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Wednesday, December 15, 1954
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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.
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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.
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$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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Ashland, - Names ' of nine
Southern Oregon college : stu
dents have been listed, in the
1954-55 edition of the Who's
Who Among Students in Ameri
can -Universities and Colleges. ,
Announcement of the honor
came from H. Pettue Randall,
editor, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. where
the book- is" published.
; Among those honored at SOC
were: Phyllis Cannell, Simi,
Calif.; Shirley Chaney, Myrtle
Creek; Donald Ferguson, Ash
land; Mary Lee Ford, North
Bend; : Mary Ellen Holbrook,
Roseburg; James Kennett, Med
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Chicago (LLP.) Adlai E. Ste
venson said ' he will return to
his private law practice Jan. 1
in partnership with Northwest
ern University, law professor W,
Willard Wirtz. . ' . ; i:
The 1952 Democratic presi
dential candidate .said yesterday
two other associates in the firm
will be ' William McCormick
Blair Jr., a long-time aide, and
Newton N. Minow, former legal
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