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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAR(
1950
No. 304
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Government Asks
Mine Union Held
For Civil Contempt
Only Token Efforts
Made, Is Claim
Washington, Mar. 20 (U.R)
The government asked the U.S.
court of appeals today to hold
John L. Lewis' United Mine
Workers union in civil contempt
for its failure to call off the re
cent coal strike.
, In a brief filed by Assistant
Attorney General H.G. Morison
t and U. S. Attorney George Mor
ris Fay, it argued that the union
officers made only "token" ef
forts to comply with back-to-work
injunction issued by Fed
eral Judge Richmond B. Keech.
Defiance Unproved
jf Keech dismissed the govern
ment's contempt citation on
grounds it failed to prove the
union was in "wilfull" defiance
of the order.
Keech issued the restraining
order in an attempt to get the
370,000 soft coal miners to call
off a walkout that plunged the
nation into the worst coal crisis
in history. Despite two orders
from Lewis that they return to
work, the miners refused to dig
coal.
During the trial before Keech.
the UMW argued that Lewis'
two orders proved that he acted
in good faith in trying to per
suade them to return to work.
But the government, in its
brief asking for a reversal, said
Lewis' back-to-work messages
were short "lacklustre" dis
patches that made it clear he
"was acting at pistolpoint."
Eagle Point Girl
12, Dies Following
Hang
ing Accident
Zoe Dell Wolgamott, 12-year-old
Eagle Point girl, accidental
ly hanged herself yesterday
morning while practicing as a
drum majorette at her home, ac
cording to Coroner Carlos Mor
ris. . , ,
He reported that the girl, in
order to hold her back straight
while she practiced high kicks,
had evidently climbed up on the
erice of a small lug box and
placed her head through a rope
loop attached to the door. The
box apparently tipped over,
hanging the youngster, Morris
said.
No one witnessed the fatal
mishap, the coroner said he was
told, but the girl was found by
her father. Elvin Wolgamott,
presumably a short time later.
A doctor and Conger-Morris am
bulance service were called and
artificial respiration applied.
Conger-Morris attendants tried
to revive the youngster with a
resuscitator but to no avail.
The remains are at Conger
Morris funeral home.
Czech Skater Takes
Asylum In England
London, Mar. 20 U.R) Beau
tiful Aja Vrzanova, the world's
champion woman amateur fig
ure skater and daughter of an
important Czecholsovakian com
m u n i s t government official,
ioined the parade of political ex
iles from behind the iron curtain
today.
The tall, 18-year-old brown
eyed successor to Canada's Bar
bara Ann Scott as women's in
ternational skating titleholder
announced she would not return
to her homeland as long as her
ikther and other communist of
ficials run the country.
"I have been dreaming of this
freedom for two years, ever
since I have been traveling in
western Europe with the Czech
team," Aja said. "But I had to
bide my time until I was 18.
which made me 'of age' in my
country."
PLANT DESTROYED
Vacaville, Cal., Mar. 20 (U.R)
Fire early today destroyed the
Diamond Match company plant
here. Firemen estimated dam
age would run between $100,
000 and $150,000.
Edgar Rice Burroughs Dies
At California Ranch Home
Tarzana, Cal., Mar. 20 (U.R!
Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of
modern fiction's most famed
character Tarzan the apeman
died quietly while reading In
bed yesterday.
The 74-year-old Burroughs
made Tarzan an international
legend. The apeman's tree-swinging
antics were known to mil
lions everywhere and only the
Bible exceeded Tarzan stories
in sales.
Burroughs, a shut-In for the
last few years, was reading the
Sunday comics as he ate break
fast in bed. Suddenly the news-
Japcr dropped from his hands,
us eyes closed and the famed
novelist died almost instantly.
,IPr. Herman Seal, the writer's
physician, was in the ranchhouse
when Burroughs died. He said
drath was caused by a heart ail
ment and harucuing of ike ar
'SAUCER' BLUEPRINT Thls- accordinc to Dr. Craig Hunter of
Berkley Springs. W. Va., is what a flying disc or saucer looks like. He
claims he saw the "real thing while driving on a highway near
Clearfield, Pa. The Air Force flatly denies that such things exist.
