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Grateful Italian Boy
Returns Home After
Successful Surgery
Water-bury, Conn. W A I ful," but didn't like the idea of
broad smile and grateful tears leaving ftnerica. "I'm going to
reflectecAhe farewell thanks of miss all the things I never had
a 17-year-old Italian boy who abefore." he said.
came to this country hopelessly
cripplednd is returning home
with only a slight limp, and no
crutches.
Michael Chinsano was found
in his tiny hometown of Torella
Deli Lombardi, Italy, in 1952
with his feet bound in dirty rags.
"I was visiting my birth
place," said Waterbiy shoe
maker Anthony Ferraro "and IJ
saw this boy sitting in front of
St. Ann's church. I asked him
if he was hii, and Offered to
take him tft a doctor."
Michael told Ferraro he had
be9 born ith clubfeet and
could not be cured, q
Doctor Offers Help
Ferraro brought pictures ot
the boy's feet to a octor when
he returned to Waterbury. The
verdict? Definitely curable.
ferraro, though a fund rais
ing drive, collected enough mon
ey to send for the boy. He said
Congressman James T. Patterson
of Naugatuck arranged for a
medical visa for Michael, who
arrived here 16 months ago.
Then began 10 months of sur
gery and hospitalization, all
free of charge. Last year, Micl
ael was permitted to live with
Ferraro where he learned to
walk for the first time without
the use of crutches.
Ferraro sent pictures of the
boy to his impoverished parents
in Italy.
Mother Faints
"Mrs. Chiusano wrote to me,"
said Ferraro. 'She said when she
saw the picture of her boy stand
ing without crutches, she faint
ed." Michael said he felt "wonder-
At a farewell dinner eiven in
the boy's honor, and attended
by 2D0 persons, Michael, through
the tears, could say only, "I
thank you all. I thank Water
bury. And I never will forget
America."
Ebnfen Sheriff
Assisted by Youth
Corvallis Wi Benton County
Sheriff C. N. Lilly was back in
his office today nursing an in
ured leg sustained Tuesday
when he was assaulted by an
18-year-old youth he had refused
a gun permit.
The youth, Calvin M. Hen
dricks, Corvallis. later was com
mitted to the state hospital in
Salem by District Judge Richard
Mengler.
The assault occurred in the
sheriffs office when the sheriff
sought to put the youth out of his
office after he became abusive.
The youth kicked the sherif and
struck at him with his fists.
Bob Moore, 35, who was in a
narby office, came to the assist
ance of the sheriff and hqld Hen
dricks until he could be hand
cuffed. The sheriff, still under a doc
tor'scare for a heart condition
suffered following an assault on
him by a prisoner last New
Year's day, required medical
care for his leg. He went home
to rest before returning to his office.
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PUBLICITY STUNT DENIED Comedian Red Skelton and
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at New York's Idlewild Airport from Europe. Skelton, who
left Europe in a huff, vigorously denied the charge by
' several British newspapers that the trip was a publicity
stunt "exploiting" Richard.
Red Roses, Blue Violets;
The Fee's Still 10 Bucks
Owosso, Mich. 1P The stu
dent was poorer, he wrote to
the juror, than many a man
who's been stopped by a cop.
But the judge wouldn't budge,
to the plea to go free. Instead,
he replied, 10 bucks is the fee.
Michigan State University un
dergraduate William Pilgrim
asked leniency after he was tick
eted for speding. The exchange
of correspondence between Pil
grim and Judge Peter J. Maru
itsk follows.
Wrote Pilgrim:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue;
Your Verdict I dread,
I hope nothing is due.
I'ti be there in person
If fate would allow,
But I'm studying hard
And have no money now.
So judge me with mercy;
I've learned O so well
That speeding in Michigan
Is harder than Hell.
Answered the judge:
These college speed demons
Are bad for our state1;
With regret we inform you
Ten bucks is your fate.
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Wednesday, August 7. 19S7 '
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Netherlands' Last Piece
Of Indies Land Transformed
Hollandia (IB The dike-
building energy of the Dutch is
transforming Netherlands New
Guinea from a Devil's Island
into a model colony.
This is Holand's last piece of
real estate in the East Indies
since losing Indonesia, and there
is every indication that she will
fight, if necessary, to keep it,
and plans to develop it as a per
manent possession.
It is only in the past six years
that the Dutch have given their
half of New Guinea the full
treatment; already they have ac
complished considerable.
So far, the 347,000 square
miles of jungle, swamp and
mountains have been a costly
liability to the Dutch. Already
the government has poured 50
million dollars into their half
of this world's biggest island,
and, Gov. Jan van Baal said this
year's budget of 15 million dol
lars would have to be increased
in 1958. "
Private enterprise has inves
ted more than 100 million dol-
Lumber Industry
Due No Immediate
Help on FHA Cut -
Klamath Falls (in Oregon's
depressed lumber industry will
not be helped this year by the
action of reduction on down pay
ments on homes by the Federal
Housing Administration, accord
ing to A Hartung, president of
the International Woodworkers
of America.
