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Meeting May Start
Another Round in
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Dr. Sheppard Case
Columbus, Ohio to A meet-
ing later this week between four
defense attorneys of Dr. Sam
Sheppard may start a new round
of legal battle to gain the con
victed wife killer his freedom.
Lt. Gov. Pauf'Herbert, one of
Sheppard's lawyers, said he and
the others will sit down this
week to decide whether to press
murder charges against I londa
convict Donald Joseph Wedler.
Last month, wedler told au
thorities he murdered a womjn
in Bay Village. Ohio, on the same
date ti!at Sheppard's wife, Mar
ilyn, was found brutally beaten
in the bedroom of her fashion
able home.
Wedler later signed a confes
sion which Herbert has locked
in his vault.
Freedom Sought
Sheppard's lawyers, Herbert,
William Corrigan, Arthur Peter
ilg, and Fred Garmone, all of
Cleveland, have contemplated
filing murder charges against
Wedler as a way to free Shep
pard from the Ohio Penitentiary
. where he is serving a life sen
; tence for the slaying.
Herbert said a final decision
on whether to press th charges
1 against Wedler would be reached
; during the meeting.
The lieutenant governor re-
cently returned to Ohio from a
; meeting of the American Bar As-
sociation in London, England,
. and a tour of Europe.
, During his absence, Corrigan
went to Florida to question Wed-
ler personally. Cleveland author
' ities, who also flew to Florida
' to talk with Wedler, have brand-
ed the confession a "hoax."
Last Resorts
The case gained national
prominence again when mystery
! writer Erie Stanley Gardner's
.' "Court of, Last Resort" asked
; Gov. C. William O'Neill to per
" mit them to give Sheppard a lie
i detector test.
; The governor first approved
the test but later withdrew per
' mission after Gardner reported
' there were major discrepancies
in Wedler's story.
J Gardner told O'Neill, how
; ever,, that the test showed Wed
' ler was telling the. truth or
' "what he believed to be the
( truth."
Herbert, who handled" Shep
' pard's unsuccessful appeal to the
i Ohio Supreme Court, told the
', United Press that the American
people "don't want an innocent
j man punished for something he
; didn't do."
He said the meeting between
the attorneys would be held as
soon as "the schedule of four
busy lawyers can be arranged."
Eastern Firm Gets
: Contract for Reactor
Lemont. 111. HP Argonne Na-
! tional Laboratory today an
nounced it has awarded a con-
; tract for the detailed design of a
boiling reactor facility to be con-
I structed at the National Reactor
Testing Station, about 50 miles
west of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Business manager J. H. Mc-
1 Kinley said the contract for the
Argonne boiling reactor, or ar
bor, facility, was awarded to
United Engineers and Construct
ors. Inc.. Philadelphia.
The facility will provide the
physical plant for experiments to
gather performance and opera
tional data for various types of
boiling reactor concepts, McKin-
; ley said.
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Two Injured In Wreck
As Truck, Car Collide
Mrs. Casey Wierzbinski, Box
308, Rogue River, and her 13-
1 year-old daughter Joan were in-
ijured when the car in which
; they were .riding and a truck
' and trailer collided on Hiehwav
j 99t a half-mile south of Rogue
River yesterday.
Driver of the r was C:..v
Wierzbinski, 41, Rogue River, I ed y Chamber officials follow
and Milton John Hilkey. 28, ! lnf a membership team break
route 1, box 560, Central Point, I fast lhls mrning.
was the truck driver. I Tne membership campaign be-
State police reported exten-
she damage to the car and mi
nor 'damage to the car.
The
, ambul
j
nee was not called.
Crew of Tanker
Parachute Safely
Bovina. Tex. P A KB50
tanker pltene crashed during
practice refueling operations to
day but all six men on board
managed to parachute safely.
Mrs. Pete Davies, a rural mail
carrier who was out on her route
with her 9 and 13-year-old sons,
said the plane almost hit her.
"A jet plane came in real low
in front of my car," she said. "I
looked in my rear view mirror
and saw this other plane hit the
road a few hundred yards be
hind me.
"It glanced off the road and
crashed into a field. It scared me
so bad I couldn't talk about it
right away."
