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ZIOKT MEUP OltD (OftZOOlT) MAIL TRIBTJHE Dr. Sheppard Enters Ohio Prison To Begin Life Term for Murder Thursday, July 11, 1J3S ill I f nooa Kiver ronce Deny Kicking Man; Columbus, O. (U.R) Dr. Sam uel H. Sheppard became just a number today behind the tow ering gray walls of Ohio Peni tentiary From this day forward, he will be known in prison records as simply: "No. 93360." The 31-year-old Bay Village, O., osteopath, who was convicted last December of slaying his wife, Marilyn, walked through the penitentiary gates yesterday to begin a life sentence. "He's going to be just John Doe from now on." Warden Ralph Alvis said. "There will be no special privileges." Holds Son's Picture Sheppard's number was given him shortly after he arrived at the penitentiary accompanied by two deputy sheriffs and hand cuffed to a parole violator. Uranium Hunlers Rush To Lakeview Lakeview (U.R) Prospec tors armed with shotguns or wearing six-guns strapped to their waists were a common sight on the streets of Lakeview today as hundreds of uranium hunters crowded into the area The Lake county clerk, Zane Gray, reported 50 claims had been filed since the rush began last Thursday. First claims were filed by John Roush on what the federal bureau of mines de scribed as the richest uranium strike in the state. Gray said most of the pros pectors were local ranchers, but some were from Nevada, Calif ornia, Washington, and other parts of Oregon. One man came out from Ohio. Two Atomic Energy commis sion officials from Reno, Nev., Mont Twitchil and Perry N. Hal stead, were in" the area making field inspections. Most prospec tors were in the Thomas and Augur creek area 12 miles northwest of Lakeview. Typhoon Fran Fades Info Tropica Storm Tokyo (U.R) Typhoon Fran suddenly faded out early today and lost Its status as a typhoon The Air Force weather office said it now was only a tropical storm. Winds dropped from 70 miles per hour to 58 miles per hour and all storm warnings were cancelled. Fran was located about 150 Chicago (U.R) Davy Walkup Crockett, a great-grandson of the frontiersman, was given 19 pieces of bubble gum by Chicago fans of his ancestor. Crockett. miles southeast of Tokyo early J who is 55, gravely thanked the this morning. youngsters. When they stepped out of the sleek black sedan which brought them from Cleveland, Sheppard looked glum but clutched a large photograph of his seven-year-old son, Chip, and walked to the gate with his head held high. As he went those last 50 paces from the car to the prison, Shep pard looked frequently from side to side, but showed no vis ible emotion. Reporters and pho tographers surged along with him but it was a quiet crowd. Crowd Gathers Several people left their work from nearby businesses and lined the streets across from the prison to await his arrival short ly before 4 p.m. (EST). Some, of them had been standing there since 10 a.m. yesterday. Throughout the trip from Cleveland, Shappard was man acled to a parole violator, Mike Jacko, who was convicted of an armed robbery in which his com panion was killed by a Cleve land policeman. Jacko obviously didn't like all the flashbulbs going off. He squirmed but a deputy hustled him forward. Once inside the "bull pen," the last gate before entry into the prison proper, the two depu ties from Cleveland turned both prisoners over to penitentiary guards. Last night Sheppard was giv en his number, a blue denim prison uniform and relieved of all his personal possessions in the deputy Warden's office. A Marcia Anderson Released at Klamath Klamath Falls (U.R) Marcia Anderson, 19, who had been held in the county jail here since she bit the hand of a police offi cer who arrested her on a drunk charge-last spring, was released on her attorney's motion yes terday. Mrs. Anderson, wife of con victed slayer James Quinton Anderson, was ordered released by District Judge D. E. Van Vactor, who supported attorney Robert Welch's contention that the complaint did not contain facts sufficient to constitute a crime. Mrs. Anderson had been charg ed with disorderly conduct fol lowing the biting incident, which took place at Bly. dinner of chicken soup, hash, corn fritters and cole slaw ended the day. Today the processing starts in earnest. Sheppard will have to spend 10 days in an isolation ward. During this time he will have X-rays, blood tests, inter views for prison records and or ientation lectures. He also will be photographed and finger printed. At the end of those 10 days, he will be assigned to a four- man cell. Warden Alvis said he "probably" would not release the names of Sheppard's cell' mates. He hasn't made up his mind yet. Sometime during the ' next month Sheppard will be called before a classification board which will decide his job assign ment. The boyish faced osteo path is almost certain eventual ly to end up working in the prison hospital but not for sev eral months. Most new prisoners have to do some of the "dirty jobs before they get better as signments. Visitors Ones a Month Alvis said Sheppard would not oe eligible to receive any visitors until his 10-day isolation period was ended. After that, he may receive visits from his rel atives once a month. Meanwhile, Sheppard's attor neys said they would carry their appeals fight to the Ohio Su preme Court to win a new trial, The Court of Appeals in Cleve land rejected a similar plea Monday. Sheppard still maintains that a bushy-haired intruder killed his wife on the Fourth of July last year. He claims he struggled with the man but was knocked unconscious Jury Critical Hood River (U.R) Two Hood River police officers today flatly denied the death bed statements of a fatally injured harvest worker that they had kicked him a few hours before he died in a The Dalles hospital. The denials came on the heels of a report from the Hood River county grand jury criticizing po lice treatment of Robert Easley, a transient field hand who was beaten and fatally injured in a fight with other transients. The grand jury returned a man slaughter indictment against Doss Matchen in connection with Easley's death. Jurors also were critical of admittance policies of the Hood River hospital where Easley was examined by a nurse and a Uni versity of Oregon medical stu dent but not treated. Jail Assumed Glenn Howell, supervisor of the hospital, said the nurse and intern examined Easley when he was taken to the hospital by two police officers, Robert 'Schultz and Donald Stichler. Howell said the attendants had assumed Easley, 48-year-old father of two, from Klamath Falls, would be held quietly in jail until he could be examined more care fully. Instead, according to the grand jury report, Easley was taken to the edge of town and told to "get going.