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TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, January 24, 1957
tJrapplers Locate
Children's Bodies
In Frozen River
Cranford, N.J. OJ.R) Grap
plers recovered the bodies of
two of three missing children j
from the Rahway river Wednes- j
day night near a dam which had
been a death trap for other i
youngsters. '
Police and volunteers search
ed with searchlights in sub
freezing weather early today for
the third child, fl-year-old Rich
ard Johnson.
The frozen bodies of Richard's
sister. Martha, and Philip Har
rington Jr., both 7, were found
by search party where two
other children drowned in 1952
and 1948.
, Arms Outstretched
The children's rigid bodies,
their arms outstretched for aid.
were hooked with grappling
irons under the South Avenue
Bridge, a quarter mile upstream
from Droescher's Mill Dam.
The dam has been one of the
community's winter play spots
for children for years. Two-year-old
Joseph Behan plunged
through the ice of the river and
drowned March 27, 1952. Peter
Shoukimas, 5. had drowned in
a similar accident Jan. 14. 1948.
No Action
The township had ordered a
study of how to prevent further
mishaps after the drownings
but no action had been taken.
The children's parents said
they had warned them just last
week to stay off the river's ice.
The victims were the chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Malcom
Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Phil
ip O. Harrington. .Johnson is a
locally prominent attorney, and
Harrington is a ship superinten
dent for the Bethlehem Ship
building Corp., in Staten Island,
N.Y.
Police Mobilized for
Violence in Havana
Havana W.F9 The govern
ment ' ordered police reserves
mobilized for active duty today
as an added step asainst politi
cal violence. A rising wave of
terrorism allegedly sponsored by
opponents of President Fulgen
cio Batista prompted the govern
ment to suspend constitutional
guarantees and establish censor
ship nine days ago.
Oakland Blast"
Fire Kills Two
Oakland. Calif. iU.R) Pa
cific Gas and Electric Company
officials estimated damage at
$300,000 today, from .an explo
sion and fire that killed two
men and destroyed a company
warehouse in downtown Oak
land. Six other were injured, two
so seriously they may die.
The four-alarm fire broke out
shortly before 1 p.m. Wednes
day. It forced 175 employees
who were in the two story, block
long building to flee.
One man rushed from the
building with his hair on fire,
screaming in pain. Seconds lat
er, the building exploded in a
"sheet of flame."
Assistant Fire Chief Bernard
Dooley said the explosion and
fire took place when a workman
from a sheet metal firm uncap
ped a two-inch pipe while in
stalling gas heaters in a ground
floor office. An electric heater
in a corner of the office ignit
ed the fumes. . .
The dead were identified as
Francis Trombley. 42, of Oak
land, and C. O. Helmuth, 62, of
Concord, employees of the util
ity. The seriously injured were
Theodore W. Erickson, 62. of
Concord and Aubreay Duesbury,
63. of Berkeley. ,
Ted Brown Named Salem Publisher
Salem (U.R) Edward A. (Ted)
Brown was named publisher of
the Salem Capital-Journal yes
terday, replacing Bernard Main
waring, 59, who died last Sat
urday. Brown, 61. also was named
vice president of the Statesman
Journal Publishing company,
the firm which publishes both
Salem daily newspapers.
Brown has been advertising
director of the Statesman-Journal
company since the two
papers merged. Before that he
was advertising director of the
Statesman. He is a veteran of
37- years on Salem newspapers.
Announcement of Brown's
new position was made by
Charles A. Sprague and . Mrs.
Jennie Mainwaring, co-owners of
the Statesman-Journal.
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Distinguished Service Award to Be Presented at Jaycee Banquet
The Medford Junior Chamber sade, Girl Scout activities, the
of Commerce will present its an- Jackson County Chamber of
nual distinguished service award ! Commerce industrial and mem-
Vn i her nf thf iuianic clnh
at a banquet program at
Rogue Valley Country club Fri
day, Jan. 25.
The award will be presented
to one of six finalists. They are
Glenn Jennings, 2397 Jackson
ville highway; Robert A. John
son, 20 Valley View drive; Dr.
