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. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE--THREE President. Piife -Price Tag Wednesday, December 15, 1954 Oil Both Sides Rest on 40th Day of Sheppard Wife-Staying Trir' Cleveland (U.R) Both sides rested in the Sheppard murder trail today. Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, on trial for his life on a wife-murder charge, may know his fate before the week is out. The testimony ended on the 40th trial day in the middle of the ninth week of the sensa tional case in which the young osteopathic brain surgeon is ac cused of beating nls wife to death after quarreling with her about his attentions to other women. . The jury of five women and seven men was excused by Judge Edward Blythin, who told 'them he and the attorneys "will now discuss among ourselves just how we shall close this chapter ' As they left the room, the jurors had fresh in their minds the picture of the handsome, 30-year-old defendant weeping while his slain wife's aunt read to them a letter Marilyn Shep pard had written four days be- fore her bludgeon death last fjuly 4. ; The letter was read by Mrs Mary. Brown, a sister of Mar ilyn Sheppard's . mother, who died -when Marilyn fas six. In it, Mrs. Sheppard, 31, had' an- . nounced : she was expecting a baby. Judge Blythin told prosecution and defense attorneys he wanted to charge the jury at 9:15 a.m. Friday. . - Under the . law, Columbus Memorie) Bill Said Not Paid T- Ciudad Trukillo U.R) The .Dominican Republic said today the United States was among 11 nations which have failed to pay their assigned quota for con struction of a lighthouse monu ment here to Christopher Columbus. ' Work on the project began in 1948 and was suspended in 1952. The United States voted an $871,655 appropriation in 1938 but has never made the sum available, the official light house committee said. . Coit Tower, on Telegraph hill in San Francisco is 210 feet high. Why Drive Around DRIVE RIGHT IN At Johnston Stores 1 5) PRICES EFFECTIVE FROM 6 OCEAN FRESH JUMBO CRABS Heavy Meated Air Expressed LB. FOT 0 n nl wr the charge mut jw closing arguments by t side, and the jury must begin deliberat ing after the charge. -Expected Baby That would give the attorneys the rest of today and all day Thursday for their summations. Dr. Sheppard sobbed as his slain wife's aunt read to the. jury a letter , she had written just four days before she was blud geoned to death in her bed last July 4. Marilyn had informed the aunt, Mrs. Mary Brown, that she was expecting a babv and had written "You'll have to bone up on my baby, book I'll real ly need a sitter." After both sides had rested finally, at 10:15 a.m., the de fense renewed " various motions for a mistrial and a directed verdict of acquittal. Judge Bly thin overruled them. Antique Dealer's Torture-Murder Being Investigated San Francisco (U.R) Police examined the litter in a small three room apartment today in the hope of finding a clue to the torture-murder of an elderly antique dealer. The victim, whose body was found last night in the apartment behind his shop at 171 Valencia Street, was Albert Clark, about 70. He had been dead between 16 and 24 hours. ,', ." Officer Francis O'Leary, called by neighbors who had not seen Clark since Monday, found Clark's body . sprawled over a bed, his arms bound tightly behind him. Two black cocker spaniels cowered beside the bed. The slayer or slayers had slashed and stabbed Clark with two swords found nearby. One of the death weapons was a 3 foot saber, the handle of which was covered with blood. The other was a badly bent sword. found across the room. ; Police theorized robbery was the motive and that two or more persons took part.- They based this theory on evidence , of tor ture. ' ; ' They believed numerous cig arette stubs found on the floor probably were used to burn Clark's foot. It also . appeared that .a small bonfire was made out of .newspapers and the elder ly man's foot was held oyer it. The chances were, officers said, at least . one person held Clark down while another tor tured him,- probably in - an at tempt to get him to reveal where he hid his valuables. Actress Pays Fine On Drunk Charges ' Hollywood , U.R) Actress Abigail Adams, arrested ' on a drunk charge with actors Broder ick Crawford " and Myron Mc Cormick,? paid a $10 fine rather than spend two' days in jail.. Crawford, academy award winning actor, was firfed $250 Monday By a judge who called him a "drunken bum" He had a record of previous drunk ar rests. McCormick was fined $50. WEDNESDAY NIGHT IMG SURPRISE SPECIAL WATCH OUR TOYLAND TV TONIGHT THE BEST BUY ALWAYS AT YOUR mm $63 Billion Bill Would Leave icit for Year Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower has put a $63,000, 300,000 price tag on. the 1955 legislative program he will send Congress next month, congres sional leaders said today. This is about the same as the estimated bill for this fiscal year which ends next July. And it means a deficit of $3,000,000, 000 in 1955-56 even if Congress postpones the corporation ' and excise tax cuts scheduled for April. Legislation Outlined The leaders disclosed the budget estimates after a two day White House conference in which Mr. Eisenhower outlined the legislation he will recom mend to the Democratic - con trolled 84th Congress. Initial reaction of the Demo crats was favorable with one flatly ruling out any "cold war" with the White House, Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon John son said, however, that the Pres ident's constructive program may need "some improvement." Republicans emphasized their harmony with the administra tion. Although the White House meetings were secret, the con gressmen who attended have gradually revealed most of what went on. From their piecemeal statements, the basc planks in the President's program emerged today. The highlights: 1. A new Asian aid program: Sen, Styles Bridges disclosed that this will be "modest in amount" but big enough to do the job. Another sources said it tentatively calls for several hun dred million dollars. Consider able debate is expected. ' 2. New military reserve plan: Young men would have option of six months basic training plus 9Vz years in reserves, or two 3'ears active duty and six years in the reserves. A key source said today that Mr. Eisenhower put great emphasis on this and Johnson conceded some such program will probably be adopt ed. Sharp debate is expected, however. 