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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1959)
Marines Reach Top of Whitney Lone Pine, Calif. - (LTD - A column of 201 Marines Thurs day completed a 175-mile hike from blistering desert to 14, 490 foot snow-capped Mt. Whitney. The rugged Leathernecks planted the national colors and the flag of the 1st Recon naissance Battalion, 1st Ma rine Division, Camp Pendle ton, Calif., on the mountain crest. The gruelling march took them from the lowest point in the continental United States, Death Valley, Calif., which is 252 feet below sea level, to the second highest point without a single man dropping by the wayside. At times temperatures in the desert reached above the 100-degree mark. Their last day was troubled by bad weather, and rugged terrain. It forced them to cancel a planned additional hike of 33 miles. At least four-fifths of the battalion had blisters on their feet as they began the final ascent to the mountain peak, and one acting sergeant made it to the top with a dislocated shoulder. Gasoline Price War in Portland Portland-(UPD-Retail prices were as low as 23.8 cents per gallon for regular gasoline to day. Dealers said no end was in sight to the current price war. A dealer in the Sellwood district said a competing sta tion posted a 24.8 cent price but was giving a 2-cent per gallon rebate. . Several stations were sell ing regular gasoline at 24.9 cents with premidum down to 29.9. Prices were reported higher in the Willamette valley with regular going at 31.9 cents in many places. But in other parts of Oregon regular sold up to 38.9 cents per gallon. Jfqped " isaiivivvm "owi ,. - . .i Just a short time ago, he walked into his dealer's show room with his heart and his hopes high to see if the time had come for his first Cadillac Well his fondest hopes were realized and here he is today with the car of his dreams. AVhat were the facts about Cadillac that made this happy, and memorable momenD possible? First -of all, the cost of a new Cadillac is remarkably modest so much so, in fact, that many models are priced competitively with other cars of American manufacture. And because Cadillac's initial price includes so many basic features that cost extra with other makes Cadillac is actually the price rival of cars of far less stature. VISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER SKINNER-BUICK-CADILLAC 143 SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEDFORD, ORE. SEE THE GENERAL MOTORS EXHIBIT AT THE OREGON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION IN PORTLAND, JUNE 10 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 17 Livestock Exposition Slated at Portland Portland - (UPD - The Cen tennial Exposition building here will be the scene of the first Pacific International live stock ' Exposition since 1952 this fall. The show will start Oct. 17, a month after close of the Centennial Exposition. fO- I SPEAKER Dr. Charles E. Rothwell, president of Mills college, Calif., will address the Northwest Conference on Higher Education, meeting at Southern Oregon college July 26-28. One of America's fore most educators, Rothwell will identify the "Ingredients of Excellence." The session is de voted to the study of the su perior student. In addition to his years in education, Roth well served 10 years in various capacities with the State De partment and the Foreign Pol icy commission of the United States Chamber of Commerce. He was the first Secretary General at the United Nations. Oregon Adventists Elect President Portland- (UPD -Elder Henry L. Rudy, a general vice pres ident of the world General Conference of Seventh - Day Adventists, in Washington, D.C., was elected the new president of the Oregon Con ference of Seventh-Day Ad ventists at the conference bus iness session here Thursday. Jar Ihe'Jfest. . . and Gotjtf . Every Window of Every Cadillac is Safely Plate Glass Guilty Verdict In Strangulations San Diego - (DPI - The same jury of six men and six wom en which Thursday night found an Illinois couple guilty of the first degree murder of two small boys because they were "a bother," reconvened today to determine whether the couple should die' in the gas chamber or spend their lives in prison. Mrs. Wanda Brogdon, 33, mother of the slain boys, and Kenneth Merriam, her lover, showed no sign of emotion when the jury, after 10 hours of deliberation, found them guilty of two counts of first degree murder. Each of the counts carries a mandatory sentence in Cali fornia of life imprisonment or death in the gas chamber. Un der state law the same jury which tries a capital punish ment case must meet in a separate hearing to determine the sentence. The couple attempted throughout the eight-day trial to blame each other for the strangulation of Virgil Jr., 5, and David Brogdon, 3, last May 2. Both previously were found sane in a separate san ity hearing. 15 Years Meted For Manslaughter Vale, Ore. (UPD Edward O'Conner, 38, of Giltner, Neb., today faced a maximum sent ence of 15 years in the Ore gon state prison for the blud geon death last May of a San Francisco man. O'Conner entered a plea of guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter, in Circuit Court here. He had been scheduled to go on trial next Monday. He was charged in connec tion with the death of Eugene Potter, 62 whose body was found last May 16 in a motel at Rome, . in eastern Oregon. O'Conner was arrested later at Reno, Nev., and returned here. There is also Cadillac's extraordinary economy of own ership. The car is amazingly frugal with gasoline and truly marvelous in its dependability. And then there is the way a Cadillac protects its ow ner's investment. For such is the demand for Cadillac that the car returns an exceptionally high percentage of its original cost at the time of resale. Those are the facts and the conclusion, we feel, is obvious: if you are considering any