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u o o o o O o ' O CO o o o O 0 o o o o O TWELVE 4tTTOT (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE O o 1 o u Investigation Into Riot at Utah Prison unched a q O Point of Tti Mountain Utah, 2nj.Rj Warden Marcell Graham O leunched a iTrtigation today Cj into e a,orJt riot in history f Utah State Prison. tlraham returned to Utah TTiurday night from Washing ton. CHe had hen en route to O oCharle$ J. Meyers Elected Leader OfWWIGroupHere Charles J. Meyeri was elected (Wednesday to succeed Norvin R. Walters as commander of Med Wd Barracks 540, Veterans of World .War I. Annual election of officers was held at a meeting in the aVdmen hall, Medford. Elected senior vice command er was Harry E. Leuty; junior vice commander, Alvin C. Lucas; quartermaster, Pat Graham; chaplain. James Cech; judge ad O vocate. Bill Watkins: and trus tees, Hans Sorenson, Frank Root c?nd Fred C. Myers. Auxiliary Election O o' tne women's auxiliary election officers, Mrs. Patrick I: Graham was elected president . Q i - : r T I ' .. 1 . to succtreu mrs. iiuivin n. wiii ft. "Other officers are Mrs. Augusta Hall, senior vice: Mrs. Fred Middlebusher, junior vice; Mrg Ethel Offutt. treasurer; Mrs. Arthur L? Schrack, chap lain: Mrs. Harry E. Leuty, con ductressD Mr. Alvin C. Lucas, gnard; )nd Mabel Baugh, trus tee. O Installation will be held in the Redmen hall at Medford on March 7. 0 At the barracks meeting, a res CTfution was passed calling for extension of the property tax exemption of S7.500 cash value on the homestead of World War 1 veterans. This is the same as the exemption extended to 65-. year-old Mexican and Spanish American war veterans without disability requirement. Copies of the resolution are being mailed to the two state rpresentatives nd to ties state senator from Jackson county. NEED MONEY Par Medical Expense? Te Help Meet A' Crisis? let Ui Help You! LOANS TO $1,500 Salary Auto . Furniture Crater Finance COIPOIATION 131 ine St. Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. TRU-MIX Concrete reseats the thrillineNational Hockey League Garnet on KBES-TV SATURDAY Hockeys- by Warden New York to attend a prison officials conference. GriayancM Studied Penal officials and .convict I committees studied a lift of 43 ; prisoner grievances amid an un easy peace at the 'model in stitution. The grievances touch ed off the riot Wednesday. Some 500 convicts ended the 11-hour riot Thursday after re leasing the last of 28 hostages and surrendering a small wea pons arsenal. Tension' mounted again short ly after Gov. George D. Clyde negotiated the truce by promis ing to listen to the prisoners' complaints if they would release the hostages. Order was restored when heavily armed guards and highway patrolmen moved into the cell blocks of the prison in a display of strength. Members of the state's Board of Corrections and the seven man convict committe closed the first in a series of meetings Thursday night. Board Chair man John Dugan said the con victs "felt we were very fair." Dugan said they discussed prison administration and of ficials, preparation of prison food, time off for good behavior and the Pardons Board. Semi Hiti Merit He said the board felt about 10 of the 43 grievances had some merit and would be in vestigated further. He did not identify the specific complaints. Mopping-up operations contin ued. Authorities said damage would run into the thousands of dollars with scores of broken windows, plumbing fixtures, and battered walls included in the damage. The kitchen was in shambles and supply rooms were looted. All convicts and civilans at the prison were accounted for with no escapes or deaths. Only major injuries were to a guard, stabbed in the abdomen, and a convict beaten and thrown from his cell. Coos Bay-North Bend Wafer Fluoridated Coos Bay (U.R) Water users at Coos Bay and North Bend have been drinking water spiked with fluorides for a week and didn't know it. C. V. Signor, manager of the Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board, reported that fluorida tion equipment was approved by state inspectors Jan. 30 and was put in use immediately but no public announcement was made. Coos Bay voters last Novem ber rejected a charter amend ment that would hava prohibited use of fluorides. GRANGE Central Point Grange Fred Kuest, chairman of the building committee of the Cen tral Point Grange, announced at a Grange meeting Friday, Feb. 8, that the remodeling of the Grange kitchen will ' begin Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 8 a.m. He asked for any volunteer help that is available. Mr. and Mrs. R. Warren of Roxy Ann Grange were guests at the meeting. The next meet ing scheduled for Friday, Feb. 15, will be a social meeting. Saturday FEBRUARY 9 Montreal at Boston Feb. 16 Boston at Chicago Feb. 23-Detroit at Chicago Mar. 2-New York at Boston Mar. 9-Detroit at Boston EridiT. February 8. 