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BIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, December 14, 1954 Legal Controversy Seen by Ruling on 'Test Tube Babies' Chicago (U.R) A tangled legal controversy, perhaps in volving thousands of children, arose today in the wake of a judge's ruling that many "test tube babies" are illegitimate. An appeal to the State Su preme Court was planned and a Chicago specialist called the rul ing "very- unfair." Other spe cialists asked for new laws to clarify the status of artificial in semination. Mother Seeks Divorce . . - The ruling was made yester day by Superior Court Judge Gibson E. Gorman in the case of a Chicago mother who seeks di vorce and admits her child is the production of artificial insemina tion Gorman said a "test tube baby" is illegitimate if the donor is any person other than the mnthpr's husband. A wife who submits to insemination from such a third party is guilty of adultery, Gorman said Artificial insemination is non adulterous and the "test tube baby" is legitimate only if the husband is the donor, the judge ruled. Gorman had been asked for a ruling on the subject by Charles C. Cooley, attorney for Mrs Mary B. Doornbos, 36. She is suing her husband, George, 48, for divorce and demanded sole custody of her 5-year-old son on grounds that she is the sole legal parent. Coolev immediately an nounced that he would appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. Gor man commented he is more anxious than anybody" for an appeal. Dr. Sol T. De Lee of Chicago Lyine In Hospital called it "a very unfair ruling, unjustifiable and very narrow." Considered Ethical De Lee, who testified during the hearings that he has per formed 250 artificial insemina tions, said the medical profession considers the practice morally and ethically sound. Dr. Bayard Carter, president of the American Academy of Ob stetrics and Gynecology, and Dr. Frederick H. Falls, president of the American Committee on Ma ternal Welfare, meanwhile issued a joint statement asking for new laws to clarify the situation. Criminal Matters Keep Police Busy In City Yesterday Medford city, police were in vestigating several criminal mat ters yesterday and today, includ ing several larceny cases. Eugene Barrie Dickerson, 273 Mace rd., reported that articles valued at $115 were stolen from his car while parked on Haven st. last night, included were items of clothing, kitchenware, jewelry, toys ana a radio and tube tester. The Electronic Service com' pany, 18 iviorth urape St., re ported theft of a portable radio valued at $34.95 from a display counter yesterday. Coach Fred Spiegelberg at Medford High school told police that there had "been two thefts frcm wallets belonging to ath letes in the school dressing rooms. Eight dollars were taken from Paul R. Eckel's wallet, 2409 Happy Valley dr., and a wallet belonging to Alton Stone, 323 Newtown st., which con tained $2, was missing. The thefts occurred last week, police said. Maxine M. Reinschmidt of Your Beauty shop, 221 North Riverside ave., told city police that she had been informed by letter from the Acacia Distribut ing company, Portland, that a salesman who called on her was not a member of their firm. She has stopped payment on a $4.90 check for an order of 1,250 match books after she be came suspicious of the sales man who wished the check made out to him, personally and not !- if - if s POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO POPE Giovanni Cardinal Montini (center), wearing bishop's mitre and holding crosier, is shown in the presence of Cardinal Tisserent (left) after being consecrated archbishop of Milan in a . brief four-minute ceremony by Pope Pius XII at the Vatican City. The still ailing pontiff performed the ceremony via radio from his sickbed. Cardinal Montini is considered one of the leading prospects to succeed the Pope. Assault Complaint Filed in City Court I Adequate Water Available at Fire, City Officers Say In response to rumors con cerning water availability at the Pinnacle packing plant fire on Friday, City Supt. Robert Duff said today that there was "wa ter in reserve" in the mains at the fire location. Duff said that some reports indicated that there was not suf ficient water at the fire. How ever, a survey by Fire Chief Gordon Barker and Robert Lee, assistant water superintendent, showed that 2,350 gallons a min ute was the rate of water flow at the fire, with additional ca pacity not used, the city superin tendent stated. Barker reported that during the course of the fire 14 differ ent 2V-inch fire lines were used in . attempting to control the blaze. He also stated that the pictured published in The Mail Tribune the same day showing the aerial ladder in action was taken when only one 21-inch line was charged on the ladder. Seconds later another 2Vi-inch line was charged, increasing the water stream onto the fire from the turret nozzle. Fire Marshal Truman Nelson and state ; police are continuing an investigation of the cause of the fire, which destroyed the of fices and packing plant of the firm at 445 South Fir st., Nel son reported today. An assault