Sailing Delayed By
Chinese Communists
Tokyo, Mar. 20 U.R Failure
of the Chinese communist gov
ernment to grant clearance for
the evacuation of some 1,400 for
eigners from Shanghai today de
layed the scheduled sailing of
an American rescue ship.
Consul - General James B.
Pilcher said that no clearance
was received by the American
president lines for two LST's
the small craft that were to
make the run through the mine
sown Yangtze into Shanghai.
Liner Delayed
The American President Lines
General Gordon, which was to
meet the smaller craft well off
the mouth of the Yangtze, de
layed its scheduled sailing from
Hone. Kong, Pilcher said.
The two LST's, however, left
early today on the 800 mile trip
from Yokohama, Pilcher said.
A spokesman for the shipping
line said the LST's were still in
Japanese waters and had not
been ordered to return to Yoko
hama. He said it was hoped clear
ance would be received while
the craft were en route to Shang
Political Scientists
Seen In New Rider
Clarcmont, Cal.. Mar. 20 (U.R)
Scientists would be chosen for
jobs on a political basis instead
of on their ability if legislation
pending in congress is approved,
says Dr. Lee A. Dubridge, Cal
ifornia Institute of Technology
president.
Dr. Dubridge referred to the
loyalty oath rider' on the na
tional science foundation bill
pending in congress.
"Nuclear energy has now be
come the business of every
American citizen." he told Po
mona college students here Sat
urday. "Secrecy measures will
result in the wildest sort of
speculation. An informed pub
lic opinion cannot be built on
the basis of misinformation."
Eugene Sisters Die
When Struck By Auto
Eugene. Ore.. Mar. 20 (U.R)
State police said today that two
small sisters. Marlcne Joyce
Myers, 11, and Bonnie Jean My
ers, 5. were struck and killed in
stantly Sunday on River road,
about a mile north of Eugene.
Officers said the driver of the
car which hit the girls in front
of a roadside market was a 16-year-old
youth who was charged
with reckless driving and re
leased to custody of his parents.
His name was not released.
teries. Burroughs had been crit
ically ill for 10 days. He was
first stricken about three months
ago.
Also present were his three
children. Mrs. Joan Pierce. Hul
bert Burroughs and John Burroughs.-
Funeral arrangements will be
announced today.
Burroughs explained in brief
terms why he created his fabu
lous jungle man who captured
the fancy and imagination of the
world.
He was an unsuccessful sales
man for a pencil sharpener man
ufacturer when he suddenly felt
he could succeed as a writer.
"If people were paid for writ
ing such rot." he said referring
to pulp magazine stories, "I fig
ured I could write stuff just as
bad."
Burroughs was 35 when he
tarted out in his new career.
(Acme Telcnhoto)
hai. Otherwise, he said, the en
tire operation may be called off.
Cleared By Nationals
Pilcher emphasized that the
consulate was not negotiating
the clearance. He described it
as strictly an arrangement be
tween the line and the commun
ist authorities.
The Gordon has already re
ceived nationalist Chinese gov
ernment assurances of non-interference.
The nationalists are
blockading the China coast and
have fired on several American
ships attempting to run the
blockade.
Washington, Mar. 20 (U.R)
Chinese communist authorities
have refused to let two Ameri
can LST's enter Shanghai to
evacuate 2,000 Americans and
other foreigners, the state de
partment reported today.
The LST's, operated as com
mercial craft . by the American
President lines, were en route
to Shanghai when the Shanghai
foreign trade bureau disclosed
they would not be allowed to
enter the port. The state de
partment said the Shanghai
authorities apparently feared the
vessels were warships rather
than commercial boats.
The slate department said it is
instructing its representatives in
Shanghai to try to get the com
munist authorities there to re
consider. Meanwhile, the LST's
will anchor outside Chinese ter
ritorial waters.
Probe Conducted In
Fatal Plane Crash.
Portland, Ore., Mar. 20 (U.R)
Officers of the Oregon air na
tional guard were conducting an
investigation today of the fatal
crash of an F-51 fighter at Port
land airport Sunday.
Capt. John J. Haley, 29, Port
land, was pronounced dead on
arrival at Providence hospital
shortly after the crash which de
molished his plane. He had just
taken off on a routine flight and
was gaining altitude when the
engine faltered and the craft
whipped into the ground.
