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
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ment for the week ending April
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said.
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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.
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Griffin Creek Grange will
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hour of games, card playing or
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
The public has been invited,
according to Miss Fields
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