The news-review., July 05, 1963, Page 2, Image 2

Berserk Gunman Shot By Marksman
After Killing Three In Freedom Bid
2 The Newi-Reriew, Roseburg, Or. Fri., July 5, 1963
Stale Tax Referral
Measure Gets Title
AMERICUS, Ga. (UI'I) Ai He had been taken to a liospi-, up and Weaver shouted "don't
hulking convict fell to a marks-1'1' Here after being overcome by 1 move or I'll blow your head
smoKe wnen ne sei lire 10 me on.
He seized i Addin2 their weapons to his
he got into tne pairoiAtly 0en- ItolH,rt y Thornton.
a at tne yomns anu i ... .... .... ,,
when said "I need a hostage." " , " " '. ..".':,
I'll take the little one." he de- '"' "'. -.
His terrified u.veai-.nM t.ni;.,io , . :.i.i ti. i .1 j.r..ni. in,.!. i:.u ana corporation Income lax
firabbed his pistol and shot, him I vi.itinr, ihp'hmniial sinned ' Hicky Hale, an orphan, into theiBI'-
fr.ni mnrA iii.. h .1.. a ; "ua ai ine nospuai, iitppvu , ' . r The accompanying statement of
mttt'e K.tltnt TI..... 1..
J1IB1I a UUIItl llllliaUdV UI1UIT . . , il
nnrn I. . h.,ArA mil. bun1' "1 llls la
the Honda town where, a
. i Heoutv Sheriff Aaron Creel'i ois- collection.
itol. shot him to death, and then car. looked at the youths and
fn J ht 5'' ed ,U'reI mcn killed Deputy Allen Kench v
in a desperate b.d for freedom, j Kench ru,Ph(.d to Greel'. aid.
SALEM (UPI) A ballot title It lowers the tax rates, but it
and a statement of purpose for doesn't lower the take."
the referral of the 1963 legisla-; A petition to refer the revenue
lure's $) million tax increase i measure was filed by J. Krancyl
package were assigned today by! Howard, president of the Citizens
..umiiiiucc lur cvuiiumy uu
Equitable Taxation.
Howard's group still faced de
lays before circulation of pen
nons coum Degin, nowever
t. f , , , . YISUIIIE fll IIIC Il.l3lll.ai, vtJ"
four mora i times as he slumped :jnt0 ,Je forrido ', sce what
dying over the tiegmnings of thelwa, lhe matcr and Weav(,r shot
iMjwiuie iiu was nying 10 111);.
He was Melvin Weaver, 23, a
squat, 240-pound life-term convict
who started his brief, bloody tour
through the limelight at Marian
na, Ela.
him to death.
Forced Entrance
Weaver bolted out of the hos
pital and forced his way into the
home of Dick Sangarce. He told
Sanguree to give him clothes,
then forced the man, his wife and
their 8-year-old daughter to drive
him north.
Ho ordered the Sangarecs out
of the car at Colquitt, Ga., and
rnnt inued north. Near Smithville,
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI) about 50 miles north of Colquitt,
An escaped convict turned killer) he saw three youths standing by
tried to elude police in a hugelu. S. Highway 19.
crowd watching a circus parade screeching to a halt, he whip
Thursday but two detectives dis- , ))oth tn0 pi5l0, he had
covered him in a tavern and ' .,, ,,m . ,ih iniitip and
told the youths "don't move.'
Police Bullets Fell
Escaped Convict
wounded l.im critically
Michael Weston, 22, was sought
by more than 80 police officers
fur the slaying of a youth who
tried to protect a girl the fugitive
had slapped during a quarrel.
Detective Inspector Harold Brc-
ier and Detective Sgt. Edward
Shaffer found Weston on a bar
stool in an Easlside tavern. Wes
ton, 22, had a red handkerchief
covering a revolver in his lap.
When Weston removed the hand
kerchief, the two detectives fired.
One bullet struck Weston in the
left arm and the other In the left
chest.
Weston's father (old a reporter:
"He's my son but he's gone berserk."
Earlier young Weston, who had
escaped from a prison farm five
days ago, vowed ho would go
back to prison "on a slab."
