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4 4 i Curtiss Wright Comes To Rescue Of Studebaker-Packard Company BRINKS JUDGE Judge Felix Forte (above) will preside at the Brinks robbery trial in Boston. Eight suspects are being tried in connection with the $1,219. 000 robbery in Boston January 17. 1950. Eight Go on Trial For 1950 Robbery On Brink's Money Boston (U.R) Eight mid rfleaffed men go on trial today accused of looting the impreg nahio Rrink's monev fortress of $1,219,000. the largest cash haul in the nation's history. The eicht men. quiet suburban residents for the past few years. faced a total of 160 indictments including armed robbery and conspiracy in the slick pirating of more than $l,ouu,uuu jan 17, 1950. Haw Mniions ExDected f-hit-f Defense Counsel Paul T cmiih rnlnrful criminal lawyer. was expected to add new legal motions to an already massive Q.itritv measures for the trial have no precedent in Massachu setts court history, fcxira pou-e detail at a cost of $iu,uuu sur rounded the courtroom area. Knertatont were under con- t9n( vnrvpillance through speakeasy-type sliding panels built into the newly-constructed plywood walls that nngea me court. Smith has charged that FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover's claim that the case was "solved" with the capture of the defendants early this year has prejudiced a fair trial. 2.000 Prospective Jurors Two thousand Suffolk county residents have been called as prospective jurors. About 100 will be called each day until a jury is selected. Two of the men originally named in the indictments were not in the prisoners' dock when Superior Judge Felix Forte opened the trial. Joseph S. Banfield. one of those named by the FBI, died in 1955. Stanley Gusciora, 36, died of a brain tumor at Nor folk Prison July 9. In the mo ments of his death he swore he was innocent. Another named in the indict ments, Joseph (Specs) O'Keefe, has turned stale's evidence. He is expected to be the prosecu tion's star witness. Auto Hits House; Driver Is Arrested A car operated by Keith Ed ward Schroeder, 24. route 3. box 195, Medford, crashed" into the Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Ferg, 1736 Stewart ave., about 12:15 a.m. yesterday. State po lice said .that Schroeder, who was alone in the car, was cited for reckless driving. He suffer ed a head laceration and other injuries and was taken to Com munity hospital which today re ported his condition "improved." The Ferg's said that the entire front room wall of their house may have to be replaced. The couple and their son. Russell, were awakened by the impact. Police reported that the Schroeder vehicle, eastbound, left the road on a curve, went over a ditch and across the lawn into the right front portion of the house. A front room window and plaster on the wall were broken. FFA Group Slates Showmanship Fete A dairv showmanship practice will be hVld at the Gossett farm in Central Point Wednesday for the Crater chapter of the Future Farmers of America. On July 30 a beef showman ship practice was held with Bill MacFarland. new agriculture in structor at Crater High school, and Nat Etzel. vocational agri culture instructor from Eagle Point High school, judging. At the meeting, which was held at the Earl Bigham ranch in Sams Valley, the chapter's executive council planned fare well recognition for Leonard Kunzman, present agriculture instructor at Crater, who is leav ing to accept a post with the Oregon State Department of Agriculture. New York (U.PJ The Cur- tiss-Wright Corporation can gain control of the Studebaker-Pack ard Corporation within two years under an agreement an nounced Sunday. The agreement, which also in volved Daimler-Benz A. G., a West German automobile man ufacturer, did not involve an immediate merger of the avia tion firm with Studebaker- Packard. It was aimed primarily at rescuing the automobile firm from financial difficulties. To Operate Separately Roy T. Hurley, chairman and president of Curtiss-Wright, said Studebaker - Packard would con tinue to operate as a separate concern, with guidance from the giant aviation corporation. Hurley said "oral agreements" had been reached on a three- year advisory management con tract and that they were expect ed to be "formalized" next week. Curtiss-Wright will pay t h e automobile company some $35 000.000 which will entitle it to long term leases on Studebaker and Packard's Utica plant near Detroit, and the Chippewa