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Grants Pass Girl
Victim of Attack
By Galice Cousin
Murder Charges To Be
Filed Monday, DA Says
Grants Pass (U.R) District
Attorney Max McMillin said
Saturday a first degree murder
charge would be filed against
17-year-old Lloyd Eugene Wahl
In the rape-slaying of his six-yera-old
cousin.
State Police Sgt. C. R. Borg
man said the Galice, Ore., youth
had admitted striking his cousin,
Cathie Lou Wahl, with his fists,
raping her and putting her body
in a stall of an abandoned barn
Friday night about a mile from
her home, six miles north of
here.
A search party of the girl's
father, state police, sheriff's dep
uties and neighbors found the
boy hiding in the barn and later
found the girl's body in a man
ger. The search started after the
girl's five-year-old brother, Mike,
told his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Wahl, that Lloyd had taken
his sister away on his bicycle
about 7 p.m.
Borgman said Lloyd told him
the girl started to cry and he
hit her with his fists, knocking
her unconscious. When she came
to, she started to cry again and
he hit her again. The boy said
he took her to a creek to wash
the blood off her face and it
was there he raped her. He
said he didn't know whether she
was dead at the time.
"The boy was being held in
Josephine county jail and Mc
Millin said he would be ar
raigned in justice court early this
week.
- An autopsy was performed
on the girl's body yesterday but
no findings were immediately
released.
John Graham Found
Guilty of Murder
Denver (U.R) John Gilbert
Graham was condemned . to
death Friday night by jury
which found him guilty of time
bombing a commercial airliner
so he could collect his mothers
insurance.
Fortv-four persons, including
his mother, Mrs. Daisie E. King,
.14 werp killed in the crash. It
occurred last Nov. 1, a few min
utes after the United Air Lines
DC6B took off from Denver and
less than an houh after Graham
took out $37,500 insurance on
his mother's life at an airport
vending machine.
The 24-year-old Graham, pic
tured by the prosecution during
his trial as a "greedy, grasping"
killer, made no outward show
of emotion as the jury returned
its verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree. Its failure
to make any recommendation
made death in the gas chamber
mandatory. '
Highway Construction
Approval Almost Sure
Washington U.R) Con
struction of 42,500 miles of sup
erhighways at a cost of $27.5
billion appeared certain Satur
day of getting congressional ap
proval. The big network of interstate
highways is the key feature of
a 13-vear. $51.5 billion federal
and state program recently ap
proved by the House.
The Senate Public Works com
mittee vesterday voted 11 to 2
for a five-year $36.8 billion
hiehwav building program also
including the $27.5 billion inter
state system.
Sports Bulletins
Vancouver. B. C. (U.R)
The Los Angeles Angeli look
the night gams 7 lo 6 and a
clean sweep of the aerin
against the Vancouver Moun
lies last night in a Pacifie
Coast League gama.
Portland 'U.R) Seattla
came from behind to score
five runs in the fifth inning
here last night and even its
Pacific Coast League series
with Portland in scoring a 7-S
win.
Reeder, Rode Level
Attack Against DA
District Attorney Walter
Nunley, seeking reelection on
the Republican ticket, was the
target of vigorous and repeated
attacks from his two opponents
at the Meet Your Candidates pro
gram sponsored Friday night by
the League of Women Voters at
Hedrick Junior High school.
Thomas J. Reeder, Democrat,
and George W. Rode, Republi
can, both seeking the district at
torney position, alternately
threw at Nunley such charges as
general incompetence, inability
to retain key personnel, suppres
sion of information and causing
unnecessary expense to taxpay
ers. Berate Court Record
They berated his court record,
challenged his knowledge in
preparing indictments, censured
him for engaging outside assist
ance and repeatedly asked ques
tions concerning identity and
findings of a private investiga
tor. Nunley strongly defended his
record, replying to the points
brought up by his : opponents
when given the opportunity. He
gave local personnel shortage as
his main reason for hiring out
side help, listed low salary as a
major factor in personnel turn
over, and explained background
circumstances in several of his
court cases.
He also stated that the district
attorney's office here is operat
ing on a smaller budget than in
soma other areas, yet . has been
turning out f ar more work-in-creased
"expenditures, he said,
have permitted the office to give
greater service to Jackson coun
ty., ..- -; .
Most of the written questions
submitted by the audience jiear
the end of the program were di
rected at district attorney candi
dates. Several of these questions
were typed on office file cards.
Substantial Disagreement
There was also substantial dis
agreement between Robert A.
