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Couple To Enjoy First Christmas Since War Years Traunrcut, West Germany - An elderly couple, victims of both Nazi and Communist repression, will celebrate their first Christmas in the West this year with only one wish - peace and qi.iet. "Life in West Germany seems like a perpetual Christ mas season," said 66-year-old Klemens Kiedrowski. He and his wife, Johanna, 58, arrived here last August from Poland. Kiedrowski has been fight ing for a real Christmas with his wife since 1944, when he was arrested by the gestapo in his Wert russian home town of Dirschau. He escaped in 1045 after being carried westward be hind the retreating German front and headed east again for his home, bucking the stream of refugees from Ger many's communist occupied territories. The Russians arrested him Freedom Center Head Gels Order Salem - (UP!) - Walter Huss, director of Portland's Free dom Center, has been ordered to appear In circuit court here at 10 a.m. Monday to ex plain why no list of campaign expenditures has been filed with the secretary of state. Marion county District At torney Hattle Kremen said to day "I haven't heard a word from them (Huss) and have to assume the Multnoman county sheriff's office has served the papers. "They are scheduled to file their answer at 10 a.m. Mon day, then the court will set a later date for a hearing." Asked to Fil Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. had asked Huss to file a campaign statement be cause of the distribution of a pamphlet about Rep. Edith Green, Democratic candidate for congress, before the Nov. 6 election. Huss denied any polllcial activity, and did not file a campaign statement. Appling then turned the case over to the district at torney for "appropriate ac tion." A smiliar action Is pending against Harrison E. Spanglcr of Portland for distribution of the book "The Record of Wayne Morse" during the re cent election campaign. Mrs. Kremen Bald no dale for a hearing In Spanglcr's case had yet been set. 2 Girls Hit While Getting Off Bus A car driven by Danny Hugo, 18, of Eagle Point, struck two girls getting off the Eagle Point school bus Thursday afternoon at Stev ens rd., slate police reported. Although the car made con tact with the girls neither Cindy Short, 7, nor her sister, Susan, 9, were injured, stale police said. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Short, Stevens rd Eagle Point. Hugo was attempting to stop at the time, state police icarnea. A complaint has not yet been filed. You'll find ill the gift Ideas for the nun in your life at THRIFT AUTO SUP PLY. Terrific selec tion of eulo acces sories. Shop today we're open for business usual. OPEN SUNDAYS THE STORE WITH 10,000 ITEMS TUB W AUTO SUPPLY AUTO suppiy Medford, 801 N. Riveriide - three limes for traveling with out paper. He said they didn't issue them in concentration camp. Johanna was waiting for him when he finally returned to Dirschau. But the Iron curtain was down and it was loo late to flee West. The Germans who had not yet been expelled were no longer allowed to leave the Polish territories of West Pruss ia. Kiedrowski man aged to reopen the family hardware store, but was forced out of business by Poland's communist economic planners in 1949. With his family business went his local work permit For the ne xt 12 years, Kied. rowski rose at 3:30 a.m. to commute 25 miles to a new Job at Danzig. He returned each night at 8 to their one-room flat where Johanna shared the kitchen with two other fam ilies. His health began to fail two years ago. At last, there was a mo mentary liberalism in the Polish regime and Kiedrow ski had a chance to break out. After three applications, one from Johanna's sister here, the Kiedrowskis were on a westbound train. They brought little more than what they wore. B u t they had an Immigration per mit. The Kiedrowskis are still looking for an apartment of their own here, where 70 per cent of the population are fellow refugees. The com munity was created 13 years ago with Marshall Plan aid on the demolished foundations of a Nazi poison gas plant. Lease On Former Hospital Renewed Ashland Pending clear ance of title to the tormer city hospital property on Sis kiyou blvd., its lease to South ern Oregon college for anoth er year has been approved by the Ashland city council. The college has agreed to purchase the building and grounds for $40,000 as soon as the Winburn heirs have given title. It was a gift to the city from the late Jesse Winburn. In other action thiH week tile council set Jan. 8 for a hearing on rczoning of High way 60 from Normal ave. lo the city limits to permit com mercial garages. In response to a reqiiest from Les Lusk that a white line be painted on Oak st., City Supt. Elmer Bicgel re ported that the roadway was so narrow and In such poor condition that a center mark er would be useless. He sug gested that a petition be cir culated among property own ers to find out if they wish pavement installed. A committee headed by Whitland-Locke appeared to request immediate action on improving the cily airport or building a new one. The Chamber of Commerce com mittee