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'High Noon' Trial Ends in Acquittal Canyon City -(CPD-Robert E. Sproul, 44-year-old Mt. Vernon rancher, was acquit ted here Friday night of a first degree murder charge in connection with the gunshot slaying of his brother-in-law Harland Link Williams June 2i. After deliberating for one hour and 52 minutes, the fore man of the jury, Erving T. Stanbro of Prairie City read the unanimous verdict of not guilty at 9:38 p.m. before the packed Circuit Court room in the Grant county courthouse here. District Attorney Mike Mo gan told the jury Friday aft ernoon that the state did not ask the death penalty, but did press for a murder conviction. 'Bottom Deck' In closing statements be fore the jury Friday after noon, Mogan charged that Sproul was "dealing from the bottom of the deck," when he fired nine shots from, his Luger pistol without drawing it from its holster. Mogan charged that "He (Sproul) went out there with an ace in the hole. If Link Williams had fired his rifle first, as the defense contends, Williams couldn't have miss ed him at that short range.' Sproul, . while on the wit ness stand, had told the jury that as he sidler up to Wil liams he jumped aside just as Williams fired. A doctor who treated Sproul shortly after the shooting testified that the 44-year-old cattleman had suffered a ruptured ear drum. The doctor said a blast from a rifle could have caused the rupture. 'Scared To Death' Robert Campbell, John Day attorney, said during fi- WE'VE MOVED! See us at our NEW LOCATION 114 South Main Phoenix Hardware Same Phone KE 5-2769 nal arguments that Sproul was torn between two impuls es as he kept the rendezvous with Williams at a disputed road site which had touched off the bitter disagreement between the two. "He (Sproul) knew he had to call Link Wililams bluff," Campbell said, giving the first impulse. "Second, he was scared to death,'' the defense attorney said. Reserve Major Gets Achievement Award Maj. Eradmus F. Starr, who recently assumed the post of chief of the reserve personnel division at headquarters of the XI Army corps, reserves, was honored at a recent cere mony when he was awarded the Berlin Command certifi cate of achievement. Major Starr is the son of Mrs. Earl B. Winkleman, 505 Scenic dr., Ashland. Mrs. Starr is the daughter of Mrs. Anna Davies, 316 Wilamette ave., Medford. The certificate was pre sented Major Starr for his outstanding service as chief of the operations branch, ad jutant general division, Ber lin command, between Sep tember, 1955, and July this year. He was instrumental in reorganizing the branch re sulting in a reduction of personnel. Hay Chopper Victim Dies At Tulelake Tulelake, Calif.-OIPB-George Kurtz, 62, long-time resident of Tulelake, died Friday night in a Klamath Falls hospital from injuries suffered earlier in the day when he was caught in harvesting machin ery. Kurtz and his wife were op erating a hay chopper on the ranch of Mrs. Kay Phillips near here. Mrs. Kurz, who was operating the tractor said she heard her husband call out and turned to see his body passing through the chopper. George Sand wrote more than 80 novels. Cattle Rustling Warrants Issued In Klamath Area Klamath Falls -CPD- War rants were issued here Fri day for the arrest of two men on cattle rustling charges. District Attorney Arthur Beddoe said Eldon L. Shafer and Robert Wilson, both of Fort Klamath, were accused of rustling cattle from three Klamath county ranches Beddoes said 14 head of stol en cattle had been recovered after investigation by the State Department of Agricul ture. Beddoe said complaints had been signed by Lorenz Vander Kamp and by Adlai Johnson, both Klamath area ranchers A third remains to be signed, he said. O. W. Goakey, deputy dis trict attorney, said I don t think anyone knows how many cattle have been involv ed but we have reason to be lieve there have been a great many stolen." Brand inspectors earlier this week reported finding several head of Klamath coun ty cattle near Rainier in northwest Oregon and the Ag riculture Department said it was investigating reports that some stolen cattle had been marketed in California and Nevada. Family Sees Death Of Champion Cylist Melbourne - (UPB - Russell Mockeridge, 30, Australia's greatest professional cyclist, was killed before the horri fied eyes of his wife and their young daughter in a road-race accident yesterday. Mockeridge was swerving out to avoid a stopping car when his bicycle spilled and dumped him in front of a bus. The bus, unable to stop, ran over his head. Mrs. Mockeridge and her two-year-old daughter were following the race in an automobile. 