Boyer, Democratic candidate for
state representative, and E; H.
Mann. Republican incumbent
representative seeking , reelec
tion.. Boyer denounced 1955 le
gislation requiring voters to sign
their names twice m poll boons
"The only reason this is required
is to make it more difficult to
vote," Boyer declared.
Mann, chairman ' of the 1955
house elections and privileges
committee, denied Boyers' state
ment. "It is not a case of signing
one book twice," he said, "but of
signing two books." He explain
ed the double signature plan was
designed primarily for the pur
pose of maintaining more than
one record. "In case an attempt
is made to destroy one record,
another would be retained," he
said. Mann then mentioned the
time in the 1930s when an at
tempt was made in Jackson
county to destroy voter records.
Most of the other candidates
limited their four-minute talks to
a listing of their qualifications,
and a solicitation of votes. How
ever, Melvin J. Lattie, candidate
for the Republican nomination
for county commissioner, alleg
ed that $100,000 had been "wast
ed" in the construction of the
courthouse annex, and declared
that the creation of sinking funds
in the county has imposed undue
taxes on the residents.
Speaks for Morthland
Medford Attorney Stan Jones,
speaking on behalf of L. G
Morthland. Republican county
commissioner and a candidate
for reelection, who could not at
tend, stated that, to the contrary,
the county had gotten more than
its money's worth in the annex,
and that "this is the first time
I've heard office-holders criticiz
ed for creating savings funds
Other candidates addressing
the large crowd Friday night
were, for state representative,
Robert B. Duncan, Democrat, and
E. A. Littrell, Republican; coun
ty school superintendent, Alf B
Mekvold, non-partisan, incumb
ent; county assessor, Ray J,
Schumacher and Andrew Haw-
ver, Democrats, and Allen D
Curry and John H. Tizekker,
Republicans; county commission
er, Ralph A. James, Democrat:
county treasurer, Anna R. Scott.
Republican, and Karl " Janouch.
Democrat, incumbent; justice of
the peace, Ashland district, L,
IN SLAYING
Peers Wilmeth, non-partisan;
and delegates to the Republican
national convention, 4th congres
sional district, Kathleen N. Bash,
Robert R. Dickey and Rodney
Keating.
Candidates Not Present
Candidates not present for the
program included Rawles Moore,
non-partisanr incumbent district
judge; Paul B. Rynning, Repub
lican, incumbent county survey
or; Ida B. George, non-partisan,
justice of the peace, Ashland dis
trict; Nelle W. Burns, non-partisan
incumbent justice of the
peace, Ashland district; and Ro
bert A. Elliott and William M.
McAllister, delegates to the Re
publican national convention,
st j at large.
Speaking in behalf of the ab
sent candidates were Sen. Phil
Lowry for Rawles Moore; Stan
Jones, city councilman, for L. G.
Morthland; and Rodney Keating,
county judge, for William McAl
lister. Mrs. I. S. Thomas, voters ser
vice chairman for the League of
Women Voters, was in charge of
the program and James Dunlevy,
manager of radio station KYJC,
was master of ceremonies. A
clarinet quartet and woodwind
quintet from. Medford High
school performed at the opening
of the program under the direc
tion of I. A. Mirick, instrumen
tal music supervisor for Medford
schools.
During the evening a telegram
was read from Gov. Elmo Smith,
who was unable to accept the
league's invitation to attend , the
program. - .
Disarmament Talks
End in Deadlock
London , (U.R) U. S. Dis
armament Chief Harold E. Stas
sen said today the East and West
were roughly half-way along
the road to agreement on dis
armament. But Stassen, preparing to leave
for home after five weeks of un
successful five-power disarma
ment talks, warned'that the last
half of the road will be the hard
est. Stassen said both Russia and
the West realize that pressure is
building to solve some or all of
the disarmament problems with
in the next year.
Both sides remained deadlock
ed after the London talks which
ended Friday on the issues of in
spection programs. The Russians
have refused to accept complete
ly President Eisenhower's "Open
Sky" aerial inspection program
NATO Confab Sets
Up 'Brain Trust'
Paris (U.R) The 15-nation
NATO conference agreed Satur
day to set up a three-man "Brain
Trust" to map a Western 10-year
plan aimed at modernizing and
etxending the scope of the Atlan
tic Alliance to meet changing
Soviet tactics.
