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Nebraska Killer
Captured After
Chase in Wyoming
Governor Would
Commute Sentence
Douglas, Wyo. Wi Coun
ty Attorney William Dixon to
day filed first degree murder
charges against "mad dog"
killer Charles Starkweather,
19. Dixon must decide wheth
er to prosecute or turn the
red-haired garbage collector
over to Nebraska authorities.
Wyoming Gov. Milward
Simpson announced at Sheri
dan he definitely would com
mute any death sentence to
life should Starkweather be
convicted in Wyoming. Simp
son does not believe in the
death penalty."
But he said 'Til be guided
by Dixon's wishes."
No Decision Reached
After filing the charges,
Dixon said he had reached no
decision on whether to prose
cute them. He also said he
would not decide whether to
file charges against Stark
weather's 14 -year -old girl
companion until he had ques
tioned her fully.
Meanwhile, Police Lt. E. R
Henninger of Lincoln. Nebr.,
questioned Starkweather for
two hours and 20 minutes
then told newsmen verbal
statements by Starkweather
"indicated he committed the
nine murders" with which he
has been linked in Nebraska.
Murder Warrant Served
Asked about a 10th Nebras
ka victim, Robert Colvert,
who was killed in December,
Henninger replied: "I think
we can get that cleared up
too."
Henninger said Starkweath
er had tentatively agreed to
make a written statement and
sign it after the arrival of
Lincoln Police Chief Joseph
Carroll, Lancaster County At
torney Elmer Sheele and
Sheriff Merle Karnopp who
were en routa here.
Before the formal charge
was filed against Starkweath
er, he had been served a mur
der warrant by Converse
County Sheriff Earl Heflin
The charge and warrant both
accused Starkweather of
shooting Merle Collison, 34,
Great Falls. Mont., a shoe
salesman, only minutes before
Starkweather was wounded
and captured five miles east
of here Wednesday.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1958
No. 241
NATO Rift Threatened
Meunier Awaiting
Deportation Case
- Portland HP Robert Ar
thur Joseph Meunier, a Cana
dian national, was in custody
of the United States marshal
here today awaiting a hear
ing on a charge of being in
the United States unlawfully.
Deputy U.S. Attorney
George E. Juba said Meunier
had been deported to Canada
four times in the past. Con
viction on the present charge
could result in two years im
prisonment. United States
Commissioner Mrs. Claire Mun
dorff set Friday for hearing.
Meunier was brought here
from Medford where he first
attracted attention as a lec
turer on juvenile delinquency.
Police were called when he
failed to pay his hotel bill.
British, French
Claims Rejected
By West Germany
Support Costs for
Troops Turned Down
Bonn, Germany (W West
German Defense Minister
Franz Josef Strauss today
flatly rejected British and
French claims for support
costs for the upkeep of their
troops in West Germany. The
rejection could open a new
rift among the NATO allies.
In an exclusive interview
with the United Press, Strauss
said he could see no way in
which the money could be
made available out of the
West German defense budget.
Claims Submitted
"My budget for 1958 is 10
billion marks (52.380,952,380)
and they will be spent," he
said.
Britain is demanding 50
million pounds sterling ($104
million) for the upkeep of- its
60,000-man Rhine army in the
next financial year, while
France submitted a claim to
the NATO Council Wednesday
for the upkeep of its troops on
German soil.
"They will get a 'no' from
us, too, btrauss saia, com'
menting on the French "de
mand.
The burly hard-driving de
fense minister spoke only a
few hours after attending a
nine-hour Cabinet session on
Wednesday in which the sup
port costs problem was thrash
ed out.
To Tackle Deadlock
NATO Secretary General
Paul-Henri Spaak is due here
Saturday in an attempt to
break the deadlock, which
threatens to become a major
crisis in the western alliance.
Strauss said there was no
budget surplus to satisfy the
allied demands. He said that
if the British and French
claims were granted, the Un
ited States with the largest
force in West Germany
would be forced by congres
sional pressure to make a sim
ilar claim.
LARRY SHEEHAN ,
Announces Candidacy
Develops for
County Sheriff
Allan Kirby Named
Successor To Young
New York IP Allan B.
Kirby, long-time business as
sociate of the late Robert R.
Young, has been named chair
man of the Alleghany Corp.,
succeeding Young.
Bashaw Lists
Candidacy for
District Judge
City Attorney Seeks
Judge Main's Post
Roy Bashaw, 33, city attor
ney for Medford for the past
year and a half, today an
nounced he will be a candi
date for district judge at this
year's elections.
He is seeking the non-partisan
post which will be va
cated by Judge James Main,
who has announced he will
run for circuit judge.
