EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
FridayJanuary 18, 1957
Grand Jury in Marie McDonald Kidnaping
Case Undecided; Recesses Until Tuesday
Hollywood !U.PJ A Los An
geles County Grand Jury today
weighed Marie McDonald's story
of how she was allegedly kid
naped, beaten and held captive
for 24 hours Jan. 4.
The jurors, after listening to
more than nine hours of testi
mony, delivered for an hour
Thursday before adjourning un
til Tuesday.
Police earlier this week
placed the case in the laps of
the Grand Jury after two weeks
of investigation failed "to prove
or disprove" that the blonde
actress was kidnaped from her
home.
The furors reportedly decided
to take no immediate action be
cause of "a lack of agreement."
Mat B7 Wilding
The actress told the jurors
that for 24 hours she was kept
captive by two "Latin-type"
men who abducted her from her
home. Before entering the clos
ed session, she said "This is one
last ordeal in my fight to bring
my kidnapers to justice."
Miss McDonald has said that
the two men beat her, then
rushed her out of their car in
a desolate desert area. During
her testimony Thursday, the
actress said she "cleared up dis
crepancies" in several versions
of her kidnaping story that have
puzzled police.
After testifying, Miss McDon
ald was met by actor Michael
Wilding and her attorney, Jerry
Giesler.
"The jury wondered about
certain discrepancies in the re
port I made to police at Indio,
Calif., after the kidnapers re
leased me, and the report I made
after I returned home," Miss
McDonald told newsmen.
Said She Wat Drugged
"I told them that the discrep
ancies were caused by the fact
that I was in a drugged condi
tion when I arrived at the hos
pital after being found by a
truck driver," she added.
Miss McDonald indicated she
had criticized the police han
dling the case. She said "the
jury asked me lots of questions
the police never asked . . . the
jurors were very kind.
"I told them (the jury) that
the police had never given me a
chance to read a statement they
took from me in Indio. That
statement was made under seda
tion and I was promised a
chance to study it. I was never
given that chance," the actress
said.
Meanwhile, Detective Sgt. Al
Ortiz said he told the jury in re
buttal testimony that Miss Mc
Donald was examined by a doc
tor and was found to be perfect
ly rational before he questioned
her in the hospital. He said notes
that he read to the jury "dis
proved" her testimony.
Western Nations
Step Up Planning
To Bypass Suez
London (U.R) Western ship
ping nations are stepping up
long-term planning to by-pass the
Suez Canal because of fears that
there will be no prompt settle
ment of the waterway dispute
with Egypt, it was reported to
day. Informed sources said mem
bers of the 15-nation Suez Canal
Users Association (SCUA) have
been warned to base ther plans
on the strong possibility that the
canal may remain a questionable
oil route much longer than ex
pected. SCUA members were under
stood to be studying the possi
bility of building super-tankers
under a point finance program.
The tankers would carry mid
east oil around the South Afri
can cape.
Alternative Pipeline
The shipping nations were
said also to be considering sug
gestions for the establishment of
alternative Near East oil pipe
lines, through Turkey and Israel,
to bypass the canal.
The chances for early resump
tion of direct talks between Brit
ain, France and Egypt, under
auspices of the United Nations,
were considered slim. Even
when they resume, the talks
were expected to be difficult.
For these reasons, it was be
coming necessary to prepare an
interim solution which might
have to cover a long period, the
sources said. The whole question
was said to be in the early stages
of "official thinking."
Alaskan Landmark
Destroyed by Fire
Anchorage, Alaska (U.R) The
old Malemute Saloon, an Alas
kan landmark, and three other
buildings were destroyed by a
fire which raged out of control
here for several hours early to
day.
Damage was estimated at
$200,000 and one unidentified
fire fighter collapsed from
smoke inhalation and was treat
ed at a local hospital.
The Pay and Take It Grocery,
a floor covering establishment
and an electrical supply store
were also destroyed in the blaze
which for a time threatened oth
er buildings in the downtown
business district.