Capt. Haley had lived in
Portland about two years. He
was a University of Utah grad
uate and lived in Salt Lake City
prior to coming to Portland.
During the war he served in
the Pacific theater. His parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Haley, are
en route from their Salt Lake
City home. His widow, two
young sons and two sisters also
survive.
Funeral arrangement have
not been announced.
Earthquake Rocks
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento, Mar. 20 (U.R)
An earthquake shook the Sacra
mento valley today but there
were no reports of damage.
Residents of valley towns call
ed police and newspapers to re
port rattling windows but there
were no reports of so much as a
crackPd dish, although it was re
corded in Berkeley as a fairly
strong quake.
University of California seis
mograph officials said the quake
should have centered around
Chico. However, officials there
said they received only a few
calls.
The weather bureau In Sacra
mento said the quake failed to
set off an alarm on a sealed seis
mograph here. The alarm Is set
to sound when a quake serious
enough to take reading occurs,
officials said.
There were no reports of the
quake at Red Bluff at the north
ern end of the valley.
Bridges' Lawyer
Hurls Charges At
Federal Bureaus
Hallinan Continues
Final Argument
San Francisco, Mar. 20 (U.R)
Attorney Vincent Hallinan, de
fending Harry Bridges on perjury-conspiracy
charges, lashed
out today at the FBI, the immi
gration department, the govern
ment's witnesses and the prose
cution in a final effort to save
the labor leader from prison and
possible deportation.
Waving his arms and shouting
to the jury and the packed
courtroom, Hallinan continued
his final argument which he
fircdicted may last all week
ong.
Previous Proceedings
Bridges, chief of the CIO
Longshoremen's and Ware
housemen'! union, is on trial for
perjury as an outgrowth of his
naturalization hearing in 1945
when he swore he was not a
communist. Two of his union
lieutenants. J. R. Roberston and
Henry Schmidt, are being tried
on conspiracy charges.
Hallinan dragged into his ar
gument all of the previous legal
proceedings against Bridges, in
cluding two unsuccessful govern
ment attempts to deport him
and and a 1945 supreme court
decision which held Bridges was
not deportable on the strength
of the evidence at his second de
portation hearing before a spe
cial naturalization examiner.
"I'm going to point out to you
soon, my friends," he told the
jury, "that the testimony of
each government witness has
been falsified."
Packing Firm Will
Cut Box Price 15
Cents This Year
A slash of 15 cents per box In
fruit packing charges will be
placed in effect here this year
by the American Fruit Growers'
Oregon division, it was an
nounced today by E. A. Pringle,
manager of the. firrrty Medford
office.
Pringle returned last week
from Los Angeles, where he at
tended a conference with top of
ficials of the organization. The
situation of Medford fruit grow
ers was discussed at this meet
ing, he said, and he added that
"present returns to growers
hardly meet production costs."
"Unless drastic economies are
effected the situation can deteri
orate further," Pringle said. He
explained that he first proposed
the cut in packing charges, and
that company officials, including
General Manager Charles
Brown, agreed that "it was up
to the company to go along with
the producers."
Price Below Costs
The new price will be well be
low present operational costs,
Pringle said, adding that in
creased output and "rigid func
tional economics" already in
effect will, it is hoped, result in
bringing packing expenses down
to a "breakeven" level under the
new price.
Pringle said that there will be
no increase in other fixed charges
which would "defeat or nullify"
the advantages of the cut.
The packing price decrease
will affect all varieties, he said.
Committee Continues
Spending Bill Work
Washington, Mar. 20 (U.R)
The house appropriations com
mittee today reached agreement
on all but the defense section of
a S29.000.000.000 omnibus spend
ing bill for fiscal 1951.
Chairman Clarence Cannon,
(D. Mo.), called the committee
back into session for 10 a.m. EST
tomorrow when he said he ex
pects final action on the measure.
The committee was reported
to have cut some $1,200,000,000
off President Truman's budget
requests which anticipated a de
ficit of $5,133,171,382,
Cannon said the committee
hold a "harmonious" two-and-a-half
hour session and went
through the bulk of the bill with
out making substantial changes
from the form reported by sub
committees. The measure is the first omni
bus bill of Its kind in 150 years.
It is designed to impress upon
congress the need for saving
money.
