11 Persons Held in Custody for Million Dollar Theft of Stocks
Wildlife Refuges Declared
Esssential to California
Washington - WPP - A Call-1 spoke for 26 organizations, , od the Oregon division of (he
fornia Mate official warned I said private ownership of the Izaak Walton League, said
Friday that the shrinking of
u.itrffniul refuses in Northern
California and Oregon would
prove "disastrous to farm
ers in the Central Valley of
California.
Harry Anderson, deputy di
rector of fish and game, told
a House Interior Subcommit
tee that the Tulclake, Lower
Klamath and Upper Klamatn
wildlife refuges were "abso
lutely essential" for the main
tenance of agriculture In the
Central Valley.
Legislation Supported
Anderson joined conserva
tionists in supporting Senate
passed legislation intended to
stabilize the refuges used by
about BO per cent of the mi
gratory birds on the Pacific
Flyway.
Loss of the marshlands and
any cut in the size of the ref
uges would deprive millions
of birds of resting place on
the flyway, Anderson said.
He said this would result in
their descending on the crops
of California farmers.
Spokesmen for the Klmath
drainage district in Oregon
appeared in opposition to
some features of the hill.
They were introduced by Rep.
Al Ullman (D.-Ore.) who said
the bill was controversial in
his state but that most were
In support of its general prin
ciples. Exclusion Aiktd
The Oregonians asked that
lands in the so-called Klam
ath Straits unit of their pri
vately owned Klamath drain
age district not be included
In the refuge. They also asked
that the land be sold to pri
vate owners.
C. L. Langslel, who id he
Siaie Employees
Receive Awards
Salem - (UPn - The slate has
announced $1,485 in cash
awards In seven stale em
ployees who submitted money
saving ideas during July.
Biggest award went to F,. P.
Canfield, Salem, a photog
rapher for the Stale Highway
department. He suggested a
better method of reproducing
aerial photos, to save the de
partment more than $4,600 per
year. His award was $460.
Jasper Ballou, also of Sa
lem and also the highway department,-
received $440 for
an improved system of mail
ing bulk information, to save
$4,400 annually.
Other awards:
Richard A. Evans, of the
Slate Game commission's
Klamath Hatchery, $3 IS;
Glenna W. Piper, Eugene,
University of Oregon, $40;
John W. Day, Salem, Highway
department, $10; Mary Haun
of Salem and Katherine
Lynch of Silverlon, both with
the employment department,
divided $220.
land would add about $100.- the legislation would help per-
000 a year to the economy of j petuate wildlife which "is
Klamath County. ! precious to use for its recrea-
The district officials pro-jtional and resulting econom
posed amendments which ic values."
would provide payment for j Ross L. Lefflcr, former as
the drainage and irrigation fa- sistant interior secretary for
cilities built by the district fish and wildlife, said home
and for the sale of public j steading would continue to be
lands within the district. a "festering sore" unless the
Col. Wailand Spaaki (legislation were passed. Ev-
Among those supporting the I erett E. Horn, Los Angeles,
senate - passed bill was Col. spoke for the Duck Hunter
Paul H. Weiland, Medford, association of California in
Ore. Weiland, who represent-1 support of the bill.
Communists Flee
To Cambodia After
Viet Nam Skirmish
Saigon - IIIPII - Remnants of
a Communist Viet Cong bat
talion were reported Satur
day to have fled across the
border into Cambodia after
suffering heavy losses in with
ering air and ground assaults
by South Vietnamese govern
ment forces.
American military sources
said Vietnamese Air Force
AD66 fighter planes raked
fleeing guerrilla fighters of
the 504lh Viet Cong Battalion
Saturday Just five miles from
the Cambodian border in Ink
Tien Tyong province.
Ten Communist guerrillas
were reported killed in the
air strike, bringing to 95 the
number of Red troops of the
same battalion killed in
clashes with government
forces in two days.
At least 85 Communist guer
rillas of the 5114th Battalion
were killed Friday In a clash
with rangers and infantry
men of the government's 7th
Division. At least 30 oilier
Reds were captured, including
a district political commissar.
