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COURT SESSION DELAYED Billy Junior
Nunn. centfr in dark mit, is shown calmly
waiting f-r selertion of jurors in his first
rirgree murder trial. Nunn is charged with
the ft-x slaving of 11-year-old Alvin William
V,a"-r: Arm! 19. Wednesday' session was
delayed as furniture was being moved into
Selection of Jury Completed;
Trial Expected to Start Today
A jury of six men and six
women v a- impanelled at 11:45
0 a.m. today to serve in the lirsl
decree murder Inal of Billy
Junior Nunn, 113. Klamath Falls,
charged with the April 19 slay
ing of 14-year-old Alvin William
F.acret. Nunn has pleaded inno
cent to the charge.
Tin- til.il v as expected to get
under wav tins afternoon, fol
lowing selection of two alter
naie juror-.
Selected to Serva
Si-l-.-i.-ied to serve on the jury
omo Kwaldson, Dorothy
Yoimc. Wa'laci- Rasmussen. Arn
old Zempei. James B. Shaw. Al
vin York, Betty Lacy, Dorothea
Hirshoiser. Maybert Gilmer.
Dorothy Nease. Howard Davis
and In'a Bell Ragsrlale. Three
special venires have been issued
during the jury selection.
Defense Attorney Sam Harbi
son exercised all 12 of his pre
emptnrv challenge richts. Dis
trict Attorney Walter Nunley
exercised five of the six the
law a'lows him.
Twenty - three prospective
jurors were dismissed after ex
amination. The court dismissed
six jurors and one alternate. Ac
cording to law. a juror must be
dismissed by the court for such
reasons as having an opinion he
feels unable to set aside or a j
conscientious objection to the I
death penalty. If a defendant is j
found auil'y of irst degree mur-;
der. ine death renai'v is mandn
torv unless the jury recommends
leniency.
18 Witnesses
Alan Holmes, deputy district
attorney assisting with the
state's case, said the state plans
to call approximately 18 wit
nesses. Ore of the first to ap
pear will be Mrs. La Rue Mict
dauch, 18. formerly of Dorris,
Calif., now residing in Klamath
Falls. She was one of two people
who discovered the Eacret boy's
nude body at Tubb Springs state
park several days after his dis
appearance from home.
Other witnesses will include
State Tolicp Sgt. Thomas Eaton.
Morse, McKay Speak
On Heils Canyon Vole
Portland iU.R' The office
of Sen. Wayne Morse in Port
land today issued this statement
from the Senafor following de
feat i t the Heils Canyon bill in
the Senate:
"The defeat of the Hells Can
yon bill is a tragic blow to the
r ifai e of the nation. The Eisen
hower administration cracked a
political whip on Republican
senators with the result that an
other give-away of our natural
resources was perpetrated on
the American people."
Portland -.U.PJ Douglas Mc
Kay. Republican candidate for
the United States Senate, today
hailed defeat of the Hells Can
yon bill in the Senate as "a great
boon to the power-hungry Pa
cific Northwest."
McKay said the Democratic
sponsored measure "was an au
thorisation bill" and not an ap
propriation. He declared ,that
"past history in the northwest
has indicated that it takes from
seven to 10 years after author
ization to get appropriations."
He added, "we can't wait that
lone."
Equipment Failure Leaves
City, County Without Power
An equipm
California O:
failure at the
t ower com-
pary sub-station at Prospect yes
terday caused Medford and Jack
son county to he without electri
cal service for periods ranging
from 17 to 35 minutes in dif
ferent areas.
Copco district
Frank Benesh
rr.anaiior. said the outace was due
TO a bihint; failure on
larse
s:a-
p;uvtT termer a tn
tj!, 1. The bush ins is an in'
tion on one of the wires leading
into the transformer.
The central srrvice area. Med -
ford and icinity, was without
Chief Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Walsh, two of the investigating
officers in the case and Shirley
Bishop, a restaurant operator.
Sgt. Eaton, Deputy Walsh and
Mrs. Bishop also appeared be
fore the grand jury.