Switchmen's Strike
Delayed By President
Key West. Fla.. Mar. 20 (U.R
President Truman delayed for
at least 60 days today by execu
tive order a strike called for to
morrow bv the Switchmen's
Union of North America against
12 western railroads.
The strike, set for March 21.
threatened, according to the,
president's order, to Interrupt
interstate commerce "to a de
gree such as to deprive the coun
try of essential transportation
service." .
He set up an emergency board
and called for board recommen
dations and 'irdings under the
i railway laUr act within 30
days.
MARSHALL, EISEHHOttER
GO TO DEFENSE OIF JESSUP
RESCUED Prt of the crew of the D. 8. 8. Elder. Navy net tender disabled tn the Pacific when an engine
room lire raged out of control, is pictured before the ship when she stopped at Luzon In the Philippine
18 months ago. Twenty-six of the crew were picked up from life rafts and the remaining 14 were found
aboard the ship a few hours later some 660 miles east of Eniwetok Atoll In the Marshall Islands. All
were in good condition. The Elder was bound from Hawaii to Eniwetok to take part In the spring atom
bomb tests there.
Murder Charged to Sawmill
Worker In
Eugene. Ore.. Mar. 20 (U.R)
A murder charge was made to
day against John Lloyd Thomp
son, 27, sawmill worker, who
shot to death Clyde Dubelle,
Oakridge, Ore., police chief, ear
ly Sunday.
Gubitchev Sails For
Iron Curtain Country
New York,' Mar. 20 (U.R).
Valentin A. Gubitchev, a Rus
sian diplomat given a 15-y.car
suspended sentence for spying
against the United States, sailed
for home today with a word of
"good luck" for Judith Coplon,
his co-defendant in the espion
age case.
The stocky, 33-year-old Rus
sian sailed at 12:11 p.m. aboard
the Polish liner Batory, the ship
used by Communist Gerhart Eis
ler when he fled the United
States.
Handcuffed and in custody of
U. S. Attorney Irvin H. Saypol,
the smiling Gubitchev was
hustled aboard the Batory at
11:59 a.m.
He was taken to a first class
room just off the ship's main
lounge where he was greeted
with a kiss on the cheek by his
wife, Lydia.
Two hours before. Federal
Judge Sylvester J. Ryan had
suspended Gubitchev's sentence
on condition that he go back
behind the iron curtain "never
to return to the shores of the
United States of America."
One of Gubitchev's last state
ments to newsmen concerned
Miss Coplon, a former govern
ment worker who was sen
tenced to 15 years in prison on
a charge of conspiring with him
to steal U. S. secrets.
Asked by a reporter if he
wished Miss Coplon luck, he
replied: "Yes, luck I wish her
luck."
Miss Coplon at present is free
on $40,000 bail pending an ap
peal. Marshall Plan Cash
Reduction Requested
Washington. Mar. 20 (U.R)
The house foreign affairs com
mitlpp voted today to cut
$1,000,000,000 from next year's
Mnrthail nlan cash and send
Europe, instead, an equivalent
amount of surplus farm crops.
The committee broke party
lino, (n nush through the food-
inainnrl-nf-rash amendment. ' Us
John M. Vorys. (R.
hi nod it would spare the
$2,950,000,000 Marshall plan bill
from further drastic cuts when
the measure reaches the house
floor. . ,
Committee Chairman John
Kee, (D., W. Va.), disagreed. He
said he opposed the Vorys
amendment because he thought
it would "hamstring" the foreign
aid program and "cripple" the
domestic farm price aupport
system.
Crommelin Willing To
Be Alabama Senator
San Francisco, Mar. 20 (U.R)
Navy Capt. John G. Crommclln
said-todav he ia willing to run
for United States senator from
Alabama to help shape the na
tion's defense policies.
"I thought I could be of more
service to my country in the
navy," he said, "but if I am not
going to be In the navy, then I
!ecl that pt:-: mis I could be of
more tervice in congress,"
Oakridge
Thompson faced arraignment
here and if he waives prelim
inary hearing he will be taken
before the Lane county grand
'u!7'
Thompson was captured Sun
day night near Kitson Springs,
four miles east of Oakridge. He
surrendered meekly to two state
policemen after 14 hours of free
dom. Chief Dubelle was called to
Thompson's Oakridge home early
Sunday by Herbert Looncy, a
neighbor, at whom the mlllwork
er had fired two rifle shots dur
ing an argument.
