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Man Found Innocent After 16 Years in Illinois Penitentiary . . J, j u --,4 T1Kr,; . -vm Mi'n rt r"Vii t Wantp rirni1ar frvr "Pari I tho linMi Rock Island, 111. 'U P.; Roy E. Easton. a man jailed almost 18 years for a crime he never committed, hurried from Illi nois today to build a new life for himself. Eaton, 52, had never given up his battle to get out of Illinois' Stateville Penitentiary. He won the battle Wednesday in the same Rock Island court where he was given a one year to life sentence for robbery on June 23, 1940. State's Attorney Bernard J. Moran, who became a leader in the fight to free Eaton, asked that the writ of error be granted I !;r - HAPPY CONVERSATION is carried on by Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark with son, William R. Clark, Dallas, Tex., after latter was admitted to practice before court during session in Washington. (International Soundphoto) admitting the state of Illinois was wrong. Was Miles Away Eaton was 1.700 miles from Rock Island when the robbery was committed, Moran said. And one of the men who actually pulled the robbery has con fessed. The end came just as Eaton wanted it. He could have won freedom on a parole or even a pardon as far back as 1954. But he wanted an absolutely clean record and he got it. The mild, spectacle - wearing ex - convict tearfully thanked Moran and his own attorney, Robert Gorman. He left the courtroom a free man and was on a train to Chi cago within a few hours. From there, Moran said, he wants to go back to New Mexico, where he has two married daughters. Eaton was a mining company watchman at Lordsburg, N. M., in 1940 when a freakish combi nation of aliases, mistaken ident ity, and pure confusion linked him to the Rock Island robbery. Eaton Using Aliases Eaton was going under the name of Carl Rogers. Police in Rock Island, investigating the 1938 robbery of a soap salesman, believed Carl Rogers was the name of one of the two holdup men. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington Democratic Chairman Paul M. Butler on the Wisconsin primary: "The myth of Eisenhower's invincibility, which has been care fully cultivated by the Republican press for three years, is now being exposed by actual tests." Washington Republican Chaiiman Leonard W. Hall on the Wisconsin primary: "It seems to be a fad with Democrats to claim a 'victory' every lime they are clobbered at the polls." New York Actress Grace Kelly on sailing for Monaco to marry Prince Rainier: "I hope I will be coming back to America very often. My family is here. My friends are here. Naturally I have a very great affection for my country but, like any girl, I am very excited. This is a big step and I'm very happy." Washington President Eisenhower on sending American troops to war in the Middle East or elsewhere without con gressional approval: "Congress alone has power to declare war and I am going to observe it." Wanted circulars for "Carl Rogers" went out all over the country. A short time later, Eaton was arrested on a drunk enness charge in Phoenix, Ariz. He was taken to Rock Island and the holdup victim Identified him. At his bench trial, Eaton had only his claim of innocence for a defense. It wasn't enough and he went to Stateville. He prompt ly set to work to get out again. A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer Washington OJ.R) City folks look at a bunch of channels and find no quarrel with TV. The folks in the woods buy a set and find themselves be- I h . -t ft: Harman Nichols tween n e 1 s. channel ing the Stuff wash boards bumping over washboards, a chan One fight other, like Yukon blizzard, and something that resembles rolling Venetian blinds. It's enough to make a man mad enough to turn in his set for a second hand lawn-mower. A friend of mine, one S. D. Wooten, an inventor man from Memphis, thinks he has all of this business solved. He has dreamed up a gimmick which will eliminate the jitters in your set if you happen to live in betwixt and between out there u. the hills. Secret Box Wooten has invented a little box, for which a patent has been filed, which he says will clean up the fuzz. The box has three buttons but Wooten won't tell fcVWMASTK e-Poxenger A -Door viera. Modal 73 v.. . .-v.-,vaa-.-.'W.. v i mm mm u mam i u-m m.:m Kim etw mrtr-a m m u-r TIT .-" ' i i mm ill' .:; fa ewty Became- itll you join us in welcoming Spring? 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And that's when you feel the spine tingling sweep of that new Variable Pitch Dynaflow where getaway and gas saving hit new highs at only part throttle and where you can switch the pitch for a safety-surge of full-power acceleration that's pure thrilL So come be our guest at our Spring Fashion Festival and at the wheel of the most spirited BuiclcyeL .Vew Advanced Variable Pitch Dynaflow it the only Dynaflow Buick builds today. It t standard on Roadmaster, Super and Century optional at mode extra cost on the Special. tit MCOt GlEASON . 