1957 4 CLUB -ITU NEWS Central Point Beef Club The Central Point Beef club held a meeting Jan. 20, at Patsy and Mike Charleys. Under old business, all fines were paid on the Showbox. Mr. Charley asked us if we were having any trouble with our steers, and no one seemed to be having any at the present time. There we no more business, so the meeting was adjourned to see a movie. Larry Tweedy showed us a film "Rumen Stomach." This was a movie on how an animal di gests its food and the proper feed ing methods for an animal. After the movie we played games and refreshments were served. Carol von der Hellen, Reporter. Talent Jolly Chefs i The Talent Jolly Chefs 4-H club met at Mrs. Howell's home ; Monday, Feb. 4. There were 12 i members present. Our secretary, Sandra Roth, resigned, and Judy Bagley was elected in her place. Betty Jo Howell was elected song leader. Judy Bagley and Linda Hazel ton demonstrated how to set a table correctly. Betty Jo Howell and Sandra Roth are to give a demonstration at our next meet ing. " After the meeting was ad journed, we each made a ham burger and Mrs. Howell served cupcakes. Before going tiome we played games. Paulette Creel, Reporter. Central Point Doughnuts Our cooking club held their third meeting on Jan. 21. We played games outdoors then had refreshments furnished by Tari Lee Martin. Then we held our business meeting. Each member had to say the 4-H Pledge individually. Most everyone knew it quite well, but we are going to do it again at our next meeting. We read some pages in our project books that told about measuring and cleaning up afterwards. This was a sort of review as last meeting our Junior Leader Patsy Charley gave us a demonstration on dry and liquid measure, she showed us the right types of cups to use, also how to measure ac curately with measuring spoons. Then we planned a cookie sale for Feb. 2. Each child was to bring two dozen cookies to sell, and they were to make them all themselves. We had the sale and it was a success, the cookies turned out nicely and we took turns selling them at Fabers' Market. We made S6.43, which we turned over to our treasurer, Kathy Thompson. Mike Charley, Reporter. Barnait Brats Seven girls interested in cook ing and sewing met at the home of Mrs. G. E. Hackett, 940 Ellen- dale drive., Medford, Wednes day, after school. They received their record books and discussed their sewing boxes and supplies. Officers of the newly formed club are Alice Nicholson, presi dent; Teresa Patten, vice presi dent; Janice Neal, secretary; and Margie Root, reporter. Song leader is June Hendry, yell leader is Alta Neel and game leader is Elva Root. " Margie Root, Reporter Central Point Sparkplugs The Central Point Sparkplugs Tractor club met on Jan. 15, at the C. W. Anhorn home in Cen tral Point. Glenn Klein, rnnntv 4-H club agent, was presenle at this meeting and showed us a i film on the tractor maintenance ! project and tractor safety. I . Refreshments were served, aft er the meeting by Mrs. Anhorn. I Our next meeting will be held I on Feb. 16, at 1:30 p.m. at the home of the leader, Morris Frink, on Beall lane. Bob Kuest,' j Repqrter " Prison Escapee Asks For Cell at Lebanon Lebanon CU.P) A young man who said he was an escapee from the Washington state pri son walked into the police sta tion shortly before midnight 1 , , I l 1 : I oi infeiii emu asacu xur a nice warm ceil. Assistant Police Chief Ralph Fetterley identified the man as William Guy Cole Jr., 21. Cole told Fetterley he escaped from a prison work gang in Chelan county last September. TheyH Do It Every Time WUEM THE 6Uy PUCED UlS ORDER SHODSR4SS,TUE PACTO& M4N,64VE HIM THIS MUMBO 4M0 M4MBO WE GAnPT SttlP C Jgfe: rftj. ORDER'S BEEN , rmJ$g''ffSi FOR AT LEAST 4 " pft t'''i u4fc 'SjCkIrE i Jj0 -L J' 4Ta4TTUEP" J isfek-MA H PROBABLY OT J W r j Father of Marine Silent on Role in Probe of Beatings Parris Island, S.C. (U.R) The father of a Marine recruit who complained of being beaten by a drill instructor refused to day to