Bashaw, a native of Med
ford, attended schools here,
and the University of Cali
fs I" n J lornla at L,os Angeies, reiurn-
IjPmflfrfllir KflfP 1n2 to Oregon to receive his
1WlllVUUIIW IVUltlr haw decree at the University
of Oregon.
He served in the Navy in
the Pacific theater during
World War II, leaving the
service as an ensign. He was
a lieutenant (j.g.) when he
resigned from the reserves a
few years ago.
Returns lo Valley
Entering law practice in
1949, he was in Bandon and
Seaside until returning to the
Rogue valley in 1955, "when
he opened a law office in Cen
tral Point, and'served at one
time or another as city attor
ney for several of the smaller
valley communities.
He was appointed Medford
'city attorney on June 1, 1956,
and has held that post since.
Married, he makes his home
at 111 Elm St., and he and
Mrs. Bashaw are the parents
of a boy and a girl. He is a
registered Republican.
He is a member of the
American Legion and 40 et
8 society. He also is a member
of the Elks lodge..
uBIetin
London (IP) A speed
ing commuter train crashed
into the rear of a second
lrain in a thick fog at
Degenham station in east
London tonight. Railway
officials said casualties
were "heavy."
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MARCHING MOTHERS Mrs. Lyle Heidemann, center, and
ilrs. Earl Knight, right, are shown calling on Mrs. Harold
Gilbert in a practice visit for tonight's Mothers' March on
Polio. Mrs. Heidemann and Mrs. Knight are among many
Jedford mothers who will call at homes where an invitation
s extended by a porch light or a candle in the window to
iccept contributions for the March of Dimes. Apartment or
lotel room occupants may extend an invitation to the
nothers by a handkerchief or shoe fixed to the door knob.
Jrs. Gilbert is Medford chairman of the event, which will
e from 7 to 8 p.m.
A race developed in the
Democratic primary last night
when Larry Sheehan, 48, of
Roeue River, announced he
would be a candidate for
Jackson1 county sheriff on the
Democratic ticket.
He'anriount'ed'-his- candi
dacy at a meeting of the Dem
ocratic Social club at the
Rogue Valley Country club
last night.
Mrs. N i t a Zumwalt, 42
Rose a v e., Medford, an
ounced her candidacy for
county clerk on the Democra
tic ticket.
Opposes Koch
Sheehan, who ownes the
Rogue River hotel, will op
pose Raymond R. Koch, who
previously filed his candidacy
for sheriff on the Democratic
ticket. Joe Walsh, chief dep
uty sheriff, is Republican can
didate for sheriff.
Mrs. Bereth Hopkins pre
viously announced she would
seek the Republican nomina
tion for county clerk.
Sheehan was born in Rome,
N.Y., and was educated in
schools in the east before
moving to Los Angeles, where
he attended a business college
and owned service stations in
s o.u t h e r n California. He
moved to Rogue River about
10 years ago, and was partner
in a service station in Grants
Pass for five years.
In Scout Work
He was active in Boy Scout
work at Seal Beach, Calif.,
and in Red Cross and church
activities.
He has been interested in
community affairs in Rogue
River, and was chairman of
the Community Chest there.
He succceeded Robert Boyer
as Democratic county chair
man when Boyer was named
state chairman. He resigned
the chairmanship because he
was a candidate for district
governorship of the Lions
club. He was elected district
governor.
Mrs. Zumwalt, head of the
ready-to-wear department at
Pick's apparel; was born in
Roseburg and has lived in
southern Oregon most her
life. She started school where
the courthouse now stands.
A graduate of Yakima,
Wash., High school, she at
tended business college in
Yakima, and has been affili
ated with business in Klamath
Falls and Medford for several
years. Mrs. Zumwalt has been
connected with Pick's about
three years.
Mr. and Mrs. Zumwalt have
two daughters, both graduates
of Medford High school, and
are grandparents of a son.
About 80 persons attended
last night's Democratic Soc
ial club meeting at which
new officers were . elected.
They are William Deatherage,
Medford, president; Mrs.
Wanda Kane, Talent, vice
president; Mrs. Donna Straus,
reelected secretary-treasurer;
nd Lloyd Whales, Central
Point, sergeant at arms.
Dental Clinic May
Open Here March 1
Target date for opening a
i dental clinic for needy young
sters in the Jackson county
courthouse is March 1, ac
cording to Dr. Billy Black
stone, who is heading Med
ford Kiwanis club participa
tion in the project.
. The service club is financ
ing the clinic.
Dr. Blackstone said the
room will be available Feb.
15. Equipment has been ob
tained but must be installed.
