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49th Year
Stevenson
Now Willing
To Make Run
By RAYMOND LAHR
. . I. (United 1'resA Suf J Corruiponilent)
WASHINGTON. June 21 (IH
Uov. Aldai E. Stevenson of Illi.
nois has decided to make himself
available for the Democratic
presidential nomination, party
sources said Saturday.
These sources a high admin
: istration official and a senator in
close touch with behind-! he-scenes
maneuvering in the Democratic
camp said they had "heard"
from White House Quarters that
Stevenson had solved "personal
- problems" that have kept him
from announcing his availability.
The administration official said
he understood Stevenson would
announce his decision Monday.
Favored by Truman
Stevenson has insisted that he
Is running only for reelection as
; governor, although he is reported
to rate high with President Tru
man and is favored by many
Northern Democratic leaders. The
governor has said repeatedly that
r he could not accept the presiden-
- tial nomination.
The Senate source said he had
conferred with Democratic lead-
ers who met recently with Stev
enson. He named New York State
Democratic Chairman Paul E.
'Fitzpatrick as one of this group.
:.The Senator said he thought Stev
: enson would announce his avail
ability soon, but did not know if
' the announcement would come
Monday,
Reasons Personal
The administration source said
it was reported that Stevenson's
v reluctance to run for President
was based on purely personal rea
sons which now have been clear
; i ed up.
' . This official said that accord
' ! lng to his information, Steven
son's decision to make himself
available for the nomination had
. no connection with the eventual
, Republican presidential nominee.
It has been reported that Steven
4 HSon might run if Sen. Robert A.
f 1'aft of Ohio is nominated on the
GOP ticket.
Meantime, Gen. Dwight D.Eis
enhower's supporters braced for
another defeat in their battle with
the Taft camp for Republican
National Convention delegates.
The Louisiana State GOP Com
mittee was scheduled to meet at
: Shreveport to decide seven con
tests over district delegates. The
committee is dominated by Taft
followers.
Little Hope Held
The Eisenhower forces held lit
tle hope that the committee would
rule in their favor. They lost two
other contests Thursday when the
Virginfa State Committee approv
ed two Taft delegates from a
contested district.
The Louisiana district delegate
disputes were among 123 contests
referred by the Republican Na
tional Committee this week to
state committees. The national
committee took jurisdiction over
72 other contests involving dele
gates elected at large from the
states.
.' Eisenhower headed from Den
ver to Denison, Tex., his birth-
place, where he was to address
a group of Gold Star Mothers.
'' From there he will go to Dallas
' to deliver a major campaign
speech Saturday night.
The general told newsmen that
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Wilson Brothers Near Last
Mile; Judge Denies Petition
V: OLYMPIA, June 21 HP) Gov.
Arthur B. Langlle wild Satur
day noon he cannot Justifiably
save Turman and Utah Wilson
from the gallows at 12:05 . m.
. Monday.
The governor said there Is
. not the "slightest shred of evi
V dence that Innocent men are
- suffering or that their trlul was
; anything but fair."
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. June 21
(IPI The longest day n tno ycnr;meu hi tw--.u -
probably seemed the shortest Sat- a request for a stay of execution
urdav to Turman and Utah Wilson. ' Turman showed no emotion when
The two brothers were denied 'Judge Driver read his decision,
a petitfon for a writ of habeas; The younger Utah was nervous
corpus by Federal Judge Sam ! and fidgety
Driver here late Friday. Only twoj "I can t 'hread o r evi-lce-il
wavs remain for them to es-i dence that DeWitt Jones uarK
caepe hanging at 12 05 a.m. Mon-i county Pouting """
K & nap-slaying ,ME
Judge Driver granted a ccrtifi-jed by the attorneys
cat" of probable cause, allowing The judge sa,d he cou M only
the brothers to appeal the case to! determine if the rights of the wu
, Z Ninm Circuit 0urt of Appeals! son brothers have . beer, denirf m
'tin San Francisco. The Wilsons he lower courts. He said he found
other hope is a commutation of: that due process of law was car
contango trt Tifo lfYinriSOnmriU
Gov
Arthur B. Langlie
t rT r Mix EtterUormer C ark county Sheriff Earl j today by Marion E. Cady. Cham
Irvin Goodman. R. Max rr m ' deputies ber of Commerce manager,
and Sanford Clement attorneys N. A person a nd lor mer P chamber pas received a
for the brothers, indicated the WJuam Scott ana h i letter from Art Monero. a Port
latter was the method they wouU Hanson to test, aroSt land newsreel photographer ask
seek to prevent the brothers f rom . Antoson qu g description of
hanging. . n 15 T vriicnn brothers in Van- the pageant. He advised the lo-
"At the moment we know of no; cell of the Wilson bro her s in van-, v ' Banlzatlon he is expecting
t further legal move than can ne
we are posime
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Laftimore Cannot Leave U. 5.