had met earlier in the day to discuss measures that should be taken. Mayor Richard Ncill assur ed the commitlce that the proj- pet will be given sludy. inimcdiaie Br Q M Grenti Pjis, 529 S E 6th ...for jr accessories M Sfl pi 1 fir "How f.iliva break out the wassail bowl, soma friends over and we'll sing madrigals Page 2A Medford MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1962 Jet Was On Fire Before it Portland Homes Portland -0JPII- A jet fighter that set seven houses on fire was burning before it crash ed, the Air Force said Satur day. The Air National Guard F-89 was heading for unpopu lated territory when its two flyers bailed out, said Col. Terry Johnson, acting base commander of the Portland Air Base. Only two persons received minor injuries when the plane crashed into the residential Parkrose neighborhood at the edge of Portland late Thurs day. Three of the seven homes were extensively damaged. Debris fell on a schoolyard where children were playing, but they were unhurt. The pilot, Capt. James R. Alley, 27, of Portland and the radar observer. Lt. John R. Loacker, 21, of Portland par chulcd to satety. Johnson said the craft was completing a practice radar approach and had started to climb to 2,000 feet. Cockpit Glowed Quoting the pilot, the col onel said at about 600 feet the "cockpit became complete ly aglow with an orange light. He looked over his shoulder Medford Girls Are Officers of Halls Two Medford girls. Karen Mocabce and Elyse Eskew, are officers of a residence hall at Liufield college, McMinnville. Miss Comabee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mocabce, 856 Murphy rd., is floor chair man for Lalourette hall. Miss Sskew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James O. Eskew, 320 Ar. nold lane, is floor chairman for Grover hall. The hall officers form the nucleus for student govern ment in Linfield's 12 resi dence halls. They also ate in charge of social activities and assist the head residents and counselors in their respective halls. miA S TAR Your Daily According v i. m; 'a ms to ss To dcrlop message for S iced v,cni; tOrfO-(Vnniv5 to n - N)M II f?.;t wr w,-r JVM J. . 43 ei' c CANCtt "-v 1 W IS T i. i ti It 74 "f? Ill- !. 6.' f8 BNt VIIGO a :t si s.' V NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT COMPANY 0" D.sp'.'v Hi. lArgfst Sf'ectk-n el 0.M hewing equip ment m S. Ore. COL t MAN Sp.if lJpil.,w tVwn Hew H , i Wjift Hratm. Ill West Main Invite . . .1" Tribune Struck and saw the streaks of flame coming from the left under side of the aircraft." Johnson said when the pilot confirmed the plane was on fire, he told the radar observ er to eject and then ejected himself. "At the time of the ejec tion, the aircraft was heading 098 degrees toward an un populated and unllghted area,'' Johnson said. "After his parachute had op ened, Capt. Alley observed the airplane, still on fire, to veer approximately 90 de grees to the right." Johnson expressed "deep sympathy to all those whose homes were damaged In the crash.' The crash Is under detailed investigation by a team from McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, which said it was making a damage estimate. Buildings Permits in City Show Decrease Building permits decreased in Medford in November com pared to the previous Novem ber, the University of Oregon bureau of business research has reported. Last mouth, the total was $320,685, compared to $381, 425 in the same month last year. Value of new dwelling unit permits in Medford for No vember was $185,600, value of new non-residential construc tion permits in October was S4 1.010, and additions, altera tions and repairs had a total value of $94,075 ill November. Grants Pass reported value in new dwelling units permits at $70,500. new non-residen tial for October at $100, and additions, alterations and re pairs at $3,200. Giants Pass reported six units of new dwellings were covered by permits in Novem ber and Medford reported 17. In October, Grants Pass had four units covered by permits and Medford 25. 0 G AZ .12 KT , Activity GvnU fo fh Stan. jndav .s v m n - icomo CV 2d 1V37-.17 it-4 MGirTAllllS -'J J .1IC J f-, 8 II TO'-S - CAPtKOtN :t-5i..u - 4J-8 86 91H AQUARIUS - " 1- Sca'.-jl ? 4 77 40 -.H H,vr t'n.t Fe'cct Air - Honiontjl S4l FurnjCf Phone 772-2322 Two Explosions Rock Downtown Klamath Falls Klamath Falls -HOT- Two bombs exploded in downtown Klamath Falls Friday night, one against the cily police station and the other at a principal intersection. No in juries were reported. City police said the bombs apparently were thrown from a ear. They were an incen diary type often used in mili tary war games and were con structed of cardboard, powder and a 15 to 20-second fuse. Police said they were dan gerous up to a range of 15 yards. One blast rocked the city police station at 7:35 p.m. The second explosion came about 9 p.m. at the intersec tion of Ninth and Main sts. Another apparently went off early Friday morning in the parking lot at the1 rear of the police station, but offi cers did not realize what it was at the time. That blast resulted in one temporary cas ualty. An officer who investigated found a stunned pigeon, ap parently knocked from a near by roof by the blast. The bird recovered Thieves Break Into PP&L Substation Rogue River Thieves broke into the Pacific Power and Light company substation here Friday night and stole about 1,000 pounds of copper wire, according to state police. Investigating officers said thieves gained entrance to the substation by breaking a pad lock. The entry occurred some time between 5 p m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday, officers said. Be An Artist Easy stitchcry that will de light you in the embroider ing. Enjoy yourself s tart now. Handsome in den. recrea tion room! Embroider thor oughbreds in deep tones like a hunting print. Pattern 7063: transfer lS-xlO inches. 