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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, January 8, 1957 Body of Salem Man Found in Willamette Solctn (U.R1 The body of Gaylon D. Amen, a Salem man who drowned six weeks ago when his boat turned over on the Willamette river, was found near Grand Island yesterday afternoon by a Sheridan trapper. The trapper. Dale Schwartzen gruber, spotted the body en tangled in brush on the east bank of the river about a mile from the spot where the boat tipped over Dec. 2. Amen apparently drowned after rescuing his brother-in-law, Rorary Sandau. Salem, from the water. The two men were duck hunting. Small-Boat Harbor Sought at Umatilla Umatilla (U.R) Commis sioners of the port of Umatilla voted yesterday to engage an engineer to make art immediate lurvey to determine costs of con structing a small-boat harbor at the port. Port Commission Chairman Jim Sturgis said the group would begin looking into the financial aspects of constructing a harbor capable of handling 300 boats. Expected increases in the steelhead run between The Dalles and McNary was pointed out as increasing the need for such a harbor. Duck Coach Says Team To Se Without Bingham Eugene (U.R) Oregon Basketball Coach Steve Belko said today that the Ducks prob ably will be without the services of Forward Ed Bingham when they open their Pacific Coast Conference season against Cali fornia Friday. Bingham, a two-year letter man, suffered a bruised foot last week. Marie McDonald ! Reveals Previous Kidnap Attempt Hollywood (U.R) Marie McDonald revealed today her 24-hour disappearance last Fri day during which she said she was held for $30,000 ransom wasn't the first time a kidnap attempt had been made on "The Body." The beautiful blonde with greon eyes and an attraction for headlines was the intended vic tim, she says, of kidnapers sev en years ago when she was wed to Harry Karl. After 'Body,' Jewelry "Shortlv after we moved out "of our Westwood home, two 'men broke in. robbed the place " and tied up the housekeeper," she related as she rested at her . Encino home. ; "They said they were after .'the body' and my jewelry. Then - they found out where we had moved to and tried to break into ; that house. I can't remember. - but I think they were caught." The actress made this disclos '. ure as she chatted with report ers after, she re-enacted the al leged kidnaping. Police decided to film her ac tions in an attempt to solve Hollywood's most baffling mys tery in many years. They said her narration of the film was "substantially" the same as the story she first told police after she was found hysterical on the dpert. but "many details are different." I ' . -1.- y-'"v; , " furfrm-mul - Trfl lit lit lit I Ml fc.li ' ,3 fl , I . , It " SEARCHING BY FLASHLIGHT an investigator combs the area near the bridge where Actress Marie "The Body" McDonald was found near Indio, Cal., beaten and hysterical after being missing 24 hours. ( International Soundvhoto) KnoxviHe Negroes File Suit for School Racial Integration KnoxviHe, Tenn. U.R: A group of Negro adults Monday filed suit in Federal Court on behalf of 14 children asking that KnoxviHe schools be racial ly integrated. The suit filed by the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People likely will be heard by U. S. District Judge Robert L. Taylor, who last year ordered the high school at nearby Clinton to ad mit Negroes following a U. S. Supreme Court decision. Injunction Sought The Negroes sought an in junction "forever restraining" school officials from refusing to admit persons to any city school "solely because of their race or color." Board of Education Chair man Andrew Johnson said he was "not surprised" and added "I sincerely hope it can be work ed out without undue disturbances." Mrs. Nixon Launches March of Dimes Drive Washington (U.R) Mr s. Pat Nixon, wife of the vice pres ident, launched the 1957 polio March of Dimes drive here to day by greeting the official post er model, four-year-old Marlene Olsen of Boston. The ceremony at the Washing ton office of the National Foundation for Infantile Par alysis was paralleled by similar ceremonies featuring governors' wives in 41 state mansions throughout the nation. Normally the year's "polio child" starts the formal drive by visiting the President at the White House. Mrs. Nixon sub stituted this year for President Eisenhower. Actual collections in the drive began Jan. 2 and will con tinue through Jan. 31. Stranded Suez Ships Sail Into Mediterranean Cairo (U P.) Thirteen ships standed in the Suez Canal since the Anglo-French invasion sailed out into the Mediterranean to day through Port Said. The ships, which originally had been headed south when the canal was blocked two months ago, were turned around by tugs and eased past the canal obstructions between El Qan tara and Port Said. The first ship out was the Norwegian tanker Eli Knudsen. anew mmiwtmmmnmmw rnpw;n' ujiqa-'yaw t norsmu ctitc mi ivr.F Rpjarrh bv an Oregon State college oceanographer is producing new and highly valuable information on the tides, inlets, water temperatures and salinity of Oregon s more 300 miles el coastal waters. Dr. Wayne V. Burt project leader in picture is using device to measure flow of tides studies wUl provide basic information for shellfish growers and other industries tocated on tidewater. The long-range program wul cover all erturiM from Coos Bay to the Columbia. He has received a third $10,000 grant irom the office of naval research lor the extensive study. He said school authorities had not expected the action so soon." The Board of Education has declined in the past to make any formal declaration of policy concerning desegregation. Fifteen parents and guardians of the children were listed also as plaintiffs. Their attorneys in elude Thurgood Marshall, chief NAACP counsel. Laws Held Voided The suit noted that the state Supreme Court last Oct. 5 ruled that Tennessee school segrega tion laws were voided by the U. S. Supreme Court rulings of 1954 and 1955. "All of the infant (minor) plaintiffs satisfy all require ments for admission to the pub lic elementary and secondary schools" operated by the city Board of Education, the suit contended. The Negro children live areas served by the white schools to which they sought to enter, the suit said Travelogue Presented At Knife, Fork Club Colored movies of events. scenery and people in widely separated parts of the world were shown last night for the Rogue Valley Knife and Fork club members by Bob Friars. The young man, who started traveling by the hitch - hike method when he was but 12 years old, showed film taken over