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Editor Says Reason
To Believe Russia
Made Three H-Bombs
London, Feb. 6 (U.R) Ken
neth De Courcy, editor of the
Intelligence Digest, said in the
current edition today that there
was reason to believe the Rus
sians had made three hydrogen
bombs and exploded one of
them.
De Courcy gave no source for
his report. He claims to get in-
Must Fight Back,
Mme. Chiang Tells
Nationalist Troops
Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 6 (U.R)
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek went
back to the front lines today,
within sight and sound of com
munist guns, and told the troops
"you can and must endure."
"We must fight back to the
mainland," she said.
Dreed In Black
True to her promise to return
to the troops who are keeping
Nationalist hopes alive, she flew
to Kingmen island in the Strait
of Formosa.
Dressed in black slacks, a black
wool sweater, a black jacket and
low-heeled shoes, she braved the
barbed wire to inspect the scene
of a recent Nationalist victory.
To the survivors of that battle
the said:
"We must not live for our
selves but for future genera
tions." Ack-Ack Fire Seen
Correspondents who accom
panied Madame Chiang in a sec
ond plane saw bursts of ack-ack
fire below and to the right of
the plane as it circled toward the
communist-held South China
mainland on the trip home.
Climbing aboard a chauffeur
driven jeep after the hour-long
plane ride to Kingmen island
from Formosa, Madame Chiang
sped 50 miles over dusty wind
ing roads to lend encouragement
to the troops who momentarily
await a communist assault from
the mainland across the strait.
Columbia Developing
Plan Under Attack
Seattle, Feb. 6 (U.R) The
army engineers-bureau of recla
mation coordinated plan for de
veloping the Columbia pasm
was attacked as an "illegitimate
Columbia valley authority" by
the leaders of three Washington
state farm and labor organiza
tions. The charges were made in a
letter to President Truman, who
approved a modified version of
the olan Friday. It was signed
by E. M. Weston, president of
the State Federation of Labor;
Henry P. Carstensen, master of
the State Grange: and Roy W.
Atkinson, regional director of
the CIO.
"We do not believe that this
joint Dlan, however modified, is
anything more than a start in
the right direction," the officials
said. "We are not going to take
any substitute for the CVA."
The three men characd that
the reclamation - engineers plan
did not contain provisions for
an integrated flood control sys
tem, forest and soil management
or fish propagation.
Republicans Will
Unveil Platform
Washington, Feb. 6 U.R)
Republicans held three closed
meetings today to approve a new
2.000-word party platform which
they hope will be "constructive
and critical" enough to win the
1950 congressional elections.
They expect to unveil this "re
statement of policy" late today
just in time to whip up enthus
iasm among some 10.000 parly
stalwarts who will jam Uline
arena for a Sl-a-box Lincoln day
fried chicken supper which will
kick off the GOP campaign.
The platform a phrase the re
publicans avoid using will be
a two-part statement of policy on
domestic and foreign affairs.
On the former, some sources
said, the party will vigorously op
pose what republicans call the
"Truman welfare state."
On Foreign affairs, the party is
expected to strike off boldly
against any continuance of the
present bi-partisan policy on
grounds it does not represent the
GOP's real thinking on world
affairs.
Corvallis, Ore.. Feb. 6 (U.R)
The Eastern Oregon Grange lec
turers' school scheduled today
and tomorrow at La Grande has
been postponed until February
27 and 28. the Oregon State col
lege extension service office announced.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
formation from a listening post
equipped with "advance methods
of detection." The Intelligence
Digest is a monthly publication
described as an information
service.
The Digest said De Courcy
cabled his latest report from the
Hotel Mamounia in Marrakesh,
Morocco. '
"Russia's whole atomic indus
try is making rapid progress,"
he said. "On March 3 or 4, bar
ring accidents or deliberate
changes, it is known that an
other atomic explosion is sched
uled to take place, and that it is
to be followed by 10 other ex
periments soon thereafter."
He referred to President Tru
man's go-ahead on the manufac
ture of the hydrogen bomb,
"which it is believed will put
Russia back by a large margin,
despite Soviet progress in atomic
industry and research.
"Intelligence of February 1
reveals important information
which contradicts this. It states
that there is now evidence of
Russia having already made the
H-bomb. She has in fact made
three and exploded one of them."
