Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 30, 1958, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextFOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wyoming Sheriff Tells Story Of Capturing Nebraska Killer Thursday. January 30, 1958 1 1 H L T nouse rruDers iu Reveal Names of Editor'! note: sheriff Earl Hafiin . tention to our siren and once teen-aied killer Charles Stark weather's murder rampage late Wednesday when he shot the youth in the right ear during a high speed chase. Here if the sher iff s story. By EARL HEFLIN At Told lo United Press Douglas, Wyo. IP) I should have aimed a little to the left. A quarter of an inch would have done it. Another quarter of an inch and I'd have blown his head off. We picked up his trail and Bob Ainsley, Douglas chief of police, had his '57 Plymouth up to 110 miles an hour be fore I could get a clear shot at that Packard. The kid didn't pay any at- we almost ran mm aown dui he out-maneuvered us. He didn't out-maneuver my 30-30 Winchester pump, though. I leaned out the window and fired away. I got about four good shots. But, you know, the kid kept going. Then, about two minutes after I hit him, he halted. I guess he got a glimpse at his own blood and that scared him. But he didn't act much like he wanted to cooperate even after Bob pulled the squad car alongside. He got out of the Packard slowly and I fired again, at his feet, to get him to show some life. Anguished Parents Of Nebraska Killer Await Phone Call : Lincoln, Neb. (If) The an guished parents of mass killer Charles Starkweather, 19 .-waited today for a telephone call from their son, not sure what they would advise him to do. ; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stark 'weather were unable, too, to say exactly why their son suddenly turned killer and took at least 10 lives in this area's biggest crime spree in .history. 'Reason Advanced ''- - Wvomine authorities at Douglas, where young Stark weather was captured ; Wednesday, said the slayer ".would be permitted to tele phone his father today for :help in arranging legal coun- sel. : One reason the parents ad- vanced for the maddened kill ings was that their son's ; health had driven him to des .peration. : "It could have been a lot - of things," the father, a hand--some man who works as a I carpenter, told newsmen. "He has lost a couple of good jobs; that girl (Caril Fugate, his companion) has him wrapped around her little finger; he is to lose his sight within a year, and a recent cold made him lose 30 pounds." The father said Charles suf fered from astigmatism. He could not explain what com plications could cost his son's eyesight. Worried About Blow Starkweather said his son had been hit in the head with a two-by-four some years ago and had worried about effects "of the blow. "It's a terrible thing to have to lock the doors and windows of your house against your own son," Stark weather said. "I trusted Charlie and thought I could have talked to him until he killed the old man (August Meyer, 70). But if he'll kill an old friend like August, he could turn on his own father." That did it. He moved. I commanded him to lay down on the ground. But again he wouldn't cooperate. So I fired agvin, missing him on pur pose, of course. That convinc ed him. Doesn't Say Much We took him into town here and put him in jail. He's sullen. He won't say much, not that any of us wants to be sociable with him. He acts sleepy all the time and I guess he might be after that drive from Lincoln. We got his car patched up and we're going to try to keep him around Wyoming for awhile. I don't know what Bill Dixon, county attorney, is going to do, but I sure would like to see that kid brought to trial right here for the murder of Merle Colhson, Teamsters Said Joining Oiher Labor Unions Robot Pilot Blamed for Crash TH mm MIDGET PRICES THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY U.S. NO. 2 POTATOES FLORIDA RUBY RED 50 lbs. London dPi Investigat ors said today the crash of a British Britannia prop-jet air liner last November may have been caused by a runaway "robot" pilot which took con trol from the plane's human crew. The crash killed 15 persons and caused all Britannias to be grounded for a brief period. Investigators trying to de termine the cause of the crash said the runaway robot possibility was raised by re- ports of a second Britannia crew which had the same trouble. The