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Broken Wife Identifies Woman In Kidnap Plot San Diego, Calif 'U P) Lo ral authorities said Saturday Mrs. Evelyn Latham, 51, wife of wealthy investment broker, has identified one of the two women who she said kidnaped her from her son's home and left her semi-nude on a desert high way. Mrs. Latham was found Friday In a dazed condition about 20 miles west of LI Centre She was taken to 1 Centro Hospital and treated for exposure to heat of more than 110 degrees during the 24 hours she spent on the desert. The victim told police she was kidnaped Wednesday night by two women. She said they drove her into desolate desert area, stripped off her clothes and bur ied her under a pile of rocks before fleeing. Women Booked Shortly after Mrs. Latham was discovered by a motorist, Mrs. Beatrice Winn. 57, and Mrs. Lu cille M. r Whisenand, 6, were booked here on suspicion of kid naping and attempted murder. Both of the women had told po lice they also had been kidnaped Wednesday but were released. Officers said Mrs. Whisenand was taken to El Centro Friday where Mrs. Latham identified her as one of the kidnapers. Mrs. Latham earlier told police that Mrs. Winn and a Mexican woman abducted her from her son's home, threatening to harm her four-month-old grandson if she didn't accompany them. Mrs. Latham had been baby sitting at the home of her son. Dr. Richard Latham. Mrs. Latham told police the women threatened to kill her. She said after crawling from un der the rocks she wandered for several hours in the desert be fore reaching a road. Her husband. George Latham, president of an investment firm and several realty companies, had a lawsuit pending against Mrs. Winn, a former business associate. The suit charged she was holding more than $12,000 in jewels belonging to one of the firms he headed. DREDGE TRANSFERRED Portland U S' The ared;e .Multnnmaii, which has been op erated by tiie Corps of Engineers in the Pacific Northwest since its construction in 1913, will be transferred in the latter part of this year to Savannah, Ga., Col. Jackson Graham, Portland dis trict engineer, has reported. Court Records POI fi E COt'RT Irgrrt Ann Cox. baste rule vio lation S10 Jimmi Crosby, failure to obey traf fic Mgnal. .j Frank Oliver Simi. improper past ing 10 DHhtrt Leonard Crowl, failure to oby Mup ngn. $5. MHvin Vieira Amiro, basic rule violation $m Margaret Fay Dierdorlf, basic rule violation, $10. Andrew Ward McDoat. failure to stop at top sign, $5. Earl Martin Richflrdson, failure to stop at stop sign. S5. Boyd Catey Kline, failure to stop at itip sign. $10. Lilbern Victor -Peterson, failure to obev traffic signal, Sj. Margaret Ann Cunningham, viola tion of basic rule $10 Allan Kent Ballard, no operator's license. 5j. exce-!ive noie. $10. Merl- L. Tweedy, basic rule viola tion. I0. Gloria Alice Smith, failure to obey traffic signal. ,Y Warren We1ey Pmrkt, failure to obev traffic signal,- $5- Fred F.ugcne Nulen, basic rule vio lation, 1 5. Dorothv Ann Claflin. basic rule vio lation $10. I Norman Jay Nutter, drag racing, ! $2.1. Robert Dean Lytic, violation OI naaic rule MO Irene McNaughton. traveling wrong a on one-way atrcet. $10. John Mhrcel Meter, no Oregon operator's licence, "- Arthur Joseph, Paisley, failure to stop at stop sisii. S.V Thomas Lee Robertson, failure to 1 stop at red ligut. J." Donald William W att, violation of t basic rjle. 10 ! C'haric HaAkclI Hollis Jr.. failure ' to h e ventcle under control. M0. I Clav Welch Virginia, violation of I basu' rule. 410. Willi.tm Snendan Mohr. improper left turn. . Clifford Bernard Cordy, violation of ba-ir rule. M0 Andrew D niel Harkey, violation of baic rule. $10. Salem Man Killed In Susanville Crash Susanville, Calif. IU.P.) A 63-year-old Salem, Ore., man was killed Thursday when his car careened out of control and rolled over on Highway 335, eight miles east of here. Police identified the victim Frank J. Jirak. No cause for the accident was immediately determined. FUNERAL HELD Astoria (U.Pj Funeral serv ices were held Friday for Fred erick Leffingwell Howard, who played professional basebal with the Portland Beavers near Ihe turn of the century. He died 'Wednesday one month short of his 89th birthday and two weeks short of his 65th anniversary. DISTRICT COURT Carl Marcus Ekstrom. failure to dijlv two licen.se plates, $6. Robert Wayne Her&hiser. truck speeding. $1.1. Andrew