Heavy fog and 5 to 10 above
zero weather hampered city fire
men and Elmendorf Air Force
Base personnel who fought the
blaze.
Cause of the fire was not
known. The fire broke out about
1 1 p.m. Thursday in the grocery
and was not brought under con
trol until several hours later.
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Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
London New British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reaf
firming British - American friendship in his first speech to the
nation:
"We don't intend to part from the Americans and we don't in
tend to be satellites."
Defuniak Springj, Fla Confederate Civil War veteran Wil
liam Allen Lundy reflecting on "The War Between the States" on
the eve of his 109th birthday:
"It would have been better if the South had won, but I don t
hate the Yankees. If a Yankee trooper came by today, I'd ask him
to set spell."
Washington Secretary of State John Foster Dulles testifying
to Congress on how President Eisenhower will employ the Eisen
hower Doctrine:
"I think there can be an absolute conviction that the President
would lean over backward not to interpret the facts as justifying
the use of armed forces unless there was real danger to the United
States."
Tallahassee. Fla. Gov. Leroy Collins urging local authorities
to take "immediate and effective" action to prevent further vio
lence in the Negro campaign to integrate buses In the Florida state
capital
"This kind of lawlessness is inexcusable and it must be slopped.
It is essentially a local problem and should be remedied by local
action to protect persons and property and to prevent further em
barrassment to this community and the state."
Paris Actress Ingrid Bergman answering a question as to
whether she will enjoy her first visit to the U.S. after a self-imposed
exile of eight years:
Yes. It will really be very amusing."
Washington Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D.-Colo.) who seven
years ago demanded that Ingrid Bergman never be permitted to
set foot on American soil again and labeled htr our most popular
but pregnant movie queen." commenting on her return:
"I guess I'm glad she's coming back."
Middlesbrough, England The wife of a mental patient who
won $84,000 in a football pool and gave all but $2,800 of the money
to a fellow patient who made his selection for him, announcing she
will visit her husband for the first time in 15 years:
"I am not trying to grab the money, but I have had a hard life
and am entitled to some of it."
Cincinnati Dr. Edward L. Borti, associate professor of medi
cine at the University of Pennsylvania, describing people as "eat
ing themselves into old age" and becoming old "because they are
bored":
"Give people the proper diet, give them something to do, and
they could easily expect to live to be 100 or more."
Union Oil Company
Ups Gasoline Prices
San Francisco (U.R) Union
Oil Company today raised gaso
line prices in the San Francisco
Bay area to 32.4 cents a gallon
for regular gasoline and 36.4
for premium, following the lead
of . Standard Oil Company of
California.
The half-cent increase matches
Standard's price boost. How
ever, the increase affects only
regular gasoline in the Los An
geles area, a Union spokesman
said.
In some areas of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Utah the in
creases will be .6 to .7 of a cent
higher than here.
Shell Oil Company said it was
also studying a price increase
and Tidewater Associated an
nounced it was undecided. Gen
eral Petroleum Corp. announced
it would make its decision today
or Saturday. '
Famed New'Orleans
Jazz Musician Dies
New Orleans (U.R) George
Girard, 26, one of New Orleans'
outstanding young jazz music
ians, died today.
The trumpet player and jazz
band leader died at the home
of his sister after a long illness.
Girard became one of the most
popular figures in New Orleans
jazz circles. He was active in
music until an operation for can
cer last January.
His band, the Basin Street Six,
recorded for Circle and Mercury
records and became nationally
known.
Oregonian Aboard
One of Bombers
In Record Flight
March AFB, Calif. (U.R) A
commander and two pilots were
aboard each of the B52s which
completed the record breaking
round the world flight today for
the Strategic Air Command.
In overall command of the
flight, flying in the lead plane,
was Maj. Gen. Archie J. Old Jr.,
50, commander of the 15th AF
Headquarters at March AFB.
Crew of Plane No. 22
The list of crewmen:
Plane No. 22:
Capt. Charles W. Fink, 34,
Dennison, Iowa, commander;
pilots, Lt. Col. Marcus L. Hill
Jr., 36, Seymour, Tex., and Capt.
