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MAD DOG KILLER Charles Starkweath
er, 19, reclines on bunk in county jail in
Douglas, Wyo., after his capture by police.
He is being held in connection with the
slaying of nine persons in the Lincoln, Neb.,
Mass ICiiler Taken
To Scene
Gering, Neb. IT Mass
murderer Charles Stark
weather, 19, who has admit
ted killing 11 persons be
cause of a "hatred that built
up in me," left here today on
the 420-mile trip to Lincoln,
Neb., scene of 10 of his mur-
Streams Continue
To Recede; Storm
Hovers off Coast
Streams of the Rogue River
basin continued to recede to
day after minor flooding in
midweek, but the weather bu
reau warned that a storm off
the coast bears watching.
Only minor damage to roads
was reported from this week's
local flooding, according to
Jackson County Engineer
Paul Rynning. A few slides
and some blocked culverts
spread debris across roads, he
added.
Another storm was hover
ing over the Pacific ocean,
about 450 miles off the south
.. em Oregon coast at 4 a.m. to
day. The weather station here
said that if the storm moves
toward this area, it could
bring rain which would start
rivers rising again.
Local Forecast
Local forecast is for occa
sional rain tonight and Satur
day with showers Saturday
afternoon. Gusty southerly
winds are possible tonight.
The weather bureau indicated
that streams should continue
to fall through midnight, pro
vided most of the rain is light.
Rogue river measurement
was 11.38 feet this morning
at Grants Pass. The river
crested Wednesday evening at
21.5 feet.
January rainfall through
yesterday amounted to 5.63
inches,' 3.20 more than nor
mal for the month. Rainfall
since the start of the agricul
tural year on Sept. i, 1957 to
tals 14.27 inches or 3.48 above
,rmal.
Three panels of the Min
thorn bridge over Evans cteek
were knocked out by logs and
other debris brought down by
the flooded stream earlier this
week, the county engineer
said.
The approach to the bridge
forced people to detour along
the west side of Rogue river
to another bridge IV2 miles
away.
Tra7 Man Sentenced
To County Jail Term
Albert Elza Herring, Trail,
was sentenced to 20 days in
the county jail on charges of
taking a horse without the
permission of its owner, after
appearing in circuit court
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Geraldine' Blanche
Griffin, Rogue River, was
sentenced to two years in the
Oregon state penitentiary for
forgery. Execution was sus
pended, and she was placed
on probation and ordered to
make restitution within 90
days.
Mothers, Disappointed at
Win Sons' Freedom, Back
San Francisco HP) Three
American mothers arrived
here today "disappointed but
not crushed" by their failure
to win immediate freedom
for their sons imprisoned on
spy charges in Communist
China.
Hope Not Abandoned
"We have not given up
hope," said William Downey,
25, who accompanied his
mother and the other women
into Red China.
The weary travelers were
Mrs. Mary Downey, New Brit
ain, Conn., mother of John T.
Downey, 23; Mrs. Ruth Red
of Crimes
ders, to face formal charges.
Starkweather, still clad in
a bloodstained shirt, his
hands chained to his belt, was
wedged into a police car be
tween two hefty deputies. His
young girl friend, Caril Fu
gate, 14, was placed in a sep
arate car for the journey
Two state patrol cruisers led
the way.
Extreme precautions were
taken, and officers declined
to say publicly where stops
would be made. The trip was
expected to take seven or
more hours.
In Good Spirits
Starkweather was in good
spirits, laughed freely and
ate two helpings of bacon and
eggs. The girl also ate a
breakfast of bacon and eggs
tut appeared to be in a state
of shock," Mrs. Steve War
rick, wife of the sheriff here,
said.
Mrs. Warrick said the girl
did not seem to realize her
parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Marion
Bartlett, were dead. The
Bartletts and their daughter,
Betty Jean, 3, were the first
victims of the mad killer.
Caril said she remembered
that Starkweather threatened
to kill them if they would not
permit, her to run away with
him.
Find Shotgun Shell
Sheriff Warrick refused to
let Starkweather see a news
paper and kept him overnight
in a solitary cell where he
could not hear radio broad
casts. He said he found a shot
gun shell in the lining of
Starkweather's jacket, but
said, it probably slipped
through a hole in the jacket
pocket.