A backlog of 135 children
in need of dental assistance
has necessitated opening the
clinic at the earliest possible
date. Dentists of the commun
ity will donate a half-day per
month without pay. Present
plans call for the clinic to
operate nine months of the
years.
Nurses in the school system
will determine the youngsters
who will receive the services
of the clinic. Dr. John Dick
son is heading the committee
assigning dentists.
Russia May Have
5,000-Mile Missile
Working by July
Censored Transcript
Of Testimony Given
Washington (ID The
Senate today swiftly ap
proved President Eisenhow
er's $549,670,000 emergency
program 16 speed U. S. mis
sile programs, disperse the
nation's H-bomb fleet, and
provide antirocket defenses.
Washington n The
Army said in testimony pub
lished today that Russia may
have a 5,000-mile ballistic
missile in operation by July.
The Army added that Rus
sia would have "a very limit
ed' capability at that time.
There was no elaboration in
the published testimony, but
this presumably meant that
the Russians would not have
very many of the missiles at
the start.
The testimony was given
by Maj. Gen Dwight E. Beach,
Army deputy chief of staff,
to the House Armed Services
Committee last Thursday. A
censored transcript was pub
lished today.
Debate Money Bill
The U.S. has been test-firing
both ICBMs and IRBMs.
The first IRBMs are expected
to be put into operation next
December, but the ICBMs are
not as far advanc-"!.
The testimony was publish
ed as the Senate debated a
House-approved bill authoriz
ing an additional 8549,670,000
in defense appropriations for
the next fiscal year. The
extra funds would be spent
on dispersing Strategic Air
Command bases, missile base
facilities, missile detection
and aircraft detection.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson, (D
Wash.), warned in a speech
prepared for debate that if
Americans are to "stay alive"
the nation must immediately
produce more B52 hydrogen
bombers and missile-firing
nuclear submarines.
Mothers' March Slated
Tonight at Phoenix
Phoenix Ladies of the
Phoenix area will conduct
their Mothers March in that
area starting at 6:30 p.m. to
day. They will meet at the
home of Mrs. W. J. Fowler,
205 Fifth st. Residents have
been asked to leave on porch
lights.
Salem (IP) Payment of
state unemployment taxes by
Jan. 31 will save employers
90 per cent of their federal
unemployment tax bill, the
Oregon Unemployment Com'
pensation Commission has re
ported.
DOW -JONES AVERAGES
New York iff) Dow
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 449.72, off 1.44;
20 railroads 108.90, off
0.63; 15 utilities 72.53, off
0.33, and 65 stocks 153.55,
off 0.60. Sales today were
about 2,150,000 shares com
pared with 2,220,000 shares
Wednesday. - . N-
Eagle Point Grange Plans
Old-Time Political Rally
The Eagle Point Grange is
planning an old-time political
rally similar to one held in
Eagle Point in 1956, .Charlie
Hoover, chairman of the
Grange committee organizing
the rally, has announced.
Time for the event is not
definite but will be held some
time near the first of March,
Hoover said.r Depending on
the anticipated crowd, ' the
rally will be held either in
the Grange hall at Eagle Point
or in the new Medford arm
ory or a school building in
Medford.
Everyone planning to at
tend the rally will be asked
to come dressed in costumes
of the 1830's or early laOO's,
the chairman said.
Events will include a torch
light parade through the
streets, entertainment by an
old-time state champion fid
dler and some square dance
exhibitions
"We plan this event to kick-
off the political campaign,"
Hoover said. "It has to start
some place in the state and
it might as well start here in
Jackson county."
All candidates from both
parties will be invited, in
cluding those seeking offices
on the state and county level,
Hoover said. Invitations will
be "issued also to President
Dwight D. Eisenhower and
ex-President Harry S. Tru
man, j
Windows, Power
Lines Broken;
Trees Uprooted
135 MPH Gust'
Near Columbia
By UNITED PRESS
One man was dead and two
fishermen were reported miss
ing today in the wake of a
howling storm which raked
the Pacific Northwest with
winds of hurricane force in
places. One gust of 135 miles
per hour was reported.
Windows were smashed,
power lines were knocked
down, trees were uprooted
and shipping was battered.
Heavy rains accompanied the
Wednesday storm.
Ralph Myrick, 61, a line
man's helper for Tacoma City
Light, was electrocuted about
6 p.m. Wednesday. He was
standing on the ground pool
ing wire when he contacted
a live electrical circuit and
was killed instantly.
Flagpole Snapped
Two Astoria fishermen, Jack
Rogers and Dave Hansen,
were reported missing. They
went out in their boat Mon
day to look over fishing
grounds. When they did not
report back as expected Tues
day night, a search was
started for them. Searchers
hoped the two had found
shelter somewhere.