mofor car even in the medium price field you owe yourselx a visit to your Cadillac dealer's showroom before you make your decision. He'll be waiting for you with the most surprising economy story of the year! Try and Stop Mo By BENNETT CERF DECIDING HE NEEDED a new rash of publicity that old favorite, Vincent Lopez, hired a young Broadway character who swore he could plant items in every column in town. Lopez awaited results in vain for a fortnight. Then the young man burst in and cried elatedly, "Well, Boss, we've got the lead-off item in the hottest column in the business tonight!" Gratified, Lopez turned to the column indicated. The first item read, "What ever became of Vincent Lopez?" Dorothy Parker, witty au thoress who claims to remem ber New York from the days "when that city was scarcely safe from buffaloes," admits It takes ler half a year to write a short short story. 1 can't writs five words," she sighs, "but what X cross out seven." Heard what the cannibal chiefs wife said to her best friend? "Be sure to drop in Friday night. We're having the Joneses for dinner." 0 1SH by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate, Missing New Jersey Socialite Found on Street in Chicago Chicago -UPD- Missing New Jersey society girl Jacqueline Gay Hart, 21, was found wan dering hysterical and incoh- herent on a downtown street early today. She said she had been kidnaped. The beautiful blonde so cialite told of being abducted by two men after she saw her fiance, Stanley E. Games, 25, Fayetteville, W. Va., off at the Newark Airport Tues day night. Her father, Ralph A. Hart, executive vice president of Colgate Palmolive Co., and Gaines left New York for Chi cago on a special plane char tered by a New York news paper. Bound With Rope Miss Hart told police, and her father by telephone to her Short Hills, N.J., home, that she had been seized at the brightly - lighted exit to the terminal, forced into a car and bound with rope. Her diamond engagement ring, valued at about $5,000, was missing when she was found, as was a gold flower pin she was believed to have been wearing. Hart said she recalled hear ing her kidnapers plan to make a demand for ransom during the first several hours of her captivity, but had no recollection of events from that time until she was push ed out of a car in Chicago today. "Daddy, I'm geared," she told him on the telephone. "Come and get me." Deputy Chief of Chicago Detectives Howard Pierson said, however, that police have not discounted the pos sibility that Miss Hart may have had a recurrence of am nesia which affected her mem ory briefly after an automo bile accident two years ago, He said no immediate at tempt was being made to find her alleged kidnapers because: "We're unable to talk to her. She's hysterical, but calming down a bit now." Flags Down Officer Miss Hart was first seen by patrolman Jack Blakeslee who was driving a squad car down Columbus dr., near Lake Michigan. He' said the girl flagged him down, opened the car door and jumped in. Weeping, she said, "I'm Gay Hart. I'm from New Jersey, according to Blakeslee. . Blakeslee radioed for help and another squad car in the neighborhood, driven by pa trolman James Miskell, joined him. They took her to the Cen tral police station. At the station, Lt. Charles Pierson. Howard Pierson's brother, said the girl was still hysterical but refused medical attention. Officers gave her some aspirin in water and wrapped her in a blanket. She' bore two bruises on her arm, which Miskell said indicated she was held forci bly. She also had a 'swollen liD and her hair, while not dishevelled, was not in "good condition," according to Pier son. Howard Pierson said the girl was wearing the same clothes she had on when she left Newark and she was still carrying her purse. The clothes don't look too bad to me," Howard Pierson said, "and they weren't wet from the rain we had today." Miskell said her clothes "were in darn good condition" considering the circumstances. Geyser May Become Tourist Attraction ' Lakeview - (UPD A hot springs geyser which erupted near here on the Cnaries Crump ranch may become a tourist attraction if the Lake county Chamber of Commerce has its way. The eevser is thought to be the only continuous one in the world. State engineer Lewis A. Stanley wants the geyser cap ped because he said it is wast ing water. Secretary of state Howell Appling has recommended that the geyser be made into tourist attraction. Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton earlier asked the Thermol Power Co., of Nevada to caD it because of a dispute " regarding permits to drill the well in tne iirsi place. Charles Crumo said ne would give the land to the county for a park if the coun tv court and Chamber of Commerce are interested. The Oregon Wagons Due at Huntington Huntington, Ore.- (UPD -The Oregon Centennial wagon train was to camp here to night after crossing the east ern Oregon, desert between U. S. Highways 26 and 30. The camp site is on the Huntington school grounds. The members of the train were to be given dinner by the citizens of the small town. No special program was to be followed. Word was received by the wagon train officials on the trail that the arrival of the train at Independence has been set ahead to Aug. 14, instead of Aug. 15 at pre viously planned. 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The measure, which now goes to the Senate, also would authorize the spending of $150,000 to finance a compe tition for a design for the memorial. NOT SATISFIED Ollham, England - (UPD -Thieves stole a television set, hair drier, pressure cooker, electric toaster, vacuunvclean er and some luggage from Mrs. Joyce Willerton last month. But, apparently the thieves weren't satisfied with them. Thursday, the applian ces mysteriously reappeared in her back yard, neatly stack ed against a wall. 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