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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.
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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.
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