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. Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thowiton said
tcday.
His opinion was issued - to
Rep. Katherine Musa of The
Dalles.
Thornton observed that ses
sions of the legislative assembly
are held biennially and that the
courts have "recognized that no (
committee of the Legislation can
exist beyond the life of the
body that created it."
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