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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday March 29, 1979 FIFTEEN ays and means of death is grisly topic of Legislature W By Kathleen Glnnville Eagle Newspapers Capitol Correspondent SALEM Last November the voters overwhelmingly decided that murderers ought to be executed. Now the Legislature must figure put how to do it. It's no easy task. There hasn't been an execu tion in Oregon since 1962. Not only are prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges unfamil iar with the legal tangles involved in trying capital cases, but the state isn't prepared to execute anyone eventually convicted. The gas chamber at the Oregon State Penitentiary is a storeroom today. It would take an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 to rebuild it and Gov. Vic Atiyeh didn't put any money in his budget for a new gas chamber. The governor has said it's unlikely anyone will be exe cuted in the next two years, and legal experts agree. The legal maneuvering has al ready begun on behalf of three men charged with murder. Because so much is at stake in a murder trial with the death penalty looming over the proceedings, those trials are long and involved. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are worried about the legal issues and the high cost of trying those cases. A Houston, Tex., group of legal specialists expected to draw more than 100 Oregon attor neys to a death penalty seminar scheduled last week end in Portland. Rep. Bill Rutherford, R McMinnville, doesn't want the state to invest in another gas chamber. He doesn't favor the death penalty. And he figures a state which has repealed and brought back the death penal ty twice in the last century may repeal it again before anyone is finally condemned to die. But he says the Legislature can't ignore the 2-to-l vote of the people for the death penalty. So he is advocating what he ii WSTERN yFAMLYij WfSrEPN SHORES FACIAL TISSUE WHITE OR ASSORTED COLORS 2-PLY, 200 COUNT ESTERN AMILY. jrm KWEStERN JttMLY, I fancy , jSR0TS-3 FOR I "9u8r or Ht. 15-oz . 49 SEEKS!? WESTERN 'family; sliced VellbS a,ves. 29., WESTERN FAMILY PEAS, CORN OR GREEN BEANS SWEET PEAS, 17-OZ. CUT or SLICED GREEN BEANS, 16-OZ. WHOLE or CREAM STYLE CORN, 16-OZ. JOMATO s;.,. 'b tub. FOR Co) () fvF"WlLYi p'AEAPPic T.n 8m y M ---iiwurBUTTPD En j- . w Assorted ci..' "VOTING nji, p0PC0RAternFa, ter" Family. 46 !?"" Family c,. 1chy. 48 r,erfFlau -2 lb.. """ Fan It.. 75 49' 69 '2.99 RAPE JOI1C REFRESHING FOR BREAKFAST OR SNACK TIME 12-OZSIZE WESTERN FAMILY PEAS OR CUT CORN, s a 29 WESTERN FAMILY CAULIFLOWER, 49 WESTERN FAMILY SHOESTRING POTATOES,. s .2for89c WESTERN FAMILY PEA PODS., 47 7UPor QUIRST REGULAR OR SUGAR FREE 7-UP, 12-OZ CANS, 6 PACK GLEEM TOOTHPASTE 7i II WITH A COOL BURST OF FRESHNESS 7-OZSIZE HEAD & SHOULDERS SHAMPOO $t4m 7-OZ LOTION ORlfbiyi W 4 0ZTUBE II A YOUR CHOICE U " RAINBOW COLORED V O KITCHEN TOWELS (o) STAR COFFEE 1 FILTERS25-COUNT "4; mm;- MM-?. r ' WiTM 1 I ADHC QCCni EQQ CIIHIIflQT MEL 0f?AR! i 3.R r.nMHFNTRATED ALL LAUNDRY $5p )V g) . .. . ' iiimmiM' JUICY FRESH FLAVOR, EASY TO PEEL NAVELS. PRIME SOURCE OF VITAMIN C ?4 HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLES LARGE FANCY FROM DOLE SWEET, TASTY HOitiEYDEW MELQJ 8 DETERGENT 9-LB 4 OZ W1SK LAUNDRY DETERGENT Liquid. 32-oz size 11 2, 3 lbs. 1 All Temperature undry, 64-oz. ALL LIQUID DETERGENTS WESTER7J SHORES FABRIC SOFTENER, 99 PUniPC I CnlflMQ .UldlllirWIHIlU UbIUIUUII flnn Liquid. M-oz w ZUCCHINI SQUASH Jade Green Fency nniiAiniP i pttiipc r $1 0 llUIIinilUli I I Em Fancy Large wior .2.59 RUSSET POTATOESus no , B, 6,6. 1 Fancv Larae ; for MM LB. A n THRIFTUAY says is a painless method of execution which will cost the state about $100 execution by lethal injection. "Since the death penalty is a fact, we must look at the manner in which they are carried out," said Rutherford before a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week. "I think it would be inappro priate for Oregon to spend $300,000 to rebuild a gas chamber, particularly when there is a more humane, inexpensive method available, one that is far safer to handle than cyanide gas. "With a lethal injection, we can for the first time be assured that execution is painless," he said. Rutherford said historically executions in the United Cont. on page 16 WISHES TO THANK ALL IT'S OLD AND NEW CUSTOMERS FOR MAKING OUR ANNIVERSARY SALE SUCH A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. Thanks, Bob Severson Store Manager CONTEST WINNERS 1. TV Mrs. Juel Whitsett 2. MICROWAVE La Rue Hymas 3. M0RTYTHE MEAT BALL Ramona Morrison 4. HAM GeneTownsend 5. HAM James E. Kraack 6. HAM Sherra Spike 7. HAM Marg McMahon 8. HAM Al Haney 9. HAM Lila Ryman 10. LITTLE MAC J.E. Hayden 11. TRAIN Frank Lock wood 12. PICTURE CLOCK Connie Perault 13. CAMERA Diana Christeansen 14. CASE OF BACON Bonnie Rogers 15. CAMERA Freda Kidder CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS, WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR PRIZES AS MUCH AS WE DID GIVING THEM TO YOU. J.! V-. , V. !' -
