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Inmates at Soledad Paraphrase
Romans 8:31 as Prayer of Hope
Soledad, Calif. TP "If God
nd NA be for us, then who
shall be against us?"
This paraphrase of Romans
8:31 is the prayer of hope adopt
ed by a group of inmates at
Soledad State prison who band
ed together this fall in "Narcot
ics Anonymous." (NA).
All members of NA have two
things in common:
They are former narcotics
addicts.
They don't want to resume
the habit upon their release.
Approximately 400 of the 2,
000 inmates of this medium se
curity institution were sentenc
ed for narcotics violations. About
100 of them pass up television
and library privileges every
Thursday night to attend NA
meetings.
Patterned after Alcoholics An
onymous, Soledad's NA mem
bers freely discuss their prob
lem and the background factors
that caused them to turn to nar
tics. Attending the meetings in an
advisory capacity are W. T. Kie-
pura, correctional classification
officer, and Dr. Thomas H.
Boone, consulting psychiatrist.
Associate Warden Dr. Norman
Fenton helped guide NA in its
formative stages.
"Each man must admit to his
fellow man that by himself he
is powerless to control his ad
diction, and he must turn to his
fellow men and to God for the
necessary help," Prison Supt.
Lawrence E. Wilson said.
An example of the type of
man working hardest for NA is
the group's secretary, Don B. He
was sentenced for possession of
narcotics and will be paroled
soon. His addiction dates back
to 1950 and he has served sev
tral years for it before his cur
rent term.
Wilson said Don realized that
unless he does something now,
"chances are high that he will
revert back to his habit within
a short time after his release."
So he embraced this program to
help prepare himself for his fu
ture and to gain additional
strength to permit a successful
parole.
Don B. described NA and its
goals this way:
"The beauty of this whole
thing is we are both doctor and
patient at the same time. You
write, talk, read and listen. I
read, listen, write and talk. The
resulting fellowship of mutual
aid will cancel our need for nar
cotics and replace it with a satis
fying NA way of life."
The membership puts out a
monthly bulletin called "Pre
scription NA." It is filled with
pep talk in the form of poetry,
short essays and slogans.
Wilson said it is too early yet
to tell how effective Narcotics
Anonymous will be. None of the
members have faced the supreme
test of fighting off temptation
upon their return to society.
"But I'm tremendously im
pressed with the sincerity of the
men attending the meetings,"
Wilson said.
"They seem to realize that
they must make a cleancut break
from narcotics or spend the rest
of their lives in prison."
Aufoisis Warned of
'Dears Crossing'
Portland (TP) Motorists driv
ing by the intersection of 145th
ave. and Southeast Division st.
today saw housewives holding
signs that say: "Dears crossing,
drive slowly."
It refers to some 200 children
who cross the busy intersection
to and from Southwest Lynch
school each day.
A group of Portland mothers
took up the sign-bearing duties
Monday and said they would
continue the watch in shifts un
til traffic lights are installed at
the intersection.
A child was killed at the in
tersection by a car about three
weeks ago.
RAZING FOUR STORKS in Villa Rica, Ga., gas explosion kills 15, injures 25. Several of
the dead ?ere o badly ngled as to defy identification. (International Soundphoto)
Quigg Cites Four Fool-Proof Rules
To Enliven Your Holiday Celebration
By DOC QUIGG
United Press Correspondent
New York flfl We Ameri
cans do things efficiently, in
- eluding killing each other on the
highway.
Last year, 40,000 of us were
murdered in traffic accidents;
thousands more were maimed;
jnd property damage ran into
the millions. This year, these
tord figures may be equaled,
or (jfven excelled, with tha- aid
of reerious planning.
?or far too long now, motor-
sta,flrf'been haphazard in their
jrmnner of motoring mayhem
"t if needed, if more lives are
t Sen Ifld more damage
tflone, if mort method in our
ftt&ngBg. With this thought in
o .ftn6 ir "four rules to
f t o?er the Christmas-New
YeSt'i holiday."
(Sfht9 jll f Otl-Proof
T&tf Ml been pre-tested and
ri fou!l Ibol-proof. If your year
pi celebrating drags a little, try
$r$, a evrtl, of these sugges-
go$ TR irill send you right
O eaf W yuf orid.
1. no attention to speed
limit!, esp ecially if the weather
ft $a3. Keep the accelerator
down to the floorboard all the
iray to the morgue.
Toss down several double
shot on-the-rocks before leav-
' ing that party. Go for dead with
an alcohol and gasoline cock
tail.
3. Start a long holiday drive
when you are dog-tired. Drive
Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
Georee Edward Duare. 22. of Med
ford no Oreeon driver's license and
vehicle registration expired, two days
in jail. $58 fine.
Harry K. Danieison, illegal U turn,
$5.
Donald LeRoy Swanson, failure to
yield the right-of-way. S10.
Ruben Albert Johnson, disobeyed
traffic sien. S3.
Eva Wileen Richardson, disobeyed
stop sign. $5.
: Clarence C. Williams, disobeyed
'. traffic signal. So.
Clinton Bonser Endicott. violation
J of basic rule. S10.
f John Louis Martin, disobeyed traffic
! signal. S5.
