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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1955 . PAGE FOUR IIERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON t -State Ouilines Case Against Student In Kidnaping Case ''" OAKLAND (UP) A jury nt eev-;- en men and five women listened i 'j Intently today while the state oul- ,, lined Its case against Burton w, i(. Abbott, the frail accounting stir dent of murdering a pretty Berk' eley (schoolgirl. . : Youth's Arrest -Set By Chance DENVER (UP) TheK Rocky Mountain News, In a copyriifhtM story, said today a chance remark about a Christmas Rift led to the arrest of John' Gilbert Graham 23, in the bomb crash Nov. 1 of a United Air Lines DC6B carry, lng 44 persons. The news said FBI agents fo cused their attention on the young father of two sftfr neighbors re ported that Graham told them he had placed a surprise gift In his mother's luggagft before escorting her to the- plans. Neighbors described Grahnm two days after the crush as being heart-broken because he had hid den the gift supposedly a Jewelry making tool In her luggage. They said he was remorseful "for fall- ing to make his mother's last hours happy by not giving her the present before she left Denver," the news said. - The FBI went Into action as soon as It learned Graham opened his mother's packed suitcases in order to insert tne surprise gut, tnc paper said. The paper said neighbors also became approhenslve of Graham when ha claimed he had a "pre monition" of his mother's death before word of the explosion reached him and that the promo hltion was accompanied by illness, I rings Road Closed ! Seven inches of new snow which i fell -in the 24 hour period end jlng at 8 a.m. today temporarily (closed the road from Annie Springs jto the rim In Crater Lake Na tional Park. Highway 62 through the park Is open, with chains re quired, according to Uie rangers, j 8now depth was reported this 'morning at 19 Inches' compared ,wlth 18 inches on November 16, lust .year. Seven Inches of new shuw fell In the park a year ago last night, climaxing eight days of light snow ;fall. Minimum temperature last night was three degrees below zero. 'Maximum temperature Tuesday iwas 25 degrees. It was 23 degrees ; above zero at 8 a.m.' today and aim snowing hard. ; ' t Tho warming hut will reopen ithla weekend II weather permits 1 At leaM another root of snow (will be necessary for skiing, Inn rangers said. The big rocks on Gai field must be completely cov ,ered before skiing -will -be sato. If m ft ri 1 WOOL MARKET i NEW YORK (UP) Wool ton 111 .lures on the Ne- York Cotton Ex- 'chango today opened unchanged .to nine pomus lower. opening prices follow: Dec. 154.1 aded; Murch 156.0 traded; Mnv '153.7 bid; July 156.0 traded: Oct. 154.8 bid; Dec. (19561 154.5 bid: Mnrch (1957) 153.6 bid. i Wool futures opened five points lower to 11 points higher; Dec. 127.5 bid; March 127.9 traded; Mnv 126.0 bid; July 125.0 bid; Oct. 124.5 bid; Dec. tlOSfli 1M.9 traded; March (1957) 123.0 bid. The 27-vear-old Abbott's kidnap murder trial got down to business promptly at 9:45 a.m. In the Ala meda County courtroom of Super ior Judge Charles Wade Snock. Dist. Ally. J. Frank Coakley made 11 plain his opening state ment did not shuw all the cards in tho prosecution hand. "We have a lot more evidence than has appeared In the papers," ho said. Abbctt is accused of murdering Stephunlu Bryan, 14. on April 28. Her body was found near the Trin ity Ccunly mountain cabin owned by Abbott's family on July 20, a few clays after her purse turned up li. the basement of Abbott's Alameda home. . 1 The tedious ob of choosing a tury came to a sudden end yesterday at 2:30 p.m. Coakley hud passed a challenge witnout comment, indicating be was satisfied with the Jurors al ready in the box. i . Dclense attorneys Stanley D. Whitney and Harold B. Hove con ferred in whispers- with Abbott, who nnddqd vigorously several limes. Then Whitney looked up to Judge Snook and said: "The defense passes the chal lenge." ' ' Courtroom observers expressed some surprise that Coakley. had lulled to challenge one juror, Rich ard Cavagnaro, a bachelor ac countant who admitted he once inude a casual, offhand remark about tho cose. .