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IKE TOURS SECRET HEADQUARTERS President Eisenhower Is met my Defense Mobilizer Gordon Gray (right) and Lewis Berry (left), acting Federal Civil Defense Administrator, as he arrived for a tour of the secret headquarters he and mobilization officials would use if gie nation suffered an atomic attack. Portable Television Sot Electrocutes Boy; Declared Defective Ch"l ago IW A group of elec trical exports has decided that a port.fple television set was dead ly e(-ugh to electrocute a 5-year- cM ny who died when he toucli it. Te electricians and television service experts were assembled by Cfc County Coroner Walter J. McCarron in an investigation Into the death Sunday of How ard Ehrenstein. "I( its present condition, this television set could kill." the ex perts ld McCarron after a 90 milutfe study late Tuesday. engineers demonstrated tlVt feign voltage leaks from the unit's metal case were strong enough to light a 100-watt light bu'6 The bulb was pressed Into test use when a voltage meter was found to be defective. 'Rhyming Conductor' Quits Alter 38 Years Chicago W Dave Sax, who has retired at the age of 65, be came known as the Chicago Transit Authrity's "ambassador of good will" and proved it dur ing his 38 years of service with his philosophy, wit and poetry. He became widely-k n o w n here as "the Rhyming Conduc w" Viernuse of iincles he com posed and sang out to riders as he accepted their fares or trans fers. Sax discussed philosophy with college professors with the same ease with which he brought smiles to the faces of passengers with his genial greetings and hu morous comments. Sax ioined the CTA in 1918. It was his first steady job since coming to the United states from the Ukraine in 1910. Things were pretty tough in those days, and young David had no opportunity to go to school. As he grew older. Sax devel oped a great desire for book learning, and read every book he could get his hands on. Now, he prides himself on being completely self-educated. He is also proud of his record as a transit employee. In all his 38 years of service he never had a chargeable accident. Swifts, the most aerial of all birds, never alight on the ground unless hurt. They gather all their food id nesting material while flying, drink skimming over water nd mate in mid-air. The panel, headed by Prof. Eric T. Gross of the Illinois In stitute of Technology, also dis covered the set had been dropped after the youngster suffered the fatal shock at his suburban Sko- kie home. The group said it would be difficult to determine if the fall had anything to do with the set's present dangerous condition. However, they agreed the set appeared to be defective. They said a minute laboratory exam ination of every part would be required to determine the cause of the high voltage electrical leaks. McCarron said he would ask an impartial engineering group to undertake the detailed exam ination, and demand that at least "15 or 20 exactly similar sets by the same manufacturer (Gen eral Electric) be checked." Ehrenstein fell dead in the kitchen of his family's home after brushing against the set, which was placed on an alum inum cart. The Ehrensteins. left Monday for Pittsburgh, Pa., where services for Howard Jr. are to be held today. Erwin H. Greenberg. attorney for the victim's parents, said the coroner ordered the set impound ed after the accident "so there could be no question of its hav ing been tampered with or changed in any way." Mert Jones, a Syracuse, N.Y., engineer for the General Electric Co.. sat in on the preliminary ex amination of the 1958 model TV set, but did not take part in the discussion. Dentist Finds Long Life in South Dakota Hot Springs, S.D. IP Dr. Patrick Hedges came to South Dakota in the 1880's because he won $100,000 in a poker game in New York, but instead of finding more money he found long life. Hedges invested his bonanza in a herd of cattle, but the bliz zard of 1886 wiped it out. He resumed his dental prac tice, often treating teeth in his "pie wagon" as he traveled from ranch to ranch. He celebrated his 100th birth day on May 15. Hedges retired in 1931 and has been in the Veterans hospi tal at Hot Springs for several years. TEX PHILLIPS J "I'm from Texas and I'll make you a real Big Deal on my 1957 Chevrolet 4 door Bel Air" o i. ...... 