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Mian -Believed billed in Flane .Crash' by SFG3D in PhoenBx, Ariz. Poscoveired Phoenix; Ariz.-ffiPD-The in vestigation of the mysterious crash of ajr airliner in the Gulf of Mexico with a loss of 42 lives was cracked wide open today with the r arrest by the FBI of an - ex-convict listed as one of the victims. ' Robert V. Spears, 64,. a self-styled doctor wanted in Los Angeles on an .abortion charge, was nabbed Ty fed eral agents late Wednesday" when he dashed into a wait ing taxi after, checking out of a lavish motel : hideout- n.,,. Link Strengthened Spear's arrest 'strengthen ed the possibility' of a link between the Gulf crash last Nov. 16 and the Jan. 6 crash of a New York to Miami air liner near Bolivia, N.C. with a loss of 34 lives. Julian Frank, 32, a New York attorney is suspected of carrying a bomb aboard the Miami flight in an effort to defraud insurance companies out of nearly $1 million. Suspected of Trickery ' -: Spears is suspected of hav ing tricked an old acquant ance, William Allen Taylor, 58, of Tampa, Fla.; into board ing the ill-fated Tampa to New Orleans flight in an ef fort to collect $100,000 in in surance. Both men named their wives as beneficiaries. " Spears was linked to Frank by Donald Loomis, 50, Spears co-defendant in the Los An geles abortion case. Loomis told investigators when he and Spears were arrested last July that Spears told him Frank was his attorney. He quoted Spears as saying: "I think I?d better call my at torney in New York, Julian Frank." .. Acquaintance ' Admitted '.. - . Spears also is reported to have admitted to the FBI at the time of his arrest: Wed nesday that he knew Frank, but only as just another New York attorney. Authorities thus far have been reluctant to link the two air tragedies but the possi bility of a tie-in was being in vestigated. ; The FBI was handling the possible criminal phases of both crashes while the Civil Aeronautics. Board attempted to determine the cause of the wrecks. , , ' Statement Possible Asked by a reporter if he ; placed a bomb aboard the Na ' tional Airlines flight that crashed in the Gulf, the white haired, bespectacled Spears replied: "No, but maybe I'll have a statement sometime tomorrow." Spears was neld in 535,000 bail on the technical charge of stealing the car of the man he may have hypnotized into taking his place on the air liner. '-. Flu Blaimed for Nine LA. Deaths Los Angeles - (UPD - The Asian flu epidemic which has afflicted an estimated one mil lion persons here today was named responsible for nine deaths in Los Angeles county. A deputy coroner, however, said the death toll might rise when records of the 11-day-old outbreak are complete. "Roughly speaking," he said, "we have only about one-fifth of the total recorded." "We have had a number of premature deaths which have been due to tardy medical treatment," said Dr. Reginald Smart, chairman of the public health committee of the Coun ty Medical association. Dr. Smart said the flu might go into pneumonia and that there have been 13 deaths from pneumonia in the coun ty this year. Of these, he said, five were directly attributed to the flu and flu was a con tributing cause in four of the others. Counties Receive Highway Revenue Salem - (UPD -' Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr., an nounced today that apportion ment to Oregon counties of highway revenue for the three months ending Dec. 31, was $3,109,017. Nineteen per cent of money collected from motor vehicle registrations, motor vehicle fuel taxes, motor carrier fees and traffic violation fines goes to the counties. Multnomah county led the list in both cars registered and funds derived from the apportionment with 250,655 vehicles and receipts totaling $895,691. Lane county was second with 76,153 registrations and an income of $272,125. Clack amas county was third, hav ing 49,070 registrations and receiving $175,346. FACES CHARGE Dr. Robert Spears, head down and wear ing a cap, follows an FBI agent out of, the FBI office at Phoenix, Ariz., to be arraigned on a- stolen car charge. Spears was the missing man who was listed as a passenger on an ill-fated National Airlines plane which crashed in the Gulf of Mexico Nov. 16 (UPI Telephoto) Asian Flu Epidemic Expected