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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1957)
SIXTEEN MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Oeteber 24, 1957 Explosive Device In Jacket Blamed In Murder-Suicide Portland to Police said today that a recently-discharged soldier apparently rigged an ex plosive device under his jacket and then blew himself and his estranged wife to bits in a south east Portland home Wednesday. Dead were Donald L. Bunker, 20, and his wife, Barbara, 17, parents of a six-months-old girl. Police listed it as a murder-suicide. The baby was asleep in a nearby room. The explosion occurred in the back bedroom of the home where the young woman had been living for two weeks acting as a baby sitter. Seven other persons in the house, mostly children and teenagers, escaped injury although Clifford Toole, an electrician who was wiring in the basement, got a bump on the head when a beam fell on him. Police were told that Bunker arrived at the house about 11 a.m. and that the couple had one to the bedroom to hold a private conversation. About 40 minutes later the blast occurred. Police said the explosive night have been dynamite. Parts of the bodies were blown more than 60 feet across a vacant lot . nearby. A flashlight battery arid copper wire to a detonator were found. The explosion occurred at a home rented by Mrs. Teresa May Carter who was visiting in Hood liver at the time. The slain woman was a friend of Mrs. Carter's daughter, who said the couple was estranged. Newspaper Advertising Donations Not Deductible Washington to The In ternal Revenue Service has ruled that , the cost of advertising space donated by newspapers to charitable organizations is not deductible as a gift. The service said "a newspaper which gratuitously publishes ad vertisements for charitable or ganizations is not donating prop erty" but "merely rendering a service." Special Legislative Session Due To Start Monday Will Be Tenth By DICK HUMJHREY United Presi Correspondent Salem to The special ses sion of the Oregon Legislature which meets here Monday to provide a measure of tax relief for the people will be the 10th such session in state history. Here is a brief rundown on the others: Abolition of slavery brought the Legislature into its first spe cial session in 1865 upon the call of Republican Gov. A. C. Gibbs. It lasted 15 days. Twenty years later, Gov. A. F. Moody, a Republican, called a special session to elect John H. Mitchell United States senator to succeed James H. Slater who had died. That one lasted 16 days. Senator Elected in 1898 In 1898, Republican Gov. Wil liam P. Lord was forced to call a session with a rough assign ment: To elect a U.S. senator Joseph Simon and to do the work of the regular 1897 session which never organized due to a senatorial squabble. Legislators had just 20 days by constitutional limitation to perform the double duty. George E. Chamberlain was the first Democrat to make a special call following a Suprciiie Court decision in 1903 which 're quired changes in a tax assess ment law. That job took three days. Two special sessions were called, in 1920 and 1921, by Re publican Gov. Ben Olcott. The first amended the workmen's compensation laws, considered capital punishment and ratified the literacy clause amendment in the woman suffrage amend ment. The second session regulated weights, loads and speeds of mo tor vehicles to raise money for highway repair and mainten ance. Both sessions lasted six days. Gov. Julius Meier also con vened two special sessions in 1933, the first to study unem ployment and taxation problems arising from the depression and I respectively. the second to provide relief The last special session be- funds and allow the state to fore the current one was called participate in federal relief by Democratic Gov. Charles H. plans. They lasted 6 to 20 days Martin in 1935 after the old state capital burned down The governor wanted only the issue of a new capitol decided, but legislators introduced 174 bills and got 73 of them passed before the 20-day limit expired. Monday's session will not be limited either as to length or subject matter although Gov. Holmes has asked legislators to stick to the tax relief problem. He has said it could take only five days to accomplish this but some legislators are not so optimistic. $10,000 Find Returned; 35 Cent Tip Received Manchester, England W Train attendant Fred Bannister found and returned to an uni dentified woman a purse contain ing more than S10.000. She tipped him 35 cents. "It upset me," Bannister said. SHOE OFFICIAL DIES Columbus, Ohio to Abe Ja cobson, 64, vice president of the Shoe Corp. of America, died here Wednesday. 10 29' TOM THUMB MIDGET PRICES FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY ond SUNDAY We Reserve the Right To Limit C 6 H PURE CANE HOLIDAY Margarine 5 89c LUMBERJACK iYRUP HORMEL SMOKED pi FRESH PORK PARE SIRLOIN TEAK T-BONE or RIB TEAK BEEF SHOULDER ml OK ib. 33 RBS--45' ib. 39' it. 59' lb. MEDIUM YELLOW 8 lbs. 25' 50-LB. SACK ONLY $1.09 FANCY HANDS A WAS 2 1 9 LARGE SNO-WHITE Cauliflower . 1 5 TOM THUMB MIDWAY MARKET TABLE ROCK RD. 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