British Foreign Secretary Sel-
wyn Lloyd suggested the three-
man planning group should com
prise Canadian External Affairs
Minister Lester B. Pearson of
Canada, Gaetano Martin of Italy
and Halvard Lange of Norway
Scouf Troop
To Start in Circulation Totem of One-Eyed Eagle
Boy Scout Troop 41, Griffin
Creek, will travel to Dunsmuir,
Calif., Wednesday, May 9, to
start in circulation again the
Totem of the One-eye Eagle of
the Crater Lake Area council.
The Totem has been in Duns
muir for about two years, ac
cording to Donald Bryan, Troop
41 scoutmaster, who located the
trophy after three months'
search. Bryan said the troop
decided to get the Eagle back in
circulation. . Members will pre
sent a skit for ' the Dunsmuir
troop Wednesday to get the
Totem.
Bryan said between 20 and
25 scouts and scout leaders have
indicated they will make the
Court Martial Is
Set for Instructor
At Parris Island
Sergeant Led Six to
Deaths In Training
Washington U.R) Sgt.
Matthew C. McKeon, Marine
Corps drill instructor who led
six of his men to death during
a night training march, will
face a general court martial
trial for involuntary manslaugh
ter later this month.
Secretary of the Navy Charles
S. Thomas Saturday set the trial
date for May 14 or as soon
thereafter as practicable.
A Marine spokesman at Parris
Island, S.C., where the trial will
be held, said the date will be
put back because the 68 surviv
ing members of the death march
will be on 10 days boot leave
at that time. They return May
20.
Many of the recruits are ex
pected to' recount the night of
April 8 when McKeon led
Training Platoon 71 into coastal
swamps on an unauthorized dis
ciplinary march.
Recruits Drown
Six of the recruits drowned
in Ribbon Creek into which Mc
Keon led them with the warn
ing, the Marine Corps said, that
"those who cannot swim will
drown and those who can will
be eaten by sharks."
A Marine court of inquiry
charged, in findings made pub
lic Tuesday, that the assistant
drill instructor was "under the
influence" of vodka' when he
took the platoon on the unauth
orized disciplinary march.
In addition to manslaughter,.
McKeon is charged with cruelty
to recruits, drinking in his bar
racks, and drinking while on
duty and in the presence of a
recruit.
If convicted on all the charg
es and specifications, he could
receive up to 10 years in prison.
McKay Says Savings
Proves Qualifications
Tillamook (U.R) Douglas
McKay says savings made in the
operation of the Interior depart
ment when he was secretary
proved his qualifications for the
office of U. S. senator.
The former Interior secretary,
carrying his campaign to the
Oregon coast, noted that under
the Eisenhower administration,
the largest tax cut in history
was enacted. He said that of its
$7,400,000,000 in benefits nearly
two out of every three dollars
"went directly to individuals.
McKav. speaking at a lunch
eon sponsored by the McKay for
Senator committee here Friday,
said that under the Eisenhower
administration govern ment
spending has been cut by $10,-
000.000,000. "Inflation has Deen
halted and the dollar stabilized,
he said. .
Young Republicans to
Have Candidates Night
The Jackson County Young
Republican club will sponsor a
"Republican Candidates Night"
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at
the Medford ,YMCA. -
Among candidates present will
be Phil Hitchcock, candidate for
U. S. senator. Candidates for
county and state offices also
will be present to present views
and answer questions. ;
41 Will Travel
200-mile round trip. And Squad
ron 14, sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion post, has already
served notice that once the To
tem is back in circulation, the
squadron will keep it in circula
tion. The One-eyed Eagle is a tro
phy originally presented - to
Troop 7 by the Medford post of
the American Legion and was
released Feb. 14, 1939. It cir
culates only in the Crater Lake
Area council.
Purpose of the Totem is four
fold. It was originated to pro
mote stronger friendship be
tween troops, scouts and scout
ers; greater cooperation between
scouts and scouters; creation oi
fe4isf ;f ' " -. 1, 1
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HELD FOR MURDER Billy Junior Nunn, 28,
Klamath Falls millworker, arrived in Jackson
county Friday night to face charges of first
degree murder. The suspect was escorted here
by State Police Sgt. Tom Eaton, Medford (left)
and Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Walsh, Jackson
En iwetbk Tests May Result In
New Uses of Hvdroaeri Weapons
Aboard the USS Mt. McKin-
ley at Eniwetok (U.R) A high
task force official indicated
Saturday that new hydrogen
weapons will emerge from tests
underway at this Pacific proving
ground.
Dr. William E. Ogle oi tne
Atomic Energy commission said
the 1954 H-bomb tests proved
the feasibility of some big
weapon principles and "opened
the way for further develop
ment" in the H-bomb field.
