So rl Long's Wife
flees Louisiana;
Hearing Due Friday
Baton Rouge, La.-WPD-The
first lady of the state of Lou
isiana Tuesday night fled its
borders and her husband's
fight to regain his executive
powers from a mental hospi
tal. -
Mrs. Blanche Long, whose
destination was not known,
was known to fear what a
psychiatrist termed the "hom
icidal tendencies" of her hus
band, Gov. Earl Long.
. Her departure was not ex
pected to interfere with' a
Ashland Youth
Gels Scholarship
George A. Converse, a 17-year-old
student at Ashland
High school, topped 21 other
candidates to win a $600
scholarship given by the Ore
gon State Employees associa
tion, the association has an
nounced. The scholarship, given an
nually by the OSEA to assist
students of high standing to
attend institutions in the Ore
gon system- of higher educa
tion, was awarded on the
basis of the pupil's high
scholarship and all-around
ability.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Converse of Ash
land. He has indicated his in
tention to attend Southern
Oregon college.
Young Converse has a four
year grade point average of
3.86. He was chosen "Man of
the Month" by the men's club
of the First Presbyterian
church and received the
"most valuable student"
ward from the Elks club.
His school honors include
a certificate of merit in the
finals of the 'National Merit
Scholarship contest, the
Bausch-Lomb science award,
and top score in his school
in the national mathematics
test given by the Society of
Actuaries.
His other school activities
include a term as president
of the local chapter of the
National Honor Society; mem
bership in the Thespian So
ciety, and participation in
werstling, debate, tnd tennis.
He was chosen as salutatorian
of his graduating class.
" The marimba originated in
Africa but was popularized
and perfected as a musical in
strument in Central America.
sanity hearing for Long
scheduled for Friday, al
though she signed the com
mitment papers and had been
subpoenaed as a witness at
the hearing.
As Mrs. Long fled the props
were being carried in for a
drama to be played beneath
a basketball hoop to deter
mine whether her husband is
fit to be governor.
Head Sex lo Roll
The scene was set for heads
to roll if the answer is "yes."
The decision weighed on
the shoulders of a soft-spoken
judge, his face deeply lined
and wearing horn - rimmed
glasses, who was an appointee
of Earl's brother Huey's .hand
picked successor in 1936.
The judge's name is .Robert
D. Jones. Whether he is a
"Long man" is a moot ques
tion. He has been 23 years on
the bench, appointed first and
elected three times without
opposition.. In Louisiana, if tie
has Earl Long's disfavor, he
would have been opposed.
He has just heard two mur
der trials arid, for the first
time, passed the death sen
tence. "When it rains it pours," he
said Tuesday.
The question very simply
was: Is Earl Long insane?
Jones will have to answer
that question.
Long Says He's Competent
Earl Long says he is com
pletely competent to resume
the responsibilities of his of
fice. He says he was "kid
naped" by his wife and- oth
ers. He says he has been im
peached without a hearing
and put in a state mental hos
pital unable to communicate
with his aides.
His attorney, Joe Arthur
Sims, spoke out Tuesday on
Earl's condition for the first
time since he was committed,
shouting and screaming, as a
schizophrenic paronoic.
Sims is one of three non
medical people who have seen
Earl Long in the hospital
since he was committed last
Thursday.
Sims today had subpoenaed
Long's wife and the lieuten
ant governor of Louisiana
plus 10 others to appear at
the hearing.
Mrs. Blanche Long asked
for her husband's commit
ment.- The lieutenant gover
nor has declined to take over
power from his political
chi,eftain. Louisiarra today is
without a governor.
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SPEAKING AT FIRST press conference since his escape
from Tibet, the Dalai Lama tells newsmen in Mussoorie,
India, of his flight The Tibetan God-king accused Chinese
Communists of Killing 65,000 Tibetans and destroying
1,000 monasteries in "reign of terror" designed to smash
ancient Tibet culture. He's taken sanctuary in India.
The Inquiring. Mind
This series of articles, on many different subjects,
results from . work by senior students at the school of
journalism at the University of Oregon. Each is a con
densed version of a full-length thesis written as partial
requirement for graduation at the school.
