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S MAIL TRIBUNE, MtdfortJ. Oregon, Sunday, November 3, 1958 Trick-or-Treat' Tragedies Mar Clean, 'Scary' Hallowe'en Fun Reports from around the nation showed that most kids had clean, "scary" fun, but pranksters and nervous vic tims caused several accidents to mar the Hallowe'en cele brations. Tragedy struck in Pitts burgh Friday night when two youngsters on "trick-or-treat" The NEXT TIME you see this number MARK X MEL L ATT IE for State Representative Pd. Adv. Latrie for Representative Committee, Dick Gray, Chairman, Cherry Lane, Medford rounds were run down and killed by a truck on a busy street. The children, Gary Molek, 6, dressed as a space man, and his sister, Gayle, 5, wearing an Easter bunny cos tume, had strayed momentari ly from their mother's side Pennies For U.N. Children wearing costumes of every description, with trick-or-treat bags in one hand and pieces of chalk and soap in the other, made their customary visits to millions of homes. In many cities, spe cial efforts were made to channel the goblins-for-a-day into constructive adventures. Storeowners invited chil dren to draw on their win dows and offered prizes for the most artistic efforts. Many of the small-fry turned over their Hallowe'en pennies to a United Nations Childrens' fund, and a spokesman in Mil waukee said that donations there would "exceed last year's figure." Several parents reported their children had been lost during the beggars' night for ays, but all were found later -usually at a police station. There were several shoot ings associated with Hallo we'en. A Bicknell, Ind., school teacher shot one of her pu pils " in the throat Thursday night when the boy, Earl Mar tin, 13, tried to scatter corn on her porch. In Liberty, Mo., a farmer sprayed two young sters with buckshot for try ing to overturn his outhouse. In Chicago, police held a 40-year-old Negro laborer in the fatal shooting of a white youth Friday night. Louis Shoemate said a group of white teen-agers out for Hal lowe'en began to jeer and tried to attack him. Dead was Gene A. Stanford, 18. But it appeared that most youngsters kept the peace, content to be, at worst, play ful nuisances. Returning home with their loot, they put away their costumes for next year. If your water heater is too old rfTii ...too small ...or too slow ...you need a new GAS WATER HEATER! TRADE IN YOUR OLD WATER HEATER NOW! $ 7!) (Tt) lu ll's worth : i Vy o Towards purchase NEW, AUTOMATIC GAS WATER HEATER! Only Gas Heats 3 TIMES FASTER! CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY MEDFORD, OREGON PHONE SP 2-5284 Thornton, Oregon ion Publisher Swap Jabs On Failure of Probe Salem-(DPD - Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton has broken a two-year silence on the Portland vice investiga tion and said the maior share of the blame for failure of the probe rested with the Ore gonian. Michael J. Frey, publisher of the Portland newspaper, said Thornton was "distorting the truth when he attempts to blame the Oregonian for his failures." Thornton, Democratic candi date for Congress from the 1st district, said he was re plying to two recent editorials in the Oregonian and said the newspaper was prompted by "my refusal to take orders from you during the vice in vestigations." Frey replied that Thorn ton's "implied charge that the Oregonian attempted to 'ord er' his conduct during the in vestigation is ridiculous and completely untrue." "Problems" Oullined Thornton outlined a num ber of "problems" vhe said his special prosecutors were confronted with and which he said contributed to their fail ure to secure convictions. One was the "unexpected refusal of the Oregonian's chief wit ness, James Elkins, to testify in the main cause the con spiracy to 'open up' Portland." Frey said "I have no idea, of course, why Elkins refused to testify. Nor does the Oregon ian assume any responsibility for Mr. Thornton's handling of Mr. Elkins or any other witnesses available to the state in the vice prosecutions." Thornton also charged there were "technical shortcomings of the famous tape record ings.". Frey said the only tape put in evidence by Thornton was in one trial. He said this tape withstood attacks by the defense and was finally ad- Sister of Sen. Morse Seeks House Seat as N.Y. Democrat Syracuse, N.Y. - (UPB - Mrs. Caryl M. Kline, like her broth er, Sen. Wayne Morse of Ore gon, used to be a Republican Court, Planners Tour Recreation Sites in County A tour of possible recreation sites in Jackson county was made Thursday and Friday by county court members and representatives of the county planning commission. Thursday, county represent atives were accompanied by Mark Pike and Neal Butter field, both of the