Observer, La Grande, Ore., Tues- Dec. 2, 1958 Page 7
Questionable Acts Of Jurors
Cited In Appeal For New Trial
LINCOLN, Neb. (UPD The at
torney for Caril Fugate has
charged that Caril's conviction on
first-degree murder charges was
based on "corrupt or unlawful
acts by one or more jurors."
Attorney John McArthur, in fil
ing a motion for a new trial, said
mere were n auegea errors 'in
trial proceedings. '
1 He presented a sworn affidavit
in district court from one of the
jurors that. the juror had bet a
friend $1 two days before the trial
that Caril would get the electric
chair. ,
The juror, H. A. Walcnta, Lin
coln, said in the affidavit he had
' made the bet with Richard Weil-
ugu, !, on a nunung mp uct. za.
Also presented was an affidavit
'by Weilage supporting Walenta's
Chuckles
In The
News
United Press International
LONDON (UPD U.S. indus
trial designer Heiry Dreyfuss,
writing in the British business
and industry monthly "Scope,"
let it be known that he does not
approve oi American automoniie
design.
"American cars are vulgar and,
"monotonous. They're like the leg
endary brassy blonde. She's pret
ty dazzling for the first five min-
aiies, dih men you re eirmarrasseci
to be seen with her," he said.
' SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (UPD
' Marin County, overpopulated this
year with pesky varmints, offered
. a $1 bounty for tails of skunks
and raccoons. Some 38 tails later,
country agricultural commissioner
(,Thomas W. Peryam wasn't sure
,it had all been worth it.
; Twice claimants walked into his
; office with skunk tails and both
" times he was unable to use the
. omce lor tne rest ot tne day.
..Judge Orders Halt
iu i nnuei vuiiuiy
POKTLAND UPD U.S. D s-
, trict Judge Gus Solomon has tem
, porarily halted Donald R. Mulli
; gan Gold Beach mining operator,
'. from cutting timber in the Siski-
you national forest where his two
mining claims are located.
Jude Solomon IskhpH Hio tnm.
porary injunction after stating
that Mulligan must present evi-
. dence that thprn is suffirirnt min
eral discovery in the area to cut
the trees. . ..
t Education Board
1 To Annpnl Rurlnot fnf
PORTLAND (UPD The slate
Board of Higher Education Fri-
- day went over the $7,674,305 worth
. of cuts made by the State Finance
.Department in its biennial budget
.-, and planned to appeal to Gov.
Robert Holmes.
Mnmhnrc nan in a,i,ii.l nn
tlinGP hllHcnl Ptllc whlnh tin nni
come under the Department of
Finance's definition of additional
or . CApaiiueu service miming over
: one million dollars and others "on
the ground that they are of key
importance and should not be cut.
The governor has indicated ear
lier that budget recommendations
from his office will be kept with-
: -r ...ui i i
ju uuuiius ui wiita. iJi eaeni ut.u-
tion will support.
Work Suspended
On Effluent Line
PORTLAND (UPD Georgia
Pacific Paper Company said that
it. has suspended work on the
extension of its effluent pipeline
in the ocean off Newport, Oret,
until spring.
The wood, products concern said
' rough water has hindered recent
operations and now makes it im
possible to continue before spring
brings calmer seas.
Since last June, Georgie Pacific
has been using skin divers and
helicopters to blast a trench
through underwater reefs 1,000 feet
off the beach. The Georgia-Pacific
Paper Company's effluent line
now ends at 1,000 feet offshore.
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
TUESDAY
6:45 p.m., Kiwanis club, Saca-
jawea. 5
7 p.m., Volunteer Firemen meet,
; Commission room, City Hall.
" 8 p.m., Izaac Walton league,
New Game commission building.
8 p.m., Veteran's of Foreign
wars, VFW. hall. Business meet.
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m., La Grande Industrial
Promotion annual meet, Sacaja
wea. 7:30 p.m., La Grande City Com
mission, City Hall.-.,,
7:30 p.m., Carpenters Union Lo
cal 2019 in Labor temple, 220'i De-
pot street.
8 p.m., DAV, Armory.
8 pjn.. Stated Communication,
La Grande lodge 41 AF and AM.
Election and installation of officers.
statement.
Walenta had said, according to
the affidavits, that because of
strong public opinion the 15-year-old
accused murderess should get
the electric chair. i.
Among other irregularities
charged by McArthur was admis
sion of "purported verbal1 state
ments of the defendant which were
not freely and voluntary made.''
McArthur charged there " was
great prejudice in the community
and that the adverse public opin
ion influenced the jury. -u
Caril was convicted Nov. 21 of
the murder of Robert Jensen, 17,
Bennet, Neb:, one of 11 persons
who - fell victim to Caril's boy
friend, mass slayer Charles Starkweather,-
.
