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Use of Narcotics Among Juveniles In Oregon Talked Salem U.R) A law de sigli(?d to ward off a major out break ! narcoticsousing among Oregon juveniles received a going-over at the hands of the House Judiciary Committee here yesterday. Jack Merrill, agent in charge of the Federal Narcotics Bureau at Portland, told the commit tee that narcotics using among teen-agers was not yet the prob lem in Oregon that it was in the southern and eastern parts of the country. Duncan Chairman Merrill said the most flagrant case his department ,was now investigating involved five nar cotics users under 21. He told committee members, headed by Chairman Robert Duncan, Med ford, that the problem could be checked if penalties for selling to minors were stiff enough. Legislation introduced by Rep. Fred Meek, Portland, and Joe Rogers, Independence would stiffen the penalty for selling narcotics to minors to a possi ble 40 years upon a second con viction. The exact sentence would be determined by the judge and there would be no chance of parole. Would Be Felony The legislation also would un ite and correct sections of the present Oregon narcotics act and make it a felony to introduce narcotics into prison and jails. Chairman Duncan said he had some reservations about the 40-year sentence provision of the law without parole. He said he More Indictments in Espionage Network Believed Possible New York U.R; A special federal grand jury resumed de liberations today, indicating that additional indictments would follow those returned Monday against three New Yorkers accused of spying for Russia. The new indictments presum ably would involve a number of unidentified co-conspirators in a vast spy network who the government alleges stole mili tary secrets for Russia while wo'rking at American military installations in this country, in Germany and in Austria. The vast scope of the spy ring was disclosed Monday when the grand jury returned espionage indictments against Jack Soble, 53: his wife, Myra, 52, and Jacob Albam, 64. They were indicted under a section of the espionage law that could send all three to the electric chair or to prison for life. Ten Russians Named Indicted as co-conspirators, but not defendants, were 10 Rus sians, most of them former em ployees of the Soviet Embassy in Washington. All are now out of this country. As diplomatic officials, the embassy employees indicted are immune from prosecution. But it was believed that further in- was not sure -it squared with the Oregon Constitution which requires that imprisonment be in proportion to the crime and that it be for the reformation of the prisoner. dictments would involve resi dents of this country who, like the Sobles and Albam, would be prosecuted on espionage charges. The Sobles and Albam, who were charged with entering into the spy conspiracy five years be fore they came to the United States in 1942, will be arraigned Monday. Their trial is expected to begin in about two months. Judge Would Decide If convicted on the first count of the indictment, the Sobles and Albam could receive the death penalty. This count alleges that the defendants violated peace time provisions of the espionage law by conspiring to transmit documents, photographs and oth er data relating to national de fense to Soviet agents. Sentenc ing would rest with a federal judge. Although the indictments pic tured Soble as a master spymas ter who held clandestine meet ings with Russian agents in the United States, Switzerland, Aus tria and France, the government said his income and those of his wife and Albam were believed to have been less than that of an automobile mechanic. So far, the government has declined to reveal the nature of the information which the Sobles, Albam and the co conspirators handled. It was in dicated, however, that the infor mation included highly-classified military secrets, apparently stolen by persons not yet indicted. 'Navy Building Atomic Sub at Mare Island Vallejo .U.R) The Navy has announced that the first atomic submarine built on the West Coast will be launched at Mare Island this autumn and may be assigned to the Pacific fleet. The sub is one of three nu clear powered vessels now un der construction here, according to Rear Adm. Martin J. Law rence, who heads the three-year program. Also under construction is the first nuclear submarine equipped with an interior han gar deck for the firing of long range guided missiles, the ad miral said. He said he had no definite knowledge on the ultimate as signment for the submarines, but pointed out that "normally the vessels we construct are turned over to the Pacific for duty." Arab Tribesmen Ambush Highlanders Aden U.R) Dissident Arab tribesmen ambushed a patrol of Scotland's Cameron Highlanders Monday in a desert battle in which two Britons were killed and six wounded, four seriously, it was reported here today. Tension has mounted follow ing a month of skirmishing be tween British troops and their native Levies and Yemeni and dissident tribal irregulars along the borders of the Yemen and the Aden Protectorate. Monday's clash was the first in which British troops have been seriously mauled. Opposition Nicaragua Candidate Concedes Managua, Nicaragua tfJ.R) Edmundo Amador, opposition presidential candidate, conceded defeat Monday to Louis Sonjoza in the election to succeed his as sassinated father, Anastasio So moza. Latest incomplete returns gave the 35-year-old Somoza 316.998 votes to 38,180 for Amador. The election was held Sunday. Portlander Admits Serving as 'Fence' Portland (U.R) A 38-year old Portland man who led po lice on a wild chase through north Portland streets Sunday night, admitted to officers yes terday that he had served as a "fence" in a long series of bur glaries in the city. Officers said Elmer T. Haab apparently was not involved di rectly in any of the burglaries but that he had admitted buy ing some stolen items and al lowed others to be stored in his garage. Police said it was a John Day charge that finally led to the arrest of Haab. Officers said they were on the way to his home Sunday night to arrest him on a charge of stealing four guns in John Day when they spotted him in his car. Haab sped away with police in pursuit. The chase finally ended when his car struck an other police car and then glan ced into a parked car. Tuesday, February S, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TBIBUNB JIVB Briefs From the Legislature Salem (U.R) Sen. Harry D. Boivin, Klamath Falls Demo crat, introduced a bill yesterday to give Oregon school teachers an across-the-board pay hike of $400 a year. Salem (U.R) The Legislature yesterday was invited to a din ner in Eugene Feb. 22 to be followed by attending the Oregon-UCLA baskebtall game. Salem (U.R) Sen Dan Dim ick, Roseburg Democrat, intro duced a bill yesterday to open up lakes on the North Umpqua river to boat fishing. He said there were seven lakes above Winchester dam created by pow er projects which would be de veloped into recreational and fishing areas. Salem (U.R) The House Mili tary Affairs Committee Friday will conduct a hearing on two bills affecting Korean and World Wa II veterans; One would ex tend indefinitely the time the veterans can apply for financial aid for education. The other would extend the time only to June 30, 1959. Salem (U.R) Interim com mittees appointed by the 1956 Legislature automatically ceased to exist upon the convening of the 1957 session. 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