first crash occurred as the long-range airliner came in for a landing near Bristol, England. All the crew, along with technicians who had been checking the plane's per formance, were killed. Aviation sources said the second Britannia was flying at 3,000 feet over Britain when it ran into trouble with the "demon robot." The automatic pilot, which normally is kept turned off except when needed on long flights, suddenly started oper ating. Because it had not been adjusted to steer a specific course, it sent the big plane into steep dives and climbs. The flight engineer cut off power to the automatic pilot just in time and the human pilots regained control. FCC Wrongdoers Washington 1P House investigators today sent some members of the Federal Com munications Commission (FCC) a list of "misconduct" charges against them and warned that their names would be bared to the public Friday. . Only those accused of wrongdoing were to receive individual statements. Names of those receiving bills of par ticulars were to be made pub lic. Chance to Prepare Answers The charges were dispatch ed to enable those involved in nrenaro anewpre when tv f,wt,w - questioned under oath next week. The special House sub committee investigating the FCC and five other regula tory agencies voted unani mously late Wednesday to question FCC commissioners under oath on charges of "al leged personal, official mis conduct." The subcommittee also vot ed to forbid its investigating staff to provide subcommit tee members themselves with any of the staff's "confiden tial" reports. ' The action was obviously aimed at stopping leaks to the press. A subcommittee staff report detailing charges against FCC commissioners was leaked to the United Press and some newspapers last week. Chairman Slated FCC Chairman John C. Doerfer, who has acknowl edged receiving , a color TV set from the broadcast indus try, apparently was one of those slated to receive -a list of charges. He also has ac knowledged the industry has paid travel and hotel expenses for him and his wife at in dustry conventions. Doerfer has labelled charges against him and other commissio n e r s "inaccurate and misleading." He said it is legal for an FCC commission er to receive a fee for a speech. As for color TV sets he said "to us it's not a lux ury; it's part of our job to see how it works." The subcommittee met to day to hear, Chairman Ed ward N. Gadsby of the Secur ities & Exchange Commission testify on his agency's operations. Detroit 0P International Teamsters President James R. Hoffa, fresh from "successful" negotiations with the Auto mobile Transporters associa tion, said today various team sters leaders are joining oth er unions so they can con tinue their activities in state and local AFL organizations. Hoffa and teamster negotia tors reached agreement Wed nesday night on a contract with 74 auto and truck tran sport firms that haul and drive vehicles to dealers in 32 states. Hoffa said "we got what we expected to get"' in the settlement that closely followed the pattern set by the central states negotiations in Chicago last concluded month. Fringe Benefits The agreement calls for numerous fringe benefits and a 10 per cent hour wage boost in new contracts starting March 1. Some 15,000 team sters covered by the con tracts will also get seven cent an hour increases each year for 1959 and 1960 plus a half cent per mile hike in the mileage allowances for each of the three contract years. "They argued for three days but finally fell right into the pattern," Hoffa said. t He denied the teamsters planned to "block" national AFL-CIO attempts, to com-1 plete the merger of local AFL and CIO organizations by hav ing officials join other un ions. Responsible Positions "Some local teamsters lead ers now hold responsible posi tions in state, county or city f e d e r a tion organizations," Hoffa said. "They are join ing other unions so they can continue their work in the federation." "Teamsters official William Lee, for instance," Hoffa said, "is president of the Chicago AFL. He has become a mem ber of the International Build ings Service Union and sev eral other teamsters are do ing the same thing." The teamsters were ex- Portland Hospital Contract Awarded Portland OP The Ross B. Hammond Company of Port land Wednesday was awarded a $1,958,000 contract for con struction of the new Kaiser Foundation hospital on North Greeley ave. here. Completion