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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1956
Price 5e
Waitress Sought
For Questioning
In Kidnap Case
Woman Disappears
After Few Drinks
Mineola, N.Y. (U.R) A
fast-drinking waitress who fail
ed to go home to her husband
and five children Friday night
was (ought by police today as a
possible witness in the kidnap
ing of Infant Peter Weinberger.
The search for Aida Chernia-
chovsky, 30-year-old employee
of a pizza restaurant, began after
Angelo John Lemarca confess
ed he kidnaped Peter July 4
and left him to die in a rain
storm.
Kept Child All Night
Lamarca told police he kept
the 32-day-old child with him
all night and then abandoned
him in a honeysuckle thicket
the next day. Police had not
determined whether he had any
accomplices.
Nassau county police tried to
keep their activities secret, but
some information leaked out. La
marca, 31-year-old mechanic,
underwent a 90-minute psychia
tric examination Saturday after
a mysterious eight-hour absence
from his jail cell.
Mrs. Cherniachovsky, also
known as Aida Yoos and Aida
Dart, worked as a waitress in
Mama Lianzo's Pizzeria in West
Hempstead, Long Island, and fre
quented the Short Rail bar, also
in West Hempstead. Mrs. Norma
Solis. a barmaid at the tavern,
said the pizza waitress had a
few quick drinks Friday night
and then left with a man. She
had not been seen since.
Shocked at Disappearance
"She is a very good worker,
a very hard worker and honest
as they come," said Phil Lianzo,
her employer. "I'm shocked at
her disappearance. She never
did this before." Police would
not disclose exactly why they
wanted to see Mrs. Chernia
chovsky. The bereaved parents of the
dead child had hoped until the
very end that he would be found
alive. They remained in seclu
sion at their home in Westbury.
Long Island, awaiting release of
the baby's body so they could
arrange a funeral service for
him.
Kennedy Unaware
Of Wife's Illness
Hyannisport, Mass. (U.R)
Sen. John F. Kennedy, (D-Mass.)
is yachting "somewhere in the
Mediterranean (sea)," unaware
that his wife suffered a miscar
riage, the lawmaker's brother
Robert said Saturday. .
Mrs. Kennedy, 26, underwent
an emergency operation earlier
this week at a Newport, R.I. hos
pital suffering an internal hem
orrhage. The child died but Mrs.
Kenedy's post-operative condi
tion was described as "good."
Robert Kennedy, counsel for a
senate committe. said at his Cape
"Cod home Saturday that the sen
ator had flown to Europe immed
iately after the close of last
week's Democratic National con
vention in Chicago. Sen. Ken
nedy lost the vice presential nom
ination to Sen. Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee.
Bomb Hoax Clears
Hollywood Theater
Hollywood (U.R) A
hoax Saturday cleared
bomb
Grau-
man's Chinese theater of some
500 persons.
Hollywood police searched
the premises without result fol
lowing an anonymous telephone
call warning that a bomb was
set to go off in the theater at
2 p.m.
Dr. Alfred C.
Succumbs To
Bloomington. Ind. (U.R)
Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, 62, whose
scientific studies on human sex
behavior became controversial
best sellers at home and abroad,
died Saturday of a heart ailment
and pneumonia.
, The author of the famed "Kin
sey Reports" died at Blooming
ton hospital where he was a pa
tient for three days.
Wife At Bedside
At his bedside, when dea'th
halted the work he launched 18
years ago, was Kinsey's wife,
Clara. Relatives requested no
Joral tributes, but rather that
contributions be made to Kin
say's Sex Institute to further the
studies. Funeral arrangements
were pending.
Kinsey. who became the
world's foremost authority on
"Well, Men, That
Nasser Calls Cabinet
To Consider Menzies'
Offer of Discussion
Cairo (U.R) President Gamal
Abdel Nasser has called his
cabinet into special session to
day to consider an invitation
from Australian Premier Robert
G. Menzies to discuss the Suez
question, it was announced last
night.
