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o Segregationist John Kasper Goes On Trial for Contempt of Court By WILLIAM TUCKER United Press Correspondent Atlanta npi A Johnny come lately segragationist goes on trial at Knoxville. Tenn., this week in a case that may prove to be of vast significance in the civil rights controversy. The bill of particulars in the case is not much to bring it out of the ordinary. An ex-New York book seller, John Frederick Kas per, and 15 citizens of Anderson county, Tenn., are charged with contempt of federal court. The specific complaint is that they discouraged the 1956 inte gration of Clinton, Tenn., High school in contempt of a fed eral court injunction by at tacking a minister, using force and intimidation to frighten Ne groes away from the school, making anonymous phona calls to school officials and by at tempting to provoke fights be tween Negroes and White pu pils. Stera Jurist That is the government's case, to be tried starting Monday, be fore stern, conservative Judge Robert L. Taylor, ST-year-old ap pointee of former President Tru man. It was Taylor, son of one Tennessee governor and nephew of another, who issued the in junctions of last August and September to halt tlw sporadic violence that threatened to up set the Clinton school Integra ' tion. The government is coming to court charging violations of a broad, catchall injunction which specified that Kasper and others , . . . their agents, servants, rep ' resentatives and attorneys and all other persons who are act ing in concert, or may act in concert with them, be and they are hereby enjoined from hind ering and obstructing" the Clin ton integration plan. Herein lies the significance of what otherwise might be a rou tine case. Should the jury con JIM'S MEATS 838 W. McAadraw Rd. Phone JP3-H66 All Meats Are Inspected 109 QUAUTY LOCKII MI ATS Cut Wrapped CHOICE BEEF Vi or 'Whole BEEF Hind lb. QUARTFjt,.. Front QUARTEjU Famll ORDER, 39 35 Ik. 7 ,ftiidgt flllQO JR. 24 las. M vict the defendants, the pattern would be established for broad enforcement of all racial inte gration orders from the courts. This is the first big test of the government's power to enforce the 1954 school desegregation de cision of the U. S. Supreme Court. Defense Staff The defense staff, headed by Nashville's Thomas P. Gore, cou sin of Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) is gearing for an all-out court fight to win acquittal for Kas per and his codefendants. The defense case is to be ar gued on these contentions: The federal court lacks juris diction to issue contempt cita tions in the Clinton case because the defendants were acting as individuals and not as an organ ized public body to which the integration orders were direct ed. There has been no legisla tion by Congress; therefore the court is without jurisdiction to issue injunctions to force inte gration. The United States is not a party to the case, which is a civil matter, and the alleged contempt was not committed in the presence of the court but outside the physical boundaries of the court. This trial undoubtedly also will bring a fresh test of a re cent Supreme Court decision permitting defense counsel to in spect FBI pre-trial investiga tion files. Government attorneys are expecting such a request early in the trial. Battle Lines Drawn Thus, the battle lines once Body of Frogman Is Buried in England Portsmouth, England ffl The body of a man identified as British frogman Lionel (Buster) Crabb was buried Friday with out military honors or even an official Royal Navy represent ative on hand. Crabb, a former British naval officer, vanished in the murky waters of Portsmouth Harbor early in 1956 while three Soviet warships were anchored there. A headless and handless body, encased in a rubber frogman suit, was recovered recently and identified as that of Crabb. In the absence of confirmed facts regarding his mission, Crabb's activities have been the subject of considerable specula tion. British newspapers said he might have been "doing a job" more are drawn in a courtroom between the segregation forces of the South and the federal government. As the fight progresses, don't be surprised if Kasper himself becomes one of the less head lineable factors involved - a strange position for the young man who achieved and lost the racial headlines with almost equal speed. He turned up at Clinton as the town was preparing in the summer of 1956 to integrate the high school in compliance with court orders issued by Judge Taylor. Kasper led the opposi tion which resulted in an Aug ust riot. He already is under a one-year federal prison sen tence for that incident. Now un der appeal to the Supreme Court the case was rejected by the Court of Appeals. His popularity fell like a shooting sta"r early this year when Florida investigators "ex posed" him as a one-time lnte grationist who danced with Ne groes back in the old days. His codefendants at Knoxville even tried to win separate trials from Kasper, but Judge Taylor turn ed them down. PHOENIX Several Visitors Listed By LILLIAN KNIGHT Phoenix Mr. and Mrs. Claude Zoller of Burney, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Neal and son. Danny, of Victorville, Calif., visited Mr- and Mrs. M. E. Norton last Sunday. Mail Fraud Artist