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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1957)
o i t o 1 c t h tl O c a si tl E v; 21 hi ci 01 df in "e fa "f th tn fr ab te coi ty Fi ; i spe ure wU day wei 1. 1 thai spe; que Ami the wri; spe be T Fast Ami thea thes four men crea SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Youth Being Held For Shooting Brother Oregon City m Clyde Dewain Feyer, 19, was held in the Clackamas county jail here Sunday on a charge of homicide in connection with te shooting of his brother, Leonard Augus tus Feyer 21, Saturday night. The brother died two hours after being shot in the abdomen by the youth with a .22-caliber rifle at the Feyer farm home about two miles southeast of Molalla. Clackamas county deputy David Spear said the victim had been drinking, and the shooting was the result of an argument. Young Feyer said he was only trying to "frighten" his brother with the gun, and that he had not been aware it was loaded. Monday, August 19. 1957 RADIOACTIVE FARM London IW Farmers in space suits driving tractors in plastic jackets have been culti vating a radioactive farm near Newbury, Berkshire, it was re ported today. The magazine Na ture said the farm is an experi ment to determine how quickly land contaminated by atomic fallout could be placed under cultivation again. SALT FROM CHINA London W The Japanese salt industry has contracted to receive one million tons of salt from Communist China in the comg year, according to the Communist Peiping radio. ar1"-"' ' - LYING O.N STRETCHER after rescue, Claudio Cordi, only surviv;or of four Alpinists trapped for week on north wall of Eiger Mountain, is being fed bread. Marks of harrowing experience are plainly visible on face. (International) MEN ARE INNOCENT Margate, England (IP! Or ganizers of a mass channel swim scheduled to start at midnight weren't going to let any of the women participants get out in front if they could help it. They ordered Marshal Sam Rocket to inspect the 17 men and 7 women swimmers for buoyancy aids in cluding inflatable bras. SETS BAD EXAMPLE Fort Dodge, Iowa iin Police arrested a man Sunday who plowed into a parked car, backed up three - and - a - half blocks turning two corners in the process crashed into an other vehicle and then fled. The driver is Frank Burns, Fort Dodge commissioner of finance and public safety. Dallas Woman Killed In Two-Car Crash Dallas, Ore. HP Mrs. Bessie Elkins Abbott, 79, Dallas, was killed Sunday in a two-car col lision near here. Mrs. Abbott was in a car driv en by her daughter, Mrs. Edna McCleary when it was struck by another car driven by a teen-age boy. Another teen-ager was in the car at the time. An eyewitness said that Mrs. Cleary had made a complete stop at a corner and had started to make a left hand turn when the other car struck her car. The two teen-age boys and Mrs. McCleary were taken to a hospital where their condition was reported "not serious." Salem Boy Drowns In Creek Saturday Salem (W Charles Wagon er, 13, drowned in Mill creek Saturday evening after appar ently falling off the . bridge at 21st street near State street, east of the downtown area. Wagoner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wagoner, Salem, and a companion, 16-year-old Leroy Miller, were on their way to the Wagoner boy's home, police said. A passerby, Larry Lee Karau, 17, Salem, leaped into the creek and attempted to rescue the youngster, but the boy slipped from his grasp while they were heading for shore. Police located the body short ly afterward. highest octane gasoline Portland Longshoreman Dies While Working Portland (IP) Charles Schafer, 58, Portland, a long shoreman, died Sunday while working at terminal No. 2, and the coroner's office indicated an inquest will be held to deter mine cause of death. Schafer collapsed on the pier, fell into the river, and struck his head on a log boom. FLU HITS PRESIDENT Asuncion, Paraguay API Re lapse from a bout with Asiatic flue forced President Carlos Iba nez, 80, to cancel some official functions and remain in bed Sunday. The Chilean president is here on a state visit. JET PASSENGER PLANES Washington (IPl The Civil Aeronautics administration pre dicts there will be 272 large American - made jet passenger planes in service in this country by July 1, 1961. Gun Found In Cell of Prisoner in Roseburg - Roseburg (W A gun was found in the cell of a prisoner in, the Douglas county jail Sat urday. It was found in the cell of Gary Lee Williams, 18, Fresno, Calif., by under-sheriff Carl Smith of Douglas county who was making a routine "shake down" of the jail. - The gun was a .22 calibre pistol filled with blanks. Wil liams, charged with burglary not in a dwelling, is being held in an isolation cell. He told Smith that he found the gun in the cell. 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