Starkweather talked freely
with officers en route here
Thursday night from Douglas,
t 1 A 1
iv.vu., wneie ue was capiuieu
Wednesday.
"Since I was a child
wanted to be an outlaw, but I
didn't want it to go this far,
Starkweather told Sheriff
Merle Karnopp of Lincoln.
Bids Opened Today
On Lateral Sewers
E. C. Conrad, Medford con
tractor, was apparent low
bidder on a storm sewer lat
eral system to connect with
the recently completely 10th
st. storm sewer. Bids were
opened at the city hall this
morning.
Conrad's bid was $8,999
Other bids were M. C. Lin-
inger and sons, Medford, $10,
635.50: Hatton and Bingham,
North Bend, $10,640.72; Keith
Brothers Construction corn
pan y, ' Medford, $12,295.90;
and DenHerder, Medford,
$12,731.50.
City estimate of construc
tion was $9,500, according to
Vernon Thorpe, public works
director.
Bids will be referred to
the city council at its meet
ing next week for considera
tion. Salem (IP) Oregon Agri
culture-Director Robert Stew
art has urged voluntary pro
duction control of hop grow
ers. mond, Yonkers, N. Y., mother
of Hugh F. Redmond, 39, and
Mrs. Philip Fecteau, 31.
Won't Be Content
Downey, who acted as
spokesman for the mothers
during a news conference at
San Francisco International
Airport, said, "We're not go
ing to be content until we
get the boys home."
The mothers made a per
sonal appeal while ' in China
for the freedom of their sons,
but were turned down.
Downey and Redmond are
serving life terms; Fecteau 20
years.
area and one near Douglas. Caril Fugate,
Starkweather's 14 -year -old companion on
his two-state spree, is also being held by
authorities, but no charges have been filed
against her pending questioning.
KILLER'S 'HOSTAGE"- COMPANION Carrt Fugate, : 14-
year-old companion of mad dog
is shown in police headquarters at Douglas, - Wyo., after
couple was captured following
wanted for the murder of 10
ming, said he field the gin "nostage.
Elections
MHS to Nominate
Student Candidates
A primary election was . closely as possible the pro-
held today at Medford High cedures used in actual elec
school to nominate candidates 1 tions. Candidates prepare and
for a general election as part
of the 10th annual Student
Government Day sponsored
by the Medford Elks lodge.
Primary elections also are
scheduled in other high
schools in the Medford Elks
jurisdictional area, which in
cludes St. Mary's High school,
Crater High in Central Point,
and Phoenix, Butte Falls,
Prospect, Eagle Point and
Jacksonville High schools.
Campaigning for primary
elections has been under way
by upper division and senior
students . in the schools for
the past few weeks. After
nominations are complete,
general elections will be held
to elect various city and coun
ty officials. The general elec
tion at Medford High school
is scheduled Friday, Feb. 7.
Elections, both primary and
general, are held as near as
possible to the time that stu
dents are studying those sub
jects in government courses,
The two-day program is de
signed to teach citizenship by
providing stuaents with an
opportunity to spend a day
working with city and coun
ty officials in the actual oper
ation of local government.
Students will work with
their counterparts in the city
and county offices Feb. 19
and 20.
Campaigns and elections in
high schools approximate as
Failure To
From China
"We were disappointed but
not crushed," Downed said.
"We had not built up any
false hopes."
One Slim Hope
Downey said the Chinese
hold out one slim hope. Some
officials told him that the
three Americans could be re
leased earlier than their vary
ing ' sentences, depending on
their behavior.
"Otherwise, we received
no specific encouragement
and we obtained no prom
ises," he said. The mothers
crossed into China from Hong
Kong on Jan. 6.
President To Spend
Week End Golfing
On Augusta Course
Washington m Presi
dent Eisenhower flies to
Augusta, Ga., today for a
golfing week end, his first
since his Nov. 25 stroke.
The White House said the
President and the First
Lady will take a mid-February
holiday at Thomasville.
Ga. They will stay at the
plantation of former Treas
urer Secretary George M.
Humphrey, where they have
spent several previous brief
vacations.
Eisenhower will spend
the week end at his vaca
tion White House at the
Augusta National Golf
course. He was last there
in November, shortly before
his stroke on Nov. 25.
killer Charles Starkweather,
two-day chase. Starkweather,
persons in Nebraska and Wyo
Held at
display signs and posters urg
ing their classmates to vote
for them.