the past 16 years. Friars has traveled by foot. donkey, car and truck, water craft of all sorts and by air in order to photograph the eventful the beautiful or the unusual. His commentary, often humor ous, weaves the scene together in a colorful and unusual travel ogue. His spectacular shots includ ed the Paracutin volcano in Mex ico, the Alps and Andes moun tains, full dress parades of Brit ish soldiers and such sports events as the Calgary stampede in Canada. The large audience of mem bers and guests might have en joyed the event more fully if the Esquire theater where the movies were shown had not been icy cold. Due to a misunder standing, the furnace of the theater had not been turned on before the audience arrived. The group went to Rogue Val ley Country club for a buffet supper following the travelogue. Friars was introduced by Neal Davidson, president of the Medford Knife-Fork club. Oregon Delegation Discusses Legislation Washington U.P.) Demo cratic members of Oregon's con gressional delegation held the first of what they plan - to be twice-a-month breakfast meet ings yesterday to discuss joint action in the Senate and House. The group stressed its inten tion to work for maximum progress" toward construction of John. Day dam. Of the five Democrats from the state in the delegation, only Rep. Al Ullman failed to attend the meeting yesterday. He was delayed by a snow-caused traffic jam. Knowland's Decision Regretted by China Taipch, Formosa U.R) Nationalist Chinese quarters to day expressed surprise and re gret at Republican Minority Leader William F. Knowland's announced intention to retire from the Senate next year. The California senator has been one of the most outspoken champions of the Nationalist Chinese cause and his vigorous ly opposed U. S. recognition of Communist China. Some quarters here feared the lack of Knowland's influence in Washington may affect Ameri can policy toward China. Two Youths Arrested By Medford Police A 17-year-old Medford boy and a 16-year-old Phoenix boy were arrested and lodged in the county jail Monday on charges of attempting to obtain money by false pretenses, according to city police. Police, arrested the youths aft er they received a report that the youths were attempting to cash a $15 check at a local store. They will be referred to coun ty juvenile authorities, police added. American Foresters To Meet Here Friday Lou Alexander of the Mason. Bruce and Girard company, a Portland forest consulting firm, will discuss prism cruising at a meeting of the Siskiyou chapter, Society of American Foresters, at the Jackson hotel at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. The children's hour wil start at 6:45 p.m. The February meet ing will be held in Grants Pass and will include a program pre sented by the Roseburg Re search center. Chains Necessary On Oregon Roads Salem U.R) As much as 14 inches of new snow in some areas of the state made chains necessary for travel to Timber line, Warm Springs junction, Siskiyou, Green Springs, Santi am pass and Willamette pass, the State Highway Department re ported today. Highway officials advised mo torists to carry chains at Gov ernment Camp, Sunset summit, Astoria, Detroit, Cave Junction, Prospect, Carpenterville, Sisters, Ochoco summit, Brothers, La pine, Chemult, Bly, Lakeview, Ontario, John Day, Austin and Basque. Fourteen inches of new snow was reported at Timberline, 12 inches at Government Camp, five inches at Wilson River sum mit, nine inches at Sunset sum mit, a half-inch at Astoria, six inches at Green Springs, nine inches at Prospect, two inches at Bend, 14 inches at Santiam pass, 10 inches at Willamette pass, four inches at Lakeview, a trace at La Grande, one inch at Ontario and a half-inch at Burns. Italian Bridge Team Overcomes Set-Back New York :U.R) The Italian contract bridge team overcame an early set-back with a strong finish early today to gain a lead of 990 points in the world cham pionship being held here. Going into the second session at the Biltmore hotel Monday night with a lead of 1310 points, the European champions dropped to 320 points at the half way mark, but picked up 670 points in the strong finish. With the match nearly one third over 72 hands of sched uled 224 board match their lead was still substantial, but far from decisive. McLEOD Family Holds Open House By CAROLINE L. HARDING McLeod Mr. and Mrs. Herb Carlton held open house Christ mas day. entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Claud Jarrett and family of Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Netherland and family of Med ford and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carlton and family of Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Ranald Axtell had Christmas dinner with their son and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Axtell in Medford. Monte Axtell spent the Christ mas holiday in California visit ing friends in Porterville, his sister and family Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Nelson in Burbank and on New Years day attended the foot ball game at Pasadena. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding motored to Redding, Calif., and spent the holidays with their son Harry and family. Mr. Albert Estin and Audrey Collier spent Christmas at Cres well, Ore., with Mrs. Collier's son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Collier. Mrs. Hazel Ulrich spent New Years at Union Creek as the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Ash. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hume and twin daughters spent New Years day with Mrs. Hume's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Anderton were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Denninger on New Years day. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Carlton and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carlton and family spent New Years at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cushman. House guests at "Folding Hills" ranch are MSgt. and Mrs. Jack Schneider of Tacoma. Wash,, who are on their way to Germany where Sgt. Schneider will be stationed for three years with the Army. Mr. Arthur Hume and two daughters were dinner guests of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Denninger, Friday evening, Jan. 4. BIG - FEE - Slabs and Rough Blox Dandy to Burn with Dry Wood Big Double Load or Single Load MEDFORD FUEL CO. Telephone 2-211 1 Court & MeAndrews 1UE EIGHTY CHSLYSL Most glamorous car In a generation Its triggered by a liewTorqueBite transmission Want to pass a car or a truck on the highway? 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