Portland of fice of the National park serv ice. Two acres of a proposed roadside picnic area on Dead Indian rd. which may be do nated to the county were in spected. The group checked three proposed recreation areas at Howard Prairie res ervoir totalling 250 acres and examined the right of way of the new road which the coun ty is building to connect with the public parking area at the west side of the reservoir. One private property con taining 40 acres on the Ap plegate was examined as a possible park site. BLM Properly Examined Two properties of the bu reau of land management were also examined as to pos sible park use. One is on Star gulch near Lookout mountain and the other an old CCC pic nic area on Sterling rd. The first area has 10 picnic tables and toilets and the second two or three picnic tables and toilets. "The BLM is working close ly with the county court in selection and acquisition of park and recreation areas." . County Judge Rodney Keat ing said. The group also examined the Emigrant lake recreation site as to possible daytime recreation use. This area would be restricted to early season use because of the problem of draw-down for ir rigation, Keating said. The contract to be submit ted to the county court for ad ministration of recreation sites in the Talent project has not been returned yet from the regional bureau of reclam ation office at Boise, Idaho, Keating said. 22 Influenza Cases Reported Last Week Twenty-two cases of influ enza and seven cases of pneu monia were reported to the Jackson county health depart ment last; week, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health physician. Eight influenza cases were reported in Phoenix, five were reported in Central Point, four in Ashland, three in Med ford and two in Shady Cove, Dr. Merkel said. Three pneumonia cases were reported in Ashland, two in Medford and one each in Jacksonville and Butte Falls. Other cases of communic able diseases reported in the county last week included tu berculosis, Eagle Point 1; chicken pox, Butte Falls 1; mumps, Shady Cove and Med ford 1 each; strep throat, Med ford 2; and measles, Shady Cove 3. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 but now embraces the Demo cratic Party. They both started out in Wisconsin as what Mrs. Kline calls "La Follette Progressive Republicans." Then they went to opposite ends of the coun try only to discover "a com pletely different kind of Re publicanism," according to Mrs. Kline. She is running on the Democratic-Liberal tickets for the House seat from the 35th Con gressional District of New York. The District includes all of Onondaga county. Mrs. Kline, named Caryl because she was born on Christmas day in 1914, faces a tough fight in trying to unseat Rep. R. Walter Riehl man, the Republican who has held the job she seeks for 12 years. Observers Hedging But, for the first time in years, some observers are D.A. Annonces No Prosecution For July 5 Blast " Portland-(UPD-A 20-year-oid Milwaukie youth, now a state hospital inmate, who admitted accidentally touching off a warehouse fireworks explo sion here July 5 in which a little girl was killed, will not be prosecuted, according to Multnomah County District Attorney Leo Smith. Smith said Friday that the youth, Richard George Wag ner, has been judged mental ly incompetent and incapable of standing trial by psychia trists at the state hospital. Wagner told investigators that he had broken into the warehouse during the night and set off a series of explo sions. The blast killed the girl, Sleeping in a nearby house, injured 26 other persons and damaged several buildings in the Southeast area. A Clackamas county depu ty arrested Wagner two days later after recognizing him as an habitual escapee from state hospitals. The building that blew up was the warehouse of the Sig nal Fireworks Co., where py rotechnics were i stored. I very sincerely believe that Oregon business and industry cannot survive an other four years of the re strictive, unfriendly atmos phere created by Gov Holmes. With Homles in office new industry will not come to Oregon and existing in dustry cannot operate effec tively, cannot prosper and cannot expand. For Progressive Leader ship, Economy in Govern ment and leadership free of entangling alliances I urge you to vote for Mark Hat field for Governor. WALLY IVERSON 1316 Queen Anna Medford Pd. Adv. Wally Iverson, 1318 Queen Anne, Medford hedging on the outcome be cause Mrs. Kline is giving Riehlman his first real oppo sition. In the past, a Republi can victory was nearly taken for granted, partly because of a rather weak local Demo cratic organization. " Mrs. Kline has purchased radio and television time on a wider scale than is normal for local Democrats. She has