Nasser called the cabinet ses
sion a few hours after receiving
a message from Menzies, who
heads the five-nation commission
appointed by the London Suez
Campaign Issue
Pleases Benson
Hershey, Pa. (U.R) Agri
culture Secretary Ezra T. Ben
son said Saturday he is "not
at all unhappy" that agricultural
problems will be an issue in
this fall's campaign.
"Out of all the discussions
and even controversy will
come come better understanding
of farm problems than we have
had for a long time," Benson
said. "I am confident of the
good judgement of farm people."
Benson made his first public
speech since the Democratic and
Republican National Conven
tions before the Pennsylvania
State Poultry Federation.
"American agriculture is
neither Republican nor Demo
crat," Benson said. "Farm
people . cannot, and must not,
be thought of as a group who
may be put on the political auc
tion block. Their problems can
not be solved that way." -
Benson said that he is "not
a politician," and that from now
until November, "I will be
neither more political nor less
political, in what I say and do,
then I have been in the past."
Bona for Texas Bank
Robber Set at $25,000
Portland (U.R) Bond for a
52-year-old ex-boxer who admit
ted to FBI agents here Thursday
that he robbed a bank at San
Antonio, Tex., last month has
been fixed at $25,000.
Joseph Monroe Coffman asked
court officials Friday whether
he could plead guilty to the
charge here but was told that
decision could not be made until
Texas authorities forward papers
of his case.
Kinsey, 62,
Heart Ailment
the life and habits of the Gall
Wasp before turning his scien
tific talents to the study of hu
mans, had been in failing health
for some time.
Third Book Interrupted
His last illness, described as
a "heart flareup," interrupted
work on a third book. "Sex Law
and the Sex Offender." The
book, based on conclusions he
drew from his two previous
works, was expected to recom
mend revisions df ssx laws on
grounds many of them are obso
lete. Kinsey recently caught a
"summer cold" which developed
into pneumonia a id complicated
his heart condition. He then suf
fered another heart seizure, but
associates as late as Friday de
nied be was critically ill.
Buttons It Up"
conference to convey its find
ings to Egypt.
But while Nasser considered
the Western overture for a peace
ful settlement of the dispute,
thousands of Frenchmen made
plans to leave Egypt in a new
wave of pessimism over the
canal crisis.
Thousands Seek Information
Many of the 7,000 French res
idents of Egypt lined up outside
their consulate in downtown
Cairo to seek further informa
tion on how to leave if things
get 'worse in the wake of the
London Suez conference.
A French embassy spokesman
said his government's advice
had been renewed to French
residents urging them to quit
Egypt unless they had a "com
pelling reason" to stay. He said
the word was spread quietly
through the French community
Friday.
Mothers in sun suits brought
their children with them and
businessmen took time out from
work to join the queues. Many
frangly were worried at leaving
Egypt, where a thriving French
colony has existed for years. ,
British embassy sources said no
similar warning had been is
sued to Britons recently, al
though a mild warning has cir
culated to them when the Suez
crisis first broke 'in July. They
were told then that wives and
families would be better off at
home than in Egypt. Many since
have left.
Military Buildings Continue
The new decision urging
Frenchmen to leave came as Bri
tain and France continued with
their military buildups for the
Middle East and Egypt indoctri
nated its people for a possible
fight.
Despite these maneuvers, the
diplomats continued their ef
forts to obtain a workable and
peaceful solution to the Canal
emergency.
The complete written record
of the 22-nation Suez Canal con
ference which ended in London
last Thursday was on its way to
the Egyptian government for
consideration. So was a proposal
for direct talks between Egypt
and a five-power committee set
up by the majority members of
the London conference.
The latter group was assured
of a welcome to Cairo, but offi
cials pointed out that this did not
mean that Egypt was willing to
negotiate on the basis of its plan
for internationalizing the Suez
Canal.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed
that Egypt will continue to pre
vent ships carrying "war materi
als" to or from Israel from pass
ing through the Canal.
(See story on page )
Pendleton Police Hold
Boight Robbery Suspects
State police were told by
Pendleton city police Saturday
morning that two suspects in
an armed robbery at the 401
Orchard ave. are in custody
there.