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You'd expect to pay $4.98. Lad, 5co Medford's Bargain Corner Sixth and Central 41 Negro Students Seek To Enter Virginia School Front Royal, Va. -(DPB A group of Negro students tried unsuccessfully yesterday to enroll for classes "in Warren County High school, which has been closed down com pletely to avoid racial inte gration. 1 Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. took over full control of the school, its teachers and its pu pils Friday night and announc ed that it was "removed from the public school system" as of next Monday. Moments later, the county school board rescinded its in vitation to 22 Negro pupils to enroll in the school this week end. Nevertheless, 17 of the Ne gro students, accompanied by some of their parents, showed up yesterday at the county court house where the school board maintains its offices. They remained downstairs while Oliver Hill, attorney for the National Association fo" the Advancement of Colored People, acting as their spokes man, spent five minutes in a private conference with the School Superintendent Q. D. Gasque and an attorney for the board. Hill told reporters later that Gasque and the board at torney declined to register the students' because of F r i d a y night's actions by Almond and the board. Director of Motor Vehicles Refutes Hatfield's Remarks The first national tennis championship matches played at the Newport (R.I.) Casino were in 1891. An annual in vitation tournament continues to make this the oldest tennis tournament in America. A rebuttal to remarks made by Secretary of State Mark Hatfield here on Aug. 18 was made Friday by James F. Johnson, director of the de partment of motor vehicles, Salem. Hatfield, Republican candi date for governor, had ap peared at a Republican round up in Hawthorne park. - Hatfield had stated, "If elected, I will not play politics with Oregon's government. An example of this is the mo tor vehicle department which no longer is in the secretary of state's department." "I have received many com plaints of the poor service. One reason for this ineffici- Committee Reviews Sales of Timber Washington -UPD- The Sen ate Interior Committee'is re viewing timber sales pro grams at national forests. Chairman James E. Murray said the group wants to iden tify areas where timber sales could be increased within the limits of sustained yield pro grams. He said the committee will work closely with the U.S. Forest Service. He said the review will cover Montana, Idaho, Wash ington, Oregon and Califor nia. A report has been or dered by Dec. 1 so the facts will be available when Con gress convenes in January. as political featherbeds," John son wrote. The seven S560 a month jobs eliminated meant a saving of $93,600. Of the other 14 higher paid supervisory personnel (all Civil Service) inherited, five have been promoted, six have been kept in the same jobs, one has resigned just before retirement to run for legisla ture and one has resigned to take a better-paying job and MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Sunday, September 14, 1951 S one has been fired for incom petence, Johnson said. "Your inference, from com plaints made to us, that we are . inefficient is as silly as mine would be if I took to heart the complaints I hear about you not keeping the capitol lawns green during the summer," Johnson concluded. HELP US! We Need Clerking, Sheet, Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 ency is that 11 unclassified po sitions have been removed from the career men who for merly occupied them and have been given to political ap pointees." . Eight Positions Johnson refuted this by saying that there were only eight unclassified positions, excluding the director's secre tary. "I have removed only four men from such positions, all for demonstrated incompe tence or disloyalty," Johnson stated. "Your assistant (Warne Nunn, former motor vehicle director) will tell you that he planned to fire at least one of them, himself, but didn't get around to it during his six months in office. I replaced these four with three Demo crats, and a Republican with 28 years in the department." "The Republican I kept was j the only man among the nine j who could truly be called a j career-man. All the others j were appointed either by your ' present assistant or by the pre vious secretary of state. And I have promoted a Republican career man with 23 years ex perience to an unclassified po sition, giving me one instead of the two I inherited." Others Resigned , Three others from the de partment all resigned to take higher-paying jobs,. 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