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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.
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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. .
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