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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1955)
"a o o. e 0 'ROlfND THE9STjTE' Merrifield Gees on TriM On Drunk Driving Charge SALf J! State Sen. John Merrifield of Poland went on trial Wednesday on a charge of drunken driviftg and his attorney indi cated the whojp thing stemifed from violent actions of a jassengcr ceal foi'the state mental hospital. B , Defense attorney Peery Buren said he will attempt to prvc that Mefrif ield was transporting a lruren woman to the Oregon State Hospitaltcommjtnfcnt and her violent actions causd his car tifswerfc, Merrifioid was arrested June IS on Highway ME near Gcrvais by state police. . The trial, irMarion County district court, is before Judge E. 0. Stadter, Jr. A jury of six i hear- ; ing the case. I Buren said the woman was aJ AdlflitS OUrSflarieS virtual stranger to Merrmem ana that he was committing her at her request He adfipd that Merrifield had had only one cocktail to drtnk and that even if he hadn't been stone. sober the "nightmare" trip from Portland would have left him so. The first witness called by Ma rion County Asst. Dist. Atty. Hal Adams was Floyd Morrill, the state policeman who arrested Merrifield. Morrill testified that Merrifield pulled his Cadillac to the side of the highway and stopped without the siren being blown. He said that Merrifield had answered "yes, probably too much," when asked if he had been drinking, adding that he was glad the po lice had come along, because he didn't want to drive any more. e Grants Received PORTLAND Ml The Univer sity of Oregon Medical School has received $33,000 in grants and gifts in recent weeks. Dr. David W. E. Baird, dean, said Wednes day. Included is $25,000 from the Atomic Energy Commission to continue research on the effect of radioactive materials on the blood. PORTLAND (W A 40-year-nd man being held In Seattle has signed a statement admitting some 42 home burglaries in est Portland within a month. Detec tive Captain William Browne said Wednesday. Browne said he had sent two detectives to talk to Joseph James Lazar, who received the title "hungry burglar" because in al most ev?ry case food was either taken or consumed at the scene. Lazar was linked' to Portland when officers in Seattle found a credit card in his effects belong ing to a Portland man whose home had been burglarized. Logger Killed ROSEBURG (fll A 27-year-old logger died Wednesday of in juries received when he was struck by a large piece of a fall ing tree near Tiller, about 50 miles southeast of, here. He was Elby Glenn Mitchell, a veteran of the Korean War who i.ioved to Tiller from Chehalis, Wash., about three weeks ago. It was Douglas County's sev enth logging fatality of the year and the second this jnonth. 2 Policemen9 Deny Kicking Harvest Hand HOD RIVER (IBTwo Hood River police officers Thursday flatly denied th death bed state ments of a fatany injured harvest work- that they had kicked him a few hours before he died in a The Dalles hospital. The denials came on the heels of a report from the Hood River founty grand jury criticizing po lice treatment of Robert Easlcy, a triThsient field hand who was1 beaten and fjtally injured in a fight wtth other transients. The grand jury returned a mamlaugh ter indictment against Boss Mat-1 chen in connection with Easlcy's death. Jurors also were critical of ad mitfcince policies of the Hood River Hospital where Easley was examined by a nurse and a Uni versity of Oregon medical student but not treated. j Glenn Howefl, supervisor of the j hospital, said the nurse and in tern examined Easley when he was taken to the hospital by two police officers, Robert Schultz and Donald Stichler. Howell said the attendants had assumed Eas ley, 48-year-old father of two, from Klamath Falls, would be held quietly in jail until he could be examined more carefully. Instead, according to the grand jury report, Easley was taken to the edge of town and told to "get going." It was at that point, Eas ley told state police officers, that the two officers kicked him for not moving fast enough. T.he man died later of the ef fects of a punctured lung and rib fractures after being picked up by a passing motorist and taken to The Dalles. Bill ould.Incr$Se o RefVed Of&flersi Pay WASHINGTON (fi-A bil" rais ing to $10,0(1 the combined pen-l . ' siorft irf government pay whiclf unfb,afd retired officers may draw has been approved by the Senate Fi nance Conynittee. ,'ndcr present law, a retired officer who works for the gov ern le. . must choose between his pension and his salary if togeth er they exceed $3,040. The bill increa.ng the ceiling to $10,000 already has been passed oV the Hoiwe. first ZijK0Ore Gnloaded PORTLAND Ml The iflioload of lint ore to pass threuch the Port of Portlandowas hero Wednesday. Wiifiam E. (orris, Portland agent for Burchard & Asken, said the new shipping trade was exacctcd to continue'. He said two new gantry cranes equipped with scoops, recently installed by the dock commission, apened up the trade. The 2,000 tons of zinc concentrate were shipped from Callao, t era, and will be shipped by raij gondola cars to an Idaho smejter. Air Conditioner Tuesday's varm weather nrO' vided 400 much work for an air conditionit unit iff the Laraway BiRdn. 880 Willameffo St., Tfiu" cpiie liremen reportec After working strenuously all day to keep out the heat, the unt Suddenly hsegan belching out clouds of smoke instead of cool air. Firemen, who were called at 427 p.m., traced the trouble to a iaiort-circuit in the uiit' motor. No damage was reported. Americans spend about 300 million dollars a year fn eye care. . Registr-Guard,ugone, Oje. Thur., July 21, 19SS 9A aaCa 0 WANTED Experienced Lumber Office Girl. Apply Al" Clements . Lumber Co. Box 908, Eugene Ph. 6-2531 The Soo Canal between Lake Superior and Lake Huron was built in 1855. 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