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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or., Sunday, September 28, 1958 Gov. Holmes Denies Report On Stewart Portland -WD- Gov. Rob ert Holmes yesterday denied a published report that he would like to fire State Tax Commissioner Sam Stewart. Holmes said he had given no consideration of any such move as reported in a copy righted story in the Coos Bay World. The World story had said Stewart was under fire for his Springfield Man, Found in Forest, Now Recovering Springfield-flJPD- A 66-year-old Springfield man, Harvey Forbes, was in McKenzie-Wil-lamette Memorial hospital here yesterday recovering from exhaustion and shock after being lost deep in the Willamette National forest for 19 hours. Forbes was reported miss ing late Thursday when he failed to return home after putting in a shift as firewatch for Snellstrom Lumber Co. A search was launched Friday morning. Two searchers. State Po liceman Floyd Sisson and Ed Barney of the Fall Creek Guard Station,' found Forbes about 3:30 p.m. Friday in a canyon near Gold Creek road in the forest, 40 miles south east of Springfield. The man's pet black dog, Vicki, was with him. Forbes was taken by stretch er to a waiting ambulance and then to the hospital. Attend ants described his condition as "good" but said X-rays were being taken: Barney said apparently Forbes had taken a wrong turn on his way home and be came lost on a logging road. He tried to turn the car around but the vehicle got stuck and he- set out walking. The searchers came across the abandoned auto first and found Forbes nearby. stand relative to timber taxa tion methods. Holmes reappointed Stewart to the commission last June for his second four-year term. Stewart, reached at Gearhart, said "I am the Governor's ap pointee, and under the law he has a right to hire and fire me. I shall reserve any fur ther comment until after such action as the Governor might take." In Coos Bay, The World said it was sticking by its story of Friday' that Holmes planned to sack Stewart if he could find legal grounds. "That was the situation Fri day," said Executive Editor ForrestAmsden. "Gov. Holmes has now discovered he hasn't the power to do so." Bridge Plunge Fatal to Worker Ontario -(LTD- A construc tion worker plunged to his death Friday at the site of a new freeway bridge over the Snake River while placing re inforcing steel in concrete. The victim was identified as Blewford Nummia Beauguess, 62, White Salmon, Wash. Bauguess was working on a concrete pier at the time of the accident. He slipped and fell about 20 feet to a concrete base, striking his head. Death was instantaneous, according to Payette, Idaho County Cor oner Giff Shaffer. The bridge is the first of two spans over the Snake River that will connect the new federal-state freeway to Ontario and Fruitland, Idaho. The freeway will replace old Highway 30. Bauguess was employed by Hansen and Parr Construction Co. of Spokane. Sprague Doubtful Of Red China War Portland -UPD- Charles Sprague, publisher of the Ore gon Statesman and ex-governor of Oregon, told a luncheon meeting of the Portland Lions Club Friday he did not be lieve the Formosa crisis-would lead to a general war but said "we cannot go on ignor ing Red China." Sprague, a former alternate delegate to the United Na tions, said ultimately this country will have to come to terms "with whatever gov ernment" rules Red China. "This is not appeasement," he said, "it is recognizing re ality." The Salem publisher called lor a more constructive, less negative U. S. foreign policy in troubled parts of the world. He said he doubted that the Warsaw talks would end in a cease fire, and, if that was the case, then it would prob ably go to the UN Sprague said he believed the situation in the Far East would "settle down" like the Middle East crisis. Braley Sentenced To Death Penalty Portland- IUPD Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson Fri day pronounced the death sen tence on, convicted slayer Har ry W. Braley, 36. , Braley was convicted for the fatal stabbing of Judith Knutsen, 42, with whom he had lived in a rooming house at 1223 SW Columbia St., Portland last May 19. Judge Dobson said he gave the death sentence because the jury made no recommen dation for leniency. Braley will be transferred to Oregon State prison at Sa lem Monday. Missile Battalion Going to Formosa Seattle (WD An Army spokesman said yesterday the first Nike-Hercules' guided missile battalion to be sent to the Orient is now en route to Formosa from here. The sailing date and the strength of the battalion were not revealed, although a bat talion normally includes from 600 to 900 men. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D Wash.), described the move as further evidence of "our ob vious determination to pro vide a real .defense of For mosa." . "This should be a clear warning to the Chinese Reds to stay out," he said. Electronic School Conducted in City A school for electronic tech nicians on the west coast was conducted at Montgomery Ward's here to acquaint tech nicians with new circuits used in electronic equipment. N. F. Howe, district service manager for Ward's, and John Seabloom, ; instructor; con ducted , the school here . last week. Attending were techni cians from Medford, Grants Pass Roseburg. Eureka. Calif., Klamath " Falls, and Yreka, Calif. ' - The training school here was part of a nationwide pro gram to train' service person nel for prompt, efficient and economical service, according to J. J. Materie, manager of the local store. Subjects covered included servicing transistor . radios,, television receivers' with em phasis on testing equipment, and new circuity known as printed wiring in Ward's equipment. - Refractory chromite output gains arebeing reported by mining interests in the Phili-pines. 