- I stated that from the little I had rend about It, I didn't think a Jury would convict," he said. However, Coukley apparently de cided tiint Cavagnaro was the kind of man who would change his mind after fairly considering ail the ev idence. The defense used 12 nf Its 20 challenges and the prosecution only .seven. Two alternate jurors were also chosen. y, Defense attorneys believed the (riiil would last until after Christ mas. 1 . ! Oregon Weather ; Western Oregon Cloudy lliruugli Thursday. A lew. light :jnowers or snow flurried Wednes day mglit. A Utile snow turning to rain Thursday. Hot quite so cold Lows Wednesday mglit 28-36. High Thursday 31-18. Winds along the coast becoming southerly to south westerly Thursday. Eastern Oregon Cloudy with intermittent snow through Wednes day night. Partly cloudy with a lew snow flurries Thursdny. slow); rising temperatures. High 25-3o Thursday. Lows Wednesday mghl 5-la. Grants Pass and Vicinity Mostly cloudy with n few shower? Wednesday night and Thursday High Thursday 45; low Wednesday night 28. ' I Baker and Vicinity Mostly cloudy with snow f lurries througn ' Thursday. Low Wednesday night 6: ' 10. High Thursday 20-21). ft. Weather Table . M By THE ASSOCIATED I'RtfSS 24 bours to 4:30 a. m. Wednesday I - . , Max. Alln. J-rcp. Baker 9 -J5 Bend 15 ' 5 .08 Boise 9 . i 5 - I Eugene ' 25 2! .13 Klamath Falls . 22 17., .17 Lakevlcw 23 18 ' '.17 Mcdford . 33 27 .36' Newport 28 2 1 .04 North Bend -'.0 35 .04 Pendleton 11 , 3 ' Portland Airport 26 20 .07 Koseburg . 35 . 23 '.15 1 Salem 26 20 .05 j Spokane 123 , nf i TV ' t i. By UNITED PRESS Temperatures and rainfall for 24 hours ending at 4:30 a.m. High Low Hum A SCHOOL PLAY will be presented by the students of Roosevelt School at the PTA carnival planned for Friday at 7 p.m. in the school gym. Tho stage show will begin at 8 p.m. Three of the principal actors in the play are, left to right, Charlton Currin, Margaret Gallagher and Karen Lindley. Tho play is being directed by Mrs. D. E. Van Vaetor with the band under the direction of Steven Stone. The play is titled "A Day At School." , Miller-Lux Heirs Combine 1 Forces To Bring Damage Suit SAN FRANCISCO (UP) The hiir. la Lhn fabulous estate of cat tle and land baron Henry Miller have settled their differences and will work together to press a 100 million dollar fraud suit. STOCKS WALL STREET NEW YORK w The slock market was mixed Wednesday for the most part rather narrowly in the late afternoon. At the outside, prices ranged from 4 points lower to 3 points hleher. Trading was estimated at 2.30.1,. 000 shares compared with 2.560.000 shares Tuesday. Tho market, despite the irregu larity of prlco movements, was near Its old record hieh mark established last September. Potato .Shipments SEASONS 51-55 65-56 Itall.vTruik Ore. l:i in ilullyJUII 6r'r7 '- 13 4 i)l1ytmi'krnllf, 3 II) Dally Rail Calif. in s Dally Tola I ORE, ti ( AI.I1'. 17 JO Monthly ToUI 447 III I Scon'iTotai nm mj California Weather By UNITED PRESS Northern California: Increasing cloudiness today; -rain from around . Salinas and Stockton north, spreading slowly southward to bantu Maria and Bakersfleld tonight; showers early Thursday, followed by clearing; little change In temperature; southerly, winds 10-20 mill) near the coast but 20-35 mph from Point Arena northward: winds shifting to. westerly 12-25 mph Thursday; snow in the moun tains above 3000 feet. Sierra Nevada: Increasing cloudiness with snow today, to night and early Thursday, becom- mg pnrtiy cloudy with snow flur ries Thursdny alternoon; rain be low 3500 feet; little change In temperature; windy at times. Sacramento Valley: Occasional ruin today and - tonight; showers early Thursduy; followed by clear ing; Utile change In temperature; high bolh days 48-58; low tonight 36-40; southerly winds 8-1B mph, becoming northwesterly 10-20 mph Thursday afternoon.' " 1 Northwestern California: Occa sional rain today and tonight: showers early Thursday followed by clcurlng but partly cloudy In the extreme north portion Thuis duy nfternoon; snow In the moun tains above 3000!cct; little change in temperature: high today and low tonight Uklah 55-46, Santa Rosa 58-44, Napa 56-44: small craft warnings until 4 p.m. from Point Arena northward for south oily winds 20-35 mph; winds be coming westerly 12-25 mph near the coast Thursday. , - 1 Albuquerque Atlanta Bakersfleld . Boston Brownsville . Chicago Denver Detroit El Centro Fairbanks Fresno , . Helena Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New Orleans New York Oakland Oklahoma City Phoenix Pittsburgh Red Bluff Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Stockton . Thermal Tucson Washington Yuma 48 20 76 60 i . - 56 35 .LI 60 "39 " H4 76 71 39 .38 . 