All students participate by
registering as voters, assisting
in campaigns, and finally vot
ing on election day. Students
also volunteer for election
and counting boards. An av
erage of four students seek
positions in city and county
government, school officials
said.
About 100 city and county
officials are cooperating in the
program, which has received
national recognition from the
Valley Forge Freedoms foun
dation. The foundation has
twice - given the project its
highest award as a student
program.
Young Leaves Full
Estate To Widow
Newport, R. I. P Robert
R. Young, railroad magnate
who committed suicide, left
his entire personal estate of
more than $6 million and sub
stantial real estate holdings to
his widow, according to his
will filed for probate here
today.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York ?l Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 450.02, up
0.30; 20 railroads 109.04, up
0.14; 15 utilities 72.27. off
0.26 and 65 stocks 153.54,
off 0.01. Sales today were
about 2,030.000 shares com
pared with 2,150,000 shares
Thursday.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally
cloudy with occasional
rain tonight and Saturday
morning. Showers Satur
day afternoon. Gusty south
erly winds tonight. Low
tonight 38. High Saturday
48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 47 .
Lowest this Morning 34
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today ...11
Our Skies Toniqht
Sunrise
7:27 a.m.
Sunset S:23 p.m.
Moonset Saturday 4:59 a.m.
Full Moon ... . Feb. 4
Betelgeuse, in the constella
tion. Orion, is the first mag
nitude star nearest the Moon
tonight. It varies irregular
lv in brilliance. In 1852, in
1894 and again in 1908 it
was brighter than Rigel.
52nd Year
16 P-
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Control of Seas
By United Stales
Said Jeopardized
Tight Budget, Russ
Sub Threat Cited
Washington (IP) The Navy
said today that its tight budget
plus the Soviet submarine
threat jeopardizes U.S. con
trol of the seas.
Adm. Arleigh A. Burke,
chief of naval operations, said
Russia's growing sea power
confronts the West with "one
of its greatest challenges."
Burke also told the House
Armed Services Committee
that budget restrictions have
forced the Navy to make
"drastic" cuts in some activi
ties in order v to find money
for modern ships and weapons
required to keep control of
the seas in U.S. hands.
More Strength on Sea
Burke appeared before the
committee with Navy Secre
tary Thomas S. Gates Jr.,
who said this country should
"base a great deal more" of
its military strength "on and
under the sea." The threat
isn't solely from long-range
Soviet missiles and H-bombs,
Gates argued. .
The missiles race with Rus
sia was, however, getting pri
ority attention from Congress.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee voted $1,260,000,
000 in extra cash to speed
missile development and de
fenses. The Senate is expected to
pass the emergency bill, al
ready passed by the House,
early next week. ( .
County Court Plans
Centennial Meeting
The county court will meet
soon with the Jackson coun
ty fair board and chamber of
commerce officials on possible
participation of the county in
the Oregon Centennial Expo
sition and International Trade
Fair in Portland in 1959,
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing said today.
Keating said the court re
ceived a letter from Jack R.
lively, springtieid, commis
sioner for the event, request
ing the county court to con
tact interested organizations
in the county to discuss par
ticipation in the centennial.
Lively said representatives
of the exposition would be
glad to meet with the county
court and various organiza
tion representatives here to
provide more details.
Rudie Wilhelm Not
To Seek Reelection
Portland (IP) State Sen.
Rudie Wilhelm Jr., announc
ed here today he will not seek
reelection to the Oregon Leg
islature. He has been one of the
leaders in tax legislation at
Salem and was speaker of the
House in 1953. He served four
terms in the House of Repre
sentatives ahd two terms in
the Senate.
Wilhelm did not explain
his decision not to run but
said he had been approached
to run for other political of
fice "and I have definitely
made up my mind not to re
turn to the Legislature." He
said he would not oppose Rep.
Edith Green (D-Ore.) for the
third congressional district
seat. Since entering politics,
Wilhelm has been one of the
GOP's best vote-getters
Multnomah county.