150 Openings in Guard Available Salem Manpower restric tions placed against the Ore gon National Guard by the Army have been temporarily lifted to allow the National Guard to enlist 150 Oregon men to take six months of ac tive duty for training, Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, Ore gon's adjutant general, has announced. According to General Rilea the 150 men quota for the six months training will be' restricted to new enlistments in the Oregon National Guard on a first-come-first-served ba sis. - Information concerning an enlistment in the Oregon Na tional Guard may be obtained from any local National Guard unit, General Rilea ex plained. " Personnel strength ceilings were placed on National Guard units early in 1957, by the Army in line with- cut backs ordered by the defense department. Six months active duty training as provided by the Armed Forces Reserve of 1955 was curtailed at the same time. Former Valley Resident Dies Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rid dle, 84, former valley resi dent, died at the Masonic and Eastern Star home in Forest Grove Friday. , She was born April 16, 1874, at Brownsboro, Ore., the daughter of early pioneer residents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Isaacs." Mrs. Riddle, was a charter member of the Reames chap ter. Order of Eastern Star, Medford. - Survivors include two bro thers, William F. Isaacs and Charles W. Isaacs, both of Medford; a sister, Mrs. Agnes If Merrell, Oakland, Calif.; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harold Riddle, and a grandson, Wil liam Riddle, Los Angeles, Calif. Her son, Harold, pre ceeded her in death several years ago. - Burial will be in the Ma sonic and Eastern Star ceme tery at Forest" Grove at 2 p.m. Monday. The Strait of Georgia be tween Vancouver Island and the British Columbia main land was so named by Capt. George Vancouver in 1792., Health Board Approves Grants Pendlton -UPD- The State Board of Health Friday ap proved Hill-Burton hospital aid grants totalling $700017 for hospital construction pro jects at Pendleton, John Day and Oregon City. Largest project would be the $1,040,000 Doctors hospit al at Oregon . City which would feature 50 beds and 12 bassinettes and receive $346, 667 in Hill-Burton act funds. St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton was allocated $182,- 750 toward new construction but that amount was far short of the $953,042 the hospital had asked to build its propos ed 127-bed project costing $2, 859,128. The Board said St. Anthony's would be given a prior claim on any funds turn ed back and could file an ad ditional request next year. A $170,600 grant was ap proved for the Blue Moun tain hospital district for con struction of a 30-bed facility at John Day. Boy Scouts Troop 16 Nine boys from Boy Scout Troop 16 recently went on a fishing trip to Brookings. They earned their eligibility quota of 5,000 points for dili gence and achievements ' in Scout work during the past 11 months. Two other boys, Barry Ford and Danna Bow ers, who also were eligible, were unable to go. Assistant Scoutmaster Wayne Bennett, Committee man Jim Stephenson and Paul Fullmer furnished transpor tation. Boys making the trip were Jeff Hiatt, Tom Steph enson, Tom Martin, Grant and Gordon Schroeder, Danny Ha din, Warren Fullmer, Bobby Jones and Dean Hansen. Expenses for the trip were paid from the Troop's treas ury according to points earn ed. John "E. Schroeder is Scoutmaster of the troop, which is sponsored by Talis man lodge, Knights of Pyth ias, Medford. Ghana has become the 64th member nation of the Inter national Bank for Reconstruc tion and Development. Compact Commission Members Pass Resolution Affecting Dissolution establishment of priority of. the beneficial consumption of wa ter in upstream areas even if commission is dissolved by legistlation ' next year, year, Wright said. Seattle-flJPD - Oregon and Washington . members of the Columbia Interstate Compact commission led by the gover nors of the two states Friday adopted a resolution at a meeting here that could, while in effect, delay disolution of the commission. The commission was set up in 1953 to handle problems of the seven states linked with the Columbia River basin. The LOFTY MOTIVES New York (0PD Philip Cas oria, a 21-year-old engineer, told police he climbed to a tower atop the Williamsburg Bridge high above the East River because he wanted a "lofty spot to think things over" after a quarrel with his sweetheart. states are Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, , Montana, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. Gov. Robert D. Holmes led the Oregon delegation which included five legislators and Public Utility Commissioner Howard Morgan. Gov. Albert D. Rosellini headed the Wash ington group. Tom Wright, Gov. Holmes' press officer, said the resolu tion stated Oregon and Wash ington would recommend to their legislatures in 1959 that the commission be dissolved if they cannot agree. He said the commission was originally created with a "Co lumbia River authority" In mind. Since its inception, however, the member-, states have never been able to agree. Wright said a majority of delegates were scheduled to attend a meeting next month in -Spokane. 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