Travis, violation of basic rul. $13. Wajne K. Griffeth, truck speeding. S20 David T-ce Wade, no operator's ticnivr, M William iVo Crandall, no operator's !ir"n., M tieorg Howard Botaford. over widlh. $1$ Rrf n Hartley Carter, violation of basic rule. $13. malicious destruction of personal property, $105 Gordon William Clark, truck speed ing $15 Detmer Lavern Barnard, failure to stop at stop sign. S 10. John William Samples, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Boyd Emmons Blair, no operator's license, $10 Gordon Peter Kershaw, violation of basic rule, $13 Robert Rehoh Gripp. four In front scat. $6. Ken nr th Lee Gentry, violation of baFic rule. $10 C C. Russell, failure to fall snags. $103 Willis Stiehl, failure to fall snags, $103 Brian Douglas Sewrll, failure to yield right of way, M3. Thnma.N .Ton Wari. overload. $123. Allen Richard Hilkey, overwidth. $13 .lark M Davis, oveiheight, $15; ov erload. $310. Jark Jerrv Ansures. overload. SG3. Arthur M Curtis Jr. overload. $56. MAR RI AGP LICENSE APPLICATIONS Gavin Owen Cowart, 24f3 Riverside ave . and LaGretta Dell Wright, 520 South Central ave Robert Dwaine McLane. Sunny Val le . Ore. and Peggy Lorraine Mohr. Grants Pass. Glenn Monterey HoLt. 1117 Mt. Pitt ae , and Carol Louiae Denman, 104 Geneva st. Herbert C Lravell. Oinalt, Wash., nd Alnna M. Williams. Omak, Wash. Bill v Jav Cardwell. 628' North Riverside, and Rosetta Ann Stotier. 952 Lawnsdale. Ships Brush Each Other at Vancouver Vancouver, B. C. .U.R) The Canadian minesweeper Comox and the 10.000 - ton Japanese freighter Yamazono Maru brushed each other in dense fog in the harbor here Friday night but each ship suffered only superficial damage. The Comox was accompanied by two other miuesweepers, the James Bay and the Fortune. It was entering the harbor when the outbound Japanese ship scraped it. Sub Lt. R. Monroe of the Comox said the radar on his ship was working and the mine sweeper was in the proper lane while entering the harbor. Both ships were proceeding at slow speeds due to the fog. No injuries were reported and little damage was done. The Japanese ship stopped briefly to ascertain if any serious dam age had been done and then continued outbound to Japan. An inquiry into the incident is to be held at a later date. WEATHER CLEAR. FOG.GY New York (U.RJ The New York Weather Bureau Thursday reported the weather as "clear and foggy." The report was not considered conflicting fcince the bureau reasoned that in some places it was clear and in others foggy. Grange Notes Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange met Sept. 11. The program at 8 p.m. preceded the regular meeting and was open to the public. The U.S. Forest Service was in charge. Master Melvin Lattie called regular Grange meeting to order at 9:30 p.m. Visitors present were Mr. and Mrs. Couger and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold of Central Point Grange, Mr. and Mrs. Ditsworth of Bell vue. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson of Upper Rogue and Mrs. Anna Scott of Upper Applegate Grange. Each visitor spoke brief ly. Conger gave the highlights of a recent agriculture meeting at the courthouse. He said he got a better understanding of the soil bank, but that the refund of gas tax to farmers using the gas in farm work was stil not clear. Jake Arnold reporting on hor ticulture stated there were pros pects for a record breaking crop of D'Anjou pears in the valley. He also told one of his jokes of which he always has a supply. Mrs. Willis House read a re port from the detention home executive committee regarding the proposed detention home in Jackson county. Lecturer Dee Hendrickson announced the meeting Sept. 26. The Civil De fense will be in charge of the program. Refreshments of home-made cake with pineapple lemon top ping, and coffee were served by the refreshment committee, Mr. and Mrs. Al Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Quackenbush and Mr. and Mrs. Barney Lewin. The tables were decorated with nu merous small vases of naslur-tums. Chinese Reds Total 10,734,000 Members Tokyo (U.R; Membership in the Chinese Communitt party stood at 10.734.000 at the end of June, or 1.74 per cent of the entire population of Red China, the New China News Agency reported Friday. The Communist news agency said this was a ninefold in crease in membership since the party's seventh anniversary 11 days ago. Round-up Enters Fourth, Final Day