Sermons Devoted To
Bergman Criticism
By United Preii
Numerous ministers through
out the country devoted their
Sunday sermons to strong crit
icism of Ingrid Bergman and her
lover, Roberto Rossellini.
At Los Angeles, the Rev.
George Davidson of St. John's
Episcopal church said "... the
actions of Ingrid Bergman are a
stench in the nostrils of decent
people, and it is a disgrace to
the finer sensibilities of woman
hood." Defiance of Ideals
"Her actions are in defiance of
Christian ideals of marriage and
the sanctity of the home," Dav
idson said.
Movie stars attending the Hol
lywood Presbyterian church.
heard Dr. Louis B. Evans warn:
"The ten commandments apply
to all Christians no matter what
their professions may be."
The Rev. W. Hamilton Aulen
bach, rector of Christ Church and
St. Michael's Episcopal of Phil
adelphia, said Miss Bergman and
another actress "leave behind
them in dirt, muck, innuendoes
and gossip of their unconvention
al, immoral behavior."
He said theatres which show
their pictures "should be boy'
cotted out of existence."
Eugene Amusement
Tax Challenged
Eugene, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R)
Circuit Judge G. F. Skipworth
has taken under advisement a
case challenging Eugene's three
per cent amusement tax.
The tax was voted two years
ago. Plaintiff theater companies
asserted that it was discrimina
tory in that it placed a burden
on one business responsible for
only a fraction of the total out
put of all Eugene business.
City Attorney John Penning
ton argued for the defense that
the tax was authorized by the
city charter, and that it was not
discriminatory because it was
levied against all amusements
and included all businesses in
one class.
TO ISSUE LICENSES
Dean Coe, county dog control
officer, said today that he will
be at Gail's market at Gold Hill
all day Wednesday to issue dog
licenses.
Eugene, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R)
More than 200 men have been
thrown out of work by a shut
down of the Pope & Talbot saw
mill and logging operations.
Brilliant Young Princeton Professor
Loses In Game, of Russian Roulette
Princeton. N. J.. Feb. 6 4U.R)
Dr. Allison W. Bunkley. an as
sistant professor at Princeton
university, observed his 25th I
oirtnday by lecturing on the
deadly gun gambling game of
Russian roulette.
His lecture, to a group of six
friends gathered in his apartment
Saturday night, was the most
convincing of his short profes
sional career on the Princeton
campus. It lasted less than one
hour and ended with Bunkley
dead with a bullet in his brains.
Brilliant Scholar
Campus associates of the
young expert on Latin American
affairs knew him as a brilliant
scholar who had "done an as
tonishing amount of work" for
his age.
Friends who witnessed the
'tragedy described Bunkley as an
impulsive young man who re
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'I DIDN'T DO IT'-Answering an accident call, Chicago Patrolman
Claude Connelly found a 400-pound Dear chained Inside the rear of
a panel truck wrecked on a safety island. What to do with the bear
stumped Connelly so he wrote out a ticket. The bear, who seems to
be saying "I didn't do it' as Connelly writes up the citation, refused
to leave the truck. The truck's driver, believed to be only slightly In
jured, could not be tound.
Close Race
In British
London. Feb. 6 (U.R) The
labor and conservative parties
were running neck and neck in
popular opinion polls today as
the British general election cam
:ign hit full stride. The elec
tion win oc nelcl reoruary is.
Prime Minister Clement Alt-
lee and deputy conservative par-
Butte Falls Students
Barely Miss Death
Almost the entire student body
and some faculty members of the
Butte Falls high school narrow
ly escaped death Friday night
when the school bus they were
in skidded on the ice near Cas
cade Gorge and came within
inches of toppling into the deep
chasm.
School Superintendent Walter
L. Perry said about 32 students
and faculty members were
aboard the bus as it was return
ing to Butte Falls from a bas
ketball game at Prospect. He
said the road had been in Rood
shape on the way to Prospect but
before the return trip a solid
sheet of ice had frozen on the
highway. Although the bus was
equipped with chains, it skidded
across the pavement and before
it came to a stop, one wheel was
hanging over the edge of the high
bluff. The passengers were able
to leave the bus without mishap
of any kind. A wrecker was
called to pvll it back onto the
road.