John Albert Olson and Roy
P. Armstrong, ages and address
es not given, turned themselves
in at Pendleton police said.
There were S5000 warrants out
on each of the men, charging
armed robbery at the local orch
ard which occurred at 3 a.m.
Aug. 12. About S800 in cash was
taken that morning from Fritz
Boight at the point of a gun.
Pendleton police said the two
have admitted the robbery. v
Search Called Off
For Naval Airmen
Off China Coast
Continued Watch
Ordered in Area
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R)The
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations
has ordered an end to the huge
sea arid air search for 15 Ameri
can Naval airmen shot down off
Red China two days ago.
The orders called for a con
tinued watch in the immediate
area where the body of the 16th
member of the plane's crew
was found.
But most of the ships which
had been standing by to resume
the suspended search were or
dered back to regular duty.
The vast search was set off
originally when a Martin Merca
tor Navy plane on a "routine
flight" over the Formosa Strait
was attacked and shot down
Thursday by "unidentified air
craft" believed to be Chinese
Red fighters. .
The last reported 'position of
the plane was 160 miles north
of Formosa and 32 miles off the
coast of Red China near Shang
hai. The body of Electronic
Technician 1c Albert P. Mattin,
of Delta, O., two life rafts and
bits of plane wreckage were
found 100 miles southeast of
Shanghai.
Only Evidence
This was the only evidence of
the incident, and the fact that
only one body had been found
in three days led to belief
among Naval officers that the
rest of the 15 men went down
with the wreckage or were
picked up by Chinese fishermen.
Mattin s body was flown back
to the Iwakuni, Japan, Naval
Air Base where the destroyed
plane had been stationed. A me
morial service will be held
there Monday and his body re
turned to the United States
Tuesday.
Festival Broadcast
Scheduled Monday
Ashland The annual nation
wide broadcast from the Orego;
Shakespearean festival theater in
Ashland is scheduled for Mori
day, Aug. 27, at 8:30 p.m. The
broadcast will be aired by NBC
from Hollywood.
Andrew C. Love, NBC execu
tive from Hollywood, was in Ash
land to supervise taping of scen
es from "Richard III" for the
broadcast. Don Gunderson is star
red as Richard, William Oyler is
narrator and Frank Pinnock of
KMED announces. William-Daw-kins
prepared the script.
A re-broadcast from KMED
is set for Sept. 2 at 6 p.m.
At 7:30 p.m. Monday Station
KBES-TV will air a half-hour
show sponsored by First Nation
al Bank of Portland and starring
Gunderson. David Thayer, teach
er of television Iowa State col
lege and festival technician, will
direct the show.
Sports Bulletins
Vancouver, B. C. (U.R)
Darryl Martin last night pitch
ed the Portland Beavers to
a 7 to 5 victory over the Van
couver Mountiei in a Pacific
Coast League baseball game.
Cincinnati. O. (U.R) Balti
more's Lenny Moore scored
two' touchdowns to help the
Colls to a lopsided 37-16 ex
hibition football victory over
the Pittsburg Steelers here
last night.
Green Bay. Wis. (U.R) The
Green Bay Packers edged the
New York Giants. 17-13. in
an exhibition football game
here last night.
Villon Creek Fire
Rages Uncontrolled
Yreka, Calif. (U.R) More
than 200 men continued to battle
a week-old forest fire that was
still out of control in the Vil
lon creek area late Saturday
after it had burned through 2,000
acres of virgin Douglas fir.
The U.S. Forestry service said
it expected to check the blaze
sometime during the night, al
though it would be at least two
days before it could be extin
guished completely.
The fire was started by light
ning. It was almost brought un
der control several days ago, but
winds caused it to spread again
Thursday.
Monte Rio. Calif. (U.R
Twelve-year-old Carmen Ribio
of San Pablo drowned Saturday
in a so-called "pool of death on
the Russian river here.
Mill Workers Carrying Guns
As Labor Turmoil Increases
Russia Sends World
Disarmament Plan
In Vatican Approach
Vatican City U.R The
Soviet Union has sent proposals
for world disarmament to Pope
Pius XII in its first diplomatic
overture to the Vatican, it was
disclosed Saturday.