OUR DIMINISHING
WILD LIFE .
By Cecil L. Wilder
This year Oregon cele
brates its 100th year of state
hood. In that 100 years we
have come far from the
sparsely settled wilderness, of
the beginning to the busy,
bustling state of todfcy, But,
unfortunately, the develop
ment has taken its toll. "Our
wild life, a very precious re
source, is beginning to show
the results of the years of
mismanagement and neglect.
Our wild life is slowly dying
out. Oregon, which in the be
ginning was a great wild life
paradise, is now in danger of
becoming a wild life barrens.
The signs are unmistakable.
Already some of our wild life
species are gone. The great
snowy egret, a beautiful bird
of the heron family . highly
prized for its plumes, once
populated the state in great
numbers but is now extinct.
The big horn sheep, in great
demand as a trophy animal,
completely, disappeared and
had to (be restocked on our
mountain slopes.
Only by the passages of
emergency legislation were
the elk and antelope herds
saved in 1900.
The beaver reached the
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brink of total extinction in
the 1930's and the state was
closed to all trapping of the
species by legislative action.
Only recentiy have they in
creased sufficiently ' in num
ber to permit trapping on a
limited scale.
In 1948, the fish resources
in the state had been depleted
to such a low point that nat
ural propagation augmented
by artifical propagation could
no longer maintain sufficient
numbers to hold the position
of the previous year. Since
that time there has been a
slow but steady downward
trend despite increased stock
ing on the part of the Game
Commission which stocks an
f estimated 12 million fish per
year.
Combination of Factors
A combination, of factors
are responsible for the sad
state of our wild life resources,
As more and more people
moved into the state, settling
on farm sites and clearing
land the wild life was forced
back into the higher, country
and the grazing ranges de
creased. Increased population
meant increased hunting and
fishing pressures. Cities, fac
tories and mills began to
spring up, polluting the
streams by pumping their
refuse into them. Unwise log
ging practices denuded water
sheds, resulting in an increase
in water temperatures and a
silting over of the spawning
grounds. By 1921 it was esti
mated that from 13 to 12 of
the spawning grounds along
the .Willamette river had been
destroyed. Dams have blocked
normal passage to spawning
grounds. Predatory birds and
animals have cut into the wild
life resources.
The State Legislature In
1911 organized the State
Game Commission and en
trusted it. with the adminis
tration of this valuable re
source. At the same time the
legislators so restricted its
powers so as to make it. in
capable of doing the job.
Committee Appointed
In 1948, under pressure
from alarmed groups in the
state, a legislative "interim
committee was appointed to
study and investigate the
Game Commission. The com
mittee reported that the in
ability of the Game Commis
sion to solve the wild life con
servation problems could be
traced to the following causes:
(1) Imperfect basic game laws
that tended to restrict the au
thority of the commission and
which it had no power to
change. (2) Lack of coordina
tion between agencies dealing
with natural resources. (3) In
efficient method of adminis
tration. (4) Inefficient use of
game law enforcement person
nel. (5J" Lack of sufficient
funds to carry on a program
of sufficient size to solve the
problems of wild life conser
vation. -
Despite increased efforts on
the part of the Game Com
mission, the ' decline of the
wild life resources has con
tinued. A truth which must
be .faced is that the Game
Commission, due to its limited
scope of operation, has proven
itself incapable of saving our
wild life. Something more is
needed.
Conservation minded groups
in the state that recognize the
inability of. the Game : Com
mission to solve the wild life
problems have proposed a pro
gram which, if adopted, could
save this important resource.
Under this program the
Game Commission would7 be
abolished and in its place
would be established a Nat-
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Superman's Suicide
Verdict Upheld in
Second Autopsy
Hollywood -flJPD- TV Super
man George Reeves commit
ted suicide according to re
sults of a second autopsy.
Coroner; Theodore J. Curphey
announced Tuesday.
Curphey's action, taken
after Reeves mother doubted
her . son had taken his own
life, also disclosed that Reeves
was under the influence of
alcohol at the time of his
death.
Reeves left guests in the
living room of his home June
16 and mounted to the second
floor bedroom. A shot then
ural Resources Department
composed of all the depart
ments dealing with natural
resources.