3. Liberalized trade program: This urges presidential authori ty to cut tariffs sharply over a three-year period. A congres sional leader said that Mr. Eis enhower . gave this extremely high priority. Johnson is said to have told the President the Democrats were ready to back this last year but that Repub licans sidetracked it. Consider able controversy is -expected. Expect Debate on Pay Hikes 4. Pay raises: Informed sources said the administration will pro pose 5 to 6 per cent increases for both the civil service and the military. But it wants mail rates hiked to pay the cost. Sharp de bate is expected. 5. Minimum wage: One of the conferees disclosed that the ad ministration is considering a rec ommendation to hike the present minimum wage rate from its present 75 cents but has reached no final decision. 6. Mail Rates: The administra tion wants first, second and third class mail rates hiked. Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-S.C.) who ' will head the : Senate Post Office Committee, said, however, that he will order nonaction on the proposal , until the House acts. And House Democratic Leader Sam Rayburn, who opposes the P.M. TO 9 P.M. Deal SHOW 3 UVJ -' J 1 MgT$'- V Mi LARRY BAIRD Evangelist at Phoenix Evangelist Conducting Meetings at Phoenix r Phoenix Larry Baird, evan gelist, is conducting nightly meetings in Church of Christ, Phoenix. The meetings open each night at 7:30 p.m. and will continue through Dec. 20. Evangelist Baird has just re turned from a stay in Jamaica, and shows pictures of mission work there. "The current meet ings in Phoenix are the fourth series held in this area. ' 1 Mr. Baird is a nephew of W. R. Baird, former pastor of First Christian church, Medford, and now of Modesto, Calif. Everett McGee and Lee Sha fer are associate pastors of the church. Guderian Takes Over NEPH Committee Job C. A. Guderian, apprenticeship councellor, presided over his first meeting since assuming chairmanship of the National Employ the Physically Handi capped committee, held at the Oregon State Employment office last night. - The committee' discussed way and means of getting its message to employers and decided to in vite several employers to discuss the problem with them at a meeting scheduled for Jan. 17. Those attending the meeting, besides Guderian, were Earl Sterigere, the Rev. Perry John son, John Duffy, Harry Chip man, and John Patton, manager of the employment office, who sat in for Vic Newman, who is ill. .. ' - Lower Gas Bills Seen for Customers . Portland J(U.R) Charles H. Gueffroy, president of Portland Gas & Coke Company, said : to day that commercial customers may save as much as 25 per cent on their bills a few years after conversion from manufactured to natural gas. . ; , r , . Gueffroy said part of the rate reduction is expected soon after the firm switches over to sup plies from the San Juan basin of the southwest and the Peace river area of British Columbia. This could be within two years, he said. , - .... idea, might block any House de cision. ' V - Other items oh the President's legislative agenda, include post ponement of the scheduled cor poration and excise tax cuts, statehood for Hawaii, revision of the Taft-Hartley law, and a vote for 18-year-olds. TONIGHT' ; SNOWDRIFT SHORTENING Pack LB. CAN' Low Turnout of Cotton Farmers Favor Controls Washington (U.R) A record small turnout of the nation's cot ton farmers have voted over whelmingly for the tightest acre age controls in history next year. Unofficial returns compiled by the Agriculture Department from yesterday's balloting show 92 per cent of the 340,696 farm ers voting favored. Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson's plan to reduce plantings by 15 per cent in 1955. This was well above the two-thirds margin needed to impose controls. With returns from all but one state in, 313,561 voted; for the controls, which will insure " re latively high government price supports, . and . 27,135 voted against them. The missing state was Nevada where only 10 votes were cast last year. -. In . 1953, 94 per cent of the 487,453 farmers voting favored controls.: Last year was the first time since 1949 that acreage con trols were placed on cottbn in an effort to cut down on surplus es. : .; i " The decline in the number of farmers voting in yesterday's referendum continued a down ward trend which has followed the first such referendum in 1938 when' the total vote was 1,527,028. ; In two other elections yester day, farmers approved the sec ond consecutive year of controls on extra-long staple cotton and three more years of controls on dark air-cured and fire-cured to c -7?NM n r.i i i ii ii i It Rotates It Rocks! As comfortable as it is smart! Perfect for Picture Win dows v.' .' for TV Viewing. 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