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j m Pft-'"' IP 'f Ml Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL , Kapoho, Hawaii - Deputy Civil Defense Director Peter Pakele watching hot lava flow through the streets of desert ed Kapoho and setting fire to houses: " "If it keeps up like this, all we'll have left will be memories." Dayton, Ohio -Dr. E. Edward Pendray, pioneer rocket scientist, discussing his early efforts: "Up to 1944, the idea of rockets was still ridiculous. The Army, Navy and Air Force wouldn't pay attention until the German's started lobbing V-2's into London." San Francisco-Convict-author Caryl Chessman planning other legal moves to keep from execution if Federal Judge Louis Goodman turns down his latest attempt: "It's still 22 days away from the execution." Norblad Knows Who Will Run Against Him in Election LED FROM COURT Convict Caryl Chessman, his hands manacled, is led from the federal building in San Francisco Thursday to return to San Quentin prison. Others in the photo are San Quentin guards and U.S. marshals. Chessman had a busy day in court as he fired his three attorneys and loosed a barrage of motions in a desperate effort to stave off death in San Quentin's gas chamber Feb. 19. Chessman returns to court to hear decision on his petition for writ of habeas corpus today. (UPI Telephoto) Chessman to Appear For Judge's Ruling On Habeas Corpus San Francisco - (UPD - Caryl Chessman, who studied law for nearly 12 years on San Quentin prison's death row, today faced what may be his final court appearance. The 38-year-old convict-au thor took his life in his own hands Thursday in in effort to escape an appointment with the gas chamber in exactly three weeks. He "discharged" his three attorneys and made a personal bid for a writ of habeas corpus before Federal District Judge Louis E. Goodman. The judge said he would announce his decision in the case late to day; Presents Own Case Chessman appeared at Thursday's hearing with attor neys George T. Davis, Rosalie Asher and A. L. Wirin. They requested that Chessman be allowed to present contested issues of fact. Goodman said that violated all rules of "orderly presen tation" unless the convict wanted to discharge his attor neys and "proceed on his own." Chessman surprised the court by declaring that was his desire. "You no longer desire to be represented by counsel?" the judge said. Speaks Easily "That's not correct," Chess man replied. "I don't want to discharge counsel. I am com pelled to do so by your hon or's ruling." The self-taught law expert spoke easily and cited cases and code sections by number. During a S'-hour session he made motion after motion and Goodman denied almost all of them. Chessman was sentenced to death in 1948 after being con victed in Los Angeles on charges of rape, robbery and kidnaping. Search Starts for Missing Jet Plane Portland -(UPD- Search start ed at dawn today for a miss ing million dollar Air Force jet fighter plane which van ished Thursday afternoon while making an approach to land at Portland International airport. The F102A carried one man, wnose identity was withheld. The plane was making a normal approarch from 20,000 feet over Newberg. The Air Force said it was last report ed at 4,000 feet on the ap proach pattern indicating it was fairly close to the field. The weather was overcast with a visibility of about seven miles. . The plane belonged to the 469th f i g h t e r - interceptor squadron. The pilot was on temporary duty at the base. Two helicopters went into the air and searched the ap proach pattern area without finding a trace of the craft. Citizens were asked to con tact local police agencies if they saw or heard what might have been a crash. THE FULL MEASURE Raleigh, N. C. - (UPD - En gineering student Marvin Hughey, 20, was arrested Thursday for using his slide rule as an aid to . passing ex aminations. Police said he used it to break into a North Carolina State College class room to steal examination papers. E LOW-COST FURNITURE Mr. and Mrs. Dresser, 9-Drawer . 41 00 Prefinished Natural Cedar Large Selection Finished and Unfinished Furniture PINE - CEDAR - MAHOGANY BRUCE BAUER LUMBER COMPANY "THE BUILDITORIUM" Phone SP 2-6211 South Riverside By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) -Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) does not know who will challenge it h i m for his c ongressional seat but he knows whom s he is going to run against -James Riddle Hoffa, the T eamster chief. Norblad and a Rnbt smith 55 other mem bers of the House were "fin gered" by Hoffa in November for political extermination because of their votes in the labor reform battle in Con gress last summer. The Teamster president ap pealed to his union members for funds to try to unseat all those members of Con gress who voted for the Lan-drum-Griffin bill. But they planned to focus attention on 56 congressmen in those dis tricts that are considered "close" as to election out comes. Norblad, the state's last re maining Republican from what was an all-GOP Oregon congressional delegation eight years ago, has been winning by decreasing victory margins in the last three elections. He was reelected in 1958 by 17, 000 votes out of 173,794 votes cast. In 1956 he won by 19,000 votes and in 1954 by 41,000 votes. Informal Group Under the leadership of Rep. William Ayres (R-Ohio), the 56 solons have organized an informal group entitled "The Committee to Re-Elect Hoffa's Enemies." The big ex pectation of the committee is to attract plenty of campaign contributions to finance the re-election contests of these legislators. The National Republican Congressional Committee has made up a campaign leaflet for the Oregon congressman which contains a reprint of a news dispatch describing Hoffa's announced intent to fight reelection of the 56 lawmakers. In bold type the leaflet de clares: "Hoffa demands that you defeat Congressman Norblad. He voted for curbs on goon squads, violence and rackets in unions. He represents you, not Hoffa." Norblad, of course, was not alone in voting