Vietnamese military sources
Portland Bakery
Pleads Innocent
Portland - (1IPH - A Portland
bakery has pleaded innocent
in circuit court here of baking
one-pound loaves in pound
snd a-half pans to create a bal
loon effect.
The baker, Hudson House,
was named in a misdemeanor
complaint last year by the
Multnomah county district at
torney's office.
The plea clears the way for
a trial. Other Portland baker
ies have asked that the Ore
gon Department of Agricul
ture make a ruling on the
matter.
said 30 other Communists
were killed Friday when gov
ernment civil guards and mili
tiamen ambushed two Viet
Cong platoons about 25 miles
south of Saigon.
The sources said the Com
munist guerrillas tried to
counterattack when the am
bush was sprung but were cut
down by a curtain of r'.fle and
machinegun fire. A number of
weapons and documents were
taken and one guerrilla cap
tured, the sources said.
Government losses were
placed at two dead and three
wounded in the ambush action
on Ihe border between Ben
Luc and Can Duoc districts
in Long An province.
Crater Student Gets
First Place in Event
Rick Smith. Crater High
school student, was given
first place award of $100 in
the seventh annual High
School Auto Safety contest,
sponsored by American Mo
torists Insurance company re
cently. Smith entered an original
safety cartoon, first published
in the Crater High school
"Crater Comments," In the
contest.
Entries were, submitted
from 13,1 schools in 40 stales.
Judges included Thomas H.
Coulter, Chicago Association
of Commerce and Industry;
Mrs. 'Homer P. Hargrave;
Stuart List, publisher, Chi
cago American; Dr. J. Roscoe
Miller, president. Northwest
ern university; Father James
F. Maguirc, Loyola univer
sity; and Joseph L. Whitney,
Wicholdt foundation.
MOSCOW - IHPII - Air serv
ice between Moscow and Ha
vana has been started, the
official news agency Tass
said Friday.
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Tooze Considering
State Senate Race
' Portland - IIIPII - Waller
' Tooze, son of 1 hp late Oregon
Supreme Court Justice of the
'same name, says he is con
sidering running for the
short-term Slate Senate posi
tion to he filled from Multno
mah county in November.
He said he would be an in
dependent candidate.
This would make a three
way race for the seat now
sought by M. M. Meadows,
Republican, and Don Willner,
Democrat
The position is the one left
vacant by Circuit Judge Jean
Lewis when she was appoint
ed to the Multnomah county
bench during the last legislature.
World Peace Issue,
Duncan Declares
fuos Hhv WPP - Thr Drum
mil it nominee for t'onjji e.ss
in the fourth district, Rohert
H. Oilman, h( here thai
world pesre in "holh (he un
derlying And overriding i.of
against which nil others must
be mcHMired,"
The Medford l lorney and
speaker of the Oregon House
added that Uo viIhI k the
fourth district economic sta
bility through strengthening
of the lumber tnduMry.
Duncan noted that some
steps have been taken, such as
re inventory of national for
ests, and increased allotment
for building of loctimg and
forest service roads. But 'a
great dral more" !. necessary
for stabilisation of lumber, he
.said
PUZZLED BOBBY
Stoke - On Trent. Kn gland
H TC Policeman Roy lirecn
was purled when he saw a
car race by with a passenger
but with nobodv in the driv
er's sent The car s occupant.
Icon i d II rush all, was hailed
into traffic court on a charge
of nol having proper control
of Ihe vehicle. He was rlrared
when be explained he mm a
HrtvitiS tost fuel or and was
using dual controls on the
Key Man in
Smuggling Said
Former Convict
New York - IIIPU - The FBI
Saturday arretted three more
men in a million dollar stock
theft and announced that
$217,000 worth of the stolen
stock had been recovered.
The FBI said that $1 mil
lion worth of stock still was
mUsing. Presumably, It is in
the possession of a mysterious
"Mr. X," described as the
mastermind of the theft, who
has eluded arrest.
Saturday's arrests brought
the number of persona in cus
tody to 11 In the theft of the
Blue Chip Stocks from a Wall
Street brokerage firm.
In another development, it
was disclosed at a court ar
raignment that a key man in
the theft, Gordon A. Tallman,
stock record clerk who alleg
edly smuggled the gilt-edged
securities from the vaults of
Bache & Co., is an ex-convict
who served time for robbery
in Virginia State prison.
