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I 'Double Standard' Off Justice Seen At Stake in Trial 1 Tallahassee, Fla- (DPD -Four white youths accused of rap toe a Negro coed went on trial toda in a case that was rapid ly building up into a dem onstration of whether south ern justice has a "double standard" for Negroes and whites. Shortly after the trial be gan in a small 114-year-old courthouse, sheriffs deputies herded a tense, overflow crowd of Negroes out of .the ground floor of the building. Tftey had milled into the cor ridor after finding no room left in the Negro spectators gallery upstairs. Youth Questioned One Negro youth, who told Sheriff William P. Joyce, "it is none of your damned busi ness" when the officer asked his father' name was march ed into the sheriff's office for questioning. Others in the crowd reluctantly left the building but stood outside, crowded against the entrance. The four defendants, rang ing in age from 16 to 24, face death in the electric chair if they are found guilty without & jury's recommendation of mercy- No white man ever bt been executed in Florida for rape of a Negro. All four Hftve pleaded innocent. C Jurors Dismissed fudge W. May Walker al QQady has dismissed about 50 out of 8, jury venire of 256. Hflfsaid a number were ill or ig the old age bracket where tfiey may be excused if they Jish.-Of those still empannel ld, only three were women And there were "several" Neg- Che Negro girl, a student (fi jll-Negro Florida A&M, is covering from influenza but ale intends to testify at the Mal. She was asked what pun Gjflment she thought her as ISflents should get if they are Icurt Records 3ftid Hasldns Zuck, 413 West. Ra avOk. drivinc under th lnflu- of Intoxicating beverages, th.n HUbran. Lakeview. dla- (pierly conduct. S25. Ankld Raymond Cranaton. x JKve noise (tires). $5. Villiam Edward Rosenbalm, im 8fmtF lane usage. $10. Baniel Cover Dimmitt, disobeyed (Sftttic signal. $10. Otttnc Georgia Plankenhorn. gjdlure to leave information at scare of accident, $15. I a.lM T.in Tlai-lrAi vifilmHnrt tftf fosic rule. $35. fames Aaron Clark, driving en jfironsj side of street. $10. ' Boyd Wilton Brown, driving on . strong side of street. $5. Garth Leo Diederich. violation of basic rule. $10. , Ina Jacqueline Dobbe, dia fiUfcyed red light. $10. John Wesley Overand Jr.. failure ft yield right of way. $25. Batay Jane Saltmarsh, violation basic rule. $10. gn, a. ' er Glenn Teague, disobeyed ud Betty Wohlford. disobeyed 1iht- sin amea Martin Carbiener, dia- -ed traffic sign, as. and Marion Coats, disobeyed fcft aign, $5, ulber en ngn. S3 4MSSn 4 cm V Jargaret Ann McCoy, operating pfrmlt Wltnoux licenaea anva, George Arlan Manesa, violation basic nue, iu. John T. Day. faOure to make traf fic atop. $10. , , J ' Ted W. Daw. violation of basic Mvnu' Green, failure to make traffic atop. $10. Roy 1. Huckleberry, violation of basic rule $15. . . Champ Pitts, violation of basic rule. $15. . William I. Smith, failure to make traffic atop. $10. Gary E. Krouse. overwidth, $10. Ivan R. Myers, insufficient binders. $15: overload. $104. Malcolm D. McSwan. improper horn. $6. . . Marvin G. Albert, failure to make traffic atop, $10. Violet M. LeRoy, violation of ba sic rule. $15. . ; Harley Hake, failure to make traffic stop. $10. William D. Young, failure to dis- play public utilities -commission plates. $10. . Marlene A. Miller, no operator's license, $10. ' Jack D. Miller, no public aitili ties commission permit, $15. Raymond J. Burn-well, no license , on vehicle, $10. " Robert F. Broomfield, improper muffler. $15. . Max D Burton, violation of basic rule. $15. . i Darrel W. Kue. engaging In race en public highway. $30. CIRCUIT COURT ' Margaret A. Erlitz vs. Paul Xrlitz, divorce complaint. Martha I. Johnson vs. Jack o. Johnson, divorce complaint. -- David J-. Richey vs. Oquida I. Xichey. divorce decree. Doris K- McClain vs. Samuel L McClain, divorce decree. Willa B. Seitz vs. Eugene W. Seitz. divorce decree. . Virgle A. House vs. Virginia V. House, divorce decree. Helen Louise Clark vs. Norman Jasper Clark, divorce decree. Hazel McCoy McDaniel vs. Ray A. McDaniel. divorce decree. Jeri Ann Coffeen vs. Jack LeRoy Coffeen, divorce complaint. Lillian Knight vs. Richard J. Knight, divorce complaint. Arlwe Marie Avery vs. Harley Roy Avery, divorce complaint. Louella M. Smart vs. Orpha J. Smart, divorce decree. jJuice Irma Blaess vs. Robert Lee fiaess. divorce decree. Clara Rebecca StirU vs. Malon Martin Stirts. divorce complaint. MASRIAGE LICENSE APJTICATIONS . . ICenneth LaVerne Evans, box 277, As7fland. and Marian Alberta Bur ros, box 277. Ashland. Charles Francis Workman, 209 Fourth st- Phoenix, and Sandra Lee McOanahan, 2304 Spring at., Medford. , John Stephen Morrill. 2165 High way 99, north. Ashland, and Judith Marion Mann, 935 Garden Way, Ashland. Lawrence Lee Wiegele. Camp Pendleton. Calif., and Glenda Lea Branch, 482 Grand ave, , Central Point. ' Willsrd Jerome James. Denver, Colo- and Shirley Mariam Hutchin- son. 225 Keene Way dr, Medford. Darrell Clinton Monk. Jackson ville, and Viola Adeline Meeds, For est Creek. Jacksonville. , Larry Gene Hammond. 