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Five Former Fighters Split on Banning Boxing in Oregon Salem -HOT- Five former boxers split here Wednesday over whether boxing Is "a brutal sport" that should be banned. They agreed, how the rlne and the fighters should be better padded. The testimony came before j h Srnato Health and Wel fare Committee on a bill by Sen. Tom Monaghan (D-Mil-waukie) to ban professional boxing in Oregon. He called Oakridge Man Killed As Trader Overturns Oakrldge-UIPt-Oakridge con tractor Adam J. Bean was killed Tuesday when his trac tor overturned 19 miles east of here. Bean was 54. Authorities said he was clearing a roadway when a bank gave way. It "legalized potential mur der." Could Be Improved Former fighters Phil Moyer, Jimmie "Bang Bang" Walker, and John Gabel said boxing should remain. But they said it could be improved by re quiring four-strand padded ring ropes, protective neaa gear, larger gloves and a soft er canvas. Former fighters Tommy Moyer (uncle of Phil and Den ny Moyer), and "Mick" Mona han said boxing leaves some fighters "hurt, destitute, pen niless or blind." Small Percentage Phil Moyer, now a Eugene businessman, replied that only the smallest percentage of fighters suffered permanent Injury or death. He and Walker, a journalist, said fighting made them what i culminating with the death , that are being banned else they are today. j last month of Davey Moore, a : where could come to Portland, Monaghan called profes-t father of five. j and "a Portland, Oregon, kill- sional boxing "deadly serious 1 Other Deaths Noted ing could be seen nationally business." He cited cases of i He said if Oregon doesn't ! on television." fighters left hurt or broke, I act, the championship matches ; Dr. Jack Battalia of the Vote in California Senate Ends Controversy Over Braden Rogue Valley Edition Medford, Page 2A Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1963 Sacramento -(DEO Gov. Ed mund G. Brown's reappoint ment ot Thomas W. Braden to the state board of education had Senate sanction today, ending a bitter controversy. By a vote of 33-7, the upper chamber voted late Wednes day lo confirm Braden. Six Republicans joined the Sen ate's 27 Democrats approving the reappointment and seven GOP members voted against Ifr.-v" ' ' I The action kept Brown's record of never having an ap pointment disapproved, al through ' he has withdrawn some under pressure. The fight against confirnia- j tion of the -15-year-old pub lisher of the Oceansidc Blade Tribune was principally car ried by freshman Sen. Jack Schrade (R-San Diego). Although he lost the cam paign, which included an ex tensive letter - writing cam paign against Braden, Schrade said he still had not changed his mind. "He brought politics education," Schrade newsmen after the vote. "The governor had a hand in this and he has done his home work very well." Other action Consumer-Governor Brown sent to the legislature a nine point program to benefit con sumers including a study of interest charges which he said reach as high as 30 per cent. Billboards - Assemblyman Robert VV. Crown (D-Alame-da). ways and means chair- into I man. announced his support told of Brown's proposal to elim inate "billboard alleys" along the state's highways. He said they were "polluting" a nat ural resource. IT'S EASTER AT DREWS... More and More it's Drews Red Knight Shop for Natural Shoulder Clothing for Men of All Ages. . . . the "Mad'uonaire"' fashion forth, man leaking to shrink hi a silhouette without stretching hff budget $65 Curlee & Griffon Suits $50 - $80 FOR THE BOYS Visit Drews' Boyswear Shop for age size 6 thru 20. 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HUNGARY MARKS LIBERATION WITH PARADE Budapest, Hungary-U'l-Communist Hungary celebrated the 18th anniversary of the country's liberation from the Nazis today with a one-hour military parade featuring super sonic jets and ultra-modern anti-aircraft rockets. FRANCE, UAR TO RESUME RELATIONS Paris-H'l -France and the United Arab Republic have de cided to resume the diplomatic relations they broke off seven years ago al the time of the Sues crisis, it was an nounced today. POPE TO VISIT SUBURBAN CHURCH Vatican Ciiy-ilPI-Pope John XXIII will leave the Vatican Palm Sunday to visit the suburban parish church of the Quarto Miglio. The Pope has been making a series of such short strips during Lent. Portland Boxing Commission replied there are more deaths per year, per capita, in football and baseball than In boxing. He said the national board of underwriters rates boxing seventh among hazardous sports. Football is first. Well Controlled Dr. Battalia said boxing is Snow Reported at Park on Wednesday Snow was still falling in Crater Lake National park Wednesday but it was not rat ed as a storm. The cumulative snowfall was .111) inches, far short of the total for the same date in 1962, when the measure ment was 507 inches. The last storm at the park was during the last week in March. During that storm 12 inches fell on the 27th, 12 on the 28lh, 10 on the 20th, 8 on the 30th and fi on the 31st. The depth of the snow at roadside was 74 inches. well controlled Most witnesses commission. Battalia said, would approve in Portland, praised the however, he of rules re quiring more salety equip ment. He said he would like to see the Portland commis sion more strongly backed up on the state and national level in taking new safety steps. There is no state commis sion. About B0 per cent of the bouts in Oregon are regulated by the Portland commission. Phil Moyer said he thought fighters would accept new equipment if they had to choose between wearing it or not fighting. Co-sponsor Ken Maher (R Portland) s- a i d professional fighting should be banned on "medical and moral grounds." He said brain damage leaves some fighters permanently punch drunk. He said there is a correlation between boxing and crime. Tommy Moyer said fighters can be victimized by managers and promoters. Walker countered by saying if his son wanted to be a pro fesional athlete he would choose boxing. Phil Moyer, who appeared in the best of health, conced ed he might have a detached retina but "nobody knows." He has been retired by the Portland commission. mow me&t M toore flavors BOYS SWIM FOR LIVES AS FIRE GUTS SHIP Lisbon-1 H -More than 130 young boys were lorced to swim for their lives Wednesday night when fire gutted the training ship Dom Fernando, anchored in the Tagus river. Ferry boats plucked the boys from the river. Authorities said 10 persons were burned, one seriously. There were no reported deaths. New Highs Reached On Heavy Trading New York-OJPTi-S locks rose' to their highest levels in about a year today on heavy trading. Oils and steels set the pace for the rally. Texaco, Univer sal, Amerada, Standard Oil of Jersey, and Standard Oil of California were all up large fractions to a point. Steels got a late start but Republic, Youngstown Sheet, Bethlehem and U.S. Steel all managed sizeable gains by the close. A great deal of in terest continued to center on the auto group where most companies are reporting rec- j stnkeicy Van' Camp old or near-rcforci ftiarcn :z,un ""uci sales. Chrysler broke 100 earlier in the session but closed unchanged. Montana Power Mimttfomf ry Ward National Biscuit lflW York Central Northern Natural Can Northern Pacific txrli Pc Gajv Elec Penney J. C Penn RI7 Pornia Cement Phillips Procter A: Gamble Radio Corporation . tncnneifl on .. 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