Road Conditions
Pavement on Siskiyou and
Greensprings mountain passes
are bare in exposed areas, to
day, according to state police,
who indicated that traffic was
moving without difficulty.
The Redwood highway and
Sexton mountain pass on high
way 99 had bare pavement.
Rain was falling. Pavement at
Union Creek was also bare
early this morning although
there were snow flurries.
Pavement was bare on ex
posed areas of Willamette
pass. Chains are required on
Santiam pan. I
fused to heed their protests not
to gamble away his life with a
.32 caliber revolver he had pur
chased in fear of Argentinian as
sassins. They said Bunkley, son of
Rear Adm. Joel W. Bunkley, re
tired, and grandson of the late
U. S. Sen. John Sharpe Williams
of Mississippi, obtained a permit
for the weapon because he
feared reprisals from articles he
had written about the govern
ment of Argentine President
Juan D. Peron.
Produces Revolver
Bunkley, who was graduated
from Princeton in 1944 with
highest honors, invited h i s
friends to his apartment "for a
drink" after attending a bas
ketball game with three under
graduates, an alumnus and a
graduate student.
After a few drinks, he pro
No. 268
Expected
Elections
ty leader Anthony Eden led the
list of speechmakers today
Eden will make a full dress ra
dio speech tonight in reply to
labor arguments set forth in a
flurrv of wcek-und speeches. All-
lee will address a meeting of his
constitutency at West Waltnam
stow.
Others To Soeak
More than a dozen top labor
leaoers win ue speaKins iu iutm
audiences throughout the coun
try at the same time.
Lord Beaverbrook's daily ex
press poll showed the two major
parties closely together but with
the conservatives holding a
slight lead.
The liberal News Chronicle's
last gallup poll a week ago show
ed the laborites with a slight
edge.
The daily express said today
that 45 per cent of those polled
said they would vote sonserva
tive and 44 per cent said they
would vole labor.
11 Per Cent Undecided
The poll showed that 11 per
cent of the voters still haven't
made up their minds. These were
excluded from the results.
Regardless of how people say
they will vote, the overwhelm
ing majority think the socialists
will win 58 per cent think the
socialist government will be re
turned while only 27 per cent
think the tories will win.
This "floater" vote is expected
to be decisive if the race is close.
Wind Instrument Put
Out Of Order By Wind
Airport officials this morning
faced a paradoxical situation.
The wind last night DUt the wind
direction indicator, otherwise
known as a tetrahedron, out of
commission.
J. A. Wolf, city electrical In
spector, said that a gear was bro
ken. It was to be repaired mis
afternoon. In the meantime,
pilots were being warned by ra-
dio that the device was out of
commission. A couple of warn
ing flags were also placed on the
tetrahedron.
Longview, Wash., Feb. 6 (U.R)
Longview voters at a week-end'
election approved a $750,000
bond issue to build a junior high
school.
duced his revolver and began
demonstrating the game, which
! is played by placing a single
! bullet in one of the six cham
bers of the weapon, twirling
the cylinder and pulling the
I trigger with the muzzle pressed
i lo the head, his friends told po
! lice.
j Bunkley tried it once. The
! gun clicked. He had won.
Laughing, he tried it again.
The gun clicked on an empty
chamber a second time. He kept
spinning and clicking.
Friends Plead
His friends pleaded with him
to put the gun away.
"I'll do it once more." he said.
The cylinder spun. He pressed
the trigger. The gun went off.
He fell fatally wounded with
a bullet in his right temple.
Authorities listed the death as
accidental.
6, 1950
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cooler with ihow
cri tonight and Tuesday.
Temp.
Hit hut Yntrrday ...... 49
Lowrtt thla Morning ... 35
Free, to 4:30 a.m. Today .20
Rising Mercury
Thaws Northwest;
Showers Promised
Highway Conditions
Generally Improved
By United Press
Slush and water today took
the place of packed ice and snow
in the Pacific northwest states.
The thawing, which began
during the week-end, spread
gradually to all sections of Ore
gon and Washington as a minor
but warm storm moved along
the British Columbia coast and
brought the promise of showers
to most interior points in the
area.
Continued Thawing
The weather bureau forecast
continued thawing through
Tuesday, but at a rate that should
prevent serious flooding.