to Spread Washington-fUPB-The Asian flu epidemic now rampaging in 13 states and the District of Columbia will spread to other parts of the country during the next few weeks. That is the forecast of U.S. Public Health Service offic ials who are closely following the epidemic's progress. They said today the flu virus is so widely "seeded" across the nation that further outbreaks are inevitable. Large Number Expected "We look for a large num ber of flu cases in the next month or so," said one official. "But the incidence probably won't be as great as it was in the 1957 flu epidemic." At the peak of the 1957 epidemic, more than seven million Americans were down with the flu at one time. Texas and California have been hard hit, with outbreaks centered around San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Houston, Aus tin and Brownsville in Texas and Los Angeles in California. More than 35 per cent of the school population is on the absentee list in Brownsville. Detroit has reported ab sentee rates up to 30 per cent in schools and industr' ;1 plants. Several other Michi gan cities have been' hit. Other areas with sizable outbreaks include Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, West Vir ginia and the District of Co lumbia. Shots Advised for Some Although the public health service is not recommending mass - vaccination programs for the general population, it does strongly advise flu shots for two groups: 1. Persons for whom an at tack of flu would be an "add ed health hazard." This cate gory includes those with heart and lung diseases, pregnant women, and all people over 55 who have any kind of chronic disease. 2. Those engaged in "essen tial tasks" such as caring for the sick, fire protection, law enforcement, transportation and communications. ; - Friday and Saturday Be sure to attend Hapco's FLOOR and RUG CARE CLINIC featuring outstanding rug and floor care expert C. C.QUIMBY Of The Hoover Co. Demonstrations of New 1960 Hoover o Vacuum Cleaners o Floor Polishers o Floor Washers The latest for expert floor care ! J New! Jf ALSO-SEE THESE TERRIFIC BUYS! Hoover M i ; , . Floor I it walk-on airi I I Con vertifaf I Washer Ml UjgWU Special Jh - A jflgnp 0ri,s. KMt theK,b.;, fly ' iVv szJk 7-nf- ' M0. " y : - $2ovoo M3?EL girfi Buy on XV C0ME 'N FOR A DEMONSTRATION ff( Medford bsTRIBUNE Regional Edition Page 2 Stock Market in Irregular Advance New York (UPD The stock market staged an irregular advance during the first hour today. Firmness came into such groups as steels, chemicals, autos and electronics. Buyers focused- on the blue chips to some extent and put the industrial-stock average a bit more than a point above the previous close. . In the steels, Republic, Bethlehem and U.S. Steel tacked on major fractions. Ford, Chrysler, American Motors and GM were all firm in . their section. DOW-JONES AVERAGES , New York-fllPD-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 643.69, off 1.38; 20 railroads 155.13, up 0.07; 15 utilities 86.12, off 0.31, and 65 stocks 211.86. off 0.40. Sales Wednesday wert about 2,720,000 shares com pared with 3.100.000 shares Tuesday. Wednesday's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical ., 109. Alum Co. Am. 95 i American Can . . 42 3,i American Motors 86 AT&T ............. Anaconda Copper Armco steel 8 Hi 68 3S 69 Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel 51 2 Boeing Air ; 30 Vg Caterpillar Corp 30 Vi Chrysler Corp. i 62 Vi Continental Can 43?.8 Crown Zellerbach 49 V4 Curtiss Wright 28 Vi Dow Chemical 92 Vs Du Pont 244 Eastman Kodak 100 Vi Firestone 130 'i General Electric 90 Vi General Foods . ,-102 General Motors 50 Vi Georgia Pacific 48 Graham Paige ..: 3 Greyhound 20 Gulf Oil , - 33V4 Homestake Mining 413,i Idaho Power : 47 Vi I. B. M 423 Int. Paper 123 Johns Manville : 46 Vi Katy 6 Kennecott Copper 94 3a Lockheed Aircraft 281'2 Montana Power Co . 22 'i Montgomery Ward 49 Vi Nat'l Biscuit 55 New York Central . 29 Pac' Gas & Elec ... 63i Penney. J. C . 120 Penn RR '.- 16 Radio Corporation . . 