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o o o PLANE. CAR CRASH Two persons were killed at Compton-, Calif., when a small plane struck an auto and crashed into a parking lot. Police said the pilot, one of the victims, apparently suffered a stroke or heart att8.-k ctid was unconscious before the crash. The plane caught fire fter the impact, officers saf&.CThe driver of the auto also was killed. (UP! Telephoto) Backstairs: Hotel Helps Ike fo Belq By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporier Washington - d'PD - Back stairs at the White House: When President Eisenhower was in California last week visiting the home of George E. Allen on the grounds of the La Quinta hotel, the man agement made a special effort to add to the recreational pos sibilities for the chief execu tive. Three small lakes on the hotel golf course were stock ed with bass or rainbow trout 11 tne rresiaent had any thought of trying his fishing luck, however, it vanished completely when he heard that the bass and trout were biting best on delicatessen bait, liver and cheese. Eisenhower is a fishing pur ist, a confirmed dry fly man. He regards fishing with such stuff as liver and cheese as permissible for very small children, but utterly repre hensible for the adult. The announcement that Mrs. Eisenhower would not accompany the President to South America came as no surprise to her friends. In fact, they, were most surpris ed by the original announce ment of some weeks ago that she would undertake the gruelling 17,000 miles of e travel. Mamie kisenhower is so cially charming, but she is not strong physically. If she had gone to South America, she would not have been able to participate in many aspects of the visit. The White House says she still plans to go to Russia in June with the President, but that remains to be seen. At the Eldorado Golf club not far from Palm Springs the President last week hit a ed, the Coast Guard reported terrible drive which onomem ber of the gallery immediate ly defended. "It was a beautiful 30CDyard smash," 9aid the man, "one hundred and fifty straight up, 150 straight down." White House denials have done little to shake the belief of many Southern Californians thafethe President is shopping 4-i we Trail Blasters The January meeting of the Trail Blazers was held at the home of Mrs. Tom Whittle on Jan. 26. Members talked about the skating party which will be Feb. 11 at Ashland. Thexlub is ingoing two other horse clubs to go along on it. The group then talked about the parts of a horse and Barbara Beck pointed out the parts on a statue. They discussed what to look for when buying a good sad-9 rale horse then learned how to measure the horse. Refreshments which were brought by David Hopkins were served and the meeting was adjourned. around for a smll winter place in th vicinity of Palm Springs. This much i true: Several of his friend have been look ing over likely places not only in Southern Gelifbrnia, but in Arizona, too, on the theory that after he leave otfice, hu will want a &arm glacis to go in xne jyimer. Jim Hagerty told reporters in California that the Presi dent might try to get ia an other brief holiday bjiforft leaving for South America geb. 22. If this happens, Bi- senhower's destination my ba Thomasville, Ga., for e few days of quail hunting on the estate of George H. Humph rey, former secretary of treas ury. Nothing definite about this fat. President Calls for Law Day Observance Washington -IUPD- President Eisenhower has called for ob servance of Law Day on May "to demonstrate to the peo ples of the world that this nation seeks onjy fairness and justice in its relations with other nations." Kodiak, Alaska - (UPD - The fishing vessel Fearless went down in heavy seas off Ko diak Island Sunday and all four men aboard were drown- Porfer Mailing Questionnaires Washington-(UPH-Rep. Char les O. Porter (D-Ore.) said Monday postcards were being mailed to 131,000 persons in Oregon's Fourth Congression al District asking their opin ions on local, national and in ter national topics. Porter said he had added a "bonus" question which he hoped would spark a high response. Recipients of the postcards were asked to circle their preference for president, jyith six Democrats, including Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), and two Republicans listed. Republicans listed were Vice President Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller. Demo crats besides Morse were Sens. Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, John Kennedy and Stuart Symington, and Adlai Stevenson. mw Enjoy The Great Whiskey of the Old West mm H TWO CHOICE e siSt Dr. Finch to Take Witness Stand in Trial for Murder By JACK V. FOX Los Angeles (UPD The sur geon with the sincere eyes tells this week his story of how Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch - ' i X J it O was snoi to ueaui. Dr. R. Bernard Fich is earpected to take the witness stand sometime late today os Wednesday morning to give for the first time his version of his wife's slaying. "We have heard a lot of stories in this trial," Fjnch told this correspondent, "But when you get down to it, I am the only eye witness to what happened. And I am not guilty of what they say I am." Killing Charged What they say is that Finch, 42, and Carole Tregoff, 23, after e two year illicit love affair, killed the doctor's bru nette wife because ehe had tied up all his money esti mated at $750,000. Tha trial resumeQj Monday alter e postponement since last Tuesday due to the illness of a witness. ' , Had Carole remained silent miht not be ofi trial as e co-defendant. Not a single witness so far hag even ploced Findh's red haired mistress at tha scene of the July 18 slaying outside the cliff-top home in West Co vina, Calif. Carried Ccge But she did admit in two statements that she went with her lovyr to the Finch home that night and that she carried up the driveway an attache case containing rope, butcher knife, bullets, hypodermic needles and Seconal. Miss Tregoff, when she was first questioned, neither ask ed for a lawyer nor claimed her constitutional right not to say anything. . " Authorities in Las Vegas did not advise her of those privileges nor did the prose cuting attorneys or the judge at Finch's preliminary hear ings. She was arrested-then on a murder charge as she stepped from tie stand. The judge who presided at that hearing testified. Carole became so emotional during Pher testimony that day that she had to be helped off the stand and into the judge's chambers where they had a private conversation. CoulS Be Damaging Defense lawyers from Jerry Giesler's office will argue against admitting into evi dence the previous statements that Carole made. They could be most damaging. There are conflicts and omiions - such as the absence of any mention of contacting convict Jolfti Patrick Cody is Las Vegas about Mrs. Finch. Prosecutor Fred N. Which ello expected to wind up the state's case at noon today. Whichello has said he will seek the gas chamber both for Finch and Miss Tregoff. Study Ordered in Methods Used To Set Egg Prices Washington - (UPD A con gressional study has been or dered into methods used to set the prices farmers get for eggs. The action stiSnmed from comglaints fr8m producers that they are being bankrupt ed by low prices which have prevailed fco many months. Farmers on an average re ceived less for th?ir eggs last month than in any January in the past 19 years.0 Pubis: Hearings Set O f ll o 17m on T actar T TftVin. son (D-Wis.) announced that his House agricultural sub committee would hold a week of puDlic hearings starting Feb. 29 on the marketing and pricing of eggs. Some poultrymen have complained to members of Congress, Johnson said, "that the egg marketing and pricing systems are responsible for a part of their price problems. They tell us that supply and demand factors eft) not always determine price." Some Agricultural Depart ment officials, who feel that the currently depressed price level can be explained by supply-demand factors, have con- Woman Injured in Three Vehicje Crash Mrs. Theo Jones, 41, Gold Hill, suffered neck yi juries in a three car auto collision early yesterday in 1,000 block of Court St., city police said. She was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance service. Officers reported that a ve hicle, driven by Mrs. dnna D. Wright, 1813 North Riverside ave., struck the rear of the car operated by Mrs. Jone's( husband, Wilford J. Jones, pushing it into another car driven by Mrs. Gertrude A Shontz, Gold Hill. Police said that Mrs. Wright ovas given a citation for fol lowing too close. eluded that changes in the pattern of egg marketings in resulted in an "antiquated"' marketing system. Relatively few eggs are traded blow on the New York Mercantile Exchange. But the prices quoted there have been used as the basis for setting producer prices covering a large volume of ggs in many areas. Johnson said he hoped that department officials and pro ducer representatives would present the subcommittee "constructive suggestions for improvements in the egg pric ing system." Camp Fire Girls Visit 1&11 Blue Birds of Grade 3 of Wilson school visited the Grist mill in Eagle Point on January 27. Mr. George Put man showed us around. The girls who went are Gftil Shuler, Bonnie Galloway, Carolyn Baumer, Belinda Ran dall, Loala McMahan, Pamela Satterlee. Alta Cooper, and Judy Hedberg. t o A younger boy and girl came too. Their names are Jan Hedberg and Nola Gay McMahan. The mothers with the girls were Mrs. Elwogd Hedberg, Mrs. Walter McMahan. and Mrs. Jack Satterlee. A grand mother, Mrs. Ida A. Witton, also was present. Judy Hgdberg, President MAIL TSHBUNE, Medford, Or. Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1960 3 The minute hand on Big Ben, the clock at Westminster in London, is eleven feet long. Salem -(UPI)- British Consul James McDonald, Portland, will represent the British com monwealth at theOregon Jus tice Department's first annual law students day here Wednesday. TOBACCO - COFFEE mm lA-i'l : i-j Bui " idimiiiicnueu 1 by dentists to remove stains from teeth. 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T&xiay this is till the. Bourbon whiskey Kentucky tt ... . ., $000 SJ60 sooo 560 and to make you say, I really like tQhe t d taste of this whiskey!"0 Pt M Qt. Pt. M Qt. - w. aiB sumni mm cc, uku. it . mmt uum won mm tiw &noy tww mm is proof, gsx sm neural spirits g SVWNY Wj SUNNY 1 BROOK BROOK irrnmuunr : " . ' n-C IMIM1 WW KtMTlVKt - ... ' " "WM UT New York (UPD Industrial stocks suffered their widest January decline in history in the first month of the "Gold' en Sixties." A steady erosion of values for this average brought it down in 15 of the month's 20 sessions. The loss for January amounted to 56.74 points or 8.35 per cent, Tha only monthly decline in all history that exceeded this wide loss was October, 1929 when the average fell 69.94 from a much lower lev el. That month was the big gest in stock exchange history with sales of 141,668,410 shares, a total never ap proached since. It was the month the bull market of the 1920s collapsed. Volume Falls Off The past week's volume fell off to a mere 14,005,490 shares, a daily average of 2,801,098 shares, lowest for a full week since Oct. 23. The volume for the previous week was 14.219,090 shares or a daily average of 2,843,818 shares. For January the volume was 14,219,090 shares or a below last year's 83,253,414 shares. 0 Other sections of the mar ket did well on tfe week and on the mont h. Industrials were down 23.23 points on the week to 622.23, a loss of 3.g per cent. Rails lost 4.03 points to 151.60; utilities lost 0.82 to 85.56, and 65 stocks 6,13 points to 206.42. Rails Hit Low All the leading averages xcept rails set new lows j announce a giant refinancing since Sept. 22. Rails were at f move at rates under 5 per their lowest since Dec. 2. PceSt. ? v fe ' " ll Tremendous . ' JM I f W ' '" Savings 141 If ' jTi''K 1 ErImTIS . . . THE GREAT SHOE SALE AIL S - v 1 - , j WOMEN IN SOUTHERN OREGON WAIT AND LOOK ' I U"''FOR . . . 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YF HOW! - S TmticilY II For Exactly 2 C-ZZj Ike Price o! J J ( lbe pr' tl ' I ' 2 Lots of mid and high II I I 1 Johansens . . . Amanos I ft " 3 mm j heel shoes in this group I I I I g-Jr J" J . . . Vitality . . . Car- I fTJ mm ... lots of blacks and I I I L fi resas . . . beautiful shoes I V I r' j F some colors . . . II p M that fit and wear . . . I ' 4L For fixaciiy g For Exactly BM LZZ) ihe Price of JLJi Price o! jLX ' " &W Top grades and styles in Tl Iflk BAGS Vi PRICE . this group ... many us- I I vlJ2Ml-lfc mmt Cf able right into early I I fi W m fV spring . . . now two for I I I I J M iUy JF t J O 4k "T 21 North Centra! Q j w 2 FOR 1 2 FOR 1 2 FOR 1 2 FOR 1 For the month of January the rails lost only 2.45 points, utilities 2.27 points and 65 stocks 13.10 points. Automobile issues featured in volume and suffered wide losses on fears the current rate of sales would not su stain the antfiipated volume for 1960. Other blue chips were hard hit largely through neglect of buyers than any sales pressure. The market worried about the steel situation and was particularly perturbed when the head of U.S. Steel didn't want to make predictions be yond the first half. The head of Bethlehem, however, pre- dieted a record year in steel production but this failed to turn the tide of the decline. The FrerPch Algerian prob lems were said to have played a part in the selloff. Strike Devastation A big batch of corporation reports, many of them steel companies, revealed the dev astation of the0 116-day steel strike. Some oil companies and , a few others, however, made a good showing. Divi dend increases and extras ap peared by the dozen without pfriuch help to the market jjs a wnoie. Business held high, al though automobile output and car loadings dipped on the week. Electricity output reached a record high. Oil statistics showed gains in gas oline inventories and declines in fuel oil stocks. Money rates softened a bit and the treasury was able to o o