Pendleton. Ore., remained a
cold spot with a recording of
7 degrees above zero, but across
the northwest temperatures
pushed steadily above freezing,
including many coastal readings
in the 50s. Roseburc. Ore., re
corded a 61 and Medford 59.
Among major cities, Portland's
temperature moved down only
to a 32 Monday morning and be
gan a fast rise under sunny
skies. Seattle registered a low of
30 and a high of 43.
Rainfall was heavy for coastal
points. Newport, Ore., had 1.20
indies during a 24-honr period.
Highway conditions generally
improved during the week-end.
but chains were still required in
mountain passes, ine uregon
state highway department hoped
to have the Columbia River high
way reopened this afternoon at
Shell rock, 10 miles cast of Cas
cade Locks, and the Evergreen
highway on the Washington side
;of the Columbia was reopened
to one-way traffic at Cape Horn.
Stroble Sentenced
To Die For Slaying
Los Angeles, Feb. 8 (U.R)
Grandfather Fred Stroble was
sentenced to die in the state gas
chamber today for the sex slay
ing of six-year-old Linda Joyce
Glucoft.
Stroble's attorneys announced
immediately they will appeal
the sentence to the state su
preme court and the U. S. su
preme court if they have to.
"I didn't know what it meant
when I waived a jury trial on
mv sanitv." Stroble testified in
a brief hearing on his appeal
for a new trial before Superior
Judge Charles W. Fricke passed
sentence.
But the judge refused a new
trial, or an arrest of judgment
or a dismissal of the entire pro
ceedings.
Oakridge Mayor,
Councilmen Resign
Oakridge. Ore.. Feb. 6 U.R)
L. F. Gerspach, mayor of Oak
ridge, and three city councilmen
have resigned because of a dis
pute over water meters.
The controversy centered on
the question of whether the me
ters should be installed immedi
ately or wait for a survey. The
resigning councilmen Wilford
Svcndson, A. M. Baly and D. T.
Stevens favored installing them
at once. City Councilmen Ran
dall Clark, George Bouhcy and
Lauren Gale wanted to wait.
"They've got us outnum
bered," Gerspach said. "Now if
they're so smart and know how
to run this city so well, we'll
just give it to them."
Salem Firemen Fight
Water At Warehouse
Salem, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R)
Salem firemen, reversing their
usual field, turned out Sunday
to fight water.
A rooftop tank atop the Capi
tol City Transfer company five
story warehouse began flooding
when a pipe snapped at an el
bow. The tank was an auxiliary
supply for the automatic sprink
kling system and other fire
equipment and has a capacity of
some 20.000 gallons.
The water started cascading
through the elevator and stair
shafts, spreading out slightly on
each floor except the basement
when firemen arrived. They
rigged canvas on the roof and
plugged the leak, then mopped
up floor by floor, holding dam
age to a minimum, although
some bales of hops got wet.
Rogue River Man Is
Graduate Of School
Pfc. James E. Russ, 21, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Russ.
route one, Rogue River, gradu
ated last week from the air force
communications school at Scott
air force base, 111., the air force
said today. He was graduated as
a radio mechanic.
Russ is a graduate of Rogue
liver high school, and enlisted
in January, 1949.
EMERGENCY PROVISION
OF T-H LAW USED IN
ACTION BY PRESIDENT
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(Acmm Tclcphoio)
John L Lewii (
Hii Miners 'Slugged'
12 Charred Steps
All That Remains
Of Montana Hotel
Eureka, Mont., Feb. 6 (U.R)
A flight of 12 charred steps was
all that remained today of the
Montana hotel, destroyed yester
day by a flash fire that claimed
four and possibly five lives.
Four bodies were recovered
from the ruins of the two-story
frame building. A search was
under way for the fifth, William
Peterson, a Great Northern rail
way worker. Coroner Roy Liv
elihood said there was "no
chance" he survived.
Five Suffer Injuries
The other dead were Ed La
France, about 60, hotel clerk;
Charles Cameron, 74, a farmer,
and John Powell and Delano
Grayson, members of the Brown
ing, Mont., high school basket
ball team.
Five guests suffered minor
burns and cuts.
It was the second major fire
in this small town in three days.
Two buildings were destroyed
Thursday night.
Firemen believed the hotel
fire began with the explosion of
an oil burner in the basement,
apparently about 3 a. m.
