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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, I960
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
California flews Centers on
Highwaymen, Politics, Search
By United Press International
oacramento A band of
highwaymen who terrorized
motorists throughout the
Southwest during the past
five months by posing as po
lice was broken up at week's
end when their illiterate
leader was caught in Lan
caster, Calif., because he re
fused to dim his car head
lights. Barrel chested Elton H.
Hale, 42, an ex-convict and
hog rancher, admitted lead
ing the "red light" marauders
during the raids in Califor
nia. Arizona Tovoc on4 A
kansas, during which several
women and a 12.vosar.niri
girl were raped and motor
ists Deaten, chained and
robbed.
Hale, who drawled "I hate
people" after his arrest by
California hiehwav natrnl.
men, identified his accom
plices as E. J. Minor, 31, and
Leroy Coates, 27, of Yuma,
Ariz. They were arrested in
the Arizona city.
Another Sought
Another man was being
lought in Livermore, Calif.,
where Hale had a hog1 ranch
which he left in May, telling
his wife and six children he
was going "to pick cotton."
Since that time, investiga
tors said, there were increas
ing reports of roadside gangs
attacking and robbing motor
ists after forcing them to stop
by using a red spotlight and
siren.
That was the same tech
nique used by executed "red
light bandit" Caryl Chess
man, who died May 2 in the
San Quentin gas chamber for
his Los Angeles attacks 12
years ago.
Hale was arrested with his
17-year-old son Robert as
they drove on Highway 138
near the desert community of
Lancaster. He resused to dim
his lights when he met a
highway patrol cruiser. The
cruiser turned around to
warn him about the lights
when officers noticed the car
was sought in an all points
bulletin.
Pistol Found
Hale as did his accom
plices gave up without a
fight. Officers found a .45
caliber pistol in the car
along with a red spotlight
that could be rigged up with
a special wiring under the
dash. Hale admitted serving
time in Arkansas for cattle
rustling and robbery.
The boy was cleared of any
implication in the highway
crimes.
"What they say I've done is
true," Hale told his son after
confessing to deputies. "I
don't want you to do nothing
like this. The cops will have
to hold you here for a while,
but afterwards I want you to
go home and take- care of
your mother and brother and
listers and work hard."
Elsewhere, there were these
developments:
Lodge: Henry Cabot Lodge,
Republican candidate for the
vice presidency, stumped
California for votes for the
Miirnn.T.nrtso ticket. The for
mer U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations told a crowd
of 5,000 persons on the steps
f thp State Capitol that the
Soviet Union lied to the
world and owes an apology to
the United States. Lodge said
Russia "admitted that they
i.rara nnt telline the truth
about the downing of a U.S.
nn 47 reconnaisance plane.
H said Russia's veto of his
proposal for an impartial in
vestigation of the downing
proved this.
Brown: Gov. Edmund G.
Brown went east to remind
voters of some of New York
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's
attacks on the Eisenhower
administration defense pro
gram. Brown told a news con
ference in Washington, D.C.,
he felt he should campaign in
the East for Sen. John F.
Kennedy, the Democratic
presidential nominee, if
Rockefeller is to campaign in
California for Vice President
Richard M. Nixon, the Repub
lican candidate.
Search: The Coast Guard
called off its air and sea
search for the missing skip
pers of the fishing boats
Steelhead and Coho II. Offi
cers said in San Francisco
they were waiting for a re
port from the FBI on the
wreckage found in the Monte
rey area where the Steelhead
last was seen. The sea mys
tery started a week earlier
when Steelhead skipper E. A.
Davisson radioed his last
message, "Coho II shot me.
It's been a good life. So long,
boys."
The Coast Guard said It
could not substantiate the
statements, but a search was
starter which uncovered only
debris floating in the area
where the Steelhead was last
seen. When Coho II skipper
Ted Bean, 48, of Bakersfield
and Benicia, was being es
corted in for questioning, he
disappeared over the side of
his boat just outside the
Golden Gate.