Pendleton U.R The Pen dleton Round - Up entered its fourth and final day Saturday with the finals in the rodeo com petition drawing a capacity crowd. Buck Boyce of Havre, Mont., was top man in bulldogging yesterday with a time of 7.6 seconds. Wilbur Plaugher of Prather, Cal., was next with a time of 8.7 seconds, followed by Bill Hoskins of San Diego with a time of 10.09 seconds. John Dalton of Sturgis, S. D., topped the calf roping with a time of 13.4 seconds. Next was Don McLaughlin of Smithfield, Tex., with 15.7 seconds. Third was Jake Bogard of Lubbock, Tex., with 16 seconds. Other features of the day in cluded a watch scramble, in which the cowboys tried to grab a watch from the horns of a steer: the riding club Pony Express race (won by Milton Freewatcr's Pioneer posse); and a four-dog act presented by Jay Sisler of Emmctt, Ida. Witnesses Believe Driyer Asleep As Truck Crashed Bus Monroe, Mich (U.R) There were indications Saturday a truck driver was asleep at the wheel or had lost control of his truck Thursday when it crashed into a Greyhound bus, killing three persons and injuring 22 others. The truck driver, Francis G. Pesko. 43. Detroit, was one of the three who died in the acci dent. Two witnesses were found yes terday who said Pesko apparent ly was asleep and his truck was weaving down the road when the head-on collision occurred.' Mrs. Lillian Williams. 60. of Detroit, a passenger in the bus. said, "I saw the headlights on the truck coming right for us." Mrs. Williams was injured in the crash on U.S. 24 and had not been able to make a statement until yesterday. Truck Driver Another witness was William E. Holdway, 44. a truck driver from Newcomerstown. O. Hold way said he was driving in the same direction as the bus, bound for Detroit, when he saw the haulaway truck come weaving down the road toward him. "I blinked my lights at him." Holdway said, "because I thought the driver as asleep." Holdway said shortly after the truck passed him he saw a burst of flame. "I kept on going be cause I didn't know how bad it was until I saw a paper." he said. Holdway was scheduled to Sunday, September 18, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON! MAIL TRIBUITC THREE Lundeen Acquitted By Eugene Jury Eugene (U.R) Ernest Lun deen was acquitted Friday by a Lane county jury on a charge of embezzling S1300 from an Oregon prison inmate. A jury of six men and six women returned the verdict after a little less than two hours of deliberation. The 34 year - old attorney's mother, Mrs. Rufus Holman, was in the courtroom when the ver dict was read. She greeted an nouncement of the innocent ver dict with the cry, "Oh, I'm so happy I can't bear it!" Lundeen and his mother thanked each juror individually as they filed out of the court room. To Judge Frank B. Reid, who gave evidence in his behalf, Lun deen said, "God bless you, sir, for an honest man and a Teal friend." The jury's vote was 11 to 1 for acquittal, according to the court reporter. But Judge Dal King did not poll the jury. Lundeen's trials are not over, however. He still faces a retrial on another count of receiving money for a legal fee. which the state alleges was taken in an armed holdup. A Lane county jury dead locked over this issue earlier this week. A new trial date will be set by Judge King some time after October 1. Flemington, N. J. (U.R) Mrs. Walter Kostro would like to spend her next wedding anni versary at home just for a change. Married two years. Mrs. Kostro left the hospital Friday with her second child, born four days ago on her second wedding anniversary. Her first child? Born on the same date a year ago. About five tons of air must be blown through a blast furnace for every ton of steel the fur nace produces. Anna G. Bengtson Hit Reopened Her Office Swedish Massage 16 NEWTOWN make a statement before Mon roe County authorities today. Meanwhile, one victim of the crash remained unidentified. Au thorities said the body was that of a .women believed to have boarded the bus in Akron, O. The third victim of the acci dent was Mrs. Frankie Mae Sam ple, 38. of Detroit, a sister of Mrs. Williams. Passengers said Mrs. Sample, who weighed 280 I pounds, was loo big to crawl through a window on the bus af ter the only door was blocked by a fire caused by exploding gaso line tanks on the truck. , 1 ! I 1 REPRINTS 5C 8 Exposure Roll . . . PEUNYWISE 323 E. 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