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PAGE SIXTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ft, 11)52 Army Engineer Workers Held on Bribery Counts TACOMA I " Two civilian em- dent engineer on the project nd i ployei ol the Army Corps of -Engl- Jieera were arrested by Federal Bureau of .Investigation agents Tuesday on bribery charges. ' Bpeclal FBI Agent R. D. Auer bach said John Samuel WUfley 50. and Manley Powell Bates, 43, both of Tacoma, are accused of accept trig a 11,000 bribe to violate speci fications on a million auiinr siren and paving Job at Fort Lewis. Auerbach said WUfley was rest Overwork Kills Champ cudworth. Em. World tltllst Jennifer the hen that laid .10 eggs in less man an now was dead weanesaay jrom mvr Work. The pink-eyed prolific chicken hadn't produced for farmer Charlie Rogers for days. But he brought her Into his home in front of I he fire on Monday and Jennifer .let loose A jackpot of 10. ' "Jenny spent Monday night In her cardboard box and I tried to make her.eat," Rogers' daughter explained. "But tne laying eiiort had been too much for her." Neither Jenny nor her 10 eggs will provide a single morsel on any dining table, despite Britain's lood shortage. " "I've asked a taxidermist to set Jenny up in a glass case with those 10 eggs," Rogers said.. , t- , - . . . . '. Suburban Fire ! ;? ? Budget OK'd Voters approved a 5526,940 budget Tor the Suburban Fire District at the polls yesterday by an almost 1 to 1. margin. - The vote was 37 to 20 In favor, a far lower total vote than was expected, according to Chairman Cecil Prather of the Fire District. When asked what would happen if the vote . had failed to carry, Prather-answered, "What, would happen If a school budget were not approved?"'. - , . , I Bates waa the chief inspector, The two men were arraigned be fore U.8. Commissioner Frank Hn'.e and were bound over to the fed' eral grand jury. Each was re leased In ball of 2,500. Auerbach said WUfley and Bates are charged with seeking a bribe from the Valley Construction Co, 01 Seattle. U. 6. Attorney Charles J. Dennis said at Seattle the company re ported a bribe attempt and FBI agents were present when money was passed at the fort, . . - The complaint said the men "did ask and receive $1,000 with intent to have their decisions and actions influenced on enforcement of spec ulations' ot the project. At the arraignment. WUfley den ied having any connection with the transaction. He termed such a bribe ridiculous because "so many people have to be in on the deal that $1,000 wouldn't go very far." Bates declined to testify before the commissioner. He said ha would tell his story in court. Grange Opposes Truck Group " EUGENE I Lane County's Pomona Orange has opened a light to block two moves of truck ing interests at the November election which the Grangers ssy are designed to throttle long-haul truck taxation. A resolution - adopted by .the Pomona Orange will be presented to the state Grange at the group's annual meeting in La Grande next month It urges support of the 'Legislature's weight-mile tax bill. -now suspended by referen dum, and defeat of a proposed constitutional- amendment restrict ing truck taxes. MAGNIFIER NEEDED. Copies of wkat li believed to be world's smallest printed book fit into a matchbox In Munich, Germany, bookshop. The Lord's Prayer Is book's first page. Court Moves To Ballpark NEW YORK Lfl The compli cated figures of security under writing take a back seat Wednes day to a score card for the Brook lyn Dodgers-New York Giants base ball game. Federal Judge Harold R. Medina has adjourned for the day the 18-month-old civil anti-trust suit brought by the government against 17 Investment banking firms. In the midst of the complicated case earlier this month, Medina asked: "How about going to a ball game?" 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