Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 15, 1958, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextStompanato Family er Plans Suit ainst Lana Turner Lawy Ag Woodstock, 111. W An at torney for Johnny Stompana to's family said Monday night he may bring a million-dollar damage suit against film star Lana Turner to "clear John ny's name." Charles Parker, a Wood stock attorney, said "steps will very definitely be tak en" to defend the character of Stompanato, who was knifed to death April 5 by Miss Turner's 14 -year -old daughter, Cheryl Crane. To Study Transcript The attorney said he would not file the suit until he had studied a transcript of the inquest into Stompanato's death and reports from his own private investigators in Los Angeles who are making Illegal Venison Brings Charges Three men appeared in dis trict court this morning on a charge of illegal possession of venison. Pleading guilty to the charges were Kenneth Lee Kimrey, 26, Cherryville, Kansas, and William Ellwood Hancock, route 1, box 544, Gold Hill. They were fined $100 each plus $5 by District Court Judge James M. Main. Also appearing on the same charge was Stanley James Steege, 27, of 401 East 12th St., Medford. Fine payment was suspended with Steege paying $5 court costs. Instafl a WESTINGHOUSE Electric WATER HEATER No flues needed! On 795O With Trade-in Trowbridge & Flynn Electric Go. 214 West Main Street Phone SP 3-6241 a "thorough investigation." Beverly Hills Police Chief Clinton A. Anderson, who charged that Stompanato preyed on wealthy women, also may be sued for slander, the attorney said. A coroner's jury ruled at an inquest last Friday that Cheryl committed justifiable homicide when she fatally stabbed Stompanato during a quarrel in the bedroom of her mother's mansion. The transcript of the in quest was sent to the Stom panato family by ex-gambler Mickev Cohen, who once hired Stompanato as a body guard. Acting for Nice Family Parker said he was acting on behalf of a "very, very nice family in this area." He said he represents Stompa nato's stepmother, Verena, a beauty shop operator here, and brother. Carmine, a barber. The damage suit, Parker said, would be filed in the name of Stompanato's son, John Jr., 10, who lives in Hammond, Ind., with his mother, Sarah. The couple were divorced in 1948. Parker would not specify the exact nature of the pos sible suit. 'I " - . ' , ' I ' : ( fSkrifo I mm,,mf'mi Sfralojel Explodes; Crew Believed Dead St. Petersburg, Fla. OP) A low flying Stratojet bomb er exploded over the heavily- traveled Sunshine Skyway bridge today and plunged into the Gulf of Mexico. The three or four crewmen aboard were presumed killed. A spokesman at MacDill Air Force Base confirmed that the plane was a sweptwing jet bomber stationed at the base but said a check would have to be made to see how many crewmen were aboard. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office reported that "bodies were seen floating in the water in the midst of the wreckage about one and one half miles from the main bridge span. Deputies quoted witnesses as saying the big plane flew low over the bay, nearly hit ting the bridge, thenL: burst into fiery fragments as it passed over the span. INDIAN OCEAN CATASTROPHE The 7000 ton British freighter "City of Sydney" saved 1300 persons from death when the 9786 ton Norwegian ship "Skaubryn" (above), crowded with German immigrants, burned and sank in the Indian Ocean. Skimpy radio reports received in London, Oslo and Amsterdam, listed only one person dead in the mishap, as a result of a heart attack, making this one of the greatest sea res cues of all time. - SPIKED DRINKS Mineola, N.Y. OP) Mrs. Dorothy Trauh, 36, sought a legal separation from her husband, Malcolm, 38, a drug firm representative, on the grounds that he secretly spik ed her drinks with "pep-up" pills. Swedish liquor stores also sell soft drinks, including some American brands. McClellan Offers Labor Reform Bill On Senate Floor Washington (IP) Chair man John L. McClellan of the Senate Rackets Commit tee brought forth a new la bor reform bill today with an assertion that union racket eering could lead to a "gangster-dominated economy." The Arkansas Democrat planned to introduce his pro posal in the Senate a short time after his committee opened a new investigation of alleged corruption in the Teamsters Union. The bill would require la bor unions to register with the Labor Department and file financial reports and other statements which would be open to public inspection. Accounting Review Meanwhile, it was learned a three-member board of monitors assigned to keep an eye on the Teamsters was to discuss details of a large scale accounting review of the union with officials of