Request Denied
A request from the state that
the jury be taken to the scene
of the crime was denied by
Judge H. K. Hanna Wednesday
afternoon. Both the judge and
defense attorney said they would
consider the trip an unneces
Directors Set Date
For Talent Election
The board of directors of the
Talent Irrigation district today
set Aug. 22 as the date for the
elction among district land
owners on a repayment contract
for irrigation features of the
Talent irrigation and reclama
tion project.
The election will be held be
tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. that
day at the district's office on
Valley View rd. just east of
Talent.
Final Details
The contract, final details of
Formal Charges Are
Filed in Narcotics I
Case; Hearing Set
j Donald La Verne Ambuehl was
i formally charged in district court
this morning with unlawfully
dealing in narcotics.
Ambuehl. 31. operator of the
Y-Club in north Medford, was
! committed to county jail after
j failing to post S3.500 bond set by-
District Judge Rawles Moore.
Preliminary hearing was set
for 10 a.m. July 25.
Arrested Wednesday
Ambuehl was arrested Wed
nesday by city and state police
following several days of inves
tigation after receiving a "tip"
early last week.
Ambuehl was a suspect, and
officers followed him to the
j Plaza apartments and confront
i ed him w hen he attempted to
leave the building early yester-
', day. Seeing them, he ran to his
car and in trying to get away
from the officers, backed his car
approximately three blocks. As
he attempted to get it into a pos
ition to go forward, a state po
lice car rammed Ambuehl's veh
icle, bringing it to a halt.
Police Chief Charles Champ
lin said federal narcotics agents
have placed a federal "hold"
order on Ambuehl's car.
Continue Investigation
Although a narcotics agent is
expected to arrive in Medford
tomorrow in connection with the
case, city and state officers are
i continuing their investigation
for further evidence.
Champlin stressed that the
police have no indication that
juveniles have been obtaining or
j using the narcotics. He request
i ed that "parents suspecting any
juveniles of using or buying
; narcotics to notify the police de
i partment immediately.
electricity for about 17 minutes;
from the time the outaae oc
curred at 4 48 p m. Service in
the area around Gold Hill was
out 25 minutes, and in the area i
south of Medford. including'
Phoenix. Talent and Ashland, I
: was out 35 minutes.
Benesh said the failure affect- I
ed all of Jackson county and a
part of Josephine county in the
Murphy and Pro volt districts on ;
: the Applegate river,
j Complete repairs at the sub-
' station were not finished until
' 3 a.m. today, Benesh reported.
the new circuit court room. Xunn's trial will
be the first to be held in the new birch panel
room. Behind Nunn are. left to right. Alan
Holmes, deputy district attorney: Sam Harbi
son, court-appointed defense attorney; and
Deputy Sheriff Ed Zander. At extreme left
is Ed Kellv, Medford attorney.
sary inconvenience, though the
district attorney said failure to
make the trip would be an in
convenience to the state. Con
siderable argument ensued be
tween Nunley and Harbison, but
the decision was not changed.
Mrs. Billy Junior Nunn, wife
of the defendant, has been pres
ent since the trial opened Tues
day morning. She has been asked
to stand several times during the
jury examinations for purposes
of identification. Mrs. Nunn is
expecting her second child in
the near future.
which are now being completed,
provides that somewhat less
than half of the irrigation fea
tures of the project, totaling
about $5,000,000. will be paid
back from water-user fees over
a 60-year period. No interest
will be charged by the govern
ment. Total cost of the project has
been estimated at about S21,
000,000. Of this, about S12.000,
000 has been allocated to irri
gation, but less than half of this
amount will have to be repaid
from water fees.
The balance will be paid from
revenues from the saie of power
to he generated at the Green
Springs power plant, or will be
non-reimbursable items paid for
by the federal government, in
cluding flood control, recrea
tion and fish and wildlife
benefits.
Meeting Planned
The contract itself will be be
tween the Talent district and
the bureau of reclamation. A
meeting has been planned for
the week of Aug. 6 at which
time the TID board of directors
and representatives of the bu
reau of reclamation will discuss
the project, the contract, and
other phases of the plan, with
water users of the district, who
are invited to attend.