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Letters from various groups of artists and writers have been sent to the pre mier, it was disclosed, urging him not to turn back the clock to Stalin's iron direc tion of the nation's cultural activities. Freeman Attorney Plans Meeting With Governor Salem -flIPlu An appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court on behalf of condemned child slaver Jeannace June Free man may depend on how Gov. Mark Hatfield reacts to her plea for commutation to life imprisonment, United Press International learned Satur day. It also was learned the American Civil Liberties Un ion (ACLU) would not take her case to the high court. Miss Freeman's attorney, William Holmes of Bend, told UPI he planned a meeting with Hatfield "Wednesday or Thursday" to plead for com mutation of her death sen tence. Miss Freeman, 21, Is sched uled to die in the gas chamber Jan. 29. She was convicted of throw ing a six-year-old boy to his death in the Crooked River gorge last year. Announced Dee. 8 The governor's office an nounced Dec. 8 that Miss Freeman was going to for mally ask Hatfield to com mute her death sentence. Appeal to the high court probably would be delayed pending a decision on commu tation by Hatfield. Hatfield was not available for comment. However, his office said Hatfield had indicated earlier he would take no action as long as an appeal were possi ble or pending. Loren Hicks, Hatfield's le gal counsel, pointed out the stay of Miss Freeman's execu tion date from Dec. 6 to Jan. 29 was granted to provide lime for an appeal. ACLU Not Involved Holmes told UPI "I defi nitely know the ACLU does not plan to appeal the case." Holmes said "An appeal might be announced after the first of the year, but I have nothing definite to say at this time." Hicks had talked with Port land attorney Carl Niel about the Freeman case, and said Bank Debits Show Increase in Area Bank debits for the south western Oregon area, which includes Curry, Jackson and Josephine counties, increased in November compared to the previous November, the Uni versity of Oregon bureau of business research, has report ed. Debits for November total ed $126,510,901. For October, the total was $108,614,844, and for November, 1061, the total was $102,811,048. Oregon, with 251 banks re porting, had an increase in bank debits in November, U162 of 2.4 per cent compared with October. 1362 and an in crease of 5 3 per cent com pared to November. 1961. DAY LEFT Last Minute Shopping' All 3 Floors at GIFTS FOR EVERYONE! "Th Store of Thousand Thoughtful Gifts" The disclosure came in a Dec. 17 speech by Soviet Communist party central committee secretary and ideological expert Leonid Ilyichcv that was printed in Pravada Saturday. The speech reaffirmed that the party intends to keep a close watch on Soviet art, particularly to keep them free of western ifluences. "The Idea of co-existence in the ideological field is vir tually nothing else than a be trayal of the interests of Shortly Niel became quite Interest ed." Niel told UPI the ACLU was not now involved. "They feel her case is being ade quately handled, and there is no need for them to get into it because she does have a good attorney." Niel also mentioned that Salem attorney Steve Ander son had checked the tran script of the case for the ACLU. Niel explained that many attorney who were active in the ACLU had become Inter ested in the case, and were still studying it although the ACLU planned no action. He said "A Portland attor ney is looking over the mat ter now, but no decision whe ther to appeal has yet been announced." Niel said "Nobody wants to base an appeal on frivolous grounds. We certainly don't want to prolong the agony" for Miss Freeman. If Hatfield takes no action on the commutation plea, an appeal must be filed at the last minute or the execution could proceed on Jan. 29. No appeal would be filed apparently, if Hatfield com muted her death sentence to life in prison. Knights Schedule Holiday Observance The annual Christmas ob servance of the Malta Com mandary of the Knights Templar of Oregon will be held at the Ashland Masonic temple at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25. The observance will be followed by the tradition al Christmas breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Tradition behind the event stems back many years, when people came from outlying districts in horse and bug gies