"It w.ent up like a dry box of
Under." said Helen Schagcl, 39,
who lives nearby.
"The front of the hotel went
up in a sheet of flame.
Families Escape
"The five families In the apart
ments in the back had time to
act out, but residents living in
the hotel rooms were lucky to
get out without injuries."
Madras Couple
Parents Of Triplets
Bend, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R)
Triplets, two boys and a girl,
were born today to Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Ashcraft of Madras, Ore.,
at Bend hospital here.
The first boy arrived at 10:17
a. m. He weighed 4 pounds 11
ounces. The girl was born at
10:26 a. m. and weighed 4 pounds
9 ounces. The second boy ar
rived at 10:50 a. m. and weighed
5 pounds.
The mother is 19. The Ash
crafts have another daughter,
Sandra Lee, 17 months.
The attending physician, Dr.
said it was the first set of trip
lets he had delivered in 22 years.
Redding, Cal., Feb. 6 (U.R)
Three daughters were born to
Mrs. Marda DcForcst, 25, here
today.
The triplet girls, the smallest
of whom weighs five pounds,
are reported in excellent condi
tion. Their father is Stanley De
Forest, former well known Red
ding ballplayer.
Freight Train Wreck
Delays S. P. Trains
Eugene, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R)
The Southern Pacific railroad
said today that five cars of a
northbound freight train were
derailed and overturned 65
miles southeast of Eugene on
the Cascade line last night.
The wreck occurred at 9:05
p.m. when a wheel flange broke
on a car, the railroad said, and
the line was reopened at 8:45
a.m. today. No one was injured.
The accident, which occurred
near Wicopee in the Cascade
mountains, delayed two south
bound passenger trains. The
Cascade, due at Oakland at
10:50 a.m. today was held at
Oakridge, Ore. The Klamath,
due at Oakland at 8:50 p.m. to
day was held it Eugene.
Washington Feb. 6 (UP President Truman
invoked the national emergency provision of the Taft
Hartley law today in the first legal step to halt a strike
of some 400,000 soft coal miners.
Declaring that continuance of the strike "will im
peril the national health and safety," Mr. Tinman es-
Washlngton, Feb. 6 (U.P.l The prtnrlpa! Issues In the soft coal dispute:
Wages The united mine workers want a 93-rents-a-riav-pav Increase. It
argues that Increase can be paid out or current profits. Industry says wage
boost means Increased retail roal prices.
Welfare benefits UMW wants a lft-rents-a-ton Increase In industry
payments to the union's welfare and retirement fund. Argues that the old
welfare fund, flnanred by 20-eents-a-ton levy, didn't raise enough money
lo operate successfully. Industry says It's pay more than any other "basic"
industry and millions of dollars were "wasted." Wants new standards of
welfare payments, .lohn L. Lewis refuses.
Union shop UMW wanls continuation of union shop. Industry contend!
this provision would violate the Taft-Hartley act, because the miners have
not held union shop elections called for by the law.
"Willing and able" Lewis wants the clause that miners will work sa
long as they are "willing and able" as a form of union security. He con
tends It Is necessary to "stabfflze" coal production at certain times. Indus
try, depriving management of the right to say when their mines could or
could not operate.
tablished a three-man board of inquiry. He directed
the board to report back to him by next Monday. The
board will merely ascertain the facts and issuesin the
case.
After the board reports, Mr. Tinman may direct
the attorney general to go into federal court and seek
an order to put the striking miners back to work for
at least 80 days.
Lewit Warns Miners May Not Go
Back If 'Slugged' By Labor Law
John L. Lewis warned the president Saturday
that the miners might not go back if he "slugged them
with what he called the "blackjack" of the Taft-Hartley
law. But the last time Lewis defied a Taft-Hartley
injunction in 1948 it cost him and his union $1,
720,000 in fines.
This was the first time that Mr. Truman has used
the Taft-Hartley law since August, 1948, and the third
time he has invoked it in a coal dispute.
Mr. Truman had been reluctant to invoke the
Taft-Hartley law, which he dislikes and which he
sought in vain to have repealed last year.
No Alternative
But he was left no alternative after Lewis last Saturday shut
Hie door on the last chance to solve the dispute by voluntary ac
tion a 70-day truce proposal by the president.