Oregon law (ORS 545.002)
provides that those eligible to
vote in a repayment contract
election are those owning four
or more acres of land in and
assessed by the district.
Eiigible landowners can vote
by absentee ballot, if necessary,
but must apply for them from
the district secretary on or be
fore Aug. 11 to be eligible -to
cast them.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
Kansas City 8 10 1
Boston 4 6 1
Burnette and Thompson;
Sissler, Delock (8) and White.
Home runs: Piersall, Boston;
Power, Kansas City; Williams.
Boston. Simpson. Kansas City.
Fagfe Point Man Hurt
In Tractor Accident
Wayne Whaley, 41, Eagle
Point, was reported in serious
condition at Sacred Heart hos
pital following a tread tractor
accident this morning on the
Christean brothers logging op
eration near the Thompson creek
bridge in the Applegate area. He
was brought to the hospital by
Medford Ambulance service.
Weather
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lowest thu Morning 61
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Sunrise 4:51 a.m.
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Eugene Man Tells
Of Seeing Sergeant
Drink Before March
Testimony Given
Despite Protests
Parris Island, S.C. U.P.)
A former Marine drill instructor
testified at the manslaughter
court martial of Sgt. Matthew
C. Mt'Keon today that he watch
ed McKeon take "two or three"
drinks of vodka the day the ser
geant, ordered a "death march"
in which six recruits drowned.
The drinking testimony was
injected in the trial despite the
strongest efforts of McKeon's de-'
fense counsel to keep it out as
trivial matter, coincident to the
accusations of manslaughter and j
cruelty. j
Drinking Incident Turned Up j
Six of McKeon's platoon
drowned on a surprise night
march that carried them into
the salty waters of Ribbon creek
on the Parris Island base.
An investigation following the
tragedy turned up the informa
tion that McKeon and two ser
geants on the base had been
drinking vodka the day of the
incident.
The first witness to tell about
lhat was Cpl. Richard J. King.
Eugene. Ore., who at the time of
the fatal march was a junior
drill instructor, along -with Mc
Keon, of Recruit Platoon 71.
He was the seventh prosecu
tion witness. It was the fourth
day of the court martial.
Vodka Bottle on Table
King said that about 11 a.m.
he entered the drill instructors'
room and found T. Sgt. Elwyn
B. Scarborough, Lunchburg,
S.C, the range instructor, there.
McKeon came in.
"There was a bottle of vodka
sitting on the table when I walk
ed into the room," King testified.
"Sgt. Scarborough and Sgt. Mc
Keon had a drink, maybe two.
And after lhat someone offered
me a drink. I took it."
Under questioning by the
prosecution. Marine Mnj. Charles
B. Sevier. King said he saw
McKeon take "two or three"
drinks.
Photographs Shown
Photographs of the six drown
ed recruits were held in front of
McKeon today.
The prosecution was attempt
ing to send McKeon to prison
for six years and three months
and to have him dishonorably
discharged from the Marines for
an April death march in which
the six men were drowned in a
training exercise to "teach them
discipline."
Deadline forCily
Candidates Hears
The deadline for candidates
filing for mayor and four coun
cil positions in Medford is Aug.
31. Mayor Earl Miller has re
minded councilmen. The posi
tions will be filled at the gen
eral election in November.
Mayor Miller urged council
men whose terms expire this
year to announce their inten
tions soon.
In addition to Mayor Miller's
term, other terms which will ex
pire are those of John Snider,
councilman from ward I; Harold
Frye, councilman from w-ard
III: Jack Fitzgerald, councilman
ward IV: and a ward II position,
left vacant when Dick Wood
cock resigned because he moved
from the ward.
Filings for various positions
should be made with the city re
corder in the city hall.
"Fellow,
j i si i ear
United Press F.
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Ike Convinced
Physical Stamina
For 4 More Years
Doctors Unconcerned
Over Loss in Weight
Washington (UP) President
Eisenhower is convinced that he
has the physical stamina to
carry on a vigorous reelection
campaign and serve out another
four years in office.
