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. S-(S& I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fri, June 11, 57 DAs, Defense Compare Strategy y PAUL W. LOVINGER Staff WriUr, The SUlesaaa Oregoa district attorneys and de fense lawyer compared trial stra tegy Thursday at the Capitol dur ' log the opening day of the fifth annual District Attorneys Confer ence. Salem attorneys Bruce Williams and Leonard Lindas, members of ! virtion. "Jurors are against eeod- a panel discussing criminal trial I inf a man to his death, he said. tactics, disagreed on whether i He predicted, however, that if they'd rather have their client! the people vote to abolish capital charged with first-degree murder punishment, many more first -de- or a lesser slaying charge. igree murder convictions will re- Williams ttid be preferred de- suit. fending a first-degree case, be- Undas. on the other hand, said cause under existing capital pun ishment it's difficult to get a con- he would much prefer a second degree murder or manslaughter State's Only Woman DA Surrounded 1 - i .; - ' . . . - I,'1' T i '.. ft,- ..'. y v , v h f nil , f. V ' v . - - . . V.- -w" ) Vj "-v'i ' '. ft 5 . ...'.- se . jr-.-J a ' ' tv' -V,. " V if : . M i . V .,-7 - ,1 Judgt Holmaa also informed the ii persons present that, contrary to widespread belief, a Judge is not required to sentence a con victed second-degree murderer to life imprisonment ia Oregon; he may choose nay sentence he wants, up to bit. Panelist Courtney R. Johns, Linn County DA, said, in answer to questioning, that he does not try all violations of the law, but "only those that have merit." He said be would refuse to prosecute a man if he feels there's insufficient evidence against him even ii a grand jury has issued an indict ment. Prior Ceatideratteas George F. Rakestraw, Deschutes County DA. also on the panel, said that before determining exactly what crime to charge man with. a prosecutor needs to first find out 'the seriousness of the crime, and the ease with which we'll get a guilty plea." Asked by the judge. "How can you get your evidence lined up so you won't be doublecrossed by your key witness?" Rake straw re- pued that an important witness should tell his story before the grand jury, but he disagreed with others present that depositions written testimony can be legally used in criminal cases under Ore gon law. undas. Highway Department at torney, questioned whether there is realty such a thing as "defense witnesses" or "state witnesses " Judge Holman remarked that he's beard of supposed state's wit nesses who turned out to be de fense witnesses during the trial. Order f WUaeseet In what order should witnesses be called was another question asked. Rakestraw thought the chronological order is the best. You should be telling the story of the crime from beginning to end. be said. Attorney Tom Ryan of Portland admitted that "Sometimes you! have a witness that you're not too proud of. so you sneak him in so that no one will notice . . . Gen-' erally try to call him so that he'll be followed or preceded by a strong witness " Aa attorney ia the audience ad vised bringing oa a weak witness just after lunch, when jurors are drowsy and people are moving around, so no ooe will pay too much attention to him. WUlUnM Advisee The question of hew female wit nesses should be examined ver bally brought this advice from Williams: "Have a firm and polite manner. I don't think you can tear into any woman witness . . . You episodes, starring in JO. Although1 Viewers will be getting s look at to stand with other free nations of cn '' "raigm 10 inem, out nothing has been announced, odds I Greta Thyssen in the fall She i the world m meeting the chal- y0"'" ot w M1" thm wUh are that the series will take to the been set to do a Perry Mason epi- lenge of communism i ud gloves. r o. ABC .n Jamtory. ' CBS. JDU k, ,.ld h . mtJ. " yw r T'".1 m Meanwbile. Van is also about set mnll fMllnrtlv, ' . nllv , "" J " ? " " .- . .... woman, oiierea me jragr. the struggle, particularly in Asia , , m0TJung alk Lloyd (; His message, delivered in identi u,mm., ,i,i,n. Oreoo at- Jly 4 r' Pcen iwe nours apan. t0rney-general. reviewed the ma- VWee or vigorous applause rrom nom chlnges in criminal law by the uir .n.r .ihi .m "-"i"-, recfn( fg,tur. He cried, among sentauves ;,. Congress members rose to their 1 Revision in the law on negli feet in a standing ovation as he gent homicide The state must now entered and left the two cham- prove "willful and wanton disre bers But the loudest response gard of the consequence', mere tame when the Japanese ( onser- Inside TV Mariea Ceuty District Atteracy BattJ Bratxel, only woman DA la Oregoa, aa4 ker male eeaiterearts frea em the state eeeferred Tkirsdiy as District Attorneys Canferenre peaed at the State Capitol. She Is plcrared here with (left to right) Avery Thompson, Deaglas County DA; Walter Fetter ef Polk aad Wiastoa Bradshaw of C I a t k a a s. (Statesman Photo.) Soroptimist Spots Hattie Bratzel Mist Hattte BraUel. Marion County district attorney, was hon ored this month by the National Soroptimist Club as Soroptimist of the