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few- i te .Opt j & I MUDFOUU .MAIL TltlliUNE. MUDKOliD. OKIiGON World. National Hens Digest MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23. lflfis liner. The EDITOR'S: The following is a digest of the major domestic and international news not re lated to the events in Dallas and Washington.) By United Press International DOMESTIC MIAMI, Fla. A force of 50 detectives was on round - the clock duty today in a search for the sex-slayer of 10-year-old Loreen Thorbahn. Her body, showing signs of massive blows on the skull, was found on the city's outskirts in same general area wherfe the remains of a 19-year-old girl, the victim of a similar crime, was found last month. Eugene Thompsn, accused of arranging the slaying of his heavily insured wife. The trial was recessed until then be cause of the day of mourning for President Kennedy. CONCORD, N.H. - Con demned killers Frederick Mar- jtineau, 38, and Russell Nelson, j 3B, have received their seventh j stay of execution. They were i convicted for the slaying three : years ago of Maurice Gagnon o Lincoln, K.I. NORWALK. Ohio - The last body of the 63 elderly patients who died in a fire at a rest home here has been removed from the ruins. An investi gation has been launched by Gov. James Rhodes into the cause of the tragedy. Authori ties continue the grisly and dif ficult task of identifying the charred bodies. LAWRENCE, Mass. Joanne M. Graff, 22, a Sunday school teacher from Chicago, was found strangled . Sunday with two nylon stockings and the ; leg of a leotard. She was the 1 12th woman strangled in east ! ern Massachusetts in the past year and a half. Ten of the killings are slill unsolved. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-Trial resumes Tuesday in the "mur der for hire" case of lawyer T. INTERNATIONAL ROME The Christian Demo cratic and Socialist party lead ers make their all - important decision today whether to rati fy an agreement for a new center-left government commit ted to support of NATO. Pros pects appeared good that the agreement would be approved and that Italy would have a new government by the end of the week led by Premier-Designate Aldo Mro. MOSCOW-The official news paper of the Soviet Communist party has called for a reap prochement between Red China and the Soviet Union. The newspaper "Pravda" said the Kremlin would "do everything to overcome differences" with Red China, with whom the So viet Union has been carrying on an ideological war. SAIGON, South Viet Nam-A Communist raiding party over ran a U.S. - backed training camp for South Vict Nam troops, killing at least 37. The Vict Cong raiders captured four American soldiers and critically injured a U.S. Army lieutenant. Cyrille Adoula, has left here for Moscow on a special jet- -A 5 Russians. Wind ing Ambassador Sergei Nemt. china and his entire staff, were expelled by Adoula for alleged ly conspiring with opposition groups to overthrow the government. BRUSSELS-The staff of the Soviet Embassy in Leopold ville, ousted by Congo Premier We Can't Afford to Run PRICES TOO LOW! Ads 3 PC. SECTIONAL Nylon CoverFoam Cushions Big Ad Price . . Small Ad Price .$223.85 .$179.88 mi HOME FURNISHINGS OPEN SUNDAY! EJ ti- tS' i mm intra. MimtoM MijMti2i NATURAL GAS ARRIVES Medford Mayor James Dunlevy, right, "turns" the valve Thursday signifying the arrival of ., natural gas -in Southern Oregon. Natural gas actually was turned into the area's mains Nov. 16. Observing the event near the California-Pacific Utilities network of pipes at their regulator station on North Front Street arc E. K. Albert, center, San Francisco, California-Pacific Utilities Company president, and Murray S. Gardiner, Medford district manager. The regulator station reduces the natural gas pressure from 25 to S pounds per square inch. JFK Grandmother Not Told of Death BOSTON (UPI) - President Kennedy's 98-ycar-old grand mother has not been told, and probably never will be, of the President's assassination. Mrs. John F. Fitzgerald cele brated her 98th birthday Oct. 31. She is the widow of former Boston Mayor John (Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald. "Her mind is keen, very keen, and we are afraid she'd understand this awful thing all too well," Miss Katherine Fitz maurice of Worcester, the wom an's constant nurse, said. Mrs. Fitzgerald lives with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Fitzgerald. She is confined to her room and cannot see the flag flying at halfstaff outside the house. Remove polishing wax before applying a new coat. And clean the surface thoroughly with a mild soap and soft water. Church Leaders Denounce Slaying Of Lee Oswald PORTLAND (UPI)-Religious leaders Sunday denounced the slaying in Dallas, Tex., of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had been charged with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dr. A. Raymond Grant, Meth odist bishop of the Portland area, said, "I shuuddered when I learned the crowds cheered when Lee Oswald had been killed . . . God have mercy upon us, that human life has become so cheap and that tragedy has been heaped upon tragedy." Rabbi Emanuel Rose of Temple Beth Israel said, "I think that this killing is also a great tragedy because it is a disgraceful infringement on the legal process of democratic gov ernment." The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edmund Van de Zander, chancellor of NOTICE: Effective November 16 our White City office is open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tues day thru Saturday. CLOSED MONDAYS. Crater Finance Casade Shopping Center White City 826-2721 Oregonian's Body Found in Humboldt EUREKA, Calif. (UPI) -Po lice Saturday found the body of an Oregon fisherman floating face down in Humboldt Bay near the end of a street that dead ends on the bay. The victim was identified as James Ledgerwood, 47, McMinn- ville. He had been missing for about 24 days, officers reported. Deputy Coroner Chalmers Crichton, who performed a par tial autopsy, said there were no apparent signs of foul play. Police theorized he may have fallen into the bay. the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, said "This profoundly adds to the confusion and con sternation that overshadows our country. Another act of violence in no way lessens the shame we already feel for the tragedy." The Kt. Kev. James w. f'. Carman, bishop of the Episco pal Diocese of Oregon, said, ". . . if a person is a true pa triot, and not the kind of a crackpot that killed the Presi dent, as an American, ne win Nursery Chapt men Elect er Officers C 1 WHEN YOU $ , f MAKE THAT C I IMPORTANT f DECISION I '1 CONSIDER... OUR COMPLETE ADVISORY SERVICE There are many details connected with final arrangements that are unknown or unconsidered by the layman. We are able to advise and counsel concerning every aspect of these problems. 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McLoughlin, Jackson County Extension Agent, gave a talk on tree diseases, illustrated with slides of diseases common to this area. The presentation was followed by a discussion of the problems confronting nurs erymen and garden products suppliers in this area. The next meeting will be Feb. 18 in Grants Pass. not tolerate any individual Ink ing the law into his own hands however indignant he may be . . ." Dallas Closes Assassination Case WASHINGTON (UPI) - With the death of Lee Harvey Os wald, Dallas authorities con sider the case of President Ken nedy's assassination closed, but the FBI said Sunday night it would continue to investigate the matter. "There is very strong evi dence that Oswald was the President's assassin," a Justice Department spokesman here said. "But we do not consider the case closed just because Os wald himself has fallen victim to an assassin." "We will not consider the case closed until we have ob tained all evidence we can," the spokesman said. 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