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. ,
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