J. G. Backman, 35, Eden, Utah;
navigators, Capt. Cecil H. Ding
well, 27, Castle AFB, Capt.
Michael Stevens, 33, Castle AFB,
Capt. Edward M. Hollacher, 37,
Oklahoma City; ECM (electronic
counter measure) operator: 1st
Lt. Joseph B. Tyra, 24, Uvalde,
Tex.; tailgunner, Sgt. James L.
Bushoom, 24, Pocatello, Ida.;
crew chief, T.Sgt. Joseph D.
Armstrong, 28, San iDego.
Lead Plane's Crew
Plane No. 11: (lead plane,
landed first):
Lt. Col. James H. Morris, 40,
San Antonio, Tex., commander;
pilots, Capt. Earnest E. Camp
bell, 34, Merced, Calif., and Capt.
Rene M. .Woog, 35, Petersburg,
Va.; navigators, Maj. Albert S.
Wooten, 32, Ingleside, Tex., and
Maj. Anthony Dzierski, 32, Wind-
ber, Pa.; ECM, Capt. Quintis L.
Hinkley, 35, Ft. Scott, Kan.; tail
gunner, M.Sgt. Carl H. Ballew,
28, Marion, N.C.; crew chief,
T.Sgt. Donovan W. Higginboth
am, 23, Lansing, Mich.
Klamath Man Aboard
Plane No. 44:
Maj. George C. Kalebaugh, 36,
Klamath Falls, Ore., commander;
pilots, Maj. Salvador E. Felices,
33, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and
Capt. Capt. James H. Walsh Jr.,
36, St. Louis; navigators, Capt.
Gerald Rusch, 30, Atwater,
Calif., 1st Lt. Byrum W. Cooper,
27, Atwater, and Capt. Alfonso
Maj. Billy M. Beardsley, 37, At
water; tail gunner Airman 1C
Eugene N. Presiss, 21, Baldwin,
Mo.; crew chief, T.Sgt. Albert
Romero, 24, Merced.
Singer's Husband
Ruled Twins' Father
Los Angeles (U.R) Moises
Vivanco; 39, husband of Peruvian
singer Yma Sumac, has been
ruled the father of twin two-year-old
girls born out of wed
lock to his wife's former secre
tary, Maureen Shea, 24.
Superior Judge Jesse J. Framp
ton Thursday ruled that Vivanco,
arranger-manager for his wife,
was the father of the girls after
an 11-day paternity suit.
Miss Shea charged in the suit
that she and Vivanco became in
timate after he hired her as his
wife's secretary. Vivanco testi
fied that he had engaged in
intimacies but claimed their re
lationship broke off before the
twins were conceived.
Miss Shea asked $500 monthly
support of the girls.
'My Fair Lady' Ruckus
Threatens Road Show
New York (U.R) The con
troversy between the producer
of "My Fair Lady" and Actors
Equity flared anew today, and
may threaten the road company's
nationwide tour.
Herman Levin, the producer
of the hit musical, wants to bring
over three British actors for
roles in the road company cast
which is scheduled to begin its
tour March 18 in Rochester, N.Y.
The Britains are Ann Rogers
who would play Eliza Doolittle
and Hugh Dempster who would
play Colonel Pickering. Equity
does not feel that the three actors
are so qualified that they should
deprive three of its own members.
CHAIRMAN AGAIN
Washington (U.R) Rep.
Thomas J. Lane (D.-Mass.), who
served a jail term last year for
income tax evasion, was renam
ed Thursday chairman of the
House Judiciary subcommittee
on federal claims.
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Klamath Pensioner
Indicted for Murder
Klamath Falls XU.R) Guy
Earl Cramer, elderly pensioner,
was indicted on a first degree
murder charge by the Klamath
county grand jury yesterday in
connection with the slaying two
weeks ago of Fred Peterson,
chairman of the county Welfare
Commission.