26 -2 r.Oli 50 46 .v41 7'. ., ' 13 - '4 ,. 54 -3 : -8 -'J4 1. (17 13 .04 62 48 70 73 33 11 .27 84 71 T. 56 46 .35 50 43 ' '77 16 59 38 63 56 .99 , 50 35 .17 15 50 48-; . 24 21 53 39 . 68 ' i 59 32 ' 57 50 .06 1 66 40 Call- SAN FRANCISCO (UP) fornla weather summary: Due to a low pressure center which formed near the Oregon coast last night, rain has fallen over Northern California from around Sun Francisco and Sacra mento northward and there Itai born snow In the mountains. Red Bluff and Eureka reported .17 of un Inch of ruin but only trncts lell in the Sun Francisco Buy Region and the Sncrnmcnto area. The rain Is expected to spread slowly southward reaching Santa Muriu oud Bakersfleld '.oiv.gh:. There will be showers early Thurs day as tho storm moves om through Uio area followed by cleanup; later Thursday. Temperatures will be higher to night In Central California. Low tonight were In the 30s In the San Joaquin and Salinas volleys while Red mud reported 35, Eureka 38. downtown San Francisco 48, Kantn Mann 33, Los Angeles 48 and Inyo- kevn 28. High temperatures yes terday were generally In the 60s alllioutili Kurekii reported 45 nnd Thermal 69. Doyllnie temperatures are running 10 to 20 degrees below normal and night temperatures 6 to 10 degree below the nild November average. Small cralt worntims ore In ellcrt on the coasl from Point Arena northward for southerly winds 20 to 15 mph. KF Mail Boxes . Get New Coats All U.S. mall boxes In (he busi ness and residential sections of Klamath Falls arc getting new coats of red, white and blue paint ever Ihelr olive green covering. diet Langlset, Klumulh Fulls postmaster, said tlm(33 copt$indr3 are being relinlsiied. He also remlneded local' resf dents who plan to moil Christmas packages overseas, (hot tile dead line was November 15. Any mailed at once will probably reach their destination before the holiday. Packages sent to the armed services ore sometimes delayed for several days until a ship leaves for various porta and a margin of time should be allowed. 74- l- tria ls it St. Tornadoes Hit Three States By UNITED PRESS A wild storm ripped up the na tion's midsection. sDewuie torna does in three states, and pounded the Ohio River Valley with heavy thunderstorms today. To the west, a long-delayed cold wave cracked out of life icy norm ern Rockies and ran chilling fing ers through the Northern Plains. Another storm center rolled out of Missouri into .Illinois and Wiscon- n. At least one person was killed and 21 weie injured last night when tornadoes and devastating wind stcrms hit communities in Arkansas, Indiana, and Ohio. Indiana got the worst buffeting when at least three twisters struck at Winchester, the south side of. Indianapolis, and a'. Gentryville. Six persons were injured, one seriously, at Winchester. All pow er and telephone communications were lipped aown at oentryvine, while the Indianapolis twister caused only minor damage. Evunsvllle, Ind was hit by a violent wind storm and 1.31 inches of rain. Ten persons were injured, three - from one family, and 18 homes were damaged, three of them leveled. Near Batesville. Ark., a twister killed a 74-vear-cld woman and in jured five other persons. Another storm, described as a "small twister," ripped an Ohio area be tween Greenville and Union City Houses, barns, and aut03 were damaged, but no injuries were re ported. More violent storms struck Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas. In POLIO CONFERENCE GENEVA W The first inter national conference on polio vac cines is to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 21-25, the United Nations World Health Organiza tion announced Wednesday. Lead ing scientists from- nine nations have been invited. This - was disclosed yesterday with the filing of an action In San Francisco Superior Court that would unltu the various factions that have been opposing one anoth er up till now. T.ie action involves Miller and Lux, Inc. the chief asset in the Miller estate. All stock in the firm Is held