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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, November 16. 1958 Bruce Ginn Apparently Jealous Of Brother, Psychologist Says Los Angeles (TPD Bruce Harlow Ginn, 18, who calmly shot his 14-year-old brother and said he would kill him again if he had to do it over, apparently was intensely jeal ous of the younger boy, a top psychologist. said today. Dr. Richard Centers, asso ciate professor at UCLA and a recognized leader in the field of social psychology, said Bruce'f behavior showed jealousy and resentment. "You can't do much analy sis in a case like this without weeks of work, but a guess would be that there was a sibling rivalry here," Centers said in response to questions put by United Press Interna tional. Has Neurotic Tendency "Bruce was jealous of Ted. Ted displaced him as the baby in the family. Bruce didn't feel he was getting enough attention. He had a pronounc ed neurotic tendency, but there's much more to it than just that. "The boy said in his state ment that he put his fingers over his eyes for several years in school. This is a withdrawal indication and a schizoid reaction. "His words suggest strong ly that he feels he was dis placed in the family and that he was resentful. He blames his family for not getting a tutor for him-again, resent ment." Centers stressed that only extensive clinical work could bring about a complete analy sis of Bruce's ailment. He noted that a psychiatrist who treated Bruce from December, 1956, to November, 1957, said this condition is a major psy chosis characterized by with drawal from reality-a desire to live in a shell. Relates the Details Bruce related details of the killing last Wednesday in the family's home in nearby Alta dena. He told sheriffs depu ties Ted-his real name was Edward-was an inferior per son who had bad manners and had to be killed. Friday Bruce was arraign ed in Pasadena Municipal Court on a murder charge and ordered held without bail pending a preliminary hear ing Dec. 5. Bruce shot Ted with a .22 he had. bought secretly from a mail order house. He shot Ted when the younger boy came home from school. The parents were both out at the time. "He had no tears for us or for Ted," said the father, 50, a church deacon and wa ter firm employee, after he and his wife, Ruth, 45, visited the boy in jail. "He even said he wasn't sorry and that ' p . ' -- jtfm BUSINESS MANAGER-Roger Chase, senior student in gen eral studies at Southern Ore gon college, is this year's busi ness manager of the college newspaper, the Siskiyou, which achieved a first class honor rating last winter and spring terms by the National Associated Collegiate Press. Adviser to the paper is Hugh G. Simpson, SOC director of information. Co-editors- were Robert Semon, now teaching at-Medford High school, and Orion Hammett, currently men's dormitory director at Siskiyou hall on the college campus. Chase, who served as business manager to the Raid er yearbook last year, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Chase, Eugene. he'd do it over again. "He's my son, and I love him. We're going, to back him all the way. "I had 18 wonderful years with Bruce, and I had 14 won derful years with Ted. "He was a good boy, an Ail-American boy, and had lots of friends. "I'm a man. I've done wrong. Why couldn't it have been me? Give Bruce your prayers. He must have your prayers." Questioning Continues Sheriffs investigators con tinued to pore over state ments made by Bruce: "I had to kill Ted. He was an inferior personality. He just had to die. I couldn't stand the thought of his being married and having children. Everything he did was bad. He played TV too loud. "I'm not sorry a bit. Ted was always troubling good people. "My parents didn't realize how serious things were. They used poor judgment and made poor decisions. They made a poor decision in having Ted. They weren't strong heredi tarily. I don't think they should have ever gotten mar ried. They seemed to crumple under pressure. "I'm not really hating them. Their hereditary weakness comes down through me, but I think I turned out a little bit better than they did. "I don't know where I'll be kept, but I'll get the gas cham ber at 21," he said. Seattle -TOPD- The 10th Co lombo Plan Conference ended Thursday on a note of cau tious optimism and the warn ing that Communism lurks where economic ' progress slows in South and Southeast Asia. Dr. Orval Eaton, O.D. announces the opening of his NEW OFFICE in the Oakdale Professional Bldg. for the practice of OPTOMETRY 408 S. 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