143 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-6265 how they work. Things like that are an inventor's secret. A trial run was made on the invention. Wooten says it work ed fine. "Take Memphis, where my brother B c y t Wooten runs WREC-AM-TV," he said. "It is 190 miles from Jackson, Miss." Memphis has Channel 3, which is CBS Jackson has Channel 3, also, but it's NBC. In the coun try between, a lot of the time all the folks are getting is a bunch of shutters, going up and down between the two networks." He said both networks are getting fan mail. Wooten, who flunked out in engineering, is no stranger to the patent office here. Already he has- on the market many lit tle gadgets. One is something called "Mu- sic-Kom," a wired-in, do-it-all conglomeration of AM-FM com munications for the home. Very Handy Wooten says it will answer the back door, the front door and even the side door, will warn of fires and even baby sit. It can also be used to corrmiuni- cate between rooms or to pipe music all over the house. It can be rigged so, when ba by cries, a bell will ring in the master bedroom to wake up the old folks, or in the living room where the baby sitter is watch ing TV or curled up with a book. And If mamma is taking a bath, well-supplied with brush es, she can tell the salesman at the door to just go away without even stepping out of the tub. Thursday, April 5. 1956 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Bill To Seek Equal Shipbuilding Work San Francisc (U.R) Rep. William S. Mailliard (R-Calif.) plans to introduce a bill designed to let the Federal Maritime Board distribute shipbuilding work more fairly between East and West Coast shipyards. Mailliard disclosed his pro posed bill yesterday at the first meeting of Mayor George Chris topher's committee on shipbuild ing. Since the end of the war, West Coast yards have had a hard time underbidding eastern ship yards, which are closer to supply sources. Mailliard said his bill would require the maritime board to survey the nation's shipyards every year to make sure of hav ing enough in case of war. The bill would empower the maritime board to negotiate ship contracts "at a fair and reason able price" with idle yards. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only fraction of the cost or replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 Largest Oakland Hotel Changes Hands Oakland, Calif. (U.P.) Oak land's largest hotel, the Leaming ton, was sold for $2,000,000 yes terday to a group of investors from Seattle, Canada and the Bay Area. The buyers, headed by Ray Lemery of Seattle, immediately announced plans for its expan sion. Lemery declined to identi fy others in the group, but said the syndicate owns other proper ties in the Bay Area and the Pa cific Northwest, including the New Washington Hotel in Seat tle. Lemery said his group plans to spend more than $1,000,000 ac quiring additional land and add ing about 200 rooms to the hotel, which already has 275 rooms. The hotel was sold by Penin sula realtor William Greenbach, who bought the 20-year-old struc ture for 51,250,000 in 1947. Its original cost was $1,500,000. Reuther Points To Power Overemphasis New Delhi, India (U.R) Labor leader Walter Reuther said today U. S. "overemphasis on military power in Asia has tended to trade reliable demo cratic friends for doubtful mil itary allies." Reuther told the Council on World Affairs he believes the American people support India's aspiration to annex Portuguese Goa, even if the U.S. govern ment is inclined to side with its ally Portugal. He said also that "racial dis crimination and bigotry" con tinue to exist in the United States despite the American Rev olution's "noble promise of equality and justice for all." Not all of Reuther's criticism was reserved for the United States, however. The CIO leader, who once worked in a Soviet automobile factory and traveled extensively in Russia, said the Russians under Communism have "won more bread but not more freedom." Offer Made lo Buy C&CO Railroad at GP Grants Pass (U.R) An offer to buy the California and Oregon Coast railroad for $35,000 was made here yesterday as op ponents of the city's proposal to abandon the line presented their case before an Interstate Com merce Commission investigator. The city seeks to abandon the line which has not run for nearly a year and a half, claiming that the line loses money and the roadbed is needed for highway construction. Yesterday's hearings heard ar guments by shippers who con tend that a rail line is needed. The S35,000 offer made by ship pers, who used the line before it was closed, is equal to the amount the city says it can get by salvaging the steel involved. Both sides were given until May 14 to file briefs. V Given Away During the Next 6 Weeks! FIRST BARBECUE GIVEN AWAY MONDAY - APRIL 9! COME IN FOR YOUR FREE TICKETS No Need to Buy to Participate! RED LEAF. Lettuce Romaine Endive NAVEL JUICE Oranges 300 dox. B 12-oz. 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