Weston's father voiced regret
he had not notified officers ear
lier that he was aware his son
had escaped and knew his whereabouts.
Two highway patrolmen drove
Pasco Daily Quits
PASCO, Wash. (UPI) The man
agement of the Columbia Basin
News disclosed Wednesday that it
has discontinued daily publication.
The hnnrd nf direetni'it will meet
over the weekend to decide whclli-1 N""e of tha first three boya
er to resumo publication as a was aware It was stolen, according
scml-wcckly, trl-weekly or weekly, to police.
Theft Of Go-Kart
Cleared By Arrest
Theft of a Go-kart from the Steph
en K. Oakley homo at W6 SE
Douglas St.. Roseburg, has been
cleared with the taking into custody
of a 17-year-old youth, who has ad
mitted the theft. Ho has been turn
ed over to juvenile authorities.
City police report solving of the
case Involved a chain of events.
Oakley reported the kart stolen
from his garage June 11. Later a
12-year-old boy brought a cart into
Lellleu Motors and sold it for $18.
A representative of LcBIeu con
tacted Oakley to assess the value
nf the carl, and Oakley identified
it as the one stolen from him.
The boy who sold it said he ac
quired the cart in a trade with
another hoy for some model air
plane motors. The other boy had
obtained the cart from still a third
one, who reported he had seen a
fourth person dump it out along
the roadside. The third boy knew
the fourth boy had had the cart in
his possession for quite some time,
and in fact had helped him repaint
Weaver's wild ride ended at a
two-room shanty by the highway
three miles north of Americus.
When tho woman inside refused
to let him in, Kicky said he fig
ured "I was done for."
Took Covtr In Grovo
But Weaver ordered him into
the pecan grove behind the house
just as cars full of officers began
surrounding the field. Weaver
ripped off several shots, grazing
the scalp of a highway patrolman.
Frantically Weaver began try
ing to dig a foxhole under a pe
can tree. But highway patrol
marksman Hubert Benson, carry
ing a .30 caliber rifle, was work
ing his way behind Weaver.
Benson got to within 130 yards
of the killer. "I figured it was
lhe best shot I could get and
shot." He drilled the digging kill
er through the heart.
Ricky said ho thought the shot
came from Weaver. "I looked at
him and he was scrounged over
with a pistol in his hand."
"I picked up the pistol and
started shooting at him. I just
pulled the trigger and started
shooting until the gun was
empty."
Kicky dropped tne gun wen,
ran across the field in terror and
leaped over a fence. Officers
caught up with him on the road
nd told him nis orocai was over,
purpose describes the measure:
"To increase state revenues. Abol
ishes federal tax deduction. Low
ers personal tax rates. Provides
minimum tax. Increases corpora
tion rates. Effective on or after
January 1, 1963."
When asked to explain the part
As soon as the secretary of
state is notified of the title as
signed for the measure, a 20-day
appeal period begins.
Thornton explained "any person
who is dissatisfied with the ballot
title can file an objection within
the 20-dav oeriod.
I "It then becomes a matter for
the Supreme Court to determine."
Thnrnlnn snirl thi.t-0 i nr. Ipoal
of the statement of purpose which ! time limit for the Supreme Court
siaies ine lax measure lowers i to approve or reject the title,
personal tax rates," Thornton told "In the past there has been the
UPI, "The bill increases revenues feeling that objections to ballot
because the federal tax deduction titles were deliberate attempts at
is eliminated. The bill lowers thelslall'nS " prevent petitioners
tax rates, but raises more money.
College Professor
5s Latest Suspect
In Counterfeit Ring
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California Couple
Survives Air Crash
DELTA, Utah (UPI)-A Califor
nia doctor and his wife returned
home by train today after their
light plane made a crash-landing
on a desert road 30 miles north
of here Wednesday evening.
Dr. Ernest Beehler, Covina, said
he and his wife were flying the
no-minute trin from Malad, Idaho,
to Delta when his war surplus TO
airplane developed engine trouble.