plant in South Bend, Ind. Under the agreement, Curtiss Wright will purchase outright the automobile firm's Aerophys ics Development Corporation of Santa Barbara, Calif., an engin eering and research organiza tion working on guided missiles. It also included purchase of "certain defense assets." To Place Defense Orders Hurley said Curtiss- Wright will be able to place approxi mately $100,000,000 of defense orders annually in the leased plants, which it will operate as wholly owned subsidiaries. Studebaker - Packard's im- TWIN TROUBLE DesMoines (U.PJ Lamar and Dell Henry, five-year-old twins. aren't sure they like the fact that twins usually figure in coin cidences. Dell was hit by a car April 19 at an intersection near her home. About a month later Lama was hit by a car at the same intersection. They suffered only cuts and bruises. proved financial condition, in view of the agreement, is ex pected to be provided with an additional SI5,000,000 expected to result from extended lines of bank credit. James J. Nance, president of Studebaker-Packard since its formation in 1954 told stockhold ers at a meeting in April that the firm had lost $14,311,000 during the first three months of 1956. The firm reported a $29, 000.000 loss in 1955. The agreement provides for granting an option to the avia tion firm to acquire 5,000,000 shares of unissued Studebaker Packard stock at $5 a share. The option runs for the first two years of the advisory manage ment contract. Two Girls Compete In Road-e-o Contest Washington (U.R) The search is on today for the teen-ager who can qualify as the best young driver in the nation. It could be a young lady. There are two girls compet ing in the fifth annual National Teen-Age Road-E-O, which start ed today and runs through Thursday. They are competing against 48 drivers. . The girls are Lue Knudsen, Mesa, Ariz., and Pat Ledger, Portland, Me., both 17. The two, like the rest, are finalist in the competition for fame and glory among young drivers. It would seem that Pat has had something of a head start. Her dad is a professional driv ing instructor. Not only that, her brother. Bill, was the Na tional Road-E-O champ last year. PARALLEL Newton, la. U.PJ Mrs. Leon ard R. Partridge and Mrs. Rich ard Crews were friends when they attended school and 'both got married in 1953. On July 6, 1954, both had baby daughters in Skiff Hospital. On May 6, 1956, both again had baby girls in the same hospital. TIME-SAVER Westport, Conn. (U.R! Arrest ed for operating his motorcycle at 55 miles an hour while stand ing on the seat, Walter Buckner, 18, explained: "I felt like stretch ing but I didn't want to waste time stopping." Lisbon Building Underground Line Lisbon U.R Twenty-five miles of underground rail con verging on the heart of the city is the ultimate target of the spon sors of the Lisbon subway. The first: .phase of construc tion at present under way, calls for a line from Restauradores Square travelling under the main street, Avenida da Liber dade, to Park Edward VII and thence m two branch lines to Entrecampos and Sete Rios. The "cut and cover" process of construction is being utilized among the major portion of the route. Tunnelling, which is a tedious and more expensive pro cess, will be used only along brief stretches where absolutely necessary. The terrain being worked con sists largely of compact tertiary clay formations. At some points basalt rock or limestone is met. In the lower city, subterranean water tracts sometimes appear to a height of three or four meters. Due to the clay-like na ture of the soil, however, what ever drainage is necessary pre sents no problem. Eleven stations and some 23, 000 feet of underground gal leries are planned for the first step.' The cost is estimated at 2,000,000 escudos ($7,000,000). The work has been apportioned among two Portuguese firms and 10 foreign enterprises with, the General Electric Co. of England playing a major role. In its initial stages the sub way is expected to handle 6,000 passengers per hour in either direction, utilizing two carriage units at intervals of two and one half minutes. This may be run up to 20,000 passengers per hour, if required, by using four- car units at one and one half minute intervals. The load taken F I 4 A S LEGALLY "dead" because he was missing seven years, Paul Edgar Morgan, 54, is restored to "live" status by Los Angeles court to per mit him to inherit brother's estate. (International) 4 Jail Escapees