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r 8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or., Thursday, December 18, 1958 Coast Guard Joins Search for Body Of Missing Woman Santa Barbara, Calif.-(UPD- The Coast Guard has joined in the search for the body of missing Olga Duncan, 30 whose mother - in - law con fessed carrying out a bold plot to end her marriage. Police and FBI agents al ready have undertaken an ex tensive search for the young expectant mother who com plained in letters that her mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan, 54, strongly opposed her marriage Olga has beert missing since November and it was feared she may have been murdered Frank Duncan. 29, who married Olga last June Wednesday made a dramatic courtroom appearance on be half of his often-wed mother and succeeded in having her bail reduced from $50,000 to $5,000. Series of Small Siorm Systems Over Great Lakes By United Press International A series of small storm systems raced across the Great Lakes Thursday, tumbl ing temperatures and spread ing snow flurries into the Northeast. A warming trend which earlier snapped a record early December cold wave in the nation's interior, pushing into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states Wednesday, lifting readings well above freezing. Not So Severs The new wintery blasts sweeping out of Canada were not expected to be as severe or prolonged as the cold wave which hit the eastern two thirds of the country Dec. 6. Overnight readings skidded in the Southeastern Great Lakes region and the Central and Southern Plains as a dis turbance moved across the lakes. Behind the storm track, warmer weather was record ed from the Northern Rockies to the Northwest Great Lakes. ' Snow flurries occurred dur ing the night in the Northest and the Northern Great Lakes while light rain or freezing rain extended into Iowa. Cold Blamed for Deaths The cold Wednesday was blamed for at least 10 more fire deaths in the South, rais ing to at least 57 the number of persons killed in fires in nine Southeastern states since the start of the cold snap over the South last week. In the Far West, rain con tinued from Northwest Ore gon in Western Washington, while fair, warm weather per sisted over the Great Basin, producing high forest fire dan cer in Southern California. Weathermen predicted mostly cloudy skies Thursday in the nation's northern half with snow flurries continu ing in the Northern and Low er Great Lakes. Snow flurries also were seen for the North ern Rockies. The elder Mrs. Duncan was arrested last Saturday on charges of forgery, perjury and filing false statements o end her son's marriage to the attractive Canadian nurse. She admitted to authorities that she paid a man $60 to pose as Duncan while she posed as Olga. They traveled to nearby Ventura and ob tained an annulment of the marriage on grounds that it had not been consummated. Reduction Granted - Duncan, confident and square - shouldered, appeared in Ventura Municipal Court at his mother's side and de manded a reduction in her bail. District Attorney Roy Gus tafson opposed the reduction because "of the disappearance of this man's wife" and the fact that a "homicide charge may be involved." Judge Richard D. Heaton agreed with Duncan that the present charges against Mrs. Duncan warranted a reduc tion in bail. She was freed on $5,000 bail until a prelim inary hearing set for Dec. 30. Duncan said later that he and his wife, had separated several weeks after their mar- j riage but continued to see i each other up until her dis-1 appearance. He said his mother posi-: tively has denied any involve ment in Olga's disappearance. Some Hmderance Asked if he thought his mother hindered the marriage, he said, "Well, she hindered its development. As for the fake annulment, I truly ques tion why she did it ... I haven't the faintest idea . . . it has no legal status." Mrs. Duncan has had some experience in having mar riages annulled, authorities reported. They said she has been married at least four times since 1951, including a brief marriage to her son's young classmate at Hastings Law School in San Francisco, Marine Lt. Stephen S. Gillis, 27. She married Gillis Jan. 6, 1954, and several months later obtained an annulment as she did in at least two other mar riages, authorities said. Progress Reported In Airline Talks Chicago-(UPD-Some progress was reported today in almost continuous negotiations aimed at heading off a crippling strike against American Air lines in advance of the Christmas travel rush. An airline spokesman said prospects brightened for set tlement before a midnight Friday strike deadline during negotiations which ended in the early morning hours. Talks were to resume this morning. The Air Line Pilots Asso ciation announced it would call out 1,500 pilots in a strike against American at a minute to midnight Friday in a prolonged dispute over a new contract. Anti-Bombing Bill Receives Support Washington (LTD Senate Democratic whip Mike Mans field said today Senate Demo crats would vote for a "North South" bill to outlaw hate bombings regardless of what the administration does on civil rights. The Montana Democrat an nounced his personal support of a stringent anti-bombing bill which would carry up to the death penalty for inci dents resulting in loss of life. He referred to the revised Kennedy-Ervin bill, which would deal with attacks on churches, schools, syna gogues and other public buildings - including "busi ness" structures. Princes Given Cardinal's Oath Vatican City - (UPD - New princes of the Roman Catho lic Church took the cardinal's oath amid the splendor of ancient ceremony today, promising to support Pope John XXIII even "to the point of shedding my blood." Thousands of faithful mass ed in the vast Basilica of St. Peter to watch the Pontiff place broad-brimmed and tas selled red hats on the heads of 20 new cardinals as sym bols of their office. Three other new church princes were receiving their red hats from the Catholic chiefs of state of the nations in which they serve. At one point during today's ceremony, the new church princes prostrated themselves before the altar in the Chapel of St. Petronilla and com pletely covered their bodies with red capes and scarlet hoods while the choir chant ed: "We pray Thee, therefore, help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy precious blood.". Pope John embraced each new cardinal and called him "brother." Two Cars Said Heavily Damaged An automobile operated by Byron Neil Holmes 51, of 2495 West Main st., was heav ily damaged in a two vehicle accident Wednesday, at 2 p.m. near Matlack's Supermarket on West Main st., state police reported. Police said that the Holmes vehicle, traveling west, at tempted a left turn into a service station, crossing in front of an automobile oper ated by Robert Andrew Brown, 27, of 115 Geager rd., Medford. It was foggy at the time of the incident, police said. No citations were issued. Portland Girl Wins Sweepstakes Prize ' Portland-ICPD-Jeannette Hel zer, 19, a senior at Grant high school, Wednesday won the grand sweepstakes prize in the Christmas Art contest sponsored by the Hollywood boosters. Miss Helzer, who is deaf, won the grand sweepstakes for her Nativity painting on a store window. She plans to attend the Portland Art Museum school of painting. ii ii ii ii xiii i ii a w kk 'ir a m trm. -r. MORE TIME TO SAVE! 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