The Vatican press office said
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgan
in's appeal to the parliaments of
the world for disarmament was
received two days ago. It was
given to Msgr. Giuseppe Fietta,
Papal Nuncio to Italy, by Dmitri
Pojidadev, Soviet charge d'af
faires in Rome.
No Direct Relations
The Soviet Union has had no
direct diplomatic relations with
the Vatican since the Communist
revolution. The unprecedented
contact between the Russian
chief of mission and the Papal
Nuncio in Rome, therefore, was
Carl W. McMillan
Found Guilty of
Drunken Driving
Carl Wallace McMillan, 50,
route 2, box 816, Central Point,
Saturday was found guilty of
driving while under the influ
ence of intoxicating liquor.
A six member district court
jury returned its unanimous ver
dict at about 3:10 p.m. after ap
proximately 20 minutes of delib
eration. The trial began Friday
morning. District Court Judge
Rawles Moore set 10 a.m. Wed
nesday for sentencing.
McMillan was the driver of a
car which struck a jeep in which
were riding members of the Ar
thur Hanshew family, 211V2
North Columbus ave., last July
21. Eight-week-old Michael Han
shew was killed in the accident
and several others in the family
were injured.
McMillan may be taken before
a grand jury soon to face possible
negligent homicide or man
slaughter charges. .District At
torney Walter Nunley said be
fore the verdict was in that
whether or not McMillan would
go before the grand jury depend
ed largely upon the outcome of
Saturday's trial.
Nunley prosecuted the case on
behalf of the state. McMillan was
defended by Attorneys Noreen
and Edward Kelly.
Morse Says McKay
Took False Credit
Portland, Ore. (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse Saturday charged
Douglas McKay, his Republican
opponent for the senate seat,
with "conniving to take false
credit" for an air force alloca
tion of 5305,000 to the Northwest
Training Institute at Tillamook.
"The truth is," Morse said,
"That it was as a direct result of
the efforts of Sen. Neuberger
and myself that the air force can
celled its plans to discontinue
the school."
Morse said that Mr. Robert
Klatt, director of the National
Training institute", would bear
witness to the fact that the allo
cation was obtained as a direct
result of the formal hearing with
the air force in July which he
and Sen. Neuberger arranged.
"At the close of our argu
ments," Morse stated, "The assist
ant secretary of the air force,
who attended the hearing, agreed
then and there that the program
should not be discontinued at
this time."
Weather
FORECAST: Partly rloiidy today
and Monday, continued cool.
High today 82. low tonight 50,
high Monday 85-88.
Temp.
Hisb'st Ytrday 81
Lowest yesterday S3
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5:30 a.m.
6:56 p.m.
Sunset .
Moonrise 9:14 p.m.
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Saggitarius, in the south -
..8:25 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, rises .. 8:24 p.m.
Saturn, in the southwest . -
8:31 pm.
Venus, rises 2:13 ajn.
the nearest Moscow could come
to a direct diplomatic approach.
The only Communist state
which still has direct diplomatic
relations with the Holy See is
the tiny republic of San Marino
in northern Italy.
In the past, the Soviet Union
and other Communist states and
organizations have ignored the
Vatican in their appeals for
world peace a subject close to
the Pope's heart.
One notable exception was in
1951 when French scientist Fred
eric Joliot-Curie sent a letter to
the Pope informing him of peace
resolutions passed by the con
gress of the Communist-run
"Peace Partisans" staged in
Rome.
Sure Way of Approach
The Russiana appeal for disar
mament was one sure vehicle
through which Soviet diplomacy
could make its first tentative ap
proach to the Vatican. It was
bound to be accepted.
The Pope himself called for
disarmament in his last Christ
mas speech. But, Vatican sources
pointed out, he took the Western
stand that there must be ade
quate controls and inspection.
Rumors of an impending dip
lomatic approach by the Soviet
Union to the Vatican have been
current in Rome for many
months. Some reports even went
so far as to say that Soviet For
eign Minister Dmitri She"p:lov
would propose establishing dip
lomatic relations between the
two states.