That is the consensus of a
United Press. survey of persons
who have talked with the Presi
dent since he returned to the
White House from Gettysburg,
Pa., last Sunday.
The White House plans to is
sue no new medical bulletins on
the President's condition. It is
possible, however, to give this
up-to-date report of Mr. Eisen
hower's condition:
He weighs 163' 2 pounds. Pri
or to his heart attack last Sept.
24 he weighed 178. About the
time he underwent surgery on
June 9 for ileitis, he weighed
just under 170 pounds.
Shirt Size Changed
Following his heart attack he
was placed on a reduced diet
of 1.800 calories a day. Since
his more recent illness, his
caloric intake has been boosted
to 2,500 calorics a day, but this
has not produced much increase
in weight. Shortly after his op
eration. Mr. Eisenhower's weight
went down to 161 pounds.
The President's physicians are
not particularly concerned about
his weight. They say that Mr.
Eisenhower's basic period of
convalescence will run about 12
weeks from the date of opera
tion. This means he will be
classed medically as a conva
lescent patient until sometime
in late August.
Blood Pressure Normal
His muscle tone is more than
the doctors expected at this
pnint. Contrary to some reports,
he is not suffering from diar
rhea, which sometimes is an
after-effect from an operation on
the intestine.
As of Wednesday night. Mr.
Eisenhower's blood pressure was
normal for a man of his age
and the prothrombin time (the
blood clotting rate) was normal.
Mr. Eisenhower recently has
lesumed taking an anti-coagu-lent
medicine.
The Chief Executive's associ
ates appeared to be more con
cerned about his reaction to the
windup of Congress late next
week than the rigors of his im
mediate schedule.
Small House Burns
Near Sardine Creek
A small house near the mouth
of Sardine creek in the Gold
Hill area was destroyed by fire
this morning, state forestry de
partment patrolmen reported.
The house is owned by the
Estremado family but the occu
pants were not at home at the
time of the blaze and their
names were not learned.
Patrolmen were able to keep
the fire from spreading. Cause
of the blaze was undetermined.
A crew of four men was sent to
the scene with a pumper truck.
I'm Neutral"
-GON, THURSDAY, JULY
Medford Wasn't Oregon's
Only Hot Spot Yesterday
By UNITED PRESS
Weather forecasters said today there is no relief in sight for
the heat wave that lias blanketed Oregon this week. Even the
coastal area is coming in for some of the torrid temperatures and
many areas of the state were expected to get 100-degree plus
readings again today.
The climbing temperatures coupled with a downward plunge
in the humidity readings has sent the forest fire danger in the
state soaring to a critical point.
Gov. Elmo Smith has issued a proclamation, effective tomor
row, closing more than 400.000 acres of Coos county forest lands
and 100.000 acres in adjoining forests of Douglas county. Entry
will be by permit only.
Grants Pass reported the high reading in the state yesterday,
at 106. The Dalles was close behind with 105. Salem and Medford
were only one degree cooler and Roscburg recorded an even 100.
Klamath Falls and Lakeview reported highs of 90 while Port
land had 96 and Penaleton 99. Even at Astoria on the coast the
temperature reached 88.
Four Juveniles Admit
Part in Theft of Car
Four juvenile boys turned
themselves in to Medford police
about 6 p.m. last night and ad
mitted parts in the theft of a
1940 model Chevrolet coupe
from Parson's Motors used car
lot, 817 North Bartlett St., the
night of July 15.
The boys are aged 13, 14, 14
and 16. The 13-year old has been
lodged in a local home and the
others placed in county jail.
They all were referred to county
juvenile authorities.
Others Arresled
Two other boys, Theodore Jas
per Daily, 19, 544 Effie St., and
a 16-year-old from Talent were
arrested by city police on River
side ave. later last night. Daily
is in city jail charged with auto
theft and receiving stolen prop
erty. The other youth is in coun
ty jail charged with receiving
stolen property.
A sixth juvenile, 16 years old.
from Jacksonville, was arrested
yesterday and placed in county
jail charged with larceny of an
auto. His arrest was in connec
tion with the theft of a second
Moist Air Brings
Relief From Heal
Moist unstable air moving in
from California brought relief
to area residents today from yes
terday's highest temperature of
the year, but brought with it the
threat of thunderstorms. The
forest fire hazard remained.