Even so, the president deferred action during the week-end In
the hope that the miners would work today. Instead, the miners
started a full-fledged strike, with almost 300,000 diggers Joining
100.000 others who had walked out during the past two weeks-
even refusing to work a three-day
Lewis did not issue a formal
his rejection of the truce proposal
Truce Rejected
Lewis rejected the truce two days after northern and western
coal operators walked out on renewed negotiations. The operators
then accepted Mr. Truman's truce plan, but Lewis' refusal to go
along with it foreclosed any chance of a truce.
A spokesman for Lewis said the mine workers' chief had "no
comment" on Mr. Truman's action today.
Mr. Truman was forced to act because the nation's soft coal
supply has dwindled below the danger point down to a 15-day
supply. Government officials feared that many industries will be
torced lo snui down or curtail operations unless iuu coat produc
tion is restored soon.
After the board rcDorts on Monday Mr. Truman then could
direct the attorney general to
order aimed at putting the 40U.000 sott coal miners pack. into mil,
five-days-a-week production for about 80 days.
Safety Imperiled
The chief executive's order said that the dispute has resulted
In a strike affecting a substantial part of the bituminous Industry.
The president said that if the strike continues, national health
and safety will be imperiled.
So he put lo work tne laoor law wnicn ne nas consistently de
nounced and the repeal of which was one of the top planks of the
1948 democratic platform.
David L. Cole. Paterson. N. J., attorney, was named as chair
man of the board. The other two members named are, William W.
Wirtz of Northwestern university and John Dunlop, Harvard uni
versity professor.
Mickey Cohen's Home
Shattered By Blast
Los Angeles, Feb. 6 (U.R)
Mobster Mickey Cohen's bed
room was shattered today by an
exnlosion but the dapper ganv
bier escaped injury in the latest
attnmnt on his life because he
was in his wife's bedroom.
The bomb, detonated at 4:20
j.m PKT with a roar outside
Cohen's bedroom window, did
c.n nnn rinmnce nnH bounced
family across the street out of
their seas.
Smelled Fuse Burning
"Your guess is as good as
mine," Cohen told officers as to
the ones who set off the blast.
Officers believe dynamite was
used because Cohen said "I
smelled a fuse burning."
Every window in his Brent
wood mansion was broken, the
southwest wing of the house of
laid open, exposing Cohen's
wardrobe of 50 suits, windows in
neighboring homes were broken
and the blast was felt three
miles away. A hole six feet deep
was dug in the ground.
Regarded as King
For more than a decade, Co
hen's name has been linked with
the Los Angeles underworld and
FIREMEN TO MEET
Medford volunteer firemen,
and those interested In becom
ing volunteers, will meet at the
Medford fire hall, at the corner
of Front and Third streets, at
7:30 p.m. todav. Acting Fire
Chief Leo Wcldner called the
meeting to discuss organiz :'. or
and training for volunteer de
partment members.
week.
strike order. But tne miners toon
as a signal for a full-scale strike.
go into federal court and seek an
he became more prominent with
every gangland rubout. After the
killing of Benjamin (Bugsy) Sie
gcl in 1047, Cohen generally was
regarded as the new king oi me
Los Angeles rackets. And there
were sporadic reports of gun
play in which he was the target.
In July he also survived an
ambush shooting in which one
of his associates was killed, and
last August 2, dynamite was ex
ploded near his home but little
damage was done.
Just a few minutes before the
explosion, Cohen was awakened
when his elaborate electronic
warning system set up a racket.
He turned on the lights, could
find nothing and returned to his
wife's bed a few minutes before
the dynamite let go.
Forgot About It
Katherine Jones, the Cohen's
maid, helped Cohen look for pos
sible intruders, but she also re
turned to bed. "We forgot all
about it" but only for a minute
or two.
When police arrived, Cohen's
wife, LaVonne, was making cof
fee. She was dressed In a nylon
nightie, blue dressing gown and
fluffy slippers, while Cohen had
on monogrammcd pajamas and a
robe. 1
Cohen, due In court again to
day as he is on trial in an as
sault case, hastily laid newspap
ers over the living room floor
to protect it from police and
newspapermen who tracked in
from the dismal rain.
He politely asked anyone visit
ing other rooms of the house to
first remove their shoes. They
did.