Harriman Calls for
Stevenson Election
Albany, N. Y. (U.R) - Gov.
Averell Harriman and a labor
leader called Saturday for elec
tion of the Stevenson-Kefauver
ticket. The labor leader had been
considered friendly to the Eisen
hower administration.
Both Harriman and Jacob S.
Potofsky, president of the Amal
gamated Clothing Workers of
America, hurled "anti - labor"
charges at the Republican admin
istration. In speeches to the stat CIO
convention, they particularly
singled out Vice President Rich
ard Nixon for attack.
Potofsky was one of three lab
or leaders who former Gov. Dan
Thornton of Colorado said at the
GOP convention in San Francisco
could be counted on to comment
favorably on President Eisen
hower's administration. But Po
tofsky had no such kind word in
his CIO council speech.
Potofsky said Nixon "more
than any-other individual sym
bolizes the anti-labor views and
actions of our government." Har
riman said Nixon "was chosen to
make the windup speech for the
Hartley bill" in the House of
Representatives because he was
"anti-labor."
Bomb Burst Damages
Home of Southerner
Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) A
bomb burst damaged the home
of a white minister who has en
couraged Negro bus boycotters
Saturday find elided the lull in
this old Confederate Capital's
eight-months racial struggle.
The intended target of the
home-made dynamite bomb. The
Rev. Robert Graetz, 27, and his
family were visiting in Tennes
see. The blast ripped out wind-"
ows and knocked s hole in the
front door. Windows also were
blown out in a house across
the street but no one was injur
ed. The Rev. Graetz, a soft -spoken
Lutheran minister, only this
week had called on the Mont,
gomery ministerial association to
hear a leader of the boycott, the
Rev. M. L. King, explain the
Negroes' position. His request
was refused.
Mrs. Charles W. Koyl
Succumbs of Hospital
Mrs. Charles W. Koyl. 64, died
at a local hospital Saturday
night. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jackson, for
mer Jackson county sheriff. Fu
neral services are pending at
LitwiUer funeral home in Aah-land.
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CANDIDATE A. R. (Tony)
Manno, above, is the only can
didate so far for a position on
the Medford city council from
Ward II. He lives at 646 South
Holly st., and operates Acme
Hardware stores in Medford and
Central Point. There will be
election contests for the council
in the city's other three wards.
Deadline for filing candidacies
is Aug. 31, and the election will
be Nov. 6.
Two Sentenced
To Penitentiary;
Other Cases Heard
Norman Lee Stegner, 29, of
532 Pennsylvania ave., and Bob
Spriggs, 38, of 405 Earhart St.,
were given two year sentences
in the Oregon state penifentiary
by Circuit Court Judge Orval
J. Millard Friday.
Stegner was charged with
grand larceny in connection with
the theft of two chain saws in
a city police case. Spriggs was
charged with forgery.
In other court action Friday
Elmer Dean Fry, 22, Miami
Okla., was fined S200 for un
lawful possession of a weapon.
C. W. Henderson, 19, of 124
Tripp St., was sentenced to one
year in the county jail for caus
ing injury to property with ex
plosives. John Earl Simon, 26,
route 1, box 63, Central Point,
was ' voluntarily committed to
the state hospital for 30 days'
observation in the same case.
Henderson and Simon were
accused of setting off a stick of
dynamite in a pump house on
the Old Stage rd. July 3. Several
burglaries and an arson case
were also cleared with their
arrest, according to sheriff's
deputies.
Both Mrs. Larc Searcy, 30,
Portland, and J. B. Berriman,
39, of 306 Effie St., were given
three year suspended sentences,
she for larceny in a building
and he for receiving stolen
property. Berriman was involv
ed in the same case as Stenger
and was accused of receiving
and concealing the stolen chain
saws.
