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52nd Year Medford - - A T -r Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wi Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1957 Pages 1 to 10 Indictments To Be Sought in Bombing Of Los Angeles Bar Los Angeles U.P) Police Inspector Tom Reddin planned to ask the County Grand Jury Wednesday to indict the four suspects in the gasoline bomb ing of a neighborhood bar that killed six persons. Redin said he would ask in dictments charging murder and arson against ex-convict Clyde Bates, 35; Manuel Chavez, 25; Oscar Brenhaug, 44, and Manuel Hernandez, 18. All are being held on suspicion of murder charges pending the grand jury hearing. Suspects Identified The police inspector moved to seek the indictments after the tour suspects in last Thursday's "revenge" bombing at the Club Mecca were identified in a po lice lineup Tuesday. Full or par tial identification was made by 10 of 13 witnesses. Bates was identified by eye witnesses as the man who threw a pail of gasoline into the cafe seconds before the fire and ex plosion which also injured three persons. The bombing occured shortly after the four men had been ejected from the bar for crea ting a disturbance. Bartender Larry Fenton and waitress Joy Chapdelaine iden tified Bates as the man who I i; Li 'rmmr 1 fj . llf It 4 11 rv m "'III li it rirr--'"-7f-riiTTf'fiTiii-miiiiiiMMi i Vvr' ini i it jT AIDED BY WALKER Under the watchful eye of Marcelle Montgomery, physical therapist, young Douglas of Central Point practices the use of a walker at the Easter Seal hospital school in Eugene, where children from about 20 Oregon counties re ceive special training, education and treatment. The school is operated by the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults and financed by Easter Seals. carried and then dumped the gasoline can inside the bar. The 22-year-old waitress said she Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Chicago Richard Kozmin, 10, on the possibility that he and his younger brothers may have to return to Russia with their par ents: "I'll bet they don't even play baseball there." Paris Queen Elisabeth II, after receiving a miniature electric model of the Paris Metro (subway) for her son. Prince Charles: "It looks a little complicated. It will certainly amuse my hus band." Washington Mrs. Joseph R. McCarthy, wife of the Wisconsin Republican senator, on why she failed to attend Mrs. Eisenhower's traditional spring lunch for Senate wives: "Even if I had received an invitation I wouldni have gone, be cause if they didn't invite my husband last month because of his fight against Communism, I would hardly accept." Albuquerque. N.M. Democratic Lt. Gov. Joseph Montoya, on hit election to the U.S. House of Representatives: "I shall go to Washington a Democrat and I shall remain a Democrat. However, in matters vital to the welfare of our stale and nation. I shall cast my vote according to what I sincerely con sider to be the best interests of the public I represent." London James Griffiths, deputy leader of the opposition La bor party, on the British government's budget and tax bill: "This is not the budget to win the Battle of Britain." Washington Rep. Clarence Cannon (D.-Mo.) chairman of the House Appropriations committee, charging that his colleagues had let Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield stampede them into voting extra mail funds: "Congress, the greatest legislative body in the world, that stood up to Hitler, that stood up to Mussolini, that stood up to Stalin. hat stampeded before the postmaster general." saw Chavez with "something flaming" in his hand but did not actually see him touch off the blaze. Soldier Killed in Attempt To Escape Tokyo (U.R) U. S. Army authorities Wednesday identi fied the American soldier killed Sunday in an attempted prison break as Pvt. Jeff Wright Jr., 20, Modesto, Calif. Wright was killed by a guard after scaling the third and last fence surrounding the U.S. Army guardhouse at Camp Drake Sun day night in a breakout attempt. The Army said a second sol dier wounded in the attempt was Pvti Cecil M. McDowell, 21, of Dubuque, Iowa McDowell was shot in the right hip and was in serious condition at the Tokyo Army hospital. Wright was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Wright, Modesto. He had just begun a six-month sentence for being absent with out leave when he made his at tempted break. McDoweil, son of Mrs. Regenia McDowell. Dubuque, is serving a two year sentence for larceny and unauthorized absence. He also faces a dishonorable dis charge. Two other men who made the breakout attempt returned to the' cell block and have not yet been identified. 139 Measles Cases Reported in Medford Thirty-nine cases of measles were reported from Medford to the Jackson county department of4 health for the week ending April 5, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health phy sician. Forty-two other cases involv ing communicable diseases were reported in Jackson county dur ing the week, Dr. Merkel said. . Other cases were mumps three, Shady Cove two and Phoenix; pink eye one, Eagle Point; meas les 10, Ashland five, Phoenix three and Central Point two; infectious hepatitis three, Med ford, Eagle Point and Prospect; influenza two, Medford and Tal ent; chicken pox 15, Medford 11, Gold Hill two and Phoenix and Ashland; pneumonia five, Gold Hill, Central Point, Rogue River, Prospect and Medford; salmon ella (typhosa) one, Medford; in fectious mononucleosis one, Med ford; whopping cough one, Cen tral Point. 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The increasing import ance of accurate weather infor mation to agriculture and indus try, and in safeguarding life and property from damage caused by floods and hurricanes - was emphasised. . The electronic brain is being enlisted 'in the campaign for im proved weather forecasting, Lacy said. Destruction from hur ricanes on the eastern seaboard two years ago was greater be cause of incidents of human er ror in pre-storm information. In creasing use of electronic com puters in evaluating weather data will eventually eliminate much of the human factor, he said. . Lacy was introduced by Rot ary program chairman Emmett Bullard. Cole Holmes, in a brief ceremony preceding the pro gram, lauded Rotarians who have played an active role in Boy Scout activities. H. D. Christensen, president elect of the Medford club, and George C. Flanagan were singled out for special commendation. All who have been active in making Rotary Troop 5 outstanding in the field of scouting were com plimented by Holmes. An 18,000 mile road construc tion program is underway in Tiirkev' aided larselv hv Ameri can capital as well as American men and machinery. 'Zmmmmmmmmmmmnrnm hi i I INSURED SAVINGS I I I j Know that your savings 1 are safe All savings ac- 1 I counts here are insured up jj to $10,000 by the Federal Savings & Loan Ins. Corp. YOUR SAVINGS EARN MORE HERE AT . . . Per Annum p Current Dividend Rate ; I il t ' i Jackson Co. Federah I Savings & Loon Assn. If ! il Whr Ysur Savings lorn Mar 126 East Main 'VI "1,1 ''::,'.;-'.' 1 Apple Group Officials Schedule Visit Here Two representatives of the In ternational Apple association are scheduled to make a tour of the Medford fruit district Wednes day, April 10, according to Har old Holmes, president of Medford Pear Shippers association. Stanley B. 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