According to police. Thomp
son met the policeman at his
door and engaged in a scuffle.
Dubelle's service revolver
High Dams Opposed
By Izaak Waltons
Salem, Ore., Mar. 20 (U.R)
Objections to high dams such as
proposed for the Rogue river
were voiced here Saturday by
members of the state executive
committee of the Izaak Walton
league.
The committee, holding Its
quarterly meeting here, ap
proved plans to establish state
headquarters in the new Salem
league clubhouse on Pringle
creek when it is completed this
spring.
The committee members pro
posed pollution in the Willam
ette river and other streams.
It approved construction of
dams on the upper Columbia
that will not materially inter
fere with the salmon and steel
head runs, but opposed construc
tion on the lower Snake river.
The committee heard reports
that such construction would
destroy 50 per cent of the sal
mon fishing.
President Planning
Three Oregon Stops
Klamath Falls, Ore., Mar. 20
(U.R) President Truman plans
three and possibly four brief
stops in Oregon when he makes
his western rail tour In Mav
Monroe Swcetland, national
democratic committeeman for
Oregon, announced Mr. Truman's
itinerary for the state here yes
terday at a party rally. The presi
dent is coming west to dedicate
new facilities at Grand Coulee
dam.
Sweetland said Mr. Truman
would make stops at Huntington,
Baker and Pendleton and pos
sibly La Grande, all in eastern
Oregon, according to Informa
tion received from Washington.
The Grand Coulee dedication
is scheduled for May 11, which
would put the president In Ore
gon en route to the dam on
May 10.
Fred Vinson Not To
Take Acheson's Place
Kev West, Fla., Mar. 20 (U.R)
The White House today de
nounced as "a complete fabrica
tion" recent broadcast and pub
lished reports that Chief Justice
of the United States Fred M.
Vinson might replace Dean Ache
son as secretary of state.
In-an unusually strong denial.
President Truman, through his
press secretary, gave Acheson a
big boost and said he had no idea
of taking him out of his post.
Vancouver, Wash., Mar. 20
(U.R) Vancouver'! 125th anni
versary celebration opened here
Sunday with re-dedication of the
Tacific northwest's oldest per
manent white settlement.
Slaying
dropped to the floor. Thompson
scooped it up and fired five
rounds into the chief. Four
pierced his arm. A fifth, entered
just below his heart.
Looney said he returned to the
scene as Thompson headed for
Hie brush, carrying the gun.
When State Policemen Kenneth
Scripter, Salem, and Kenneth
Moore, Albany, took Thompson
into custody he said he forgot
wnal ne aid witn the weapon
Looncy described the events
preceding the slaying as follows:
Been To Dance
He, Thompson and their wives
had been to a Saturday night
dance. They went to Looncy's
home and both wives retired.
Then Looney accompanied
Thompson to his home and left
him there.
A short time later Thompson
returned to Looney's home with
a rifle. He fired two wild shots
at Looney who then called Chief
Dubelle.
Bloodhounds and mobile radio
equipment posses totaling more
than 50 men were called into
play early Sunday after the
shooting.
Heavy Snowfall Hits
Park; Skier Injured
Pat Winkler, 310 Laurel
street, was the only accident case
reported from Crater Lake na
tional park Sunday. She suffered
a sprained left ankle while ski
ing on Knob hill, and Was re
moved from the park by mem
bers of her own pnrty after
rangers administered first aid.
An unusually heavy snowfall
Saturday night kept roads in the
park closed until 3:30 p.m. Sun
day and travel was held to a
minimum. Beginning In the early
evening Saturday, 17 inches of
snow fell before morning and
last night an additional two and
a halt inches fell, making a total
pack on the ground of 156
inches. Reports from the park
this morning said there are 40
inches of powder snow over a
wet pack and it is still snowing.
A total of 189 visitors, inciud
. mE 77 members of the Eugene
Obsidian club, managed to gci
into the park over the week-end
in spite of weather conditions.
Roads today are open but nar
row. Chains are required from
Annie Springs to the rim of the
lake.
Washington. Mar. 20 (U.R)
President Truman today pro
claimed Aoril as "Cancer Con
trol month' and April 14 as Pan
American day.