Month. She is a charter mem ber of Salem Soropttmists Miss Bratzel is featured in a story and picture in the Juor edition of The American Soropti mist, national magazine of the organization. Van Johnson to Turn Out Series charge, because "With a first-degree charge, you're taking aa awful chance, with a man's lift." Madtraler CmikiU The moderator. Circuit Judge Ralph Holman ef Clackamas County, commented that "It's a hard thing to get U men all lined up to say "we're going to kill mat proof of carelessness is not enough for conviction. L End to the previous legal as sumption that where a wife com mits a crime with her husbnad she has beta coerced. New a wife can be considered just aa guilty as her husband. S. A law making failure te pay a laxkab driver a crime, for the first time ia Oregon history. H. hi. Randall director ef the State Parole and Probation Board spoke oa parole aad'nrobatioa pro cedures ia Oregon. Today's scheduled speakers art Thomas & BrewatlL Clatsop County district attorney, and Wia stoa Bradshaw, district attorney of Clackamaa County. Chief Justice William C. Perry ef the Oregoa Supreme Court hi scheduled as a dinner - speaker this evening The conference wiada up Saturday. Farmer Kills Wife, In-Laws, Then Escapes CANTON, N.Y.. June M -A young farmer shot and killed his estranged wife and her parents today and fled in an automobile. Police pressed s manhunt across northern New York for Richard Cota, 17, discharged only last month from a state mental hospital and believed armed with a 30-06 rifle. They said Cota used the rifle to kill his wife Janet, about 24. and CANITON, N. Y, June it (API The body of a yoeag farmer who killed his estranged wife aad her parents was fee ad early tonight la weeds a heat a half mile frea alt abandoned aatensohile. State police said Richard Ca ts. 27. apparently had killed himself. By EVE STARR Theater aa VI HOLLYWOOD. June - Fan rtrtl Johnson, who hs managed te Street, la rail vis premier. Dm, I...-1. l , I.L.VU, u. " J" ' " , , . 7; scheduled, another western film avw, u wm t.4! to put his signa- V 1 Hill u am bitious contract calling (or him to form his own company tad turn out a series of half hour films in Europe series, "The Calif ornian." starring Adam Kenney, Sean McGlory and Naa Leslie. Naa was the lead in the Warner erics of two years ago, "King's Row. If you cant tick 'em, join 'em. Producer Elliott Lewis, about to be fired as aa NBC staff producer, quietly resigned and joined the KhmI i nariM ' production staff of the new "Court grora Amazing magazine fl( L Rwort" " The show Prune Minister Kishi of Japan told He will appear as host in all M "1 Congress today his country intends Kishi Says Japan Tied to Free Nations WASHINGTON. June JO i - her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Duval Sr The shooting. In the Duvals' apartment over a garage, fol lowed an argument between mt Cotas. The Colas' two children, Martha J4, and Stephen, almost 1 and a doctor who had been summoned to treat Mrs. Cota were not harmed Police said Cota went to the Duval home to visit his wife. They argued and. police said, Cota struck his wife She called police and Dr Eric Schaelfer of Canton. Cota was gone when police and Schaeffer arrived. He returned while the doctor was treating Mrs Cota for a bruise on the fare Schaeffer said he heard a shot in the living room Mrs. Duval rushed from the bedroom and there was a second shot, the dor tor said. Then. Schaeffer said, the killer fired twice through the bedroom doorway at his wife "I don't think he saw me. ' the doctor added Cota fled in an automobile, which later was found abandoned about 11 miles from Canton. to star in NBC's filmed spectaru tar. "Pied Piper of Hamelin. ' which will be shot here in August. He's going to be s very busy lad from here on in I only hope he knows what he's getting into Shooting B TV films in Holly wood is tough enough, but te do it In Europe, and with no pnor ex perience wow! SHORT SHOTS: Steve Daaa pe rennial CBS contract slater, will lee-otar whe Maritya Ersklae la "Las Vlaee Theater's" skew. "Whe la PWaaaa' Theater," af eoersc. It aa NBC eatry aad auras Steve's first awt sMe rbere since leaving alt aM aetwark. gTARRMJST: There's t straag soaalWUty that freak Sinatra, wke la aatMag If set a taewmaa. will Oa Ma first bear-iaag steetacelar for ABC Oct. II (rem the stage ef Beettaftoa lartfard is during renearsals Summer TV being what Treasury to Offer 264-Day Tax Anticipation Bills WASHINGTON. June in Treasury said today it will go u the money market again nest week la raise about three billion dolltri in cash to meet its ei pected heavy July outlays The Treasury will oiler Its day tax antieipatMa bills, acceptable at face value as payment of in come a-d profits taxes due next March IS The bills wiB be dated July 1 and wiO mature March M ltu Offers will be accepted next Wednesday. Part of the borrowed money will be used to pay off more than 44 billion dollars which comes due next Monday m Treasury eertrftcaiet and Us anticipation bids sold bt December and Jan uary Not all the three hillion (M lars Vill be nee1et lor thai how ever, herauae