423 Beatty it., Medford. and Gail Reid Prentice, 1432 Crown ave, Med ford, , ... .. - ' ' found guilty - whether it should be death. "I don't know what they should get," she said. '1 just think they should get what a Negro boy would get in the same circumstances." Name Not Published JTh defendants are Willon Collinsworth, 24; Patrick Scarborough, 20; David Bea gles, 18; and Ollie Stoutamire, 16. , The girl's identity is wide ly, known but it has not been published because of a Florida law making it a criminal of fense to print the name of any rape victim. She was parked in a car with a' college boy .date in a lovers lane in the early morn ing of May 2, accompanied by another Negro boy and girl, when four whites carrying a shotgun and knives held the boys at bay and ordered the girls into their car. One girl broke away into the bushes but the second was abducted and allegedly as saulted seven times. The four defendants were arrested aft er a 100-m.p.h. auto chase after the boys called police. State Prosecutor William D. Hopkins said he was con fident the trial would demon strate the South has no "dou ble standard of justice." WATCH DOG SWIPED Pittsburgh-aJPD-Lulu Mills, worried about a wave of burg laries in her neighborhood, bought a husky Boxer dog advertised as an excellent watchdog. Miss Mills returned from work Tuesday to find her apartment had been brok en into and burglarized - of one Boxer dog. . GUIDED MISSILE MAIL The U.S. has successfully carried mail by guided missile. Approximately 3000 letters were delivered at nearly the speed of sound from a guided missile submarine in the Atlantic to a Naval Auxiliary Air Station at May port, Fla. Here, Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield is shown inspecting letter addressed to Pres. Eisenhower be-fore depositing it in Regulus 1 guided mis sile. Left to right: Capt Arnold Schade, LL Cmdr. Carlos Dew, Summerfield and Deputy PMG Edson Sessions. Actor-Producer's Wife Loses Jewels Bel Air, Calif . (UPD Police today investigated' the theft of jewelry valued at $100,000 from the wife of actor-producer Robert Montgomery. Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery told police that thieves ap parently broke into their first floor apartment sometime Tuesday by prying open a patio window. She said 23 pieces of jewel ry were taken from a suit case . stored in the bedroom closet. Smelter Group Urges All-Out Strike Vote Silver City, N.M.-(UPD-Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers to day urged 100 er cent strike vote support of union negotia tors meeting with Kennecott Copper Corp. officials in Salt Lake City. The western states movement affects thousands of workers. Present contracts expire June 30 and union members vote June 12 on whether or not to authorize a strike if ne gotiations break down or are not completed by midnight, June 30. : ROSES' JEWELS STOLEN . London-(OPB-American-born film producer David Rose was burglarized of jewelry worth $56,000 from his apartment, police reported today. Police believed a skeleton key was used to enter the apartment and pilfer the gems from a bedroom. TOLSTOI RELATIVE DIES Detroit - (UPD - Services will be held Thursday for Count Cyril Tolstoi, 64 relative of novelist Leo Tolstoi and for mer officer of the Czar's im perial army in pre-Commu-nist Russia. Nickel was first isolated as an element only in 1751. Hoffa Directed To Follow Orders ForUnion Cleanup Washington '- (UPD - A U.S. Court of Appeals, ruled today that Teamsters President James . R. Hoffa must carry out a sweeping cleanup pro gram ordered for his huge union by a special board of monitors. The three -judge court, in rejecting the union's appeal against the program, said that while the monitors have only advisory power, they have the right to do to federal courts to enforce recommen dations if the teamsters prove defiant. Gives Veto Power Today's ruling also gave Federal Judge F. Dickinson Letts veto power over a spec ial teamster convention which Hoffa . called to get rid of the monitors. On another phase of the dis pute, the appeals court sug gested that one of the moni tors, Godfrey D. Schmidt, should be replaced because as an attorney for employers dealing with the teamsters he is involved in a "conflict of interests." In general, the ruling up held roughly a dozen clean up directives issues by the monitors and approved by Letts. However, it said Letts should spell out the. changes he wants the union to make rather than merely approve the monitors' action. -4 - HEAT TRIGGERS FIRE New York-flJPD-The 91 de gree heat of the day was blamed Tuesday night for a five-alarm fire which-gutted a Brooklyn factory and dam aged four other buildings. Fire Marshal Martin Scott said it appeared the high outside- temperature had trig gered an explosion of fumes Attend the MAIL TRIBUNI, MeJforo'.Or. Wednesday 10, ItSf in the factory, which manu factured rubberized cloth. - GREAT BIBLE CONFERENCE GREAT DAYS! WED. - THURS. - FRI. June 10 - 11 - 12 at the MEDFORD EVANGELISTIC CENTER (Esquire Theatre Bldg. Downtown East Main - Next ttf Bridgo) , INDEPENDENT ..... INTERDENOMINATIONAL 2 SERVICES DAILY 10:00 A.M. and 7:45 P.M. OUTSTANDING SPEAKERS: Rr. Max Wyatt, Portland, On.; Rt. W. D. Bigby, Klamath Falls, 'Ore.; Re. 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