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."
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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.
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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.
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