Henry Rudolph Byers, violation of
basic rule. S15.
; Lloyd Raymond Thompson, viola
tion of basic rule. S10.
steadily without stopping for cof
fee-breaks and rest along the
way. Doze off behind the wheel.
Have a big sleep.
4. Ride the bumper of the car
in trom 01 you, no matter now
fast you both are going. Always
pass on a curve, or at any other
point where you can see no
farther ahead than 10 yards. Vis
ibility is bad, too, from six feet
under.
Every word up to this point in
Alaska Plane Crash
Claims Five Persons
Ketchikan, Alaska OP) Five
persons were killed when a new
float plane crashed into the wa
ter at Hollis, about 50 miles
west of here Monday, the Coast
Guard reported.
The victims, all of the Ketchi
kan Pulp Co. logging camp at
Hollis, were identified as pilot
Don Morgan and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Williams and their two
children.
Other pilots said they be
lieved Morgan ran into a fog
bank and struck the water be
fore he saw it. The wreckage
was sighted by another flyer,
Wes Sande of Ellis Airlines.
The Coast Guard cutter Kim
ball was due here with the bod
ies early today.
Philadelphia (IP) Jules Falk,
violinist and former musical di
rector of the Steel Pier at Atlan
tic City, N.J., died at his home
here Sunday. Falk organized the
Steel Pier Opera company in
1928.
this column was written by a
publicity man. Here is where I
take over. The man sent us the
preceding eight paragraphs of
eloquent periods, sermonizing
semicalons, and righteous com
mas with the appended note that
here was an "off-beat" idea for
the holidays that they might help
halt public self-slaughter.
The man who wrote this is
getting paid to publicize a prod
uct. Take a look back over his
composition. See anything? No?
All right, look again at rule
No. 3. The publicity man has sue
ceeded. His job is to get the
word "coffee" before the public,
That's it, pure and simple. Sell
coffee.
I like coffee very much.
drink three containers of it ev
ery morning out of our office
vending machine, black, no sug
ar, no cream. And furthermore
I don't object if the man's eight
paragraphs of safety preachment
appear under my signature. I en
dorse every word. Let us not
kill each other with stupidity on
the highways.
But there is a nagging and dis
quieting voice in my makeup
that keeps muttering, "what is
the morality of our times." I am
not capable of answering. I be
lieve morality means, In essence
"right conduct."
Think it over, including the
man's inverted advice, God help
us, we all need. I believe the
man is motivated by the highest
motives, including the profit mo
tive and his advice will do hu
manity some good this Christ
mas. Please be careful on the
highways. And pour coffeee all
over yourself, if you want to.
TO FIGHT CUTS
Washington OPi Rep. John
D. Dingell (D-Mich), says he will
fight any attempt to cut govern
ment "humanitarian programs"
next year to save money for sat
ellite and missile development.
Dingell said in a statement it
would be "false economy" to re
duce such programs as old age
assistance, school lunches, dis
abled veterans benefits and oth
er "humanitarian" projects.
WHAT DOCTOR ORDERED
Pittsburg (IP) Detective
George Weidl always gets his
man. Weidl, hospitalized for a
checkup, spotted a visitor pass
his room Monday. He leaped out
of bed and arrested William E.
Swindell Jr., 28, of Etna, Pa.,
a suspected check forger who
Weidl had sought for several
months.
Tuesday, December 10, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVH
Officials Seek Cause
Of Fire at Slayfon
Stayton (IP) Firemen and
sheriff's officers today searched
charred ruins of the Michael
Pollreisc home in an effort to
learn the cause of a fire which
destroyed the house Monday.
Three of the Pollreisc children
perished.
Victims of the fire were Mary
Jean, 7, Josepr Wesley, 4 and
Jerry Neal, 2. The three were
trapped in a downstairs bed
room. Pollreisc, his wife, Lola and a
fourth child, 13-month-old Al
bert LeRoy were sleeping in an
other downstairs bedroom and
managed to escape
In a class by itself
since 1830
66 PROOF Blended Scotch Whisky Schieffelin & Co:, New York
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USE TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS!
.nisTRtrr court
J Norbert Richard Schieber, drunk in
public place. S30, bail.
I Wayne Anson Spencer, violation of
I basic rule. S15.
Doris Louis Abbott, violation of
I basic rule. S15.
Ralph Hartley, failure to stop at
I traffic sign. $10, bail.
Albert Henry Nixon, reckless driv
ting. S30. . .
. Donald Lieberth Stathos, violation
of basic rule. $15.
. Elmer Marion Adams, truck speed
ing. $15. ...
I ' Thomas Elliot Spatz, violation of
basic rule. $15.
James Wayne Lick, violation of
basic rule. S15
Frank Forman Lyon, failure to sig
nal for left turn. $10.
Henrv Alan Dahlke, failure to dim
deadlights. $10.
Thomas James Cook, defective
rbrakes. $6.
Duane E. Zamozla, illegal changing
Tot lanes. $13. bail.
CIRCUIT COURT
. Marion Ann Cummings vs. William
G. Cummings, divorce complaint. j
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' William Edmond McCracken, 620
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Mvrtle Anna Coggins, 708 !,a West
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