"The engine began to run rather
rough and then the whole plane
vibrated. I cut back on the power,
then went through the routine of
checking the fuel, oil anu outer
instrument.." he said.
"Then when we couldn't gain
altitude 1 looked for a place to
land. The only visible area was
the rond. Bui when it was too
lnln to turn back I saw fence
posts beside the road," the neuro
surgeon said.
Dr. Beehler said the right wing
caught on tho steel posts, pulling
the plane into tho fence and off
into the sagebrush. Ho said dam
ago to the craft was considerable.
The piano sheared oft 18 steel
posts before slopping in the sage
brush. "We were shaken and tossed
around but fortunately didn't gel I
hurt," he said. The couple was
returning from a urolngical meet
ing in Sun Valley, Idaho,
City Police Reserves
Sponsoring Teen Dance
A teen-age dance, featuring both
"pop" records and live entertain
ment, will be held at the Elks Ball
room in Hoseburg tonight from
8:30 to midnight.
The dance will be sponsored by
the Hoseburg police reserves, with
funds to go (or the reserves' uni
form fund.
The live entertainment will fea
luro a loral group. Serina lnman
and Tho Vistas. Television person
ality Dirk Booth will serve as rec
ord bust.
OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI) A
bearded college laboratory techni
cian is the latest person arrested
in the smashup of what officers
call the largest counterfeiting oi
eration in the history of the U.S.
Secret Service.
With the arrest Thursday of end of the legislative session.
Eugene Allen, 3G, of San Leandro, Jack Thompson, elections super
secret service a'inls and flnkl.inrt visor for Ihp secretary of State,
police vice squad officers reported said the petitions must be turned !
they also seized another $200,000 ; in D a P. m- BCPl;
in "near perfect" $20 and $30 SeP1-. ls a ""day, but Thomp.
hills.
from getting signatures," Thorn
ton said.
Howard's group must get 23.185
signatures before a special elec
tion can be held on the revenue
measure.
The legislature set aside $300,
000 and an Oct. IS election date
for such an election.
Thornton said "it may take con
siderable time for the Supreme
Court to act. Many feel this is a
defect in the law and should be
lightened up."
He explained there was no pro
vision in the law for extending
the time for circulation of peti
tions in case of delays caused by
a challenge of the ballot title.
The law requires signatures to
he gathered within 90 days of the
That raised the total amount
confiscated to more than $1.4 mil
lion in bogus bills.
Allen joined two alleged accom
plices in Oakland city jail. The
two are (Juy J. Smith, 33, 270
pound tavern owner and Josenh
A task force of 10 Oakland of-1
fleers and five Secret Service !
agents Wednesday night grabbed
Smith as he stepped from his car
outside of Mcmoli's restaurant.
They then battered their way in
to the resatauranl office to grab
Memoli and hundreds of fake
identity cards. They also confis
cated $1.2 million in counterfeit
money.
The officers said Allen led them
to the counterfeiters' "mint," an
inconspicuous houso here.
Allen is an electronics engineer
by training and is employed by
Alameda Slate College, he told po
lice. A police spokesman said that
two more men "who have long
since departed" were also being'
sought in connection with the ring.
Tom Hanson, head of the San
Francisco Secret Service office,
told his superiors in Washington
that the money represented the
largest cache ever seized in the
United Stales.
son said the o.'.ice would be kepi
open that dav if necessary.
Thornton, who earlier this week
was attending an attorneys gen
eral convention in Seattle, said he
had planned to fly back Wednes
day afternoon to work on the bal
lot title, but his departure was de
layed by a bomb threat.
Herbert M. Waldron
Herbert M. Waldron, 68, of Glen
Cove, Maine, died suddenly July 4
in a Hoseburg hospital. He had
been visiting a daughter, Mrs. For
rest C. Loghrv at Myrtle Creek.
Funeral arrangements are pend-
from Ganz Mortuary, Myrtle
PortOfUmpqua
OK's Exploration
For Landing Strip
The Port of Umpqua Commis
sion Tuesday at Iteedsport gave
its okay to a further exploration of
the proposition for an air strip on
the Umpqua south beach, south of
the present Douglas County park
ing lot.
