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Page 2B EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Thura., Jan. 31, 1963 Circuit Court Crime Cases Down Slightly, Frye Says Criminal prosecutions in Lane County Circuit Court were down (lightly in 1962, Dist. Atty. Wil liam Frye said Thursday. Frye's figures, which cover only cases terminated in court, how 280 prosecutions last year, Springfield Firm Low Bidder On Curtin School Addition DRAIN A. & G. Construc tion Co., Springfield, was awarded a contract to nulla an addition to Curtin Elementary School by the Drain school board Tuesday night.- His bid of $43,185 was lowest of nine others. The new addition will be started Monday and completed within 120 days, according to Supt Vernon Todd. It will con Perjury Hearing Set for Friday A preliminary hearing has been set for Friday for a Veneta man charged with perjury in Lane County District Court Thursday. Dwain Knight Coffey, 49, was arrested early Thursday morn ing and charged with giving false testimony in a grand jury hearing Jan. IS. Coffey is accused of testifying falsely that he did not know the whereabouts of two horses owned by his wife, Florence Coffey. List ANSCOCHROME 135mm 12 Exposure List T.35 at Bi-Mart GEM BATH-PAC LIST 2.00 at Bi-Mart REVERE WARE SPECIALS! Your Choice 3 QUART SAUCE PAN V2 QUART SAUCE PAN 213 QUART TEA KETTLE 6 CUP TEA KETTLE $1M at Bi-Mart CARTER CARBURETORS D6G1 1942-48 Plymouth List 14.95 Bi-Mart SUPERIOR BRAKE For All Four Wheels I l. 15.00 Bi-Mart NEW A.C., CHAMPION, or AUTO-LITE SPARK PLUGS... J J CARBURETOR REPAIR KITS TRUE-POWER 1 T. 7 at Bi-Mart I mm OPEN NOON 'til 9 DAILY compared to 304 prosecutions in 1961. The district attorney reported 236 convictions in 1962, down 23 from the previous year. Of the convictions, 210 came on guilty pleas. Verdicts of guilty follow- tain a gymnasium and auditor ium. Todd said the building is be ing financed by serial levy funds. He said the bid was ap proximately the same as the amount available from the levy. ' Other bidders, were Wilson Construction Co., Eugene, 44. 183: Marsh Construction Co., Grants Pass, $44,619; James and Stritzie, Roseburg, 43,48Z Todd Building Co., Roseburg, $49,734, and Don Stuey, Eu gene, $45,887, Murphy Construction Co. Roseburg, $46,698; A. E. Staf ford, Springfield, $47,145; V. A. Nelson, Eugene, $48,420, and C. H. Purdy, Eugene, $48,936. Larson Promoted Van B. Larson, a structural inspector for the Oregon State Highway Department has been promoted to assistant resident bridge engineer in Eugene, ac cording to Highway Engineer Forrest Cooper, -i . Larson, 27, joined the state highway department in 1960 following his graduation from the University of Idaho. ANGELIQUE (you get three) 5.00 o: o 9 mWmf 71 BONDED SHOES WM 7 jL " . . . mmV (Q) 3C SATURDAYS ing a trial accounted for the remainder. All but five of the convictions were for felonies, the most seri ious crimes, Frye said. Statistically, defendants stood a better chance for acquittal by choosing a non-jury trial, Frye's figures suggest. Juries returned 30 guilty verdicts and acquitted 11 persons, while those tried without a jury were found guil ty in 16 cases, not guilty in 10. Judges on their own motion acquitted three defendants. ' The total of 70 circuit court trials was down five from 1961. Bad checks accounted for 84 convictions, Frye said. . There were 40 convictions for burglary, 37 for larceny, 27 for sex of fenses and. 10 for robbery. One person was convicted for murder, and four for negligent homicide. Penitentiary sentences were Imposed in 109 cases, Frye said, while probation or suspended sentences were granted in 151. Probation terms were revoked for 44 persons during the year. IPIVINIFV ST0RE H0URS 9:30 a-m- 10 5:30 p-m-; FRIDAY 'TIL 9 p-m- I !l rjlllN Hi I WE PLANNED AHEAD! 1 m ri. mm T Ti .mnf cava in thn $ Spectacular Buys . . 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Firemen say the blaze orig inated at the rear of the J.C, Penny Co. store naxt to the theater. ' "From the amount of smoke we saw," Eastburn said, "we figured it must be a pretty big fire." ' When he came back into the main part of the theater, he said several persons were standing around the door at the head of the aisle. "I hollered at them again and this time they left in a hurry." Cottage Grove firemen ar rived and later were joined by units from Eugene and Creswell under a mutual aid agreement The blaze was brought un der control early Thursday morning. Damage was estimated at $450,000. But as the theater marquee announced before it tumbled onto the street during tha fire: "It's Only Money." boys' Flannel PJs cotton fuU cut 1 88 sizes 8 to 16 second floor 8 88 18th & CHAMBERS fourth floor