The latest person arrested
in the case, Leo Isaac Sagal,
of Seabright and Maplewood,
N.J., was taken into custody
by FBI agrnts in Seabright.
Sagal, who gave his occupa
tion as a promoter, was held
on a charge of violating the
federal atatute against inter
slate transportation of stolen
property.
Others Arreittd
The other two 8rrcsted ear
lier Saturday were:
William B. Gladstone, of
Manhasset, N.Y., seized by
FBI agents at Brant Lake, in
upstate New York, where he
was visiting.
Milton Parness, 44, of Scotch
Plains, N.J., arrested in New
ark on charges of conspiring
to transport stolen stocks
acrcoss state lines. The same
charge was brought agains
Gladstone.
When arrested, Parness was
on bail in another stolen 3lork
case. He was arrested last
May 16 on charges he had
transported $500,000 in stocks
stolen from two private hom
es, one in Morris Plains, N.J.,
and the other In New York
City, in July, lflfil. He had
been free in $10,000 bail in
that case.
The arrests of Gladstone
and Parness brought to seven
the number of persons nab
bed by the FBI and three by
local authorities working nut
of the office of New York
County District Attorney
Frank S. Hogan,
Identity Known
Authorities said they know
the identity of the elusive
"Mr. X" but have given no
indication as to when his ar
rest can be expected.
Hogan said the theft actual
ly started out with a "joking"
barroom conversation be
tween Tallman and Robert J.
Dodge, 24. an unemployed
truck driver, both of N e w
York City.
They allegedly joked about
what they could do with the
money represented by all the
storks handled daily by Tall
man. From there, he said, the
conversation s u ri d e n I y be
came serious.
Tallman was ordered held
without bail because he serv
ed two years and eight
; months of an eight-year cn-
tence for robbery in Virginia
j before being paroled. It was
he who allegedly smugKcld
i out 100 shares of General
I Motors stork under his alvrt
and gave them to Dodge.
Difficult to Unload
However, Hogan said, the
securities proved difficult to
unload and they finally were
burned.
Then, the district attorney
said, the mysterious "Mr. X"
appeared on the scene and
I "boasted he could dispose of
stocks and a deal was made.."
"K.arly in June, Tallman
stole another certificate for
I DO shares of CM. gave it to
; DihIkc. who passed it on to
Mr. X," Hogan said. Mr. X
reported to finder that the
slock "passed like a dream.
Get a million dollars worth,"
' Hoijan added.
Afterward, the 11 A said.
Tallman stole more than SI
; million worth of such hik'h-
I valor stocks as Du Pont. In
ternational Business Machin
es, Standard Oil of New Jer
sey, American Motors. Amer
ican Telephone & Telegraph
and Polaroid
! True Cash Value !
Of Utilities Up !
! Salem 1PI' There was a !
9 4 per tent boost this year'
oer tat in the true cash ;
value of Oregon utilities, the1
Stute Tax commission said
Friday. The last total is $1 3
billion.
The bit;get peu-entage in-cica.-e
wa 48 7 in the valua
tion of grfs company property,
which moved fiom JMR 7 mil
lion to $1488 million.
True eah alue of proper
ties in the higgeM category
electric uliliti moved up j
9 1 per cent, from 9 pit I-
I lion to 161 1 million.
Pros and Cons of Immediate Tax Reduction Top
Subject in Congress; Move by Kennedy Necessary
Washington - (I'M - The ee-1
onomic and political pros and ,
j cons of an immediate tax cut j
were the top conversational
I topic in Congress Saturday :
hut influential spokesmen in-!
Jdicated the first move must
j come from President Ken.ne
I dy.
Prospects were sl'-n that
Congress would enact an elec
tion year tax cut without a
specific request from Kenne
dy. And the President, whose
decision is not expected until
mid-August, would scarcely
risk another legislative beat
ing by asking for one unless
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1962
Thornton Says Polls
Show Him Ahead in
Race for Governor
Salem - mm - Ally. On.
Rohert Y Thornlon said Sat
urday two opinion polls show
him in the lead for governor
over 1he Republican incum
bent, Gov. Mark Hatfield.