an accounting firm here today. McClellan's bill also would require unions to incorporate in their charters or by-laws a series of provisions design ed to insure democratic pro cedures and above board fi nancial transactions. "The extent to which criminal corruption and dis reputable elements have in filtrated and now dominate the' labor movement in some areas is shocking to an alarm ing degree," McClellan said. Estelle Taylor of Motion Picture Fame Succumbs To Cancer Stephen Foster, the Ameri can composer of Negro melo dies, died in 1864. Hollywood (IP) Estelle Tay lor, once one of Hollywood's most glamourous actresses died today of cancer after a four-month illness. Miss Taylor usually was identified as the ex-wife of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey. She was known in her later years for her work in animal pro tection groups. Fought Vivisection Whenever the subject of compulsory rabies innocula tion or vivisection came up, Miss Taylor was always in the 4 CLUB -mi NEWS Griffin Creek Cooking Club The Griffin Creek Cooking club held its regular meeting April 5 at the home of our leader, Mrs. Van de Kamp. The extension agent, Miss M. Garner, visted us and exDlain- ed our project book. She also told of the 4-H fair. Refresh ments were baked and served by Shirley Romanchuck and MiKe Kenyon. Reporter, Nancy Lewis " Rockie Cooks We met at the home of Mrs. Bailey, our leader, on April 9. The meeting project was raisin-oatmeal cookies. We had ice cream for refreshments. The next meeting will be held April 23. Reporter, Lillian Colpitts fore to lead the battle against the measure. She said she wanted to cry when she heard the Russians had launched an earth satellite with a live dog inside. Miss Taylor conducted a vigorous campaign on behalf of her beliefs as to what was good for Southern California's household pets. Miss Taylor, whose career started with "silents" and went just into the period after World War II, was first mar ried to Kenneth M. Peacock, a banker from Philadelphia and Delaware. Their marriage was annuled on grounds she was under age. Resumed Name . She divorced her second husband, Dempsey, and in 1935 resumed the name by which she was known to her death. Her third husband was Paul Small, a producer whom she married in 1 9 4 3 and divorced two years later on grounds of mental cruelty. Her film hits included "Cimarron," "Street Scene" and "The Southerner." DETROIT LEADERS DIE Detroit (IP) Services were pending today for two lead ing business and community leaders of Detroit John S. Coleman, 60, of Burroughs Corp. and Charles T. Fisher Jr., 51, president of the Na tional Bank of Detroit. Cole man, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce ' in 1956-57, died of a heart at tack Sunday. Fisher died of lung cancer Monday. Jp -m Jf JQ y" Jj J jf v. -J , . .mmms T 1""'""M"M "' 1 ' v' ""-- Val Timeless design ... and who should know it better? He's an Architect ... able instinctively to sense the difference between passing fancy and enduring form. And when the Imperial '58 came along, all his instinct forced him to a conclusion. "There's not a misplaced line in my new Imperial. Every shape and detail has a beautiful logic. "You can get technical about Torsion-Aire suspen sion if you like, or why Imperial power steering is different ... or how the new Auto-Pilot warns you of over-speeds and holds you at a steady turnpike pace without a touch on the gas pedal ... "... but it all means just this: No car I've ever driven has been so responsive, so comfortable, so flat and sure on corners. It feels so right. "And if it were any more beautiful inside, it would be almost too much!" You've seen the pictures . . . you've admired Imperial on the boulevards. Isn't it time you let yourself in on the rest of the remarkable Imperial story? t Imperial . . . Finest Product of Chrysler Corp. . THE TRIUMPHANT IMPERIAL . . . FINEST EXPRESSION OF THE FORWARD LOOK WALT'S LITHIA MOTORS 56-60 North Main Street Ashland HAMLIN MOTOR CO. 8th and Front Streets Medford New Guinea Gets Grammar Dictionary Techny, 111. (IP) A young Roman Catholic missionary has given the island of New Guinea a reliable grammar and dictionary for its "pidgin English." The work is another in a se ries of linguistic publications put out by the Divine Word Missionaries, with headquar ters here. New Guinea, with a popula tion of 1,500,000 has several hundred distinct languages. Hence its nickname, the ':'Is- land of Tongues." The new grammar and dic tionary was written by the Rev. Francis Mihalic, of Erie, Pa., while confined to a tu berculosis sanitarium. His "Grammar and Diction ary of Neo Melanesian" fol lows the recently declared "standard" orthography pre scribed by the Australian