Remain at Large Santa Ana, Calif. ;U.R) Pew lice pressed a search today for four convicts of a group of 11 prisoners who soaped their bod ies and inched up a four-story ventilator shaft to escape from the Orange county jail here. Before the call, the four dep uty sheriffs on duty at the jail were unaware that anyone had escaped from the felony "tank. Thirty of the 41 prisoners in the sections chose to remain behind. The escapees, all convicted and awaiting sentencing, un dressed, soaped their bodies and slithered 70 feet up a tiny ven tilator shaft. On the roof, they put their clothes on and lowered them selves to an alley next to the jail by a rope fashioned from strips of mattress covers. Two of the convicts were picked up in a stolen car near the jail a short time later. Four were taken into custody in nearby Compton, and another was arrested in Corona, 40 miles from Santa Ana. off today's congested city trans port should therefore be considerable. Mender. Attu t. 1 J5t MEDFORD (OftESOiT) MAIL TH1BOTI t T1VX Conflicting Views Emphasize Task Facing Demo Platform Group Democratic Convention Head quarters, Chicago (U.R) A key member of the committee that will write the 1956 Democratic platform Sen. Sam J. Ervin (N.C.) said today it would be a "mistake" for the party to en dorse the Supreme Court decis ion outlawing school segrega tion. But another Rep. Emanuel Celler disagreed. Celler, who represents Gov. Averell Hani man's New York delegation on the Platform Committee, said the party must recognize the his toric ruling. These conflicting views em phasized the difficult and deli cate nature of the task confront ing the 108-member committee as it buckled down to the week long job of shaping the party platform. The national conven tion itself opens next Monday. The committee scheduled a closed organization meeting this morning to be followed by the first of a series ot public hear ings set to run through Friday or Saturday. Wickard First Witness Former Secretary of Agricul ture Claude A. Wickard, Demo cratic U.S. senatorial nominee from Indiana, was the first scheduled witness for the after noon session on farm problems. But the quadrennial fight be tween the North and South over the civil rights issue over shadowed all other problems. Whether compromise is reached or an explosion develops over this issue will determine the entire course of the convention and perhaps the choice of the party's 1956 presidential nominee. Early arriving delegates found the situation shaping up this way: Adlai E. Stevenson, the "mod erate" candidate supported by much of the South, was far out in front in his bid for the presi dential nomination to oppose President Eisenhower in a re peat of their 1952 campaign. Harriman, who became Ste venson's chief challenger after Sen. Estes Kefauver threw in the towel last week, was trying to close the gap. His backers sought to force a showdown with Stevenson forces over the plat form in general and the civil rights plank in particular. What Will Truman Dot The question in the minds of most of the Democrats already here was: What will Harry S. Truman do? '"". The first definite clues may be provided Thursday when the for mer president appears before the Platform Committee. Mr. Tru man who is publicly neutral but considered pro-Harriman, wag invited to discuss foreign policy. It will be a surprise, however, if he does not talk about other issues, too. In fact, party Chairman Paul M. Butler said on arriving from Washington Sunday night, that he hopes Mr. Truman will give the convention some advice on how to deal with "all the great problems" facing the country. Mr. Truman' could light the fuse for a party split and a Southern walkout by calling for a forthright stand on civil rights and other issues as advocated by Harriman. Adoption of a plat form plank based on Mr. Tru man's civil rights program touch ed off the 1S48 Southern walk out that lead to a third party. njTJTJTJTJTJTJTjnJTJJTJT Los Angeles U.R) The U.S. Navy's new T-28C training plane, built by North American Aviation Co., has been officially designated the Trojan, Navy of ficials, have announced. JAemb-fismJ?eAly i EM , 71 a WIEIEMS & (OnRUB SOUTHERN OREGON'S OLDEST AND LARGEST FURNITURE STORE - tsW "-. T M east- -aw WfawaW " T:."-.:na. 'JaW ..sW a a..- W W.. I taBK i.;:'' K. .ak set'' .V JT .&?i-::Sr' OS MMlt By A Urtt AttMM M 0 0 For only Full ar Twin Size. 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