William J. Thompson, 209
Fluhrer building: Ray Johnson,
117 Vernada place: Clifford M
McGinty, 2110 Whittle ave.; and
Clifford Ojellette, 1532 Terrace
drive.
Speaker at the banquet will
be Mark Hatfield, new secretary
of state.
Presented Annually
The award is presented annu
ally to a man between the a s
of 21 and 35 who has been out
standing in community leader
ship and service the previous
calendar year. The winner may
not necessarily be a member of
the Jaycees, the committee in
charge pointed out.
Robert Johnson, an engineer
and manager of the General
Electric company apparatus
sales division here, has been ac
tive in the United Medford Cru-
Jennings has been active
YMCA work, is an officer in the
United Medford Crusade.
Council Director
Dr. Thompson has been direc
tor of the Medford Safety coun
cil, an executive board member
for the governor's state commit
tee on children and youth, a sup-
local Toastmaster club and has i porter of the local Boy Scout
been treasurer of the Jaycees. j program, and a past president of
He also has been active in I the Medford Toastmaster's club.
Ray Johnson, station manager ford Crusade and Boy Scout
at KMED, was active in the
Rogue Valley Memorial hospital
drive, is a board member of the
Medford Pal club, chairman oi
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce Roundtable, Kiwanis
club board member, Chamber
director and vice president, and
was active in the United Med-
activities.
Board of Directors
McGinty, owner of McGinty
Fuel company, is a member of
the YMCA board of directors
i ' trustees. Crater Lions club;
the Red Cross blood committee,
a member of the Lone Pine
school board, chairman of the
Grandview water district board,
and is active in St. Peter's Lu
theran church.
Ouellette is a member of the
law firm of Skyrman, Ouellette
and Heisel. He was chairman of
the local March of)imes cam
paign last year, and is a direc
tor of the United Medford
Crusade.
Drifting Stations To
Aid Arctic Research
London iU.R) Soviet scien
tists engaged in Arctic research
will" use automatic drifting wea
ther stations on a large scale,
Moscow Radio reported today.
The broadcast heard here said
about 20 stations were being set
Up on drifting ice floes in the
central polar basin.
Drinker Gets 'Non-Intoxicated' Score
In Drunkometer Test; Ruling Awaited
Miami U.R) William C.
Rose, a husky bachelor, went
back to his "routine" pint today,
awaiting a judge's decision on
whether the 20 shots Rose tossed
off in his courtroom without
tatting an eye were enough to
discredit a drunkometer.
Rose. 6-foot, 238-pound ex
Navy flier, breezed through a
drunkometer test with a "non
intoxicated" score after his five
hour bout with the bottle
Wednesday and walked a
straight line out of the court
room proclaiming he was "as
sober as the judge."
Told to "Sleep it Off"
The judge, Francis A. Sobi
eski, ordered a friend to drive
Rose home and also instructed
Rose to "sleep it off for a while"
before getting behind a steer
ing wheel.
Rose, however, contended
there were no serious" effects
from the 20 jiggers of straight
whiskey he put away. His phone
went unanswered Wednesday
night.
Sobieski promised a ruling by
Friday on whether the 44-year-old
retired real estate man was
actually too drunk to drive
when arrested last week on the
basis of a .246 drunkometer
reading. A reading of .150 is con
sidered the point of intoxication.
Rose contended the "seven or
eight" drinks he had before his
arrest far from did him in, de
spite the drunkometer. He won
a round in the court test when,
with a pint and a quarter of 86-
proof whiskey under his expan
sive belt, his breath only
brought the indicator to .122.
"The test didn't impair me in
the slightest," Rose said.
- Rose contends that drunko
meters although recognized as
legal evidence on a voluntary
basis in 46 states, are strictly
for novices, not t w o-f isted
elbow-benders like himself.
Rose gave the drunkometer a
rough time, but he showed a
"marked deficiency" in such re
action tests as braking a car,
night driving and glare activity
at the end of the bout.
But he was still not "drunk"
in the syes of the drunkometer.
He was 30 per cent better than
his "sober" test in depth pre-ception.
There's none greater!"
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