disclose his possible role in a new investigation of training abuses. Nelson R. Porter, Hartford, Vt., whose complaint touched off the investigation, turned up as a visitor to this huge Marine train ing center but it was not known whether his presence was "offi cial." Not Taking Calls Porter, father of Pvt. David Lee Porter, 18, was staying at the "hostess house'" for civilian guests. A receptionist said Por ter is "not taking calls from the press." Before leaving his home two days ago the elder Porter told newsmen his son had written Traffic Violator Feels Charges Rather Lengthy West Los Angeles (U.R) Frederick L. Lewis, 21, said he had the feeling yesterday that charges presented against him in traffic court were rather lengthy. They involved his speeding 85 miles an hour on his motorcycle and were detailed ir a seven foot long legal document ac cusing him of 22 consecutive traf fic violations. . urging him to come to Parris Is land at once. He did not reveal the reason for urgency. The next day the Marine Corps began a pre-trial investigation of abuses by "more than one" drill sergeant whose cases cropped up in a six weeks investigation of a complaint Porter made about treatment of his son. Young Porter wrote his father last Dec. 9 that when he walked into a drill instructor's office "with my hat on" he "got hit over the head twice with a steel bar" and 'would have got hit a third time but there was already too much blood." Enough Evidence The Marine Corps announced it found enough evidence of abuses to make a full-scale in vestigation and to relieve "more than one" drill instructor of his duties pending the result of the investigation. Another case of abuse In the Marine training system came to light at the Corps' West Coast center at San Diego, Calif., Thursday with a report that a drill instructor was disciplined for hitting a recruit. A spokesman said Cpl. E. M. Logue, 21, of Atlantic, Iowa, was reduced to private first class and relief of drill duty for hitting Pvt. Richard Rezendes, 17, of Haywood, Calif. - By Jimmy Hatlo SO THE 8UYEF? CALLS BACK TEM MINUTES L4TEf? TO C4NCEL THE ORDER NOW LISTEN TO SMODDY Albany Attorney Faces Tax Charges . Portland U.R) A probation office investigation was under way today in the case of Robert McKechnie, Albany city attor ney, who pleaded guilty to fail ure to file federal income tax returns for the years 1953 and 1954. Federal Judge William East, who heard the plea, delayed sentence until the investigation was completed. Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney James W. Morrell said the infor mation listed McKechnie's in come as S5700 in 1953 and $11, 000 in 1954. YOUR BLOOD IS PRECIOK Won't YOU help us keep ample supplies of blood on hand? The B LOO DM0 BILE WILL BE AT THE- Medford Elks Temple WE D. The quota for the February visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile has been increasAl 50 per cent because of the steady increase in the use of blood in Jackson county. The quota is 290 pints, for which 350 donors will be required. During the past six months, 1,324 pints of blood were used in Jackson county. During the same period, only 979 pints were collected. The need HERE is urgent. Help your neigh bors - maybe YOURSELF Q Dogs' Bodies To Be Burned at City Dump The county dog control officer in the future will dispose of all bodies of dogs in the Medford city dump, near Camp White', the county court said today. The court's announcement fol lowed reports that on two occas ions bodies of about 65 dogs had been burned in the Jackson ville city dump, bringing pro tests from Jacksonville residents and city officials. Commissioner Chester Wendt said in past years dead dogs had been taken to a by-products firm, but the firm will no longer accept them because of the amount of hair on the bodies. Until recently, the bodies were burned on rubber tires at the Medford dump. However, the dog control officer was twice authorized by Jacksonville city police to burn the bodies at the Jacksonville dump. When a resi dent of Jacksonville protested to city officials, the practice was ordered discontinued. It was explained that the Med ford city dump is located far enough from residential areas that the practice of burning the dogs' bodies is not offensive to citizens. The county court emphasized that before the bodies are burned the dogs are killed, by lethal gas or a similar humane means. 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