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Elsa Maxwell, Famous Party Giver, Succumbs NEW YORK (UPI) - Elsa Maxwell, SO, one of the most colorful figures in international society and among the world's best-known party givers for four decades, died in a hospi tal late Friday of an apparent heart ailment. Miss Maxwell, a short, ro tund woman, made her last public appearance a week ago in a wheelchair at the April in Paris Ball, an annual society affair in Manhattan which she founded in 1951. She was taken from her suite in the Hotel Delmonico to the hospital on Thursday for treat ment of heart disease. Death came at 5:40 p.m. EST. Miss Maxwell was born in Keokuk, Iowa, on May 24, 1883, to an insurance salesman of moderate means and his wife. She:was reared in San Francis- Paroled Slayer Denied Hearing SALEM (UPI)-Paroled slay- er Dupree Poe, one-time "bad boy" at the state prison here, has been denied a hearing by the U. a. supreme Court. It was the 11th unsuccessful appeal made by Poe in the past 15 years' of his 31-year-old first degree murder conviction. Poe, 61, was convicted of shooting a constable during a Silverton burglary, and sen tenced to life in prison. He was placed on parole in August, and is now working as a shipping clerk. His last appeal to the U. S. high court was filed before he was placed on parole. co, where she quit school at age 14. Her rise to society heights was something of a mystery. A spinster, Miss Maxwell be came society's most prominent chronicler who counted among her friends and intimates roy alty, statesmen and the famed from many other walks of life. In' her autobiography, she wrote: "I am recognized as the arbiter of international society and the most famous hostess in the world. I have entertained more royalty than any other untitled hostess." And she once said: "I have more friends than any other living person. They are my riches." Miss Maxwell, a controversi al person whose social judg ments won her as many ene mies as mends, was not with out rivals as "the" party thrower for society. But the rivals respected her, and one of them, "the hostess with the mostcst," mourned her death. In Washington, Perle Mesta, the famous party giver, said: "I think she was a great hostess. There won't be another Elsa Maxwell in this era. She was a type of her own. She was amusing and a good friend." Page 2A yf A MedfordSTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1963 n ' ' ' -X S i 17.- y ..ft.. . 1tl , , it ryy.Vr iU MISS TEEN-AGE AMERICA - Miss Judy Doll, 17, Akron, Ohio is crowned Miss Teenage America of 1964 by outgoing Miss Teen age America Darla Banks of Fresno, Calif., in ceremonies held in Dallas, Texas, rriday. 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Four Killed In Oregon Accidents During Friday By United Press International Accidents claimed four lives in Oregon Friday. There were two traffic deaths, a hunting fatality and a logging death. Madgie Laney, 46. Klamath Falls, was struck and killed by a car on State Highway 39 about 10 miles south of Klamath Falls. State police said she was crossing the highway when she was hit by a vehicle driven by Elmer frisvold, 52, Tulelakc, Calif. Michael Latendresse, 17, Med ford. died in a one-car accident in Medford. City police said the St. Mary's High School student was a passenger in a car driven by Stephen Erb, 17, Medford, which went out of control, hit several mail boxes and struck a utility pole. Erb was injured. Sanford Nance, 51, Portland, was shot and killed w h i 1 e elk hunting about 40 miles northeast of John Day near the commun ity of Granite. He was the state's 18th hunting season fa tality. Stale police were investigating but have been unable to deter mine who fired the fatal shot. Floyd Ferguson of John Day, an employe of the San Juan Lumber Co., died when a falling tree struck the cab of a truck he was operating about 20 miles north of John Day near the community of Tinker Creek. In addition, Grayce A. Drump, 55, Grants Pass, died of a heart attack Thursday after hunting elk 35 miles cast of John Day. ron, Ohio, is the new Miss Teen age America. She won Friday night in the finals of a contest that started last Monday with 49 entrants. Various eliminations reduced the field to six girls Friday night. Jeanine Zavrel, 16, of Falls Church, Va., was first alter nate. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Zavrel, she en tered the contest as "Miss Washington, D.C." Eileen Melody Speerin, repre senting New York City, won third place. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Speer in, itosedale. "I still can't believe it," Judy said. "It's great," her father, Jay P. Doll, a plant engineer, said. "Her mother and I certainly did not consciously prepare her to win a contest like this." As winner of the contest, Judy got a $10,000 scholarship, a convertible automobile, 50 shares of a soft drink compa ny's stock, a new wardrobe and a trip around the country. The Dolls live in Navarre. Ohio. Judy is a senior in high school and a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ. As Miss Teenage America of 1904 she succeeded Darla Jean Banks, 17, of Fresno, Cnlif. Oil Drilling Slated To Commence in 1965 PORTLAND (UPI) - Drilling for oil off the Oregon Coast will begin in the summer of 1965, according to a prediction by Hollis Dole, director of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. He said he has learned from the Bureau of Land Man- a g e m e n t that substantial amounts of Oregon and Wash ington coastal lands have been nominated for leased bidding. 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Nelson, general mamger for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Pow er, urged construction of a 519 mile aqueduct to tap surplus water in t h e Snake River, a tributary to the Columbia River. "They're going to. scream," Nelson said of the northwestern ers, who have so far done ev erything possible to protect their water and power resources against outside use. Nelson made his suggestion during a special meeting of the California Water Commission, called to take testimony on the five-state water plan proposed last August by Interior Secre tary Stewart Udall. Desert Regions The plan, aimed at easing wa ter shortages in the booming deser,t regions of the Pacific Southwest, calls for exporting 2.4 million acre-feet of North ern California water annually into Southern California and Ari zona. It also proposed a vast sys tem of dams, reservoirs and water conservation projects within the five states of Califor nia, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. Nelson said that he favored this part of the sec retary's proposal. Nelson proposed taking t h e 2.4 million acre-feet from the Snake at a point 20 miles north west of Twin Falls, Idaho. After passing through his proposed aqueduct, it would dump into Lake Mead on the Colorado River, northwest of Las Vegas, Nev. "Under the plan advanced by Udall," Nelson said, "the cost of delivering the same amount of water from Northern Cali fornia would be $2.2 billion." He estimated his project's cost at $1.4 billion. Nelson said that water deliv ered through his Snake-Colorado project would cost approximate ly $32 per acre foot. He said that U.iall plan deliveries would cost $44 or more for the same amount. An acre-foot will cover or" Te to a depth of one foot. Kelson said that his dihi: -.U ena.j the Metropolitan iVater District, which serves six million norsons in Southern Cali fornia, to continue taking water rom ihe Colorado River. Under 'he Udall plan, the district would eventually lose its Colo rado River supply and face what Nelson called "the junking1' of its aqueduct to the river. "Even if the people of South ern California should be reim bursed for the money they have invested in this aqueduct," he said, "it would be a gross waste of resources to abandon a proj ect that still has a useful life of 50 years or longer." Dr. Earl F. Bradfield ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE 524 E. MAIN STREET MEDFORD, OREGON FOR The Practice of Chiropractic Hours: 9:00 A.M.-5:00 p.m. Telephone 779-2594 Open House From 2:00- 5:00 p.m., November 3, 1963 Bellmtnn Arehitt vi N 1900 THIS GIRL WAS EVERY RED-BLOODED AMERICAN'S DREAM. . Actually she still looks pretty good, if it weren't for those old fashioned clothes. Same way with diamonds. They look best today with a modern setting to match your modern young woman. Like the ones you'll find in Zale's CONSTELLATION diamond designs. 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