. 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
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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
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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. June V-The
Hudson s Bay Co, poat at York
F ertnry M miles northeast of
here beang cioate Jsane It after
,171 years ef trading writ the In
diana The Indian trade wil be
dtarted te the railway town ef
fpW Lake because ef a 4he
i game and tto -steering tmmsb
around goa eld post.
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