to curb abuses disclosed in the Team sters and several other labor organizations during the Sen ate investigations by the Mc Clellen committee. All mem bers of the Oregon congres sional delegation voted for la bor reform legislation. Norblad incurred the spe cial wrath of the Teamsters by voting for a bill that was regarded by most unions as too restrictive in areas that had little or nothing to do with racketeering. Vice Principal to Attend Conference Miss Joe Kirtley, vice prin cipal of Medford high school, plans to attend a conference of Oregon high school princi pals scheduled at Oregon State college for Feb. 13. The conference was started eight years ago on an experi mental basis and has increas ed each year. Under the pro gram, principals have indi vidual, voluntary interviews with their former students. Talks center around the stu dent's appraisal of high school preparation for college and progress and problems in studies at OSC. After the in terviews, the high school representatives meet with col lege leaders to review com ments and recommendations made by the students. ' Findings in past years have brought changes and improve ments in some aspects of both college preparatory programs in the high school and in counseling programs design ed to get students started in college, Dallas Norton, college personnel conductor coordina tor, said. Military Policeman Accidentally Shot Kearney, N. J. -(UPD- A mil itary policeman guarding a classified shipment en route from Indiana to New Jersey was accidentally shot and killed Thursday night at the railroad station here, the U.S. Army announced. Pfc. Jack E. Martin, 24, Newman, Tex., was shot when a .45 caliber automatic being unloaded by SP-4 Nicholas S. Zazula, 19, Detroit, accident ally discharged, an Army spokesman said in New York. The accident occurred in the baggage car of the train. They and 2nd Lt. James E. Derr, 22, Toledo, Ohio, were guarding a classified shipment of ordnance material hardware-being sent from Ft. Ben jamin Harrison, Ind., to Pica tjiny Arsenal, Dover, N.J. The Army spokesman said there was no fissionable ma terial involved. Martin was shot just as the train pulled out of the Kear ney station. It was possible the lurch as the train started caused the accident, the spokesman said. All three men were at tached to the 226th Military Police Company at Ft. Ben jamin Harrison. Portland's First Citizen Lived in Medford 13 Years Paul B. McKee, who was selected Portland's First citi zen for 1959, is a former Med ford resident. He lived here from 1914 to 1927 while he was associated ' with Califor nia Oregon Power company. McKee now is chairman of the Pacific Power and Light company board. From 1914 to 1920, he serv ed as assistant to the presi dent of Copco and from 1920 to 1927 he was vice president and general manager of the company in Medford. McKee was among the first valley residents to recognize the possibilities of the pear industry and boosted the in dustry by sending gift pack ages of fancy pears to per sonal and business friends in various parts of the country. During the time he was in Medford with Copco the com pany worked its way out of many dificult financial and operating problems and went ahead successfully with pio neer hydroelectric develop ments on the Klamath river. In 1927. when he left Med ford, McKee was picked by American and Foreign Power company to go to Brazil to be president of the Emprazas Brasileiras, with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. He served there for six years. Another government assign ment came in 1953, when he was asked to head a study team sent to Belgium and Holland to evaluate the MSA program in those countries. In recognition of this work, he was honored by a citation as a "NAM Man of the Year." Among posts held by Mc Kee was director of the Na tional Association of Manu facturers in 1944 and 1945; regional vice president, 1946 and in 1947 he was a national vice president. Gamble Benedict Agrees With Judge New York (UPD Teenage heiress Gamble Benedict took the advice of two New York courts today and agreed to stay in her gilded cage until her 35-year-old married sweet heart gets a divorce. The 19-year-old brunette went to court for the second time in two days Thursday, conferred with the judge, and promised she would not try to see Romanian - born Andre Porumbeanu again "as long as he is married." But the heiress to the Rem ington typewriter fortune wept as the promise was an nounced. Her court appearances were the first time Gamble had left the imposing mansion of her grandmother, Mrs. Henry Harper Benedict, since she was separated from Porum beanu and brought back from Paris last Saturday. Gamble and the sauve, wavy-haired Porumbeanu had eloped Dec. 27, the day after her fashionable society debut. ROBBERY VICTIM PROFITS Omaha, Neb. - (UPD - Taxi cab driver Stanley Swierczek, 44, said he made money by be ing robbed because the thief who took $10 handcuffed him to the wheel of his cab with handcuffs worth $14. Klamath Falls Man ' Enters Innocent Plea The case of Kennth Dusty Wells, 26, of Klamath Falls, charged with drawing a bank check with insufficient funds was continued to 9:30 a.m., Feb. 24 in district court. Wells pleaded innocent Wednesday to the charges and requested a jury trail. He is charged with giving a bad check for S21.95 to Hawkins Nite Garage on Dec. 20. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, Jan. 29, 1960 BAD LANDS AREA Rapid City-South Dakota's Bad lands are in the southwest part of the stato, slightly east of the Black hills. v Jjf Why settle for a cut-down compact IgV? when Dart gives you everything you want for just a few dollars fvJjJ more? Price? Dart prices start with the lowest in the low-price field. Economy? f"! Dart delivers up to 400 miles of cruising on a tankful jfjlr of "regular gas. Room? For a crew of six JSgMj with full cargo. Maybe that's why so many people who have priced 'Stj the compact cars are buying S Darts! Dart-. The smart way to get economy ! 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