used to good advantage her experience as a speech teach er and debating coach. She has arranged "coffee hours" in homes throughout the county during which she tells groups of women why they need a housewife in Congress. Husband Professor In addition, Mrs. Kline manages a family which con sists of her husband, Hibberd V. B. Kline Jr., a professor of geography at Syracuse University, and two school boy sons, Hibberd III, 11, and Wayne Morse Kline, 7, named after his Senator uncle. Mrs. Kline, a native of Madison, Wis., gives this ac count Of her switch to the Democratic Party: "We came to Syracuse in 1956 and were surprised to find a completely different Republican party. There was nothing like the La Follette progressivism of Wisconsin. It was all very conservative. In 1948 I voted for Harry S. Tru man but because Wayne was a Republican, I felt it would be unwise to openly change parties at that time. But after Wayne became an Independ ent in 1952, I registered as a Democrat." anJ others. . Fred said he wholehearted ly agreed with Thornton's con tention that much was ac complished in the probe "which the Oregonian started and Mr. Thornton continued, despite the attorney general's inability to convict most of the accused." mitted by the court as evi dence. Regarding a charge by Thornton of "premature ex posure" by the Oregonian of the evidence, Frey said that as early as March 9, 1956, al most a month and half before the Oregonian began its series of disclosures, the chief ex ecutive of the state was in formed that it was making an investigation. "Some two weeks before we began publishing, top state df- ficials, including police, were invited to inspect our evi dence and were briefed on what we had uncovered," Frey said. Thornton also referred to: "The bitter, spiteful duel be tween the two Portland news papers and the destructive ef fect of their inter-meddling on the state's cases. A prime ex ample of this was the attempt by the Oregonian to black jack me into procuring the in dictment of Mayor Terry Schrunk after the charge had been twice submitted to and rejected by the grand jury." Frey replied that the Schrunk matter was "not a part of our disclosures." Schrunk was found innocent. Thornton listed several ac complishments of the vice probe including "the closing of a whole series of illicit bootleg and gambling estab lishments which had flourish ed openly for more than three years; closing the houses of prostitution; a house cleaning in the Multnomah county dis trict attorney's office . . . " Lumber Price Index In Slight Decline Portland Crow's Lumber Price Index moved down a notch last week, as a result of price weakness and slack de mand during the past two weeks. However, as the week neared an end, there were signs of an improved trend. Mill prices on standard and better green Douglas fir di mension were moving up slightly. There was also some increase for utility dimension. The major reason for the drop in the Index was the price decline in kiln-dried fir dimension. It has been exper encing recently the decline which had previously hit green fir. high tax Can We Solve This Problem? Yes, says Paul Geddes We can solve our high tax problem by living within bur means on the local, state, and national levels. Paul Geddes' opponent, according to the Con gressional Quarterly, voted FOR economy bills only 8 of the time in Congress. He voted AGAINST economy bills 3 of the time. (Reported in the Oregonian, Oct. 30, 1958.) PAUL GEDDES SAYS: "The only way to obtain tax relief for every citi zen is by practicing the strictest economy in government. I will support those essential public services which people cannot perform for them selves. I will oppose all other costly govern ment activities." PAUL GEDDES Will represent YOU In CONGRESS (Pd. Pol. Adv., Geddes for Congress Comm., V. .-Jormson, Eugene, Chmn. ; To the people off Jackson County MULTNOMAH COUNTY POLITICAL MACHINE LoJ J J J : Oon'f Send Rubber Stamps to Salem to Represent You! 1. Robert Duncan Rubber Stamped those of us over 65 with limited income out of need ed property tax relief. ' 2. Robert Duncan Rubber Stamped a 100 increase in income tax rates on those of us in the lowest bracket. 3. Robert Duncan Rubber Stamped approximately $30,000,000.00 in extra spending bills over the Governor's recommended budget. :- hr 4. Robert Duncan Rubber Stamped Governor Holmes in action on a needed freight rate decrease thereby lossng jobs and payrolls for those of us who work in the woods and the sawmills. 5. Robert Duncan Rubber Stamped decisions made with the Multnomah County Demo crat caucus which cost Jackson County representation. Pd. Adv. Jackson C6. Republican Central Committee, Medford, Don Stathes, 8 N. Riverside, Chairman.
