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SIX MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WedsMday, Much X. 195S it- ft jl W n fs . il a -. "TT" rv nv a I7 n n . ns r nv n . f7 C?47 0 HITTING THE JACKPOT Subbing as hostess at the 365 Club in San Francisco for her vacationing father, Bimbo, Yvonne Giuntoli, really hits the jackpot with her first fuest, Liberace. At left is Liber ace's famous "Mama." vonne is getting kissed for that cake, shaped like a piano, she had just presented to him. On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) I do confess, in many a igh. My lips have breathed you many a lie. ' And who, with luch delights ia view. Mould lose them for a lie or two Look not thus with brow re proving. Lies are. my dear, the soul of loving. Thomas Moore. Bridegrooms are nearly al ways nervous. Brides never are. Well, hardly ever. There have been some notable exceptions. Mary Livingston (Mrs. Jack Benny) was a very nervous bride. In fact, she fainted just before the ceremony. Baldness Research It is possible that in a few years a bald-headed Briton will be a rarity. The British are en ergetically engaging in research to find a cure for baldness. All claims for such a cure are checked. The checking is done under medical supervision. One British hospital recently used 85 bald-headed volunteers to check a "wonder drug" alleged to be an aid in hair growing. This drug seems to stimulate the growing of hair but there is a question as to whether or not the after effects are dangerous to the user's general health. Sidelight Another talented fellow who should not be forgotten when great song writers are discussed is Percy Wenrich, who wrote among many other hits, "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet," "Moon light Bay" and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose." . . . The Passaic, N.J., high school basketball team once won 159 straight games! If that isn't the all time world's win ning streak record for a sports event team, what is? Asking Queries from clients. Q. Ref erence to a restaurant owner named Chasen describes him as "a former comedian." Could that be the Dave Chasen who was a stooge for Joe, Cook? A. Believe Chasen was in Joe Cook's com pany about 25 years ago in a musical show titled "Rain or Shine." Q. What is the differ ence between a cigar and a sto gie? A. A cigar can be of differ ent shapes and made of a wide variety of tobacco, but a gen uine stogie is long and thin and made of tobacco grown in Penn sylvania. . . . Q. How old was Evelyn Nesbit Thaw when her husband, Harry, shot Stanford White? I claim she was around 18. A. Evelyn was 22 at the time you mention. Get It Right Note it said that William H. Bonney, the outlaw better known as Billy the Kid, was born in Coffeyville, Kan. That's wrong. Bonney was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 23, 1859. His family moved to Cof feyville when Billy was an in fant. From there they moved to Santa Fe, N.M., and from that point to Silver City, N.M. It was in the last named town that Billy the Kid, at the age of 12, killed his first man. He stabbed the victim with a pocket knife. Anderson Sentenced To Life in Prison Burns (u.R) James Quin ton Anderson, 31, convicted slayer of a wealthy Klamath reservation horse breeder, was sentenced yesterday to life im prisonment for second degree murder. Circuit Judge M. A.Biggs is sued a stay of sentence, howev er, after Anderson's attorney, Herbert P. Welch, filed for a new trial. Welch said he would appeal to the State Supreme court if a new trial were not granted. Anderson was found guilty of killing Richard David Miller last November following a party at Beatty, in Klamath county. The case was heard in Harney coun ty on a defense motion for a change of venue: Anderson was returned to Klamath county jail following the sentencing. Court Records POLICE COURT Charles Leslie Carter, failure to atop at red right, So. Merle Vance, parked more than 12 inches from curb. S2.50. Melvin Lester Crumpacker. no op erator's license, $3. Robert Steven Rukovina. failure to yield right of way. $10. Melvin Erskine Nipps. failure to stop at red light, S3. Marjorie Alma Merrill, failure to stop at stop sign, $3. Ellis Clay Dodson. failure to yield right of way to pedestrian. S10. Vera Ilene Goodroad, failure to stop at red light. $3. J. B. Johnson, violation of basic rule. $10. DISTRICT COURT Van L. Ritterspach, failure to stop at stop sign. $10. Mabel C. Vilarino. no operator's license. $6. Harold I. Kezer, no motor vehicle license. $10. Robert K. Haines, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. James D. Thomas, no operator's license. $6. George E. Moore, 23. of route 2, box 170. Central Point, operating motor vehicle while operator's license suspended, two days in jail and $30. CIRCUIT COURT June M. Gastonguay vs. Phillippe C. Gastonquay, divorce decree. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Richard Owen Osborne. 23. Shady Cove, and Margaret Yvonne Benedict, 16, Lake Creek. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day lintforcemeni wmy iranc answer u o nw irrooiem. -.urn mecyares (Editor's Note: The 'prob lem of the absconding father, and the resulting need for welfare assistance to his fam ily, has been the subject of increasing attention in recent months. Several articles in the Mail Tribune have discussed the matter. Walter D. Nunley, district attorney of Jackson county, adds his views in the following statement prepared for publication.) By WALTER NUNLEY Jackson County District Attorney The attention of our citizens has been directed to the increas ing Public Welfare expenditures, and the role of the district at torney's office as affecting those expenditures, by recent reports from Philip Lowry, our state sen ator, and Robert Thornton, at torney general. Although these reports may give a picture of facts generally existing through out the state, they do not correct ly reflect the situation in this county, insofar as they pertain to the work of the district at torney's office in failure to pro vide cases. I am writing this let ter to amplify and supplement the reports mentioned concern ing this important matter. Federal law and the rules and regulations of the State Public Welfare presently 1 require that all aid to dependent children cases be referred to the district attorney's office for possible le gal action. In these cases, the persons legally responsible for the children's support fall into one of three categories: 1. Those who can't support their children because they are