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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.
Jones, former University of
Wisconsin track coach, has pub
lished a book with diagrams and
descriptions of track construc
tion and maintenance, including
allowances for soil, temperatures
and rainfall.
He also has included sections
on track care, site selection and
track meet administration ' and
diagrams and specifications of
leading Olympic, university, col
lege, high school, indoor and
portable tracks.
The book is available from
the University of Wisconsin ex
tension division, Madison.
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