' Caril was given a life term for
aiding and abetting in the Jensen
death. Starkweather was sen
tenced last May 23 to death in the
electric chair for the Jensen
slaying. He is awaiting outcome of
an appeal to the Nebraska Su
preme Court. - -
Stom pa n a to Leaves
$274.10 To Son
' LOS ' ANGELES (UPD Johnny
Slompanato was a man who lived
fully and well until last April 4
when he was stabbed to death by
a 14-year-old girl.
He thought big, and he lived
big." Once the bodyguard of gang
ster Mickey Cohen, Stompanato
moved, .up fast in Hollywood "so
ciety.:1 '
He squired beautilul women
around, and one day won the
heart of movie queen Lana Tur
ner. ', i
Willi Miss Turner as his spon
sor, Stompanato lived the full life
m Hollywood; in London, in Aca
pulco. He dressed expensively and
flashily, stayed in the best hotels,
ate and drank well.
- Then that night of April 4, Miss
Turner's daughter, Cheryl. Crane,
stabbed Stompanato with a kitch
en knife, and he fell to the floor
and died in ' Miss Turner's pink
bedroom.
High-living Johnny Stompanatb's
estate was settled Friday. AU his
earthly possessions were awarded
to his son John Slompanato, III,
who lives with his mother, Mrs.
Sara Ibrahim, in Hammond, Ind.
The estate: $50.10 in cash, $224
in personal effects a total of
$274.10.
EXPLORER DIES
' FR AMINGH AM, Mass: (UPD
Arctic exiiloref ' Sir Hubert' Wilkins
was found dead in a hotel room
here today apparently of a heart
attack He was 70.
BOY FINDS SELF A HERO
NEWARK, N.J. (UPD Five-
year-old Kevin Ryan ran through
the four-story- apartment house he
lives in 'Friday ringing doorbells
to alert neighbors to a basement
fire. Np one was injured. Twenty
five persons fled to the streets.
And Kevin was hailed as a hero.
SHIPPING TONNAGE UP ,
LONDON (UPD Lloyd's Reg
ister of Shipping said, today that
gross tonnage of the world's mer
chant fleets now totals 118,034,000
tons. The 1958 . increase f was
7,788,000, a postwar record, said
Lloyd's.
Strange As It Seems
Crows, working in pries,
HAVS- KNOWN To SlErU.
f BONE FRoWl ft D06...
ON& BIRD PECKS Trie DOS
' WHILE "THE OTHER .
6BB6S THE BONE.
MUMMIES
' have been Found
IN EGYPT WITH SOLD FOIL
. NEftUY pounded ,
INTO THEIR TEETH
J.6.B. sruRT-
Confe&t-rfe general,
covered Moke
TrlftM SO MILES WITH"
ARTILLERY" fcND
1,200 cftPTUKeo Horses
IN 7 HOURS '
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Group of Games
Answer to Previous Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Tennis stroke
4 vaulting
8 Football ;
shoulder
12 Feminine
: appellation
13 Claim
14 Seed covering
15 Bow i
10 Demanding to
be heard;
18 Stoats
20 Abetted
21 Team at bat
22 Therefore
24 Zcsty flavor
20 Ring
27 Flatten.
30 Chant
32 Photog
rapher's tool
i 34 Blew, i
' 35 Glossy-paint
36 Tavern
37 Fishes
39 Kind of ball
40 Masculine
41 Girl's name
42 Walk
pompously
45 Yachtsmen
49 Menage
51 Obtain
52 Competent
53 Region
54 Chemical
suRIx
55 Colors
56 Female saints
(ab.)
57 Policeman
1 (slang)
DOWN,
1 Athletic field
mark
2 Scent
3 Net game
4 Blueprints '
5 French river;
6 Tenant v. '
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8 Court
9 Dry
10 Swimming
feat ,
11 Coaster's
vehicle
17 Kind of sleeve
19 Metal bar
23 Track events
24 Small monkey
25 Soon
26 Bicycle part
27 Autocratic
28 War god of
Greece
29 Measure for
hay
31 Nullify
33 Feminine ,
name
38 Pleasure spot
40 Considers
41 Fabulous rich
king ,
42 roe
43 Kind o:' jug
44 Law of a game
46 Nautical term
47 Nevada cilyu.
48 Pace , '
50 Possesses
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Mr Welherby's clearing was
situated in much the same way
as the Ransomes', but there the
similarity stopped. Mr. Wether
by's; grass-was green, thick, and
well tended. No sand was in evi
dence except on the beach where
it belonged. The house was im
maculately tidy; the walls were'
white, the shutters were creen
the roof was red, and the doors
were brown. The driveway1 was
neatly graveled, and flowers grew
along its edge. Other flowers
grew beside the front door. It
seemed to Katherino, as she came
toward it out of the woods, to
oe a perlect oasis of comfort.