Theoretical scientists have ex
plored . new , possibilities as far
as they can in the laboratory,
Ogle said, and now their find
ings "must be checked by actual
detonation of devices." ,
Workmen Repairing
Burned SP Trestle
Ogdens U.R) Three-hun
dred workmen were busy Sat
urday on Southern Pacific's
wooden-trestle Lucin cutoff to
repair damage caused by a fire
which knocked out 645 feet of
rails Friday.
A spokesman for the company
said men from SP and Morrison
Knudsen Construction Co. were
working in two 12-hour shifts
of 150 men each.
The fire was reported early
Friday. It occurred in the cen
ter of the 12-mile long 50-year-
old trestle which spans the
northern end of the bfirty great
Salt Lake. Cause of the blaze
was blamed on an overheated
rail car axel or "hotbox" shunt
ed off to a siding and left there
Thursday night.
to Dunsmuir Wednesday
more active interest in scouting;
and the exchange of progressive
ideas between troops.
To obtain the Totem, the troop
seeking possession must provide
some form of a 10 to 20 minute
demonstration for the " host
troop. Demonstrations may in
clude scoutcraft, a scout pro
gram, musical numbers and
various other scout stunts and
entertainment.
Each troop receiving the To
tem carves its numeral, in relief,
in a square provided. Numeral
registration is done each time
the troop receives the Eagle.
However, one troop can not take
from the same troop more than
once during the year, nor from
Ogle, acting deputy command
er of the test task force for
scientific matters, "said the cur
rent tests have a dual purpose.
One is to speed H-bomb de
velopment. The .other is to test
small atomic warheads for de
fense against enemy H-bombers.
Tests alsp will . increase . the
knowledge of nuclear blast,
heat, radiation, and fallout, he
said. -
Kefauver Plans
Medford Visit
Sen. Estes Kefauver, one of
the two leading Democratic can
didates for the presidential nom
ination, will visit Medford, and
Ashland on Tuesday, May 15, it
was announced Saturday.
' His principal opponent ih the
race, Ex-Gov. Adlai Stevenson,
was here last week.
The Tennessee senator is
scheduled to arrive at the Med
ford airport at 9:45 a.m. that
day, and will be met by a cara
van of cars of his supporters,
and taken to Ashland for a talk
at the Plaza at 10 a.m. '
By 10:30 a.m., he is scheduled
to be back in Medford for a talk
from the courthouse steps, and
is to be in Grants Pass for a
luncheon engagement : at 11:45
a jn. before leaving for Coos Bay.
Clyde Fichtner and Russell
DeForest are cochairmen of the
committee of supporters making
arrangements for his visit. Miss
Kay, Carrara is heading a group
of Young Democrats who are
assisting.
the troop to which the Totem is
surrendered.
James K. Hoey, Medford pro
fessional engineer, originated
the Eagle in 1939. He was a
member of a committee of Troop
7 which included Cole Holmes,
chairman. Harry Olsen, H. J.
Meiring, and Roy Elliott.. Robert
R. Ebel was commander of Am
erican Legion Post 15, sponsors
of Troon 7. at the time.
The trophy was taken to the
regional. scout executive confer
ence in Glacier National park
at the Many Glacier's hotel in
194B. and its was taken to the
national iamboree at Valley
Force in 1950, and the Santa
Ana jamboree in 1953.
county (right). Inset shows Curtis Vernon, Al
' turas policeman, who made the arrest. Nunn
confessed the murder Thursday night. Prelim
' inary hearing will be held here at 10:30 a.m.
Monday. (Klamath . Falls Herald and News
photO).
A perfected H-bomb is sched
uled to be dropped from a B-52
jet bomber. Tuesday (Monday,
U. S. time), weather permitting.
It was' made possible by the
giant tests of 1954.
Unofficial , news and civil
defense observers will witness
it from a ship 32 miles away.
It will be exploded at least
10,000 feet over Namu island of
the Bikini atol.
the Bikini atoll,
alent of 5.000,000 to 10,000,000
tons of TNT in contrast with
the test opener's 5,000 to 10,000.
The range between the high
and low power shots was plan
ned Weather must be just right
because of the danger from
fallout. .
Riots Start After
Candidate's Death
Seoul, Korea 0J.R) The
death of President Syngman
Rhee's major political opponent
Saturday touched off riotous at
tempts by mobs to storm the
presidential mansion.
Police and army troops fired
into rioters and drove them
away from the President's home.