62 President Would Like To Include Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower told : Sen. Hiram Fong (R-Hawaii) today .that he would like to visit Hawaii on his way home from Russia and Japan in June. The , chief executive ex pressed his sentiments after a White House breakfast giv en by the President for 14 Republican senators and con gressmen who are newcom ers to Washington. Fong asked the President to include Hawaii on his June itinerary. Would Be Fun Reporters heard the Presi dent tell the new senator "it would be fun." If Eisenhower visits Hawaii on the way home from the Orient, he seemed virtually certain to pay a call on Alaska, the nation's 49th state. Itinerary details have not been worked out, how ever. The President is also ex pected to include stops in South Korea, Formosa and The Philippines in his Far East travels. Other Visits Required The White House announc ed Wednesday the President would visit Japan about June 20 on his way home from Russia. A stop in Japan would require visits to other major U.S. allies in Asia to prevent hurt feelings. Diplomats said arrange ments were being made for Eisenhower to go to Seoul, Taipei, and Manila. Other possible stops in the Orient included South Viet Nam, Thailand and neutralist Indo nesia. At home, the President's round the world trip-starting with the June 10-19 visit to the Soviet Union-seemed des tined to cause some discom fort in Democratic, circles from a political viewpoint. Seen Tough on Democrats A key, Democratic leader, who preferred to remain anonymous, expressed - fear that Eisenhower'3 trav.els would make it difficult for Democratic dark-horse candi dates to get maximum publi city just before the party nominating convention at Los Angeles in July. Eisenhower's trip, marking the first visit by an American chief executive to Russia and theOrient, undoubtedly will dominate the news during the final weeks of June. 7 Richfield Oil Safeway Sears .... Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Co. Southern Pacific .... Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N J. Sun Mines . Texas Co 77 77 Vi 363,4 47i 40'g 39i 39 22 46 40Vi 47 6Vi Texas Gulf Sulfur Tex Pac Land Trust Transamerica Trans World Air Tri-Continental Union Carbide Union Pacific United Aircraft 17 26 16 Vi 37 142 29 39 United Air Lines .. 30 U. S. Rubber 58 U. S. Steel L 92 Youngstown S & T 123 Vi Russian President's Visit to India Lacks Ike's Reception New Delhi (UPD Soviet President Kliment Voroshilov was on an "Ike-like" visit to India today but he had a long way to go if he expected In dians to give him the rousing reception they gave President Eisenhower last month. Voroshilov's arrival Wed nesday was termed "correct" by Indian officials, who esti mated that 200,000 persons greeted the Russian President at the airport and along his route into the capital. The figure seemed to reflect more wishful thinking than accuracy. The crowds were thin and in some spots non existent along the 11 - mile route into the city, in marked contrast to the day Eisenhow er arrived. That's when a million wild ly enthusiastic Indians surged through the streets and even Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had to jump out of Eisenhower's car and help po lice beat off jubilant wel comers. Although Voroshilov will be here 11 days, compared to the U.S. President's crowded four-day visit, already he has seen more of India than Ike did. . . About all Ike saw was people - millions of them along his entry route and at a fantastic public meeting where he could see nothing but an ocean of more than a million faces. Indian officials refused to attach particular significance to the differences between the two public receptions, point ing out that after all, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the real symbol of Russian power, is due here next month and Voroshilov's visit is just a forerunner. tor yon your family your guests ..r- GROCETERIA SUPER-FOOD MARKET 6th & Grape Streets Medford Pedestrians who are blind have the legal right of way over "motor vehicles in 16 of the United States. IT'S A WONDERFUL STORE w set for the suxi easy -care dress sweater dress with plaid cotton dress glinting with striking white Arnd liftoff plus navy orlon sweater ..a gay, sleeveless V plus orlon sweater appliqued bulky orlon sweater and float skirt Liirex threads. Blue or coral 25.95 sharkskin sheath trimmed in red-white-navy with removable sailor collar. 25.95 In the Medford Shopping Center Shop Mondays and Fridays 12 Noon Till 9