rorporat-ofi and in dividual income tane d'ie no are expected to take rare Hi mm of that amount There's a deal in the works for s movie based oa the life story of Uwrence Welk. Wonder if they II Bnmu,,Bn,..K.HU, nBrita 4nn (or his nation 90 million people un fortunately is. CBS should get smart and give Johnny Carson full and free rein to put together a 11-week show of his own. with no interference whatever from net work, agencies or sponsors In fact, it hould be aired on a sus lairung ha.i They re paving him anywav just to keep him under itV-The contract so why not gn rum the chance he neec! vative leader firmly ruled out any of He spoke in Japanese which an . Interpreter translated into English' paragraph by paragraph I "It is my firm conviction " be ' said thai Japan as a faithful member of ihe free world has a Baker President Denies Approving Substandard Wage WASHINGTON June -Rakers I nion President James G r ,r.vnfi lav General feature Cora I Norwegian Army Minus Pin-Ups OSLO. June its-Norway has aa army without pumps says U J'leian Hagen of the Norwefus Anry Welfare Service He told an Interviewer Norse h a r r a e ks are decorated with pruita af famottt art works, and pwturea ef savtheertt and moth en are tntide keeker dears. "Pirturas ef Martiya Monroe would anry aaeil the sejj-kwfcinf barrarks." he aaid. Bear to Cycle at Circus useful and constructs role lo Cross denied triday 'hai he ap- play particularly in Asia where proved substandard wage the free world laces the rhallrnte agreements with baking com of international communism pany official whose lather loaned him IY7 nno The throat of the fmnt hl'ie He a doing me for and hale is onl si !o eigM imhn getting nothing in reiurn i m Aameter ' , lold the Senate Raikett Commit tee afler a knowledging that he had borrowed MT.tnn in ItM and V4fl otin last year from Martin I. F'hilipborn V hoe son ban dies lahor relations for 7.in Indus tries Im in 7.ion III Cross who went mlo the hear ings yesterday claiming be es pected to vindicate himself told the committee as he concluded his testimony that the loans were the only point among many eccu sationa against him at which any one "could in any degree point a finger" With his testimony the commit tee concluded Its inquirv into charges tbat Cna abused hit M fice and misused the union s funds using thousands of dollars in fi nance rela'romh.p with rnn tided I Js Angeles prostii( tnt had emfiloved gemn lasliri in in timidate thnae who nppoaesl him .- -e. .- S48 Mifl.on Low TOKYO lime st vJar,afi is t regular target for typhoons hut it came off pretty well last year The Construct we Mimsirt says typhowat. floods and other dis asters raoaed enly M7 wot ?7 w damage, the leerett figiirt ia four Zero, a aietoeryrle-rldlng polar hear, will appear at Waters rVeld. Salem, la Shrine CluhPolack Bret. Ctrraa Jaly Salem Shrine Club Circus July 19, 20 Salem Shrine Club will sponsor its annual eirroa July It and JO at Waters Field with two per fnrmanres each da New features in the Poleck Bros circus this year include a wild animal art with leopards. white wolves and a sebra. with Isnxvtan trainer Pstrwts Jamitna, and a rkimpansee troupe from I Greet Britain. A tight wire act from (Termany and a trampoline quartet from Australia also are new this year Other acts include trapeve ani nasi, gyavneatar. high-wire sad elephant specialties. Leonard A Rowaa is general etstimaa ef the rtoh't rirevs eeannvfttee , A. W. Moms ia club presidee. 1 Lasf Sacnmenf Not Needed as Planned rTNCHAI. Madeira .tune 20 -Virginia IfOmes Pentjna m raced 'a the parish home to ak the priest to administer the last sacrament to her dying to year old mother Virginia collapsed with a heart attack and got the sacrament herself just before the died. The mother aurvrvest Denies Bribe Offer to KeeD Pair in U.S. CHICAGO. June i-A Chi cago prosecutor today labeled as "ridiculous on the lace of it" a statement attributed to George Koxmia ia Moscow that he was offered five million dollars to re main in the United States. Kotfflin and his wife. Russian natives who were patients in a I'S mental institution in 1953 re turned to Moscow recently from Chicago They unwillingly left behind their four children as wards of the Family Court which ruled the parents were incapable of provid ing for and raring lor them Asst Stslei Atty Benjamin Novooelsky said the only offer made to Koxmm was for a home and a job to aid in hit rehabilita tion and the return of his children on a probationary basis to see how things would work out Komsoml Pravda, a Commu nist newspaper quoted Koxmm as saying the money offer was made lo him by Judge Jortn H Clayton Jr of Family Court, and Novoael sky Ttie Moscow paper said Koxmm related that he turned the offer I down and remarked In his inter viewer I wouldn't stay there for mountains of gold liidge f'lavtne was awav from Ihe ntv and not tsilMe for rmimrn! hul mosekiv said the only offers eer made to the, 4-year old kounin and bis wife Nahejda, H were to help in their rehabilitation and rail in induce them from returning lo Russia " Bay Post Closed W'lMNIPFG. 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