Under State Department Ban;
Trip to Russia Rumored Plan
By MICHAEL J. 0'JjF.ll.L
WASHINGTON, June 21 U.P The State Department
has barred Owen Luttimore from leaving the country until it
nails down a report that he had planned a trip to Russia.
The department said late Friday it took the "unusual"
step as a "precaution" against the possibility of Luttimore
deliberately violating the strict ban against travel behind the
Irrigation Rule
Violators Fined,
In 1st Crackdown
Police today reported the sea
son's first "crack down" in the
enforcement of stringent irrigation
rules imposed earlier this month
in an effort to conserve domestic
water, with five arrests made. All
arrests were made on charges of
use of domestic water for irriga
tion pui-poses between the hours
of 1 and 4 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Waddell. 290
Portland, who were cited on a
charge of irrigating between the
hours of 1 and 4 p.m. on the wrong
day and with a hose nozzle open,
entered a not guilty plea and their
trial was set for June 26.
Persons who received citations
and entered guilty pleas on irriga
tion charges were Mrs. C. Hauck.
304 Lee Lane; T. W. Coulter. 6
Hastings place: Mrs. Jack Starlig.
1135 Columbia, and Ralph A.
Bailey, 948 Roosevelt. Each was
fined $2.50, according to informa
tion on file in the local police sta
tion. All arrests were made earlier in
the week, prior to yesterday's rain.
Damage Actions
Filed in Salem
Damages totaling $37,750, are
sought from the estates of Ro
land P. Mark and Mary Culp
Mark, in suits filed in the Marion
oounty circuit court at Salem yes
terday by Herbert Welch and
Bomlce I owe.
The two suits are the outcome
of the fatal automobile accident
which occurred about 15 miles
east of Burns on Nov. 25, 1951,
when the two Bend residents, to
gether with Miss Kaaren Kanne
gaard, a Kenwood school teach
er, were among the four persons
killed. J. C. Lowe, driver of one
of the cars, also was killed, and
h'is widow, Bernice, seeks 515,000
damages from the estates.
Welch, a passenger with Lowe
at the time of the accident, claims
to have suffered a broken nose
and other injuries. He seeks $22,
750 In damages.
Mark had been a resident of
Bend for several years prior to
the death crash. He was operat
ing a printing concern. Mrs. Mark
was a teacher in the Kingston
school.
30 INJURED IN WRECK
CHICAGO, June 21 (IB-Charles
Cot, Astoria, Ore., and Dorothy
Van Dendale, Portland, were
among 30 persons who suffered
minor injuries Friday night when
two coaches of a streamliner train
were derailed here during a switch
ing operation.
Both were treated in the rail
road dispensary.
The streamliner "City of Port
land." belongs to the Chicago &
North Western railroad.
the crime for which they are about
to die," the attorneys said in a
statement. They added, "We will
again urge Gov. Langlie immedi
ately to commute the death sen
tences to life imprisonment. We
are positive that if the governor
will let them live the truth will
set them free."
No Execution Stay
Judge Driver, after an all-day
hearing which saw the brothers in
ervn-t under heavv Euard, also de-
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E BEND
BEND,
iron Curtain.
It said the action was based
on an- "official allegation"
that the controversial Far
Eastern expert was making ar
rangements to visit Russia even
though he did not have a pass
port. Iittlmore Comments
Lattimore said Friday night at
his home in Balimore:
"I suggest they (the State De
partment! should investigate the
evidence, whereupon they will find
out there isn't any evidence since
I have no plans to go to Russia or
any other country now or in the
foreseeable future. I haven't booked
passage anywhere." '
Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins Uni
versity professor, has been under
heavy congressional fire for his
connections with the much-criticized
Institute of Pacific Relations.