Medford sweltered under a 104
degree maximum yesterday
while Grants Pass was hottest in
the state with 106, according to
the weather bureau.
Forecast through Friday is for
cooler temperatures with a high
of 92 to 95 degrees tomorrow.
The local weather bureau station
said the outlook is for afternoon
and evening thundershowers
both today and Friday.
Southwest district headquar
ters here for the state forestry
department reported a lightning
storm over Soda mountain this
morning with no rain. The light
ning storm was moving into the
southeast corner of the district,
District Warden Curt Kesheim
said.
The weather bureau reported
the intrusion of moist unstable
air moved up from the San
Francisco bay area, building up
thunderheads from the south.
Dry unstable air accompanied
yesterday's high temperature.
Portland (U.R Leith Abbott,
a Portland advertising execu
tive, has been elected as presi
dent of the Rose Festival asso
ciation. Greatest Rate
By Water Department in City Yesterday
Meaford residents at 7 p.m.
yesterday were using water at a
rate of 28,300,000 gallons per
day, the largest rate of flow on
record by the city water depart
ment, Robert Lee, superintend
ent, said today.
During one minute, the rate
of use was 19,700 gallons based
on the rate of flow taken at
7 p.m.
However, the total amount of
water used in the city between
8 a m. yesterday and 8 a.m. to
day was 17,000,000 gallons. Lee
said. That total was exceeded
only last July 9. when 17.100,000
gallons set a one-day record for
the amount of water flowing
through the Capital Hill reser
voirs. 1
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Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
19, 1956
No. 102
auto from the Parson's lot the
same night.
According to statements given
police by the boys, four of them
stole the Chevrolet the night of
Sunday, July 15. They said they
took the car to Lake of the
Woods and spent Monday there,
going to a cabin by Butte creek
to spend the night.
Daley and the Talent boy met
them there, the statement con
tinued. Tuesday morning several
of the boys went to buy grocer
ies and on the way back the auto
"broke down." They left it in a
ditch two miles from Butte Falls,
they said.
To Trailer House
Tuesday evening they went
into an open trailer house, ac
cording to statements, and took
canned goods, blankets, and
utensils. The four hitchhiked
back to Medford yesterday aft
crnoon and turned themselves in
at the police station last night.
The 16-year-old from Jackson
ville signed a statement admit
ting he stole a Buick from the
Parson's lot Sunday night, but
that he brought it back the same
night. The Buick was found by
police, abandoned on the Jack
sonville highway one-half mile
east of Jacksonville, police said.
He also admitted being with
other persons in the past few
days when he or they stole hub
caps, a battery, a coil of wire,
some scrap metal, and some old
steam radiators from different
places in and around Medford,
police said.
County Asks Help
In Pest Control
The Jackson county sanitation
depart, which is in charge of the
spraying and fogging operations
for mosquito control, has stress
ed treatment of local areas by
individuals in addition to that
done by the county.
Areas where there are septic
tanks should be on the lookout
for outcroping and cover such
areas with sawdust. Small fish
ponds are a breeding place for
mosquitoes, officials added.
Although the county unit can
cover some 35 to 40 miles in
one night, they try to investi
gate any district from where
complaints are received.
Homeowners can keep a con
centrate of DDT on hand to use
as a spray under house eaves
and other mosquito breeding
places, officials said.
The health department has
urged checking creeks and small
streams before swimming, and
suggested contacting health au
thorities before swimming in
strange water.
of Flow on
lee pointed out there is an
ample supply of water available
from Big Butte springs, but a
problem arises in distributing it
to residences during hot summer
weather.
Residents have been remind
ed that water department regu
lations prohibit the use of open
hoses for irrigation at any time.
Lee noted that open hose irriga
tion cuts down pressure in water
mains and reduces pressure to
all users.
