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Thuridtj, April 18, X9S7
Investigation of Vice
In Portland Becomes
Mass of Indictments
wiiand OJ.R) What started
out year ago as an investiga
te into alleged attempts by
teaers Union officials to take
ove vice operations in Portland
and m corrupt public officials
today has grown into a mass of
indictn-eints so numerous no one
seerr sure of the axact number.
A succession of grand juries
has returned criminal and mis
demeandor indictments against
top city and county officials,
union bosses, racketeers petty
crooks and bawdy house mad
ams. Spotlight on Portland
The national spotlight was
turned on Portland when a par
ade of witnesses appeared before
the Senate Rackets Committee
during the opening phase of Its
current hearings.
Among those facing charges is
Mayor Terry D. Schrunk, 44, a
Democrat who won an over
whelming victory in November
defloite reports linking him with
racketeering. He has been ac
cusal of taking a $500 bribe from
a Arer bootlegger, of prejury,
and t illegally obtaining some
wire recordings.
Schrunk denied before the
committee that he had taken the
the brige. The wire tap count
was returned after his appear
ance in Washington. Ironically,
it was his chief accuser before
the committee who Is the first to
come to trial in connection with
the recordings.
Racketeer James B. Elkins
went on trial in Federal Court
Tuesday on the first of nine
counts of illegal wire tapping.
Also - accused was Raymond
Clark, an employee of Elkins.
The county grand juries have
failed to return any indictments j
against Elkins for wire tapping,
but he has 12 other state charges
against him, ranging from ex
tortion to accepting the earnings
of a prostitute..
Only On Convicted
District Attorney William M.
Langley is the only one so far to
be convicted on any of the in
dictments. He was found guilty
of the misdemeanor charge of
failing to prosecute a gambling
law violator. The court delayed
entering judgement and Lang
ley's attorneys indicated they
will ask for a new trial. If his
conviction sticks he will be re
moved from office. The district
attorney still has other charges
of malfeasance, conspiracy and
bribery against him.
One prostitute pleaded guilty
and was fined $250.
Oregon teamster boss Clyde C.
Crosby and Oregon Journal re
porter Brad Williams have been
indicated for violating Oregon's
wiretap law, charges similar to
the wire tap indictment against
Schrunk. Crosby and Williams
are accused of making copies of
the recordings which were seized
in an illegal raid on Clark's home
last May at a time when Schrunk
was Multnomah county sheriff.
The original tapes now are in
the hands of the FBI and presum
ably will be used in the federal
charges against Elkins and Clark.
Is That
Birds, which are highly mo
bile in the main, have a sure
answer to the polar cold and
want of food and water. Mostly,
they migrate and, now with
returning warmth in the north
land, many are now winging
back to the food-rich areas of
th north.
Besides birds, mammals too
make seasonal migrations. Most
ly in the high mountain country,
understandably so.
Elk, sheep, mountain goat,
llama, chamois, and deer de
scend the slopes to warmer lev
els where food is still available.
TH Migration being near-vertical,
ery 1,000 feet descent in
' altitMe is equivalent to a 600
miBs uthward migration. And
the? plant-eating animals are
toV&qiei in turn by the large
preTrjucoug beasts the foxes.
wolv cougars, and snow leo
pards. Upietad birds also seek lower
an4 warmer levels this move-
met ifeing precisely comparable
to tic southward flight of the
migratary birds from Canada to
Mexica and from northern Eur
op to Africa.
In the former, the movement
Is again measured in feet; in the
latter in miles. But the change,
essentially, is equally dramatic.
And within the animal there
must be an implicit understand
ing that to avoid the oncoming
bite of winter's cold and the
want of food and water, it must
. go to a warmer clime. And sim
ilarly, the drive to return to the
north, the return to higher land.
Others of this migratory
group, who have greater mobil
ity, make a lf000 to 3,000 mile
horizontal migration and they
include animals such as the mon
arch butterfly, the fur-bearing
Alaska seal, the whale, hum
mingbird, and goose.
Eat Less in Winter
In some birds, curiously
enough, there is another adapta
tion or more accurately, inher
ent in them are the "beginnings
of hibernation." Nearly all eat
about two-thirds less in winter
than In summer as do most
mammals, and very many, like
man's domesticated poultry,
store up fat prior to winter's on
coming cold. They can go for a
considerable time without food
though they would die in half
that time if they were left with
out food in spring. Yet, despite
this remarkable provision, many
birds starve in winter. (Mistak
enly, they are taken for frozen
birds the freezing really oc
curs after the bird has died).
One bird occasionally gets
into the hibernation act com
pletely the poorwill- A pair,
studied recently, were found In
a cliff. Their heart beat was so
drastically reduced that it could
not' be detected; no moisture
could be noted on a cold mirr:r
placed in front of their nostrils;
and a strong light beamed at the
pupils brought no response, not
even an attempt to close the eye
lids; yet when spring came,
they roused, and were fully
alive.
For yet another reason, the
hummingbird "hibernates"' each
By EUGENE BURNS
Hanger-Natuuliit
night but only for the conser
vation of energy and to stretch
out its food supply. For its size,
its food consumption is perhaps
the greatest of any warm-blood
ed animal. It must devote muil)
of its day to gathering food,
mainly nectar and insects. If
this intense metabolism con
tinued undiminished through the
night, as it does in other birds,
it would be in great danger of
starving to death before morn
ing. So, during the night, it be
comes practically insensible,
scarcely able to move. Its body
temperature drops considerably
to 75 degrees. But before day
break its body spontaneously re
turns to its normal temperature
and it is again warm, awake, and J
. , i r r i i-
ready to aart on in searcn m
food. Again, a remarkable ad
justment. (Copyright 1357 by Eugen
Burns)
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At SOC Meeting
Ashland Francis B. Nicker
son, executive secretary of the
High- School-College Relations
committee of the Oregon state
state system of higher education,
conducted a meeting of SOC
visitations personnel Monday af
ternoon in Churchill hall.
Results of the current school
year's visitations were discussed
and evaluated byNickerson,
who made known the results of
a survey of schools visited which
indicated the services had in
general been of value to students '
in planning college programs.
Those present included Dr. j
Elmo N. Stevenson, SOC presi
dent. Dr. Alvin Fellers, director j
of student personnel; Hal Cloer, !
director of guidance; Mrs. Mabel j
W. Winston, dean of women;
Miss Fran Barta, assistant dean
of women; Don Lewis, business
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