TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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UNPRECEDENTED MOVE The U. S., in an unprece
dented move, approved0 a Soviet request to land iwo
Russian TU-104 twin-jet airliners in New York early next
month. The jets, one of which is shown above at a Paris,
France airport last May, will bring members of the Soviet
delegation to the United Nations from Moscow.
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"WOULD MELT.AWAY"-Great Britain has unveiled
details of a new rocket-and-jet-powered fighter that would
just "melt away" if it flew at top speed. The Saunders
Roe S-R53, a single seat interceptor, shown here in a test ,
flight, is said to fly at more than three times the speed
of sound about 2000 miles per hour.
HORNBROOK
Two Return From Hospital
Br MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
s Hornbrook Guests at . the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Shinar are her hister, Mrs. Don
nis McDowell and son, Milan
and Mr and Mrs. William Ku
der, son-in-law and daughter of
Mrs. McDowell, and Miss
Katherine Swan, all of San Lor
enzo, Calif.
Miss Hellen Whitten, younger
daughter of Mrs. Pauline Whit
ten, returned home last week
end from the hospital later on
for further surgery on her foot.
Miss Whitten '.caught it in the
spokes of a bicycle several
weeks ago!
Mrs. Bill (Ethel) Farmer has
been released from the Mercy
licspital in Redding where she
underwent major surgery two
weeks ago. She is convalescing
at the home of her sister in Red
ding before returning to her
home in Yreka. The Farmers
lived in Hornbrook for several
years before moving to Yreka
a short time ago. Farmer is an
inspector at the local California
State Quarantine station.
Wiretapping Is
Favored in Cases
San Francisco IP The Na
tional Association of County and
Prosecuting Attorneys believes
the courts should let law offi
cers tap telephones in certain
cases just as they now let them
.enter homes with a search war
rant. A resolution urging telephone
taps as a tool in the war on
crime won approval of the asso-
ciation Wednesday at the final
j session of a three-day convene
tion. Victor Blanc, 'Philadelphia
district attorney, was the spon
ping should be-outlawed," Blanc i
said. "By that, I mean telephone
taps by blackmailers,, private
detectives in marital cases and
so on.
' "But when 'syndicated crime
is using the telephone, I thiiK
wire-tapping should be permit
ted law. enforcement officers,
under supervision of the courts."
The association also adopted
a resolution urging mandatory
-eatment of narcotics addicts.
The sponsor was George H.
Sco..t, county attorney -at Min
neapolis. Minn.
Scott urged that present crim
inal laws against addiction be
maintained and that addicts re
leased from institutions be kept
under strict parole supervision.
The delegates reelected Frank
E. Moss, county attorney of Salt
Lake City, as president. Edward
S. Silver, district attorney of
Brooklyn, was reelected treas
urer, and H. Russell Morse Jr.,
county prosecutor at Elizabeth,
N.J., was renamed historian.
Mrs. Paul Greene and her
two granddaughters, Linda and
Lydia Green, returned Sunday
evening after spending two
weeks at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. L. R. Heflick and three
sons of Riverside, Calif. They
also visited - Mrs.' Greene's
mother, Mrs. John Potter, at
S a n Jacinto, Calif. Mrs.
Greene's music classes will resume-
.Tuesday, Sept; 3, for the
fall term.
Mrs. Marge Snyder and chil
dren, Karen and Victor,, of Med
ford, spent the week end at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Min
nie Bloomingcamp and her
brother, Charles.' On Sunday,
the family were dinner guests
at the home of an aunt, Miss
Elsie, Bloomingcamp, in the
Bogus district. ...
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cum
mins and daughter Shirley, and
Mrs. Cummins father, Charles
Spearin, drove to Crater Lake
Sunday. En rote home they
slopped in Klamath Falls for a
visit ' with- Mr. and Mrs. Ray
King and daughter. Mrs. King
is a sister of Cummins.
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Mrs. Bertha Bradley drove to
Ashland Tuesday, taking Mrs.
Clara Howard over to send a
fews days with her son and
doughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Howard, while she recuper
ates from injuries sustained last
week, in a fall.