Naselle Air Force base,
Wash., near the Colombia
reported a wind velocity of
135 mph Wednesday. Mt
Hebo near Tillamook, Ore.,
had a gust of 110 mph. The
wind snapped a 60-foot flag'
pole in front of the Aberdeen,
Wash., city hall.
Winds up to 80 miles per
hour lashed the Oregon $ast
near the mouth of the Colum
bia river, shutting down ferry
service between Astoria and
Megler temporarily and clos
ing the Columbia bar to
shiDDinz. Forty foot waves
were reported at the Colum
bia lightship.
The three-man crab fishing
boat, Cross Sound, was re
ported in trouble off Grays
Harbor bar Wednesday night
and retreated to deeper wa
ter while operatirfg on an aux
iliary generator. The Coast
Guard sent aid.
Windows Smashed
A large plate glass window
at the U.S. Outdoor Store and
another at Roy Burnett Mo
tors in Portland were smash
ed. The Portland airport had
gusts of wind up to 66 miles
per hour.
Seattle police reported hun
dreds of calls about broken
windows and downed trees
and Puget Sound ferry serv
ice was disrupted between I
Edmonds and Kingston and
Mukilteo and Columbia Beach
for a time.
Power outages were report
ed in Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle and other points.
generator at Pelfon dam on
the Deschutes river was
knocked out for a time Wed
nesday afternoon.
A new storm, also packing
high winds, was expected by
tonight but it will not be as
strong, the Weather Bureau
said.
Eugene had 1.66 inches of
rain in 24 hours, baiem naa
1.39, North Bend 1.26, Brook'
ines 1.09 and roruana .j
Heavy snow fell in mountain
areas.
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HIGH WATER Water from heavy rains
yesterday and the day before formed a
stream around the home of Mrs. James E.
Schell, 706 West Second sU, Medford. The
stream flows around' the house whenever
there is a heavy rain, she said. The water -follows
a natural drainage in the area, ao
cording to reports. Other local flooding wat
reported in the lengthy storm, but most
surface water had drained by today.
Danger of Flood On
Rogue River Passes
Danger of flood in the
Rogue river system is past for
the time being, the Medford
station of the weather bureau
reported this morning. .
Twelve families living
along the Rogue river near
Rogue River who were evacu
ated Tuesday evening, had
not returned to their homes
today, according to LeRoi H.
Webb, Rogue River civil de
fense director.
The majority of the fam
ilies are living with friends
and relatives, Webb reported,
as they were waiting further
weather developments before
returning to their homes.
The Rogue was continuing
to recede today after cresting
yesterday afternoon and eve
ning. Crest was at 20.5 at
Grants Pass at 6:30 p.m. yes
terday and the river had drop
ped to 14.8 feet at that city
this morning. Flood stage is
22 feet.
Dodge Bridge
At Dodge bridge the river
measurement was 6.3 feet at
8 a.m. today. No crest figure
was available. Last report yes
terday had the river at 7.9
feet and still rising. Nine feet
is flood stage.
Showery and cool weather
has been forecast through Fri
day with occasional snow
mixed with rain in the valley
Rainfall this morning up
until 10 a.m. was .42 of an
inch, bringing the total for
the month up to 5.10 inches,
which is 2.75 above normal.
Seasonal precipitation total
was 13.74 inches, 3.03 more
than normal.
Storms' Total
Total since the storms
began late Monday night was
3.30 inches.
Eight inches of new snow
was reported at Crater Lake
National park this morning,
bringing the total to 144 in
ches on the ground. Chains
were advised on Highway 62
to park headquarters. The
road to the rim still is closed.
Chains were required on
Highway 99 over the Siski
yous and on Highway 66 over
the Green Springs this morn
ing, state police reported.
There was 6Vi inches of new
snow on the Green Springs,
they said.
Man on Probation
Here Is Arrested
Flanagan, Nutting
Get Appointments
Georee Flanagan, manager
of Elk Lumber company, and
B. L. (Bud) Nutting, general
manager of Medford corpora
tion. have been named to the
Oregon committee of Ameri
can Forest Products indus
tries.
S. W. Robb of Willamette
Valley Lumber company, Dal
las, was appointed chairman
of the committee recently,
and will be a member of the
AFPI's national advisory
committee, which meets in
Washington, D.C., to review
the organizations programs of
forest management and fores
try education.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Showery and
cool through Friday. Snow
mixed with rain in valley
occasionally. ' Low tonight
34. High Friday 45.
Temp.