Sen. Joseph . R. McCarthy ( R
Wis.) has charged him with being
Russia's "top agent" in the United
States. Lattimore repeatedly has
denied being a party member or
Red sympathizer.
. Investigation Started
"An allegation was recently
made to the department that Mr.
Owen Lattimore was making ar
rangements for a possible visit to
the USSR and or its satellites,"
the State Department said.
"The department immediately
began an investigation of this alle
gation. Pending the results of this
investigation, the Customs Bureau
was notified that Mr. Lattimore . . .
should not be permitted to leave
the United Stales."
The order was sent to the Cus
toms Bureau June 3. The bureau
relayed it to its Baltimore and
New York district offices the fol
lowing week.
The State Department refused to
say whether the "allegation" was
based on evidence that Lattimore
had actually booked passage for
the Iron Curtain.
Milwaukie Flier
Hurt in Crash
PORTLAND, June 21 (lf- A Mil
waukie, Ore., flier suffered a brok
en leg and other injuries Saturday
when his small mosquito-spraying
airplane crashed into a swamp
about a mile east of the Sauvies
island bridge north of here.
Roy L. Darby, 38, saved his life
by climbing onto the fusiluge of the
Steerman PT-17 plane after it
turned upside down in three feet
of water. He was lying on the
fusilage when found by David Mc-
Cormick, 18, and his sister, who
live near the scene of the crash.
They borrowed a boat to row out
and take Darby to shore.
Darby also suffered face cuts
and lacerations. The plane, owned
by Aero Flight company, Trout
dale, was demolished.
India Would Aid
In Truce Parley
NEW DELHI, India,' June 21
IIP) India offered Saturday to
try to help break the Korean ar
mistice deadlock over repatriation
of war prisoners.
India's services were offered
by Premier Jawaharlal Nehru in
a statement to the press. He said
India was ideally suited to me
diate because she is friendly with
all countries Involved on both the
United Nations and Communist
sides.
"When I say India would go
all out to find some solution," he
said, "that is as much as any
body can say."
The repatriation issue is the
sole question blocking an armis
tice in Korea. The Communists
are demanding the return of all
war prisoners; the United Na
tions refuses to return any pris
oners against their will,
Water Pageant
May Be Televised
There may be a televised news-
i nu I nr etnn a rninniii WHii.r ud'
; Beant this year, it was reported
q assjgned t0 Bend to obtain
television newsreels of the lete.
CENTRAL OREGON'S
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE
R
eopening
A
ssure
Preside
These men. one of thi-ni a former resilient of Bend, had un active part In the tuo-ilay convention of the
Oregon Slute Life I nderwrltem' AhhocIuUoii which ended here thin morning. From the left they lire
John ,1. Howe, The Dullen, national committeeman for the Mule group; Verne (illheri, Portluml, NAM'
trustee; (iordon E. Wilson, ev Bend resident anil president this past year of the Oregon State Life
Underwriters' Association, ami Malcolm I,. Williams, 1'ortlanil, OSI.IIA secretary. treasurer In HIM-ISJ.
Allies Repulse
Strong Assault
By Chinese Reds
By ROBERT UDIC'K
SEOUL, Korea, June 21 UPI
Fresh American and Filipino In
fantry replacements beat hack
the biggest Communist attack of
the year west of Chorwon Satur
day In a desperate battle forcon
trol qf three strategic hills. '
More than 400 Chinese were
killed or wounded in the fierce
six-hour battle.
The 179lh Regiment of the U.S.
45th Division and men of the
Philippine 19th Battalion combut
team absorbed the initial shock
of the 3,500-man red attack.
In the air, American Sabre Jets
shot down one Communist Mig-15
jet fighter over the North Korean
capital of Pyongyang in a dog
fight with five of the Russian
built planes.
Bayonets Used
Lt. Gen. John W. Iron Mike
O'Daniel, commander of the U.S.
1st Army Corps, said the com
paratively green newcomers on
the western front met the mass
Chinese attacks with the "cold
steel" of bayonets.
He said they were capable of
repelling "any Chinese offensive."
The American and Filipino foot
soldiers repulsed the hordes of
Chinno in the hlnnrlv battle whirh
I marked the Reds' 21st futile at
tempt to recapture the strategic
heights wrested from them by
the 45th Division 10 days ago.
Artillery Used
The Reds moved in behind a
heavy artillery barrage which
poured 60 shells a minute on de
fending United Nations forces.