government. After many years of confu sion, government officials, mis sionaries, educators and set tlers now have an official au thority for "pidgin English" (a corruption of business Eng lish.) According to estimates, there are at least 700 mutual ly unintelligible tongues spo ken on the island, and pidgin English, therefore, is an im portant means of communication. GAZA ANNEXATION SEEN Jerusalem, Israeli Sector (IR Arab experts here said to day the flying of the United Arab Republic flag over the Gaza administration build ing this week was an indica tion U.A.R. President Gamal Abdel Nasser plans to annex the Gaza Strip. The area has a separate status. OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Montross, Va. (IP) Repre sentatives from 22 nations have been invited to ceremo nies April 28 marking the 200th anniversary of the birth here of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States and a father of the Monroe Doctrine. UAW Opens Meeting With American Motors Detroit (IP! The United Auto Workers today opened 1958 contract negotiations with American Motors Corp., the firm which has already told the union it wants some wage reductions in the next two years. The AMC-UAW contract covers about 10,000 produc tion workers, 9,000 of them at auto and appliance plants in Milwaukee and, Kenosha, Wis., and 1.000 appliance workers at Grand Rapids, Mich. GEM THEFT INSIDE JOB Mobile, Ala. (IP) Police reported after a brief investi gation that the $300 worth of jewelry taken from Mrs. Ann Grigers' home was an inside job. The gems were found in possession of her two sons, aged five and six. Court Records MUNICIPAL COURT James Adam, disobeyed stop sign, S5. John Rodney Keating, violation of basic rule, S10. David Arnold Davis, driving without a operator's permit, $10. James Allen Hurt, violation of basic rule. $10. Charles Rayden Leaton, violation of basic rule, $10. Fred J. Reverman, disobeyed stop sign, So. Ondas Chambers Sheldon, reck less driving. $25. Roberto Emerson Greer, viola tion of basic rule. $10. Arthur Marion Flowers, improper left turn. S5. Richard Ebenezer Swan, disobey ed stop sign $5. Stanlev Michael Zwan, no license plate light. $2.50. Gladys M. Hughes, no tail lights. S2.50. Peter Dee Flury, excessive noise, $10. Julie Ann Buck, no registration in vehicle. $5. Brent Lindley McCormick, viola tion of basic rule, $10. Dewey Virgil Rikard, defective equipment, $2.50. . Jerry Howard Dillon, violation of basic rule, $15. DISTRICT COURT William Willis, dumping rubbish, $15. Roy Dean Steele, failure to stop, $10. John D. Campbell, improper changing of lanes. $10. Lloyd A. Holm, inadequate brakes $5 William L. Chapman, no oper ator's license, $10. Perry A. Thompson, improper turn, $7.50. Albert M. Coblentz, ' overload, $65. . Winnie Lee Butler, failure to stop at scene of accident, 86. CIRCUIT COURT Irene M. Holloway vs. Roy Hol loway Jr., divorce complaint. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, April 15, 1958 3 BOMB VICTIM LOSES LEG Hampton, Va. (IP) Charles Watson Jr., -18, one of two youths who accidentally set off a Navy practice bomb, un derwent a leg amputation Monday. He and Robert Has tings, 16, had found the bomb on an island. Hastings suf fered serious burns. BIG PUBLIC ASHTRAYS New York OP) Fifty pub lic ashtrays will be installed on New York City streets April 22 to help control the litter problem. The huge ash trays, mounted on heavy ped estals, will be placed at bus stops and other congested sidewalk spots. Going to San Francisco? UNITED FLIES YOU WERE AND BACH THE SAME DAY! You enjoy extra care all the way. Delicious food at mealtimes. Attentive stewardess service. And radar on every plane for smooth flying, on time dependability. GOING: Lv. Medford 9:05 a.m. Ar. San Fran- ' cisco 11:52 a.m. RETURNING: Lv. San Francisco 6:00 p.m.-Ar. Medford 6:50 p.m. Local times Service begins April 27 CALL SPring 3-6233 or your travel agent UNITED YOU GET EXTRA CARE AT THE REGULAR FARE - ON UNITED, THE RADAR LINE SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY APRIL 16TH tale 599 7.49 Soran wb . . . Fight aluminum. Folds flat. Hurry save! sola 79.00 99.95 king size re cline with vibrator! Vinyl-frit ro safe 39.00 312 coils. Damask cover. Full, twin sizes. Box Spring . . 39.88 safe 17.00 Many stores, 22.951 Footbrak, alt-stee Vinyl seat, canopy. safe $169 Compar. with wash ers at $200! Only $6 dn. no pay ti June. safe 77C R.g. 1.10 Wardo leum floor covering! 9x12 six. only 9.24 3 "sola 199 15 cu. ft. frzr only $10 down, no payments 'til June! safe $188 Sav. $41 on this 1 1.6 ca, ft. refrigera tor. $5 down! ... see scores of other bargains for the family and home in this big circular! 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