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Wrong Identification Brings Man Close To Murder Conviction New York U.P.) A "wrong man" nightmare ended Tuesday for Russell Ericksen, 22, a play ground recreation supervisor. The end of what seemed to be a terrible dream for Ericksen began when Thomas Joseph Hig gins, like Ericksen, tall and blond, was identified as the mur derer of a 50-year-old woman and the molester of another woman. Higgins also hai confessed the murder of 19-year-old Patricia Ruland and the molestation of several other women. Ericksen, a victim of almost Incredible coincidence, not only looked like Higgins but lived in the same general neighbor hood that Higgins did and is engaged to the daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Donohue, 50, one of Higgins' victims. Ericksen first came under 53 Measles Cases Listed Last Week Fifty-three cases of measles were reported in Medford 'to the Jackson county health depart ment for the week ending April 19, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physi cian. A total of 45 other commu nicable diseases were reported to the Jackson coir v health de partment last weekrCr. Merkel said. Other cases included measles six. Phoenix four and Ashland two; pneumonia one, Ashland; influenza four, Medford two and Ashland two; chicken pox 25, Medford 14 and Ashland 11; scarlet fe v e r one, Ashland; measles (German) one, Ashland; strep throat two, Gold Hill; im petigo two, Jacksonville and Gold Hill; mumps one, Medford; and infectious hepatitis two, Medford and Central Point. GRANGE Griffin Crack Grange Griffin Creek Grange will meet for a short business session on Thursday, April 25. The meet ing will be followed by a social hour of games, card playing or dancing. Edinburgh, 1886 Wolfschmidt was there! WOLFSCHMIDT IS HERE! In 1886, Wolfschmidt won the Gold Medal in the international competition at Edinburgh. Add 36 other top awards and you see vhy Wolfschmidt is the world's most honored Vodka. It's smoother, more blendable. Try Wolfschmidt with orange juice for an entirely new experience in drinking enjoyment. Wolfschmidt Ltd., Dundalk, Md. grain neutral spirits. " J ( police suspicion three months ago when Mrs. Donohue, mother of his fiancee, Barbara Camp bell, was found beaten to death in her car in Brooklyn. Erick son became a suspect because he admitted under routine ques tioning that he had quarreled with Mrs. Donohue over the at tentions he was paying her daughter. A month later, Mrs. Mary Rasmussen, 33, reported to Brooklyn police that a tall, blond man had assaulted her. The description brought Erick son to the minds of police and is a special lineup, Mrs. Ras mussen singled him out. Cops Spit at Him Then, Erickson charged, he was held for five days under $50,000 bail. "The cops spit at me when I told them I didn't know anything about any as sault on any woman, he said. He finally was released on $5000 bail. Then, almost as suddenly as it began, the nightmare ended. Saturday Higgins confessed to Miss Ruland's murder and then volunteered that he also had killed Mrs. Donohue. And Tues day, in another lineup Mrs. Ras mussen said Higgins was her at tacker, not Ericksen. Ericksen said he hoped to go back to his playground job and said he and Miss Campbell would be married in June. He was bitter about his treatment at the hands of police, but not at Mrs. Rasmussen's mistaken ac cusation. He said he may sue for false arrest. Students Electing Officers at SOC Today Ashland Student politics are in full swing at Southern Ore gon college this week, as student body elections near. Bob Myrick, student body president, said elec tions will be held today for all student council positions. Students at the college took a partial holiday Monday to celebrate "Joe Ketchem Day" and to listen to prospective can didates. All classes were can celled after 11 a.m. and students gathered in Churchill auditor ium for a political rally. SO proof. Distilled from 100 PRODUCT OF U.S.A. 9. 0 45 Qt. OUS1NAI GENUINE VODKA Dr. Stevenson Named Conservation Week Head Ashland Conservation groups and persons interested in Ore gon's natural resources have been invited to participate in the statewide Conservation week, May 20-26, according to Dr. Elmo Stevenson, chairman of the Conservation Week commit tee. Dr. Stevenson's appoint ment as chairman of the Jack son County Conservation Week committee. Dr. Stevenson's ap pointment as chairman of the Jackson County Conservation Week committee was made April 18 by Gov. Robert Holmes. Conservation Week is a cam paign to focus the attention of everyone on the importance of natural resources. Dr. Steven son pointed ouj; that education in the wise use of our for ests, minerals, soils, wildlife, and water will do much to add to their value. Governor Holmes' committee on natural resources is sponsoring the campaign Legislation To Curb Racketeering In Labor Expected Washington (U.R) Chair man John L. McClellan of the Senate Rackets Committee today forecast Congress may enact leg islation this year to curb labor racketeering. McClellan commended Presi dent Eisenhower's plans to sub mit bills to the current session of Congress to strike at misuse of union funds and racketeering in American organized labor. The President called Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell to meet with him Thursday at the vacation White House in Aug usta, Ga., to discuss the legisla tion. McClellan said he believes the administration is moving as a result of his committee's sensa tional investigation of the Team sters Union. The administration has " rec ommended three times since 1954 that Congress enact legisla tion to protect union health and welfare funds. However, it now is considering broader legisla tion. .Mitchell has said he "would like to see" legislation opening to public scrutiny the thousands of union fiscal reports filed each year with the Labor department. He also has suggested all unions be required to file the reports and that his department should have authority to investigate the reports' validity. Mitchell also has said his de partment is studying a variety of other possible bills including a ban on organizational picket ing. That is the use of pickets to force a firm to recognize a un ion before the firm's employees are organized. Mitchell has said he is oppos ed to any legislation that would place unions under anti-trust laws, ban employer - union agreements requiring workers to join existing unions, or curb union organizing or workers. He has not commented on proposals to restrict further union politi cal activities. Grange Notes Lak Creek Grange The April meeting of Lake Creek Grange was the anni versary of the Grange. A potluck supper was held at 7 p.m. and was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Harding, Upper Rogue Grange and those from .