Stompanato Family
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ainst Lana Turner
Lawy
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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RETURNING: Lv. San Francisco 6:00 p.m.-Ar.
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