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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAJL TRIBUNE
Thuriday. February 7, 1957
Alleged Brutalities
At Marine Corps Base
Under Investigation
Parris Island. S C. (U.P.) The
O Marine Corps today beean a
pre-trial investigation of re
ported brutality of drill instruc
tors toward "several" recruits
at this big training center.
Capt James Mahoney, public
lniormauore omcer, said me
"boots" do not claim they were
struck by a "steel bar" as a fa
ther who touhced off the investi
gation charged in a letter to
Marine officials.
Nelson R. Porter of Hartford,
Vt., who said his 18-year-old son
wrote of being struck with the
bar, left for Parris Island late
Wednesday, saying his son
pleaded in a letter for him to
come "as soon as possible."
Porter said Maj. Gen. H. L.
Greyhound Drivers
Receive Awards at
Dinner Meeting
Clifford M. Aldrich received
a 16-year safe driving award,
and Virgil L. Moon received an
eight-year award Tuesday eve
ning at the regular quarterly
PatW.c Greyhound safety meet
ing for drivers of the Medford
area.
A total of 31 drivers and sup
ervisory personnel attended the
meeting, which was held in the
Rogue room of the Medford
h'el. o
J)rivj;r irgil L. Moon, mem
ber of tte safety committee, was
in charge of the meeting. He
distributed cards to drivers who
participaterPin a safety test at
CamoWtitfe about two weeks
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Acodent-Frea Milei Q
Q (J waannounced that drivers
of division T optrated 841,000
accident-free miles during the
f? noith of November. The aver-
age for the year 1956 was 179,
(fi9 accident-free miles. Estab
lished rate for Pacific Grey
hound Lines is 93,644 miles.
Division 7 won the Pacific
Greyhound President's trophy
for the last quarter of 1956. D.
E. Tuckley made sound motion
pictures of the awards presenta
tions. Short talks were given during
the meetingby Howard C. Bee
ler, Medford area superintend
ent; S. D. Koehler, past regional
manager of division 7, who is
now retired; J. A. Tomjack, Med
ford depot agent, and Al Dem
mel. safety scpervisor for divis
ion 7.
ter the meeting Demmel
sjinwed a sound motion picture
cf U.S. submarine service after
Pearl Harbor.
Members of the safety com
mittee elected at the la$ meet
ing to serve for 1957 were L. P.
Bell, V. L. Moon and L. F. Linton.
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For Boys and Girls
Litzenburg, commanding officer
of the recruit center, admitted
in a letter that the son. Pvt.
David Lee Porter, had under
gone brutal treatment.
No Pip Ustd
Mahoney said that some six
weeks of checking thus far re
vealed there had been other
cases, but said the recruits "do
not allege they were struck by
a steel pipe we have not found
out just how they were struck."
Porter quoted one letter from
his son dated Dec. 9 which
stated:
"I walked into the drill in
structor's office yesterday with
my hat on. I got hit over the
head twice with a steel bar. I
would have got hit a third time,
but there was already too much
blood."
Porter said his son begged him
not to try to intervene, saying
"they will only make it rougher
on me," but he nevertheless
wrote to Litzenburg.
Mahoney said there was some
delay in tracing the letter so the
Marine Corps could reply, be
cause it was unsigned. Porter ex
plained later that he mailed an
unsigned cppy by mistake.
Recalls McKeon Trial
Mahoney said Lt. Col. Oscar
F. featross, commanding offi
cer of the First Recruit Training
Battalion which included young
Porter's platoon late Wednes
day ordered an inquiry which
will determine whether to call
for court martial trials.
The investigation was the sec
ond to be conducted at this Ma
rine recruit training center, one
of the nation's largest, since a
publicized' recruit "death
march" of less than a year ago.
An investigation of a series of
similar incidents late last sum
mer and last fall resulted in
disciplining of a number of drill
instructors.
The trial of former S'Sgt. Mat
thew C. McKeon of Worcester,
Mass., in connection with the
"death march" became the
forum of a nationwide contro
versy over recruit training
methods.
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Released on Bail
Portland (U.P.) James B.
Elkins, Portland nightlife figure,
and Raymond F. Clark, his em
ployee, posted bail on a federal
grand jury indictment and also
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Elkins was freed on $5,000
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grand jury indictment accusing
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ping law.
The misdemeanor violation
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fipe upon conviction. The indict
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Elkins and Clark also appeared
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grand jury which is rehearing
a case involving District Attor
ney William Langley and two
Seattle men, Thomas E. Maloney
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