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r Soldier's Condition Still Reported Critical Pvt. Keith Thompson, 22, of 10 Portland ave., Medford, is still in critical condition at Camp Carson, Colo., where he is .being treated for multiple wounds and fractures he re ceived April 17. He suffered the injuries while on bivouac maneuvers when a hand grenade exploded about 13 inches from him. An earlier report indicated he had been hit by machine gun fire. His wife, a Community hos pital laboratory employee, and his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, 410 Rose St., Phoe nix, are at Camp Carson and his wife plans to remain there At the present they are staying at an officers club but his wife has rented an apartment at Colorado Springs. He underwent surgery Mon day for the second time since he was injured. In addition to liver and other abdominal wounds, both legs, an arm. sev eral fingers and a thumb aie fractured and he has powder facial burns. According to his sister, Miss Lorna Thompson, a Medford Mail Tribune business office em ployee, Private Thompson had a premonition of the tragedy. He called home the day before he was to leave on the maneuv vers and wanted to talk to all his family, stating "I have a feeling something will happen to me." In a letter to her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson ex plained that Army officials the-e said the odds of living through such an accident were low. Medford united Press- -Full Leased Wire Tribune U oiled Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1956 Pages 1-6 Mysterious Disappearance of Lecturer Continues Baffling Psychologist to Visit Medford This Week Dr. Harry K. Danielson, psy chologist, will be in Medford Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, to meet with Jackson County Health association mem bers and study groups of various county parent-teacher organiza tions, it was announced today. Dr. Danielson will meet with the combined groups at 8 p.m. Friday at the First Methodist church. Friday morning. Dr. Danielson will discuss arrangements for the evening session with Mrs. Robert Minear and Mrs. Walter Bish, co-chairmen of the health as sociation committee on family life education, and Mrs. Riley New York (U.R) A little be fore 10 o'clock on the night of March 12 a -lecturer at Columbia University nodded good night to his students and disappeared in a crowd toward the subway that would take him home. He has not been seen since. He never arrived home. He has never contacted his friends. He may be dead or alive, as far as anyone knows, but police be lieve it is more likely he is dead than alive. About 10,000 people disappear on the streets of New York every year. Most of them turn up again sooner or later. But there is one factor in the case of Dr. Jesus DeGalindez, 42, lecturer on Latin American affairs, that is dif ferent from the others. Bitter Campaign His life has been bound up for 10 years in a bitter campaign against the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Trujillo of the Domi nican Republic. The police missing persons file on Galindez is fat with circum stances pointing to Caribbean in trigue. He was born in the Basque country of Spain and was on the Loyalist side in the war against Franco. In 1937 Galindez had to flee. He found refuge in the tiny Caribbean country ruled by a proud generalissimo who styles himself a humanitarian bot is known widely as a dictator. In 1946, after serving as a legal counsel in the Dominican Labor Department, Galindez broke with Trujillo and came to New York. On the night of March 12 he Cook and Mrs. Chester Fitch, Ashland, of the Jackson County Parent-Teacher association coun cil on family life education. During the two-day visit, Dr. Danielson will also make ar rangements to move to Medford. He will work half time in this health district and will devote the half of his time to his own practice, according to an earlier report by county health officers. had a lot to look forward to. His dissertation on "The Era of Trujillo"' had been accepted as qualification for a doctorate at Columbia. He was hopeful it would be published as a book for general circulation. In three weeks he was to speak before the Inter-American Association for Democracy and Freedom. He was a scholarly, hard-work ing man and had many friends, including the students who ac companied him to a restaurant off the Columbia campus after class on March 12. They had coffee. Galindez was in good humor. He left jauntily for a subway entrance to ride the six- miles under-ground to his apartment on lower Fifth ave. Several days later, after Galin dez had missed appointments at the university, police went to the apartment. The elevator operator had not seen him lately. The apartment looked as if Galindez had just stepped out. His tooth brush and shaving things were in the bathroom. His bank ac count showed no big withdrawal. His personal papers appeared undisturbed. Among them was a note, ad dressed by Galindez to police. If anything ever happened to him, he said, look for his enemies in the Dominican Republic. Then the story began to come out. Another Exile Shot The note was dated Oct. 4, 1952. That was two days after Andres Requena, another Domin ican exile who had published pamphlets against Trujillo, was shot to death in a New York tene ment hallway. Police never found who did it. FINED IN COURT Jesse C. Wall, route 2, box 5, Jacksonville, was fined $225 and his drivers license was suspended for 90 days in district court Sat urday. He pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while intox icated. He was also given a suspended 30-day jail sentence. ' Like changing hats... you just add a Custom Cap to change the looks of these refrigerators! 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The Dominican consulate has denounced suggestions that the Trujillo government is in volved. Mystery Man The "limping man" could he be familiar "El Cojo" known to police in New York, Havana, Mexico City, San Juan and Miami as a Latin mystery man who will do almost anything for money? Assisting in the investigation here is Assistant District Attor ney Graymore. Ordinarily he is not involved in missing persons cases. He is attached to the homicide division. , Election Board Sessions Begin Election board members from precincts 1 through 18 as well as 62 and 63 will attend a 7:30 p.m. instruction session today at the Ashland high school gymna sium. First in the series of sessions was held at 1:30 p.m. today at Ashland high. The' evening class is being held for those unable to attend the afternoon session, j according to Mrs. Bereth Hop kins, county clerk. Other schools of instruction for election board members are plan ned for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Eagle Point high school library for precincts 19, 20, 21, 22, 73, and 73-A; Thursday, 1:30 p.m. Rogue River school build ing, precincts 74, 78, 79, 80, 75, 76, 77 and 77-A; and at 7:30 p.m. at Crater high school ifor pre cints 69, 70, 71, 71-A and 72; Friday, 1:30 p.m. in the Shady Cove school building for pre cincts, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27; and Monday, April 30, at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., in the courthouse au ditorium for precincts 28 through 56-A inclusive, as well as 57, 58, 64, 67, 81, 82, 83, 84, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 68, and 65. Garden Home Store Damaged by Flames Portland (U.R) Damage esti mated at $25,000 resulted yester day when fire destroyed the Garden Home store and did ex tensive damage to the post office and a beauty shop in the same building. The fire was believed to have started in a storage room of the surburban community store. 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