and battery com plaint was filed today in city police court against Otha Day ton DePue, 48, of 1019 Murray st., by Paul Delbert McCrea, crew manager of a Terre Haute, Ind., magazine firm, according to city police. DePue was released on his own recognizance by City Judge James Main. A hearing will be set sometime in January, Main the company, she said. The sales man was described as between 60 ,and 70 years, 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, white hair and "false teeth that clicked when he talked.". stated. McCrae, a representative of National Literary association, circulation builders, appeared in court and stated he wanted to file a complaint against DePue. Main said that no information was available at this time, as to the facts of the alleged alterca tion, as no police investigation had been made. On Dec. 8, DePue requested that a salesman for the firm re turn $39 for magazine subscrip tions that had been purchased by his mother, according to po lice records. A record of the re fund was made in the presence of police officers. . Youth Denies Liquor Guilt; Now in Jail . A 17-year-old Medford youth has pleaded innocent in district court after being arraigned on a charge of illegal possession of alcoholic liquor, according to court records. He was committed to the county jail Snd bond was set at $35. . . The boy also pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge and was fined $50 and was given a 30-day suspended jail sentence. A temporary 10-day parole issued to the youth on a six months jail sentence for petty larceny was revoked by District Judge Rawles Moore. Prior to that sentence the boy had been sentenced to six 'months on a similar charge, and all but 10 days of that sentence was sus pended. Another youth, John Henry Youngdahl Takes Lattimore Case Under Advisement Washington (U.R) Federal Judge Luther W. Youngdahl re served judgment today on Owen Lattimore's latest bid to throw out the governemnt's main charges against him, that he was a follower and promoter of Communism. Lattimore's attorneys, Thur man Arnold and Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.), assailed the government's two count per jury indictment at a hearing yesterday. They called it a threat to freedom of speech and a step toward totalitarianism. Charges of Lying Specifically, the government charged . that Lattimore lied when he told a Senate Internal Security subcommittee in 1951 that he was not a promoter or follower of the Communist line. U.S. District Attorney Leo A. Rover insisted that a jury should be allowed to settle the question. He said the govern ment is not prosecuting Latti more for his beliefs but because he lied about them. Lattimore's attorneys, howev er, said that if the indictments are left standing the jury would have to determine a man's op inion of his own opinions. They charged that the indictments are "outrageously vague and that anyone who has ever expressed views on foreign policy could conceivably be brought to trial under such a charge." Taken Under Advisement Youngdahl took the defense motion for dismissal under ad visement after listening to the arguments 'on both sides. He gave the government and Latti more's attorney's 10 days to file additional briefs. His ruling will follow. Lattimore, expert and author on the Far East, is scheduled to go on trial next month on five minor perjury counts. But if Youngdahl dismisses the gov ernment's major indictments and is later, upheld by higher courts there is speculation the govern ment might drop the case. Stallsworth, 19, of 1032 Cherry st., pleaded innocent to a charge of illegal possession of liquor, and was released from custody after payment of $35 bond. Police Hunt Owner Of Shoe in Slaying Of Arkansas Woman Brinkley, Ark. Police hunted today for the owner of a shoe which was found two blocks from the house where socialite Mrs. Sut Fuller was beaten to death with a stick of firewood. They believed the person who discarded the shoe was the in truder who crept into the 25-year-old matron's bedroom early Sunday and, apparently when she awoke and recognized him, crushed her skull with the four foot length of wood. Eight Questionec Eight persons were held for questioning, but Police- Chief Frank Henderson said no one had been charged. Those held includ ed a 29-year-old laborer with a record of 13 years in prison for burglary, a 30-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl, and five Ne groes. They were not identified. Finding of the shoe confirmed a report by two newspaper de livery boys, brothers George, 12, and Cyrus Totten, 11. They said they saw a big man clad in a tan overcoat running with one shoe off in the vicinity of the Fuller home about the time of the attack early Sunday. Henderson said he particular ly wanted to find a bushy-haired former mental patient, with a record of killing a woman in Illinois. He was known to have been in Brinkley Saturday night. ' The chief said he found it hard to believe that Mrs. Fuller's five-year-old daughter, Mary Helen, actually "saw the burglar hit Mommy," as she related. 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