Hartung, addressing dele
gates to the state AFL-CIO con
vention here, said Tuesday he
was gratified that down pay
ments had been reduced by the
FHA, but termed unfortunate
the administration's decision to
raise the interest rates on home
loans from 5 to 5 per cent.
Beneficial To Bankers
He said the administration's
high-interest policies were large
ly beneficial to bankers.
Hartung said he did not be
lieve the new order would have
much effect upon the lumber
market until next year.
The IWA leader also told dele
gates that cost to employers of
lumber production is down 63
cents per thousand from five
years ago even though a total
wage increase of 25 cents , an
hour has been granted during
that time.
Suicide Ruled
In Clerk's Death
Homedale, Idaho (IP) A nine
member Owyhee county coro
ner's jury ruled Tuesday night
that Homedale City Clerk Bertha
Ehrhart, whose body was found
in the Snake river July 29, had
taken her own life.
The suicide verdict came after
the seven men and two women
on the jury deliberated for more
than four hours.
The case had gone'to the jurors
after Prosecutor Sylvan Jeppe
sen delivered a 30-minute sum
mation of the evidence and testi
mony which came from the three
days of the inquest.
He' said the jury could con
sider that Mrs. Ehrhart met
death by accident, by criminal
means, or by suicide. He added
that the fact that her hands were
tied behind her apparently ruled
out accidental death.
Mrs. Ehrhart had, disappeared
from Homedale July 8, and her
disappearance touched off an in
tensive investigation which con
tinued through the finding of her
body three weeks later.
The investigation and inquest
brought out that city records in
Mrs. Ehrhart's trust were miss
ing and ashes of the missing rec
ords were found in her incin
erator. An audit of her books
was started in late June.
During the pigeon racing sea
son 900,000 birds and their at
tendant are transported by the
British railways to various points
for release in the racing marathons.
lars, most of it in oil explora
tion by a combine of the Shell,
Standard and Caltex companies.
with only one mediocre success.
Profits to both the govern-:
ment and individuals has been j
disappointingly small, but there
are high hopes for the future. !
Three producing oil fields
have been brought in by the
Netherlands New Guinea Petrol
eum Company, but last year's
production amounted to only
half a million tons. The com- ;
pany has been granted a new '
concession with extended dnl- i
ling rights in areas which its
geologists believe to be most
favorable.
Sharp Contrast
One of these is on the south
coast near Merauke where the
first well will be spudded in la
ter this year. New drilling has
been started in the "Lost World"
delta . of Mamberamo River on
the north, coast where unusually
difficult operations are being
encountered.
After the lush living of Indo
nesia, the Dutch hae finding N.
N.G. pretty poor pasture, but
they are making a mighty ef
fort to convert their sow's ear
into a silk purse.
The capital, Hollandia, is a
contrast of beautiful new homes
and rusting quonset huts left
over from the Allied occupation
13 years ago but still serving
as government offices.
Housing has been given top
priority, with communication
and transportation second on the
list.
KLM has two direct super
Constellation services to Europe
and onevto Australia operating
from the war-famed island of
Biak. Internal DC3 air services
link the main towns while two
shipping companies, KP.M. and
Royal Interocean, run 1,300-ton
vessels around the coastline and
carry anything that occupies
space or breathes.
But roads are limited strictly
to the urban areas and there are
no newspapers for either the
15,000 Europeans or 16,000 As
ians who populate the area.
The frontiers of Netherlands
New Guinea begin where the
street lights end, for less than
half of its population of 740,000
are under administration. In the
downtown sections of Manok
wari, Merauke and Sorong, Pa
puans wander about wearing a
burlesque-size breech cloth and
carrying their bows and arrows.
The Dutch View
Head hunting is the national
sport for most Papuans and can
nibalism a way of life. The Aus
tralians have done far more work
in pacifying the head hunting
cannibals in their half of New
Guinea, but the Dutch are busy
establishing new patrol posts,
contacting the wild tribesmen,
and attempting to bring civiliza
tion in the the unexplored in
terior. ;
Two million dollars has just
been spent in building a new
drydock and ship repair yard at
Manokwari, another quarter of
a million has gone into a new
lumber mill, .a geological team
is coming out for a year's ex
tensive research in to the min
eral potential, a huge mecha
nized rice growing project is un
derway and throughout the
country there is a business-like
development and ambitious
plans for the future.
The threat of losing Dutch
New Guinea is not being mini
mized by the government; it is
constantly in the minds and con
versation of every Dutchman.
The people here are afraid
the Hague will again bow to
American and United Nations
pressure and turn the land over
to Indonesia. The Dutch here
consider themselves as the buf
fer ' protecting the Australian
American life line against the
advancing threat of Asian Com
munisni. They blame the Ameri
cans and the British for forcing
them out of Indonesia.
"We are the last ally you can
count on in Southeast Asia,"
claimed one high Dutch official.
"By driving us out of Indonesia
you brought the threat of Com
munism to the back door of Aus
tralia. Here in New Guinea we
are the keystone of your Pacific
defenses even though we are
forbidden . membership in the
SEATO."
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