Miss ' Charlotte Hufford of
Yreka is a guest of Miss Sharee
Walsh at her home.
Little Joe Appears
In Federal Court
Portland (IPl Joe Oniru,
better known as Little Joe the
stowaway, was back in a feder
al court here Wednesday, once
again facing deportation charges
to his native Japan.
Little Joe is now 25. While
still in his teens he was arrest
ed at Eugene on a mail theft
charge but made prosecution
difficult by pretending not to
understand any language that
was spoken to him.- He is now
accused of entering the country
illegally at San Francisco.
When Joe appeared in court
before Federal Judge Gus Solo
mon, the Judge asked, "Haven't
I seen you" .before?"
Joe replied proudly, ' "Oh,
sure thing. Judge. Many time I
come here." ,
The little immigrant also ex
pressed delight that the attorn
ey who represented him in .past
difficulties with the law would
be appointed to handle his latest
case.
When Judge Solomon appoint
ed Floyd Frederickson. Joe said
"That is very good. He is a very
nice man."
Chicago Police Are
Investigating 'Good'
Suspects in Slaying
By ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN
United Press Correspondent
Chicago IW Police today in
vestigated a number of "good
suspects" in the gruesome slay
ing of . 15-year-old Judith Mae
Andersen, who butchered body
was found stuffed in oil drums.
"This is one slaying that is
going to be solved definitely,"
said Lt. Michael Spiotto, head
of the detective bureau.
The names of the suspects,
which were not disclosed, were
obtained Wednesday night dur
ing lie detector tests on Elena
Abbatacola, 15, the victims clos
est friend, and four of Elena's
brothers.
Last Visit
Elena is the last known per
son to have seen Judith Mae
alive. The two girls had spent
the evening of Aug. 16 watch
ing television until about 11:15
p.m. at the Abbatacola apart
ment when Judith Mae left ior
home and disappeared. ,
The victim's torso was found
last Thursday in an oil drum
floating in Lake Michigan. Her
arms,, hands and head were
found in a second oil container
in the lake three days later.
Authorities said Elena and
her brothers took the lie' tests
voluntarily to clear up discrep
ancies and to establish they were
not hiding any information about
the case.
The tests "cleared" Elena and
three of her brothers, Nrckolas,
18; John, 26, and Leo, 30, police
said. The results on the fourth
Drotner, josepn, za, were in
conclusive," but police empha
sized he was not a suspect.
Joseph will be given another
test today, they said.
Sgt. Thomas Mulvey, head of
a special investigating unit, said
the persons named by Elena
were under surveillance and did
not know they are being
watched.
"These persons are being put
in the category of good sus
pects," Chief of Detectives Pat
rick J. Deeley announced.
Deeley said one pf the ques
tions cleared up by the lie tests
was that the Abbatacolas had
no knowledge of the gun used
i in the slaying. Judith Mae had
been shot in the head four times
before her body was .-dismem
bered.
Mystery Writer,
Craig Rice, Dies
In Her Apartment
Los Angeles IP) Mystery
writer Craig Rice died unexpect
edly Wednesday night in her
apartment of what police listed
as apparently natural causes. She !
was 49. r
Officers said Miss Rice, one of
the best known 'contemporary
"whodunit" authors, was strick
en while entertaining several
friends. The writer, a native of
Chicago, fell to the floor and was
dead when police arrived.
An autopsy was to be perform
ed today to determine'the exact:
cause of death. Although Miss
Rice had attempted suicide twice
in 1949, her friends said she had
been in good spirits and believed
she might have suffered a fatal
heart attack.
Full Career
Miss Rice's career had been
filled with ups and downs.. She
bad been married and divorced
five times and was the mother
af three. At one time she was
committed to a state hospital for
treatment of alcoholisnj-
In 1949 she threatened suicide
and was placed in the Los- An
geles County, General hospital.
That same 'year, she tried to
take her life again with sleeping
pills and was rushed to a Santa
Monica, Calif., hospital.. She. was
near death in a coma for several
days. . . . - ,. .. i
The prolific author, who used
such pen names as Michael Ven
ning and Daphne Sanders, began
her writing career as a newspap-'
er cub reporter in 1925 Her
books included . "The Corpse
Steps Out," "Trial by Jury,"
"Murder Through The Looking
Glass," and "To Catch a Thief."