On Probation Portland IP U. S. District Judge Gus J. Solomon placed confessed mail fraud artist Mil ford B. Lytle, 79, on three years probation Friday. But Judge Solomon ruled that Lytle, who was not imprisoned because of his age and "poor health" must go to his son's home in Minneapolis, Minn., where he has agreed- to remain for life. Lytle pleaded guilty to six counts of mail fraud in connec tion with scheming fo defraud tvo Seattle department stores in April. Robert R. Carney, deputy U.S. attorney, said Lytle would pre tend to fall in a store, and then mail a letter asking damages for the breaking of his eyeglasses, or for other alleged injury or loss. The man had requested $23 from four stores, and two of the firms sent the amount he requested by mail. Massachusetts May Try To Prevent Adoption Miami Beach W The state of Massachusetts is expected to make a final bid Monday 10 prevent a Jewish couple irom aHnntino the six-year-old Cath- for the United States, or some olic.bom cmld they have raised other foreign power. I since she was 10 days old Following a formal Russian protest, the British government ' denied Crabb was carrying out any cloak-and-dagger operation on its behalf. The body was buried without the monocle and swordcane which were as much Crabb's trademark on land as his rub ber suit, mask and flippers were under water. Ben Cohen, attorney for the Melvin Ellises. said he received notice Friday that the Bay State will protest the adoption oi m tle Hildy McCoy by the Ellises in Circuit Court when the coup le appears at the adoption hear ing. Slaves were emancipated in New Hampshire in 1783. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Reefe and son, Mike, of Coquille are mov ing to Phoenix where Reefe will open a marine supply and boat business. They plan to purchase the former Curt Fisher place on Second st- from Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Norton. Mrs. Reefe is a sis ter of M. E. and LaVance Nor ton. R. P- Wolfe is recuperating from an operation in a Medford hospital and is expected to be home the first or middle of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Delno Sloan re turned Monday from their vaca tion. They visited a nephew in Salt Lake City and drove to Hut chinson, Kan., wher they vis ited relatives. They came back by way of Denver, the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the petrified forest, and Las Vegas. They visited in San Francisco with their son and family, Mr. and Mrs- Thomas J. Sloan in Menlo Park. While in Kansas they went to the Eisenhower Me morial at Abilene, saw the boy hood home of the president, and saw his gift collection. The Gordon Germer family along with the Lee Claflins, the Jake Walsh and the Wes Fow ler families are spending the week end at Diamond Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Furry and family went to Diamond Lake over the Fourth- The Larry Lawrence family and Raymond Thompson were at Diamond Lake over the Fourth. Larry suffered a heart attack Friday and is now at home recuperating. He is re ported as slightly improved- Mrs. Earl Gennette and chil dren of Project City. Calif., left for home Monday after spending a week with the Olen Barlow family. Charles P. McBeth of Jack sonville is the new owner of the house trailer awarded as first prize at the Phoenix festi val last Saturday. Second prize of a movie camera and project or went to Diane Bolz, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bolz. Third and fourth prizes of a bicvele and an electric oven went to David Lowry, Sr. Third Class petty officer R. L, Hurd left Sunday for San Fran cisco and left there Tuesday by plane for Honolulu where he will be stationed at 14th Naval district headquarters in the com mandants office. He has been on the Dersonnel staff of the hos pital at Corona. Calif. On a 30- day leave belore reporting iui duty at Honolulu, he and Mrs. Hurd have been visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Opie Frazier. Mrs. Hurd will join her husband later- ing on their way to Grants Pass to visit friends. Helen Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Mason, is home from Elgin, Ore , visiting her parents over the Fourth. Mrs. Dan Scott and three chil dren of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Mrs. Ivan Goodman and son of Cottage Grove have been vis iting for the past two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fay Unruh. They are sisters of Mrs Unruh. They also are visiting Mrs. Rudy Buccio, Mrs. John Ruby, and Val Stearns, two oth er sisters an a brother. Sunday July 7. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Kefauver Asks Ike To Make Public All Facts of Write-Off Washington Charlotte Unruh and Nadine Brood will leave Tuesday to at tend the Friends church camp held from July 9 to July 15 on Klamath river. Mr. and Mrs. L- McKnight of Alhambra, Calif, .returned to their home Friday after spend ing the month of June with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Medcalf. Mrs. Medcalf and Mrs. McKnight are sisters- Mrs. Iva Davis of Glendale, Calif., and her brother, A. T. Smith, of Orinda, Calif., and Mrs. Fonda Craig and daugh ter, Letha, of Chico, Cant., ieit Wednesday to return to home after visiting for several days at the home of Mrs. Minnie Deit rich on Hilsinger rd- Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Adams, cousin of Ber': Stancliffe, of Por terville, Calif., stopped for a few hours visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stancliffe Saturday morn- lore Room in Less Space ! ' jjj o 1957 Model with Deluxe Features! Big Full-width 35 lb. Freezer plus 15 lb. Cold Storage Tray! Sbelves-in-Door double up-front storage ... Egg Shelves in Door hold 14 eggs! Full-width Hamidrawe keeps Vi bu. of vegetables dewy-fresh ! Regular 249" OUR SPECIAL PRICE 1M(M EASY TERMS! tl susc.i it Westinhouse TR 017BRIDGE & FLYNN ELEC. CO. Judge Considering Execution Stay South Bend, Ind. flfl A Federal Judge Saturday consid ered a stay of execution for "Chinese execution" slayer Les lie Irvin, 33, accused in the deaths of six persons. Judge W. Lynn Parkinson said he would make a decision on the stay Monday. Irvin, a pipe fitter from Evansville, Ind., is in a deathrow cell at Indiana State prison. Three stays of execution have been granted since his con viction at Princeton, Ind., 19 months ago for the murder of an Evansville, filling station oper ator, W. Wesley Kerr. When Irvin appears before Judee Parkinson Monday, he will learn if he is to die within 24 hours. His electrocution Is set for Tuesday. Although Irvin was sentenced for only one murder, he was ac cused for at least six killings for profit. Between December, 1954, when Kerr died, and April, 1955, fie persons were murdered in the Kentucky - Indiana area near Evansville. All six were forced to their knees with hands lash ed behind them and shot in the back of the head. Robbery was the apparent mo tive, although the loot was mea ger. Irvin, a soft-spoken ex-convict, escaped from Princeton jail shortly after three of the vic tims were discovered in Ken tucky but was captured again in San Francisco. Kefauver (D-Tenn.) has challen ged President Eisenhower di rectly to make public the "full facts" about issuance of a fast tax write-off to Idaho Power company. He suggested that the Presi dent himself doesn't now have full information about all as pects of the controversial case. Kefauver issued his challenge in a letter to the President made public Friday. It formally re quested data on the fast write off controversy and protested White House refusal to cooper ate with senate investigators. Acknowledge Receipt The White House acknowl edged receipt of Kefauver's let ter Saturday but said the Presi dent has not seen it yet. The Tennessee Democrat is chairman of the Senate anti trust and monopoly subcommit tee which has, been investigat ing the .case. The company, which is building two low dams on the Snake river between Ida ho and Oregon, rejected the grant of fast tax write-off cer tificate just before the Senate voted for a Federal high dam on the river. Such a Federal dam would flood out the Idaho power sites. The house interior committee plans a showdown vote on the issue Wednesday. President Asked The President was asked at his Wednesday news conference about an earlier Kefauver state ment that it would be "helpful" if Eisenhower would supply in formation on the case to Senate investigators. The president said that if Ke fauver had made such a state ment it was for "public con sumption" and "not to get any action," because "he has not made any such request to me." j Kefauver replied by sending : the President a letter formally requesting the data. Kefauver told the President he would be doing a "public ser vice" if he ordered an "official chronology" from all agencies on Idaho Power conferences and would make public "all papers having to do with this deal." Refuses Invitation Kefauver said that so far his group had been "met with the Sen. Estes plea of privilege concerning the participation of White House staff members who were named in one of the documents we saw." He complained that presi dential Assistant Howard Pyle "refused our invitation to ap pear before the committee." "We have been met with plea of privilege concerning memor anda," he said. "We learned about the position of Internal Secretary Fred A. Seaton in op posing the write-off only after we had originally been led by the testimony of Defense Mo bilizer Gordon Gray to believe that the Interior Department ap proved it." "As in the Dixon-Yates deal," Kefauver wrote, "we feel that we are not getting the full facts, and that perhaps you, too, have not been given the full facts." An orange tree bears fruit from 50 to 80 years. Former Displaced Person Faces Trial Appleton, Wis. (If! A former displaced person has pleaded in nocent to charges of setting fire to his girl friend's parent's home because she agreed to marry another man. Valdis Krastins, 21. was re leased on 53,000 bond Friday to face trail Oct. 2. He was charged with burglary and arson. Police said Krastins was angry with Valiga Alksnis, 25, and that he set fire to her father's home. They also said he stole cash, checks, and a pistol from the home. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KW1N 1400 ICC. Sundays 10:15 A.M. AMERICAN LEGION AUX. Wishes to announce their 1957 Subscription Campaign for the purchase of SBCK ROOM EQUIPMENT for FREE home use to any resident of Jackson County. Please understand ... 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