The KB50, a four-engined
plane used as a bomber in the
Korean War. crashed 12 miles
northwest of Bovina within a
quarter mile of the home of Dean
McUallum. a farmer. Bovina is
within sight of the New Mexico
border.
Maj. Clarence Cone of Cannon
Air Force Base, at Clovis, N.M.,
said the plane and its crew were
from Langley, Va., Air Force
Base and stationed temporarily
at Cannon for training.
Griffin Creek Expects
An Enrollment of 300
An enrollment of 300 pupils
is anticipated for Griffin Creek
school when it opens Sept. 9, ac
cording to Principal Myrna
Frink.
Lunch will be served in the
cafeteria the first day. The price
will be the same as last year.
In preparation for school open
ing the building has been clean
ed, several rooms redecorated
and new tile laid on three class
room floors.
All children entering the first
grade must be six years old be
fore Nov. 15, the principal re
minded parents. Birth and medi
cal examination certificates must
be presented.
This year's faculty includes
Joan Wiliiams, and Charlotte
Stearns, first grades: Edith Ar
nold, second: Lois Stable, second
and third grades: Mariece Lind
say, third grade; Alma Austin
and Shirley Routh, fourth grade:
Harriet Eitemiller, and Howard
Lindstrom, fifth grade: Lynn
Jenkins, sixth grade; Charles
Jones, seventh grade: and Rol
land Griffith, eighth grade.
Coaches are Rolland Griffith,
Lynn Jenkins and Sirley Routh.
Steve Whipple is music director.
Other school employees include
Stanley Robbins. maintenance:
Elsie Gamaehlich, in charge of
cafeteria, assistants Dorothy
O'Conner and Lorraine Wasden;
Helen and Bob Daun, custodians;
Bob Daun and Steve Whipple,
bus drivers, and Norma Smith,
secretary.
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Wednesday. August 28. 1957
Eighty Firms Join
Following Drive
By County Chamber
Eighty business firms have be
come. new members of the Jack-
i son County Chamber of Corn-
mcrce mis momn, it was report-
"an AuS- 1 to Duild a broader
- participation and greater sup-
port of tne Chamber program.
Increased activities of the
Chamber in the field of indus
trial research, efforts to stimu
late wholesale expansion and spe
cific promotional efforts to in
crease diversified, year round
payrolls will require more mon
ey than in the past," according
to Miller Huggins, chamber
president and campaign chair
man. High man for the campaign
was Dr. Merle Foland who
brought in 20 new members.
Next highest was Mrs". Bertha
Gammill who successfully se
cured 14 new members in sup
port of the chamber program.
This was closely followed by
Ken MacDonald with a count of
12 new members.
"Congratulations are in order
for a job well done," Hu'geins
said at the wind-up breakfast
meeting. "You have turned in an
enviable record. Probably, no
other group has ever equalled in
importance the job you have just
accomplished."
Those serving on the member
ship contact teams were William
Abbott, captain; Gene Ferrell,
Frank Benesh, Harold Soballe,
Bertha Gammill, Bob Balk,
Wayne Struble. Paul Hornbeck
Marie Pierce, Frank Morgan and
Ken Cook, John Dellenback, cap
tain; Jennings Pierce sub-cap
tain; Bill Leever, Dick Dempster,
Chris Schempp, Harold Snod-
grass, Robert Stokes, Ron Gan-
dee. Ken MacDonald, Wayne
Safley, Bill Singler and Fred
Robinson. Dr. Merle Foland, cap
tain; Dave Franklin, captain
nowara coya, captain; wmara
Hunter, Lowell Chamberlain,
Bill Frake, Al Gandt. Cliff Love
joy, Larry Schade, Bob Agard,
Granvil Brittsan.
Although the count of 80 new
members was totalled at the
breakfast meeting a number of
contacts not yet returned . by
team members mayncrease this
amount to nearly 100.
Board Asks FPC
To Delay Action
Portland ilPl The State Wa
ter Resources board decided
Tuesday to ask the Federal
Power commission not to issue
permits for proposed Mountain
Sheep and Pleasant Valley dams
on the Snake river until it can
complete a seven-month survey.
The board will make a $50,-
000 survey of the middle Snake
where five dams are proposed,
three in the Hells Canyon reach
by Idaho Power company and
the Mountain Sheep and Pleas
ant Valley projects by Pacific
Northwest Power company.