to attend the observance, officers of the organization noted. The meal is also long standing, and the menu has come to be traditional, stem ming from the time when farmers vied to outdo each other in providing breakfast delicacies. All Sir Knights, families, and house guests are welcome to attend the observance. Fire Destroys Rogue River Area Residence Rogue River A fire of undetermined origin destroy ed the residence of H. W. Jewclt, 6671 Rogue River highway, here Saturday. A car, garden tractor and lawnmower were also burned in the blaze. Fire crews from Grants Pass and Rogue River Rural Fire department joined forces in fighting the fire, which broke out about 9:30 a.m. mm u V V the interests of socialism,' Ilyi. chev said. "We should make is abso lutely clear, there was not and cannot be any co-existence between socialist and bourgeois ideology," he said. Ilyichev also disclosed, however, that a startling amount of objection and re sistance to the party line !n all artistic fields has reached the point of joint appeals di rected to Khrushchev. To all indications, neither Khrushchev nor the party watchdogs were yet ready to accept the arguments appar ently put forward by the lib eral Soviet writers and ar tists. The liberals say freer expression should be permit ted even if it means tolerat ing such thinks as abstract art. Khrushchev particularly objects to abstract art. Gav Both Sides Buti n a significant new de velopment, P r a v d a also printed portions of Ilyichev's speech in which he quoted from letters which in effect urged Khrushchev not to stifle the country's artistic en deavor, as had been done in Stalin's time, but putting it in a stylistic straight jacket. Although Ilyichev assailed the arguments in the letters, the fact that Pravda printed them served to put both sides of the current argument clearly before the Russian people. Break-Ins Plague Phoenix, Talent Thieves broke into three businesses and one car Friday night in Phoenix then went down the highway and broke into the Talent post office, the Jackson county sheriff's office reported. At the hardware store they pried open the rear window and took 20 silver dollars, $20 in old U. S. coins, 15 boxes of rifle and shotgun ammu nition, tiiree rifles, two shot guns and some pistols. They also pried open the front door of the Little "Y" cafe and took $20, deputies said. Using the same method of operation thieves broke into the Sleep Shop in Phoenix, a car parked near medical of fices and the Phoenix drug store and the Talent post of fice. A pair of binoculars was taken from the car. Nothing was taken from the post office. Marxism-Leninism and all -transistor ; fBr. portable radio I ModeliMlO-NvtTOfl Brown Wl' P P811-PntWhil. i: Mi l; Youll th oppearooc, you'll marvel ot the ton ... but best of all, you'll be amazed at the low price of this beautiful new all-transistor portable. fc Handsome, luggage appearance Cose unbreakable in normal use External antenna connection for shelte-ed e weak'Slgnal areas 115 E. Main (Mjin Sror) . Msd'crd 303 So. Front at 10th 'Vr Medford 115 E, Main Street Ashland 1C01 Main Street . Klamath Falls Legislators Say Proposed Salary May Be Too High A salary of $250 a month during the full two years of the state legislative term is too high at this time, Rep. John Dellenback and Sen, Lyndel Newbry, both of Jack son county, said Saturday. The two men said they re gretted a majority of the last legislature struck the pro. posed constitutional amend ment which would make any change in legislative salaries effective for the following legislature and not the one proposing the raise. "It (the salary proposal )ij too high because during this legislative session, we as rep resentatives of our people, must call upon every agency of state government to pare its expenses to the bone," tha two legislators said. "While during the actual term of the legislature the legislators spend great amounts of time on legisla tive business, during the in terim between sessions most legislators are able to do their legislative work without tak ing too much time from their normal breadwinning occupa tions. Each legislator should be prepared to carry a por tion of the sacrifice of time and energy which is required to do his job effectively and well." The two men said they ap proved of the principle of a $20 per diem allowance to cover expenses since most legislators must maintain their own homes and ex penses of a second home in Salem during the session. Decoration Thefts Reported fo Police Medford police Saturday re ported a series of thefts in volving Christmas decora tions.. William Hager Clink in beard, 2116 Woodlawn dr.. Medford. reported early Sat urday morning the theft of two strings of Christmas tree lights from his yard. Lee Marvin Met., 812 South Oakdale ave., Medford, re ported the theft of a plaque of two reindeer from a Christ. mas scene in his yard. Douglas Pcarce Philips. 3)7 Ardmore ave., Medford, re ported the theft of a Sanla Claus decoration from his front yard, and Marlene Alice Richardson, 749 West 14th st., Medford, reported the theft of four outdoor Christmas tree lights from her front door. UrWAViu
