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SIX MEDrOUD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, December 18, 1957
Louisiana Contemplates Death
Penalty for Selling Narcotics
Br UNITED PRESS
The State of Louisiana is con
templating death in tht electric
chair for an adult convicted of
selling narcotics to any boy or
girl under 21.
It marks the extreme to which
authorities in some areas are
ready to go to combat one of the
most vicious criminal pursuits in
dope to juveniles. And more im
portant there can be no parole,
probation or suspension of
tence! r narcotics
A legislative committee head-states
first offense. Second offenders
cannot receive probation. Ohio
sen- takes into account the record of
convictions in other
the United States,
ed by State Rep. Richard Bert
rand is to consider new legisla
tion changing the maximum pen
alty to death. There already are
penalties of up to 50 years for
traffic selling narcotics to other adults
which wrecks human lives by
the thousands and breeds more
crime.
A federal attorney told a re
cent hearinjf in New York City,
itself branded the nation'g capi
tal for the narcotict trade, that
outstanding jobs of combatting
the narcotics racket had been
accomplished in Louisiana and
Ohio and in the cities of Balti
more, Seattle and Honolulu.
No Parol in Louisiana
The United Pres queried its
bureau9in those places to find
out how it was done. Here is the
rep'jrt:
Louisiana already hag law,
MS4eti to 1956, providing impris
onment of not less than 30 nor
mora than 99 years for selling
and Gov. Earl Long has refused
to reduce the sentence of any
narcotics offender.
Get Tough Law
Ohio's Gov. C. William
O'Neill wrote his state's "get
tough" law in 1955 when he was
attorney general. Before that
Northeastern Ohio had been pin
pointed as the narcotics distribu
tion center of the Midwest.
There were an estimated 15,000
addicts in Ohio alone spending
$75 million a year for narcotics
and costing the state S375 mil
lion when they turned to crime
to buy the drugs.
The new laws provide prison
terms of 30 years to life for sell
ing narcotics to minors and a
minimum of 10 years for any
At the end of the first year,
narcotics violations were re
duced by about 700 per cent.
In Baltimore, Capt. Joseph
Carroll, head of the city narcot
ics squad, attributes success to
excellent cooperation from the
Federal Narcotics Bureau and
the state courts which convicted
141 out of 144 arrested last year.
His squad needs no arrest war
rant. It is-even an offense to be
caught with a syringe if there is
a past record. Bail is very high
and cases are heard quickly so
defendants are "not left out on
the streets three and four
months to get money to defend
themselves."
Relentless Pressure
Seattle attributes its success
largely to the relentless pressure
that is kept on narcotics peddlers
and users plus tough state laws.
Sgt Wendell Paust, head of the
police narcotics detail, says one
important factor is that the city
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CTEASES ROYALTY Hiree year old Princess Lalla Arolna teases her serious-raced
father, King Mohammed V of Morocco, at a reception in the monarch's honor in New
York. The reception was tendered by Dr. Ahmed LataH, chief of the Moroccan UN
0 delegation. At left is Princess Lalla Alsha, 27, the King's oldest daughter.
Court Records
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Glenn Stewart Paxon, violation of
basic rule, S15.
John Frank Harder, failure to stop
at traffic light. S6.
Glenn Elvis Cave, violation of basic
rule .S15.
William George Harrison. Modoc
orchards, drunk on a public highway,
S30.
Joe Everett Robertson, failure to
stop at traffic sign. $10.
Richard L. Wheeler, overwidth, $15.
Elmer Smith, Grants Pass, drunk
on a public highway. $24.
Wilma May Atteberry, no operator's
license, $5.
Wayne Willard White, overheight,
$25.
Larry Clifford Arant, switched ve
hicle tabs, S25.
Charles Herbert Elmore, truck
speeding. $15.
Oval James Dawson, violation of ba
sic rule. S15.
Gaston Leon Elonx, driving without
lights. $5.
George Leroy Asher, obstructing
vision. S6.
William Stilwell. Klamath Falls,
drunk on a public highway, forfeited,
$30.
CIRCUIT COURT
Susan F. Jackson vi. John B. Jack
ion, divorce decree.
Betty Jean Holman vs. Robert Earl
Holman. divorce decree.
Bea M. Dorrough vs. Everett C
Dorrough, divorce decree.
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Paul Weert Worth, route 3. box
202C, Medford, and Beverly Diane El
lis. 209 Tripp st., Medford.
Edgar Worth Coulson, Scotts Mills
and Alice M. Roberts, route 1, Central
Point.
Michael James Kaiser, route 1, box
98E. Eagle Point, and Patricia Ann
Goode. box 384, Shady Cove.
Burton Lloyd Clifford, San Bema
dino. Calif., and Eleanor Celia Martin,
829 Bennett St.. Medford.
Carl Wayne Perdue, box 254, Tal
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has no problem obtaining in
formers about who is selling
narcotics. "People hate narcotics
peddlers and don't hesitate to
inform." There Is also excellent
cooperation from federal au
thorities, particularly customs
inspectors.
Palm-bedecked Honolulu was
once the gateway for the illicit
drug traffic from the Orient and
there was an estimated 2,000 ad
dicts in the Territory of Hawaii
in the year 1924. As late as 1952
more than 109 persons were
charged with narcotics crimes.
Last year there were exactly
two arrests one an ex-convict
Hawaiian carrying mariquana ci
garettes and the other a Chinese
carrying heroin strapped to his
leg and believed bound for the
mainland.
The anti-narcotics campaign
really hit stride in 1951 when
the Territorial Legislature
slammed through a 20-year-jail
sentence for selling to minors.
Then a stronger congressional
law against narcotics in 1954
gave federal judges another wea
pon and they cracked down
harshly.
As Albel S. Fraga, chief of the
narcotics division, says:
"Hawaii has taken the monkey
from its back."
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Hoffa Acquittal Held Possible
New YorkflP) The federal
wiretap conspiracy trial of
James R. Hoffa was expected to
go to the jury today with indi
cations the fiery little teamsters
official may be acquitted.
In its summation to the jury
Tuesday the government admit
ted its star witness may have
been in error when he placed
Hoffa at the Detroit teamsters
headquarters July 9, 1953.
The defense had presented a
string of witnesses who testified
that Hoffa was in Seattle, at
tending a teamsters convention
and banquet from July 6 to
July 10.
A strong point in the govern
ment's case, before the defense
rebuttal, was the testimony of
Rudolph Doelicke. He told the
jury Hoffa was in Detroit July
9 to receive instructions on the
use of wiretap equipment Hoffa
had ordered installed.
Hoffa, president-elect of the
giant Teamsters union, along
with Owen Brennan, president
of the Detroit Local 337 and
Bernard Spindel, a professional
wiretapper, are on trial in fed
eral court charged with illegally
tapping the telephones of the
Detroit office of the Teamsters
union.
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