Hatred Drives Sister to
Murder 14-Year-Old Twin
Fresno, Cal., Mar.. 20 U.R)
Preltv 14-year-old Alice Richard
said today she wasn't sorry she
killed her Identical twin sister
Sally whom she had "hated"
since the sixth grade.
"I'm not sorry she is dead,"
she told Deputy District Attor
ney Dan B. Eymann. "I'd do the
same thing over again, but I
didn't like to hurt my parents
and family."
The grief stricken parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgard V. Rich
ards, said they would stand be
hind Alice when she is ar
raigned on first degree murder
charges for firing a .22 caliber
rifle bullet into the head of her
sleeping sister early yesterday.
The girl will not face a death
penalty because of her youth.
The slender, shy brunette told
authorities she "hated" her viva
cious and popular lister tince
Statements Read
Into Record 01
Senate Inquiry
Views Contained In .
Personal Letters
Washington. Mar. 20 (U.R)
Gens. George C. Marshall and
Dwight D. Eisenhower today de
fended U. S. Ambassador-at-
Large Philip C. Jessup against
charges that he has an "unusual
affinity" for communist causes.
Their defense of J e s s u n
against charges made by Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.)
were contained in statements
read Into the record of a senate
foreign relations sub-committee
investigating the accusations.
In Personal Letters
Marshall, former secretary of
state, and Eisenhower, wartimt
supreme allied commander in
Europe, stated their views in
personal letters to Jessup.
Sub-Committee Chairman Mil
lard E. Tydings read the letters
after Jessup himself told the sub
committee that McCarthy's pro--communist
charges are "utterly
irresponsible and damage the
interests of our country" and its
foreign policy.
Tydings interrupted a cross
examination of Jessup by Sen.
Bourne u. Mickenioopcr IK., la.)
to read the letters.
Marshall Shocked
Marshall, now president of the
American Red Cross, said he is
"shocked and distressed" by Mc
Carthy's attack on Jessup. He
recalled the days of the Berlin
blockade by the Russians and de
scribed Jessup as a "great source
of strength in those critical
days."
Eisenhower, now president of
Columbia university, noted that
Jessup is a member of the fac
ulty of that school.
."I am writing to tell you how
much your university deplores
the association of your name
with the current loyalty Investi
gation in the United States sen
ate," Eisenhower wrote.
Two Couples Injured
When Car Hits Pole
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fields,
Jacksonville, were seriously hurt
and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Jones,
Jacksonville, received lesser in
juries yesterday in an auto ac
cident on South Oakdale avenue
near the senior high school, ac
cording to police and doctor's re
ports. Police said a car operated by
Fields went out of control,
jumped the curb and hit a pow
er pole when he attempted to
care for a sick dog in the car.
The front end of the vehicle was
demolished and the pole broken,
It was said. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
were passengers in the car.
According to the attending
physician, both Fields and his
wife suffered chest injuries and
she received f a ce lacerations.
Mrs. Jones had head and chest
Injuries and her husband leg
Injury and scalp wound.
The Fields are still confined to
Sacred Heart hospital where the
four were taken by Conger-Morris
ambulance.
Local Men Attend Dock
Dedication On Coast
A delegation of Medford men
attended the dedication cere
monies held over the week-end
at Crescent City, Cal., for the
new $135,000 municipal dock
there, which was turned over to
the city dock commission by the
group of volunteer workers who
sparkplugged the construction.
The ceremonies and accom
panying crab feed drew repre
sentatives from a number of
northern California and south
ern Oregon communities. Includ
ing Medford, Ashland and
Grants Pass.
the time they were In the sixth
grade. The twins were sopho
mores at a parochial high school.
"She was stupid and noisy and
acted like a nut in school,"
Alice told Eymann. "She aggra
vated me for a long time "
"I thought about killing her
several times in the past, but I
never had Ihe guts."
"I killed her because t hated
her." she told Eymann. "I hated
her for a long, long time, ever
since the sixth grade."
Eymann said no boy friend
was Involved, nor were there
any "big issues" between the sit
ters. "The embarrassment at school
possibly caused her a great deal
of shame," Eymann said. "As a
result, the hatred was built up.
Jealousv could possibly be a mo
tive because of Sally i popularity."