-Eagle Point Grange were Mr. and Mrs Charley Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Brown, Mr., and Mrs Chamberlain and Vern Matthews. Mrs. Caroline Harding is mas ter of Upper Rogue Grange and was escorted to the master's station. Lecturer Faye Burrell . had prepared a program keeping in mind the thought of the Grange's birthday. There were three charter members present: : Mrs. Nora Bradshaw, George B. Brown and Claus C. Charley. Mrs. Bradshaw recalled some of the early day occurrences. Brown .gave his original reading j entitled "Brownsboro." Charley gave the reading "The Bear." Hoover gave an interesting talk on some of the new pro jects being conducted at his place with pears for feed for pigs. Mrs. Hoover gave the read ing "The Little Toy Soldiers." Mrs. Harding gave a report on the successful rummage sale that her Grange held in Med- j ford. The concluding number on I the program was the drawing j of a house, with trees in the yard and surrounded by a fence. I The drawing' was done in dark ness. We were pleased to have one of our members out to the meet ing that has been absent, "Mrs. Bessie ' Arens. Mrs. Arens has j been employed at the Sacred Heart hospital in Medford f or j many months. j Next Grange meeting will be j on May 10 at 8:30 p.m. SHAG RUGS Washed & Dyed BIG Y LAUNDROMAT PHONE 3-3273 Measure for Annual Legislative Sessions Gets House Salem U.R) The House voted 37-22 late Tuesday to sub mit to the people the question of whether Oregon should have an nual sessions of the Legislature lasting not more than 65 days each. House joint resolution 4 pro viding for the 1958, vote now goes to the Senate. Rep. Keith Skelton, Eugene Democrat and a sponsor of the resolution, said annual sessions would be more economical and would produce a more profes sional group of legislators in closer touch with the state's problems. Skelton said that much power in running the state was now delegated to numerous boards and commissions and that if an nual sessions were held, the Legislature would return to its "rightful position" in control of the state's affairs. Fourteen states now have an nual legislative sessions and Skelton said there was a na tional trend toward such a sys tem. Rep. Shirley Field, Portland Republican, objected to the reso- Jeep Recovered From Klamath River Yreka A jeep in which four people were killed Feb. 20, 1956, when it plunged into the Klamath river one mile south of Horse creek, was pulled from the water Monday by Siskiyou county sheriff's deputies. The jeep had been missing more than a year since Paul Linderman, accompanied by his wife and two children, lost con trol of the vehicle and swerved into the river. It was pulled from the water about five hours after it was first spotted Mon day. Work parties, boats and a tow truck were utilized. At intervals of several months following the crash., bodies of two of the four persons killed were recovered. First one found was the body of the driver, Paul Linderman. Several months la ter the body of his eight-year-old daughter, Paula Linderman, was found. Still missing are the bodies of Linderman's wife and his 16-month-old son. Officers said the jeep was found empty about 150 feet from the bank of the river. Cave Junction Accepts Highway Job Proposal Cave Junction The Cave Junction city council this week accepted the proposal for an 80 foot curb to curb highway through the city submitted re cently by the state highway de partment. Recorder Paul Glines was di rected to contact W. C. Wil liams, chief of state highway en gineering department, urging all possible speed in getting an ap propriation for the improve ment work. "We bought more than a price tag" The advice of expert counsellors, the installation "know-how" of trained technicians, the reputation of both the . store and BIGELOW, and the savings resulting from honest pices . . . that's what this family got when they bought a BigeloW carpet kc ii i fcfc rat' ft M'flT PLENTY OF FREE PARKING FREE DELIVERY Evenings by Appointment Approval lution on grounds it would pro- due a professional Legislature. "The people of Oregon don't want professional politicians," she said. "They want an amateur Legislature with representatives from all walks of life." Rep. Robert Steward, Keating Democrat, said that an annual session of not more than 65 days would allow farmers, lumber men and others to serve in Janu ary and February each year when they would not be able to serve if they had to attend a bi ennial session lasting late into the spring. Steward said that if the reso lution were adopted he favored making a state budget one ses sion and working on general legislation the other session. He said this point could be decided by the Legislature itself. Toronto Firm Plans Nickel Core Drilling Cave Junction To supervise the nickel exploration being started in the Illinois Valley is Alec Strecky of Toronto, Can ada. With the consulting assistance of Lionel Simard of the Toronto engineering firm of Simard and Knight, Strecky will plan and complete core drilling necessary to determine the extent of nick el deposits in this area. A corporation formed of two companies, Chemical and Meta lurgical Enterprises, Ltd., of Salt Lake City, Utah, and New Delhi Mines, Ltd., of Toronto, has hired the Toronto engineering company to carry out the ex ploring and drilling processes here. Preliminary surveying of roads on Eight Dollar and Wood cock mountains and other areas has been started, but no date has been set for drilling. Combination offices and lab oratory were opened last week in the Mulvey building. Cave Junction, with Strechy in charge. According to Simard, the exploration work will take some six months. Spring Sing Slated At Southern Oregon Ashland "Spring Fever" is the theme which has been select- i ed for the annual Southern Ore gon college Spring Sing, which is held each year during senior visitation week end. This year's sing will be presented Friday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in Churchill auditorium. . Yvonne Fields, Medford, is general chairman and Miss Bev erly Bennett is faculty advisor for the event. So far 10 campus organizations have entered the sing. Awards will be made to win ners in three classes, conven tional, novelty and - a grand sweepstakes winner. Competing groups are required to have a minimum of four members. 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