Seoul newspapers said five
Koreans were wounded when
police and troops opened fire
with automatic weapons on the
rock-hurling rioters. One uncon
firmed report' said one Korean
was killed. But police denied
anyone was hurt in the biggest
anti-Rhee demonstrations since
the Korean war. Thirty persons
were reported arrested.
P. H. Shinicky, leader of the
opposition Democratic party and
Rhee's major foe in the May la
Presidential elections, died Sat
urday morning of a heart attack
while on a "campaign tour.
Milk Prices Expected
To Climb Here Soon
Price of milk in , Jackson
county is expected to climb ap
proximately one cent per quart
in the near future, according to
John Snider of Smder's dairy.
The price ' increase is already
in effect in most areas of Ore
gon. It is the result of a new
statewide contract designed to
meet rising costs of labor, he
exolained.
Snider said he could not de
termine just when the increase
would go into affect her..
Klamath Falls Man
Arraigned in Court
Here On Saturday
Preliminary Hearing
Set Monday Morning
Preliminary hearing will be
held Monday at 10:30 a.m. for
Billy Junior Nunn, 28-year-old
Klamath Falls millworker, who
has. confessed the April 9 sex
slaying of Alvin William Eacret,
14, Klamath Falls.
Nunn arrived in Medford from
Alturas, Calif., about 5 p.m. Fri
day with Joe Walsh, Jackson
county chief criminal deputy,
and State Police Sgt. Tom
Eaton, Medford. Sgts. Earle
Tichenor and Byron D. Winning
ham, both Klamath Falls, ac
companied them part way.
A district attorney's informa
tion charging first degree mur
der was filed Saturday morning
and Nunn was arraigned in dis
trict court at 11:45 a.m. yester
day. Stated in Writing
Nunn stated in writing Thurs
day in the Modoc county jail at
Alturas that he had sexually at
tacked and strangled the Eacret
boy, whose nude body was found
by two teen-age girls April 29
under a bush near Tub Springs
State park.
A belt had been tightly fas
tened around the victim's neck
and a cloth gag placed in his
mouth. Nunn reportedly picked
up the boy in his car the day of
the murder as Eacret was en
route to work at a Klamath
Falls barber shop.
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley said the written confession
was the first statement of any
kind Nunn had made concerning:
the crime. Officers had been in
termittently questioning him for
several hours. Nunn finally re
quested a pencil and psper, then
wrote an account of the incident,
the district attorney said.
Nunn was later quoted as say
ing his treatment in Alturas at
the hands of the officers had
been "very good."
Praises Officers
Nunley praised the investi
gating officers for their work on
the case. He added that all
worked with "practically no
sleep" until Friday night. The
district attorney also commended
law enforcement officers in sur
rounding areas as well as a num
ber of private citizens 'for their
cooperation in the case .
He said that over a three-day
period the officers canvassed
"hundreds" of Klamath Falls
merchants, motel operators and
other individuals with pictures
of the murder victim. Intensive
investigation finally revealed
that the Eacret boy had been
seen with a man having one leg
shorter than the other and wear
ing a built-up shoe.
Other details of the descrip
tion fitted Nunn, the district at-
tornev said, but the name was
not known at that time. The de
scription was sent to Oregon and
California law enforcement agen
cies who were asked to be on the
look-out for such an individuaL
Pick up Lead
Meanwhile, the district at
torney said, oficers picked up
the lead that Nunn might be
hitchiking to Alturas. Police of
ficers in that city arrested Nunn
late Wednesday night. He had
obtained a job there and as
sumed a fictitious name, Nunley
explained.
Nunn agreed to waive extra
diction and return to Jackson
county. Prior to his arrival in
Medford, the suspect asked the
officers to stop in Klamath Falls
so he could talk with his wife.
Mrs. Nunn, however, had al
ready left for Medford. The
couple has a two-year-old child
and is expecting another.
Legal Adric
Nunn has not yet obtained the
services of an attorney, although
Medford Attorney Robert Dun
can has consented to give him
legal advice until he can obtain
a lawyer to defend him.
The district attorney com
mented that Nunn has appeared
"extremely controlled" at all
times. In March, 1951. he was
sentenced to a five-year term in
the state penitentiary for a
sodomy offense involving a 10-year-old
Portland boy. He was
paroled on Nov. 26, 1952.
. Eugene U.R) Angus L. Gib
son, a prominent businessman in
junction City and former mem
ber of both the State House of
Representatives and the State
Senate, died here Saturday of a
heart attack.