physically or mentally incapable of doing so, or whose work skills and ability are so limited that they can't find employment dur ing much of the year. 2. Those in category Number 1 who won't support their children during that part of the year when they are employed; 3. Those who can support the children but won't. Most In First Two The majority of cases referred to this office by Welfare fall into the first two categories. Criminal prosecution can only be initiated against those who wilfully fail to support the children. , No criminal action is indicated in most cases referred by Welfare for that reason. Chapter 110 of Oregon Revised Statutes is our Reciprocal En forcement of Support law. ORS 110.111 provides that the dis trict attorney shall represent the petitioner in cases brought under that law. No interpretation of that law has been adopted by my office that we are not re quired to initiate these proceed ings in proper cases and we have at all times stood ready to do so. I have had forms of pleadings re quired under this law prepared and printed. They need only be filled in, subscribed by the peti tioner, and filed with the Jack son county clerk with a filing fee of $10 plus the filing fee in the county of the state where the er rant father is located. Fees Vary Although this law is supposed to be uniform, the filing fees vary from state to state and from county to county within the various states. For that reason we must always write and ascer tain the amount of the fee in the respondent state. The payment of these fees has been the bottle neck in filing petitions under this "Runaway Father's Law." Some have shrugged their shoul ders and said, "I know him bet ter than you do, it would be a waste of money to pay the filing fees." Others have become annoyed, even to the point of abuse, that they were expected to pay a filing fee, indicating that they knew there was a catch to it somewhere. On at least one oc casion a member of my staff even paid the filing fee out of their own pocket. Welfare has in dicated that they might in some cases be willing to pay the filing fees, but I have never felt that it was our responsibility to take affirmative steps to get Welfare to do this. If the filing fees are to be paid by a public agency, that agency must be the moving par ty, not my ofifce. To date very few petitions have been filed by this office under the "Runaway Father's Law," because of the filing fees. Will Not Extradite The governor of this state has said (via a memo from the at torney General's office) that he will not extradite for the crime of non-support unless it is affirm atively shown that the remedy under the Reciprocal Enforce ment of Support Act has been tried and found to be ineffective. Criminal complaints are de nied many persons who come to the office concerning non-sup port. Unless it'appears that the failure to provide is wilful, no crime is committed. One woman was furious because we refused her a complaint, when it ap peared that her ex-husband had been in the hospital with a broken back for five months. Question Asked In approximately one-third of the cases filed, the prosecuting witness refuses to cooperate after the defendant has been arrested and perhaps brought back from some place else at considerable expense for prosecution on a charge of non-support. When a person comes into the office concerning non-support, they are asked one question. Is the person responsible for sup port within the state? If he is within the state, a form is handed the person to fill out and sign, with a view to criminal prosecu tion, containing a promise to fully cooperate. The form ex plains that if convicted, the per son charged may go to the peni tentiary. If the person is without the state, a different form is filled out and signed with a view to filing a petition under the civil act. Many refuse to sign the forms, especially those dealing with prosecution. When the mis creant s address is known, and it is not in the majority of Wel fare referrals, a stiff letter is written to him by this office ten days prior to any action being taken. We wrote 107 such letters in 1954, with good results in most cases. Approximately 70 per cent of the non-support cases which came into the office last year had nothing at all to do wih Welfare. They were initiated and pressed by women who were supporting themselves and children and who were interested in helping them selves as much as possible by their own efforts. For some rea son this type of person has, or has had, a "won't" type husband more often than a "can't" type, and our percentage of success has been far better than with those whose children are sup ported by public funds. Limit On Efforts Two years ago, I would have agreed with Senator Lowry that enforcement efforts on criminal non-support cases would have produced results far in excess of costs. After two years in the dis trict attorney's office, I am not sure. There is a limit to what the authorities can do. That limit is lowered in .the cases where those we seek to help re fuse to help themselves by aid ing me aumonues. It is my personal belief that investigation of welfare recip ients, with a view to discovering and prosecuting fraud cases, will do more to reduce the monies spent for public assistance, than any possible increase in present enforcement efforts. I have con sulted with the authorities in several California counties where welfare investigators, responsi ble to established police author ity, have produced some notable results by discovering and pre paring welfare fraud cases for prosecution. It may be that legis lation for that purpose should be considered. c 'Severe' Earthquake Reported in Alaska Seattle 4U.R) The director of the seismograph station at the University of Washington said yesterday a "fairly severe" earthquake recorded on seismo graphs here and at Fordham University in New York last night was centered in east-central Alaska. Dr. Frank Neumann said the seismograph here recorded "an intensity of 8 on a scale of 12." He said the first shock was recorded at 8:47 p.m. (EST), and an aftershock was recorded at 6 a.m. today.- Dr. Neumann said the quake probably, was centered in an un inhabited area. CARS COLLIDE Cars driven by Wayne Henry Wilson, 37, and K. C. Wermark, 51, both Central Point, collided at about 5:52 p.m. yesterday at the junction of Table Rock and Hamrick rds., according to state police. Both vehicles were, dam aged, but no citations were is sued, officers said. No one was listed as injured. 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