A general director would
be appointed to, correlate thej
activities of the various re
sources divisions.
The establishment of such
an organization would elim
inate the major factor which
has prevented the Game Com
mission from conducting an
adequate program - that of
overlapping authority among
the various natural resources
agencies.
For example, one of the
problems which must be
solved if the fish resources
are to be saved is that of
stream pollution. Inadequate
sewage disposal which results
in the dumping of waste ma
terials into streams, and the
logging off of watersheds
which results in erosion and
silting are. two factors which
contribute to .the pollution
problem. This problem in
volves not only ' the Game
Commission but the state For
estry and Sanitary Commis
sions as well. The Game Com
mission cannot pass measures
to correct the situation since
the problem area lies beyond
its authority.
Under the new department
the activities of the various
divisions could be coordinated
and the problem solved. The
same would hold' true for all
conservation problems. 4
This program or one simi
lar to it is needed if our
wild life resources are to be
saved. The initial cost would
be great but the returns
would more than justify the
cost.
On this the 100th birthday
of our state it would be well
to pause and take stock; -to
look back on our heritage.
Our wild life resources are a
part of that heritage. They
must be saved.
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was heard. 'The television per
former was found dead.
"It is my opinion the wound
was self inflicted," Curphey
said.-
Questions Puixle Friends
Several -questions which
continued to puzzle - friends
and associates included:
-The incessant phone calls
police said he received from
a former girl friend:
Why he would leave most
of his $50,000 estate to the
wife of a film executive in
stead of to his fiancee;
-And why a coroner's seal
on his Benedict Canyon home
was broken.
The city attorney't office
disclosed that Reeves had
complained about phone calls
which cam'e from a woman.
Reeves said he believed the
calls- came from Mrs. Toni
Mannix, the main beneficiary,
but a subsequent investigation
showed the calls did not come
from her home.
Mrs. Mannix, wife of Eddie
J. Mannix, former general
manager of MGM and presi
dent of Lowe's, in turn had
accused Reeves of annoying
her, police said. She recently
hired a bodyguard. .'
. No action was taken on the
phone calls.
Reeves' will leaving most
of his estate to Mrs.. Mannix,
who said she had been a
"close friend" of Reeves, will
be contested at a July 10 hear
ing by his mother, Mrs. Helen
Lescher Bessolo, of , Gales
burg, 111.
Discloses Broken Seal
She said the matter , would
be handled by famed Holly
wood attorney Jerry Giesler,
whom she retained several
days ago to investigate the
suicide. Two days ago Giesler
disclosed the broken coroner's
seal and also said $5,000 had
been taken from the Reeves
home.
That was one mystery
which was cleared up by a
statement from Reeves' fi
ancee, New York cafe society
figure Lenore Lemmon, 35,
who was in the house when
Reeves shot himself to death.
She said it was $4,000 and
not $5,000 and was in travel
ers checks which were to be
used on their honeymoon.
Miss Lemmon, who said
they w,ere to have been mar
ried a few days after Reeves
shot himself, said the money
belonged to both of them. She
gave it to her attorney who
said he would, give it to the
Reeves estate.
Portland - The bureau of
Indian affairs has awarded a
$83,305 contract for grading
and surfacing 8.25 miles of
roadway on the Klamath Indian-
reservation in southern
Oregon, the department of the
interior announced today.
The work will be the last
involved in a program of
more than 80 miles of new
and reconstructed roads being
built by the Indian bureau in
preparation for final termina
tion of federal responsibilities
on the reservation under the
Klamath Termination act. Un
der an agreement between the
United States and Klamath
county, the roads are being
built to county standards and
will be taken over by the
county for maintenance upon
completion.
Under the contract an
nounced today, the work will
be done on what is known as
the Bray Mill-Lone Pine road
approximately six miles north
east of Chiloquin, Ore. The
improvement is important to
the reservation area for tim
ber access and fire protection
as well as for general trans
portation. "The work will be performed
by Beaver Excavating com
pany, Gresham, whose bid
MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Or.
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ceived. Bids ranged to a bigfi
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