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Pacific Tests Set
On Missile Defenses
Washington OP) The
Atomic Energy Commission
said today new tests in the
Pacific this year will advance
nuclear defenses against
enemy intercontinental bal
listic missiles.,
The Air Force has said it
will test nuclear .explosions
in space above the atmos
phere to determine their ef
fectiveness against enemy
space missiles. Presumably
such tests would mean de
tonation of missile-borne war
heads high above the Eniwe-tok-Bikini
proving grounds in
the Pacific.
"EGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1958
"Can You Hurry? We're
I
jonnson sentencing
Continued Pending
Probation
" Mr. and T.Irs. Clarence
Johnson, 781V2 Beatty si.,
Medford, appeared in Jackson
county circuit court Thursday
afternoon before Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly on charges of
unlawfully obtaining public
assistance.
. The Johnsons pleaded guilty
in circuit court Aug. '23, 1957,
and were freed on $1,500 bond
each. Sentencing has been
postponed several times for
pre - sentencing investigation
reports.
Sentencing was again con
tinued, pending pre-sentence
reports by the Oregon parole
and probation officer.
Arrested in 1957
The Johnsons were arrested
June 6, 1957, by sheriff's
deputies after an investigation
indicated they had been re
ceiving full assistance from
the Jackson county welfare
department while both were
working as janitors at the
Medford Mail Tribune.
The investigation reported
ly began after the 13-year-old
daughter of the Johnsons at
tempted to secure a marriage
license. County clerk's depu
ties suspected her age was not
accurately given. The John
sons have three children.
Mrs. Johnson is reported to
have six grown children by
an earlier marriage.
Investigation indicated that
the couple had several sources
of income during the period
of March, 1953, to June, 1957,
when they were receiving full
assistance from the welfare
department. They are report
ed to have received $4,776.90
from the Mail Tribune; $820
while Johnson was employed
as a gardenerjat Sacred Heart
hospital; plus an additional
$850 income from property
owned outside Jackson coun
ty. They are charged with
receiving $4,913.58 overpay
ment from the, county wel
fare department during that
period.
Different Names
Johnson worked at the Mail
Tribune under the first name
of Charles, received assist
ance under the name of Clar
ence Johnson, and used the
name of Clyde Johnson with
his creditors, according to
deputies.
Names on a number of so
cial security cards also are
believed to have been chang
ed and used by the couple,
authorities reported.
The family moved to Med
ford from Lane county in
about 1953 and have drawn
welfare assistance since
March, 1953. Prior to that
time they had received small
er sums of money from the
welfare department.
Purchasing House
At the time of their arrest
the Johnsons . were report
ed purchasing a neighboring
house, as well as their own
Baker HP) Wayne Edward
Collins, 19, Baker, has been
acquitted of a charge of mali
ciously setting off a bomb at
Baker Junior High school last
Oct. 25.
In An Important Race'
Reports
home, and owned an automo
bile as well as real estate in
various parts, of the state,
deputies reported.
Maximum penalty for con
viction on a charge of unlaw
fully obtaining public assist
ance is one year in the county
jail or $1,000 fine, or both,
or three years in the stat
penitentiary. '
Driver Injured in
Car-Truck Accident
William Matthew Nickle,
21, of 1455 North Riverside
ave., suffered possible chest
injuries and lacerations on
the nose and. right leg in a
car-truck collision about 11:50
p.m. yesterday, according to
Medford police.
Police said the car Nickle
was operating collided with
a truck operated by Manuel
N. Silveira, Richmond, Calif.,
at Central ave. and Maple st.
Nickle was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital by Medford
Ambulance service where his
condition is reported "good"
this morning by hospital of
ficials. Medford police said the
truck was pulling out of a pri
vate driveway and was across
both, lanes of Central ave.
when Nickle's car struck the
left dual tires of the truck.
The Medford fire department
was called because a small
fire resulted when the truck
battery cable broke. The fire
was extinguished by the truck
driver with a hand extinguisher.
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EMPLOYEES "'SHOT' A program which
company officials hoped other companies
would follow was carried out at offices of
the California - Pacific Utilities company
yesterday morning when 15 employees be
tween 20 and 45 years of age were inocu
lated with Salk anti-polio vaccine. Employ
ees paid the cost of the vaccine, adminis-
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 242
Passenger Service
Abandoned on
Line in Aug., 1955
Time to Submit
Briefs Sufficient
Final hearings on Southern
Pacific's abandonment of pas
senger service between Eu
gene and Ashland in August,
1955, will be held in Salem
April 15, Public Utilities
Commissioner Howard Mor
gan said today.