The board earlier had assert
ed jurisdiction over granting of
state licenses for the three Hells
Canyon area dams. Lewis Stan
ley, state engineer, said Tues
day the application for state li
censes for Mountain Sheep and
Pleasant Valley dams soon
would be before the board.
Ah FPC examiner had recom
mended approval of licenses for
Mountain Sheep and Pleasant
Valley dams but the FPC has
not announced a decision. .
Gov. RoberfD. Holmes called
for the middle Snake survey in
a letter to the board. Holmes
criticized the Mountain Sheep
and Pleasant Valley dams for
their "single-purpose nature and
limited storage." -
L. C. Binford, of Portland,
chairman of the board, said the
board did not not have an idea
it could veto an FPC permit but
that it hoped persuasion might
block granting of a permit after
the study.
Bids Opened for Work
On Access Highways
Portland !W Power City j
Electric, Inc., Spokane, today j
submitted an apparent low bid i
of S74.179 to Bonneville Power !
administration for construction ;
of access roads and a six-mile
transmission line on the Mc- !
Nary-Richland loop. ,
The project will corhplete the '
link between McNary dam and j
Richland and energization - is
planned for the fall of 1958.
Other bidders include Dukes
Electric company, Pasco, Wash., i
$77,770; Nichols Construction !
company, Grandview, Wash..!
S80.000: Sierra Electric com- :
pany, Portland, Ore., $81,070:
Tyee Construction company and
Lee Hoffman, Seattle. S81.481:
Fischbach and Moore, Inc.. Seat
tle, $89,054; Collins Electric j
company, Inc., Stockton, Calif., i
S92.359; North Idaho Construe- !
tion company, Coeur d Alene,
Ida., S95.644; R. C. Hughes com
pany. Spokane., Wash., S97.850,
and W. L. Ridge Construction ,
company, Spokane, Wash., i
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TESTING MECHANISM This mechanism mounted on a front
bumper is used for testing a driver's quickness in braking a car
to a stop. A pull on a string held by a front seat passenger trig
gers the gadget which detonates a .22 shell. As the driver's foot
hits the brake pedal a second shell is exploded, dropping a blob
of bright yellow paint. Distance from where the driver hits the
brake and final location of stopped car. is measured to deter
mine quickness of reactions. Such a test is "given Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph employees who drive for the company. It
may also be given local groups of drivers if a course in defen
sive driving is established here.
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BRAKING CHECKED Paul Hoff, manager of the Grants Pass
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company office brakes a com
pany car smoothly to a stop even with a standard. Testing him
is Leonard B. McKellar, responsible for the defensive driving
training and examination of telephone company employees in
Oregon. This test will be included if a defensive driving course
is established locally for public groups.
President's Doctors Used
High-Pressure
Washington IIP) President
Eisenhower's doctors had to re
sort to high-pressure tactics to
get him inoculated against As
ian flu.
Here's the backstage story of
the President's flu shot.
The White House staff tried
earlier this month to persuade
Eisenhower to let himself be
inoculated. They argued that he
is clearly in the "essential work
er" category for which the Pub
lic .Health service recommends
priority.
But the President adamantly
refused. As he told a news con
ference, he was determined to
wait for his shots until supplies
were available to "ordinary peo
ple." A member of the White House
staff got on the telephone and
talked to a Public Health Ser
vice official. A short time later,
Surgeon General Leroy E. Bur
ney publicly declared his be
lief that the President should,
be among the first inoculated.
Fails to Budge
Burney's statement failed to
budge Eisenhower.
More telephone calls followed,
and last Saturday the Public
Health Service put but a special
statement to the press. The re
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Dr. Gabriel Hauge, the Presi
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as symptoms of the diseases last
week : shortly after conferring
with Eisenhower.
This argument finally induc
ed Eisenhower to let the doctors
vaccinate him Monday.
NOMINATION APPROVED
Washington OP) The Senate
approved today the nominations
of William F. Quihn to be gov
ernor of Hawaii and of Farrant
L. Turner to be the territory's
secretary.