She thought: I'm not very neatl
to Be going calling. But there
isn't anything I can do about it
since I can't go home. I wonder
if it will make Mr. WetherBJr ask
questions, though. But she con
eluded after a moment that it
would not; he wasn't the sort of
person to ask a lot of questions
She went carefully across the
grass there were no paths worn
here in the lawn Until she came
to the driveway, and followed it
to the house. The front steps
were brick, clean, well scrubbed;
she went up them and rang the
bell." While she waited she-did
what she could to repair her ap
pearance smoothed down her
skirt, patted her uncombed hair
and after a moment the door
was opened. She said, "Hello,
Jill." - - ;' ;!.
tieno, is.ainenne. Jill was
Mr. Wetherby's maid youngj
prettyi cheerful, a good cook. ','DO
you want io see Mr. weinerby?
lie's ha,ving breakfast right now."
i Kalherine had already discov
eredi this- for herself; the aroma
of bacon tickled her nose wist
fully. She said, "Oh, that's all
right," and hoped she looked less
interested than she felt.
"fioWoin."
She went past Jill into the hall.
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The dining room opened beyond
it; the smell of bacon grew
stronger with every step.
Jill said, "Go on in, , and went
back toward the kitchen.
Katherine marched ahead
through the archway and into the
sunny dining room, with its wid
windows, its table spread with
silver and dishes, and Mr. Welh
erby bent forward in concentra
tion, t
: -
Mr. Wetherby had the reputa
tion of being everybody's friend,
and this idea had a certain foun
dation in fact. His appearance
did not contradict his disposition
he looked, and was, genial, mild
benign and courteous. In addi
tion to having been Katherine's
mother's lawyer, he had been, as
well, her grandmother's. He was
an institution and a way of life.
He had practiced law success
fully and profitably for 45 years,
and at the end of that time hei
retired, leaving most of the firm's
affairs in the hands of his son.
His attention now was bent not
on his breakfast, but on a piece
of driftwood beside his filate.
He was, in fact, so deeply en
grossed in it that she reached the
side of the table before he no
ticed her; then he lifted his head,
smiled. '
"Good morning, said Kath
erine. '
"Do sit down, won t. you?" .
"Thank you." She slid into the
empty place around the corner
from him and waited.
'What do you think of my
treasure?" he said, without look-;
ing up. ! . . ,
"Very nice. ,
Mr; Wetherby, suddenly atten
tive, said, "And how are you this
fine morning, my dear?"
"Fine." i
His politeness did not lessen,
but his thoughts swung back to
his latest interest: "All driftwood
has a peculiar sort of similarity.,
Have you noticed that?"
raised his head and looked at he
again. "Bacon? Eggs? Toast
Hot cakes? Waffles?" .
"Bacon and eggs, please."
"Of course there are various
ways of accounting for it. Salt
water . . .''the bleaching process.
. . . Just ring the bell for Jill,
won't you?"
Katherine rang the bell, and
the kitchen door swung open.
"Ah," said Mr. Wetherby.
"Katherine hasn't had any break
fast. We have bacon? Eggs?"
"Yes, sir."
"And toast. . . . Now the mat
tcr of identifying the wood isn't
really so very important. Not at
all, actually. Oh. Jill. Yes
Pickled peaches."
Jill, being accustomed to her
employer s conversation, con
cluded that he had finished with
her, and took herself ofl to the
kitchen again, where she could
be heard bustling about and hum
ming under her breath.
Ho looked at her a little more
sharpty, and then said, "You're
not wearing your glasses this
morning."
"I broke them." 1 !';:!
"Can you see?"
"Well ... I can see fairly well,
I guess . k ."
Yes. Well, no doubt your Aunt
Milliccnt will take you into town
tomorrow and see about having
some new ones fitted. Have you
an extra pair?" j .
"They're at home. , i 'IN.
'
He did not seem to be looking
at her; all his attention was di
vided between the piece of drift
wood and his breakfast; but he
said,;-"What happene'd to your
hands?" -
"I fell down."
"Is that how you broke your
glasses, too?"
"I . . . yes
"I see." He still did not look
at her. He put a piece of bacon
in his mouth and fingered the
driftwood. He looked very kind
ly, very vogue. She remembered
her mother saying once, "Don't
underestimate : Mr. Wetherby.
He's a very smart man. Very
shrewd." This statement liBd im
pressed her strongly.-
(To Be Continued) ,'"
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