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."
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Four Killed In
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During Friday
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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,
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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,
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hunting about 40 miles northeast
of John Day near the commun
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state's 18th hunting season fa
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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
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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.
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PORTLAND (UPI) - Drilling
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Department of Geology and
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (UPI)
A Los Angeles city official
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within the Udall water plan that
was certain to raise hackles in
the Pacific Northwest.
Samuel B. Nelson, general
mamger for the Los Angeles
Department of Water and Pow
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mile aqueduct to tap surplus
water in t h e Snake River, a
tributary to the Columbia River.
"They're going to. scream,"
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Nelson made his suggestion
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California Water Commission,
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Southwest, calls for exporting
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ern California water annually
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tem of dams, reservoirs and
water conservation projects
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New Mexico. Nelson said that
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Nelson proposed taking t h e
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Snake at a point 20 miles north
west of Twin Falls, Idaho. After
passing through his proposed
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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.
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project would cost approximate
ly $32 per acre foot. He said
that U.iall plan deliveries would
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Nelson called "the junking1' of
its aqueduct to the river.
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of resources to abandon a proj
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