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Defensive Driving
May Be Taught Here
A meeting is tentatively
scheduled for Sept. 12 with city
and school officials to duscuss
setting up a defensive driving
course here, it was announced
today. '
Instructor for the proposed
course would be Leonard B. Mc
Kellar who is responsible for
teaching defensive driving to
employees of Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company through
out the state.
Defensive driving is just what
me name implies driving m a
manner to prevent accidents re
gardless of the other fellow's
faulty driving or nonobservance
of traffic laws. The defensive
driver (is prepared for lack of
road signs weather conditions
and unexpected happenings.
Vdord
McKellar was in
Monday to check telephone com
pany employees on. their defen
sive driving techniques. While
here he contacted Jennings
Pierce, chairman of the local
chapter of Highway Life-Savers
league, upon the recommenda
tion of E. C. Sammons, Portland,
president of the U.S. National
bank of Portland. Sammons is
head of the state organization of
the Life-Savers league.
McKellar, while here, met
with representatives of press,
radio and television, to explain
his program and how it has been
applied to other localities.
Such a course includes a check
on 86 points of a person's driv
ing. This would cover proper
hand and mechanical signalling,
observance of traffic regulations,
alertness in relation to various
traffic hazards and possible col
lision threats from other drivers.
Speed of a driver's reflexes in
stopping a car is measured also.
This is done by an ingenious de
vice attached to the front bumper
of a car. It consist of a trigger
mechanism containing a blank
.22 caliber shell and a second one
filled with a charge and yellow
paint. -
The examiner rides with the
driver and holds a string by
which the mechanism is trig
gered. At a steady 20 miles per
hour the string is yanked sud
denly exploding the first shell
signalling the driver to stop. As
the car is braked the second shell
is discharged spattering the pave
ment with a blob of yellow paint.
This indicates the spot where
the driver's foot hit the brake
pedal. A measuring tape is ex
tended from the mark to where
the car finally halts.
It not only indicates the quick
ness off reflexes but gives the
driver a graphic picture of the
space required to brake a car.
"A driver with his foot on the
brake as the car approaches a
dangerous traffic situation can
stop quicker than the non-prepared
one," McKellar points out.
"This is especially true at inter
sections, where, by the way, it
is unlawful to pass another car."
Among other equipment used
in tlie course is a set of collapsi
ble standards for 'a car maneu
vering course. These yellow
painted poles check the driver's
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through
backing
parking, turning
and
maneuvers.
Burden of safe driving rests
not on the car's safety features
but with the driver, McKellar
emphasizes. Everything depends
on how quickly a driver can
spot a hazard, brake to a stop or
otherwise avoid impending col
lision. Defensive -driving also means
peing preparea psychologically
f nd e.uiPment-wise. Don't drive
if worried or when apt to have
your mind on other matters than
the road. Make a careful daily
check of the main equipment of
a car. which includes windshield
wiper, tires, fullness of gas tank,
turn signals, headliehts. tail-
lights and stoplights. A flat tire 1
! may Place a driver n a danger- j
vua ui c-v.iiaiiswg &pui on UJc
road, McKellar pointed out. I
"Always remember you can
aim a rifle much easier than a j
car, and according to statistics, ,
the second is much more danger- '
ous," McKellar cautions. "Re- j
member, too, that at 20 miles
per hour, the car travels 22 feet j
before a driver can hit the brake ;
pedal and it requires 20 more
feet in which to stop, making a j
total of 42 feet. .
Ashland Fire Burns
Area at Twin Plunges
Ashland A grass f.re in Ash
land burned a small area near
Twin Plunges, according to Ash
land fire department officials.
The fire, reported at 10:15 a.m.
Tuesday, was started from a
trash barrel, firemen said, that
was placed in a patch of weeds.
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Search Continues
For Missing Couple
Walla Walla If) A rein
forced search party planned to
resume today one of the most in
tensive hunts ever made in the
Blue Mountains southeast of
here.
Missing are Lillian Fay
Hodges. 16, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Hodges. Kenne
wick, and Barney Blackwell, 35,
Kennewick carpenter. Both dis
appeared on a picnic and rock
hunting expedition Sunday.
Umatilla County Sheriff Roy
Johnson said the search will be
concentrated in the Mill Creek
watershed and Indian Ridge
areas in Walla Walla county.
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