in a family trust. . In the action, three court ap pointed trustees tendered their res ignations and asked that control of the trust be restored to family representatives. The court appointed trustees are attorney Louis Ferrari Sr., M, Mitchell Bourquin and Samuel A. Ladar. They asked to be replaced by: George W. Nickel Jr., of Los Banos. great-grandson of Henry Miller and one of those who touched off the court fight over the trust last yeat; Henry Miller Bowles. of Berkeley, another great-grandson of Henry Miller and an op ponent of Uie George W. Nickel Jr. faction: and William Wallace Mem sr., rau-.er-ln-law of Sally Nickel Mein, also a .Miller ereat. grandchild and brother of George W. Nickel Jr. The action also asked the court to award the three resigning trust ees unspecified amounts as com pensation for their custodianship. . n noiea uini me trust benec iaris have agred to "orosecute diligently" suits pending in fed eral court against a long list of persons, firms and corporations for allegedly diverting lllesrallv assets! of Miller and Lux totaling at least luu million aouars. The beneficiaries have airreed also to accept a settlement with the estate of C.'E, Houchln, Bak ersfleld oil millionaire whose es tate is a major defendant in the fraud suit, Houchin, a Miller and Lux land agent for many years, was ac-, cused of having sold company land to himself Improperly. It turned out to have oil on it. Under the. Houchln settlement, $2,138,669 in cash and properties valued far in excess of that amount would be recovered by Miller and Lux from his heirs. The action also asked that all official acts by resigning trustees be approved by the court. This would cover a contract with attor ney C. Ray Robinson, of Merced, paying him 20 per cent of every thing recovered up to 10 million dollars and 15 per cent of every- I thing in excess of that amount. 'KLAMATH lUDlAN LEADER, VVade Crawford, (extreme leftl is shown at congressional sub committee hearing here being confronted with copy of an agreement he is reported to have made with , individual tribesmen authorizing him to handle reservation termination activities. Holding paper is U.S. Representative Clare Hoffman, Republican of Michigan. In the back ground other members of the official investigating committee are shown. Special Mercy ' Flight Arrives DENVER (UP) A special air evacuation flight from .Walla Walla Wash., arrived In Denver curly to dny with two Weston. Ore., chil dren in need of special treatment at we National Jewish Hospital. Hospital spokcbinon said the children arc 6'j-month-old Larry Warren, who Is suffering pulmon ary luueicuiosis, and his sister. 20-montli-old Janet Warren, who has tuberculous menlnitltis. o deadly form of tuberculosis. Third Plane'. STOCKTON (UP) Authorities resumed dragging operations to day fof the third victim in the crash of a rented plane, that was playfully "buzzing" a ship in Stockton Channel. The missing man Is Jorgcn M. Rils, 42, of San Francisco, chief mate of the' freighter SS Pacific Transport. Riis was thrown from the craft yesterday after It clipped power lines stretched across the channel. The bodies ol his two shipmates seaman Theodore Ortcz, 28, of Hawthorne, and steward James Parker. 24. of Berkeley, were re covered when the wreckage of the single .engine. Cessna 170 was hauled up from the bottom ot the 40 foot deep channel. Witnesses said the crash oc curred when Riis made a low level pass at the Pacific Transport which was tied up ot a loauaig dock. He apparently failed to see the power lines. m. 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Its extra stamina assures long anil lrriul.ililr service. 2. Oil the road-A ui(k shift into its l-uhrrl drive makes the 'Jeep' Truck a "(to-am where" vehicle ihal carries pat load of more than a Inn ami pels through when olher trucks can't. Now availaMc wilh power brakes. 4 WHEEL DRIVE & JJ TRUCK -n xm- is..,- iteacliiig Time Is Iff Time The newspaper is the basic advertis ing medium because it does not have to compete with other interests and activities for your attention. It al ways is waiting to be read at your convenience - as you are doing now. WILLYS... world's lirjesl mikits if 4-whijl iiiiMehicles ten this ll-iiipoe 'Jcrp"J'iiuk Unlay. .. PARKER MOTOR CO. 606 So. 6th St. ,v ' Klamath Falls', Ore.