S o 1 o n s: The Sacramento
Solons baseball team of the
class AAA Pacific Coast
League was put up for sale.
The team's board of directors
voted 7-0 to dissolve the
club. One director abstained.
The Solons, who have op
erated in Sacramento every
year but three since 1903,
thus appeared destined for a
new home next year. The
club lost an estimated $75,000
last year.
The Family Council
Edltur'i Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychia
trist, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. Each article
is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on
problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and
counselors.
Mrs. R. T. - Dora should
have it out with her husband.
Dora K. - I can't do a thing
with him.
..
Mrs. R. T. - I am a Widow,
mother of one married daugh
ter and a single son, with
whom I reside.
I visit my daughter once or
twice a week at most. I usual
ly come over late in the after
noon. We have dinner together
and then sit around talking.
Sometimes we go to a movie
or visit one of the neighbor
hood women.
Certainly this could not be
considered interference in my
daughter's married life. Yet I
notice that my son-in-law is
always resentful of these vis
its. He shuts up like a clam
and gives me dirty looks when
I try to draw him into the con
versation. I feel that if Dora
had it out with him he
wouldn't act like that.
,
Dora K.-My mother thinks
I can make my husband be
have differently by just giv
ing him a lecture. Well, he
isn't that sort ol man. . i
Ed never argues, never com
plains about anything, but he
does whatever he pleases and
he tells me to do whatever 1
please. He told me he had no
objection to my mother com
ing over, but not to expect
him to be part of trie conver
sation because he can't talk
about the things that interest
her-people, clothes, cooking.
I tell Mother to pay no at
tention to Ed. That's the way
he is and he'll never change.
Mother says I'm too easygoing
with him, but I honestly don't
know how to do a thing with
him.
The Council: Few mothers-in-law
think of themselves as
"typical," yet many men feel
they have mothers-in-law who
conform to the pattern.
Mrs. R. T. is sensitive about
her son-in-law's attitude to
ward her, but she shows no
sensitivity about hers toward
him. She shows a critical atti
tude, hardly designed to make
man or beast warm up to her.
Ed's actions sound as though
he feels very much on the de
fensive.
She may argue, of course,
that she is reacting to ' Ed's
coldness, but it would be no
more possible to prove which
negative reaction set in first
than it would be to prove the
chicken came before the egg..
as things stand. Mrs. R. T.
claims she wants her son-in-law's
friendship. . Therefore,
the responsibility of achieving
it rests mainly on her. She
cannot simply pat herself on
tne back and point out that
she tries "to draw him into
the conversation." If she
really wanted him in the con
versation she would talk
about things that interest him.
He would find it hard to stay
out.
As we get the picture Mrs.
R. T. would like to soundly
thrash her son-in-law, verbal
ly at least. Fortunately, she
has enough self-criticism or
restraint to avoid that, but she
is ready to push her daughter
into doing it for her. Unless
she changes this basic attitude
she has little hope of getting
her son-in-law to see her in a
different light.
Until she is ready to meet
her son-in-law with warm and
friendly feelings, we think
Mrs. R. T. should shorten and
limit her visits, confining
them to hours when he is not
at home;
(Copyright 1960, General
Features Corp.)
Dr. Walker Named
Delegate From State
Dr. Lewis P. Walker, Med
ford, is one of six Oregon
dentists named to the Ameri
can Dental Association's house
of delegates at the 101st an
nual convention of the ADA
in Los Angeles Oct. 10
through 17.
The house of delegates is
the policy making body for
the national association.
An estimated 15,000 den
tists from throughout the
country are expected to at
tend the session. An exten
sive scientific program has
been planned for the meet
ing. It will include more than
350 essays, table clinics, clin
ical lectures, films and exhibits.
Reelect
EVE NYE
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Eve Nye believes:
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1. That taxes can and must be controlled by care
ful government spending.
2. That better organization of state government
tan bring economy and efficiency.
3. That government should be kept close and :
responsive to the people who Slippsf t it.
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