Hichest Yesterday 55
Lowest this Morning 37
. Prec. to 10 a.m. Today ....i44
Our Skies Toniqht
Sunrise 7:28 a.m.
Sunset 5:22 p.m..
The .Moon, riding high to
night between Albedaran
and F.lnath,
sets Friday 4:0 a.m.
FuU Moon Feb. 4
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, in the south
east 2:47 a.m.
Saturn, rises 4:52 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:21 a..m.
Morse Presents
Freight Rate Case
" Washington (IP) Sen
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) today
presented Oregon's case in an
oral argument before the In
terstate Commerce Commis
sion in opposition to increas
ed railroad freight rates and
charges.
; Morse gave the ICC eco
nomic evidence showing a ser
ious slump in the Oregon lum
ber industry with resulting
hardship on small business
agriculture and employment.
He presented Oregon's case
at the request of Gov. Robert
Holmes of Oregon and in be
half of Howard Morgan, pub
lic utility commissioner.
Morse said Oregon already
suffers from unfair .freight
rate discrimination and said
proposed increases in rates
now being asked by railroads
would further miure the
state's economy. ,
995 Students Are
Enrolled at SOC
Ashland Final registration
figures' from Southern Oregon
college show that registration
has hit a new high with a to
tal of 995 students enrolled by
January 27, according to Mrs
C. L. Winson, Registrar. .
New students total 146
Men outnumber women by
639 to 356. There are 356
freshmen, 366 sophomores,
156 juniors, 117 seniors, two
graduates and 53 special grad
uate and 45 special under
graduate.
The majority of students,
350, are enrolled in elemen
tary education with 266 in
lower division and 221 in sec
ondary education. Remaining
students are in general stu
dies with 16 unclassified. ;
Pendleton (W City offi
cials said today there are 22
pplicants for the city man
ger's job here which will be
come vacant March 1.
Billie J. Lessman, 27, Seat
tle, was arrested by Siskiyou
county sheriff's deputies Wed
nesday in Yreka on a charge
of possession of narcotics, ac
cording to Medford city po
lice. Lessman is currently on
probation from Jackson coun
ty circuit court on a similar
charge. He' was sentenced to
three years in the Oregon
state penitentiary last Decem
ber by Judge Edward C. Kel
ly. Execution of sentence was
suspended under rules and
regulations of Oregon parole
and probation office.
The Washington state man
was arrested by Oregon state
police Aug. 30. Lessman and
Henry A. Foster, 25, also
Seattle, were stopped by a
patrolman on Highway 99
north of Medford for failure
to have two license plates on
their automobile.
They "jumped" the officer
after the car was stopped and
one. of the men grabbed a bag,
officers said, and started run
ning across a field. The of
ficer caught one, and the oth
er was apprehended later that
day, reports show.
Police said Lessman, a
known drug addict, had fin
ished serving a probation per
iod with California authorit
ies at the ttne of his arrest
in Medford."
Over 4 Million -Jobless
Expected
By Economists
Washington rAPi Labor De
partment economists predict
ed today unemployment will
rise above four million in Jan.
uary, February and March
and decline slightly in April.
They forecast the jobless to
tal for January will range
from 4,300,000 to 4,500,000
when computed by the Labor
and Commerce Departments
in about two weeks.
Larger Than Usual
The government reported
3,400,000 unemployed in De
cember. The number of work
ers without jobs usually in
creases from December to
January but this year the
business slowdown will trig
ger larger-than-usual Jump,
the economists said.
They said postwar trends
indicate unemployment will
level off and then decline to
3,700,000 or so by May. But
they also warned of a possi
bility of bigger-than-expected
joblessness if things don't pick
up soon.
5 Million Possible
The labor economists said
unemployment could reach
five million if 1958 is a bad
year for the auto industry, if
consumers hold back on buy
ing, and if businessmen slash
stocks on their shelves. That
would push unemployment
above the six per cent mark.
"If unemployment spreads
to trade and services watch
out," said one of the econo
mists. "We'll be in for real
hard times."
Chou Assassination
Attempt Revealed;
London (IP) The Manches
ter Guardian today reported
an alleged attempt by a group
of American educated Chi
nese to assassinate Chinese
Communist Premier Chou En
Lai. , .
The Guardian, a respected
and' reliable newspaper, said
one of the students actually
stabbed and wounded Chou
with a pocketknife during an
interview with him in Peip
ing last July 28.
The newspaper said the as
sassination attempt was plan
ned by three of 40 Chinese
students who were educated
in American universities and
who returned to their home
lands to fight Communism.
"Fine Now All We Need To Do Is
Jack It Up and Put a School Under It"
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