Many of her best sellers were
made into movies. She collab
orated on the screen plays of
such films as "Home Sweet
Homicide," and "The tinder
world Story."
ine-YearrOld Is
Mother of Boy
Little Rock, Ark TO A
9-year-old mother rested quiet
ly today, but her 2V4-pound boy
struggled for his life in an in
cubator. The child was born about a
month and a half prematurely,
officials at University of Ar
kansas Medical Center said Wed
nesday. Dr. Eva Dodge, who deliver
ed the baby, said the child's
Negro mother was verified
through a birth certificate to
have been born in another state
in March, 1948.
Dr. Willis E. Brown, head of
the center's Department of Ob
stetrics and Gynecology, said
the mother is the youngest on
his department's records, nosing
out by two years an 11-year-old
girl -who gave birth to a baby
in the hospital about three
weeks ago. -
Hospital .officials -refused to
reveal further details. They
would not give the girl's name,
hom- town or whether she was
married. William W. Hughes,
news director for "the center,
said, "Doctors have decided to
protect such cases as this as far
as publicity is concerned."
The baby was placed in an
incubator and doctors said he
had a good chance to live.
The 9-year-old mother was re
ported in good condition today.
Court Rules in Favor
Of General Motors
Seattle (IP) A U.S. District
Court Wednesday night return
ed a verdict in favor of General
Motors in a damage suit brought
by Anderson Buick company, a
former Seattle distributor, for
Buick Motor Division of Gen
eral Motors.
M. O. Anderson asked for
damages of S4.164,290.84. He
claimed he had expanded his
business at the urging of GM
and suffered severe losses when
his distributorship was termin
ated by GM June 30, 1954.
The company claimed Ander
son's distributor franchise and
four other distributorships in the
Pacific Northwest expired in
June of 1953. Buick offered the
five distributors contracts at
that time. Anderson did not ac
cept a dealer 'franchise while,
the other four continued as
Buick dealers, the firm said.
Anderson's suit was based on
the claim he was entitled to
have his distributorship fran
chise continued indefinitely.
J. Paul Coie, Seattle attorney
for GM, contended successfully
that Buick dealerships were
awarded on a one-year renew
able basis and that Anderson
understood the status of GM
contracts.
Iowa Girl Reigns As Mi ftm fjy jy. tffa
Chicago (IPl Florence Krohn,
Prairie City, Iowa, Wednesday
night reigned as queen of the
Flying Farmers association con
vention here.
Mrs. Krohn, a novice pilot,
said she had recently learned
to land a plane.
The convention ended
Wednesday night arid some 400
plane loads of delegates- were
scheduled to begin flying back
to their homes today.
Kirkland Lake, Ont. -OPI A
38-year-old gold miner died in
a pile of rocks at the- 4,000-foot
level on the Teck-Hughes' mine
Wednesday night a few hours
after asking rescuers to tell his
wife: "I'll be a little late for
supper."
j Fellow miners lifted out the
body of Jean Morrissette, father
of nine children, after working
for 12 hours to save him and
Farm Laborer, Dog
Killed in Indiana
. Crown Point, Ind. API A
shabbily-dressed farm laborer
and his dog were dead today,
one the victim of an automobile,
the other a victim of a police
man's bullet.
Anton Petrovich and his dog
were walking along U.S. 30 near
here Wednesday when a car
struck Petrovich down.
His loyal dog crouched pro
tectively .before Petrovich's
crumpled form, warding off po
lice who sought to determine
Petrovich's condition.
Police finally had to shoot
the dog. When they examined
Petrovich, he was dead also.
shift boss James Maxwell Par
kers, -65. '
Parker was taken to Kirkland
hospital where doctors warned
that both feet might have to be
amputated.
The slide of shale and rock
occurred at 10 a.m., pinning the
men as they worked on the
4.000-foot level. The Teck
Hughes mine was considered one
of the safest gold mines in
Canada.
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