Scrappy U. S. soldiers climbed
out of their foxholes and took on
the raiding Reds in hand-to-hand
combat with grenades ahd bayo
nets. B-2G bombers came in low
over the battle area to bomb
Communist concentrations.
This main enemy attack, a pin
cer movement designed to cut off
the hill positions, lasted four
hours, but the Reds jabbed back
in lighter probes for two more
hours.
Federation Ends
Seaside Session
SEASIDE, Ore., June 21 OPI-Thc
Oregon Federation of Lalmr, In the
final session of its 15th annual
convention here, Friday picked
Pendleton as convention city tor
1953 and acled on the last of the'
90 resolutions submitted by dele
gates. One of the record-breaking num
ber of resolutions called for an 1
indorsement of two power dams
constructed by private tower in
terests. Moth the Pelton dam. pro-1
posed by the Portland General :
Electric Co.. and the California- j
Oregon Power company's Klamath '
river dam received the approval !
of the 311 delegates.
Leo Kotin. regional wage stahili-!
zation board chairman, speaking 1
before the last session, defended
the action of the WSB in the Jteel
case and predicted Congress would
extend the life of the agency. His ;
statement was made as the house
of representatives voted tentatively ;
to strip the WSB of most of its ,
authority. I
; BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
cL as R
at Convention in
Summer Makes
Offical Bow;
Reception Cool
Summer arrived at 3:13 a. m
Pacific standard time, today, but
winter was not far behind.
The mercury in Bend dropped
to 30 degrees last night, and a
trace of snow was reported from
the Cascade highlands following
yesterday's slorm that released
,29 of an inch of moisture in the
Mend area.' At sunrise this morn
ing, the mercury was still in the
thirties.
Tlio spring season that ended
in the pre dawn hours today was
one of the chilliest In many years,
It was announced from the weath
er station. Bend's highest tem
perature of the year up until to
day was 88 degrees.
Yesterday's rain dampened
much of Central Oregon and alle
viated the fire danger In the Des
chutes woods.'
Warmer weather is in prospect
for the week end.
British Secrets
Held Betrayed
LONDON. June 21 (111 The
state charged Saturday that a
British Foreign Office radio op
erator betrayed government se
crets to the Russians over a pe
riod of three months and had
been found with a "highly dan
gerous secret" document.
Four new charges of obtaining
secret information and giving it
to the Russians were lodged
against William M. Marshall, the
24-year-old defendant, at his sec
ond healing in the Southwest
London magistrate's court.
No Ball I'ermltled
Tile court denied Marshall's
appeal for ball and ordered him
held for trlul next Thursday un
der Britain's anti-espionage law,
the Official Secrets Act. No in
dication was given of the type of
Information Involved, other than
that lt might be useful to an en
emy. Marshall, whose job was to
transmit both coded and open
messages to British missions
abroad, was arrested in London's
King George's park a week ago
as he kept an appointment with
Pavel Kutznetsov, second secre
tary In the Soviet embassy In
London.
Kutznetsov also was named in
the oddltional charges filed Sat
urday. However, as a diplomat
he Is immune to prosecution.
Class of 32 Plans
Pageant Reunion
Between 60 and 70 members of
the Mend high school graduating
class of 1932 are planning a Iwo
day reunion to be held here dur
ing the water pageant celebra
tion. A picnic will be held at Pioneer
Park on the afternoon of July
4'h. and a no-host dinner and
party will be held on the evening
of July 5th.
All local members of the class
of '32 will hold an Important
meeting at the Chamber of Com
merce offices next Tuesday eve
ning to complete plans for the
reunion.
21, 1952
of Lumber
esu
Bend
Taft Now Claims
Almost Enough
Ballots to Win
WASHINGTON, June 21 (III
Sen. Robert A. Taft snld Saturday
he is figuring his convention del
egate count at enough to win the
Republican presidential nomina
tion but that it would be question
of "strategy" whether all would
be mustered on the first ballot.
The Ohioan told a hews con
ference that he has counted his
national convention delegates at
"Just about 603 or 604."
It lakes 604 voles to win the
nomination.
The United Press tabulation
based on pledges and known first
ballot preferences gives Taft 471
votes and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower 405 voles.
Strategy Involved
"It's a question of strategy
whether to try to win on the first
ballot," he said.