Thornton, the Democratic
nominee, said one was a poll
laken with a voting machine
at an Oregon industry fair in
Portland Coliseum, after the
May Primary election.
The second was a mail poll
taken in Multnomah county
in June.
In a speech prepared for de
livery today to Jackson and
.InseDhine County Democrats
at Valley of the Rogue Park,
Thornton said that despite
this he considers himself an
underdog in the race because
Hatfield will spend "six or
seven times" more than
Thornton in the campaign.
Thornlon said Hatfield will
depend on "lavish donations
of the owners of powerful
corporations and other special
interests" and will he able
to huv "endless billboards.
newspaper advertisements and
TV programs wilh his nuge
campaign fund."
Thornton said "in contrast
I will depend upon small con
tributions from plain Oregon
citizens."
The attorney general said,
however, he is encouraged by
Ihe polls since Hatfield "has
had four years of unprece
dented personal publicity at
slate expense."
Flames Destroy
Mill at Canby
Canby - IUPD Fjre ate jrrj.
day destroyed Ihe planing mill
and shop at the Kropf Lum
ber Co. near here, burning
several thousand board feet of
lumber.
There was no immediate
damage estimate, and the
cause was not immediately de
termined. The plant Is on the Canby
Marquam highway seven
miles from here. Firemen
from Monitor, Mt. Angel, Mo
lalla, Canby and Oregon City
answered the call.
The fire was brought under
control within two hours.
Ivan Kropf, the owner, said
he was in Ihe building when
h heard an explosion in a
hack room, and found it in
flames.
he is assured that Congress
would enact it.
Many powerful lawmakers
in both parties are openly in
favor of an across the-board
cut now in both individual
and corporate taxes. Others
are undecided and many are
opposed unless it is accompa
nied by a severe slash in fed
eral spending to offset the lost
revenue.
Chairman John J. Spark
man of the Senate Small Busi
ness Committee, summed up
the "yes - but - maybe" posi
tion when he said that a tax
cut "undoubtedly would help"
the economy.
However, Sparkman said,
two main questions remain:
"First, whether or not we
are confronted with the cer
tainty of a recession to the
extent that we ought to hurry
into a tax program. The sec
ond is . , .whether we should
pass one now, or should we
wait until the first of the
year, and give a little time
and thought in working it
out."
Should B Lowartd
The Alabama Democrat
said "I do not share the feel
ing a lot of people have that
we are almost bound to have
a recession."
But, he said, the present 52
per cent rate on corporate
taxes should be lowered to
the old 47 per cent level in
any case and "I would be in
favor of giving a cut to all
individuals" if any tax reduc
tion is voted.
"The only way an Income
tax cut can stimulate the econ
omy is for that money to be
turned back into the econo
my to be spent," he said.
In other tax developments:
Senate Democratic Whip
Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.)
indicated that a poll of Dem
ocratic senators on a tax cut
may be broadened to test Re
publican sentiment. He said
a majority of the Senate's
Democrats assured him they
would support a cut this year
if the President asked for it.
The House Ways and
Means Committee is consider
ing public hearings next week
to air arguments for and
against a reduction this year.
But no hearing are definitely
set.
Influential Senate forces
will try to scrap a SI 1 billion
tax break for business which
the committee approved last
week. Sen Harry F. Byrd (Va.)
is opposed to the house - ap
proved proposal which would
grant businesses and utility
companies a tax credit to spur
investments In new equip
ment. The provision is in
cluded in the drastically pared
down tax revision bill tenta
tively approved by the com
mittee Friday.
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9B.5 per cent of the cases were
cleared, according to Ihe an
nual report.
This compares to 33,592
cases investigated during the
previous year wilh 94.2 per
cent of them cleared.
j During the year 21.314
I parking violations were issued
I in Ihe cily and 1,653 driving
law violation citations writ
i ten.
I Of the 1.189 major of
, fenses. larceny under $50
' lopped Ihe list wilh 712 rases
! reported wilh 219 of them
closed. This is down from the
previous year when R69 cases
were reported.
Other burglaries totaled
233, a considerable rise from
the 180 Ihe previous year. Of
Ihese complaints, 84 were
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During the past year no
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previous year and three two
years ago.
The city had 80B motor ve
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