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Creator, Not Free Enterprise,
Source of Wealth, Senator Says
By Sen. RICHARD NEUBERGER
Washington, D.C. (Special)
I always am amused at the arro
gance of orators who proclaim
that free enterprise or big busi
ness made this country great.
Of course, it was the Creator
who did it by endowing this
continent so richly in natural
resources.
I like the speech delivered
in Toronto on December 13 by
Jean Lessage, that country's
Minister of Northern Affairs:
"We have come to realize that
our present productivity and
prosperity are not due to innate
virtue of our own. They are not
due to any superiority over oth
er peoples. But rather they are
due to our having been endowed
with the great and varied re
sources we have. As we have rec
ognized that fact, we have come
to realize that unless we con
serve those resources well, and
unless we continue to have re
sources that are economically
usable for decades to come, our
Frightened Woman
To Be Protected -
Washington (U.R) Sen. John
L. McClellan said today Senate
investigators "have ways" to
protect a frightened woman
whose testimony linked certain
union officials with a hoodlum
indicted in the acid blinding of
labor reporter Victor Riesel.
McClellan did not specify
what protection could be afford
ed Mrs. Geraldine Taylor of Bay
onne, N. J. He said he would
leave that for the union officials
"who were present and listening"
to her testimony Thursday to
figure out.
Mrs. Taylor, fearful of gang
vengeance, told McClellan's sub
committee that she feared what
would happen to her if she told
all she knows about John Dio
guardi, alias Johnny Dio, and of
ficials of New York City Local
227 of the now -defunct AFL
Auto Workers.
The subcommittee, which is
conducting a broad investiga
tion of labor racketeering, later
questioned Mrs. Taylor behind
closed doors.
prosperity will not go on unend
ingly. We know as we never
knew before, that it is our re
sources that have made our
economy great."
Would that some Americans
might learn the wisdom of these
words! Yet they herald them
selves as superior people be
cause they are richer than oth
ers. We must remember that
Lewis and Clark went West only
150 years ago; our country is
that new. Many lands of Europe
have been settled for 2000 years.
What will be the condition of
our resources 2000 years from
now? How rich will we be then?
Why We Are Worried
Ever since becoming a mem
ber of the Senate I have been
warning that, while Oregon is
not gripped by depression, Ore
gon is far from participating
fairly in the so-called Eisenhow
er boom. Here are percentage
changes from 1955 in department-store
sales for all Western
cities surveyed by the Federal
Reserve Board, during two stra
tegic weeks of the Christmas
season of 1956:
Pec. 22 Dec. 29
Up 137. Up 21 To
" 16 " Wo
io- 38
" 8- " 81
" 14 To " 43 To
"15 " 25 7c
" 18 To " 27 To
" 17 " 17
"The Wall Street Journal" of
Jan. 8, 1957, relates that Idaho
Power's $20 million bond issue
for construction carried an inter
est rate of 4.55 per cent.
The story continued: "Bank
ers said tiie borrowing wai the
costliest on utility obligations
of comparable quality since Oc
tober, 1934." This high-cost
money means that Idaho Power
rates for Hells Canyon power
might be higher than the 6.69
mill per kilowatt-hour cost esti
mated by the Federal Power
Commission. At any rate, it will
be far higher than the 2.7 mill
power from a Federal Helli
Canyon dam.
Denver
Los Angeles
Oakland
Portland
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Spokane
These figures confirm my fre
quent warnings that Oregon is j
falling off the pace economically. ;
We' are not sharing fully in the
national prosperity. Stern reme- I
dies are needed to restore our j
lost ranking as a state in which
income levels substantially ex-!
ceeded the national average. Nor ;
should we forget that Portland
probably is somewhat ahead of ;
the rest of Oregon in business j
conditions. j
During the next few years, I j
intend to "major" in matters and
issues which could have benefi
cial effect on our state's econo
my. That is where my emphasis
shall be.
Cost of "Give-Away"
Any remaining illusion that
Idaho Power Company dams at
Hells Canyon would produce the
kind of low-cost power needed
for industrial expansion was
shattered this week. A story In
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