The engineering firm of Cornell,
Howland. Hayes and Merryfield,
CorvalUs, is being authorized to
j make a detailed study, including a
: survey, cost estimates and poten
i tial usage determination. The ac
tion, which was without dissenting
j vote, followed a sometimes heated
' discussion in which Salmon Harbor
i Manager Harry Ludwig cited an
'increasing number nf Salmon Har
bor natrons from inland commu
nities who have urged the installa
tion of such an air strip.
Petition Ready
I Ludwig said that a petition bear
ing 100 names has been obtained,
and will be available as an indica
tion of the user potential.
E. G. Dunn, Port chairman, voic
ed strenuous opposition to the
beach air strin on various grounds.
including a concern that the Elk-1
ton area voters will object to such
an expenditure of Port District
funds.
Dunn and M. H. (Kobe) Durbin,
Gardiner, had opposed the beach
location for a proposed air strip,
and had advocated consideration of
Steamboat Island in the Umoqua
between Reedsport and Gardiner.
A preliminary survey by Cornell,
Howland, Hayes and Merryfield,
nowever, cited excessive develop
ment and access costs to the island
site, and lack of compliance with
aeronautic standards. The survey
indicated that most of the require
ments were favorably met by the
beach location, correspondent
Dawn Pescau reports.
Ledford Has Parole Evoked,
Goes Back To State Prison
William Edward Ledford, 43, of
Glenallen. Va.. who was returned
to Roseburg earlier this week by
L'odersheriff Lyle Dickenson, had
his probation revoked Wednesday,
and he was sentenced to serve 12
months remaining of an 18-month
sentence to the Oregon State Peni
tentiary. Ledford pleaded guilty to obtain
ing money by false pretenses Nov.
16, 1959, but had his probation re
voked by Circuit Court Judge
Charles S. Woodrich on grounds
he had absconded from probation
supervision and had indulged in the
use of intoxicants.
Probation Revoked
The probation of Johnnie Phillip
Cooper, 23, Taft, also was revoked
by judge Woodrich Wednesday on
grounds he had absconded from
supervision. He was sentenced to
serve six months remaining of an
original year's sentence to the
county jail for receiving and con
cealing stolen property. He had
pleaded guilty Sept. 9. 1950.
The sheriff's department reports
Linnard D. Simpkins, secretly in
dicted by the Douglas County
Grand Jury, is now in custody in
the Wasco County jail. He was in-
j dieted tor non-support of three mi
nor children.
I Roger Lee Marine, 36, of Seaford,
' Del., has been returned to Rose
burs from Wilmington, Del., where
he was in custody, to face two
charges here. He is accused of bur
glarizing Sandy's Tavern and
larceny by bailee. Bail i
charges was set at $1,500.
of a friend, reportedly loaned to
Marine the night of the tavern
burglary, was not returned and
found abandoned later in Portland,
the sheriff's office reports. Deputy
Ernie Wentworth made the trip to
Delaware to return him here.
Man Booked
Booked at the county jail is Er
nest Lee Timmons, 44, of 751 NE
Garden Valley Rd., on an assault
and battery charge; Velma Parker
Bell, 47, Salem, charged with ob
taining money by false pretens
es, and James Michael McDonald,
26, Ogden, Utah. The latter was
bound over to the Grand Jury
from Reedsport Justice Court of
Orin B. Collier on a charge of
malicious destruction of personal
property.
Coin Club Sett Meet
The newly incorporated Umpqua
Valley Coin Club will meet Sunday
at 2 p.m. in the Coral Room of the
Umpqua Hotel.
Club President Clive Stevenson
requests all members to attend to
vote on the new articles of incor
poration. Matters pertaining to the
coming S.O.N. A. show will be dis
cussed. An auction will follow.
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Russell Sherman Hunt, 18, of Ful
lerton St., Roseburg, pleaded inno
cent to reckless driving on arraign
ment before District Court Judge
Gerald R. Hayes Wednesday. His
trial was set for July 30. Hunt
was arrested on NE Stephens St.
by city police late Monday night,
after his car reportedly performed
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