Taft also said:
1. Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower,
his chief rival for the nomination,
is "apparently unwilling to go
after the administration fur luck
of Judgment and mistakes" In for
eign policy.
2. He believes, however, that
differences with Eisenhower over
foreign policy are not "tremen
dous differences o principle but
in emphasis."
3. He would frame a balanced
$70,000,000,000 federal budget for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1953, cut it to $60,000,000,000 next
year, permitting a 15 per cent
tax reduction.
Two Motorists
Injured in Crash
Two motorists, one of them a
Bend resident, were brought lo
St. Charles Memorial Hospital
here last night following a col
lision between two cars on U. S.
Highway 07 some 10 miles south
of Bend.
In the hospital ate Jack Dallas.
37, fiend, who suffered possible
fractures, and William K. .McDon
ald, of Lawndale, Calif. Dallas
was said to be the most seriously
injuied.
McDonald, alone in his car. told
Investigating officers that he was
driving north, en route lo Port
land, when he noticed a car ap
proaching and moving in an ap
parent erratic manner. McDonald
said he pulled over on his side of
the road until he was some five
feet away from the yellow line,
and brought his car to a stop.
The southlKjund car, moving at
a speed of about 25 or 30 miles
an hour, moved over the center
strip and hit the McDonald car,
officers were told.
Elmer C. Markham, Bend, said
he was operating the southbound
car, which was carrying three
men. the third not yet identified,
to Paulina lake on a fishing trip.
Markham was not iniured.
Because the southbound car,
owned by Dallas, was not mov
ing fast, and the other was stop
ped, the machines escaped major
damage. The accident occurred
around midnight, and the injured
men were brought to the local
hospital about 1a.m.
It of P
Delegates ,
Hold Final
Conference
Delegates and visitors attending
the 1952 convention of the Oregon
State Life Underwriters Association
in Uend held their fiml conference
just prior lo the noon hour today,
following election of officers for the
coming year and the tentative sel
ection of Eugene as their 1953 con
vention cily.
The Bend convention opened yes
terday morning, and wus high
lighted by a banquet Inst night at
the Pilot Butle Inn, with Don R.
Thompson presiding as loustmiister
and with Don Hlanding, nationally
known poet and lecturer, ns speak
er. M. L. (BUD Williams, Portland,
was numed president or the OSLUA
for 1952-53. Charles O. McGee, Eu
gene, is to serve as secretary
treasurer. Leltoy J. Marker, Sa
lem, wus named national commit
teeman. .
. I'lnns Outlined
Eleclion of lenders for the new
year followed a general session
that opened with Gordon E. Wil
son, Portland, president this past
year, In charge. Plans lor the year
were outlined by the new officers
at the final meeting.
Wilson presided as the banquet
opened last night, then introduced
Thompson as toasl muster. Thomp
son In turn introduced Miss Maxine
Brown, Llon-Klwunliin candidate
for queen of Bend's 1952 Mirror
Pond piigennt.
Hlunding read n number of his
poems, first telling the slory behind
the poems. lie answered repeated
encores. ,.i ,;;"
Bend's "Tune by, Fours," Lloyd
Robideaux, Vei n Larson, Hon Dud
rey and Gull Sigtnund, weft pre
sented in a group of songs.
The banquet wus preceded Fri
day afternoon by business discus
sions and training sessions. All con
ferences were held in the former
KBND radio room, In the Pilot
Hutle Inn.
Red Cross Swim
Lessons Slated
Red Cross swimming lessons
will begin at the Bend city pool
Tuesday, July 8, Mrs. Mux Hem
ingway, water safety chairman
announced today after a meeting
with Wayne Hamilton, city recre
ation director; Bob Iltiwes, super
visor of Ited Cross swimming
classes, and Mrs. Maybelle Math
ews. Red Cross executive secre
tary. Mrs. Seaton Smith will act
as water safety vice-chairman for
the summer.
Classes will be held on Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Fridays. The first series of les
sons will be from July H through
July 25, and the second series
from July 29 through August 15.
Registration may be made only
at the Red Cross office In the
Penney building, (telephone 4671
between the hours of 2 and 4 In
the ufternoon, starting Monday,
June 23. No registrations will be
accepted at the city pool. Child
ren must be 8 years old to regis
ter, and are entitled to only ono
series of. lessons during the sum
mer. Swimming classes will he of
fered for beginners, Intermedi
ates, swimmers, and Junior life
savers in the morning from 10
to 12. Time schedules will be an
nounced later. Junior life saving
will cover the entire six-week per
iod, ns a minimum of 15 hours is
required. This class is open to
boys and girls from 12 to 15 years
of age who pass the required en
try tests.
