H. Smith, Her miston, driver of the other car, was not injured. Tualitan Dragged For Bodies of Two Portland (U.R) Grappling for the bodies of two duck hunt ers believed drowned in a back wash of the Tualitan river re sumed today a quarter of a mile from Midway in Washington county. The hunters, Johnny Mason, 27, Beaverton and Ray Blohm, 40, Portland, started out about 10 a.m. yesterday. They were reported missing about 3 p.m. Washington county sheriff's officers and the Cedar "Mills fire department dragged the back wash to no avail until late last night. Charles Bowman, a contractor for whom the men worked, gave the alarm when the pair failed to show up at their jobs. He discovered their swamped eight foot boat with decoy ducks float ing nearby. How To Build Athletic Track Told in Book Madison, Wis. (U.R) There have been do-it-yourself books on everything from furniture to sailboats, but Thomas E. Jones has topped them all with a book on how to build an athletic track. 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