He said the hearing would
be held "with or without"
briefs because both parties
had had e"nough time to pre
pare briefs and submit the
case for formal decision.
The hearing will be held
on a complaint filed by State
Sea. Philip S. Lowry protest
ing the abandonment of pas
senger service. The complaint
was drawn up by Lowry, and
State Senators Gene L. Brown
of Grants Pass and Paul E.
Geddes, Roseburg.
Previous Hearings
Morgan noted that previous
hearings were held in April,
August and September, 1956,
but that no briefs have been
filed either ' by the railroad
or by Lowry.
Original deadline for brief
filing was set for Aug. 19,
1957, but an extension was
granted because of the illness
last fall of Geddes. Further
delay was caused by the spe
cial session of the legislature.
Morgan said "more than
sufficient time has been grant
ed to all parties within which
to prepare briefs and submit
the case for final decisions."
The complaint was filed be
fore service was discontinued
asking the PUC to prevent
discontinuance. It also asked
the commissioner, to investi
gate the discontinuance and
order "reasonably adequate
service."
Lowry said the action taken
by the senators in filing the
complaint was not done so
by the senators as such, but
as representatives of the
people.
The hearing will be held
at 10 a.m. April 15 in the
public service building in
Salem.
King's Road Work
Hears Completion
Work on Kings highway is
about completed at this time,
Paul Rynning, county engi
neer, said today.
The road will be reballast
ed and a mile will be paved
when better weather arrives.
Rynning said the engineer's
office and county court will
decide later on a county road
program for the new fiscal
year. The program will be
submitted to the county budg
et committee.
tered on company time, and other expenses
were handled by the company. Shown re
ceiving his inoculation from Dr. W. G.
Bishop is R. L. "Bud" Palmer, division
chief clerk and Medford March of Dimes
chairman. Awaiting their turns are Richard
Burchell and Don Lacy, service men, and
Murray Gardner, assistant division manager.
Cabinet Members
To Be Retained,
President Says
National Committee
Given Shot in Arm
Washington HPi President
Eisenhower today spiked any
move by Republican strate
gists to dump Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra T. Bensori
as a "liability" in this elec
tion year. The President told
members of the Republican
National Committee during a
breakfast "pep talk" that ha
has complete confidence In
each of his Cabinet officers,
thinks all are doing a "fine
job," and has no intention
of replacing any of them.
Eisenhower . also made a
strong defense of Benson's
flexible price - support pro
gram, saying it is an "honest,
forthright and sensible" at
tempt to solve the problem
of surplus crops that have
farmers caught in a "vicious
circle." ' ' z
"I think that most farmers
he said, "deep in their hearts,
recognize the administration
proposals as a courageous
move to break this vicious
circle."
The breakfast was held
behind closed doors at a down
town hotel, but portions of
the President's prepared text
were published by the White
House.
Eisenhower, in his formal
remarks, called on Republi
cans to join in a 1958 cam
paign to win control of Con
gress by enlisting good can
didates, showing faith in their
cause and working hard; r
The President spoke short
ly before leaving for Augusta,
Ga., for a week end of golf.
The President told his - Re
publican , audience, eager for
a shot in the arm, that the
nation has had five years of
prosperity under his adminis
tration, a prosperity that has
not been altered materially
by the recent business decline
Reiterating his belief that
the tide will turn in midsum
mer, the President denounced
"political Cassandras" who
warn of another depression
critics who heretofore have
been labelled by GOP leaders
as the "prophets of gloom
and doom."
"We reject this pessimistic
doctrine and the lack of con
fidence it reflects. Republi
cans have never sold Ameri
can free enterprise short and
never will," he said.
JobjurveyMayBe
Complete by April
The job classification sur
vey in Jackson county offices
should be completed by April,
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing said today.
This week, commission rep
resentatives held five group
meetings with employees, de
partment heads and elected
officials. Thursday1, the repre
sentatives met with officials
of the county farm home and
discussed the survey with the
32 employees and supervisors
there, Keating said.
They also met with the
foremen of the county road
department and county shops
and interviewed employees.
Portland IP) Two more
indictments returned in Port
land's vice probe have been
dismissed here.
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