Cases Pending
The cases of Philip A. John
ston, 19, Port Orford, Ore., and
Floyd A.- Dale, 31, Des Moines,
la., were continued pending re
ceipt of FBI information. John
ston is ' charged with burglary
not in a dwelling and is accused
of a theft from the Salvation
Army transient shelter. Dale is
charged with larceny in a build
ing. rhimen (ii.P.i The pastern
half of the nation had fair wea
ther Saturday while some show
ers and thunderstorms occurred
in other regions.
Chicago U.R) Adlai E.
Stevenson will hold a regional
meeting of Democratic leaders at
Los Angeles on Sept. 5.
Disappearance
Explained by
The temporary disappearance
of 3V2-month-old Jeanne Marie
Pfluke from her home Thursday
night was explained Friday after
noon when police questioned ter
mother, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Pfluke.
The young mother admitted to
officers that she placed the baby
on the porch of the Sacred Heart
church parish house, where the
little girl was found at 3:52 a.m.
Friday by Father Robert J. Tom
isser. More then 20 city police, sr-
iif deputM and sum rxrf
Tension Mounts
In Feather Falls
Pine Mill Strife
Union 'Reign of Terror'
Charged by Official
Feather Falls, Calif. (U.R)
This tiny lumber town, hit by
labor strife. Violence and threats,
bristled Saturday into an armed
camp reminiscent of the old
West.
Almost the entire male popu
lation of some 300, employees of
the Feather River pine mills,
carried sidearms in either hip or
shoulder holsters in readiness to
combat what a mill official
called a union "reign of terror."
Deputies Added
Sheriff Larry Gillick added 12
extra deputies to his force and
warned both the lumber and
sawmill workers union (AFL)
pickets and the non-union mill
workers he would brook no law
breaking. Gillick refused to issue
permits to carry concealed weap
ons, but the unconcealed weap
ons were said to be legal.
The union went on strike at
the lumber mill two years ago.
Two months later the company
reopened with non-union help.
The situation was 6tatic until a
week ago when a company-
owned railroad bridge over the
South Fork Feather River can
yon burned.
FBI Investigates
Gillick and state officials said
the burning appeared to be arson
and the FBI began investigating.
The railroad was the company's
main supply and delivery route
between the mill and Oroville,
Calif., 19 miles to the east.
The only other, access to the
plant, a company-owned truck
bridge across the canyon, was
posted with armed guards.
Armed guards also began rid
ing in the cabs of the trucks after
the home of Sacramento trucking
executive George Dunlap was
bombed and oil tanker driver
Ralph Hudson of Chico, Calif.,
was beaten outside an Oroville
cafe Friday.
Both Dunlap's trucks and
Hudson had crossed the picket
line.
Luther Sizemore, internation
al representative of the union,
denied union men were involv
ed in the violence and said the
union "can't always control the
actions of some individuals who
are not under our jurisdiction."
William Gamble, general man
ager of the mill and the comp
any's railroad, notified Gov.
Goodwin J. Knight of the situa
tion Saturday and said his work
ers were thinking of forming
a vigilantes committee as "a
good way to handle things.'
State Kept Closely Advised
Knight replied that he had
received no indication that local
law enforcement had broken
down. But he said the state is
being kept closely advised of
the situation."
A United Press reporter at
the scene said the situation was
"very, very tense." He said most
of the mill workers were men
who quit the union when the
strike was called and now "95
per cent are violently non-union."
He said the workers were in
censed especially because the
wives of several had been tele
phoned by unidentified persons
who threatened to beat their
husbands if they reported for
work.
The union pickets and other
representatives appeared to be
unarmed, he said, although a
baseball bat was seen in the car
of one picket.
The mill is owned by Georgia-
Pacific Plywood Corp., Portland,
Ore., the second largest lumber
company in the world.
of Infant
Young Mother
conducted an intensive, five-hour
search for the infant after Mrs.
Pfluke called police at 10:52 p m.
and reported her child missing
from the family home at 148
South Ivy st.
Police said Mrs. Pfluke, who
is in her early 20s, was dis
traught as a result of personal
problems.
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley said no charges are being
filed, but it is with the under
standing that Mrs. Pfluke and
her husband. Chester Pflttke,
will seek' psycaiairifl help.