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Thursor, July U, 1959 ,
Congress To Study
Report of Soldiers
Used as Servants
Washington -fDTO- Congress
focused attention today on
complaints that officers are
turning GIs into "dog rob
bers."
In military slang, a "dog
robber" is an officer's serv
ant. The term originates from
the soldier's feeling that the
assignment may carry a social
status one rung lower than
that of the officers dog.
Testimony Asked
A House armed services
sub-committee which has been
exploring the use of military
manpower called on Assistant
Defense Secretary Charles C,
Finucane to testify today on
the assignment of enlisted
men as servants.
Hunted Fugitive
Takes Own Life
Hollywood (DPD A young
fugitive who told of killing
a 27-year-old mother of two
children in a love pact shot
and killed himself Wednesday
night at the climax of a two
hour assault on his hideout
by more than 50 policemen.
Robert L. Kilmer, 27, a
Fresno, Calif., mill worker,
took his own life as police
stormed his apartment.
, He had been sought since
last Thursday when the near
ly nude body of attractive
Mrs. Mary Ann Prestridge,
also of Fresno, was found
stuffed in a car trunk in
nearby Inglewood.
Don Decker, 28, a boyhood
friend of Kilmer and occu
pant with his mother of the
apartment where Kilmer was
hiding, tipped police where
to find the fugitive.
He admitted shooting Mrs,
Prestridge two times ' in the
head, Decker said.
Kilmer told Decker he met
Mrs. Prestridge the night of
July 3 in a "lovers lane" in
Fresno where she told him
, she "wanted to die" if she
' couldn t be with him.
' Decker said he asked Kil
mer why he killed her and the
fugitive answered, 'Td do
anything she told me to do."
Testimony Taken
In River Contest
Yreka - California Oregon
Power company's plans for
diversion of the McCloud riv
er would destroy the - scenic
value of one of the nation's
most beautiful spots, a Sunny
vale planning consultant
charged this week.
- Fred L. Hector made the
charge at a hearing of the
state water rights board which
is gathering testimony con
cerning . a contest between
Copco and Pacific Gas and
Electric company over rights
to the McCloud.
The planning consultant ap
peared for the Hearst corpora
tion which planning a recrea
tional development around
the town of . Wyntoon. The
development could ultimately
accommodate 14,000 vacation
ers. . .
.. . He charged that "any less
ening of the flow between Big
Creek and Wyntoon will, de
stroy the scenic value of the
river." , Copco plans to run
the river from Big creek
'through a canal to Huckle
berry .meadow to produce
31.000 kilowatts of electric
capacity.
An attorney for the bureau
of reclamation testified that
indications are strong the bu
reau and PG&E could reach
agreement on the use of the
McCloud, which is a tributary
of the Sacramento and there
fore affects the bureau's own
Shasta dam operation.
Centennial Draws
24,803 Wednesday
Portland-(UPB -A whopping
crowd of 24,803 visited the
Oregon Centennial Exposition
here Wednesday with the Roy
Rogers show the big drawing
card. That boosted the total
Exposition attendance to date
to 529,582.
Roy Rogers and his troupe
set a couple of Arena attend
ance records, with 5,867 fans
seeing the matinee and 5,907
attending the night show. The
Roy Rogers show winds up
with tonight's performance
opening at 8:15.
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Finucane was certain to
face thorough questioning
from Rep. Frank Kowalski
(D-Conn.), a retired Army
colonel who is Congress' most
severe critic of the alleged
waste of manpower by the
armed forces.
Kowalski predicted in ad
vance of Finucane's testimony
that the Defense Department
would take the line that the
number of enlisted men as
signed to servants' chores has
been exaggerated.
The congressman said any
Pentagon statistics probably
would be "like an iceberg,"
and would fail to give the true
picture. "I'm sure any figures
we get you can multiply by
two or three," he told a re
porter. Kowalski, a West Pointer
who spent 33 years in uni
form, told the subcommittee
when it launched its study
May 12 that it might be possi
ble to save as much as $250
million a year if manpower
weren't squandered on tasks
such as walking dogs and
baby-sitting for generals.
Kowalski at that time cited
a Defense Department report
this spring which showed that
at least 20,000 enlisted men
are assigned as stewards or
derlies, messboys, chauffeurs
and the like. He argued that
young men shouldn't be draft
ed into uniform for that kind
of work.
Stampede Slated
At Montague
Montaeue Shasta Vallev
Stampede, produced by Dick
iiemstea, is ready to open
at Montague Friday night
through Saturday night, July
17 and 18.
Six main events, bareback
bronc riding, saddle bronc
riding, bull r i d i n r hull-
dogging, calf and team roping,
are scheduled.
Action is planned for the
audience everv second, those
in charge reported.
As in the past, a contest ap
proved by the Pacific Coast
Cutting Horse association will
be held. Slats Dawson, 1958
world chamnion. was amnnj
last year's contestants. Van
Wieder, Salem, will be judge.
A girls Texas barrel race
has been added this year.
Gold and silver trophy belt
buckles valued at a total of
$100 have been contributed
by Yreka and Montague mer-
cnants to award along with
cash prizes for each event.
,.The rodeo will open in the
cool of the evening with the
cutting horse contest at
7:45 pjn. ; '
A buckaroo breakfast nf
ham, eggs and hotcakes, will
be served in Montague Com
munity hall Saturday morn
ing, a aance will follow the
last performance Saturday
night.
Democrats Start
Housing Bill Drive
Washington (UPD Senate
Democrats have mounted an
all-out campaign to rub Re
publican noses in President
Eisenhower's housing bill veto
regardless of whether Con
gress can override it.
Sen. John Sparkman (D
Ala.) keynoted the drive by
announcing his housing sub
committee, would start hear
ings July 23 to determine
whether to pass a new bill or
try to upset the veto.
In making the announce
ment late Wednesday, ,Spark
man told the Senate he would
make administration housing
officials explain "line by line,
word for word," what they
found wrong with the bill.
Using words like "sly" and
"half-truths" to describe the
President's veto message,
Sparkman warned anyone
against the idea that the hear
ings "constitute an abandon
ment of the idea of overrid
ing the veto."
CLEAR PATH TO JUSTICE
Parkersburg, W. Va.-flJPE-Judge
Donald F. Black took
another step toward remov
ing obstacles from the path
of justice. Noting that all
male juries are a thing of the
past, he ordered brass cuspi
dors removed from the jury
box. They were stumbling
blocks for women jurists, he
ruled.
Phone 5P 2-9275
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