time is sched uled in 15 months. The 157 bed hospital will overlook Swan island. FIRE WARNING Greenville, Me. (in The following warning is painted in bold letter on a large bill board on the road to Lily Bay near here: "This is God's country. Why set it on fire and make it look like hell?" Searchers Decne Offer of Wooden Boaf Augusta, Me., (IPI Game wardens searching for a lost hunter in Maine's northern woods radioed their search headquarters for an alumin um canoe. A voice crackled back "We are sorry we have no alum inum canoe, but we can get a wooden boat if that will help." It turned out that radio "skips" were operating again and the offer of the wooden boat came from a New Mexi co police dispatcher. The wardens declined with thanks the offer of the wooden boat. i pelled from the AFL-CIO last month. America is said to have the brightest fall coloring In the world. AS NEVER BEFORE! DOWNTOWN . . . MEDFORD ON SALE FRIDAY 9:30 A.M. SHARP! Grapefruit 6 49 MEDIUM YELLOW ONIONS 45-lb. Box 99' KOUNTY KIST PEAS Sweet Tender 8 99 NALLEY'S CHILI With , Beans 4 FOR 15-oz. Cans 99 Portland Traction Company Sued Portland (IP) Mr. and Mrs. William M. Keller, who re side in Clackamas county, filed suit in Circuit Court here Wednesday for $17,000 dam ages against Portland Trac tion company. Keller, a Port land attorney, claims he and his wife -have been damaged by PTC's stoppage of inter- urban trolley service. PTC suddenly halted the service last Saturday nignt, claiming loss .of revenue. The Kellers maintain that the value of their property has been impaired by the loss of public transportation and that they have been incon venienced. CREAM FLAKE Shortening 3 69 FINER FOODS -SMALL, WHOLE OYSTERS 3 Cans 99 FLAKED Brine Pack SWIFT'S PREMIUM Fully Cooked SWIFT'S SWEET RASHER Lean Sliced SWIFT'S PREMIUM STEWING CHICKENS bow:; 6 SWIFT'S PREM HAM CWICT'C CACC BACON Cans 99' lb. lb. 57 49' lb. 33' CHEAPER THAN HAMBURGER Baker City Jail Meals 'Adequate' Baker (IP) Police Chief Cliff Murray today defended the quality of meals served prisoners in city jail. He said they were "quite adequate." Murray's statement was is sued after he learned of a let ter sent by two prisoners to the jailer at Anacortes, Wash. Wesley Davis, 30, and Jack Gibb, 18, wrote the Anacortes jailer they were sorry they escaped his jurisdiction be cause the looa was baa in Baker jail. The pair are being held in connection with a spectacular flight through eastern Oregon in which two police cars were stolen. I WAS FRAMED Los Angeles (IP) Sixteen traffic officers showed up in Municipal Court Wednesday to back up 16 traffic viola tion charges against Stanford Patterson. Judge Stephen S. Weisman eyed the group, told Patterson it was very "incon siderate" of him to cause the policemen to be taken off the street where they were need ed, and intoned, "Sixty days." Freight Hauling Permit Upheld Portland OPi The certifi- cate of Maskleyne Transfer and Storage, Inc. to haul goods from Walla Walla, Wash., to Pendleton, Ore., and other points has been upheld by a three-judge federal court here. Three competitors of Mask leyne brought the court com plaint against the Interstate Commerce Commission, which had issued the certificate. The companies, Sites Freightlines, Inc., Inland Motor Freight and Consolidated Freigh t w a y s, asked the court to rule the ICC certificate invalid. But the court panel held, in a unanimous opinion writ ten by Oregon Federal Dis trict Judge William East, that the commission acted within its authority in issuing the certificate. Others on the panel which heard the case here were Judge James Alger Fee, of the court of appeals, San Fran cisco, and William Mathes of Los Angeles,, a California dis trict federal judge. MAN THE PUMPS San Francisco (IP) The State Board of Equalization reported Wednesday-4hat Cal- j ifornia breweries last year sold 203,245,076 gallons of , beer more than enough, at j 12 million gallons per ship, to j float 16 battleships. i MERRY CHRISTMAS Aberdeen, Scotland (IP) Inhabitants of the remote is land of Foula in the Shetlands received supplies and mail including Christmas cards Wednesday for the first time since they were cut off by storms 47 days ago. TOM thumb Wf Reserva th Right to Limit MIDWAY MARKET Phone N04-1511 Table Reck Road a 4 Corners RETIRED PROFESSOR DIES Wake Forest, N.C. UP) Dr. Dr. Robert M. 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