- It was at that point, Easley told state po lice officers, that the two offi cers kicked him for not moving xast enough. The man died later of the ef fects of a punctured lung and rib fractures after being picked up by a passing motorist and taken to The Dalles. Touring Russian Farmers Try To Ignore Incident Of Anti-Communist League Youngster Drowns in Canal Near Merrill Klamath Falls (U.R) The bdfiy of 4-year-old Roger Van Meter who drowned in the C canal near Merrill yesterday aft ernoon was recovered by drag ging at 7:30 p.m. The child was playing with his sister, Mary, 6, and Linda Storey, 9, when he fell into the swiftly flowing water from a bridge on the Barnes Gravel Pit road. Ames, la. (U.R) Russia's visiting farm experts tried to shake off the second "incident" of their American tour today. It occurred as the Soviets stopped at the farm of Guy Sto ver Jr., near Reinbeck, la., yes terday. A man who identified himself as Dan Baker, Hudson, la., pres ident of the Iowa Anti-Communist league, marched onto the farm carrying a sign which said: "There is no freedom in Rus sia." 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Beef Get set with Chet's and you're always ready for any household emergency! V- T. ! .V. I Ill II For a ddxfsUs dsssert . . (fcfi hi VFMllYSIZl OVEN-READY FRUIT PIES bysexberry Cfcsrry Appb the visiting Russians with open arms had -been "taken in" by Soviet propaganda. He managed to hand out 12 copies of a document titled "100 Things You Should Know About Communism" when the Rev. Elmon Ward of the United Presbyterian church-in Reinbeck snatched the sign and tore it into pieces. "I agreed with the state ment on that sign," Ward ex plained, "but thought it was in bad taste to use Stover's farm as a soundboard.". Francis Stover, brother of the farm's owner, ordered Baker off the place. Baker left peaceful ly, saying, "That's O.K., that's your right. I believe in private property." The Russians, elsewhere on the farm at the time of the inci dent, were informed of it later. And although some of them tried to shrug it off, others seemed concerned. On Tuesday, a Negro college student who said he wanted to attract attention to "discrimin ation" against la., with a sign that said: "Iowans are prejudic ed, narrow and hypocritical to ward Negro workers." . The otherwise cordial tour of the Soviet visitors also had its friendly moments yesterday. At Waterloo, la., two of the Russians proudly pulled out photographs of their families and showed them to the wife of a farmer now touring Russia. Oregon Will Share Vaccine Shipment Portland (U.R) Oregon will share a new shipment of Salk polio vaccine with Iowa, Mon tana and Michigan, the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis said today. Some 226,273 cubic centi meters of the vaccine were ordered by the foundation to provide second shots for children in the four states. But when it will arrive here was not yet known to the State Board of Health. When it does arrive, the board said it would be shipped immedi ately to county health depart ments most in need of it. These will include Marion, Lane and Multnomah counties and the city of Portland. House Now Admits Women in Shorts Washington (U.R) A House doorkeeper winked and said: "I guess we'll have to let them in even if they're only wearing a G-string." That was shortly after House officials, obviously embarrassed, repealed a long-standing ban that has barred the doors of the public galleries to any woman or teenage girl trying to beat the humid heat by wearing scanty shorts. - "Our instructions now," the doorkeeper said, "are to let them all in shorts or not." With mock dignity he added that the "not" could "cover an awful lot of territory right down to a G-ftring." Klamath Court Man Criticizes Governor Klamath Falls (U.R) A mem ber of the Klamath County Court today criticized Gov. Paul Patterson for naming a new district attorney liere without consulting the court. The governor last Friday ap pointed Deputy District Attor ney Robert Beesley to the post vacated by the recent resigna tion of Frank Alderson. County Commissioner Jerry Rajnus, a member of the court, said the governor should be ask ed for a recommendation from the court. The Klamath County Bar Association in a secret bal lot indorsed Attorney Clarence Humble for the job. Rajnus said he was hesitant to approve a $3000 supplemental salary increase for the position, which would bring the salary to $7500. Other members of the court indicated the supplement would be approved, however. Beesley takes office next Monday. Driver Suffers Minor ! Injury in Accident James Gale Smith, 21, of 608 North Riverside ave., suffered a cut on his upper lip when the car he was driving was struck from behind in an accident at the intersection of Highway 99 north and Howard ave. about 4:45 p.m. yesterday, according to state police. ! Smith, going south on the highway, had stopped in the in side lane to make a left turn. A car driven by Elmer LeRoy Dri ver, 19, box 315-A, skidded 70 feet then struck the Smith ve hicle, causing considerable dam age to both cars, state police reported. ' In another accident, state po lice said cars driven by John William Biss, 17, Tiller, and Richard Ryan Schauble, 17, Shady Cove, sideswiped each other in front of the Shady Cove post office about 1 p.m. yester day. Extensive damage was done to the Biss vehicle. State police cited Schauble for having no operator's license. No. one was injured, officers said. FERRIS WHEEL STOLEN Chicago ''J.R) Andrew Pota za, a carnival owner, reported to police that his ferris wheel had been stolen. He said it was packed In a truck trailer and disappeared along with the driver. Dead line for Sunday Classified "is at noon Saturday. Manchester, Vt. (U.R) James H. 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