Two Night C lassen
Two night classes will be of
fered from 6 to 7 p. in. One will
be a class for adult beginners,
and the other will be a six-week
course In senior life saving, which
will lie open to those over 16 who
pass the required entry tests. Reg
istration for these classes must
also be made at the Red Cross
office.
The Red Cross office has re
quested that any qualified water
safety Instructors In this vicinity
contact them whether or not they
will be available for volunteer
teaching, as the chapter wishes
to complete an instructors' sur
vey. The Bend swimming program
Is sponsored every summer by
the Red Cross and the City Rec
reation Department. Residents of
Tumalo. Sisters and other neigh
boring communities will be wel
come to participate, and they,
too, must register at the Red
Cross office, it was announced.
Bend Forecast
Bend: Fair Sunday; local
light frost Saturday night.
high Saturday 65 to 70; low
Saturday night 30 to 35;
high Sunday 70 to 75.
No. 168
About 30 Men
Will Obtain
Employment
Purchase of the Bend Lumber
company remantifacturing plant in
the city industrial area by New
York lumber interests was an
nounced here today by the Huds
peth company of Prineville, former
owners of the Bend plant.
According to information receiv
ed here the plant was acquired by
Consolidated Pine, Inc., of New
York. The plant, which has been
closed down for nearly a year, will
be in full operation again early In
July. Approximately 30 men nro
employed in the plant when It is
operating at full capacity.
Sidney Kullck of New York City
is president of the new corporation
which is taking over the properly,
and Howard Shirvan is secrctnry.
These men, who have visited in
the Central Oregon area frequent
ly in the past several years, hnvo
been operating the Consolidated
Lumber Corporation of New York,
a lumber sales and distribution
concern.
Due Hero Soon
Simultaneously with the an
nouncement of the purchase of the
Bend holdings of tho Hudspoth in
terests, lt also was reported tho
New York firm hus purchased tho
Central Oregon Pine, Inc., from
the Hudspeths in Prinevlllei and ,
also will operale that plant.
Kullck, president of tho concern,,
is expected lo arrive In Bend with
in the next few days to completo
plans for the re-opening of tho
plant here.
The new owners have announced
that James E. Garrett, who has
been superintendent of the Prine
ville plant, will be In charge of
operations for the company.
The plnnt In the past hns conlln
ed Itself to the manufacturing of
molding, and it is understood the
new owners will continue the same
operations.
Lenience Fails,
Prison Imposed
Leniency extended to Clifford
Wlieelnnd on Jan. 29, 1951 failed
to produce promised results, and
as a result he was sent to the stnte
penitentiary today lo serve a two
year term for obtaining money nnd
goods under false pretenses. He
appeared yesterday afternoon be
fore Circuit Judge R. S. Hamilton
and pleaded guilty to the charge.
lie admitted having given the
Congress Market a bud check for
$20. He pleaded guilty nearly two
years ago on another bud check
charge and was given probation on
his promise to make good several
other checks he had passed on
Bend merchants. But court records
show he failed to keep his promise.
Whceland left Bend shortly after
his prior release and wus picked
up last week by the sheriff in
Douglas county. He was token to
the stole prison this morning by
Deputy Sheriff Forrest Sholes.
Pastor Admits
Fatal Shooting
PORTLAND, June 21 IIB-A 72-year-old
pastor told police Saturday
lie shot and killed tt handyman, with
u pistol, after the man came at
him with a hammer und ux.
Rev. James LaFayetle Yokum,
who operates a mission where the
victim was employed, said he kept
the .25 caliber automatic for pro
tection. He said he entered a rooming
house to see one of his parishoncrs
when the victim, Frank Wilson,
rushed at him with a hammer and
an nx. He said he took the gun
from his pocket and fired twice.
One bullet struck Wilson in the
side and the second in the small
of the back, police said.
Orren Stanley Brusven, a long
shoreman, told police he sow an
argument earlier between Wilson
and the pastor when Wilson was
chopping wood in front of the room
ing house. Rev. Mr. Yokum told
police Wilson previously had "slap
ped" at him while he was seated
in his car.
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