Use of an open hose for irriga
tion of lawns and gardens, Lee
said, is inefficient because it
allows water to flow in a large
quantity in one location, caus
ing a considerable amount of
run oU. A sprinkler, he said, da-
Controversial
Project Appears
Permanently Out
Idaho Firm at Work
On Three-Dam Plan
Washington OI.PJ T h
Senate rejected today a Demo
cratic sponsored bill to authorize
construction of a high federal
dam in Hells Canyon on the
Idaho-Oregon border.
The roll call vote was 41 to
51.
It apparently doomed the con
troversial project for this ses
sion of Congress and perhaps
permanently.
A similar bill is before the
House Rules committee but it
was indicated there would be no
move to bring it before the
House itself in view of the Sen
ate vote.
Meantime, the Idaho Power
Co. is at work cn a three-dam
plan in the canyon that would
preempt the Snake river site, and
which will be well underway be
fore Congress meets again.
Before the vote, both oppon
ents and backers of the bill
charged the other side with pol
itical maneuvering on the mea
sure.
Democratic sponsors asserted
the White House staff brought
all the pressure it could" to de
feat the bill. One purpose, Sen.
Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.),
said, was to accomplish the de
feat of Sen. Wayne Morse ID-
Ore.), an ardent backer of the
federal dam.
Others charged the bill was
opposed to support the position
of Republican senatorial candi
dates Douglas1 McKay in Oregon
and Arthur B. Langiie in Wash
ington. Both have been against
the federal dam.
But Republicans countered
that Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler "sold" tna
bill to congressional leaders to
help Democratic candidates in
the Pacific Northwest, like
Morse. Sen. Warren G. Magnu
son (D-Wash.), and Rep. Edith
Green (D-Ore.).
The bill would have authoriz
ed a high dam across Snake riv
er, a smaller power project on
Scriver creek in Idaho, a n A
transmission lines costing in all
about S430, 000,000.
The Idaho Power Co. has esti
mated its three-dam plan will
cost $133,000,000. It includes one
storage dam with 1,000,000 acre
feet capacity and two smaller
"run of the river structures.
The 41 to 51 roll call vote by
which the Senate defeated the
bill:
Democrats for (39) Ander
son, Bible, Chavez, Clements,
Douglas, EUender, Fullbright,
George, Gore, Green, Hayden,
Hennings, Hill, Humphrey of
Minn., Humphreys of Ky., Jack
son, Johnson of Tex., Johnston
of S.C, Kefauver, Kennedy.
Kerr, Laird, Lehman, Magnu
son, Mansfield, McClellan, Mc
Namara, Monroney, Morse, Mur
ray, Neely, Neuberger, O'Ma
honey, Pastore, Scott, Sparkman,
Stennis, Symington and Wof
ford. Republicans for (2) Langer
and Wiley.
Democrats against (8)
Byrd, Eastland, Ervin, Frear,
Long, Robertson, Russell and
Smathers.
Republicans against (43)
Aiken, Allott, Barrett, Beall,
Bender, Bennett, Bricker, Bridg
es, Bush, Butler, Capehart, Carl
son, Case of N.J., Case of S.D.,
Cotton, Curtis, Dirksen, Duff,
Dworshak, Flanders, Goldwater,
Hickenlooper, Kruska, Ives, Jen
ner, Knowland, Kuchel, Malone,
Martin of Iowa, Martin of Pa.,
McCarthy, Millikan, Mundt,
Payne, Purtell, Saltonstall, Scho
eppel. Smith of Me., Smith of
N.J., Thye, Watkins, Welker and
Williams.
Paired for the bill: Young (R).
Paired against the bill: Hoi-
land (D).
Record Noted
tributes water over a large area
and the soil is able to absorb it.
General Alarm
Lee also reminded residents to
turn off irrigation water when
the general fire alarm is sound
ed. This will increase the pres
sure in the mains and provide
more water for fire fighting. Lee
said the general fire alarm will
be sounded from the central fire
station. One blast of the siren
will indicate when an emergency
is over.
The 17.000.000 gallons of
water used during the 24 hours
ending at 8 a.m. today is equal
to 140.000,000 pounds, or 70
tons. It was enough water to
cover 560 acres to a depth of one
inch, Bnd equalled 46. S acre feet