4 . . .si My car is like new, has V8 Power Pak, Power Glide, power steering, radio, heater, spot lite, washers, backup lamps, and many other extras. I will discount my car over $750.00 and can take trade and arrange financing. AT COURTESY CHEVROLET See Me Now or Just Call SP3-5152 or SP2-8037 Drivers Advised on Bees Entering Autos Madison, Wis. W Bees, wasps and hornets that fly into cars won't attack, the Univer sity of Wisconsin department of entnomology department re minds drivers. Many accidents caused by fear of stings can be avoided if motorists remember the insects won't sting unless they are sat upon, swung at or get under clothing. The best remedy is to stop the car and let them out or destroy them. New Raspberry May Revitalize Growing Brant, N.Y. HP A new purple-type raspberry developed here may revitalize raspberry growing in New York. Three brothers who propa gated and patented the "Bur gundy" raspberry Joseph, Conio and Leonard Loretto who operate a fruit and nursery farm in this western New York vil lage have high hopes for it. They say the berry's character istics include superior flavor, hardiness and high productivity. The patent received by the brothers recently from Washing ton termed the new variety "of very good flavor, being sweet and sub-acid and of excellent eating quality." The brothers said their Bur gundy grows' on land where oth er raspberry varieties die off, is easy to pick because of up right, exposed position and few thorns, does not drop from the bush and out-produces most oth er types by a 2-to-l margin. i'Courf Offers To Test 'Confessed' Sheppard Killer Deland, Fla. (IB Mystery writer Erie Stanley Gardner's "court of last resort" today of fered to conduct a lie detector test for a newly "confessed" but skeptically regarded "suspect" in the Sheppard murder case. Authorities in Cleveland, where Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned to death in 1954. discounted its "25th confessor" to turn up since Dr. Samuel Sheppard was convicted of mur dering his wife. ; Donald Joseph Wedler, 23, a convicted robber, signed a con fession that he killed a Cleve land housewife in a manner sim ilar to that of Mrs. Sheppard's death on July 4, 1954. Discrepancies Sean But Coroner Samuel B. Ger ber in Cleveland pointed out dis crepancies between Wedler's ac count and the trial evidence on which Sheppard, a young osteo path, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sheriff Ridney B. Thursby said that if Wedler consents he will accept the offer of Gard ner's "court of last resort" to investigate the purported con fession. Criminologists of the unoffi cial "court" wired Thursby an offer to fly Alex Gregory, poly graph expert from Detroit to give Wedler a lie detector test. Wednesday, July 17, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Hitch-Hiker Believed Able To Throw Light on Sheppard Case Columbus, Ohio (IP Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert today identi fied the "mysterious" hitch-hiker who he feels can throw some light on the Dr. Samuel H. Shep pard murder case as Ernest James Iolofolias, Inglewood, Calif. Herbert said that Kolofolias claims he caught a ride near the Sheppard home the night Mrs. Sheppard was killed with a motorist whose hands were bruised and bloodstained. Herbert revealed the hitch hiker's identification as Florida and Ohio authorities investigat ed the story of Donald Wedler, 23, who told DeLand, Fla., au thorities he killed a woman in the Cleveland area the night Marilyn Sheppard was killed. Herbert said Kolofolias was a chief boatswain's mate in the Merchant Marine. Dr. Sam was convicted for the bludgeon-slaying of his wife in their Bay Village home near Cleveland July 4, 1954. Sheppard was sentenced to prison for life and is now a clerk in the inmate ILLINOIS LEADERSHIP GONE Springfield, 111. (IB Who's minding the store at the state capital Gov. William G. Stratton is due in Washington today and Lt. Gov. John W. Chapman is on an out-of-state vacation. The Senate president pro team and the speaker of the House, who are last in line, also have left the area. personnel section in Ohio Peni tentiary in Columbus. Sheppard has maintained he was innocent of the crime. Herbert, one of the state's top trial lawyers, joined the Shep pard defense after his trial and handled the osteopath's appeals to the state and U. S. supreme courts. Story Doubted Florida and Ohio authorities were inclined to doubt Wedler's story. He was held in a Florida prison as a fugitive from a prison road gang, having escaped while serving a term for robbery. Herbert said that Sheppard's relatives in Cleveland were in terested in locating Kolofolias. They want to ask him if Wedler is the man who gave him a ride near Cleveland the night Mrs. Sheppard was killed. JUDGE DONS BERMUDAS Hamilton, Bermuda (IB A judge, clad in traditional long robe and wig, broke sharply with tradition here Tuesday. Act ing Chief Justice Sir Allan Smith decreed that Bermuda shorts are all right for Bermuda jurors. do FALSE TEETH Rock, Slide or Slip? PASTEETH, an Improved powder to be sprinkled on upper or lower platee. holds false teeth more firmly in place. Do not slide, slip or rock. No gummy, roopv. pastv taste or feeling. FAS TXEtH Is alkaline (non-acid) Doaa not sour. Checks "plate odor (den Mire breath). Get FASTEETH at anj drug counter. 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