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PHOTOCOURTESYOFTHETEHAMACOUNTYLIBRARY Clair Engle, on right, wearing gun belt and western hat. ByJasonA.Bezis Fiftyyearsagothismonthapall of grief hung over Red Bluff. U.S. Senator Clair W. Engle, the preem- inent politician in Tehama County history, had died at age 52. "Engle was a tough, savvy pol- itician," wrote historian Stephen Sayles in "California Historical Quarterly" in 1975. "Dubbed 'Con- gressman Fireball' by admiring colleagues, he was a human dy- namo, an authentic political an- imal, and an extraordinarily ef- fective legislator. His pragma- tism and sensitivity toward public opinion enabled him to develop from a rural, conservative Demo- cratic opponent of New Deal bu- reaucracy in the 1940s to an ur- ban-conscious, pro-civil rights liberal twenty years later." Sayles added, "His record indi- cated a strong attachment toward the 'little man,' a term he applied to small farmers and ranchers, miners, lumbermen, and busi- nessmen burdened by govern- mental bureaucracy and privi- leged economic interests. Buck- passing bureaucrats were often stung by rapier-like 'Engleisms,' colorful rural colloquialisms that were part of his pioneer heritage. … [H]e conducted himself in po- litical office so scrupulously that he died after thirty years of pub- lic service without a blemish on his integrity." Engle served in Congress from 1943 to 1964, during five presi- dential administrations — Frank- lin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Ken- nedy and Lyndon Johnson. Engle is the only Central Val- ley resident to serve in the Senate during the past 135 years. Friends speculated that had Engle lived, he would have been on a presiden- tial ticket by the 1970s. Engle was a Valley native with deep Tehama County roots. Born in Bakersfield in 1911 to Fred and Carita Engle, he moved dur- ing childhood to Shasta County and then to Manton, Gerber and Los Robles in Tehama County. In 1928, he graduated from Red Bluff High School, where he won the student body presidency by con- solidating fellow rural students into a power base to challenge di- vided "town" candidates. As a stu- dent at Chico Junior College, he decided that he would begin his 'WILDCAT IN WASHINGTON' DeathofSen.Engle, half a century later StaffReports RED BLUFF An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 18-year- old Redding woman Tues- day night at Crystal Apart- ments on 355 S. Main St. Red Bluff po- lice officers re- sponded about 9:40 p.m. Tues- day to a sexual assault reported by St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, according to a press release. Officers inter- viewed the woman at the hospital, where she reported that she was sexually assaulted by an acquain- tance, identified as Darin Kyle Banks, at the apartment complex. Police contacted Banks at Crys- RED BLUFF Man arrested for alleged sexual assault at apartments By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The California State University, Chico student charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of 5-year-old Gunner Langenderfer last year was bound over for trial Wednesday. Tyler Allan Burrone of Fort Jones has been accused of texting in the moments before he rear- ended a Nissan Maxima, forcing it into the path of a oncoming big rig on State Route 99E near Sher- man Street. The Nissan's driver, Katie Ramsey, was seriously in- jured in the July 24, 2013 wreck. Her son, Gunner, was killed. Burrone, who was 21 at the time of the crash, has pleaded not guilty. During a preliminary hear- LOS MOLINOS Chico State student bound over for trial TylerAllanBurroneis charged with vehicular manslaughter in 2013 death Staff Reports A 28-year-old Corning man was arrested while in custody at Tehama County Jail for allegedly order- ing the murder of a fam- ily member and one other adult. Investigators with the Tehama County District Attorney Bureau of Inves- tigation with assistance from Tehama County Sher- iff's Department Jail staff concluded a week long in- vestigation Wednesday with the arrest of Travis John Kilburger for solici- tation for murder, accord- ing to a press release issued Wednesday by the DA's of- fice. District Attorney Inves- tigators became aware last week of a plot by Kilburger to hire individuals to kill an adult family member and another adult. The names of both victims are being withheld. The motivation ap- pears to be over family is- sues and the fact the fam- ily member would be testi- fying against Kilburger in a pending matter in court, the release said. The Tehama County Jail website lists additional charges against Kilburger of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse of cohabitant, threatening a crime with the intent to terrorize and false imprisonment with vi- olence. His bail was set at $1,335,000. No further information was released Wednesday. ARREST Manarrestedinplottokill2 28-year-old Corning man allegedly ordered murder of family member Arts..................A5 Comics ............B3 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Obituaries....... A7 Sports.............. B1 INDEX Man listed on church credit card could put credit rating in jeopardy if payments aren't made on time. PAGEA4 EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE Authorizedusermay have cause for concern A party will celebrate the 49th birthday of Medicare Saturday, Aug. 23at the Red Bluff Community Center. 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